The agenda for the October ARAG meeting is:
The meeting will be at:
7pm, Wednesday 9 October
Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden St, Alexandria.
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The August meeting will be:
Thursday the 10th, 7 PM
Cliff Noble Community Center,
corner of Suttor St and Renwick St.
On the Agenda:
Hope to see you there.
In no particular order, here are some of the links and other material discussed at last week’s meeting:
This message was today received from the City of Sydney:
28-Sep-2016
SITE: 35 HENDERSON ROAD , EVELEIGH NSW 2015, 39 HENDERSON ROAD , EVELEIGH NSW 2015, 33 GARDEN STREET , EVELEIGH NSW 2015, 31 GARDEN STREET , EVELEIGH NSW 2015
PROPOSAL: PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN THE ALEXANDRIA HOTEL SITE. PROPOSAL INCLUDES RETAINING THE HOTEL USE FOR THE ALEXANDRIA HOTEL, INCLUDING A COURTYARD ADJACENT HENDERSON ROAD. AT THE REAR OF THE HOTEL, A 7 STOREY RESIDENTIAL FLAT BUILDING IS PROPOSED CONSISTING OF 26 UNITS, A GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES FRONTING GARDEN STREET AND A COMMUNAL ROOFTOP TERRACE. SUBDIVISION OF CURRENT 4 LOTS INTO 2 LOTS IS ALSO PROPOSED. Continue reading
We have a very special guest for this meeting. Justin Hemmes, the proud new owner of the Alexandria Hotel, will be talking to us about the future. rejuvenation of the Alex and seeking our input.
Come and hear how the Alex was saved, and discuss what happens next.
There will also be a quick update on WestConnex and the ATP.
Meeting starts 7pm, Wednesday 14 September, at Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden St.
In astonishing news released today, it has been announced that plans to re-develop the Alexandria Hotel site have been scrapped.
The developers have walked away – tails between their legs – after selling the site to the Merivale group who plan to renovate the Alex and re-open it as a pub.
This is an ASTOUNDING victory for the residents of Alexandria who rallied, repeatedly, to save the Alex. The drive of people such as Ben and Michelle and countless other Alexandria residents shows that communities can achieve strong outcomes.
The drive and persistence shown by all has been memorable.
It could have been too easy to lie down after the first development proposal was rejected, and say “job done”. But developers are persistent beasts.
To rally again to reject the seven-storey proposal provided proof that Alexandrians are prepared to fight, HARD, for what they believe in.
The Alexandria Residents’ Action Group congratulates you all for your success today.
It’s an Alexandria “Castle” moment – and we hope one of many more to come.
Developers were clearly shown how the “vibe” of Alexandria works!
The community has had success in changing development outcomes, including the changed design of the Mitchell Road Auction Centre site, but winning against a consortium of Property Unit Trust investors to save the Alex is huge.
Merivale have created a website where we, as residents, are invited to contribute ideas and energy to the renovation of the Alex. Sign up here to get involved.
The Merivale press release document is here: Merivale saves The Alex.
The Alexandria Residents’ Action Group also would like to thank the staff of the City of Sydney who were able to secure an interim Heritage Order on the Alex and who engaged a legal team to include us, the residents, at the Land and Environment Court.
The fact that the legal team engaged us as residents and worked with us to have our objections and ideas reformulated to maximise our impact before the L&E Court is greatly appreciated, but also recognises that objections from communities like ours cannot be merely brushed aside as if coming from an anti-development ratbag fringe.
In other news, the pop-up kitchens that were announced last week have been dropped.
Today, 4th August 2016 an on-site meeting of the Land and Environment Court was scheduled to hear residents’ objections in relation to the proposed seven-storey development for the beer garden of the Alexandria Hotel.
This latest tilt at windmills by the proponents aims to retain the hotel and the small beer garden on the western edge and to subdivide the land into two lots – one for the pub and the other for a seven-storey residential tower fronting Garden Street in the east, and a wider frontage to Vice Chancellors Oval to the west. Continue reading
The agenda for Wednesday’s ARAG meeting (13/7) is:
1. Central to Eveleigh
Development along the rail corridor between
Central and Eveleigh stations.
Guest speaker: Matthew White, Program Director, UrbanGrowth NSW.
2. Update on Alexandria Hotel
Land and Environment Court proceedings have resumed.
There will be a ‘Mediation’ meeting between the developer, and Council,
and Residents: Aug 4, 9:30am, on-site
3. AGM.
Anyone who wishes to become more involved in the Residents Group is
encouraged to nominate to join the Executive.
Things you need to know about the new DA for the Alexandria Hotel:
Floor-to-space ratio massively exceeds Council’s clearly-stated limit of 2.5:1;
Building height massively exceeds Council’s clearly-stated height limit;
Building size and bulk, and overshadowing of the heritage-listed Alexandria Hotel;
Lack of an approved plan to build over the Redfern-Erskineville rail tunnel;
Lack of approval to access property belonging to the Australian Technology Park;
Lack of off-street resident parking, and
Lack of clear waste-management processes.
For more information, visit savethealexpub.tumblr.com.
To lodge an objection to a Development Application (also known as a DA), you need to Continue reading
Alexandria Residents' Action Group 