Issue - meetings

(i)             to approve the renunciation of the lease of the Bon Accord Indoor Bowling centre; and

(ii)           to instruct the Chief Officer - Governance to conclude the appropriate legal work incorporating various qualifications as are necessary to protect the Council’s interest, together with any other matters as are required to complete the lease renunciation.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord which advised of an opportunity to surrender the lease of the Bon Accord Indoor Bowling centre to facilitate a lease of the facility to a third party who would become a tenant of the Bon Accord Shopping Centre with the intention to bring the property back into economic use.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)          approve the renunciation of the lease of the Bon Accord Indoor Bowling centre; and

(b)          instruct the Chief Officer - Governance to conclude the appropriate legal work incorporating various qualifications as are necessary to protect the Council’s interest, together with any other matters as are required to complete the lease renunciation.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.