Agenda item

In accordance with the decision recorded under article 1 of this minute, the following items were considered with the press and public excluded.

With reference to article 2 of this minute, whereby it was agreed to hear
Mr David McGrath and Ms Evelyne Delbos on behalf of Dyce Sports and Leisure Development Trust, the Convener invited Mr McGrath and Ms Delbos to address the Committee.

Ms Delbos advised that the Trust were disappointed at the recommendations contained in the report before members on this day, which had been shared with them.  She suggested that the proposals of the Trust to enhance the sporting facilities available in the north of the city had the support of the Dyce community, the business community and Sport Aberdeen, but that it was imperative that the Council supported the Trust and its aims for any progress to be made on the matter.  Ms Delbos accepted that it was only proper for officers to highlight potential issues that could arise, but that these risks should be balanced.

The Convener thanked Mr McGrath and Ms Delbos for their contribution.

With reference to article 34 of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 1 February, 2011, the Committee then considered the report before it on this day, by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure, which updated the Committee on the outcome of the meeting between local members, members of this Committee and officers that had been instructed at the aforementioned meeting.

The report recommended –

that the Committee –

(a)       decline the proposal, for the reasons set out in the report presented to the previous meeting (article 34 of the minute of meeting of 1 February, 2011 refers);

(b)       authorise the Head of Asset Management and Operations, in consultation with the Convener and Vice Convener of this Committee, to make appropriate representations to the City Council as Planning Authority in relation to alternative planning designations for the site, as part of the process to determine land use in future Local Plans;

(c)        authorise the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to terminate the existing lease to Dyce Sports and Leisure Development Trust, (DSLDT) as described in the report to this Committee’s meeting on 1 February, 2011, in view of their non compliance with the lease provisions;

(d)       rescind the decision of this Committee’s meeting of 12 November, 2009 to grant DSLDT an extended, amended lease, as described in the report to this Committee’s meeting on 1 February, 2011; and

(e)       authorise the Head of Asset Management and Operations to enter provisional negotiations with all individual clubs and sporting groups presently using the site on appropriate terms and conditions of lease of part of the site, to enable the continuation of their activities.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to approve recommendations (a) – (d); and

(ii)        to instruct that officers negotiate a new lease of up to five years with the Dyce Sports and Leisure Development Trust, if they wish it, and to report back in this regard.