Former Water Police Site rezoning

Council is proposing to rezone the former Water Police Site recently acquired after a prolonged community campaign as ‘operational land.’ This has stirred up some local community concern that a future Council may dispose of the site and nofulfillil Council’s commitment to create an extension to the Pyrmont Point harbour front parkland. I am fully committed to the creation of the parkland and ascandidateate for the City Council I signed up to save Pyrmont Point from overdevelopment.

The Site was transferred to the City in July and since then the process to create a master plan for the site has commenced including an ‘extensive public consultation process’. The Council recommendation that the site be zoned ‘operational’ land is standard procedure and will reduce delays in the consultation and development of a new parkland. The site’s sale covenant from the State Government prohibits any significant non recreational development on the site. I will be arguing atht Council should include a sunset clause in this rezoning requiring the rezoning to come back to Council with 12 months for reassessment and if appropriate rezoning to community lands.