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MINUTES

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Monday, 4 March 2019 at 3:30 pm

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

Page 2

 

4/3/2019

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

1.        Co-Option of a Committee Member in the event of a vacancy  3

2.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 3

3.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 4

4.        Reports. 4

4.1     Fern Tree Park Master Plan Implementation - Response to Petition -  Retention of Bus Shelter and Sympathetic Redesign of New Toilet 4

4.2     Cable Car Proposal - Authorities to Enter 5

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

Page 3

 

4/03/2019

 

 

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Monday, 4 March 2019 at 3:30 pm in the Lady Osborne Room, Town Hall.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Briscoe (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Thomas

Ewin

Sherlock

 

 

 

PRESENT: Alderman J R Briscoe (Chairman), the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, Alderman D T Thomas, Councillor H Ewin, Z Sherlock the Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, Alderman T M Denison and Councillor W F Harvey.

 

APOLOGIES: Nil.

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

 

 

 

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Zucco

Sexton

Denison

Harvey

Behrakis

Dutta

 

Councillor Sherlock joined the meeting at 3:31 pm and was not present for item 1.

 

 

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

No Elected Members were co-opted to the Committee.

 
2.       Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest

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

 

Members of the Committee 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.

 

No interest was indicated.

OR

 

 

3.       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?

 

 

 

4.       Reports

 

4.1      Fern Tree Park Master Plan Implementation - Response to Petition -  Retention of Bus Shelter and Sympathetic Redesign of New Toilet

            File Ref: F19/18966

EWIN

 

That:   1.     The implementation of the Fern Tree Park Master Plan proceed as planned with the General Manager to be delegated authority to negotiate any minor contractual amendments that might be required.

2.    Subject to Clause 1:

a.         Investigations be undertaken to have stone applied as the exterior cladding of the new toilet facilities.

b.         An interpretation panel be designed and installed on the exterior of the new toilet which recognises the history of the Fern Tree Park and the construction of the bus shelter by the local community following the 1967 bushfires.

c.         The Fern Tree community be consulted in relation to the proposed exterior cladding and the interpretation panels.

3.    The petitioner and signatories to the petition and Fern Tree residents be notified of the Council’s decision.

 

MOTION CARRIED

 

 

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Thomas

 

Ewin

 

Sherlock

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

 

That:   1.     The implementation of the Fern Tree Park Master Plan proceed as planned with the General Manager to be delegated authority to negotiate any minor contractual amendments that might be required.

2.    Subject to Clause 1:

a.    Investigations be undertaken to have stone applied as the exterior cladding of the new toilet facilities.

b.    An interpretation panel be designed and installed on the exterior of the new toilet which recognises the history of the Fern Tree Park and the construction of the bus shelter by the local community following the 1967 bushfires.

c.    The Fern Tree community be consulted in relation to the proposed exterior cladding and the interpretation panels.

3.    The petitioner and signatories to the petition and Fern Tree residents be notified of the Council’s decision.

 

Delegation:     Council

 

 

 

 

4.2      Cable Car Proposal - Authorities to Enter

            File Ref: F19/22569

THOMAS

That the recommendation contained in the memorandum of the General Manager of 1 March 2019, be adopted, as amended by the insertion of an additional clause to read as follows:

 

“4.     The Council requests that its representatives on the Wellington Park Management Trust raise the following matters as part of discussions:

 

(i)      Request that Council be provided a copy of the Safety Plan and reports of drilling (status and results);

 

(ii)     More information in the permit about the need for assessment of environmental impact and landscape values before approving the works (sec 16), and the importance of the observers (sec 24);

 

(iii)    Details of the proposed timing of all works;

 

(iv)    The Council has the ability to nominate the observer or observers where council land is involved under the permit; and

 

(v)     The Council write to the Minister to inform that the Council has directed its representatives to raise these issues with the Wellington Park Management Trust.”

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Thomas

 

Ewin

 

Sherlock

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:  1.     The Council note and endorse the Officer comments to the Department of State Growth made in relation to the Draft Authority to Enter (Access Zone), as received by the Lord Mayor on 1 February 2019, and marked as Attachment G to item 4.2 of the Special Open Parks and Recreation agenda of 4 March 2019.

2.    The Council write to the Minister, expressing its disappointment that the majority of the issues raised were not addressed in the conditions of the final Authority to Enter (Access Zone).

3.    As owner and manager of land within Wellington Park, the Council express its disapproval at the process and the extent of the activities proposed under the Draft Authority to Enter (Wellington Park).

 

4.    The Council requests that its representatives on the Wellington Park Management Trust raise the following matters as part of discussions:

 

(i)      Request that Council be provided a copy of the Safety Plan and reports of drilling (status and results);

 

 

 

 

(ii)     More information in the permit about the need for assessment of environmental impact and landscape values before approving the works (sec 16), and the importance of the observers (sec 24);

 

(iii)    Details of the proposed timing of all works;

 

(iv)    The Council has the ability to nominate the observer or observers where council land is involved under the permit; and

(v)     The Council write to the Minister to inform that the Council has directed its representatives to raise these issues with the Wellington Park Management Trust.

 

Delegation:     Council

 

   

 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 4:30 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
4TH DAY OF APRIL 2019.

CHAIRMAN