Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01306:reg:96:p19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01306
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 96 (pt 19/31)
Character Range: 288451–291364

tiled roof.

  Upgrading Works

  Continuation of maintenance work.

  Rising damp is an ongoing issue and ideally should be treated but in the short term (1-3 years) can be managed as it is at present.

  Repair/replace cracked and damaged floor tiles.

  Upgrade access ramp to Annex to current standards.

  Enhancement Works

  These works are a way to conserve, protect and transmit the official heritage values of NFSA. It is important to note the EPBC Act requirements including the referrals process for works that may have
  a significant impact on official listed values.

  The following are recommended (not mandatory) works to uplift image, and reinstate original detail:

  Main Building
>        Investigate original colour schemes and implement when the opportunity arises.
>        Expose part of timber floors in office areas.

  Landscape to Front of Building
>        Remove non-original trees from front lawn (as they die) and reinstate original tree planting in accordance with the landscape plan.
>        Reinstate hedges of original species along both sides of driveway and across the front of the site. Where original species are environmental weeds (e.g. Cotoneaster, Pyracantha), consider replacement with a similar alternative.
>        If the front entry garden beds are to be replanted, establish and maintain as uniform and symmetrical massed plantings, ideally evergreen shrubs 1-1.5m high generally, with potential for lower shrubs or groundcovers 0.5m high adjacent paths and stairs.
>        It would be acceptable to replant street trees in front of the building to original design.
>        This would be in conjunction with ACT Government Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS).
>        It would be acceptable to reinstate the rose garden in the centre of the front lawn.

  Residence Landscape
>        Rejuvenate the hedges around the sides of the Residence yard, including pruning back to a more formal form. Where original species are environmental weeds (e.g. Cotoneaster, Pyracantha), consider replacement with a similar alternative.
>        It is acknowledged that the work in formalising and sealing the area in front of the residence, has improved the setting, and log barriers to the edge of the

    carpark prevent vehicle access onto sensitive native grass areas. It is also acknowledged that there is a limited amount of onsite parking, and some concession needs to be made to provide for this. Being screened from the street, the parking in the residence grounds has a lower visual impact on the setting than other parking areas, and therefore has some merit. If the need for parking can in future be resolved in some other way, then reinstatement of the front garden would be desirable.
>        The current work by NFSA to re-establish native grasses and plant native shrubs in the western corner of the residence garden is supported.
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