I am a member of the Dolphin Sands Ratepayers Association (DSRA).
The committee has published on the DSRA website a copy of its submission to council on the Cambria Green rezoning application. The submission is said to be based on the views expressed by the 71 respondents who participated in a survey conducted by DSRA.
The committee advised that after the completion of the survey it would not consult members on the submission to be forwarded to Council.
Having read the submission I wish, as a single respondent to the survey, to make it known to all respondents that the submission supports the SAP with amendments. I strongly disagree with this outcome and encourage members of DSRA that are not aligned with this decision to send an immediate email to Council divorcing yourself from the submission.
It does not in my view reflect the views of the community overall and does not accurately reflect the survey results.
The submission appears to be predicated on the assumption that the SAP will be approved and seeks some amendments and assurances. The reality is that a substantial part of the community is not supportive of the SAP proposal and I think it is reasonable to say that sentiment is reflected in the survey results.
Mitty Williams
Cambria Drive
Dolphin Sands
Hi Scott
My post was not meant as a personal attack on the DSRA, just a comment on the conclusions that were drawn from the survey and then included as part of the submission. As there are clearly differences of opinion within the community about the SAP, the survey results were never going to deliver a consensus on the issue. Therefore I think the DSRA should have just included the survey results in their submission and not added their own conclusion that the SAP would be acceptable, with amendments.
I agree with you regarding personal submissions and have put my own in.