Zille flies back for meeting on Green Point stadium
By Tarryn Le Chat
04 January 2007
Mayor Helen Zille flew back from her holiday in Keurboomstrand near Plettenberg Bay yesterday to attend a crucial meeting on 2010 ahead of provincial government’s decision on the rezoning of Green Point Stadium.
A special meeting has been scheduled for January 17, just two days after council resumes business.
The Independent Democrat’s Simon Grindrod, who called for an emergency council meeting to discuss the stadium said, that this is probably the most important item on the city’s agenda. He called for a full explanation and the opportunity to ask questions.
His request comes after confirmation that the existing stadium is to be demolished despite uncertainty about whether the rezoning of the Common has been given the green light by the province.
Zille, however, said that in a letter to a local newspaper yesterday that the January 17 meeting date ‘was set some time ago’ and there was no need for council to convene an emergency session.
Council resumes on January 15, the same day that demolition of the existing stadium is scheduled to start.
04 January 2007
Mayor Helen Zille flew back from her holiday in Keurboomstrand near Plettenberg Bay yesterday to attend a crucial meeting on 2010 ahead of provincial government’s decision on the rezoning of Green Point Stadium.
A special meeting has been scheduled for January 17, just two days after council resumes business.
The Independent Democrat’s Simon Grindrod, who called for an emergency council meeting to discuss the stadium said, that this is probably the most important item on the city’s agenda. He called for a full explanation and the opportunity to ask questions.
His request comes after confirmation that the existing stadium is to be demolished despite uncertainty about whether the rezoning of the Common has been given the green light by the province.
Zille, however, said that in a letter to a local newspaper yesterday that the January 17 meeting date ‘was set some time ago’ and there was no need for council to convene an emergency session.
Council resumes on January 15, the same day that demolition of the existing stadium is scheduled to start.
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