Hello everyone and a warm welcome to those of you who have signed this petition since my last update.
The petition now has 1185 signatures, which is wonderful to see.
From an outsider’s point of view, the City of Subiaco’s Civic Precinct project has gone a bit quiet. At the April Council meeting, the CEO was instructed to work with Councillors, the design team and cost planners to formulate and iterate “options” which respond to the community feedback.
What those options are and how they might affect Rankin Gardens has yet to be revealed.
The project has not been on a Council meeting agenda since April. We can only assume that work is still continuing behind the scenes.
In its Winter newsletter to households, the City reported:
”A future Council report will include a detailed business case, updated design brief and project management plan.”
This suggests that, at some stage, staff will present a report with their recommendations to Councillors. It is not clear how long this process will take. It is also not clear whether Councillors will be given a choice of alternative options (including an option not to proceed at all) on which to base a final decision.
The agenda for the July Council meeting will be published soon. It will be interesting to see if the Civic Precinct project is on it.
We wait with bated breath!
I’ll send out further updates as things progress. In the meantime, many thanks again for your support.