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MINUTES
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Minute of
Meeting of 1 June 2005
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The Minute of
Meeting of 1 June 2005 was approved.
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STOCK
TRANSFER
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Hebridean
Housing Partnership Business Plan Appraisal
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The Chief
Executive submitted a Report which detailed the findings of the Hebridean
Housing Partnership Business Plan appraisal. The aims and objectives of the
transfer, the assessment process, the community ownership programme
regeneration package, the financial impact on the Comhairle and the next
stages were outlined in the Report. The HHP Business Plan and Valuation
Comparison, the Stock Transfer Framework Document, the financial impact on
the Comhairle and the draft timetable were appended to the Report. A letter
dated 21 June 2005 from Communities Scotland to the Chief Executive was also
submitted.
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Mr Robert
McDowall, DTZ Pieda, the Comhairle’s External Housing Stock Transfer Adviser,
informed the Sub-Committee that he was satisfied with the completed appraisal
of the Business Plan and was confident that it complied with the Stock
Transfer Framework Document.
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It was agreed that the Report be
updated, where necessary, and submitted to the Policy and Resources Committee
on 29 June 2005, along with Draft Business Plan and the letter from
Communities Scotland dated 21 June 2005.
It was
agreed to recommend that:
(1) the Hebridean Housing
Partnership’s Business Plan (version 3.1) be approved;
(2) it be delegated to the Chief Executive
to submit to Scottish Ministers an application for “in principle” approval to
proceed to formal tenant consultation and ballot in relation to a proposed
stock transfer;
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(3) subject to consent to proceed being
obtained from Scottish Ministers, it be delegated to the Chief Executive:
(a) to commence formal tenant consultation
and ballot; and
(b) in consultation with the Housing Stock
Transfer Sub-Committee to address any issues arising during stage 1 of formal
tenant consultation; and
(4) the anticipated impact
on the Comhairle as detailed in section 9 to the Report be noted.
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