Minutes (Open Portion)

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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6/12/2018

Minutes (Open Portion)

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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6/12/2018

LORD MAYOR REYNOLDS

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting held on Thursday, 6 September 2018, be confirmed as an accurate record.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

6.1      Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 - Review of Meeting Times

PROCEDURAL MOTION

THOMAS

That due to the absence of two current members of the Parks and Recreation Committee, the matter be deferred to the next ordinary meeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday 10 January 2019 for determination.

PROCEDURAL MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That due to the absence of two current members of the Parks and Recreation Committee, the matter be deferred to the next ordinary meeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday 10 January 2019 for determination.

6.2      Review of the Dog Management Strategy 2014-2018

THOMAS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Development Compliance and the Director City Planning of 29 November 2018, be adopted with the following amendments to the proposed new City of Hobart Dog Management Policy 2019-2023 shown as Attachment A and the Proposed Declared Areas shown as Attachment B to item 6.2 of the Open Parks and Recreation Committee agenda of 6 December 2018:

1.    City of Hobart Dog Management Policy 2019-2023:

       Clause 9 titled List of Declared Areas, Restricted Areas, Beaches to read as follows:

“Beaches

Dogs are permitted off-lead between 7:00pm and 10:00am during daylight savings time and between 3:00pm and 10:00am at all other times.

Dogs are permitted on-lead between 10:00am and 7:00pm during daylight savings time and between 10:00am and 3:00pm at all other times.

·         Nutgrove Beach”

2.    Dog Control Act 2000:

       Clause 28 titled Prohibited Public Areas, Restricted Areas, Beaches  to read as follows:

“Beaches

Dogs are permitted off-lead between 7:00pm and 10:00am during daylight savings time and between 3:00pm and 10:00am at all other times.

Dogs are permitted on-lead between 10:00am and 7:00pm during daylight savings time and between 10:00am and 3:00pm at all other times.

·         Nutgrove Beach”

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    Pursuant to section 7(3) of the Dog Control Act 2000, the Council notes the public submissions received during the public consultation period and provided under separate cover.

2.    Council endorse the draft policy marked as Attachment A and the proposed declared areas marked as Attachment B to item 6.2 of the Open Parks and Recreation Committee agenda of 6 December 2018 for release for public comment, inclusive of the following variations:

(a)     City of Hobart Dog Management Policy 2019-2023:

Clause 9 titled List of Declared Areas, Restricted Areas, Beaches to read as follows:

Beaches

Dogs are permitted off-lead between 7:00pm and 10:00am during daylight savings time and between 3:00pm and 10:00am at all other times.

Dogs are permitted on-lead between 10:00am and 7:00pm during daylight savings time and between 10:00am and 3:00pm at all other times.

·         Nutgrove Beach

(b)     Dog Control Act 2000:

          Clause 28 titled Prohibited Public Areas, Restricted Areas, Beaches  to read as follows:

Beaches

Dogs are permitted off-lead between 7:00pm and 10:00am during daylight savings time and between 3:00pm and 10:00am at all other times.

Dogs are permitted on-lead between 10:00am and 7:00pm during daylight savings time and between 10:00am and 3:00pm at all other times.

·         Nutgrove Beach

3.    The draft policy and proposed declared areas be advertised by public notice in accordance with the requirements of the Dog Control Act 2000 for not less than 15 business days commencing on 5 January 2019.

4.    A further report be prepared for consideration by the Council following the advertisement of the draft policy and proposed declared areas.

Attachment

a.   Deputation Supporting Information - Marea Fox representing the Girrabong Road/Firth Road Park Group - Item 6.2 - Review of the Dog Management Strategy 2014-2018 ⇨  

6.3      Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre - Variation to 2018-2019 Fees and Charges - Rehabilitation Fee

DUTTA

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Council’s 2018-2019 fees and charges schedule in respect to the provision of Rehabilitation Personal Training sessions at the Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre, be amended from $75 per session to $89 per session (inclusive of GST).

6.4      Fuel Break Augmentation - Fern Tree

THOMAS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Fire and Biodiversity, the Group Manager Open Space and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The report on community engagement for the extension of the fuel break guidelines into the wet forest areas of Fern Tree area be noted.

2.    The adoption of the Tasmania Fire Service Fuel Break Guidelines be extended to the wet eucalypt forests of the Fern Tree area.

3.    Establishment of fire breaks be undertaken on City-owned land in the Fern Tree area in accordance with these guidelines. 

4.    Works be undertaken in 2018-19 at an estimated cost of $220,000, to be funded from the current allocation with the Fire and Biodiversity Budget Function.

5.    The annual funding for the maintenance of the fuel break program be increased by $44,000 to reflect the additional area and treatment required with this extension.

6.    City Officers undertake further engagement to inform, educate the public and enforce private landholders adjacent to the fuel break network for the treatment of fuels on private land. 

6.5      New Town Sports Precinct - Draft Master Plan

SHERLOCK

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Recreation and Projects, the Manager Parks and Recreation and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The draft master plan for the New Town Sports Precinct (encompassing New Town Oval, Hobart Netball and Sports Centre, Buckingham Bowls Club and New Town Croquet Club), marked at Attachment A to item 6.5 of the Open Parks and Recreation Committee agenda , be endorsed for public release for community engagement.

            2.    A further report be provided to the Council following community engagement for endorsement of the plan.

6.6      Swan Street Park, North Hobart - Proposed Refurbishment

THOMAS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Capital Works Officer, the Manager Parks and Recreation and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the draft concept plan for the refurbishment of Swan Street Park, North Hobart, marked as Attachment A to item 6.6 of the Open Parks and Recreation Committee agenda of 6 December 2018, be endorsed for public release for community engagement.

6.7      Soldiers Memorial Oval Community Hub, Queens Domain - Proposed Name 'Legacy Park'

THOMAS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The Council endorse the assignment of the name ‘Legacy Park’ to the City’s new community hub, located on the Queens Domain, positioned between the Soldiers Memorial Oval, Soldiers Memorial Avenue and the Domain Athletics Centre.

2.    Pursuant to the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944, the Council recommend to the Nomenclature Board the name ‘Legacy Park’ be assigned to the new park.

6.8      HC Smith Stand, TCA Ground -  New Lease with Reduced Lease Area - North Hobart Cricket Club

EWIN

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Recreation and Projects, the Manager Parks and Recreation and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    A new lease to the North Hobart Cricket Club over part of the HC Smith Stand, TCA Ground for a period of five (5) years, with a further five (5) year option, at a nominal annual rental, be approved in principle.

2.    The General Manager be authorised to finalise terms and conditions with the North Hobart Cricket Club.

3.    Pursuant to Sections 178 and 179 of the Local Government Act 1993, community consultation be undertaken in accordance with the Act, noting that any objections received are required to presented back to the Council for consideration.

4.    In accordance with the Council Policy ‘Grants and Benefits Disclosure’ any benefit recognised as part of the new lease be disclosed in the City’s Annual Report.

6.9      Ham Common, Tolmans Hill  - Proposed Sub-lease to Van Diemen Archers for the Purposes of Establishing an Archery Field

EWIN

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Recreation and Projects, the Manager Parks and Recreation and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    In-principle approval for a ten (10) year lease extension, with a further ten (10) year option, for a lease over Ham Common, Tolmans Hill be granted to the Christ College Trust (Collegiate School) from the expiry of their current lease in 2038, at a nominal annual rental.

(i)      Should a new lease be approved, the value of the reduced rental to the Club be recorded in the City’s Annual Report in accordance with the Council Policy ‘Grants and Benefits Disclosure’.

2.    Community engagement be undertaken pursuant to Sections 178 and 179 of the Local Government Act 1993.

(i)      Upon conclusion of the community engagement process,

(a)     Should no objections be received, the General Manager be authorised to finalise the terms and conditions of the lease; or alternatively

(b)     Should objections be received, a further report be provided to the Council on the matter.

3.    Landlord approval be granted for Christ College Trust to negotiate a sub-lease over part of the site to the Van Diemen Archers, at a nominal annual rental for the first 10 years, to allow for the future development of an archery field and associated facilities, subject to the Van Diemen Archers securing all statutory permits.

6.10    Hobart Netball and Sports Centre - Request for Extension of Lease

DUTTA

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Recreation and Projects, the Manager Parks and Recreation and the Director Parks and City Amenity of 29 November 2018, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    In-principle approval for a ten (10) year lease extension to the Southern Tasmanian Netball Association for a lease over the Hobart Netball and Sports Centre be granted, from the expiry of their current lease in 2026, at a nominal annual rental.

(i)      Should a new lease be approved, the value of the reduced rental to the Association be recorded in the City’s Annual Report in accordance with the Council Policy ‘Grants and Benefits Disclosure’.

2.    Community engagement be undertaken pursuant to Sections 178 and 179 of the Local Government Act 1993.

(i)       Upon conclusion of the community engagement process,

(a)     Should no objections be received, the General Manager be authorised to finalise the terms and conditions of the lease; or alternatively

(b)     Should objections be received, a further report be provided to the Council on the matter.

7.1      kunanyi/Mount Wellington - Organ Pipes

LORD MAYOR REYNOLDS

That in accordance with Council’s policy, the following Notice of Motion which was adopted by the Parks and Recreation Committee, be considered by the Council, as amended by an additional clause to read as follows:

(iii)    The report to also investigate and ascertain who is the correct party to formally make the nomination to seek a national heritage listing or inclusion in the South West World Heritage area.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

Motion:

“That a report be prepared to consider the merits or otherwise

(i)    Of seeking national heritage listing for the Organ Pipes of kunanyi/Mount Wellington and/or

(ii)   An extension of the South West World Heritage area to include the Wellington Park; and

(iii)  The report to also investigate and ascertain who is the correct party to formally make the nomination to seek a national heritage listing or inclusion in the South West World Heritage area.

Rationale:

“Community interest in Hobart in protecting the natural values of the park is very high and the Wellington Park Management plan recognises this.

“The high value placed on the natural character of the Park by the community and its roles in defining ‘a sense of place’ for Hobart and Southern Tasmania”

Wellington Park Management Plan 2013 (WPMP2013) p.59.

“The considerable aesthetic value of the Park based on both the scale and grandeur of its natural setting, and the texture, colour and character of its component parts”

“In addition to Mount Wellington, Wellington Park features a number of outstanding topographic landmarks such as .. the Organ Pipes” (WPMP2013) p.26.

“The Organ Pipes a spectacular example of an exposed large-scale columnar dolerite sill” (WPMP2013) p.29.

The management plan envisions a nomination for the park as part of the national heritage

“Landscape/Aesthetic Values Policy/Actions

 6.   Consider preparing an application for Natural Heritage Listing for the Park, based upon the Park’s identified natural and cultural (including landscape and social) values.” (WPMP2013) p.84.

Financial

If the Organ Pipes were considered to be part of the National Estate, there will be more opportunities to access federal funds. The Trust is not a well resourced body and struggles to meet its obligations and the management plan acknowledges that:

13.3.3.1     “It is incumbent upon the Trust to consider future strategic financial opportunities for increasing its available resource”

Similarly, if the Park formed part of the SW world heritage area considerable advantages including financial would occur.

A number of community organisations have done considerable work that they will share that would enable a report to be written fairly quickly.

National Heritage List Criteria

The National Heritage criteria against which the heritage values of a place are assessed are:

a.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history

b.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history

c.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history

d.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:

i.     a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or

ii.    a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments;

e.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group

f.     the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period

g.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons

h.    the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia's natural or cultural history

i.     the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance as part of Indigenous tradition.”

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 relates to Council owned land.”

7.2      Girrabong Park

SHERLOCK

That in accordance with Council’s policy, the following Notice of Motion which was adopted by the Parks and Recreation Committee, be considered by the Council.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

Motion:

“A report be prepared on the opportunities to have the Girrabong Park redeveloped.  The report should include detail on the costs, options and alternatives associated with the redevelopment of the Park to accommodate the needs of both dog owners and the broader community (including children) who wish to use the Park.”

Rationale:

“An ongoing issue that requires resolution as a result of petitions received from members of the community who are dog owners and those who wish to use the park for other purposes. In the interest of making accommodation for the community at large, it is imperative that a report is produced that attempts to address the issues of the community, from both sides.

In responding to this, it is proposed that Council officers look at the size of the Park and its capacity to meet the needs of the wider community – those with dogs and those without.  In so doing, Council officers would provide information on the design alternatives to address the conflicting usage (fences etc. – and other issues, as outlined in the petitions.) The report would also detail the level (and type) of engagement we would undertake to inform the design development, if the area is found to be large enough to accommodate both usages.

The report could also include considerations associated with both the Park and the Dog Management Plan.”

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 relates to Council owned land.”

8.1      Committee Actions - Status Report

DUTTA

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD