SPRA

The SPRA committee unanimously supports Counsellor Piggott’s motion. While the artwork cost is less than 1% of rate revenue, it is still a very significant $300,000. Your decision not to install the next quadrennial artwork during this term of Council will demonstrate to the community the financial responsibility of Council.

We do not want our Council to be in the same situation as the North Sydney Council, where the ABC recently reported that rates will rise by 87% over the next 2 years, in part due to that Council’s $90m swimming pool redevelopment.

SPRA would like to comment councillors Piggott, Moorhouse, McFarlane & Simms for voting in support of the motion to reduce council debt.

In 2022 Council endorsed the Built Heritage Strategy 2022-2027.

The Strategy includes the installation of Heritage Plaques on Local Heritage Places in the Council area. (Page 16 Item 1.2.2).

As far as this Association is aware no Heritage Plaques have been installed on any Local Heritage Place since the adoption of the policy 3 years ago. That means a deficit of at least 18 plaques.

SPRA would appreciate your suggestions of buildings that are deserving of a plaque.

St Peters Residents Association 2025 Annual General Meeting

To be held at 6:15pm Wednesday 12 March
St Peters Banquet Hall
St Peters Street, St Peters

The 2025 SPRA Annual General Meeting will be held prior to the Town Hall Candidates Forum.

It will be very short!

All residents are invited to attend the SPRA General Meeting.
7pm on Wednesday October 16th
in the St Peters Banquet Hall, St Peters Street.

Come along and hear presentations by Council’s Arborist, Matthew Cole
and Manager, Development & Regulatory Services, Geoff Parsons.
Mathew and Geoff will also answer your questions.

Please share the Facebook Event.

It has been suggested that SPRA should enter a local tree in the 2024 SA Tree of the Year Contest.

The organisers of the competition, 20 Metre Trees (facebook), will open nominations soon.

Do you know of a local tree that should be entered? If so, please contact Evonne Moore info@stpeters.asn.au and tell her why this tree is important to you. A story and photo will help in the application process. SPRA can assist with this.

St Peters Residents Association 2024 Annual General Meeting

To be held at 6:30pm Wednesday 20 March
St Peters Banquet Hall
St Peters Street, St Peters

The 2024 SPRA Annual General Meeting will be held prior to the Town Hall Candidates Forum.

It will be very short!

The Muriel Matters Magic Lantern Show
Sunday 27 August 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Venue St Peters Town Hall Banquet Room

The St Peters Residents Association in conjunction with the Muriel Matters Society presents a wonderful afternoon of history with a Magic Lantern Show of glass plate slides depicting 19th century Adelaide as you have never seen it.

The committee has monitored the activities of your Council and reported on those activities which we believe would be of interest to members.
Focus areas have included:

• Maintaining and protecting the heritage of our buildings
• Traffic issues
• Perceived encroachment of properties onto public land, notably around the Billabong

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the St Peters Residents Association held on Wednesday 22nd March at 7.30pm in the St Peters Banquet Hall, including the committee report.

Wednesday 22 March at 7.30pm, in the St Peters Banquet Hall

Spies, Secrets, Clandestine Operations and the St Peters Town Hall like something from a John le Carre novel!’
In late December 1962, on a scorcher of a day, an attractive woman waited outside the St Peters Town Hall, a double agent, she was part of an ASIO sting to uncover a ring of Soviet spies. But who was really watching who?