Changes to Copacabana/MacMasters Beach & Lagoon Access
Submissions on the proposed changes to the Copacabana/MacMasters Beach Off-leash dog exercise area is due to Gosford City Council by 5pm on Tuesday 19th August 2014.
After 19 August, 2014, Gosford Council will spend time reviewing and collating all of the responses in the written submissions that it receives.
When that work is finalised, Council officers will make recommendations to Gosford Council, based on the number of submissions received and the information contained in the written submissions.
The Councillors will then vote on the proposals. We won’t know what the final proposals will be until the Friday before the Tuesday Council meeting at which the proposals will be voted on. This doesn’t give us much time to inform you all either as to the proposals or as to the date of the Council meeting.
That’s why it is so important between NOW and then, that you all do your best to:
1. Tell as many people as possible about what’s happening;
2. Encourage as many people as possible to write submissions to Gosford Council; and
3. Ask them to email us here at ccbarc@gmail.com so we can add them to our contact list. Being able to quickly contact people in a short space of time is vital for communications and letting people know when the Council Meeting is on. Without strong numbers, Council doesn’t sit up and listen. If you want your preferred proposals to go through, there must be strong community support for them.
4. We also ask that all Vets, Pet Shops, Groomers and Pet Cafe owners prominently advise their clients and customers about what is going on.
CCBARC has limited resources and we are all volunteers. Your help is greatly appreciated.
The documents are on public exhibition until Tuesday 5 August, 2014. After this date, you will no longer be able to access copies of the Niche Report. So make sure you have a copy – CCBARC did send out copies with our email the other day.
When writing your submissions, the following things are important:
Correctly address your submission:
Chief Executive Officer,
Gosford City Council,
PO Box 21,
Gosford, NSW, 2250,
OR
Chief Executive Officer,
Gosford City Council,
emailed to goscity@gosford.nsw.gov.au,
Ensure you correctly identify the issue your submission is referring to:
Regarding: ‘Environmental Assessments – Dog Off Leash Exercise Areas’.
Include your full name and contact details
This is so Council can be certain that your submission is a genuine one from a concerned and interested party.
Clearly identify which area your submission concerns
For example, if you are only concerned about Davistown, then make sure that you state at the beginning of your submission that you are writing specifically in relation to the proposals for the dog exercise area at Pippi Point, Davistown.
If you are covering all of the areas, then please also state that you are covering each of the proposals for each of Pippi Point, Davistown, Avoca Lake/Lagoon Avoca Beach, and Cochrone Lagoon MacMasters/Copacabana Beaches.
Also, if you are covering each area, please make it clear which area you are talking about at any given point in your written submission.
Clearly identify what proposal you are supporting
Please make it clear that you support X proposal. You could insert a copy of the map of the proposal you support. To assist you, included on this page is a copy of the maps of the new proposals that were circulated at the public meeting.
You may like to include reasons why you support a particular proposal
You may also like to thank Gosford City Council for their more recent proactive approaches to this issue (for example, they held two meetings this past week to further discuss the proposals with the public and interested parties)