Sanctuary Point residents who feared they’d lose their library have been comforted by council’s plans to build a district library in town – a bigger library with more resources.
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The Bay and Basin community hub planned for Vincentia included a huge, two-storey library, and residents were concerned the Sanctuary Point library would be scrapped accordingly.
Instead, council will no longer pursue a library as part of Draft Bay and Basin Master plan
Shoalhaven Councillor Bob Proudfoot urged his colleagues to focus community resources towards Sanctuary Point, where the library is already thriving.
“A two storey library in a sporting precinct is an extravagance,” Cr Proudfoot said at the ordinary council meeting on Tuesday night.
“The Bay and Basin plan will cost $30-40 million dollars we don’t really have, at the expense of the things that have been put on hold for far too long.
“Let's build a district library where the population is, it makes better planning sense.”
A number of Sanctuary Point residents who attended the meeting clapped when Cr Proudfoot finished speaking.
The motion that passed council asks staff to:
1. Defer consideration of the Draft Bay and Basin Hub Master Plan until council receives a report back on other staging options excluding the district library
2. Prepare an application for a District Library at Sanctuary Point
FOR: Crs Greg Watson, Bob Proudfoot, Andrew Guile, Mitchell Pakes, John Levett, Annette Alldrick, Mark Kitchener
AGAINST: Crs Kaye Gartner, Nina Cheyne, Amanda Findley, John Wells, Patricia White, Jo Gash
