West Pittwater Community Association

Representing the communities of McCarrs Creek, Elvina Bay, Lovett Bay, and Morning Bay

PO Box 289   Church Point   NSW   2105

President: Michael Wiener; Tel: 9997 2772; Email: m2wiener@bigpond.net.au

Draft Minutes of Committee Meeting

Wednesday 20 June 2007 7.30pm

Bell Boatshed Lovett Bay

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The meeting opened at 7.45pm

Attendees: M Adler, B Anderson, J Bell-Beaumont, P Beaumont, M Doherty, T Gill, M Vaughn, M Wiener

Apologies: N Cowdery, K Lambert, B Mahler-Mills, B Robinson

1. Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting

The minutes of the meeting of 28 April were accepted as a true record (proposer: M Doherty, seconder: B Anderson

2. Correspondence In:

2(a) E-mails (2) from C Kubany, CPRA re Church Point Plan

For information

2(b) Letter from N Stevens, Pittwater Council

Thanking the WPCA for the invitation to speak to the last meeting.

2(c) Letter from Rob Stokes re Church Point crossing

Acknowledging receipt of our letter and informing us of his proposal to put forward a general submission regarding public transport solutions on the Northern Beaches

Action: M Wiener to phone R Stokes and invite him to meet the off-shore community for breakfast at the Fireshed

2(d) Executive Summary of Pittwater 2030 Community Forum Report

L Stevens is a member of a small sub-committee formed to further the work of the forum. She forwarded a summary of progress to date and invited interested community members to contact her for any comments or suggestions.

2(e) Notice of Land & Environment Court Appeal – Careel Bay Marina

For information

2(f) Mambara Newsletter

For information

3. Correspondence Out:

3(a) E-mail re Medivac Protocol to Rod Smith, Pink Water Taxi

Confirming the role of the Pink Water Taxi in a medical emergency.

4. Treasurer’s report

The current balance stands at $5,847.90

5. Items arising from Minutes/ Continuing Matters

5(a) Church Point Masterplan

At a meeting held on 13 June, it was suggested that improvements to Church Point should not be funded solely by off-shore residents but be shared by the on-shore community. The next Design Group meeting would be held in a month’s time, after which another community meeting would be held to discuss the issue of how much these improvements would cost and how they would be funded.

5(b) Medivac Protocol

M Doherty reported on on-going efforts to finalise a protocol for medical emergencies.

Action: M Doherty and B Anderson to clarify the procedure with the West Pittwater and Scotland Island RFS. M Doherty to draft a letter to the Ambulance Service ensuring they are aware that, in the case of a medical emergency, if the Water Police are not available, the water taxi would be able to bring them off-shore.

5(c) Naming of geographical sites – Espa’s Beach

Action: M Doherty to draft a letter to the GNB

5(d) WPCA Social Event - Winter Fireshed Dinner

Due to a clash of dates, the Fireshed dinner has been rescheduled to Saturday 22 September.

5(e) Letter to Real Estate Agents

The amendment to the DCP: Companion Animals has been deferred awaiting further input from residents.

Action: M Doherty to prepare a draft letter based on the existing DCP informing real estate agents in the area of the issues relating to boot moorings, use of vehicles and companion animals in the off-shore community.

5(f) Off-shore recycling

Pittwater Council have asked that any members of the off-shore community who have witnessed recycling being dumped into the general rubbish by the waste contractors contact them directly as they are unable to proceed without specific eye-witness accounts.

Action:

5(g) Green Waste

The result of a survey carried out by the Council was presented to the meeting. M Vaughn contact Council to follow-up on this survey and was informed that the Council had no plans to institute a green waste collection for the off-shore communities. This was primarily due to the difficulties of having suitable collection points that were equitable for all residents and would not create problems for the waterways.

6. New Business

6(a) Purchase of defibrillator for Off-shore community

This issue had been raised by a member of the community and was presently being discussed by the WP RFS. Difficulties arose as to where a defibrillator would be situated which would be accessible to all members of the community in the event of an emergency.

Action: Deferred awaiting RFS decision.

6(b)Incorporation of WPCA

Deferred to next meeting.

6(c) Report on Pittwater Users Group

The representative reported that the whole of Pittwater would soon be a no-wash zone, up to a line between Mackeral Beach and Observation Point, due to concerns about the amount of wash caused by speeding boats. NSW Maritime also requested that the community reports any maritime issues of concern (such as speeding boats, floating logs, etc) to them on 13 12 56.

6(d) Change of postcode for Morning Bay

This approved change still has not occurred in practice. It was felt that part of the problem was that the official name of Morning Bay which was approved in 1984, was still not in use by Council. They were still using the old name of Towler's Bay.

Action: M Doherty to draft a letter  to Pittwater Council to ensure they are aware of the official name of the Bay.

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Saturday 28 July at 3pm at J Bell-Beaumont’s Boatshed, Lovett Bay.

There being no further business, the meeting closed at 9.40pm.