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A TWEED SHIRE COUNCIL PUBLICATION | (02) 6670 2400 or 1300 292 872 | ISSUE 949 | 22 MARCH 2016 | ISSN 1327–8630

Don’t be a bunny this EasterTexting while driving could cost you your driver’s licence this Easter.

Drivers who use their mobile phones illegally face gaining eight demerit points during the short Easter break from Thursday 24 March to Monday 28 March 2016, inclusive.

For a Learner Driver, P-plater or unrestricted licence holder on a good-behaviour bond, that’s your licence gone.

For an unrestricted licence holder or a professional driver, that’s more than half the points tally you are permitted in any three-year period.

You’ll also cop a hefty fine.Double demerit points also apply this Easter to speeding, not wearing a

seatbelt and riding without a helmet.So if you don’t want to be a bunny and still have your licence after

Easter, keep your eyes on the road, obey all speed limits and take regular fatigue breaks.

“With your eyes off the road for longer than two seconds while travelling at 50 kilometres per hour, you’ll travel 28 metres blind; at 100 kilometres per hour, you’ll cover 56 metres or more than the length of an Olympic-sized swimming pool,” Council Road Safety Officer Alana Brooks said.

“Taking your eyes off the road doubles your risk of a crash, so quickly reading a text message could have tragic consequences.”

Driver Reviver stations will be opened on our highways throughout Easter so take regular breaks to avoid fatigue.

Ninety-four year old John Staines is further proof you are never too old for swimming lessons.

The Murwillumbah resident was a source of inspiration when he started lessons at Murwillumbah’s Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre (TRAC) recently, although he is quick to point out he has the body and mind of someone much younger.

“They say you’re supposed to act your age and I feel 74, because I’ve always been active and maintained a healthy appetite,” he said.

Born in Brisbane and based in the US for most of his working life, Mr Staines retired in Puerto Rico and was a regular participant in a 1km open water swim event in his local village.

“But that was 20 years ago and when I got back in the pool recently, I couldn’t remember how to swim,’ he said.

“It’s coming back to me but I still have a long way to go and I could kick myself for allowing myself to forget how to do it.”

His goal is to return to a level of competency so he is able to swim with his daughters when he visits them in Hawaii in July.

For further information about TRAC, including adult swimming lessons, visit trac.tweed.nsw.gov.au

John Staines with swimming instructor Sue Radnedge (back) and fellow students Grace Dimech (left) and Jenny Alcorn.

John’s getting back into the swim of things at TRAC

Community members will have a chance to speak to the consultant who produced the draft Kingscliff – Dreamtime Beach Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), when she attends the Kingscliff Matters shopfront next Wednesday afternoon (30 March).

Coastal consultant Verity Rolleson, from BMT WBM, will be at the Kingscliff shopfront from 3pm to 7pm, to explain and discuss the objectives and processes behind the draft plan.

The draft CZMP, which goes on public exhibition today until 4 May, is the main focal point at the shopfront during the next fortnight until 1 April.

The plan will provide practical actions to address current and future risks to the beach’s ecological and community values and the immediate foreshore lands as a result of erosion and other coastal processes.

It documents an approach to protection works at Kingscliff up to 2050, based on the preceding Kingscliff Coastal Risk Management Study.

For further information, including how to make a submission, visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au and go to On Exhibition.

See yoursaytweed.com.au/KingscliffForeshore for shopfront opening times.

Coastal consultant at shopfront

News flash: Construction of the $3.6 million Kennedy Drive Stage 3 upgrade is likely to start early – after Easter, about Monday 4 April. Register for email / sms updates at yoursaytweed.com.au/kennedy-drive

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21 March 2016 – 22 April 2016Applications for financial assistance by way of a sponsorship agreement

under Council’s Community Sponsorship Policy are invited from local not for profit community groups and organisations which are interested in working towards the enhancement and well-being of Tweed Shire Council residents. There are limited funds available, therefore only one application per community group/organisation will be considered. Applications are to be completed on the Community Sponsorship Application Form available on Council’s website - www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/GrantsAndFunding.

Applicants are requested to refer to the Community Sponsorship Policy, endorsed by Council on 17 March 2016. For more information please contact Shannon Rees on (02) 6670 2591. Applications close on 22 April 2016 and will be considered at Council’s meeting on 19 May 2016.

APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP POLICY

Seniors Week 2016NSW Seniors Week will be held 1 – 10 April 2016. In conjunction with the Tweed Seniors Committee, Tweed Shire Council have produced the annual shire wide Seniors Week Program. Seniors Week Program events focus on, and celebrate the valuable contribution seniors have made, and continue to make, to the life of our community. The 2016 program has listed 64 events across the shire and is accessible online in the Hot Topics Section on the Tweed Shire Council website home page www.tweed.nsw.gov.au. Paper copies are available from many venues including council offices, libraries and licensed clubs. Some highlights of the celebration are bus trips, concerts, events in the villages of Crabbes Creek, Uki, Burringbar, Tyalgum and Tumbulgum, art/craft, drumming and dance workshops, movies, come and try activities, seniors luncheons, family history, walks and aquatic activities. Council are contributing to the fun through: • a Mosiac Workshop - a walk and an open day through the FABS

program at the Banora Point Community Centre. • A talk on energy saving at Pottsville and Banora Point. • A ‘Create with Clay Workshop at the Tweed Regional Gallery • ‘What’s New? 2’ an overview of recent additions to the Tweed Regional

Museum’s collection. • The Tweed, Murwillumbah & Kingscliff libraries have free reservations,

Library eBook sessions at the Tweed Heads Library and Seniors Week Story time at Murwillumbah.

• TRAC will be offering Gentle Aquatic Fitness at Murwillumbah and Aqua fitness at Kingscliff and South Tweed.

Tweed Seniors Expo - On Thursday 7 April 2016 the Tweed Seniors Committee is holding the Tweed Seniors Expo. The Expo, which receives Council Festivals and Events funding, will be held from 9am to 3pm at the Seventh-day Adventist Centre, Racecourse Road Murwillumbah. The Seniors Expo brings together all the people, products, services and advice to help our seniors to live a healthy, comfortable and fulfilling life. With everything together in one place, on one day, you can see all the options available to you as you walk leisurely through the displays at the level venue. Add in some workshops, information sessions, entertainment and excellent food and you are set for a great day out. The day is a great opportunity for baby boomers and people with ageing parents to access a huge range of information that can assist them to plan ahead. Tweed Shire Council will have a staffed stall to answer your Council related questions and Council’s Road Safety officer will present a talk on the ‘Top misunderstood road rules’. Council has also received NSW Seniors Festival funding to run a Creative Ageing marquee at the event. Activities in the marquee will include learning some easy ukulele songs, singing for fun, learn to print your own gift labels, a colouring in table to relieve your stress and displays of local creative projects. Council also coordinates the popular mobile phone marquee where local youth volunteers can assist you one on one to operate your mobile phone or tablet.

Full details at www.tweedseniors.org. Free buses are operating on the day and there is plenty of easy parking if you drive. For bus bookings contact Tweed Byron and Ballina Community Transport on 1300 875 895.

Healthy AGEING INFO

The Tweed Shire is revered for its diversity in landform and vegetation, natural beauty, world heritage listings and nationally recognised iconic landscapes. In recognition, Tweed Shire Council has resolved to prepare a new scenic landscape strategy to assist in preserving these important natural assets into the future. Council is now seeking community input to help identify the most valued scenic and culturally important landscapes and to determine the extent of these special and unique places.

To assist our understanding of how the community values these places, Council staff will be holding drop-in forums with a ‘What’s My Scene?’ theme at various key locations across the Tweed during April. The forums seek to draw on the experience and knowledge of local communities and visitors, who are invited to stop by and share their views on the landscape qualities they feel are central to the identity of the Tweed and its sense of place, as well as which vistas and vantage points are most important to them personally.

‘What’s My Scene?’ drop-in forums will be held at the following times and locations:Mon 11 April 10am - 12pm Tumbulgum Community Hall Mon 11 April 3.30pm - 6.30pm Tweed Heads Civic Centre South Sea Islander Room Tue 12 April 2.30pm - 6pm Pottsville Community Centre Reef Room Wed 13 April 10am - 12.30pm Tyalgum Community Hall Wed 13 April 2pm - 4pm Uki Community Hall

In conjunction with the drop-in sessions, community members are invited to submit photographs or images of their favourite Tweed views and vantage points, and give a description of why they feel these are important. Images and descriptions can be delivered to the Council Offices in Murwillumbah or Tweed Heads, or can be sent via email to planningreforms@tweed.nsw.gov.au by Friday 15 April 2016.

Should you have any questions in relation to the strategy or drop-in forums, please do not hesitate to contact Louise Bennett of Council’s Strategic Planning and Urban Design Unit on (02) 6670 2639 or lbennett@tweed.nsw.gov.au.

‘WHAT’S MY SCENE?’ - TWEED SCENIC LANDSCAPE STRATEGY

Wild dog bait workshops

One-lane flow on temporary bridge under give way conditions: Bridge construction works Fingal Road, near Wommin Lake Crescent, Fingal Head.Some delays, stop / slow flagmen: roundabout construction works Terranora Road and Fraser Drive, Banora Point; Gollan and Lakes drives, Tweed Heads West; road construction works, Tweed Coast Road, between Morton and Crescent streets, Chinderah. Road rehabilitation Dalton Street and Shamara Road, Terranora; Murphys Road, Kingscliff; Kyogle Road, between Perch Creek and the town of Kunghur. Kerb and gutter works Duffy Street, Tweed Heads South. Water main replacement Hillcrest Avenue between James Road and Ridgeway Street, South Tweed Heads; sewer rising main Meridian Way to Ducat Street, Tweed Heads.

ROAD WRAP-UP

Two free workshops will be held in early April to teach and qualify landholders to control pest animals on their properties.

Council and North Coast Local Land Services are working together to hold the Vertebrate Pest Induction Training courses for residents in the Mount Nullum, Smiths Creek, Stokers Siding and Uki areas.

Local Land Services will deliver the free workshops, which will accredit participants to use 1080 and Pindone baits on their properties to control wild dogs, foxes and other another animals that are considered serious pests because of their potential to attack livestock and native animals, spread diseases and threaten human health and safety.

Workshop 1, at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre’s Canvas and Kettle Room on Thursday 7 April, will provide landholders with certified accreditation to use baits to control wild dogs, foxes, feral pigs and rabbits on their properties for five years. The training will cover topics including bait toxicity, storage and transport, legislation guidelines and health and safety.

Workshop 2, on April 14, is an additional unit for landholders wanting to gain accreditation in the use of canid pest ejectors and is open to landholders who have completed the Baiting Accreditation training.

Places are limited and landholders can register before Friday 1 April by phoning Rhonda James 0409 244 294 or Jude Mason (02) 6670 2199.

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Kingscliff – Dreamtime Beach Coastal Zone Management PlanCouncil is implementing a Kingscliff – Dreamtime Beach Coastal Zone

Management Plan (CZMP) to provide practical actions to address current and future risks to the beach’s ecological and community values and the immediate foreshore lands as a result of erosion and other coastal processes.

On 17 March 2016, Council resolved to exhibit the draft CZMP, which has been produced for Council by consultant BMT WBM. The CZMP:• documents an approach to protection works at Kingscliff up to 2050,

based upon the preceding Kingscliff Coastal Risk Management Study.• includes management precinct maps and an implementation schedule for

all actions.The Kingscliff – Dreamtime Beach CZMP will be on public exhibition from

Wednesday 23 March to Wednesday 4 May 2016 at the following locations:• Council’s offices at Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads from 8.30am to

4.15pm weekdays• Council’s website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au, through the link ‘On Exhibition’.

Submissions must be made in writing, received no later than Wednesday 4 May 2016 and should be addressed to:Kingscliff – Dreamtime Beach CZMPGeneral Manager; C/O Natural Resource Management sectionTweed Shire Council; PO Box 816, Murwillumbah NSW 2484.Email submissions can be sent to tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au.

For further information, contact Coordinator Natural Resource Management Jane Lofthouse on (02) 6670 2743. Details are also available by visiting the Kingscliff Matters shopfront at 2/98 Marine Parade. See yoursaytweed.com.au/KingscliffForeshore for shopfront opening times.

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2014 – Amendment No. 22PP16/0001 for Lot 8 DP 12676 Eviron Road, Eviron

On 3 March 2016, Council resolved to exhibit Planning Proposal PP16/0001. The objective and intended outcome of this planning proposal is to enable development of a single dwelling house on Lot 8 DP 12676 located at Eviron Road, Eviron as infill within the already established surrounding rural residential development.

You are invited to view the revised planning proposal on public exhibition from Wednesday 23 March to Friday 8 April 2016 at the following locations:• Council’s offices at Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads from 8.30am to

4.15pm weekdays; and• Council’s website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au, through the link ‘On Exhibition’.

Submissions must be made in writing, received no later than Friday 8 April 2016 and should be addressed as follows:General Manager; Strategic Planning & Urban Design Unit;Planning Proposal PP16/0001; Tweed Shire CouncilPO Box 816, MURWILLUMBAH NSW 2484

Email submissions can be sent to planningreforms@tweed.nsw.gov.au.Council has not sought plan making delegations for this planning proposal.It should also be noted that Council has adopted a policy whereby, on request

any submission including identifying particulars will be made public. Council will give consideration to the “Public Interest” and requests for confidentiality by submitters in determining access to submission letters. However, the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 - GIPAA may result in confidential submissions being released to an applicant.

For further information, contact Strategic Planning and Urban Design Unit on (02) 6670 2503.

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

Council is providing an alternate way to pay for water and sewer Developer Charges for commercial and industrial developments to make the system fairer, more affordable, transparent and attractive to business.

The changes come into effect on 1 July 2016.From then, developers will only have to pay Section 64 Developer Charges

for water and sewer entitlements upfront when they subdivide the land and on the initial development application. For any subsequent development applications – such as for business expansion or a change of use – they will have the option of keeping the same entitlement and paying for any additional water and sewer used as high water consumption and high sewer usage charges on an ongoing basis via their water bills.

The High Consumption and High Sewer Usage charges have been set at $2.27 a kilolitre for water and $1.79 a kilolitre for sewerage.

The changes have been designed over the past 12 months to fulfil the requirements of the Water Management Act 2000 yet remove what is seen as a disincentive to business investment in the Tweed. They also will reflect a true ‘user pays’ system.

Currently the disincentive to development is the size of the upfront s64 Developer Charges, paid by the developer yet applied to the land lot therefore becoming an asset of the land owner. Giving the developer the option to defer and convert any additional s64 Developer Charges into ongoing consumption charges removes the large upfront cost impost against development and introduces a ‘user pays’ model.

“These changes will make the payment for water and sewer Developer Charges more attractive and transparent,” Council General Manager Troy Green said.

“It also will allow us to meter and bill actual water and sewer usage to ensure all developments pay their fair share of the cost of supplying the infrastructure used. The new charging system also will send a price signal to businesses that use more than their entitlements to adopt water-saving behaviours.”

Business gets PAYG option for charges

Council facilities will be closed on Good Friday and several will have changed opening hours during the rest of the Easter break.

Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre Murwillumbah will be open 10am to 5pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with the TRAC South Tweed will open 10am to 4pm and TRAC Kingscliff will operate at 9am to noon on those three days.

The libraries at Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads and Kingscliff will be closed on all four days during Easter and will reopen on Tuesday at 9.30am.

Tweed Regional Gallery is open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and

Sunday and as usual, does not open to the public on Mondays or Tuesdays.Tweed Regional Museum Murwillumbah is closed throughout Easter and

reopens on Tuesday at 10am, while the Tweed Heads branch is open on Sunday 1pm-4pm and Tuesday from 11am.

The Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre will be open from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

The Council Pound will be closed throughout Easter (animals still cared for).Council offices at Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads will be closed on the

public holidays. Visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au for details.

Council Easter trading hours

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Notification of Development Application Determinations for the purposes of Section 101 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (as amended).

APPLICATION DETAILS

APPROVED

DA15/0982 - Two lot subdivision Lot 48 DP 1182599, No. 89 Laceflower Parade, Casuarina

DA15/0985 - Carport Lot 1 SP 62392, Unit 1/No. 1 Dromara Court, Banora Point

DA15/1065 - Carport Lot 1 SP 22193, Unit 1/No. 39 Panorama Drive, Tweed Heads West

DA16/0062 - Swimming pool Lot 2 SP 84748, Unit 2/No. 4 Coogera Lane, Casuarina

DA15/0926 - In-ground swimming pool Lot 6 DP 261876, No. 43 Oconnor Drive, Bray Park

DA15/1015 - Dwelling alterations and additions including barbecue and in-ground swimming pool Lot 98 DP 238224, No. 14 Wyuna Road, Tweed Heads West

DA16/0006 - Dwelling with attached garage Lot 358 DP 1196575, No. 25 Talganda Terrace, Murwillumbah

DA16/0022 - Dwelling Lot 2 DP 32760, No. 50 McAuleys Road, Terranora

DA16/0030 - Dwelling with attached garage Lot 539 DP 1198327, No. 13 Bronte Place, Kingscliff

DA16/0035 - Two storey dwelling with attached double garage and in-ground swimming pool Lot 137 DP 1202149, No. 64 Seaside Drive, Kingscliff

DA16/0083 - In-ground swimming pool Lot 539 DP 1198327, No. 13 Bronte Place, Kingscliff

DA16/0086 - Alterations and additions to existing dwelling Lot 12 DP 32023, No. 75 Piggabeen Road, Tweed Heads West

DA16/0087 - Alterations and additions to existing dwelling Lot 46 DP 863486, No. 10 Stott Street, Tweed Heads West

DA16/0096 - Dwellings additions deck and alfresco area Lot 270 DP 262343, No. 14 Birnam Avenue, Banora Point

DA16/0104 - Single storey dwelling Lot 336 DP 1196575, No. 6 Freshfield Way, Murwillumbah

DA16/0105 - Single storey dwelling with associated retaining walls Lot 479 DP 1210991, No. 16 Wagawn Drive, Murwillumbah

DA16/0109 - Dwelling with attached double garage Lot 416 DP 1199804, No. 110 Riveroak Drive, Murwillumbah

DA16/0135 - Two storey dwelling with attached garage and in-ground swimming pool Lot 7 DP 804521, No. 13 Federation Drive, Terranora

DA16/0136 - Patio cover Lot 2 NPP 285234, Unit 2/No. 15 Fir Street, Bilambil Heights

The above development determinations are available for public inspection free of charge at the Planning and Regulation Division, Murwillumbah Civic Centre, during ordinary office hours.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION DETERMINATIONS

The Tweed Link is published by Tweed Shire Council. It is available in full colour and e-subscriptions online at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/TweedLink. Contact the Tweed Link: Editor Tweed Link, PO Box 816 Murwillumbah NSW 2484 or tweedlink@tweed.nsw.gov.au. Customer Service: Council’s offices are located at Murwillumbah Civic and Cultural Centre, Tumbulgum Road Murwillumbah and Tweed Civic and Cultural Centre, Brett Street Tweed Heads. Offices open from 8.30am - 4.15pm, telephones available until 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Closed public holidays. Phone (02) 6670 2400 or 1300 292 872. Email tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au. For Council information at your fingertips visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au or download Council’s smartphone application from Apple App Store or Google Play. After hours emergency calls for Council services only contact 1800 818 326.

Readers who are unsure of when their meter is read can look up their water week at: www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/MeterReading

WaterWeek

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TCHP2016003 Expression of Interest for the Sale and removal of Cabins, Pottsville South Holiday Park.

Offers close: Wednesday 4.00pm 6 April 2016.Offers must be lodged as specified in the offer

documentation. Request For Offer documentation is available at no

charge from Council’s website at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/tenders. Hard copy documentation is available and costs will be in accordance with Council’s advertised photocopying fees.

All Offers will be opened at closing time and will be considered by Council in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1993 and the NSW Local Government (General) Regulation 2005. The lowest or any offer is not necessarily accepted and canvassing of Councillors or staff will disqualify.

For further information please contact Sean Harvey (02) 6670 2606.

REQUEST FOR OFFER

RFO2016014 Asphalting works for Kennedy Drive Stage Three Reconstruction WorksRFO2016030 Expression of Interest for a Panel of Providers for Gravity Sewer Patching and Lateral LiningRFO2016037 Printing of Rates, Water and Sundry Debtors NoticesRFO2016042 Coronation Ave Pottsville Asphalt Pavement Reconstruction Works

Offers close: Wednesday 4pm 13 April 2016.Offers must be lodged as specified in the offer documentation. Request For Offer documentation is available at no charge from Council’s

website at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/tenders. Hard copy documentation is available and costs will be in accordance with Council’s advertised photocopying fees.

All Offers will be opened at closing time and will be considered by Council in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1993 and the NSW Local Government (General) Regulation 2005. The lowest or any offer is not necessarily accepted and canvassing of Councillors or staff will disqualify.

For further information please contact Sean Harvey (02) 6670 2606.

REQUEST FOR OFFER

Please be advised that the speed limit on two Dungay roads will be reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h from 22 March 2016.

The speed limit changes will occur on Dungay Creek Road, for approximately four kilometres north-west of Tomewin Road, and the sealed section of Campbells Road. Motorists are advised to always observe the posted speed limits on all roads.

SPEED CHANGE - DUNGAY

Town Planner – Development Assessment and ComplianceMultiple full time positions up to 12 months.The closing date for these positions is 12 noon NSW time on Friday 1 April

2016.For more information and to apply:• Visit Council’s website www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/careers• Contact Human Resources on (02) 6670 2495

VACANCIES

The Chamber meets first Friday of each month at Greenhills on Tweed. Cost $25, includes gourmet breakfast. Contact Natascha Wernick 0412 980 063.

MURWILLUMBAH AND DISTRICT BUSINESS CHAMBER BREAKFAST

Always 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month - next market 26 March. For enquiries and bookings phone 0406 724 323.

KINGSCLIFF LIONS BEACHSIDE MARKETS