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City of hobart

MINUTES

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

 

Open Portion

 

Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 5.18pm
Council Chamber, Town Hall

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

Page 2

 

19/5/2022

 

 

 ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

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

2.        Confirmation of Minutes. 3

3.        Consideration of Supplementary Items. 4

4.        Indications of Pecuniary and Conflicts of Interest. 4

5.        Transfer of Agenda Items. 4

6.        Report. 4

6.1     Nature Strip Policy. 4

7.        Committee Action Status Report. 5

7.1     Committee Actions - Status Report 5

8.        Responses to Questions without Notice. 6

9.        Questions without Notice. 6

10.     Closed Portion of the Meeting.. 7

 


 

Minutes (Open Portion)

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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19/05/2022

 

 

Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 5:18 pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall.

 

This meeting of the Parks and Recreation Committee is held in accordance with a Notice issued by the Premier on 3 April 2020 under section 18 of the COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020.

 

The title Chief Executive Officer is a term of reference for the General Manager as appointed by Council pursuant s.61 of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas).

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Alderman J R Briscoe (Chairman)

Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet

Alderman D C Thomas

Councillor J Fox

Councillor Dr Z E Sherlock

 

 

 

PRESENT: Alderman J R Briscoe (Chairman), Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor H Burnet, and Councillor Dr Z E Sherlock.

 

APOLOGIES: Councillor J Fox.

 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Alderman D C Thomas.

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds

Alderman M Zucco

Alderman Dr P T Sexton

Councillor W F Harvey

Alderman S Behrakis

Councillor M S C Dutta

Councillor W N S Coats

 

 

 

 

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

No Elected Members were co-opted to the Committee.

2.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

The minutes of the Open Portion of the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting held on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, be confirmed as an accurate record.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sherlock

 

 

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 Chief Executive Officer.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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.       Report

 

6.1      Nature Strip Policy

            File Ref: F22/18335

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Program Leader Parks and Reserves, the Manager Bushland Biodiversity and Waterways and the Director City Life of 29 April 2022, be adopted as amended by the insertion of the following words “targeted community engagement strategy and”  before the word “comprehensive” in Clause 3.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Briscoe

Sherlock

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:   1.    The Nature Strip Policy, marked as Attachment A to item 6.1 of the Open Parks and Recreation Committee agenda of 19 May 2022, be endorsed by the Council and implemented in January 2023.

2.    The Council endorse the development of a set of guidelines for Landscaping Nature strips and Food Gardens on Nature strips.

3.    A targeted community engagement strategy and comprehensive communication plan be developed and implemented with an additional $10,000 to be allocated to the Parks and Reserves operations in the 2022-23 budget for the development of materials and advertising of the new policy.

4.    An additional $30,000 be allocated to the Parks and Reserves operation budget for three years from 2022-23, for the upgrading of nature strips to assist residents to maintain them.

5.    An additional $16,000 be allocated annually to the Hobart Regional Nursery Budget for additional plants to be grown to assist residents establish landscaped nature strips.

 

Delegation:     Council

7.       Committee Action Status Report

 

7.1      Committee Actions - Status Report

            File Ref: F22/41230

SHERLOCK

That the information be received and noted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sherlock

 

 

Delegation:     Committee

8.       Responses to Questions without Notice

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

 

 

8.1    Protection of Council / Public Land

          File Ref: F22/39437

Memorandum of the Director City Life of 4 May 2022.

8.2    New Town Sports Precinct Funding

          File Ref: F22/39438

Memorandum of the Director City Life of 5 May 2022.

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the information be received and noted.

 

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sherlock

 

 

 

Delegation:     Committee

 

9.       Questions without Notice

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

File Ref: 13-1-10

 

 

No questions were asked at the meeting.

 

 

10.     Closed Portion of the Meeting

 

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the Committee resolve by majority that the meeting be closed to the public pursuant to regulation 15(1) of the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 because the items included on the closed agenda contain the following matters:  

 

·         Minutes of a Closed Committee meeting

·         Closed Questions Without Notice

 

The following items were discussed: -

 

Item No. 1          Minutes of the last meeting of the Closed Portion of the Committee 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)(c)(i)

Item No. 5          Questions Without Notice

 

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES

NOES

Briscoe

 

Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

 

Sherlock

 

 

 

Delegation:       Committee

 

 

 

There being no further business the Open portion of the meeting closed at 5.39pm.

 

 

 

 

 

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
16th DAY OF June 2022.

CHAIRMAN