Elections are possibly the best opportunity you have, a community has, of putting your wishes and/or concerns to Council (any Government actually). Those of us who do stand a better than even chance of having their issue addressed.
Alert to this, Council’s CEO has asked for the newly elected members to advise what your wishes were/are. He will compile the lists we each provide him into a consolidated list of your wishes. Council will then be in possession of a comprehensive list.
They included differing opinions about some projects.
The list of your issues, concerns and/or simply observations I received were numerous. The list below I am providing our CEO as my contribution on your behalf.
- Improvement in rate of removing trip hazards from footpath, noting rate payers are not generally aware of the role they can make in achieving this by reporting the hazard.
- Request that trip hazard level of service be improved upon (smaller heights to be included).
- Frequency of street sweeping.
- Frequency of footpath sweeping.
- Absence of (need for) Cat by-laws.
- Safety gates at Clarence Park Rail Station.
- Lack of response by Council to concerns raised.
- More emphasis on pedestrians when considering walking, cycling plan.
- Conversely bike riders concerned safety measures for pedestrians (kerb build outs) put cyclists at greater risk.
- Wish to see nuisance trees removed or better managed.
- Concerns over nuts from Queensland Box trees.
- Get on with Goodwood Oval grandstand replacement.
- Restrict clubs use of Goodwood Oval facilities.
- Parking controls around Goodwood Oval….noting polarised views.
- Controlling noise nuisance around Goodwood Oval and Millswood Sporting Reserve.
- Removal of waste bin left permanently in carpark at Goodwood Oval.
- Turn Page Park into a dog park.
- Alternate request at Page Park. Keep dogs away from tennis and gym equipment at Page Park.
- Find a way to get Goodwood Saints Tennis Club back on the hard-court courts at Millswood (Goodwood Oval).
- Move diesel (cancer causing) freight trains from Belair line.
- Get Government to tell us what will happen to South Road through Black Forest.
- Get rat runners away from local streets.
- Confusion at Cromer/East/Canterbury intersection.
- Parking problems in Addison Road (and others) in Black Forest.
- In particular cars parking across from residential driveways in narrow Black Forest Roads).
- Traffic speed also in Addison Road, particularly at bend in road east of Gordon Road.
- Build new clubroom for Millswood Croquet Club (a significant number of their members live in my ward as it turns out).
- Concerns with over development, and CAP/SCAP approving “ugly” buildings.
- A want to see more green verges.
If I have missed any of your wishes please let me know.