Maribyrnong council has set the date for a decision on the future of Yarraville’s McIvor Reserve.
The council has scheduled a special council meeting on Wednesday, March 29 at 6.30pm at the Braybrook Community Hub.
The council has slated to release the agenda on its website on Friday, March 17, to allow time for our community to view revisions to the document informed by community engagement on the Draft Plan late in 2022.
A petition signed by more than 3100 people has called on Maribyrnong council not to build an indoor sports stadium and carpark on Yarraville’s McIvor Reserve.
The council has proposed to build a six-court indoor sports centre and new recreation and leisure facilities among 31 proposed projects as part of the McIvor Reserve Draft Master Plan.
The draft plan was adopted by council in November.
A petition presented to council’s February 21 meeting requested council does not build the stadium and instead makes the preservation of open space a top priority and sets green space, open space and mature tree canopy targets.
The petition also called for council to advocate more strongly to the state government for assistance securing ’brown land’ sites for development of public infrastructure and form a community-based green and open space advisory committee to help it be informed in a meaningful and timely manner regarding community expectations on the use and preservation of green and open space assets.
Maribyrnong council received and responded to a number of questions from the community regarding the plans for the future development of McIvor Reserve during its City Development Delegated Committee meeting on Tuesday, February 28.
In 2018, the Maribyrnong Indoor Sports Stadium Strategy highlighted a shortfall in indoor courts to meet the growing demand of a number of sporting codes over the next 20 years, with a need for between 12-20 courts by 2036.
