Re the Pool on the Park

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 as Auchenflower had so little parkland. The following 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.

From Boonah Shire Council 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