This website was established shortly after the forum by the then Secretary of the La Perouse Precinct.  It has not been sanctioned as an official website and the Chair of the La Perouse Precinct has requested that it not be referred to as “La Perouse Precinct”.

Should you require electronic copies of agendas and minutes from the La Perouse Precinct please contact the Chair at this Randwick City Council link.  If you are interested in other websites run by precincts within Randwick Municipality there is only one – run by Matraville and recommended – see    www.matraville.info .

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Broadening the appeal of Precincts Forum
Posted by: admin in Events, Meetings
October 17, 2009
9:30 am to 3:00 pm

Combined Precincts Forum – Guest Speaker Hugh McKay – Venue: Hutley Hall, 200 Miller Street North Sydney

Draft Program

9.30am – Arrival – tea and coffee
9.45am – Registration
10.00am – Welcome and Introduction

10.10am – Guest Speaker: Hugh MacKay; “Reviving Local Communities” – see bio below

10.40am – Q&A

11.00am – Morning Tea

11.15 to 12.15pm – Workshop 1 (3 topics to choose from)

12.15 to 1.00pm – Lunch/Networking Time

1.00 to 2.00pm – Working 2 (3 topics to choose from)

2.30pm – Plenary Session (panel)

3.00pm – Close – tea and coffee

Workshop Program

A – Publicity and Promotion; facilitated by North Sydney Council/Precinct

Topics to be covered include: community development, events and projects; innovation in meeting coordination

B – IT as an engagement tool; facilitated by Manly Council/Precinct

Topics to be covered include: use of technology, websites, digital/social media e.g. Facebook, egroups; extranet – Randwick and North Sydney

C – Effective Advocacy; facilitated by Randwick Council/Precinct

Topics to be covered include: role of precincts in responding to key projects of community interest e.g. planning and development projects; and their role as advocates

Further Details:

Martin Ryman

Community Consultation Coordinator

Randwick City Council

Tel: 02 9399 0526

Fax: 02 9319 1510

Mob: 0419 449 507

martin.ryman@randwick.nsw.gov.au

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Happy Birthday Ludwig van B

1.Presentation by Council staff on Prince Henry Centre

2.Display of drawing from Military Road to the Loop of upgrading of Bunnerong Rd and Anzac Pde and instrallation of footpaths and cycle ways – discussions.

3.Compiling of list of desired improvements to Precinct for inclusion in 2011 Capital Works budget

*Undercover parking and entry will be available.  Charles Abela Chair 9661 5182

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

Agenda

• Determining what needs to be done in the Precinct to be included in next years Council’s capital works budget
• Water quality in Little Bay, Congwong , Frenchmans and Yarra Beaches
• Any other business/issues

The meeting will be followed by a brief AGM to elect Chair and Secretary for next year.

Kind Regards   Charles Abela     Chair

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

Prince Henry Community Centre

AGENDA

1.Prince Henry Community Centre Plan of Management (see posting below for full details)

2.Heavy Vehicles on local roads including Bunnerong Road

3.Redevelopment of Inglis Site in Kensington and implications for Planning throughout municipality. The proposal is for 900 dwellings on the 5ha site. High-rise apartments of up to eight storeys could be built on the land if rezoned as requested.

* Newmarket Planning Proposal

Documents relating to the Inglis Newmarket Planning Proposal are:

• Planning Proposal (pdf 2.32Mb)
• Council Report (pdf 872 kb)
• Applicant’s Submission – Part 1 (pdf 7.58Mb)
• Applicant’s Submission – Part 2 (pdf 4.20Mb)
• Applicant’s Submission – Part 3 (pdf 3.79Mb)
• Applicant’s Submission – Part 4 (pdf 4.10Mb)
• Heritage Report (pdf 6.59Mb)
• Transport & Access Report – Part 1 (pdf 8.30Mb)
• Transport & Access Report – Part 2 (pdf 2.87Mb)
• Infrastructure Report (pdf 1.75Mb)
• Tree Survey Report (pdf 744 kb)

Minutes of Meeting

7pm Monday 6 Sept 2010, La Perouse School

The venue was changed to the School due to work in progress on the security system at the Prince Henry Centre

There were 11 people in attendance including Councillor Belleli as observer.

1. 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

2.Chinese Market Gardens

The various efforts by the various proponents for and against the retention of the Gardens were 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.”

3.Proposal By Matraville Precinct For Joint Action On Truck Movements Within The Precincts.

It was decided that joint action would not be pursued at this point in time or until all the issues affect both precincts were identified and clarified, possible solutions formulated and proposed courses of action considered.

The meeting closed 9.00 pm

Charles Abela, Chair

Because the draft Plan proposes to categorise the land as “general community use”, the Council will also hold a public hearing.

The public hearing will be on:

6pm Wednesday 3 November 2010
Randwick Room, ground floor, Administrative Building,
Randwick City Council, 30 Frances Street, Randwick

Have your say

The Council welcomes written comments on the draft Plan of Management.
Send comments clearly headed ‘Draft Plan of Management for the Prince Henry Centre” to:

• General Manager, Randwick City Council, 30 Frances Street, Randwick 2031, or
• by email to general.manager@randwick.nsw.gov.au

Deadline for comments: Friday 22 October 2010

Public hearing RSVP: By Monday 25 October 2010 on 9399 0992 between 8:30am and 5pm if you would like to attend or make a presentation to the public hearing.