Take Action
The Master Plan for Fred Caterson Reserve was adopted in November 2020.
Friends of Fred Caterson Reserve have written to Council and Councillors and our concerns were not addressed.
There is still time to have the Master Plan amended or totally rescinded, if this is what our Councillors choose.
If you care for Fred Caterson Reserve, our shared community greenspaces, our environment, and our suburbs, please take action too.
TO TAKE ACTION
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Visit Fred Caterson Reserve, particularly the former pony club site, and imagine how you would like to see it in the future. Report all sightings of threatened species.
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Read the Master Plan, including the new Concept Plan for the elite rugby facility, which requires the destruction of more than a rugby-field size of old-growth vegetation in the former pony club site. This facility is of highest priority for Council at this time.
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Write to decision-makers now and/or during public consultation periods that may arise. Despite what The Hills Shire Council is telling us, the Master Plan can still be amended or rescinded by Councillors. Links to decision-makers' contact details are listed below.
You may find useful points to include in our Open Letter and comments on Council's response to it. Decision-makers include:
The Hills Shire Council
NSW Government
Member for Castle Hill Mark Hodges, MP
Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change The Hon. Penny Sharpe, MLC (in relation to her porfolios)
Minister for Local Government The Hon. Ron Hoenig MP (in relation to his portfolio)
Minister for Roads The Hon. John Graham, MLC (in relation to his portfolio)
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces The Hon. Paul Scully, MP (in relation to his portfolio)
Minister for Lands and Property, The Hon. Stephen Kamper, MP (in relation to his portfolio)
Member of the Legislative Council, Assistant President, Member of the Australian Labor Party, The Hon. Peter Primrose, MLC (attended our Meet and Greet event and is a Hills local)
Member of the Legislative Council, Member of The Greens, Ms Sue Higginson, MLC (attended our Meet and Greet Event)
Member of the Legislative Council, Member of The Greens, Dr Amanda Cohn, MLC (in relation to the environment, particularly the use of synthetic surfaces)
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Keep up-to-date with what is happening by following us, subscribing, and by following Council's plans for the reserve.