Greetings all,

I spoke to Council's Steven Head today in case there was anything afoot on the Channel 9 issue and the situation remains the same, i.e. nothing heard from Channel 9 in the past several months. What will be of interest to all with a stake in the Channel 9 redevelopment is that, in accordance with one of their pre-election promises, the NSW government is conducting a review of the planning laws and regulations and will hold a community consultation meeting this Thursday, 13th October at the Club Willoughby (used to be the Willoughby Legions Club) at 26 Crabbes Ave, Willoughby .

There will be two sessions, 3.00 to 5.00pm and 6.00 to 7.30pm. Both are open to the public and no reservation is required.

I hope some of you will come along and hopefully we'll be able to put some questions re Channel 9 to the gov't representatives. I think a good aim for questions would be to let the government know that the community would much prefer to have Council as the consenting authority, rather than the State Planning people.

For further information please go to http://planningreview.nsw.gov.au/

I'd be pleased to meet those of you who do decide to attend, just to put faces to names, and vice versa for you. To recognise me, I don't have much hair left, have a beard and will be wearing a red sweater and will attend the later session.

Hope to see you there.

Kind regards,

Bob Taffel

One thing about starting up a campaign such as SaveArtarmon is knowing what worked and what didn't. Now the dust has settled, I thought it would be a good idea to write up a post-mortem of what we did and how it worked, in case anyone should need to do similar again in future.

Please have a read here: http://blog.ivanlogan.com/2011/04/saving-artarmon/

Also, on an unrelated note, I'm about to embark on an epic trip from here to Darwin via the back roads to raise money for the Cancer Council. If you would like to donate, please have a look at our team page: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/yorkshire_puddings or consider donating a tenner for The Ruster Bumper Puzzle Book, a collection of 100 word and number puzzles including Target and Sudoku.

Many thanks,
Ivan

Join your friends and neighbours in celebrating Earth Hour in Artarmon

WILKES AVENUE, ARTARMON

Saturday 26 March 2011, 5pm to 10pm

• Help raise awareness of the need to take action on climate change.
• Celebrate Earth Hour with dinner under the stars.
• Book to eat on the night at Wilkes Avenue restaurants:
       Japanese Noodle Genki – 9410 3777
       Thai Charm – 99047011
       Sushi-Ya – 94111377
       Little Thai – 94113389
       The Dutch Oven – 94124411
       Cafe Now Here – 94113064
• Free entertainment all night.
• Great range of stalls including gifts, face painting, cupcakes, Freeway Hotel peddle
  pub serving beer and wine, local photography, property analysis and more.
• The Artarmon Progress Association will showcase the history of the local Artarmon shops
• Live NSW election coverage on the big screen!

Soldier and Sailor Streets Community Christmas Party

Celebrate the end of the year with your local community

Catch up on the good work done by our local Councillors and Council Officers.

From 7.00pm on Friday 3 December 2010
Artarmon Bowling Club, Burra Rd, Artarmon

$5 cover charge to support the generosity of our local bowling club.
Drinks are available from the Bar. Bring a plate of food to share.
Bring your friends. Feel free to come late or leave early to fit in with your Friday Night Plans. Need more information? - contact Tim on 0425273483

Your Suburb Wants You to have a Good Time!

Dear Residents,

Attached is an invitation from Artarmon Progress Association. We’d like to encourage you to attend the AGM and also to consider offering to join the executive committee. If you have not already done so, we urge you to join the APA and keep informed of community issues!

Kind regards,

Residents Committee
Soldiers and Sailors Precincts

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Artarmon Progress Association AGM and Christmas Celebration

The APA Committee would like to invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of the APA and Christmas Celebration on:

TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER at 8pm in the Artarmon Library, Elizabeth Street, Artarmon

Dear Residents

I am happy to report that after months of work from both yourselves and your committee Willoughby City Council has determined that the Sailor and Soldier Streets will continued to be zoned R2. In addition, Raleigh St will continue to retain its conservation status. This is a wonderful result and provides local residents with the outcome that they wanted. This was indicated by the petition that was presented to WCC at an earlier meeting.

I would like to thank WCC Councillors for their decision and to acknowledge the enormous work of WCC staff in providing advice to residents throughout the Draft LEP process.

Importantly we will be having a Celebration at the Artarmon Bowling Club on December 3 commencing at 7:00pm. Keep this date free!

This is a quick bulletin to remind you all that the Council Special Meeting to vote on the Officers' recommendations on the submissions and on the draft LEP is at 6.30pm on Wednesday 3rd November at Council Chambers and that the public is welcome to attend.

While the public will not have a speaking part in the meeting, this is the crucial point where the verdicts on the Draft LEP are put before Council and the results of many months of campaigning are decided. We would ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND!

Also, we have finally managed to collate and upload the entire petition to the website. Please follow this link to see just how many people actually cared about the development of the Artarmon local area!

http://www.saveartarmon.org/content/petition

Best regards,
the SaveArtarmon team.

To clarify: the Council open forum will be on Wednesday 20th October at 6pm, not 6.30pm.

Hope to see you there!

Open Forum at 6pm, on Wednesday 20th October 2010

Council Chambers, Level 6, 31 Victor Street

The report to Council on submissions received during the exhibition of the Draft Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2009, including submissions and reviews, is now available at http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Draft-Willoughby-Local-Environmental-Pl...

The report recommends zoning Sites 7 & 8 (the Sailor and Soldier Streets) as R2, (replacing the original recommendation of R3 medium density that we and our Artarmon community have so strongly opposed), on the basis of current economic unviability for that type of development.

However, the report still recommends the excision of Federation homes in Raleigh and Elizabeth Streets from the Conservation Area, on the basis that “Neighbourhoods are not static and over time competing pressures arise to warrant reconsideration of housing needs. Council’s policy......... is to undertake systematic reviews and assessment of conservation areas and heritage items.”

In other words, there is no guarantee Council will not further encroach upon the Artarmon Conservation Area boundaries, for rezoning for apartments in the future.

Have your say at the Public Forum concerning residential and heritage matters on 20 October 2010 at 6pm by registering to speak for a maximum of 3 minutes before close of business this Friday 15 October. To register, you need to phone Michelle Murphy tel 9777 7675 between 9.30am and 5.00pm (email registrations are not allowed).

Register to speak at the meeting on 20th October and show your support for The Artarmon Residents Petition!

Residents Committee
Sailor and Soldier Streets Precincts

Soldier and Sailor Streets

A call to arms!

If you want to see Artarmon:

• Maintain its current family friendly atmosphere
• Keep its wildlife and leafy vistas
• Avoid frustrating traffic jams and overloaded infrastructure
• Preserve the Artarmon Conservation Area

Join forces with your neighbours and show your support for the Artarmon Residents Petition regarding the Draft Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2009 by attending the Willoughby City Council meeting at:

7.00pm on Monday 11th October 2010
Council Chambers, Level 6, 31 Victor Street, Chatswood.