Sea Point Library - 439 7440 Library Hours
 Our Librarians The Sea Point Library is run by a friendly staff, always ready to assist you. The Library has a wonderful selection of books, dvd's and a good reference section. There are a number of computer terminals where members of the library can surf the internet and download emails. Sports Clubs The Atlantic Green Point Bowling Club Phone: 021 434 3709 The Green Point Cricket Club Phone: 021 439 7019 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Sports Fields Phone: 021 460 3333 Metropolitan Golf Club Phone: 021 434 7808 Green Point Lawn Tennis Club Phone: 021 434 9527 Hamiltons Rugby Club Phone: 021 439 3954 Hellenic Community Centre Phone: 021 433 2374 The Point - Virgin Active Gym Phone: 021 434 0750 Master Mariners Sports and Social Club Phone: 021 439 6982 Atlantic Underwater Club Phone: 021 439 0701 Schools  Ellerton Primary School Phone: 021 434 2441 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard Pre-Primay Preparatory School and College Phone: 021 433 0105 Fax: 021 433 01 09 Green Point Residents and Ratepayers Association Membership of the Association shall be open to all residents over the age of eighteen (18) years in the membership area which is located between Boundary and Glengariff Roads to the East and West, respectively, and between the mountain and the Western Boulevard incorporating the Green Point Common. • A resident is defined as any person domiciled or ordinarily resident within the membership area. • The spouse or life partner of any member shall automatically also become a member unless otherwise decided by the Management Committee. • The list of members shall not be divulged to anyone who is not a member of the Management Committee unless so authorised by the Management Committee. • A member of the Association who has rendered outstanding service to the local community may be granted honorary life membership by resolution of a General Meeting. Particulars in support of such a proposal shall be included in the notice convening the meeting. • All members shall communicate their addresses and details from time to time to the Secretary who shall keep a register of the names of such members and of their addresses. • Membership of the GPRRA is therefore essentially open to all residents and ratepayers of Green Point, Cape Town that want to make a positive contribution to their community. Prospective members can sign up by completing the Membership Application Form. The form can be downloaded from our website www.gprra.co.za Councillor JP Smith - Report June 2009  June has been a busy time, as I wanted to make a quick start on several key projects as the new Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, This translated into about 68 meetings and functions relating to the Safety and Security directorate, not including the party political meetings, caucus meetings and canvassing in the by-elections that resulted from several of my colleagues going to Parliament.With regards the Atlantic Seaboard ward, I also undertook the following: The steady influx of new homeless people (the outreach worker reported that 108 new street people arrived during the previous month, which were assisted and reintegrated with their families and communities) and problems caused by some of the long-standing street people on our streets who decline assistance, lead to several complaints from residents. I had a meeting with the NGO that runs several of the street people projects funded by the Ward Allocation budget (Straatwerk), with the ongoing goal of reducing the number of street people on the streets. After several years of trying different strategies, we now know that the solution is 90% development projects and 10% law enforcement. While the City has increased the dedicated law enforcement unit dealing with street people (Displaced Peoples Unit), the bulk of my ward allocation budget continues to be spent on projects with local homeless people, from contributing to the salary of the outreach worker to funding various “sheltered employment” projects which help street people get employment so that they can become financially independent and reintegrate with their families and communities. One of these projects helps clean graffiti up in the suburb and another pays (in part) for some people to help clean the dog pooh on the Promenade. Although the developmental strategies of the City, the CPF and the CID have been successful in reducing the numbers of street people on our streets, we have failed to reintegrate the small group of “hardened” street people, many of whom having been living on these streets in excess of a decade (some two). I am arranging a meeting with some NGOs and other stakeholders to develop a new strategy for long-standing street people as I continue to believe that any community that watches as people live on their streets is abdicating their responsibility to the most vulnerable. While this means that we must reach out to help, it also means that we must not accept any failure to reintegrate people on the streets. (The original draft policy document on assisting street people, which I wrote along with several NGOs, can be found on my webpage: http://www.jpsmith.co.za/misc/docs.php. This document was formally adopted by the City a couple of years ago and now serves as the official implementation plan for the Homeless Agency that drives street people issues in the City.) In addition to attending the regular monthly meetings of the community organizations, such as the City Improvement District Board, the Community Police Forum, the Sea Point, Fresnaye and Bantry Bay Ratepayers’ Association, I also spoke at the Mouille Point Ratepayers AGM and I attended the induction of the 76th president of Rotary Sea Point. The other big issue which takes up a lot of time is building development and land use issues and illegal building work. I arranged an on-site meeting about illegal building work in Beach Road, Bantry Bay as well as another at Rocklands Villas with the new Problem Building Task Team that I was instrumental in getting established (after a motion from me to the Good Hope Subcouncil and a lot of lobbying). This also resulted in a workshop to prepare the new Building By-law which will allow us t take tough action against owners and contractors building illegally as well as against slum and derelict buildings with fines and possible arrest for transgressions. Two decisions made by the Good Hope Subcouncil on which I serve, to turn down totally inappropriate building and land use applications were appealed and I prepared a submission to PLANAP to oppose both the completely inappropriate hotel in Bay Road in Mouille Point as well as the illegal Montessori crèche in Green Point, as the latter should be relocating to more appropriate premises. I assisted a local skills training facility with applying for SETA funding and met with the Sea Point CID and City officials about expanding our festive season street lights in December. I also arranged a meeting with possible organisers of a regular open air film screening after the pilot one we ran in April. VANSA held a workshop about the public art tender we put out for the Sea Point Promenade, which I spoke at and the City hosted a walkabout along Green Point Main Road to discuss the new Non-Motorised Transport (pedestrian and cycle lane) that has been constructed there as part of the 2010 preparations. We also had a Taxi Forum and Ward Forum, during which we invited residents to help establish a “Friends of Sea Point Swimming Pool” society that would help guide improvements to the facility and were presented with the three very positive interventions the City is proposing to improve the sea water quality along our coastline. Finally, I continue to work with the new Cape Town Carnival initiative to host Cape Town’s own (initially smaller) version of the Rio Carnival in March 2010. This initiative is very exciting and I am hoping that Sea Point could enter with a troupe/band of its own as part of the branding and marketing of the Atlantic Seaboard, perhaps as an outflow of our own CID’s annual Summer on Main parade. www.jpsmith.co.za |
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