I read in yesterday's paper of the outcome from the court case between Unley Council and persons who had removed part of two trees in Commercial Rood, Hyde Park. Council was sure legislation would not allow the removal of a neighbours tree without their consent and without Council approval. Nevertheless, The ERD Court found last week that they could. At any time the removal of up to 30% of a tree canopy is legal if the tree has dead wood, unsafe branches, etc that need to be removed. You can see in the photograph that the trees were cut off at 6 metres above the ground! I find it difficult to conceive that this is not more than 30% of the crown. And yet the judge found that he could not make a Beyond Reasonable Doubt decision that this was the case. This legal decision has cost Council considerable money in the hope of protecting trees in the council area but has now left all trees at risk.
I have represented the Ward in 1995-7 and again from 2006 to the present time. I find being your representative on Council to be very rewarding. Please find out more about current items that I think are of interest as well as my achievements for the Ward and plans for the future.
31 December 2019
27 December 2019
The magic of the playground
Not long ago I was at the playground in Forestville Reserve (near the pool) to fill in some time between our train and tram trip on the way to Glenelg. Also at the playground were other grandparents with a child and a young Mum with her young daughter. It wasn't long before the boy had his grandparents sitting under the structure in his train, the boy was driving and they were enjoying the ride. My granddaughter wanted to join in and decided to get on the train and really enjoyed the ride as well. Soon enough she asked if it would be OK if she drove the train for a bit and the boy became the conductor. They had a ball tooting imaginary horns and hanging out of windows. The other little girl joined in in due course. When it was time to leave the children seemed to be firm friends and walked back to the Forestville tram stop holding the grandmothers hands and waved us goodbye. The moment was magical and no doubt happens everyday in every playground.
23 December 2019
Black Forest and Clarence Park (w of East Ave)
The included map and chart show to what extent the General Neighbourhood Zone has been included in Unley and how the criteria for the zone deviates from the existing. Later this month we will letter box you all with a call to action. We're hoping to book Clarence Park Community Centre for Jan 23rd for a meeting. Remember all of this area is currently RB350.
19 December 2019
Goodwood Grandstand ready to go
18 December 2019
Meet and Greet this Saturday:21st December
Our recent newsletter indicated that we would hold a meet and greet this Saturday at Rise and Grind. If their is anything you would like to discus we'll both be there between 10am and 12pm.
Black Forest and the new Planning Code
12 December 2019
Complete this survey or the Unley libraries.
This survey has been designed by SGS Economics and Planning on
behalf of Public Libraries SA (PLSA), and is being facilitated by six
representative libraries across the state. It will produce a quantitative data
set describing the costs, benefits and net benefits (or community welfare
gains) generated by SA public libraries, and the economic value added and
employment generated by public library services in their local economies. This
study aligns with work undertaken in NSW and Victoria and will help to
benchmark the performance of SA libraries. It is intended that this information
will support PLSA in their upcoming negotiations with the State Government for
libraries funding.
I would sincerely appreciate
promotion of and your own input to the survey, which you can access on a PC in
both Unley and Goodwood libraries, in hard copy, or via the following link: https://737.sawtoothsoftware.com/cgi-bin/ciwweb.pl?studyname=737&Fromlink=5&UID=L5
07 December 2019
Is this what will become of Black Forest?
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