Tasmania Against Roaster

[dialagranny]

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Youre right Robusto - I lived most of 2004 in Cape Town on a volunteer program. The program paid for food and lodging, which happened to be in a beautiful little cottage in a very middle class neighbourhood, right next to Newlands Cricket & Rugby stadiums, nestled beautifully at the foot of Table mountain. Problem is it was next to South African Breweries Cape Town brewery. If the wind blew right, the smell was nausea inducing. Id imagine it would be quite similar living near any industrial sized food prep factory, coffe roasters included.

Pete

[Andy]

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Coffee row boils over: Aldermen clash before HCC committee backs business
By MARGARETTA POS
07 Feb 2006 - The Mercury

A FIERY meeting of the Hobart City Councils Development and Environmental Services Committee last night voted to support the Battery Point coffee business at the centre of a public row.

And it dismissed the need for an afterburner, which would cost the business at least $10,000.

But not before a slanging match between two aldermen erupted.

At issue is the smell from the coffee roaster operated by Carlos and Nikki Kindred at Oomph! Tasmanian Gourmet Coffee in Hampden Rd.

Alderman Ron Christie said Alderman Darlene Haighs daughter wrote a report on the issue commissioned by the HCC.

Alderman Haighs daughter, Emma Riley, a consultant planner with GHD Pty Ltd, recommended that the Kindreds application to roast coffee be refused.

A furious Ald Haigh denied she had a pecuniary interest and said her daughter was an independent professional.

Asked to clarify the situation, HCC general manager Brent Armstrong said she did not have such an interest.

Ald Christie countered, saying she had a "conscience interest," which she should have declared.

"You shouldnt be in here," he said.

Calling him offensive, Ald Haigh said: "I will not be spoken to again in this manner or I will take legal action."

Ald Christie stormed out until she finished talking, saying he would not listen

to her.

After the acrid debate, the committee voted 3-1 to allow the Kindreds to continue roasting coffee beans, with certain conditions, one being that an environmental officer monitor the business for six months.

The motion will go to a full council meeting for a decision next Tuesday.

Those in favour last night were Alderman Lyn Archer, Jeff Briscoe and Ron Christie. Greens Alderman Helen Burnet voted against the motion.

Alderman Haigh is not a member of the committee, so could not vote. Nor could Alderman Eva Ruzicka, who also attended.

Several people had prior permission to speak to the meeting for three minutes each.

Speaking as a Battery Point resident, John White, who is senior vice-president of the Battery Point and Sullivans Cove Community Association, said those who protested against the terrible smell had been lampooned in The Mercury as "whingers, wowsers and Mafia".

In turn, Battery Point and Sullivans Cove Community Association president David Edwards said it was a planning issue, and the HCC must enforce its own regulations which he said deemed coffee roasting as "light industrial".

But Battery Point Business Association representative Stuart Jones said coffee roasting in a five kg roaster should be considered "special use" not "light industrial".

Co-owner Carlos Kindred said his family had been victimised and harassed over the issue.

Mr Kindred said he would consider moving the roaster to other premises if it was viable.


from:
http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18064886%255E3462,00.html

[AndyCJ]

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a 5kg roaster?

geez, dont some snobs do that in their back yards?!

[TEPIN]

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I hot Smoke 5 Kilos of Fish in my front yard on a regular basis, I catch lots, it all about light lines..
Tepin
Wonder what the neighbours will say when I start cutting up that Sika/Chittal Stag I have been stalking for a month or so..
Ciao

[Javaphile]

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Wonder what the neighbours will say when I start cutting up that Sika/Chittal Stag I have been stalking for a month or so..

LOL That reminds me of the time I gutted and butchered a deer in front of my house at 11pm. I think every cop in the city drove by just so they could say theyd seen it. Once the first cop spotted us 45 minutes into the process (In the heart of a metropolis of 3 million people with the exit ramp from a major freeway right in front of us.) we had a new laughing visitor from the boys in blue every 5-10 minutes for the next couple of hours until the job was done. They had no interest in where wed gotten the deer (deer were months out of season at the time) or in seeing any paperwork or even in how wed gotten it. They just wanted to see the nuts butchering a deer in the middle of the city. ROFL

And yes, we drank lots of coffee while reducing bambi to its component parts. ;D

Java "The nut case" phile

[Metreo]

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CARLOS KINDRED: Oh yeah. If they want to lock horns, Im in

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Becomes Carlo when roasting for his Italian Customers.

Becomes Karl when roasting for his German Customers.

Becomes Charles when roasting for his British Customers

Becomes Chuck when roasting for his US Customers.

Becomes Chas when roasting for his local Customers.

;D


And just plain old Carlos to his existing Spanish clientele.

[FarmerJoe]

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Actually guys Carlos is not spanish, as his surname Kindred attests...

[Metreo]

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Actually guys Carlos is not spanish, as his surname Kindred attests...

Actually that was the point of my post.