Mount Evelyn
Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
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Donating care and support Rotary Club of Lilydale (RCL) members Cheryl Mackay and Barb Lawrence gathered and packed hundreds of gift bags as part of a project to support Maroondah Hospital Mental Health Unit patients. Packed with items like notebooks, stress balls and self care items, the gift bags hope to provide a bit of comfort to those entering the mental health ward. RCL has an ongoing partnership with Maroondah Hospital to help provide support where they can. Barb said with an inpatient intake expected to be 1500 people every year in the mental health unit, she would like to offer as much support as RCL can manage. Turn to page 8 for more
Nurse unit manager Clare, Rotary Club of Lilydale members Cheryl and Barb and occupational therapist Susan doing a handover of the care packs. Picture: MIKAYLA VAN LOON
Trees get the axe Yarra Ranges councillors moved in support of four trees being removed in Mount Evelyn despite contradicting views and opposition to the proposal from some councillors. In November last year, the council heard from Hereford Road resident Vanessa Walton who urged the council to remove eight trees surrounding her property after a number fell
during the June 2021 storms. This came after an assessment of 25 trees deemed only seven suitable for removal but councillors voted to approve the removal of a further eight trees. With four trees residing on private property, a permit application had to be submitted, the other four fall within the 10 metre distance from a dwelling and are exempt from
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“With a really full heart, and a very grateful heart, I moved my family back into that house three weeks after that council meeting, after 18 months being without a home and being disconnected from our community,” she said. “I felt so confident in the council’s democratic process, and trusted that the trees would come down within a matter of months, which was the timeline suggested to me. Continued page 4
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requiring a permit. Another assessment of the trees identified that seven of the eight were at a low risk of falling and should not be removed under the Yarra Ranges planning scheme guidelines. Ms Walton again spoke at the council meeting on 27 June objecting to the council officers recommendation to retain the eight trees on or around her land.
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By Mikayla van Loon