New location for pool?

At the public meeting regarding the development at Wesley Hospital on March 26th Judy Magub said that the Council couldn’t give parkland to the “Pool on The Park” concept as Auchenflower had so little parkland. The article (below) was found on the net and shows that there is precedence for councils allowing development on council land (even parkland). The council should consider allowing land on the park beside the Wesley to be used for a Hydrotherapy pool. The parkland near the Wesley is very under utilized, it is ringed by road and fumes. It is a conduit to the river, bikeway and train. The many older residents of nearby apartments should be petitioned to see if they would prefer a small part of the park to be made available as a recreational/therapeutic pool suitable for older/frail/disabled and the young with injuries. What responsibility does the council have to provide exercise facility for these people. There are bikeways and rivers and football fields in this electorate for the fit and healthy The Toowong pool was pulled down to make way for a multi storey building…… Excerpt from Boonah Shire News: “COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF HYDROTHERAPY POOL THE Council has endorsed a proposal to build a new hydrotherapy pool on public land. Funds for the pool have been raised over the past two years by the Boonah Shire Disability Support group Inc. The group recently asked the Council to allow the pool to be built on the old Scout hall site in Elizabeth Terrace. The site has a number of advantages, including easy access to water and sewerage, significant street parking, and no existing use conflicts. At its September meeting, the Council stated that it strongly supports the project and is prepared to provide an area of land in Elizabeth Terrace in the vicinity of the old Scout hall under a long-term lease, the conditions of which would be negotiated with the committee.” Find full quote at: www.boonah.qld.gov.au/news/2006/sept%20briefs.shtml Supplied by D.P Auchenflower