March Meetings

For any enquiries please contact Lake Gardens Action Group via email lakegardens3355@gmail.com

31st March, 2009 - Lake Gardens Action Group Committee meeting was held. VCAT was discussed.
Sunday 22nd March, 2009 - Over 90 Lake Gardens residents attended Public Meeting at 7pm. The meeting was held at the Alexandra Croquet Club.

February Meeting

lakegardens3355 group held a meeting on Monday, 9th February. There were few activities planned and discussed.

January Meeting

Several lakegardens3355 group members were still very active during the holiday season and participated despite the hot weather conditions. Thank you for giving up your Christmas/Holiday private time.

VCAT Forms - Instructions

Please note that you need to sign and submit 3 (three) VCAT forms - to the Applicant, to the Council and to the VCAT

If you wish to submit forms by yourself please make sure that you act in the following order:

1. provide your name, address and phone number on the VCAT blank form ( copy of the blank form is available for download PDF or DOC)
   
2. provide brief summary of grounds by selecting from the list of proposed grounds (available for download PDF or DOC)
   or by printing, attaching and signing that document.
3. sign the form
   
4. make three additional copies of the signed and completed form (if you do not have a copier, local Newsagency can make you copies)
5. send the first copy to the Applicant
6. send the second copy to the Ballarat City Council
7. provide dates (see served a copy date inserts) on the third copy
8. send the third copy to VCAT
9. keep the original (signed and completed) copy for your own reference

If you wish to submit forms to the Lake Gardens Committee please make sure that you act in the following order:

1. provide your name, address and phone number on the VCAT blank form ( copy of the blank form is available for download PDF or DOC)
2. sign the form
3. make three additional copies of the signed form (if you do not have a copier, local Newsagency can make you copies)
   
4. NOTE* you can optionally provide brief summary of grounds by selecting from the list of proposed grounds (available for download PDF or DOC) or by printing, attaching and signing that document.
5. Submit all three (signed) copies to 29 Faversham Avenue - Lake Gardens Committee
   on Friday 2nd Jan between 6PM and 7PM

NOTE*

It is suggested that you tick “I intend to appear and present a submission” option (see please tick appropriate box) so you or your group committee representative can appear at the hearing.

Please note that you can attach and sign the the list of proposed grounds (available for download PDF or DOC) if you believe that all proposed grounds are applicable to you.

Meeting with Council Representatives

LAKE GARDENS RESIDENTS MEETING WITH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES

SUBJECT: PROPOSED RECYCLING PLANT, WENDOUREE

DATE: 28^TH DECEMBER 2008

TIME: 7.00PM

Notification Letter

Notification letters were sent to Lake Garden's residents who sent their objections to the Council.
The residents will be informed on the date and time of the Council meeting.

1st "Saturday Get Together" held on 22nd November, 2008

Several Lake Gardens residents met at the local Lake Gardens cafe on Saturday 22nd at 10.30 am discussing the latest developments against the proposed recycling plant. Ideas were shared about rezoning of the land around Lake Gardens into gardens/residential precinct. There were also discussions about the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail being extended to Lake Wendouree. This part of the track is right behind the Lake Gardens fence.
"...the surveying work has begun to extend it to Gillies St via Gregory St West. The track will also take in the new Wendouree Train Station, which is currently being built near the corner of Gillies and Howitt streets. Council's open space maintenance manager Cameron Duthie
said the link to Lake Wendouree would be almost 2km long." (Source: Ballarat Courier - last visited on Saturday 22 Nov, 2008)

This is one more reason for rezoning the industrial land between the Gregory St West and the railway tracks.
Proximity of Lake Gardens residencies, new train station, new golf course and proposed retirement village.