COMMENT: The irony of this situation should not be lost on anyone. How ‘unreasonable’ that the land owner should want to know what the tenant has in store for their land! Pity that when council hands out carte blanche to the MRC and the Alma Club it doesn’t insist on the same processes. Instead vague, nebulous, and airy-fairy ideas that are likely to change ten times over, get the go ahead!
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And from The Stonnington Leader –
COMMENT: Readers will remember the fiasco of the ‘debate’ on car sharing in Glen Eira. The same old arguments were trotted out – ‘let’s think about it in the distant future’. Hardly any concrete evidence was provided in the officer’s report and when it did come back to council the resolution was to look at the issue again in a year’s time. Stonnington takes it even one step further – draft papers, and full consultation with their community. Well done Stonnington!
Glen Eira Debates 
July 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Well done Mary keep the bastards honest.
July 16, 2013 at 12:06 PM
I’m a bit confused as to who are the bastards. Council or the landlord? When Hyams talks about community consultation then either you yawn or take a huge gulp of laughing gas. $250,000 is quite a joke in the end when one considers that a consultant/designer/urban planner could cost up to half of this amount given the cost of plans in the past. We’re not talking the botanical gardens here. Nor would it hurt if residents were kept up to date with proceedings. Seven months down the track all has been quiet on the western front and nothing accomplished. How typical!
July 16, 2013 at 4:01 PM
Maybe with all the development going on our Council strategists could instruct developers to negotiate a Car share space with a car share company. The scheme works well in Yarra and could work just as well here.
July 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM
Elsternwick Plaza is one of many developments apart from pavilions and car parks that get shoved into the background and aren’t touched for years on end. What’s happened to the Bentleigh Rotunda redevelopment? What’s happened to Booran Reservoir that won’t get a cent til next century? What’s happened to councillor questions policy that was supposed to be reviewed 4 years ago and all forgotten about now?