Upper Kiewa Valley Community Association

Here is your opportunity to see your local Council in action and meet some of the new Councillors.

The August monthly meeting of the Alpine Shire Council is coming to Mt. Beauty.

WHERE:  AUDITORIUM@informationcentre (next to the Tourist             Information Centre)

WHEN:    Tuesday, 1st August, 7pm.  ALL WELCOME

Questions on Notice about local government issues can be submitted prior to the meeting (send to info@alpineshire.vic.gov.au) and they will be addressed at the meeting.  There is a limit of 2 x Questions on Notice per person.

Questions about local government issues from the floor can also be  put to the meeting.  Again, there is a limit of 2 per person.

UKVCA hope to see interested residents at the meeting.  ASC only meet once a year in Mt. Beauty.  The Council meeting agenda can be found on the Alpine Shire site several days before the meeting.

Sunday, 23rd April was a perfect day for our first community working bee to begin clearing under the large trees in the West Kiewa Open Space.  This has been a long-standing item on the UKVCA Project List.  About 28 keen and committed community members did the hard work and Kiewa Valley Lions Club provided a welcomed BBQ afterwords.

Di clearing undergrowth	Bob working on a dead tree
Jim and Meg	Doug clearing undergrowth
This pile was cleared from under the tree that John is working on.	Ben Truen and his equipment.

UKVCA and the Lions Club sincerely thank all who helped on the day.  Look out for the notice of the next working bee (probably in Spring) as there is still more to be done.

Each year, UKVCA invite the local Federal Member for Indi to address a Question and Answer forum.  Cathy McGowan, our local Federal member of Parliament  will talk of her experiences in Federal Parliament and answer your questions relating to Federal Government issues.  This invitation is to all Kiewa Valley community members.

UKVCA Chairperson, Jodee Betheras and Cathy McGowan, Federal member for Indi

MP, Cathy McGowan with Jodee Betheras and Mt. Beauty Secondary College Students

The 2017 Q&A  is on Thursday, April 20 at 7.30pm at the Auditorium@informationcentre, Mt. Beauty.  (The building next to the Info Centre)

We need your help for cleaning up the large open space opposite AGL on Sunday, April 23 from 10am to 1pm followed by a BBQ lunch provided by the Lions Club.

Volunteer helpers need to dress appropriately, with protective footwear, and bring gloves and any gardening tools which would be suitable – loppers, secateurs, heavy duty rake, small chain saw, whipper snipper, trailer (if you have one), etc., and a water bottle.  On arrival, each volunteer will need to register at the Lions Club table so that they are covered by their volunteer insurance.  For further info, ring Mary or Keith on 5754 1668

Since late 2015 UKVCA has been working to get the very large open space opposite the AGL offices cleaned up and useable for future community activities.  A community working bee will be held on Sunday, April 23rd, 10am to 1pm to be followed by a BBQ lunch provided by the Lions Club.

The main task at this time is to clean up the open space along the roadside and under the powerlines so that the mowing contractor has a clear run through and under the trees, and also hopefully to remove some of the additional obstructions such as the piles of cut tree residue.

UKVCA hope you are able to support this community project.  Please put the date on your April calendar.  More details will be sent out closer to the date.

The Upper Kiewa Valley Community Association Project List is a living document.

Are there Community members who would like us to address a community based issue or project?    If so, please let us know and contact us on…………………………..

EMAIL:  info@ukvcommunity.org.au

WEBSITE:  www.ukvcommunity.org.au

A beautiful day at the Mt. Beauty Playground.	Check out the new interpretive sign explaining why the  slide is called ‘Eddy’.
	The official unveiling of the sign happened on Friday, 17th February.
UKVCA was instrumental in planning & organising the sign with financial support from our Mt. Beauty Community Bank.	Jacqui Russell, Bendigo Bank, Mary Pike, Secretary of UKVCA, Barbara Pyle and Dorothy Morrison, representing the Community Bank were there.

UKVCA would also like to acknowledge the outdoor staff of Alpine Shire who installed the installation.

The first meeting for 2017 was held this week.  To catch up on the current projects and see a list of the planned public meetings for this year click on the blue link below…..

February 2017 Newsletter

In April, 2016, Upper Kiewa Valley Community Association decided that the ‘unnamed’ Park in the Mt. Beauty CBD needed an official name.

Facebook notices were placed on the local FB site, the UKVCA website  and in the local media.  48 individual names were suggested.  This list was the culled to the 6 most popular names.  Then this list was submitted to the Alpine Shire Council for consideration.   The outcome of the ASC checking resulted in 2 names for a Community decision.  UKVCA then ran a poll at the monthly market in July, 2016 as to the preferred name.  Hydro Park was the most popular choice.  This then went back to the ASC for gazetting and final approval.

The Hydro Park sign was installed in December, 2016

Australia Day, 2017 saw many visitors admiring the new sign.

UKVCA would like to thank all residents and visitors who participated in this consultation.  UKVCA also appreciate the work of  staff at the Alpine Shire Council in getting this approval and installing the sign.