from: DeVos City of Cape Town On 7/8/2019 we received an email from Tebogo Tladi (City of Cape Town : Finance: Debt Management) requesting that we settle our arrears rental account of R198 327.28 I responded: “We have been in communication with Amy Meyer and her replacement, Deon Franken, in an attempt to resolve the…
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REPORT on Pepper tree square car park
from De Vos Rabie City of Cape Town I made contact with Deon Franken, the newly appointed official in the Property Holding department,and briefly described our situation and our request to have the over-billing/arrears on our account written off. He responded promptly and committed to set up a meeting once he collected, and had a…
OCA Financial Report July 2019
from: Joy Robinson Please click here for figures of the financial year to date. From April to June 2019 and the figures for the same time period in 2018. Cheers, Joy
LDG Status of developments as at end May 2019
from Leslie London – In general, it seems most of the Large Developments in Observatory developments are on hold. Our last Erf Watch found that most of these developments have not submitted further plans. This may be the result of a glut of accommodation in Observatory coupled with the depressed real estate market. Some of…
Chair’s Report June 2019
from Tauriq Jenkins – A Civic…It’s a curious place of broad representation, a magical place of meaning, placemaking, and for the OCA in particular – heritage protection and the protection of the vulnerable. We fight the bullies. The civic is a space for the community. The subway project has been a wonderful community initiative that reclaiming a…
REPORT on PEPPER TREE SQUARE CAR PARK
from DeVos Rabie – We have been engaging with the Cape Town City Council since March 2018 in discussions relating to the lease of the car park. In February 2019 the renewal of the lease was approved by the council at the reduced rate of R 6 900.00 that we proposed. The account reflected a…
Meeting to discuss proposed new constitution of the OCA
Following an extensive process of reviewing the OCA Constitution and other examples of Civic Constitutions, involving two task teams, and comment from an NPO lawyer, the OCA is putting out a draft revised constitution for consultation and comment by OCA members. The draft constitution is at OCA Constitution. Please send any comments you have to…
Agenda : OCA Monthly public meeting Tuesday, 26 March 5:30PM -8:00PM
Dear Obsidians, Reminder of tonight’s OCA Monthly Meeting Tues 26 March (OCA meets every last Tuesday of the month) 5.30pm-8.00pm Obs Community Centre AGENDA ITEM 5.30 – 6.00 pm PREMEEETING 1. OPENING, WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY MINUTES Tauriq 4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 4.1 HIGH COURT ACTION IN RELATION TO HARTLEYVALE/ MALTA PARK AND…