Decision details

Moved by Councillor Phelps, seconded by Councillor Forster -

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council note:

(i)          on 26 October, 2020, Council considered the Lord Mayoral Minute "Moore Park Golf Course Proposal" which resolved to approve up to $50,000 to undertake community consultation on two plans developed by the City to reconfigure the Moore Park Golf Course from an 18-hole to a nine-hole course, to be funded from 2020/21 General Contingency;

(ii)         in 2017, the NSW Government undertook extensive community consultation on the Moore Park Masterplan. The future of the Moore Park Golf Course was included as part of this consultation;

(iii)        this consultation resulted in the decision to retain the 18-hole golf course instead of reducing it to nine-holes;

(iv)       Moore Park Golf Course is the only public golf course within the City of Sydney Local Government Area, and the City does not have jurisdiction over the course. The Moore Park Golf Course is under the jurisdiction of the Greater Sydney Parklands and NSW Government; and

(v)         that the issue of the Moore Park Golf Course can be referred to the NSW Government if further consultation on the future of the Moore Park Golf Course is required; and

(B)        the Chief Executive Officer be requested to:

(i)          abandon any proposed City of Sydney plans to reduce the Moore Park Golf Course from an 18-hole course to a nine-hole course; and

(ii)         investigate opportunities to create open green space elsewhere in the City.

The motion was lost on the following show of hands –

Ayes (3)          Councillors Chung, Forster and Phelps

Noes (6)          The Chair (the Lord Mayor), Councillors Kok, Miller, Scott, Scully, Thalis.

Motion lost.

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