Councillor John Hooper 2008-2017 | Politician

Councillor John Hooper 2008-2017

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23.01.2022 NO Artificial Turf or Flood Lights Announcement!

21.01.2022 Wishing you and your family and loved ones a merry, happy and safe Christmas 2017!

12.01.2022 It was an honour to represent our City of Willoughby, its residents and ratepayers. Thank you Mayor Gail Giles Gidney and the Councillors & Staff of Willoughby City Council for the recognition of my 9 + years of volunteer service as a Willoughby City Councillor for Sailors Bay Ward from 2008 to 2017.

06.01.2022 Please join my discussion group FRIENDS OF TUNKS PARK FACEBOOK GROUP on the issue of Stadium / Flood Lights and artificial grass being proposed in the New Masterplan for the Tunks Park Reserve. https://www.facebook.com/groups/515767062155439/about/ I oppose stadium lighting of Tunks Park Reserve and the intensification of organised sport on the site. ... The visual quality of Tunks Park Reserve is established by its bushland backdrop, its seclusion as a consequence of topography, the openness of the site and the spectacular views east across the harbour and west to Northbridge Suspension Bridge and Flat Rock Gully. The topography of the valley provides Tunks Park Reserve with a sense of seclusion, which is enhanced by the canopy of native forest species on the ridges. The vegetation of the ridges provides a scenically significant green backdrop to Tunks Park Reserve. The Flat Rock Creek Track, the views of State historical significant Northbridge Suspension Bridge, the open grassed areas to the foreshore of Sydney Harbour Long Bay are significant locally for its aesthetic and historic value, and regionally for its social value. The Tunks Park Reserve is used for organised sport but its main use and value is as a peaceful social meeting place for picnics, walking, fitness, boating and family or small group pleasure activities. This is and has been the main use and value of Tunks Park Reserve before and after the landfill in the 1930’s, when the large grassed areas were established. A happy co-existence and tolerance has developed over time between this main use and the use for organised sport but if there is an intensifying of organised sport then it will negatively impact both the use for pleasure activities in the Reserve and the important Regional Significance the Reserve plays as a refuge for native animals who use the park as their dormitory, nesting and breeding refuge after sun set from the surrounding lit urban environment.

02.01.2022 I agree with Arnold on this. Let's all start a personal campaign to terminate HATE!