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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Meeniyan Progress Association secretary Clive Hope today spoke to South Gippsland Shire council, requesting that solar lighting be installed along a path from Tompkins Road in Meeniyan, Victoria, Australia to the Meeniyan Recreation Reserve. In a meeting that was held virtually due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Victoria, Hope told the council that the recreation reserve is home to football, bowls, cricket and netball clubs, and that “a lot of the time, especially at this time of the year, there are footy players or netballers doing training after hours”.
The meeting concerned submissions in relation to the South Gippsland Shire’s annual budget. The Meeniyan Progress Association supplied both a written submission and chose to speak to council about their submission.
| Tourists are frequent users of the rec[reation] reserve, and they often wish to walk into town after a long day’s drive and have a meal…and then walk back to the rec[reation] reserve. | ||
Hope also noted that rooms at the recreation reserve were used for functions, and that the reserve was also utilised as a spot for campers and caravans. Hope said that, according to his “approximate measurements”, the path was about 120 meters (393.7 ft) in length. Hope told the council that he spoke to Doug Underwood from Green Frog Systems, which Hope said “specialises in public solar lighting for pathways, streets, carparks, jettys and the like”, in regards to obtaining costings for the proposed lighting of the path.
Hope said that Underwood recommended a specific light called GFS Stealth, which Hope called “ideal for the pathway lighting that we are seeking”. The cost for one of these lights, Hope explained, is A$2800, and given 3 lights, the number which Hope thinks would be necessary, the cost would be A$9000, with installation costs added.
In the Meeniyan Progress Association’s written submission, which was penned by Clive Hope, it was claimed that 3 requests had been made in the past 3 years requesting lighting “in and across Tompkins Road”, with a recent submission on 28 August 2020 “noting the regular use of the path” to the recreation reserve.
The South Gippsland Shire council was dismissed by the Victorian state government in June 2019, following the resignation of six councillors, and an inquiry commission’s reporting of “high levels of tension”. 3 administrators have since been appointed to lead the council — Julie Eisenbise, Rick Brown, and Christian Zahra — who presided over today’s meeting. Kerryn Ellis was appointed as the council’s chief executive officer in February 2020.
According to the shire’s online community directory, as of 15 July 2020, the Meeniyan Progress Association meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7.30PM.