The application of clause 17(5) is one that is required by section
25 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. It is obligatory upon the Council when creating a planning instrument to incorporate, for reserved land, an acquisition clause obliging the Council to acquire it and that is the purpose for clause 17(5). Wherever the Council seeks to reserve land for public purpose, it must be accompanied by an acquisition clause and it is only recently, as the Mayor indicated, that the Council was successful in having that clause amended.

The above was taken from part of an answer at the August 29th Quarry meeting

A question asked August 29th at the Hornsby Quarry Public Meeting " Did Farley and Lewers, the original owner of the quarry, make an offer in writing about 1966 to transfer the quarry to Hornsby Council at no cost?" the answer was NO. The answer is correct.

I was supprised that such a question was asked as weeks before, a Council resolution was passed to release the findings into the Farley and Lewers offer by Mr Tim Robertson SC . (Quarry Inquiry 2) Why it was not worthy of a headline story, I don't know, I thought it would make sense to get as much info out before August 29th, as possible, or was there an alternative reason??