wollstonecraft ward - north sydney council

Wollstonecraft Ward

24 November 2015

AIMS OF TONIGHT’S FORUM

1. Meet Councillors & Senior Staff

2. Be informed about Council’s work in this area

3. Ask a question & have your say

TONIGHT’S AGENDA

6.30pm Welcome & Introduction 6.35pm What’s happening in your local area 7.15pm Meet Your Councillors 7.30pm Question Time 8.00pm Close

TONIGHT’S TOPICS

• Fit For the Future

• Hume Street Park

• Coal Loader Platform Green Roof

• St Leonards/Crows Nest Study

• Ridge Street Car Park

• Berry’s Bar Marina

• Economic Development Strategy

• Crows Nest Streetscape Upgrades

• North Sydney Olympic Pool Masterplan

Fit For the Future/ Amalgamations Update

Warwick Winn

General Manager

• Review Panel proposes a mega-council for the lower north shore • Council submits to IPART it is “Fit” to stand alone • IPART deems North Sydney “Not fit” (failed to satisfy the “Scale and Capacity” criteria) • Councils given until 18 November to nominate a preferred merger partner(s) • North Sydney Council did not nominate any preferred merger partner.

• Neither did our neighbours (EXCEPT Willoughby, who nominated North Sydney)

RECAP

Residents have told us they do not want to amalgamate because:

1. Rates would rise (North Sydney has some of the lowest rates in Sydney)

2. Services would drop (too expensive to maintain all services across a larger area)

3. Take on debt of other Councils – this is not fair

Why has Council taken this stance?

Campaign to ensure North Sydney remains a standalone council: • Ads in the SMH and Daily Telegraph and Online • Established campaign website: www.stopthemegamerger.com.au • Councillors and volunteers handed out flyers and spoke to residents at various location on Saturday (they will be out again this coming Saturday) • Rally at Parliament House on 18 November • Banners have gone up on the poles around the CBD

What is Council doing?

http://www.stopthemegamerger.com.au/

Encouraging residents to: 1. Have their say - visit our website to send an email to the Premier.

2. Help hand out flyers and information this Saturday. Please see staff if you want to learn more. Next Steps State Gov told Councils they will know their future before Christmas. Decision unlikely before North Sydney By-election (5 December).

What happens next?

Hume Street Park & Coal Loader Platform

Green Roof

Robert Emerson

Director Open Space & Environmental Services

Hume Street Park

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

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7-19 Albany

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Document review

Site Investigations

Concept Development

Feasibility

3 Options exhibited

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

•Expanded open space (5300m2 - 8400m2 in total)

•New playground

•New children’s centre •Closure of Hume St •Pedestrian plaza •Link to Willoughby Rd •Widened footpaths •New sports centre partially underground •Potential for u/g cinema

Adopted Option

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

Adopted Option

Hume Street Park

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

Adopted Option

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

•Total project cost estimated to be in the order of $88.8 million •Staged approach will be required over a number of years •Market testing of cinema concept •Property acquisition •Development application •Synergies with Crows Nest Station design

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

COAL LOADER PLATFORM GREEN ROOF

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

Balls Head Drive

Balls Head Bay

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

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545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

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The Coal Loader Platform Green Roof

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

545 Pacific

7-19 Albany

521 Pacific

St Leonards/Crows Nest

Joseph Hill

Director City Strategy


• Planning Studies for Precincts

1, 2 and 3 now adopted by Council.

• Council in negotiations with

various landowners about new development and associated public benefit.


545 Pacific 7-19 Albany 521 Pacific

597 Pacific 31-33 Albany

“Auswin” Planning Proposal

• Planning Proposal by “Auswin” has been supported in principle by Dept. of Planning. • The Joint Regional Planning Panel recommended to the Minister that the proposal be refused on 18 November.

Announcement on the Metro was made on 16 November

Sydney Metro

Dept. of Planning Initiatives in St Leonards/Crows Nest

• Dept. of Planning is initiating a “Priority Precinct” for St Leonards/Crows Nest across North Sydney, Lane Cove and Willoughby Councils. • This would mean that the Dept. would review planning

controls to create a new planning framework across the three Council areas. • The three Councils have been invited to participate. • North Sydney Council has resolved to participate on the

basis that an MOU is entered into.

Economic Development Strategy Objective To develop a coordinated vision and comprehensive plan for the continued economic growth of North Sydney (LGA).

Project Timeframes Stage 1 - Study Research (Current) Stakeholder consultation – Dec ‘15 - Feb ‘16:

• Incl. online survey / One-on-one interviews / Workshops Stage 2 – Strategy Strategy Development – Mar-Apr ‘16:

• Set a vision for economic growth for North Sydney • Develop action plan to achieve vision and define Council’s role in economic development

Public exhibition – May-Jun ‘16

Process Development of principles and priorities

• Public benefit

• Active recreation

(RNS 2015)

• Public car parking

• Placemaking

Consultation and way forward

• Exhibition and key stakeholder consultation occurred between 9 September - 9 October.

• Approximately 60 submissions received in response.

• Primary issues raised: – Shadow to Community Centre and Civic Park

– Parking

– Bulk, scale & height.

• Next step: Refinement of a preferred concept option.

• Post exhibition report to go to Council in late 2015 / early 2016.

Berry’s Bay Marina Development Application

Project Overview

• 84 berth marina, floating pontoon access, vessels up to 45m;

• 70 dry stack boat storage facility;

• Adaptive reuse of Woodley’s Boat Shed & Dolphin Wharf;

• Marina facilities, including vessel sewage pump-out, wash down & maintenance, access roads & parking for 120 cars;

• Yacht club (400sqm), retail kiosk and commercial tenancies

• “Marina Gardens” Landscaped foreshore & access works

Site Plan

Aerial site plan Source: JBA

Hours of operation

Development Specifics

Open Space Masterplan

Source: Arcadia Landscape Architecture Dec 2014

car park & commercial building

open / recreational space

open / recreational space

Yacht Club

Foreshore access

Pontoon access point

Berry’s Bay Marina: Existing

Existing Wharves

Woodley’s Boat Shed

Swing moorings

Berry’s Bay Marina: Proposed

Artist’s impression Source: JBA

Berry’s Bay Marina: Assessment

Designated Development

• Council assessment guided by legislative framework and Department of Planning Policies

• Consistency with Marina Policies and Strategic vision for Sydney Harbour

• Land Use and Permissibility for future uses

• Public Access and Public Benefits must be achieved

Berry’s Bay Marina: Issues

Assessment Issues

• Water Quality & Hydrological Issues & Licensing required

• Ecological impact on aquatic and land-based flora and fauna

• Protecting Our Heritage

• Ensuring Air Quality & minimising Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Noise & Vibration Impacts

• Visual Impact & Lighting

• Traffic and Parking

• Navigation and Marine Safety

• Social & Economic Impacts

Berry’s Bay Marina: Status

Steps so far

• Council has engaged a consultant to undertake the assessment

• Referrals to 14 external authorities and 9 internal Council departments

• Exhibition dates 7/8/15 to 7/9/15

• 400+ submissions to date

• External consultants engaged to assess: - Acoustics - Flora and fauna - Marina design

Berry’s Bay Marina: Status

What’s next? • Preliminary review complete in October 2015

• Consultant planner & proponent are reviewing submissions

• Further information and potential amendments likely

• Further notification likely

• Report to Joint Regional Planning Panel in 2016

Pool Masterplan, Alexander Street Carpark &

Public Domain Upgrades

Duncan Mitchell

Director Engineering and Property Services

NORTH SYDNEY OLYMPIC POOL Redevelopment Options Prepared – Public Consultation Complete

North Sydney Pool

1. Round 1 – Community Consultation (Sep to Nov 2014 – Complete) 2. Preparation of initial Master Plan Concept designs (Oct – Feb 2015 – Complete) 3. Financial Modelling on all options developed to date (Mar 2015 – Complete) 4. Round 2 - Consultation on six options (Aug - Sep 2015 – Complete ) 5. Report to Council on outcomes (Nov 2015 – Pending ) 6. Councillor Workshop to discuss the development of a preferred option (Nov 2015) 7. Refine and develop a preferred option for adoption by Council (Jan – Mar 2016) 8. Commence Development Application documentation (Jun 2016)

Alexander Street Carpark Development

Alexander Street Carpark Development

Scheduled Opening March – April 2016

Master Plan has been prepared

Crows Nest – Village Center Upgrade

Crows Nest – Village Center Upgrade

Ernest Place - now complete

Willoughby Road - Refresh

Clark Street - Refresh

Burlington Street Upgrade has commenced – Scheduled completion early 2016

Pacific Highway Crows Nest – St Leonards Public Domain Upgrade

The three stages of work associated with this contract relate to Zones 4, 5 and 6. •Stage 1 - Hume Street to Shirley Road - west side. (Zone 5) – Construction commenced •Stage 2 - Hume Street to Falcon Street - east side; (Zone 4) •Stage 3 Oxley to Hume – west side (Zone 3)


Work in Progress November 2015 – Zone 5 scheduled completion end of year Zone 4 and 3 scheduled for completion June 2016

St Leonards Public Domain Upgrade

• Oxley Street Linear Park - New landscaped street incorporating water sensitive urban design • Mitchell Street Linear Park - New, landscaped urban park • Mitchell Street Plaza - Redesigned with landscaping and public art • Christie Street Plaza - Upgraded, better access to the station & public art • Atchison Street - A civic street with high quality paving & street furniture • Plaza and Laneways - Active paved areas connecting to new laneways

St Leonards Public Domain Upgrade

Mitchell Street Plaza

Sargeants Lane - Upgrade

Meet Your Councillors

QUESTION TIME

• Call for questions from the floor

• We will record ALL questions, issues and concerns raised

• Within 2 to 3 weeks we will publish a response on Council’s website

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