m8_r2008

DECEMBER

2008

*

CALL

FOR CONCOURSE BUSHLAND REZONING: BCS Inc.
letter to Bayside
Council seeks rezoning of the
Concourse Bushland
to Public Park & Recreation.

*

SUBMISSION

ON OPEN SPACE STRATEGY: BCS Inc. has responded
to Draft No. 1 of the Bayside City
Council Open Space Strategy 2007-17.

*

STATE

OF THE
ENVIRONMENT REPORT
2008:
Report warns
of the fool’s paradise Victoria
is becoming as Government fails to
restrain unsustainable materialism.

*

DECLARATION

OF THE BAYSIDE CITY COUNCIL POLLS: See photograph of
the Declaration

of the Poll, and voting
figures for each candidate in each
ward.

*

WALK

ALONG BICYCLE ROAD
ROUTE: See

report of inspection walk with VicRoads
Regional Director
arranged by Evan Thornley
MLC.

NOVEMBER

2008

*

CANDIDATES’

RESPONSES
Southern Ward
candidates’ responses
on the Bayside Leader website
instead of in the paper (see Northern and
Central
Wards also).

*

ADVERTISEMENT PROMOTES
SOUTHERN WARD CANDIDATES: An advertisement
on Page 20 of the Bayside

Leader of 2008-11-04 supports Cr
Michael Norris & Darrell Reid.

*

MARINE CARE RICKETTS POINT
NEWSLETTER: See

the habitat map of the Marine
Sanctuary, and other good articles in
this final 2008 issue,  by
clicking here.

SEPTEMBER

2008

*

BEAUMARIS

RESERVE MASTER PLAN: This new plan is

accessible here, and
includes some aspects that BCS Inc.
put to the Council at its public
consultation stage.

*

PUBLIC LAND DEVELOPMENT REPORT: See report of the Upper
House Committee on Public Land
Development, to which
BCS Inc. made Submission No. 12,
now tabled.

*

BEAUMARIS

CONSERVATION PIONEERS: Article on Pages 30-31
of Victorian National Parks
Association’s “Parkwatch” of

September 2008 on BCS Inc’s pioneers

*

DEAD

MANNA GUM REPLACEMENT: BCS Inc.’s letter to
Bayside Council asks it
to plant one or more Manna Gums to
replace the dead Manna Gum in the
Concourse Bushland.

AUGUST

2008

*

PLANNING

MINISTER PARODIED BY CLARKE &
DAWES: A revealing short video
pokes pertinent fun at the outlook and
modus operandi of Victoria‘s

Planning Minister.

*

BICYCLE

ROAD PETITION NOW IN PARLIAMENT: Legislative Council
minutes of 2008-07-30 (Item 3)
record Andrea Coote
MLC tabling a petition of 599
signatures.

JULY

2008

*

PROTECTIVE

MEASURES IN BEACH PARK NEAR TEA
HOUSE: BCS Inc. supports
Council’s protective measures against
falling Banksia
limbs and foredune
ersosion.

*

GOOD

VCAT REASONING IN A 2008 BLACK
ROCK CASE: VCAT’s reasons for upholding Bayside
City Council’s refusal of a tree
removal permit set a fine precedent.

JUNE

2008

*

GREENS MP’s SPEECH TO
PARLIAMENT: Southern

Metro MLC Sue Pennicuik‘
s speech tells how road
edge space can save Beach
Park
and asks Minister to meet BCS Inc.

*

FOUR

BICYCLE ROAD OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: Bayside

Council (Item 7.1.2)
will canvass 4 options, from the sound
on-road

option to the 2 bad
bisecting options.

*

BCS

INC. WRITES TO ROADS MINISTER: A letter to Hon. Tim
Pallas asks him to walk
alongside Beach Rd
with BCS Inc. officers to show him how
Beach Park
can be saved.

*

BICYCLE ROAD PLAN WORSENS: A Bayside City Council staff
report (Item 4.1)
to the General Committee on Tuesday
2008-06-17 proposes bisecting Beach
Park
with a 2.5 metre
concrete bicycle road. VicRoads and
its Minister will not provide room on
the road reservation. The route alignment map
shows how it would substantially
replace the existing walking track
with concrete.

*

SANDRINGHAM ENVIRONMENT SERIES: The former Sandringham
City Council’s 8 informative,
illustrated booklets
about local birds, indigenous plants,
geology, and marine life

*

COMMENT ON DRAFT 2 OF BATHING BOX
POLICY: The BCS Inc.
letter welcomes
certain improvements made, and
suggests some other changes.

MAY

2008

*

BEAUMARIS BAY
“DISMAY”:  The

Bayside Leader local
newspaper gives a front page report on BCS Inc.
warnings about the
proposal for a large marina in Beaumaris
Bay.

*

116-BERTH MARINA
SOUGHT IN BEAUMARIS
BAY:
Club

seeks a marina and more Bay
filling on the Beaumaris
Bay Fossil Site, and
more works on its leased, filled site.

*

VCAT RULING ON
TREES IN OAK STREET: After

a resident’s appeal, VCAT

has reduced the number of trees
that Bayside City Council had earlier
required to be retained.

APRIL

2008

*

BCS INC. ‘DROUGHT PROOF YOUR
GARDEN’ FUNCTION:
The function was successfully
held on the Concourse
Green, on 19th April 2008.

*

APPLICATION

FEES – LARGE TREE OR INDIGENOUS
VEGETATION PERMITS: BCS
Inc. letter

to Bayside Council
seeks removal of fees that deter
planting of such plants.

*

APRIL

2008 ISSUE OF THE BCS INC. BULLETIN

MARCH

2008

*

COMMENT ON DRAFT STREET TREE STRATEGY:  2008

draft to replace 1997 Strategy.
Respond to Council’s online survey on
this important draft! Read BCS Inc’s
response.

*

SURVEY ON
LIGHTING
PARKS
AND FORESHORE: Bayside

Council General Committee
2008-03-18 minutes Item 4.4
voted against further lighting. BCS

Inc’s
letter was noted.

*

COUNCIL ALTERS DRAFT BATHING
BOX POLICY:
Bayside City Council has altered the
draft Bathing Box Policy
under consideration, and will seek
further comment.

*

PROPOSED EXTRA SIGNS ON
BEAUMARIS FORESHORE: BCS

Inc. letter seeks less

clutter and visual intrusion.
See photos of the 193 signs

on the Marine Park
section

*

KEYS STREET CAR PARK TREES: BCS

Inc.’s concern about over-enthusiastic
tree

removal and replacement plan
is supported by an arborist’s report.

FEBRUARY

2008

*

DISQUIET ON PROPOSED NEW
RESIDENTIAL ZONES: See Government’s discussion paper and
details of its information
sessions. No mention of
its Population Policy.

*

OBJECTION TO HIGH 3-STOREY
PROPOSAL FOR EAST CONCOURSE: A
BCS

Inc. letter of objection
points out the clash with recently
decided Council policy.

To

view news for other years, go to
Records.