Official Journal of the City of Kingston • February / March 2015 KingstonYourCity see inside! OFFICIAL PROGRAM BRING WITH YOU TO THE EVENT! $2 Saturday 28 FEBRUARY 11am -10.30pm ENTRY $5 FAMILIES AND Sunday 1 March 11am - 6pm PETER SCULLIN RESERVE MORDIALLOC KINGSTON.VIC.GOV.AU/MORDIFEST 1300 653 356 Program is correct at time of printing. Go to kingston.vic.gov.au/onlineprogram PROGRAM for the latest updates. Saturday 28 FEBRUARY 2015 MAYOR'S MESSAGE Pier Stage Beach Stage JAM CAFE 11AM Dale Winters 11.30AM Harrison Storm 11.45AM Rebekah Strongman Kingston Council is proud to present its 12.15PM 12.30PM Andrew Redford premier event, the 2015 Mordialloc Food, 12 PM Benny Walker Band Black and Blue Wine & Music Festival . 1PM Cannonball 1PM Mr Blue 1.15PM Adam Paterson We are very excited to hold this umbrella 2PM Sal Kimber and the 1.45PM Swing Patrol 2PM Finnin event of the Melbourne Food and Wine dance lesson Rollin’ Wheel 2.45PM The Weeping Willows Festival on Saturday 28 February and 3PM Wilson and White 2.45PM The Dirty Boogie Band Sunday 1 March. 3.30PM Leea Nanos 4PM Hailey Crammer 3.45PM The Princetons As a vibrant retail precinct supporting a 4.15PM Benny Walker Band 5PM 4.45PM Gordi diverse range of businesses; Mordialloc Oozin Blues 5.15PM Dale Winters is the perfect place to hold this popular 6PM 5.45PM Buddha in a Greg Champion and the 6.15PM Fallon and Kodi festival that showcases the best local Cool Rockin Daddys Chocolate Box and regional producers, suppliers, chefs, 7.15PM Sons of May wineries and breweries alongside world class 6.50PM Official Welcome 6.45PM Sons of May The Mayor of Kingston musicians. 7.45PM Paul Williamson I welcome you to come along and enjoy the 7PM Marty P Hammond Combo wonderful festival atmosphere with an array 8PM Animaux of activities on offer including swing dance 9PM lessons, kids activities and show stopping Kingswood acts including Australia music icon Russell Morris and award winning indie rock band Kingswood. STREET THEATRE Local businesses form an important BIG RORY foundation to our community by providing Sunday 1 March 2015 & OCHIE local jobs, building the local economy and supporting local expertise. Council is proud to support local and regional businesses JAM CAFE by giving food producers, chefs, wineries Pier Stage Beach Stage and breweries the opportunity to offer and 11AM The Fat Tuesday 11.30PM Savore – Latin 11.45AM Leea Nanos promote their mouthwatering goods. Orchestra Instrumental Quartet 12.30PM Rebekah Strongman Council also supports the music industry by 12PM Renée Geyer 12.15PM Alegria Dance Centre 1.15PM Savore – Latin bringing some of Australia’s best talents to Learn the Moves Salsa Kingston while providing the opportunity for 1PM Zevon & the Werewolves Instrumental Duo of Melbourne Dance local bands to take the stage in front of the 2PM Kekoson Latin band clinic 12.45PM Kekoson Latin Band festival’s 60,000 strong crowd. 2PM Louis King and the Liars 2.45PM Todd Cook We look forward to welcoming you to this Klub 1.45PM Todd Cook 3.30PM Harrisson Storm exciting event and don’t forget to bring along 3PM Hat Fitz and Cara 2.45PM Big Smoke this free official program to the festival 4.15PM Big Smoke with you or check out our online program at 4PM Jesse Valach 3.45PM The Blue Souls 5PM Jesse Valach kingston.vic.gov.au/onlineprogram. 5PM Cr Geoff Gledhill Russell Mayor, City of Kingston Morris fantastic twists BAlloon sculpting for the kids STREET THEATRE online GIANT SEAGULS program TUBBY THE ROBOT GOES FISHING kingston.vic.gov.au/onlineprogram NO DOGS NO BYO cityofkingston please kingstoncc kingstonfestivals kingston.vic.gov.au/mordifest 1300 653 356 Official Journal of the City of Kingston • February / March 2015 KingstonYourCity Kingston Your City Back to available online school safety kingston.vic.gov.au/kyc Australia Day Spotlight on Awards business in recipients Kingston Page 3 Page 4 Kingston COMMUNITY Kingston Your City - February / March 2015 | Page 2 Contact us Council is committed to protecting 1300 653 356 kingston.vic.gov.au Kingston’s Green Wedge CityOfKingston KingstonCC Council is dedicated to making Kingston’s Green Wedge a viable place for community interaction, KingstonCityCouncil promoting active lifestyles through open space linkages, local and regional recreation and community TTY: 9581 4506 facilities. [email protected] Kingston Council has made another Recycling and transfer facility important step towards phasing out operator Alex Fraser has applied PO Box 1000, Mentone, 3194 landfill in our community, creating Investigating rural living in for an extension to its permit the Chain of Parks and protecting the Kingston allowing the operation of a concrete Green Wedge. crusher at 275-315 Kingston Road CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRES: Council is continuing to explore Heatherton, which is currently due to Cheltenham - 1230 Nepean Hwy Council has completed its options for rural living in the expire in 2023, for a further 15 year (Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm) community consultation on rezoning southern end of Kingston’s Green . term until 2038 Chelsea - 1 Chelsea Rd a section of the Green Wedge and Wedge. In late 2014, Council resolved (Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm) has now called on the Minister to further explore the possibility of Council and the Kingston community for Planning to appoint a Panel to creating rural-style housing in the have a clear vision to phase out COUNCIL MEETINGS consider the changes. Green Wedge. This would act as a landfill and waste activities in the Everyone is welcome to attend catalyst to working with landowners Green Wedge area. Council has The proposed change will rezone Kingston Council’s meetings held at to develop viable uses for Green written to the Acting Victorian land outside the Urban Growth the Cheltenham Council Offices, 1230 Wedge land and improve the overall Planning Minister Robin Scott asking Boundary north of Kingston and Nepean Highway, Cheltenham. The appearance of the Green Wedge. him to intervene in the matter Heatherton roads from a Special Use next Planning Committee Meeting is: and refuse the application for an Zone Schedule 2 (Earth and Energy Council continues to develop 18 February and 18 March. The next extension. Resources Industry) to a Green planning and development controls Ordinary Council Meetings are: Monday Wedge A Zone. to support rural-style living. Once 23 February 7pm, Monday 23 March developed, these controls would be This change will allow the land, some 7pm. subject to community consultation of which is used for landfill sites, to and approval by the Minister for For more information visit in time transition to uses such as Watch live Council Meetings Planning. kingston.vic.gov.au/greenwedge parks, reducing the negative impacts Go to kingston.vic.gov.au to watch live on surrounding residents caused by or view previous meetings. landfill sites. It will also help stop the current landfill sites expanding Further opposition to KINGSTON YOUR CITY EDITOR or extending their use beyond the Concrete Crushers in the Publications Officer, 9581 4637 existing lease periods. Green Wedge [email protected] Council sent more than 2,300 At the Monday 15 December Council Kingston encourages you to reprint letters to residents, businesses and Meeting, Council voted to oppose articles and photographs from this interested parties to hear their views an application to extend an existing publication but permission must on the proposed Amendment C143 permit for a concrete crusher and first be sought from the Editor. to the Kingston Planning Scheme. will now prepare for this matter to be Acknowledgment of the source must 34 submissions were received, with arbitrated at the Victorian Civic and be provided. almost half supporting the plan. Administration Tribunal (VCAT) this year. KINGSTON COMMUNITY RADIO Kingston Council presents a monthly radio hour on Southern FM (88.3). The broadcasts are held on the third Thursday of each month at 1pm. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Council acknowledges the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of Council is investigating the land on which the municipality viable options for rural style is a part and pays its respects to the living in Kingston Elders past and present. Council is a member of the Inter Council Aboriginal Consultative Committee (ICACC). Council continues to advocate for its chain of parks concept to COVER PHOTO create more open spaces and linkages in Kingston Naomi, Wesley and new Prep Daniel with Victorian Crossing Supervisor of the Year 2014 Marlene Holden, remind drivers to play it safe on the roads as schools recommence for the 2015 year. Kingston is taking steps to phase out landfill operations in YOUR KINGSTON UPDATE its Green Wedge The next Your Kingston Updates will be published in local newspapers on 11 February and 11 March. Rates 2014/15 payments due KINGSTON’S Ratepayers are reminded that the due date for For payment methods, please see the back of your rates LANGUAGE LINE the third instalment and lump sum payments notice. Rate payers are reminded that they can no longer People of all languages can now contact are due in February. make payment at the Mentone Customer Service Centre Kingston’s Language Line on one number 131 450 and that late payments will attract additional charges. 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