Minutes of the Harcourt Progress Group
Date: Wednesday 20th
March, 2013
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Harcourt Valley Primary School
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Present: Annette Smith
(minutes) Craig Watkins (chair) Andy and Melva Graham, Kelly Aitken, JP
Frappier, Judy Kent, Faye Hards, Judy and Ian Foster
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Apologies: David Heath,
Tim Barber
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Welcome: Steven Hilley -
MASC, Tony Gibbs -NBN co
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Business
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Action/ Who
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When
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Minutes
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Business
Arising
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Deb Simpson – first race is in Castlemaine, calendar
is still not out, hoping to have this finalised next week.
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Community Conversations in Campbells Creek – Craig
will try to go
Newstead Community Planning Update from Craig
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General
Business
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Steven Hilley –– Transport
Connections Community Planning –
Project ending in June - universal access map of transport in Harcourt – maps
showing facilities that people can use, especially for people with
disabilities. Also useful for
tourists. Available to download on
line. What area should be covered in such a map of Harcourt? Issue is that Harcourt is very disjointed
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Steven will bring back a draft of the map for the
group to consider.
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Tony Gibbs –corporate affairs
– community relations - NBN overview presentation – whistle stop and life
hacker are sites which can be used to get cheap NBN connections – subject to
planning approvals the system will be live by the end of the year. Further
discussion with the group about options for fibre cable instead and the
impact it may have on people wishing to live in Harcourt.
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Annette reminded everyone
that the purpose of the group is to
progress Harcourt as a whole and not for individual people’s particular
causes.
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Challenge is to create a
centre of Harcourt. How to go about
this? Discussion of a community hub
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Applefest discussion –
connection to Taradale Festival – need to discuss with them
Need
additional signage in people’s paddocks, beautification of entrance of
freeway at Harcourt
Need
for Marketing of Harcourt
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Train – a brief discussion of
the possibility of getting the station opened again
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RV dump – discussion for next
meeting.
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Meeting finished at 9.30pm
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Next meeting
: Wednesday 17th April,
2013 – 7-9pm at HVPS
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