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Written by Estelle Sydney-Smith
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Friday, 10 April 2009 23:24 |
Last night, the 8th of April, Gungahlin Community Council held its April meeting at Palmerston Community Centre.
What was particularly exciting about last night for me was the amount of Gungahlin residents who attended a GCC meeting for the first time.
These members of the Gungahlin Community were interested, and engaged with the speakers on issues that affect us as a community.
Tony Gill was wonderful, I thought, and seemed to me to be genuinely helpful and accessible in regard to solving traffic issues within the district.
He has already acted on several initiatives proposed by Council, such as providing a footpath in Harrison and trialling the painting of the pavers in the pedestrian crossings at the marketplace while pursuing options for a more permanent solution.
Tony noted that the pavers are cracked, and is investigating the possibility of replacing them with standard asphalt pedestrian crossings.
Noel McCann and his team presented a PowerPoint on the history of the airport and the measures they have taken so far to improve issues with noise, and their future plans in regard to this issue and also in regard to expanding their business.
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Friday, 10 April 2009 00:00 |
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The next GCC meeting is Wednesday 13 May. ACTPLA will update us on the Gungahlin town centre planning and traffic study. And Greens MLA Caroline le Couteur will explain her bill aiming to ban inefficient hot water systems. |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:00 |
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The next GCC meeting on Wednesday 8 April will be all about transport! Roads ACT Director Tony Gill will update us on roads projects and Canberra Airport's Noel McCann presenting the Airport Master Plan. |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Thursday, 05 February 2009 00:00 |
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The first GCC meeting for 2009 will be held on Wednesday 11 February. The Director of ACT Library and Information Service Vanessa Little will be present to discuss the plans for the new Gungahlin Library (to be a joint facility with the adjacent Gungahlin College) and the wider strategic plan for the future of libraries in the ACT. Also present will be new ACT Greens Molonglo MLA Shane Rattenbury. The world and ACT economic woes look to be forcing a prioritisation of their election commitments, and their agreement with ACT Labor. Talk with Shane about these issues and how he's finding life as the ACT Speaker. See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm.
Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month. Here's a map of the meeting location. |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Saturday, 06 December 2008 10:00 |
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The December GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 December. Late notice: David Dawes from the Chief Minister's Dept will attend to update us on planned land releases around Gungahlin. As it's the last meeting of a pretty successful 2008, we'll have a light meeting, with no special guests. Come along and have a glass of wine, some light supper, and general discussion about where Gungahlin is going, and where to focus our efforts in the coming year. |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Sunday, 12 October 2008 10:00 |
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The November GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 12 November. Special topics will be the Cotter Dam expansion and the Horse Park Drv extension. |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 10:00 |
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25 candidates confirmed. Gungahlin residents, business operators, and all election candidates for the ACT electorates of Molonglo and Ginninderra are invited to the Gungahlin Community Council's... |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Friday, 15 August 2008 10:00 |
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The September GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 September. Special guest will be Dr Maxine Cooper, |
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Monday, 04 August 2008 10:00 |
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The August GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 12 August. Attending will be Peter Martin, the (just departed) economics editor from the Canberra Times, who was a late cancellation for our July meeting. Peter will be facilitating our Meet the Candidates night on 8 October. This meeting we will be planning how we run the meeting to ensure fair treatment for all candidates and opportunity for residents to get concerns answered. In his final column with the Canberra Times, Peter made some scathing comments about government in Canberra (not just the current government) including Gungahlin's poor planning and lack of broadband access. 
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Friday, 04 July 2008 20:00 |
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The July GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 9 July.
In attendance will be Peter Martin, the economics editor from the Canberra Times. Peter has agreed to act as facilitator for our Meet the Candidates night on 8 October. This meeting we will be planning how we run the meeting to ensure fair treatment for all candidates and opportunity for residents to get concerns answerred. It will also be a great opportunity to pick his brain about some very topical economics issues, what with oil prices, inflation, interest rates, housing affordability, and of course the Garnaut Report... President Alan Kerlin will also be able to report on a meeting the day before with ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month (except January). Here's a map of the meeting location.
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 17:00 |
The June GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 11 June.
In attendance will be:
Andrew Barr MLA - ACT Minister for Planning, Sport, Recreation and Tourism, and Education to provide updates on key planning and education initiatives around Gungahlin, and to receive your feedback in this important election year Senator Gary Humphries, Senator for ACT
See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month (except January). Here's a map of the meeting location.
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 23:58 |
The May GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 14 May.
In attendance will be:
ACTPLA delegates to update the community on the progress of the Gungahlin Town Centre Planning Study, release of the Planning Minister's Issues Paper, and most importantly - your opportunity to provde your thoughts Community Housing Canberra to canvass community input into their plans to expand the supply of affordable housing in Gungahlin for rent and sale, under the ACT Government's recently announced Affordable Housing Action Plan to develop new affordable dwellings over the next decade.
See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month (except January). Here's a map of the meeting location.
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 17:00 |
The April GCC meeting will be held on Wednesday 9 April.
In attendance will be:
David Dawes, Deputy Chief Executive - Business and Projects Division, ACT Chief Ministers Department will provide an update on the Town Centre Master Plan Review and a number of issues he took on notice in February. ACTION delegates will advise on the new bus service routes approved recently, implementation timing, and on a communication plan to promote them. - Mick George, Vice President - Gungahlin Jets Australian Football Club and Joe Cortese, to explore options for working with GCC to grow their club and Australian football in Gungahlin, as well as to promote all other sports in the area.
See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month (except January). Here's a map of the meeting location.
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Written by Alan Kerlin
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 23:22 |
The new ACTION bus service we lobbied so hard for between Gungahlin and the airport/Brindabella Park will start in May.
It's critical that the service is well patronised right from the start and that bus stops are located appropriately to pick up Gungahlin residents along the way. We've raised with ACTION and Canberra Airport's Tom Snow that we need a three-way strategy to promote the service in the lead-up to it starting.
They agreed, and at our March meeting on Wednesday 12th, ACTION boss Tom Elliott and Liz Clarke - Manager, Business Alliance and Performance, together with the Airport's Commercial Manager Jeanette Hall, will meet with us to kick off this process.
Some early thoughts:
We can pool the resources of the Airport's communications channels with the BBP workforce, ACTION and the Airport's proposed advertising, our newsletter Gungahlin Smokesignals which now goes to more than 14,500 households, and our website, to make sure all potential patrons know exactly when the service will start. Some of us work in government departments with office out there, and can also get messages out through internal bulletin boards.
On bus stops, we need to make sure not only that they are located appropriately, but that there are safe areas for the buses to pull off (Horse Park Drive is 80kph!) and safe access for pedestrians. These need to be in place before the service starts.
If you are a likely patron of the new service, we'd really appreciate your input.
See you at the Palmerston Community Centre, next to the Palmerston shops, Tiptree Crescent, at 7.30 pm. Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month (except January). Here's a map of the meeting location.
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