For Tuesday from the NAYSAYERS.
· alert you to a changed time forTuesday’s Council meeting- it starts at6pm- in the Council chambers. It would be good to be there 10 minutes early, especially if you’d like to speak (in the first 30mins members of the public are able to speak for up to 3 minutes each on topics in the agenda). The meeting secretary will ask who would like to speak.
Once the “Petone Arena” is in the Draft Annual Plan it has the initial endorsement of the Council, which will make it much harder to stop, despite the ‘consultation period’. Tuesday’s meeting is a chance to convince the Council not to include the $25 million for the Arena in the Plan, so it would be good to have lots of people present, maybe with placards.
· These are some of the key issues and arguments that we think still need to be addressed:
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· the need for a stadium was not established before the specific proposal came up
· the Council officer’s report was written by the officer who has been behind the development of the proposal – which means it is not an independent view
· there is still so much work to do that this idea is nowhere near ready for decision-making
· there is no need for a rushed decision on such an expensive and risky project
· the community stands to lose most of its green space – not only through the ‘stadium’ but also because we will be excluded from any open green left space so that Phoenix can have their daily practice
· this will cost the community 3% extra on rates for something where the main benefits will be private
Check out the second to last line. Hmm....
....and also the comment about the council officer's 'independent view'. If this goes to the council plan then independent scrutiny will be taken. So the officer’s perspective, in my understanding, does not matter at this point. Hmm...
I wish I better knew how to challenge the last line.
Unbelievable. Most of that is directly contradicted by the report that is being put forward to the council (that I posted above). They clearly haven't read it.
That pisses me off. Scaremongering and disinformation.