Decision details
To fully approve capital amounting to £250k from the provisional capital programme item CiL of £250k.
Decision Maker: Corporate Director (Place)
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The original Contract with GLL (Sport
operator) required them to design and deliver a new build Leisure
Centre at Keynsham (originally considered to be on Ashton Way Car
Park). This new facility would not have included a Sports Hall or
Squash Courts. During the latter stages of the procurement process
it became apparent that the Ashton Way site presented numerous
challenges, therefore a mandatory variant was built into the
contract to all GLL to operate the existing leisure facility for 5
years. Consultation in September 2015 indicated a strong preference
for the leisure centre to be developed on the Riverside site.
Progression of wider options for the Riverside site have meant that
the Council is currently leading on the design and construction of
a refurbished facility in consultation with GLL (which aims to
provide Sports Hall and Squash facilities). The current DBOM
contract with GLL is being amended to 1) implement mandatory
variant for GLL to manage existing Keynsham Leisure Centre until
July 2021 (long stop date) 2) For the Council to design and deliver
the refurbished centre 3) for a planned shut down of the existing
centre (which will result in some loss of income) 4) Following
completion of works transfer the operation of the centre to GLL
(via negotiation). The project is already well underway and this
request is to fully approve £250k of CiL funding that has
been provisionally approved to help meet the additional costs of
the enlarged facility that is being built following public and Cllr
consutation.
Decision:
To fully approve capital amounting to
£250k from the provisional capital programme item CiL of
£250k.
Alternative options considered:
Ashton Way and other sites, demolition of
Riverside with new build facility rather than
refurbishment.
Publication date: 03/02/2020
Date of decision: 10/02/2020