Tooting Athletics Track funding application meeting minutes

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Wandsworth Request for Information - 2021/4227 - Tooting athletics track

I refer to your request for information received on 30/03/2021.  Please
see the information below in response to your request: -

Please will you provide the minutes of the meeting which arrived at this
decision?

[1]Proposed Additions to the Capital Programme (Paper No. 21-64) [2]pdf
icon[3] PDF 398 KB  

[4]https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/ieLi...

Additional documents:

·         [5]21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 -
Appendix A Capital Bidsv2 , item 6.[6]pdf icon[7] PDF 76 KB 

·         [8]21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme - Appendix B
Summary , item 6.[9]pdf icon[10] PDF 330 KB 

·         [11]21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 -
Appendix C Capital Strategy , item 6.[12]pdf icon[13] PDF 260 KB 

·         [14]21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 -
Appendix D Strategic CIL Receipts, Projects Committed to and Expenditure
Incurred , item 6.[15]pdf icon[16] PDF 169 KB 

Decision: RESOLVED – that the recommendations at paragraph 2 of Paper No.
21-64 be supported unanimously.

 1. The main factors which informed the decision?

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 2. The competing funding requirements which we decided to be more
important?

A paper was presented to Finance, Resources and Climate Sustainability
Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 10/02/2021.  Please refer to links
above.

 3. The amount of the bid?

£506,000

 4. Any other relevant considerations in arriving at this decision?

N/A

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From: Amanda Brown <[FOI #742593 email]>
Sent: 30 March 2021 08:58
To: FOI WBC <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Tooting Athletics Track funding
application meeting minutes

Dear Wandsworth Borough Council,

Early in 2021 (January or February) Cllr Sutters presented a bid to
cabinet for funding the refurbishment of the athletics track at Tooting.
She advised Herne Hill Harriers’ representatives in a meeting on12th
February that the bid was unsuccessful.

Please will you provide the minutes of the meeting which arrived at this
decision and in particular:

1. The main factors which informed the decision;

2. The competing funding requirements which we decided to be more
important;

3. The amount of the bid.

4. Any other relevant considerations in arriving at this decision.

Yours faithfully,

Amanda Brown

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1. Link to document 'Proposed Additions to the Capital Programme (Paper No. 21-64)' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
2. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
3. Link to document 'Proposed Additions to the Capital Programme (Paper No. 21-64)' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
4. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/ieLi...
5. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix A Capital Bidsv2' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
6. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
7. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix A Capital Bidsv2' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
8. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme - Appendix B Summary' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
9. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
10. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme - Appendix B Summary' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
11. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix C Capital Strategy' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
12. https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
13. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix C Capital Strategy' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
14. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix D Strategic CIL Receipts, Projects Committed to and Expenditure Incurred' pdf file
https://democracy.wandsworth.gov.uk/docu...
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16. Link to document '21-64 Proposed Additions to GF Capital Programme 202122 - Appendix D Strategic CIL Receipts, Projects Committed to and Expenditure Incurred' pdf file
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