Greenwich, NSW

2 Correspondence
Outwards
Date To Regarding
28 May 04 Dept of Planning (DIPNR) Tesrol/Billy Blue development
28 May 04 State Ministers (various) Woolworths development
11 May 04 Lane Cove Council 8 St Giles Ave (DA 123/04)
9 May 04 Lane Cove Council Plastic Curtain at Greenwich Shopping Centre
8 May 04 Lane Cove Council Tree Removal in Greendale Ave
11 May 04 Lane Cove Council 86 Carlotta St (DA 112/04)

Inwards
Date From Regarding
1 May 04 Bruce & Helen Hill 86 Carlotta St (DA 112/04)
2 May 04 Maureen Ackerman Recognition of John May’s term on Council
15 May 04 Joe Hockey (Federal Member for North Sydney) Commonwealth Government Sport Achievement Awards

3 Minutes of Previous Meeting
Resolved that the Minutes of the Meeting held on 21 April 2004 be accepted (moved M Ryland; seconded J Pain).

4 Current Developments
a) Billy Blue/Tesrol
Annabelle Burley reported that nothing had happened since April. Destruction of the heritage gardens had been advertised (submissions closed at start of June). The external assessor is still to be appointed. Tesrol’s option date is 30 June.

Resolved that the Association suggest to Lane Cove Council that major developments in East Ward (such as Billy Blue and Waterbrook) be notified to the Association at least two weeks prior to the matter going to Council or Committee.

b) Waterbrook/Sunshine Homes
Alan Winney reported that the developer has dropped the plan to two storeys to conform to the residential zoning of Wisdom Rd. Also, at the corner of Wisdom Rd and Morven Gardens Lane, the set back has been slightly increased. Issues are still FSR, SEPP5 height standards, traffic and parking in Ulonga Ave.

c) Australand/Duntroon Ave
Australand’s appeal in the L&E Court was rejected. This was the last move to have the DA approved. Australand will now have to submit new plans.

d) Woolworths/Austin St
Council is pushing to sign the transaction documents despite the plans/DA not being lodged. The current plans do not conform to the LEP for the site. The Association maintains that the DA should be submitted before Council signs off on the deal. A petition to this effect will be put to Council by the Association.

5 Guest Speaker – Cindy Brown, Greenwich Village Games
Cindy spoke about preparations for the Games in December.

Funding/costing is always a major issue and options for the insurance are still being investigated.

6 Councillors’ Reports
Councillor D’Amico expressed concerns about the Billy Blue development with respect to traffic, bulk and scale. He noted that Kerry Chikarovski (former Member for Lane Cove) was lobbying for the developer. Regarding the Waterbrook development he stated that he had met with the developers. He mentioned planning pressures from the State Government for aged housing in the municipality as a consideration. Finally, regarding Woolworths he believed it would increase community amenity, offer shoppers more choice and would improve the town centre.

Councillor Lawson spoke of the financial aspects of the Woolworths development and that it was likely to be determined at the Council meeting on 21 June. He also mentioned that the new LEP (draft) will probably be approved for public display at the meeting to be held on 21st July. Construction of the Lane Cove Tunnel is beginning – filtration is still an issue.

Upon a question regarding the proposed Main Street Committee, Clr Lawson stated he was unsure about the procedure for nominations. He noted that Lane Cove village lacks a strategic plan. He also pointed out that Carol Heathwood had submitted a plan for upgrades to the shopping area at Greenwich.

7 General Business
No new matters were raised.

8 Close
There being no further business, the meeting closed at 10.25pm for supper.

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President