Gazette West Melville 10122020

Thursday, December 10, 2020 perthnow.com.au/community-news ANOTHERLONG CLUB SCORES ITS DREAM LEASE MAY THEY BOWL Adam Poulsen THE Mt Pleasant Bowl- ing Club has secured the long-term lease it want- lors spent more than ed, though it falls a long four-and-a-half hours IN PERFECT way short of the land- bickering over the finer mark 99-year term points of a raft of amend- granted this year to the ments, most of which SYNC nearby Melville club. were proposed by Coun- Melville Council voted cillor Katy Mair. at Tuesday’s council Her key amendment, Booragoon synchronised meeting to start negotia- which was carried unan- tions with the club to imously after nearly an swimmer Alessandra Ho has enter into a 21-year hour of chaotic debate, lease. But in shades of scrapped the council off- booked her ticket to next the Melville Bowling icer’s recommendation Club lease saga that of a three-year premises year’s Olympic Games played out in the council lease with an option to chamber over three con- extend up to 18 years. Story page 16 secutive Tuesday nights in September, council- CONTINUED PAGE 3 MEL 2 NEWS December 10, 2020 NEWS ...................................................................... P1-21 BOOKS ..................................................................... P24 FILM .......................................................................... P25 Limit reached for Kardinya BEAUTY ................................................................... P30 THEATRE .................................................................. P31 Adam Poulsen and North Lake Road and council. The necessity for centre would be R60. the corner of South Street buildings within the centre Properties fronting Gil- CHRISTMAS FEATURE ..................................... P32-34 THE City of Melville is push- and Gilbertson Road. zoning to be any higher, par- bertson Road on the eastern FASHION .................................................................. P35 ing for several modifications Councillors voted unani- ticularly as acceptable boundary of the shopping to the Kardinya Park Activ- mously at last month’s coun- dwelling yield can be centre would be R80 and REAL ESTATE ..................................................... P36-37 ity Centre Plan, including cil meeting to advertise the achieved, is questioned.” allowed to go to four stories TRADES DIRECTORY ....................................... P38-43 capping building heights at proposed modifications – The council’s modifica- under the council proposal. EMPLOYMENT ........................................................ P43 nine stories rather than the which also include changes tions would cap residential The proposed sparked out- proposed 15 to 20 storeys. to the boundary and density building heights to four sto- rage among residents who CLASSIFIEDS ........................................................... P43 The owners of Kardinya controls – for public com- ries next to the shopping took issue with the “urbani- SPORT ...................................................................... P43 INSIDE Park Shopping Centre ment before finalising their centre site to the north, ra- sation” of their suburb and received approval in June recommendation to the WA ther than the proposed five submitted a petition calling for an $80 million redevelop- Planning Commission. stories. The council has also on the City to oppose the ment of the site, including a “The decision of the De- proposed slight changes to plan in its report to the WA nine-storey residential tow- velopment Assessment Pan- the plan’s boundary on Planning Commission. Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan er. el to restrict height to nine streets north and west of the “The proposed rezoning of News Production: Matt Zis But their plan proposed a stories… essentially estab- shopping centre. R codes will significantly Design: Carly Pilton 15-storey default building lishes a benchmark for Most of the residential impact on the character of Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings height across the district height within the centre,” properties within the bound- our suburb and adversely Digital Editor: Alison Middleton centre, with up to 20 stories City strategic urban plan- ary would be zoned R40, affect the welfare of Kardi- General inquiries: 9237 1000 at two “landmark locations” ning manager Gavin Ponton while most of those on the nya residents,” the petition on the corner of South Street said in his report to the boundary of the shopping said. 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Visit www.communitynews.com.au/win MEL December 10, 2020 NEWS 3 Pleasant deal for bowlers FROM PAGE 1 Pleasant was “well on the way to becoming the pre- Councillors instead voted mier bowling club in the City for a 10-year community of Melville”. lease with an optional 11- “Forget our dear friends at year extension, effectively the Melville Bowling Club; offering the club the longer it’s the Mt Pleasant Bowling term of security that its Club which is growing the president John O’Brien bowling fraternity and called for in his deputation. we’ve got other ideas in Mr O’Brien said the club mind as well,” he said. needed that security so it “I want to point to the could “change its method of membership growth that’s operation” to meet the occurred in the club from a changing needs of the com- low of about 130 or 140 up to munity. about 270 tonight, of whom “What we are proposing is 111 are bowlers; probably that we become a communi- some 30 extra bowlers put on ty hub, not just a bowling in the past 12 months.” Placegetters Eli Bellegarde and Isaac Kwon flank Booragoon Primary’s Rubik’s Cube champion Jayden Cho. club,” he said. So convoluted were the “A bowling club will cer- remaining amendments that tainly be the most important Cr Tomas Fitzgerald took it Cubic movement takes off with kids feature of that community upon himself to summarise hub, but in conjunction with them for those in the public our partners (aged care and gallery. WHEN Dex Donabie excitement on all of the it out at a special assembly. was runner-up Isaac Kwon disability provider) Melville “All of the outstanding brought a Rubik’s Cube to kids’ faces, so as a class we Year 5 student Jayden with an impressive 34 Cares, the Free Reformed subsequent loans will be for- show and tell, he couldn’t decided to hold a whole of Cho was crowned winner seconds, followed by Eli Church of Melville and who given,” he said. have known he was about school competition,” after solving the puzzle in a Bellegarde. knows what else might come In return, the club will be to set off the next fad at teacher Marnie Smith said. blisteringly fast 27 seconds. Dex came fourth, having if we really push this in the asked to cede an unused Booragoon Primary “Any age from Year 1 up “Everyone knew I was missed the semi-finals by next few years. green and the southern por- School. could compete; the only going to win already,” he just one second. “Three years is far too tion of the leased area – The Year 3 student must requirement was for them said without a hint of Ms Smith said the short and will not enable us about 30 per cent of the site – have impressed his to be able to do it in under sarcasm. students’ efforts to do what we want.” to accommodate a new pub- classmates because before two minutes to be able to go “I didn’t really celebrate. organising the event made Mr O’Brien also took the lic park. long the school was through to the finals.” My fastest time outside of it a huge success. opportunity to take a By 10.35pm the matter of overrun with the colourful On November 30, seven the competition is 13 “We had the WA Rubik’s tongue-in-cheek jab at the the bowling club was the devices. finalists from a pool of seconds.” Cube state champions Melville Bowling Club, only item the council had “I could see the about 50 contenders battled Hot on Jayden’s heels there as guests,” she said. where Mayor George Gear is passed from its stacked end- a social member, saying Mt of-year agenda. Bid to short circuit marathon debates CITY of Melville Council- to pass a single item author- been in contact with the by council, will permit all leases “without having to lor Tomas Fitzgerald has ising chief executive Mar- executive manager of members of council to be shut down all the ordinary proposed establishing a ten Tieleman to start governance to propose set- on that committee if they business of council”. committee specifically to negotiations with the Mt ting up an occasional com- wish, so when politically “I’ll be seeking your sup- deal exclusively with lease Pleasant Bowling Club to mittee to deal with lease sensitive leases come there port for that,” he said. negotiations after Tues- enter into a 21-year lease. terms so that we avoid sit- won’t be a question of who The disarray of Tues- day’s council meeting de- Cr Fitzgerald announce uations whereby an entire will or won’t be able to have day’s meeting followed a scended into another his proposal after the rest of ordinary meeting of coun- input.” marathon three-week protracted debate over a the meeting was adjourned cil is taken up with negotia- Cr Fitzgerald, pictured debate in September over bowls club lease. until last night. tions of a single lease,” he right, said it was important the terms of Melville Bowl- It took councillors more “Councillors may be said.

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