Issue - meetings
Future Management of Allotments Next Steps
Meeting: 25/09/2017 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Communities (Item 42)
42 Future Management of Allotments Next Steps 
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This report seeks approval to transfer the management of council run allotments to York Allotments Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 - Trustee Profiles, item 42
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- Annex 2 - YACIO Constitution, item 42
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- Annex 3 - Headline YACIO Income and Expenditure, item 42
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- Annex 4 - Existing Tenancy conditions, item 42
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Decision:
Resolved: That the transfer of management of the council-run allotments to York Allotments Charitable Incorporated Organisation (York Allotments CIO) be agreed, subject to the condition listed below.
Condition 1
The Officers shall provide an update report to the Executive Member after their first Annual General Meeting (AGM) and bi-annually thereafter.
Reason: To harness the talents and energies of the community and to move the service onto more sustainable management arrangement.
Minutes:
The report seeking approval to transfer the management of council-run allotments to York Allotments Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) was presented to the Executive Member. The Operations Manager for Public Realm (Strategy and Contracts) attended the meeting and explained that all the recommendations presented by the Economy & Place Scrutiny Committee during its pre-decision calling-in session on 11 September 2017 had been implemented. It was noted that one letter from the tenant had been received and that the answer to their queries had also been provided.
The Executive Member queried whether the Lowfield School development groups would be part of the York Allotments CIO. It was clarified that this arrangement could be discussed with the Trustees.
The Executive Member thanked the Officer for their work, particularly on securing the continued free allotment provision for schools and it was
Resolved: That the transfer of management of the council-run allotments to York Allotments Charitable Incorporated Organisation (York Allotments CIO) be agreed, subject to the condition listed below.
Condition 1
The Officers shall provide an update report to the Executive Member after their first Annual General Meeting (AGM) and bi-annually thereafter.
Reason: To harness the talents and energies of the community and to move the service onto more sustainable management arrangement.