Archive for February, 2009

Conflicts of interest, my comments in full

You’ll be aware that the move to recind the motion relating to the tip closure and the Bungendore Transfer Station was successful but I believe the conflicts of iInterest issues behind it all, deserve continued examination. Here’s the full text of my presentation to council.
“In a recent letter to the Mirror I asked if I [...]

Frogs Hollow weed infestation Pt 2

Following Peter’s alert, Warner Hieatt added
“Once you have seen it you will never forget it. Lizzy’s brothers have it up on their property east of Condobolin. I would be prepared to spend some time this Sunday weeding it out with a team. If it gets a hold on it will spread to the area we [...]

Cat’s Head Thorn on Frogs Hollow Pt 1

BEWARE! Cat’s Head weed on Frog’s Hollow
I just found a major infestation of the Mediterranean weed ‘Tribulus terrestris’, Preferred Common Name: caltrop, Other Common Names: cat’s head, devil’s thorn, puncture vine on Frog’s Hollow where the recent “rehabilitation” of the verges next to the new k&g appears to have introduced this nasty weed. We’ve never seen it [...]

Draft Bungendore Land Use Strategy and Structure Plan

I’ll draw from the council business papers for the background to this.
‘The Sydney-Canberra Corridor Regional Strategy states that the NSW Department of Planning will only support greenfield developments in Bungendore that are contained in a  Land Use Strategy and Structure Plan. Such a plan would need to be endorsed by the Director Of Planning first.
To [...]

Draft DCP /LEP for the Village now available

I have a print copy of the Draft Development Control Plan Yarrowlumla LEP 2002, 2(V) Village Zone.  Now, I’m sure that’s a typo on the cover because it’s actually Palerang Development Control Plan YLEP 2002, 2(V) Village Zone. (Although YLEP is Yarrowlumla LEP).
It is a simple document laying out requirements for development in Captains Flat [...]

Bungendore Mirror’s Conflict of Interest Survey

We’ve made up a easy online fill in form for Bunedore Mirror Editor John Mitchell’s form to determine how we, the public, understand the conflicts of interest that may prevent a councillor from voting on a particular item of Council business.
He wrote “A councillor’s challenge to a member of the public gallery that he name [...]