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ADDRESS:


RE: Pittwater 21 – Avalon

DATE:______________

On behalf of ________________________________
I wish to register our objections to the overdevelopment of the unique village of Avalon and the surrounding areas of the Barrenjoey Peninsula. We submit to Council the following points which we ask you to incorporate into Pittwater 21.

1. Adopt a Barrenjoey Peninsula population ceiling cap to stop further population increases, due to the serious effects of cumulative impact that recent overdevelopments have had on the community and on our threatened species.
   
   We ask Council to view the Barrenjoey Peninsula as being like an island, an area worthy of protection from any further overdevelopment.
   
   
2. We urge Council to prosecute breaches, non-compliances, illegal tree removals, Species Impact Statement frauds and “mistakes” to the maximum penalties, requesting National Parks to do the same (1985 + 1998 to present date).
   
   
3. We ask for a Comprehensive Koala Management Plan as a matter of utmost urgency.
   
   
4. We object to the proposal to zone all of North Avalon for dual occupancies. The Community wants Avalon and its native trees to be protected and preserved for threatened species.
   
   
5. Please list koalas and threatened species, loss of wildlife corridors and loss of habitats as issues before the Court and appoint expert witnesses to defend these critically important issues.
   
   
6. 8 part tests / Species Impact Statements should be done over 4 seasons not one or two nights. As accuracy is such a problem, species Impact Studies should be carried out by a specialist who is NOT employed by the developer. Please appoint Prof. Rob Close of University of Western Sydney – Koala expert to give his recommendations and oversee the studies to be carried out under his control.
   
   
7. We urge Council to rename Dunbar Park to Barrenjoey Koala Sanctuary and for the park to be planted with Grey Gums, Swamp Mahoganies and Spotted Gums with a new wildlife corridor planting to extend from Dunbar Park to Bangally Headland, Stapelton Park, Paradise Beach, Clareville Beach, the Wentworth Estate, Attunga Reserve and the Bilgola Bends. We ask Council to purchase the marble koala sculpture by Richard Stutchbury for $5,000 to be on permanent public display at the entrance of Dunbar Park ‘Barrenjoey koala Sanctuary’ with a small educational display board which explains the plight of the Barrenjoey Koalas 93% reduction in numbers and how the Community, Council and Natural Heritage Trust are helping to rescue them from the threat of extinction.
   
   
8. Please amend Pittwater 21 for Avalon to include each and every one of these points.
   
   
   
   
   Signed:_______________________