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In attendance
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Michael
Wiener, Jane
Jobson, Edwina Dusseldorp, Michael
Doherty, Chris McVeigh, Karen Lambert, Brigitte Mahler-Mills, Marilyn
Vaughan, Nick Cowdery, Joy Purvis.
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Correspondence In
Correspondence Out
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Invitations to Rob Stokes “Community
Leaders” reception
Mambara
Receipt from WAG
Ian White – Naming of Espas Beach
Mark Ferguson- Church Point Plan of
Management
Mark Ferguson – Commuter Wharf
Peninsula Historian Journal
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Nick Cowdery and Chris McVeigh
attended
Distributed to committee members to
put up in public wharves
To Treasurer
Ian White to take proposal to council
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This is available from Joy if anyone
would like to read it.
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Treasurer’s report.
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Balance
@ 25 June 2011 $5887.79
Income:
Memberships $160.00
Outgoings: Nil
Balance @ 13 August 2011 $6047.79
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All committee members to encourage neighbours etc to be financial
members of WPCA.
Joy to forward updated version on what WPCA is doing to Brigitte.
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Items Arising from the minutes of the last meeting.
Church Point Car
parking/boat parking.
Update of current status
of Track work
Jetty Tax.
Sustainability working
group/community gardens.
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Query whether Visitors/workers
stickers available for parking at Church Point during the day.
Meeting took place between
representatives of Bayview Residents Association and Presidents of WPCA and
SIRA. As well as car parking and boat parking, dinghy storage was discussed.
Income from car park includes
approximately $80,000 from Pay and Display plus fines and 490 parking
stickers.
Council will return to place surface
on road once road collapse on Scoltalnd
Island has been fixed.
IPART hearing to took place on Monday
28th June 2011 to report to state government on setting jetty
taxes. Jane Jobson and Lesley Stevens represented WPCA.
Two
possible sites for a community garden have been identified. One is adjacent
to Lovett Bay Fire Shed the other across the road from nearby John Bryson & Therese O’Neill’s house.
Commuter
wharf etiquette. Set of procedures to be used by those using the
commuter/boat parking developed by WPCA and SIRA.
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Ryan has been unable to confirm this
but will communicate to WPCA committee
when council get back to him.
Michael W to continue to negotiate
with council and report to the committee about car parking and boat parking
plans.
He will also ask Council to stagger
car parking and boat parking sticker costs.
Michael Doherty to draft letter from
WPCA to Mark Beharrel to thank him for response to track work concerns
IPART Report due October.
Karen Lambert to obtain map thought
to be with WPCA records showing council owned land where a community garden
could be established.
A community garden committee is to be
established at next AGM
Michael D to continue to monitor
action.
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New Business
McCarrs Creek Road
Commercial fishing in
Pittwater
Review of Pittwater
Council Walks and Rides Plan
WPCA Representative for
Pittwater Special Rate Community Advisory Committee
Bush Regeneration at the
YHA
Fridge buy-back scheme.
Manly Daily piece about
visiting “Fiji
in Pittwater”
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Proposal
that McCarrs Creek Road
is closed between dusk and dawn.
56 licensed
commercial fishing boats in Pittwater.
WPCA oppose
any commercial fishing in this area.
Committee
concerned that pedestrian safety at Church Point was not included in this
plan.
Karen
Lambert has volunteered to be the representative for WPCA. If Karen is unable
to attend she should inform committee so it can ensure that another
representative is present.
YHA has
signed and agreement for overseas people to come to the YHA for a two day
volunteer bush regen.
There will
be an open day on 4th September.
Pittwater
Council advertise a fridge buy-back scheme but it is not available to off-
shore residents.
WPCA has
concerns about the expectations of ferry tourists in regards to local
facilities and would like to make it clear that there are no toilets, shops
etc. off-shore.
Meeting
closed 4.45pm.
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Letter to oppose proposal to be
drafted by Michael W.
Brigitte to circulate information to
committee.
Karen to draft a response to Rob
Stokes speech.opposing commercial fishing in Pittwater.
A WPCA
response to the review to be drafted.
Karen to
let council know that she is the
WPCA Representative.
Michael D.
to keep committee informed.
To be
discussed further at AGM to see if needs of local residents can be met.
Michael W
to discuss the matter with Penny.
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