Ongoing briefings and discussions have been held with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Yass Valley Council. Community information sessions Community information and feedback sessions were held at the West Belconnen Project office Shop 2, Kippax Fair, Holt. These sessions were advertised in the public notifications and were held on: Thursday 19 May from 5.00pm-7.00pm Saturday 21 May from 10.00am-12.00pm Members of the project team including the planner and biodiversity consultant were present and provided members of the public with an overview of the project, the potential impacts and the proposed offsets. Approximately 20 people attended the session over the two days. People where particularly interested in the Ginninderra Falls and Gorges area, the Conservation Corridor and the route of the proposed Ginninderra Drive alignment. There was also lots of support expressed for the proposed Environmental Trust. The posters used for the community information sessions are at appendix E. Submissions A number of public submissions were received during the public notification period. As outlined in section 2, a copy of the draft Strategic Assessment Report and the draft Program Report were made available during this period. Public submissions have not been attached to this report; however a summary of the comments received has been compiled and responded to in Table 3.2. In total 19 submissions were received during the extended public notification period. Table 3.1 identifies who made a submission and what company/organisation was represented. Table 3.1 Public Submissions Received – Representative Company/organisation represented Darryl Seto Friends of Grasslands Douglas Finlayson Shirley Gourgaud G R Griffiths Dianne Mark Alwast Robyn Coghlan David Liversidge Canberra Ornithologists Group James Trezise Ginninderra Catchment Group
Ongoing briefings and discussions have been held with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Yass Valley Council. Community information sessions Community information and feedback sessions were held at the West Belconnen Project office Shop 2, Kippax Fair, Holt. These sessions were advertised in the public notifications and were held on: Thursday 19 May from 5.00pm-7.00pm Saturday 21 May from 10.00am-12.00pm Members of the project team including the planner and biodiversity consultant were present and provided members of the public with an overview of the project, the potential impacts and the proposed offsets. Approximately 20 people attended the session over the two days. People where particularly interested in the Ginninderra Falls and Gorges area, the Conservation Corridor and the route of the proposed Ginninderra Drive alignment. There was also lots of support expressed for the proposed Environmental Trust. The posters used for the community information sessions are at appendix E. Submissions A number of public submissions were received during the public notification period. As outlined in section 2, a copy of the draft Strategic Assessment Report and the draft Program Report were made available during this period. Public submissions have not been attached to this report; however a summary of the comments received has been compiled and responded to in Table 3.2. In total 19 submissions were received during the extended public notification period. Table 3.1 identifies who made a submission and what company/organisation was represented. Table 3.1 – Public Submissions Received Representative Company/organisation represented Darryl Seto Friends of Grasslands Douglas Finlayson Shirley Gourgaud G R Griffiths Dianne Mark Alwast Robyn Coghlan David Liversidge Canberra Ornithologists Group James Trezise Ginninderra Catchment Group
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