Name & Question Response Diana Hertzler, 345 Kalang Place, Mundaring 1. On behalf of the Road Action The Presiding Person advised that Group will Madam President kindly she is not in a position to do that as extend a cordial invitation to the new she will not be President at that time Council following the elections at and cannot issue invitations to new Lacey Road on Saturday 31 October councillors. 2015 at 11am. The residents of The CEO advised that the easiest Lacey Road and other roads way to request an attendance of identified by the Emergency Access Councillors is to put the request to Improvement Program will be his office and it will be forwarded to attending and presenting their Councillors. concerns. 2. As Lacey Road has been identified Director Infrastructure Services by the Emergency Access advised that he had recently had a Improvement Program, will you similar request to sign post posts please accept my request for Lacey that are existing at each end of the Road to be properly signed with public action way between Kalang "Emergency Only Access" signs? and Lacey Road. In speaking with They have been missing since the the Deputy Bushfire Control Officer, gate was unlocked and like Strettle he was alerted to the fact that he had Road we would like the Shire to be undertaken an audit of signs and consistent in its signage. other infrastructure on 18 August and they were in place at that time. Somewhere between then and recently those signs have gone missing. As a result the Shire has issued an order to have the signs replaced and will be trying to make them less accessible to vandalism in future. I'm wondering about the sign at the Director Infrastructure Services gate? advised that all three signs will be replaced. Peter Brazier 40 Stevens Street, Mundaring – 1. What is the shire’s reasoning for not Director Infrastructure Services keeping in place an emergency advised that the Shire is trying to unlocked access gate on Lacey improve the roads that have been Road? identified through the access audit for roads with potential entrapments to upgrade them and in doing so the Shire is trying to meet the standards identified in the Planning for Bushfire design guidelines.
Name & Question Response Diana Hertzler, 345 Kalang Place, Mundaring 1. On behalf of the Road Action Group will Madam President kindly extend a cordial invitation to the new Council following the elections at Lacey Road on Saturday 31 October 2015 at 11am. The residents of Lacey Road and other roads identified by the Emergency Access Improvement Program will be attending and presenting their concerns. The Presiding Person advised that she is not in a position to do that as she will not be President at that time and cannot issue invitations to new councillors. The CEO advised that the easiest way to request an attendance of Councillors is to put the request to his office and it will be forwarded to Councillors. 2. As Lacey Road has been identified by the Emergency Access Improvement Program, will you please accept my request for Lacey Road to be properly signed with "Emergency Only Access" signs? They have been missing since the gate was unlocked and like Strettle Road we would like the Shire to be consistent in its signage. I'm wondering about the sign at the gate? Director Infrastructure Services advised that he had recently had a similar request to sign post posts that are existing at each end of the public action way between Kalang and Lacey Road. In speaking with the Deputy Bushfire Control Officer, he was alerted to the fact that he had undertaken an audit of signs and other infrastructure on 18 August and they were in place at that time. Somewhere between then and recently those signs have gone missing. As a result the Shire has issued an order to have the signs replaced and will be trying to make them less accessible to vandalism in future. Director Infrastructure Services advised that all three signs will be replaced. Peter Brazier – 40 Stevens Street, Mundaring 1. What is the shire’s reasoning for not keeping in place an emergency unlocked access gate on Lacey Road? Director Infrastructure Services advised that the Shire is trying to improve the roads that have been identified through the access audit for roads with potential entrapments to upgrade them and in doing so the Shire is trying to meet the standards identified in the Planning for Bushfire design guidelines.
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