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FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER 2015
Issue 76
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BRANCHING OUT: The artwork for the Tarcutta-Forsyth streets roundabout is installed last week.
River-inspired artwork installed
Giant river red gums now watch over the traffic below at the corner of Tarcutta and Forsyth streets. The public artwork has transformed the roundabout into a river of crushed glass and metal branches, with local artist John Wood the designer behind the project. Mr Wood is a trained blacksmith who has exhibited his sculptures nationally. Both locals and visitors can spot some of his work around Wagga, including the Eternal Flame in the Victory Memorial Gardens. The design was inspired by the river red gum and the fallen branches that journey down the river in floods or break from the tree. Along with the four human-like textured steel branches, a “river” of recycled crushed glass set in resin represents the nearby Murrumbidgee. HOW IS PUBLIC ART FUNDED? When you look at public art, what do you see? For every dollar Council spends on capital works, one cent is set aside for public art. The Tarcutta-Forsyth streets roundabout artwork had a budget of $25,000, which means $2.5 million worth of works and other major projects have been completed to make it possible. Public art is part of Council’s commitment to developing Wagga as a connected and thriving regional centre to live, work and visit. For more information on WaggaWorks 2014-16 public art program, visit wagga.nsw.gov.au/publicart.
PLAN FOR YOUR PETS Don't forget your furry friends these holidays The bags are packed and you’re ready to hit the road, but what about the family pets? The Glenfield Road Animal Shelter (GRAS) is calling on the community to make sure their companion animals are not forgotten in any school holiday plans. “Our Animal Management Rangers often see a spike in roaming dogs and other incidents at this time of year,”
Council’s Manager Regulatory Services Greg Minehan said. “Before you go on holidays, make sure your pet’s registration details are up to date and they are microchipped so our staff can contact you as soon as possible should something happen. “If your pet is staying at home with a friend or relative checking in on them, make sure there is plenty of fresh
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water and shelter available.” GRAS is operated by Council and houses about 1500 dogs and 600 cats each year. The shelter will be closed from 25 December until 4 January. Residents can contact Council’s 24-hour call centre on 1300 292 442 during this time. Owners will also be notified daily of any companion animals that are impounded.
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The last pets of the week for 2015 are two female domestic short hair kittens called Matilda and Jessica. Matilda is a tabby, while Jessica is black and white. This playful pair can be adopted from the Glenfield Road Animal Shelter for $213.50 each, which includes microchipping, lifetime
registration, first vaccination, desexing and worming. If you would to meet these or any other animals, contact the shelter on 6971 4651 or visit wagga. nsw.gov.au/animals. Please note there will be changes to operating hours during the Christmas-New Year period.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S SERVICES 2015/16 FACILITY
Shelter security to be boosted with CCTV
TRADING HOURS
Administration Offices Wagga Wagga Civic Centre
Closed from 4pm Thursday 24/12/15 until 8.30am Monday 4/1/16. After hours emergencies can be reported to Council’s after hours call centre on 1300 292 442. Open Saturday 26/12/15, Sunday 27/12/15 Art Gallery & 10am to 2pm. National Art Glass Gallery Closed Monday 28/12/15 Open Tuesday 29/12/15 to Sunday 3/1/16 10am to 2pm Closed Monday 4/1/16 Open 10am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday Civic Theatre & Booking Closed from Friday 25/12/15 and will Office reopen on Monday 4/1/16 at 10am and resume normal trading hours. Tickets bookings are available online at www.civictheatre.com.au Glenfield Rd Closed from Friday 25/12/15 and reopening Animal Shelter Monday 4/1/16 8am. The notification to owners of Companion Animals which are impounded will be done daily. Closed Saturday 26/12/15 Gregadoo Waste Closed Sunday 27/12/15 Management Open Monday 28/12/15 Centre Closed Thursday 1/1/2015 (GWMC) GWMC Tip The Recycle Shop (normally open Friday Shop to Sunday each week) will be closed from Friday 25/12/15 to Sunday 3/1/16, reopening Friday 8/1/16. Rural Waste Collingullie: Closed Sunday 27/12/15 Facilities Currawarna: Closed Saturday 26/12/15 Galore: Closed Saturday 26/12/15 Humula: Closed Sunday 27/12/15 Mangoplah: Closed Sunday 27/12/15 Tarcutta: Closed Saturday 26/12/15 and Monday 28/12/15 Uranquinty: Closed Sunday 27/12/15 Kerbside CENTRAL WAGGA Waste If your bins are normally collected on a Collection Friday and you live in Central Wagga please note the following changes: Your New Year's Day bin collection will now take place on Thursday 31st December 2015.
FOREST HILL, MASON AND LONERGAN STREETS, AND THE AREA IN KOORINGAL BOUNDED BY FAY AVE, KOORINGAL RD AND ZEIGLER AVE If your bins are normally collected on a Thursday and you live in the abovementioned areas, please note the following changes: Your Thursday 31st December bin collection will now take place on Wednesday 30th December 2015
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If your bins are normally collected on a Friday and you live in the abovementioned areas, please note the following changes: Your New Year's Day bin collection will now take place on Wednesday 30th December 2015 Library Closed from 4pm Thursday 24/12/14 and reopening on Monday 4/1/15. During the closed period, e-services for free downloads of books, music, films and magazines are available at rrl.nsw.gov.au/ elibrary. Loans can be extended online and books returned via the book chute. Open Tuesday 29/12/15 to Thursday Lawn 31/12/15. Cemetery Office Closed Friday 25/12/15, Monday 28/12/15, Friday 1/1/16. Closed from Monday 21/12/15 and will Livestock reopen on Monday 4/1/16. Emergency Marketing contacts are 0418 430 680 or 0408 694 540 Centre Both Museum sites are open every Museum - Historic Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm Council Sunday 10am to 2pm, except: Chambers Site Closed Thursday 25/12/14 and every and Botanic Monday Gardens Site Oasis Aquatic Open normal weekday and weekend hours Centre every day except: Open Saturday 26/12/15 Noon to 5pm Open Monday 28/12/15 9am to 6pm Open Thursday 31/12/15 6am to 5pm Open Friday 1/1/2016 Noon to 5pm Sewer Service Ph: 1300 292 442 Problems Closed Saturday 26/12/15 Visitor Information Centre
Contact us p 1300 292 442 e council@wagga.nsw.gov.au w www.wagga.nsw.gov.au a Civic Centre Cnr Baylis & Morrow Sts PO Box 20 Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
ON A ROLL: The Oasis water rollers are one of many fun school holiday activities in Wagga.
COMING UP:
SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN
Get your hands on a copy of the Summer edition of our School Holiday Activities Guide. Produced by the Visitor Information Centre, the guide is packed with ideas and activities to
keep the whole family entertained. Download your copy at visitwagga.com/ schoolholidays or call into the Visitor Information Centre, 183 Tarcutta Street.
WAGGA LIVE 2015
Thu 31 December Gates open at 5pm. Victory Memorial Gardens. Entry Adults $5, Children $2, Family $15, under 2 free. Ph: 6921 2490
Safety and security of staff and animals at the Glenfield Road Animal Shelter (GRAS) will be improved when closed circuit television (CCTV) is installed at the facility. From next year cameras will monitor interior and exterior activities at the compound, including GRAS offices, workshops, cattery and dog kennels, the noxious weeds depot and a storage shed. The shelter has been the target of several break-ins over recent years, resulting in theft of animals and significant damage to council property. On occasions staff have also been threatened on site. “CCTV will give greater security for staff and animals housed at GRAS and reduce the level of crime at the compound,” Director of Planning and Regulatory Services Andrew
Crakanthorp said. “Our rangers are dedicated to their work and put a lot of time and effort into caring for the animals, great and small, that find their way into the facility. It’s important we look after these people and the animals on site.” Each year the shelter cares for about 1500 dogs and 600 cats. The cameras will be the latest addition to the shelter, which received a $720,000 upgrade earlier in the year. The new facility now features 40 dog kennels, almost doubling the previous capacity, air conditioning and in-floor heating for year-round comfort for the animals. The cameras will be installed by the end of February 2016, at a cost of $22,000.
Have your say on Playground Strategy
Ensuring quality playgrounds are available in Wagga and surrounding villages is the purpose of a new strategy currently up for public comment. Until January 26, 2016, the community can have their say on the draft Playground Strategy 2016-2036. The strategy provides a framework to guide all aspects of future playground management in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area. Currently, there are 91 playgrounds in Wagga and its surrounds, forming an important
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Public Notices
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE
Notice is hereby given under Roads Act 1993 Part 8 Division 4 of the temporary closing of: Road: Baylis St between Morrow St and Wollundry Lagoon, Burns Way and Rural Pl Duration: 8am 31/12/15 to 1am 01/01/16 Road: Morrow St between Baylis St and Ivan Jack Dr and Ivan Jack Dr full length Duration: 2pm 31/12/15 to 1am 01/01/16 Reason: New Year's Eve event Detour: As signposted.
OPERATION OF BOARDING HOUSES
Within the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area there is a range of accommodation types. Included in these accommodation types are premises that Council considers to be boarding houses. Boarding houses are buildings, including dwellings, where lodgings are let out on a per room basis (as opposed to a single lease over a dwelling) for periods of three (3) or more months. Development consent is required to operate a boarding house. In recent times Council has received complaints that there are boarding houses in the city operating in dwellings without consent. As people may not have been aware for the need for consent, Council is currently holding an amnesty period, where people can self-report their unapproved boarding houses and lodge a Development Application to seek consent. During this amnesty period Council will waive all Development Application fees
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associated with an application for a boarding house. The amnesty period is for 12 months commencing February 2015 and will end on 29 February 2016. At the end of the amnesty period Council will commence actively pursuing boarding houses operating without consent, which may result in fines for operators of such premises. If you have any queries in relation to this program, please do not hesitate to contact Council’s Planning and Regulatory Services Directorate on 1300 292 442.
NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
Wagga Wagga City Council has received the following application to carry out “Development” under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979.
DA15/0446, Change of use to recreation facility (indoor) - Indoor Go Karts, 8-10 Bye St Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Lot 145 DP 719771, Applicant: Andrew Jason Clarke Name of Consent Authority: Wagga Wagga City Council DA15/0744, Alterations and additions including conversion of admin area to 10 bed palliative care wing and 10 additional beds in Dementia wing, 6 Lewisham Ave Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Lot 1 DP 1124004 Applicant: Mary Potter Nursing Home & Ethel Forrest Day Care Name of Consent Authority: Wagga Wagga City Council
The subject application and accompanying documentation, may be inspected at the following address until the closure of exhibition. Submission Period: 04/01/2016 to
component to open space and contributing to the creation of great play spaces. The strategy outlines 10 new playgrounds for land releases in Lloyd, Estella and Forest Hill and ensures a level of service to provide quality playgrounds in Ashmont, Central, Estella, Kooringal, Lake Albert, Lloyd, Tolland and Turvey Park. To view the draft Playground Strategy, visit wagga.nsw. gov.au/public and keep an eye out for updates at wagga.nsw.gov.au/ playgrounds.
18/01/2016 Where: Wagga Wagga City Council, cnr Baylis and Morrow Streets, Wagga Wagga (Customer Service Counter). When: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays). Any person seeking to make a submission in relation to the abovementioned development should address all correspondence to the Consent Authority to be received prior to 5pm on the final day of the exhibition period. If any submission is made by way of objection, the grounds of objection must be specified in the submission. Persons lodging submissions are required to declare political donations (including donations of more than $1000) made in the previous two years. For more details, including disclosure form, go to www.planning. nsw.gov.au/donations. Persons making written submissions regarding the above development are advised that any submission received within the submission period will be subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 and the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPPA) and may be attached to the final report, in its entirety or in part, to Council unless explicitly requested by the person making the submission that they do not wish this to occur. Enquiries: Further details relating to the matter can be obtained by contacting the Council. If you have any enquiries regarding the application, or about making submission, please telephone Development Services on 1300 292 442. ALAN ELDRIDGE, GENERAL MANAGER
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