LITTLE MANLY LIFE

MANLY COMMUNITY FORUM

Because we want to be able to represent the residents and businesses of Little Manly, Fairy Bower, the Eastern Hill, the Corso and East and West Esplanade, the name of this community forum has been changed from Manly East Community Forum to Manly Community Forum.

Residents and friends are invited to attend the next meeting of the Manly Community Forum and to take part in the running of this newly formed forum. We need a Chairman, Secretaries and other community minded people to help run this important community association.

The next meeting will take place

16 August 2016 at 7:00 pm

Manly Yacht Club, East Esplanade

Meeting Agenda

• Election of Office Bearers of Community

Forum

• Update on Independent Review of Manly

Oval Car Park Plan

• Review of New Structure for Inclusion of

Community Groups in Combined Council

• Update on Current Projects and

Remediation of Storm Damage

• Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety on

Belgrave, East Esplanade and Bower

Street

• Development Applications. How do we

have a say?

• General Business

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Newsletter

August 2016

Thank you for attending our July meeting. We had an excellent

attendance and I know that many of you were there to hear

Mike Baird. Mike has passed on his sincere apology for the late

withdrawal from our Agenda. He hopes that you understand

that important affairs of the State sometimes take precedence

over local matters. He said that this is one of the things that he

finds most difficult to manage, as he is very committed to the

Northern Beaches, especially the Manly area. Mike even

offered to write to every resident that attended our July

meeting and explain the predicament he was in on that night.

We told him that it was unnecessary and that most residents

did understand. He then made the commitment to attend

future meetings whenever the opportunity arose.

We had 125 registrations and at least another 20-25 attendees

who couldn’t get to the registration desk. Thank you for your

interest, your enthusiasm and your engagement in our

community. We also hope that you enjoyed the opportunity to

meet other residents at the social BBQ held afterward.

We will publish all minutes from our meeting on our new

website (see below), which includes the responses from Mike

Baird MP to our original questions, including additional

response to the question raised during our July meeting.

While we’ve yet to see how the new Northern Beaches Council

will establish and embrace community groups and views, we

remain hopeful and optimistic given their preparedness to

date, to both engage and respond to our concerns and

aspirations. We can expect to hear more from the new

Council sometime in late August or September.

Contact Details

Manly Community Forum

Acting Committee Ray Mathieson 0417 489 879

Nick McGowan 0450 066 380

Kandy Tagg 0438 771 015

Email : Secretary@Manlycommunityforum.com

Website: Manly Community Forum.com

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Manly Yacht Club Saved from Fire

Prompt response from fire brigade saved our

much loved Manly Yacht club. A fire, started in

the gas line on the outside commercial BBQ, caus-

ing extensive damage to the deck area, veranda

roof and adjoining bathroom facilities. It could

have been a disaster for our beloved community

club

Northern Beaches Council/Southern is working

with the Manly Yacht Club to assess the damage

and restore facilities. Members have conducted

urgent “working bees” to secure areas, tidy up

and prepare for rebuilding. The main hall of the

club is already suitable for re-use and we will be

conducting our August meeting at the club. Over

years, members of the Yacht Club have worked

tirelessly to improve the facilities. This is not a

rich club but one steeped in tradition and com-

munity involvement.

Community meetings, including our meetings, are

held regularly at the clubhouse. Sailability (sailors

with disabilities) operate out of the clubhouse

and there is an extensive junior program. Many

others use the wharf and jetty

area that was built from government donations

and members own contributions.

We ask that the new Council continue to allow

the leased use of the building to the Manly Yacht

Club, which provides the necessary continuity to

the Yacht Club Management and the community

users.

Development Applications Viewed Online

Given the dismantling of the Precinct system, Council no

longer provide the DAs to our forum for community com-

ment. We will write to the Administrator and request that

DAs for the former Corso, Little Manly and Fairy Bower

precincts are provided to us, thereby again providing resi-

dents with the opportunity to discuss local development

applications. In the meantime, DAs are listed on the Coun-

cil website which can be searched by location, including

your street, or specific address.

Parking Stickers and Resident Parking Areas

Over the whole new Northern Beaches Council area

there is joy with the now issued Council parking stick-

ers. That joy is tempered by the concern raised by

some that these stickers are so negotiable that huge

numbers of stickers are on sale to the highest bidder.

We have previously advised you of the traffic in spe-

cific Residential Parking Permits and there is plenty of

anecdotal evidence to suggest that the parking op-

portunities for residents have been aggravated by the

widespread misuse of the stickers and permits.

At our August meeting we will discuss the current

situation and determine what action you think the

Council should take.

Fairy Bower Pool

Now that we have an opportunity through an im-

proved new Council structure to provide direct input

into Council considerations, Manly Community Fo-

rum will strongly push for the suggested upgrades

covered in our previous newsletter and for appropri-

ate consideration of the needs of pool users, espe-

cially local residents.

Your input at the August meeting will be crucial as

Council has committed to begin repairs after Marine

Parade is re-opened.

The Clubhouse supports individuals living

with the effects of mental illness.

Printing by Pioneer Clubhouse

Phone: 9907 9999

www.pioneerclubhouse.org.au

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Marine Parade

Northern Beaches Council has advised that

• Sydney Water have completed their sewer repair

work and Council have taken possession of the

Marine Parade walkway site

• All the dislodged sandstone block capping/edging

is to be retrieved from the water and replaced in

position.

• The Council is in contact with the Catholic Church

to progress the rock wall remediation.

• The pathway will then be reinstated, followed by

the post and rail fencing, the seating and the

small sandstone walls on the cliff side of the

walkway

• It is currently planned to have the path open to

the public around the middle of August.

How Our Community will Interact with the Council

This week Northern Beaches Council will be an-

nouncing the way they will interact with the commu-

nity and how we will get access to the management

of our Local Government area. Community Forums,

like ours, will be registered with Council and issues

raised at our meetings will be fed to the various busi-

ness areas of Council for consideration and response

as necessary.

Along with the various community groups there will

be further advisory groups to bring the Council

towards a total implementation and then the

election of fifteen Councillors for the final Northern

Beaches management group.

In the interim there will be eleven Strategic Refer-

ence Groups (SRG) with at least two community

members from each ward (five wards), along with

Council staff and other specialist assistance.

• These SRG groups (11 in all ) with approxi-

mately 15 members will report to the Local

Representation Committees (LRC) (3 in total)

comprising Social Environment and Economic.

The LRC will be made up of former Councillors.

• Each LRC will then report to the Implementa-

tion Advisory Group who will provide advice to

the General Manager and the Administrator.

• The Administrator then makes his decisions. All

general business is expected to be carried out

by functions still operating in the three areas of

Northern Beaches Council, Southern (Manly)

Central (Warringah) and North (Pittwater).

• The Council will consider each application for

registration from Community Groups and

accept them as an ongoing entity working with

Council if they are broad enough to cover a

range of issues important to residents and

Council.

Jake and his team are currently selling a number of “off market” properties on the Eastern Hill and the

local Manly area. If you would like an appraisal on your property or would like more information on the

off market opportunities please contact Jake and his team on the numbers listed below.

Kate Blackett Morgan Fahey Jake Rowe Nathan Tse

M 0402 939 925 M 0408 666 110 M 0414 612 546 M 0411 386 455

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Music at Manly continues with its annual program at

Ceretti Chapel on the St Patrick’s Estate.

The program is Josie and the Emeralds who are the

fabulous early music soprano Josie Ryan and some of

Australia’s finest viol players: ‘The Emerald City

Viols’. The performance is Friday 26 August, 7.30

pm Cardinal Ceretti Chapel, Darley Road, Manly.

For more information please visit our website

www.MusicAtManly.com or the website of the art-

ists www.josieandtheemeralds.com

Questions posed to Mike Baird

The Questions posed to Mike Baird prior to the July

meeting include:

• The future of the Manly Hospital site

• The reasons for the amalgamation.

• CSG (Coal Seam Gas) and coal mining

• The impact of the B Line service.

• Roads and Traffic infrastructure for the future

Questions which were raised during the meeting.

• Why is the Powerhouse Museum moving?

• What is the long-term plan for Gocher Court?

• What is National Parks doing about Q Station

and the critical habitat destruction?

• Where are the committees in Council?

• Is Marine Parade eligible for the Coastal Man-

agement Bill funding?

• What is the State Government doing about

tourists who do not understand Opal system

• What is being done to secure a second digester

at North Head Sewerage Treatment PLT.

All these questions are answered in detail on our

website www.manlycommunityforum.com. For

other enquiries, contact us at the forum’s new

email : Secretary@manlycommunityforum.com.

FAIRY BOWER PRECINCT — While many of the Fairy

Bower residents voted to combine the Fairy Bower

and the Little Manly precincts, Ex Councillor Hugh

Burns has decided to continue to operate the old Fairy

Bower Precinct. Residents are welcome to join either

or both community groups. Your involvement and

continued interest will decide the eventual make-up

of the Manly Community Forum. For more informa-

tion about the Fairy Bower Precinct contact Hugh

Burns at the Fairy Bower precinct.

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