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Seems a local soccer club has their eye on Tompkins Park and have got their mates at council to get the ball rolling for them. If you're out that way or want to help stop this injustice before it starts, get down there and voice your concerns.
Originally Posted by Palmyra RUCThe Palmyra RUC wishes to encourage as many of its members and supporters to come to the City of Melville Tompkins Park Community Forum meeting this Wednesday 2nd May at Tompkins Park scheduled for 6 for 6:30pm.
The Club believes this is an extremely important meeting where our members views can be heard by the City of Melville to ensure that the facility is not negatively impacted by an influx of soccer teams to the grounds that will severly impact on our current usage patterns and generate larger parking problems than exist already today.
Below is a copy of the communication set to the club discussing the Council's agenda for the Tompkins Park facility.
It is therefore very important that our members turn up and be aware of the implications of any changes and be able to voice our concerns at the earliest possible time.Originally Posted by Melville CouncilThe City of Melville has recently completed an assessment of the current and future demand for Sports facilities within the City. Following on from this report we are now embarking on the development of a concept plan for Tompkins Park that will guide future development at the reserve. To this end the SGL Consulting Group, a sport, recreation, leisure and tourism planning consultancy, have been commissioned to develop the plan.
The report will provide future direction for the development of Tompkins Park Reserve and will provide a Concept Plan that reflects the needs of the sporting and recreational use of the area, whilst providing optimum design to achieve social, environmental and financial benefits to the community. The Consultants have been asked to complete the report based on the following objectives:
• To develop a site concept plan for Tompkins Park Reserve.
• To investigate and recommend the optimal mix of facilities to accommodate existing and potential future tenants according to the best practice principles of shared use and collocation and to the needs of sporting clubs consistent with previous reporting.
• To identify funding strategies to limit, if not eliminate the need to fund any developments from Council rates.
An important component of the plan's development is consultation with all stakeholders. As such the Consultant will be in contact with your club in the near future to gather as much information regarding current use, future requirements and any other projects.
Thank you
Chris Ward
Secretary