29 September 2021

TENDER

Operation, Maintenance, and Expansion of a Landfill Gas Flare Project at Hawkesbury City Waste Management Facility

Tender No. T00127

Tenders are invited for individuals to provide Operation, Maintenance, and Expansion of a Landfill Gas Flare Project at Hawkesbury City Waste Management Facility for a seven year period and will be received up to 3pm on Wednesday, 20 October 2021.

Council currently operates a flare system with a capacity of 500m3 per hour, operating at present with around 120m3 per hour from 11 wells. This contract is for the operation, maintenance and expansion of the whole landfill gas system (flare, wells and associated components) and the contract will operate for a period of seven years.

In the flares first year of operation approximately 6,100 tonnes of carbon equivalent emissions were mitigated by the current system and Council invites interested parties to propose options which leverage Carbon Farming Initiative or Emissions Reductions Funding to offset system operation, maintenance, expansion, and any other costs to Council in return for rights to all generated carbon credits. Further, system expansion requirements will also be required to serve the dual role of targeting and mitigating landfill gas migration offsite to meet environmental and legal requirements.

Tender documents are available free at WSROC e-tendering website athttps://tenders.nsw.gov.au/wsroc from Tuesday, 28 September 2021.

Tenders may only be submitted by the means described in the tender documents and must be received by the closing time. Late tenders will not be accepted.

The canvassing of Councillors will automatically disqualify the applicant from the tender process.

For further information, please contact Gordon Sainsbury, Coordinator Procurement on telephone (02) 4560 4444 or email council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

Public Exhibition

Draft Development Assessment Policy

Council at its Ordinary Meeting on 14 September 2021 resolved to place on exhibition its Draft Development Assessment Policy.

The Draft Development Assessment Policy will be on public exhibition from Thursday, 30 September 2021 to Friday, 29 October 2021.

The purpose of the Development Assessment Policy is to deliver an improved Development Assessment process for Council’s customers. This Policy will do this by:

• Providing customer-focused services and communicating about the development assessment process to potential applicants
• Providing greater transparency about the process of lodging and assessing DAs and Pre-DA advice applications
• Supporting continuous improvement and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the development assessment process, and
• Establishing clear directions and timeframes for additional information requests.

A copy of the Draft Development Assessment Policy can be viewed during the exhibition period on Council’s online community engagement site yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au

Council will receive submissions in writing via yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au or addressed to the General Manager, by mail to Hawkesbury City Council, PO Box 146 Windsor NSW 2756, or email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au up to close of business Friday, 29 October 2021.

Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in a Council meeting business paper. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary, however, if not provided, may affect consideration of the submission. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.

Should you have any enquiries with respect to this matter, please contact Cristie Evenhuis, Council’s Manager Development Services on (02) 4560 4444 or attention email enquiries to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au with reference to the Draft Development Assessment Policy.

Development Applications Recently Determined

The Development Consents, Complying Development Certificates, Section 4.55 Modifications and Section 8.2 Reviews recently determined.

Notice under Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979, the following Development Consents, Complying Development Certificates, Section 4.55 Modifications and Section 8.2 Reviews were determined by Council.

• DA0067/21-161 March Street, RICHMOND-Motel - Relocation of On-Site Car Parking-Refused
• DA0107/21-10 Woods Reserve Road, GROSE WOLD-Structure Ancillary to Dwelling - Outbuilding-Approved
• DA0137/21-261 Pebbly Hill Road, CATTAI-Dwelling House - Alterations & Additions-Approved
• DA0151/21-121A King Road, WILBERFORCE-Subdivision - 2 Lot Torrens Title-Approved
• DA0184/20-82 Fairey Road, SOUTH WINDSOR-Subdivision – Earthworks, the construction of roads and a Torrens title subdivision to create 11 industrial lots and one rural lot-Approved
• DA0202/20-17-18 Lukis Avenue, RICHMOND-Warehouse - Alteration & Additions-Refused
• DA0202/21-4 Carmen Place, FREEMANS REACH-Dwelling House - Alterations & Additions-Approved
• DA0217/20-270 George Street, WINDSOR-Restaurant or Café and Associated Car Parking-Approved
• DA0229/21-8 Wilkinson Street, PITT TOWN-Structure Ancillary to Dwelling - Outbuilding-Approved
• DA0231/21-18 Plains Road, NORTH RICHMOND-Structure Ancillary to Dwelling - Swimming Pool-Approved
• DA0326/20-7 London Place, GROSE WOLD-Structure Ancillary to Dwelling - Outbuilding-Approved
• DA0332/20-332 Commercial Road, VINEYARD-Subdivision - Demolition of Existing Structures, Earthworks, Construction of Roads, Service Infrastructure and Subdivision to Create 17 Residential Lots One Residue Super Lot and One Public Recreation Lot-Refused
• DA0383/20-112 Menin Road, OAKVILLE-Subdivision - Demolition of Existing Structures, Earthworks, Construction of Roads, Service Infrastructure, Decommissioning of Water Storage Facility and Subdivision to Create 65 Residential Lots in 4 stages-Approved
• S960032/21-3 Chapman Road, VINEYARD-Modification of Development Consent - DA0051/16 - Modify Conditions relating to Stormwater Requirements-Approved
• S960033/21-210 Castlereagh Road, RICHMOND-Modification of Development Consent DA0503/19 - Amend Conditions regarding Access Handle, Road Design, Requirements to Provide Footpath, Modification of Landscape Requirement, Demolition of Existing Concrete Silo and Amend Community Management Requirements-Approved

All plans and details may be viewed on Council’s DA Tracking via the Council

Website at hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/development/developmentapplications/application-tracking

Development Proposal

Lot 1 DP 715623 , 87 Old Bells Line Of Road KURRAJONG NSW 2758

Hawkesbury City Council has received a development application for Commercial Premises - Construction of Premises - Commercial Premises - Construction of Retail Premises, Shopping Centre and Restaurant or Cafe, Associated Car parking, Loading Areas and Landscaping Works at the above property. The applicant is Simon Ochudzawa. Hawkesbury City Council is the consent authority.

The development application and supporting information will be on public exhibition for the period 30/09/2021 to 14/10/2021. A copy of the plans and supporting documentation is available to view on Council’s Application Tracking system at www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.

During the exhibition period any person may make a submission in writing to Council in relation to the development application, quoting reference DA0239/21. Where a submission by way of objection is made, the grounds for objection are to be specified in the submission. Should you lodge a submission, your views will be taken into account as part of our assessment and a reply will be forwarded to you when the application is determined.

Please note that confidentiality is not available to objectors. The details of any submissions may be included in a Council report or forwarded to the applicant where it may help to resolve design or operational problems. Information (including copies of submissions) may also be released in accordance with Council Policy for Access to Information.

Under Section 10.4(5) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, any person who makes a submission to Council is required to disclose any political donation or gift. Any submission made is to be accompanied by a Political Donation and Gift Disclosure Statement. This statement is available from Hawkesbury City Council.

If you have any concerns about the proposal, it is suggested that you speak with the assessing officer so that all aspects may be fully discussed. Matters such as privacy, overshadowing and impact on adjoining owners are a normal part of our assessment.

Enquiries: (02) 4560 4424.

Council Meetings

October

• Tuesday 12 Ordinary 6:30pm
• Tuesday 26 Ordinary 6:30pm