SUFFOLK PARK community land at Lot 60, Beech Drive has not yet been secured as our community’s park, says Suffolk Park Progress Association Vice-President, Patsy Brosnan.
“This is why our second petition is so vital,” she says.
SIGN HERE: Suffolk Park’s most vital petition to secure our community land.
“If anything, our second petition is even more important than our first.”
Byron Shire Council has confirmed that the Suffolk Park education land should be secured for community uses.
In a recent media release, Mayor Simon Richardson said, “Given that the Department of Education no longer requires this land it should now be gifted to the Council so that these activities may continue into the future.
Our aim is to ensure that we retain use of the site for our residents if the Department of Education no longer requires it as an educational site.”
While Mayor Richardson noted that Council did have some funding available from Section 94 developer contribution Suffolk Park Open Space reserves, Council expects the land to be gifted to the community.
“Suffolk Park has little scope for future development so developer contributions are scarce. Once the current funding pool is gone, it’s gone.
“We need these funds for community facilities and open space improvements that our community has been expecting for years. Exhausting these funds on securing the land would be heartbreaking for the local community,” said the Mayor.
If Council is successful in obtaining ownership of the land, Mayor Richardson said the land would be designated as “Community Land” and retained in perpetuity for community use. A Plan of Management would be developed in consultation with the Suffolk Park community to determine the preferred uses of the site.
“Suffolk Park Residents – we must, as a community, support this idea. If you wish to ‘Save Our Park’ please sign the new petition and share this post/ petition – urging others to do the same – on Facebook, by Email, Twitter etc! Thank you.”