Glen Iris Community Update - October 2020

Glen Iris Project Team Community Update

It has been a busy few weeks for the Glen Iris Estate project team - here's a quick update of what's been happening.

First Reference Group workshop held

Thank you to those Glen Iris community members who nominated for our Precinct Reference Groups. We held our first meeting on Wednesday, 23rd September 2020. A summary of the meeting will be uploaded to HaveYourSayGlenIrisEstate.com.au by 9th October 2020.

We originally intended to have three Precinct Reference Groups, each with around 20 members - one for the southern area of the project, one for the central area, and one for the northern area – but only received 26 nominations.

Due to the low level of interest, we currently have just one Reference Group, rather than the three proposed.

However - it's not too late to nominate!

Feedback from participants at the first workshop was that it was helpful and informative. Some expressed disappointment that we had not received a higher degree of interest and asked if we would consider setting up a second group if we had sufficient numbers.

This is still an option. If you would like to nominate, please read the Terms of Reference and complete the Nomination Form and email it to Louise Richardson at louise@glenirisestate.com.au by 12th October 2020.

Site maintenance

Residents may have noticed tree loppers on-site in the past weeks. The tree loppers are making safe trees that are either at risk of dropping large branches onto adjacent properties or are diseased and need to be removed.

Much of this work has been done at the request of residents concerned about large trees overhanging their boundary fences.

Our seasonal fire management plan has been submitted to the City of Cockburn. It will include the mowing of all grass and weeds to an average height of 50mm.

This will be maintained annually from the start of November to mid-April. Outside of the designated bushfire season, we will continue to manage grass and weeds within 20m of adjoining residents' property boundaries.

Our contractors will commence this year's seasonal fire management works in the coming weeks and will have this completed before the end of October 2020.

A new fence will be installed along the front of the former lake on Dean Road to tidy up and make safe that area. The footpath will remain open and accessible after this new fence is installed. New fencing will also be installed along the boundary on Prinsep Road to replace the old, damaged sections in that area.

On-site activity

The project team held its first project meeting with all the appointed consultants on-site in late September.

These specialist consultants - including hydrologists, environmental scientists, landscape architects, surveyors, and engineers - will be on-site at different times over the coming months undertaking investigations for future reports.

That's a quick update for now - if you have any questions or feedback for the project team, please contact our Community Relations Manager Louise Richardson at louise@glenirisestate.com.au or on 6115 6365.