Council wants to know what you want – deadline Jan 13th. Your voice is important.
You can really make a difference.
Great news! Council have put the wetland on hold and are running community consultation. This is your chance to tell Council what you want in Koolunga. It’s important everyone use this link to tell Council what you want:
https://haveyoursay.knox.vic.gov.au/koolunga-native-reserve
Some ideas for what you might say are:
- I like the grassed area for footy, walking, quiet time
- keep the large grassed area
- I like the open grass and bushland. Both area great.
- I’d like to see better steps so everyone can use the walking paths in the reserve
- I’d like to see the existing creek/drain cleaned up to remove weeds
- I want to keep the grassed area for off-lead exercise for my dog
- I like it the way it is – no changes thanks
- I’d like the old seats replaced with better seats
- I’d like to keep the pine trees
- I don’t want a wetland
It’s important we say that we want to keep the reserve the way it is. Please respond by 13 Jan 22.
Now is the time to have your say. Tell Council how you want to use this park. Tell Council you want to keep the large grassed area because it’s the most useful part of the park for recreation.
And contact us at save.koolunga@gmail.com
Petitions
We’ve collected over 300 signatures from locals using the reserve and presented the petition to Council. Real signatures make a difference!
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition. Our petition shows how much of the community wants to keep the grass, and do not want the proposed wetland in this reserve.
We’ve also collected over 500 signatures using an online petition: 500 people who wanted to keep the grass
You can sign the online petition at change.org
https://www.change.org/savekoolungastopthewetland.
Contact the Council and Councillors
https://haveyoursay.knox.vic.gov.au/koolunga-native-reserve-wetland-construction. This Council page has now closed for the posting of new comments and ideas. But you can still vote that you agree with or disagree with ones that have already been posted by residents. Please have your say!
Your voice matters. Please email:
- Mayor Lisa Cooper, Cr.Lisa.Cooper@knox.vic.gov.au
- Deputy Mayor Susan Laukens, Cr.Susan.Laukens@knox.vic.gov.au
- Councillor Jude Dwight, Cr.Jude.Dwight@knox.vic.gov.au
- Councillor Meagan Baker, Cr.Meagan.Baker@knox.vic.gov.au
- Tony Doyle, CEO Knox City Council, knoxcc@knox.vic.gov.au
Tell them you want to