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Residents Meeting 17/12/03
The turn out for the meeting organised by the Ashburton and surrounding area residents was excellent - certainly no less than 75. Chairperson for the night was Jill Henderson-Long who did an excellent job in controlling the agenda. After the introductions, opening speeches where made by Lindsay Frost and Eddy Arram on behalf of the residents and were duly answered by representatives from the Council and Garvis (the developers). The passionate response and questions put forward by the residents must surely be recognized by the council that the local community is not not going let this issue lay to rest.
The overall feeling was that the meeting was a tremendous success and has certainly acted as a catalyst to mould the community into serving a common goal. Although the councils response and reasoning was plausible their answers were not enough to satisfy the disappointment and frustration of the councils redevelopment scheme. Peripheral issues pertaining to the main problem was also brought up - such education, services and road/traffic management
A motion was put forward at the end and unanimously passed.
A date for the next meeting is to be arranged probably early in the new year. However, this is an important issue so please do as was suggested and maintain pressure on the Council by all individuals writing to as many different agencies as possible.
I strongly urge all those affected by this issue not to become complacent and the solidarity displayed at this meeting must be maintained. I understand that many residents not necessary on the actual boundaries were also concerned about the "knock-on effect" the redevelopment will have on them wanted to play an active part with window posters, etc. - If they can contact me by Email or by other means I will endeavour to sort something out. Perhaps, if residents representatives can contact me so we can collate information and work out a strategy that can best serve the community as a whole.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who gave up their time to attend the meeting. It is without doubt inspiring and motivating to see you all and I hope that this does not put to much of a damper on the one's Christmas! Hope to see you all at the next meeting!!
