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DECEMBER

2016

*BIG TREE SLAUGHTER
AT COLLEGE SITE:
Disgusted citizens
saw a
tragedy
. A 100%

indigenous planting is now
needed.

*MRS JOAN KRSTIC: A BCS Inc. member
since 1997, Joan

died on 2016-12-10.

*PROFESSIONAL
ARBORIST’S REPORT ON COLLEGE SITE
TREES:
This important
arborist’s report is accessible here.
*BCS INC. THANKS
CHRIS SUTTON:
BCS Inc’s letter

under seal thanked Chris, a
former BCS Inc. President, for his
great work.

NOVEMBER

2016

*SCHOOL BUILDING
AUTHORITY’S ‘INFORMATION SESSION’:
VSBA’s

session, on Friday, 25 November,
was inept.

*BEAUMARIS PRIMARY:
School newsletter
shows BCS Inc. President’s letter
applauding the school winning a
Biodiversity Award.
*IMPORTANT LETTER: BCS Inc. publishes a
strong letter

to the Education Minister on
major issues with the school site
process.

*VIDEO: See a 7-minute

video of Heather Stewart
explaining the importance of retaining
trees, including the River Red Gums.

*INFORMATION
SESSION:
A full meeting
heard report

of work to reduce tree loss
& avoid non-indigenous planting at
School site.

* SECONDARY COLLEGE
TREES:
Plans

and details of tree removal and
replacement provided by School
Building Authority.

*BAYSIDE COUNCIL ELECTION

RESULTS: The polls were declared
at 5:30 p.m. on 2016-11-02 at the
Bayside Corporate Centre.

OCTOBER

2016

*229 TREES TO GO AT
SECONDARY COLLEGE:
BCS Inc. and
Bayside City Council want details

of trees and time to consider.

*BCS INC. THANKS CR
HEATHER STEWART:
BCS Inc’s letter

under seal thanked Heather for
her fine work on Bayside Council.

SEPTEMBER

2016

*SUPPORTING
BAYSIDE’S CR LAURIE EVANS:
BCS Inc. advertisements
in Bayside Leader urge ‘VOTE
1 Laurie Evans’.
*DRAFT MINUTES OF
THE 2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, AND
THE PRESIDENT’S

REPORT

JULY
2016
*APPLICATION FOR
NATIONAL HERITAGE LISTING:
The application

for Beaumaris Bay is now on the
federal heritage website.

*BCS

INC. BULLETIN: July 2016
issue
features Concourse Master
Plan, marina threat, footpath
concreting, and Amendment C140.

JUNE

2016

*BCS

INC. CONGRATULATES BAYSIDE CITY
COUNCIL:
The Council readily

agreed to BCS Inc’s request to
soon remove the four large basalt
boulders on the beach
just north of Table Rock Point
,
and has now done so. Neither Council
staff nor BCS Inc. is aware of how,
why or when the large extraneous
boulders came to be there.

*PRINCIPAL HERITAGE
LIST NOMINATOR HONOURED:
Assoc. Prof. Vicki
Kotsirilos,
President of the Sandringham Foreshore
Association
, whose married name
is Karalis, and who was a principal of
the Consortium that has nominated

Beaumaris Bay for Australia’s
National Heritage List, was listed in
the 2016

Queen’s Birthday Honours List as
a Member of the Order of Australia
(AM).

*PLANNING PANEL REPORT
ON C140:
Council will develop

its response to the
recommendation to abandon Amendment C140.

APRIL

2016

*GIANT WHALE TOOTH
AT BEAUMARIS:
Museum Victoria
confirms Beaumaris as site of
Australia’s largest-ever

whale tooth find.

*ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK:
BCS Inc’s comment

submitted on Bayside City
Council document

*APPEARANCES BEFORE
C140 PLANNING PANEL:
BCS Inc. officers
addressed the Panel to support the

C140 Amendment.

MARCH

2016

*ARTICLE
IN VNPA MAGAZINE:
Threat to Beaumaris
Bay is reported in Victorian National
Parks Association’s March Park
Watch.
FEBRUARY

2016

*MLC ASKS MINISTER
TO NOT RENEW BMYS LTD LEASE:
Greens MLC for
Southern Metropolitan Region, Sue
Pennicuik, has asked,
in Parliament,
the Environment
Minister to not renew Beaumaris Motor
Yacht Squadron Ltd’s lease on its
expiry in 2018.
*CONSORTIUM

NOMINATES BEÅUMARIS BAY: Beaumaris Bay
has been nominated
for
Australia’s National
Heritage List.

*DRAFT

LANDSCAPE POLICY: A
BCS

Inc. letter commented
on Bayside City Council’s
draft policy.

*RESPONSE

TO COUNCIL FOOTPATH POLICY:
BCS

Inc. letter

asks Council to recognize
where paved footpaths should
not be built.

 

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