Hi to all that care about Proposed Multi Storey Developments Planned and seeking Approval for The Gold Coast, Main Beach Seaway Spit Area which are totally inconsiderate and contrary to the wishes of the many thousands of Gold Coast Residents that do not want Multi Storey Highrise Developments in the whole proposed location (ever!), Environment, sensible and sustainable Urban Planning Ideals for now and into the future, Current Planning Laws only allowing for 3 Storey Height Development, Increased Traffic Grid Lock, Ruination of your Recreational Freedoms and Development that will block and disturb wind patterns across the Broadwater to what has become for well over the past 40 years a traditional Flatwater Sailing Area known to be frequented regularly by 100's of low impact recreational enthusiast Windsurfers and Kiteboarders.

On arrival at this mornings meeting, I entered the Gold Coast Arts Centre Building where the meeting was being held, where I held up a poster that read "HIGHRISE ON OUR SPIT, NO BLOODY WAY" I was met with rousing applause but was told to get out of the Building by Security as he stated there a no banners or posters allowed in the Building. So I was outside in the Forecourt holding my sign up where it did not take too long before 'OLD CHIEF WAREWOLF' told me to get off the complete premises with that poster and if I did not then he will get the Police (a group of about 6 of them standing nearby) to arrest me. I could see the group of Coppers starting to make a "B Line" towards me, so I thought the best tactic was to retreat and go and stash my sign and come back which I did. I was severely closely monitored there after by "BIG BROTHERS". It was nice that some people did come to my aid and say to the Security Dude, that this is Public Property and he is the Public who Owns it and pays your wages, so he has every right to be here and display his opinion, but Security Dude was not having any part of that and Pig Headed went on with a look of much vengeance and aggression bullied me off the joint and then went on the hunt for me after, through the carpark area.

Todays meeting by the Gold Coast City Councils Planning Committee was to assess for approval or refusal for Sunland's Development Application for a Two 40 odd Multi Storey Development to the Fishermans Warf Site on the Main Beach Spit on recommendations and advice given by Councils Development Assessment Committee's recommendations and findings. GCCC Development Assessment Committee tabled an approximate 90 page report on it's findings and stating unanimously that the Development did not comply for granting of Development Approval over approximately 14 Major Points of Issue. During the Planning Committee meeting pretty well all the meeting was taken up with discussions back and forth by Planning Committee Members and Councillors' about proposed road works to the development and traffic implication which were only one point of the 14 of reason against the proposal. There was heavy biased in favour of the Development on Mayor Tom Tate's speeches to the committee that all the traffic problems he thinks are nothing and can be solved easy and that they Council will look to widening or rebuilding the Sundale Bridge with very flakey costings (of approximate $10 miilion I think the figure was mentioned?) to Solve the problems and create a finger extension of the light rail facility down to SeaWorld of an approximate preliminary estimate of $200 million. It was discussed that all Sunland's proposed contribution to upgraded roadworks will be a 45% contribution to the upgrade of 2 Roundabouts in the nearby location only and that any of road works or transport infrastructure will have to be a tax and rate payers expense. One Councillor put forward the proposal that he would like to see an increased bus service there to ferry everyone to the Far North Point of the Spit, that was met with a lot of laughs and ridicule from the Gallery.

Mayor Tom Tate and Cr Dawn Crichlow had to leave the meeting half way through but then Cr Gary Baildon tried to push forward a motion to by pass this Planning Committee's recommendations on the basis of he wants Council to source some more information in the next one and a half days from Queensland State Government as to what details can be given on the Proposed ASF Casino and Integrated Resort Development on land just South of the Main Beach Spit SeaWorld Carpark and a proposed Bridge from that Development extending across the Broadwater directly to the Broadwater Parklands at Southport so that the full Council Board can make the decision instead of this Planning Committee.

Which it does not take half a brain to understand that this move then takes the power away from the Planning Committee that has many recommendations to disapprove the Development Application today and hand the decision onto Council on this coming Thursday to make the decision about the proposed Development and whereby it has been reported that many of those Counsellor's have been entertained, schmoosed and their political campaigns donated to by Developers.

So my take on this, is I fear the Council are or will be heavily biased in favour of the Developers and approve the Development against all sound recommendation by the Council's own Assessment Committee and Officers that the Development not be approved. I will list the details bellow of anyone interested who would like to attend this Thursday's GCCC Full Council Board Meeting on whether they approve the Development themselves or not???


Decision Time

The Gold Coast City Council are about to make a decision on the Sunland development on The Spit and we need your help to tell them this proposal is simply not in the public interest…

* To build Sunland’s two apartment towers (comprising, one tower being 47 storeys high and the other tower being 39 storeys high) in a 3-storey height zone

* To extend the Mariners Cove Marina 70 metres out into the Broadwater * To block Seaworld Drive with traffic * To build apartments out over the Broadwater

* Will block and disturb wind patterns coming across the Broadwater and ruination of a traditional, rare resourse, safe, flatwater sailing area

* Start a precedence and open the door for the whole Main Beach Spit Area to be developed out with many Major Multi Storey Developments

* Mindless distruction of historic sensible and sound good urban plan practice of retaining open urban recreational/green space areas forever destroyed for now and future generations, whereby there are many current zones and available developable land throughout the Gold Coast City to cater for these types of developments


One Public Rallies will be held and we need your assistance of attendance

GCCC Council Meeting Thursday 15 September 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Where?

Council Chambers, Evandale, Bundall…next to Arts Centre. If you don’t agree to high-rises on The Spit please come along and let Council know how you feel…your presence will make a difference. There is up to 2 hours free parking there.