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Minutes of the meeting of the Kensington Association 5 October 2009 Apologies: David Ettershank, Richard Reilly, Geoff Cox, Clive Gartner, Francesca Bate 1. Kensington Estate overdevelopment Therese Fitzgerald reported that the Working Party had arranged for a Public Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 13 October to discuss a community response to a proposal by the developer, Becton, to erect 218 units over 6 storeys on a site for which the agreement is for 56 units over 2 storeys. The meeting will be at the Community Recreation Centre, Altona Street at 7:30 pm. Members emphasized the need for publicizing this meeting and volunteered for further letter boxing and door knocking. The meeting welcomed Brian Walters, Greens candidate for the State seat of Melbourne, who reported that several inner suburban groups were disillusioned with recent public-private partnerships. It was agreed to invite representatives from other groups to attend the meeting. 2. Invitation to participate in local climate action group for Kensington, Flemington, North Melbourne After discussion it was decided that it was too late to send a representative for this meeting but we would ask to be kept informed of future meetings. 3. Racecourse Road Structure Plan Burnes Macgibbon briefed the meeting on Moonee Valley proposals to raise high limits along the north (Moonee Valley) side of Racecourse Road. It was agreed to invite representatives of the group to attend a future meeting to brief us further, pending the release of the plan for public comment in February 2010. 4. Noise issuing from the freight yards An update on action on this issue was given. Kym Rafferty and Geoff Cox plan to organize a public meeting shortly to discuss options. It is expected that one action will be to invite people to start collecting survey data on the noise coming from the freight yards. Any residents who have not yet alerted us to their interest in this issue is urged to contact the Kensington Association as soon as possible 5. November meeting of the Association As the first Monday of November is Cup Eve, it was resolved to hold the November meeting on Monday 9th. The issues of the Kensington Estate and the Racecourse Road Structure Plan will be discussed. 5. Kensington Association End of Year Party Monday 7 December Volunteers to help called for, budget discussed and the need for a different venue looked at. Holy Rosary hall not being available, David Stranger agreed to check into the possible use of the Community Hub, 94 Ormond St, and Sharon Inkster and Tony Dare agreed to liaise on refreshments. |