WODEN VALLEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC

MEETING

WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2005

HELLENIC CLUB    PHILLIP

Committee members present:
David Menzel, (Chair), Mike Reddy, Bill O¹Brien, Barry Raison and Warwick
Pearson.
Apologies were received from John Kain, Adrian Roberts and Dolores Holmes

Item 1    Chair David Menzel briefed the WVCC on an informative meeting with
Connell Wagner and ACTPLA held on 21 December on design proposals for the
new bus interchange at Woden Plaza.  The next step is for WVCC to contact
Connell Wagner thanking them for the meeting and to advise them that we
would be seeking wider community consultation through a public meeting 2
March 2005 on the proposed bus interchange and seeking their continued
involvement.  Action: Bill O¹Brien

Item 2    Correspondence.
a) Aircraft Noise Forum. The meeting noted that although aircraft noise was
a marginal issue to the WVCC as it did not impact directly on the Woden
Valley, that it was never the less an important Canberra issue. WVCC would
send a representative to the CIA¹s Aircraft Noise Forum. Action: David
Menzel
b) Barry Raison advised that he would attend the Planning and Development
Forum on 8 March 2005.
c) John Kain will be attending the Community Council Forum 16 Feb and
presenting information re WVCC consultative mechanisms.
d) ACT Treasurer Ted Quinlan had sought Community Council input into the ACT
budget development process.  WVCC will seek $1m for the redevelopment of
Phillip Oval, and $50,000 for a  master plan relating to Woden¹s sporting
and recreational facilities. WVCC would need to maintain a watching brief to
ensure that the oval remained a community facility and that the government
did not reverse commitments made concerning the oval.  The WVCC also needed
to develop a policy on what the Woden community wanted with Phillip Oval and
surrounds. Action: David Menzel.
e) ACTPLA funding for the WVCC according to planned consultative
arrangements has not yet come through and WVCC funds are very low. Action:
David Menzel.
 
Item 3    The meeting noted that substantial progress had been made on
development of the WVCC website.  It was agreed that all outgoing
correspondence of public interest should be placed on the website. Action:
John Kain and other committee members as appropriate.

Item 4    WVCC¹s budget submission will also seek $60 ­ $80,000 for a study
to be undertaken of Woden¹s existing community facilities and what need
exists for additional community facilities and meeting rooms. This
submission will be done in consultation with Woden Community Service.
Action: David Menzel

Item 5    General Business
The WVCC¹s Concerns column in the Southside Chronicle would be provided by
David Menzel until May and then possibly by Mike Reddy.
It was agreed that a proposal would be made to gazette the small park next
to the Senior Citizens Club adjacent to the Town Centre as an alcohol free
area.  It will also be proposed that an opening and naming ceremony would be
held for the park. Action: Mike Reddy
Mike Reddy suggested it would be appropriate to have a WVCC meeting on
police issues relating to the Woden Valley.  The committee noted the
commencement of police foot patrols. Action: Mike Reddy.
It was agreed that every second meeting of the Council would be a public
meeting and advertised to raise the profile of the WVCC within the
community.
David Menzel would continue to seek the attendance of Graham Mundy at a WVCC
meeting to advise on the Land Development Agency¹s policies on the direct
sale of public land.

Item 6    The next meeting of the Council would be held on Wednesday 2 March
2005 at the Hellenic Club.