Decision - Saltdean Lido

RESOLVED – (1) That the Committee notes that the council’s provisional preferred bidder for a lease of the Saltdean Lido Complex is the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company and that the reserve bidder is Freedom Leisure.

That the Committee notes that a further report recommending that Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company as the preferred bidder will be considered by Policy & Resources Committee, providing that remaining issues identified in the bid evaluation are satisfactorily resolved.

That the Committee notes that if the remaining issues cannot be satisfactorily resolved with the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company, negotiations will take place with Freedom Leisure as reserve bidder with a view to recommending to Policy & Resources Committee that they be substituted as the preferred bidder.

23.1    The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Chief Executive detailing the recent history and setting out the current position in respect of Saltdean Lido. It was noted that at its meeting held on 20 September 2012 the Committee had requested that they should be notified of the outcome of the marketing exercise for the Saltdean Lido Complex in advance of the matter being given full consideration by the Policy and Resources Committee. The report provided the Committee with details of the outcome of that marketing exercise. Commercially sensitive information in relation to the exercise had been provided to Members separately and could be considered in closed session.

23.2    It was explained that on 24 January 2013, approval had been given by the Policy and Resources Committee to marketing of a 50 year full repairing lease for the Saltdean Lido Complex, including the operation, including the operation of the Lido pools and the provision of additional community facilities. The aim of the lease was to achieve a long–term viable future for the facility.                                                                                                                                                                        

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23.--    RESOLVED – (1) That the Committee notes that the council’s provisional preferred bidder for a lease of the Saltdean Lido Complex is the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company and that the reserve bidder is Freedom Leisure;

            (2) That the Committee notes that a further report recommending that Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company as the preferred bidder will be considered by Policy & Resources Committee, providing that remaining issues identified in the bid evaluation are satisfactorily resolved; and

            (3) That the Committee notes that if the remaining issues cannot be satisfactorily resolved with the Saltdean Lido Community Interest Company, negotiations will take place with Freedom Leisure as reserve bidder with a view to recommending to Policy & Resources Committee that they be substituted as the preferred bidder1)