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6.1 GENERAL
During the public hearings into the reclassification of Council lands in
2007, the Chairperson recommended that in relation to public parking for
the Turramurra, Pymble and Lindfield centres
…the manner in which any public car parking which is to be
eliminated due to restructuring the centre, is to be replaced and managed
to compensate for any parking which may be lost by the reclassification
process.*
During the Parking Management public workshops held in February
2008, participants raised this as a general concern. Therefore, strategies
are proposed for the substantial car parks in all 6 centres, where those
car parks are affected by the reclassification process and may result in
significant parking impacts during their reconstruction.
Due to procedural issues associated with the hearings in 2007, the public
hearings into the reclassification of Council lands were undertaken
again in July 2008. It recommended that Council proceed with the
reclassification of the sites, subject to the following:
• having regard to submissions presented to the public hearing,
Council satisfy itself on the legal and procedural appropriateness of
proceeding with the reclassifications under the exhibited draft Town
Centres LEP;
• to address concerns raised in submissions to the public hearing in
relation to Council’s dealings with public land in the town centres
Council prepare, place on public exhibition and adopt a policy for
sale, long term lease or other transactions relating to public land,
not covered by the Ku ring gai Planning Agreement Policy (2008);
• council enter into a dialogue with appropriate management
committees and user groups where community facilities currently
located on land proposed for reclassification will be affected by
future land dealings to ensure that the community is involved in and
consulted about the future planning for these community facilities;
and
• council write to all persons and organisations that made a
submission to the public hearing thanking them for their input and
advising them of Council’s decision.
Although the recommendation above does not specifically refer to the
recommendations from the hearings in 2007, it is considered to be
relevant and therefore requires addressing.
To this end, strategies are proposed to manage the way parking is
replaced. In most cases, the temporary loss of car parking spaces in
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Ku-ring-gai Town Centres Parking Management Plan 2010
* Winnacott, LS 2008, “Report to Ku-ring-gai Council on Public Hearing into
Reclassification of Community Land as Operational Land”.