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Future site use
The Purdon & Associates report made certain recommendations regarding the future use options for the community site? Which option do you prefer?
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Mt Neighbour Final Site Report A (2.8 MB)
Comment 1 11 Jun 2008, 12:54 PM
This community has significant needs in several areas. A publicly owned community centre would serve the needs of the community in a much greater sense.
Perhaps it could have daycare facilities for the aged, in order to provide respite for carers.
Maybe it could provide a local baby healthcare centre.
There could be provision for recreation facilities for young people.
The site could have a community hall for various uses.
Perhaps the site could be partially used for public housing development, to ease the pressure on struggling families in the area.
There are many more possible uses for this site which would serve the needs of the local community in a more holistic sense. To restrict options specifically to aged care and give the community a grand total of 2.9% of the total land for a small BBQ area seems extraordinarily short-sighted and is insulting to the intelligence of this community.
Comment 1.1 23 Jul 2008, 12:06 PM
Please take note that the consultation had very limited access to comment. The rules stated that we were only allowed to comment on an aged care facility for this space. That does not mean that the majority of people attending the meeting agreed with the recommendations put forward by ACT planning. This area has traffic problems and anyone who used this site would be well aware of the concessions made between the two schools to accommodate same. To increase the traffic problems by adding an aged care facility which will have great needs just for staff let alone the constant more…