Twelve Reasons to say no to boundary change proposal
The Adelaide Hills Council has made a submission calling on decision makers to reject the Campbelltown City Council’s divisive, expensive, and unnecessary boundary change proposal.
Over the past few months, the Adelaide Hills Council has been providing detailed information to the investigators appointed by the Local Government Boundaries Commission to conduct the Inquiry into Campbelltown’s proposal. We believe it is import for the entire community to understand the long-term impacts of the proposed boundary change and have publicly released the evidence-based submission we have provided to decision makers and stakeholders.
Adelaide Hills Council has identified twelve key reasons supporting the retention of Rostrevor and Woodforde within the Adelaide Hills.
- The Subject Areas have a special ‘Hills’ character that must be protected.
- The proposed boundary change has been rejected by our community.
- The boundary change proposal would fracture relationships within our community.
- The Subject Areas are demographically more similar to the Adelaide Hills than the Campbelltown area.
- The Subject Areas are already well serviced by the Adelaide Hills Council.
- The boundary change would materially financially disadvantage Adelaide Hills and Campbelltown ratepayers.
- Claims by the Campbelltown City Council that Adelaide Hills residents cannot have a say in Campbelltown City Council matters are both false and misleading.
- As society has changed, so too has the concept of a ‘community of interest’.
- Daily routines are a matter of convenience and choice, not council boundaries.
- Public facilities are for the use and enjoyment of all.
- ‘Quicker response times’ by Campbelltown City Council is an unsubstantiated promise.
- Campbelltown City Council makes long-term promises based on a short-term perspective.
