Minutes of Meeting 7.30 pm Monday11 Oct 2010, Prince Henry Centre
1.There were 11 people in attendance including Councillor Belleli as observer.
2.Prince Henry Centre Draft Plan of Management
Initial discussions were held on this matter but taking into account the unusually low attendance it was decided to further discuss the draft plan at future meetings to give those members not at the meeting a chance to have their say.
The discussions did however include aspects such as :
- The name of the Centre does not reflect its main purpose ie a community centre for use by the community
- The plan is one for a function centre as a Council business enterprise not a community centre
- The plan does encourage or even allow for free informal use by the plethora of the extant community groups except in the café where it costs and would be inappropriate for groups of any size
- There is no library as promised
- There is no common room/informal meeting room/reading room for walk in use by members of the community
- There are no office facilities for use by community groups
3. Proposed B-Double Trucks on the southern end run of Botany Rd. Bunnerong Rd and Military Rd.
The above proposed truck route was unanimously opposed by the Committee for the following reasons
Brings heavy overlong trucks into community traffic along Bunnerong Rd which is an imposition of unnecessary risk and danger. Previous accidents at the intersections involved large trucks crunching up cars
Unnecessarily interferes with community traffic
Unnecessarily interferes with funeral CORTAGES. The Plaster Board Factory commission of inquiry imposed a condition that no large trucks were to use the Military Rd /Bunnerong Rd intersection during daylight hours.
Pushes heavy industry tone into the residential fringe
4. Chinese Market Gardens
The various efforts by the various proponents for and against the retention of the Gardens were again discussed.
It was unanimously resolved by the Committee to reconfirm its resolutions of previous meetings that “ the La Perouse Precinct Committee calls on the State Government to ensure that all the land at Phillip Bay currently being utilised by the Chinese Market Gardeners be retained in its entirety and in perpetuity for the sole purpose of Market Gardens.”
6. Proposed AGM
The Chair advised the Committee that the November meeting would be followed by an AGM
The meeting closed 900 pm
Charles Abela
Chair
