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MINUTES

City Infrastructure Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Wednesday, 16 November 2016 at 5:04 pm

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

City Infrastructure Committee Meeting

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16/11/2016

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

1.        Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy  Error! Bookmark not defined.

2.        Confirmation of Minutes. Error! Bookmark not defined.

3.        Consideration of Supplementary Items. Error! Bookmark not defined.

4.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. Error! Bookmark not defined.

5.        Transfer of Agenda Items. Error! Bookmark not defined.

6          Reports. Error! Bookmark not defined.

6.1     McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre - Draft Good Neighbour Agreement Error! Bookmark not defined.

6.2     Road Naming - Amendment to Policy. Error! Bookmark not defined.

6.3     D'Arcy Street Roundabout Upgrade - Response to Petition. Error! Bookmark not defined.

6.4     Cycling South Meeting Minutes - 17 August 2016. Error! Bookmark not defined.

7          Motions of which Notice has been Given. Error! Bookmark not defined.

7.1     Plastic Pollution. Error! Bookmark not defined.

8          Committee Action Status Report. Error! Bookmark not defined.

8.1     Committee Actions - Status Report Error! Bookmark not defined.

9.        Responses to Questions without Notice. Error! Bookmark not defined.

10.     Questions without Notice. Error! Bookmark not defined.

11.     Closed Portion of the Meeting.. Error! Bookmark not defined.

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

City Infrastructure Committee Meeting

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16/11/2016

 

 

Minutes of the City Infrastructure Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 at 5:04 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Burnet (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

Reynolds

Denison

Harvey

 

 

 

PRESENT: Alderman H C Burnet (Chairman), the Deputy Lord Mayor Alderman R G Christie, A M Reynolds, T M Denison, W F Harvey, P S Cocker and E R Ruzicka.

 

APOLOGIES: Nil.

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

 

ALDERMEN

Lord Mayor  Hickey

Zucco

Briscoe

Ruzicka

Sexton

Cocker

Thomas

 

The Deputy Lord Mayor arrived at the meeting at 5:04 pm and was present for items 3 to 11.

 

Alderman Reynolds left the meeting at 5:04 pm after declaring an interest in item 6.1 and returned a 5:10 pm.

1.       Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy

 

No Aldermen were co-opted to the committee.

2.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

Harvey

 

That the minutes of the Open Portion of the City Infrastructure Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 26 October 2016, be confirmed as an accurate record.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

The minutes were signed.

 

 

3.       Consideration of Supplementary Items

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(6) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

Recommendation

 

That the Committee resolve to deal with any supplementary items not appearing on the agenda, as reported by the General Manager.

 

No supplementary items were received.

 

 

 

 

4.       Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

Ref: Part 2, Regulation 8(7) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

 

Aldermen are requested to indicate where they may have any pecuniary or conflicts of interest in respect to any matter appearing on the agenda, or any supplementary item to the agenda, which the committee has resolved to deal with.

 

OR

The following interest was indicated:

 

1.    Alderman Reynolds - item 6.1.

 

 

 

5.       Transfer of Agenda Items

Regulation 15 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

 

A committee may close a part of a meeting to the public where a matter to be discussed falls within 15(2) of the above regulations.

 

In the event that the committee transfer an item to the closed portion, the reasons for doing so should be stated.

 

Are there any items which should be transferred from this agenda to the closed portion of the agenda, or from the closed to the open portion of the agenda?

 

No items were transferred.

 

6        Reports

 

6.1      McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre - Draft Good Neighbour Agreement

            File Ref: F16/124967; 44-1-1

HARVEY

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Cleansing & Solid Waste Policy Coordinator, Manager Cleansing & Solid Waste and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 11 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The Draft McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre Good Neighbour Agreement, marked as Attachment A to item 6.1 of the Open City Infrastructure Committee agenda of 16 November 2016, be endorsed and released for public comment.

2.    Following the public comment period, the final Agreement be submitted to the Council for adoption.

 

Delegation:  Council

 

 

6.2      Road Naming - Amendment to Policy

            File Ref: F16/118341

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Road and Environmental Engineering and the Director City Infrastructure of 11 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Council endorse the amendments to the policy titled Road Naming, as shown in revisions format in Attachment D to item 6.2 of the Open City Infrastructure Committee agenda of 16 November 2016.

 

Delegation:  Council

 

 

 

6.3      D'Arcy Street Roundabout Upgrade - Response to Petition

            File Ref: F16/126016

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Traffic Engineering and the Director City Infrastructure of 11 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:  1.     The Council endorse the continuation of those projects currently proposed at the intersection of D’Arcy Street, Washington Street and Macquarie Streets, South Hobart, as programmed.

2.    The organiser of the petition be notified of the Council’s decision.

 

Delegation:  Council

 

 

 

6.4      Cycling South Meeting Minutes - 17 August 2016

            File Ref: F16/126920

HARVEY

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Director City Infrastructure of 11 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

 

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That that the information contained in the memorandum of the Director City Infrastructure in relation to the Cycling South Meeting Minutes of 17 August 2016, be received and noted.

 

Delegation:     Committee

 

7.       Motions of which Notice has been Given

 

7.1      Plastic Pollution

            File Ref: F16/128271

HARVEY

That the motion outlined in item 7.1 of the Open City Infrastructure Committee agenda of 16 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

Motion:

 

That:     1.    A report be prepared on amendments to the Health and Environmental Services By-law 2008 (or other relevant policy area) to examine the effectiveness of a phase out and subsequent ban on non-compostable single-use food packaging in reducing the impacts of plastic on human health, biodiversity and ocean ecology.

 

2.    The report include a time line for implementation of appropriate measures by 2020.

 

3.    The report also address the requirement for retailers to phase out the sale of identified problem plastic items and replace them with more appropriate items to reduce domestic single-use of plastics.

                       

Rationale:

 

“Plastic pollution is now widely recognised as a major threat to human health, biodiversity and ocean ecology. Much of the disposable items society uses, ends up as landfill, but much becomes litter that makes its way to the ocean, where over time it breaks down into smaller digestible pieces. It is well understood that this is a threat to marine and sea bird species and also human health as it bio-accumulates its way through the food chain.

 

Plastics and micro plastics are found in all parts of the world including remote beaches in Tasmania. The South West Marine Debris Clean-up has been documenting the issue for the last 14 years and have collected and recorded enormous amounts of data.

 

The Australian not-for-profit Tangaroablue has been running an inventory and collecting data on marine pollution since 2004 and estimate there are more than 18,000 pieces of plastic in every square kilometre of ocean.

 

Source: www.tangaroablue.org

 

UNESCO see marine pollution as a serious threat to biodiversity and human health.

 

“Marine plastic pollution poses a direct threat to the balance of marine ecosystems and human health. Plastic has direct and indirect negative impacts on biodiversity, and as plastic waste enters the food chain through unsuspecting channels such as micro-particles, an environmental issue transforms into a major challenge to human health and livelihood. It has therefore become essential to better understand the causes and effects of marine plastic pollution, in order to take effective action towards reducing its impacts. Preserving ocean health means preserving human well-being.”

 

Source: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-oceans-day-2016/resources/plastic-pollution/

 

The US not-for-profit ‘Plastic Pollution Coalition’ is another organisation that has been raising awareness and calling for action for a number of years. The following information is an informative overview and applicable to Australia. http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

 

Why is plastic harmful?

 

Plastic never goes away.

Plastic is a durable material made to last forever, yet illogically, 33 percent of it is used once and then thrown away.

 

Plastic cannot biodegrade; it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Disposed plastic materials can remain in the environment for up to 2,000 years and longer.

 

Source: DiGregorio, Barry E. "Biobased Performance Bioplastic: Mirel," Chemistry & Biology 2009    

 

Plastic spoils our groundwater.

There are thousands of landfills in the United States [and Australia]. Buried beneath each one of them, plastic leachate full of toxic chemicals is seeping into groundwater and flowing downstream into lakes and rivers.

 

There are long-term risks of contamination of soils and groundwater by some additives and breakdown by-products in plastics, which can become persistent organic pollutants.

 

Source: Hopewell, Jefferson; Dvorak, Robert; Kosior, Edward. "Plastics Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities," Biological Sciences 14 June 2009

 

Plastic attracts other pollutants.

Manufacturers' additives in plastics, like flame retardants, BPAs and PVCs, can leach their own toxicants. These oily poisons repel water and stick to petroleum-based objects like plastic debris.

 

Fish, exposed to a mixture of polyethylene with chemical pollutants absorbed from the marine environment, bioaccumulate these chemical pollutants and suffer liver toxicity and pathology.

 

Source: Rochman, Chelsea "Ingested Plastic Transfers Hazardous Chemicals to Fish and Induces Hepatic Stress," Scientific Reports 2013

 

Plastic threatens wildlife.

Entanglement, ingestion and habitat disruption all result from plastic ending up in the spaces where animals live. In our oceans alone, plastic debris outweighs zooplankton by a ratio of 36-to-1.

 

Over 260 species, including invertebrates, turtles, fish, seabirds and mammals, have been reported to ingest or become entangled in plastic debris, resulting in impaired movement and feeding, reduced reproductive output, lacerations, ulcers and death.

 

Source: Thompson, Richard C.; Moore, Charles J.; vom Saal, Frederick S.; Swan, Shanna H. "Plastics, the Environment and Human Health: Current Consensus and Future Trends," Biological Sciences 14 June 2009 

 

Plastic piles up in the environment.

Americans discard more than 30 million tons of plastic a year. Only 8 percent of that gets recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, is incinerated, or becomes the invasive species known as 'litter.’

 

More than 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing over 250,000 tons afloat at sea.

 

Source: Eriksen, Marcus; Lebreton, Laurent C. M.; Carson, Henry S.; Thiel, Martin; Moore, Charles J.; Borerro, Jose C.; Galgani, Francois; Ryan, Peter G.; Reisser, Julia. "Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans," PLoS One 10 Dec. 2014

 

Plastic poisons our food chain.

Even plankton, the tiniest creatures in our oceans, are eating microplastics and absorbing their toxins. The substance displaces nutritive algae that creatures up the food chain require.

 

Contaminated plastics when ingested by marine species present a credible route by which the POPs can enter the marine food web.

 

Source: Andrady, Anthony L. "Microplastics in the Marine Environment," Marine Pollution Bulletin 2011

 

Plastic affects human health.

Chemicals leached by plastics are in the blood and tissue of nearly all of us. Exposure to them is linked to cancers, birth defects, impaired immunity, endocrine disruption and other ailments.

 

Two broad classes of plastic-related chemicals are of critical concern for human health—bisphenol-A or BPA, and additives used in the synthesis of plastics, which are known as phthalates.

 

Source: "Perils of Plastics: Risks to Human Health and the Environment," Arizona State University Biodesign Institute 18 March 2010.

 

Plastic costs billions to abate.

Everything suffers: tourism, recreation, business, the health of humans, animals, fish and birds—because of plastic pollution. The financial damage continuously being inflicted is inestimable.

 

The overall natural capital cost of plastic use in the consumer goods sector each year is US$75 billion.

 

Source: United Nations Environment Programme "Plastic Waste Causes Financial Damage of US$13 Billion to Marine

 

The City of Hobart already insists that compostable packaging is used at the Taste Festival and many food vans and cafes operating in Hobart would already comply with such a regulation.

 

Nevertheless, numerous food outlets still continue to use throw-a-way plastic containers and other single use plastic items.

 

Insisting that compostable packaging is used across the city seems a logical step in reducing plastic consumption and pollution.

 

It would demonstrate our commitment to reducing non-organic waste from being created and support the councils Zero Waste to Landfill Strategy 2030.

 

In September this year France, announced that it would introduce a ban on all disposable plastic dishes, cups and utensils. This is a groundbreaking initiative and they are to be congratulated.

 

While France may be the first country to act, many cities across the USA have also introduced local regulations to prevent plastics and Styrofoam pollution.

 

Hobart City would not be a pioneer in this area globally, but could set the ball rolling in Australia to curb a major source of plastic pollution.”

 

The General Manager reports:

 

“In line with the Council’s policy in relation to Notices of Motion, I advise that the matter is considered to be within the jurisdiction of the Hobart City Council as it aligns with Goal 3.2 of the Capital City Strategic Plan 2015 - 2025, Strong environmental stewardship.”

 

 Delegation:  Council

8        Committee Action Status Report

 

8.1      Committee Actions - Status Report

            File Ref: F16/127452

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Direct City Infrastructure of 9 November 2016, be adopted.

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the information be received and noted.

 

 Delegation:    Committee

9.       Responses to Questions without Notice

Regulation 29(3) Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.
File Ref: 13-1-10

 

9.1    Parking Spaces for Outdoor Dining

          File Ref: F16/125872; 13-1-10

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR

That the information be received and noted.

 

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

 

10.     Questions without Notice

Section 29 of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015.

File Ref: 13-1-10

 

10.1    40km/h Speed Limits on Hobart Streets

            File Ref: 13-1-10

 

REYNOLDS

Question:    In reference to item 14 of the Open Council Meeting Minutes of 7 September 2016 titled Hill Street/Arthur Street, West Hobart – Traffic Issues, requesting the Council investigate a 40km per hour speed limit for all residential areas within the Hobart municipal area, could you please advise when will the report be presented?

Answer:       The Director City Infrastructure took the question on notice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.     Closed Portion of the Meeting

 

The following items were discussed: -

 

Item No. 1          Minutes of the last meeting of the Closed Portion of the Council Meeting

Item No. 2          Consideration of supplementary items to the agenda

Item No. 3          Indications of pecuniary and conflicts of interest

Item No. 4          Committee Action Status Report

Item No. 4.1       Committee Actions - Status Report

LG(MP)R 15(2)(f)

Item No. 5          Questions Without Notice

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR                                                   That the items be noted.

 

                        MOTION CARRIED

                        VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Burnet

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Christie

 

Reynolds

 

Denison

 

Harvey

 

 

 

 

   

The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 5:29 pm to conduct the closed portion of the meeting.

 

The meeting was reconvened at 5:30 pm.

 

Item 11 was then taken.

 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 5:30 pm.

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
30th DAY OF november 2016.

CHAIRMAN