News & Developments: Glenelg

[dsriggs]

It's only a drawcard to walk along a jetty because there's little else to do in Adelaide! .

Can you please explain why there appear to be people in this photograph of the St Kilda Pier in Melbourne?

http://goo.gl/maps/gJrzn
There's stuff at the end of the pier?

[Ben]

Beachouse owner wants to build $1m water park in Glenelg
by:
Heather Kennett
From:
Guardian Messenger
January 15, 2013



An artist's impression of plans for a water park on the old Scampi's site at Glenelg.

THIS is what Glenelg could look like next summer if a $1 million water park touted for the foreshore gets the green light by Holdfast Bay Council.

Beachouse owner Peter Rimington wants to build the 900sq m water park featuring tunnels, slides and a large bucket that dumps water on park users at the site of a vacant council-owned building that previously housed Scampi's restaurant, near Moseley Square.

Mr Rimington's plan also includes a giant TV screen to telecast major events and public changerooms and toilets, containing about 500 lockers for beachgoers.

Mr Rimington lodged his plan with Holdfast Bay Council in December.

The council has called for tenders to lease the beachfront site for up to 21 years.

It wants a lessee who, in return for low rent, would either upgrade the building or pay to knock it down and build something else.

Prospective tenants must convince the council their proposals would draw more visitors to the Bay.

Mr Rimington said the planned theme park and giant TV screen would held lure large crowds to the Bay year round.

"The SA Tourism Commission has said this is a fantastic proposal and what significant square anywhere in the world these days doesn't have a giant TV," he said.

He added if the council agreed to the proposal within a month, the theme park could be up and running by next summer.

When Mr Rimington first flagged his idea, Holdfast Bay Mayor Ken Rollond expressed concerns the theme park was too seasonal.

However, 85 per cent of the almost 700 people who voted in an adelaidenow poll backed Mr Rimington's idea.

The council is likely to consider expressions of interests for the site within months.

[Wayno]

Mr Rimington's plan also includes a giant TV screen to telecast major events and public change rooms and toilets, containing about 500 lockers for beachgoers.

he wants to broadcast from the change rooms & toilets?

[Ben]

I noticed in the supplied render there is no ugly fencing keeping people out who have not paid. Must be free then. can't wait...

[monotonehell]

I noticed in the supplied render there is no ugly fencing keeping people out who have not paid. Must be free then. can't wait...

Current place uses a RFID card system at the entrance to each waterslide, but I doubt that there wont be a fence to keep it safe at night. Probably just an "artist's impression" or "serving suggestion". (3metre high concrete wall anyone? )

[Ben]

$1 million water park plan proposed for Glenelg sunk

by: Heather Kennett

From: Guardian Messenger

January 24, 2013

A $1 million water fun park proposed for the Glenelg foreshore has been knocked back by Holdfast Bay Council.

Beachouse owner Peter Rimington pitched the 900sq m water park, with tunnels and slides, after the council sought tenders to lease the former Scampi's restaurant building.

The council voted at its meeting on Tuesday (January 22) to reject the water park plan, and a second proposal to turn the landmark building into a live entertainment restaurant.

Further debate on what to do with the site, in between the Beachouse and Moseley Square, was held behind closed doors.

The council is yet to release further details on the future of the site.

Mr Rimington told the Guardian Messenger after the meeting he would not give up on his plan, which would also feature a large outdoor TV screen to telecast major events.

The plan drew a huge response from online readers when reported on adelaidenow earlier this month, with most supporting it.

Mr Rimington said he would continue to develop his idea and lobby councillors.

"At the moment they have stuck with the status quo but we will continue to push our idea forward when the time is right," he said.

A staff report tabled at the council meeting said neither a water park or live entertainment restaurant "meet all of the stated criteria for the future use of this site".

"Both proposals indicated a low rental return of between $25,000 and $30,000 per annum, taking into account the significant upgrade works which would be required," the report said.

The council had sought proposals which would draw more visitors to Glenelg all year round.

[[Shuz]]

Holdfast Bay Council = NIMBYS.

[Will]

The Holdfast Bay Council wants to turn the area into more grass.

[UrbanSG]

Holdfast Bay Council is definitely the most conservative Council in Adelaide at the moment, beats Mitcham and Burnside hands down.

The DAP often refuses a majority of the applications that go before it when these proposals are recommended for approval. We are talking garages, dwellings etc. The conservative agenda seems to be popular in that Council area. Particularly with a lot of retired people and the perceived over development in the past.

However it's now starting to negatively impact the average homeowner wants to do basic upgrades and can't. Hopefully something changes at that Council soon. It's a joke!

[Xaragmata]

Tram 361 on static display near Buffalo restaurant

[ghs]

Thanks looks really good.

Is there any progress on that 5-6 storey house on colley terrace ?

[rhino]

Holdfast Bay Council votes to approve eight-screen cinema complex
By Matthew Doran

The Holdfast Bay Council has voted in favour of a $17 million, eight-screen cinema complex and carpark at Glenelg.

The proposal was passed by seven votes to four last night and the plans will now be submitted to the State Government's Development Assessment Commission.

Some locals have opposed the development, objecting to its community impact and its height.

Council land in Partridge Street off Jetty Road has been earmarked for the cinema and the council has previously agreed to contribute $2.5 million for car parking spaces.

Developer Andrew Taplin first lodged plans in March 2012 and Local Government Minister Gail Gago revoked the community land status of the existing carpark in February.

Mr Taplin says he is pleased the plans have finally been passed by the council and says the complex will provide an economic stimulus to the Jetty Road precinct.

He says a significant effort has been made to address the concerns of residents who neighbour the development.

"We've accommodated as best we can their wishes. We've increased seat backs, we've decreased heights, we've provided architectural treated facades to their properties," he said.

"These people live right next to a district centre zone so, you know, eventually you need to expect that there'll be some sort of a development that takes place."

Mr Taplin says work would begin a month after final approval from the DAC and would be completed in the 2014-15 financial year.

The President of the Glenelg Residents' Association, Jack Messenger, is disappointed by the approval and says the evidence behind the council's support has never been put to the test.

"The council have simply believed that they are going to get 350,000 visitors a year as a consequence of this development. The data on which they relied on, that decision has never been seen, it's a confidential document that the developer has," he said.

Local traders have welcomed the decision.

The chairman of the Jetty Road Main Street Management Committee, Mark Faulkner, says traders see the development as an all-year-round drawcard for the area.

Mr Faulkner says while some residents have opposed the development, he believes it will have far-reaching benefits.

"They did listen intently to a small minority group that were protesting against things like the overshadowing and the disruption that may cause," he said.

"When you're that close to a precinct that's trying to grow, there are going to be occasions that there might be a little bit of inconvenience. It's only going to help their property values just grow."

The old cinema in Jetty Road, which was built in 1937, was demolished in 2011 despite a long campaign to save it.

[Goya's Line]

Holdfast Bay Council votes to approve eight-screen cinema complex
By Matthew Doran

The old cinema in Jetty Road, which was built in 1937, was demolished in 2011 despite a long campaign to save it.

I've heard people describe Glenelg as 'Salisbury by the Sea' but that's unfair. Some areas will soon resemble Mawson Lakes.

[[Shuz]]

You're telling fibs. I've never ever heard anyone say that.

[Ben]

Neithier have I