Fremantle Herald: J SHED BAR ON ICE LOCAL Greens pollie Lynn MacLaren Greens MLC WA says Fremantle doesn’t need “Little Creatures 2.0” on Arthur Head. Sunset Events asked Fremantle council at its Wednesday night meeting if it could lease land in front of J-Shed for an open-air venue catering for 1500 punters, to go with its proposed internal microbrewery and bar. With opponents claiming the council was rushing the decision and not consulting adequately, mayor Brad Pettitt won support for a motion to defer the decision. “It would be fair to say that many did not expect such a grand proposal out of the advertised expressions of interest process for a bar/cafe/gallery at J-Shed so it makes sense that this proposal be put out for public comment before we proceed,” Dr Pettitt later told the Herald. He wants some “modification” of the proposal, but believes the project can activate the Arthur Head arts precinct. Ms MacLaren says the proposal is too big and is on top of colonial and indigenous sites. “The proposed extension and deck would interrupt historical landmarks that include the Mews Boatshed, Second Lighthouse, the Trywalks and the Cavestores,” she says. “I do believe Sunset events were well intentioned with their plans. These plans must however be downscaled, so the real values of Arthur Head and Bathers Beach aren’t compromised.” Ceramic artist Jenny Dawson was “horrified” when she saw the plans for the area. “I’m horrified when I thought they were going to cut the trees down. I’m horrified they are going to build a brewery. I’m now calling J-Shed the booze barn because they are going to build a brewery on this sacred place to indigenous people.” The Fremantle Society boss Henty Farrar says the historic whalers’ tunnel will become the “biggest urinal in the state” if the application goes ahead. “The effects of thousands of people wandering in an inebriated state through Arthur Head cannot be underestimated.” He says the council’s original plans included a small bar, cafe and gallery not an industrial-scale boozer. “The venture of the type, scale and intensity of the Sunset Events proposal for the J-Shed area, is completely incompatible with the purpose for which the area is dedicated under Land Administration Act,” he says. “This fact alone renders the proposal unapprovable under the city’s management order.” by BRENDAN FOSTER (November 29, 2013) LINK:heraldonlinejournal/2013/11/29/j-shed-bar-on-ice/
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:57:37 +0000
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