September 2015 Newsletter

Next Meeting Tuesday 8th September

7.30pm at St Cecilias School
Agenda
Georgie Smith from Hands on Health Care will speak about
her role in helping many of us with the fundamentals of good
health care. A lucky door prize will be won for an
appointment with Georgie
Discussion topics:
Development Applications
Street Tree Management Plan
Manly Oval Car Park
Residents Items

Message from the Chair

Dear Resident
Our generous sponsor, Georgie Smith, proprietor of Hands on
Health Care, will talk to our 8 September meeting about our
posture, nutrition, chiropractic help and all the wonderful
things she does to keep us hale and hearty. Many of our
residents love Georgies local care and sing her praises. She
will de-stress us, regenerate us and even help us lose weight.
So please come along and get all the benefits of hearing
Georgie help us to manage ourselves. She might even get us
up and going.

I would welcome help from residents to volunteer as a

welfare contact in North Harbour. It would be wonderful to
have a couple of residents to be contact points for others
who need a helping hand, and to arrange the help they need.
This would provide a reference point for some of the elderly
or sick among us, who might need to be driven to a medical
appointment, or to have a simple handyman job done at
home, or just an occasional cup of tea. It would simply
involve having your phone number or email address listed in
our newsletter and a willingness to spend a little time to put
help in place. We would put together a list of welfare
volunteers who could assist. Please think generously about
this and contact me at rogerfreney@optusnet.com.au
As decided at the precincts July meeting, I have made
representations to our local Member of Parliament Mike
Baird and also to the Minister for Local Government asking
for their help to obtain more public information from Council
about the car park proposals and also more generally for an
outside expert to look into the governance of Council. Mike
kindly met with me and agreed to pass on my letter to the
Minister. The letter is posted on the precincts website.
Finally, its great to see North Harbour Reserve giving so
much joy to families. On winter weekends, the reserve has
been alive with families at the playground, shooting baskets,
birthday picnics and exercising. We are grateful to Manly
Council for considering improvements to the reserve,
including drinking fountains, turf improvements and parking
improvements across the road on Condamine Street.

Photo of Georgie and her Hands on Health Care crew

As an extra bonus, there will be a lucky door prize of an

appointment with Georgie at Hands on Health Care. If you
have not been to a community meeting before, this is your
big chance- its fun. We meet our neighbours over
refreshments at 8.30 pm.

Photo courtesy Terry Le Roux

Roger Freney, Chairman

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Dates for the Diary

Bush Care, Saturday 9am
September Meeting, Tuesday 7.30pm
Manly Manado Walk, Sunday 8.30am
Manly Arts Festival
Manly Retro Ride, Sunday 10am
Q Station Community Day
Manly Jazz Festival

5/09
08/09
13/09
18-27/09
20/09
20/09
25/09- 5/10

Update on the Councils Ambition to

Build a Car Park under Manly Oval
At last month's precinct meeting, Ian Sharp, Doug Browne
and Terry le Roux presented the results of the resident
review of the Expressions of Interest sent by companies
interesting in redeveloping the Whistler St Site in return for a
lump-sum payment to Council to defray the costs of building
a car park under the oval. The precincts' review concluded
that there was no new financial information the public
version of the EOIs and that the conclusion of our review of
the original car park stood.
Without consulting with the community, the Mayor and the
Council have made public statements to the effect that the
EOIs demonstrated that a smaller car park under the oval was
financially feasible. The views of the precinct are succinctly
summed up in the following letter submitted by a resident to
the Manly Daily, but was not published:
I am dismayed by the publicity campaign of the Mayor and
the General Manager to promote proposals for the
redevelopment of the Whistler St Site and to build a car park
"under" the oval - this promotion is at the expense of
ratepayers money. In Saturday's advert in the MD there is the
extravagant claim that "this exercise (to test the market) has
confirmed that this project is economically feasible ..... ". For
the residents, there was nothing in the version of the EOIs we
were given that would allow the residents to come to this
conclusion and we have not been provided with any of the
information on the finances of the EOIs.
The Mayor made the same claims in her blog a week ago "The (proposed projects) are feasible, bankable and can be
easily funded without the need for any long term loans. It can
only be concluded that the Mayor is making the same
irresponsible statement that the 760 space car park was
financially viable or she has been given privileged access to
information provided by developers or builders that has not
been shared with the residents.
The advert in the Manly Daily and the statements in Mayor's
blog cannot be construed as "public consultation" - they are
simply misleading, irresponsible and an abuse of process. Let
us residents come to our own view by giving us access to the
same financial information that the Mayor has had access
to. We trust our own analysis rather than the conclusions
and spin of the Mayor.
I am afraid that this new strategy of the Mayor and the GM is
undermining the assurances given by Clrs Pickering and James

Griffin that nothing will happen until and unless the public is
properly consulted and there is public acceptance of any
proposal to redevelop the Whistler St Site and replace it with
a new car park "under" the oval.
Terry le Roux

Manly Arts Festival

Come join the party! This years Manly Arts Festival will be
launched at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum by Claudia
Karvan who will also launch MAG&Ms feature exhibitions,
Anne Zahalka: Playground of the Pacific and Jenny Pollak:
The Immortals. Artists, performers, event organisers,
participants and friends are invited to join in the festivities,
complete with live music by The Ukes and the Another
Roadside Attraction Choir!
Where: Manly Art Gallery & Museum
When: Fri 18 Sept, 6pm - 8pm
Contact: 9976 1421

Manly Jazz Festival

Manly Retro Ride 2015

Celebrate NSW Bike Week by cruising through the Harbour
Foreshore and Manlys beachfront in your grooviest vintage
duds, whichever era inspires you. All are welcome from those
with retro and restored bikes and vintage threads to anyone
with their own personal cycle style. Even furry friends are
welcome! Adorn your bike with artistic artifacts and get out
your funky clobber. Prizes for the most artistically presented
bicycle, tricycle, monocycle & riders will be presented on the
day.
Where: Start at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West
Esplanade, Manly and finish at Manly Lagoon Park where a
free healthy breakfast awaits all registered riders
When: Sun 20 Sept, 10am start
Enquiries: Manly Council 9976 1500 www.manly.nsw.gov.au

Q Station Community Day

Immerse yourself in your local areas history and have a great
day out! Q Stations popular annual family event includes
stalls, behind the scenes tours, open buildings, exhibit of
quarantine-inspired art by local young artists, talks, and a
variety of activities. A great chance for everyone to
experience all that the historical Sydney Quarantine Station
has to offer. Free Entry, payment required for some tours
When: Sun 20 Sept, 10am - 4pm
Where: Wharf and Hospital Precinct, Q Station, 1 North Head
Scenic Drive, Manly www.quarantinestation.com.au
Contact: 9466 1500 Helen Drew

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Manly Manado Walk

The 2015 Manly-Manado 10km sponsored Walk is
celebrating its tenth anniversary on Sunday, 13th September.
This year's Walk is raising funds for 50 mothers and babies at
Compassion's Child Survival Programme in Manado,
Indonesia. Take some time to refresh and reflect at the
stations along the walk to find out more about the people
involved in the Programmes at this place called Manado.
When: Sunday, 13th September 2015 Official start 8.30am
Where: Manly Scenic Walkway from Spit Bridge to Manly.
Cost: Taking part and creating a fundraising page is free but
each walker should aim to raise at least $150 each.
Register online: www.thewalk.org.au

Manly Library
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Manly Librarys 6 Annual Zine Fair

Saturday 19th September 11am-2pm | Manly Library
Browse zines, comics and artist books created by local and
international zine makers and artists.

Cartoon Daves no rules Cartooning Workshop

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Wednesday 23 September | 10:30-11:30am |Cost $5
Age 7+ | Places are limited | Bookings essential.

Book for a good cause

Did you know that Pigs can get sunburnt or Cows can have
best friends? All these facts and more are in a children's
charity book launched by Anne-Marie Grundling - a local
mum from the northern beaches. Its all for a good cause,
with funds going to the Dalwood Spilstead Centre in Seaforth.
www.pigscangetsunburnt.com

Street Tree Masterplan Update

The Councils consultant has developed the following Tree
Palette for North Harbour. It offers greater diversity of tree
species and is designed to complement the current street
trees. Considering site specific conditions we will still be
limited in choice as the right tree for the right spot is found.

Zine Workshop with Nicholas Beckett

Join prolific Sydney artist Nicholas Beckett for a mini-book
binding and zine making master class.
Saturday 19th September | 12-1pm | FREE | No Bookings Req.

We have requested further details of each of the tree

species and have also requested a copy of the Draft
Report of Phase 2. This is an opportunity for us to provide
feedback on how we would like our streetscapes to
evolve. Please be in touch if you would like to be involved
in your streets future.

Young Writers Workshop

Tuesday 22nd September | 10am-3pm | FREE
Ages 12-21yrs | Places are limited | Bookings essential

Wendy Springett

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