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Tuesday 26 June 2018

The Pieces Fit Together.

The Pieces Fit Together.


Today, 26th June, the Convenor of Rosny Hill Friends Network, Peter Edwards, received from the Premier, Will Hodgman,  an answer to a letter in which he had asked eight questions. Peter felt that these had not been fully answered but tucked away in the letter was confirmation of what we Friends thought that we knew.

"Dear Peter
Thank you for your letter of 18 June regarding Rosny Hill.  I appreciate the opportunity to clarify the Government’s position.
The Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area is reserved land under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 (NCA) and the Government has no plans to change this arrangement.  The area is reserved land under lease by the Clarence City Council (Council), who are also the Managing Authority for the area.  These arrangements give management control to Council in respect of the reserve.
I am advised that the previous Government leased the land to Council in 2013 to enable additional activities on the reserve to be contemplated through an Expressions of Interest process.  The lease allows for Council to enter into a sublease or subleases for the purposes of developing part or all of the land, including commercial development."

How did this come about? What did the local community know about this in 2012? Would Mr Mayor  tell us that this was in the public domain?
It was alluded to on the 4th of June 2012 when the Rosny Hill Nature Recreation Area Management Strategy scored a mention on the agenda at the Clarence City Council Meeting.

Note what 11.7.2 says! There is nothing about a lease, or visitor accommodation. Council's intentions are 'hidden in plain sight' in a 239 page document published on their website.


That is 34 pages devoted to the fate of Rosny Hill.
27 of them were the following report



At this stage Clarence City Council had been the managing authority for Rosny Hill since 2009.
Council targeted our Nature Recreation Area as a development opportunity in their 2010 Strategic Plan.
Property Consultants, Opteon,  were engaged by CCC to propose options for Development on Rosny Hill.
On page 21, when discussing visitor accommodation, they stated:

"Given the high margins in tourist accommodation, the scale of the accommodation facility can be kept relatively small.( eg possibly 10 to 15 cabins )." Now, six later we are faced with a 100 room hotel!

Here are CCC's records from that time:



























As has been confirmed by the Premier's letter, a lease was duly drawn up from the Labor Government of the time. 


Where has the community consultation been all this time?

The CCC meeting agenda noted on 18th of June that 969 letters were sent out to Acton Park residents to seek feedback on Acton Trails and Reserves Activity Plan.

When were you consulted about our Nature Recreation Area??

Please put your opinions on the Rosny Hill Friends Facebook page

Find the full council document

  HERE







































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