Tourism Development Fund: Grant to aMaizin! Adventure Park

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A decision made 6 June 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-E-2014-0050
Decision Summary Title :	Tourism Development Fund – approval of £300,000 grant to aMaizin! Adventure Park for an Indoor Play Barn and new Customer Services/Visitor facilities		Date of Decision Summary:	4th June 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Deputy Chief Officer		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Tourism Development Fund – approval of £300,000 grant to aMaizin! Adventure Park for an Indoor Play Barn and new Customer Services/Visitor facilities		Date of Written Report:	4th June 2014
Written Report Author:	Deputy Chief Officer		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Exempt: 3.2.1(a)(xi)
Subject: Tourism Development Fund – approval of £300,000 grant to aMaizin! Adventure Park for an Indoor Play Barn and new customer services facilities
Decision(s): The Minister, upon receiving the advice of the Tourism Development Fund Advisory Panel and ED Officers, approved the award of a grant, subject to contract, terms and conditions of £300,000 from the Tourism Development Fund, to aMaizin! Adventure Park for an Indoor Play Barn and new Customer Services/Visitor facilities.
Reason(s) for Decision: A Report outlining the process undergone in considering the grant application by both the TDF Panel and a separate ED Officer Panel was presented to the Minister prior to him making a decision. Having considered the recommendation of the TDF Panel and noted the advice of the ED Officer Panel, the Minister decided to award a grant of £300,000 to the aMaizin! Adventure Park for investment in its proposed new Visitor facilities.
Resource Implications: The grant is to be made from the Tourism Development Fund, which has sufficient resources to cover the grant. There are no further manpower or resource implications
Action required: The Executive Officer in conjunction with the Deputy Chief Officer and Law Officers will draft and agree a contract setting out the Terms and Conditions of the grant offer for Ministerial signing.
Signature: Senator A.J.H.Maclean		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):