Peel Trails Group Inc.

Peels Trails Group Meeting Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 11am.

Edenvale Community Rooms, Pinjarra Road, Pinjarra

MINUTES

1. Welcome & introductions

Kelvin Barr, Acting Director of Regional and Economic Development, Peel Development Commission was introduced and welcomed. Simone Baker, Community Development Officer from Shire of Boddington was also welcomed to her first meeting.

2. Attendance Peter White (President) Dwellingup Adventures Vanessa Slater (Vice Chair) Natural Reserves Coordinator, Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale Steve Lee (Treasurer) Deputy President, Shire of Murray Robyn Lister (Secretary) South Metro Population Health Unit Simone Baker Community Development Officer, Shire of Boddington Jodie Doherty Coordinator Recreation and Comm. Development, Shire of Murray Barry Small Canoe Trail Friends of Mandurah and Peel Bernadette Smith Jarrahdale Heritage Society Kelvin Barr Peel Development Commission

Apologies Brad Vitale Community Development Officer, Shire of Waroona Jamie Ridley Department Parks and Wildlife Rebecca Hamilton Department Parks and Wildlife Jo Gibellini Department Sport and Recreation Natalie Garnsworthy City of Mandurah Vacant position Mandurah and Peel Tourism Organisation (MAPTO)

Keith and Angela Davies Quindanning Action Group 3. Acceptance of Minutes of previous meeting held on Tuesday 3 May 2016.

Moved: Seconded:

Steve Lee Barry Small

4. Business arising from Minutes of meeting held on Tuesday 3 May 2016.

Item Assigned Action & Responsible Person

Rep from Peel Development Commission

Jodie Doherty - contact PDC and seek a representative onto the group. Representative in attendance.

COMPLETED

LGAs updates on proposed budget & actions from Trails Master Plans

Shire of Waroona – Brad Vitale will provide a verbal report at a meeting. Jodie to speak to Brad. Unsure of proposed attendance. Update: Jodie spoke to Brad and at this point he is the appointed

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representative, unfortunately he could not make this meeting. However going forward, the trails portfolio may be reallocated to a different officer.

Membership fees Treasurer to send out tax invoices to members to be due 1 July for 2016/17 financial year. Tax invoices provided at the meeting. Due 1 Aug 2016. Distributed at meeting. COMPLETED

Secretary to investigate PTG Constitution to address issue of the State Government policy of no longer sanctioning payment of annual membership fees. March 2007 is final version of constitution and approved by committee. On website in Google Drive. ‘The annual subscription shall be determined by the Management Committee and reviewed yearly’. Refer Section 5, 6 and 7 of Constitution. This will be further considered when the constitution is reviewed in accordance with the changes to the Incorporations Act.

COMPLETED

Strategic Plan actions

PTG Website

Trails Marketing Concept

Rail Trail Dwellingup to Boddington

Report on assigned actions at Item 7 of Agenda

5. Finances

5.1 Treasurer’s report

Term Deposit balance of $6,014.71 and cash at bank is currently $12,072 due to receiving the recent Lotterywest grant of $10,070 inc GST.

Moved: Seconded:

Peter White Vanessa Slater

5.2 Upcoming income and expenditure items

There are no current commitments, other than the expenditure relating to the Lotterywest grant. Pending Membership income, no proposed expenditure.

6. Correspondence

26/5 Lotterywest letter providing approval of grant. Action: Jodie Doherty to scan in and place in google drive.

MAPTO letter advising Kent’s resignation. Currently pending a replacement.

Walk Over October funding application lodged with City of Mandurah for $2,000.

Response from PDC advising representative onto PTG.

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7. Strategic Plan actions & updates

Strategy 3: PTG Website

PTG members to review the listing at http://www.trailtalk.com.au/group/peel-trails-group and feedback on text under section ‘Information’ and links under ‘Pages’ (All PTG members) Everyone was comfortable with the information provided. Information about trail user groups (eg walking groups) that are not members of PTG are accessible through the links to Trails WA page & LGA’s pages etc. The old trails website is still accessible but no-one knows how we can get it removed. Jodie and Steve to mention to a contact that may be able to assist.

COMPLETED

Strategy 4: Regional marketing Progress on Trails Marketing Concept & funding applications (Project Team reps)

Lotterywest grant had been approved. Further documentation on the project outline including funding application can be found in google drive at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0RomrSRh_rmMDFhdDRzZTdVZ2M. Refer to folders Strategic Planning and Funding Applications. File name is Trails Marketing Project – PTG strategic plan action 4. Jodie advised that the project is likely to commence in late July following the appointment of MAPTO’s replacement.

Strategy 6: Promotional events Planning & funding for upcoming events – Peel Paddling Carnival Sept 2016; Walk Over October 2016 (Barry Small & Robyn Lister)

Peel Paddling Carnival is being held, thanks to supporting funders. It is not proposing to seek additional funding from PTG. Last year 627 people participated and of these, approximately 250 people new to canoeing or into a new discipline. For 2016 the Eastern Foreshore won’t be available due to bridge works. Nanga Challenge is the major event and are keen to be included again.

Walk Over October is in the planning phase and PTG has lodged a funding application through City of Mandurah for $2000. Dwellingup Adventures would like an invitation to be involved. Last year over 2000 people attended a walk. Copy of application is within the Google Drive.

Barry Small briefed the group on the proposed ‘Eco Venturer’s Journal’, an activity booklet for kids organised by the Mandurah Environment and Heritage Group. Dudley Dolphin is the mascot to clean up the waterways and is designed to help educate kids on the estuary and waterways. Information is available on website and facebook pages. Booklets distributed through the Mandurah Museum and Visitor Centre. Also looking at PDF version. Will also look at educating through schools. They looked at promoting an environment event at Stretch festival and they are going to look at being Mandurah Tree Advocates as well - to promote trees within the urban area eg verge trees, streetscapes etc. For copies of the document, email Barry and he will provide them or visit Mandurah Museum or Mandurah Visitor Centre.

Strategy 7 & 8: Trails & Map Development Progress on Rail Trail Dwellingup to Boddington proposal (Project Team reps)

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In the last Minutes, it was reported that Peter White hosted an exploratory trail ride to Inglehope. Peter reported that many of those that participated were locals but would be future advocates for the trails. At this point there is not much more to report.

8. Additional updates from PTG members

Shire of Boddington Completing an existing trail, originally proposed by Lions Club but now through the Shire. Lions will maintain. The trail starts at the Boddington foreshore, there is a boardwalk extension to the trail and then it heads over King Road and includes a Bird Hide. There were private easements that had to be dealt with. There was interest in the process and/or compensation that Boddington used to obtain permission to access private land and address public liability issues. This led onto general discussion around liability issues surrounding the creation and formalisation of trails. This will be important moving forward and creating additional trails. It would be interesting to research what was in place in other countries. Suggestion: Development of a state government policy relating to access through private property State trails strategy being undertaken. Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale Submitted a Lotterywest funding application to renew a wetlands walk on DPAW land but working in partnership. Want to promote and rebadge as no longer a wetlands walk, so needs to be refashioned. Lotterywest advised they were not interested in funding anything that’s on someone else’s land other than applicant. This has huge implications to Shires and trails funding. DSR supported the application. Lotterywest seems to be heading in a different direction for trails. Action: This concern needs to be further investigated. Vanessa provided feedback on the Perth Peel Mountain Bike Plan. Her concern was around the other users of the trails vs mountain biking. Were others being pushed out to develop the mountain bike trails? Note: There is a state bridle trails strategy recently developed. South Metro Population Health Unit Robyn advised that there was no further information to update, just the promotional events that are detailed above. Shire of Murray Jodie is now a representative on the State Trails Reference Group. The Pinjarra Heritage trail is now open and has QR codes. Dwellingup Tourism Trails Concept is still progressing. Not much to report at present, currently collecting information and getting ducks in a row. Economic Analysis is currently being undertaken. Jodie provided very few comments on the draft Perth Peel Mountain Bike Plan, looks good overall. Jarrahdale Heritage Society. Following on from previous Minutes, the ghost trail walk was a success with a profit of $1615 being made from ghost walk with 250 people. It’s not scary, it’s more historical. Held annually in April. POW walk and Mundlimup held in May and June. July is Kitty’s gorge. Mr McCrumb is presenting a talk in August.

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Peel Development Commission Kelvin advised that the Peel Tourism Economic Development Strategy is nearly finalised. There has been a lot of consultation as part of developing the strategy. It follows on from MAPTOs Anytime Adventures theme. Trails have been a priority from this report. A Steering Committee has been established with LGA reps, DPAW, DSR and WAMBA. Dwellingup Trails Hub is one of the projects currently being considered. Kelvin is trying to secure some funding through Supporting Our South.

9. Other General business

9.1 Incorporations Act changes – Peel is going to run a workshop soon in Mandurah. Groups have 3 years to adopt the new rules.

All groups need to register online. More info at https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/associations-online

Transition packs are available at https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumer-protection/associations-transition-resources

Deferred to next meeting.

10. Next meeting

Date: Venue: 11am Tuesday 6 September 2016 Edenvale Community Rooms 11. Meeting close

1.15pm

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