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5973 6424 or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au It doesn’t get any better than this: ‘Lollipop’ man Don Byrne had good reason to enjoy his birthday. Picture: Yanni
Cards, best wishes to ‘best lollypop man in town’ ST THOMAS More Primary School crossing supervisor Don Byrne celebrated his 80th birthday last week – with best wishes from the pupils he helps protect each day. The Mt Eliza primary school pupils presented Mr Byrne with hand-drawn cards of appreciation and a lollipop for being “the best lollipop man in town” on Wednesday 2 August. Principal Pat McConvill said Mr Byrne had “built strong personal relationships with the children and their families through their brief conversations each day” at his crossing on Canadian Bay Rd. “He always greets them with a warm smile and a bright hello as they start their day and a cheery goodbye as they leave.” Ms McConvill said Mr Byrne was “totally surprised and very moved” by what had been arranged. “Someone said, ‘Have a good day, Don’ and his reply was, ‘I’m already having one; it doesn’t get any better than this’.”
Three-storeys ‘not needed’ - mayor POPULATION projections and demand for housing on the Mornington Peninsula over the next 15 years show there is no need to increase height limits, according to the mayor Cr Bev Colomb. “Restricting height limits encourages developers to consider smaller dwelling types that would increase housing diversity without having a negative impact on the character of our residential areas,” she said. Cr Colomb’s comments are the latest criticism by the shire of the state government’s decision to allow three storey dwellings of 11 metres in at least
10 towns – Capel Sound (formerly Rosebud West), Rosebud, Dromana, Mt Martha, Mornington, Baxter, Somerville, Tyabb, Hastings and Bittern. Developments within the General Residential Zone (GRZ) can occur with no notifications or rights of appeal. The shire’s Planning Services Committee on Monday 31 July gave the go ahead for the draft Mornington Peninsula Housing and Settlement Strategy 2017 to be placed on public exhibition for four weeks.
The strategy aims to outline directions for future housing and population growth on the peninsula over the next 15 years. Its release follows public meetings held by the shire at Rosebud, Mornington and Tyabb to explain the government’s changes which it has already stated “presents a significant risk of inappropriate development on the peninsula”. The shire is also encouraging residents to write to state planning minister Richard Wynn and planning bureaucrats to protest.
Cr Colomb said the housing and settlement strategy “intends to recognise the values and character of the peninsula and to ensure these aspects are properly protected for our community members”. “Recently, we expressed concern over changes in state planning that could allow three storey buildings up to 11 metres to be constructed in residential areas across the peninsula. “As such, the proposed Mornington Peninsula Housing and Settlement Strategy 2017 is intended to address the projected demand for housing and
the estimated capacity we have on the peninsula. “The strategy makes it clear that increases in height limits are unnecessary, and may in fact be counterproductive.” Cr Colomb said the shire had “substantial support” from residents “to maintain our peninsula from overdevelopment”. The draft Mornington Peninsula Housing and Settlement Strategy 2017 will go on exhibition and will be open for public comment in the coming wee ks. Keith Platt
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