Draft Minutes for the Berry Forum Committee Meeting
Monday 5 May 2025 8.15am at the Uniting Church
Present: Ian Hendry (Chair), Stuart Coughlan (Secretary), Laurie Watson (Treasurer), Judith Ball, John Morgan, Mary Beare, David Brawn, and Peter Saul.
Apologies: Emanuele Rattazzi, Keith Brodie, John Jeston and Gail Paton.
Minutes of Meeting held on 7 April 2025: Confirmed
Actions arising – Covered in Agenda
Forum Meeting on 27 March
Very positive feedback received from community members.
Council updates – Stuart provided an overview of the SCC operating revenue and expenses over the past 2 years, the proposed budget for 2026 and a comparison with other similar Councils based on OLG data.
Action: Stuart to put information for public comment in Newsletter/link re
Draft DCP
On Tuesday 29 April, Council agreed to put the Draft DCP for Berry on public exhibition.
Character statements for inclusion in LEP
Stuart tabled the Draft paper Catherine Barlow had adapted from the draft Barry DCP character statements and added a section for Huntingdale. Comments included the need to enhance what is here, reflect heritage village character, consider the importance of tree planting in Huntingdale and the importance of the Show Ground.
An appendix should be included in the DCP addressing the Character Statements.
Berry Hotel RA23/1022
Preparing for next DA.
Community engagement
Fiona and Peter Pigott (next meeting)
Berry Flood Action: status – Pending response from Council in June
Chamber of Commerce: status pending next meetin
Other Business – Non
Meeting ended 9:16am
Next Committee meeting – 26 May
Next Forum meeting – 26 June