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December

It was with much anticipation on Friday 3 December that the Governor of NSW,Professor Marie Bashir , opened Mosman’s new sports centre. Her Excellencywas accompanied by her husband Sir Nicholas Shehadie , both long-term andmuch-loved Mosman residents. To honour the Governor and her links with Mosman,the facility is now known as the .

The rain held off on what was a beautiful evening as invited guests including localcommunity members, volunteers, sports representatives and dignitaries all enjoyedthe views and a tour of the new centre. The $4.2 million centre provided the focusfor several demonstration games including indoor hockey, Futsal, netball andwheelchair basketball.

The centre provides a full-sized, multi-function playing court for a wide range of indoorsports. It caters for full disability access and includes storage facilities, amenities, seatingand a mezzanine viewing area. Enquiries 99324502.

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The Mayor, Councillors and staff wisheveryone in Mosman the very best for thefestive season.

Apart from public holidays, the Council’soffices, art gallery, library and all services willbe open normal hours during the festiveseason, with the exception of a 3pm closureon Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

The Mosman Rider bus service will operatethroughout the holidays, with the exceptionof Christmas Day.

Waste collections will continue as normal.Rangers will also be working throughout theperiod and can be contacted on 99784000.

For further information visit Council’s website.

The Mayor, Councillors and staff wisheveryone in Mosman the very best for thefestive season.

Apart from public holidays, the Council’soffices, art gallery, library and all services willbe open normal hours during the festiveseason, with the exception of a 3pm closureon Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

The Mosman Rider bus service will operatethroughout the holidays, with the exceptionof Christmas Day.

Waste collections will continue as normal.Rangers will also be working throughout theperiod and can be contacted on 99784000.

For further information visit Council’s website.

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The Mayors of Manly, Mosman, Pittwater and Warringah Councils have joined forces to call on the State and Federal Governments to urgently fundthe infrastructure necessary to make a new regional strategy a reality.

“Just about everyone across our region has been frustrated because they’ve been stuck in traffic, late for work due to a slow and overcrowded bus orleft sitting in the waiting rooms of our dilapidated hospitals”, said Mosman Mayor, Anne Connon.

“Our region has been overlooked for too many years – now we’re collectively trying to do something about it”.

“The Mayors have already begun knocking on the doors of the local Members of Parliament, Ministers and Shadow Ministers, the NSW OppositionLeader and Premier, the Prime Minister and Federal Opposition Leader seeking a public commitment to deliver rapid buses, road upgrades and anew hospital for our region”, said Mayor Connon. “We’ve already received some very positive feedback from our local Members and we plan tokeep up our efforts in the lead-up to the next State Government election in March.”

Councils campaign for a better deal

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For full coverage of the opening,including videos and photos go to Council’swebsite and follow the links.

Governor of NSW, Professor Marie Bashir and Mayor ofMosman Anne Connon at the opening of the new facility.

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On 20 October, Council’s Social Planner and Children’s Services Development Officerbrought together local school principals, teachers, and preschool and long day careservice directors to discuss possible cooperative approaches in supporting children’stransition to school. School and service representatives were provided with the latestevidence and best practice findings in a presentation from Deb Taylor, Early ChildhoodConsultant, NSW Department of Education and Training. School principals and otherschool and service representatives who participated were most appreciative of this firstopportunity to come together as a group and were eager to continue a whole-of-community or ‘village’ approach to supporting children and families in Mosman. Inaddition to directly providing community services and programs, Council undertakes afacilitative role in community development, addressing community needs across the lifecycle and supporting community and intergenerational connection.

Supporting local children

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Funding for rapid buses, road upgrades and a newNorthern Beaches Hospital top the list of priorities in

, a regional strategy formallyagreed to in September. Manly, Mosman, Pittwaterand Warringah Councils, who collectively form theSHOROC region, have all endorsed the new strategy.

“Our buses are too slow, infrequent andovercrowded, our roads are choked with traffic andour hospitals are run down, yet our region has beenignored in plan after plan and budget after budget”,said Mayor Connon.

“ is an historic step forward forour four councils, creating an agreed roadmap forhow our region can sustainably address current issuesand the challenges to come – including populationgrowth and climate change”, Mayor Connon said.

“We’re providing the leadership our region sorelyneeds and are calling on the State and Federalgovernments to commit funding in their 2011budgets to deliver our priorities and join us instrategically shaping the way our region will look,feel and grow over the next twenty years”.

Shaping Our Future

Shaping Our Future

Campaigning for a better dealKey priorities included in are:

also outlines how the councils willaccommodate population growth, housing and jobstargets set by the NSW Government for the region.

“The NSW Government’s Metropolitan Strategyrequires our region to accommodate an additional22,800 dwellings and 20,800 jobs by 2031”, saidMayor Connon. “While Mosman’s share is only 600dwellings and 1300 jobs, anything that happens onthe Northern Beaches affects our area. We’veidentified what we consider the most appropriateareas for the main growth to occur, creating jobsclose to home and minimising the need for additionalpublic transport and impact on our naturalenvironment and way of life.”

“Mosman residents may wonder why a Northern

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Buses: Bus Rapid Transit systems for faster publictransport from Mona Vale to the city and from DeeWhy to Chatswood, Ryde and the CBD.

Roads: fixing the choke points on our congested roads.

Hospitals: Immediate construction of the NorthernBeaches Hospital and upgrades to Mona Vale Hospital.

Beaches Hospital is important to ourregion but the answer is easy – therebuild of Royal North ShoreHospital presently taking placeactually depends on it.”

“ relies on astrong partnership between ourcouncils and the State andCommonwealth Governments”, saidMayor Connon.” We want to worktogether to create a sustainable futurefor our region - a future with a cleanenvironment, frequent and reliabletransport, more jobs close to homeand a health system that we canrely on”.

Mayor Connon and her colleagues atSHOROC Councils will not beworking in isolation, and have beentaking their message to State andFederal counterparts.

Shaping Our Future

thecampaign on the SHOROCwebsite –

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Highlights fromthe opening of th

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Cenotaph Redevelopment

Library hits 65 years

Marie BashirSports Centre

Mosman beaches ‘good’Mosman has received a ‘good’ rating for the 2009/10 water quality results forbeaches in the SHOROC region, indicating that our local beaches remain some of thecleanest for swimming during the summer months. (SHOROC State of theEnvironment Report 2009/10). Council encourages everyone to continue workingtogether to keep our beaches clean by using the public place recycling and waste binsprovided. Residents can also do their bit by ensuring the lid to their residential wastebin is always closed. Overfull bins create litter in our streets which often ends up inour waterways, posing a health risk and endangering our marine life.

Concerned with the quality of stormwater that flows from the Municipality into SydneyHarbour, Council has been improving stormwater in a variety of ways:

Many of these works have been undertaken as part of Mosman’s ratepayer-fundedCommunity Environmental Contract – a comprehensive schedule of works to protect,enhance and conserve the environment of Mosman.

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Installation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices (SQIDs) on stormwater outletsthroughout the Municipality. Currently 88% of Mosman’s stormwater runoff is now protectedby the SQIDs. To date these devices have captured a total of 2169.12 tonnes of pollutantsthat would otherwise have washed into our beaches and bays.

Additional SQIDs are also planned for 2011 at Balmoral, Mosman Bay and Pearl Bay.

Undertaking environmental engineering works and bushland management solutions to reduceerosion and sedimentation of creek systems and to rehabilitate creeks and bushland areas.

Running education programs to raise community awareness and encourage people to identifyand modify behaviours that cause stormwater pollution.

Did you know 38% of waste in residential bins inMosman is food? Reduce your waste this Christmas andstart planning your catering for Christmas parties – jointhe Love Food Hate Waste revolution where you can findrecipes, smart shopping tips and HOW TOs on storingfood correctly. View www.lovefoodhatewaste.nsw.gov.au

Love food but hate waste?

The Mosman Cenotaph will beupgraded in 2011 to acknowledgethe sacrifice of those who served inWW2, Korea, Borneo, Malaya,Vietnam, East Timor, Afghanistanand peacekeeping efforts sinceWW2. The upgrade will be jointlyfunded by the Mosman ANZACMemorial Hall Trust, Counciland funds raised through thepublic appeal by the MosmanRSL sub-branch.

In 1945 Mosman was the second Council to provide aLibrary Service in NSW. Bess Thomas was appointed ChiefLibrarian and was the first woman librarian appointedunder the 1939 Library Act. By 1949 Mosman’s libraryservice was being studied by other municipalities and usedas a model on which to establish similar services.

Jump ahead 65 years and 81% of our staff are women andour library services are still being emulated and studied asbest practice by other libraries around the state. A recentCustomer Satisfaction Survey overwhelmingly pointed to ahuge vote of confidence in the Library staff and services.

Said one happy library user: “I have always found staffhelpful and knowledgeable. I am only sorry I don’t use thelibrary more often.”

Happy Birthday Mosman Library!

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Raw figures from the Council’s 2010Community Survey endorse its decision to introduce

paid on-street parking in foreshore areas.

2010 (2006)*

For 51.3% 44%

Neutral 17.4% 4%

Against 30.5% 52%

Full details of Community Survey results will bepresented in the next edition of Mosman News.

*previous community survey

©2010 Mosman Municipal Council. All information correct at time of printing.

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Summer is now upon us and with it comes thoselong hot days where all you want to do is chill outwith a good book. These holidays, MosmanLibrary has a number of reading programs for allage groups.

is Mosman Library’s SummerReading Program for kids. Visit the Library fromMonday 6 December to sign up and receive yourfree registration pack with everything you need toget started, and a few extra treats, puzzles andactivities. There are great prizes to be won forevery child who completes the challenge byreading more than four books over the Summerholidays. Too easy!

is a Summer Holiday ReadingProgram for teens. Teens can come into theLibrary any time to sign-up and collect a freeregistration pack. There are lots of prizes to bewon for everyone who reads more than 20 hoursduring the Summer, and those who read morethan 65 hours could win an iPod Nano!

Summer Reading Programfor Adults is on again and you could win afabulous prize just by writing a short review.Prizes include book vouchers, mugs, bags,jewellery and more. Join Mosman Readers andpost your own review (www.mosmanreaders.net).

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Mosman Bay Creek comes back to lifeImportant restoration works have recentlybeen completed at Mosman Bay Creek, offReginald and Oswald Streets. The creekreceives very high flows during heavy rain.Significant erosion issues caused by theseuncontrolled flows were addressed by rockarmouring the creek walls. Weed removal,the reintroduction of native plants andrubbish removal complemented this work.

Due to its steep topography, access to thesite for the works was severely restricted.This necessitated the huge rock boulders atthe site being split by hand and moved withlevers, pullies and a flying fox into moresuitable locations. Soil and fill slopessurrounding the creek were covered in weedresistant matting and then planted out.

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Mosman’s free community bus – the Mosman Rider – celebrated its first birthday onWednesday 1 December. The bus, sporting new Cancer Council window decals, could beseen

to help promote their message,

Over the past year a growing number of residents and visitors have enjoyed the scenicroute, the convenience of the Rider and experienced the friendly customer service providedby Council’s dedicated drivers. Since its inception the Rider has transported in excess of34,500 patrons around Mosman.

The Rider has served the young and the not so young, accommodated prams, skateboards,school bags and walking frames, and dropped people off for a party, a shopping trip or aday at the beach. It’s even been recognised as a ‘Kookaburra Ambulance’ after it wasused to provide patient transport for an injured Kookaburra along the route, to and fromthe Zoo!

Council has just announced a new bus tracking system that willmake it even easier to catch the Rider. The system givesanyone access to tracking the location of thebus using their mobile phone.

making a brief stop on its route for all to enjoy a slice of birthday cake. MosmanCouncil is working with the Cancer Council Sunsmart Slip,Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide.

months of bus tracking, as we get the serviceoperational.

The Mosman Rider free hail and ride busservice is the perfect way to get around thisSummer. The Rider will be operating

every day, with the exception ofChristmas Day.8am–6pm

We look forward to welcoming you aboard.

Here’s how easy it is to usethe new tracking system:

1. Any mobile phone: SMS ablank text to 0459667616and get a return text statingwhen the bus will reach itsnext waypoint.

2. iPhones & smartphones: Go towebsitefrom your mobile phone.

3. Android phones: search theAndroid Market for the freeMosman Bus Finder app.

m.mosmanrider.net

The bus tracker is being trialled forone year from 1 December 2010.The system (including SMS serviceand Android app) has beendeveloped by Trevor Russell. Trevor hasmade the location data available to Councilfor the Mosman Rider website. If youwould like to incorporate Mosman Riderdata into your app or web service, or if youhave any feedback on the trial, pleaseemail webteam@mosman.nsw.gov.au.

We ask for your patience over the first few

The Mosman Rider websitedepicted on an iPhone 4.