Minutes from October 2013 Planning meeting
Ian Hundley, a committee member of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) gave an interesting presentation regarding the East-West Link. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20131010-planningMtgMinutes.pdf"]
NWMA’s leaflet on the East West Link EWL
NWMA has formulated a leaflet for distribution to the North and West Melbourne community at the annual Spring Fling. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EWL-brochure-p1final.pdf" save="1"] [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EWL-brochure-p2final.pdf" save="1"]
An alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan
The NWMA has prepared a flyer with an alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan. As residents, we have a very good understanding of what we have and of how growth can be achieved without sacrificing everything that we love about living here. The plan can be viewed here.
Minutes from October 2012 planning meeting
The minutes from the planning Committee meeting can be are here. The main discussions in the meeting were about the Arden-Macaulay Amendment C190, the City North Amendment C196. Other planning issues also discussed were the Woolworths project in Canning Street and the Baptist Church site.
Council Elections, Meet the Candidates
The coming Council election is by postal vote only. You should receive two ballots (one for the Lord Mayor and Deputy and one for the election of 9 Councillors) between 9 and 11 October. You'll need to return ballots by 26 October. To help you understand who is running for the positions, there are two 'Meet the Candidates' meetings forums being held, one in Kensington and the other in Carlton. The details are as follows: The Carlton Resident's Association will present 'Meet the Candidates' in the Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, (cnr Drummond St) Carlton at 7.30 pm
Agenda for October 2012 general meeting
The monthly meeting will be held at 7.30pm at the Dewey Common Room, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, entry from Union Street. The agenda for the meeting can be viewed here. Also being discussed is the proposed resolution for Street Gardens. See you there.
East West Link minutes
The Association have received the official meeting minutes from Adam Bandt's office for the East West Link meeting held on the 29th March 2012. Rose Iser chaired the meeting, which was well attended. Attendees are listed in the minutes. Janet Graham from the NWMA was at the meeting and presented her minutes to the Association during the April meeting.
Association Reps Meet Planning Minister Advisors
On Friday November 4, Association Chair, Kevin Chamberlin, and Bill Cook met with influential members of the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy’s staff. They were Daniel Parsons, Ministerial Advisor and Adrian Salmon, Assistant Director, Statutory Approvals, Department of Planning and Community Development. The meeting covered issues that the Association has experienced in recent times about the operation of the planning scheme. These are covered in the following link Parsons3Nov11. The officials put forward Government policy, such as the promotion of the role of local government in the planning process. They appreciated the clarity of our position, which they agreed was different
Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development
The local resident's group RAID, Residents about Integrated Development, have organised two major meetings in their campaign to modify the proposed development for site at 101 - 117 Canning Street, North Melbourne. [mappress mapid="2"width="100%" adaptive="true"] The following link gives a brief report on these meetings and outlines the eight major questions the group wished to ask the Woolworth's representatives at the meeting: Woolworth's update20oct11 The Group has produced a poster which highlights what is and is not acceptable as development in our local area. The Association is supportive of the principles underlying this approach to planning: FINAL_RAID Poster
NWMA submission on Structure Plans to City of Melbourne.
The Association has made its submission to the City of Melbourne on the draft City North and Arden Macaulay Structure Plans. This submission was based on the motions passed at the special June monthly meeting of the Association, which was addressed by David Mayes from the Strategic Planning Department of the City of Melbourne Council. The meeting was attended by about 50 people and the motions were passed unanimously. To view the submission please click here.