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Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

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Information <strong>Bulletin</strong>Information Items from the Technical Services DirectorateT20<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armadale</strong> Bushcare and Environmental Working GroupAnnual Repor/ October 2009/0 October 2010• Friends Groups to raise various site-specific environmental issues to Council'sattention and to advise Council <strong>of</strong> upcoming volunteer events or work days.• <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armadale</strong> to provide a brief on current environmental projects and works.• <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> Annadale to pass on information to groups about other items <strong>of</strong> interest suchas training opportunities, new policy or legislation or documents available for publiccomment.• Other organisations to provide briefs to the community about projects <strong>of</strong> interest.The <strong>City</strong>'s Reserve Custodians were invited to the May 2010 meeting <strong>of</strong>BEAC. Two <strong>of</strong> the<strong>City</strong>'s custodians attended and raised concerns about enviromnental matters in the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Armadale</strong> with the Group. These concerns were addressed and technical suppoli wasprovided to the custodians.At the March BEAC meeting. <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers presented the control burn and firebreakmaintenance schedule for 2009/2010. Consistent with the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armadale</strong> Friends GroupManual, this information was provided to assist volunteer groups in developing action plansfo r their areas <strong>of</strong> interest with knowledge <strong>of</strong> any likely control burn requirements.2.2 To(acilitate communication between community groups and individuals concerned withprotection and rehabilitation a/the natural environment.[n December 2009 BEAC hosted an end <strong>of</strong> year celebration at the South East Regional Centrefor Urban Landcare adjacent to the Canning River, to bring together environmental groupsand celebrate the years' achievements. This event was attended by approximately 40volunteers from the various <strong>City</strong> environmental groups along with representatives <strong>of</strong> the Ci ty<strong>of</strong> <strong>Armadale</strong> staff and Council. The Mayor Linton Reynolds and the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> Gosnells MayorOlwen Searle were on hand to present the awards to all <strong>of</strong> the volunteers. The hosting <strong>of</strong> avolunteer awards event was an outcome <strong>of</strong> the BEAC Volunteer Strategy deve loped in2003/2004.BEAC hosted tlu'ee awareness walks in 20 10 which were well attended by BEAC membersand other environmental vo lunteers within the <strong>City</strong> and from neighbouring Councils. Thesewalks included a tour <strong>of</strong> Roleystone Reserves, COfUlell Avenue Bush Forever Site andFletcher Park and Lambert Lane. These walks provided an opportunity for environmentalvolunteers to share experiences across municipal boundaries.4

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