COUNCILLOR CALLS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON SHELL COVE

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Cr Peter Moran of Shellharbour City Council today urged the community to contact all the councillors and ask for the Council's Community Engagement Policy to be used in relation to the Shell Cove marina.

"For nearly twenty years Council has been telling the community that the Marina will be built using project funds. Not once have they ever actually asked the community if they want the marina. The Council has failed time and time again to deliver on this project, with missed deadlines and unrealised expectations. Now Council wants to commit the community to commercial risk based on heroic assumptions that even their own expert reports do not support" said Cr Moran.

"If the community supports this project, well so be it. The community should also be asked what services they are prepared to forego if the overly-optimistic assumptions prove to be inaccurate. Are we prepared to see swimming pools closed to help fund the marina? Do we accept that sports field fees will have to rise if the project fails to deliver on expectations?"

"I call on community members to contact all Councillors and ask for the Council's Community Engagement Policy (Level 3) to be used. This policy is to be used in cases of major projects that have a city-wide impact. There is no point having such a policy if it is not used. Given that the Council has never asked the community's opinion on this, let alone are we prepared to pay for it, now is surely the time to consult with the residents.

Clr Peter Moran (the good one)
Shellharbour City Council
0403 752838