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President:
Mr Bernie O'Farrell
4 Higgins Avenue, Sunbury 3429
Telephone (03) 9744 1235
Contact
the association via email:
sunbury_residents_association@yahoo.com.au
Links
on this page:
Aim | Organisation | Activities
| Community
Endorsed Candidates | Meetings
| Links
Petition:
petition2_mitchells_lane_roundabout.pdf
(18kb)
Download an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) copy of the petition supporting
the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Mitchells
Lane and Horne Street, Sunbury.
Please
return completed petition forms asap to Councillor Jack
Medcraft, Hume City Council, Macedon Street, Sunbury 3429.
Aim:
To
protect and enhance the interests of Sunbury and its region.
Organisation:
- The
Association is a non-political, non-sectarian, community-based
organisation
- The
Sunbury Residents' Association is incorporated under the Incorporated
Associations Act
- The
Association has an elected committee of management, which meets
monthly, and a broad base of local membership
- The
elected committee of management is comprised of 16 members,
who meet and discuss local Sunbury/Hume issues.
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Activities:
- The
Association lobbies Governments and the private sector for facilities
and services including roads (Duplication of Macedon Street
Bridge) and public transport (including trains), as well as
local facilities, including cinemas for Sunbury and the retention
and upgrade of the Sunbury youth centre.
- Members
of the Association are also active in a range of other local
community, and sporting organisations. Our members actively
participate in a range of local actives which support the community
development of Sunbury, including clean up days and tree planting.
- The
Association is about protecting the rural environment around
Sunbury. This has involved three major and successful submissions
and presentations to independent planning panels (including
protection of Vineyard Road area as a major entrance to Sunbury).
In each case the panel strongly supported and endorsed the Association's
position.
- The
withdrawal of Sunbury from the City of Hume to establish the
new Shire of Sunbury. This issue continues to be a major aim.
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Community:
The
Association is dependent on community support and relies on
membership fees to cover its operation costs - postage, public
meetings, leaflets etc.
The
Association is a highly and widely regarded professional and
active organisation which has, is and will continue to protect
the interest of Sunbury and its region.
The
Association is regularly contacted by other regions seeking
advice on the establishment and operation of successful Local
Residents Association.
Sunbury
Residents' Association is a community group member of the Victorian
Local Governance Association (website).
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Endorsed
Candidates for the 2003 Hume Council Elections (both were successfully
elected):
Evans
Ward - Cr Jack Ogilvie (website)
Jackson Ward - Cr Jack Medcraft
Candidates
elected to council are never instructed by the Association on
how to vote on matters dealt with by the council. They are expected
to maintain their independent status and be available to represent
all residents in Sunbury.
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Meetings:
The
SRA committee meets monthly at the Goonawarra Neighbourhood
House. New members and member of the public are welcome to attend.
For more information, please contact Bernie O'Farrell.
The
SRA can advocate or raise issues about Sunbury on your behalf
to our local council or councillors, or to the State/Federal
governments.
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Links:
Hume
City Council -- www.hume.vic.gov.au
Sunbury
Telegraph
-- www.telegraph.com.au
Sunbury
College -- web.sunburysc.vic.edu.au
3NRG
99.3FM Sunbury Radio -- www.3nrg.org.au
Sunbury
Online Portal -- www.sunburyonline.com
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Authorised
by Bernie O'Farrell, 4 Higgins Avenue, Sunbury 3429 |