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It’s half filled with slimy green water, and hasn’t seen much love for more than a decade, but if you have any “great ideas” on how to transform Lismore Lake Pool from an eyesore into a community treasure, the council wants to hear from you.
The unpopular decision to close the pool was made in 2011 after Lismore City Council decided mounting maintenance costs made it unviable. The Lismore Lake Pool was closed to the public in 2011.
Following years of debate over what to do with the pool, in October councillors resolved to seek expressions of interest from community groups to take over management of the pool.
Some with a sense of humour suggested the pothole crew could fill the pool in.
Most agreed the pool was an eyesore and something needed to be done.
Here are some of the comments.
Reshenda Thompson: “That whole area is an eyesore. Lake is nothing but weeds so no birds or fish can live there. It should be like it use to be when I was growing up and you were allowed to put your boat in. The park they had there was great. Make it back to being a place you could take your family”.
Margaret Mason Underhill: “I feel, to give the families of this area a fun place to enjoy, and to encourage visitors to come here and spend their time and money for future growth in our community, the area should have complete new drainage put in to allow for future flooding and it should be made into a water park and picnic area with proper facilities and maybe a cafe, so many people can have great times and memories like we did with our kids and our teenage years”.
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Lismore Lake Pool sits in a state of disrepair in South Lismore, but that may be about to change if a new proposal takes off.
Councillor Bill Moorhouse has indicated his intention to raise a motion at Tuesday night’s council meeting, outlining a call for expressions of interest from anyone interested in taking over the control, management and maintenance of the Lismore Lake/old pool complex. GOLD: The Lismore Lake Pool in its prime in the 1970s, as a free public amenity for young and old.
The idea was approved by councillors last October, and now councillors will decide on how feedback will be sought.
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AFTER a year of floods, fires and a global pandemic, it would be an understatement to say that Lismore Council has faced a big year.
Here are some of the highlights and lowlights from 2020 for the council:
1) Lismore Council delivers huge financial turnaround.
In a bleak year which was decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, Lismore Council managed to deliver a surprising audit result. The recent audit saw Council had recovered their deficit from an eight million dollar deficit to $600,000 deficit.
2) Isaac Smith resigns as mayor
Mayor Isaac Smith shocked the local community by announcing his resignation from the role late last week. Cr Smith had held the role since 2016 and been on council since 2016. His retirement from Lismore City Council will be effective from 1 February 2021.