Minutes (Open Portion)

The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting

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20/1/2025

Minutes (Open Portion)

The Hobart Workshop Committee Meeting

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20/01/2025

Motion

Posselt

That item 8.2 be taken after item 5.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

6.1      City Economy Committee

Lohberger

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Acting Director Community and Economic Development of 15 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Hobart Workshop Committee received and noted the minutes of the City Economy Committee of 12 November 2024, marked as attachment A to item 6.1 of The Hobart Workshop Committee agenda of 20 January 2025.

Delegation: Committee

6.2      City Transport Committee

Kitsos

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Manager City Mobility and the Director Strategic and Regulatory Services of 15 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Hobart Workshop Committee received and noted the minutes of the City Transport Committee of 5 November 2024, marked as attachment A to item 6.2 of The Hobart Workshop Committee agenda of 20 January 2025.

Delegation: Committee

6.3      City Heritage Committee

Posselt

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Deputy Director Strategic and Regulatory Services of 15 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the Hobart Workshop Committee received and noted the minutes of the City Heritage Committee of 24 September 2024, marked as attachment A to item 6.3 of The Hobart Workshop Committee agenda of 20 January 2025.

Delegation: Committee

7.1      Representation on External Bodies - Reports from Appointed Members

Posselt

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Acting Director Corporate Services of 15 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That the reports provided by the Lord Mayor Councillor Reynolds, Councillor Kelly and Councillor Lohberger marked as attachments A, B and C to item 7.1 of The Hobart Workshop Committee agenda of 20 January 2025, be received and noted.

Delegation: Committee

7.2      Local Government Association of Tasmania General Meeting - Proposed Motion

Reynolds

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Acting Director Corporate Services of 15 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:

1.      The Council provide the following motion to the Local Government Association of Tasmania General Meeting to be held on 2 April 2025:

The Local Government Association of Tasmania lobby the Tasmanian Government to adopt the 7-star energy efficiency requirements of the National Construction Code 2022 to provide more comfortable homes with lower energy running costs for Tasmanians.

Delegation: Committee

7.3      Proposal for Environmental Compliance Audit on Night Cover at McRobie’s Gully Waste Management Centre

Kitsos

That the recommendation contained within the report of the Manager City Resilience and Acting Director Infrastructure and Assets of 13 January 2025, be adopted.

MOTION CARRIED

VOTING RECORD

COMMITTEE RESOLUTION:

That:

1.      The City undertake a compliance audit of the EPA-mandated condition to cover exposed waste at the McRobies Gully tip site with clean fill every night, to a depth of 300-mm.

2.      Council agrees that the compliance audit be undertaken by the City’s staff using the iAuditor application.

Delegation: Committee

8.1      Special Committee Terms of Reference

The Chief Executive Officer spoke to the item and advised the Committee of feedback provided to him by Cr Coats.

Elected Members discussed the start time and duration of meetings with some concern raised about listing a defined time in the Terms of Reference. It was noted that the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 state that a Council Committee can chose its own start time.

There was also discussion regarding the minimum age of Committee members as there could be benefit in inviting younger participants in civic discussions.

8.2      Collins Street Transformation Two Year Tactical Trial Monitoring and Evaluation Plan

Council Officers provided a presentation to the Committee on the community engagement and traffic monitoring plans for Collins Street that will be provided back to the Council over the next two years.

Key points discussed by Elected Members included:

·         The methodologies to be used in the upcoming surveying and monitoring reports. Topics included strategies to capture the economic trade of stakeholder businesses by engaging directly with business owners as well as property owners through a holistic analysis that may capture external influencing factors. Officers committed to a consistent methodology across the reporting periods to preserve the integrity of the trial. It was also noted that studies of comparative Australian cities undertaking a similar transformation had all reported an uplift to surrounding businesses.

·         Assurances were sought that both business owners and property owners would be accommodated in the engagement and feedback processes. Elected Members also enquired about what pre-existing data sources are being used.

·         Elected Members enquired if the Gehl report was worthy of being included as a historical source of data.

·         A skilled academic analysis of the baseline data prior to community engagement was raised as an important consideration.

·         Interest was expressed in learning the progress of the consultation with Centrepoint Shopping Centre management as a stakeholder based on enquiries Elected Members had received. Officers reported that engagement had commenced last year and was ongoing but acknowledged the importance of their involvement.

·         Information was sought regarding the radar to be used in the monitoring and whether it would only count bicycles. Officers advised that the radar was sensitive enough to not only collect bicycle traffic but also identify passenger data. The location of the radar will be focused on the Collins and Harrington Street intersections.

·         The loss to parking revenue in Collins Street was also discussed. Officers indicated at this stage there was no reason to believe that parking revenue would be lost but rather relocated to alternate spaces either in side streets or Centrepoint car park.

·         Elected Members requested access to the raw ‘YourSay’ data to monitor the progress

Attachments

a    Collins Street Tactical Trial Monitoring and Evaluation Presentation ⇨  

8.3      Council Policy Manual Review

The CEO provided an overview of each of the proposed policies to be reviewed with Elected Members providing feedback at the appropriate policy.

Feedback included:

Appendix 6 –   Climate Change Adaption – Ensuring that rescinding the Climate Change Adaption Policy doesn’t remove any benefit not captured in the new Strategy.

Appendix 7 –   Alterations to Gutter Crossings and Footpath Reinstatement – Consideration be given to introduce or broadened the policy to include bus stops and level crossings.

Appendix 13 – Strategic Property Infrastructure – Conservation and Enhancement - Keen to keep this policy as it provides heritage advice.

Appendix 23 – Positive Provisioning for Cyclists - Positive feedback received. The policy was seen as broadening from cyclists to include all forms of active transport.

Appendix 25 – Venues Policy - Concern raised for smaller community groups to meet the $20m Public Liability Insurance requirements. Officers agreed to look at ways to make venue hire still accessible for smaller community groups.

9.1      Cr Kitsos - Overflow parking at the Cenotaph

Question: In relation to the overflow parking that is available for Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre patrons, what are the opening hours and capacity, and can we utilise this space for other events?

Answer:    The question was taken on notice

9.2      Cr Harvey - SUV Parking

Question: With SUV’s making up 55% of cars on Australian roads, can the Council think about how we manage the growth in the size of the average vehicle in the CBD in relation to inner city parking?

Answer:    The question was taken on notice