BeCA Newsletter April 2016

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for the Bellvista & Bells Reach Community Association

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Issue 3

Stockland Calls Road SafetyWorkshop

Following the recent serious tracincident where a young boy from BellsReach was seriously injured, Stocklandmet with local representatives atBellvista Meeting Place to discuss arange of proposals designed to addressroad safety concerns held by many BellsReach and Bellvista residents.

Local representatives present includedthose from Stockland, Sunshine CoastCouncil, BeCA, the State Government’sEconomic Development Queensland De-partment and other trac safety repre-sentatives. Cr. Rick Baberowski, theStockland Development Manager forBells Reach, engineers and other perti-nent council representatives were all inattendance.

The 3-hour long meeting included a sitevisit to Active and Blue parks and exten-

sive discussions regarding communityconcerns and possible solutions. Discus-sions focused on numerous issues includ-ing excessive speed, trac calming,youth education programs along with

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other considerations such as disabilityaccess, and the behaviour patterns ofboth drivers and pedestrians.

Further research is obviously requiredto balance all these elements, and allgroups involved in the Road Safety Work-shop will continue to work together toimplement the appropriate measures toimprove road safety in this community.

BeCA and our community has been

assured we will be kept informed by bothStockland and Sunshine Coast Council onfurther developments.

New School Well Underway

Stockland have released informationthat earthworks for the new school to bebuilt in Caloundra South have now beencompleted. The school can expect new

enrolments to begin in 2018.

Among many amazing features, the newschool will include a robotics lab, a record-ing studio, and a kitchen garden program.Stockland has also released a video on Edu-cation in Aura, which you can nd on ourBeCA Community Website at :

www.bellvista.com.au/new-school-underway/

Work at the Caloundra South site is well

underway with the new road joiningBellvista Blvd with Bells Creek Arterial andCaloundra Rd due for possible completionaround October. The aerial photograph ofthe new road under construction can beviewed on our BeCA website.

The current Bells Reach Land Sales Ocebuildings will then be moved to be basedonsite in Caloundra South.

Final landscaping work is being undertak-en for the sale of the last lots at BellsReach! Beware of trucks carrying loads of

topsoil as nal landscaping is completed.

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Thank you to Mark McArdle MP Member for Caloundra for printing BeCA’s newsletters.

come overgrown. Recently a Bells Reachresident discovered that a reptile familyhad set up home in the local biopod andhas since had the reptile family re-moved. This is of concern especiallywhere young children may be involved.

A Council sub contractor is employed tomaintain the biopods in Bellvista. Cur-rently Stockland maintain the biopods inBells Reach.

BeCA is urgently seeking its meetingwith the local Parks and Gardens Supervi-sor. Previously BeCA had regular meet-ings with the then Council Parks and Gar-dens supervisor. However the replace-ment supervisor has been much moredicult to tie down. BeCA will continueto press for a meeting and improve com-munication channels.

Remember to set up your SunshineCoast Council ‘My Council’ account on theinternet(https:mycouncil.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/mycouncil) Complete registration, and you will have

excellent access to “Service Requests”where you can quickly request potholesto be xed, broken tree limbs to be re-moved, trees overhanging roadways etcplus concerns you have with local parkingor other local ByLaws issues.

There was lengthy discussion with Cr

Baberowski regarding discussions BeCA

recently had with local MP Mark McArdle

and the State Government Minister for

Main Roads, Mark Bailey. BeCA is after a

new link road to be constructed betweenBellvista Blvd and Pelican Waters

Blvd. Now it seems BeCA’s major focus

will be to get a commitment on a feasibil-

ity study for the new road. The feasibility

study would address costings, more de-

tailed planning, access to sensitive envi-

ronmental areas and the creation of a

road reserve.

BeCA is hoping to meet again with rep-

resentatives of the Golden Beach Pro-

gress Association and Sunshine Coast

Rate Payers for a further commitment to

April ManagementCommittee Meeting

The BeCA Management CommitteeMeeting held early in April was very mucha ‘housekeeping’ meeting. BeCA wel-comed the recently returned Cr Babe-

rowski to the meeting. Of major concernwere reports from several residents re-garding speeding cars around the estates,following an earlier issue raised at the re-cent Public Meeting regarding speedingcars on O’Reilly Drive.

BeCA contacted local police. Severaldays later a police car was able to nab acouple of speedsters and they were nedaccordingly. BeCA has now requested thatpolice presence be increased not onlyalong O’Reilly Drive but also on Indigo Rd/

Bells Reach Drive in Bells Reach and nearthe Tavern around 10pm.

BeCA had earlier passed on its concernsto local police regarding behaviour aroundand in the underground carpark atBellvista Market Place. Following BeCA’srequests we can now report the behaviourin question has stopped.

As Stockland begins to increase its activ-ity in Aura and winds down its presence inBells Reach, the Community Garden is af-ter an increased interest from local resi-

dents.

An independent managementgroup will be required to take over therunning of the garden. If you are willing tobecome involved, contact Hannah Wil-liams via the Bells Reach Sales Oce.

The Bells Reach Facebook page is anoth-er project which Stockland is looking foranother group to take on board.

Biopods do a great job in helping tocleanse storm water before it enters localwaterways and eventually the Pum-icestone Passage. If you have a biopodjust outside your home take a few minutesto ensure it is tidy and that it hasn’t be-

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Continued:

pressing for a feasibility study.

BeCA also welcomed 6 new members

to the Association.

BeCA meets with Minister for

Main Roads

The State Government Minister For

Main Roads, Mark Bailey visited the Sun-

shine Coast on Thursday March 31st, to

make announcements on future intersec-

tion upgrades around the new Sunshine

Coast University Hospital.

He was also present at the announce-

ment of the opening of the Cooroy Bruce

Highway Bypass that morning.

During his visit he found time for a 30

minute chat with representatives from

BeCA to discuss Caloundra Road and oth-er trac issues around our area.

It appears the rst priority for the

Government and Council is to explore al-

ternative routes into Caloundra away

from the Nicklin Way/Caloundra Rd round-

about and Bowman Road and thus lighten

trac along Caloundra Road.

The Department of Main Roads was

working closely with the Sunshine Coast

Council to plan, upgrade and build a varie-

ty of strategies and road improvements totry to lighten the trac using the major

roundabout.

The map (right) shows several of the

ideas currently on the planning board and

in full discussion between the Department

of Main Roads and the Sunshine Coast

Council.

At this stage the new east west corridor

link (from Pelican Waters Blvd across to

Bellvista Blvd and the Bells Creek Arterial)

was seen as proposal for consideration inover 12 years time, rather than sometime

in the immediate future.

BeCA was keen to see planning and

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building of this link road, get underway as

a matter of urgency. BeCA believes this

should be seen as a longer term solution to

solve trac issues along Caloundra Rd.

BeCA argued that two new schools to

come online just south of Arbour in the

new Caloundra South by the beginning of

2018 and a rapidly growing community in

Caloundra South will continue to create a

major concern for trac on Bellvista Blvd.

This argument was countered by saying

the new second entry/exit road along the

soon to be completed Bells Creek Arterial

would take much of this trac.

However BeCA remains unconvinced that

the new Bells Creek Arterial Stage 1 will be

the solution to many of our trac woes,

and that many parents and residents will

continue to use Bellvista Blvd to drive

children to and from school and visit

Caloundra or Brisbane.

BeCA Management Committee

Member and owner of the Positive Prop-

erty People Real Estate Agency, Lani

Cooper, suggested as many as 40% of our

local residents commute daily to Brisbane

to work.

There was a great exchange of ideas

between residents, planners and the Min-

ister on a range of issues. Minister Bailey

thanked the residents for the frank ex-

change of ideas and went away from the

meeting with a deeper understanding of

the issues involved.

It isn’t often that a small Community

Group can have such a wonderful oppor-

tunity to openly discuss issues with the

person holding the purse strings!


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Shop 6 Bellvista Market Place

Caloundra West 4551

(07) 5438 2292

0487 922 034

[email protected] (07)5499 6666

Shop 2,Bellvista Market Place,Rawson St, Caloundra West


BeCA meets Roads Minister Continued from page 3,

The meeting was arranged by JasonHunt who has been most supportive ofBeCA and its desire to nd a solution tomany of the trac issues of our area.

Rise For Blake

On Friday April 15th a candlelight eventwas held in Active Park, Bells Reach to

support young Blake who was critically

injured near the park on his scooter.

There was a giant soccer game, sausage

sizzle, raes and a candlelight vigil, with

amazing turnout and support by commu-

nity members and businesses. $2377.75

was raised on the night with further do-

nations to follow. If you would like to

support the Byrne family, these are the

account details. BSB: 923 100. Acct No:32014052. Account name: T Settle.

Does your dog need a clean? Hello I would like to introduce myself.

My name is Jodie and I am the owner/

operator of a new local business called

KLEEN K9 MOBILE DOG WASH.

I have resided in Bellvista for 5 years and

watched it grow into a wonderful family/

pet friendly community. At KLEEN K9I oer a range of services from a warm

wash to full clipping, also pet sitting and

walking. So if your pooch is in need of a

good clean or a full pamper session call

your LOCAL dog wash KLEEN K9 MOBILE

DOG WASH today on 0431322888.

Councillor Rick BabrowskiReturned for another 3 years.

Cr Rick Baberowski has been returned toact as our Division 1 Councillor followingthe recent Council elections.

Cr Baberowski got a substantial vote ofcondence at the polls, which allowed thevote counters to concentrate on our otherCouncil Divisions where the voting wasmuch closer. Ricks win was signicant forour community, as he’s always very ap-proachable and conscious of our issues.

BeCA welcomes the opportunity to keep

working with Rick for the betterment of allBellvista and Bells Reach residents.

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