OBI OBI HALL

Our Annual General Meeting AGM) will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday, the 25^th of March, 2010, at Kenilworth Hall, Kenilworth.

The agenda for the meeting will be to elect a new Management Committee.

Nominations for Management Committee positions should be made in writing, signed by the candidate, their nominee and seconder and lodged with the Secretary 14 days before the meeting.

Current financial members can renew their membership on the night, before the meeting.

For applications for new membership, contact the Secretary. Applications for membership have to be considered at a Management Committee meeting.

The renovation.

A search of the records of the Department of Environment and Resource Management has not revealed any Aboriginal cultural heritage on the hall property, but this does not finalize the matter, it only means that no Aboriginal cultural heritage has been reported to the Department. Therefore; the Department of Environment and Resource Management has recommended that our Association contact a representative of the aboriginal party for our area, the Jinibara People, for their opinion as to whether or not Aboriginal cultural heritage exists on the property.

Sunshine Coast regional Council has informed us the a cattle grid can be placed in Staves Road. Cr Paul Tatton and Cr Jenny McKay have allocated $10,000.00 for the placement of a grid that will be supplied by our Association.

Ebis has been asked to make minor modifications to our hall drawings. There will a external door added to the north west wall of the kitchen, this will allow easier transfer of catering supplies. An external access door for the loading of stage equipment is to be placed in the wall between the disabled ramp access deck and the left storage area on the stage. To provide a storage area for water and hall equipment, a concrete slab will be placed at ground level under the stage area.

The Matryoshka Principle.

Success. Our application for preliminary approval for building work has been approved

Page 1 of the approval.

But, another application is required before a Building Development application can be made.

The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 203.

Page 2 of the approval.

The Department of Environment and Resource Management require us to fulfill our duty of care obligation by requesting  a search of their records for any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage that may be affected by the proposed extension of the hall building and facilities. This application is being carried out.

Slowly, one  step at a time.

The Secretary, after a couple of weeks of learning how not to fill in a Development Application Form 1, Part A, Version 3.1, managed to, on the 03.12.09( with the help of  the Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s, Nambour  customer service centre ), lodge the Obi OBi hall’s Preliminary approval for building works application.

Because the hall was built before 1945, it falls within the Council”s guide-lines  for property with possible heritage values, requiring this application. No Council fee involved, with minimal other costs.

The application including copies of our working drawings and a title search, will provide the Council with enough information to determine if the proposed hall renovations confirm with Councils heritage policy. Council’s verdict in this matter is not expected until January, 2010. When this application is approved, a Building Works application can be made.

Please note that Council’s customer service centre has provided sympathetic and helpfull assistance.