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Call for EPA action on Bulls Hill quarry A public meeting convened by Gosford Council to discuss the Correa Bay report has called on the Environment Protection Authority to take action over the Bulls Hill Quarry.
At a recent inspection of the nearly completed Woy Woy library renovations, from left, Gosford City
Library to re-open next month The newly-extended and renovated Woy Woy library will open in around four weeks time, although an exact date is yet to be set. Councillors recently took a tour of the soon-to-be-finished library facility. At the time, there was about another week and a half's work to be done, the driveway and parking area was still to be completed and the security system was also still to be installed. New automatic doors have been installed and the step at the front door has been removed, creating easy access for wheelchairs and motorised "gopher" style scooters. Library services manager Mr Alan Flores said: "We have a whole new customer service
desk with an automatic checkout machine so people can check their own books out. "There will be a full security system in place on the front door and throughout the library. "All the wood panels have been replaced to be just like the originals. "We went and found another company that manufactures ones exactly the same," Mr Flores said. The library now has a digitized monitoring system, so the computer will store a digital recording instead of a tape. "If anyone were to break in instead of ringing the police and sending them the tape we just email them the pictures," Mr Flores said. There are eight cameras throughout the new library inside
Community workshop Gosford Council has organised a community workshop to seek community input into the development of the Draft City Management Plan 2003-2008. The workshop also offers an opportunity to provide feedback on the 2002 State of the Environment Report. The City Management Plan comprises the Council’s Strategic
Plan and Capital W orks Program, the Program Budget and Revenue Policy, and Council’s State of the Environment Report. The community is also invited to comment on the Draft 2002 State of the Environment Report. Everyone is welcome to attend the workshop 9.30 to 11.30am on Thursday, September 12, at Woy Woy Little Theatre, 93 MacMasters Rd, Woy Woy. Press release, August 12
and outside, as well as an alarmed smoke detector system. A heritage architect did the conservation plans for the new library, and the whole building complies with those plans. The new Woy Woy library is a result of combining the old library building, the new library building and the old council chambers. The result is a building which is on three levels. The three levels are easy access for wheelchairs, with ramps between each level. The land to the rear of the building adjoining Woy Woy Oval will be paved to provide library parking. The back fence will be shared with the oval and the car park will have gates which can be closed at night. Jonathan Reichard, August 16
The meeting of about 100 people unanimously resolved that: "This public meeting calls on the Environmental Protection Authority to direct the Department of Land and Water Conservation to address their responsibilities and immediately carry out restoration works at Bulls Hilt Quarry." Letters will be sent to the Minister for the Environment Mr Bob Debus, Gosford Council's director of environment Ms. Louise Gee and Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews. The meeting decided to reconvene on Sunday, September 22, at 10am at Bulls Hill Quarry, for an inspection of the quarry site. The council convened a public meeting on Sunday, August 11, at the Everglades Country Club to facilitate the Correa Bay Water Quality Management Committee's report being presented to the community. Committee chairman Mr Derek Britton spoke to the meeting, using the Council's overhead projector to present photographs and a survey of Correa Bay and its catchment area. He said the committee had found two sources of pollution entering Correa Bay - chemical
and sedimentary. Chemical pollution in the form of leachate had been leaving Woy Woy Tip, entering Correa Bay via Tip Creek. Sedimentary pollution from Woy Woy Creek was sourced at Bulls Hill Quarry and Robson's Quarry; Tip Creek at Woy Woy Tip and Everglades Creek, from residential land adjoining the creek. Mr Britton said the bulk of the sediment entering Woy Woy Creek and then Correa Bay came from Bulls Hill Quarry. He reported that Gosford Council had spent approximately $1.6 million to contain leachate within Woy Woy Tip and thus terminate the chemical pollution. He said the council had suspended a water testing program which included Correa Bay. It was one of the committee's recommendations that water testing be reinstated in Correa Bay to identify any further chemical escape from Woy Woy Tip or any other source within the Correa Bay catchment area. Mr Britton also reported on negotiations with the Department of Land and Water Conservation to carry out remedial works at Bulls Hill Quarry. He said that only the previous tenant's security deposit of $30,000 had been spent, which was not sufficient to prevent further sediment escaping the quarry site. Letter, August 21
Gosford Council may meet here Tuesday night council meetings may be held at P en in s ul a Co mm un it y Centre in the future after Gosford Council makes a d e t e rm i n at io n t o n ig ht (Tuesday) on information supplied by council staff. Council at its meeting on May 7 resolved that “steps be taken to hold council meetings in other locations in the city”. The Peninsula Community Centre was named in a short list of possible venues which have
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been investigated by the council staff since the May meeting. If council were to proceed with its proposal to hold meetings at other locations within the city, it has been recommended the three council meetings for a particular month should be held in the one location. Council meeting times and locations would be advertised. It was suggested that members of the public wishing to attend meetings may be confused if council attempted to have meetings at different locations
each week. The report stated that "considerable staff resources" would also be required to ensure that the facilities were properly set up for the council meetings. There would be additional cost to the council to ensure that the meeting locations were suitably set up for council meetings, including possible hiring charges for the facilities and additional catering costs. Council agenda FS.121, August 27
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