OTWAY FORUM MEETING No. 330 - Dec 9, 2019
Cr. Stephen Hart in attendance
Infrastructure
- Dredging of the AB harbour to begin after next Easter.
- Dredging will be concentrated on the central area rather than the new eastern beach next to the big wall.
- Online survey on the issues raised by the Community Infrastructure Plan open until 20th December.
- Or contact COS for a hard copy of the survey and then return it to COS.
- This is your chance to have a say in the future development of AB.
- A draft of the final plan will be available for further comment in the new year before the final plan goes to council mid next year.
- Monash University students displayed their excellent projects on future ideas for Apollo bay at the information day, but unfortunately they are not part of the CIP.
Great Ocean Road / Costal Erosion
- The proposed new GOR Authority is also looking for feedback until 15th Dec. Go to engage.vic.gov.au/great-ocean-road.
- Leases for Kennett River and Skenes Creek camp grounds also being reviewed as they expire next year.
- Will the shop at Skenes remain if DELWP change the current leasing arrangement?
- New erosion report just released. It can be found at engage.vic.gov.au/apollo-bay-and-marengo-community-consultation. Then look under document library>see more.
- This report can also be found on the Otway Forum website.
- It’s a very detailed 100 page report that’s easy to read but it only has a very brief mention on climate change/sea level/storm surge implications!!!!
- The report draws obvious conclusions and recommends further studies that will need further funding applications!!
- This is the 13th report? on erosion issues produced in the last 25 years?
- But very few long term solutions have been put in place. Only emergency revetment walls and sand carting.
- So far $400,000 has been spent over the last 5 years on sand renourishment?
- Another report on Issues and Opportunities for Coastal Development as part of the CIP has also been produced and will be soon put on the COS and Otway Forum websites.
- Victorian Marine Coastal Council to release its 5 yearly policy/strategy report soon.
- This will become the guiding state government document on coastal development and other issues.
Colac Otway Shire
- New waste collection contract for COS next year.
- Only 3 bins for each household but perhaps further sorting could be done at the transfer station by concerned residents?
- Green waste goes to a composting business in Camperdown.
- Bins should be returned to the walking track to Wild Dog.
- Binns Road from Beech Forest to the redwoods to be sealed.
- Recordings of council meetings can be accessed on the COS website. Please tune in to hear local government in action! Go to colacotway.vic.gov.au/Council-the-shire/Council-meetings/Audio-Recordings-of-Council-Meetings.
- A new local government bill to go to state parliament in Feb. This may affect how many councillor’s will represent each ward in COS.
- Blue Water sporting facility litigation finally settled at a cost of $.5m?
- Fire restrictions now in force
- Very long grass along roadsides through out COS.
Otway Forum meets 2nd Sunday of every month at 3pm at Marrar Woorn or find us at www.forum.apollobay.org.au.
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Peter Fillmore
Hon. Secretary
Otway Forum
0428 091 694