Presentation: Artificial football turf – financial assessment

Extraordinary Sport and Recreation Committee

16 September 2019

  1. That the Council receives the report Financial Assessment of the Proposed Football Surface by Recreation, Sport and Leisure Consultancy as provided in Attachment 1.
  2. That the Council defer a decision on a preferred location for the artificial football turf until further work is undertaken as detailed in the Recreation, Sport and Leisure Consultancy Financial Assessment report (Attachment 1).
  3. That a portion of the $83,000 budget for artificial football turf design and consenting (refer programme #1133 for the 2019/20 year) is reallocated to fund the recommended needs analysis and feasibility work in the Recreation, Sport and Leisure Consultancy report.
  4. That the investment decision-making process (adopted by Council) in the Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Sport Facility Plan (RSFP) guides future actions relating to this project.
  5. That the assessment team is thanked for their work and informed that the RSFP investment decision-making process will guide the future process steps.
  6. That any decisions arising from this report are released to Part I once Central Football, Massey University and Central Energy Trust Arena representatives have been advised of the next steps. 
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