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Minutes of the Committee
Meeting of EBRA
Held on Saturday 2nd February 2008, 11am at 23 Waterloo Street
In the chair: Bill Cowell
Committee Members Present
Present were:
William Cowell – Chairperson
Richard Gamper – Deputy Chairperson
Eleanor Gamper
Peggy Thomas
Kerri Burns
Susan King
Geraldine Diggins
Gerald Featherstone – Secretary
Apologies received from:
Hasan Khabbazeh
Richard Oxford
Peter and Angela Browne
Wayne Schofield
Not present:
Jane Austin
Mark Harris
Reggie Vincent
What are we doing?
Community Garden
Peggy
updated the meeting on the Waterloo Street Gardens. The
£1,500 grant awarded by Serendipity has been spent and all monies
accounted for. The grant has enabled the purchase of more plants, pots
and seating for the gardens. There is still work to do to
further
improve the gardens and any donations would be gratefully received.
Problems
are still ongoing with the condition in which the gardens are left
after functions at the Old Market. Bill, Peggy and Louise
Rennison are meeting with the management of the Old Market on Monday
4th February at 3:00pm to discuss the matter of removing cigarette ends
from the gardens and the general lack of respect with which they are
treated.
The point was made that the gardens are not owned by the Old Market and
this will be reiterated at the meeting.
Richard
mentioned that the city council are now monitoring licensed premises
which do not sweep up cigarette butts left by their patrons, with a
view to writing to them and pointing out their obligations.
The meeting proposed a vote of thanks to Bill, Peggy and of course
Louise for all their hard work with the gardens.
Web site
Jim
has now moved to Spain due to ill health and Wayne Schofields has
offered to assume the role of Webmaster, which has been gratefully
received.
Refuse and Street Cleaning
An update was provided on Farman Street in relation
to the bin store that exists, despite no residents knowing why. Farman
street rubbish used to be removed by City clean, but now residents must
use communal bins so it was suggested the bin store could be removed.
Richard Oxford will canvas residents to see if they approve of this
action.
Other points concerning refuse; Embassy Court used to
have its own bins but it now appears they are using communal bins on
the streets.
The siting of the bin for Brunswick Street East
seemed to be confusing since it would not benefit the residents and it
was suggested that a more suitable site would be nearer the Old Market.
Bill
will raise the issue of location of bins with Paul Elgood, and all
residents have had a consultation document which they should respond to.
The Future of Brunswick Town
Richard
and Bill met with city council officers including representatives of
Licensing/Highways and City Clean, to discuss the future of Brunswick
Town, which often seems to be neglected in documentation of plans for
the city. The council agreed that the area had been overlooked, and
mentioned that they are now more mindful of decisions which might
affect the area. This has been a process which began with the EBRA –
council meeting about one year ago, and EBRA’s canvassing of the
council to keep Brunswick Town in mind. A separate set of minutes from
this meeting will be distributed when available.
Licencing
In respect of
concerns about licensing and the number of venues allowed to retail
alcohol, it was mentioned that the city council will be presenting its
plans for a cumulative impact zone at a licensing meeting on 14th
February.
Brunswick Town Promotion
In conjunction with these meetings, residents have agreed that the
Brunswick Town ‘brand’ should be more heavily promoted;
BARG – Brunswick Adelaide Residents Group are planning to re-brand
themselves to include the Brunswick Town name.
Local
businesses will be encouraged to form a Brunswick Town Business
Association and interest in this has been expressed by Brices and I
Gigi.
Speed Limits
Paul Elgood had updated on proposals for a
20mph speed limit in Waterloo Street that these are not actively
supported by the police.
Bill pointed out that there is a lack of police liaison for EBRA and
will seek to address this.
Finally,
Bill asked if everyone had emailed Roger Dowty concerning Estate Agents
boards. If not, he reminded them that they should do!
The meeting closed with setting the date for the AGM as the 1st March
at 11:00am in the dining room of the Iron Duke Hotel.
Bill Cowell
Chairperson
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