Minutes

Ø      Consideration of draft minutes of 3 May 2008

The “docx” file extension on the minutes file mean’t that committee couldn’t read minutes

ACTION

PG to recirculate

Committee to read comment and approve electronically

Correspondence In:

Ø      Pittwater Council – World Environment Day invitation

Ø      Pittwater Council – Draft NSW Housing Code & Draft NSW Commercial Building Code

Ø      Rob Stokes- Reply Public safety pedestrian crossing and mirror.

Ø      Rob Stokes- Currawong leaflet

Ø      Pittwater Council – Invitation Northern beaches transport Issues.  WPCA position on carshare is that it will reduce pressure on demand only…no loss of net parking spaces. WPCA support council allocation of ‘carshare only’ spaces

Ø      Land, Water and Coastal ????? next meeting 3 Sept 2008

ACTION

KL to check with Lesley Woods re WED and 2020 update.

Mambara distributed to various committee for wharves

KL to forward Dept of Planning files to committee

 NB 4 july close

Referred our concerns on to RTA

Noted

MW to request Michael Doherty to attend and brief

MD to attend

Correspondence Out:

Ø      Pedestrian safety crossing follow up to Rob Stokes

Ø      Letter to General Manager complaint regarding recycling.

Treasurer’s report

Current balance: $5615.34

Donation of $450 to be included with fundraising 10 August- aim to raise enough for 1+ full panel costs @ $900 each

Items arising from Minutes/ Continuing Matters

Ø      Review of action table

Church Point draft Plan of management

Pittwater Public Wharves Plan of Management:

PG also attends this user group meeting, 2 points to report:

1)     increased police/waterways presence

2)     no more warnings re no lights immediate fine

recent harbour fatalities have increased public authority sensitivity to safety issues.

Commuter Wharves

Building work to commence on Halls. Issue of Council communication

Medivac protocol:

Link with Rural Fire Service. As is in POD. Agreed to put on WPCA website

Pittwater 2020:

Committee to invite Lesley and /or Alan to report to the committee more regularly and in some detail re current status. Concern that 20/20 process is in danger of becoming too ‘strategic/philosophical to be implementable’

Consolidation of resident details:

Mariyn Vaughn has again reminded the tardy to compete

Currawong:

Thanks to Margie for an impeccable, stern and serious delivery

Bona Crescent:

James Payne (PC) has advised funding is available

ACTION

MW to circulate excel file re CPPM equity issues to Committee

MD to request some ‘formal confirmation’ and liaise with BMM re Andrews ‘Lights out’ poster. WPCA $ to print and laminate agreed in principle

MW to discuss with  (Mark Fergusson Council GM)

BA and MD to liaise

MD and MM

KL to invite, also send covering GM letter re community involvement in 20/20 re KPI’s

You know who you are! KL for one!

MM WPCA submission on website

MW? MD to thank council for action after 2 years of consistent request by WPCA

Items arising from AGM

Ø      Donation of $450 to PHS for Solar Panel

Ø      Fund-raiser for Solar Panels

Ø      Pittwater 2020 Vision

See above

Other Business

It was agreed that there were a number of issues that the WPCA President should discuss with Council GM, these include items raised in discussion over continuing matters above.

1)     the issue of ferry and water taxi incurring public wharf use costs. This was seen as an equity issue regarding access to our homes.

2)     concern over the proposed sewerage inspection outsourcing

3)     equity re CPPM

4)     issue of communication over wharf change/upgrading

5)     ???was thanks ? to be expressed to $ approval of Bona Cres. Path upgrade after 2 years of consistent lobbying or point to be made that time expended in delaying acceptance of responsibility would be better spent in scheduling and understanding work required?

MW to arrange meeting with Council GM

(GM will certainly have an offsider present…perhaps another WPCA committee member should also attend????)

New Business

Ø      Proposed changes to On Site Waste Water Inspection Program.

Ø      Local Police have requested that using website would be a good communication forum to MD. Committee agrees

Ø      Website: MM has agreed to look at populating of WPCA website with relevant info. Glen (via Tejinder) has identified a number of ‘metawords’ that will improve locating website

Ø      Request that WPCA contact car owners to discuss track degredation

MW to discuss with GM

MD to contact Police representative, MM for website

MM to discuss with Martin Didsbury

BMM and MM to action and TG

TG to draft letter

Next Meeting

3pm Tejinder’s place Elvina Bay Saturday August 2

no further business, the meeting closed at 4.58pm.