Please find a link below for the AGM Meeting Minutes 2013:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8awRkcBY1IVMnBaWm9zbTZwSzA/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Opposition to accommodate Caprice from selling alcohol
To whom it may concern
It is with much distress and bewilderment that I consider the recent application by the proprietors of "Caprice"; located at ERF 193 / 39 Victoria Road (southern corner of Van Kamp Street); for the removal and amendment of title deeds in place that prohibit the sale of alcohol on that premises.
That this establishment has, in contravention of that prohibition, outsold the alcohol throughput of every other restaurant in Camps Bay; perhaps outselling the combined alcohol sales of the next five most brisk sellers of alcohol in the district; makes a laughing stock of the very prohibition they now wish to confirm the removal of! I state this as a long-suffering victim of the all-night-long anti-social behaviour visited on us as long-time residential neighbours of that establishment.
Our ongoing individual and collective complaints to SAPS, Law Enforcement, and other relevant bodies over the past decade pertaining not just to the sale of alcohol, but the intense non-sound insulated nightclub music and attendant behaviour of patrons are on record and extensive.
For 6 years, between 2005 and 2011, I was a resident at 9a Van Kamp street - approximately 80m up the road from the establishment. I attribute my costly relocation to 39 Central drive (approximately 500m away) directly to Caprice and its ungoverned patrons, in-car-drug trade, and un-neighbourly attitude.
I attibute the race-track for inebriated partygoers that is the street passing my present house in the small hours of Monday morning directly to Caprice's profiteering on alcohol sales.
That they now ask me and us residents to affirm their right to abuse us in their deed, I find both insulting and laughable. Were the deed an actual impediment to the selling of alcohol, my experience of this establishment would not have made me oppose its removal.
That it is apparently of no consequence in the sale of alcohol, I say leave it in place and continue breaking the law that will never be applied anyway.
Michael Smorenburg
Friday, 27 June 2014
CBRRA summary CBBC / CBPPS
The CBRRA has been actively involved in arbitration between the Camps Bay Preparatory School and the Camps Bay Bowling Club. Below is a summary of the various letters and articles. Please bookmark and revisit as we will keep you updated on this page.
CBBC CBPS Shared option received by CBRRA from CBPS
27 JUNE 2014
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/06/cbbc-cbps-shared-proposal-received-from.html
CAPE ARGUS: CAMPS BAY BOWLING CLUB LOSES LEASE BATTLE
FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2014
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/06/cape-argus-camps-bay-bowling-club-loses.html
CBRRA Meet with MEC Debbie Schafer re CBBC CBPS shared option
MONDAY 2 JUNE 2014
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/06/cbrra-meet-with-mec-debbie-schafer-re.html
Letter Cape Times 2014-05-27 re CBBC and CBPS
WEDNESDAY 28 MAY 2014
Council to vote on use of bowling club land - Article Cape Times 20140527 CBBC CBPS
TUESDAY 27 MAY 2014http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/05/council-to-vote-on-use-of-bowling-club.html
CBPS – What will they do with the Bowling Club land?
THURSDAY 22 MAY 2014http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/05/letter-cape-times-2014-05-27-re-cbbc.html
Atlantic Sun 24 April 2014 - Land debate rolls on
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/04/atlantic-sun-24-april-2014-land-debate.html
Proposed takeover of the Camps Bay Bowling Club by the Camps Bay Prep School
TUESDAY 15 APRIL 2014
CBRRA letter CBBC/CBPPS Cape Times 15 April 2014
TUESDAY 15 APRIL 2014
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/04/cbrra-letter-cbbccbpps-cape-times-15.htmlCBPS refusal to participate in any further negotiations with community
FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2014
Referring to letter from CBBRA to CB Schools:
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/03/cbrra-approaches-cb-schools-for-meeting.html
Referring to community vote at Public Meeting: http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/03/cbrra-meeting-results-in-unanimous-vote.html
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/03/cbrra-approaches-cb-schools-for-meeting.html
Referring to community vote at Public Meeting: http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2014/03/cbrra-meeting-results-in-unanimous-vote.html
CBRRA approaches CB Schools for meeting to discuss CBPS and CBBC voting at public meeting
TUESDAY 4 MARCH 2014
CBBRA Objection to lease of public open space to WCPG and CBBC / CBPPS Partitioned Proposal
MONDAY 9 DECEMBER 2013http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2013/12/cbbra-objection-to-lease-of-public-open.html
Concerned Parents Group: Answer to CBRRA letter in Atlantic Sun 29 Aug 2013
14 SEPTEMBER 2013http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2013/09/concerned-parents-group-answer-to-cbrra.html
CBPS and CBRRA holds successful meeting to re-negotiate partitioned option
10 SEPTEMBER 2013
Reply to The Atlantic Sun article “Progress on School expansion” dated 22 August by Freddy Peckam
6 SEPTEMBER 2013
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2013/09/reply-to-atlantic-sun-article-progress.html
Letter to Atlantic Sun: The Atlantic Sun article “Progress on School expansion” dated 22 August refers
MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2013
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST 2013
CBRRA Answer to "Progress on school expansion" Atlantic Sun 22 August 2013
http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2013/08/cbrra-answer-to-progress-on-school.html
Letter to the Premier, Helen Zille: Alienation of City owned land for Educational purposes
MONDAY 26 AUGUST 2013http://campsbayratepayers.blogspot.com/2013/08/letter-to-premier-helen-zille.html
CBBC CBPS Shared proposal received from CBPS 26 June 2014
CBPS :
Sharing Proposal June 2014
CBPS would get area in GREEN plus
shared parking in BROWN:
1 bowling
green (small sports field)
half parking
lot for playground
hall
2
classrooms, passage and loos
shared
parking lot (area in BROWN)
CBPS
Benefits:
1.
CBPS
gets the land sooner
2.
Space
per child is close to target
CBPS
compromise:
1.
We
have to build/erect another classroom to our current campus
2.
No
tennis/netball court
3.
Very
small playing field
CBBC would get area in BLUE plus
shared parking in BROWN:
1 bowling
green
areas rented
to Bay Hotel and Village & Life
bar area,
covered verandah, kitchen and loos
shared
parking lot (area in BROWN)
CBBC
Benefits:
1.
CBBC
achieves long term sustainability as social club
2.
CBBC
remains financially sustainable as still has bar and can still rent out parking
lot, kitchen, areas to Village&Life and Bay Hotel
CBBC
compromise:
1.
Cannot
host league matches
2.
Smaller
bar area
3.
No
hall, but school hall can be used for activities not requiring alcohol
(ballroom dancing etc)
CONDITIONS
1. Solid partition (no sharing of any facilities except parking lot)
2. Club uses east entrance (the gate next to Village & Life
building)
3. School gets parking lot Mon - Fri 7am to 3pm during government
school terms.
4. Club covers their own cost of moving.
5. No objections by CBBC or CBRRA to rezoning and other statutory
requirements
6. School gets water from the borehole
7. Separate utility meters
8. Vacant occupation 1 August 2014
9. Club can continue to use hall after-hours, weekends and holidays
for activities not requiring alcohol, on condition that it is left in good
condition each time.
Cape Argus: Camps Bay bowling club loses lease battle
After a four-year dispute, the City of Cape Town has given the Department of Education the green light to lease land used by the Camps Bay Bowling Club for the expansion of a school.
But the club is not giving up just yet, and president Mattthew Bater said last night that legal action would be considered.
'It has always been the position that if the lease was cancelled, we would take legal action.'
Mayor Patricia de Lille said in the council yesterday that the decision was based on what would offer the best solution, while meeting the community's social needs.
The application follows a request by Camps Bay Preparatory School to expand its classrooms on to the prime land used by the Camps Bay Bowling Club.
The council was to have considered the application last month, after it was approved by the mayoral committee, but Education MEC Debbie Schafer asked for the decision to be delayed by a month so she could consider both party's concerns.
The school, represented by lobby group the Concerned Parents' Group, said the club's dwindling membership, and the proximity of the nearby Glen Bowling Club, meant that the land would be better use for education.
But the club, which celebrates its centenary this year, contended that it was a well-used community facility that was popular with a number of sporting codes. One of the offers on the table was for the school and the club to share the land.
Suzanne Maier, of the Concerned Parents Group, said yesterday: 'We are delighted it has gone in the Education Department's favour, but we have to say we are disappointed that a shared solution could not be agreed upon. We do have the whole community's interests at heart, but unfortunately we could not come to an agreement. Although it is a loss of a social bowling club, the added benefits for the community will be increased access to the fields and continued availability of the hall for the community.
'It will also be the best way to preserve the much-treasured green belt in Camps Bay.'
Bater said the bowling club had been in favour of a shared solution, but the proposal put forward by the school would have meant a 'dramatic reduction' in the club's functionality. 'The club still supports a solution where both parties can sustain themselves.'
The council approved the recommendation yesterday to lease the land to the department, in effect cancelling the bowling club's lease, which was to expire in 2018.
Cape Argus
http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/entry/camps_bay_bowling_club_loses
But the club is not giving up just yet, and president Mattthew Bater said last night that legal action would be considered.
'It has always been the position that if the lease was cancelled, we would take legal action.'
Mayor Patricia de Lille said in the council yesterday that the decision was based on what would offer the best solution, while meeting the community's social needs.
The application follows a request by Camps Bay Preparatory School to expand its classrooms on to the prime land used by the Camps Bay Bowling Club.
The council was to have considered the application last month, after it was approved by the mayoral committee, but Education MEC Debbie Schafer asked for the decision to be delayed by a month so she could consider both party's concerns.
The school, represented by lobby group the Concerned Parents' Group, said the club's dwindling membership, and the proximity of the nearby Glen Bowling Club, meant that the land would be better use for education.
But the club, which celebrates its centenary this year, contended that it was a well-used community facility that was popular with a number of sporting codes. One of the offers on the table was for the school and the club to share the land.
Suzanne Maier, of the Concerned Parents Group, said yesterday: 'We are delighted it has gone in the Education Department's favour, but we have to say we are disappointed that a shared solution could not be agreed upon. We do have the whole community's interests at heart, but unfortunately we could not come to an agreement. Although it is a loss of a social bowling club, the added benefits for the community will be increased access to the fields and continued availability of the hall for the community.
'It will also be the best way to preserve the much-treasured green belt in Camps Bay.'
Bater said the bowling club had been in favour of a shared solution, but the proposal put forward by the school would have meant a 'dramatic reduction' in the club's functionality. 'The club still supports a solution where both parties can sustain themselves.'
The council approved the recommendation yesterday to lease the land to the department, in effect cancelling the bowling club's lease, which was to expire in 2018.
Cape Argus
http://www.iolproperty.co.za/roller/news/entry/camps_bay_bowling_club_loses
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Please Support the Haven’s Winter Drive
The Haven Night Shelter Organisation is
embarking on its annual “winter drive” where the public is asked to donate warm
clothing and shoes, blankets, toiletries and non-perishable foods to be
distributed in the Haven’s work with Cape Town’s homeless and needy over the
cold winter months.
The Haven is of course the partner of our successful
community vagrancy initiative run by the Camps Bay Business Forum that has to
date assisted over 130 homeless people move off the streets of Camps Bay and
Clifton into Haven shelters in the City and to start new, more positive lives.
I appeal to all residents and businesses to
support the Haven’s winter drive, as many of you kindly did last year. Please drop
off any items you wish to donate (either in boxes or secure plastic bags) at
the Camps Bay Law Enforcement offices opposite the Tidal Pool between 8am and
4pm daily or you can call Ricardo Beukes our Camps Bay Fieldworker on 082 0498
209 to arrange for collection.
Thank you very much in advance for all your
support.
Best wishes
Simon Kneel
Camps Bay Business Forum
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