Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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4/3/2019

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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4/03/2019

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

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

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.

4.2      Cable Car Proposal - Authorities to Enter

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

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.