Minutes of Ordinary Meeting, Monday 1 November 2010,Prince Henry Centre

The meeting opened 7.10pm. There were 13 people present including Clr Robert Belleli as observer.

  1. discussion ensued about the possibility of Council erecting signs at the entrances to the Precinct advertising Precinct Committees and inviting participation.
  2. Preliminary discussions arose in relation to items for next years draft capital works budget. It was decided to finalise the list at the December meeting of the Precinct Committee.
  • a footpath on the southern side of  Grose St was requested
  • provision of 2 disabled car parking spaces at the corner of Endeavor Ave and the Anzac Pde Loop were requested for disabled access to the restaurants. Council is requested to refer this item to the disabled access committee
  • Repainting of current disabled spaces in La Perouse and use of disabled car parking by mobile food and ice cream sellers to be policed
  • a resident of Iluka reported that a garbage retention net in the waterway running through Iluka has  not been cleaned out and is now full.
  • The increasing nuisance of noisy motor cycles visiting a particular shop in La Perouse was reported. These motorbikes were frequently made to emit maximum noise on leaving the loop going along Anzac Pde toward Phillip Bay. It has been reported that La Perouse at times is denoted as a destination on the Harley club’s website. Council is requested to contact the club and ask it to request their members to act responsibly in relation to noise at La Perouse. It was stated that a similar action by Council in relation to yelling/swearing by bike riders was highly successful in eliminating the problem.
  • The danger of bike riders on the roads was discussed especially in relation to cyclists overtaking cars on the inside as cars slowed down to negotiate roundabouts. Cyclist on  Bunnerong Rd between Military Rd and Anzac Pde were  stated to present a danger to themselves and motorists as it was often the case that heavy oncoming traffic forced cars to either stay behind the cyclist for a long time or try to negotiate a less than safe overtake using the other side of the road as cyclists insisted on remaining two abreast.
  • The meeting was closed 8:30 PM and the AGM followed.

Charles Abela  Chair

Minutes of Annual General Meeting,Monday 1 November 2010,Prince Henry Centre

The meeting started 8:30 PM. 13 people were present including Clr Belleli as observer.

The chair gave a short summary of the activities of the Precinct Committee over the year and of the improvements to the Precinct both realized and forecast for next year. He thanked the office bearers and those who promoted the Precinct Committee through letterboxing, electronically and by word of mouth. He gave a special thanks to Council staff especially Martin Ryman for operational and liaison support and Council staff who all gave excellent presentations. He thanked David Levy for the prompt printing services. He also thanked Jaqua Heddle for ensuring the availability of the venue for meetings during the year.

The chair then gave a summary of the rules for the election of office bearers and also stated because of his long time occupation of Chair he would not stand against anyone who wanted to be chair and therefore he would not be a contestant in the elections.

The Chair then requested Bill Burst to act as returning officer. This was endorsed by the Committee. Charles Abela then relinquished the Chair

The Returning Officer asked for nominations for the position of Chair. Several persons were nominated but none accepted nomination. The Committee then asked Charles Abela  to accept nomination as Chair which he did. The Committee endorsed this action. The returning Officer reinstated Charles abela as Chair subject to approval by the General Manager Randwick City Council.

The Chair asked for nominations for the position as Secretary. Only one nomination was accepted by the several nominees. Gail Tring was then endorsed by the Committee as Secretary

The Chair then thanked the Committee for their expression of confidence and closed the meeting at 8:45 PM.

Charles Abela

Acting Chair

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