Council NOTICES current

Public Notices
Council Meeting
The next Planning & Development, Engineering & Works, Community & Cultural and Finance & Administration Committee Meetings will be held on Monday 20 February at 6.00pm in the Council Chambers, ground floor, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury. All welcome.

Thurgoona Structure Plan - Community Workshop
What does the future hold for Thurgoona? Here's your chance to play a part.
AlburyCity will be holding a further round of community workshops for the preparation of a structure plan to guide the growth and development of Thurgoona to cater for a future population in excess of 30,000 residents over the next 30 years.

All interested members of the public are invited to attend the Thurgoona Country Golf Club Resort, Wednesday 22 February between 6.30pm - 9.00pm or alternatively, the AlburyCity Administration Building, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury, Thursday 23 February between 9.30am - 11.30am. For further information contact AlburyCity's Planning Team on 6023 8285.

Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 - Planning Proposal, Clause 7.5 - Development on or near the Murray River
AlburyCity has endorsed the Planning Proposal (Clause 7.5 - Development on or near the Murray River) to amend Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 (ALEP 2010).
The Planning proposal and other relevant exhibition documents are now on public exhibition during normal business hours for a period of 28 days in accordance with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979.

Copies are available from the Customer Service Centre, 553 Kiewa Street, the LibraryMuseum and Lavington Library and can be viewed on our website. The proposal seeks to amend Clause 7.5 of ALEP 2010 relating to setback requirements along the Murray River from 400m to 100m.

Submissions will be received until close of business Friday, 16 March and should be addressed to Matt Johnson, PO Box 323 Albury NSW 2640 or info@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
For further information contact the Planning Team on 6023 8285.

Winter Season Sporting Ground Applications
AlburyCity is accepting applications for the use of sporting grounds for the 2012 Winter Season. The application form can be downloaded from AlburyCity's website. For further information contact 6023 8111.

Blackberry Spraying
AlburyCity and its contractors will be spraying blackberry bushes throughout the city for the next two months. Do not pick or eat the berries as they may have herbicide on them.

International Women's Day 2012: "Connecting Girls - Inspiring Futures"
A Luncheon at Mirambeena Community Centre will be held on Friday 9 March, between 12 noon - 2.30pm. This is an invitation for women to come together to learn from each other and to be inspired by two local key note speakers and a young talented musician.

Gold Coin Donation. Bookings essential, RSVP by Tuesday 6 March, Maralee Vogel 6023 8272 or Zena O'Grady 6023 8756. "The NSW Government through the Office for Women's Policy supports International Women's Day events".

Grave and memorial site clean up
AlburyCity staff will carry out a bi-annual clean up from Monday 6 February to Friday 17 February of all grave and memorial sites at Glenmorus Memorial Gardens, Pioneer and Waugh Road Cemeteries.

Anyone wishing to keep decorations, personal mementoes or plastic flowers are asked to remove them before 7.30am on Monday 6 February as all items remaining will be disposed of. For further information phone (02) 6043 5655.

Road Closures Cossor Street
Cossor Street will be closed to through traffic from Monday 20 February for a period of three weeks between 7.00am - 6.00pm to allow for road resurfacing works, weather permitting.

Volt Lane Car Park Classification
Council is required to classify property it has recently become the owner of as either community or operational as defined in Chapter 6 Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Lot 14 DP1170273 has recently been transferred into Council's ownership. Lot 14 principally defines the position of the (5) car parking decks in Council's Volt Lane Public Carpark.

It is intended that Council will pass the following resolution classifying the (5) decks of the Volt Lane Public Carpark as operational property.

The Albury City Council classifies the following land as operational as defined in Chapter 6 Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1993:
1. Lot 14 DP1170273 which is principally the (5) concrete car parking decks and the complete lift well and fire escapes servicing the (5) decks of the Volt Lane Carpark in Albury, but not including the upper level of first deck of this carpark.

Council's surveyor Mr Chris Newnan will accept written submissions on this proposed classification until 18 February 2012. Submissions should be addressed to Chris Newnan, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW 2640.

Proposed Road Name Change - Smithwick Lane
Notice is given, as required under Section 7(1)a of the Roads (General) Regulation 2008, that Council proposes to change the name of the Borella Lane, East Albury.
It is proposed to rename Borella Lane as Smithwick Lane to avoid possible confusion with Borella Road. This proposed change will allow unique addresses to be allocated to Borella Lane which cannot be confused with addresses in Borella Road.

Council will accept written submissions on this proposed road name change up until the end of February 2012. Submissions should be addressed to Chris Newnan, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW 2640.

WHAT'S ON: Albury; There [17 Feb >]

For dates and further information about activities and events happening in Albury Wodonga

refer to www.visitALBURYWODONGA.com  T: 1300ALBURY

Live Events
• Metal music night featuring A Cursed Empire - Retro Youth Café, Dean Street, Albury,
Friday 17 February
• Wizard & Oz - Jazz Basement, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, Friday 17 February
• Star Assassin - Albion Hotel, Dean Street, Albury, Friday 17 February
• A Band Called BOB - Friday Night Live, Fresco’s, Rydges Hotel, Dean Street, Albury,
Friday 17 February
• Jasmine Rae - Albury Commercial Club, Dean Street, Albury, Friday 17 February
• Route 61 - SS&A Club, Olive Street, Albury, Friday 17 February
• Itchy Fingers - Albury Commercial Club, Dean Street, Albury, Friday 17 & Saturday 18 February
• Lisa Wilson - Kinross Woolshed, Table Top Road, Thurgoona, Saturday 18 February
• 2012 Fight Night - Albury Commercial Club, Dean Street, Albury, Saturday 18 February
• Wilbur Wilde - SS&A Club, Olive Street, Albury, Saturday 18 February
• Nathan Lambourne - Paddy’s New Albury Hotel, Kiewa Street, Albury, Saturday 18 February
• Celtic Thunder - Albury Entertainment Centre, Swift Street, Albury, Monday 20 February
• Albury City Band - Roy Benyon Park, Mountford Crescent, East Albury, Monday 20 February
Exhibitions
• Digital Outdoor Gallery - QEII Square, Dean Street, Albury, Friday 10 & Saturday 11 February
• Alan Phillips: Photographs, Collages, and Diary Entries - Arts Space Wodonga, cnr Hovell &
Lawrence Streets, Wodonga
• Greek Journeys Through Bonegilla - Bonegilla Migrant Experience, Bonegilla Road, Bonegilla
• Black Vision: Indigenous Female Photography from the Albury City Collection - Albury Art Gallery, Dean Street, Albury
• Birthday Wishes: Drysdale Turns 100 - Albury Art Gallery, Dean Street, Albury
• Orchestral Nights: Classical Music in Albury exhibition - Lavington Library, Griffith Road, Lavington
• Desert Psychedelic - Radius: Interpreting our Region - Creators Artspace Gallery, Gateway Village,
Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga
• Albury Wodonga Artists Society Exhibition - Arts Space Wodonga, cnr Hovell & Lawrence
Streets, Wodonga
• Contemporary Woven Tapestries - Arts Space Wodonga, cnr Hovell & Lawrence Streets, Wodonga
• 2012 Albury Art Prize - Albury Art Gallery, Dean Street, Albury
• Artists@Work - Albury Art Gallery, Dean Street, Albury
• Hindu and Tibetan Buddhists Display - Buddha Shop, Dean Street, Albury
• Governor Macquarie: State Library touring exhibition - LibraryMuseum, cnr Kiewa & Swift
Streets, Albury
• Mistletoe Menace - LibraryMuseum, cnr Kiewa & Swift Streets, Albury , until 19 February
• Albury Wodonga Antiques and Collectables Fair - Mirambeena Community Centre, 19 Martha
Mews, Lavington, Friday 17 - Sunday 19 February
• Brave Hearts on the Murray Inaugural Dinner - Albury Entertainment Centre, Swift Street, Albury,
Saturday 18 February
• Cinema Under the Stars: Bran Nue Dae - Wonga Wetlands, Riverina Highway, Albury, Saturday
18 February
• Wodonga Apex Moonlight Cinema: Alvin and the Chipmunks - Nell Wilson Pavilion, Wodonga
Racecourse, Brockley Street, Wodonga, Saturday 18 February
• Kinross Pro Charity Rodeo - Kinross Woolshed, Old Sydney Road, Thurgoona, Saturday 18 February, Albury Wodonga Equestrian Centre, Corrys Rd
• IPSC Victorian State Titles - Wodonga Shooting Range, Klinges Road, Wodonga, Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 February
• Brave Hearts Dragon Boat Regatta - Gateway Lakes, Lemke Road off Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, Sunday 19 February
• Wodonga Creek Miniature Railway - Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, Sunday 19 February
• Free film screening: Super 8 - Commercial Club Albury, Dean Street, Albury, Tuesday 21 February
• The X Factor Albury Auditions - Albury Entertainment Centre, Swift Street, Albury, 22 February
Markets
• Lions Club Market & Car Boot Sale - 288 Table Top Road, Thurgoona, Saturday 18 February
• Hume Murray Food Bowl Farmers Market - Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, Saturday 18 February
Rotary Community Market - Taxation Office car park, Townsend Street, Albury, Sunday 19 February
• Wangaratta Community Market - Avian Park Raceway, Newman Street, Wangaratta, Sunday 19 February
• Yackandandah Lions Club Community Market - Wellsford Street, Yackandandah, Sunday 19 February
Surrounding Areas
• Music on the Green - Jindera Village Green, Jindera, Friday 17 February
• Yackandandah Cinema: Alvin and the Chipmunks - Memorial Hall, High Street, Yackandandah,
Friday 17 February
• Cool Summer Festival - various locations, Mount Hotham and Dinner Plain,
Friday 17 - Sunday 19 February
• Australian Classic Movie Night - Star Theatre Chiltern, Main Street, Chiltern, Saturday 18 February
• Murray Valley Bushwalkers - Walk around Mt Jim, (Medium Walk 16kms), Saturday 18 February
For dates and further information about activities and events happening in Albury Wodonga
refer to www.visitALBURYWODONGA.com  T: 1300ALBURY

Preliminary PLAN for Thurgoona/Wirlinga

The preliminary plan has been made available by Albury City Council. The documents will be before the alternative community workshops on Wednesday 22nd [Golf Club 6.30 pm] or Thursday 23rd [ Council Offices 9.30 am].

I do not yet know the timeline for further steps. Hopefully that will soon be revealed.

Have a look at the impressive work done by the consultants [RPS Australia East]. I don't suppose it is perfect yet - I think I have seen one mistake!

You can download the twelve documents ['chapters']. Here is a shortcut link to the AlburyCity page:

LINK

www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/www/html/2125-thurgoona-community-workshops.asp?intSiteID=1

VISION - WORKSHOP - COUNCIL - COMMUNITY

Hooray!
Received today in my letterbox:

THIS is the way to go with communication!
May many residents of all ages be able to take part!
An opportunty, in two places, never to be repeated....
You are needed.

STOP PRESS
Council has posted for everyone the preliminary plan - 12 parts, separately - total 63 pages.
See 'Your vision for Thurgoona'.

WHOSE Vision for Thurgoona? [Albury Council]

'Your vision for Thurgoona'.

AlburyCity owes an apology for disappointing lack of respect shown to the Albury community.


Unfortunately, with only a week to go, workshop 'advertising' is inadequate - see below. [Yes, it was in 'Accent', in generalities.]


The Council documents for the community workshops are still awaited.


The official circulated details available are as before:

A further round of community workshops will be held on:

• Wednesday 22 February between 6.30pm-9.00pm at the Thurgoona Country Club Golf Resort, Evesham Place, Thurgoona.
• Thursday 23 February between 9.30am-11.30am at the AlburyCity Administration Building, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury.

A draft vision and  preliminary structure plan will be outlined which will consist of concept options for the future development of Thurgoona

For further information, please contact Council's project coordinator Chris Graham on 6023 8285 or  via email. 

The available information has been mailed to people [presumably all previous participants]. It is posted on the AlburyCity website via the 'Your vision for Thurgoona' link [front page, right hand side, near bottom].

My sincere hope is that members of the community will be able to fit this important workshop into their lives and make themselves available to take part in a session. Participation is a significant and lasting contribution you may make to your City. The 'Thurgoona Wirlinga Precinct Structure Plan' will shape development for a very long time to come - perhaps 30 years. Future residents yet unborn will owe something to contributions made in 2012. The workshop SHOULD be open to all.

Comment: I regret lack of consideration from AlburyCity to the community as a whole. This I say because 'de novo' newspaper advertising on Saturday for the event on Wednesday [Thursday alternative] is obviously inadequate. [I hope any advert will be prominent.]


In my hearing in previous years some councillors have referred  to 'community apathy'. That is offensive. Here the boot is firmly on the other foot and the stones to throw are under that foot. 

Local people have done their best for the Council 'vision' event and process. The plan and responsibility belong to Albury City Council. The public deserves consideration. AlburyCity staff should do better, please.

BLACKBERRY PICKERS! Urgent - DO NOT! [Albury]!

BLACKBERRY PICKERS in Albury - DO NOT LET COUNCIL POISON YOU!

This is a repeat of the Council notice posted today, 10 February 2012.

Blackberry Spraying

AlburyCity and its contractors will be spraying blackberry bushes throughout the city for the next two months.
Do not pick or eat the berries as they may have herbicide on them.

Albury Council NOTICES @ 10 Feb 2012

Public Notices

Council Meetings

The Planning & Development and Engineering & Works Committee Meetings scheduled for Monday 13 February have been rescheduled to Monday 20 February.

Blackberry Spraying

AlburyCity and its contractors will be spraying blackberry bushes throughout the city for the next two months.
Do not pick or eat the berries as they may have herbicide on them.

Grave and memorial site clean up

AlburyCity staff will carry out a bi-annual clean up from Monday 6 February to Friday 17 February of all grave and memorial sites at Glenmorus Memorial Gardens, Pioneer and Waugh Road Cemeteries.

Anyone wishing to keep decorations, personal mementoes or plastic flowers are asked to remove them before 7.30am on Monday 6 February as all items remaining will be disposed of. For further information phone (02) 6043 5655.

Water Meter Readings

The next round of water meter readings have begun and will take approximately two weeks, including weekends. The contractor for the readings will be Fieldforce Services.

Road Closures

Belgravia Street

Belgravia Street will be closed to through traffic from Monday 6 February for a period of three weeks between 7.00am - 6.00pm to allow for road resurfacing works, weather permitting.

Cossor Street

Cossor Street will be closed to through traffic from Monday 20 February for a period of three weeks between 7.00am - 6.00pm to allow for road resurfacing works, weather permitting.

Immunisation Clinics

Wednesday, 15 February

AlburyCity Administration Building, Robert Brown Room, Ground Floor 553 Kiewa Street,
Albury, 11.00am - 12noon and 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Immunisation will be given against Poliomyelitis, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Hepatitis B, Rotavirus, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, HIB, Pneumococcal, Meningococcal C and Chicken Pox.

For further information contact Winsome Smith on 6023 8260 or Rhian Harris on 6023 8751.

Independent Audit Committee Member - Expression of Interest

AlburyCity is seeking to appoint an independent Audit Committee member for a three year term.
An information package is available for download here:

•  Independent Audit Committee Member - EOI (11KB)

Applications must be lodged by close of business Friday, 10 February 2012 and addressed to Director Corporate Services, Judy Charlton at info@alburycity.nsw.gov.au

Volt Lane Car Park Classification

Council is required to classify property it has recently become the owner of as either community or operational as defined in Chapter 6 Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Lot 14 DP1170273 has recently been transferred into Council's ownership. Lot 14 principally defines the position of the (5) car parking decks in Council's Volt Lane Public Carpark.

It is intended that Council will pass the following resolution classifying the (5) decks of the Volt Lane Public Carpark as operational property.
The Albury City Council classifies the following land as operational as defined in Chapter 6 Part 2 of the Local Government Act 1993:
1. Lot 14 DP1170273 which is principally the (5) concrete car parking decks and the complete lift well and fire escapes servicing the (5) decks of the Volt Lane Carpark in Albury, but not including the upper level of first deck of this carpark.

Council's surveyor Mr Chris Newnan will accept written submissions on this proposed classification until 18 February 2012. Submissions should be addressed to Chris Newnan, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW 2640.

Proposed Road Name Change - Smithwick Lane

Notice is given, as required under Section 7(1)a of the Roads (General) Regulation 2008, that Council proposes to change the name of the Borella Lane, East Albury.
It is proposed to rename Borella Lane as Smithwick Lane to avoid possible confusion with Borella Road. This proposed change will allow unique addresses to be allocated to Borella Lane which cannot be confused with addresses in Borella Road.

Council will accept written submissions on this proposed road name change up until the end of February 2012. Submissions should be addressed to Chris Newnan, 553 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW 2640.

This was posted to the web by Alburycity today. It will be interesting to see what is in the Border Mail on Saturday.