Issue - decisions

SOUTHAMPTON LIVING WELL SERVICE

19/02/2019 - SOUTHAMPTON LIVING WELL SERVICE

(i)  To approve the exit of the lease with Saxon Weald Housing Association for the Brook Centre (day care accommodation) and delegate authority to the Director of Quality and Integration following consultation with the Leader, the Service Lead: Capital Assets and Director of Legal and Governance, to take all necessary steps to terminate the current lease arrangement.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality and Integration, in consultation with the Director of Legal and Governance, to enter into a legal agreement with Saxon Weald Housing Association in order to make a financial contribution of up to a maximum of £190,000 from the improved Better Care Fund (IBCF) grant (which has been earmarked for this purpose) in the form of a grant towards the costs of converting the property into two self-contained flats and that subject to a grant condition they be used for Council clients with learning disabilities. 

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality and Integration, in consultation with the Director of Legal and Governance, to take all necessary steps to enter into a Nomination and Void Agreement with Saxon Weald Housing Association, on completion of the conversion works, for the use of the flats.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality and Integration, in consultation with the Service Lead: Capital Assets and the Council's Procurement Services, to take the necessary steps to appoint a property consultant to develop an estates plan for the establishment of Community Wellbeing Centres across the city and specifically on the East of Southampton (as set out in Section 14).