30 August 2013

February 2013 Meeting Minutes


MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING WERE ACCEPTED

AMENDMENT TO PREVIOUS MINUTES

John Haddad presented the Annual Financial Statement of the Greenvale Residents’ Association to the group present as a true and correct statement of our Association.

CORRESPONDENCE OUT / IN
LETTER RECEIVED FROM  HUME CITY COUNCIL  -RE: INVITATION TO 2013 COMMUNITY GRANTS AWARDS

We received a letter from Council congratulating us on receiving a Community grant Award of $1100.

There are some conditions which we will have to adhere to:

  1. Spend the money on a Community Activity.
  2. Return all unspent grant funds (as at 31 Dec 2013) to Council by 31 January 2014.
  3. Provide a completed Accountability Report including copies of receipts and supporting financial statements to Council by Friday, 11 October 2013.
  4. Acknowledge Council’s support in any advertisements, flyers etc used to tell people about the funded activity.

CARD RECEIVED FROM GREG WHITE THANKING GRA FOR THEIR KIND WISHES

A ‘Get Well’ card was sent to Greg White (former Secretary / Tresurer of GRA) and Greg thanked us for our best wishes.

TRAFFIC PROBLEM ON HEVERSHAM GRVE
Secretary received an email from one of our residents who has witnessed potential safety issues on Heversham Grv between Greenvale Drve and Carmel Crt.The Street is too narrow for buses, cars and school children with cars parking on both sides of the street. Need to ban parking on west side between Greenvale Drv & Carmel Crt on Heversham Grv @ school times.
Action: Letter to be written to Council with photos attached.

TREASURER’S REPORT

 The reported on the groups finances. His report was accepted

GOALS FOR THE YEAR

1.      INVESTIGATE COUNCIL RATES AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF RATES ARE USED IN GREENVALE
Action: Vania to invite Councillors to meetings (Email)
2.      ASK COUNCILLORS TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS. (Contact them and invite them to our meetings).
Action: Greg will contact Helen Patsikatheodorou. Vania to email Adem Atmaca / Vic Dougall / Geoff Porter.
Mavis Jack will contact Bernie Finn- Member for Western Metropolitan region.

3.      RECRUIT MORE MEMBERS TO GRA
Action: Vania to continue to place ads in school newsletters / send an ad to Leader newspaper.

4.      ROAD SAFETY ISSUES
·        Kirkham Drve / Somerton Rd intersection.
·        Duplication of Somerton Rd.
·        Mickleham Rd – 2 lanes merging into one, just before the Tullamarine Fwy – very dangerous.
·        Need for a traffic camera on corner of Greenvale Drive and Mickleham Rd  to catch drivers who are speeding south, towards Gladstone Park and ignoring the red traffic light.Same applies to drivers who are running a red light at intersection of Barrymore Rd and Mickleham Rd.
·        Increased traffic on Mickleham Rd due to new housing developments.
·        Traffic on Kirkham Drve is worse in the afternoon.
Action: Charlie Grech to draft a letter to Council / Vic Rds.
5.      NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE FOR GREENVALE
Action: Vania to write a letter to Council.
6.      DEVELOPMENT OF GREENVALE DRIVE RESERVE
Action: Daryl Canny /Vania to write letter to Council.
7.      GREENVALE RECREATION CENTRE
·        Expansion is needed.
·        Additional basketball court
 Action: Vania to write letter to Council.
8.      IMPROVE BUS TRANSPORT
·        There is no direct bus route to Gladstone Park / Westfield – people need to change buses at Johnston St.
Action: Joe Calabretta to draft letter to Council.
9.      COMMUNITY GRANT
·        A suggestion was made to hold a “COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING DAY” in Greenvale.
·        Invite Councillors to this event.
·        Will have to be held in autumn.
·        A BBQ will be held after the tree planting.
·        Money from the Community Grant will be spent on this event.
·        John Haddad to organise Public Liability for the day.
Action: Mavis / Vania will contact Council to organise this event and ask for suggestions as to what areas in Greenvale need trees.

GENERAL BUSINESS
HUME HORIZONS: PLANNING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
In the Leader Newspaper there was an article asking for community groups to get involved in this initiative of Hume Council.They want feedback from people so as to identify the long term vision for the community and get a clear direction on local aspirations and expectations. This new Community Plan replaces Council’s Hume City plan 2030 and provided a long term strategic view of Hume City.

Joel Farrell will come to our GRA meeting on May 30. He is the co-ordinator of this Community Plan and will explain in greater detail about the community consultation. In the meantime, please take an information sheet and postcard with you, sign up to the monthly e-newsletter for Hume Horizons to keep up to date with the project. Use the following link to sign up:
http://eepurl.com/u72ez or go to www.hume.vic.gov.au/HumeHorizons for more information.

GREENVALE SHOPPING CENTRE CARPARK
A resident has identified a potential safety hazard in the car park at Shopping Centre on Greenvale Drive.
It has been noted that there is congestion that occurs at the western entrance There are many occasions when traffic is trying to exit the car park from the 3 areas that feed into this exit/entrance whilst other traffic is trying to come in.  On many occasions traffic gridlock occurs at this western entry/exit with everybody coming to a standstill, and traffic trying to come into the centre banking up along Greenvale drive, sometimes as far as Mickleham Road.
Action: Charlie will draft a letter to Centre Management at Greenvale Shopping Centre.

GREENVALE ROTARY CLUB
Rotary wish to set up a club here in Greenvale. Meetings will be held once a fortnight.
First meeting will be at Stefano’s Cafe on Greenvale Drive on March 13 – 6.30 – 7.00pm.

 Next meeting Thursday, May 30th 2013

@ 7p.m. (Rec Centre)
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