26-772: (Redirected from Oaks Park ) Oak Park or Oaks Park is the name of several places, including: Australia [ edit ] Oak Park, Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne Oak Park railway station, Melbourne Ireland [ edit ] Oak Park, County Carlow , a country estate turned park United States [ edit ] Oak Park, California (Ventura County) an unincorporated community in Ventura County Oak Park Estates, California , an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Oak Park, San Diego, California ,
52-496: A community emissions reduction target of net zero emissions by 2040 and established the Moreland Zero Carbon 2040 Framework Strategy and the first 5-year action plan to achieve that target. Other key climate and sustainability policies and strategies driving climate action include: Climate Emergency Action Plan (2020 to 2025), Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy, Waste and Litter Strategy, Achieving zero Carbon in
78-819: A neighborhood Oak Park, Sacramento, California , a neighborhood Oak Park, Tampa, Florida , a neighborhood Oak Park, Georgia Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park Township, Cook County, Illinois Oak Park, Indiana Oak Park, Michigan Oak Park, Minnesota Oak Park, Minot, North Dakota Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon Oaks Park (stadium) , a baseball stadium in Emeryville, California, just outside Oakland, California Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas See also [ edit ] Oak Park station (disambiguation) Oakes Park (disambiguation) Oaks Park (London) ,
104-591: A public park in London, UK Oaks Park High School (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oak_Park&oldid=1224211143 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
130-418: A recommendation that the 10 single councillor wards be replaced by three multi-councillor wards. A consequence of the change from single-councillor to multi-councillor wards was a change in election method from Instant runoff voting to proportional representation via Single transferable vote . Elections are held every four years. In November 2021, it came to the council's attention that Moreland's namesake
156-576: Is a local government area in metropolitan Melbourne , Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD . The Merri-bek local government area covers 51 km (20 sq mi), and in June 2018, it had a population of 181,725. The local government area was created as the City of Moreland in 1994 during the amalgamations of local governments by
182-725: Is a popular suburban hotspot for local ghost tours. Local ghost hunters have said the ghost of Old Man Oak roams Winifred Street. Old Oak was a myth that developed during the Victorian Goldrush after James Oak drowned in the Moonee Ponds Creek whilst panning for gold. Many locals and tourists walk the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail in search of Old Man Oak and his gold. ^ = territory divided with another LGA City of Merri-bek The City of Merri-bek ( / ˈ m ɛ r iː b ɛ k / )
208-591: Is bounded by New Road, Victoria Street, Kiama Street and Charlotte Street in the north, Watt Avenue and Pascoe Vale Road in the east, Moonee Ponds Creek in the west and Main Street in the south. Oak Park was formed from part of the John Pascoe Fawkner estate. The name of the area derived from the name chosen by the purchasers of the Fawkner Estate. Oak Park was relatively slowly developed, as
234-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oak Park, Victoria Oak Park is a suburb in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 11 km (6.8 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District , located within the City of Merri-bek local government area . Oak Park recorded a population of 6,714 at the 2021 census . Oak Park
260-1000: The Craigieburn line . The station opened in August 1956. Oak Park Football Club , an Australian Rules football team, competes in the Essendon District Football League . Therry Penola Football Club competes in the Victorian Amateur Football Association . St. Francis Junior Football Club competes in the Essendon District Football League. Oak Park is also served by the St. Francis de Sales Cricket Club, based at Rayner Reserve in Forbes Grove, Oak Park. St Francis have 13 teams, six senior in
286-681: The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy , the Cities Power Partnership , Climate Emergency Australia (CEA), Climate Active, The Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA), and has declared pledges in the TAKE2 scheme with Sustainability Victoria. Council declared a climate emergency on 12 September 2018. For operational emissions, Moreland Council was certified as a ‘carbon neutral’ council in 2012. This required purchase of carbon offset credits. Moreland
SECTION 10
#1732786997381312-477: The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail for cyclists. The Oak Park Sports Centre is home to the Oak Park Football Club , a member of the Essendon District Football League as well as Therry Penola Football Club, a member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association . According to data from the 2016 census : Three bus routes service Oak Park: One railway station services Oak Park: Oak Park , on
338-574: The state government , being created from the former local government areas of the City of Brunswick , the City of Coburg and the southern part of the City of Broadmeadows . It was renamed to Merri-bek in September 2022. In 2004 the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), an independent authority created under Victorian state legislation, conducted a representation review of the council's electoral structure, resulting in
364-659: The MMVCA and seven junior in the NWCA, and have been the winner of the Club Championship five of the past seven years. They are probably the biggest club in success and numbers over the past 15 years. All new players of all abilities, race and sex are welcome. Although the Oak Park Sports and Aquatic Centre is named after the suburb, the facility is actually located in the adjacent suburb of Pascoe Vale . Oak Park
390-768: The Minister's decision to alter the name was gazetted on 13 September 2022 and came into operation on 26 September. Merri-bek Council runs the Counihan Gallery at the Brunswick Town Hall , a free public art gallery named after the local artist, Noel Counihan . Other art events supported by Council include the MoreArt event, an art in public spaces show located along the Upfield transport corridor. The council also sponsors various street festivals around
416-667: The Planning Scheme, Sustainable Buildings Policy, Urban Heat Island Effect Action Plan, Urban Forest Strategy, Watermap, Procurement policy, Cooling the Upfield Corridor Action Plan, Food Systems Strategy, Fossil Fuel Divestment Strategy, Moreland Nature Plan. During 2021 City of Moreland supported a climate disaster levy on coal exports, and endorsed the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative ,
442-564: The area did not have a railway station until housing development had commenced in the 1950s. Through the 1950s and 1960s, development of the area proceeded quickly, with the post office opening on 2 April 1957. Major features of the area include McDonald's on Pascoe Vale Road, the Winifred Street Shopping Centre, two reserves along Moonee Ponds Creek including the Oak Park Sports Centre, and
468-409: The area's first colonial sale. McCrae gave the land the name Moreland. Some suggest he may have taken this name from a Jamaican sugar plantation that his paternal grandfather Alexander McCrae worked at from the late 1760s to the early 1790s, which was involved in slave trading , and kept up to 500 to 700 enslaved people in the operation in any one year. Greens Mayor Mark Riley said "The history behind
494-577: The first government jurisdiction in Australia to do so. Councillors are elected from three multi-member wards, two electing four members, and one electing three, for a total of eleven councillors. The council's most recent election took place in October 2020. Its current composition is: The current mayor is Helen Davidson Cr. These wards will come into effect at the October 2024 election . At
520-444: The leading municipal councils in Australia in adopting policies on climate action and sustainability. A January 2020 ClimateWorks Australia local government report identified City of Moreland as one of 3 out of 57 municipal jurisdictions in Australia to have a "fully aligned net zero by 2050 target that addresses both operational and community emissions." City of Merri-bek is a member of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability,
546-850: The municipality which are powered by 100% zero emissions renewable energy from the Crowlands Wind Farm, near Ararat. In 2014, City of Moreland joined with the City of Melbourne and several other institutions and established the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project (MREP). This project developed and funded the construction of a purpose-built 39 turbine, 80 MW Crowlands windfarm, which started supplying 100% renewables power to Council facilities and buildings in 2019. Moreland's community wide municipal emissions in 2019 were 1,609,000 tonnes CO2e, composed of sectoral emissions of: Waste (3%), Transport (17%), Gas (21%), Electricity (59%). The City of Merri-bek has set
SECTION 20
#1732786997381572-507: The municipality, the best known being the Sydney Road Street Party . One of the highlights of Merri-bek is its public library. Merri-bek City Libraries has five branches. Other Merri-bek local government services include maternal and child health service, waste and recycling collection, parks and open space, a youth space called Oxygen, services for children, and aged services. Merri-bek/Moreland Council has been one of
598-732: The naming of this area is painful, uncomfortable and very wrong. It needs to be addressed". In May 2022 a choice of three proposed names from the Woi-wurrung language was announced by Riley and Uncle Andrew Gardiner, deputy chair of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation: Wa-dam-buk, meaning “renew”; Merri-bek, meaning “rocky country”; and Jerrang, meaning “leaf of tree”. The names were scheduled to be decided by July 2022 following community consultation. The community consultation for
624-558: The renaming commenced in May 2022 and ended June 2022. Some residents expressed dissatisfaction with the process resulting in a petition to council. On 3 July 2022 (coinciding with the start of NAIDOC Week ) the Council voted at a Special Council Meeting to officially endorse Merri-bek as the preferred name. The name was submitted to the Minister for Local Government for consideration and
650-454: Was indirectly associated with a Jamaican plantation site that had traded slaves up to the 1800s. This historical information was contained in the 2010 Moreland Council publication Thematic History , and published in books and articles as far back as 1944. In October 1839, Scottish surgeon and settler Dr Farquhar McCrae was sold land between Moonee Ponds Creek and Sydney Road by the Crown in
676-504: Was the second council in Victoria, and the third in Australia, to receive this certification. A target of 30% less emissions than 2011, with a stretch goal of 40% by 2020, was over-achieved with an emissions cut of 69% by 2020, which will reduce the carbon offsets required to be purchased. Moreland City Council installed Victoria's first EV fast charge station in 2013. This has now grown to a network of 16 public EV charging stations around
#380619