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.
