This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Council Meeting 19 November: Hyde Park Fair

Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the Council meeting on 20 November, due to business commitments, but I am particularly concerned about the item about the Hyde Park Fair.
In recent years, the park has been under increasing stress simply from lower rainfall and falling groundwater levels. One result is that it takes longer for it to recover from damage caused by vehicles and stalls in inappropriate places - such as under the Plane trees around the lakes and under other large trees where our parks staff have done such a great job in underplanting. Vehicles and stalls not only compact the soil in the root zones of the trees, they directly damage the underplantings - the recovery last year took several months and needs more water (an increasingly scarce resource, especially in Hyde Park) than would otherwise be required for the health of the Park.
Without being critical of the Fair, which raises a substantial sum for good causes, I believe it's time we thought about a the fair being held in a less sensitive location or greater restrictions being placed on the use of sensitive areas and on the use and parking of vehicles in Hyde Park.

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