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THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

APPOINTMENT OF AN OPERATOR New Stadium and Urban Park

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION MEMORANDUM (PIM)EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

LEG

AL D

ISCL

AIM

ERW

hils

t ev

ery

care

has

bee

n ta

ken

to e

nsur

e th

e ac

cura

cy o

f th

e co

nten

ts o

f th

is E

xpre

ssio

n of

Inte

rest

, no

resp

onsi

bilit

y or

loss

oc

casi

oned

by

any

pers

on a

ctin

g or

ref

rain

ing

from

act

ion

as a

res

ult

of a

ny s

tate

men

t m

ade

will

be

acce

pted

by

the

City

of

Cap

e To

wn.

Per

sons

will

hav

e to

sat

isfy

the

mse

lves

as

to t

he a

ccur

acy

and

com

plet

enes

s of

the

info

rmat

ion

incl

uded

in t

his

Expr

essi

on o

f In

tere

st. P

oten

tial b

idde

rs f

or t

he f

utur

e fo

rmal

ten

der

are

not

oblig

ed t

o ta

ke p

art

in t

his

elem

ent

of t

he p

roce

ss

and

will

be

able

to

resp

ond

to t

he t

ende

r.

The

Mu

nic

ipal

ity

of

the

Cit

y o

f C

ape

Tow

n, S

ou

th A

fric

a

1

5 Fe

bru

ary

2008

2010

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EMEN

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pile

d b

y: P

eter

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erC

op

ywri

tin

g a

nd

ed

itin

g: N

adja

Mar

tinus

sen

Des

ign

: Kris

tyn

Four

ie, C

ity o

f C

ape

Tow

n, C

omm

unic

atio

n an

d M

arke

ting

Dep

artm

ent

Pro

du

ctio

n: A

min

a Ta

ylor

, City

of

Cap

e To

wn,

Com

mun

icat

ion

and

Mar

ketin

g D

epar

tmen

tPh

oto

gra

ph

y: B

ruce

Sut

herla

nd, C

ity o

f C

ape

Tow

n, C

omm

unic

atio

n an

d M

arke

ting

Dep

artm

ent

Gra

ph

ics:

Cou

rtes

y of

GM

P A

rchi

tect

s, u

nles

s ot

herw

ise

stat

ed. (

Repr

oduc

ed w

ith p

erm

issi

on)

CON

TEN

TSPA

GE

PURP

OSE

OF

THIS

PRE

LIM

INA

RY IN

FORM

ATI

ON

MEM

ORA

ND

UM

2

CA

PE T

OW

N, T

HE

WES

TERN

CA

PE A

ND

SO

UTH

AFR

ICA

2

THE

STA

DIU

M D

ESIG

N, F

AC

ILIT

IES

AN

D IM

MED

IATE

PRE

CIN

CT

4

THE

URB

AN

PA

RK A

ND

SU

RRO

UN

DIN

G R

ECRE

ATI

ON

AL

FAC

ILIT

IES

8

STA

DIU

M U

SAG

E –

AN

ALY

SIS

OF

AC

TIV

ITIE

S9

ENV

IRO

NM

ENTA

L O

BLIG

ATI

ON

S A

ND

ZO

NIN

G R

ESTR

ICTI

ON

S10

THE

2010

FIF

A W

ORL

D C

UP™

PER

IOD

10

HO

W T

O S

UBM

IT A

N E

XPR

ESSI

ON

OF

INTE

REST

12

IMPO

RTA

NT

NO

TIC

E 12

AN

NEX

URE

“A

”13

Gol

f Cou

rse

Nor

th

Sou

th

PURP

OSE

OF

THIS

PRE

LIM

INAR

Y IN

FORM

ATIO

N M

EMO

RAN

DUM

The

Cap

e To

wn

City

Cou

ncil

is c

onst

ruct

ing

a m

agni

ficen

t ne

w m

ulti-

spor

ts s

tadi

um in

Gre

en P

oint

, whi

ch is

in t

he h

eart

of

the

city

’s to

uris

m h

ub. T

his

mod

ern

stad

ium

, set

aga

inst

the

uni

que

scen

ic b

ackd

rop

of T

able

Mou

ntai

n, S

igna

l Hill

and

Lio

n’s

Hea

d, is

loca

ted

adja

cent

to

the

high

ly s

ucce

ssfu

l Vic

toria

and

Alfr

ed W

ater

fron

t de

velo

pmen

t an

d ha

s vi

ews

acro

ss T

able

Bay

to

Rob

ben

Isla

nd a

nd b

eyon

d. T

he s

tadi

um a

nd it

s im

med

iate

pre

cinc

t ar

e pa

rt o

f a

muc

h la

rger

rec

reat

iona

l lun

g in

the

city

ce

ntra

l are

a kn

own

as t

he G

reen

Poi

nt C

omm

on, w

hich

cur

rent

ly p

rovi

des

faci

litie

s fo

r at

hlet

ics,

bow

ls, c

ricke

t, f

ootb

all,

golf,

ru

gby

and

tenn

is a

s w

ell a

s be

ing

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic a

t la

rge

for

recr

eatio

nal p

urpo

ses.

The

re h

as b

een

a po

pula

r in

form

al

trad

ing

mar

ket

held

reg

ular

ly o

n th

e C

omm

on e

very

Sun

day

and

on p

ublic

hol

iday

s fo

r m

any

year

s.

The

stad

ium

is b

eing

fina

nced

join

tly b

y th

e N

atio

nal a

nd P

rovi

ncia

l Gov

ernm

ent

toge

ther

with

the

City

Cou

ncil

as p

art

of

Sout

h A

fric

a’s

Hos

t C

ount

ry o

blig

atio

ns t

o pr

ovid

e m

ajor

ven

ues

for

the

2010

FIF

A W

orld

Cup

™. T

he n

ew s

tadi

um is

des

igne

d to

mee

t th

e st

ringe

nt s

tand

ards

set

by

FIFA

as

a ve

nue

to h

ost

one

of t

he t

wo

sem

i-fina

l mat

ches

for

thi

s pr

estig

ious

eve

nt, a

s w

ell a

s ei

ght

othe

r W

orld

Cup

mat

ches

, and

is a

n ic

onic

sym

bol o

f th

e ci

ty’s

prid

e in

hav

ing

been

sel

ecte

d fo

r th

is p

urpo

se.

Expr

essi

ons

of In

tere

st (E

oI) a

re n

ow b

eing

invi

ted

from

sui

tabl

y ex

perie

nced

and

wel

l-res

ourc

ed o

rgan

isat

ions

to

be t

he

cont

ract

ed O

pera

tor

of b

oth

the

stad

ium

and

the

urb

an p

ark

that

is b

eing

des

igne

d to

occ

upy

a si

gnifi

cant

por

tion

of t

he

adja

cent

Com

mon

land

. Ess

entia

lly, s

uch

an O

pera

tor

shou

ld b

e ex

perie

nced

in f

acili

ties

and

even

ts o

pera

tions

and

will

be

expe

cted

to

perf

orm

und

er a

ful

l mai

nten

ance

bas

is f

or t

his

impo

rtan

t ad

ditio

n to

Cap

e To

wn’

s sp

ortin

g, r

ecre

atio

nal a

nd

tour

ism

infr

astr

uctu

re. T

he C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill h

old

a on

e-da

y se

min

ar a

t th

e en

d of

Mar

ch 2

008

to b

rief

resp

onde

nts

abou

t th

e re

quire

men

ts e

xpec

ted

from

the

Ope

rato

r. Th

e in

tent

ion

is t

hat

this

mee

ting

will

be

inte

ract

ive,

and

will

cat

er f

or q

uest

ions

an

d su

gges

tions

tha

t ar

ise

from

the

floo

r. Fo

r th

e be

nefit

of

non-

resi

dent

org

anis

atio

ns, i

nfor

mat

ion

will

be

give

n ab

out

the

Sout

h A

fric

an g

over

nmen

t’s r

equi

rem

ent

for

Blac

k Ec

onom

ic E

mpo

wer

men

t (B

EE) w

hen

form

ing

a bi

ddin

g co

nsor

tium

and

th

e ne

cess

ity o

f in

clud

ing

empl

oym

ent

equi

ty a

nd s

kills

tra

inin

g in

pro

posa

ls.

The

EoI i

s st

age

one

of a

tw

o-st

age

proc

ess

in s

elec

ting

an O

pera

tor;

the

sec

ond

bein

g a

tend

ered

Req

uest

for

Pro

posa

ls (R

fP),

whi

ch is

exp

ecte

d to

be

issu

ed in

Apr

il 20

08. I

t is

env

isag

ed t

hat

the

agre

emen

t w

ill e

ither

be

in t

he f

orm

of

a Re

gist

ered

Le

ase

or a

Man

agem

ent

Con

trac

t fo

r a

perio

d of

not

less

tha

n 10

and

not

mor

e th

an 3

0 ye

ars.

Thi

s co

ntra

ct is

vie

wed

str

ictly

as

a c

omm

erci

al o

ppor

tuni

ty.

The

oppo

rtun

ity t

o bi

d fo

r th

e N

amin

g Ri

ghts

of

the

stad

ium

will

be

addr

esse

d as

a s

epar

ate

com

pone

nt o

f th

e te

nder

– it

is,

how

ever

, env

isag

ed t

hat

sepa

rate

and

com

bina

tion

bids

will

be

perm

itted

for

the

tw

o co

mpo

nent

s.

The

curr

ent

EoI i

s, h

owev

er, p

urel

y fo

cuse

d on

the

Ope

rato

r ro

le.

CAPE

TOW

N, T

HE W

ESTE

RN C

APE

AND

SOU

TH A

FRIC

ATh

ere

has

been

a r

apid

gro

wth

in t

ouris

m s

ince

Sou

th A

fric

a he

ld it

s fir

st d

emoc

ratic

ele

ctio

ns in

199

4, a

s th

e co

untr

y pr

ovid

es a

vas

t ra

nge

of a

ttra

ctio

ns f

or in

tern

atio

nal t

ouris

ts, m

any

of w

hom

ret

urn

and

enco

urag

e th

eir

frie

nds

and

busi

ness

as

soci

ates

to

visi

t th

e co

untr

y. T

here

is a

lso

a st

rong

dom

estic

tou

rism

bas

e an

d C

ape

Tow

n is

a p

opul

ar lo

catio

n fo

r vi

sito

rs

from

the

Gau

teng

(Joh

anne

sbur

g) a

rea

in p

artic

ular

. Dur

ing

the

2006

/7 h

olid

ay s

easo

n al

one,

the

re w

ere

mor

e th

an f

our

mill

ion

visi

tors

to

the

Cap

e To

wn

area

.

As

a na

tion,

Sou

th A

fric

ans

are

wel

l kno

wn

for

thei

r en

thus

iasm

for

all

form

s of

spo

rtin

g ac

tiviti

es, b

oth

as h

ighl

y co

mpe

titiv

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts a

nd k

een

supp

orte

rs. I

n th

e la

st 1

2 ye

ars

the

coun

try

has

host

ed t

he W

orld

Cha

mpi

onsh

ips

for

Rugb

y, O

ne-D

ay

Cric

ket,

Cro

ss-c

ount

ry R

unni

ng a

nd F

enci

ng. I

n 19

96, i

t ac

hiev

ed a

dou

ble

first

by

host

ing

and

win

ning

the

Afr

ica

Cup

of

Nat

ions

soc

cer

tour

nam

ent

. Maj

or in

tern

atio

nal g

olf

tour

nam

ents

are

hel

d an

nual

ly t

hrou

ghou

t th

e co

untr

y, g

ivin

g te

levi

sion

au

dien

ces

arou

nd t

he w

orld

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

see

lead

ing

play

ers

com

pete

on

top-

qual

ity c

ours

es. T

here

are

tw

o an

nual

m

arat

hons

tha

t ar

e op

en t

o in

tern

atio

nal e

ntra

nts

held

in t

he c

ount

ry, o

ne o

f w

hich

(the

Tw

o O

cean

s) is

Cap

e To

wn.

The

city

al

so h

osts

the

larg

est

indi

vidu

ally

tim

ed b

icyc

le r

ace

in t

he w

orld

on

an a

nnua

l bas

is (t

he P

ick

‘n P

ay A

rgus

Cyc

le R

ace)

. The

seev

ents

hav

e he

lped

to

esta

blis

h So

uth

Afr

ica

as a

maj

or p

laye

r in

the

mar

ketp

lace

for

top

spo

rtin

g ve

nues

and

com

petit

ions

.

22010

With

the

ope

ning

of

the

soph

istic

ated

Cap

e To

wn

Inte

rnat

iona

l Con

vent

ion

Cen

tre

in 2

003,

the

glo

bal c

orpo

rate

and

in

stitu

tiona

l con

fere

nce/

exhi

bitio

n in

dust

ry h

as r

espo

nded

ent

husi

astic

ally

to

this

des

tinat

ion,

with

man

y de

lega

tes

taki

ng

adva

ntag

e of

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

brin

g th

eir

spou

ses

or p

artn

ers

with

the

m. W

ith a

wid

e ra

nge

of g

uest

acc

omm

odat

ion

avai

labl

e in

the

city

and

reg

ion,

man

y de

lega

tes

exte

nd t

heir

stay

s to

enj

oy t

he c

ity’s

exce

llent

com

fort

, sce

nery

and

live

en

tert

ainm

ent.

Man

y w

orld

-fam

ous

ente

rtai

ners

enj

oy c

omin

g to

Cap

e To

wn

to g

ive

live

conc

erts

, the

mos

t re

cent

bei

ng

Elto

n Jo

hn a

nd C

elin

e D

ion.

The

re is

a v

ibra

nt n

ight

life

in C

ape

Tow

n an

d m

oder

n en

tert

ainm

ent

conc

erts

are

wel

l sup

port

ed.

Ther

e is

als

o a

good

poo

l of

tech

nica

l, so

und,

ligh

ting

and

reco

rdin

g sk

ills

in t

he c

ity t

hat

cate

rs f

or a

ll as

pect

s of

live

en

tert

ainm

ent

due

to t

he r

apid

exp

ansi

on o

f th

e lo

cal fi

lm in

dust

ry in

rec

ent

year

s. L

ocal

mus

icia

ns a

re h

ighl

y ra

ted

and

can

read

ily s

uppo

rt a

ll fo

rms

of li

ve m

usic

ran

ging

fro

m ja

zz, r

ock

and

soul

to

clas

sica

l. Th

e ci

ty is

hom

e to

the

Cap

e To

wn

Jazz

Fe

stiv

al h

eld

in M

arch

eve

ry y

ear,

whi

ch a

ttra

cts

inte

rnat

iona

l jaz

z ar

tists

and

fan

s. T

he u

nive

rsiti

es o

f C

ape

Tow

n an

d ne

arby

St

elle

nbos

ch b

oth

have

exc

elle

nt m

usic

fac

ultie

s th

at o

ffer

cou

rses

to

Mas

ter’s

Deg

ree

leve

l inc

ludi

ng p

erfo

rman

ce d

iplo

mas

as

wel

l as

theo

ry. O

ther

ter

tiary

inst

itutio

ns a

lso

offe

r ho

spita

lity

and

cate

ring

indu

stry

ski

lls.

3

Co

nst

ruct

ion

pro

gre

ss a

s at

13

Feb

ruar

y 20

08

THE

STAD

IUM

DES

IGN,

FAC

ILIT

IES

AND

IMM

EDIA

TE P

RECI

NCT

The

expe

rienc

ed t

eam

invo

lved

in t

he d

esig

n an

d su

perv

isio

n of

thi

s m

oder

n fa

cilit

y ar

e al

l hig

hly

repu

tabl

e So

uth

Afr

ican

pr

ofes

sion

als

wor

king

in a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith s

peci

alis

t G

erm

an a

rchi

tect

s an

d en

gine

ers.

The

ir ch

alle

nge

was

to

ensu

re t

hat

the

faci

lity

coul

d pe

rfor

m w

ell f

unct

iona

lly a

nd b

lend

into

the

sur

roun

ding

urb

an a

nd n

atur

al la

ndsc

ape.

The

mai

n co

nstr

uctio

n co

ntra

ct w

as a

war

ded

to a

con

sort

ium

com

pris

ing

the

lead

ing

Sout

h A

fric

an b

uild

ing

and

civi

l eng

inee

ring

firm

s of

Mur

ray

and

Robe

rts

part

nerin

g w

ith W

BHO

Ltd

.

In o

rder

to

qual

ify f

or t

he r

ight

to

hold

a W

orld

Cup

soc

cer

sem

i-fina

l mat

ch, t

he S

tadi

um h

as t

o ac

com

mod

ate

a m

inim

um

of 6

0 00

0 sp

ecta

tors

and

a f

urth

er 8

000

gue

sts

host

ed u

nder

the

aus

pice

s of

FIF

A a

nd t

he L

ocal

Org

anis

ing

Com

mitt

ee.

Onc

e th

e 20

10 F

IFA

Wor

ld C

up h

as b

een

com

plet

ed, t

he u

pper

tie

rs o

f se

atin

g, w

hich

are

cur

rent

ly e

nvis

aged

as

tem

pora

ry

in n

atur

e, w

ill b

e re

mov

ed a

nd t

he S

tadi

um w

ill r

ever

t to

a 5

5 00

0 sp

ecta

tor

capa

city

ven

ue in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

app

rova

l gr

ante

d un

der

the

Prov

inci

al G

over

nmen

t’s e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erm

it.

2010

FIF

A W

ORL

D CU

P™C

urre

ntly

the

City

Cou

ncil

is in

vest

igat

ing

the

optio

n of

pro

vidi

ng a

hig

her

than

req

uire

d nu

mbe

r of

“sk

ybox

es”

(cor

pora

te

hosp

italit

y su

ites)

whi

ch w

ould

dis

plac

e so

me

of t

he t

empo

rary

sea

ting

plan

ned

for

the

uppe

r tie

rs a

nd r

emai

n a

perm

anen

t fe

atur

e in

to t

he f

utur

e. T

he E

oI p

roce

ss w

ill e

nabl

e fe

edba

ck f

rom

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s on

the

ben

efits

and

dra

wba

cks

of t

his

optio

n. U

nfor

tuna

tely,

tim

e co

nstr

aint

s du

e to

the

con

stru

ctio

n sc

hedu

le m

ake

it un

likel

y th

at t

he s

ucce

ssfu

l bid

der

wou

ld b

e ap

poin

ted

prio

r to

a fi

nal d

ecis

ion

on t

his

mat

ter

to e

nabl

e fu

rthe

r in

put.

The

desi

gn p

rovi

des

for

a ro

of t

o pr

otec

t ev

ents

fro

m t

he u

npre

dict

abili

ty o

f th

e C

ape

Tow

n w

eath

er, p

artic

ular

ly d

urin

g th

e w

inte

r m

onth

s of

Jul

y an

d A

ugus

t. It

was

dec

ided

qui

te e

arly

on

that

the

add

ition

al c

onst

ruct

ion

cost

s in

volv

ed in

in

corp

orat

ing

an IA

AF

stan

dard

ath

letic

s tr

ack

into

the

des

ign

wer

e im

prac

tical

to

acco

mm

odat

e. S

uch

a fa

cilit

y al

read

y ex

ists

in

the

met

ropo

litan

are

a at

Bel

lvill

e, a

lthou

gh a

n at

hlet

ics

faci

lity

is e

nvis

aged

as

part

of

the

futu

re r

esou

rces

on

the

Com

mon

.

The

prac

tical

com

plet

ion

date

for

han

dove

r to

the

City

Cou

ncil

as c

lient

is s

ched

uled

for

15

Dec

embe

r 20

09, w

hich

wou

ld

pote

ntia

lly le

ave

a pe

riod

of fi

ve m

onth

s to

ena

ble

the

succ

essf

ul O

pera

tor

to w

ork-

up t

he S

tadi

um t

o th

e ne

cess

ary

prac

tical

op

erat

iona

l lev

el f

or t

he S

occe

r W

orld

Cup

. In

real

ity, t

he S

tadi

um’s

full

com

mer

cial

opp

ortu

nity

per

iod

com

men

ces

afte

r th

e to

urna

men

t is

ove

r, al

thou

gh s

ome

reve

nue

prod

ucin

g ac

tiviti

es s

houl

d be

pos

sibl

e be

twee

n th

e da

te o

f be

nefic

ial o

ccup

atio

n un

til t

he E

xclu

sive

Use

Per

iod

com

men

ces,

cou

pled

with

the

ben

efits

of

the

publ

icity

ass

ocia

ted

with

hav

ing

been

app

oint

ed

as t

he lo

ng-t

erm

Ope

rato

r.

The

desi

gn p

rovi

des

for

1 20

0 un

derc

over

par

king

bay

s w

ithin

the

Sta

dium

com

plex

, whi

lst

the

adja

cent

sta

dium

pre

cinc

t ar

ea w

ill h

ave

a ha

rden

ed s

urfa

ce a

nd w

ill b

e ca

pabl

e of

pro

vidi

ng p

arki

ng f

acili

ties

for

som

e 80

0 ve

hicl

es. O

verfl

ow

park

ing

for

a fu

rthe

r 3

000

vehi

cles

will

be

avai

labl

e on

the

nei

ghbo

urin

g gr

asse

d re

crea

tiona

l are

as t

hat

will

als

o be

und

er

the

man

agem

ent

cont

rol o

f th

e St

adiu

m O

pera

tor.

A h

igh

leve

l of

safe

ty, s

ecur

ity a

nd a

cces

s co

ntro

l will

be

requ

ired

at

the

perim

eter

of

the

stad

ium

pre

cinc

t un

der

the

cont

rol o

f th

e O

pera

tor

afte

r th

e 20

10 t

ourn

amen

t. T

here

are

spe

cial

ar

rang

emen

ts f

or t

hese

asp

ects

dur

ing

the

Socc

er W

orld

Cup

.

42010

5

67

2010

PRO

POSE

D S

ITE

DEV

ELO

PMEN

T PL

AN

/ LA

ND

SCA

PE C

ON

CEP

T PL

AN

Tenn

is

Ova

l

9

STAD

IUM

USA

GE

– AN

ALYS

IS O

F AC

TIVI

TIES

An

inde

pend

ent

anal

ysis

com

mis

sion

ed b

y th

e C

ity C

ounc

il sh

ows

whi

ch s

port

ing

activ

ities

and

eve

nts

are

prac

tical

ly s

uita

ble

for

the

Stad

ium

and

its

adja

cent

har

d-su

rfac

ed p

reci

nct,

som

e of

whi

ch m

ay r

equi

re a

dapt

atio

ns o

r ad

ditio

ns t

o th

e cu

rren

t fin

al s

tadi

um d

esig

n, t

he c

osts

of

whi

ch w

ould

be

incu

rred

by

the

futu

re O

pera

tor.

Thes

e ar

e sh

own

belo

w a

s Ta

ble

A. F

or

info

rmat

ion

purp

oses

, Tab

le B

des

crib

es a

ctiv

ities

tha

t ar

e cu

rren

tly a

nd li

kely

to

take

pla

ce g

ener

ally

in t

he o

vera

ll ar

ea o

f th

e G

reen

Poi

nt C

omm

on. T

able

C in

dica

tes

spor

ts a

ctiv

ities

tha

t ar

e no

t su

itabl

e.

Plan

ning

con

stra

ints

und

er t

he c

urre

nt Z

onin

g Sc

hem

e sp

ecify

the

act

iviti

es t

hat

will

be

perm

itted

with

out

obta

inin

g w

aive

rs

or c

hang

es t

o th

e zo

ning

. It

shou

ld b

e cl

early

und

erst

ood

that

bid

s su

bmitt

ed u

nder

the

Sta

ge 2

Ten

der/

RfP

proc

ess

CA

NN

OT

be c

ondi

tiona

l on

futu

re c

hang

es t

o th

e cu

rren

t zo

ning

whe

ther

at

the

site

or

else

whe

re in

the

city

. Suc

h ap

plic

atio

ns a

re

asse

ssed

on

an “

arm

’s le

ngth

“ ba

sis.

Tab

le A

: Mo

st li

kely

act

ivit

ies

SPO

RTI

NG

CO

DE

OR

EV

ENT

CO

MM

ENTS

Prof

essi

onal

foo

tbal

lC

ompa

tible

with

sta

dium

des

ign

& p

reci

nct

zoni

ng

Prof

essi

onal

rug

byC

ompa

tible

with

sta

dium

des

ign

& p

reci

nct

zoni

ng

Con

cert

sC

ompa

tible

with

sta

dium

des

ign

& p

reci

nct

zoni

ng

Exhi

bitio

nsC

ompa

tible

with

sta

dium

des

ign

& p

reci

nct

zoni

ng

Con

fere

nces

& f

unct

ions

Com

patib

le w

ith s

tadi

um d

esig

n &

pre

cinc

t zo

ning

Ralli

es &

pub

lic g

athe

rings

Com

patib

le w

ith s

tadi

um d

esig

n &

pre

cinc

t zo

ning

Circ

usC

ompa

tible

with

sta

dium

des

ign

& p

reci

nct

zoni

ng

Gym

nasi

um/H

.P. C

entr

eN

ot in

cur

rent

des

ign

- ca

n be

add

ed p

ost

2010

Act

ion

cric

ket

Not

in c

urre

nt d

esig

n -

can

be a

dded

pos

t 20

10

Badm

into

nN

ot in

cur

rent

des

ign

- ca

n be

add

ed p

ost

2010

Bask

etba

llN

ot in

cur

rent

des

ign

- ca

n be

add

ed p

ost

2010

Fenc

ing

Not

in c

urre

nt d

esig

n -

can

be a

dded

pos

t 20

10

Net

ball

Not

in c

urre

nt d

esig

n -

can

be a

dded

pos

t 20

10

Skat

epar

kN

ot in

cur

rent

des

ign

- ca

n be

add

ed p

ost

2010

Tabl

e te

nnis

Not

in c

urre

nt d

esig

n -

can

be a

dded

pos

t 20

10

Volle

ybal

lN

ot in

cur

rent

des

ign

- ca

n be

add

ed p

ost

2010

Spor

ts m

useu

m/s

hop

Com

patib

le w

ith c

urre

nt z

onin

g

Rest

aura

ntW

ould

req

uire

wai

ver

perm

issi

on o

utsi

de o

f ev

ent

use

Tab

le B

: Oth

er a

mat

eur

spo

rts

cod

es &

act

ivit

ies

on

th

e C

om

mo

n

Bow

ls, c

ricke

t, f

ootb

all,

golf,

hoc

key,

rug

by a

nd t

enni

s ar

e ex

istin

g an

d fu

ture

act

iviti

es o

n th

e C

omm

on t

oget

her

with

the

Su

nday

info

rmal

tra

ding

mar

ket.

Cric

ket

and

rugb

y ta

ke p

lace

on

the

Gre

en P

oint

Tra

ck a

t th

e pr

esen

t tim

e.

The

curr

ent

and

futu

re C

omm

on is

util

ised

for

pub

lic jo

ggin

g an

d si

mila

r in

divi

dual

or

grou

p ex

erci

ses,

whi

ch e

ven

incl

ude

just

“w

alki

ng t

he d

og!”

Ove

rflow

par

king

for

larg

e st

adiu

m e

vent

s w

ill b

e pe

rmitt

ed o

n th

e ar

eas

unde

r th

e di

rect

con

trol

of

the

cont

ract

ed

Stad

ium

Ope

rato

r.

Tab

le C

: Sp

ort

ing

or

recr

eati

on

al a

ctiv

itie

s th

at a

re N

OT

suit

able

BMX

tra

ck, c

ycle

rac

ing,

div

ing

tank

, mot

or s

port

s w

ould

nee

d ca

refu

l env

ironm

enta

l ass

essm

ent

befo

reha

nd.

Suita

ble

alte

rnat

ive

faci

litie

s al

read

y ex

ist

else

whe

re.

82010

THE

URB

AN P

ARK

AND

SURR

OU

NDI

NG

REC

REAT

ION

AL F

ACIL

ITIE

STh

e G

reen

Poi

nt C

omm

on f

ulfil

s a

mul

ti-sp

ort

recr

eatio

nal r

ole

at t

he p

rese

nt t

ime

and

it is

the

City

Cou

ncil’

s in

tent

ion

to u

se

the

new

Sta

dium

as

a ca

taly

st t

o re

confi

gure

and

impr

ove

the

area

’s ex

istin

g sp

orts

fac

ilitie

s, a

nd e

nhan

ce p

ublic

and

soc

ial

acce

ssib

ility

by

crea

ting

an U

rban

Par

k. It

is e

nvis

aged

tha

t th

e tr

aditi

onal

info

rmal

tra

ding

mar

ket

that

is c

urre

ntly

hel

d on

Su

nday

s an

d pu

blic

hol

iday

s w

ill c

ontin

ue t

o fe

atur

e in

the

rev

ised

layo

ut. T

he t

otal

are

a of

the

exi

stin

g C

omm

on is

som

e 10

9 he

ctar

es, m

akin

g it

an im

port

ant

gree

n lu

ng in

the

cen

tral

par

t of

the

city

. (Th

e St

adiu

m a

nd it

s ha

rden

ed p

reci

nct

will

occ

upy

abou

t 18

hec

tare

s of

thi

s ar

ea.)

At

the

time

of p

rintin

g, t

he U

rban

Par

k pe

rimet

ers

wer

e be

ing

reso

lved

.

The

Dra

ft S

ite D

evel

opm

ent

Plan

for

thi

s w

hole

are

a re

mai

ns s

ubje

ct t

o pu

blic

com

men

t an

d fin

al a

ppro

val b

y th

e pr

ovin

cial

M

inis

ter

for

Envi

ronm

ent,

Pla

nnin

g an

d Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

and,

sub

ject

to

due

proc

ess,

is n

ow e

xpec

ted

to b

e in

its

final

ap

prov

ed s

tate

by

mid

-200

8. T

he c

urre

nt d

raft

pla

n as

ado

pted

by

the

City

Cou

ncil

is s

how

n on

pag

es 6

and

7.

This

pla

n d

escr

ibes

th

e fo

llow

ing

pro

po

sed

arr

ang

emen

ts:

•Th

e M

etro

polit

an G

olf

Clu

b w

ill h

ave

a ne

w la

yout

and

, by

mea

ns o

f a

leas

e di

rect

ly w

ith t

he C

ity C

ounc

il, w

ill b

e

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r its

ow

n op

erat

iona

l mai

nten

ance

, sec

urity

and

saf

ety.

•H

isto

rical

ly, v

ario

us s

port

ing

club

s ha

ve e

njoy

ed e

xclu

sive

use

of

part

s of

the

Com

mon

. It

is e

nvis

aged

tha

t th

e cu

rren

t

re

deve

lopm

ent

proc

ess

will

res

olve

the

situ

atio

n fo

r th

e fu

ture

.

•Th

e ex

istin

g gr

asse

d G

reen

Poi

nt T

rack

will

be

upgr

aded

for

cric

ket

and

rugb

y an

d co

ntro

lled

by t

he C

ity C

ounc

il.

•It

is in

tend

ed t

hat

the

exis

ting

tenn

is c

ourt

s ad

jace

nt t

o th

e pr

ivat

ely

owne

d V

irgin

Act

ive

gym

nasi

um w

ill b

e m

oder

nise

d

and

exte

nded

by

Tenn

is W

este

rn P

rovi

nce

to b

e th

eir

new

pro

vinc

ial h

eadq

uart

ers.

Thi

s co

uld

incl

ude

a hi

gh s

tand

ard

Cen

tre

Cou

rt t

hat

wou

ld b

e us

ed f

or m

ajor

nat

iona

l, A

fric

an c

ontin

ent

and

inte

rnat

iona

l tou

rnam

ents

. The

leas

e w

ill b

e

di

rect

ly w

ith t

he C

ity C

ounc

il.

•Th

e re

mai

ning

spo

rts

field

s w

ill b

e av

aila

ble

for

casu

al p

ublic

use

. The

Sta

dium

Ope

rato

r w

ill b

e re

quire

d to

mai

ntai

n th

ese

field

s an

d ad

min

iste

r a

perm

ittin

g sy

stem

for

the

ir us

e. T

hey

wou

ld a

lso

be a

vaila

ble

to t

he O

pera

tor

to a

ct a

s an

ove

rflow

pa

rkin

g ar

ea f

or la

rge

even

ts a

t th

e st

adiu

m o

r ot

her

such

inno

vativ

e ac

tiviti

es.

•Th

e re

mai

nder

of

the

publ

ic a

reas

will

for

m t

he U

rban

Par

k, w

hich

will

be

avai

labl

e fo

r un

stru

ctur

ed r

ecre

atio

nal u

se b

y th

e co

mm

unity

at

larg

e. T

he C

ity C

ounc

il w

ill fi

nanc

e, d

esig

n an

d co

nstr

uct

the

layo

ut o

f th

e U

rban

Par

k, b

ut it

will

be

hand

ed

over

to

the

Stad

ium

Ope

rato

r fo

r ad

min

istr

atio

n, o

pera

tiona

l con

trol

and

ong

oing

mai

nten

ance

.

•Th

e ar

ea d

esig

nate

d fo

r th

e in

form

al t

radi

ng m

arke

t w

ill a

lso

fall

unde

r th

e co

ntro

l of

the

Stad

ium

Ope

rato

r, in

clud

ing

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r ad

min

iste

ring

a pe

rmitt

ing

fee

syst

em a

nd t

he r

emov

al o

f lit

ter

and

was

te.

The

plan

illu

stra

tes

that

the

act

ual p

hysi

cal s

ize

of t

he U

rban

Par

k an

d sp

orts

fiel

ds, w

hich

will

bec

ome

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

th

e St

adiu

m O

pera

tor,

is r

elat

ivel

y m

odes

t co

mpa

red

with

the

gre

ater

Com

mon

are

a. T

he o

bjec

tive

of t

he C

ity C

ounc

il is

for

th

e St

adiu

m O

pera

tor

to u

nder

take

com

plet

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

all o

pera

tiona

l con

trol

, upk

eep,

mai

nten

ance

, acc

ess,

saf

ety

and

secu

rity

issu

es f

or t

hese

des

igna

ted

faci

litie

s by

con

trac

tual

agr

eem

ent.

Cle

arly,

the

sta

dium

rev

enue

str

eam

will

hav

e to

cr

oss-

subs

idis

e th

e U

rban

Par

k an

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low

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stric

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llow

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oblig

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hich

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the

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and

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