Outcomes

(Topic - Presenter)

Wallarah 2 – Mike Campbell

• Coming up for judicial review
• EDO conducting case
• IESC Report
• Proponent says aquifers will recover in 500 years

Power Station Ash Dams – Gary Blaschke

• In Lake Munmorah area we have 455 olympic swimming pools of toxic ash
• Delta is self-monitoring air quality
• 1 monitoring station on Wyong Racecourse
• 9 cancer clusters identified
• Asbestos in LM Power Stn site (tonnes buried)
• Environmental Health and Human Health audits required on Central Coast

Mangrove Mountain landfill – John Asquith

• CCCl’s Committee has had 3 meetings
• EWPA was supposed to attend
• Findings to be tabled to CCCcl

Kangy Angy – Tracey Stewart

• KARAG constantly battling and now monitoring

Winney Bay - 5 Lands Walk pathway – Heather Graham

• Works currently underway from Fed Govt grant of $875k
• Next stage(s) involving another $4m from Regional Dev Aust to be reviewed following community consultation
• Bushcare needed after works to deal with weeds esp Bitou bush

Environmental Control – John Asquith

• Following 8 years of poor control, Ccl needs compliance officers to monitor approval conditions

Mooney Progress Assocn – John Andrews

• Suggested formation of “Friends of the Hawkesbury” association

Friends of the ABC - Ross McGowan

• Rally on July 8 raised issue of the qualifications of ABC Board Members – business or broadcasting?

Solar Energy – Jo Muller

• Panels now installed on Marine Discovery Centre

Issues raised for State and Federal elections - Forum:

• Central Coast has 4 state seats and 2 Federal seats
• All are vulnerable
• Fed election not likely until May 2019
• Time is right to lobby for CC priorities in both spheres
• Democracy in Australia under threat – need ideas to get general public motivated to protect
• Citizens should not have to resort to GIPA’s to obtain info from Ccl, State or Fed
• EPA has been emasculated
• Housing developments.
• Catherine Hill Bay – 600 blocks released without workable sewerage system.
• RoseCorp has DA for CHB + 400 for Gwandalan
• Warnervale – wholesale destruction of flora and fauna
• Is Wyee station to get lifts but not Tuggerah?
• Seniors accommodation?
• Affordable Housing?
• Jobs in Tourism
• Northern Boundary of CCC LGA?
• Womens refuges
• Wildlife Corridors
• Developers (secrecy of planning schemes)
• Darkinjung
• CCRP 2036 is a disgusting document!
• Who said Gosford is “Capital” of CC?
• What will 34500 new houses do to Central Coast environment and infrastructure?
• What is $180m pa for mineral extractions?
• VFT to be funded by development
• Proportional representation – nobody is actively championing a change in the constitution
• CCCcl would benefit from an environmental audit
• New GM wil consider desirability of Environmental dept
• Land banking in Gosford?
• Stack parking
• Council’s Env Ed Officer / Waterways & Ocean Protection officer – knew nothing of Seismic testing
• CEN advocates zero shadowing of public parks including Kibble
• Energy Storage on Central Coast
• Is pumped hydro feasible on CC as in upper Hunter

Gosford CBD and Planning – Gary Chestnut

• Presentation provided
• CEN can distribute further
• Planning has been taken away from CCCcl by SEPP which overrides LEP
• Assessment rules and procedures changed
• Still time to submit objections

Sustainable Future for Wyong Shire (Northern Boundary, Porters Creek and Town Centre) – (Facilitated session)

• Regional Plan
• Submissions on Northern Boundary of LGA?
• Industrial estates with smaller units and common amenities
• Group training – 5 Units still vacant
• Implications of Greater Sydney Strategy – Newc/ Sydney / W’gong
• Where has green belt around Sydney gone?
• Wyong Town Centre development for roads/parking/bus interchange
• Use of heritage precinct
• Pedestrian considerations
• VFT keeps cropping up
• Feasibility studies have been done
• Fed govt route shows loss of Peat Is and Porter’s Ck wetlands

Seismic Testing off the Central Coast and Newcastle – Dr Natasha Deen

• Asset Energy has been given approval for sonic testing for hydrocarbons off coast between Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Newcastle by Minister Matt Canavan
• Dubious assessment by “independent” NOPSEMA – heavily stacked with industry advocates
• Proven damage to ocean life
• No monitoring of effects before or after
• Lobby Pat Conroy
• Attend Whale Dreaming Festival
• Sign petition against (currently 24,000 signatories)

Climate Change / Solar / Renewable Energy – Jo Muller

• Aust leads world in species extinction
• Suzuki said “Think Globally, Act Locally”
• To achieve zero carbon we must start at home and move on to Ccl level and progress to state and federal intervention
• Building codes and Ccl assessment must include low carbon considerations
• Lifestyle and population levels need to be debated within the community
• Political considerations have overridden the voices of the scientific community
• Chief Scientist (Finkel) should provide leadership
• Energy production must consider trilogy of climate, reliability and cost equally for sustainability
• Background paper available

Drinking water operating licence and waterways – John Asquith

• Water is a looming issue
• Protect drinking water catchments west of M1
• A CEN Water Sub-Committee would be appropriate.
• Seek expertise
• Is basis used by Councils for pricing of water usage appropriate?
• ·Terrigal lagoon pollution
• Terrigal and Avoca beaches polluted by sewage
• Is there a Water Plan for 2020 including pipeline construction?
• Mangrove Dam was limited by some modifications done some years ago

Northern COSS (Wyong Area) – John Asquith

• Porters Ck wetlands
• CCC to support State Govt Plans
• See CEN submission from 2012
• 240 ha former CEN project(?)
• Where is former Wyong Conservation Strategy
• What steps are needed to ensure protection in perpetuity?