DRAFT MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD
ON WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY, 2004, AT GREENWICH MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE,
46 GREENWICH ROAD
COMMENCING 8.20 pm

1 Attendance
Approximately 22 people attended the meeting - as recorded in the attendance book.

Apologies
Merri Southwood, Mr & Mrs Stein, John & Bronte Gebler, John May, Helen Martins, Gus Hertzik.

2 Confirmation of Minutes of General Meeting held 10 December 2003
A copy of the minutes was distributed to members. The minutes were accepted as a true record
(moved by Tom Lawson; seconded Peter Monk).

3 Matters arising from Minutes
No matters were raised.

4 Correspondence
No correspondence was tabled.

However, it was noted that the usual flow of letters regarding DAs has been received from Lane Cove Council.

It was also noted that a reply had been received from NSW Premier Bob Carr to an earlier letter regarding
the Code of Conduct for Councillors. Tom Lawson commented that the reply was simply an acknowledgement
of receipt rather than any response to the matters raised. Tom recommended, to general agreement, that
another letter be written on the issue.

5 End of Year Reports
a) President's Report – Rob Starling spoke to his report as tabled and copied to members
(a copy is also on the website).

Rob highlighted the fact that this was the 60th year of the Association and proposed a celebration for the
anniversary in August.

Rob thanked all his co-workers on the Executive Committee and the Planning & Development Committee.
Special thanks were given to Michael Ryland for his Planning & Development work and to the
Association’s secretary Joan McGilvray.

Tom Lawson thanked Rob for taking on the Presidency, re-building the web site and for the
fine work he had done.

Thanks to the outgoing Committee members was expressed by acclamation.

b) Treasurer's Report - Gus Herstik (Treasurer) being unable to attend, Rob Starling presented a
report on the bank balances as at 31st December.

It was noted that there were 159 paid-up members in 2003 (167 previous year) with a good response
back from renewal reminder letters.

c) Auditor's Report - A copy of the Hon. Auditor's report being unavailable, this matter was deferred.

5 Election of Office Bearers
Rob Starling vacated the chair. In presiding for the election of office bearers, Councillor Rod Tudge
thanked Rob and his outgoing committee for all they had done during their year of service to the
Association and the community.

Appointment of Honorary Auditor - Bryan Bird. Moved P Palmer, seconded John New.

Rob Starling then resumed the chair.

6 Councillor's Reports
Rod Tudge reported on:
• Woolworths (Austin St) development – At a meeting with Woolworth’s CEO prior to Christmas,
Woolworths asked for expansion of floor area but offered no extra parking. However, some changes
to original plan have been negotiated but a new elevation has not been supplied and the library
extension is not looking acceptable at this stage. The negotiations are being finalized by a committee
of Councillors Longbottom, Bowers and May with another meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Woolworths
at this stage is not prepared to guarantee the performance of tenants or sub-tenants. Rod noted that
final documents are unlikely to be ready before the elections.
• Draft LEP – local realty agents have distributed a flier stating reduced FSRs will reduce house prices
in the area. However, the fact is that residents have asked for the reduction and so the LEP suggests
change from 0.5 currently to 0.4. But we also need to look at other ways to reduce bulk. For example,
could look at a sliding scale related to block size. Any politicization of the issue could unfortunately
mean that no decision or changes are made.
• Sustainability Group – has been started which will affect planning and building.
• Cultural forum – currently being held to address the needs of different community groups.
• Billy Blue (Tesrol) development – may change to a SEPP5 application.
• Sunshine Homes (Westbrook) development – The planned 150 car park spaces will have an enormous
impact, especially as there is no access to the highway.
• Traffic Management committee – looking at Bellevue St
• M2 Tunnel – still hoping for an announcement re filtration.
• Gunnedah – is Lane Cove’s “twin city” and was visit by some Councillors last weekend.
• Elections – to be held on 27th March. May and Bowers not standing but Tudge will be a candidate.
Rod expressed thanks to all Councillors for their representations.

8 General Business
Louise Ashcroft spoke about the need to expand the number of places at the pre-school. She noted that
childcare services in other areas have increased (eg Osborne Park, Guthrie) but no expansion seen in
Greenwich despite the increasing number of new families in the area.

Comments from others were received including support, need for funding, need for DOCS accreditation,
staffing, problems with current building design and size, amount of funds already spent on current
building recently.
It was suggested that confirmation of compliance with DOCS funding be sought; that DOCS be
approached for comment and that the pre-school committee be invited to report to the next GCA meeting.

9 Questions for Councillors
It is proposed that a special community meeting be organized on 17 March to meet the candidates
for election (East Ward only) at 8pm. It was suggested that Osborne Park Progress Association be
contact, as was done last time.
Discussed how the meeting would be publicized.

10 Close
Rob made a special thanks to MaryEd Hartnell for her many years of work for the GCA and noted
MaryEd will continue her work with the Newsletter. He also thanked Anne Smith and Joan McGilvray
for their work with the Committee and Joan as Secretary.

There being no further business the meeting was closed at 10pm and supper was served.

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President