The following rumours are circulating on social media. We have not been able to verify the veracity of these claims.

Westfield parking: Free parking will cease on 17th July to be replaced with 2 hours free parking. However, if you download and use the Westfield app you will receive 4 hours free parking.

North Shore Times: Is coming back in print format.

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The NSW government has shelved a controversial proposal for councils to charge owners of expensive properties more by changing the way rates are calculated.

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It appears that the government’s attempts to privatise bus services in our area has come to a grinding halt due to COVID-19.

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RE: THE FAIRWAY AND REID DRIVE, CHATSWOOD WEST – PROPOSED LOCAL AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN

Willoughby City Council is seeking feedback before COB Friday 10 July 2020 on a proposed Local Area Traffic Management plan to improve safety of all road user on The Fairway and Reid Drive, Chatswood West.
The proposed plan comprises short-term and long-term measures including the installation of:
• Slow points on The Fairway.
• STOP control at intersections of The Fairway with Fullers Road and Reid Road.
• Guide posts and crash barriers in Reid Drive.
• Full-time No Parking restrictions in Reid Drive.
• Street lighting on The Fairway and Reid Drive; and
• Pedestrian warning signs in The Fairway and Reid Drive.

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We have received the following update:

Council has contacted the Facility Manager  at the Interchange and received the following information- Please see a brief timeline of the situation so far:

• February 2020 severe storms and rainfall caused major damage to escalators and continued for approx. 2 weeks. Technicians     

           needed to wait until the components were dry to assess the components.

• March 2020 – consultants and quotes were provide for major repairs to be carried out.
• April 2020 – Quotes approved and Contractors engaged for rectification.
• April 2020 see below from Contractors:

As discussed following our phone call, there’s been significant delays in getting these parts here due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

I’ve been informed the parts will be cleared for dispatch in around 15-20 days.

We then have to wait another 4 weeks approximately until they land here in Sydney. Not ideal I know but right now with everything going on, we don’t have any control over shipments coming from abroad.

I’ll continue to update the team weekly as I’m informed & we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this delay may cause.

Please be mindful these dates are estimates only and we cannot guarantee anything at this current point in time. 

 Currently we hoping all parts to arrive by Mid June, and works will start asap once all material is ready. The COVID – 19 has caused major delays in the needed rectification works.

We have advised the general public if they ask there is another lift and escalators available to get to their destination.

I trust this information is helpful in explaining the length of time the repairs are taking’

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Clr. Saville provided additional information about this proposal. She reported that her “family and I compiled the nomination for the (b) Eddy/DeVilliers Conservation area. Anyone can submit a heritage nomination. Nominations are then assessed each term of council by heritage consultants, and councillors make decisions based on the advice of the consultants and community feedback.  The heritage architects/consultants report recommended the Eddy DeVilliers Conservation Area proceed as it was consistent with criteria for listing.”

Inter alia from fieldwork the consultants had found that 46 out of 70 houses were highly intact. However, in 2018 an independent local planning panel concluded that the area wasless unified than the consultant’s narrative seems to suggest and the quality of both individual and groups of California Bungalows and other inter-war period homes are not outstanding. The Panel noted that as the area is not exceptional overall, listing may dilute the value of existing heritage conservation areas.

Council hosted a residents meeting and concluded that the overall outcome of the discussion was not in favour of listing.

The Officer’s recommendations to Council was not proceed with the listing to make Eddy Road and De Villiers Avenue a Heritage Conservation Area.

Councillors adopted the Officer’s recommendation.

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Proposals for RNSH

Refer following link: https://www.nsw.gov.au/news/new-vision-for-royal-north-shore-hospital     It states: key features of the transformation include:

• Affordable key worker accommodation (to support the Northern Sydney Local Health District) and ‘build to rent’ apartments
• New commercial office space to support the broader health and education precinct (including office space, retail and short stay accommodation)
• A new educational facility
• 6000m2 additional public domain and open space
• Adaptive re-use of heritage buildings
• Improved connectivity and pedestrian access to public transport
• Additional car parking for commercial, retail and residential uses.

The government will shortly undertake a detailed consultation program. Details of the consultation activities and events will be made available shortly.

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 On the subject of the library and the services it provides, some years back Willoughby Council pulled out of the Shorelink service; the reason given was that this would enable the Library to implement initiatives it could not do while within Shorelink. Could you outline what these were and which ones have been implemented?

Can Willoughby get a click and deliver/collect library service? In addition to the Northern Beaches, Ku-ring-gai now offers a similar service.

As a consequence of the Council withdrawal from Shorelink, I became a member of more libraries and some services/initiatives Willoughby could consider include:

• North Sydney and Ku-ring-gai Libraries will hold (reserve) a book at no cost, provided it is on the shelf. And Ku-ring-gai will send the book to any of its 4 libraries for easy pick up.
• Stanton Library has philosophy discussion groups and marks World Philosophy Day which is pertinent as libraries are about learning/thinking.
• The State Library allows any member, not just students, to book its study rooms.

And finally, I have a question – why is it that Chatswood library does not open for a full day on Sunday?

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Changes to ‘S94’ funds: For decades Councils have been collecting funds for developers for the provision of new community facilities that will be needed because of increased development. This was a long and complex process. Funds could be collected for a variety of facilities such as open space, footpaths, local roads, childcare etc. Council was required to develop a plan for each type of facility. Any development had to be directly identified as requiring a specific facility. Funds collected in one area could not be used in another area.

A big problem was that typically a single development did not generate enough funds to for the building of a specific facility. It takes literally years for enough money to be collected before Council improvements are fully funded and can start. In the interim, the collected funds sit in trust fund accounts (the money cannot be used for any other purpose) collecting interest (sometimes).

The government is reviewing its legislation to make it easier for Councils to spend the monies they have collected. We could see monies collected for a facility in West Ward allocated to a project in Artarmon etc.

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Jack Mundey

A father of the Green Bans movement (Jack Mundey) died recently.

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