FORMER Obs Improvement District COO Brian Amery has called on residents to use the newly formed ward committee as a way of communicating long-term problems and ideas with the City.
Brian is the Observatory representative on the new Ward 57 committee, under which Obs falls.
Ward committees are representative structures set up in terms of the Local Government Municipal Structures Act. They are a consultative committee established to assist councillors with strategic ward-related issues.
Ward committees in the City of Cape Town serve for a term of five years, and Ward 57 councillor Brett Herron, who was elected last year, recently put together his local committee for the new term.
Brian was nominated onto the committee by the Observatory Civic Association. He is one of eight community representatives, each representing a different part of Ward 57.
At the first meeting of the Ward 57 Ward Committee, Brett consulted the committee members on ward-allocation projects.
The City gives about R700 000 per year to each ward councillor for spending on local ward projects. The ward committee helped Brett compile a list of projects.
Brian says he put forward a wish list of 63 items ranging from a heating system for the municipal swimming pool, to a four-way speed hump at the intersection of Trill and Lower Main Road.
The committee recently discussed the wish list, and a few of Brian’s ideas were flagged as implementable. The next step is for Brett to finalise which projects will be chosen and submit them to Subcouncil 15, under which Ward 57 falls, for approval.
Feedback about what has been prioritised will be given at the next ward committee meeting, set for November.
Brian says a few Observatory projects which he feels have a good chance of making it onto the final list, include the raised Trill Road intersection and park benches.
Brian says he is available to act as a channel of communication to Brett and the City Council, but not for petty issues such as potholes that need to be fixed. Those issues can be raised through the C3 complaints monitoring system of the City by emailing contactus@capetown.gov.za or SMSing 31373.
Contact Brian at amery@iafrica.com
See www.obslife.co.za for progress on already committed ward projects.
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