AGENDA: NORTH CANBERRA COMMUNITY COUNCIL GENERAL MEETING 7.30 pm TUESDAY 17 March 2015
Note new venue: Majura Function Room Majura Community Centre, 2 Rosevear Place Dickson – click for map
- GUEST PRESENTATION/S
Solarshare: Lawrence McIntosh, Steve O’Connor, Kaveri Chakrabarty, Chris McGrath.
- STANDING ITEMS
- Attendance and Apologies
Confirm the minutes of the preceding General Meeting 17 February
- reports on actions arising from the Minutes
Confirmation of the agenda
REPORTS
Report on Committee decisions since the previous General Meeting.
Treasurer’s report
Residents’ Associations (Canberra City, Dickson, Downer, Hackett, O’Connor, Pialligo, Reid, Turner, Watson – to be provided to the Secretary 15 prior to the meeting date)
- Mr Fluffy subcommittee
- City and Northbourne Urban Design Framework
- (Geoff Davidson / Jane Goffman)
- Northbourne Avenue Walking and Cycling Facilities
- Leon Arundell to report on 19 February workshop.
- Planning and Development Forum
- Leon Arundell to report on the February PDF meeting.
- GENERAL BUSINESS
Volunteers needed for stall at Connect and Participate Expo
NCCC has booked a stall for this expo at the Old Bus Depot in Kingston on Saturday 28 March.
Community facilities
Lack of public toilets in suburbs such as Watson and Hackett, exacerbated by closures of toilets and removal of rubbish bins in Downer and failure to reopen toilets at the Dickson wetlands.
Is this a local issue for the NCCC, or a Canberra-wide issue to refer to the Combined Community Councils?
Development Application for a Childcare Centre at the Braddon Bowling Club
Submissions on DA 201426554 (click here and scroll down) “Lease variation – Proposal is to vary Clause 3(a) to add community use limited to childcare centre” are due by 23 March 2015. The proponents also propose “to remove the limitation on the bowling club (to allow club).”
The DA is to permit one of the three bowling greens to be converted to a childcare centre fronting onto Farrer St. We have been advised that KU Childcare on the adjoining block is not aware of the proposal. Goodstart Early Learning operates 500 metres away at 41 Torrens St.
Childcare apparently comes under “community use” in the Territory Plan. Community use is permitted under CZ6 as Merit Track [i.e. does not require an Environmental Impact Statement (Impact Track) but approval is not automatic (Code Track)].
Any other business
- Nominations sought for Combined Community Councils Transport Subcommittee
Close of meeting