20091017 Community Notice Board

COMMUN TY NOT CEBOARD Keeping Canberra in the know.

Invitations to comment Comment on review of community facility zones The ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA) has released an online discussion paper which examines the Community Facility Zone Development Code and associated development tables. Community facility zones are traditionally associated with things like child care or community centres, cultural facilities and places of worship. The paper identifies key questions about how the code and table might be revised and is available at www.actpla.act.gov.au To make a comment or if you have a question email [email protected] or call 6205 2616. You can also write to Community Facility Zone Policy Review, Development Policy Section, ACTPLA, GPO Box 1908, Canberra ACT 2601. The period for comments closes 5.00pm Friday 23 October.

Review of the Arts in Canberra – have your say The ACT Government, along with consultants Peter Loxton and Associates Pty Ltd, would like to invite the community to share their thoughts and views on the arts in the ACT. Your comments will contribute to the development of the new arts policy for the ACT, due to be released in June 2010. An online survey is available at www.arts.act.gov.au Alternatively, you can pick up a hardcopy survey at any Canberra Connect Shopfront or ACT Public Library. Submissions to the survey close 5.00pm, Friday 13 November 2009. You are also invited to attend one of the community forums. When: Wednesday 28 October 2009 (12.00noon – 2.00pm) Where: ‘The Link’, Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic When: Wednesday 28 October 2009 (5.30pm – 7.30pm) Where: Tuggeranong Arts Centre When: Wednesday 4 November 2009 (12.00noon – 2.00pm) Where: Belconnen Arts Centre RSVP by emailing [email protected] or phone 6207 5970. For more information about the review visit www.arts.act.gov.au or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

Dickson centre planning project community information display You are invited to see draft designs for the future of Dickson developed at an earlier workshop. When: Tuesday 20 October 2009 (4.00pm – 7.00pm) Where: Dickson centre near Woolworths For further information visit www.actpla.act.gov.au

ACT Travel Survey In line with the development of the Sustainable Transport Action Plan, the Department of Territory and Municipal Services is conducting an ACT Travel Survey between August and October 2009. The survey will help understand travel patterns of the Canberra community and will be used to assist in shaping future transport policy and planning. The results of the survey will assist in determining the community’s travel needs. The Department would like to thank respondents who have completed the survey to date. For those still to participate, your help in completing the survey would be greatly appreciated. The travel survey is estimated to take approximately 30 minutes to complete. To complete the survey visit www.rego.act.gov.au The closing date for the survey is Friday 30 October 2009. For further information contact Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

Temporary Road Closures

DUNLOP COMMUNITY PATH: James Harrison Street (eastern side) between Lance Hill Avenue and Toft Street. Toft Street (eastern side) between James Harrison Street and Percy Begg Circuit Time: 7.00am on  Monday 26 October 2009 to 5.00pm on Thursday 15 April 2010 Reason: verge works and services installation FRANKLIN COMMUNITY PATH: Oodgeroo Avenue (southern side) between Gwen Meredith Loop and Nullarbor Avenue Time: 7.00am on Monday 26 October 2009 to 5.00pm on Thursday 15 April 2010 Reason: verge works and services installation Barriers, warning and diversion signs to be erected on site. Any person wishing to comment on this notice may contact Colin Evans on 6207 6821. Rifaat Shoukrallah Delegated Officer Roads ACT Locked Bag 2000 Civic Square ACT 2608

Forums and workshops Kingston centre planning project planning workshop Come along to a workshop being held to consider future development options for Kingston such as land use, building height and density, potential for a supermarket/s, possible changes to the road hierarchy and open space. When: Thursday 22 October 2009 (5.30pm to 8.00pm) Where: Kingston Baptist Church, 11 Currie Crescent, Kingston RSVP: to assist with catering please RSVP by 5.00pm Tuesday 20 October 2009 to Purdon Associates on 02 6257 1511 or email [email protected]

Improving Canberra’s community health centres – design options for Gungahlin and Tuggeranong As a part of the overhaul and expansion of the ACT health system the ACT Government will develop community health centres at Gungahlin, Tuggeranong, City, and Dickson. Enhanced Community Health Centres, providing a wider range of services, will also be developed at Phillip and Belconnen. The centres are intended to reduce the reliance on hospitals while improving the quality of life and wellbeing in the local community. The centres will deliver extended health services aimed at assisting clients to manage acute and chronic conditions in the community. ACT Health has developed design options for the six facilities and is seeking community input and comment.

Time: Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October 2009 (8.30am to 3.30pm daily) Reason: Tharwa bridge restoration works Charnwood Community Path: Tillyard Drive (northern side) between Blackwell Circuit and Moulder Court Time: 7.00am Monday 12 October to 5.00pm Friday 30 October 2009 Reason: footpath replacement works Narrabundah Arunta Street: will be closed between Bundeela Street and Karloo Street Time: 7.00am to 5.00pm on Saturday 24 October 2009 Reason: electricity network maintenance Forrest Community Paths: Canberra Avenue, Dominion Circuit and Mugga Way Time: 7.00am on Monday 26 October to 5.00pm on Saturday 7 November 2009 Reason: various sections of these community paths will be periodically closed between these dates to allow for footpath reconstruction works to be carried out

Multicultural aged care seminars ACT Health invites you to a series of free seminars on issues affecting older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Seminars on different topics are held regularly and are in English. All interested members of the community are welcome to attend. The Community Partners Programs Officer can arrange for many topics to be presented to any CALD group with an appropriate interpreter if desired. Future seminars include: • T hursday 29 October 2009 - Palliative Care Services in the ACT – Act Palliative Care Society • Wednesday 11 November 2009 – Islam – Salwah Kirk and Ahmed Youssef • Wednesday 18 November 2009 – Trauma and Ageing – Companion House • W  ednesday 25 November 2009 – Depression and Other Mental Health Issues in Older People – Andrew Colliver, ACT Health Older Persons Mental Health Unit • T uesday 1 December 2009 - Frailty, Vulnerability and Transcendence in Ageing – Prof. Elizabeth MacKinlay, Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies Each seminar is held 9.30am-12.30pm at Pilgrim House, 69 Northbourne Avenue, Civic. Bookings are essential. If you would like more information or to book, contact the Community Partners Program Officer, Ailsa Turrell, on 6205 4794 or email [email protected]

Notices Responsibility of cat owners Cat owners are reminded that domestic cats are a threat to native wildlife. An ACT study reveals domestic cats are responsible for killing a total of 67 different species of birds and animals. You can reduce the risk to native wildlife by keeping your cat indoors, particularly between sunset and sunrise and by putting a bell on your cat’s collar to provide a warning to other animals. If you are living in a cat curfew area – Bonner, Forde, Mulligan’s Flat and Goorooyarroo – your cat must be confined to your property at all times. For further information visit www.tams.act.gov.au or contact Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

H1N1 vaccination roll out ACT Health is participating in the national roll out of pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine. The vaccine, called Panvax® H1N1, is now available from General Practitioners in the ACT. The nationally agreed priority groups for this vaccine include: • health care workers;

Proposed Gungahlin Community Health Centre

• individuals with moderate to severe obesity;

When: Saturday, 17 October 2009 (10.00am – 2.00pm) Where: Gungahlin Market Place - opposite the entry to Big W

• children (aged 10 years and over) in special schools;

Proposed Tuggeranong Community Health Centre When: Saturday, 24 October 2009 (10.00am – 2.00pm) Where: Tuggeranong Hyperdome - in the walkway near Darrell Lea The feedback sessions will be an open display where residents may call in on an informal basis, view plans and details, speak to the consultants and staff and provide feedback about the design options. If you are unable to attend the information sessions, information about the design options is also available at www.health.act.gov.au/communityconsultation Comments can be made through the website, by email to [email protected] or by mail to Your health — our priority, Community Health Centre Design Options, GPO Box 825 Canberra City ACT 2601. For further information visit www.health.act.gov.au or email [email protected] or contact Purdon Associates on 6257 1511.

Tharwa Tharwa Drive: will be closed between the entrance to the Lanyon Historic Homestead and North Street / Naas Road

Register your interest in attending a consultation forum by phoning Calvary Consultation Policy Division, ACT Health on 6207 9143.

Over the next six weeks, community feedback sessions will be held in each town centre and at Dickson. Details about the Gungahlin and Tuggeranong sessions are below. Details of other feedback sessions will be provided closer to their dates.

Comments will be received until 5.00pm Friday 6 November 2009. Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 4 of the Roads and Public Places Act 1937, of the intention to close the following roads in the ACT.

• m  ake a written submission that can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Calvary Consultation, ACT Health Policy Division, GPO Box 825, Canberra ACT 2601.

Proposal for ACT Government to buy Calvary Hospital The ACT Government has started public consultation on a proposed change to the ownership and governance of Calvary Public Hospital and Clare Holland House. The Government and Little Company of Mary Health Care have reached in-principle agreement on the proposed changes and the Government now wishes to consult with the Canberra community about the best way to proceed. The consultation will run from 1 October to 12 November 2009.

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; • pregnant women;

• parents and guardians of children aged 0 to 6 months; and • t hose considered vulnerable to severe infection with H1N1 (aged 10 years and over). The vaccine will be initially offered to those most exposed and most at risk of poor outcomes. Flexibility exists, however, for vaccination to be given opportunistically to concerned individuals or family members of vulnerable people. People in priority groups who are unable to see a GP should ring the Community Health Intake line on 6207 9977 to make an appointment at a clinic. Panvax® H1N1 is a one dose vaccine for people aged 10 and over. It may take up to two weeks for individuals to develop immunity to H1N1 influenza ’09. Further information regarding vaccination for those aged 9 years and under will be available following the conclusion of clinical trials in children. Members of priority groups and other concerned individuals should discuss the vaccine with their health care provider. For more information on the Panvax® H1N1 vaccine visit the ACT Health website at www.health.act.gov.au

Tree replacement program nears completion The ACT Government will soon complete a tree replacement program at 24 locations across Canberra. Under the program 282 trees in poor health and which pose public safety risks are being replaced with 588 trees.  Work is expected to be complete by the end of next month. Each of the trees identified for replacement was thoroughly assessed by a tree expert with factors like the presence of die back, tree rot and hollows, as well as their location and general health, being carefully considered.

As part of the consultation process the next community forum will have a palliative care focus and will be held on:

In all cases pruning was closely considered first with complete removal being the last option.

• 2  1 October 2009 (10.00am – 11.30am) at Boathouse by the Lake (palliative care focus)

The tree replacement program primarily focuses on the older suburbs of Canberra and the current works include suburban streets, laneways and parks in the suburbs of Ainslie, Campbell, Deakin, Dickson, Forrest, Griffith, Lyneham, Narrabundah, O’Connor, Reid, Turner and Yarralumla.

More information about the proposal can be found at www.health.act.gov.au/calvaryconsultation and includes a summary of the Formal Transfer Agreement and answers to frequently asked questions. There are number of ways to provide feedback on the proposal: • attend community forum; and

Approvals from the ACT Heritage Council and the National Capital Authority were obtained for the necessary sites.  Affected residents were notified in June 2009. For more information please visit www.tams.act.gov.au/tree_replacement_ program_2009 or call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81.

Phone Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 I www.communityengagement.act.gov.au

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