To the Hon Mike Rann MP, Premier of South Australia

GPO Box 2343 Adelaide SA 5001

I call upon the people’s Parliament of South Australia to take ownership by acquisition for the citizens of Cheltenham and South Australia, the Land known as Cheltenham Park Racecourse so that it be preserved in perpetuity as Crown Land and maintained for the enjoyment of future generations,

and that:

• A tract of the described Land is preserved in a Memorial to the ownership of this land by the indigenous people of the Kaurna Nation, as acknowledged by the Letters Patent.
• The Land be formed to provide a large urban storm water retention scheme with swales, ponds and ephemeral wetlands to minimize the risk of flooding and property damage in the immediate area and to properties downstream in the flood plain that rely on the engineered drainage system for flood protection.
• Wetland water harvesting, aquifer storage and recovery for irrigation, commercial and other uses be integrated with natural landscape for habitat creation within a restored indigenous forest of woodland, scrub and grasses.
• Open space for recreational and sporting pursuits, community and display gardens be linked with pedestrian and bicycle pathways.
• Educational and interpretive sites with sculptures and public art are created as a Memorial to the Workers and their families of the surrounding Industrial Heartland who contributed to the wealth of South Australia (1930-1980) and to the notable pioneers in Public Administration, Education, Aviation, Sport etc whose endeavors are now our Heritage.

I affirm that these claims will provide the community benefit promised in the “Have your say” consultation prior to the ensuing change of zoning and the lifting of the Proclamation prohibiting subdivision of this Land.

Name:………………………………………………………………………………………

Address:…………………………………………………………………………………..

Signature:………………………………………………Date:………………………..