Page 59 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 22 February 1994
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a MOTH member appearing in an individual capacity. I would like to thank all the people who appeared before the committee at public hearings. We received 35 submissions in response to our call for public comment. In addition to those submissions, we had access to the 121 submissions made to the ACT Planning Authority in response to its call for public comment on the initial draft variation released on 17 July 1993. As Mr Lamont has pointed out, after the public hearings had concluded the committee spent some time in finalising the recommendations which accompany this report.
I believe that both Mr Lamont and Mr Kaine have outlined very well the nature of the development we recommend should occur on the Tuggeranong Homestead site, but I would like to address recommendation 3, which refers to the citation of the heritage unit for the site and recognises that the whole 31 hectares of the site is classified by the National Trust and is on the Register of the National Estate. The committee believes that it is essential that appropriate development occur on the residential component of the site to ensure the appropriate funding of the conservation and maintenance works identified in the citation of the heritage unit for the site, a copy of which is included at the end of the committee's report. There is no doubt, we believe, that restoration work needs to be begin on the homestead and that the restoration work is urgently needed, given the current state of the homestead and other buildings. This part of the recommendations also acknowledges the important fact that the whole 31 hectares of the Tuggeranong Homestead site is classified by the National Trust of Australia, and I reiterate that the whole 31 hectares is on the Register of the National Estate.
The fourth part of the recommendations involves a recommendation that the key stakeholders who have been involved in consideration of the future of the Tuggeranong Homestead site have an ongoing role. It was obvious to committee members during the course of our inquiry that a number of individuals and organisations were extremely dedicated and committed to the future well-being of the Tuggeranong Homestead and its environs. It seems to me fitting and appropriate that those key organisations and individuals who are members of them should have an ongoing role in the future of the site.
We have also recommended that detailed conservation plans, a landscape master plan and a detailed subdivision plan be returned to the committee for consideration. We have asked to see these to assure ourselves that the site will be developed as it is envisaged and in accordance with the heritage features of the site. Finally, with regard to the public park and the commemoration of cricket activities, we have recommended that the site make provision for that public park which will include the recognition of the playing of cricket on the site many years ago. There is little that remains of the original cricket pitch, and a fitting commemoration seems to be an appropriate means by which to recognise what occurred.
I have been especially impressed with the contribution to the site and to the Tuggeranong community by the Minders of Tuggeranong Homestead, most particularly, Mrs Lyn Forceville and her husband Gerry, Mrs Rebecca Lamb, Mr Ian French and Mr Norm Jensen, a former member of this Assembly. I believe that it is especially important that these people play a key role in overseeing the future of the site. There is no doubt that I am particularly pleased with the outcome of this inquiry by the Planning Committee, but I would like to think that my views, expressed over 12 months ago, with relation to the site encouraged my fellow members of the committee - - -
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