Sunday saw a gathering of about thirty five people at Jan Doo Park in the southern part of Como. This rather beautiful little park is the central piece of residential development in the area. Surrounded by beautiful trees, coloured by Jacarandas, with a safe kids' playground, a fountain, a cricket game that never ends and a couple of pergolas, Jan Doo is a peaceful refuge and a common ground for residents to meet on cool evenings.
In the past couple of years the water supply bores for the park have not functioned, partly due to lack of power supply to a new bore. Residents have expressed their frustration with this with much patience. However, on Sunday they left me in no doubt that they were reaching the limits of patience.
To the credit of City of South Perth, after discussions on Monday, two senior officers met with me on site early on Tuesday morning. The Mayor, James Best (no relation), is today in Canberra addressing the national meeting of City Mayors, and took the trouble to call on Monday night about Jan Doo Park. Councillor Les Ozsdolay called to let me know about background to the park and its history.
As a result of these calls and meetings, the City officers have reassured us that they will contact the power company immediately, will keep us informed of progress and will work to get water on the park. They also gave reassurance that they will submit a budget request for shade sail over the playground. A number of other maintenance issues, as listed by residents, were discussed and noted by the officers for action.
Thanks to Joanne Smith and James Wrathall for organising the meeting on Sunday. I'll be following progress with interest. Please feel free to have your say by clicking on "Comments" below.
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Wow what quick progress Peter has made in addressing our issues from Sunday night. Our passion for our Park in Salter Point is obviously evident by the turn out to our meeting. We hope that our request for water is seen to as soon as possible and other requests will also be looked into and results start to happen. Thanks to all our wonderful residents of the Mt Henry Estate.
Jo-Anne Smith
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