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The view to the west from Sydney Observatory is under threat from a proposed building modification (a 73-m tall tower) in the Barangaroo Central precinct.</div>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">Draft plans are currently on display & submissions are open until Monday August 08.</span></div>
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The modification application contains errors, including the claim that Sydney Observatory does not observe anything below 10-degrees altitude. This is demonstrably false.</div>
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We seek your assistance in making a submission regarding the modification. If you would like to help, further details are below and attached. And I'd be very happy to provide any further information you may need. </div>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">You can make a submission at </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Y6VWCQnMBZf6zoKlDfx4SQE?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" data-auth="Verified" shash="yt51hD13Pc83wcVpGs9VnciOxm8x5ejJ/0vclz7K9hz/quxzRvLKzaOc1toKtBVAS3CC+EC+qSvMDfvquGSYKx2h/lku7bMCXYL4O9rfRLEdKz/tpPwWzYt8WCSCN5bPxtZHE3c5P162sFbdc+Bx8gFpvwKjIkDPFgxK30pOyU8=" style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Barangaroo
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Thank you</div>
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Andrew Jacob,</div>
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The Barangaroo Concept Plan (Mod 9) is on display at <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Y6VWCQnMBZf6zoKlDfx4SQE?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" data-auth="Verified" originalsrc="http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=6378" shash="yt51hD13Pc83wcVpGs9VnciOxm8x5ejJ/0vclz7K9hz/quxzRvLKzaOc1toKtBVAS3CC+EC+qSvMDfvquGSYKx2h/lku7bMCXYL4O9rfRLEdKz/tpPwWzYt8WCSCN5bPxtZHE3c5P162sFbdc+Bx8gFpvwKjIkDPFgxK30pOyU8=">Barangaroo
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Under "Attachments & Resources" is the folder "Modification Application". In here Appendix G - "Sky View Impact Assessment" presents the developers assessment of the tower's impact on Observatory views.</div>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Appendix G includes an Executive Summary and a Consultant's assessment of the impact of the 73m tower.</span><br>
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Appendix G is significantly in error in several ways, the major one being that i<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">t assumes a "lowest practical angle of viewing" of 10-degrees altitude. But NO such
minimum angle exists for public viewing from Sydney Observatory. Please see the attached information (pdf file) for more.</span></div>
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