Kur-ring-gai Council Election Results

Yesterday the election results for all Ku-ring-gai Wards were finalised after the preferences were distributed. The results are as follows:

Roseville Ward

Sam Ngai - who won his seat in a landslide!
Alec Taylor - a newcomer who polled very well and knocked the former Mayor out of the race.

Gordon Ward

Barbara Ward
Simon Lennon
Both Barbara and Simon are new to Council.

Comenarra Ward

Jeff Pettett - seasoned Councillor
Greg Taylor - newcomer

St.Ives Ward

Christine Kay
Martin Smith
Both Christine and Martin are now into their 2nd term

Wahroonga Ward

Cedric Spencer - second term for Cedric
Kim Wheatley - newcomer

We are confident that this Council will be much more cohesive and community focussed than the previous term Council and will provide much needed leadership. We look forward to working with them more successfully and collaboratively and expect smooth sailing ahead for the Lindfield Village Hub.

Thank you to those of you who generously donated funds so we could mount an extensive and effective campaign. We raised over $9,000 and spent every $1 of it on the campaign. We believe it was well worth it. Thank you also to those of you who helped hand out flyers and/or did your own campaign around your neighbourhood to help our preferred candidates get elected. Or those who helped in any other way.

We will continue to work in your interests to get the Hub built as soon as possible and with everything the community has told us for years what they want.

Coles Lindfield development underway

“Building a better store starts here” banners up around Coles Lindfield

The Coles Lindfield development is now underway! As reported earlier, Coles Lindfield has had a 2 part DA approved for apartments and a greatly increased floorspace supermarket approved. They have now begun at least Stage 1A which represents the first half of the DA.

Stage 1A diagram as per DA0197/18

The primary purpose of Stage 1A is to create a new roadway into the site, to give access to the school and in future become the primary access to the upper carpark of the new development. Confusingly, this stage doesn’t actually connect that roadway to anything. Instead, Stage 1B is a very small stage to connect this new roadway to Balfour St and the former end of Balfour Lane. Stage 2 is then the actual supermarket redevelopment.

The compromise is that a number of parking spaces have now been lost from the site, which won’t be replaced until the entire development is completed. The asphalt has already been ripped up over the last few days. This is not ideal given the Village Green carpark is yet to be finished, but given lockdown the demand for commuter parking is certainly lower than normal and so shouldn’t be a problem.

It remains to be seen if Stage 2 of the development quickly follows Stage 1 or not. Here’s hoping it does and it’s all completed before the Village Hub starts - of course it will!

HOW DO WE GET THE LINDFIELD VILLAGE HUB BUILT?! 😢

Q. HOW DO WE GET THE LINDFIELD VILLAGE HUB BUILT?

A. BY ELECTING COUNCILLORS WHO ARE FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY

We need your donation to reach our target and support our campaign to elect strong and community focused Councillors. We're over half way there!

You can donate in one of three ways;

• EFT to our bank account BSB 633 000 account no. 147 440 192 name Support Lindfield Inc (Your reference first name + last name)

• or click on this link DONATE to pay by secure credit card or Paypal.

Why do we need change?
Your Council has spent $9 million over 9 years on the Lindfield Village Hub project and achieved nothing, zero, zilch.

Support Lindfield is run by a small group of dedicated locals with limited resources. Your donation will help us drive change to get the Hub built.

Your donation will help fund a community campaign to make the Lindfield Village Hub a core issue in the Council election on 4th September.

Along with other community groups we are identifying a group of candidates (including some existing Councillors who have supported the project) who are seriously up for the job and focused on delivering outcomes for the community.

Your donation will be used to design/print/distribute flyers and posters and Facebook promotions.

Thank you.

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We could use your talents
If you have skills and experience in communications, marketing, advertising campaigns, and graphic design or are just good at getting things done, then put your hand up. We need your professional help with the community campaign in the coming election. Contact us at info@supportlindfield.net

And please pass this along to your local friends and neighbours.

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Here’s a reminder of the Lindfield Village Hub journey….. or read the full timeline here

In 2012 Support Lindfield approached the then Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian who put a hold on plans to build a multi-storey commuter carpark behind the West Lindfield shops to allow time for a better project to be conceived. The Community worked together to create a vision for the Lindfield Village Hub that included a town square, library, other community facilities, café precinct, specialty retail and supermarket.

Woolworths put forward several proposals to build the project, like those they have delivered for other Sydney Councils. They would fund the building of the Hub in return for a lease on the supermarket space with Council funding limited to fitting out the community facilities using funds generated from the sale of the current library site. No additional Council/ratepayers money would be required.

Council rejected these offers and instead have pursued an expensive consultant-led process to identify requirements and determine an alternate design. Despite an exhaustive tender process Woolworths is effectively the only development group still interested and Council remains unwilling to commit to starting the project. The amount spent on the project to date equates to around $3300 per Lindfield household.

We need a Council committed and capable of serving the community by overseeing appropriate planning policy and the development and revitalisation of shopping precincts and community facilities.

Support Lindfield will endorse candidates in all Ku-ring-gai Council wards who will commit to making the Hub happen. We welcome collaboration with other community groups in Ku-ring-gai who also see the need for change. Email us at info@supportlindfield.net if you are interested in standing in the 2021 Council elections or working with us for change.

The Support Lindfield Team

info@supportlindfield.net