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 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.
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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
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