Caloundra Airport Forum

The Caloundra Airport Forum was held recently and our Association was repesented by Bern Johnson, thank you Bern.

You may view the minutes of the meeting by clicking here

You may view the presentation to the meeting by clicking here (This one my take a little time)

You may view the terms of reference by clicking here

Newsletter for August.

Hi all,

Please find following a link to the August Newsletter if by chance you never received one:

http://beca.izfree.com/downloads/BeCA%20Newsletter%20No%207.pdf

Committee Meeting held 3 Aug 09

The following are points from the last committee meeting:
Jean Harris was accepted as a new member of BeCA, welcome Jean.

Our Landscaping sub-committee will be meeting with the SCRC to discuss the landscaping situation within Bellvista. We are a bit disturbed about the amount of gardens being pulled out in the name of cost cutting. The following is a letter sent to Anna Grosskreutz on our behalf:

Dear Anna and Chris

Our three community associations - Kawana Island Residents’ Association (KIRA), Kawana Forest Residents’ Association (KaFRA) and Bellvista Community Association (BeCA) met recently to explore our common ground around landscaping and amenity in each of our communities.

As Stockland projects that have been handed over to Council in recent years, we continue to be concerned about the sustainability of our landscape and open spaces. It is generally accepted that the standard of landscaping approved by Council and applied by the developer, is not within the realms of the standard budget of Council’s maintenance services.

KIRA has had the most long-running discussions with Council. While gains have been made in terms of opening up dialogue, to date much relies on individual relationships rather than relationships built on some basic structures and protocols.

Individual committee members within KaFRA have developed linkages with operational staff in relation to landscaping. Progress and creativity are stymied due to the level of the relationship and the limitations of budget and formal process.

The community at Bellvista is on the cusp of realising the impacts of the changes in service levels.

Collectively, our focus is on keeping our communities clean and tidy - amenity that fosters lots of use, passive crime prevention and community pride. Clean and tidy parks with weed free grass, and key lawn areas that are routinely mowed are our priorities.

The creation of highly liveable communities is effected by the presentation of our key areas.

We see that there are some very clear opportunities that could foster positive relationships between our communities and Council to produce great, sustainable outcomes.

Also, there has been a degree of confusion as to Council’s intent in relation to the provision of community facilities in each of our communities. Council staff have indicated that the provision of facilities in both Kawana Island and Kawana Forest are priority issues. Following on that, our individual organisation inquiries have not resulted in any clarity. Bellvista is very unsure of the future facility that may emerge from the existing Stockland Sales Office.

Chris and Anna, as our issues are shared and collectively we represent the interests of 4000+ households in the community, we would like the opportunity to meet with you both to explore the issue of sustainable landscape and amenity outcomes for our communities. We are particularly focussed on developing solutions and working together to establish productive working relationships between our organisations and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

Organising diaries may take a little juggling! Can you please suggest 2 or 3 alternatives that are agreeable to yourselves and we will seek to co-ordinate ourselves to work in with one of those. We’d envisage that from each of our organisations we’ll aim to bring the Chairperson and Landscape Sub-Committee representative to the table. This will keep the meeting to a reasonable size and allow us to have an informed discussion.

We look forward to meeting with you soon

Regards

John Edds Michael Walsh Phil Williams

KIRA KaFRA BeCA

We hope you all agree with the above.

Bern Johnson will be representing BeCA at the Aviation forum on Wednesday 12 Aug 09. We will publish the results as they come to hand.

Don't forget the AGM on Monday the 7 Sep 09 at the Stocklands Sales Office.

"School Crossing" Can we help the school?

The following is an extract from the newsletter form Unity College:

P&F NEWS
"As mentioned in last week's newsletter we are seeking expressions of interest for
school crossing volunteers. We still need at least 5 volunteers for school crossing
supervisors to be able to get a crossing approved by Qld Transport. A big thank
you to the 2 mums who have volunteered. If you are able to assist, please call
Peter Baxter on Ph: 5430 2871 or email pbaxter@usc.edu.au.
Remember the Trivia Night is scheduled for Friday, 4th September commencing
at 7.00pm. Please see the attached registration form for further information. If
you are able to donate any prizes for the Trivia Night or Christmas Raffle please
contact Mrs Leanne Smyth on Ph: 0418 928 067.
Fun Run update - prizes have been ordered and should be here soon, thank you
for your patience.
Next P&F Meeting is on Monday, 10th August at 7.00 pm.
Mr Glen Smyth - Secretary P&F"

If you can assist with the school crossing please contact Peter and make it a community effort.

The other items could be of interest to you as well. Let us all get behind the College and make a difference.

New life in the Park

Take a slow walk around the lake and enjoy the new life. Their first nest was washed away by the storms around Easter but all looks well now. There was five but one has been lost. We all hope the four young ones make it through.