Stuff requested a copy of the report, but a council spokesperson said it had only just received the report itself and staff were still in the process of reviewing it and considering it.
It meant the full report was yet to go to council, and at this stage, it would not be made public.
Another council report says the Bluff Pool Trust has indicated the $1.4m can be fundraised.
Bluff Pool Trust representative Ian Sutherland was unable to be contacted on Friday.
In October, before the assessment report was done, Sutherland told the Bluff Community Board at a meeting that the Bluff Pool Trust would need to seek funding to upgrade the pool heating and ventilation system, which was around $170,000.