Issue - meetings
The Proposed Purchase of Robinson Court and the Union Terrace Centre (formerly Arc Light Centre)
Meeting: 30/08/2018 - Executive (Item 32)
The Corporate Director of Economy & Place to present a report which sets out proposals for the purchase of the freehold of Robinson Court and the long leasehold of the Union Terrace Centre from York Housing Association.
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 - Robinson Court Site Plan, item 32
PDF 466 KB
- Annex 2 - Union Terrace Site Plan, item 32
PDF 382 KB
- Annex 3 - Finances Union terr and Robinson Ct May 2018 v2, item 32
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- Annex 4 - One Planet Impact Assessment June 2018, item 32
PDF 282 KB
- Confidential Annex 5 - Report CYC Robinson Court York 240317 pdf , View reasons restricted (32/6)
- Confidential Annex 6 - Report CYC Union Terrace York 240317 pdf , View reasons restricted (32/7)
Decision:
[See also under Part B]
Resolved: (i) That the purchase of the freehold of Robinson Court for £610k be approved.
(ii) That approval be given to buy York Housing Association out of their long term lease of the Union Terrace Centre from the council for £1.1m.
Reasons: To:
· provide the opportunity to maintain the level of hostel provision within the city;
· enable consistent decision making processes across the hostel provision, with Cityof York Council acting as landlord / owner of each property;
· ensure strategic priority is maintained through allocation decisions, with No Second Night Out, Severe Weather procedure and use of shared rooms where appropriate.
Minutes:
[See also under Part B]
The Assistant Director of Regeneration & Asset Management presented a report which set out proposals for the purchase of the freehold of Robinson Court and the long leasehold of the Union Terrace Centre from York Housing Association (YHA).
Since February 2017, the council’s Adult Community Wellbeing Support Services had been provided by The Cyrenians Limited (operating as Changing Lives), who were therefore now operating services in two buildings owned or leased by a competitor, YHA.
Although interim arrangements had been entered into, the purchases were recommended to provide certainty in respect of the future ownership and use of the properties, in line with the council’s Homelessness Strategy. A financial appraisal of the proposals was attached as Annex 3 to the report.
Resolved: (i) That the purchase of the freehold of Robinson Court for £610k be approved.
(ii) That approval be given to buy York Housing Association out of their long term lease of the Union Terrace Centre from the council for £1.1m.
Reasons: To:
· provide the opportunity to maintain the level of hostel provision within the city;
· enable consistent decision making processes across the hostel provision, with Cityof York Council acting as landlord / owner of each property;
· ensure strategic priority is maintained through allocation decisions, with No Second Night Out, Severe Weather procedure and use of shared rooms where appropriate.