Just my tuppence worth though this may be more CID/OCA business than ONW stuff...
I don't like the idea of a licenced establishment at Lion's Corner, too close to Magnet Theatre for one, which hosts lots of events for youth and children, and also because anything that will increase the incidence of noise, littering, parking problems and unsociable behaviour in this area, especially at night, is very definitely not cool. Woolworths has brought with it all the problems that we had with Teletech though weighted and scaled slightly differently; that could change. For the present, what I've noticed is that being a smaller operation the number of people who use the streets as private (or rather very public) smoking lounges, ashtrays, dirtbins, places to play loud music in cars, and once, a football pitch, is smaller. On the other hand we now have parking congestion in the area due to the number of staff who come to work in private vehicles. The area is relatively quiet at night and over weekends [and the aircon doesn't rattle the windows] but during the week the knock on is a traffic issue relating to the increased numbers of massive transport vehicles trying to manouevre around corners and in streets that were never designed to accommodate them in the first place. We all saw this coming when the OMF redevelopment was just an idea on paper; it will get worse if the planned residential development cnr Howe/Nelson is realised without sufficient attention to traffic density issues in the area. Pam On Oct 4, 5:02 pm, Ancois Bester <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Please note my feedback below (in green) in addition to Trevor's comments. > > Best regards, > Ancois > *Assistant to COO, Office Manager* > > <http://goog_1464495583/> > <http://goog_1464495583/>OBSID<http://obsid.org.za/>: > Observatory Improvement District > 41 Station road, Observatory > [email protected] / [email protected] > *tel*: 021 448 7090 *fax*: 086 639 4005 > OBSID website <http://www.obs.org.za/improvement-district/> > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/Observatory.Improvement.District> > Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/OBSID_Obs> ONW Google group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/obsnw> > iloveobs Google group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/iloveobs> > > *Liquor License Application* > > I have heard a rumor that the newly painted(purple and white) Lions corner > in Lower main road has applied for a liquor license, if that is correct then > how come this forum has not heard about it. > > Here is the response from Henk Stutterheim on behalf of the OCA, in regard > to the application for Lion Corner's liquor licence: > " > > The OCA wishes to note that it has no objection to the application for a > liquor licence by the business known as Lion Corner, Lower Main Road, > Observatory subject to the following conditions: > > · That the owner obtains a business licence from the City Health > Department. > > · That there is no live music allowed on the premises and > > · That the activities of the business do not cause a disturbance to > the adjacent residential properties." > > *St Michael’s Road* > > * * > > Noted that since Woolworths Financial Services has moved into the old Lion > match factory, the staff have taken to parking on the pavement on both sides > of the road. This crowd should be found parking on the premises. Should > someone from the Obsid pay them a visit to sort out this problem. I note > the other day the traffic department paid a visit to the area and tickets > were issued, but this does not seem to have helped. > > OBSID have been in talks with Woolworth about this issue and will be meeting > with their management this week. Several complaints in regards to this have > now been received and we will stress this to them. I have been in talks with > City officials - and we will meet soon to discuss the possible > implementation of resident parking permits - which would be a great help in > the suburb. > > *St Michael’s Road * > > * * > > Once again the street gutter closest to the take away is blocked with > discarded papers and fast food wrappings, I take it that Woolworths do not > have a canteen so the staff tens to support the corner café, and then just > dump the wrapping in the street. > > Woolworths confirmed that they have more than one on site canteen. We > suspect the folks using the corner shop are the smokers and will ask W to > implement waste bins in front of their building. I have also asked the OBSID > cleaning team to spend some more time in that area. > > *Street Cleaning * > > * * > > Note that in Campbell street, a large amount of growth on the pavements, > should the team who cleans the streets not be spraying to kill this growth > in the cracks and where the pavement drainage pipes have been stolen and > never replaced. > > Our cleaning team carry spades with them in order to spade off larger weeds > as they go about their regular cleaning routine. We are following up with > Council on a constant basis as their yearly weed spraying is due. We also > have a 'roaming cleaner' who focusses on the areas which are particularly > bad - and we are considering having the team work overtime to tackle the > worst areas. Could you please let me know the exact locations (cnr of etc.) > where draining pipes need replacing? - Council have been very efficient in > coming out to repair these. > > Doug. > > On 4 October 2011 12:32, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Doug Price <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Liquor License Application > > > > I have heard a rumor that the newly painted(purple and white) Lions > > corner > > > in Lower main road has applied for a liquor license, if that is correct > > then > > > how come this forum has not heard about it. > > > All liquor licenses do come through the CPF/OCA/NHW and the relevant > > people who watch for this kind of thing take appropriate action. I > > don't think that that these notices are routinely posted to this group > > - although it might me a good idea to do just that. I receive notices > > directly from the council and I have not seen any such notice for this > > establishment yet. Maybe someone else has. I will pass this message to > > the relevant people to check as some of them are not active in this > > group. > > > > St Michael’s Road > > > > Noted that since Woolworths Financial Services has moved into the old > > Lion > > > match factory, the staff have taken to parking on the pavement on both > > sides > > > of the road. This crowd should be found parking on the premises. Should > > > someone from the Obsid pay them a visit to sort out this problem. I note > > > the other day the traffic department paid a visit to the area and tickets > > > were issued, but this does not seem to have helped. > > > I had a long chat to Pam Britt who lives on the corner and she also > > mentioned the paring as a slight problem - that might likely get > > worse. According to her knowledge only the top reps / management get > > to park on the campus. Pam use to have regular meetings with Teletech > > the previous tenants to make sure that residents concerns and issues > > were addressed. > > > Perhaps a meeting with Woolworths management should take place to set > > up something similar so we have a direct line to the management to > > resolve any problems. How would you like t help with this Doug? Pam > > used to meet the Teletech guys once a month - but it probably won't > > even need to be a physical meeting unless something comes up. > > > > St Michael’s Road > > > > Once again the street gutter closest to the take away is blocked with > > > discarded papers and fast food wrappings, I take it that Woolworths do > > not > > > have a canteen so the staff tens to support the corner café, and then > > just > > > dump the wrapping in the street. > > > Not sure what to do about this - I have noticed that the bins do not > > stand there any more - perhaps there needs to be a council bin there > > and education of the Woolworths people and the cafe. > > > Trev > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. 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