That the following Member Champions be appointed until May 2023 with their job description as set out in Annex 1 to Appendix 1 to the submitted report:

a)    Armed Forces – Councillor Amil;

b)    Foster Carers – Councillor Mills;

c)    Climate Change – Councillor Atiya-Alla;

d)    Volunteering – Councillor Bye;

e)    Domestic abuse and sexual violence – Councillor Foster; and

f)     Mental health and wellbeing – the Cabinet Member for Adults and Public Health (Councillor Stockman) and Councillor Douglas-Dunbar.

(i)         that the Cabinet reaffirm the decision of the Investment and Regeneration Committee to approve the demolition of the old car park, Garfield Road, Victoria Centre, Paignton and that the Interim Director of Place be instructed to gain vacant possession and be authorised to proceed with the demolition and a contract for such being in place by the end of December 2019 to be funded from the Land Release Fund; and

(ii)        that Exempt Minute 205/2/19(ii) “a draft design brief be brought back to the Investment and Regeneration Committee for consideration prior to the planning application for demolition being submitted” be rescinded as this decision is no longer required in order to progress with the proposed demolition of the old car park, Garfield Road, Victoria Centre, Paignton.

(i)         that the risk and cost of Ash Dieback is managed via a phased and triaged approach and the Director of Corporate Services be requested to allocate £200,000 from the Insurance Reserve, so as to mitigate the risk to the public and third party property and ensure that Torbay Council is not subject to legal claims and likely prosecution; and

(ii)        that the Interim Director of Place be requested to ensure that when reviewing the Council’s Tree Risk Management Strategy, a specific section is included on Ash Dieback and other emerging biological threats due to climate change, and that it includes a plan of how the Council can work towards further mitigating the loss of trees and what processes are available to replenish lost tree stocks going forward, also that when reviewing the Council’s Climate Change Strategy links with the revised Tree Risk Management Strategy and carbon capture be included within the document.

(i)         that the Interim Director of Place be requested to explore with King’s Arms Church Charity if it would be more appropriate to enter into a long lease at nil cost to the charity to enable them to invest the proposed £30,000 purchase cost, in delivering community projects sooner, especially in respect of work around foster carers, and if this is a more appropriate option to revise the report to Council to reflect this proposal which was supported by the Cabinet; and

(ii)        that, subject to the outcome of (i) above, the Cabinet recommend to the Council that the Interim Director of Place, in consultation with the Chief Executive, be authorised to dispose of the freehold interest of land and building known as the Echo Building, St James Road, Torquay, as shown on Plan EM3127 set out at Appendix 1 to the submitted report, at below market value to the King’s Arms Church Charity.  The disposal will include a suitable provision that will enable the Council to recover any uplift in value should the community group dispose of the building at a future point for any alternative use.

(i)         that the land adjoining Paignton Harbour shown on Drawing Number 203, attached to this Record of Decision, be disposed of by means of a lease to the tenant of the Harbour Light building to enable tables and chairs to be used in conjunction with the adjoining restaurant.