Agenda for November 2013 general meeting. East/West Link presentation
The next monthly meeting of the Association is this Tuesday (19/11/2013) at 7.30pm. The venue is the Dewey Common, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (enter from Union Street to the west with access for all). This is a very important meeting as the Linking Melbourne Authority will present on the East/West Link Proposal and the Comprehensive Impact Statement (C.I.S.) released earlier this month. Documentation etc will be available on the night. The presentation, about 30 minutes, will be from Geoff Rayner Director and Chief Operations Officer at the Authority. One hour has been allowed for questions after the
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"]
Agenda for March 2013 planning meeting. Guest speaker is David Mayes
A quick reminder that, David Mayes, Manager Strategic Planning, City of Melbourne has been invited to talk and to answer questions about Planning Scheme Amendment C207/207 Arden-Macaulay Heritage. This is a very important issue as it is dealing with the Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan area. Heritage has been very important in the past for the Association and members will see this meeting as crutial. Information on this amendment is available at http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/BuildingandPlanning/Planning/planningsch emeamendments/Pages/AmendmentC206C207.aspx Date: Tuesday 5th March 2013 Time: 8PM Venue: Dewey Common Room, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street,North Melbourne (Enter off Union Street on the West side of the Institute)
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.
Abbotsford Street tree planting
The NWMA have several documents of interest to the local residents regarding to the proposed tree planting in Abbostford Street. These are: The Abbotsford Street concept plan by the City of Melbourne Tree Species fact sheet from Urban Forest A community engagement letter from Ian Shears, Manager Urban Landscapes Abbotsford Street Landscape Proposal feedback form for you to use
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
VEC Review of City of Melbourne Wards and Councillor numbers
The electoral representation review (ERR) of Melbourne City Council will commence on Monday, 24 October. The review will consider the appropriate number of the councillors for the municipality and whether the City should be divided into wards. For more information click here: http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/reviews/Melbournerr.html Please read the attached document which gives you some background about this review, including: What will the Melbourne City Council Review cover. What is the electoral representation review process for Melbourne City Council. How to make a submission to the Melbourne City Council. Representation Review? We would like to canvass member's views about this review. If you
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