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Apologies for absence To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: There were no apologies for absence.
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Declarations of interest A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:
(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.
A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.
Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes:
This report sought a determination of a number of applications made by Festival Republic Ltd (the Applicant) to hire Finsbury Park for a period in June/July every year between 2023 and 2027, in order to stage two consecutive three-day multi-event weekends.
The applications were required to be determined pursuant to the Council’s Outdoor Events Policy (the Policy), which was approved by Cabinet on 17 December 2013 and implemented on 7 January 2014.
The Leader of the Council noted that Councillor George Dunstall had contacted Democratic Services prior to the signing to ask to place on record his objection to the duration of the contract hire of Finsbury Park for five years.
The Leader of the Council had asked for the Contract hire agreement to include an annual performance review and this would be included.
The Leaderof the Council had asked for the annual performance review to include engagement with: ward councillors of Stroud Green and Harringay wards, local stakeholders, including the Friends of Finsbury Park. Legal advisors were content with these caveats and the monitoring arrangements for the contract which was in keeping with the Council’s general expectations.
The annual engagement process would be developed and as part of the performance review there would be a re-write of the terms of reference for the Finsbury Park Events Stakeholder Group . There would be a schedule setting out when the meetings would take place, both with the Stakeholder Group but also with ward members.
Further to considering the exempt information,
The Leader of the Council RESOLVED
Reasons for decision
Under the terms of the Policy, applications of the type detailed in the report would be required to be determined with the prior agreement of the Cabinet Member.
If authority was given, then officers would give in-principle agreement to the Applicant for the event applications to progress. The events would then be subject to lengthy discussions with relevant authorities-including Licensing-before final approval was given.
The rejection of the applications would have implications for the Parks & Leisure Service budget and reduce the opportunity for reinvestment into Finsbury Park (the Park). It would also mean that the wider cultural and economic benefits to the borough were lost.
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Exclusion of the Press and Public Item 5 is not available for publication as it contains exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); para 3, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). Minutes: Item 5 was subject to a motion to exclude the press and public be from the meeting as it contained exempt information as defined in Section 100a of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended by Section 12A of the Local Government Act 1985); para 3 namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
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EXEMPT - Park hire applications by Festival Republic Ltd to hire Finsbury Park for multi-event weekends including the Wireless Festival, and one other weekend of music concerts, in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 (NON-KEY) Minutes: The Leader of the Council considered the exempt information.
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