october 1986 news sheet 155 - balmain association

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NEWS SHEET OCTOBER 1986 155 PO BOX 57 BALMAIN 2041 the balmain association FOUNDED 1965 A S S O C I A T I O N A C T I V I T I E S A s r e p o r t e d i n N e w s S h e e t N o . 1 5 3 ( A u g u s t 1 9 8 6 ) , the Association wrote to Messrs. Unsworth, Carr and Walker and offered its services as a mediator with the hope of reducing some of the confront a t i o n t h a t o c c u r s o v e r d e v e l o p m e n t s s u c h a s M o r t Bay and Clontarf. Mr Unsworth's office replied t h a t h e w a s t o o b u s y t o s e e u s a n d t h a t h i s l e t t e r had been passed on to Mr Walker. The latter did not reply at all, either to the letter sent to him in the first place or the one forwarded from t h e P r e m i e r . H o w e v e r w e a r e p l e a s e d t o b e a b l e t o s a y t h a t M r C a r r i n v i t e d u s t o s e e h i m t o d i s c u s s our concerns - this resulted in a meeting of one hour's duration in which several issues were dis cussed. The meeting is written up on page 2 of this news sheet. L E A R N T O T R A C E Y O U R F A M I L Y T R E E ! "THE A TO Z GENEALOGICAL HANDBOOK" by Janet Keakes publisher I-iethuen Australia w i l l b e l a u n c h e d o n T h u r s d a y 2 3 r d O c t o b e r a t 7 . 0 0 p . m . in conjunction with Leichhardt Municipality Historical Display i n t h e M e e t i n g R o o m o f B a l m a i n T o w n H a l l 3 7 0 D a r l i n g S t r e e t B a l m a i n Organised by Leichhardt Municipal Library as part of their celebrations for Australian Library week 17th - 25th October 1986. Enquiries: Leichhardt Municipal Library 560.9346 Following our request (also in News Sheet No. 153) for a coffee table, or similar, for the Watch House we now possess an excellent tea trolley kindly given by Mrs Grainger - which will be put to good use. Now, does anyone have an old refrigerator in good condition? Does anyone have a s m a l l t r u c k o r u t e t h a t c o u l d b e u s e d t o m o v e a refrigerator ? If your answer to either of these questions is "yes" please contact the Association e i t h e r b y p h o n i n g t h e c o n t a c t n u m b e r s l i s t e d l a t e r in this column, by writing to us at P.O. Box 57, Balmain or by calling in person at the Watch House any Friday night after 8 p.m. or any Saturday b e t w e e n 1 p . m . a n d 3 p . m . The "Ghostbusters" party held at the Watch House on Saturday 20th September was a happy gathering for all who came - report page 3. We would like to promote the Watch House as an Exhibition Centre. Any interested artists, potters, sculptors etc. who would like to investigate the possibility of organising an exhibition at the Watch house are welcome to c o n t a c t S t e v e S o u t h o n 8 1 0 . 1 4 1 1 a / h o r N o r m a n B u l l o n 8 1 0 . 1 6 1 1 a / h . T h e W a t c h H o u s e c a n a l s o b e m a d e available as a meeting place for local organ isations, by the Association arrangement with the Committee Should you wish to contact the Association on any matter: Norman Bull, President - 810.1611 Debby Nicholls, Secretary - 810.7391 a/h CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME! Anecdotes of Balmain life; letters to the editor; notices of local events of interest, publicity for other local groups and so on - we would be pleased to publish them for you .... free of charge! DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING UPDATE ON MORT BAY - COMMUNITY SERVICES PLANNING The following article has been received from the Department of Housing. Would any Association m e m b e r s l i k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d i s c u s s t h e i r ideas on how the Association could assist the Community Services Planning Team? We can put this t o p i c o n t h e A g e n d a f o r o u r N o v e m b e r m o n t h l y meeting. If you would like this to be done then please contact us on the 'phone numbers listed under "Association Activities" on this page. With the approval by Leichhardt Council of the Development Application for the public housing at Mort Bay, the project has entered a new phase. The architects are now preparing working drawings and tender documents for construction. On the site, the blacktop is being removed in readiness for the development of the park and housing. In relation to the social dimensions of the project, the process has begun to establish a Community Services Planning Team (CSPT), whose task it will b e t o a s s i s t t h e s o c i a l i n t e g r a t i o n o f t h e n e w residents into the Balmain community and to help ensure that both old and new residents have access to the community services they need. The development approval represents an endorsement b y L e i c h h a r d t C o u n c i l o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Housing's proposal. The development approval conditions represent an agreement between the two parties as to the actions that need to be taken to integrate new residents into the existing c o m m u n i t y , w i t h o u t r e d u c i n g t h e l e v e l o f s e r v i c e s o r t h e a m e n i t y o f t ! i e n e i g h b o u r h o o d . T h e s e . n g r e e d p r o v i s i o n s i n c l u d e a c o r n e r s h o p p r o p o s e d a t M o r i and Cameron Streets, landscaping works, requirements concerning fencing between housing a n d t h e p u b l i c p a r k , a s w e l l a s a i l a s p e c t s o f the architecture of the scheme. it has been agreed that the Department of tiousing will contribute on a pro rata basis to the cost of traffic management procedures locally to enable n e w t r a f fi c t o b e a b s o r b e d w i t h o u t a n y i n c r e a s e i n traffic congestion or reduction of street safety. Perhaps the most important requirements o; the d e v e l o p m e n t a p p r o v a l c o n c e r n r o i . i n u n i t y s e r v i c e s . Continued page A NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 1986 7.30 P.M. AT THE WATCH HOUSE, 179 DARLING STREET, BALMAIN

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Page 1: OCTOBER 1986 NEWS SHEET 155 - Balmain Association

NEWS SHEET

OCTOBER 1986

155PO BOX 57 BALMAIN 2041 the balmain association FOUNDED 1965

A S S O C I A T I O N A C T I V I T I E S

A s r e p o r t e d i n N e w s S h e e t N o . 1 5 3 ( A u g u s t 1 9 8 6 ) ,t h e A s s o c i a t i o n w r o t e t o M e s s r s . U n s w o r t h , C a r ra n d W a l k e r a n d o f f e r e d i t s s e r v i c e s a s a m e d i a t o rw i t h t h e h o p e o f r e d u c i n g s o m e o f t h e c o n f r o n ta t i o n t h a t o c c u r s o v e r d e v e l o p m e n t s s u c h a s M o r tB a y a n d C l o n t a r f . M r U n s w o r t h ' s o f fi c e r e p l i e dt h a t h e w a s t o o b u s y t o s e e u s a n d t h a t h i s l e t t e rh a d b e e n p a s s e d o n t o M r W a l k e r . T h e l a t t e r d i dn o t r e p l y a t a l l , e i t h e r t o t h e l e t t e r s e n t t oh i m i n t h e fi r s t p l a c e o r t h e o n e f o r w a r d e d f r o mt h e P r e m i e r . H o w e v e r w e a r e p l e a s e d t o b e a b l e t os a y t h a t M r C a r r i n v i t e d u s t o s e e h i m t o d i s c u s so u r c o n c e r n s - t h i s r e s u l t e d i n a m e e t i n g o f o n eh o u r ' s d u r a t i o n i n w h i c h s e v e r a l i s s u e s w e r e d i sc u s s e d . T h e m e e t i n g i s w r i t t e n u p o n p a g e 2 o ft h i s n e w s s h e e t .

L E A R N T O T R A C E Y O U R F A M I L Y T R E E !

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O r g a n i s e d b y L e i c h h a r d t M u n i c i p a l L i b r a r y a s p a r to f t h e i r c e l e b r a t i o n s f o r A u s t r a l i a n L i b r a r y w e e k

1 7 t h - 2 5 t h O c t o b e r 1 9 8 6 .E n q u i r i e s : L e i c h h a r d t M u n i c i p a l L i b r a r y 5 6 0 . 9 3 4 6

Fo l l ow ing ou r r eques t ( a l so i n News Shee t No . 153 )f o r a c o f f e e t a b l e , o r s i m i l a r , f o r t h e W a t c hH o u s e w e n o w p o s s e s s a n e x c e l l e n t t e a t r o l l e yk i n d l y g i v e n b y M r s G r a i n g e r - w h i c h w i l l b e p u tt o g o o d u s e . N o w , d o e s a n y o n e h a v e a n o l dr e f r i g e r a t o r i n g o o d c o n d i t i o n ? D o e s a n y o n e h a v ea s m a l l t r u c k o r u t e t h a t c o u l d b e u s e d t o m o v e ar e f r i g e r a t o r ? I f y o u r a n s w e r t o e i t h e r o f t h e s eq u e s t i o n s i s " y e s " p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e A s s o c i a t i o ne i t h e r b y p h o n i n g t h e c o n t a c t n u m b e r s l i s t e d l a t e ri n t h i s c o l u m n , b y w r i t i n g t o u s a t P. O . B o x 5 7 ,Ba lma in o r by ca l l i ng i n pe rson a t t he Wa tch Housea n y F r i d a y n i g h t a f t e r 8 p . m . o r a n y S a t u r d a yb e t w e e n 1 p . m . a n d 3 p . m .

T h e " G h o s t b u s t e r s " p a r t y h e l d a t t h e Wa t c h H o u s eon Saturday 20th September was a happy gatheringfo r a l l who came - r epo r t page 3 .

W e w o u l d l i k e t o p r o m o t e t h e W a t c h H o u s e a s a nE x h i b i t i o n C e n t r e . A n y i n t e r e s t e d a r t i s t s ,p o t t e r s , s c u l p t o r s e t c . w h o w o u l d l i k e t oi n v e s t i g a t e t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f o r g a n i s i n g a ne x h i b i t i o n a t t h e W a t c h h o u s e a r e w e l c o m e t oc o n t a c t S t e v e S o u t h o n 8 1 0 . 1 4 1 1 a / h o r N o r m a n B u l lo n 8 1 0 . 1 6 1 1 a / h . T h e W a t c h H o u s e c a n a l s o b e m a d ea v a i l a b l e a s a m e e t i n g p l a c e f o r l o c a l o r g a ni s a t i o n s , b yt h e A s s o c i a t i o n

a r r a n g e m e n t w i t h t h e C o m m i t t e e

Should you wish to contact the Association on anym a t t e r :

N o r m a n B u l l , P r e s i d e n t - 8 1 0 . 1 6 1 1D e b b y N i c h o l l s , S e c r e t a r y - 8 1 0 . 7 3 9 1 a / h

C O N T R I B U T I O N S W E L C O M E !

A n e c d o t e s o f B a l m a i n l i f e ; l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r ;n o t i c e s o f l o c a l e v e n t s o f i n t e r e s t , p u b l i c i t y f o ro ther loca l groups and so on - we would be p leasedt o p u b l i s h t h e m f o r y o u . . . . f r e e o f c h a r g e !

D E PA R T M E N T O F H O U S I N GUPDATE ON MORT BAY - COMMUNITY SERVICES PLANNING

T h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e h a s b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m t h eD e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g . W o u l d a n y A s s o c i a t i o nm e m b e r s l i k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d i s c u s s t h e i ri d e a s o n h o w t h e A s s o c i a t i o n c o u l d a s s i s t t h eCommuni ty Serv ices P lann ing Team? We can pu t th ist o p i c o n t h e A g e n d a f o r o u r N o v e m b e r m o n t h l ym e e t i n g . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t h i s t o b e d o n e t h e np l e a s e c o n t a c t u s o n t h e ' p h o n e n u m b e r s l i s t e dunder "Associat ion Act ivi t ies" on this page.

W i t h t h e a p p r o v a l b y L e i c h h a r d t C o u n c i l o f t h eDevelopment Application for the public housing atM o r t B a y , t h e p r o j e c t h a s e n t e r e d a n e w p h a s e .T h e a r c h i t e c t s a r e n o w p r e p a r i n g w o r k i n g d r a w i n g sa n d t e n d e r d o c u m e n t s f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n . O n t h es i t e , t h e b l a c k t o p i s b e i n g r e m o v e d i n r e a d i n e s sf o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e p a r k a n d h o u s i n g . I nr e l a t i o n t o t h e s o c i a l d i m e n s i o n s o f t h e p r o j e c t ,t h e p r o c e s s h a s b e g u n t o e s t a b l i s h a C o m m u n i t yS e r v i c e s P l a n n i n g Te a m ( C S P T ) , w h o s e t a s k i t w i l lb e t o a s s i s t t h e s o c i a l i n t e g r a t i o n o f t h e n e wr e s i d e n t s i n t o t h e B a l m a i n c o m m u n i t y a n d t o h e l pe n s u r e t h a t b o t h o l d a n d n e w r e s i d e n t s h a v e a c c e s st o t he commun i t y se rv i ces t hey need .

The deve lopment approva l represents an endorsementb y L e i c h h a r d t C o u n c i l o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o fH o u s i n g ' s p r o p o s a l . T h e d e v e l o p m e n t a p p r o v a lc o n d i t i o n s r e p r e s e n t a n a g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n t h e t w op a r t i e s a s t o t h e a c t i o n s t h a t n e e d t o b e t a k e n t oi n t e g r a t e n e w r e s i d e n t s i n t o t h e e x i s t i n gc o m m u n i t y , w i t h o u t r e d u c i n g t h e l e v e l o f s e r v i c e so r t h e a m e n i t y o f t ! i e n e i g h b o u r h o o d . T h e s e . n g r e e dp r o v i s i o n s i n c l u d e a c o r n e r s h o p p r o p o s e d a t M o r ia n d C a m e r o n S t r e e t s , l a n d s c a p i n g w o r k s ,r e q u i r e m e n t s c o n c e r n i n g f e n c i n g b e t w e e n h o u s i n ga n d t h e p u b l i c p a r k , a s w e l l a s a i l a s p e c t s o ft h e a r c h i t e c t u r e o f t h e s c h e m e . i t h a s b e e n

a g r e e d t h a t t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f t i o u s i n g w i l lc o n t r i b u t e o n a p r o r a t a b a s i s t o t h e c o s t o ft r a f fi c m a n a g e m e n t p r o c e d u r e s l o c a l l y t o e n a b l en e w t r a f fi c t o b e a b s o r b e d w i t h o u t a n y i n c r e a s e i nt r a f fi c c o n g e s t i o n o r r e d u c t i o n o f s t r e e t s a f e t y .

P e r h a p s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t r e q u i r e m e n t s o ; t h ed e v e l o p m e n t a p p r o v a l c o n c e r n r o i . i n u n i t y s e r v i c e s .

C o n t i n u e d p a g e A

NEXT MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 19867.30 P.M. AT THE WATCH HOUSE, 179 DARLING STREET, BALMAIN

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u n l u o s d a y 2 i ) d S e p t e m b e r a d e l e g a t i o n f r o m t h eb a l m a i n A s s o c i a t i o n m e t w i t h t h e M i n i s t e r f o r

L n v i r o n m e i i t a n d P l a n n i n g , M r b o b C a r r . T h ed e l e g a t i o n c o n s i s t e d o f N o r m a n B u l l ( P r e s i d e n t ) ,U e u b y N i c i i o l i s ( S e c r e t a r y ) a n d M i c h e l l e S o u t h( c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r ) . T h i s m e e t i n g w a s m a d ep o s s i b l e b y t h e i l i n i s t e r a l t e r w e w r o t e e x p r e s s i n gc o n c e r n a t t h e l a c k o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n

g o v e r n m e n t a n d l o c a l r e s i d e n t a c t i o n g r o u p s a n do f f e r i n g t o h e l p , a s a n A s s o c i a t i o n , t o i m p r o v et h e s i t u a t i o n .

A s a r e s u l t o f m e e t i n g s a n d d i s c u s s i o n s w i t hm e m b e r s o f t h e M o r t B a y A c t i o n G r o u p a n d t h eC l o n t a r f P a r k A c t i o n G r o u p a b r i e f w r i t t e n p r e s e nt a t i o n w a s p r e p a r e d . T h i s d o c u m e n t w a s u s e d a s ar e f e r e n c e d u r i n g t h e m e e t i n g , a n d a l s o f o r m e d ac o n c i s e r e c o r d o f t h e p u r p o s e o f o u r v i s i t .

A d d i t i o n a l c o p i e s o f t h i s w r i t t e n p r e s e n t a t i o nw e r e s u b s e q u e n t l y m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o M r P e t e rC r a w f o r d , t h e M o r t B a y A c t i o n G r o u p a n d t h eC l o n t a r f P a r k A c t i o n G r o u p .

T h e f o l l o w i n g i s a r e p r o d u c t i o n o f t h e c o n t e n t s o ft h e p r e s e n t a t i o n :

" 1 . B A C K G R O U N D I N F O R M A T I O N O N T H E B A L M A I NA S S O C I A T I O N

T h e B a l m a i n A s s o c i a t i o n w a s f o r m e d i n 1 9 6 5 a n d h a sa s i t s a i m t h e f o l l o w i n g o b j e c t i v e s :

- t o i m p r o v e t h e l i v i n g , w o r k i n g a n dh i s t o r i c a l a m e n i t y o f B a l m a i n ;

- t o m a i n t a i n a l l f e a t u r e s o f B a l m a i n h a v i n gn a t u r a l , a r c h i t e c t u r a l a n d / o r h i s t o r i c a lv a l u e ;

- t o c o m p i l e a n d r e c o r d t h e h i s t o r y o f t h ea r e a a n d t o e s t a b l i s h a p e r m a n e n t c o l l e c ti o n o f i t e m s o f i n t e r e s t ; a n d

- t o s e e k t h e c o - o p e r a t i o n o f t h e r e s i d e n t s ,e x i s t i n g i n d u s t r i e s a n d o t h e r s c o n c e r n e d i nt h e r e a l i s a t i o n o f t h e a b o v e a i m s .

T h e B a l m a i n A s s o c i a t i o n w a s o r i g i n a l l y f o r m e d t os a v e t h e h i s t o r i c B a l m a i n W a t c h H o u s e f r o m

d e m o l i t i o n . T h i s b u i l d i n g i s n o w a N a t i o n a l T r u s tp r o p e r t y a n d i s t h e o f fi c i a l h e a d q u a r t e r s o f t h eA s s o c i a t i o n . I t i s a l s o u s e d f r o m t i m e t o t i m e b yo t h e r v a r i o u s g r o u p s i n t h e a r e a .

T h e A s s o c i a t i o n p u b l i s h e s a N e w s l e t t e r a t a p p r o xi m a t e l y m o n t h l y i n t e r v a l s , i n w h i c h o t h e r l o c a lg r o u p s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s a r e f r e e t o p u b l i s h t h e i rp a r t i c u l a r p o i n t s o f v i e w .

I n e a r l y 1 9 8 6 , t h e W a t c h H o u s e w a s u s e d b y t h eD e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g f o r f o u r C o m m u n i t y L i a i s o nm e e t i n g s i n r e l a t i o n w i t h t h e M o r t B a y P r o p o s a l .

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T h e r e i s a n e e d f o r i m p r o v e d c o m m u n i c a t i o n i nr e g a r d t o d e v e l o p m e n t s s u c h a s C l o n t a r f P a r k a n dM o r t B a y . T h i s n e e d c a n b e d e m o n s t r a t e d b y t h ef o l l o w i n g :

A P r e s e n t S i t u a t i o n o f C o n fl i c t i n B a l m a i n

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c o m m u n i t y o n t h e i s s u e o f p r o p o s e d h o u s i n g p r oj e c t s . I n b r i e f , t h e e s s e n c e o f t h i s d i v i s i o n i st h e b e l i e f b y p r o - d e v e l o p m e n t g r o u p s a n di n d i v i u u a l s t l i a t t h e r e s i d e n t a c t i o n g r o u p s a r ea g a i n s t p u b l i c h o u s i n g , p e r s e , i n t h e a r e a . I nt u r n , t h e r e s i d e n t s a c t i o n g r o u p s p e r c e i v e t h a tt h e i r o p p o n e n t s a r e p r e p a r e d t o p r o c e e d w i t h o u tc o n s u l t a t i o n a n d a t a n y c o s t .

T h i s s i t u a t i o n c a n o n l y l e a d t o e x t r e m e p o l a r i sa t i o n i f t h e M o r t B a y p r o j e c t p r o c e e d s i n i t sp r e s e n t f o r m .

B E x a m p l e s o f C o n c e r n s H e l d B y B a l m a i n R e s i d e n t s :

1 . T h e l o s s a t M o r t B a y o f o n e o f t h e o n l y r e ma i n i n g p i e c e s o f u n d e v e l o p e d f o r e s h o r e o f S y d n e yH a r b o u r .

2 . T h e l a c k o f a d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n f o r a l l o fB a l m a i n .

3 . T h e e x p e n s e a n d s c a l e o f t h e M o r t B a y d e v e l o pm e n t .

4 . T h e d i f f e r e n t s e t s o f s t a t i s t i c s i n c u r r e n tu s e b y d i f f e r e n t g r o u p s .

5 . T h e f e e l i n g t h a t t h e y a r e b e i n g " b u l l i e d " b yt h e g o v e r n m e n t .

6 . L a c k o f r e s p o n s e w h e n M i n i s t e r s a r e a s k e d t om e e t w i t h r e s i d e n t s a c t i o n g r o u p r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ,

7 . T h e u s e o f t e r m s s u c h a s " s e l fi s h t r e n d i e s "a n d " y u p p i e s " t o d e s c r i b e o p p o n e n t s o f t h e M o r tB a y a n d C l o n t a r f P a r k d e v e l o p m e n t s .

8 . P o l i c e i n t e r v e n t i o n a n d a r r e s t s a t C l o n t a r fP a r k i n J u n e o f t h i s y e a r .

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I n g e n e r a l t e r m s , t h e B a l m a i n A s s o c i a t i o n c a no f f e r i t s e l f a s a n e u t r a l i n t e r m e d i a r y . W e c o u l db e o f a s s i s t a n c e b y p r o v i d i n g a m e e t i n g p l a c e f o rd i s c u s s i o n s ( i . e . t h e B a l m a i n W a t c h H o u s e ) , b ya c t i n g a s a g o - b e t w e e n i f a p p r o p r i a t e , a n d b yp r o v i d i n g i m p a r t i a l c h a i r m a n s h i p o f m e e t i n g s .

I n s p e c i fi c t e r m s , h o w e v e r , t h e f o l l o w i n g t w oi t e m s w o u l d g o a l o n g w a y t o w a r d s a l l e v i a t i n g t h ep r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n a n d p r e v e n t i n g a n i n c r e a s e dl e v e l o f c o n fl i c t s h o u l d t h e M o r t B a y p r o j e c tp r o c e e d :

A . M e e t i n g o f V a r i o u s I n t e r e s t e d G r o u p s

W e s u g g e s t t h a t a m e e t i n g b e o r g a n i s e d w i t h t h ef o l l o w i n g :- B a l m a i n A s s o c i a t i o n - 3 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s- M o r t B a y A c t i o n G r o u p - 3 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s- D e p a r t m e n t o f E n v i r o n m e n t a n d P l a n n i n g

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T h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h i s m e e t i n g w o u l d b e t o d i s c u s st h e f o l l o w i n g i s s u e s :

( i ) T h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a c o m m o n s e t o f s t a ti s t i c s f o r m e a s u r i n g s u c h f a c t o r s a s p o p u l a t i o n ,o p e n s p a c e a n d p e r c e n t a g e o f p u b l i c h o u s i n g i nB a l m a i n , t h e B a l m a i n P e n i n s u l a , B a l m a i n / R o z e l l e ,t h e L e i c h h a r d t M u n i c i p a l C o u n c i l a r e a e t c .

( i i ) T h e u n i t c o s t o f t h e M o r t B a y d e v e l o p m e n tc o m p a r e d t o :

( a ) b u y i n g o l d , e x i s t i n g h o u s e s i n B a l m a i na n d r e f u r b i s h i n g w h e r e n e c e s s a r y ;( b ) t h e c o s t o f t h e M o r t B a y d e v e l o p m e n tc o m p a r e d t o b u y i n g o t h e r a v a i l a b l e l a n d ;

( i i i ) T h e r e a s o n f o r M o r t B a y p r o c e e d i n g i m m e di a t e l y w h i l e l a n d a l r e a d y o w n e d b y t h e D e p a r t m e n to f H o u s i n g r e m a i n s u n d e v e l o p e d ;

( i v ) P r o c e d u r e s f o r d e t e r m i n i n g a l l o c a t i o n o fp u b l i c h o u s i n g a n d t h e p o l i c y o f l o n g t e r m t e n u r e

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o f s u c h h o u s i n g . " G H O S T B U S T E R S " P A R T Y

B E n v i r o n m e n t a l P l a n F o r B a l m a i n / R o z e l l e

T h e B a l m a i n / R o z e l l e P e n i n s u l a i s a u n i q u e a r e a f o ra n u m b e r o f h i s t o r i c a l , a r c h i t e c t u r a l a n d g e og r a p h i c r e a s o n s .

E a c h s e p a r a t e d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e p e n i n s u l a ,w h e t h e r p r i v a t e o r p u b l i c , b r i n g s a s e p a r a t e s e to f p r o b l e m s s u c h a s t r a f fi c c o n g e s t i o n , p o s s i b l el o s s o f h e r i t a g e a s p e c t s a n d c h a n g e s t o e n v i r o nm e n t a l f a c t o r s s u c h a s s t r e e t s c a p e s a n d o p e ns p a c e .

T h e r e i s a n e e d f o r a d e t a i l e d e n v i r o n m e n t a l p l a nf o r t h e a r e a s o t h a t g u i d e l i n e s f o r f u t u r e d e v e lo p m e n t c a n b e e s t a b l i s h e d . "

T h e m e e t i n g w i t h M r C a r r w a s m u c h l o n g e r t h a na n t i c i p a t e d - o n e h o u r - a n d w a s a p o s i t i v e s t e pi n o p e n i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n s b e t w e e n B a l m a i nr e s i d e n t s a n d t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E n v i r o n m e n t a n dP l a n n i n g .

Wh i l e Mr Ca r r s ta ted t ha t Mor t Bay wou ld go aheadn o w i n a n y e v e n t , a n d t h a t a n y a p p r o a c h t o t h eD e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g t o r e c o n s i d e r t h e d e s i g n o ft h e p r o j e c t w o u l d h a v e t o b e f r o m P e t e r C r a w f o r dr a t h e r t h a n h i m s e l f - a p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t h a s s i n c eb e e n r e j e c t e d b y t h e P r e m i e r - h e a g r e e d i n p r i nc i p l e t o t h e i d e a o f a m e e t i n g w i t h r e s i d e n t s .T h e r e w o u l d h a v e t o b e s o m e p r e - c o n d i t i o n s f o rs u c h a m e e t i n g t o b e p o s s i b l e , h o w e v e r , a sf o l l o w s :

- b o t h t h e M o r t B a y A c t i o n G r o u p a n d t h e D e p a r tm e n t o f H o u s i n g w o u l d n e e d t o b e p r e p a r e d t oc o m p r o m i s e- M r C a r r s a i d h e w o u l d n o t b e a b l e t o d i s c u s s

m a t t e r s o f p o l i c y a t a m e e t i n g w h i c h i n c l u d e d ap o l i t i c a l o p p o n e n t s u c h a s D r J e a n L e n n a n e- p r o - d e v e l o p m e n t p e o p l e w o u l d n e e d t o b e i n c l u d e da t a n y s u c h m e e t i n g- t h e f o r m a t a n d a g e n d a o f t h e m e e t i n g w o u l d h a v et o b e a g r e e d u p o n i n a d v a n c e b y a l l p a r t i c i p a t i n gp a r t i e s .

A s i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g i sp r o c e e d i n g a t M o r t B a y d e s p i t e t h e e f f o r t s o fl o c a l r e s i d e n t s a n d P e t e r C r a w f o r d t o h a v e s o m er e a s o n a b l e c o n c e r n s d i s c u s s e d , s u c h a m e e t i n g i sn o t l i k e l y t o o c c u r .

H o w e v e r , a s r e g a r d s o u r s t a t e m e n t t h a t B a l m a i n -R o z e l l e n e e d s a n o v e r a l l e n v i r o n m e n t a l p l a n , s o m ep o s i t i v e a c t i o n a r o s e f r o m t h e m e e t i n g . M r C a r ra g r e e d i n p r i n c i p l e t h a t t h e a r e a n e e d s s o m e k i n do f c o n s i d e r a t i o n , a n d a t h i s s u g g e s t i o n s o m em e m b e r s o f h i s s t a f f w i l l b e v i s i t i n g B a l m a i n t od o a p r e l i m i n a r y s u r v e y . M r C a r r s u g g e s t e d t h a ti t m a y b e a f e a s i b l e p r o j e c t t o p a i n t t h e B a l m a i ns h o p p i n g a r e a i n h e r i t a g e c o l o u r s c h e m e s , a s h a sb e e n d o n e i n G l e n I n n e s .

T h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f L e i c h h a r d t C o u n c i l ' s L E P 2 0a s a n e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n t r o l w a s a l s o d i s c u s s e d .

M r C a r r s t a t e d t h a t h i s d e p a r t m e n t w i l l b e c o ns t r u c t i n g t h e o p e n s p a c e p o r t i o n o f M o r t B a y a n dt h a t i n h i s o p i n i o n t h e r e s h o u l d b e n o m a r i n ai n c l u d e d i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t .

I t i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t t h e n e x t e d i t i o n o f t h i sN e w s S h e e t w i l l i n c l u d e a r e p o r t o n t h e v i s i t o ft h e m e m b e r s o f t h e D E P s t a f f t o B a l m a i n .

HISTORICAL QUESTION AND ANSWERO u r l a s t t w o e d i t i o n s h a v e h a d a h i s t o r y c o l u m nw h i c h h a s p r o v e d p o p u l a r . T h i s m o n t h i t w i l l n o ta p p e a r a s o u r s o u r c e s a r e b u s y r e s e a r c h i n g a v e r yg r a v e m a t t e r f o r i n c l u s i o n i n t h e n e x t i s s u e .

T h e e v e n t w a s p u b l i c i s e d i n t h e l a s t t w o n e w ss h e e t s a n d b y w o r d o f m o u t h . T h e c o m m i t t e eo r g a n i s e d t h i n g s t o n i b b l e o n ; l o c a l e s t a t ea g e n t s G o l d s m i t h T h o m p s o n l e n t a n " o p e n f o ri n s p e c t i o n " s i g n t o a t t r a c t a t t e n t i o n ; t h eb a n n e r s w e r e h u n g o n t h e f r o n t o f t h e W a t c h H o u s e ;t h e c o l o u r e d l i g h t s i n t h e j a c a r a n d a t r e e w e r et u r n e d o n w i t h a fl o u r i s h . . . a n d a l l t e n p e o p l ew h o c a m e h a d f u n . S o m e h o w t h e d o n a t e d p r i z e s w e r ef o r g o t t e n , b u t t h e y c a n b e u s e d o n a n o t h e ro c c a s i o n .

T h e C h a r g e R o o m , s u i t a b l y d a r k e n e d a n d w i t h fi r el i t , p r o v i d e d t h e r i g h t a t m o s p h e r e f o r s o m eg h o s t l y s t o r y - t e l l i n g .

T h e p o l i c e v e h i c l e p a r k e d o u t s i d e - o n t h e b u ss t o p w i t h h a z a r d l i g h t s fl a s h i n g - h a d u s w o r r i e df o r a h a l f - h o u r o r s o u n t i l i t s c r e w o f t w o

e m e r g e d f r o m a l i t t l e r e s t a u r a n t j u s t u p t h e r o a da n d s p e d o f f i n t o t h e d a r k . W e w o u l d h a v e i n v i t e dt h e m i n b u t t h e y m o v e d t o o f a s t . O h w e l l , b u ss t o p s , p o l i c e c a r s . . . i t s a l l g o v e r n m e n tp r o p e r t y a n y w a y .

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O n S a t u r d a y 2 0 t h S e p t e m b e r t h e M o r t B a y A c t i o nG r o u p h e l d a m o t o r c a d e t h r o u g h t h e B a l m a i n s h o p s .T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e m o t o r c a d e , t h e s e c o n d s u c he v e n t o r g a n i s e d b y t h e G r o u p , w a s t o p u b l i c i s et h e e x t r a t r a f fi c l o a d w h i c h w i l l b e g e n e r a t e d b yt h e D e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g p r o j e c t a t M o r t B a y .A b o u t f o r t y c a r s d r o v e i n a c o n t i n u o u s l o o p a r o u n dt h e a l r e a d y c l o g g e d s t r e e t s o f S a t u r d a y B a l m a i n .

A f t e r t h e m o t o r c a d e , a b a r b e q u e w a s h e l d o n t h ea c t u a l M o r t B a y s i t e . A s t h e s i t e i s n o wc o m p l e t e l y f e n c e d o f f , t h i s d i d c a u s e s o m e m i l dc o n c e r n t o t h e s e c u r i t y g u a r d s w h o a r e c h a r g e dw i t h t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f k e e p i n g p e o p l e a w a y .T h e g u a r d s c a l l e d o n t h e p o l i c e t o a t t e n d t h ed i s t u r b a n c e ; t h e p o l i c e d e c i d e d t h a t n o h a r m w a sb e i n g d o n e a n d a l l o w e d t h e e v e n t t o c o n t i n u e .

T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e b a r b e q u e w a s n o t p u r e l y s o c i a la s i t w a s h e l d t o h o n o u r l o c a l i n d e p e n d e n ta l d e r m e n N i c k O r i g l a s s a n d I z z i e W y n e r . T h e i rs u p p o r t h a s b e e n o f g r e a t a s s i s t a n c e a n de n c o u r a g e m e n t t o t h e M o r t B a y A c t i o n G r o u p .

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T h e C S P T w i t h i t s m e m b e r s h i p o f b o t h r e s i d e n t s a n ds e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s o f f e r s a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y f o rr e s i d e n t s t o i n fl u e n c e t h e d e s i g n o f n e w c o m m u n i t ys e r v i c e s .

' i l i u o a r u e i i C l u b m e e t s o n t h e fi r s t S a t u r d a y i ne a c h m o n t h ( e x c e p t D e c e m b e r a n d J a n u a r y ) a t 1 . 1 5a t t h e i v ' a t c h H o u s e , 1 7 ^ D a r l i n g S t r e e t B a l m a i n .( i o o d g a r d e n i n g l i b r a r y a v a i l a b l e f o r m e m b e r s . A l lI n t e r e s L o d w e l c o m e .

S i n c e t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h i s p l a n n i n g t e a m i sc u r r e n t l y b e i n g d i s c u s s e d n o w i s a n i d e a l t i m e f o rl o c a l o r g a n i s a t i o n s l i k e t h e A s s o c i a t i o n t od i scuss how they wou ld make rep resen ta t i ons t o t het e a m . T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f H o u s i n g w e l c o m e s a n ys u b m i s s i o n y o u h a v e , a s a n o r g a n i s a t i o n o r a si n d i v i d u a l r e s i d e n t s , t o m a k e o n t h i s t o p i c .

T i i e G a r d e n C l u b ' s s t a l l a t t h e B a l m a i n H o s p i t a lF e t e w a s e n o r m o u s l y s u c c e s s f u l a g a i n , w i t h o v e ri i l . o u u b e i n g r a i s e d . T h a n k s t o a l l t h o s e w h o g a v et h e i r t i m e a n d e n e r g y t o s u p p o r t t h e G a r d e n C l u b ' se f f o r t s .

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