Page 1922 - Week 07 - Thursday, 23 August 2007
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(c) Consider the difficulty of ensuring pool and skating provisions for Section 22, Block 2 as well as allowing commercial development on that site to fund those projects.
I think the Woden Valley Community Council is prepared to go a long way with the government. The list continues:
(d) Accept that the provision of a children’s pool and outdoor amenity play area are requirements for any pool development.
(e) As discussed at our meeting, consider options to remove pool and skating requirements for the site with a view to the Government selling the site for full commercial value and identify a site, in consultation with the Woden community, to build a new pool complex elsewhere in the Town Centre.
They do not want a degraded pool complex. They are prepared for it to be relocated as long as it is as good as, but preferably better than, what they have now. The list continues:
(f) Not issue a long term lease for the pool until the future of the pool facilities are agreed.
(g) Note that revenue from unencumbered commercial use of the site could offset a significant part of the construction of a new pool complex in another part of the Town Centre.
(h) Agree to full public consultation with all stakeholders on pool provision prior to any changes to the lease …
(i) Change the land use for the section of the land adjacent to the south eastern side of the oval back to restricted access recreation.
(j) Examine options and determine a site for a community/cultural/arts centre in the Town Centre ...
(i) Support a feasibility study for such a … centre.
(j) Amend the Territory Plan to accommodate the outcomes of above options as appropriate.
(k) Retain the old police centre site until finalisation of a site for the proposed community/cultural/arts facility ...
While I have been saying these things, Mr Barr has been muttering, “We are doing that; we are doing that.” Why did he not say that in his speech? Why does what the government will do to improve the amenity of the Woden town centre not appear anywhere? I have not heard it here today. I need to hear it; the Woden people need to hear it. Remember that we are talking about people from Curtin to Garran to Mawson, including a lot of people in the Weston Creek area who lack their own pool and who lack a lot of these facilities.
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