Meeting opened at 7:03 pm
Present:
As Per
attendance register Apologies: Karen Sherry; Josie Crisara, Joseph Haweil, Mark Busutill.
Minutes of last meeting have been circulated. That minutes be accepted as a true record. Moved: Stephen Woodhams, seconded: Vivien Miles, Carried
Correspondence:
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As per reports of School & Roads sub committees...Correspondence IN
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President’s
report:
2 petitions circulating for
duplication of Mickleham Road and Somerton roadTreasurer’s report:
The treasurer reported on available funds & expenses. Move Stephen, seconded Richard, carried
Councillors
report
·
Cr Drew Jessop addressed the
meeting regarding the council budget which was approved on the night of 25th
June 2018.· The budget is part of a 4 year plan. Council income $400 million per annum; 1200 full time equivalent employees; Assets of $3 Billion.
· Average 2.25% rate increase. Some properties may be more some less. Houses are revalued every year based on the sales value in the vicinity of the rated property.
· Total funds required by the council are divided by value of all houses and then proportioned.
· Part of the master plan for Greenvale is the Greenvale Recreation Reserve. Section road completion.
· Most of the expenditure for Greenvale will be north of Somerton Road.
Secondary College Sub ommittee Report. Charlie Reported on behalf of the
secondary sub ommittee .
Mark Busuttil attended
a high school planning evening on Monday 30/4/18 run by Victorian School
Building Authority. Mark did not believe the meeting listened to those who
attended.
He spoke to Ros
Spence MP regarding this matter and Ros took it up with the minister for
education Hon James Merlino. As a
consequence Ros managed to organize a private meeting for Mark with the
minister for Education James Merlino at
parliament house.
A preliminary
meeting was held at Marks house attended by Phillippa, Richard, Charlie &
Mark. to discuss the content and strategy for the meeting. Material was
supplied to Mark by Charlie from previous submissions.
It was also
decided some one should accompany Mark to the meeting, and in consultation with
Ros Spence, Phillippa was able to attend as a minute writer.
The meeting
with minister Merlino & 2 of his staff took place on 23/5/18 at Parliament
house.
The issues of
growth, student numbers and the overdue need for a secondary college in
Greenvale were outlined to the Minister, and he was also presented with a
written submission.
Mark concluded,
Overall,
we felt that our submission was well
received & I got the impression that it was a numbers and funding issue,
not location (meaning that it was a matter of when it would be built, not
if).We strongly advised the Minister that we wanted a timeline
To date, we have received an acknowledgement and thanks for our
presentation. We are still waiting for the formal response
We also started a Face book page on this particular issue to keep
track of the knowledge gained, meetings, future plans (rallies, petitions) etc.
To date we have 78 members
Roads
Subcommittee Report. Tamara Nolan addressed meeting regarding the committees
progress.
Tamara Nolan
is heading a sub-committee to obtain funding for the duplication of Mickleham
and Somerton Roads· Core Group of 8 people trying various strategies
· Jim Overend who campaigned for duplication of Craigieburn Road has been attending the meetings.
· RACV and VicRoads have been approached about Mickleham Rd and Somerton Rd duplication.
· A Facebook page has also been set up
· The meeting felt more likely to get funding if tried to get funding for Somerton Road to Aspect or Craigieburn Road rather than to Donnybrook Road. A long distance to fund.
· Need to send petition to Legislative Assembly.
· Involve both sides of Parliament.
· An article was published in the Northern Star on 26 June regarding duplication.
· Accidents should be reported. Minor accidents are not recorded otherwise
· Council does its own statistics on vehicles using the roads.
· Any traffic issues take photographs and send to the mayor.
· Know who your councillor is in each ward.
· Can get black spot funding through the council and can put up signage, for example, outside Aitken College.
General Business: Discussion took place regarding the rapid
development and lagging infrastructure in the area. It was moved by Charlie,
seconded Adam that we formally inform
the authorities of our opposition to further development till roads and other
infrastructure catch up. Carried.
Greenvale
Shopping Centre:
·
An entrance is to be created
off Mickleham Road into the shopping centre· Aldi is not coming to Greenvale Shopping Centre as Coles would not release the loading bay.
· New medical centre still going ahead.
· Butcher and Greengrocer soon to appear.
Meeting closed at 8:35 pm
Next Meeting 30th August 2018
