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What happened at the Town of EVP meeting last night?

Custodian wrote:

What happened at the Town of EVP meeting last night?

Just saw on Facebook that the council shut it down. 3.6 million short. But I understood this was already know and to be funded through future council budgets as I read from their previous minutes.

Bad move by the council as they will loose the Federal government's $4 million by end of this year. .

Also the upkeep on the current facilities would easily run into $3-4 million over the next 2-3 years. (The same amount as the $3.6 million short). So they will spend $3.6 million on upkeep but not have new facilities. Unbelievable. 

Future build costs will go up too. 

I am extremely disappointed. 

Will read the article in the West later but would love an inside report on what was said at the council.

I would not be surprised as I have said before that this multi million $ project has been held up by a fringe element. 

I hope you don’t encounter the obstacles that EFFC has. Perhaps the Federal government can send the 4 million our way if you are going to lose it! We could well and truly use it!!!

Alright $3.644 million short. 

AFL to come up with $2 million - contributed nothing yet. 

Feds to come up with $2 million more - only contributed $4 million so far. 

The Dees should probably look at contributing $500K as well (Fund Raiser)

BTW just watched the meeting on line the vote was 5 against 3 for.
Mayor and Deputy Mayor - strong nos and had already decided from what I garnered when watching. Another two nos had already made up their mind and had a long spiel prepared as to why not to go ahead.

No obvious fringe element nutters. One councilor did say half imply that all this for just a footy club a bit too much.

Talk at the end of urgent works needed to maintain the structure of the building if not proceeding with the build.

The plan is to now go out and gain the funding shortfall and to discuss this again in the February 2025 meeting. The feeling I get if the funding doesn't come in by then or it does but there is a cost blow out - they will put a line through the whole thing and the PFC would have to restart the whole 7 year process. 

The mayor did say that she hopes this is not the case.

 

Other Options

Extra
WCE $200K (They will want to host more women's footy)
WAFC $200K -
$400,000

New
PFC $1 Million (We can raise this - 100 x $2500 = $250K + 750 x $1000 = $750K ($1Million)
AFL $500K (Womens Footy)
Lottery West $500K
NAIDOC $500K (So many indigenous boys and girls come through our doors)
Major Sponsor $500K
Play Our Way $300K -
$3,300,000

$3.7 Million in total.
 

FMD that’s 2 and a half hours I’ll never get back. How does councillor Cruiser come with a figure of 3.644 million in her proposed amendment? Why not round it off. Good thing is what it’s going to cost the council on ongoing maintenance, repairs and changes required to be changerooms to accomodate womens football on the existing facility which will be a total waste of rate payers money. Why wasn’t anyone from the club there to represent the club’s argument or do you have to be a rate payer? 

Clearly most on the council just don’t like AFL football and don’t see it as a priority. Clearly we can’t be relying on the council for the shortfall but they will happily accept the benefits to the community from the new facility once it’s built. One guy did make a good point, why don’t other councils within the Perth metro zone kick their fair share and not all fall on the TOVP.

Sounds like its a goner.

DD wrote:

 One guy did make a good point, why don’t other councils within the Perth metro zone kick their fair share and not all fall on the TOVP.

Why would other councils contribute to the redevelopment at Lathlain? 

Did the ToVP contribute to the redevelopments at Claremont, Leederville, Joondalup and East Fremantle? 

Significant Federal and State government money being committed plus WCE donation that others clubs haven’t had the benefit of which the ToVP should be doing everything in their power to hold onto by progressing the project. 

What’s PFCs contribution? Might be time to open the war chest and also look at a business loan? 

 

Bazza wrote:

Sounds like its a goner.

Nope I got the impression the Lord Mayor and a couple of other councilors are all for it but they believe the state government should be making up the shortfall because "it's a state league competition" so stage two won't proceed to give more time for further funding. Won't start until maybe early to mid 2025 if extra funding is obtained I would guess.

A lot of local councilors don't want their future fund used as it will impact other projects. Fair enough.