I missed the beginning of the Council meeting tonight so apologies for holes in this flawed report, but the great thing about the meeting was the full gallery, the people holding signs, the calls of ‘ICAC’ and ‘Shame!‘ at appropriate moments. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘community consultation’
Doing Away with Community Consultation 6.3.2012
March 6, 2012Bottom drawers and community consultation 27.1.2012
January 27, 2012
I just sent a submission to Council’s draft community engagement charter:
bottom drawer here we come. (more…)
Committees 7.4.2011
April 7, 2011
Things move slowly in local government, don’t they? It’s almost a month since applications for the Laman Street Working Party closed and none of the people from Save Our Figs who applied for positions have heard anything – either positive or negative. (more…)
Your submission on the Design Framework for Laman St and Civic Park 21.2.2011
February 21, 2011
Submissions about Newcastle City Council’s draft Design Framework on Laman Street and the Civic Precinct are due on 28th February 2011. This post lists some questions worth considering. (more…)
The skate park at Empire Park 16.2.2011
February 16, 2011
Took la famille to see the new skate park at Empire Park last night and watched skateboarders for ages. It’s a credit to council.
BLACKBUTT PLAN CAUSES CONCERN
February 5, 2011Coming to a town near you 27.11.2010
November 27, 2010
My nutty obsession preoccupation with trying to stop our fig trees’ destruction for a year now has apparently resulted in failing to pay attention to some significant things. (more…)
Staged vs whole of street replacements 22.9.2010
September 22, 2010
Photo by Sharon Healey
Your rates at work: Newcastle City Council took out a full-page ad in the Herald on Saturday warning people of the three-week closure of Laman Street for tree removal. (more…)
A spring day 21.9.2010
September 21, 2010
There was to be a briefing to councillors on ‘road and asset maintenance services’ at tonight’s council meeting. I was sorry I couldn’t make – the family will continue to need a mother sometimes and work will make demands on one: gets in the way of treehugging, I can tell you - it as I would have been interested to see if tree root pruning got a look-in. (See ‘Root pruning in Swan Street.’)
Council discussing Street Tree Maintenance
July 20, 2010
At today’s council meeting a briefing will be given on street tree maintenance. (more…)
