{"id":53777,"date":"2022-05-05T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/locals-hit-a-brick-wall-20220502\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:36:59","slug":"locals-hit-a-brick-wall-20220502","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/locals-hit-a-brick-wall-20220502\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals hit \u2018a brick wall\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friends of Plumstead Library has expressed its despondency at its seemingly futile efforts to engage with the City of Cape Town on the pending closure of the public facility located at Village Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, the City confirmed that, due to budget constraints, Plumstead library would close either at the end of February or March 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Patricia van der Ross, Mayco member for community services and health, said the decision not to renew Plumstead library\u2019s lease, taken on Wednesday 15 December last year during a full sitting of council, meant that the library would be closed, \u201cin line with council\u2019s decision to delimit external leases\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the residents expressing their outrage at the news was Toni Balona, secretary of the Friends of Plumstead Library. In an appeal to the City to reconsider their decision, the Friends group contacted the local Ward 73 councillor\u2019s office (Eddie Andrews) and requested for the community\u2019s concerns to be included in the agenda of the monthly councillor meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A petition, protesting the closure of the library, was also drawn up and circulated among residents for their signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a poster at the Pick n Pay in Gabriel Road, and our petition has gone well. I think we have about 500 signatures,\u201d says Balona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she fears that the Friends group has reached a stalemate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t hold much hope in changing the council\u2019s mind. It\u2019s a brick wall. I have spoken to Eddie Andrews and felt he was not interested in helping. I felt our conversation went nowhere; he kept telling me \u2018they have options\u2019,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balona adds that the library\u2019s new book allocation was also recently removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s telling you we are done,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People\u2019s Post<\/span> contacted Andrews for comment but at the time of going to print, none had been received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suggestion to consider the closure of Plumstead library, among other public libraries, was first made by the Department of Community Services and Health in a \u201creport to the Executive Mayor together with the mayoral committee and council on the library and information services: reconfiguration of services\u201d, dated (Tuesday) 21 September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report also stated that it was \u201cimperative that decisions with respect to the non-renewal of external leases be timeously taken to allow adequate time for engagement with the community\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked in February what the City\u2019s plans for community engagement were, Van der Ross said that the details of community engagement were being finalised and would be communicated to residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balona says, to her knowledge, such a meeting has not yet happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was not advertised or notified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, an article published in People\u2019s Post\u2019s<\/em> sister publication claims that the City had failed to follow a proper public participation process in the pending closure of another public library \u2013 this one housed inside the Tygervalley Shopping Centre \u2013 has given rise to legal action<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the announcement of the imminent closure of this library (the facility was supposed to close at the end of April), a group of patrons officially started a group called The Friends of Tygervalley Library on Monday 4 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group served a legal notice to the City on Friday 8 April, demanding council \u201ctake urgent steps to reverse its invalid decision on 15 December 2021 to terminate the library\u2019s lease with the Tygervalley Centre\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter stated that if it wasn\u2019t done the group would approach the Western Cape High Court for urgent relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In correspondence seen by TygerBurger<\/em><\/span>, the City confirmed it would not close Tygervalley library at the end of April, subject to urgent legal advice they had requested regarding the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked last week when a public participation process would be held pertaining to the closure of Plumstead library, the City said they were in the process of determining next steps.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce these are finalised, the public will be engaged,\u201d the City said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With regards to budget allocation for Plumstead library, the City confirmed that a budget had been allocated for library materials for the 2022\/23 financial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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