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REPORTS
GOLDEN BAY COMMUNITY, RECREATION, LEISURE AND CULTURAL CENTRE Decision Required
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Golden Bay Community Board
12 March 2013
Carolyn McLellan, Chair
RGB 13-03-08
At our February meeting we had a very comprehensive presentation from representatives of the proposed Recreation Centre, Peter Blasdale, Jenny Pomeroy, and Dean Lund.
They spoke to the Feasibility Study compiled by Sport Tasman and answered a variety of questions.
They requested that the Golden Bay Community Board give full public backing to this proposal and they sought approval to fast track the netball courts as per stage 1 of the feasibility study.
This latter request is now not as urgent because the Golden Bay High School will have another netball court established in time for the opening of the netball season. That will give 2 courts plus the gymnasium which, although not ideal, is better than last season.
Regarding giving approval and full public backing, it is important to remember that the Board originally gave approval in principle to this facility on the understanding that those driving this proposal would seek further support in the community and look at all the options and uses for such a facility.
The feasibility study demonstrates that this group have done everything that was asked of them and has shown that a wide variety of sports and other groups are firmly behind this project.
A concern that some Board members have expressed is that fundraising for this project will negatively impact on the current fundraising being undertaken for the Golden Bay Family Health Centre, Te Hauora O Mohua. However, the three members who attended the Board Meeting assured us that they will concentrate on applying for grants etc until Health Project fundraising is concluded.
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Recommendation
That the Golden Bay Community Board receives the Golden Bay Community, Recreation, Leisure and Cultural Centre RGB 13-03-08; and gives public backing to the proposed Golden Bay Community, Recreation, Leisure and Cultural Centre proposal as outlined in the Sport Tasman Feasibility Study.
