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SURPRISE, surprise aldermen at the Launceston City Council meeting on Monday, December 4 voted to sell land - the car park at the Gorge to Josef Chromy at a negotiable price but not less than valuation.
The ratepayers will receive a business like approach to the sale.
At the same meeting council voted for a $36m development in the CBD committing $10m from ratepayers and $26m from the federal and state government.
At the November 9 meeting, council voted in principle to give to UTAS free old velodrome and Willis St car parks.
Had council sold the land to UTAS for say $10m that would have offset the $10m CBD development and been neutral free cost to ratepayers.
The haphazard business approach by aldermen on behalf of ratepayers leaves a lot to be desired.
— BASIL FITCH, Launceston.
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The Examiner: Council to consider Penny Royal car park sale Dec 11, 2015
|www.examiner.com.au/story/.../council-to-consider-penny-royal-car-park- sale/ ... THE sale of the Penny Royal car park to the JAC Group has been recommended for approval at Monday's Launceston City Council meeting.The DIGITALbackgrounding
The Examiner: Council to consider Penny Royal car park sale Dec 11, 2015
The Examiner: Council opts to sell Penny Royal car park land | Dec 14, 2015
www.examiner.com.au/.../council-opts-to-sell-penny-royal-car-park-land/ ... THE Penny Royal car park is free to pass into the hands of developers JAC Group, after the Launceston City Council on Monday passed a ...
The Examiner: Penny Royal car park idea mooted | Oct 14, 2014
www.examiner.com.au/story/2625559/penny-royal-car-park-idea-mooted/ ... A MULTI-STOREY car park could be developed on the site adjacent to Office Works to cater for visitors to the Penny Royal redevelopment.
The Examiner: Penny Royal revival hopes | Mar 16, 2013
www.examiner.com.au/story/1368426/penny-royal-revival-hopes/ ... .and is still open, a retail shop with monthly tenancy, the closed Penny Royal Gunpowder Mill tourist attraction and car park, on 1.87 hectares.
The Examiner: Council ticks off on $20m revival of Penny Royal site | Oct 27, 2014
www.examiner.com.au/.../council-ticks-off-on-20m-revival-of-penny-royal- site/ ... The council also passed a motion for additional car parking spaces at the ...
The Examiner: The ' Barton Mill' was relocated stone by stone from Penny Royal ... Council to consult public on parking reforms | Aug 25, 2015
www.examiner.com.au/story/.../council-to-consult-public-on-parking- reforms/ ... ... that a second tier be added to the Bathurst Street car park. ... Penny Royal development would only increase demand for parking in the area, ...
The Examiner: Chromy seeks $4 million for Gorge plan | Feb 16, 2015
www.examiner.com.au/story/.../chromy-seeks-4-million-for-gorge-plan/ ... DEVELOPERS behind the refurbishment of the Penny Royal site have ...
The Examiner: Penny Royal vision taking shape | Aug 25, 2014
www.examiner.com.au/story/2513144/penny-royal-vision-taking-shape/ ... On an alternative note, Penny Royal is supposed to be a theme park? I live in Launceston and thought it was a hotel! If you are doing ...
The Examiner: Call to defer Gorge gondola funding discussions | Apr 23, 2015
www.examiner.com.au/.../call-to-defer-gorge-gondola-funding-discussions/... The gondola proposal would make up part of the Penny Royal ... and request related to the ancillary car park/roads until the final adoption of
Ah yes, one hand washes the other and all that. In this case presumably the ratepayers' land was exchanged for some consideration to either the aldermen, the General manager or both. Unless they act in a transparent manner (not much chance!) we're all going to be wondering what they have to hide.
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