โค๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
The councillors and council staff thought it was a good idea to hold a meeting on Valentineโs Day. Here are the key outcomes.
๐๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ – Following the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panelโs recommendation to not support the planning proposal, our council unanimously rejected it. Next step, I expect the developer will take the matter to the Sydney North Planning Panel for a Rezoning Review.
๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ – Staff authorised to continue negotiations with one of the proponents.
โฝ๏ธ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ – Council resolved to further progress with the project. Although I was ok with the grandstand itself, I had some reservations with Traffic and Parking issues which in my view were not adequately addressed and which represent a substantial hidden cost to council further down the line.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ – A recent review found that councilโs stormwater pipes, most of which were laid down decades ago, have been wearing out faster than anticipated. Meanwhile council has for a long time not set aside enough money to repair these pipes. So council (and ratepayers) may potentially enter a world of pain over the next decade as we figure out how to get $81m to keep our stormwater network up to an acceptable standard.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฃ๐โ๐ – For the first time in at least four years, weโve agreed to have the KPIโs proposed by a panel of 3-4 councillors (previously just the mayor alone). This will give councillors greater control and accountability of the councilโs performance, and the practice is in line with Office of Local Government Recommendations.
โค๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
The councillors and council staff thought it was a good idea to hold a meeting on Valentineโs Day. Here are the key outcomes.
๐๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ – Following the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panelโs recommendation to not support the planning proposal, our council unanimously rejected it. Next step, I expect the developer will take the matter to the Sydney North Planning Panel for a Rezoning Review.
๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ – Staff authorised to continue negotiations with one of the proponents.
โฝ๏ธ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ – Council resolved to further progress with the project. Although I was ok with the grandstand itself, I had some reservations with Traffic and Parking issues which in my view were not adequately addressed and which represent a substantial hidden cost to council further down the line.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ – A recent review found that councilโs stormwater pipes, most of which were laid down decades ago, have been wearing out faster than anticipated. Meanwhile council has for a long time not set aside enough money to repair these pipes. So council (and ratepayers) may potentially enter a world of pain over the next decade as we figure out how to get $81m to keep our stormwater network up to an acceptable standard.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฃ๐โ๐ – For the first time in at least four years, weโve agreed to have the KPIโs proposed by a panel of 3-4 councillors (previously just the mayor alone). This will give councillors greater control and accountability of the councilโs performance, and the practice is in line with Office of Local Government Recommendations.
๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐! In October 2018 I moved a motion asking council to consider using bubblers with signage to encourage residents to reuse bottles and protect the environment. It took a long time for the changes to flow through policies and procurement, but I was so happy to see one of the bubblers here today at NTRA. There will also be enhanced versions of this design popping up in suburbs near you.
๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐! In October 2018 I moved a motion asking council to consider using bubblers with signage to encourage residents to reuse bottles and protect the environment. It took a long time for the changes to flow through policies and procurement, but I was so happy to see one of the bubblers here today at NTRA. There will also be enhanced versions of this design popping up in suburbs near you.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป
The Village Green short stay parking spaces are first two hours free, then paid thereafter. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐.
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ
1๏ธโฃ Input your vehicle rego
2๏ธโฃ Select your duration of stay (2 hour park, or pay for longer)
3๏ธโฃ Collect your ticket and display it on your dashboard
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
In the last five years thereโs been an increase in short stay and commuter parking spaces to support patronage of local businesses and residences.
โ 136 short stay spaces at the Lindfield Village Green, which is the same number as prior to construction.
โ 105 new commuter parking spaces at the Village Green, intended for commuters.
โ 112 street parking spaces on Tryon, Milray, and Havilah have been converted from time unrestricted to 2 hour park (or less) to encourage people to visit the shops. Prior to the change, these spaces were typically parked out by commuters.
โ 64 visitor parking spaces under IGA.
โ 43 visitor parking spaces under Harris Farm. (But yeah, I know those parking spaces are tight!!!)
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ?
Entry is via Millay Street.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?
The 105 commuter carpark section will be controlled by a different system that hasnโt been installed by the state gov yet. For more information on the system, visit this link
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐?
Weโve asked this a number of times. Apparently the costs involved to operate a licence recognition and boom gate system could not be justified by council staff. There were also complexities with operating one carpark that has two separate parking systems (with the State Government-run commuter carpark yet to have its system installed).
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?
Thereโs been multiple reasons, with the main one (Iโm told) being linkages to the delays from State Gov end. We also asked staff to consider installing 2P signage as a temporary measure before the meters became functional, but it was ultimately not implemented.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป
The Village Green short stay parking spaces are first two hours free, then paid thereafter. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐.
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ
1๏ธโฃ Input your vehicle rego
2๏ธโฃ Select your duration of stay (2 hour park, or pay for longer)
3๏ธโฃ Collect your ticket and display it on your dashboard
๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ (๐ถ.๐ฒ. ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ).
๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
In the last five years thereโs been an increase in short stay and commuter parking spaces to support patronage of local businesses and residences.
โ 136 short stay spaces at the Lindfield Village Green, which is the same number as prior to construction.
โ 105 new commuter parking spaces at the Village Green, intended for commuters.
โ 112 street parking spaces on Tryon, Milray, and Havilah have been converted from time unrestricted to 2 hour park (or less) to encourage people to visit the shops. Prior to the change, these spaces were typically parked out by commuters.
โ 64 visitor parking spaces under IGA.
โ 43 visitor parking spaces under Harris Farm. (But yeah, I know those parking spaces are tight!!!)
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ?
Entry is via Millay Street.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?
The 105 commuter carpark section will be controlled by a different system that hasnโt been installed by the state gov yet. For more information on the system, visit this link
https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/drive/parking/transport-parkride-car-parks
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐?
Weโve asked this a number of times. Apparently the costs involved to operate a licence recognition and boom gate system could not be justified by council staff. There were also complexities with operating one carpark that has two separate parking systems (with the State Government-run commuter carpark yet to have its system installed).
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐?
Thereโs been multiple reasons, with the main one (Iโm told) being linkages to the delays from State Gov end. We also asked staff to consider installing 2P signage as a temporary measure before the meters became functional, but it was ultimately not implemented.
To be considered at the February Council meeting, with the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel having recommended against the planning proposal.
๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ? To be considered at the February Council meeting, with the Ku-ring-gai Local Planning Panel having recommended against the planning proposal.
