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Monday, March 5. 2007
Sydney Road Street Party
Yesterday was the Sydney Road Street Party, Brunswick's biggest community event of the year.Brunswick & Brunswick South ALP Branches had a stall with Carlo Carli MP and Kelvin Thomson MP outside the Brunswick Town Hall. Hundreds of signatures were collected for the Save Brunswick Baths campaign, which will be presented to Council shortly.
If you missed out you can sign the petition here.
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Peter Robertson of the Greens. Please don't cyber litter on our site and don;t post off topic. Its not nice.
Chris Anderson
Peter Robertson of the Greens. Please don't cyber litter on our site and don;t post off topic. Its not nice.
Chris Anderson
On Sunday March 4th, I, attended the Sydney Road Street Party. I was stunned to be asked to sign a petition, organised by the Brunswick branch of the ALP to ‘Save the Brunswick Pool.’ Obviously a petition such as this presupposes that if a pool requires saving then it must be in some present danger. The fact is that nothing could be further from the truth.
This Council has always viewed the Brunswick City Baths as an important community asset. It is true that major works are required to bring this pool to the modern standards that are desired by its’ users. The present Council has been proactive in working towards these improvements.
In this financial year’s budget Council has allocated $100,000 for the Aquatic Implementation Plan - this incorporated the provision of funds to commence design work for the redevelopment of the Brunswick City Baths.
On September 13th last year I moved that Council submit to SRV's Better Pools Funding Program for a maximum $2.5 million in funding based on a 1:3 ratio. We were advised on November 1st that we had been unsuccessful.
Since that time, Council staff have progressed the design development and broadened the scope of the project and at the Council meeting on the 14th February I moved a successful motion that included: ”to proceed with redevelopment of the Brunswick City Baths by considering concept plans at the Council meeting on 14 March 2007 prior to community consultation".
When the improvements to our aquatic facilities are complete it will be due to the work of the Moreland City Council, both staff and Councillors, and will have nothing to do with the politically motivated, unnecessary and completely alarmist efforts of the Brunswick branch of the A.L.P.
If the Brunswick branch of the ALP saw fit to encourage Carlo Carli MP to advocate for some state government funding towards these projects or if they bothered to ask any Councillor, including those from their own branch, for an update on the current initiatives taken by Council or if they submitted their views of the Aquatic Strategy, which is currently out for community consultation, it would be a far more productive use of their time and resources, rather than conducting mischievous, ill-informed petitions for their own political gain.
Cr. John Kavanagh
Pascoe Vale South
Cr. Responsible for Recreation and Leisure (with Cr. De Lorenzis)
This Council has always viewed the Brunswick City Baths as an important community asset. It is true that major works are required to bring this pool to the modern standards that are desired by its’ users. The present Council has been proactive in working towards these improvements.
In this financial year’s budget Council has allocated $100,000 for the Aquatic Implementation Plan - this incorporated the provision of funds to commence design work for the redevelopment of the Brunswick City Baths.
On September 13th last year I moved that Council submit to SRV's Better Pools Funding Program for a maximum $2.5 million in funding based on a 1:3 ratio. We were advised on November 1st that we had been unsuccessful.
Since that time, Council staff have progressed the design development and broadened the scope of the project and at the Council meeting on the 14th February I moved a successful motion that included: ”to proceed with redevelopment of the Brunswick City Baths by considering concept plans at the Council meeting on 14 March 2007 prior to community consultation".
When the improvements to our aquatic facilities are complete it will be due to the work of the Moreland City Council, both staff and Councillors, and will have nothing to do with the politically motivated, unnecessary and completely alarmist efforts of the Brunswick branch of the A.L.P.
If the Brunswick branch of the ALP saw fit to encourage Carlo Carli MP to advocate for some state government funding towards these projects or if they bothered to ask any Councillor, including those from their own branch, for an update on the current initiatives taken by Council or if they submitted their views of the Aquatic Strategy, which is currently out for community consultation, it would be a far more productive use of their time and resources, rather than conducting mischievous, ill-informed petitions for their own political gain.
Cr. John Kavanagh
Pascoe Vale South
Cr. Responsible for Recreation and Leisure (with Cr. De Lorenzis)
John,
You had every opportunity to discuss the petition with all sorts of people that day. The President and Secretary of the Brunswick branch were present. Carlo Carli was present. Councillors were present. I was present and even said hello, yet you chose to ignore me.
However, what you chose to do was go and run to the press.
I think that says everything that needs to be said.
You know as well as I do that the State Government did not grant funding last year because Council had not done enough work. Councillors were in the press over summer alluding to a potential crisis. In the Leader last month mention was made of some councillors wanting to delay decisions on the Brunswick Baths until after the next Council elections - ie. 2009!
How can you be surprised that there is community angst on this issue?
The State Government - I suspect - is waiting for Councillors to commit to the latest plan, which I note as of yesterday was NOT on the Council website.
We can save the Brunswick Baths and renew it for the next generation, but I with all respect suggest that you stop throwing grenades from your bunker and reach out to members of the concerned community.
But then its so much easier to go running to the media and making wild accusations isn't it?
Please Councillor, you have the phone number of the people involved - I suggest you use it.
You had every opportunity to discuss the petition with all sorts of people that day. The President and Secretary of the Brunswick branch were present. Carlo Carli was present. Councillors were present. I was present and even said hello, yet you chose to ignore me.
However, what you chose to do was go and run to the press.
I think that says everything that needs to be said.
You know as well as I do that the State Government did not grant funding last year because Council had not done enough work. Councillors were in the press over summer alluding to a potential crisis. In the Leader last month mention was made of some councillors wanting to delay decisions on the Brunswick Baths until after the next Council elections - ie. 2009!
How can you be surprised that there is community angst on this issue?
The State Government - I suspect - is waiting for Councillors to commit to the latest plan, which I note as of yesterday was NOT on the Council website.
We can save the Brunswick Baths and renew it for the next generation, but I with all respect suggest that you stop throwing grenades from your bunker and reach out to members of the concerned community.
But then its so much easier to go running to the media and making wild accusations isn't it?
Please Councillor, you have the phone number of the people involved - I suggest you use it.
I look forward to you duscussing the member for Wills' appropriateness as a representative in this dank lonely cyber well you probably think is a portal into the community you profess to serve
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