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1. We strongly disagree with the application for a place of worship at this location.
   This is prime real estate zoned for residential / commercial use only. A place of worship is not needed or wanted by long term Mosman Park residents, within a2 km radius.
   Traffic is already congested on McCabe street at all hours during the week and this will only cause further disruptions, a major traffic hazard and congestion.
   We are firmly against this application.

2. The claim that traffic in McCabe street is congested at all hours of the week is not backed up by sufficient evidence. We note that the proposed church activity occurs mostly outside business hours. We also note that the proposed church will supplant an existing business, and this may action may even reduce traffic congestion in the area during business hours. Furthermore, churches are often interested in investing in capital works like parking infrastructure, which may reduce congestion even further.

   Churches have an enormous benefit to the communities they are part of. For example they often provide community services during the week and bring economic benefits to local businesses (such as cafes) through increased patronage. As Mosman park residents we are strongly in favour of the proposed action.

3. I am a Mosman Park resident and see no problems with a church being built there at all. In the scheme of things, really?
   What I don't like is, the idea of another Mosman Park resident to speak for all of us and say, 'a place of worship isn't needed or wanted by long term residents.'
   I am a long term resident and I have no issue with it at all. Let them be.
   It's only on Sundays.
   I think it could bring a greater sense of community to the area.

4. I'm 100% in support of a church in Mosman park. A Church is one of the lifelines of a community. A place of hope for all but most especially the vulnerable among us.

   It's a place where seniors and the lonely can connect or even reconnect into community.

   The youth are put to a purposeful life and given an alternative to what may seem popular with their peers but very destructive like drugs, alcohol and the like.

   A church makes a difference in people's lives, not only to the people that worship there but in the community as a whole. A church meets not only spiritual but emotional and physical needs in the form of outreach services for a community.

   There's a light at the end of the tunnel for those from broken homes. Counselling is provided to counter issues like brokenness, unemployment and those struggling to make ends meet don't have to walk alone. Churches have access to resources to guide people in the right direction.

   I would struggle to point to a better place of inclusion in a multicultural society that we live in today than a church. All are welcome and all are brothers and sisters. A church should not be looked at as an imposition but rather a good sign of a growing and thriving community. Man was never made to live on bread alone but also feed the heart and soul.

5. As a Mosman Park resident, belonging to a local church group, I disagree with the above comments from Mr Potter regarding traffic congestion. Mr Potter - the evidence is noted with observational surveys in McCabe street. I am not against churches and consider myself an inclusive Australian resident; I am firmly against a church in this McCabe street location.

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