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This report presents for Members’ approval the Council’s 5^th Corporate Asset Management Plan, which sets out the priorities  and process for dealing with the effective use and management of the Council’s land and property assets.

Note: An updated Corporate Asset Management Plan was published with this agenda on 1 December 2010.

RESOLVED: That the Corporate Asset Management Plan 2011-2016 for the City of York Council be approved and adopted.

REASON:      In order to ensure a consistent, council-wide approach to the process of asset management, in conjunction with the Council’s partner organisations.

Members considered a report which presented for their approval the Council’s 5^th Corporate Asset Management Plan (AMP), setting out the priorities and process for dealing with the effective use and management of the Council’s land and property assets.

The Corporate AMP, attached as Annex A to the report, covered the period 2011-2016.  Previous versions had been absorbed into the Use of Resources section of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA), which had now been abandoned. However, the Audit Commission’s CAA criteria had been used as the basis for assessing performance.  It was noted that a revised version of Annex A, incorporating in the introduction a reference to carbon management, clarifying references to the voluntary sector and the access data table, where relevant, related to the last 5 years,had been circulated to Members and would be published with the agenda on the Council’s website.

Having noted the comments of the Labour Group Spokespersons on this item, it was

RESOLVED: That the Corporate Asset Management Plan 2011-2016 for the City of York Council be approved and adopted. ^1.

REASON:      In order to ensure a consistent, council-wide approach to the process of asset management, in conjunction with the Council’s partner organisations.