Page 535 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 15 February 2017
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Canberrans to participate, and be active and healthy. My amendment seeks to correct the detail in the original motion, that was not fully reflective of the facts, and consider the work that we have and continue to do with regard to supporting indoor sports. I move the following amendment:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes that:
(a) The Mpowerdome is a privately owned and operated, indoor sports facility under a commercial lease;
(b) a range of ACT Government directorates have sought to work constructively with, and provided advice to, Mpowerdome about opportunities and constraints over a number of years with regards to parking, zoning and lease related matters;
(c) Mpowerdome patrons have been permitted to utilise an adjacent block of unleased Territory land for overflow parking for some time, noting that the area now requires remediation works to be undertaken by the lessee to make it safe if the parking use is to continue;
(d) guidance, support and funding has been provided to Mpowerdome over recent years to assist with the development of a parking plan to formalise the use of adjacent unleased land for overflow car parking by patrons;
(e) in 2016, the ACT Government released the findings of the Indoor Sports Facilities Study, and agreed with the majority of the recommendations which has resulted in immediate action to assist in meeting the needs of the indoor sporting community;
(f) this action has included the investment of $100 000 in 2016 to improve access for community sport to ACT school facilities, including:
(i) upgrades made at Alfred Deakin High School, Lyneham High School and Lake Tuggeranong College, with work at Wanniassa High on track for completion this month; and
(ii) works to restore the gymnasium at the Headley Beare Centre in Stirling, with the upgrades nearing completion and the facilities scheduled to become available in March 2017; and
(g) the ACT Government has committed to fund a further $100 000 for community access to school facilities and is committed to further investigating feasible options for providing indoor sporting spaces in the ACT; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to continue its sustained investment in sporting opportunities and facilities across the ACT.”.
My amendment notes that we have more work to do and asks that we continue our sustained investment in sporting opportunities and facilities across the ACT. I thank Mr Wall for bringing this motion on today. It is important to get the facts and the
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