Minutes of Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

Minutes (Open Portion)

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting

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27/01/2021

Special Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting (Open Portion) held on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at 4.40 pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall.

This special 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.

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 C Thomas, Councillors J Ewin, Z Sherlock, the Lord Mayor Councillor A M Reynolds, Councillors W F Harvey, M Dutta and W Coats.

APOLOGIES: Nil.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Nil.

NON-MEMBERS

Lord Mayor Reynolds

Zucco

Sexton

Harvey

Behrakis

Dutta

Coats

Councillor Dutta arrived at the meeting at 4.47pm.

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.

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 Australian Government Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program - Grant Funding

File Ref: F21/3420

DEPUTY LORD MAYOR BURNET

That the recommendation contained in the report of the Manager Bushland / Manager Parks & Recreation and the Director City Amenity of 22 January 2021, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

AYES	NOES
Briscoe
Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet
Thomas
Ewin
Sherlock

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That: 1. Council approve the extension of the City’s Intercity Cycleway from McVilly Drive via a pathway under the Bridge of Remembrance and onto the existing shared path along Tasman Highway.

a. The previously approved extension of the City’s Intercity Cycleway from the Regatta Grounds Car Park (adjacent to the public toilets) to the northern boundary of the Macquarie Point Development Corporation site, be deferred at this time due to the Corporation re-routing its cycleway away from Evans Street to its new service road onto the Tasman Highway.

2. The 2^nd round of the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program grant funding allocation of $1.89M be utilised for the following projects previously approved by the Council, but deferred due to financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the City’s financial position:

a. Tolmans Hill Playground New Public Toilets and BBQ facilities ($685,000),

b. New Replacement Public Toilets at Long Beach Reserve ($657,000) and

c. Swan Street Park Redevelopment ($551,303).

Delegation: Council

There being no further business the meeting closed at 4.49pm.

TAKEN AS READ AND SIGNED AS A CORRECT RECORD THIS
11^th DAY OF FEBRUARY 2021.

CHAIRMAN