Everyone knows we received a $ 2.5 m grant prior to the last election for the Goodwood Oval Grandstand. This was courtesy of the previous State Government and the work of our new Badcoe Member of Parliament, Jayne Stinson.

This means it was time to get serious. As a result we sought design input from our community.

I moved a motion to this effect at last week’s council meeting because it is time to get serious.

The motion ensures our communities input is included in the design to presented to our Council Assessment Panel for approval. It also recognises that we have some work still to do to ensure we provide the facilities that will accommodate the storage needs of both resident clubs.

To achieve the above I moved an amended motion to that recommended by our administration. They drafted a motion that accurately I believe reflects the input we received from our community.

The recommended motion can be found on page 97 of the agenda, which can be found here.

There remained however a missing element after the consultation. This was an understanding of the storage needs of the two clubs.

There is storage that can be accommodated in the grandstand. There is however equipment that cannot be stored in this environment without either increasing its footprint and/or the impact of 2 storey cost implications. I talk of equipment such as pitch covers, practice netting, bowling machines, bowlers matting. I also talk of the manual roller and the goal posts that are currently stored outside.

The amendment replaced item 4 (b) and 4 (c) with the following:

4. Provision of external storage:

a) The proposed storage facility on Fairfax Avenue not proceed.
b) The detail design process further engage with the Goodwood Saints
Football Club and the Goodwood Cricket Club to identify their
storage needs, with a view to providing the required storage capacity
within the Grandstand and/or adjacent ancillary buildings (including
potential extension of an ancillary building).

Next step in the time to be serious

It is time to be serious about developing a final design. A design to present to our Council Assessment Panel  for development approval.

It will be a cat 3 application because it is sighted in the Residential Historic Conservation zone. Our community will therefore get another opportunity to provide input.