Businesses cases are being prepared on five different options for the redevelopment of the Mount Hot Pools by Tauranga City Aquatics Ltd CEO Tania Delahunty.

She received instruction to do so by Tauranga City Councillors on Monday when she and TCAL director Warren Banks presented the options, without costs, to them.

The meeting was for a catch-up regarding the pools' emergency repairs, the redevelopment project and the Environment Court action.

At present, the plan is to seek an adjournment of the court hearing because there are unsettled planning issues.

The incoming city plan includes the hot pools as a scheduled activity, which they are not at the moment. There is some doubt about their legal status.

Progressing the city plan mediation with TCAL on September 21-22 will also attempt to deal with non complying parts of the proposed redevelopment – noise and building height.

The first two of the options presented fit within the existing footprint and will not require the annexing of tent sites from the adjacent public reserve.

Option one is the existing pools, with new pipes and a filtration system to meet New Zealand standards, plus new concourses and a repaint.

Option two has a new children's pool added as well as the option one makeover.

Option three encompasses option two and includes three new sensation pools, plus a refurbished entry and four or five massage rooms.

Option four is the ‘plan B' presented at mediation without the wellness centre.

It includes new fresh water children's pools and play areas, four or five treatment rooms and a new reception area.

Option five includes an 11 room wellness centre built over campsites, but not over quite as many as the 24 campsites originally expected to be taken from the public reserve for the commercial activity.

The court date for mediation is this Friday, August 12.

The councillors want that delayed so they have time to hear from Tania Delahunty on the business cases for the different pools options – she thinks that will take about two weeks.

There's a council meeting on August 15 and another projects and monitoring committee meeting on August 22.

As Councillor David Stewart saw things, the council will make a decision on the business case and go forward from there.

There're several issues to be resolved, says Tauranga City council ceo Ken Paterson.

There is the City Plan appeals process which TCAL is appealing on four issues – a spelling mistake, and parking, noise and height.

Mediation on those issues is set down for September 21-22. TCAL's is the only appeal, the Sandy Walkers having vacated their appeal.

This Friday TCAL will be seeking an adjournment on the hot pools redevelopment issue.

'We will be approaching the court seeking adjournment until the city plan issues are agreed to,” says Ken. 'Then all parties can engage within that framework.

'The council having agreed there was some measure of sense in the approach of taking one thing at a time, they still want to be well advised as to what their options were.

"They asked that the council get together with TCAL and resolve the what the best scheme is for everybody and what's the business plan for that scheme.”

The case is going to the Environment Court because TCAL is appealing the planning commissioner's decision declining consent for the expanded hot redevelopment project. The council agreed to the appeal, which is being opposed by a group allied under the name of the Mount Protection Society.