Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Customer & Corporate Services to present a report which will update the Executive on the progress of the Community Stadium and Leisure Facilities since the last report presented in October 2017.

Resolved:  (i)      That the contents of the report and the significant progress made since the last report to Executive in October 2017,be noted.

                   (ii)      That the proposed York City Knights financial support towards first team playing arrangements at Bootham Crescent be approved, as set out in Table 1 at paragraph 44 of the report and amounting to Council financial support payable up to a net cost of £30,000 for the 2019 Rugby League season, up until the new Stadium is operational.

Reason:     To ensure the continued progress of the Project.

The Deputy Chief Executive / Director of Customer & Corporate Services presented a report which provided an update on the progress of the Community Stadium and Leisure Facilities Project since the last full report to Executive in October 2017.

Since that date a number of major milestones had been achieved, including:

·        Commencement of a 13 year Design, Build, Operate and Maintain contract with Greenwich Leisure Ltd. (GLL) from November 2017, when GLL also took over existing leisure facilities;

·        Commencement of construction works to the York Stadium Leisure Complex (YSLC) in December 2017, with work scheduled for completion by May 2019 and opening of the New Facilities from July 2019.

Full details were set out in the report, with images of the construction in Annex A.

Following closure of the Huntington Stadium, York City Knights RLFC (YCK) had been playing all their first home team fixtures at Bootham Crescent and the Executive had agreed in December 2016 that the council provide financial support for these fixtures until the end of the 2018 Rugby League season. It was recommended that this be continued for the 2019 season, until YCK played their first game from the new Stadium.

Members congratulated YCK on their recent success in the League Championship and, having noted the comments made under Public Participation on this item, it was

Resolved:  (i)      That the contents of the report and the significant progress made since the last report to Executive in October 2017, be noted.

                   (ii)      That the proposed financial support towards YCK's first team playing arrangements at Bootham Crescent be approved, as set out in Table 1 at paragraph 44 of the report, amounting to council financial support payable up to a net cost of £30,000 for the 2019 Rugby League season, up until the new Stadium is operational.

Reason:     To ensure the continued progress of the Project.