RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC FORUM

HELD ON Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Present:	The Mayor, Councillor C Kay (Chairperson) Councillor J Pettett (Comenarra Ward) Councillors I Balachandran & B Ward (Gordon Ward) Councillors S Ngai & A Taylor (Roseville Ward) Councillor M Smith (St Ives Ward) Councillor K Wheatley (Wahroonga Ward)
Staff Present:	General Manager (David Marshall) Director Community (Janice Bevan) Director Corporate (Angela Apostol) Director Development & Regulation (Michael Miocic) Director Corporate (David Marshall) Director Operations (Peter Lichaa) Director Strategy & Environment (Andrew Watson) Corporate Lawyer (Jamie Taylor) Manager Corporate Communications (Virginia Leafe) Manager Governance and Corporate Strategy (Christopher Jones) Governance Support Officer (Eliza Gilbank-Heim)
Others:	Manager Urban Heritage & Planning (Antony Fabbro) Team Leader Urban Planning (Craige Wyse) Executive Urban Planner (Rathna Rana)

The Forum commenced at 7:00pm

The Mayor welcomed those present and outlined the
agenda and requirements for speakers.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

The Mayor adverted to the necessity for Councillors and staff to declare a Pecuniary Interest/Conflict of Interest in any item on the Business Paper.

Nil.

Address the Council

The following members of the public addressed Council on items on the agenda:

GB Item	Name	For/ Against	Topic
GB.3	1. Jan Harwood (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)	For	Status of Women’s Advisory Committee – Minutes of Meeting Tuesday 11 February 2025
GB.12	1. Mark Bloxham (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)	Against	Dual occupancy minimum lot size post-exhibition
	2. Jem Punthakey (Lodged a written submission and spoke to it in Council Chambers) Representing Ku-ring-gai Housing Group
	3. Samantha Bing (Spoke in person in Council Chambers) Representing Ku-ring-gai Housing Group
	4. Jo Karolis (Spoke in person in Council Chambers) Representing Ku-ring-gai Housing Group
	5. Kai Zhang (Lodged a written submission and did not speak to it)	For
	6. Giles Tabuteau (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)
	7. Owen Wang (Lodged a written submission and did not speak to it)	Not specified
	8. Felix So (Lodged a written submission and did not speak to it)
GB.13	1. Jan Harwood (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)	Against	Receipt of letter of offer to enter into a planning agreement with a planning proposal – 345 Pacific Highway Lindfield

Councillor Wheatley departed from Chambers during the following address to Council.

GB.13

2. Belinda Barrie (Spoke online via Zoom) Representing Gyde Consulting

For

Receipt of letter of offer to enter into a planning agreement with a planning proposal – 345 Pacific Highway Lindfield

Councillor Wheatley returned to Chambers.

The following members of the public addressed Council on items not on the agenda:

Name	Topic
1. Niran Fernando (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)	How is subdivision area determined. When all rate payers are equal only some areas are considered for subdivision based on google map distance to station.
2. Jan Harwood (Spoke in person in Council Chambers)	Aggression, arrogance & ignorance – Can Eco-Literacy stop our own extinction?

The Forum closed at 7:40pm.