Council & Community Helping our Businesses during Covid-19
What are the ways of helping our Businesses during Covid-19. The great news is our community has recognised how businesses can be impacted by economic downturns, just as workers. As a former small business operator myself, I have been heartened by the concern...City of Unley 2020-21 Annual Business Plan & Budget can be viewed here.
Interested in offering your opinion after reading my last blog post. Then the 2020-21 annual business plan and the budget can be viewed on the Council website. I encourage you to check it out and provide your opinion. The web page includes links to our revised...Your opinions matter. We need to hear from you about our draft budget.
Council has prepared a draft budget for next financial year, for the purposes of seeking input from you. Your opinions matter. We need to hear from you. The annual business plan and the budget can be viewed on the Council website from tomorrow. Your opinions...Changes in Development Rules the Flavour of the Month
Yes! It certainly seems that changes in Development Rules is the Flavour of the Month. It is not enough that we have to contend with the Planning & Design Code. Or the Development Plan Amendment in Everard Park. In recent weeks we have had to deal with a...Informed Decision or a Popular Decision on the Norman Terrace Vote.
Making an informed decision or a popular decision is one of the challenges facing those in leadership. This is what I and Council was confronted with last night. Our City Strategy & Development Policy Committee was faced with making a recommendation to Council....Planning & Design Code is now up to the Government
The South Australian Community has spoken. Our local (Black Forest & Clarence Park) community has spoken. And boy did we locals speak. The Planning & Design Code is now up to the Government. I am proud of my local community, my neighbours. We have taken...Weekly Green Bin Trial
A Weekly Green Bin Trial has been approved by Council. Take the Pledge The weekly green bin trial will be targeted to the collection service for Goodwood 500 residents and up to 40 businesses for a period of six months. This initiative progresses one of my...Page Park Turf Turmoil investigated ahead of two major scheduled reviews
Users of the Park would be well aware of the Page Park Turf Turmoil. In recent years the turf in the much loved and much used park has deteriorated. This has been evident in the dormant growth season of the Kikuyu grass. It has, over that time, deteriorated to...City of Unley is Leading the way and speaking up.
My last blog showed how the Black Forest/Clarence Park community responded to the Government’s Planning & Design Code (PDC). In numerous other posts, while I have trusted the Government’s intention I have questioned their ability to get the Planning reforms right....Black Forest & Clarence Park speak up.
Watch as the rate payers of Black Forest & Clarence Park speak up against a false promise by the Minister for Planning. The Minister (Stephan Knoll) and the Chair of the State Planning Commission (Michael Lennon) have publicly suggested by inference that...If You Don’t Speak Up Suffer the Consequences
Suffer the consequences if you don’t speak up. That is what is facing you right now if you live in Black Forest. It also applies if you live in Clarence Park west of East Avenue or a small section fronting Goodwood Road. From you ask. From the possible replacement...Goodwood Oval Clubroom is Set to Proceed in January.
The Goodwood Oval Clubroom is set to proceed in January with temporary fencing scheduled for January 17. It has been a long time coming. Council has been working on this project since before I joined Council way back in 2010. Nothing happens fast however in Local...Tell the Government what you think of the new Planning & Design Code.
It is your turn, and it is important and urgent you do, to tell the Government what you think of the new Planning & Design Code. Much has been said about the Planning & Design Code (PDC) in the last 12 months. To keep you informed, I have posted...Watch Out for Improvement in carparking in King William Road.
Improvement in carparking was one of the major considerations in the design of the new King William Road. I expect you will be delighted with Council’s solutions to what has been a perennial problem in King William Road. For as long as I have been on Council we have...New Planning & Design Code is Introducing Environmental Initiatives
The draft Planning & Design Code is introducing some environmental initiatives or controls but there is no detail yet. At least I am struggling to find them. Pilots licences aside, the author of the Code and now the Minister are on record as sprouting that the...Council’s tree Strategy Should Recognise Nuisance Trees
Having a strategy to deal with nuisance trees was one of my many election promises. Placing a weighting on the nuisance a tree represents must surely apply to any responsible tree strategy. . It is timely, as we lament the loss of significant trees as blogged last...Is the new Planning & Design Code simpler?
Is the new Planning & Design Code a simpler, easier to use code or a document of complexity that will require a pilot’s licence to navigate. The core of the Planning & Design Code is the data base that will sit behind it. This data base will allow...Draft Planning & Design Code Errors & Ommissions that need Correcting
The draft Planning & Design Code errors and omissions are many. As it is a complex document it is proving hard to identify them. To start the conversation that Minister Knoll has invited, let’s look at some of the more essential. At least from a City of Unley...Call me Naive with the new Planning & Design Code
Call me Naive but I do believe we need to get on board and work with the Government on the new Planning & Design Code. Naïve maybe. Focused on outcomes definitely. Minister Knoll continues to give assurances, that they will listen to us during the current 5 month...
Cr Don Palmer
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