Tuggeranong Community Council Inc.

Next meeting: Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 7 September 2010, 7:30pm

Topic: Annual General Meeting - Presentation of year's achievements, audited accounts, election of council executive members

Venue:
Southern Cross Club, Tuggeranong (upstairs) - Cnr Pitman and Holwell Streets, Tuggeranong Town Centre
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Below is a copy of a letter from TCC Vice President, Colin Petrie, to the Editor of the Canberra Times following an article that appeared on page 2 of the Canberra Times on Monday 16 August 2010. The article alleged that TCC members were rude, intimidating and had bullied ACTPLA staff at a recent public meeting. The TCC has sent the letter to the Editor of the Canberra Times on 16 August and again on 19 August. To date the TCC’s response has not appeared.

The original Canberra Times article: Tuggeranong forum boycott

The letter:
Letter to the Editor, Canberra Times
Monday 16 August 2010

Dear Editor,

Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) members are surprised by suggestions that they were rude, intimidating and had bullied guests from ACTPLA who addressed a recent public meeting organised by the TCC. Read more…

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ACTPLA (ACT Planning and Land Authority) presented last Thursday 12 August, on the Eastern Broadacre Planning Project.
More details are available from ACTPLA’s website: ACTPLA’s webpage on the Eastern Broadacre Planning Project

The Eastern Broadacre Study covers the future development of the eastern half of the ACT from Hume in the south to Majura in the north inlcuding Symonston and the Jerrabomberra Valley. This large area has been identified as a future employment corridor with the development of light industrial, commercial, tourist and transport related activities.

The TCC believes the Eastern Broadacre Study has major implications for the Tuggeranong Valley.

Listen to the interview between ABC 666 Canberra’s Genevieve Jacobs and TCC’s representative about the Eastern Broadacre Planning Project and the TCC’s special meeting

You can have your say by emailing: easternbroadacre@act.gov.au
Please consider copying us on your correspondence so we may include it in our submission.

The Tuggeranong Community Council presented the followiing submission to the ACT Government’s Review of Word Smoke Education Programs. While the TCC supports a review it believes the ACT Government should also consider the experiences of other jurisdictions where anti wood smoke education programs have failed. The TCC believes that for future education programs to succeed, particularly in the Tuggeranong Valley, they should focus on the public health impact of wood smoke pollution.

The TCC submission has been reproduced below:

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Talking Tuggeranong is an issues document that was developed by the Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) Executive in consultation with Council members, other Tuggeranong residents, community groups and organisations.

It details issues that concern Tuggeranong residents ranging from public transport, planning and development, environment and law and order.

The document was presented to the ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope MLA on 3 March 2010 for his consideration and attention.

The TCC wishes to thank those who contributed to Talking Tuggeranong. The Council hopes that it will assist and guide the ACT Government in the future development and decision making concerning Tuggeranong and its residents.

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The Community Noticeboard, is a weekly one-stop location of all ACT Government community engagement activities.
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Click here to view the forum video

The Tuggeranong Community Council held its own “Great Debate” as part of the 2010 Federal Election Campaign with the candidates standing in the seat of Canberra and seeking to represent the ACT in the Senate attending a General Meeting held on Tuesday 3^rd August.  Invitations were sent to all ALP, Liberal, Greens and Australian Democrats candidates along with invites to other Community Council’s members and community organisations in the Tuggeranong Valley.

From 7:30pm, each of the candidates offered their own introduction and then members of the public were given an opportunity to question candidates on issues that concern them and their community.  It was a very intersting meeting and there was no Election Worm on the night!

The following is a copy of the Tuggeranong Community Council Inc, General Meeting of 6 July 2010 Minutes:

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The Tuggeranong Community Council held its own “Great Debate” as part of the 2010 Federal Election Campaign with the candidates standing in the seat of Canberra and seeking to represent the ACT in the Senate attending a General Meeting held on Tuesday 3^rd August.  Invitations were sent to all ALP, Liberal, Greens and Australian Democrats candidates along with invites to other Community Council’s members and community organisations in the Tuggeranong Valley.

From 7:30pm, each of the candidates offered their own introduction and then members of the public were given an opportunity to question candidates on issues that concern them and their community.  It was a very intersting meeting and there was no Election Worm on the night!

The TCC will next host a Special Council meeting on Thursday 12^th August to consider the Eastern Broadacre Study.  This meeting will be addressed by ACT Planning and Land Authority Project Manager, Belinda McNeice.

The Eastern Broadacre Study covers the future development of the eastern half of the ACT from Hume in the south to Majura in the north inlcuding Symonston and the Jerrabomberra Valley.  This large area has been identified as a future employment corridor with the development of light industrial, commercial, tourist and transport related activities.

The TCC believes the Eastern Broadacre Study has major implications for the Tuggeranong Valley and the Special Meeting on 12^th August is an opportunity for residents to have their say on this important subject.

This meeting will also be held in the upstairs function room of the Tuggeranong Southern Cross Club commencing at 7.30pm.

The TCC always welcomes new members who wish to make a positive contribution to their community. For more information visit www.tuggcc.com.

The Tuggeranong Community Council has taken its fight against plans for a residential development at Tralee all the way to Federal Parliament. The TCC Vice President, Col Petrie and I, had a very successful meeting recently with senior staff of the office of the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure, Regional Development and Local Government, Hon Anthony Albanese MP. The meeting was arranged at the TCC’s request by the Federal Member for Canberra, Annette Ellis MP who also participated in the discussions. We were very pleased with the hearing that we were given and encouraged by the support from our local member and the Minister’s office.

During the discussions I outlined that the TCC was opposed to the construction of homes at Tralee and under the flight-path of Canberra Airport. The TCC’s position was reaffirmed in a survey of Tuggeranong residents it had conducted in late 2009. The message from the survey was loud and clear, Tuggeranong residents are concerned that if homes are built a Tralee that it will eventually lead to the relocation of aircraft flight paths over Tuggeranong.

TCC Vice President, Col Petrie, spoke of his many years experience as a building inspector and the impact of aircraft noise in Sydney that led to an expensive sound-proofing program of homes. We suggested a way to break the impasse was to allow the land at Tralee to be developed as an extension to the Hume Industrial Estate.

Ms Ellis and the Minister’s staff supported our concerns and reaffirmed the Minister’s view, as stated in the Aviation White Paper, that housing is considered an inappropriate development near airports and especially under airport flight paths. We left the meeting encouraged by the support that Tuggeranong residents had been given by Ms Ellis and the Minister’s Office. Meanwhile the TCC will keep a watching brief on Tralee, its possible impact on Canberra Airport and Tuggeranong residents.

The following is a copy of the Tuggeranong Community Council Inc, General Meeting of 1 June 2010 Minutes:

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The following is a copy of the Tuggeranong Community Council Inc, General Meeting of 4 May 2010 Minutes:

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