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SAVE KINGSWOOD GROUP
June 2016 Newsletter
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You can Save Dingley Village from an overwhelming lack of infrastructure. Clogged roads as 'parking lots' and a massive shortage of Kinders, Child Care, Schools and Sporting facilities.
Here are the easy steps ...
1/ COME TO THE VILLAGE MEETING.
Come to the Save Kingswood Group VILLAGE MEETING IN HUGE NUMBERS! This single step alone will make a massive difference!
If you cannot arrive by 7pm, come later and make a difference in massive numbers!
Where: Southern Golf Club
When: Tuesday July 26th, at 7pm
(or arrive when you can)
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Click on the Traffic Jam above for the Village Meeting Details.
Invite your friends! Large numbers attending will be noticed by Politicians, Councillors and decision-makers.
This is one of your last chances to save Dingley Village!
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Your donations enable us to print and distribute flyers and booklets, plus items like signage.
The objection can only be successful with community support. Our role is voluntary and our time is donated.
2/ SIGN our PETITION.
Click on the trees opposite, to visit our petition site, and add your endorsement with comments.
Note: The company specifically set up to run the Kingswood "overfill" project is ASRP1. Also referred to by Council as "the proponent".
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3/ Send your LETTERS to Council via Email or snail mail.
We previously suggested waiting, however right now your objection needs to be heard, to counter the huge application submitted by the proponent.
It's important your objection mainly points out the awful affect on the Dingley Village Community (for example not enough schools), rather than personal, like "we will miss the view".
Months ahead when the decision is put to Council, letters will be needed again, so please include the Save Kingswood Group in your emails.
(If you have already written a letter to the Save Kingswood Group and would like to see it again to use as your latest letter, please email us at the Save Kingswood Group link below.)
Please click on the names below for the email addresses.
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4/ The Community meeting below will discuss many issues of interest for Dingley Village, including Kingswood Golf Course.
This is not the Save Kingswood Group Meeting, however we recommend you attend ...
Please note the RSVP above, either on Ph: 9558 1866, or click
HERE
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5/ AIRCRAFT
The proponent's independent research contractor's report shows aircraft noise from flight training directly over the Golf Course exceeds acceptable levels.
So they are addressing this by sound reduction building techniques and telling prospective buyers that there will be excessive noise!
Do you believe that the Aircraft noise warning will be buried in fine print on sales brochures?
In a related matter, recently a home on the Golf Course border was advertised as having "Golf Course Views".
Note: Sound levels (or volume) is measured in decibels (dB) and adjusted for human perception by "weighting" (A), which results in dB(A), but this method is considered by experts to understate low frequency noise like helicopters.
You can help by ringing (Toll Free) the Airservices noise line 1800 802 584 to report excessive aircraft noise.
MUCH MORE ON AIRCRAFT NOISE at the bottom of the page.
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Helicopters make the greatest noise, especially as they need to fly lower than 700 feet, to avoid aircraft.
There is much Aircraft Noise data for the Kingswood Golf Park. A few highlights:
One day was highlighted where there were 355 movements above 60dBA. The overall average noise of movements throughout the reporting period being 63.7dBA and Dingley Village being regularly exposed to noise events exceeding 80dBA.
The loudest correlated aircraft noise event with a max level of 101.7 dB(A) was a helicopter. Level at which sustained exposure may result in hearing loss = 90 to 95 dBA
the majority of the subject site is forecast to experience more than 20 aircraft noise events of 70 dBA or greater per average day.
Secretary's notes:
(A) If these highest noise levels were encountered in a factory, it would be mandatory to wear safety headphones.
(B) Already Helicopters shake Dingley Village houses.
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6/ TREES AND VEGETATION
We are closely examining extremely high definition aerial views of Kingswood, taken just months apart for years and into the future to monitor inappropriate destruction of vegetation in the Kingswood Golf Park.
The more they remove now, the less they have to apply for permission later.
You can help, by reporting suspicious tree felling and clearing to us on 0435 378 678
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Tree felling this month
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7/ FLOODS
Please report any major events near the Golf Course, both past, present and future to our email or 0435 378 678
We are also keen to see photographs.
If you are reporting floods currently in progress, please call and we can send a professional photographer.
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8/ DONATE
Help us with expenses please.
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Bendigo Bank Deposit details ...
Account: Save Kingswood Group
BSB: 633-000
Account No: 151060548
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Recent Community display
Did you notice not a dwelling was in sight on their plans? We are told there was one (four storey?) concept example, but I missed it.
Many building sites were shown simply as light green blank areas.
Many sites in the plans are unbelievably tiny.
Above: A contractor said they hope to have a four storey aged care centre as shown. (And allowed me to photograph it)
It appears the light green area is for dwellings.
It obvious all trees in that area will be bulldozed - scorched earth.
Note: The company specifically set up to run the Kingswood "overfill" project is ASRP1. Also referred to by Council as "the proponent".
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The proponent, (ASRP1, a company set up by ISPT to specifically run the Kingswood "overfill" project) wants to ruin the Golf Course park in the centre of Dingley Village by bulldozing a change in the zoning.
Here is a letter they presented to Dingley Village Residents on August 19th, 2015, trying to say they are great for Dingley Village.
Dingley Village says NO to an infill of 800 to 1,000 dwellings in the centre of our Village.
They are applying for residential 2, which has no height restrictions. In fact they want a huge four storey building.
This awful plan will ruin our Village and cause chaos as there is nowhere near enough infrastructure.
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More about AIRCRAFT NOISE
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
There are health consequences of elevated sound levels.
Elevated workplace or other noise can cause hearing impairment, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance, sleep disturbance, and decreased school performance.
Although some hearing loss occurs naturally with age, in many developed nations the impact of noise is sufficient to impair hearing over the course of a lifetime. Elevated noise levels can create stress, increase workplace accident rates, and stimulate aggression and other anti-social behaviours.
More HERE
dB(A) UNDERESTIMATES THE EFFECT OF LOW FREQUENCIES, LIKE HELICOPTERS
Estimates of sound annoyance typically rely on weighting filters, which consider some sound frequencies to be more important than others based on their presumed audibility to humans.
The older dB(A) weighting filter described above is used widely in the U.S., but underestimates the impact of frequencies around 6000 Hz and at very low frequencies.
In the workplace, noise pollution is generally a problem once the noise level is greater than 55 dB(A). Selected studies show that approximately 35% to 40% of office workers find noise levels from 55 to 60 dB(A) extremely irritating.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authored a pamphlet in 1978 that suggested a correlation between low-birthweight (using the World Health Organization definition of less than 2,500 g (~5.5 lb) and high sound levels, and also high rates of birth defects in places where expectant mothers are exposed to elevated sound levels, such as typical airport environs. Specific birth abnormalities included harelip, cleft palate, and defects in the spine.
Environmental noise regulations usually specify a maximum outdoor noise level of 60 to 65 dB(A), while occupational safety organizations recommend that the maximum exposure to noise is 40 hours per week at 85 to 90 dB(A). For every additional 3 dB(A), the maximum exposure time is reduced by a factor 2, e.g. 20 hours per week at 88 dB(A). Sometimes, a factor of two per additional 5 dB(A) is used, however, these occupational regulations are acknowledged by the health literature as inadequate to protect against hearing loss and other health effects.
More HERE
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