It's all about buildings at today's Tauranga City Council meeting from the start with Papamoa Surf Club's Richard Coles speaking in the opening public forum about the new clubhouse.

Discussions on the Gwen Rogers Kindergarten, the Merivale Community Centre, and the Welcome Bay Baden Powell Centre are also on the agenda.

The Baden Powell Centre in Welcome Bay will be discussed at today's TCC meeting.

The kindergarten in Macville Road has been unsuccessfully looking for somewhere to build a bigger facility and now want to expand on their existing site.

Council staff recommendation is to decline the offer in a move that will also see the council re-examining why it provides land for educational purposes. The outcome could affect the future of five other city kindergartens that are also built on council land.

The Merivale Community Centre is presenting its proposal for a new community centre over the two sections now at its disposal, 10 Kesteven Avenue and 417 Fraser Street, which are both owned by the Tauranga City Council. An approval in principle, subject to a business plan and feasibility study is recommended.

The Baden Powell Centre at 93 Welcome Bay Road is in the way of the Hairini link project and will either be demolished or removed to another location at NZTA expanse.

The proposal is to relocate the Scouts and Girl Guides to Ila Park, off Harrisfield Drive, in the neighbouring suburb of Ohauiti.

If agreed the proposal will have to be publicly notified for community feedback.