Transformation Programme: Strategic Funding Opportunity - Football
Report of the Corporate
Director.
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
Cllr
Stuart Wheeler, Cabinet Member for Transformation, Culture, Leisure
and Libraries presented a confidential report which invited the
Cabinet to support the allocation of funds to deliver an artificial
turf pitch in the County. This would in turn contribute towards the
wider strategic funding bid to the Football Association to deliver
other complementary leisure facilities in the County as detailed in
the report presented.
Resolved:
- That the Committee
recommends the allocation of £800k Capital funding
(£40k pa revenue impact in real terms after income is
considered) to cover the provision of an artificial turf pitch in
the County noting that this should only be developed if funds from
the Football Association are forthcoming.
- That the Committee
supports the allocation of existing funds in the transformation
programme contingency to support the development of a Hockey biased
artificial turf pitch in the County in lieu of any external funding
being forthcoming, noting that external funding would still be
sought by officers.