m8_r2005 - Beaumaris Conservation Society

NOVEMBER 2005

Click here
for results
of Bayside Council elections.
BCS Inc. congratulates Cr Derek Wilson,
whom BCS Inc. supported, on his
re-election for Ebden Ward, and John Knight on his
election for Moysey
Ward. We especially thank Robyn Browne,
whom we
supported in Moysey
Ward, for her much-appreciated work in running a
good campaign with a sound environmental focus. In the
other 7 wards, good candidates were elected in each
ward.

BCS INC
BULLETIN: November
2005 Issue of the Beaumaris Conservation Society
Bulletin – Special Council
Election Issue

OCTOBER 2005

BCS
INC. OFFICER ON SKATEBOARD CONSULTATIVE GROUP: BCS Inc.
has nominated its Secretary, Ron Morris, to join Bayside Council’s
skateboard consultative group.

INCURSION

INTO RICKETTS POINT LANDSIDE REJECTED: The 2005
Annual General Meeting of BCS Inc. heard that the
Minister for Environment has refused consent to
this.

Committee
of Management elects Mr Christopher Sutton to fill
casual vacancy in the position of the Zone Leader
for Zone 2 caused by the resignation of Ms Kathleen
Kiernan.

SEPTEMBER 2005

BAYSIDE
COUNCIL SEEKS A NEW SITE FOR A BEAUMARIS
SKATEBOARD RAMP: Council
abandoned its earlier 3 sites and now
seeks another site.

PUBLIC
MEETING ON THE 3 SKATEBOARD SITES: A group
of Beaumaris residents have held a Public Meeting on 1st September 2005
to form a Working Group on this issue.

AUGUST 2005

BEAUMARIS

CLIFF SHAVED:
Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron has shaved off part of the Beaumaris Cliff
to prevent rock falls to its car park, with
“emergency” consent.

BAYSIDE
CITY COUNCIL FOOTPATH TRADING POLICY: BCS Inc. letter drawing
attention to certain retrograde changes being proposed
for adoption in staff report.

WATER
FOR 2 BEAUMARIS WETLANDS: Item 5.4
of the Bayside Council
agenda is for the petition of 203 people
seeking drainage changes
to restore water to these wetlands.

BCS
INC. JOINS MARINE CARE RICKETTS POINT INC: BCS Inc.
shows its support for the future of the
Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary by joining MCRP Inc.

JULY 2005

RICKETTS

POINT LANDSIDE: BCS Inc. objects to Bayside City Council issuing
itself a permit to remove vegetation in Vegetation
Protection Overlay VP01 on the Landside Crown Land
Reserve to construct 16 car parking spaces.

JUNE 2005

BEAUMARIS

HOTEL: Bayside Council rejects proposal for redevelopment &
Planning Scheme height amendment by
8-1 vote (Minutes 20 June
2005, Item 127)

SURVEY
OF 3 SKATE BOARD SITES: BCS Inc.
Executive calls for participation
by members and residents in responding, by 24th June
2005, to Bayside
Council’s survey.

FEBRUARY 2005

BCS Inc.
member notices 16 pink survey markers on clifftop walking track from
Cromer Road to Charman
Road: Concern about pressure to
convert this to a bicycle road

Yellow Planning
Application notices for 16 dwellings plus
underground car park on Hotel Car Park site on
east of Bodley
Street, and also on Keefers Factory site in
Martin Street.

Petition
of 1,140 people against siting
a skateboard ramp on the Concourse Green: Item 5.3
in Minutes of Bayside
Council’s meeting on 14th February 2005.

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