Meet The COUNCIL Candidates Forum

October 3 2018
What a great turn out for the “Meet the Candidates” event on Wednesday 3rd October. A huge thank you to all those that came along (80 + people), including Mayoral candidates for Holdfast Bay and Marion, Ward Councillor candidates from Seacliff Ward (Holdfast Bay) and Coastal Ward (Marion) and loads of 5049 community members.

A particular vote of thanks to committee members Ric Bierbaum for his leadership on setting up and running this Forum ; as well as managing the complex protocols to maintain an equitable process; and Emma Sandery for her sterling support.

The "speed dating" sessions provided lots of opportunity to chat with our local candidates and raise local issues.  Along with general inquiries about candidate’s policies, the following topics were brought up by the community on the night.

• High density living impacts regarding changes to planning rules
• Cement Hill development and the appearance of Schofield Road
• Future plans for Marino Community Hall
• Future plans for McConnell Reserve Marino
• Permanent Café for Kingston Park Reserve
• Car parking at Kingston Park foreshore
• Masterplan for Kingston Park Reserve Tjilbruke Spring
• Marino Conservation park dump remediation
• Rates and rate caps
• Beach Bars and use of common land for commercial purposes
• Support for environmental regeneration of coastal reserves with volunteers
• Dealing with small thing well e.g. rubbish and maintenance
• Traffic management Brighton and Marion Road
• Residents dis-empowerment from development approval process
• Street trees for Seacliff narrow streets
• Train service reduction
• Cat curfew
• Storm-water management and capture
• Kingston House upgrade

Thanks also to the volunteers who helped out on the night to keep things running smoothly and for capturing the key issues of concerns to our community.

The candidate profiles submitted in a standard format and addressing some specific questions relating to the 5049 Coastal Community are available for your perusal (See links below).  If you missed the night or didn’t get to hear from some of your local candidates, these profiles are a great way to learn more about your local candidates prior to voting.

MARION
Mayoral
Kris Hanna
Janet Byram
Robert De Jonge
Nick Westwood
Coastal Ward Councillor
Ian Crossland
Tim Gard
Fleur Lerwill
Moheb Assal

HOLDFAST BAY
Mayoral
Amanda Wilson
Kym Steer
Nathan Davison
Seacliff Ward Councillor
Annette Bradshaw
Lynda Yates
Susan Lonie
Clare Lindop
Toh Sang Ng

Once again we thank you for your ongoing support of these important engagements.

We encourage you all to participate in the upcoming Local Government elections. Look out for your postal vote coming in the mail soon.

Holdfast Bay City Council are hosting a meet the Seacliff and Mayoral candidates session on Wednesday 17 October at the Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club if you missed ours.  Make sure you ask a question that is important to you.