July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 by Ralf Muhlberger

PARKS PLEASE

Brisbane City Council have a proposal for the following networks:

Stormwater
Transport
Park and open space
Community and recreational facilities

In 4101, Council have failed in their provision of social infrastructure (green and open space, recreational and community facilities) for projected populations. The demand for these services is amplified by the volume school aged children living in apartments.

We now have the opportunity to promote a range of remedies:

Mandate that Council spend 100% of developer infrastructure contributions in the postcode they are generated from;
Make publicly available and accessible the amount of developer infrastructure contributions being charged, paid and spent within a postcode area within any given financial year;
Implement the award winning Green Space Strategy 2015 designed by a collective of local landscape architects and community groups. This includes 7 projects over 2 years.
Upgrade Davies Park as per the Master planning exercise Council conducted in 2009-2010;
Implement the Riverside Masterplan 2008.
Reinstate the provision of a Ferry Terminal (formerly Victoria Street) to service high density areas off Montague Road

We urge you to make a submission by Friday 21 July 2017.

We have prepared a pro-forma submission letter for you to use. It needs to be signed and for you to provide your name and address. Note that you can request that these details are withheld from any public display.

The template is available in Word and PDF format:

WECA proforma DLGIP (doc)

WECA proforma DLGIP (pdf)

Submission lodgement:

Online:
Step 1 .Follow this link

https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3465944/Brisbane-City-Plan-2014-amendment

Step 2 Complete your personal details.
Step 3 Select Local Government Infrastructure Plan.
Step 4 Upload signed and dated proforma

or

By Post:

City Planning and Economic Development,
Brisbane City Council,
GPO Box 1434, Brisbane QLD 4001

or

Email CPAdmin@brisbane.qld.gov.au

If you are emailing the letter then please cc us info@weca.org.au

If you have issues getting this to Council in time then please contact us and we will do what we can to assist.

Thanks for your assistance!

West End Community Association

4 days ago

Here is our very own Westender keeping you informed and updated on development issues. Let’s make sure that the voice of our community is heard loud and strong! …

Green bridges for West End – what we know – Westender – West End 4101

On Sunday, two Brisbane-based news outlets, The Brisbane Times and Courier Mail, reported that Brisbane City Council had announced that it would be commencing a period of public consultation on its five proposed “Green” bridges. The period of consultation was reported to run from Monday the 11th…

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4 days ago

Here is another wonderful initiative by another wonderful community member. WECA likes to facilitate local initiatives by promoting them but we can also offer the structure of an incorporated organisation with book keeping, bank accounts, insurance and so on. So please get behind Paula Hackney in this.UPDATE: HOW TO HELP
We are receiving a lot of messages asking how interstate people can help in QLD. Here’s the answer:

Fires are raging across Australia. Please ensure you help close to home first as everyone is in the same hot sandpit and needs help.

1/ Google your State’s Rural Fire Service map showing where fires are happening.

2/ Then google wildlife rescue facilities near those fires.

3/ Call them and ask what supplies they need.

4/ order supplies online with their address for delivery or go and buy the supplies and deliver in person.

5/ post their details and Wishlist for donations to your Facebook page and tell others how they can do the above to help.

Thank you all for your generosity. Sadly, this is only the beginning.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES NEEDED
Here we go again! This time for the animals.

Wildlife Wishlist:
⭐️Wombaroo Formulas (All Species).
⭐️Good quality Bird Food
⭐️Di- Vetalact
⭐️Macropod Pellets
⭐️Wombaroo Impact
⭐️Vetafarm Spark Liquid & Critta Care
⭐️Lectade Oral Hydration
⭐️Saline wash and intravenous glucose saline
⭐️Wombaroo bat feeding bottles & flat bat teats
⭐️Flammazine burns cream
⭐️Pure Vitamin E Capsules
⭐️Bat Wraps & Pouches

The majority of animals coming into care are at risk of death due to drought and starvation. It’s vital that all rescuers have access to donated supplies so they can be effective even if fires are not the reason critters need care.

Please, please donate close to home before sending items across the country.

On a final note: please do NOT send us other items such as bedding, clothing, breast pumps, dialysis stuff, mermaid tails, etc. while we appreciate the upcycle sentiment, we are all too busy keeping critter alive right now to get crafty.

Use the link below to locate a drop off point if you have supplies to donate or follow the advice above.

www.facebook.com/therescuecollective/posts/2167271470041309

Thanks. …

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West End Community Association

5 days ago

Two Green Bridges Consultation now open.

BCC is proposing 2 Green Bridges for Kurilpa.
1. Orleigh Park (North End) to Toowong
2. Boundary Street to St Lucia

Local Community Information Session
*7am-12pm Saturday, 16 November , Davies Park Markets
*4-7pm, Monday, 18 November South Brisbane Sailing Club

You can have your say via online survey until 6 December 2019. …

Have your say about the five new green bridges | Brisbane City Council

We want to hear from Brisbane residents and visitors to help plan and deliver these the Green Bridges for Brisbane projects for our river city. Have your say and/or attend a community information session.

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1 week ago

Status update to the Dornoch Tce proposed upgrade – it will not go ahead due to opposition.
We would like to see the consultation results data – BCC makes data on submissions to development applications public and thus should be no different.
Thanks Space4cyclingbne for attending and reporting.Belinda attended Council’s Public and Active Transport and Other Stuff Committee meeting this morning, and observed the presentation on Dornoch Terrace Safety Improvements consultation results. What emerged:

* Council will not proceed with the proposal they put forward, due to the strong community opposition to the concept plan.

* This was the only proposal (no alternative designs were produced) even though the local councillor had advised the project team that it was likely to be rejected by the community.

* Jonathan Sri, Councillor for The Gabba—who had consulted with local residents, but outside Council’s formal process—felt he had a fair idea of what the community wanted: essentially a lower speed limit and additional zebra crossings.

* Lower speed limits and additional zebra crossings were not included as options in the survey or consultation, because Council did not want to "lead people through the survey".

* However they had no problem "leading" people to objecting to the "loss of 115 car parking spaces" to "create bike lanes" by describing the proposed to repurpose kerb-side space in that way.

* Cr Sri’s input and advice was discounted because he did not provide it within the formal submissions process and window – despite being the local councillor, having multiple discussions with the project team, and giving pages of written feedback *before* the consultation period commenced.

So, the outcome:

There will be some small improvements to the footpaths along Dornoch Tce, and some additional pedestrian refuge islands. (We’re concerned that’s likely to make dangerous conditions marginally worse for cyclists). The priority going forward will be on retaining kerbside space for carparking. Unfortunately, we fear that priority is likely to carry through to future proposals, so potentially delivers a big blow to ever getting safe cycling conditions on nearby Vulture St, or on Stanley St East.

It was also claimed that it is "cyclists" who will be upset about the result, as they were the ones who wanted the bike lanes. Which as we know is untrue for most recreational and sporting cyclists riding the River Loop. It is the residents of West End and Highgate Hill trying to use Dornoch Tce for local trips instead of taking the car who lose. And all of us when the message becomes further entrenched that the priority use for street space is not for moving people, but for parking cars. …

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1 week ago

Doornoch Tce Updates

Council Public and Active Transport Committee will not support the proposed Road Improvement Plan.

They will make minor footpath changes and pedestrian refuges.

These are insufficient safety measures for the volume of road users (pedestrian, cyclists and vehicles).
We are disappointed that the share zone and lower of speed limit ( which had broad support) have been left out.

Ongoing action will be required.

www.facebook.com/1653312801581530/posts/2467537893492346/Belinda attended Council’s Public and Active Transport and Other Stuff Committee meeting this morning, and observed the presentation on Dornoch Terrace Safety Improvements consultation results. What emerged:

* Council will not proceed with the proposal they put forward, due to the strong community opposition to the concept plan.

* This was the only proposal (no alternative designs were produced) even though the local councillor had advised the project team that it was likely to be rejected by the community.

* Lower speed limits and additional zebra crossings were not included as options in the survey or consultation, because Council did not want to "lead people through the survey".

* However they had no problem "leading" people to objecting to the "loss of 115 car parking spaces" to "create bike lanes" by describing the proposed to repurpose kerb-side space in that way.

So, the outcome:

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1 week ago

Here’s a report of a worthwhile community initiative in Denmark sent in by a member.
What do you think of this idea and what
other ideas do you know about that the rest of our community could do with hearing about? …

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1 week ago

Plastic straws, cutlery and plates could be banned in Queensland next year …

Plastic straws, cutlery and plates could be banned in Queensland next year

Laws would be introduced to bring the ban into effect next year if a consultation phase is successful. Coffee cups, plastic cups, and heavyweight plastic bags could also be on the chopping block down the track the Palaszczuk Government says.

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1 week ago

No Australian city has a long-term vision for living sustainably. We can’t go on like this …

No Australian city has a long-term vision for living sustainably. We can’t go on like this

The demands on land and resources from our fast-growing cities are unsustainable, as are the wastes they produce. Yet still our leaders act as if unlimited growth is possible.

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2 weeks ago

Would you like to volunteer to help make Christmas Hampers for those who are experiencing disadvantage in our communities?

🌲🌲🌲 …

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2 weeks ago

Community gardens across the globe have a history of being contested sites between community, developers and governments.

The Lower East Side “With the organisation required to create and protect the spaces, many of the gardens have become homes to social and political activism." …

In New York City’s Lower East Side, gardening is a political act of resistance

The first community gardens began to crop up in the 1970s, when the city went bankrupt – amid the blight, residents cleaned up vacant lots and created safe, green spaces that flourish even as gentrification threatens their future

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