MAR News July2010 ART.indd - Maribyrnong City Council

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ACTING CEO’S MESSAGE I’ve been appointed as Acting CEO following former CEO Kerry Thompson’s move to Wyndham City Council. We will miss Kerry greatly and we would all like to thank her for her seven years of dedicated service. Council is currently recruiting for a new CEO. In late June, Council adopted the 2010/11 budget, which targets improvements in community safety, renews community infrastructure assets and reduces inherited debt. This year’s budget also allows for cost shifting – which is the increased costs passed to Council by other levels of Government. An example of this is the requirement for Council to investigate and monitor all possible rooming houses in our City – an administrative burden that will cost the City an extra $190,000 a year. No doubt many of you have seen the recently unveiled State Government major transport projects that are expected to run through our City. Council will examine these transport plans and prepare a ‘whole of Council’ response, your views will be sought to inform Council’s position. For more information about the State Government’s Victorian Transport Plan (VTP): • Visit the Info Hub at 61 Irving Street, Footscray, from Wednesday to Saturday. Call the VTP Info Line on 1800 078 387 for more information about the Regional Rail Link or the Truck Action Plan. Call the Linking Melbourne Authority on 8562 6800 for more information about the WestLink road project. 8 Acting CEO Vince Haining. Photo credit: Sharon Walker. VOLUNTEERS PLANT TREES in Beaton Reserve A recent tree planting day at Beaton Reserve in Yarraville saw a team of community volunteers pitch in to help plant 29 new trees. Cr Martin Zakharov (centre) and Clean and Green Member Don Torr (left) with little volunteers Mischa and Iliya Zakharov. Winter 2010 The Maribyrnong Clean and Green Team, with support from Council, planted new trees to replace 11 dead, dying and diseased trees that needed to be removed. “Beaton Reserve is a wonderful local park and the tree planting was a fantastic opportunity for our community to really get involved in further beautifying our neighbourhood,” said Councillor for Sheoak Ward, Cr Martin Zakharov. “Clean and Green events are a great way to meet new people, have fun and make a difference to the environment and our community,” said Cr Zakharov. Clean and Green Maribyrnong is a volunteer based community group that undertakes a range of environmental activities in the City of Maribyrnong, including litter clean up days, tree planting and graffi ti removal. New members are always welcome. For more information about Clean and Green Maribyrnong contact Council’s Community Engagement Project Officer on 9688 0200 or visit www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/cleanandgreen
NEW SHARED PATH TO GET residents moving A new shared path in West Footscray will soon link cyclists and walkers between Tottenham and West Footscray. The shared path will run along the south side of Cross and Rupert Streets in West Footscray to provide cyclists with a safer and more direct route to Footscray and surrounding suburbs. “The new path will provide the community with an opportunity to choose a healthy and sustainable mode of transport to get to work, shops or school,” said Councillor for Bluestone Ward, Cr Catherine Cumming. “It will transform a previously unsightly bit of land into an attractive, landscaped pathway,” said Cr Cumming. The shared path is part of Council’s plan to improve cycling networks across the City of Maribyrnong and was jointly funded by Council, the State and Federal Governments and Melbourne Water. The path is expected to be completed by the end of October. COMMUNITY CENTRE COMES HOME COMMUNITY CENTRE COMES HOME to iconic Yarraville building The Yarraville Community Centre has reopened following the completion of a $5.27million restoration project to revitalise the historic building. The centre once again offers the community a popular range of educational, cultural and recreational programs at the Francis Street site. “This building has been an important part of the Yarraville community for over a century and now the building is once again serving the community,” said Councillor for Wattle Ward, Cr Michael Clarke. The 120-year old building was deemed unsafe and in need for major structural repairs following a building inspection in 2007. Thanks to a community campaign and joint government funding, the centre was saved from closure. “The building is special to the Yarraville community and no one wanted to see it come to an end,” said Cr Clarke. “The fi erce community spirit which ensured the centre’s survival shows how valuable community centres are in our City,” said Cr Clarke. Cr Catherine Cumming (centre) with son Xavier and Council Transport Engineer Kon Kouinis (left) . For more information, contact Council’s Sustainable Transport Officer on 9688 0200. Left to right: Cr Michael Clarke, Yarraville Community Centre’s Rose Price and Christine McCall (Manager) with Council’s Community Learning and Libraries Manager Michael Byrne. For more information about the Yarraville Community Centre’s programs, contact the centre on 9687 1560. www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au 9
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