13 April 2022
Thank you to our community for your submissions and involvement in the first stage of community engagement for Freshwater Lake, Delfin Island, West Lakes. Your feedback is valued and appreciated.
There has been significant community support for the retention of Freshwater Lake, and any option to change or reduce the size of the lake or eliminate the water body is not widely supported by our community. The following approach was endorsed at our Council meeting this week:
- The report and the outcomes of the first stage of Community Engagement be received and noted.
- A further report summarising this consultation feedback be provided at the Council meeting held on 14 June 2022.
- Based on the initial analysis of consultation responses, that Option One (maintain the lake in its current form and continue with existing maintenance and management practices) and Option Two (maintain the lake in its current form with improvements to permanently enhance lake performance and quality, operations and management) continue to be actively pursued for analysis to determine detailed options and costings for maintaining Freshwater Lake. These will be the subject of a future report to Council and as required, further consultation.
- Option Three (reduce or change the size and shape of the water body and increase the amount of terrestrial (land) open space as a result) and Option Four (have no lake, and make the entire reserve terrestrial (land) open space) are no longer part of the next steps.
We will continue to keep our community informed via our website, socials, Your Say and on site at Freshwater Lake. For more information about the project and to sign up to follow the consultation, visit Your Say Charles Sturt.