Next Council Forum – Wednesday 21 August 2013

The next meeting of the North Canberra Communuity Council will be held at 7:30pm Wednesday 21 August 2013 at ACT Sport House 100 Maitland Street Hackett.  The meeting includes presentations by the  ACT Economic Development Directorate on the Downer local centre re-development proposal, and the federal environment assessment for Block 9 Section 64 Watson; discussion on the ACT Nature Conservation Strategy and also the review of the ACT Water for the Future strategy; and  the Council’s constitution.

Agenda/Next Meeting Wednesday 15 May 2013

North Canberra Community Council will be hosting Tony Gill, Director of Roads ACT at our forum this Wednesday May 15. Tony has been involved in discussions with many community organisations over the years in an attempt to improve traffic flow and safety in neighbourhoods across Canberra. If you think that there is a serious problem in your suburb which might require traffic calming measures or infrastructure improvements then come along and discuss this with us.

City to the Lake – Seminars

The ACT Government has announced  the City to the Lake which is a transformational project being developed within The City Plan, and is integral to realising the City’s potential as the ACT embark on its second century. It is about creating a new public waterfront address and identity for the City.  It is about realising Commonwealth Park and City Hill as celebrated urban parks unified with the centre of the City.  The project connects the City across Parkes Way and includes several important civic projects. The ACT Government is holding  four City to the Lake seminars at the CMAG Theatrette:

Submision on Assembly Size

The NCCC has responded the Review into the size of the ACT Legislative Assembly being overviewed by the Expert Reference Group, ACT Elections. The committee has recommended that: The Expert Reference Group should suggest an increase in size to 25 members; the number of electorates should be five; individual electorate boundaries should be decided by the ACT Electoral Commission; the electoral boundaries should be broadly based on community-of-interest ideals. Prior to the 2012 Assembly election, boundary redistribution issues were a major source of community divisiveness.