Councillor Peter Young put forward the recommendation after more than one hour’s debate at full council today.
The recommendation included:
• council restate its support for the borrow pit at Bundall
• the city back an option which will create a permanent and compliant water body
• CEO Dale Dickson to talk to the Gold Coast Turf Club about an appropriate financial contribution.
An appropriate amount of funding would be included in a budget review. The solution will cost between $600,000 and $1.5 million.
The vote was 6-5 to retain the lake.
Following this decision Gecko wrote to Council “on behalf of our members to ask for any further details being considered in the rehabilitation of the lake as this is a matter of great community interest, as you are well aware.
Our members would like to see the lake enlarged to, at least, 50% so it would provide sufficient water to give it a chance of improved water quality as well as being a large enough surface for swans to take off.