Minutes (Open Portion)

City Infrastructure Committee Meeting

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24/6/2020

Minutes (Open Portion)

City Infrastructure Committee Meeting

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24/06/2020

EWIN

The minutes of the Open Portion of the City Infrastructure Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 26 February 2020, be confirmed as an accurate record.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

6.1      Network Operating Plan (NOP) - Briefing

BEHRAKIS

That the recommendation contained in the memorandum of the Senior Transport Engineer and the Director City Planning of 17 June 2020, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    That the briefing be received and noted.

2.     A further report on the progress of the inner Hobart Network Operation Plan (NOP) be provided at the appropriate time.

Attachment

A.     Hobart Network Operations Plan Presentation  

6.2      Request For Speed Limit Reduction in Hobart Central Business District and Retail Precincts

LORD MAYOR REYNOLDS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager City Mobility and the Director City Planning of 19 June 2020, be adopted.

PROCEDURAL MOTION

BEHRAKIS

That the item be deferred and the report re-submitted for the consideration of the City Infrastructure Committee at a subsequent Committee meeting once traffic modelling of the affected zoning has been undertaken.

PROCEDURAL MOTION LOST

VOTING RECORD

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The Council endorse the engagement with key stakeholders and the preparation of supporting documentation to allow a submission to the Transport Commissioner requesting the following speed limit changes in Hobart’s Central Business District indicatively proposed as:

a)      Elizabeth Street between Melville and Morrison Streets (excluding the Elizabeth Street Mall and Macquarie and Davey Street crossing points) from 50 to 30km/hour. (Note: Elizabeth Street between Collins and Davey Streets is currently 30km/hr).

b)      Collins and Liverpool Streets between Murray and Argyle from 50 km/hour to 30km/hour (Note: Criterion Lane and Liverpool St between Elizabeth Street and Murray Street is currently 30km/hr).

c)      Melville and Bathurst Streets between Harrington and Campbell Streets from 50 km/hour to 40km/ hour.

d)      Harrington, Murray, Argyle and Campbell Streets between Melville and Davey Streets (excluding the Davey and Macquarie Street crossings), from 50 km/hour to 40km/hour.

e)      Liverpool and Collins Streets between Harrington and Murray Streets, and between Argyle and Campbell Streets from 50 km/hour to 40km/hour. (Note: Collins Street from Argyle to Elizabeth Street is currently 30 km/hour)

f)       Market Place, Kemp Street, Trafalgar Place, Purdys Mart, Wellington Court, Harrington Lane, Watchorn Street, Victoria Street, Bidencopes Lane from 50 km/hour to 40km/hour.

2.    The Council endorse engagement with key stakeholders and the preparation of supporting documentation to allow a submission to the Transport Commissioner for the following speed limit changes in the Suburban Retail Precincts between the hours of 7:00am until 7:00pm Monday to Thursday and 7:00am until 10:00pm Friday to Sunday indicatively proposed as:

a)      North Hobart between Burnett Street and Tasma Street from 50km/hour to 40km/ hour (Note: Extending the existing 40km/hour zone between Federal Street and Burnett Street).

b)      Lenah Valley between Giblin Street and Greenway Avenue from 50km/hour to 40km/ hour.

c)      South Hobart from Excell Lane and the Southern Outlet Junction from 50km/hour to 40km/ hour.

d)      Sandy Bay along Sandy Bay Road from Osborne Street and Russell Crescent, and including King Street between Grosvenor Street and Princes Street, Gregory Street between Grosvenor and Sandy Bay Road, Princes Street between King Street and Sandy Bay Road, and Russell Crescent between Sandy Bay Road and King Street from 50km/hour to 40km/ hour.

e)      New Town: New Town Road from Marsh Street to the Pirie Street intersection, and Risdon Road between New Town Road and Swanston Street from 50km/hour to 40km/ hour.

6.3      Solar Panels - Notice of Motion

DUTTA

That the recommendation contained in the memorandum of the Manager Smart & Sustainable City and  Director City Innovation of 18 June 2020, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

It is recommended that:

1.      As a large energy user, the Council continue to create energy, cost and greenhouse gas reductions by pursuing new technologies and opportunities.

Recent changes in the energy sector create tremendous scope for the Council to undertake exciting projects in:

(i)      Smart grids;

(ii)     Peer-to-peer trading;

(iii)    Solar and battery micro grid projects;

(iv)    Other renewable and storage projects;

(v)     Electric vehicles;

(vi)    Street lighting; and

(vii)   Smart-city monitoring.

These projects offer the Council significant scope to achieve far shorter financial payback (in the range of 3 to 5 years), as well as impressive environmental benefits.

2.      Solar panels continue to play a role in the City’s energy strategy. They should be used more strategically, together with other technologies, to improve their payback periods. For example, a solar/battery micro-grid would allow the Council to avoid not only energy costs but network and demand charges (which can account for more than half of the energy bill) when used for a high power site such as an electric vehicle charging station.

6.4      Council Delegations - Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 - Proposed Amendments to Officer Delegations

BEHRAKIS

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Roads and Capital Works and the Director City Amenity of 17 June 2020, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Council delegate additional powers under the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 to the role of Program Leader Road Services, as marked in Attachment A to item 6.4 of the Open City Infrastructure Committee agenda of 24 June 2020.

(i)    As prescribed in the Act, a two-thirds simple majority vote of the Council is required to grant the delegated powers.

6.5      Hobart Municipal Emergency Management Plan - Update

PROCEDURAL MOTION

DUTTA

That the item be deferred to a future City Infrastructure Committee meeting to allow time for the State Emergency Service to review and provide feedback on  the Hobart Emergency Management Plan Issue 11 and amend the Plan, if required.

PROCEDURAL MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the item be deferred to a future City Infrastructure Committee meeting to allow time for the State Emergency Service to review and provide feedback on  the Hobart Emergency Management Plan Issue 11 and amend the Plan, if required.

6.6      City Infrastructure Committee - Review of Meeting Time

EWIN

That in accordance with clause (F) of the policy titled Meeting Procedures and Guidelines, the commencement time of 5:15 pm for ordinary meeting of the City Infrastructure Committee be approved.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That in accordance with clause (F) of the policy titled Meeting Procedures and Guidelines, the commencement time of 5:15 pm for ordinary meeting of the City Infrastructure Committee be approved.

6.7      Minutes of the Hobart Active Travel Committee

EWIN

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Executive Manager City Place Making of 19 June 2020, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the following minutes and notes of the Hobart Active Travel Committee (HATC) be received and noted:

·     Meeting of 15 January 2020

·     Meeting of 10 March 2020

7.1      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

9.1      Councillor Dutta - Configuration of the City Infrastructure Committee

Question:    Could the Chairman please confirm the number of sitting members on the City Infrastructure Committee and why two Elected Members were co-opted to the Committee this evening?

Answer:       The Chairman advised that there are currently four Elected Members sitting on the City Infrastructure Committee due to the four resignations received at the Council meeting of 10 March 2020.  The configuration of this Committee is normally five Elected Members, however due to a nomination not being received at the Council meeting of 10 March 2020 to fill one vacancy due to the resignations, there is currently a permanent vacancy on this Committee. 

                     The reason two Elected Members were co-opted onto the Committee this evening was due to two vacancies, one the filling of the permanent vacancy and the second was to fill the vacancy created by one of the current sitting Members being noted as an apology.

9.2      Councillor Dutta - Resignation from a Council Committee

Question:    Could the Chairman please advise if an Elected Member can resign from a Council Committee at any time?

Answer:       The Chairman advised that an Elected Member is able to resign from a Council Committee at any time.

9.3      Lord Mayor Reynolds - Air Brakes on Macquarie and Davey Streets

Question:    Could the Director please advise if anything can be done by the Council to limit or ban the use of air brakes by large trucks in Macquarie and Davey Streets?

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

9.4      Lord Mayor Reynolds - Transport Programs and City Projects

Question:    Could the Director please advise if this Committee can get prior notice of the various state and federal road and transport grant funding programs and what projects the City is planning to submit?

                     Can criteria be developed for what projects are prioritised for these programs?

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

9.5      Lord Mayor Reynolds - Sand on Macquarie Street, South Hobart

Question:    Could the Director please advise if anything can be done to reduce the amount of sand that is being dropped in the South Hobart shopping area of Macquarie Street?

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

9.6      Councillor Coats - Traffic Leaving Hill Street Grocer - Hill Street, West Hobart to CBD

Question:    Could the Director please advise if consideration was given into making Butterworth Street, West Hobart a one-way street when the traffic management plan was being developed in relation to traffic leaving the Hill Street Grocer in Hill Street, West Hobart bound for the CBD?  

                     If not, is it possible to trial this?

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