Page 4268 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 29 November 1994
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A couple of issues of concern were raised before the committee. The ACT Rural Lessees Association raised concerns about the future management of the area in relation to phalaris and the possible fire risk associated with tall pasture grasses. The local Park Care group, Friends of Urambi Hills, also supported the draft variation but, again, they supported the need to control phalaris to provide appropriate fire prevention and control measures. This all led to the following recommendation:
That the Committee endorse the draft Variation for the Urambi Hills Nature Park (Part Block 1466 in the District of Tuggeranong). Further, the Committee recommends that immediate steps be taken to prepare the Management Plan for the area, which should deal with the management issue of fire prevention and control - as called for by the ACT Rural Lessees Association and the Friends of Urambi Hills ...
I commend the motion and the recommendations.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT
Variations Nos 27 and 28 to the Territory Plan
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Heritage and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning): Madam Speaker, in our usual quick and efficient manner of responding to committee reports, which we have just been debating for three hours or so, for the information of members I present, pursuant to section 29 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991, approvals for variations Nos 27 and 28 of 1994 to the Territory Plan relating to Symonston, section 1, block 4, and the Urambi Hills Nature Park, part block 1466 in the district of Tuggeranong, respectively. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, these variations are tabled with the background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required. I ask for leave to make a short statement.
Leave granted.
MR WOOD: Earlier in the night, when we were discussing the Yowani proposal, there was some comment reflecting the statement in the report that perhaps the issue should have been dealt with by the Planning Authority at an earlier stage. I want to respond to that. At the time of preliminary design and planning work on the Gungahlin Town Centre, it was known that the site had small areas of remnant native grassland and therefore could be a possible Delmar impar habitat. Members should note that the parts of the site where they occur were excluded from possible development pending further study and investigation. These investigation areas were identified in the draft variation to the Territory Plan as deferred areas. The possibility of the town centre site containing Delmar impar habitats is reflected in the draft variation to the plan, which provides for parts of the site to be left free of development.
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