Good Morning Everyone. Itโs great to see film crew here at East Lindfield today because it is, afterall, one of the best places to live in Sydney ๐
Last night we were anticipating a long council meeting going up til 11pm but fortunately it did not come to that. Iโll outline the key decisions below, and the official (draft) minutes will become available on Thursday.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ – We made further steps on the conversation of planting native trees such as Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and Sydney Blue Gum at council-owned sites. Thanks to Cr Greg Taylor for driving the agenda.
๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ – Highly anticipated discussions about the future of the Secret Garden, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, childcare site, and NTRA ended up not proceeding this month.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ – It was decided that the councillors and staff should continue discussing options for the theatre in a separate (internal) councillor briefing to be held in the next 4 weeks.
๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ – It was decided that Ku-ring-gai will not pursue a special rates variation (out of cycle rates increase) in the upcoming year, which while popular and arguably appropriate for our particular phase of the economic cycle, may have other implications on the timing and delivery of major council projects. It was also decided that nearly $0.5m will be prioritised to restore the external elements of the Ku-ring-gai Town Hall.
๐๐-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป – Changes to the Ku-ring-gai Local Environment Plan will be put out to public exhibition for a 40 day period. This is longer than the required 28 days, meaning that residents have extra time to consider the changes.
๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป – We made minor adjustments to the Masterplan Report then adopted it. The next steps are Detailed Design, Phased Delivery, and Tendering for Delivery and this typically takes a few years.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ – There was some debate but Council ended up settling on a version of the draft policy that is largely consistent with the Office of Local Governmentโs Model Policy (i.e. nothing wacky or weird). It will now go to public exhibition for 28 days.
๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Good Morning Everyone. Itโs great to see film crew here at East Lindfield today because it is, afterall, one of the best places to live in Sydney ๐
Last night we were anticipating a long council meeting going up til 11pm but fortunately it did not come to that. Iโll outline the key decisions below, and the official (draft) minutes will become available on Thursday.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ – We made further steps on the conversation of planting native trees such as Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and Sydney Blue Gum at council-owned sites. Thanks to Cr Greg Taylor for driving the agenda.
๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ – Highly anticipated discussions about the future of the Secret Garden, Ku-ring-gai Town Hall, childcare site, and NTRA ended up not proceeding this month.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ – It was decided that the councillors and staff should continue discussing options for the theatre in a separate (internal) councillor briefing to be held in the next 4 weeks.
๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ – It was decided that Ku-ring-gai will not pursue a special rates variation (out of cycle rates increase) in the upcoming year, which while popular and arguably appropriate for our particular phase of the economic cycle, may have other implications on the timing and delivery of major council projects. It was also decided that nearly $0.5m will be prioritised to restore the external elements of the Ku-ring-gai Town Hall.
๐๐-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป – Changes to the Ku-ring-gai Local Environment Plan will be put out to public exhibition for a 40 day period. This is longer than the required 28 days, meaning that residents have extra time to consider the changes.
๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป – We made minor adjustments to the Masterplan Report then adopted it. The next steps are Detailed Design, Phased Delivery, and Tendering for Delivery and this typically takes a few years.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ – There was some debate but Council ended up settling on a version of the draft policy that is largely consistent with the Office of Local Governmentโs Model Policy (i.e. nothing wacky or weird). It will now go to public exhibition for 28 days.
