Some of the exciting things that have been confirmed from the August Council Meeting.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ – Council is undergoing a 2 year trial of recycling hard to recycle materials such as soft plastics, electronics, batteries, and textiles. For more information search for โRecycleSmartโ.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ – In principle support provided for Lindfield Rugby and Lindfield District Cricket to apply for grants and upgrade the existing Clubhouse with better change facilities.
๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ – Approved tender for construction. Facility will be upgraded to 4-court and available to public hire outside of school hours.
๐๐-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ – Council support to upgrade the Hockey pitch and carpark facilties at Ku-ring-gai High, available to public hire outside of school hours. The key difference that I see between this and NTRA is that this development builds additional parking capacity on-site to keep parked cars off the road and maintain its social licence.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ – Approved a motion to go up to the November Local Government NSW annual conference, lobbying the state government to fix our broken private certification system. Right now property developers are able to get away with building illegal structures that are improperly certified, and council is powerless to stop them.
There was another item that was discussed but not yet resolved due to a rescission motion. At this stage I know there are some comments elsewhere on social media (stringing together selective facts to infer an inaccurate picture) but if any comments about it pop up here, Iโm just going to delete them because I donโt think itโs appropriate or constructive to publish comments on an unresolved matter of this nature.
โก๏ธThis might be old news to some, but I just found out from council’s website that we’ve taken delivery of our first electric tip truck. I’m curious to hear whether the truck is quieter than the conventional version because in East Lindfield I can hear the garbage truck from over a block away (sometimes in the middle of the night).
Roseville Park Oval will be undergoing extensive irrigation / fencing upgrades over the next 8 months. The rest of Roseville Park will remain open for recreational needs, and there are a few ovals in East Lindfield and Killara if you are looking for the wide open space.