Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)        subject to clause (B), Council endorse the transfer of land listed below from the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure to the City of Sydney for nil or nominal consideration:

(i)           Blackwattle Bay Park, Glebe being Lot 4 in Deposited Plan 260204 (Map reference "A" on Attachment B);

(ii)         Blackwattle Playground, Glebe being Lot 2 Deposited Plan 597314 (Map reference "B" on Attachment B);

(iii)        Wilson Street Reserve #2, Newtown being Lot 5 in Deposited Plan 718234 (Map reference "C" on Attachment B);

(iv)        Fanny Place Playground, Surry Hills being Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 82 (Map reference "D" on Attachment B); and

(v)         Southern Cross Drive Reserve, Rosebery being Lot 3 in Deposited Plan 240490 and Lot 24 in Deposited Plan 248025 (Map reference "E" on Attachment B);

(B)        the proposed land transfers described in clause (A) be subject to:

(i)           completion of technical and legal due diligence to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive Officer;

(ii)         confirmation from the Department of Planning, on behalf of the Minister, that all conditions of consent in relation to the relevant sites have been met; and

(iii)        as part of the transfers, unencumbered freehold title, subject only to existing easements and tenancies, being transferred to the City;

(C)        Council endorse public notification of a proposed resolution: "It is resolved to classify the following land parcels to be transferred to Council for public recreation purposes including:

(i)           Blackwattle Bay Park, Glebe being Lot 4 in Deposited Plan 260204;

(ii)         Blackwattle Playground, Glebe being Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 597314,

(iii)        Wilson Street Reserve #2, Newtown being Lot 5 in Deposited Plan 718234,

(iv)        Fanny Place Playground, Surry Hills being Lot 2 in Deposited Plan 82; and

(v)         Southern Cross Drive Reserve, Rosebery being Lot 3 in Deposited Plan 240490 and Lot 24 in Deposited Plan 248025 as community land with a park categorisation in accordance with sections 31 and 36(1) and (4)(c) of the Local Government Act 1993";

(D)        Council note that a further report to inform the outcomes of public notification and a recommendation on the classification to Council will follow a public notification period of 28 days; and

(E)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to finalise the due diligence and negotiate and finalise the terms of and enter into all documents necessary to give effect to the terms of this resolution in relation to the proposed transfers of land described in clause (A).

Carried unanimously.

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