COUNCILLOR Jess Jennings had wanted to put the decision about the location of the go-kart track in the hands of residents.
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The go-kart track came back into the spotlight recently after deputy mayor Ian North asked for the project to be considered for inclusion in the 2020-21 budget.
That request prompted councillor John Fry to call for the track to be relocated from its approved site in McPhillamy Park, Mount Panorama, and he later submitted a notice of motion to the June council meeting.
While discussing the motion last month, Cr Jennings proposed that an "independent statistically valid survey" be conducted so the public could have their say on where the track would eventually be built.
"As a council we have used random sampling surveys before - and it's worked quite well - and in this case it must be done with a decent sample size to capture the full population - most likely a telephone-style survey, like they do for all the serious polls, and with a sample size of around about 500 responses will do it," he said.
"This will gauge community sentiment, beyond the opinions of this chamber and the potentially 250 people who back the kart club and probably the other 250 people who are against it.
"... And if the survey result says the majority of the Bathurst community wants a go-kart track on their public asset, then fine, go ahead."
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He said the survey would be relatively inexpensive to conduct and "will give the kart club the social license it needs to proceed on the current site, if indeed Bathurst actually wants it".
While this suggestion was offered up, it was not added to the motion and when the original motion from Cr Fry was voted on, it failed to gain enough support.
The go-kart track site is considered more than shovel ready, as council has already substantially commenced the project, including having demolished an old house that was on the site.
Council requires significant funding to make any further progress the project, which is $4.5 million job.