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Glebe Society Bulletin 2006 Issue 10 Premier’s Community Awards - Three Glebe Society members honoured From left to right: Ald Robert Webb; The Premier, Morris Iemma; Jane Spring; Joe Mannix; Minister Sandra Nori; Bruce Davis; Cr Verity Firth. Photo courtesy of the State Government There was a very pleasant surprise at the Glebe Jane Spring was rewarded for her sporting Balmain Community Reception for the NSW achievements in rowing and her ongoing Premier and Cabinet Ministers on Monday 20 promotion of rowing as a sport. November. The Premier’s Community Awards for Joe Mannix was honoured for service to the community service were announced, and no less Seniors in Port Jackson, in particular for his than three of the four recipients are members of work at the Hannaford Seniors Centre and his the Glebe Society. The Glebe Society congratu- tireless efforts with Public Housing tenants. 10/2006 November/December lates them all. The fourth award was given to Leichhardt Bruce Davis received his award for service to the Council Alderman Robert Webb, for service to community of Glebe with the Glebe Society, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander working for the preservation of the historically Community in the inner western suburbs. significant suburb of Glebe. - Bob Armstrong The Massing of the Boats You’ll find an insert in this Bulletin drawing your our scene. Our role and that of the other local attention to The Massing of the Boats on Rozelle groups is to lend our support from the shore. Bay at 8- 9am on Saturday, 2 December. The best way to do this is to meet in large This activity is being organised by the rowing numbers somewhere in the area around Pope and paddling clubs as a part of the ongoing Paul VI Park and Pavillions to see the skiffs, campaign against the proposed Dry Boat Storage sculls, dragon boats, outriggers, canoes and and Marina on the northern shore of RozelleBay. kayaks assembling from 8am. Then from 8.30am move with them down Rozelle Bay While the Glebe Society is fully involved in the towards the Annandale end of the bay. campaign, mucking around in boats is not quite While The Glebe Society will have banners in place to indicate our involvement and to serve as a focus point for our members, we are not organising any related social activity. May we be so bold as to suggest you take your breakfast at your favourite Glebe Point Road café on your way home after 9am? The proposed Dry Boat Storage buildings. - John Buckingham Glebe Society Bulletin Drawing by David Mander Jones A publication of THE GLEBE SOCIETY INC PO Box 100 GLEBE 2037 www.glebesociety.org.au The State Cabinet comes to visit us The Glebe Society, CoGG (Coalition of Glebe Community Development Project. some State Government financial contri- Glebe Groups) and BCC (Blackwattle Bay This is a joint Project, funded by the bution to the replacement of the Sporting Coalition) were all well represented at University of Sydney and DOH. Current Complex walls. meetings in Leichhardt Town Hall with the funding finishes at the end of the year. To They then met with Sam Haddad (Director Premier and Cabinet Ministers – a first for date the Project has been very successful General of Planning) plus representatives the area - on Monday 20 November. Our for empowering DOH tenants and involv- from SHFA to press the Department of strong opposition to the Dry Boats ing them in the community. A request, to Planning to take the initiative in develop- ing an integrated plan for Wentworth Park Storage Development was put separately be followed up in writing, has been made and the whole Blackwattle Cove area to Minister Frank Sartor (Planning) and to for ongoing funding. involving all the various authorities with Minister Joe Tripodi (Ports & Waterways), Collaboration with City of Sydney Council jurisdiction in the area. They received a with senior advisers in tow. re upgrade of Glebe Point Road and positive response from the Director Reports from these three groups are improvement of DOH properties on Glebe General of Planning and have followed up shown below. The outcome of all this Point Road. Given the amount of money with an immediate submission to this effect. lobbying? Few firm promises – but better City of Sydney is spending on the up- lines of communication have been estab- grade of Glebe Point Road, it was sug- Finally BCC met with Minister Tripodi (Ports and Waterways) on matters related lished and will be pursued. gested that DOH address the heritage and to the treatment of the area around the • - Bob Armstrong renovation of their properties. Coal Loader and the Fish Markets. Soon after, Minister Tripodi issued a press The Glebe Society: Implications of City of Sydney Council’s Urban Design Study for DOH property release announcing a $30 million redevel- The Glebe against Global Warming sub- holdings in Glebe. Some properties on opment of the Blackwattle Bay foreshore which in effect means the State Govern- committee raised questions about the Glebe Point Road sit within commercial ment has given its sanction to what the zones and close examination is required re government’s turn-around on extending NSW Maritime planned to do anyway, ie the BASIX energy efficiency target of suitability for domestic use. Also for put the B1 B2 and B3 sites out for Regis- 40% to high-rise residential buildings, consideration is the existing floor space trations of Interest in the hope that a $30 instead freezing it at the current modest ratio. million development will occur there (see target of 20%. We expressed our concern Additional matters raised include ongoing next page). The State Government are not actually developing the area themselves, that this was a missed opportunity to funding for Centipede (before school and but at least this means that they have at achieve better energy efficiency in high- after school care at Glebe Public School). rise apartments, which currently emit a last recognised the existence of this area This project supports underprivileged and raised its profile a little. For that it much higher level of greenhouse gases children living in Glebe. Glebe Youth per person than other forms of housing. has to be commended. Service also requires funding for the Year - Anne Fraser Frank Sartor claimed that for technical 10 program. reasons the 20% target was in fact achieving considerable positive change in It is still the intention of CoGG to seek a energy efficiency. However, he invited us meeting with the minister. In the mean- Terminal abandoned to meet with a senior member of his time, letters will be written to the Director- A plan to build a $31 million cement department to discuss the issue further, General and CEO of City of Sydney to terminal at White Bay in Balmain has and we’ll certainly take advantage of this seek confirmation of our requests. been withdrawn after the Minister, offer. - Jan Wilson Frank Sartor, raised “serious concerns” - Jan Macindoe with the developer, Independent Blackwattle Cove Coalition Cement and Lime Pty Ltd. The plan Coalition of Glebe Groups BCC representatives Anne Fraser, Eliza- caused public outrage. (SMH Monday beth Elenius (Pyrmont) and Mary 27 November, page 2.) Susie Cleary and Jan Wilson, on behalf of Mortimer (Ultimo) met with Minister Grant CoGG had an appointment to meet with McBride (Gaming & Racing) to try to get Is this a good omen for Rozelle Bay? Cherie Burton, Minister of Housing, to discuss public housing issues in Glebe. Owing to circumstances beyond our control we failed to meet with the Minister and in her place we met with Mike Allen, Director-General of NSW Department of Housing (DOH). Issues raised and discussed were: DOH Strategic Plan for Glebe. Response to date has been that there are no plans for Glebe, however DOH’s submission to City of Sydney’s Urban Study indicated that there was a plan in progress. The anomaly was raised and we are seeking further clarification. A very cluttered Blackwattle Bay. Photo: Edwina Doe 2 Glebe Society Bulletin A Blackwattle Cove Coalition update It is a very exciting time for the Black- Minister for Energy wattle Cove area. We seem to be poised on the cusp of interesting changes in the Minister for Ports and Waterways relatively near future. Minister Assisting the Treasurer on Business Here is a brief summary of what is happen- and Economic Reform ing. Media Release - 22 November 2006 Blackwattle Bay maritime precinct to be revitalised $30 million Redevelopment NSW State Plan Target P2: Maintain and Invest in Infrastructure in NSW of the Blackwattle Bay Ports Minister Joe Tripodi today called for registrations of interest in a multi-million Foreshore dollar project to revitalise the maritime precinct of Blackwattle Bay. Mr Tripodi, inspecting the site with the City of Sydney Councillor Verity Firth, said On 22 November, the Minister for Ports that the project involves the redevelopment of the former coal bunker wharf and and Waterways, Mr Joe Tripodi, released gatehouse building, as well as the adjacent commercial wharf and jetty. a press statement - see the box. “This new project, estimated to be worth $30 million, will transform the old coal The BCC are delighted with the state bunker wharf into a vibrant maritime precinct,” Mr Tripodi said. Government sanctioning such develop- “A foreshore access link will be built across the nearby shallow waterways to ment of the foreshore. We will still pursue provide improved public access and a link to the Sydney Fish Markets. our concern with the linkage area between “The proposed redevelopment, will transform the derelict wharf and coal bunker the Fish Markets and the Coal Bunker into a modern, visually pleasing maritime-related facility where current plans for development are “The site’s historic and maritime significance will be retained through the refurbish- inadequate.
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