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| From: | SP52948 owner |
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| To: | Robert Crosbie Waratah Strata Management |
| Subject: | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: SP52948 Illegal use of Ryde Council land for public parking on 20Dec2018 |
| Date: | 20/12/18, 4:55 am |
Hi,
This is an email in compliance with Motion 19 at Annual General Meeting 2018 (strata affairs directly affecting Lot 158).
About one week after the AGM, where Lot 158 Motions were illegally disallowed, Waratah Strata Management staff started allowing use of council land for parking.
That originally happened with support from a single EC member and maintenance staff in 2015/2016 but stopped after my personal efforts and when the EC member suddenly sold the property and ran away from the complex.
Just a week ago, Ryde Council confirmed to me in oral and written form that such approval was allegedly not provided to SP52948 or any representative of the complex.
Such use of public land increases risk of litigation, council penalties, insurance claims, noise, damage to public land and top cover of the soil, and security risks (stolen cars, abandoned cars - some of the cars are left there for two weeks at a time, cars from non-owners or tenants in the complex). That affects Lot 158 personally.
I enclose photos proving that over the last three years two of the four trees on council land towards M2 noise barrier were removed (one of them was removed permanently and the other relocated on or around 15 December 2018 - just couple of days ago). They were completely healthy trees and did not need to be removed or relocated.
This proves unusual activities are happening in regards to parking on council land.
Instead of removing trees, we should have added even more of them for three main reasons:
They enhance noise cancellation,
They help with the planet survival, especially when green-house effects are of such importance,
They create nice walking path by providing shaded areas and additionally protecting ground cover from harsh sun.
I know that most councils are very harsh towards removing trees without approval and valid reasons, and fully support such actions.
Would you please provide the following information, via Australia Post letter:
a) Who, and at which SSMA 2015 legally convened EC meeting, approved use of council land for parking?
b) Why did Waratah Strata Management not know who was parked on council land when I asked?
c) When were owners and tenants publicly notified about use of council land for parking (via email, letters, and on ALL notice boards in the complex)?
d) Copy of the Rude Council approval to use public land for parking.
I emphasise that no decision or approval at any EC meeting in our complex approved such blatant abuse of public land and that no owner received public notice about it.
Thank you,