Working hard for the Hawkesbury community

Unceaded lands and waterways. The construction of the original dam desecrated the landscape, took sacred sites and plunged many engravings, caves, shelters and gathering spaces from the traditional custodians. Aboriginal places are again under threat by Corporation Government and their interested parties. The cycle of wrong doing needs to stop. Let's not forget that the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways shared with the invaders the notions of stupidity in living and building on the great river systems that live in continuity with the Dreaming.

A flood pain is a flood pain, and not suitable for excessive development. It's time our Council stood up for your electorate not developers' interests.

And won't we have an almighty disaster if the proper research and building of the dam wall is not done across possible political changes. If any political party is willing to take FULL responsibility and can 100% prove to us all that the existing dam can "take" such changes... And that the idea is not spurred on by those who stand to make massive profits in land sales...then ..we may listen. But bear in mind that not all floods are a result of the dam being full...they come sometimes from flooding through the Grose ...and also...unless the heightened dam is going to be kept some % empty....once a dam is full ..it is full...and still has to let excess water go...so together with other local water...flooding is still possible. I have a horrible feeling this is a bit more greed driven than community caring.

Work with nature not against it. Retreat from flood plain and leave it for food production. Develop high ground.

The dam raising is being driven by developer interests on the Hawkesbury-Nepean floodplain. The NSW Government has stated in its principle document advocating the dam proposal that it plans to allow an additional 134,000 people to reside on western Sydney floodplains after the dam is raised

Thank you Councillor Nathan Zamprogno for standing by your community and supporting what should be a no brainer for our council, but obviously not. Just make it widely known who the non supporters are so we can send email and look forward to election time!

Floods aren't exclusively dam driven, we had major flooding from the Grose last year

good on you Mr Independent/Liberal supporting your developer mates! How about concentrating on stopping excessive development so we maintain our beautiful Hawkesbury and not become another Hills??

Has buying back 600 properties been investigated? Might be cheaper. Yes it will annoy 600 families but someone is going to be annoyed either way.

I helped build it,wished I could work on it to raise it, but I'm 87,

Oh yes

Always good to see a #goodnewsstory mate.

Nathan did you ever consider setting your self up with a couple of native hives in your back yard?

We have them too Nathan !

yes, it was very obvious Mrs Richards is in election mode, I am quite sure Mrs Richards will spin it another way,(only she knows what's good for her community...LOL) I think you should give some credit to Danielle Wheeler and Pete Reynolds who spoke in favour of your alternative motion😀

Councillor Nathan Zamprogno, you advance some sound issues that need to be in the public realm for proper consultation and an appropriate framework for fully informed Council management.

There has been illegal land clearing going on, eg Upper Colo - as seen on ACA - and this resulted in great outrage. Legalizing this will only see that same outrage, multiplied many times over. This needs to be debated, and not rushed through.

Nathan, nothing will happen as you have just made it a political issue what a shame . I lived on Bowen Mountain for 24 years and moved in December of 2019 and in that time the mountain was threatened by a number of fires and this subject came up after every fire , I think that if I was still residing on the mountain I would definitely be in favour of having a clear buffer zone , people, homes and property should be the first consideration . There are millions of acres of National Parks in the Blue Mountains all protected and also neglected due lack of management and so much was destroyed by the recent fires and residents the live in fire prone areas need protection from those intense fires .

Councillor Nathan Zamprogno I think you have a lot of good ideas and have and some very valid points . Is there any chance you could have a look at the amount of time it takes for development approvals and construction certificates to be approved ? I realise the nsw planning portal and covid may have contributed to extending approval times . Or maybe you need more staff

That would be great Nathan as a builder it’s hard enough juggling material shortages especially timber and then trying to program works for all trades but we can’t get started because the paper work is waiting on a desk it’s restricting our local economy I’m sure you can fix it 👍

Councillor Nathan Zamprogno I'm really surprised that Hawkesbury Council doesn't have access to a scrolling time satellite imagery database suitable for monitoring vegetation coverage. This is a huge issue in itself given it's my understanding this technology is readily available and widely used by councils and surveyors. Any chance you could look into this to reconfirm and if necessary challenge?

I disagree, Hawkesbury should have opted in straight up

It doesn't mean compulsory ckearing: only the option to do some or all or nothing. Does need more nuancing though. Significant land clearing has happened in Maraylya without any obvious DA approval.

Hi Nathan, I think your a good councilor. I

Mark Israel what I was talking about.

25 metres pfft go and look at Bilpin