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MINUTES OF THE 50TH ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING OF BEAUMARIS CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC.

HELD AT ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH
HALL, DALGETTY ROAD, BEAUMARIS, ON 17 OCTOBER 2002 AT
8 P.M.

1.
APOLOGIES   

AUDREY HARRIS, LINDA & DAVID JUDKINS, OWEN &
LOUISA WATERS, JOAN PALMER, FRASER GIBSON,  JUNE
HARDCASTLE, CR. KEN BEADLE

2. PRESENT 

TED PEARCE (CHAIRMAN), AND A QUORUM OF OVER TEN MEMBERS

3.
CONFIRMATION

OF MINUTES
OF THE 49TH AGM
 
 
Resolved that the minutes of the 2001 Annual General
Meeting be accepted as a true record. 
MOVED : ANNE
GIBSON        
SECONDED : KEITH HOLMES

4. PRESIDENT’S

REPORT (SUMMARY)  
Ted Pearce expressed appreciation
towards BCS Inc. Committee members for the past year’s
involvement and       
achievements.

He announced that he is now
stepping down as President after 3 years and expressed
gratitude for the support and friendship of office
bearers over that time period.

Ted then listed areas given
attention and general developments over the past
year: 
 

The Planning subcommittee has
been dissolved as the Rescode Planning Scheme is now
in force.
 
 
Bayside C2 is still under
consideration by the State Government, mainly in order
to integrate C2 into the Melbourne Strategic Strategy
(Melbourne 2030).
 
 
Keen interest is being taken in
the proposal by the Concourse Traders Association for
alterations to the Concourse.  The plan to
increase
parking 
spaces is being opposed.
 
 
The Ricketts Point Tea-house
extension is under critical assessment by the BCS Inc.
Committtee.
Marine
Parks: We are pleased that these parks have finally
been approved. We have communicated with Port Phillip
Conservation Council 
Inc.
in an exchange of views on marine
parks and the proposed Port Phillip shipping channel
deepening.
 
 
We maintain a close liaison with
other Conservation and Friends groups in Bayside to
support our main aims. 
 
The changes at Keefer’s Jetty,
proposed by DRNE and Bayside Council has been reviewed
by BCS Inc. The path to   the jetty will be
closed
and derelict
parts of the jetty removed. Some additions will be
made to maintain bird roosting.
 
 
Proposal to provide foreshore car
park hard surfacing has been assessed by consultants
to the Council. The recommendations seem to have

been carefully

considered. BCS Inc. will take a close interest in the
changes, due in
2003.
 
Bayside Council elections in March
2003 are of great importance in respect of getting the
best councillors to support the aims of BCS Inc.
In this we co-operate with other
like-minded groups in reviewing candidates.

.TREASURER’S REPORT  

Report for the 2001-2002 year
circulated. 
 
Resolved that the financial
statement for 2001-2002 as circulated be adopted. 
 

MOVED: Geoffrey
Goode        
SECONDED: Laurence Bottomley 
 
Geoff reported that our membership
remained solid.
   

6.
ELECTION OF OFFICE
BEARERS
 
 
The following Office
Bearers were elected for the year 2002-03:
 
 

PRESIDENT:                              

Adrian Cerbasi – unopposed 

SENIOR
VICE-PRESIDENT:     Keith
Holmes
– after a poll in which George Reynolds
and Keith Holmes were the    
       
       
       
       
       
          only
candidates
 
JUNIOR
VICE-PRESIDENT:     Anne
Gibson
– unopposed
 
SECRETARY:                             

Rose Allaway – unopposed 

TREASURER:                            

Geoffrey Goode – unopposed  

ZONE LEADERS:  

The following nine
people were nominated as candidates for the eight
Zone Leader positions available, and the meeting
agreed that the eight
separate Zone Leader
positions should be filled by the new Committee at
its first
meeting, from among those nine candidates:
 

Fraser Gibson,
Ingrid Ashford, Ted Pearce, Josie Cerbasi, Ron
Morris, David Holmes, George Reynolds, Keith
Foreman, Ken Rendell

7. 
GENERAL BUSINESS 

Anne Gibson spoke on the proposed
alterations to the Concourse, in particular the plan to
add more car parking, and why BCS Inc. is
opposed to
this. She invited interested people to express their
concerns in writing to
councillors and to sign a petition, which was circulated
at the meeting.
 
Adrian Cerbasi read out a letter he
has recently written to the Bayside Leader
newspaper on this issue, in which he
was critical of the slant
provided

by the writer.
 
 
Laurence Bottomley also spoke on the
car parking issue and suggested we meet journalists from
the Bayside Leader and be photographed
showing the plan for car parking, as the
existence of this plan seems to be in some doubt. 
 

Resolved that the meeting pass an
expression of regret that Dr John Ross will not be
re-standing for his position in
the Upper House due to

illness, and write to him thanking him for his
interest in and membership of the Society.
 

MOVED: GEOFF
GOODE        
SECONDED: LAURENCE BOTTOMLEY
 
 

8. 
REPORT ON PPCC INC. 

Geoff Goode spoke to the meeting
about PPCC Inc., a federation of 14 conservation
organizations; BCS Inc. is one
of them. Recent
concerns
of the Council have been:
 
 
The proposed deepening
of shipping channels
in Port Phillip Bay.

The Victorian Channels Authority wants to deepen the
channels to
make way for bigger ships. PPCC
Inc. is keeping a watch on this and through Geoff is
keeping BCS Inc. members informed.
 

       


Foreshore

Bicycle Road. PPCC Inc. advocates that the
single lane treatment on Beach Road be extended to
Cromer
Road to allow for the
completion of the
bicycle road in this section.
 

Ricketts Point Tea-house extensions.
The PPCC Inc. position is in favour of no further
commercial development
on
the foreshore.

9.
GUEST SPEAKERS 

Carmen Skrobonja, the Manager
of  the Bayside
Community Plant Nursery
, and her Assistant, Erika
Anderson, each delivered an
informative talk and slide show on the
historical background of interest in garden design with
Australian and indigenous plants. 
 

Val Tarrant, a member of BRASCA
Inc. and long-time supporter of PPCC Inc. and local
conservation, spoke on
conservation issues,
particularly
on certain people who have made a
difference to policy and practice in this area,
both in a wide and a local sense. 
 

Meeting closed 10:15 p.m. 
Supper was then served.

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