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1. "The Council, via the Assistant Director of Recreation Services, was initially approached in February 2009 by the Goals company. 2. The Council was provided with drawings on two occasions. The first was in March 2009 following a meeting between officers from Recreation Services and Goals. This drawing was submitted at officers request in order to seek to demonstrate how the five a side facility could be developed within the Park. This provided the basis for the reference to a potential facility in Finsbury Park in the Cabinet report of September 2009. The second occasion was in November 2009. Again this drawing was provided by Goals and was requested by officers to enable the subsequent public consultation to be undertaken on the proposal to locate a facility in Finsbury Park. This was to enable the public to have an indication of what a facility would consist of in design terms.____________________________________________
Both drawings contain numbering for reference purposes under the headings ‘computer file’ and ‘project number’. Officers’ assumption is that this is for document management purposes by the company supplying the drawings. The Council does not know, and has not asked, how this reference system worked.
Following adoption of the Cabinet report in September 2009, officers contacted Power League, the other major commercial 5 a side operator, to ascertain if they would be interested in developing and operating a facility from Finsbury Park. They responded that they would be interested.
No payment was made to Goals or any company or organisation acting on behalf of Goals for these drawings. The drawings were provided by Goals on an ‘at risk’ basis.
If, following the public consultation, the Council had decided to proceed with this proposal, an open tendering process would have been required in order to secure best value for the Council.
The headline results from the consultation indicated that 140 respondents were against the proposal and 100 in favour. Following consultation with the Lead Member, it has been decided not to pursue this proposal further at this time. The results and outcome of the consultation are available to view on the Council’s website."
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