BANJUP RESIDENTS GROUP Annual General Meeting 8 March 2015 Banjup Residents Group 1 8 March 2015
Guests today include: • Mayor Logan Howlett • Deputy Mayor Carol Reeve-Fowkes • Cllr Yaz Mubarakai • Shane Harris, Jandakot Fire Captain • Snr Con Grant Pilgrim, Murdoch Police Banjup Residents Group 2 8 March 2015
Apologies • Members • Non-Members – Colin Bramwell – Joe Francis MLA – Coco Franklin – Cllr Steve Portelli – Elizabeth Walton – Cllr Carol Reeve Fowkes Banjup Residents Group 3 8 March 2015
Agenda 1 Formalities 15:00 2 Elections 15:08 3 Banjup Fire Anniversary 15:23 4 Local Government Reform 15:40 5 Banjup Fire Aftermath 15:48 6 Fire Regime 16:14 7 Planting Day 16:23 8 Heavy Trucks 16:38 9 Any Other Business 16:53 10 Next General Meeting 16:58 Banjup Residents Group 4 8 March 2015
What difference did no signs make? • Last ones stolen • Enough flyers? • Enough emails? • Are Sunday afternoons OK? • Any better times? – Midweek? Banjup Residents Group 5 8 March 2015
Confirmation of Minutes of 14 September General Meeting • Minutes posted on BRG web site – No comments received • Motion: – The BRG accepts the Minutes of the General Meeting held on 14 September 2014 as a true and accurate record • Vote Banjup Residents Group 6 8 March 2015
Financial Position Neil Raine - Acting Treasurer Banjup Residents Group 7 8 March 2015
Financial Position – 6 March 2015 Banjup Residents Group 8 8 March 2015
Acceptance of Financial Position • Motion: – The BRG accepts the Financial Position as reported • Vote Banjup Residents Group 9 8 March 2015
3:08 Elections Jemma Van Dongen Banjup Residents Group 10 8 March 2015
We must hold elections for officers for 2015 • All office bearer and committee positions are now declared vacant • No office bearer can hold the same position for more than one year • We must elect: – President – Vice President – Treasurer – Secretary – Up to 5 Committee members Banjup Residents Group 11 8 March 2015
Who will nominate for President? • Colin Bramwell • Abi Smith Banjup Residents Group 12 8 March 2015
Who will nominate for Vice President? • Ian Thurston • Abi Smith Banjup Residents Group 13 8 March 2015
Who will nominate for Secretary? • Abi Smith Banjup Residents Group 14 8 March 2015
Who will nominate for Treasurer? • Neil Raine Banjup Residents Group 15 8 March 2015
Who will be a Committee member? • Up to 5 members • David Beckwith • Helen Pavitt • Heidi Todorovic • Jemma Van Dongen • Erika Antal Banjup Residents Group 16 8 March 2015
Thank you for volunteering • With the new Committee’s agreement, may the old Committee members report on 2014 issues? Banjup Residents Group 17 8 March 2015
3:23 Banjup Fire Anniversary Neil Raine Banjup Residents Group 18 8 March 2015
The Fire burned 500 hectares – 1/3 of Banjup south of Armadale Road Bartram Gibbs Taylor Liddelow Banjup Residents Group 19 8 March 2015
The Fire was Cockburn’s biggest civil emergency Banjup Residents Group 20 8 March 2015
TV news coverage was extensive Video shown at the meeting can be viewed at: http://banjup.webs.com/Banjup%20Fires/BRG%202 0140203%201200%20Banjup%20Fire%20news%2 0footage.mp4 Banjup Residents Group 21 8 March 2015
The woodland was burned black … Banjup Residents Group 22 8 March 2015
… but no houses in Banjup were lost Banjup Residents Group 23 8 March 2015
The fire fighters saved our community • Smoke too thick for helicopters to see houses • 60 houses threatened – All saved by men on the ground with hoses • Magnificent effort by all fire fighters • Not least by Jandakot Brigade Banjup Residents Group 24 8 March 2015
One year on, we formally mark our appreciation Come forward • Shane Harris – Captain of the Jandakot Brigade • Jemma Van Dongen – President of the Banjup Residents Group, 2014 Banjup Residents Group 25 8 March 2015
Banjup residents commemorate the Jandakot Brigade’s efforts last February Banjup residents extend their heartfelt appreciation to the members of the Jandakot Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade for their magnificent efforts to save all Banjup houses during the devastating bush fire of 3 February 2014 Jemma Van Dongen Shane Harris President, Banjup Residents Group Captain, Jandakot Brigade Banjup Residents Group 26 8 March 2015
Come to ANZAC Day commemoration on 25 April at Banjup Memorial Park • Jandakot VBFB hosting ceremony • Starts at 8:30 am • Sausage sizzle after • Cnr Armadale & Warton Banjup Residents Group 27 8 March 2015
3:40 Murdoch Local Policing Team Snr Cons Grant Pilgrim Banjup Residents Group 28 8 March 2015
What are the local policing issues? • Hoons • Arsonists • Speeding traffic Banjup Residents Group 29 8 March 2015
3:40 Local Government Reform Implications for Banjup Ian Thurston Banjup Residents Group 30 8 March 2015
Kwinana, East Fremantle, South Perth voted against amalgamation • 51% to 55% of electors turned out – So vote was binding • Majority of votes against amalgamation • If “YES” voters had not voted – turnouts would have been less than 50% • State Government made a hash of it – Now “ run up the white flag ” Banjup Residents Group 31 8 March 2015
Most Cockburn voters did not care • 62,000 voters – 36% turnout – Vote not binding • 18,654 against – 83% of votes cast – 30% of registered voters Banjup Residents Group 32 8 March 2015
Cockburn will remain unchanged • Governor’s orders to be rescinded • No boundary changes • No rationalisations • No October election for all councillors – Just normal half Cockburn council election • No debate about differences in fire control regimes – Cockburn – Kwinana Banjup Residents Group 33 8 March 2015
3:48 Banjup Fire Aftermath Ian Thurston Banjup Residents Group 34 8 March 2015
Some woodland has recovered well No animals 500 ha No habitat Returning animals Recovering habitat Banjup Residents Group 35 8 March 2015
Other woodland has a long way to go De Young Reserve Banjup Residents Group 36 8 March 2015
Uncontrolled veldt grass soon builds up fuel load Banjup Residents Group 37 8 March 2015
Fires more intense than 3,000 kW/metre cannot be controlled (DPaW) Fire Intensity = Rate of Spread x Fuel Load 2 Wattleup fire spread at 500 metres / hour (30 kph wind) 3000 kW/m = 500 m/h x Fuel Load 2 Uncontrollable Fuel Load = 12 tonnes/hectare Banjup fire spread at 1000 metres/hour (40 kph wind) Banjup Residents Group 38 8 March 2015
Fuel load is very high in Banjup reserves Tonnes / Reserve hectare Rose Shanks 15.9 Emma Treeby 29.5 Bosworth 18.2 Mather 28 Kraemer 21 Dennis de Young 29.3 Triandra 25.6 Source: City of Cockburn BRMP Banjup Residents Group 39 8 March 2015
24 tonnes per hectare burned in Beeliar on Thursday, 5 March Banjup Residents Group 40 8 March 2015
High fuel loads attract “ urban terrorists ” • Nutters have set fires around us this year • Byford • Spectacles • Wellard • Wattelup • Casurina • Beeliar • Banjup 2014 fire was arson – My neighbour died from exertion day after fire • More will die Banjup Residents Group 41 8 March 2015
What fuel reduction did Cockburn do in 2014? Banjup Residents Group 42 8 March 2015
Keelty’s Review made 6 recommendations to local government in 2011 – Cockburn’s progress? • Measure and map fuel loads • Assess fuel loads on private properties • Encourage fuel load management by residents • Administer prescribed burning programs • Use prescribed burns as exercises for Volunteer Brigades • Conduct prescribed burning with DFES Banjup Residents Group 43 8 March 2015
Cockburn has drafted a “Bush Fire Risk Management Plan” • 10 page “Residents Guide” • 178 page detailed Plan • BRG made submission to Cockburn – Extreme risks submerged in detail – No plan of action – No measurable outcomes – Misrepresentation and complacency – Neither Guide nor Plan meaningful to ratepayers • Plan to be considered by Council soon Banjup Residents Group 44 8 March 2015
Risks to Banjup homes buried deep in Cockburn’s Plan Banjup Residents Group 45 8 March 2015
300 householders in south Banjup are at EXTREME risk of fire Page 56, line 14 of 100 shows “Rural Living 2” Almost certain Likelihood Threat Very high Potential bush fire intensity Susceptibility to the Moderate* Vulnerability impacts of bushfire Catastrophic Consequence Extreme 1A Risk Rating * Really? Banjup Residents Group 46 8 March 2015
40 assets* in Cockburn are at EXTREME risk of fire • No plans to reduce risks • No visibility of risks to average ratepayer • No motivation to make us safer • No budget allocated – $500,000 shortfall • Natural Area Management Strategy 2012 • BRG requested $500,000 fire budget for 2015/16 – What is Cockburn proposing, councillors? * Reserves, depots, fire stations, etc. Banjup Residents Group 47 8 March 2015
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