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Meeting: 14/04/2021 - Cabinet (Item 325)

325 Management & development of leisure centres PDF 304 KB

The Council has made a corporate commitment to increase leisure provision and help people participate and lead more active and healthy lives.

To support this commitment, the report makes recommendations regarding the management & development of leisure centre facilities including: the provision of a short-term management contract with Everyone Active in Poole; the development of a new £1m synthetic turf pitch at Rossmore Leisure Centre; and BH Live’s Business Plan.

Additional documents:

Appendix 1 - Management of Leisure Centres in Poole: Short term contract proposal Inc. Max Associates review of SLM's contract extension proposals , View reasons restricted (325/2)
Appendix 1a - Management of Leisure Centres in Poole: Short term contract proposal , View reasons restricted (325/3)
Appendix 2 - BH Live's Business Plan
Appendix 3a - Financial Buisiness Plan - Rossmore and Two Riversmeet STP's, item 325 PDF 111 KB
Appendix 3b - Proposed layout and imagery, item 325 PDF 345 KB
Appendix 3c - Equliaty Impact Assessment, item 325 PDF 258 KB

Decision:

RECOMMENDED that Council: -

(a) Approve the new short-term management contract for leisure centres in Poole with current operator Everyone Active in accordance with confidential Appendix 1;

(b) Approves £0.7m prudential borrowing to support the total £1.2m cost of developing a new Synthetic Turf Pitch (STP) at Rossmore Leisure Centre (subject to planning approval & grant funding) and the replacement of the existing pitch carpet at Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre, in accordance with the finance plan in Appendix 3;

RESOLVED that Cabinet: -

(c) Notes that the Rossmore STP scheme is expected to be supported by up to £0.5m grant funding form the Football Foundation and other third parties;

(d) Delegates the Service Director for Destination & Culture and the Director of Finance (S151 Officer), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Leisure & Culture, to finalise the details and related funding arrangements for (1) and (2); and

(e) Note BH Live’s Business Plan for 2021/22.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Tourism, Leisure and Culture

Reasons

1. Delivery of the Council’s corporate commitment to increase leisure provision and help people participate and lead more active and healthy lives.

2. The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the Council and its leisure partners.

3. To address a strategic need for Synthetic Turf Pitch provision, meet customer demand, enhance service provision at Rossmore LC and resolve a maintenance issue at Two Riversmeet LC.

4. Delivery of the Council’s Built Sports Facilities and Playing Pitch Strategies with significant financial support from sports charity, the Football Foundation.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Tourism, Leisure and Culture presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was informed that the Council has made a corporate commitment to increase leisure provision and help people participate and lead more active and healthy live, and that to support this commitment, the report makes recommendations regarding the management & development of leisure centre facilities including: the provision of a short-term management contract with Everyone Active in Poole; the development of a new £1m synthetic turf pitch at Rossmore Leisure Centre; and BH Live’s Business Plan.

The Portfolio Holder praised the work of the officers and in particular congratulated Two Riversmeet for being named South West Leisure Centre of the Year in the Corporate Livewire South West England Prestige Awards 2020/21.

Members of the Cabinet spoke in support of the report.