Agenda item

Cabinet:

1. Noted the report on the outcome of the public consultation on leisure facility investment for Bristol.
2. Approved the Leisure Facilities Investment Strategy and the council’s current investment contribution of up to £8m and the Active Communities Leisure Services Procurement Strategy.
3. Noted that authority was given in March 2020 Cabinet to the Executive Director People in consultation with the Mayor, to take all steps necessary to competitively procure and award a new leisure management contract to a multi-site trust or hybrid trust and applies to the Investment Strategy, Procurement Strategy and funding envelope set out in this report.
4. Noted that approval to negotiate a contract extension for the current leisure services delivery with SLM was provided at June Cabinet 2021.
5. Approved the removal of Kingsdown Sports Centre from the council’s leisure services contract portfolio before the beginning of the future leisure services contract.
6. Authorised the Executive Director People, in consultation with the Mayor, to take all steps necessary to find an alternative operator for Kingsdown Sports Centre and to enter a commercial lease and related documents to achieve this.

7. Noted that an expression of interest has been received in relation to a community asset transfer of Jubilee Pool, which will be considered by the CAT Group in due course.
8. Noted that the council is negotiating a 6-month extension of the Jubilee Pool leisure contract on its current terms to allow time for any potential CAT process to be completed at no cost to Bristol City Council.
9. Agreed that if a Community asset transfer for Jubilee Pool does not proceed, Jubilee Pool will close and be removed from the leisure services portfolio by 30 September 2022 (the expiry date for the extended contract).