reserve/project area · 2 meetings
Challenger Street Reserve
Mentions
- Proposed BMX Jumps and Community Recreation Park and Challenger Street Reserve site
- Discussed in public questions about a possible BMX jumps and recreation park.
- The decision advances the proposed park at Challenger Street Reserve, a site subject to a petition and environmental and cultural-heritage concerns.
- This supports the club’s ongoing use of local sporting facilities and helps resolve funding for pavilion works.
- Residents near the proposed facility received information about how amenity and cleanliness would be managed if the project proceeds.
- The BMX project will proceed to the final concept-plan stage at Challenger Street Reserve, subject to further ecology and cultural-heritage processes.
Decisions
BMX Jumps and Community Recreation Park concept endorsed
Endorsed the final concept plan for the BMX Jumps and Community Recreation Park after community consultation. Councillor Kelly Joy voted against; the other listed councillors voted for.
The decision advances the proposed park at Challenger Street Reserve, a site subject to a petition and environmental and cultural-heritage concerns.
North Eltham Wanderers Cricket Club loan guarantee and lease supported
Council agreed to act as loan guarantor for North Eltham Wanderers Cricket Club to settle an outstanding contribution for the 2020 Pavilion Project, and to execute a new lease for the club’s use of the pavilion at Eltham North Reserve.
This supports the club’s ongoing use of local sporting facilities and helps resolve funding for pavilion works.
Topics
Questions from the gallery on Challenger Street Reserve BMX proposal
Public questions raised maintenance and environmental management issues if a BMX jumps and recreation park proceeds at Challenger Street Reserve, including toilet cleaning and rubbish removal. Officers responded that toilet cleaning would be daily, waste collection twice weekly, and dumped rubbish collected as needed.
Residents near the proposed facility received information about how amenity and cleanliness would be managed if the project proceeds.