That the minutes of the Ordinary Meeting held on 27 February 2019 be confirmed as a true record of that meeting.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

NOTICE OF MOTION (Submitted by Councillor Ayyad)

That Council:

1.   Congratulate St Luke’s Church on its amazing achievement of serving the Liverpool community, in the name of God, continuously for over 200 years;

2.   Support the celebration of the 200 year anniversary in any means possible, including delegating to the CEO the ability to provide support (staffing etc);

3.   Provide $50,000 for the Church community events that they have planned so that the City and people of Liverpool can partake in this historical occasion. This should include a plaque, where possible, marking this event; and

4.    Provide the printing and installation of the street banners in Liverpool around the month of September/October 2019 (in discussion with the Church).

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Ayyad                Seconded: Clr Hadid 

That Council:

1.      Resolves to provide $40,000 to St Luke’s Church as a contribution towards the celebration of the 200 year anniversary of St Luke’s Church and also for the community day to be held in September 2019 and book launch in 2020;

2.      Advertise the payment for a period of 28 days under s.356 of the Local Government Act, and if no submissions in objection are received, the CEO be delegated authority to progress the payment;

3.      Provide St Luke’s Church with a plaque marking the 200-year anniversary as a gift from Liverpool Council and the wider Liverpool community;

4.      Congratulate St Luke’s Church on its amazing achievement of serving the Liverpool community, in the name of God, continuously for over 200 years; and

5.      Seek suitable grant funding from Office of Environment and Heritage regarding appropriate funding that could reconcile the $40,000.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Endorse the International Trade Engagement Strategy for public exhibition;

2.       Delegate to the CEO to finalise the strategy if no submissions are received, or report back to the Council the details of any submissions upon conclusion of exhibition;

3.       Consider resources and funding requirements as part of the preparation of the 2019/2020 budget; and

4.       Directs the CEO to report to Council on the progress of this initiative.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Kaliyanda          Seconded: Clr Shelton

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.   Adopts draft Liverpool Development Control Plan 2008 (Amendment 33) and draft Liverpool Growth Centre Precincts Development Control Plan as exhibited, to come into effect upon publication of the required notice in the local newspaper; and

2.   Advises those who lodged a submission of Council’s decision.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton               Seconded: Clr Kaliyanda

That Council:

1.   Adopts draft Liverpool Development Control Plan 2008 (Amendment 33) and draft Liverpool Growth Centre Precincts Development Control Plan as exhibited, to come into effect upon publication of the required notice in the local newspaper; and

2.   Advises those who lodged a submission of Council’s decision.

3.    Advocate at the NSW Local Government Conference for the State Government to change the necessary legislation to recognise shopping trolleys as property of individual supermarkets and abandoned shopping trolleys to be defined as litter, so that substantial fines payable by the owner of the trolleys could be passed on for any abandoned trolleys.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Notes the advice of the Liverpool Local Planning Panel;

2.       Supports in principle the planning proposal to amend Schedule 1 of the Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 to permit multi dwelling housing as a land use permitted with consent at 123 Epsom Road, Chipping Norton (Lot 3 DP 602936);

3.       Delegates to the CEO to make any typographical or other editing amendments to the planning proposal if required;

4.       Forwards the planning proposal to the Department of Planning and Environment, pursuant to Section 3.34 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, seeking a Gateway determination;

5.       Subject to Gateway determination, undertake a heritage impact assessment to assess the heritage values of the palm trees adjacent to the site and undertake public exhibition and community consultation in accordance with the conditions of the Gateway determination; and

6.       Receive a further report on the outcomes of public exhibition and community consultation.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Kaliyanda

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council adopts the Destination Management Plan 2018/19-2022/23.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Hagarty

That Council:

1.    Adopts the Destination Management Plan 2018/19-2022/23; and

2.    Reviews the Plan in 12 months’ time.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Notes the Gateway determination for the draft Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 (Amendment 73) and the results of the public exhibition and community consultation; and

2.       Approves Amendment 73 and delegates authority to the CEO to liaise with the NSW Parliamentary Counsel’s Office to finalise the amendment.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Karnib

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.   Endorses the planning proposal to amend State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006 – Austral / Leppington North Precinct and the proposed amendments to the Liverpool Growth Centre Precinct Development Control Plan;

2.   Notes that amendments to the Liverpool Contributions Plan 2014 (Austral and Leppington North Precincts) as a result of this planning proposal and the DCP amendment will be advanced under a separate review of the contributions plan;

3.   Delegates to the CEO the authority to make any minor typographical and publishing changes to the planning proposal and the Development Control Plan (DCP) prior to seeking a Gateway determination;

4.   Forwards the planning proposal to the Department of Planning and Environment pursuant to section 3.34 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, seeking a Gateway determination;

5.   Subject to Gateway determination, undertakes public exhibition and community consultation in accordance with the conditions of the Gateway determination; and

6.   Receives a further report on the outcome of the public exhibition and community consultation.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Harle                   Seconded: Clr Rhodes

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Notes that a local housing strategy is currently being prepared as part of the LEP Review process; and

2.       Notes that a review of density and dwelling typologies will be undertaken as part of the LEP Review process.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Harle

That Council:

1.       Notes that a local housing strategy is currently being prepared as part of the LEP Review process;

2.       Notes that a review of density and dwelling typologies will be undertaken as part of the LEP Review process;

3.         Notes the community feedback from the recent community consultation; and

4.          Write to

o   the Premier and Minister for Planning requesting that:

• Councillors right to determine DAs be reinstated; and

§  the delayed Medium Density Housing code be scrapped all together.

• local State MPs requesting their support for the above.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Places the attached draft Code of Meeting Practice on public exhibition for 28 days and provides members of the community 42 days in which to comment; and

2.       Receives a further report to Council following the public consultation period, or if no submissions are received, delegate to the CEO to adopt the Code of Meeting Practice as exhibited. 

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Hadid

That Council:

1.    Places the draft Code of Meeting Practice on public exhibition for 28 days with the amendments as shown below, and provides members of the community 42 days in which to comment:  

a)     Replace Clause 15.14 (as shown below) with Clause 15.15 (as shown below);

                    15.14  All chairpersons of meetings of the council and committees of the council           are authorised under this code to expel any person, including any                       councillor    from a council or committee meeting, for the purposes of                      section 10(2)(b) of the Act.

                    15.15  All chairperson of meetings of the council and committees of the council              are authorised under this code to expel any person other than a                          councillor, from a council or committee meeting, for the purposes of                      section 10(2)(b) of the Act. Councillors may only be expelled by resolution            of the council or the committee of the council. 

b)     Remove Clause 5.14 and Clause 5.15 (non-mandatory clauses) as shown below; 

                   5.14     Where, prior to the commencement of a meeting, it becomes apparent                that a quorum may not be present at the meeting, or that the safety and                  welfare of councillors, council staff and members of the public may be put               at risk by attending the meeting because of a natural disaster (such as,         but not limited to flood or bushfire), the mayor may, in consultation with                            the CEO and, as far as is practicable, with each councillor, cancel the           meeting. Where a meeting is cancelled, notice of the cancellation must be               published on the council’s website and in such other manner that the             council is satisfied is likely to bring notice of the cancellation to the                                     attention of as many people as possible.

                   5.15     Where a meeting is cancelled under clause 5.14, the business to be           considered at the meeting may instead be considered, where practicable,                  at the next ordinary meeting of the council or at an extraordinary meeting              called under clause 3.3.

c)      Remove Clause 11.11 (as shown below); 

                   11.11   All voting at council meetings, (including meetings that are closed to the              public), must be recorded in the minutes of meetings with the names of            councillors who voted for and against each motion or amendment,                     (including the use of the casting vote), being recorded.

2.    Receives a further report to Council following the public consultation period, or if no submissions are received, delegate to the CEO to adopt the Code of Meeting Practice as exhibited. 

Amendment:                         Moved: Clr Rhodes              Seconded: Clr Harle

That Council:

1.     Places the attached draft Code of Meeting Practice on public exhibition for 28 days with the amendments as shown below, and provides members of the community 42 days in which to comment:

a)    Replace Clause 15.14 (as shown below) with Clause 15.15 (as shown below);

                   15.14    All chairpersons of meetings of the council and committees of the council           are authorised under this code to expel any person, including any                       councillor    from a council or committee meeting, for the purposes of                      section 10(2)(b) of the Act.

                   15.15   All chairperson of meetings of the council and committees of the council              are authorised under this code to expel any person other than a                          councillor, from a council or committee meeting, for the purposes of                      section 10(2)(b) of the Act. Councillors may only be expelled by resolution            of the council or the committee of the council. 

b)    Remove Clause 5.14 and Clause 5.15 (non-mandatory clauses) as shown below; 

                   5.14     Where, prior to the commencement of a meeting, it becomes apparent                that a quorum may not be present at the meeting, or that the safety and                  welfare of councillors, council staff and members of the public may be put               at risk by attending the meeting because of a natural disaster (such as,         but not limited to flood or bushfire), the mayor may, in consultation with                            the CEO and, as far as is practicable, with each councillor, cancel the           meeting.  Where a meeting is cancelled, notice of the cancellation must                    be published on the council’s website and in such other manner that the                   council is    satisfied is likely to bring notice of the cancellation to the                                 attention of as many people as possible.

                   5.15     Where a meeting is cancelled under clause 5.14, the business to be                              considered at the meeting may instead be considered, where practicable,                       at the next ordinary meeting of the council or at an extraordinary meeting                         called under clause 3.3.

c)    Clause 5.22 to be changed to read:

With regards to webcast recording of each meeting of Council and Committee of Council, the webcasting recording is to be retained on Council’s website for a four year rolling term.

2.     Receives a further report to Council following the public consultation period, or if no submissions are received, delegate to the CEO to adopt the Code of Meeting Practice as exhibited. 

On being put to the meeting the Amendment (moved by Clr Rhodes) was declared LOST.

The Motion (moved by Clr Hadchiti) was then put to the meeting and was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council endorses the Civic Advisory Committee’s recommendation for the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research to be the recipient of the funds raised at the 2019 Liverpool City Council Charity Ball.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Hagarty

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.   Adopts the Draft Enterprise Risk Management Policy attached to this report; and

2.   Notes the Enterprise Risk Management Strategy attached to this report.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Kaliyanda

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council endorses the funding recommendation of $15,000 (GST exclusive) under the Corporate Sponsorship (Outgoing) Program for the following projects:

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Rhodes

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Receive and note the report on cultural connections between Roccella and Liverpool;

2.       Facilitate arrangements for a delegation from Liverpool to Calabria in July 2019 and with a report to come back to Council on the outcomes of the visit;

3.       Determine which Councillors will attend as members of the delegation; and 

4.       Endorse expenditure for this delegation of up to $25,000.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Ayyad                Seconded: Clr Hadchiti

That Council receive and note the report on cultural connections between Roccella and Liverpool.

Foreshadowed motion:       Moved: Clr Hagarty              Seconded Clr Kaliyanda

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the Motion (moved by Clr Ayyad) was declared CARRIED and the Foreshadowed motion (moved by Clr Hagarty) therefore lapsed.

RECOMMENDATION

That:

1.    Council remunerates members elected to represent Council on the Sydney Western City Planning Panel (and its successors) as follows:

(a)        a fee of $600 plus GST per meeting (inclusive of all work a panel member does for a meeting, including pre-reading, preparation, site visits, and attending the meeting including electronic meetings); and

(b)        $71 per hour plus GST for business that is undertaken outside of and not connected to a meeting

2.    Council also pay meeting attendance fees in cases where a member has carried out all work for a meeting, but is unable to attend the meeting due to unforeseen circumstances.

Clr Hagarty declared a pecuniary interest during this item and left the meeting at 8.27pm.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That Council receive and note the report.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receives and notes this report.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Hadid

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Approves the implementation of the additional at-grade car parking proposal at Woodward Park;

2.       Directs the CEO to include sufficient funds to implement the works in the 2019/20 budget;

3.       Approves the repurposing of 68 Speed Street, Liverpool (Lot 231 DP635209) as public car parking; and

4.       Delegates authority to the CEO to negotiate with the interested parties to achieve favourable commercial terms on 68 Speed Street in both financial outcome and public benefit, and advise councillors of progress through the CEO update process.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved Clr Hagarty               Seconded: Clr Hadchiti 

That Council:

1.    Approves the implementation of the additional at-grade car parking proposal at Woodward Park;

2.    Directs the CEO to include sufficient funds to implement the works in the 2019/20 budget;

3.    Approves the repurposing of 68 Speed Street, Liverpool (Lot 231 DP635209) as public car parking;

4.    Delegates authority to the CEO to negotiate with the interested parties to achieve favourable commercial terms on 68 Speed Street in both financial outcome and public benefit, and advise councillors of progress through the CEO update process;

5.    Advocates for the delivery of commitments in relation to commuter carparks as promised by the State Government; and

6.    Direct the CEO to bring a report to Council, listing all commitments made by the Government relating to the Liverpool LGA during the election campaigning period and also specifically related to the delivery of commuter carparking.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receives and notes the report.

COUNCIL DECISION

Moved:                                  Moved Clr Hadchiti              Seconded Clr Hagarty

That Council receive and accept the report and:

1.    Write to Sutherland Council seeking their support for the need for a koala corridor that links the Liverpool LGA and the Sutherland LGA through the Military owned land;

2.    Seek their support to also contact the Minister of Defence seeking support for a connecting corridor;

3.    Contact the Minister of Defence after the May election to maintain avocation for Koala corridor through the Defence land; and

4.    Report back to the July Council meeting on all outcomes.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receives and notes the Minutes of the Environment Advisory Committee Meeting held on 5 February 2019.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Receives and notes the Minutes of the Liverpool Youth Council Meeting held on 13 February 2019; and

2.       Endorses the appointment of Ms Madison Young as a member of the Liverpool Youth Council for the remainder of the 2018–2020 Liverpool Youth Council term.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receives and notes the Minutes of the Aboriginal Consultative Committee Meeting held on 7 February 2019.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council receives and notes the Minutes of the Strategic Panel Meeting held on 11 February 2019.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Rhodes              Seconded: Clr Harle

That the recommendation be adopted and that Council staff investigate improvements to  Strategic Panel meetings to allow sufficient time for General Business to be covered and report back to the next meeting.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.   Receives and notes the minutes of the Intermodal Committee meeting held on 14 February 2019; and

2.   Endorses the Committee recommendations asking Council to:

a)   Note the advice from the RMS and write to the RMS requesting consideration be given to a heavy vehicle inspection bay, similar to bays recently installed on Narellan Road and those existing on the Northern Road and other such roads in Metropolitan Sydney;

b)   Investigate whether it can reject any proposal by the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) to obtain ownership of Council’s local roads within the vicinity of the Moorebank Intermodal and in addition, obtain legal advice on whether it can be a party to the Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) between QUBE Holdings and the RMS; and

c)   Engage a suitably qualified consultant to peer review the air quality report by Dr Ben Altwood, whilst incorporating other data from local reports and Council’s air quality monitoring data, and report these findings back to the Intermodal Committee.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted with the following amendment:

In 2c (page 190 of the Agenda) add the words “and Council” at the end so that it reads:

c)    Engage a suitably qualified consultant to peer review the air quality report by Dr Ben Altwood, whilst incorporating other data from local reports and Council’s air quality monitoring data, and report these findings back to the Intermodal Committee and Council.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.    Receives and notes the Minutes of the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee Meeting held on 8 February 2019; and

2.    Endorses the recommendations in the Minutes.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council:

1.       Receives and notes the Minutes of the Tourism and CBD Meeting held on 5 February 2019; and

2.       Endorses the recommendations in the Minutes.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadid                 Seconded: Clr Ayyad

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Background

Liverpool has many small suburban streets. When vehicles park on the verge in these streets they are fined. When they park in these small streets, occasionally garbage trucks are unable to pass.

Please address the following:

What is the minimum width a street needs to be for a garbage truck to pass:

·         With no cars parked in it.

·         If a car is parked on one side.

·         If cars are parked on either side.

Response

Liverpool’s local streets are generally designed to cater for the width and turning circle of what is known as a “service vehicle” of 8.8m in length. Liverpool City Council garbage trucks are generally 9.5 - 9.9 metres long, 2.5 metres wide and have a minimum turning radius of 10.3 metres. This is slightly larger than the standard service vehicle for which most roads are designed.

The following table outlines the minimum street widths for garbage trucks to operate without hindrance, including situations in which there are parked vehicles.

Additional information

Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 3 – Geometric Design recommends a desirable general traffic lane width of 3.5 m for higher order roads such as arterial, sub-arterial and distributor roads carrying high traffic volumes and 3.0m for local streets in a low speed environment. These widths are sufficient for garbage trucks to utilise when un-obstructed.

Australian Standards AS 2890.5: 1993 Parking Facilities Part 5: On-Street Parking outlines requirements for on-street parking design and specifies minimum on-street parallel lane widths of 2.1 m for cars and 2.3 m for light commercial vehicles.

In addition to the Austroads Guidelines and Australian Standards, in 1995 the then Commonwealth Department of Housing and Regional Development established an expert panel to prepare an Australian Model Code for Residential Developments (AMCORD): A National Resource Document for Residential Development.  

The Code specifies the following requirements including carriageway widths for different classes of residential streets. The design of roads in older release areas such as West Hoxton, Wattle Grove and Prestons makes reference to the AMCORD requirements, as shown in the table below.

Table - Characteristics of Roads in Residential Subdivision Road Networks

Council’s current engineering design specification (Aus-Spec, 2001, NSW Development Design Specification D1 Geometric Road Design (Urban and Rural) adopts narrower carriageway widths of 6.5m to 7.0m wide inclusive of parking compared to the minimum recommended road width of 8.1m based on the Austroads Design Guides and Australian Standards.

Areas that have adopted these guidelines also typically utilise roll-top kerbs which can encourage vehicles to mount the kerb and park within the verge or across footpaths, which is illegal. The rationale behind roll-top kerbs is that it allows driveway crossings to be located anywhere along the street frontage. AMCORD and Council’s guidelines were based on the theory that a limited number of parked vehicles on the street would cause drivers to have to slow down to pass one-another thereby controlling speeding vehicles. This approach has had mixed success.

Council’s Development Control Plans for the new release areas including Edmondson Park, Middleton Grange, Austral, Leppington North and the East Leppington precincts, specify carriageways widths of 7.2m-9.0m. The 9.0m carriageway width would easily permit on-street parking on one side of local streets but often residents will park on both sides. The Austral and Leppington suburbs often require a barrier kerb and driveway cut-outs which makes mounting the kerb and parking illegally much more difficult.

Council is reviewing its current engineering design specifications and a report is being prepared for Council’s consideration regarding changes to road sections in the Growth Centres Development Control Plans (DCPs) to reflect the latest Austroads Design Guides and Australian Standards. The Growth Centres DCP is proposed to be amended to provide a width of 10.4m for local streets (inclusive of parking bays on both sides) and a width of 10.8m for collector roads (inclusive of parking bays on both sides). The Austral SEPP and DCP amendment Council report will provide more detail as to the proposed width of streets in the Austral and Leppington North areas.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hagarty              Seconded: Clr Rhodes 

That Council direct the CEO to bring back to Council a report by July on a suitable pilot area in the Liverpool LGA:

1.    Listing the streets and associated costs where it is practical to reduce the width of traffic islands;

2.    Identifying opportunities to pave portions of the nature strips to permit on-street parking spaces and explore other opportunities such as parking bays; and 

3.    Identifying how many car spaces we would get if the initiatives in this resolution was done in each suburb.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Please address the following:

1.         Noting Council’s ‘Busking Policy’ is shortly due for renewal in any event, please advise what steps wold be required, and to what extent it is thought feasible, to wholly or partially exempt persons of aboriginal descent from compliance with this policy?

A response to this Question with Notice will be provided in the 17 April 2019 Council meeting business papers.

Please address the following:

1.    Please in broad terms advise the extent to which it is feasible and cost effective to implement a program of progressive installation of solar panels on Council buildings?

2.    As a supplementary matter please also broadly advise whether the installation of energy storage batteries at any time in the foreseeable future would be beneficial?

A response to these Questions with Notice will be provided in the 17 April 2019 Council meeting business papers.

BACKGROUND

Council currently does not allow the placement of election corflutes on public property and despite this, corflutes, advertising candidates for State election has already cost Council rate payers money by the Council expense of having to remove the offending corflutes.

Every election this is a needless expense to rate payers and a waste of Council resources.

With the State, Federal and Local elections all due in 2019 to 2020 it is time Council took greater control through better, more clearly defined Liverpool Council regulations, governing the placement of political corflutes that should be promoted heavily on the Liverpool Council website.

Instead of Council and rate payers picking up the tab for the removal of offending corflutes, the candidates could be fined for the misplacement or non-removal of the corflutes to cover the Council expense of misplacement and removal and make the candidates themselves financially responsible rather than Liverpool rate payers.

It is important that Council support the citizen’s responsibility to vote at all elections and the placement of corflutes on public space in a controlled manner would address that public responsibility.

To better manage the process Council could impose limits to the number of corflutes per candidate, on any public property, or the candidate would be fined for each offending corflute at a substantial dollar amount per day for each day the offending number of corflutes are displayed.

Council could control through imposing fines in a similar manner on the commencement date for the permissible number of corflute placements and the date by which all corflutes should be removed or fines per day would be imposed upon the candidate.

Council could also, in time improve on the fine system by developing an identification of public property and an application to place corflute through a placement fee on all corflutes erected on public spaces.

Council could clearly advise on the Council website the governance of political corflutes that outlines:

a)    When the corflutes are permitted to be placed;

b)    When the corflutes have to come down;

c)    How many corflutes each candidate may place at each location; and

d)    The dollar amount fine for each offending corflute per day.

Having a limit to the maximum number of permissible corflutes per candidate permitted at any individual public space is a democratic approach that balances the Council’s responsibility to promote the need for citizens to vote, against the opportunity for any one particular candidate or party dominating to the exclusion of all other candidates or party’s opportunity to place corflutes at the same site.

NOTICE OF MOTION (Submitted by Councillor Rhodes and Councillor Harle)

That Council:

1.   Immediately allocate funds to update the Political Corflute Policy to include the following:

a)   Make available public property for the purpose of placement of political corflutes to advise citizens of their need to vote at a forthcoming election;

b)   Impose that each candidate or party can place no more than 4 corflutes at any one public site;

c)   Advise that a daily fine of ($ amount set by council) per day for each offending corflute will apply for each corflute that:

i)    Is outside the maximum number of permissible corflutes at any one public place; and

ii)   Is outside the permissible dates of placement and removal at any public place.

d)   Clearly advise the date for permissible commencement for placement of corflutes and the date of removal of corflutes; and

e)   Promote the policy update and imposed fines on the Home page of the Council website.

2.   Also Investigate and report back to the council meeting:

a)   The opportunity for Council to create an application process and suitable fees permitting Candidates and or Parties to apply to place no more than (4) corflutes to be placed at identified public spaces for election purposes and report back to Council by the May 2019 Council meeting on the viability, the cost to Council, the fees necessary to cover the Council expense of implementing an application system and the ongoing cost to Council to manage and maintain an application fee system of placement of corflutes for political elections; and

b)   If the system could be extended to meet the general public needs for private promotion of events, public meetings etc.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Rhodes              Seconded: Clr Harle

That Council investigate and report back to Council on the opportunity for Council to create an application process and suitable fees permitting constituents, including event holders to apply to place no more than (4) signs to be placed at identified public spaces for advertising purposes or promotion of events. 

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared LOST.

BACKGROUND

Council currently maintains a record of all motions passed by resolution by Council that were submitted as Notice of Motions. It does not include motions passed by resolution from the floor at each Council meeting.

The list of motions submitted and passed by resolution at Council is a helpful record for reference to both Councillors and the general public.

By Council not including all motions and resolutions from each Council Meeting on the one list means that to find such details of those motions that were not submitted as a notice of motion but were raised from the Council Meeting floor, Councillors and the Public have to search through Council meeting minutes to find the details to follow up at a later date.

It would be in the best interest of Liverpool for all the resolutions from the floor and the Notices of motions to appear on the one Council maintained list.

NOTICE OF MOTION (Submitted by Councillor Rhodes and Councillor Harle)

That Council prepare, maintain and make available to Councillors and the public a record of all Council Motions passed by resolution at Council meetings that includes Notices of Motions and Motions raised from the floor at each Council Meeting.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Rhodes              Seconded: Clr Harle

That the document which lists the Council minutes from each year be posted on Council’s website and Councillors Intranet.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

BACKGROUND

Parking meters were introduced into the CBD some 8 years ago with the ultimate aim of building more car parking spaces via a multi storey parking station.

Since that time, besides for some at grade parking, no multi storey car park has been built or planned.

The Bathurst Street extension and the closure of Pirie Street which would have accommodated a car parking station seem to have stalled.

Given that Council has not delivered on building a multi storey parking station, visitors to the CBD should no longer be burdened with paying car parking fees.

NOTICE OF MOTION (Submitted by Councillor Hadchiti)

That Council effective 1^st July 2019 switch off all parking meters currently in operation.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Hadid 

That the recommendation be adopted.

Foreshadowed Motion        Moved: Clr Hagarty              Seconded: Clr Karnib

That Council effective 1 July 2019 direct all revenue raised from parking meters to parking related activities.

Foreshadowed Motion        Moved: Clr Rhodes               Seconded: Clr Harle

That Council

1.    Retain the on-street parking meters with all funds going into a special reserve fund for parking;

2.    Investigate and report back to Council on the following:

                 i.       Identifiable suitable Council land to build a public car park in the Liverpool CBD large enough to accommodate all the current on-street parking plus further parking space to accommodate up to 3 times the number of the on-street parking spaces;

                ii.       Investigate the most competitive costs utilising internationally advanced construction of public parking facilities;

               iii.       Investigate all possible funding and or PP’s to develop a final parking and traffic flow solution that shifts the on-street parking in the Liverpool CBD to a Public Parking Station, permitting the CBD streets free of parked cars to move better and create a better traffic flow into and out of the CBD; and

              iv.       Include in the report a financial plan where it shows that it would be possible to pay off the public car park facility utilising the funds collected for parking from the station.

Foreshadowed Motion         Moved: Clr Ayyad                Seconded: Clr Hadid   

That Council:

1.    Increase the 15-minute free time limit currently in place to 30 minutes; and

2.    That all revenue from carparking go to parking related activities.

On being put to the meeting the Motion (moved by Clr Hadchiti) was declared LOST.

Division called (for the motion moved by Clr Hadchiti):

Vote for:         Clr Ayyad

                        Clr Hadchiti

                        Clr Hadid  

Vote against: Mayor Waller

                        Clr Hagarty

                        Clr Harle

                        Clr Kaliyanda

                        Clr Karnib

                        Clr Rhodes

                        Clr Shelton

Note: Clr Balloot was not in the meeting when this item was voted on.

The Foreshadowed motion (moved by Clr Hagarty) then became the Motion and on being put to the meeting was declared CARRIED.

The Foreshadowed Motions moved by Clrs Rhodes and Ayyad therefore lapsed.

BACKGROUND

Council has previously introduced a compliance levy payable at lodgement of all development applications.

The compliance levy is just another burden on home ownership and along with the increase in Section 94 (7.11) fees Council adopted recently, the dream of owning your own home just seems to get further away.

NOTICE OF MOTION (Submitted by Councillor Hadchiti)

That Council effective 1^st July 2019 cease applying the compliance levy on development applications.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Hadchiti             Seconded: Clr Hadid 

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared LOST.

Division called:

Vote for:         Clr Ayyad

                        Clr Hadchiti

                        Clr Hadid

Vote against: Mayor Waller

                        Clr Hagarty

                        Clr Harle

                        Clr Kaliyanda

                        Clr Karnib

                        Clr Rhodes

                        Clr Shelton  

Note: Clr Balloot was not in the meeting when this item was voted on.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council: 

1.   In accordance with clause 178(1)(b) of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005 declines to accept any of the tenders received for Tender RCL2785 – Vehicle Hydraulic Services, and RCL2784 – Supply of External Vehicles Servicing & Repairs including Registration Check Services;

2.   In accordance with Section 178(3)(e) of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, delegates authority to the CEO or her nominee to enter into negotiations with local suppliers (whether or not the company was a tenderer), with a view to entering into a contract or panel arrangement in relation to Vehicle Hydraulic Services and External Vehicle Servicing & Repairs, including Registration Checks;

3.   In accordance with clause 178(4) of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, notes that the reasons for entering into negotiations and not calling fresh tenders are:

a.   The market response was not as expected, resulting in insufficient submissions to form a panel arrangement.

b.   Local offerings within the Liverpool LGA have not been fully explored. By proceeding with direct negotiations, Council will be able to engage with local suppliers and promote awareness of Council’s purchasing procedures,  facilitating local economic development in the process.

4.   Makes public its decision regarding Tender RCL2785 – Vehicle Hydraulic Services, and RCL2784 – Supply of External Vehicles Servicing & Repairs including Registration Check Services; and

5.   Keeps confidential the details supplied in this report containing information on the submissions received, pursuant to the provisions of section 10A(2)(d)(i) of the Local Government Act 1993 as it contains commercial information of a confidential nature that would, if disclosed, prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied it.

COUNCIL DECISION

Motion:                                  Moved: Clr Shelton              Seconded: Clr Hadid

That the recommendation be adopted.

On being put to the meeting the motion was declared CARRIED.

Councillors voted unanimously for this motion.

Note: Clr Balloot was not in the meeting when this item was voted on.