tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88751244625554250702024-03-05T16:36:23.771+11:00Heritage Protection Society Tasmania The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-59952033393749831482021-04-28T12:20:00.000+10:002021-04-28T12:20:25.415+10:00KEEP PLANNING LOCAL – Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGkWJ3KBuBVvFSNyDUSh720OBnXIhXjaN7tZoMvAt2wqssjGGSZLVjhyJhKHoUcEK0BC6I6HfbHzCNiPOWpmm3Qddra6iq0kMpyux3iEMM0HxKI2ylx7Xm0RGfwffpWlInnYOayQ2Nks/s1000/PLANNING.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGkWJ3KBuBVvFSNyDUSh720OBnXIhXjaN7tZoMvAt2wqssjGGSZLVjhyJhKHoUcEK0BC6I6HfbHzCNiPOWpmm3Qddra6iq0kMpyux3iEMM0HxKI2ylx7Xm0RGfwffpWlInnYOayQ2Nks/w430-h430/PLANNING.jpg" width="430" /></a></p><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear candidates, </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am writing to you on behalf of Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania) Incorporated [HPST] to ask you to defend the rights of Tasmanians to have a say in their Tasmanian planning system. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For the reasons outlined below, we are asking you to respond to us to commit to keeping planning within Local Councils, commit to allowing the current implementation of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme to run its course and commit to maintaining a robust planning appeals tribunal, and in particular, to refuse the proposal for security for cost orders. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">1.</span></b> <b>Commit to</b> keep Planning within Local Councils HPST agrees with the 60+ organisations that comprises Planning Matters Tasmania, that a fundamental but unstated intention of the Liberal Government’s planning changes is likely to be to remove planning from local councils with more centralised control and less local community voices. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This issue is as big, if not even bigger, than amalgamation. We want to keep planning local. - <b>Commit to </b>keeping planning within local councils –<i><b> keep planning local.</b></i> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">There may be problems with how councils make planning decisions but these can and are being addressed without resorting to such a dramatic and undemocratic change. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Councils can represent their ratepayers and their community voices; they have local knowledge, understand local character and infrastructure needs. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">A planning panel in Launceston or Hobart may not make the best planning decisions about the northwest coast for example. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> 2. </span>Commit to</b> allowing the current implementation of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme (TPS) to run its course HPST understands that the Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Tasmanian Planning Scheme Modification) Bill 2020 allows for the fast tracking of the implementation of some components of the TPS putting the places that you love at risk. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This Bill is likely to be debated in the first Parliamentary session after the state election. Please reject/amend this Bill for the following reasons: </span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">The Gutwein Government looks to be fast tracking components of each Council’s Local Provisions Schedule (LPS), the critical final step in the implementation of the TPS. This would result in less community input on local character and greater ministerial power. The current process should be allowed to run its course. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;"> A new process will also circumvent public input on substantial modifications of a draft LPS. Proponents of developments like Cambria Green could use this process to obtain new zoning to allow for their development without any community input. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">These changes sadly represent a broken promise made by Peter Gutwein who committed to giving the community a real say in protecting local character through the LPS process. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;">These changes will also make the planning system more complex, confusing and uncertain resulting in poorer planning outcomes for the community and developers. </span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">3.</span></b> <b>Commit to</b> maintaining a robust planning appeals tribunal. Do you know that the Draft Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Amendments Bill will threaten your rights to appeal developments (or appeal planning decisions/approvals) undermining our democracy?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This Bill is likely to be debated in the first Parliamentary session after the state election. Please reject/amend this Bill for the following reasons: </span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Please oppose </b>the Gutwein Governments proposed changes to the planning appeals process, in particular, to refuse the proposal for security for cost orders. This is nothing more than applying a gag to ordinary citizens and community groups and will make it prohibitively expensive for the average person or community group to appeal developments. </span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>Please commit to </b>a robust planning appeals tribunal, which is fundamental to a healthy democracy – appeal rights ensure that the community has a say over its future. Ensure that a proper compulsory mediation system is implemented before a matter is referred to a Full Hearing so as to better ensure that affordable and fair outcomes occur. </span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;">Together with the new Major Projects planning assessment process, the above proposed changes will fundamentally undermine community engagement in the planning system; impact our quality of life, our heritage, natural environment, and democracy. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Tasmania already has Major Projects legislation that has NEVER been utilised, and so why is there now any justification to create it all over again. Too much is being concealed behind a phoney justification for the State to make concessions with fast tracking of projects and approvals because of promoted excuses that the Coronavirus “crises” has justified this. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We see no evidence that there is any justification to give up our democratic rights as a community or to hand more exclusive powers over to megalomaniac ministers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for considering this request and we look forward to your reply. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Yours sincerely, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Lionel Morrell </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">President of Heritage Protection Society ((Tasmania) Incorporated 41 High Street East Launceston Tasmania, 7250, Australia </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="background-color: #fcff01;">This email was sent by Lionel Morrell as President of Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania) Incorporated email address (li82303@bigpond.net.au) </i></div>The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-55682206006152555782020-05-31T17:38:00.003+10:002020-05-31T17:38:52.624+10:00MEDIA RELEASE; Major Projects Bill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">Much could be written about the progress and effectiveness of Tasmania’s Planning system and Heritage Legislation over the past 30 years, since direct community action in the early hours of <b>Sunday 5<sup>th</sup> March 1990, </b>prevented the wholesale demolition of George Fry's old house and store at 22-24 Charles Street, Launceston (part of the later infamous C H Smith Complex).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">It was abject neglect by the statutory authorities over that 28 year period, to have not ensured the protection of the two buildings. The C H Smith site was purchased 2 years ago for redevelopment by JMC, and the State Government had offered to lease the complex from them for its Service Centre, also loaning Launceston Council $9M to construct car parking on the site. The fact that that none of the four owners who had previously purchased the place, had the <u>money</u> to undertake the restoration task, let alone the overall redevelopment, has been erroneously blamed by some quarters on the Tasmanian Planning System. The State Government had weighed in during the early days, agreeing to transfer ownership of strategic Crown Land next door to 24 Charles Street to the Redline Bus Company to facilitate its later-failed Transit Centre, as a means of Nos 22 &24 Charles St being retained. That former Crown Land freely handed over all of those decades ago, today comprises about one third of the area of the present C H Smith development site.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">In 2020, the community's interests are still relying on direct action by its members to protect its cultural heritage and the amenity so treasured and finally recognised by our tourism industry. Our governments at all three levels have failed the community. The Tasmanian community battles to save and protect the cultural characters of its major cities, Hobart and Launceston from the blights of ridiculously tall buildings. These planning issues include several Fragrance proposals and the Gorge Hotel; cable car proposals on Mt Wellington and within Launceston's Cataract Gorge Reserve. Further afield, large subdivisions and destructive developments in scenic heritage places like Cambria Green; intrusive developments in National Parks and Reserves like Lake Malbena; not to mention the imbroglios with highly secretive and contentious developments like Westbury Prison, mobilising and dividing cultural communities, and then...there were the Pulp Mills and forests warfare disasters !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">When will governments learn … to listen to and consult with their communities?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">At this historic time, when the world, Australia and now the state of Tasmania stares down the rapid spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19 health crisis) Tasmanians are being expected to respond to invitations to review both the TASMANIAN MAJOR PROJECTS BILL and the TASMANIAN PLANNING COMMISSION’S ROLES AND FUNCTIONS, in a ridiculous time frame closing on 9<sup>th</sup>. April 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">This is not the time to impose these issues on our Tasmanian community, or our parliamentarians even, who are now under severe pressure to control their personal health anxiety and that of family and close friends. A pandemic is fertile ground for those already suffering from anxiety stresses, and the worsening paralysis of the thought of becoming ill and dying.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania) Inc. calls on the Tasmanian Government to immediately suspend the progression of these changes, and for the time being reassure the community there will be no changes to the present system until ‘normality’ to our Tasmanian existence is restored, financial recovery is underway, and a proper and considered view on possible reviews of the planning system may then be entertained by our community.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 11pt;">Lionel Morrell<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">These people had submitted formal representations to the City of Launceston Council in connection with a Development Application for a controversial<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>39.5M<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>high hotel building fronting Paterson, Margaret and Brisbane Streets in Launceston.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU">For more information please contact Ian Routley 03 6331 9406</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;">We disagree with what you say, in that the Council’s website for Public Notices has twice been changed with regards to notifying the closing date for representations to be received.</span></span></div>
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The Council’s webpage is what is exhibited in the Customer Service Centre via the computer terminals accessible there, which Council argues complied with the legislation where it is required to exhibit the application including plans and specifications. </div>
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We repeat, it is not, as stated by Leanne Hurst in her earlier email “an additional public service not required by legislation”.</div>
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Not only has the incorrect information been exhibited at the CustomerService Centre, the actual computer terminals that Council provide to create the exhibition, have not been functioning. </div>
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Again today, when I attended the Customer Service Centre, the terminals were not functioning, and upon enquiry of Service Centre Staff, one of the four terminals provided was able to be turned on. </div>
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That sole terminal was extremely slow, and as this application comprises a very large file of around 580 pages, we estimate that it would take around an hour just to open each page. </div>
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If an enquirer were to need to refer backwards and forwards from one section or part or page of the application, and have time to read each page, it is likely to take an entire day to peruse just the Gorge Hotel application.</div>
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This is rediculous and quite inappropriate and no one seeking to avail themselves of the public exhibition of this application at the Service Centre could be expected to allocate this amount of time.</div>
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Again the staff admitted there were ongoing problems with these terminals.</div>
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Taking into account that a number of people may arrive to inspect advertised development applications at the same time, and because there are a large number of applications being exhibited at this time, we cannot understand how Council can argue that the exhibition of applications at the Customer Service Centre can in reality comply with the legislation.</div>
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And so we again repeat that to overcome these deficiencies in the advertising and exhibition of this development application, <b>it will be necessary for fresh advertising, notifications and exhibition of at least this Development Application, to be recommenced.</b></div>
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Please reply to this request as a matter of urgent importance.</div>
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Regards</div>
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Lionel Morrell</div>
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proposal to move its University
campus from Newnham to the Flood Zone of the Inveresk tidal flats:
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Calibri,Bold";">(i) The
North and South Esk Rivers Flood Modelling and Mapping Updates
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commissioned by the Northern Tasmanian
Network Partners & Associates, authored by Mr Chris Penna, and
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Available on the CoL website, the BMT Reports
are
based on the latest flood (2016)
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sea level rise and climate change
data,
and
make worrying projections
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</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">warn that Launceston’s much trumpeted reconstructed flood levees
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">are no longer cap
able of protecting Invermay and the City from their designed 0.5% (1:200 year) flood event, and that
the level of protection is now halved to just 1% (1:100 year), assuming the levees function properly. The report predicts
that a current 1:200 year flood w
ould well overtop the levees and that Invermay would be subject to flood waters 2m to
5m deep at Hazard Class 5 level
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ie
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has been modestly silent about the BMT reports, although it
would be expected that part of its civic duty is to make Invermay/City residents and businesses fully aware of the
implications of the report
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and UTas have similarly disregarded several commissioned expert
environmental reports (involving seismic, geotechnical and flood/tidal factors), from the 1990s onwards about
Inveresk/Invermay, that all highlight the inadvisability
and dangers of developments at Inveresk, especially expensive
major projects that will house large numbers of people. Key aspects of these commissioned reports and others of
relevance, are describ
ed in the Evaluative Review
, together with a per
tinent sec
tion that highlights
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">the reports’ advices
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">about the problems/issues related to development at Inveresk.
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">Any content and key messages from
this library shelf of reports were conveniently not included in the original 2016
UTas marketing document upon which
funding commitments of $200m were made by Federal and State governments
and upon which the C
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aunceston
gifted Inveresk and Willis
St land parcels to UTas. The
Evaluative Review
finds
that no substantial, evidenced, environmental, economic or social
cases have been publicly made by UTas or the City
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aunceston
to validate the Inveresk Precinct Redevelopment. The promised intents of UTas
to both maintain and
develop its existing Launceston based tertiary education offerings and to create and promote a range of 2
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year industry
related associate degree course
are strongly supported by the
Evaluative Review
. Nevertheless the vital provision
of
quality University courses for the Nor
th has been disappearing. The
Evaluative Review
clearly do
cuments the
inadequacies of the
2016
marketing document and associated processes that managed to gain both political support
and Government funding. As UTas
has acknowledged that the cost of the original proposal has increased markedly and
the projected number of additional students has decreased significantly, the funding and land gifts were provided under
quite inaccurate assumptions. As the project sought m
ore than $100m of Federal money, it should have been subject to
much earlier stages of assessment by
</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">the `independent’
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Infrastructure Australia (IA). This did not occur, and the final
Business Case was only submitted to IA on 31 Jan 2019. It is now under e
valuation, although rationalised approval is
anticipated as the Federal funding has
already
been handed over
to the State. The
Evaluative Review
shows that a lack
of due process and due diligence has been a consistent, notable part of the entire project si
nce its inception.
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into accepting the UTas relocation proposal, or face the threat from UTas that it would withdraw or reduce its local
Univer
sity presence. Similarly it appears that IA is under political pressure to approve the Northern Transformation
Program. Such intimidatory pressures seem to have displaced rational assessments, and in most workplaces such
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri;">(i) the reconstructed levees have never been fully signed
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concrete levees and the complete system still awaiting such formal approval as required</span></div>
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<b>Plans for a $50 million hotel have officially been lodged with the City of Launceston council.</b>
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<b><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;">The nine-storey Gorge Hotel is set to be built at the TRC site, which is owned by the JAC Group.</span></b>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>A 145-room hotel, 500 people conference centre, 200-seat bar and restaurant, function rooms, rooftop cocktail bar, day spa and gym is proposed</b></span>.
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Parking for <b style="background-color: yellow;">175 vehicles</b> is also planned.
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The hotel would be built over two stages.
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<b style="background-color: #999999;">T</b><b style="background-color: #cccccc;">he Josef Chromy group commissioned six different architects paying them $5000 each to design a hotel before selecting the best concept, the development application said.</b>
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"Most of the architects spent over five times that amount on their designs for the opportunity to participate in this project," it said.
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<b><a href="http://cbgarchitects.com.au/about">CBG Architects, from Melbourne</a>, was awarded the contract </b>which allowed them to prepare plans and elevations for the development application based on their concept design.
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Tessellated glass panels are the building's "most notable features", with proposed rooftop planting and building setback to give context to the surrounding landscape. The facade is designed to disperse reflected light.
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"The tessellations have been designed to take on the appearance of the waterfalls and cliff faces commonly found at Cataract Gorge, the hotels' namesake," the application said. \</div>
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The hotel design has two main components: a podium level of two-storeys and a centrally located tower to a maximum of nine-storeys.
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The podium features rock patterned precast concrete panels to give the appearance of a cliff face.
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The car park would be located in the basement.
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Three international hotel operators have sought to manage the hotel as a four-and-half star to a five-star hotel under their branding. The hotel has been designed to meet their needs. While the application does not say who the chains are, two already have hotels in Hobart, and another would be its first hotel in Tasmania.
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It is estimated that the introduction of premium hotel brands such as Hyatt, Marriot, InterContinental and Accor to Tasmania would introduce new visitor demand of about 10 per cent of all guests that stay in those hotels, the application said.
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The site is not heritage listed.
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A bottleshop, carpark, service station and pub currently operate from the site.
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The application is open for comment until May 1. ....<b><i><a href="https://www.examiner.com.au/story/6042850/gorge-hotel-plan-lodged-to-council/#slide=3"> STORY GLEANED FROM MTHE EXAMINER</a></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">22 August 2017 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> The General Manager, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Robert Dobrzynski </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Launceston City Council </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Town Hall
St John Street </span><br />
LAUNCESTON TAS 7250<br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">By email only toRobert.Dobrzynski@launceston.tas.gov.au </span></i></div>
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<b>Re : DA 0377/2017,</b> Visitor Accommodation - hotel: Food Services - restaurant; construction of a hotel, subservient uses and a restaurant; associated works including demolition, provision of landscaping, fences, access and parking; associated works in the adjoining road reservations including removal of 3 kerbside parking spaces for the provision of vehicle crossings in Tamar Street and Cimitiere Street <i>(re-advertised)</i>
- Cimitiere St Carpark 71 Cimitiere Street LAUNCESTON TAS 7250. </div>
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We refer to the Notice in The Examiner newspaper on August 9, 2017.</div>
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Having perused the documents published on Council's website, we wish to make the following representation in relation to this Discretionary Application. </div>
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For some time, many residents of Launceston have been trying to reconcile high-rise development with heritage protection. From our research of cities world-wide, in almost every city where Tall Building Policies have been implemented, such policies were introduced only as a consequence of public outrage sparked by the construction of an individual building popularly perceived as violating the character of the city. Since 1977, Launceston City Council has promoted restraint in the construction of tall buildings in the central area. The LCC's Launceston National Estate Conservation Study promoted low-level developments of 2-3 storeys, and when taller buildings were proposed, these were to have a 3-3.5 storey podium at the street alignment, with the upper 5-6 storeys of taller buildings set back below a 35 0 line projected from the property boundary on the opposite side of the street.</div>
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The HPS(T)Inc. subscribes to the views and philosophies expressed in The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, The Burra Charter, where the Charter advocates a cautious approach to change : do as much to care for the place and to make it useable, but otherwise change it as little as possible so that its cultural significance is retained.
Launceston is Australia's third oldest city, and an essential cornerstone of its cultural heritage significance is its limitation in the height of new developments. Tasmanian tourism authorities and including Launceston City Council itself, commonly describe Launceston as having the best preserved cityscape and with a fascinating history traced in its beautiful old buildings and streetscapes. </div>
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To many people, the understanding of Launceston as a place of cultural heritage significance, may be difficult to express in words and whilst remain important and essential to their sense of well-being, can remain somewhat elusive and difficult to readily define. Quite recently, on 7th. April 2017, Historic England published a highly regarded and commendable research document UNDERSTANDING PLACE content.historicengland.org.uk that, we submit, may readily be applied to undertaking an historic area assessment here in Launceston. We recommend that Launceston's planners investigate this document and follow the advice therein to establish the qualities and contributions to urban planning that gives Launceston its cultural heritage significance. </div>
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The failings of the Launceston Interim Planning Scheme 2015 have been well stated and agreed, including the failings and incompleteness of its heritage provisions. Your planners will have an opportunity when finalising Launceston's version of the Statewide Planning Scheme to rectify and complete the task, and by formulating an understanding of place, a sound foundation for the sustainable cultural heritage development of Launceston can be achieved. </div>
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Prior to the establishment of modern planning controls in Tasmania and Launceston in particular, from around the early 1960's , a number of adverse developments have been allowed in Launceston. These buildings are regularly referred to by notable visiting cultural experts, with the question put "How ever did you allow the construction of these buildings to occur ?" </div>
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The list of inappropriate developments include:
The Telstra Building in St John Street, (constructed as the Telephone Exchange to half this height in 1960's and then doubled in height in the 1970's) so as to alternatively prevent the demolition of the historic Johnstone & Wilmot buildings next door, previously acquired by the Commonwealth Government as a site to expand the telephone exchange. It is an interesting note that during this period the Commonwealth Government was exempt from Local Government planning provisions.
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Grand Chancellor Hotel, Cameron Street, (constructed as Launceston International Hotel in 1984) but illegally constructed to an additional height 2m in excess of the permit conditions.
93 York Street (constructed as MLC Building in1958)
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (constructed in the 1960's on a very restrictive site as a part of the older maternity hospital complex and limited by encircling residential development.
Henty House, Cameron Street Civic Square (constructed 1983 to a much reduced height following very widespread public objection and condemnation of the State Government's 1970's proposed office tower 12 storeys high). The present building was begrudgingly accepted by the public as a less-damaging concept.
Quest Hotel 16 Paterson Street,( constructed as D W Murray, originally only 3 storeys, then significantly raised to 6 storeys due to commercial expansion of the Murray warehousing business early in the 20th. century.
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Launceston is a low level city with only a handful of church spires, the Post Office Centenary clock tower and the celebratory tower of Albert Hall punctuating the townscape. Some industrial chimney stacks at the Railyards, Launceston General Hospital, Patons and Baldwin, (several now demolished), and industrial structures such as the Vertical Retort at the Gasworks, the Grain Silo's at King's Wharf, and brewing equipment at Boags Brewery, remain and if not still in operation, are recycled for new and adventurous purposes. </div>
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The pressure for increased density for development in our current day cities does not always demand high rises. In enlightened communities, where the level of living and working amenity is not so highly respected or regulated, high-rise development spores a 'Geography of Nowhere'. </div>
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Paris, a much adored low-rise city referred to as le ville lumiere (city of light, where daylight and sunlight penetrates deeply into its apartments and workplaces right down to pavement level) has a well-researched benefit of a lower level of sufferers of depression, due to the positive influence of light on the wellbeing of Parisiennes. Paris outlawed tall buildings in the city centre in 1974, and in the Tsarist Russian capital of Saint Petersburg, (now identified by UNESCO) buildings could not be taller than the Winter Palace. In Rome there cannot be a building higher than St Peter's Basilica. Even in the highly commercialised city of Bali, Indonesia, following the unpopular construction of the tall Bali Beach Hotel, nothing can now be built higher than a coconut tree at 12m ! </div>
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There are spectacular views to be gained from low level developments on Launceston's surrounding hills, so unlike the 'flat' featureless terrains of many other cities, Launceston does not need to build up to gain elevation and outlooks. Please don't gamble with the 200-year old legacy that exhibits the cultural heritage of Launceston. The height limit at 12m for Launceston may be the single most powerful thing that has made our city so amazingly fulfilling. Once you make a change, in any place or regard, it is essentially irrevocable, and you have stepped on a slippery slope that makes other undesirable changes more likely. </div>
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The irreverent prize for Britain's worst building the Carbuncle Cup is awarded each year, with such places as the building dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" because of its obvious likeness, being one of the notable recipients. In Launceston circles this proposal for the Verge Hotel on Council's Cimitiere Street Car Park site fronting Tamar Street and our much valued Albert Hall, has already been dubbed the "Noodle Box". Please do not allow this potential carbuncle to be dubbed as Launceston's version of a recipient the Carbuncle Cup, a violation of the principles of the cultural heritage character of Launceston. </div>
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In conclusion, we ask that in view what we believe to be a significant opposition to this tall building development application, that Council does not approve the application, instead encouraging this applicant to reduce the height to a limit of 12m and expand the footprint to encompass additional land if necessary to achieve their required room capacity.
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We look forward to your consideration of this representation and feedback on this project. </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i> Lionel Morrell </i></span></div>
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The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-23053730843835152632017-06-14T20:48:00.000+10:002017-06-15T11:31:52.359+10:00HUON PINE: Expressions of Interest:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Huon pine figures among the few materials in the world that have come to define a place. The stories linked to it run very deep in Tasmania and only some have been told. In the vernacular, there’s just so much stuff linked to this wood. </div>
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The history of how this wood was harvested and used is more fascinating than the timber. The stores focus attention upon fascinating histories still hidden in what is thought to be Tasmania’s most important tree. Some of this has been published but much more remains hidden. </div>
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The early exploitation of it for boat timber and furniture, to its present day statues as a rare and expensive wood where anything made from it becomes a kind of treasure that in turn have all kinds of information buried within them.
The call is now out for those who have something to offer a publication project set against this background.
Please contact the initial project facilitators via Treva Alen <a href="mailto:treva.alen@bigpond.com">treva.alen@bigpond.com</a> ”</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>HUON PINE AND DEEP HISTORIES<br />
</b><span style="color: #333333;">Looking at history/histories from a standpoint of anthropology it is said that it <i>“reveals a discipline driven by fission and fusion”.</i> Such an approach sets the scene for something that might be described as <b><i>‘deep history’</i></b> and as an example of what might be achieved if<b><i> ‘anthropology’</i></b> is permitted to inform critical discourse along the road of <b>fusion</b> rather than continue with the atomised interrogation of what’s known, unknown, believed, understood, whatever.<br />
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It might well illustrate a pathway towards examining a kind of fusion involving an <b><i>‘ethic of interdisciplinaryism’. </i></b>That is an idea encapsulated in the concept of something that might be understood as a <b><i>‘social brain’</i></b> of a kind.<br />
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By placing social imperatives at the heart of<b><i> ‘historical understandings’</i></b> we might find a common ground of a kind upon which various fields of thinking – <i>history, geography, cultural theory, anthropology, etc </i>– might profitably come together. Here we may have the opportunity to set a new agenda. <br />
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Our <b><i>‘social brains’</i></b> work in accord with deep as well as shallow histories towards it uniting experimental and historical sensibilities. A <b><i>‘musingplace’ </i></b>might be a<b><i> ‘place’</i></b> from which to launch such an endeavour as intimated here.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>NOTE: The contention relative to this building just will not go away. Importantly a great deal of Launceston's history and heritage is located in the place.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>The various development proposals that have failed have done so largely because of poor planning and Launceston's Aldermen will be judged in the future in regard to all this.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>One or two have been unseemly in their willingness along the way to try an "hurry things up" and what they'll be remembered for is now in the lap of the GODS.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><i>From the Examiner:</i></span> "CH Smith developer Errol Stewart has hit out at Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania) president Lionell Morell over comments made to the City of Launceston about the site’s development application.</b>
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In a representation to the council, Mr Morell advocated a condition to retain the existing structure at <b>22 Charles Stree</b>t but the developers plan to convert the top two storeys into one level.
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“The remaining structure of the old warehouse at No 22 has been recognised and required to be retained by previous adjudicated permits,” he said.
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“From our site inspection with the owners/developers and the heritage advisers, the significance of the surviving interior of the old residence at <b>No 24 </b>was identified, and accordingly we submit that all internal walls and the layout be retained accordingly.”
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Mr Stewart said the suggestion old permit recommendations should be maintained was disappointing.
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“The suggestion that the approval, which was granted 22 years ago, should bind us is totally without foundation,” </b>he said.<b><i>(the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal)</i></b> like all other eight representers are entitled to.”
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<b>Independent consultant planner Ashley Brook, from GHD, was engaged by the council to assess the application as the City of Launceston has a pecuniary interest in the development.</b>
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“The proposed works provide a reasonable balance between the preservation of the heritage buildings within the site and the practical realities of the proposed development,” he said.
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The proposal put forward by developers Errol Stewart and Scott Curran would see the historic façades along Charles street restored.
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The existing building closest to the Cimitiere Street intersection will be opened up on the lower two levels to accommodate a coffee shop with a floor area of 103msq.
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A building extension to the rear of the 1860s Grain Store at 22 Charles Street and the 1938 CH Smith Wool Store at 20 Charles Street would be used as office space.
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The proposed major extension at the rear of the buildings, also extending to the rear of 24 Charles Street, will be built over two levels above the ground level of a car park.
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The 1830s Canal Street Warehouse, also known as the Cordial Factory or Supply River Store</b>, would be retained and reused as a café or bar.
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The plans include a large car park to be constructed over two levels to provide for both the private needs of the tenancies on the site as well as public parking.
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<b>The City of Launceston will vote on the development at its meeting on Monday</b>. " ... <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Go to the source here</span></i></b> – <b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4418379/heritage-dispute-developing-over-ch-smith-pictures-videos/?cs=5312">http://www.examiner.com.au/story/4418379/heritage-dispute-developing-over-ch-smith-pictures-videos/?cs=5312</a></span></b></div>
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The Deputy Chair of the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) Warwick Oakman has joined other stakeholder voices to raise concerns about changes to planning rules in Tasmania and the impact it could have on the preservation and setting of buildings in Tasmanian towns. Mr Oakman will address a public meeting on the planning reforms this Tuesday night in Launceston. <br />
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The National Trust is a community-based organisation responsible for the protection and presentation of historic heritage places. Since 1960 the Trust and its members have played a lead role advocating for the preservation of built heritage in Tasmania. It manages and opens to the public historic properties such as Runnymede in Hobart and Clarendon outside of Launceston. Mr Oakman has been involved with the management of the National Trust in Tasmania for the past 18 years. <br />
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“We are concerned about the small towns of Tasmania and how traditional, modest, sometimes internationally significant places and attendant rural landscape setting will be preserved under the proposed provisions of the new Tasmanian Planning Scheme,” said Mr Oakman. <br />
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“Unless planning has provisions to help protect unique and important heritage buildings and landscapes, it will have a permanent detrimental impact on Tasmania.” <br />
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Mr Oakman said the concerns were heightened with the impending removal of over 500 properties from the Tasmanian Heritage Register. <br />
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“The built cultural heritage landscape of Tasmania is of unique national and international character and needs strong protection under planning laws,” said Mr Oakman. <br />
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Mr Oakman will discuss the National Trust's concerns over the current proposed planning reforms at a public information night in Launceston on Tuesday, organised by over 20 community and environment groups. <br />
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<b>Sophie Underwood </b>–<i> Founder of the Freycinet Action Network. Sophie will provide an overview, background, timelines and next steps of the proposed Tasmanian Planning Scheme. <br />
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<b>Evan Boardman</b> <i>- Evan Boardman, Director of E3 Planning. Evan is a planning consultant and will be speaking about how the draft Tasmanian Planning Scheme will be taking away most of the protections for neighbourhood amenity and character with regards to views, privacy, sunlight into your backyard and home. <br />
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<b>Todd Dudley</b> <i>– Director of the North East Bioregional Network will be speaking on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Tasmanian Planning Scheme. <br />
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<i>All three political parties have been invited to attend and the Green’s Rosalie Woodruff will outline her party’s position, while a statement will be read from Labor’s Madeline Ogilvie, Shadow Minister for Local Government & Public Planning, who is an apology. Planning Minister Peter Gutwein has again declined an invitation to participate in the public meeting.</i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br />
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The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-48934236562859299662016-06-29T10:21:00.002+10:002016-06-29T10:21:51.118+10:00LETTER TO RATEPAYERS AND SUPPORTERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Ratepayers and supporters,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Thank you to those who signed the original petition requesting that Launceston City Council convene a Public Meeting to discuss the gifting of the land at Inveresk <i>(the old Velodrome cycling track site next to York Park Stadium)</i> and the Willis Street public car park site <i>(the old Goods Railyard on the opposite side of the North Esk River) </i> and who were able to attend the Public Meeting that was finally concluded last week on 21st June at Albert Hall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The 132 members of the public attending the Public Meeting overwhelmingly opposed the gifting of the land to the University, compared to less than 10 of those who were willing to vote AGAINST the Motions put to the meeting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Since the Meeting, The Examiner Newspaper <i>(who has admitted publicly its bias in supporting the move by UTas to Inveresk)</i> received 138 Facebook comments, <b>all opposing the proposal</b>. That level of comment to a media Facebook story is extraordinary!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Unfortunately, Launceston City Council is not obliged to accept the outcome of the Public Meeting, and we are sure that LCC will continue to progress the gifting of the 2 pieces of land to UTas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />However, the <i>Local Government Act 1993</i> allows for petitioners to proceed to sign a <b>SECOND PETITION,</b> once a Public Meeting has been held on the topic, this time <b>requesting LCC to facilitate an ELECTOR POLL of all Launceston people on the Launceston Elector Roll</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />A minimum of 1000 elector signatures <i>(we aim for say, 1500 so as to ensure its validity)</i> must be collected and presented by <b>20 July 2016</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We expect this will be a major undertaking in such a short time, however, with your assistance, we hope we can succeed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />If you are able to print off the <b>Petition Form</b>, then we ask that you:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">email <b><a href="mailto:LauncestonPR@bigpond.com">LauncestonPR@bigpond.com</a></b> asking for the PDF Form;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">sign the form and encourage as many friends and acquaintances on the Launceston Roll, to do likewise. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">post original copies ack to our collection point <b>(P.O. Box 513 Launceston 7250);</b> OR</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">simply drop them into my letterbox at 41 High Street, when you are passing. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">You may also like to send a copy of the Petition to your friends, by email.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you do not have printing facilities, please ask me for copie(s) to be forwarded to you.<br />In the meantime, here are a few <b><i>‘dot’ </i></b>points to summarise last Tuesday night’s Public Meeting:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Criticism of Council’s lack of due diligence, including construction problems/costs and issues with developing on the flood plains of the North Esk River and potential seismic risks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The track record of UTas in consistently chipping away at the Launceston campus making it but a shadow of what it was 20 years ago. There is no confidence this pattern will change</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">10,000 <i>PLUS</i> extra students can’t be guaranteed. It is an aspirational figure based on demographics not fact, and a fraud to say that is the kind of figure that will eventuate from this proposal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Absence of support by electors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Risk of UTas plan not fully eventuating or finding success – the punt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Reliance on trust versus a properly defined and proven business plan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Northern Campuses remaining lesser branches of UTas without the ability of independent initiatives to remain sustainable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Traffic congestion and parking inadequacies for UTas and other users of the precinct</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We need a uniquely Northern campus independent of UTas </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Please do not hesitate to contact me should you like to discuss your position on this land give away, or have any ideas on how we may further engage with Launceston Electors in relation to this matter.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are concerned about the high level of LCC Rates that you are being required to pay, and at how LCC spends your hard-earned money, then please sign the Petition. Council’s valuation of these two pieces of land is $4.5M and apart from the loss of this significant sum that would lessen the Launceston rate burden, the land currently produces a healthy income to Council that helps offset rates paid by its citizens. Once this becomes University owned, not even rates are payable.<br /><br />Many thanks,<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br /><span style="color: #1f497d;">Lionel Morrell</span>President<br />Tasmanian Ratepayers Association Inc.<br />41 High Street<br />Launceston TAS 7250<br />T 03 6331 6144<br />e <span style="color: blue;"><u>li82303@bigpond.net.au</u></span></span>The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-71802650266360515552016-06-09T17:33:00.003+10:002016-06-09T17:33:28.851+10:00Public Meeting Launceston City Council<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The public is advised that at the Public Meeting held at the Albert Hall, Launceston at 7pm on Tuesday 7 June 2016 in response to a petition received by the Council Meeting, the subject matter being:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span>That the Launceston City Council call a Public Meeting for the purpose of discussing the Council's decision to transfer (free gift) land, known as Willis Street Car Park and Old Velodrome<o:p></o:p></div>
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2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span>Call on Council to rescind the motion passed by the Full Council Meeting 9th November 2015 to transfer said land (free gift) to UTAS<o:p></o:p></div>
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3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span>That the said land be placed for sale on the open market via a public auction with a Reserve Price of $5 million,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal;"> </span></i><i>That Mr Don Wing AM is appointed as chairperson for the purposes of the Public Meeting; and<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal;"> </span></i><i>That in view of the flood crises that is threatening Launceston and with respect to the efforts and pleadings by the petitioners and their representative for this Public Meeting to be rescheduled to a later date since yesterday, such a request having been refused by Council's representatives, this meeting now be adjourned forthwith and resume at this same venue on Tuesday 21 June 2016 at 7pm, so that those people attending can now return home safely.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN </b>that a Public Meeting will be held in Albert Hall, corner of Tamar and Cimitiere Streets Launceston, commencing at 7pm on Tuesday 21 June 2016 to consider the matters sought by the petitioners, namely:<o:p></o:p></div>
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A collections of historical photos of Northern Tasmania from various sources. Please feel free to post your own but also give credit for their origins. The photos and memories of the past are the history of our future. By combining them into one place, we are ensuring that the memories linger and our grandchildren will know and understand us. Please share your memories</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-small;"><i>JAMES BRADY'S TEXT: </i></span>THE proposed de-listing of 44 Balfour Street properties from the Tasmanian Heritage Register has been questioned by a Launceston architect.
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<b><a href="http://lionelmorrelllaunceston.blogspot.com.au/">Lionel Morrell </a></b>said he was a member of the National Trust classification and building advisory committee when the street, including the advertised properties, were listed on the register.
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Mr Morrell said, at the time, the process was considered to be the most extensive classification process ever undertaken by the committee for the National Trust.
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<b>A letter detailing the study was sent to Tasmanian Heritage Council chairwoman Brett Torossi, Heritage Minister Matthew Groom and Treasurer Peter Gutwein.</b>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>"The process included research of valuation rolls and other archive material to establish a detailed history of each place, builders, architects and inhabitants," </i>Mr Morrell wrote.
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<i>"From surveys of the street, and photographs, architectural descriptions were prepared, formulating a statement of significance.
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"All owners and occupants were contacted formally by letter prior to the conclusion of the research, and none of the owners objected to the entry of their property on the National Trust's Register and nomination to the Launceston City Council's Heritage List."</i></span>
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<i><span style="color: #741b47;">"A wide range of relevant records available to the Heritage Council were considered as part of the recent assessments of entries on the Tasmanian Heritage Register,"</span></i> Ms Torossi said.
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"The Tasmanian Heritage Council is completing its consultation with the Launceston community and at the same time has begun the process with affected property owners in Hobart."</span></i>
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">FURTHER COMMENT FROM LIONELL MORRELL </span></i></b>......... All Launceston properties that have been entered on the statutory Planning Scheme heritage list were subject to a public advertising and objection process. When the Tasmanian Parliament created the legislation for the Tasmanian Heritage Council and hence the Tasmanian Heritage Register, it was Parliament who made it law to automatically move over all listings in Launceston and Hobart, as well as places listed on the National Trust Register, to the Tasmanian Heritage Register. This was a very public process. In the case of Balfour St, additional work was done, so why is the THC now trying to undo this thorough process?.........
<b><i>The issue of house insurance is a matter for the Australian Insurance Council, and you may be surprised to learn that another of their whacky conditions applied to housing insurance, voids cover on all buildings over 100 years old unless noted and agreed</i></b>. Who has ticked that box on their application/renewal form? This has nothing to do with heritage listings and in Launceston, of the 30,000 buildings in the city, only a small percentage are heritage listed, but a large number are over 100 years old. With Launceston founded over 200 years ago, it is obviously an old city, but <b>why is it potentially denied insurance cover</b>. <b><span style="color: #990000;">Just because you have paid an insurance premium doesn't mean your building is covered</span></b>.</div>
The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-12755080735420463672015-05-24T13:23:00.000+10:002015-05-24T13:23:05.104+10:00Modern approach to preserving history<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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MATTHEW Smithies wants to see National Trust Tasmania become a contemporary heritage management organisation.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">He moved here from Sydney six years ago, after two decades in senior heritage management with several institutions.</span>Mr Smithies, who replaced Chris Tassel as the trust’s managing director in December, said the organisation had not always excelled in good governance and financial responsibility.</div>
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Among them were the Australian Maritime Museum and the Queen Victoria Building, with partnership programs with the Australian War Memorial, Sydney Opera House and Art Gallery of New South Wales .</div>
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He was also a New South Wales government cultural heritage adviser and established Sydney After Dark.</div>
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In his five years with the state’s National Trust, he has overseen numerous projects including the Tasmanian Heritage Festival.</div>
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‘‘The last museum I was at was the Sydney Jewish Museum, which was an absolute eye-opener for me,’’ he said. ‘‘They represented the Holocaust, it was a commemorative site, and it turned my view on heritage site management on its head.</div>
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‘‘I had been trained fairly traditionally, and when I went there it was all about impact.</div>
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‘‘It wasn’t about trying to get huge numbers to the site: success was measured by what impact the experience had on the visitor.</div>
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‘‘I found that a fascinating way to measure success in a cultural institution.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">Mr Smithies, who lives just outside Lilydale, has established a hazelnut plantation and runs a rare breed of Irish Dexter cattle.</span>‘‘That’s the philosophy I’m trying to overlay with the National Trust in Tasmania.’’</div>
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He works out of Youngtown’s historic Franklin House and said that Tasmania had a tremendous heritage product.</div>
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However, he said more needed to be done than just present the buildings, collections and objects. ‘‘It’s presenting it in a way that has direct links with community,’’ he said.</div>
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‘‘It’s all about impact and pulling together heritage activities that have relevance to our community, otherwise heritage is actually at arm’s length and it’s not obtainable or accessible.</div>
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‘‘Heritage doesn’t need to be tired, boring and mausoleum-y: it can be actually really interesting and dynamic.</div>
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‘‘We are also taking every opportunity at the National Trust to engage with younger generations to get involved with heritage in management – they’re our future and have a huge amount to offer.’’</div>
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In December 2006, following a period of administration and restructure, a new <b><a href="http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/nta2006192/">National Trust Act</a></b> was proclaimed by the Tasmanian government.</div>
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National Trust Tasmania operates 10 sites including Franklin House, Clarendon homestead at Nile, the Old Umbrella Shop, Oak Lodge, Runnymede, the Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site, Penghana and Mount Lyell mine offices.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/nta2006192/s15.html">Mr Smithies </a></b>said it was his responsibility to oversee all aspects of the operation and future development of the National Trust.</div>
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‘‘I’m also a people trafficker – I see my role as actually pulling together the right people to create dynamic, interesting, innovative teams – that’s 80 per cent of my role,’’ he said.</div>
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‘‘And making sure that all fits within the strategic plan of the National Trust.’’</div>
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Mr Smithies said heritage had a key role to play in the state government’s target of attracting 1.5 million annual visitors by 2020 and beyond.</div>
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Tourism Tasmania research showed that heritage was a main driver and reason why people came to the state.</div>
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National Trust Tasmania last week presented to the Legislative Council Government Administration Committee ‘B’ Sub-Committee Built Heritage Tourism in Tasmania Inquiry.</div>
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‘‘Has heritage always got the attention that I think it should have got? I think you could only answer that as no, it hasn’t,’’ he said.</div>
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‘‘We have in the past and still do to a certain extent pay attention to food and wine – that is one area of what Tasmania has to offer.</div>
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‘‘Every year I try and get out of Tasmania to broaden my horizons and see heritage management somewhere else in the world.</div>
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‘‘I think the National Trust in Tassie can set some fantastic new benchmarks and develop some new and interesting heritage management capabilities, which is really exciting.’’</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"MOVING the Launceston Cenotaph to the soon-to-be-developed North Bank park would be a fitting, symbolic location. This is according to Lionel Morrell, a heritage consultant and grandson of a World War I soldier, who raised the idea last week before Saturday's Anzac Day record attendance of 10,000 at Royal Park"</i> </span> .... <i><b><a href="http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3046664/call-to-relocate-royal-park-cenotaph/">click here to read more</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>"The natural amphitheatre created by the levee embankment is an ideal opportunity for elevated viewing of the Cenotaph and the rising sun, all in all a very special moment, not possible in the tree enclosed City Park or the present site next to the TAFE buildings"</i> he said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Morrell went on to say "<i>the potential special poignancy and ceremony of the Town Point siting is something that truly sets that location apart from all others that I can think of, and it can never be built out or obscured in the future.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is possible that the whole concept could easily be achieved <b>within</b> the next year and a new place available by 25th November 2016. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Furthermore, the entire Town Point site offers additional opportunities to celebrate and acknowledge Launceston's layered histories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A revision of the landscaping plans, already funded, could entail an impressive approach avenue, traditionally the setting for war memorials. Likewise, the Memorial, as the illuminated centrepiece of site visible from the surrounding hills, importantly at the precise junction of Launceston's three rivers, might well provide Launceston with a focal point that celebrates its histories.</span></div>
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The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-53400036284574597072015-04-16T09:01:00.000+10:002015-04-16T09:01:54.083+10:00MEDIA RELEASE: TASMANIA'S CULTURAL ESTATE AT RISK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Tasmania’s cultural estate is at risk given the outmoded governance structures plus inadequate legislation and regulation that come together to place it at risk.</b></div>
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Ray Norman, independent researcher and cultural geographer, said today <i>“while some protective legislation and regulation does exist, generally it is somewhat haphazard in its application and its inconsistent in the ways that it is applied”</i>.</div>
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Tasmania has some of Australia’s most important, oftentimes unique, public collections and heritage sites, collectively understandable as <b>‘musingplaces’</b>. These collections tell important stories relevant to Tasmanian and Australian social histories and cultural identities.</div>
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Public musingplaces, including art galleries, are responsible for the care of much of a nation’s, a region’s and ultimately, a community’s <b>tangible and intangible cultural assets</b> plus natural and cultural heritage. </div>
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The governing bodies of these cultural institutions, and the people concerned with the strategic direction and oversight of musingplaces, have a primary responsibility to protect communities’ cultural assets and to facilitate the development of new understandings via the public’s access to our musingplaces and the research work they do.</div>
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Likewise, musingplaces’ governing bodies play a key role in promoting heritage and cultural values as well as putting in place the human, physical and financial resources made available for that purpose.</div>
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Ray Norman said today, <i>“there are international standards in place to provide guidance on <b>best practice</b> but all too often, at a local level, they are seen as being discretionary advice and sometimes ignored out of convenience or for some other reason.</i>”</div>
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<i>“However, and more importantly, many of Tasmania’s public musingplaces and heritage properties, despite having a kind of <b>‘charity status’</b>, operate without standalone constitutions or appropriate governance structures that represent best practice in protecting the cultural property they hold under their stewardship”</i> he said.</div>
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Some small local museums and art galleries operate as incorporated bodies and somewhat strangely they are more accountable <b>‘as museums’</b> than those operating under the aegis of Local Government or even a university.</div>
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<b>Without transparency, and appropriate checks and balances, people donating to public collections cannot be assured that their donation will be directed to the purpose intended.</b></div>
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Likewise, when governments grant public money to public musingplaces they need the assurance of accountability and compliance with appropriate standards. </div>
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Functionally that may not be there in the ways expected as demonstrated by the Auditor General’s recent comments in the press relevant to the States premier musingplaces, the <b><a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/auditor-general-calls-on-tasmanian-museum-and-art-gallery-to-lift-its-game/story-fnj4f7k1-1227279375352">Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery</a></b>.</div>
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Today, Ray Norman released a discussion paper entitled “<b>The Tasmanian Cultural Estate: </b><i>A case for change”.</i></div>
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Ray Norman says <i>“the paper explores ways to reimagine museum and art galleries' and our built heritage estate's governance and management in a 21st C context </i>.”</div>
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Ray went on on to say that <i>”it is clear that there are compelling reasons to look at<b> fundamental change</b> in regard to the governance of Tasmania's musingplaces and heritage properties."</i></div>
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<i>"Indeed, </i><i>in a <b>21st C context</b>, </i><i>it appear that it would be timely to undertake a <b>root and branch investigation</b> of what our cultural estate consists of and the best ways to govern and manage the institutions and organisations holding this enormously valuable cultural heritage</i>” he said.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Ray Norman:</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Independent Researcher and Cultural Geographer</span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #990000;">Lionel Morrell:</span> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">President Tasmanian Heritage Protection Society (Tasmania) Inc</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Greg Parkinson:</span> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Convener: Tamar Institute Steering Committee</span></div>
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The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-23118782039156407242014-11-29T18:05:00.002+11:002014-11-29T18:05:29.677+11:00A Message To Do With Heritage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Well it may be Britain and there may be different sensibilities at work but there are still lessons to be learned about valuing places, the stories linked to them and the meaning/values invested in all that.</div>
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<br />The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-53489181322195810992014-11-29T11:53:00.000+11:002014-11-29T18:21:45.542+11:00PLACEscaping Launceston: Email from Mayor van Zetten<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Council has commissioned a number of reports into the Heritage Value of the Woolstore buildings, and the site area more generally.</div>
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The initial report (specifically looking at the Woolstore and Silo building) was the <i>Assessment of Heritage Value: Town Point, Inveresk</i> report. Subsequently a, peer review assessment was completed by Goddon Mackay & Logan Heritage Consultants. This report accompanied <i>the Assessment of Heritage Value: Town Point, Inveresk</i> report, at the <b>Council meeting of</b> <b>5th May 2012 (item 15.1).</b> As per usual practice the Council Agenda and attachments were available for download from the Council website - and are still available now for download, or viewing on the publically accessible computers in our Customer Service Area. </div>
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Extract from Agenda Item 15.1 North Bank Woolstores:</div>
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<i>The General Manager requested a peer review be undertaken of the HVA to validate the findings of the report, and also consider the broader contextual issues associated with the site - primarily the impact of the flood levee realignment, and the viability of maintaining and protecting the heritage values of the buildings in the long term, given the reduced flood protection as a result of the levee works.</i></div>
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<i>Godden Mackay Logan Heritage Consultants were engaged to prepare the Peer Review Report. In summary, the report notes:</i></div>
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· <i>The HVS is thorough in its approach, although does not consider issues associated with the broader context of the site (including the impact of the flood levee realignment).</i></div>
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· <i>Does not wholly concur that the remaining structures satisfy the number of assessment criteria for Heritage Listing noted in the HVA, and that the significance of the remaining structures may only satisfy 2 of the 7 criteria.</i></div>
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· <i>Notes the low threshold for listing on the Tasmanian Heritage Register as only requiring one or more of the criteria to met for listing potential.</i></div>
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· <i>Notes that retention and adaptation would be an appropriate outcome however, the impediments to long term protection and re-use of the structures may not be viable.</i></div>
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· <i>Notes that the loss of the structures would be regrettable, but that other appropriate measures are available to achieve a satisfactory interpretation of the heritage values of the site as a valid alternative to building retention.</i></div>
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Given the lack of identified future uses for the part of the structure proposed for retention, it was recommended to Council to reconsider this element of the Masterplan proposal, and redirect the funding allocated to the Woolstore structure to the elements outlined in the recent report to Council.</div>
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Your Voice, Your Launceston was used as a consultation tool. It is fair to say that the contemporary engagement tools used by other organisations seem to be of a similar nature these days.</div>
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I disagree with the assertion that taking a decision back to a Council meeting is not "Public" or "Consultative". In fact, the vast majority of Council decisions are made in this way. There seems to be the suggestion that the subsequent decision on the modification to the Masterplan was "snuck through" in some way. I disagree that this is the case.</div>
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<b>Why did the Council approve the demolition of the wool shed?</b></div>
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The crown is the current owner of the site, not the Council, which means the Council cannot approve the demolition. </div>
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What we decided was that we would simply allow for its demolition in our North Bank master plan, a document which is guiding our $9m redevelopment of the North Bank recreation area.</div>
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The authority for the demolition of the wool shed will have to be granted by the crown to whoever applies to conduct that demolition. </div>
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The Council has already sought consent from the Crown to demolish one wool shed on behalf of the Launceston Flood Authority, which required its removal for flood levee upgrades. That demolition took place in 2013. </div>
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The decision Aldermen took about the future of the wool shed at the October Council meeting was:</div>
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<i>(That) the Council determines to amend the current North Bank master plan to include:</i></div>
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<i>1) Modifications to the proposed levee-top walkway and eastern connection to the Silos development site.</i></div>
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<i>2) Removal of the wool store building, currently proposed for only partial retention, and replacement with new landscaping features to represent the former building footprint.</i></div>
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<i>3) Construction of purpose-built shade and shelter structures in multiple locations across the site to replace the single consolidated undercover area proposed by the current master plan (by the partial retention of the wool store roof structure).</i></div>
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<i>4) Introduction of new interpretation material recording the historical value of the development and industrial activities of the site area, including display of the industrial equipment (mechanical wool presses) salvaged from the wool store buildings.</i></div>
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<i>5) Where possible, use of remaining viable salvaged material from the wool store building, in the construction of new elements of the North Bank site.</i></div>
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<b>Why can't we just leave the wool shed as it is until a suitable use can be found for it?</b></div>
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Well, let's talk about the flood levee protection system that protects the City of Launceston. In recent years the Council has embarked on a $60m project to upgrade and rebuild the levee system that protects low-lying suburbs like Invermay from flood.</div>
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Currently the wool shed sits between two levees -- the original flood levee near the riverbank, and the newly upgraded levee on the southern side of Lindsay Street. </div>
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The Launceston Flood Authority will eventually remove parts of the older levee, closest to the river. Why? Because our new levees are designed to cope with certain situations. If, for example, we left the old levee in place and a flood occurred, the old levee may fail. This would lead to a sudden surge of water impacting on the new levee, which would be more likely to fail. In short, the new levees are designed to handle a slowly rising level of water, not a sudden crashing inundation.</div>
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What this means is that the wool shed has no system of flood protection, and in fact will be more likely to flood and sustain damage in future.</div>
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<b>What was the public consultation process for the wool shed?</b></div>
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For more than two years, the City of Launceston has been working on plans for the revitalisation of the North Bank precinct, which includes the land on which the wool shed now sits.</div>
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In September 2013, Aldermen voted to release a draft North Bank master plan to the community for a six-week public consultation period. The majority of that public consultation took place on the Council's Your Voice Your Launceston community engagement website, which resulted in more than 3000 'page views' over the consultation period.</div>
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That draft plan proposed the demolition of the majority of the wool shed — four bays would be left at the southern end of the site, and half a bay at the northern end.</div>
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It should be noted that the proposal called for all walls and floors to be removed; only the roof structure was to remain.</div>
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During that public consultation process, there were no material proposals for potential future uses of the wool shed, either in its entirety or assuming parts of the building were retained. </div>
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<b>Why did the plan change from retaining four and a half roof bays to demolishing the whole building?</b></div>
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At the conclusion of the public consultation process, the Council began work with at least two groups who believed they could utilise the proposed remnant structure in the future. However, none of those uses aligned with the redevelopment objectives.</div>
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After reassessing the costs of retaining part of the structure and the limited future uses of such a structure, Council officers realised a modification to the master plan should occur. </div>
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Costs to retain the four and a half bays were estimated to be in the region of $750,000.</div>
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Therefore the matter was brought back to an open Council meeting for the Aldermen to make a ruling.</div>
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The money saved will now be diverted into creating more shade and shelter structures and interpretation areas around the North Bank site.</div>
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Meanwhile, a private developer had also proposed using salvaged materials from any demolition in a nearby development.</div>
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<b>Why wasn't there any public consultation on the decision to demolish the entire wool shed?</b></div>
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A public council meeting is our primary community-based consultative and decision making process. Anyone is welcome to attend a Council meeting at Town Hall, and any resident or ratepayer can ask questions of officers or Aldermen about areas of Council business. Residents or ratepayers of other municipalities are able to lodge requests to ask questions of City of Launceston Aldermen or officers, and such requests are often granted.</div>
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Local media outlets are invited to cover proceedings, and also have channels to ask questions of Aldermen or officers outside of meetings. In addition, City of Launceston Council meetings are streamed live on our website. Agendas for Council meetings are published online five days ahead of each meeting.</div>
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<b>Is the wool shed heritage listed?</b></div>
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No.</div>
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<b>Is it true that the Council 'buried' a heritage report which indicated the wool sheds had historic value?</b></div>
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No, not only did we request and fund that report, we also published it online — in May, 2012. It was an attachment to an agenda item in 2012 regarding the demolition of the first wool shed, at a meeting that was open to the public, streamed online and attended by representatives of the media. The report has remained online ever since and can be found here.</div>
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<b>But isn't it true that the building has historic value, even if it's not heritage listed?</b></div>
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Yes, there is no doubt the entire site has historic value. The port and industrial activities in this part of Launceston were significant in the city's past, but the wool shed building only represents one part of that. </div>
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We may not be able to retain the building, but we will be able to reinterpret the site in different ways, and tell the stories of the site, which we intend to do as part of the $9m North Bank redevelopment.</div>
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<b>Why can't we just keep the wool shed in its entirety? Couldn't it be used for something like an indoor market?</b></div>
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Firstly, the wool shed sits on the 'wet' side of the city's redeveloped flood levees, which means it would require a specially-built protective levee.</div>
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Secondly, the building will require significant investment to allow future use. The Council is unaware of any material proposal to conduct a market or any other activity in a wholly retained wool shed.</div>
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Finally, the Council has clearly indicated over a number of years that at best it only intended to retain a handful of roof bays as part of the North Bank development. Aldermen later reviewed this decision and voted for full demolition of the shed.</div>
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If we had an unlimited budget and unlimited time, we could no doubt find ways to refurbish and protect the building — but it was never our intent and it was never an intent we took to the community.</div>
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<b>Hasn't the Council allowed new developments like Bunnings and the silos to proceed, which are not protected by the flood levees?</b></div>
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No, the new levee runs roughly east to west along the southern side of Lindsay Street. Bunnings sits on the northern side of the levee, and is thus protected.</div>
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In October, 2013, the State Government announced $1.5m in funding to allow a special flood levee to be constructed to protect the silos site. Thus it, too, is protected.</div>
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<b>If a special levee can be built for the silos development, couldn't we also build one to protect the wool shed?</b></div>
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Potentially, but the Council does not have the funding to deliver an outcome like that. In addition, the building itself requires significant work. The other issue is demand; despite various ideas, there are no material proposals to redevelop the building.</div>
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<b>Isn't it inappropriate for the Council to make such a decision at 'five minutes to midnight', so soon before the election?</b></div>
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There is no 'caretaker period' for Council elections like there is for other tiers of Government. However, it is important to note that Aldermen could have made a decision on demolishing the wool shed some time before the election, but instead chose to defer a decision to allow them to seek more information. Coincidentally this meant the decision was taken close to the election, but Aldermen were entirely within their rights to vote on the matter. Moreover, Aldermen had been working on the North Bank master plan for more than two years before the decision to demolish the entire shed was taken.</div>
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<b>I have read on Facebook that 'a number of proposals have been put to Council in recent weeks' regarding potential future uses of the shed. Is that true?</b></div>
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The Council is aware of many ideas, but no material proposals. In other words, no one has approached the Council with a proposal and funds to back it.</div>
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I trust the above information will assist.</div>
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Regards, <b>Albert van Zetten, </b>Mayor, Launceston City Council</div>
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In October 1954, while walking home from work as a boilermaker apprentice at the Launceston Railways Workshops, Ron told the story of how he was approached by a friend of the family and asked if he would like to learn to play the bagpipes. Ron's answer was enthusiastic - <b>"what do I have to do?"</b> </div>
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Be at the army barracks at 7pm Mondays. <b>"This is what I did for 21 months. This included two 2 - week camps plus the odd weekend camp and in barracks tuition"</b>. And so was born his love and affection for the pipes. </div>
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Ron was in the CFM Pipe Band – his other duties included first aid, as he was attached to the Medical Corp.XXX
In July 1955, Ron joined a civilian band for three years – the St Andrews Caledonian Pipe Band, and in 1958 was invited to help start another band along with about 12 other pipers and drummers. </div>
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<b>"I was with this band (Northern Highlanders) for 7 years – the last two as pipe major"</b>. But by 1965 he had rejoined St Andrews, where he remained for a further 32 years – 28 as pipe major.
In 1999, Ron was requested by Launceston RSL to provide pipers and drummers so the RSL would have its own pipe band. </div>
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<b>"I was pipe major from inception until I retired from this position in 2012 because of ill health." </b> Ron was a proud and much-appreciated member of the RSL Pipe Band until his death earlier this week.</div>
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He played in 5 Tattoos – invited with RSL Pipe Band to appear at ‘Bundanoon is Brigadoon', interchanging year for year with Ingleburn RSL Pipe Band. In January 2001, he was presented at Government House with the Centenary Service Medal, and in 2008, was recognized as Volunteer of the year.</div>
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During the late 1960's Ron started teaching pipers and drummers privately at Scotch College.
Following amalgamation with Oakburn College, Ron began with the co-ed Scotch Oakburn College in 1982.
Ron made a huge contribution to the school and showed a passionate belief in helping young people grow and learn ....eventually tallying up 31 years to coach and support the Scotch Oakburn pipers and drummers on a voluntary basis. </div>
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He was awarded the school’s <b><i>‘Community Service Award’</i></b> during that time. His patience, dedication and cheeky sense of humour have endeared him to both students and staff during that time. When the school has required pipes and drums for a special occasion Ron has been there to support and mentor the students and when students have been unavailable, Ron himself has come along and piped for school functions. Ron continued to do this despite serious health issues until early this year when his illness no longer allowed him to participate in the same way.</div>
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Outside band life and tutoring privately, Ron contributed enormously to the community. It has been said that Ron was happy to turn up with his beloved pipes to the opening of an envelope, if requested, and his passing will leave quite a hole in the programs of many worthy events organisers.</div>
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Ron repaired and rejuvenated pipes, and at the request of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, he took from their collection the old pipes of Jock the Piper <i>(James Lamont farmer & dairyman of Braemar near Vermont Road, Tasmania's first settler/piper)</i>. Made playable, Jock's Pipes were returned to the Museum, brought out only for special occasions, such as in 2011 at a lecture commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's first visit to van Dieman's Land. </div>
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This old set of pipes had been played by Jock, James Lamont, for Governor Macquarie's second visit to van Dieman's Land in 1819, and so it was fitting that their restorer, Ron Grant played on his own pipes at the 200th year commemoration at the Government Cottage site in City Park on 8th December 2011.</div>
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Over the years, Ron Grant has not only helped and inspired countless students in their personal and musical growth, but he has also nurtured that bagpipe and drum tradition throughout the community. He will be sorely missed, but what a wonderful legacy he has left. Ron George Grant is an exemplar of the ordinary actually being extraordinary and that's something we should all profitably embrace and celebrate.</div>
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This photograph in today's Examiner is rather revealing in so much it demonstrates the way the evidence of Launceston's heritage is being incrimentally removed. The Port that was Launceston is hardly in evidence. It is almost as if Launceston is ashamed of its industrial heritage and the city's new and recent arrivals who know nothing, or very little, of it hardly care it seems – <i>why would they</i>.</div>
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<b>"Heritage values"</b> whilst they're spoken of, and its even something you might speak of, but do not stand up to be counted on. Need you? Here we appear to be more concerned to rush headlong into a future that is careless of its past. This is somewhat surprising in Tasmania as one of its cultural assets is its layered histories. Its these histories that increasingly people from elsewhere will come to see compared to the unrelenting encroachment of expedient development at home. This is now so evident in China.</div>
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<b><i><a href="http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/Heritage%20Solutions.pdf">'Adaptive Resuse'</a></i></b> is an idea in architecture and design is not new but there seems to be an allergy to it in Launceston in favour of some kind of Gold Coast aesthetic. Which is curious as there are increasing numbers of south east Queenslanders moving to Tasmania for its more temperate climate and the increasing all in a rush lifestyle back in Queensland. </div>
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The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875124462555425070.post-90098304535347287452014-11-10T02:31:00.001+11:002014-11-10T02:31:08.910+11:00LETTER: LAUNCESTON INTERIM PLANNING SCHEME 2012<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alderman Darren Alexander Launceston City Council Town Hall<br />St John Street LAUNCESTON TAS 7250</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Alderman Alexander,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Congratulations on your election to Launceston City Council. We are hoping that your enthusiasm for this city will be strengthened by the other new councillors and a timely review of goals and a fresh way forward for a new approach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Heritage protection and conservation is a very important part of residents' lives in 2014, in this, Australia's third oldest city. In order to attract people to remain living in this place, to attract newcomers and to encourage people to visit, it is important that Launceston continues to present a point of difference compared to other places. Essential to the protection and maintenance of our heritage fabric and special townscapes, is the role and responsibilities of Launceston City Council. ..... <b><a href="http://hpstasmania.blogspot.com.au/p/heritage-protection-society-tasmania-inc.html">Click here to read more</a></b></span>The Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05636254308628030404noreply@blogger.com0