Pittwater Life May 2018 Issue
Care Factor - Meet the Hospital's New 'Urgency Team'. Good Sport. Minding Own Business. University of Warriewood?
Care Factor - Meet the Hospital's New 'Urgency Team'. Good Sport. Minding Own Business. University of Warriewood?
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News<br />
SEEN…<br />
It’s been a few years in the<br />
making – and largely due<br />
to hounding of the State<br />
Government by stakeholders<br />
and Mackellar MP Jason<br />
Falinski – but the Academy<br />
of Sport and Recreation at<br />
Narrabeen has unveiled<br />
its new $1.2 million track,<br />
grandstand and amenities<br />
makeover. Sydney Pacific<br />
Athletic Club (SPAC) lobbied<br />
the government to resurface<br />
the track after it deteriorated<br />
to the point of being unsafe<br />
for use by the tens of<br />
thousands of local and out-ofarea<br />
athletes, including more<br />
than 90 school groups, who<br />
used it each year. MP Falinski<br />
started a petition which<br />
garnered 1000 signatures in support of the repair, prompting action<br />
from NSW Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres. SPAC President Robert<br />
McEntyre said users were grateful for the concerted efforts of the<br />
local community in bringing awareness to the issue.<br />
HEARD…<br />
Last month we reported hearing that Council was looking to kick off its new place planning<br />
processes, with Avalon first cab off the rank. Also the concern a report compiled by the Chamber<br />
of Commerce, Surf <strong>Life</strong> Saving Club, residents and community groups and tabled with the former<br />
<strong>Pittwater</strong> Council in 2015 would not be used to help shape the new vision. Potential crisis averted!<br />
Peter <strong>May</strong>mans from the Avalon Preservation Society tells us they have had reassurance from<br />
Council that the place plan will commence soon – “and will involve full community consultation<br />
and embrace the Avalon Vision project that we led and participated in”.<br />
ABSURD…<br />
Someone at Northern Beaches Council obviously didn’t think this one through: proposing to<br />
replace the grass along the Bilgola Beach foreshore, between the car park and sand, with… astro<br />
turf! This from a Council that prides itself on its approach to minimising plastic use! Did they<br />
consider microbeads and the ocean just metres away? Obviously not. But credit to Council: as<br />
soon as a wave of incredulity spread across the local community the proposed astro turf was<br />
ditched from the Council website’s artist’s impression image and grass reinstated. (Nothing more<br />
to see people! Move along!)<br />
22 MAY <strong>2018</strong><br />
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