Cr Scott moves to withdraw land from sale list

Gosford Cr Vicki Scott has called for community land at 195 and 196 Brisbane Ave, Umina, to be immediately withdrawn from the list approved by Gosford Council for reclassification and sale as operational land.

Cr Scott's motion was published in the agenda papers for Gosford Council's first meeting of 2016, scheduled for Tuesday, February 9.

She has also called for four other parcels of community land at East Gosford, Wameral and Lisarow to be withdrawn as they are of concern to residents.

Her motion also calls for council to work with the community to allocate a formal name, relevant to the history or geography of the area for the Brisbane Ave land.

The agenda papers also contained comments from council's CEO, Mr Paul Anderson explaining that because Gosford Council is in a merger proposal period, legal advice was sought on the validity of council's land sale strategy and on the validity of Cr Scott's motion.

"The advice provided confidentially to councilors generally supports both actions," Mr Anderson comments said.

Agenda item NM1, 9 Feb 2016

Vicki Scott, Gosford Council