Call to action – Rosny Hill Friends Network, 29 April 2024
SAVE OUR PARKS – WE NEED YOU
- Rosny Park and Charles Hand Park form the green gateway into the City of Clarence
- In December 2023, after minimal publicity, Clarence City Council agreed to offer Rosny Parkland and Charles Hand Park for an AFL proposal to build a High Performance Centre covering both parks.
This will result in much of the area in both parks to be covered by two ovals, buildings and concrete or rock retaining walls.
- In April 2024 over 1000 residents petitioned Clarence City Council to hold a public meeting to discuss:
o The inappropriate siting of AFL High Performance Centres on public parklands
o Inadequate community consultation before Council vote.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Attend a public meeting to be held on:
Wednesday 15th May 7pm at
Citywide Baptist Church, 400 Cambridge Road, Mornington
WRITE A SUBMISSION TO COUNCIL, EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERN
Before 8th May, email [email protected] or send to CEO Ian Nelson
Clarence City Council, PO Box 96, Rosny Park 7018
Submissions must
- be headed by the phrase ‘Submission for Public Meeting 15th May 2024’
- be limited to the siting of the development and/or loss of parks and amenities; and may include the inadequate community consultation
Submissions must be received by 8th May, and will be compiled into a public booklet for councillors to read and review the decision on the siting of the High Performance Centres.
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April 29, 2024 at 19:24
It’s crucial to preserve our green spaces, and so the proposed AFL High Performance Centre at Rosny Parkland and Charles Hand Park seems like a significant misstep. Reducing public parklands for such developments undermines community interests, especially when it seems the decision lacked adequate public consultation.
I hope the council reconsiders after hearing from the concerned residents.