NCCC April 2020 Newsletter
It has been a truly eventful year, with the devastating impacts of the summer bushfires and Covid-19 continuing to ripple through society and through the inner north community
It has been a truly eventful year, with the devastating impacts of the summer bushfires and Covid-19 continuing to ripple through society and through the inner north community
The North Canberra Community Council (NCCC) believes that the Draft Variation no.368 (DV368) should not proceed to the Committee stage until there has been a more extensive consultation process number of outstanding issues relating to heritage, planning and sustainability
The NCCC notes that to date, the EPBC Act, with all its good intentions, has failed to arrest or reverse the continuing decline of biodiversity in Australia. A much more drastic,
radical, proactive and effective way needs to be found to address this fundamental crisis.
NCA is currently working on our tree management policy, a plan that will define how our urban treescape will look over the next 100 years and the pathway to make it happen. The Tree Management Policy (Draft) is now open for public consultation.
We will have three presentations by YWCA about the future use of 11 Rutherford Crescent Ainslie for the YHomes project with the aim of providing affordable, appropriate and secure homes for women of modest income to live independently; by ACT Health about the Dickson (Inner North) Walk in Centre/Community Health Centre project; and by Stephanie Booker, Environment Defenders Office, ACT on the need for Community input to the Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC).
The presentations will be live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gnJVlu5IWe6ZLT1hiSNsA/live
Presentations will be followed by General Business Matters of NCCC.
On 19 February 2020, the full committee of the North Canberra Community Council will meet for the first time under its new constitution, which stipulates an alternation of monthly General or Council Meetings and Public Meetings with presentations. This first meeting will deal with Machinery of Governance matters and brief presentations of issues, concerns and plans by the representatives of individual residents’ and community associations across North Canberra. Members of NCCC are welcome to attend this meeting.
You are invited to attend a community drop-in session at the Australian War Memorial. At these sessions you can speak to Memorial staff about their Development Project plans
Temporary improvements to the Dickson Pool forecourt will help you enjoy this space more this summer. If you’ve come along to have a look at these improvements please take the ACT Government’s 2 minute survey so they know how you feel the new space is working and what else they could consider. Your feedback will inform a detailed design for other upgrades in the future. The upgrades follow engagement with the community, which told the ACT Government the upgrades were one of their top priorities and suggested how this space could be improved. The improvements include new landscaping, shade, seating, bike …