A Cree Indian saying...

Only when the last tree is dead,
the last fish is caught
and the last river is poisoned,
will they find they can't eat money.

Bungendore Residents Group
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Current issues that we're involved with and care about.

6 October 2006. Late notice by developer to adjacent residents for a supermarket proposal
See the Bungendore Briefing (pdf) which is a note to Palerang Council concerning the proposed development of the supermarket and what was initially five 'specialty' shops which is now fifteen. The proposed community consultation appears to be by invitation only.

A big question remains as to how many people have agreed to the option of selling. Most on the block in question say they have not signed anything.

Updated 16 October 2006

Trucking Yard Lane development

Click on the map for a PDF, on the photo for some more images. Yep there are roads there already, and 49 blocks, (most of them tiny with minimum easements. Say hello to your neighbour, you could even shake hands reaching out your window! That's real Bungendore-style country friendship.)

Other items


Response to Draft Management Plan 2006-07

Click to read the BRG's open letter to Council
 



Old News (but good news)

What a great community decision!   

It had all the suspense of the last minutes of a TV show going off for the ratings year. The  council room was full of residents who were sure there was going to be at least some disappointment as the council was being forced into making a decision over the proposed sites for the skate park.

There was a spontaneous round of applause for Matt Gardiner and his wife on the birth of their child, and then the tension returned with general business. There was concern on delays in roadside mowing and the late notification of council meeting agendas from our Captain's Flat friends. Then council moved straight to the Item. What most of those present hadn't heard, was that the BVHT and the BRG had negotiated a last minute decision to agree on the siting of the skate park to be at the Elmslea site, unless there are technical problems with the soil base.

When it was announced, there was an intake of breath all around the room, Cr. Les Hart wiped his brow in relief and then ...applause and smiles and a few moist eyes. The room was swamped by a genuine feeling that this was how communities should do things. The common was ruled out as ever being an alternative site and the development of the recreation area in Elmslea will certainly bring the 'North South divide' a little closer. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who went out into the night feeling terrific, Alix (the well known petition Nazi) couldn't stop jumping up and down.
(Comment by Fred Harden)

 


Documents and links

Palarang Council website ("A rural lifestyle between Capital and Coast") should be in your bookmarks. It has local contact information, online payments facilities and a range of documents and minutes of past meetings that will provide ah... absorbing reading.
Some important documents on the site are...


The Lake George Hydrogeological / Aquifer Sustainability Report which says..

Quote: "The groundwater model has determined that the current usage (~700 ML/yr) is at or near the sustainable yield, at the 2002-2004 level of rainfall, which is below the long term average rainfall of 650mm/year. That is, the current usage is a large proportion of present recharge."
and...
"Outside of the Turallo Creek catchment there is significant groundwater potential within the Butmaroo Creek catchment, 5-8 km to the east and northeast of Bungendore. This region may represent an alternative groundwater source in the future." Unquote.

(Comment by Fred: So IF it rains a lot and we create new bores outside the town area to pump from, we can keep on developing. However IF we are being affected by global warming and we should prudently plan for a regular dry cycle, the current sized township is at a sustainable level.
There are lots of other IF's in the document. Read it.
)

Did you get a call for the Community Telephone Survey in April 2005? This is what Council feels concerns 'we residents'.

Updated 25 November 2005
 

 
Bungendore Railway Station

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