Issue - meetings

To approve an operator who will manage a new multi-arts centre located Bermondsey Blue Market.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the panel’s selection of the prospective lessee, Bermondsey 223, to operate the multi-arts space at the Blue Market, Bermondsey, property address 223 Southwark Park Road be confirmed.

2.  That the council entering into an agreement for lease (AfL) and lease for a seven-year period with Bermondsey 223, the principal details of which are set out substantially in Appendix 4 to the open version of the report and fully in the closed version be agreed.

3.  That it be noted that the service-level outputs of Bermondsey 223 will be set out in the service level agreement (SLA) appended to the AfL.

4.  That it be noted that the design services and the building refurbishment works will be procured directly by the council with funds already allocated in the capital monitor, each subject to separate gateway approvals.

5.  That the appropriation of the site from housing to planning purposes, on the basis that the property is no longer required for housing purposes and should instead be held for planning purposes, for the reasons set out in the report be approved.

6.  That authority be delegated to the director of planning and growth to finalise the terms of the AfL, lease and SLA, substantially in the form of the terms set out in the appendices to the report and in the closed report.