Issue - meetings

The General Manager – Mr Holder, in a brief introduction of the report, advised that in respect of the current position the Section 36 Notice had be signed off by the Alexandra Palace and Park Board at a special meeting held on 24 July 2006 and formerly submitted to the Charity Commission for their consideration.  An advertisement would be placed by the Charity Commission, appearing in the national press asking for any comments as to its intension to grant permission to the Section 36 Notice and interested parties had up 28 days to submit their views.  Mr Holder advised that the Charity Commission would then give consideration to any submitted views and then advise the Board accordingly of its decision in respect of the Section 36 Notice.

In response to questions in regards to the timescale Mr Holder advised that it was likely that a decision from the Charity Commission would come in mid October to early November and therefore a decision of the Board would follow after then.

The Chair asked if there were any questions.

Mr Thompson referred to the artefacts currently stored in the south east wing of the Palace and what would happen to these post transfer of the asset.In response to clarification from Mr Holder Mr Thompson stated that he was referring to the television equipment identified  some years previously. Mr Thompson also sought clarification as to the ownership of the equipment.

Mr Holder responded that the equipment remained within the ownership of the Charity and would transfer to the Firoka Group on completion of the transfer. As to its usage Mr Holder commented that hopefully it would be used as part of the heritage aspect of the Firoka proposals.

The Chair asked that should Mr Thompson wish to have further details of the artefacts then he should write directly to Mr Holder for an inventory of such.

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