Tag: Submissions
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Maroondah Journal: Anger at park sale proposal
The evaluation of Maroondah’s parks and open space is continuing with the Maroondah Journal reporting on the current proposal to potentially sell council land located at 7-9 Bedford Road in Ringwood, a block that consists of play equipment. Cr Alex Makin said the decision to sell the land would be made at the next council…
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Media Release: Maidstone Street Park – not for sale
Maroondah City Council agreed to abandon the proposed sale of land at 47A Maidstone Street, Ringwood at its meeting held on Monday 16 July, 2007. Councillor Alex Makin said that before selling any Council owned land, a range of community consultation measures must be followed. “Council takes its role as steward of land assets seriously…
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Maroondah Bushlinks July 2007 Meeting
This evening I attended a Maroondah Bushlinks meeting to discuss issues relating to the preservation of Maroondah’s bushland. Bushlinks is an umbrella group consisting of the various ‘Friends Of’ groups that work tirelessly and diligently to maintain the many natural reserves and remnant bushland that exists within the municipality Discussion focused on Maroondah’s Environment Forum,…
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Maroondah Leader: Council's budget blues
The proposed Maroondah City Council budget for 2007/08 is now available for public comment. As a councillor I have requested additional information in regard to the operational details of the budget to ensure that I am comfortable with the direction of council. The public exhibition of the Council Budget was discussed and passed at the…
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Precinct Plans – Ringwood Town Centre
The precinct plans for the Ringwood Town Centre were passed at this evening’s council meeting. The passing of these plans will establish a clear framework for the future development of the Ringwood Town Centre and as such will facilitate investment and employment growth within Ringwood. The plans, which broadly cover the area bound by Ringwood…
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Ringwood Precinct Plans on Display
Tonight Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC – the owners of Eastland) and Maroondah City Council presented the precinct plans for the Ringwood Town Centre to the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce. The precinct plans are intended to provide a strategic framework for the Ringwood town centre, which is the area north of Maroondah Highway and bound by…
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Presentation: Public Transport in Melbourne's South East
Tonight’s Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) South East Branch meeting featured a presentation delivered to councillors from the City of Greater Dandenong and candidates for the upcoming State Election. The presentation, which was delivered in my capacity as spokesman and founder of the PTUA South East Branch, was created to demonstrate the need for institutional…
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Achieving Transit Orientated Design
This submission was written in response to concepts discussed during the Community Reference Group meeting in September relating to the proposed redevelopment of Ringwood Station. Transit orientated design refers in part to the integration between public transport and commercial/residential/community precincts and as such is dependent on the convenience of public transport, active transport (walking and…
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Presentation: Integrated Transport Planning
Today, upon invitation from Dr. Robin Goodman, the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the Environment and Planning Program at RMIT, I presented a community perspective into the Ringwood Transit City Project for RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course. The slides and speech content are available here.
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Maroondah Community Cabinet
Today as part of the Maroondah Community Cabinet, the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) met Peter Batchelor (Minister for Transport) and Rob Hulls (Minister for Planning). The animosity displayed by Peter Batchelor was unconstructive and as such Peter Batchelor failed to understand the need for immediate transport improvements within Ringwood and Maroondah. The response…