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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

The 4570 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,held at City Hall, Brisbaneon Tuesday 11 September 2018at 2pm

Prepared by: Council and Committee Liaison OfficeCity Administration and Governance

Dedicated to a better Brisbane


THE 4570 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL,HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE,ON TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2018

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________________________________i

PRESENT:________________________________________________________________________1

OPENING OF MEETING:____________________________________________________________1

APOLOGY:_______________________________________________________________________1

MINUTES:_______________________________________________________________________2

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:____________________________________________________________2

QUESTION TIME:__________________________________________________________________4

CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:___________________________________________16ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE__________________________________________16

A COUNCIL'S CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REVIEW – POTENTIAL ACTIONS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK______________________________________________________________________41

B MAJOR AMENDMENT TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 – PACKAGE G_________________________42C STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – BETTER BRISBANE PROPOSAL FOR THE DESILTING OF

CASTLEMAINE STREET, MILTON, STORMWATER DRAIN__________________________________43D LEASE OF COUNCIL LAND TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS______________________________46E AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS____________________________________47F REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 9 AUGUST 2018_________________________48G CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES

FOR JULY 2018___________________________________________________________________49H STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – TREE MAINTENANCE AND PLANTING SERVICES_______________51I BOTANIC GARDENS RIVERWALK PROJECT_____________________________________________66J STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – GRASS CUTTING – SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY

ORGANISATIONS_________________________________________________________________68K HOWARD SMITH WHARVES REVITALISATION PROJECT___________________________________76

PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE_______________________________________________77A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SEQ BUS CONTRACT PROCUREMENT________________________79

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE___________________________________________________________79A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – COUNCIL SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT

COMMISSION ON AUTOMATED VEHICLE REGULATION AND IMPACTS_______________________81B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE MORE LONG-TERM PARKING IN THE

PRINCETON STREET CAR PARK IN KENMORE___________________________________________83C PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL EXTEND THE ST LUCIA RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREA__84D PETITION – REQUESTING A SAFE ENTRY INTO BELGRAVE STREET, PETRIE TERRACE_____________86E PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL CONSIDER STREET CALMING IN DENHAM STREET, ANNERLEY_88

CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE_____________________________________________________________90A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009 – DEVELOPMENT

PERMIT – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR WAREHOUSE AND HARDWARE AND TRADE SUPPLIES AND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF A LOT (ACCESS EASEMENT) AT 600, 604 AND 616 RODE ROAD, CHERMSIDE AND 56 MILLWAY STREET, KEDRON__________________95

B PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE HAMILTON ROAD SHOPPING PRECINCT, WAVELL HEIGHTS, IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19_____________________97

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C PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE JINDALEE PLACE SHOPPING PRECINCT IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19___________________________________98

D PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A CHILD CARE CENTRE AT 495 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BULIMBA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004921820)________________100

E PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A CHILD CARE CENTRE AT 495 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BULIMBA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004921820)________________101

F PETITION – OBJECTING TO A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 1180, 1190, 1192 AND 1208 SANDGATE ROAD, NUNDAH (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004831430)______________________102

G PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A RETIREMENT FACILITY (104 INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS) AT 162 OCEANA TERRACE, LOTA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004942635)___________________________________________________________________104

ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE___________________________________105A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL WEED IDENTIFICATION TOOL_________106B PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS WENDOUREE CRESCENT

PARK, WESTLAKE, TO ‘RIVERVIEW FARM PARK’________________________________________107C PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS HABITAT DRIVE PARK,

WAKERLEY, TO ‘SHERIFF PARK’_____________________________________________________108D PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF THE WALKWAY THROUGH THE PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN

AS MT OMMANEY BUSHLAND RESERVE, MT OMMANEY, AS ‘WILSONS WALKWAY’___________109FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE____________________________________________________________112

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MAINTENANCE OF ROAD MARKING________________________112B PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A CLOTH NAPPY REBATE SCHEME _

______________________________________________________________________________113LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE_________________________________________114

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – COUNCIL’S WINTER POOL PROGRAM_______________________118B PETITION – REQUESTING A SMOKING BAN ON EDWARD STREET, BETWEEN ANN AND QUEEN

STREETS, BRISBANE CITY__________________________________________________________119FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE______________________________________121

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MYVALLEY____________________________________________122B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – 3 AUGUST 2018_________________123

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:____________________________________________________123

GENERAL BUSINESS:_____________________________________________________________124

QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:_________________________________130

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:______________________131





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PRESENT:The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK) – LNPThe Chairman of Council, Councillor Angela OWEN (Calamvale Ward) – LNP

LNP Councillors (and Wards) ALP Councillors (and Wards)Krista ADAMS (Holland Park)Adam ALLAN (Northgate)Matthew BOURKE (Jamboree)Amanda COOPER (Bracken Ridge)Vicki HOWARD (Central) Steven HUANG (MacGregor)Fiona KING (Marchant) Kim MARX (Runcorn)Peter MATIC (Paddington)Ian McKENZIE (Coorparoo)David McLACHLAN (Hamilton)Ryan MURPHY (Doboy) (Deputy Chairman of Council)Kate RICHARDS (Pullenvale)Adrian SCHRINNER (Chandler) (Deputy Mayor)Julian SIMMONDS (Walter Taylor) Steven TOOMEY (The Gap) Andrew WINES (Enoggera)Norm WYNDHAM (McDowall)

Peter CUMMING (Wynnum Manly) (The Leader of the Opposition)Jared CASSIDY (Deagon) (Deputy Leader of the Opposition)Kara COOK (Morningside)Steve GRIFFITHS (Moorooka)Charles STRUNK (Forest Lake)

Queensland Greens Councillor (and Ward)Jonathan SRI (The Gabba)

OPENING OF MEETING:The Chairman, Councillor Angela OWEN, opened the meeting with prayer and acknowledged the traditional custodians, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.

Chairman: I remind all Councillors of your obligations to declare material personal interests and conflicts of interest, where relevant, and the requirement as such to remove yourself from the Council Chamber for debate and voting, where applicable.

Are there any apologies?

Councillor GRIFFITHS.

APOLOGY:163/2018-19

An apology was submitted on behalf of Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON, and she was granted leave of absence from the meeting on the motion of Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS, seconded by Councillor Kara COOK.


MINUTES:164/2018-19

The Minutes of the 4569 meeting of Council held on 4 September 2018, copies of which had been forwarded to each Councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor Andrew WINES, seconded by Councillor Steven TOOMEY.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:Robert Kronk – Flipside Circus – Queensland’s largest youth arts organisation

Chairman: I would now like to call on Mr Robert Kronk who will address the Chamber on the Flipside Circus, Queensland’s largest youth arts organisation.

Please proceed, Mr Kronk, you have five minutes.

Mr Robert KRONK: Madam Chair, LORD MAYOR and Councillors, my name is Robert Kronk. I’m the Creative Producer and CEO of Flipside Circus. Thanks for the opportunity to come in and talk to you today about Brisbane’s extraordinary circus industry and our pretty extraordinary organisation as well.

It’s not well known that Brisbane is a world leader in circus. We are arguably the world’s second biggest circus city behind Montreal, which is the home of Cirque du Soleil. We have an extraordinary range of artists at the forefront of contemporary circus. We dominate the world stages; we’re everywhere. Right now there are Brisbane performers in Las Vegas, the UK, Europe, North America, South America and China.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has just wrapped up. There were 120 Australian shows on the Edinburgh stages, and those shows were dominated by circus shows and by Brisbane circus shows, our very own company, too, and Casus, both Brisbane-based, both earning five-star reviews, and both award-nominated companies while they were over there.

While our individual artists are always travelling, while they love being free, they do still call Brisbane home. In the European winters, in the off times, they’re coming back here, they are training, they are collaborating, they’re building their skills. We’ve got a lot of companies that are here all the time as well. Circa, ourselves—Flipside, Vulcana, Casus, Company 2, Briefs, Cluster Arts, Polytoxic, to name a few. There’s lots of tiny micro companies as well.

Circus is a major export for our city. Circa alone has toured to 37-plus countries in the last 10 years, all out of Brisbane. A really small, independent company like Company 2—which is our company in residence at Flipside—Company 2 runs mostly off a kitchen table when they’re not at our place. They toured, in 2017, six countries; employed 29 people; staged 241 performances for 85,000 audiences, and that’s just in 2017. Briefs, Casus—all these other companies are doing the same kind of work, doing the same kind of miles.

The growth of our industry has been driven by the extraordinary adaptability and skill of our artists, and it’s been driven by spaces like the Brisbane Powerhouse, and it has been driven by spaces like ours at Flipside and Vulcana’s Circa as well. We, Flipside, are in a really unique spot in this circus ecology. We are, kind of, in the middle of all this activity. We train the next generation of circus performers. We started in 1998 when a group of families got together to run circus classes for children in Orleigh Park. We are now Queensland’s largest youth arts organisation. We currently operate out of a 1,500 square metre warehouse in Councillor WINES’ ward in Alderley.

We’re a not-for-profit organisation, and we do four key things: we train young people in circus arts. At any given time we’ve got about 350 students learning trapeze, learning tumbling, learning tightrope. We start as young as 18 months, and we go all the way through from there. We also run performance programs


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by, for and with children. We’re currently working on a brand new show in collaboration with Metro Arts and Hummingbird House, which is Queensland’s only children’s hospice, making a brand new show about the experiences of children in that place.

We also do social circus programs. We work with children with special needs, with disabilities; we work with children at risk, from marginal backgrounds; and we try and make the circus available for everyone. We work a lot with special schools and schools all over the State.

Finally, we support our circus artists. We employ around 30 artists as teachers. We provide rehearsal space, training space and logistic support. Beyond the artistic value of what we do, beyond the export value of what we do, we know that circus has a hugely positive impact on children. We know it helps reduce truancy rates. We know that it helps kids show off; take risks in a safe space; trust; dream; work together; aspire; build resistance; work hard—really hard; and have fun.

Last year we worked with 23,507 young people around Queensland, mostly in Brisbane. We ran 43 social circus workshops; programs with children with high needs; we made three new shows; and we supported 600 professional artists who are off touring the world.

This year we’re turning 20. Sometime in the next month, we’ll have our one millionth audience member at a Flipside show. Sometime in the coming months we will have to move out of our current space into a new space, and we would love to talk to Council about our opportunities going forward for Flipside to find a new home and our plans for the future.

In conclusion, we are beating the world at circus. We’re really good at it. We’re training the next generation of circus performers, and we want everyone to know that Brisbane’s really good at it. Thanks so much for your time.

Chairman: Thank you, Mr Kronk.

Councillor MATIC, would you care to respond, please.

Response by Councillor Peter MATIC, Chairman of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee

Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you, Mr Kronk, for coming in and the opportunity to meet with you today, and the opportunity really to listen to the amazing work that you and Flipside Circus do for our youth and all ages across our city, and the enormous contribution that you all make to the creative talent that we have, but to a deeper level, too, the cultural and social value that that performance brings to young people.

I certainly appreciate the situation that you’re in at the moment. I understand that you’re at a private site and the lease has, I think, a 2020 term to it, so the opportunity you’re looking for now is where to from here. I would certainly appreciate the opportunity to meet with you at another time to discuss, in greater detail, the kind of work and the outcome you’d like to seek. I know that you’ve spoken with Councillor WINES and with Councillor BOURKE, in his time when he was the Chair of this portfolio. So I’d like to continue that conversation with you to look for those opportunities.

I know also that Council has supported Flipside in the past in performances and sponsorship and so forth for that, so we obviously have a very strong relationship with you and really want to support the outcomes that you’re wanting to achieve. I think our meeting will continue that conversation. I’d also like to take the opportunity also to mention that Councillor ADAMS has a committee that’s recently established a board for the creative arts, and that Deb Wilks is part of that. As the representative of Cluster Arts, the peak body, she is making representations in regards to engaging circus generally across our city and how we can support that. A number of the important issues that


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Councillor ADAMS’ board is considering include the challenge of space, funding, but importantly also collaboration, not only within the industry itself but for those opportunities outside of that.

I know that recently the LORD MAYOR had a creative forum in February this year where a lot of these issues were discussed. Councillor ADAMS informs me that that, of course, will be held again next year, but in the interim I’d certainly enjoy the opportunity to meet with you and we can continue this further, and have a look, I think, at performance and circus holistically across this city. I know that all of the different groups work very closely together, and that they’re supportive of each other. I think working in collaboration, looking for outcomes ultimately, I think, is the best way for us to proceed forward.

So thank you very much for your time today, and congratulations on the great work that you do. Performance is such a pivotal part of the creative talent within our city, and as a Council we want to be able to support all the arts. For Brisbane to be second only to Montreal worldwide is testament to your talent and contribution yourself, Flipside, and all of the other circus performers in our city. Thank you very much.

Chairman: Thank you, Mr Kronk.

QUESTION TIME:

Chairman: Councillors, are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chairman of any of the Standing Committees?

Councillor KING.

Question 1

Councillor KING: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the Chair of Public and Active Transport Committee, Councillor SCHRINNER. DEPUTY MAYOR, can you please update the Chamber on how Council is continuing to deliver CityCat and CityFerry services while the construction of Queen’s Wharf Brisbane is underway?

DEPUTY MAYOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you, Councillor KING, for the question. We heard recently in the annual budget and as part of the announcements for the budget that Council will be introducing SpeedyCat services this financial year. I can confirm today that the SpeedyCat services will start from Monday 24 September. There will be a brand new timetable introduced on Monday 24 September, and that will be the start of the new SpeedyCat services, and also the continuation of the existing CityCat services that we already have at the moment, including existing express services.

So we’ll see more than 100 weekly SpeedyCat services introduced, so that’s actually more than 21 services a day on weekdays, delivering on our election commitment which was to introduce faster trips on the river. It’s part of our ongoing commitment to make sure that people can get where they need to go quicker and safer, and it also includes, Madam Chairman, an adjustment to the CityHopper timetable as well.

As Councillor KING alluded to, the major construction works that are going on at Queen’s Wharf and various other locations on the river, but particularly out the front of Queen’s Wharf, have required a little bit of an adjustment to all ferry timetables, including the CityHopper. So we’ll see around about a five-minute adjustment to the CityHopper timetable as well as part of those works. As you know, whenever there’s construction on the river, there is a slowing required nearby that construction, and a speed limit of six knots, so that will come into effect as well.


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This will see, on Monday 24 September, people being able to get where they need to go quicker and safer. As I said, 100 services a week during week days. It’s interesting to see the existing express services, because we do have every morning five express services already, in place running from places like Bretts Wharf, Bulimba, Hawthorne, through to Riverside. So those five existing express services per weekday morning will continue, and they’ll be added to by these extra services over and above the existing express services.

So we’ll see a much better and enhanced level of service on the river. At the moment we’re already seeing around 5 million people take trips along our river on CityCats and CityFerries, and we expect that this will be a further incentive for more people to leave their cars behind and jump on public transport, take advantage of the great CityCat and CityFerry services that we offer, and also help to reduce traffic congestion across the city. It’s a great way to travel. It is an icon of the city and Team Quirk and this Administration, boosting CityCat services to the highest level they have ever been in the city’s history.

We are, as an Administration, the biggest supporters of CityCats and ferry services that the city has ever seen, and we have progressively rolled out new CityCats; we have upgraded CityCat terminals; we have increased timetables and frequencies along the river, and this is the next phase of investment into our network. I would point out that these SpeedyCat services are being funded by Council. TransLink, unfortunately, has declined the offer to help pay for them. They are fully a Council initiative, and fully funded by Council in that respect. So it’s something we are committed to. It’s something that we promised at the last election, and something that I am pleased that we’re able to deliver from Monday 24 September.

Chairman: Further questions?

Councillor CUMMING.

Question 2

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. Can you tell the Chamber the total number of fulltime political staff employed in your office, the office of the DEPUTY MAYOR, and the offices of the Committee Chairs?

LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, I can’t off the top of my head, no. So, Madam Chairman, I would just say this, though, that there has been no dramatic change at all in terms of those numbers as were in place in previous Administrations. We have maintained similar numbers to what has been in place for a long, long time, and I’m talking here not just back through the period of joint administration, but before that as well, Madam Chairman.

So that’s the reality. So, Councillor CUMMING, I thank you very much for the question but, again, you can be assured that it is consistent with numbers that have been in the LORD MAYOR’s office for a long time.


Councillor ALLAN.

Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman—

Councillor interjecting.

Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS!


Chairman: I don’t know what’s happening with your microphone.

Just a moment, please, Councillor ALLAN.

I don’t know why your microphone is not—could you press the button for me, please. It’s working now, so I don’t know what was going on.


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Councillor GRIFFITHS: Point of order, Madam Chair. I just wanted to see whether the LORD MAYOR can get us those figures.

Chairman: No, Councillor GRIFFITHS, that’s a second question. You have three questions today. We will continue this in order.

Councillor ALLAN.

Question 3

Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the Chair of the Finance and Economic Development Committee, Councillor ADAMS. In consultation with the State Government, Council has produced a report into tourism investment outlining our achievements and return from tourism spend in Brisbane. Can you outline for the Chamber how this Administration is building our economy and creating new jobs through tourism investment?

Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Councillor ALLAN, for the question. As you’re aware, this Administration is very committed to building our local economy while creating new and innovative jobs. I am very pleased to be standing here today holding a hardcopy of what is generally a webpage electronic document of the new Tourism 2031 Investment Guide. I had to have something to hold up so I did print one.


Councillor ADAMS: Thank you. It’s been released as a result of a partnership with the State Government to build on tourism growth in Brisbane. We recognise the importance that tourism has to attract investment in our city and, of course, support the growth of our economy, everything from small, medium, to our large businesses here as well.

We know Brisbane is entering a very exciting time when it comes to being a major tourist destination, with more than $7 billion of tourism-related infrastructure under construction: Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane Quarter, the new Brisbane Airport parallel runway. Of course, we’ve got the Mt Coot-tha zipline out now with the DA (development application) being lodged, which will support more than 64,000 local tourism jobs and provide new economic opportunities in Brisbane.

We’ve got the Metro coming on line which will mean that we will revolutionise the way that we travel around Brisbane. We can get home 50% faster with high frequency in the afternoon, we can reduce that bus congestion in inner city streets and ensure our city continues to thrive, not only as a place to visit but somewhere to live and work and relax as well. So it is very important that we unlock those opportunities and benefits that we can get to encourage visitors to stay longer in Brisbane. This is what this guide does.

The Tourism 2031 Investment Guide outlines the key strengths that Brisbane has to attract investment into our beautiful subtropical climate and our connectivity, with $10 billion of transport projects under way and, of course, all within an hour’s drive of our beautiful natural hinterland and out to the coastlines as well. The idea is to attract the right tourism projects to Brisbane, generate $6.5 billion in new visitor expenditure by 2031. Increase visitor numbers from 7.8 million overnight visitors last year to 14 million by 2031, bringing in an extra $6.2 million overnight visitors means 48 million extra nights, which is all about spending money in Brisbane.

Also, of course, attracting that investment to come here so that they can fill hotel rooms and spend in our restaurants and our retail. So this guide is aimed at actually making Brisbane one of the top 100 most visited cities in the world. We want to get on par with cities like Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver and Abu Dhabi. We want to achieve, to be in that top 100 most visited cities, so we can cement ourselves as a world-class leisure tourism destination. Of course, that works for the whole of not just Brisbane, but the whole of the south-east corner as well.


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The investment guide is about growing that investment in tourism and making sure, as I said before, that our visitor nights and our expenditure in not just Brisbane, but South East Queensland and Greater Brisbane are increased as well. So far, we have already seen opportunities for cities and people in furthering Brisbane as a destination of a choice for tourism, with ones that I’ve mentioned already, but there are so many more opportunities out there, as long as people know about us.

So this document gives us a very handy guide in things like the experience zones that you have around South East Queensland, a summary around Moreton Bay, around the islands, around the river, Logan, around Gold Coast, what you can do out at Scenic Rim and a snapshot of the opportunities that people can have with that development in the tourism industry as well.

We know that Brisbane is a great place to work, live and relax. It’s safe, it’s vibrant, it’s green, it’s prosperous. We’ve got natural beauty, we’ve got culture, and we’ve got a lifestyle that, when you live here, everybody knows about it, but we need to make sure that we can get out there and sell it to people that are visiting and people that can invest here as well.

This document will take that opportunity in a very simple guide to investors on what those opportunities actually are to create those new, world-class tourism experiences. I’d like to thank the city’s economic development board, Brisbane Marketing, for collaborating with the Queensland Department of Innovation and Tourism Industry Development to produce this guide. I look forward to being able to promote it at events that we go out to over the next 12 months. I’m sure that Minister Jones will be doing exactly the same thing, and Minister Enoch through her department as well.

The opportunities here are endless. We’re only on the cusp with some great, great visitation experiences to Brisbane, and this guide will make sure that people with the experience and the investment capacity will come to Brisbane as their choice. Thank you, Madam Chair.


Councillor CUMMING.

Question 4

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. I refer to the latest annual report that shows that, for the 2017-18 financial year, 11 BCC staff were paid between $300,000 and $699,000 per annum. Without naming the individuals involved, can you tell ratepayers the salaries of the three highest paid members of your political staff?

LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, no I can’t, and I think that Councillor CUMMING is also here at crossed purposes because the annual report, I understand, relates to the officers of the Council, Madam Chairman. That would be the reality. So, in reference to Councillor CUMMING’s question about the salaries and wages that are paid in this place, in many respects, it can be argued that they are not commensurate with the private sector. In fact, they are not.

There is an evaluation which is undertaken of the roles and responsibilities of Brisbane City Council officers. There is a comparator which is undertaken in relation to salaries of equivalent value of work roles that are paid in the private sector. We are what is called a 25th percentile; in other words, they are around the 25th percentile under what would be paid for an equivalent job in the private sector. That is undertaken by companies such as Mercer. This is not new. This is a practice that was undertaken also under Labor, Madam Chairman, in the same way as they undertook the practice—in fact, started the practice—of paying employee bonuses for senior executive services.

Of course, Councillor CUMMING was in that Administration for 10 years when this practice took place, and a further four when there was a joint Cabinet, where


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Labor had a majority of Cabinet members and Campbell Newman and myself were the other two LNP members of that Cabinet.

So, Madam Chairman, that is the reality, that those wages are commensurate. I notice that there was an article recently about the head of Queensland Rail receiving, I think it was, $760,000, I think was the salary there. So, Madam Chairman, all I’m saying is that this organisation pays no more and no less than the equivalent government-based organisations, and that the salaries are based on an assessment—

Councillor CUMMING: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order against you, LORD MAYOR.

Councillor CUMMING.

Councillor CUMMING: Madam Chair, the question said: can you tell ratepayers the salaries of the three highest paid members of your political staff, without naming the individuals involved?

The LORD MAYOR has not attempted to answer that question in any way, shape or form.

Chairman: Councillor CUMMING, I don’t uphold your point of order. The LORD MAYOR has five minutes to respond, and he is providing a comprehensive answer.

LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman, look I don’t have those numbers with me, and I would just say to you, Councillor CUMMING, that it would not be, would it not, very easy then to work out. If you’re concerned about not naming names, it would be very, very easy, Madam Chairman, then for people to work out, without any hassles at all, who those individuals are. I think there is a certain privacy element to that, quite frankly. It is not the sort of thing, Madam Chairman, that we put previous Labor staffers through, Madam Chairman, when they were in Administration. I don’t intend to start that practice now. I don’t think it’s fair to those individuals, Madam Chairman, and I don’t intend to start it.


Councillor RICHARDS.

Question 5

Councillor RICHARDS: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the Chair of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee, Councillor MATIC. The community of Seven Hills has been consulted and has made a decision on the name of the new Seven Hills theatre. Can you outline for the Chamber what the outcome of the consultation was, and how the new theatre is contributing to our lifestyle and leisure opportunities?

Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor RICHARDS for the question and the opportunity to talk about Seven Hills theatre and the great outcome from the community survey. Madam Chairman, for the benefit of the Chamber, it was a great pleasure for me to be there at Seven Hills on Saturday 14 July for the official opening. I certainly note that I was there on the stage with Councillor COOK, as the local Councillor, and Di Farmer, as the State Member, where we all had the opportunity to provide our feedback and, particularly, Di Farmer’s insights into the background to her time and contribution to the whole process.

So, Madam Chairman, at that event, I noted with great pleasure what great opportunity this centre played both as a creative and a community hub for the community as a whole, and the opportunities that existed there, and as an important part of this Administration’s commitment to supporting the arts and supporting all of those creative talents out there, providing those spaces for performers. The Seven Hills community centre ticks every box in that regard.


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There were so many great performances on that day. There were a lot of local groups, including the Villanova Players, Digi Youth Arts, Hands On Art and Flipside Circus, Madam Chairman, who spoke to us today, being able to provide performances and entertainment. As part of that process, too, Madam Chairman, we noted the importance of naming the facilities. There are actually two facilities: firstly the theatre itself and the upcoming community hub.

What we did, Madam Chairman, we opened the survey at that official opening of the event, and conducted a significant amount of work in that regards. We had an online survey. There were paper copies provided at the event, social media targeting Seven Hills, and also all of the local community around the area was letterbox dropped to ensure that we had feedback. I know that Councillor COOK took a great interest, as the local Councillor, in the survey, and so did the State member, and provided their feedback as to getting the word out there as to the naming of the centre, Madam Chairman.

That survey closed on 12 August, and I am pleased to inform the Chamber that Council received just over 1,000 feedback submissions on the naming of the theatre. I am pleased to announce that the Council received resounding support for the theatre to be named in honour of the late Mr Ron Hurley. Mr Hurley studied at the Queensland College of Art from 1973 to 1975, which once stood at the current Seven Hills site, and he was the first Aboriginal person to graduate from the Queensland College of Art.

Mr Hurley was prolific throughout his career, and his achievements were many and some highlights include being awarded the Australia Council for Arts residency at a conservatory in Paris and an exhibition at the Australian Consulate. He co-designed the winning image of the Sydney Olympics 2000 bid. Mr Hurley was the first Aboriginal member of the Board of Trustees of the Queensland Art Gallery. His many awards include the Ian Fairweather Memorial Prize, the Redcliffe Arts Prize, The Gatton Art Prize and the NAIDOC National Poster Competition.

With the support of Mr Hurley’s family, I am delighted to announce that the theatre will be named Ron Hurley Theatre. With the community hub, Madam Chairman, we received, again, many feedback submissions, which is great. We received over 900 submissions on the naming of the future community hub, and I am pleased to inform the Chamber that the community voted in support of the community hub being named the Jolly Centre, in honour of Norm and Eris Jolly. Norm and Eris Jolly came to live in Seven Hills as newlyweds in 1950, and worked for the Seven Hills community over many, many years. I had the great pleasure of meeting Mrs Jolly at the event, and she very kindly provided me with a copy of a comprehensive history of Seven Hills that she had written.

Norm and Eris were members of the Villanova Players Theatre Company, and Eris is still a member and regular attendee at Villanova Players performances, and plays an active role as a community leader protecting the bushland. Her husband Norm unfortunately died in 2012, and his ashes were laid to rest in the bushland. I look forward to the opening of the Jolly Centre next year, and having the opportunity for the formalisation of the naming of those two areas, of the theatre and the centre itself.

I look forward to seeing Councillor COOK there and, of course, the State member, and we can all come together as a community to be able to properly name this centre and continue its strong commitment of this Administration towards supporting the arts, supporting our open spaces, supporting our creative opportunities and importantly, also, Madam Chairman, those opportunities for the community to come together as they will in the Jolly Community Hub to be able to utilise that space and for us as an Administration, as an organisation, to fulfil our commitment to our community as a whole. Thank you.



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Councillor CUMMING.

Question 6

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. I refer to allegations of wage theft and other abuse of workers’ basic rights by Council contractor HCL. In 2013, you sacked 55 loyal Council IT workers to make way for contract workers employed by HCL. Yet on 22 August last year, when quizzed in this Chamber on the use of contract labour, you said: ‘Where there’s an ongoing role within this Council, that role is made permanent’, and ‘I want to make it clear, where possible, we engage people on a permanent basis’. Will you now terminate this contract with HCL and bring staff back into the fulltime workforce, or were these just hollow words?

LORD MAYOR: I thank Councillor CUMMING for the question, Madam Chairman, but those comments that I made last year which he refers to were made in the context of a question that Councillor CUMMING had about the proportion of staff that were permanent and that were casual and temporary employees within this organisation. Madam Chairman, I said at the time that an organisation like the Brisbane City Council always will have permanent, temporary and casual staff arrangements, and that, Madam Chairman, is because we are a project-based organisation. Some projects are around for a certain period of time, and then those projects conclude. So, Madam Chairman, that is the nature of this organisation.

What I said at that time, Councillor CUMMING—and I invite you to go back and have a look at the Hansard—was that where we believe it is possible to transfer a job to a permanent role, then we would do so. Where it is in the interests of the ratepayers of this city to do that, we will do it.

Now, you and I both know that the contract to which you refer was one which saved ratepayers significant dollars. Now, quite clearly, what you are demonstrating today by your question is that you are not interested in the ratepayers of this city; you are not interested in achieving a value for money outcome for the ratepayers of this city. So, Madam Chairman, we have—

Councillors interjecting.

LORD MAYOR: Well, they say shame on me. You see, this is the thing: they were not building the infrastructure in this city, they were not building the infrastructure because they had no interest in achieving the value for money for ratepayers. They had no interest in driving the value of the rate dollar. Madam Chairman, that is something that this Administration has and will always continue to do.

We are, Madam Chairman, an organisation which is about making sure that we keep the costs of Administration as low as we can while, at the same time, driving the value for money in the infrastructure build. Madam Chairman, we are one, if you like, one of the few governments that are doing that. It’s easy to put on more and more and more staff, Madam Chairman, but what happens then is the amount of infrastructure that is being built is reduced. That’s the outcome. Madam Chairman, we do not stand for that on this side of the Chamber. We are about making sure that we drive the best value for money.

Now, in relation to the particular matter you raise with HCL, I said last week that a meeting had taken place between the Services Union and HCL. Those negotiations are continuing, and I remain committed to reporting back to this Chamber on the outcomes to it. They are not available at this time because negotiations are continuing. But I will certainly report any details. It will probably be the next session now before it is finalised. But I am dedicated to doing that as I committed to do.

So, again, I just say that the premise of this question, Madam Chairman, and to tie my comment then to the contract with HCL, is fundamentally wrong, because the comments that I was making were in relation to a different question. You have verballed me in your attempt at this question today. It is not the statement


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that I was making in relation to HCL. It was a statement that was made broadly in regards to, if you like, the ratios between permanent employees, temporary employees and that of casual employees in this place.

Again, I reiterate, Madam Chairman, there will always be a pool of temporary and casual employees that are needed. In fact, some people actually want it because the reality is that, in a temporary situation, you do get, or in a casual situation, there is a premium for that purpose. But the jobs are not forever in those categories. If they are becoming forever, then they become permanent employees, because that is the time at which it is in the best interests of the ratepayers to move those staff to a permanent category. That is the way we operate, Madam Chairman, and will continue to do so.


Councillor MARX.

Question 7

Councillor MARX: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the Chair of Field Services Committee, Councillor HOWARD. The State Government recently introduced the waste levy legislation to Parliament, scheduled to be implemented in March next year. Can you outline for the Chamber how the levy will affect Council, given our responsibilities to collect waste and recyclables in Brisbane, and any reservations we have with its implementation?

Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor MARX for the question. Madam Chairman, this Administration is committed to ensuring that Brisbane remains a clean, green and sustainable city. The State Government will introduce the waste levy to be effective from March 2019. The State Government has confirmed that municipal solid waste will not be affected. Through discussions with the State, we understand that direct waste from residential bins, self-haul waste and kerbside collection will attract the 105% rebate.

Indeed, last week the Minister wrote to the LORD MAYOR and outlined that waste from public bins, park maintenance and street sweeping would also be eligible for the 105% rebate. We thank the Minister for clarifying this point. The LORD MAYOR, I understand, is in the process of responding to the Minister. We do ask, however, that further considerations be given to the following waste streams: road scalpings that are used as daily cover for road rehabilitation; construction waste for maintaining and building public assets; litter and illegal dumping; animal collection; school waste; charity waste; and waste from litter clean up events, such as Clean Up Australia Day.

Madam Chairman, this Council is committed to working with the State Government to ensure that the ratepayers of Brisbane are no worse off. Yesterday, the State Government announced that $100 million collected from the waste levy will be made available as grant funding to a range of organisations including councils. Council will consider the details around the funding program and we certainly hope that this will give opportunities that will benefit the residents of Brisbane.

Madam Chairman, as you will be aware, this Council has already invested a significant amount of effort into fighting the war on waste. For instance, in the last 25 years, 1.4 million tonnes of all rubbish collected has been recovered and recycled; 93% of items placed in yellow top recycling bins are recycled; and, in the last few years, we’ve reduced recyclables and food waste in general household rubbish by one third. Some 90,000 tonnes of household recycling is collected each year in our yellow top bins, and up to 730,000 household bins are serviced every week.

So, Madam Chairman, through events such as Revive and Council’s Tip Shops, residents can also do their part to live more sustainably through re-use. Council recognises that education is an important tool to assist residents better understand how they can reduce their waste and live sustainably. Through the


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education space, Council’s Love Food Hate Waste program has committed more than $750,000 over three years to help residents reduce food waste at home. The Love Food Hate Waste program has already achieved great outcomes, and supported a steady reduction in household food waste to landfill.

For instance, last financial year, the Love Food Hate Waste campaign engaged more than 358,000 residents to take action, including reducing food waste at home, by being more mindful of storing food, getting creative with leftovers, and taking up our six-week food waste challenge. Approximately 24% of Brisbane household bins are now comprised of food waste. This is down from 31% in 2017.

Madam Chairman, this Administration is committed to remaining clean, green and sustainable. Though we can be proud of our record so far, we recognise that more can be done, and it is up to all of us to work collaboratively to ensure that we keep Brisbane clean, green and sustainable. Thank you, Madam Chairman.


Councillor SRI.

Question 8

Councillor SRI: Thanks, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. The approximate distance between the Orleigh Park and the South Bank CityCat terminals is five kilometres. On the north bank, the average spacing of terminals is only around 1.5 kilometres. In 2011, after the January floods, the South Brisbane riverside neighbourhood plan introduced, or proposed to introduce, a CityCat terminal for the western half of West End to cater for the rapid projected population growth for that part of the Kurilpa Peninsula.

Since that time we’ve had thousands of additional residents moving into that area, and now Montague Road is extremely congested and the Blue CityGlider is over capacity. There’s no more capacity on the Montague Road corridor itself to carry that growing population. So my question to you is: does this Administration have any plans to deliver a CityCat terminal for that western Montague Road side of West End and, if not, what is the main reason? Is it simply cost, or is it that an additional stop there is seen as inefficient from a network perspective?

LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, I thank Councillor SRI for the question. I think it’s a very reasonable question to ask. It is true that we have in that area the CityGlider service. It is a high frequency service. I remember when we first introduced the CityGlider, we thought that it would carry about 600,000 passengers the first year. It carried something like 1.5 million people.


LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, now over 2 million, the DEPUTY MAYOR informs me.

In terms of Montague Road itself, Madam Chairman, I believe that the Glider still has a good capability to carry passengers, and we believe, also, that the Metro will assist in terms of the freeing up of capacity of road space and will, I think, make it easier for those CityGliders to continue to operate.

In terms of the issue of the CityCats, Madam Chairman, we do have a long term plan for putting in an additional CityCat facility in West End. It is a matter of timing. It is a matter of CityCat availability, and it’s a matter of also the timeliness on the river. So river transport is a very good form of public transport, a very scenic form of public transport. It is probably not the most time efficient form of public transport. So, Madam Chairman, one of the reasons that we are introducing SpeedyCats as a priority at the moment is the fact that there is a need to, I think, create faster services that will be more attractive to a time poor community.


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So, Madam Chairman, it is weighing up the various needs that are on the river. We have, of course, a new CityCat that we’re out for design for, and all of these things will help. But I just say to you, Councillor SRI—

Councillor SRI: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor SRI.

Councillor SRI: Just on relevance. The substance of the question is whether the reason the terminal hasn’t been delivered is primarily about cost or primarily about route efficiency.

Chairman: Thank you, Councillor SRI, and the LORD MAYOR does have five minutes to provide that answer.

LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. It is primarily about—well, it’s a bit of both, to be frank, but route efficiency is one thing that is certainly a factor on our mind. It’s one of the reasons why we are focusing at the moment on SpeedyCats, because we want to try and look at creating with the stops that we have—every time we add a new CityCat stop in, it slows the service down more. That makes it less attractive, from a time point of view.

So what we are intent on doing is making public transport as fast as we can in terms of particularly the river transport, which is a slow form of transport. We want to speed that up, make it more attractive for people, and that is one of the reasons, as I say, we are introducing, as a priority, SpeedyCats. It is not to say we don’t think that another CityCat terminal here is important. We do, in the same way as we think a pedestrian bridge from Kangaroo Point to Edward Street is important. There is a case of the financial resources. We’ve just finished having a question about staff numbers and so forth, Madam Chairman, and getting value for money; we are intent on driving value to be able to do these sorts of very things. We think it is important.

You might recall that the number of CityCats out on the water has grown enormously in the last decade, and we want to continue to bring new vessels and, over time, new services as well. But we’ve got to do it smarter. We can’t just keep adding more and more stops along the route. People will stop using it because of the fact that it will just get too slow. That is the dilemma. I think it is a very genuine question. It’s a reasonable question in every respect, and it is one which is certainly exercising our mind, both in terms of the timing and resourcing. So, I thank Councillor SRI for that question.


Councillor HUANG.

Question 9

Councillor HUANG: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, Councillor COOPER. Proudly worn by soldiers of the First and Second Australian Forces in both World Wars, the Rising Sun badge has become an integral part of the Digger tradition. Brisbane City Council is proud to commemorate the spirit of the ANZACs through the Streets of Remembrance project. Can you please update the Chamber on this initiative, and how residents can nominate a street to honour the contribution of the city’s armed forces?

Councillor COOPER: Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and I thank Councillor HUANG for the question. It is that time of the year again, and Council is calling for residents to nominate streets to receive special commemorative badges on street signs to mark their connection with the spirit of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or the ANZACs.

The seventh round of the Streets of Remembrance project is part of our ongoing effort to honour the contribution of the city’s armed forces and demonstrate local community spirit. The Streets of Remembrance project commemorates the spirit


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of the Anzacs by installing Rising Sun badges, or the Royal Australian Navy badges, on streets that share the same name as places, people, or events that are significant to World War I where the ANZAC tradition began.

We install these badges every year in time for either Anzac Day or Remembrance Day, and we are now encouraging people to nominate street names for this specific round in the Streets of Remembrance project for suggestions for people to nominate those streets that share a name with significant women to World War I. So this is a new round, and this is our particular focus for this coming event, of course, for Remembrance Day.

So, nominations for the Streets of Remembrance are researched by our Heritage Unit in consultation with local communities and historians, as well with a summary of the research published on Council’s website. As, of course, this Chamber will recall, this initiative first commenced in 2015 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. It was actually an idea submitted by a member of the public who wrote to the LORD MAYOR and was very keen to find a different way to commemorate these important parts of our history in our beautiful city.

We are very proud to see we’re moving to round seven in time to celebrate Remembrance Day. Since we began this program, we’ve installed badges on 664 signs recognising 132 street names at 236 locations across the city to recognise our armed forces, of course, in addition to our year round preservation of war memorials in parks around the city.

So I would encourage all local RSLs and any community or history groups, along with residents and other groups, such as schools, that might be aware of a potential nomination to bring forward that suggestion by 12 October this year. This is a great opportunity to commemorate those women that were such an important part of the war efforts for the First World War. So I will be writing to all Councillors and providing them with the details, and encouraging them to talk to their local RSLs to seek nominations, and to make sure that we can continue this important program and recognise those who have done so much to build our city’s history and heritage. Thank you very much.


Councillor CUMMING.

Question 10

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. Recently Councillor McLACHLAN, a member of Civic Cabinet tasked with oversight of the zipline project, was asked on ABC Radio who would pay for the shuttle buses that would take people to the Mt Coot-tha summit. He could not supply this seemingly simple information. Can you tell the Chamber today who will pay for these buses, and whether they will be DDA compliant?

LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, the answer to that is probably premature in the sense that we have always, Madam Chairman, as a Council said that it was our intention to establish a Coot-tha shuttle, and that Coot-tha shuttle would take in a number of attractions around Mt Coot-tha. As I’ve always said publicly over and over again, I saw that shuttle as taking in the astronomical experience in the Planetarium; also the Botanic Gardens experience; and the summit lookout experience, Madam Chairman. I see it taking in the walking trails opportunity provided at Mt Coot-tha.

I also saw it taking in the park experiences at J.C. Slaughter Falls and Simpsons Falls. I have the desire to see an indigenous experience, Madam Chairman, at the base of Mt Coot-tha in either J.C. Slaughter Falls or Simpsons Falls. Then the zipline. So, Madam Chairman, that is the context in which I have always talked about a Coot-tha shuttle which would link people to those various facilities.

With the zipline proposal, Madam Chairman, I think it is fair and reasonable that we have a discussion to perhaps look at how a shared resource outcome could


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achieve a benefit to ratepayers and still achieve the outcome and the vision that I have set down. So, Madam Chairman, this is why I say that the answer, perhaps at this time, is premature. I make the comments I do to set a scene to indicate what I have said publicly on many occasions, and to indicate also that, within a budgetary framework, we have always said that a Coot-tha shuttle is something that we as an Administration would take on. So perhaps that helps to clarify any comments that Councillor McLACHLAN may have made in the radio interview. I didn’t hear that particular interview, Councillor CUMMING, but I don’t have any doubts in terms of your question today, other than to say, Madam Chairman, that there is a long way to go. Obviously that application or the process is under application at the moment.

Councillor CUMMING: Point of order, Madam Chairman.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor CUMMING.

Councillor CUMMING: Madam Chair, the question to the LORD MAYOR was: one, who will pay for the buses; and two, whether they will be DDA compliant. I don’t seem to have heard the answer to either of those questions, and the LORD MAYOR must be—

Chairman: Thank you, Councillor CUMMING—

Councillor CUMMING: —must be running out of time.

Chairman: Thank you, Councillor CUMMING! You know section 51 of the Meetings Local Law, you do not speak when I am speaking.

The LORD MAYOR is providing a comprehensive answer. He has 15 seconds to go.

LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, DDA compliance, yes we do. We do do DDA compliance. But I’ve answered your question in terms of who pays. That’s a matter, Madam Chairman, that we need to work through, but obviously we will be paying an amount, as we’ve said we would, and always have.

Chairman: That ends Question Time.

LORD MAYOR, Establishment and Coordination Committee, please.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor GRIFFITHS.

165/2018-19At that juncture, Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS moved, seconded by Councillor Jared CASSIDY, that the Standing Rules be suspended to allow the moving of the following motion

That this Council condemns the lack of accountability and transparency by the Lord Mayor and his LNP Administration in the allocation of ratepayer monies for political staff and that we call for an urgent review of the allocation of political staff for Administration and Opposition Councillors.

Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS, three minutes to urgency, please.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Thank you, Madam Chair. Today, disappointingly, we heard the LORD MAYOR wasn’t able to answer questions with regards his own staffing that he uses ratepayer funds to finance. Madam Chair, the LORD MAYOR wasn’t able to tell us the number of staff that are employed in his office, let alone the DEPUTY MAYOR’s office, let alone each of the Chairperson’s offices.

Madam Chair, we don’t know whether there’s 20, 30, 40, or more staff in these offices. The LORD MAYOR doesn’t know whether there’s this many staff in his office. Madam Chair, this is a real concern, because the LORD MAYOR is


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running the city and he can’t actually tell us how many staff he has running his own office.

Madam Chair, then the LORD MAYOR couldn’t tell us the top three wages for his office. He could not tell us whether the person who was on the top wage in his office was on $200,000, $300,000, $400,000. In fact, he didn’t think it was appropriate to answer that question because of privacy. It’s quite suitable to have that question answered when it relates to bureaucrats; why is not acceptable for that to be the same rules for his political appointments? Madam Chair, it is still pubic money, ratepayers’ money that is being used to fund LNP positions in this Council. It’s not the LORD MAYOR’s money, and it’s not LNP money. It’s ratepayer money.

We know, Madam Chair, that this Administration is secretive and it has a massive majority, and it boasts about that massive majority and it boasts about the power that gives it. Well, Madam Chair, this LNP Council has already voted against motions about ensuring that staff don’t withhold information from the Opposition. They’ve also voted against the amount of money used, the hundreds of thousands of dollars used for the promotion of the LORD MAYOR. Now we know they don’t want the public to find out how many staff they’ve got or how much money they’re spending on LNP political staff.

Madam Chair, the State and Federal Governments fund oppositions, and they fund them appropriately, and they fund them to formulas or protocols. This Council seems to think that it is above that. Madam Chair, it shouldn’t be dependent upon the whim of the LORD MAYOR and his LNP majority to determine the allocation of funding for Opposition Councillors. Therefore, we believe that it’s undemocratic, the current system that is in place, and we’re calling for an urgent review.

Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS, that is the three minutes, so we will now put the motion for urgency.

The Chairman submitted the motion for the suspension of the Standing Rules to the Chamber and it was declared lost on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Jared CASSIDY and Peter CUMMING immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.

The voting was as follows:

AYES: 6 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Peter CUMMING, and Councillors Jared CASSIDY, Kara COOK, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, and Jonathan SRI.

NOES: 20 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, and Councillors Krista ADAMS, Adam ALLAN, Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, Ian MCKENZIE, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Kate RICHARDS, Julian SIMMONDS, Steven TOOMEY, Andrew WINES and Norm WYNDHAM.

CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE

The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK), Chairman of the Establishment and Coordination Committee, moved, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR (Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER), that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 3 September 2018, be adopted.


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Chairman: LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Yes, thanks very much, Madam Chairman. I just wanted to report on a couple of matters before going into the full report today. Firstly, Madam Chairman, the Brisbane Festival is in full swing. It kicked off on Saturday night. I had the opportunity, with the Premier and Minister Leeanne Enoch, of being present for the opening. I just recommend to all Councillors, you’d all be aware of the animations that we do on City Hall here, and how popular they are at Christmas time.

There is currently a temporary fountain that is in the river, Madam Chairman, outside the cultural forecourt, which gives an oration from the Quandamooka people around the story of Maiwar, the river, and the mythical stories as to how the river came into being. It’s narrated by Shannon Ruska, and I just recommend it as good viewing. I’m sure the crowds will continue to grow as word gets around about it.

But a very strong line up of performances, around 600 performances will be occurring over the coming days, and the 22-day festival this year also has 100 free events. I believe that ticket sales are going extremely strongly as well, so, Madam Chairman, I just recommend that to everybody.

I just wanted to also announce that next year Brisbane City Council will host the Asia Pacific Cities Summit. This is an event that Brisbane is the Secretariat for. Councillors will remember that the event was held in Daejeon in South Korea last year, but it comes back to Brisbane next year. Madam Chairman, I’m able to announce today that the first of the keynote speakers has now been put in place and it is Marc Randolph, the founder of Netflix. So that will be, I think, an attractor.

This event is probably getting close to being on a par with the Singapore World Cities Summit now in terms of, certainly, the representation and delegates numbers that are coming to it. It has a very strong reputation now in the Asia Pacific as an event, and I will continue to give updates as further speakers are engaged.

Madam Chairman, the other thing I wanted to say before coming to the issue of—


LORD MAYOR: What’s that, sorry, E&C, yes, the E&C, that’s exactly right, Councillor CUMMING.

Madam Chairman, I just want to give a quick brief on a bit of legal advice. I asked my Chief of Staff to seek some legal advice around this issue of contracts and tendering, particularly, we’ve had instances in the past here where Councillors have got up and said, look, I’ve got shares in Telstra, is a common one, Madam Chairman, or it could be some other bank, perhaps; that one came up at one stage. I’ve perhaps wrongly said I had a bank account with a bank on one occasion, Madam Chairman.

Look, it has been an area where there has been some confusion, I think, around what you need to declare and what you don’t need to declare. I will table this legal advice today, but I’ve also asked—Orderly, Billy, if you could hand around a copy—because what it relates to, Madam Chairman, is the contracts and tendering item only. So today, I think, it’s item G, and you will note, for example, Madam Chairman, that the item is, when it comes to this place, for noting. In other words, we are not making a decision and therefore the advice that is being handed around—and if anybody needs clarification on the advice, please contact Legal Services.

But, in essence, it is saying that you do not, in the view of the legal advice, have a conflict of interest or a material personal interest in matters relating to the


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contracts and tendering because it is simply being noted and not voted upon. But, again, it’s up to everybody individually. I’m just giving a précis of what that legal advice says. So I will table that, if I may, thank you very much.

Madam Chairman, item A today is Move Safe Brisbane. Madam Chairman, obviously, as the Administration, we wanted to get the views of Brisbane residents about the issue of safety out there, pedestrian, cycling, and we had around 6,500 people that came forward with submissions, with pins on a consultation map, Madam Chairman, indicating locations that were of concern to them.

So these are the basis of additional information that we have, together with police records and other advice that we are receiving towards the where to from here in terms of the Move Safe program. Madam Chairman, Council is still reviewing this data, as well, as I said, the data from the Queensland Police Service (QPS), to identify the main pedestrian safety issues. We’ve already announced several initiatives, however. The first of those is at the intersection of Ann and Edward Streets. We have been undertaking video surveillance on the corner of Ann and Edward Streets; Adelaide and Edward Streets; and Elizabeth and Albert Streets; to gain a picture of what people’s movements have been, and behaviours.

The following crossing behaviours were identified during that seven-day survey: 65% to 86% of people crossed on the green signal at all three intersections. The Adelaide Street and Edward Street intersection had the highest level of pedestrians—that is 35% starting to cross the road on a flashing red signal. On average, 4,500 people each day, or approximately six per cent, at the Elizabeth Street and Albert Street intersection had the highest number of pedestrians cross the road illegally on the solid red signal.

The Elizabeth Street and Albert Street intersection had the highest level of distracted pedestrians, with an average of 63% of pedestrians each day crossing at the intersection on a solid red signal while appearing distracted, typically by mobile phones. A total of 93 near misses were recorded during the seven-day survey across all locations, with most pedestrians doing a last minute dash or cars filtering through pedestrians.

Following a review of this data, and today an interim report before us in this Chamber, Council has announced a number of initiatives to improve safety, including reducing the speed limit on Ann Street from 60 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour on the Fortitude Valley side of the Creek Street intersection to the freeway on ramp. That is the first of those initiatives.

Madam Chairman, we’ve also announced initiatives in terms of a mid-block crossing in Adelaide Street, between Albert Street and Edwards Street. We’ve also announced scramble crossings in Albert Street, on the corner of Charlotte Street and also that of Mary Street.

So, Madam Chairman, in addition to those, we’ve indicated, at this stage, three suburban locations where we need to undertake work, and we will have more of these to be rolled out. There will be more information as we get further into this report, towards the end of the year. There will be further consultation with bodies such as the RACQ and Councillors, Madam Chairman, in relation to proposals to where we believe, on an evidence-based outcome, more work needs to be undertaken.

Item B is the major amendment to Brisbane City Plan. This proposal to amend City Plan before us today delivers on the blueprint action item number 4 under the principle, Protect and create greenspace. Its purpose is to make it easier for new developments to include rooftop gardens and green open space. Currently, under City Plan, the rooftops of apartment buildings are considered a storey. This effectively reduces the number of storeys that a development can allocate to residential use, but importantly—

Chairman: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.


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166/2018-19At that point, the LORD MAYOR was granted an extension of time on the motion of the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, seconded by Councillor Andrew WINES.

Chairman: LORD MAYOR, please continue.

LORD MAYOR: Thanks, Madam Chairman. But essentially this process ensures that new developments have rooftop gardens and green open space is founded in Council’s Buildings that Breathe document.

The proposal today makes it easier for those living in apartment complexes to enjoy Brisbane’s subtropical environment from the comfort of their own residence all year round. So it’s something that we want to do to proactively encourage it, Madam Chairman, as part of the development design process.

Item C is a Better Brisbane Proposal for the de-silting of Castlemaine drain. During the budget period, Madam Chairman, I announced that, as part of our commitment to ensuring better flood resilience, Council would be investing in a new robotic de-silting machine. This Stores Board submission is seeking Council endorsement to go out and build this remote operated vehicle, the mudcat. Our first trial site will be at Castlemaine drain, which is a 367-metre, 3,000 millimetre diameter concrete pipe. I’m informed that about 30% of it is blocked with silt.

The current method to de-silt a drain is to use vacuum trucks and high pressure water jets. Unfortunately this is not effective for Castlemaine drain as it would require Council to build a temporary cofferdam at the outlet. If the mudcat is proven to be successful, then it opens up a range of opportunities for Council moving forward in our de-silting program. So, Madam Chairman, I think it is a very worthwhile initiative.

Item D is lease of Council land to community organisations. Council recognises the vital role that community organisations play in providing sport and community activities and services to our communities, and the contribution they make to an active and healthy city. Council maintains about 600 community leases across Brisbane that are currently being used for sport, recreation, cultural and community purposes. Madam Chairman, there’s a number of organisations listed there today which are renewal of leases. There are seven properties leased to those community organisations.

Item E is the administrative amendment. So this submission before us today is to approve recent changes to organisational structure. So, on occasions, Madam Chairman, changes to administrative arrangements are brought to the Council to indicate changes. The changes are a refinement of certain areas within Council. The changes include a number of different areas. They’re in the report and the attachment, Madam Chairman. Over time, roles and responsibilities change. As a result of the organisational structure, we change to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of Brisbane. The last time Council amended the organisational structure was in December 2016.

Item F is the Audit Committee Report. This is our ongoing release of minutes, Madam Chairman, from the Council’s Audit Committee. The Administration is one of the few councils that does not have a Councillor on this committee to ensure its complete independence. Labor has never—in the past and historically, minutes were never made available in terms of what areas the Audit Committee looked at, but we have a whole host of areas listed that are subject to ongoing reviews. The Audit Committee works closely with the Auditor-General as well to ensure that the organisation continues to review what we are doing along the way.

Item G, I mentioned earlier, Madam Chairman, is the contracts and tendering. We’ve got a number of items here which I’ll go through. The first of those


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contracts is strategic advisory services for the Brisbane Metro. That is awarded to Mr Andrew Brown, Madam Chairman. I will give a little bit of information on this. Mr Brown has expertise in commercial and funding arrangements, including packaging of contracts.

His services will be beneficial for a range of issues applicable to the procurement stage of the project. This engagement is for approximately one year. It is appropriate as the project progresses through ongoing stakeholder engagement around the business case and draft design reports. It is for legal but primarily financial and commercial consultancy advice.

The second one is the Waterworks Road upgrade project, Trout Street to Beth Eden Terrace. This is relocation of APA assets. Again, APA do specialist work. This is sole source at $284,000. The third one is Raymont Road and Grange Road intersection upgrade, relocation of Energex assets. Again, in this case, $319,000; Energex, of course, are the only entity that can do that particular work. There’s a range of things that they’re required to do. I can go through those, but if people have questions, I can give more detail later.

Ferny Grove aquatic play landscape.


LORD MAYOR: Naturform Pty Ltd—thought you’d say that, Councillor. So this is—what we’re doing here is landscape construction, Ferny Grove aquatic play project will upgrade the existing aquatic playground located at the Keperra picnic area and deliver a reinvigorated interactive water play environment that is accessible to people of all ages and all abilities.

The next one, Comdain Infrastructure Pty Ltd was the successful tenderer. This is for the construction of water and sewage services at Field Services’ storage facility, Hedley Avenue at Nundah. This is for the installation of new water and sewage services there.

Madam Chairman, the next one is contract 6 for Addinsight Traffic Intelligence Systems, $445,000. This is to deliver the first hands-free congestion beating phone app. To boost its commitment for real improvements in terms of people’s travel Council has been trialling the South Australian Government Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Addinsight Traffic Intelligence Systems in the back office suite.

It provides a heat map of traffic delays and congestion which is used by Council officers and the Brisbane Metropolitan Transport Management Centre, and Addinsight now has a smartphone app available and upgraded back office systems that are to be rolled out and launched. Again, we believe that will be a beneficial device for the motoring public.

The next one is contract 7, provision of memorial plaques and granite bases. This has gone to Worssell & Company Pty Ltd for $240,000. They achieved the highest value for money, Madam Chairman, at 74.61 and they were also the lowest price. Also, Madam Chairman, it relates to memorial plaques and also granite bases. Granite bases went to Queensland Heritage Masonry Pty Ltd. Again, they were the cheapest and best value for money.

Maintenance and servicing of pumps and pumping equipment—I’m on number 8 now—goes to KSB Australia Pty Ltd for $453,000. The Council owns and maintains a wide range of sewage, stormwater, building, flood prevention and leachate pumps across Brisbane. The new CPA (corporate procurement arrangement) includes scheduled pumping sections and servicing; repairs including warranty management; breakdown response; and the supply and installation of any required replacement pumps and associated equipment. That is the end of those.

Item H is tree maintenance and planting services. This is a Stores Board submission to approve the new tree maintenance contract. The recommendation is for Council to award three separate contractors to look after different parts of


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the city. The contractors are Active Tree Services, Treescape and Power Clear. So, Active Tree Services will look after the north region; Treescape will look after central and west region; and Power Clear will look after south and east region.

Chairman: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.

167/2018-19At that point, the LORD MAYOR was granted an extension of time on the motion of the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, seconded by Councillor Andrew WINES.

Chairman: Please continue, LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: I thank the Chamber, Madam Chairman. So, Madam Chairman, the submission also proposes that a new panel be set up. Depending upon whether jobs become outstanding due to extreme weather or storm events, Council is able then to engage with eight other contractors on top of the three we currently have to be able to fast track the delivery of maintenance works.

A second panel is also proposed to be set up which will also allow for contractors to be engaged on specialist and project works. Internal Council crews will continue to work on tree maintenance issues as per the normal course of business.

Item I, the Botanic Gardens Riverwalk project comprises a separated pedestrian and cycle path below the high water mark in the city reach of the Brisbane River. The current design connects with the existing city reach boardwalk within a wet lease adjacent to the Stanford Plaza and described as Lot 674. The proposed boardwalk encroaches approximately 12 metres into Lot 674 making it necessary to acquire an easement for public thoroughfare purposes.

There are three involved parties: the owner, which is the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME); the lessee, which is the Department of Housing and Public Works; and the sub-lessee, which is HSW Hotels—Howard Smith Wharves Hotels. So, Madam Chairman, while the negotiations are progressing with the Department of Housing and Public Works and HSW Hotels to acquire the easement, it is Council practice to initiate a resumption process at the same time. So this is to ensure that Council acquires the land in a timely manner and can deliver this important piece of infrastructure used by over 3,000 pedestrians and cyclists every day.

Council cannot resume from Queensland Government leases, and therefore must request DNRME, the owner, to resume the land on behalf of Council. So we are hoping that they will agree to do so, Madam Chairman. I think it’s in the public interest that that occurs.

The next one, item J, grass cutting, social enterprise and community organisations. The Chamber may recall that previously the new grass cutting contract was approved. I have had positive feedback about the new contracting arrangements. As part of the process, Council approved a separate procurement process for grass cutting to be provided by social enterprise and community organisations. Eight tenderers were recommended for approval, and 73 parks are recommended for approval. The methodology of how these parks were chosen is outlined in sections 123 and 125 of the report.

Item K: Howard Smith Wharves is just under 3.5 hectares and earmarked in Council’s City Centre Master Plan as a key transformative project. I’ve just made reference to it. The important part of this is that the lease arrangements were highlighted in the submission when it came to full Council for review in October 2014 as part of approving the project agreement.

In this case, Madam Chairman, under the State Government Land Act, an application for a long term wet lease in the Brisbane River can only be made by


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the owner of the freehold immediately adjacent to the wet area. Council, as freehold owner, is the only party who can hold the head wet lease from the Queensland Government’s Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. In April last year, Council made the application for the long term wet lease to the Queensland Government department, and in August this year Council received a letter of offer from the department for the long term lease, and this submission is now formalising that.

This will allow for Council to issue the Howard Smith Wharves Consortium with a 50-year long term sub-lease, wet, over areas below the high water mark. This is a city defining project that will transform this once abandoned site into a world-class precinct, Madam Chairman, and create a destination that showcases what our city is all about. Thanks very much, Madam Chairman.

Chairman: Further speakers?

Councillor CUMMING.

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair.

Seriatim for voting - Clauses A, D, I, J and KAt that time Councillor Peter CUMMING rose and requested that Clause A – COUNCIL'S CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REVIEW – POTENTIAL ACTIONS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK; Clause D – LEASE OF COUNCIL LAND TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS; Clause I – BOTANIC GARDENS RIVERWALK PROJECT; Clause J – STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – GRASS CUTTING – SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, and Clause K – HOWARD SMITH WHARVES REVITALISATION PROJECT, be taken seriatim, en bloc, for voting purposes.

Seriatim for voting - Clauses B, C, E, G and H At that time Councillor Peter CUMMING rose and requested that Clause B – MAJOR AMENDMENT TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 – PACKAGE G; Clause C – STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – BETTER BRISBANE PROPOSAL FOR THE DESILTING OF CASTLEMAINE STREET, MILTON, STORMWATER DRAIN; Clause E – AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS; Clause G – CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR JULY 2018, and Clause H – STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – TREE MAINTENANCE AND PLANTING SERVICES, be taken seriatim, en bloc, for voting purposes.

Seriatim for voting – Clause F At that time Councillor Peter CUMMING rose and requested that Clause F – REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 9 AUGUST 2018 be taken seriatim for voting purposes.

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you. In relation to item A, we’re generally supportive of this project. Obviously a very important project. I do have some comments, though. It’s interesting, the figures supplied by the State Government that pedestrian fatalities number 22 out of 171 for the 2018 year up to 26 August. So that’s 12.87%, and that compares to driver fatalities at 84; passenger fatalities at 29; and motorcycle, moped rider and pillion fatalities at 32. Regardless, obviously we’ve got more involvement with pedestrians, and any fatality or any injury is obviously one too many.

It’s interesting, also on the following page, just referring to this report, I’ll refer to the paragraph number, I suppose, because they’ve got no numbers at the bottom of the page. But under the heading International Best Practice, it’s got: ‘In November 2015 there were 160 new municipalities in 15 European countries that had implemented some form of 30 kilometre per hour or lower speed limit.’

Now, the Deputy Opposition Leader, Councillor CASSIDY, raised that in the media, and there was some reaction to that, some positive, some negative, but the Administration then totally ruled it out, Madam Chair. Well, I think that’s rather premature, given what’s happening in Europe. If that many countries and that many municipalities can be making that decision, I think it’s something that the Council should have kept open until later in this process, at least, and


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perhaps taken into account and, in appropriate cases, made that Council policy in some places around the city.

It’s also interesting under paragraph 3 that it states that this is the data analysis of WebCrash data; approximately three per cent of pedestrian crashes have mobile phone involvement recorded in the crash description—driver or pedestrian. I know the reaction to the injuries to pedestrians where, oh, they’re all looking at their mobile phone and they’re wandering across the road looking at their phone rather than looking at what’s happening with the lights or with what’s happening with cars but, on the data available to date, that doesn’t seem to be the case. As I said, three per cent, and that was mobile phone involvement of a driver or a pedestrian—three per cent in total.

The other thing that I’d comment on generally is that this is a preliminary report, and it states under paragraph 5, potential number of projects for further investigation, they’ve got a list of projects below that the report says: ‘The projects discussed below have been identified as having the potential to provide significant pedestrian safety improvements and will be investigated further for the final pedestrian safety review recommendations and implementation report due at the end of November.’

Now, that’s what was stated there and, in other words, there was a process but, of course, subsequently a number of these proposed improvements have now been announced by the LORD MAYOR as they’re going to happen as it is, straightaway, and we’re not waiting for the process to be gone through. I think that’s unfortunate, too, for example, that sort of a knee-jerk reaction to get some positive publicity should overtake a proper process. I don’t think that’s satisfactory.


Councillor CUMMING: No, our 30 kilometres an hour announcement was right in line with what’s happening in Europe, what’s happening in Europe, DEPUTY MAYOR. It was an issue well worth raising by the Deputy Opposition Leader, and it should have been treated with more respect than it was, Madam Chair.

In relation to item B, the amendment to the City Plan, we do have some concerns about this matter, Madam Chair. We’re generally supportive of rooftop gardens, obviously, and also being able to have vertical greenspaces included in new developments. However, our support is not unqualified if there’s going to be other compromises to the approvals for houses in residential areas, because we’re concerned about whether it’s going to effectively allow another storey on a house.

We’re concerned, you know, with privacy issues and the like that would come into play if the green roof on the top of the house was just basically a barbeque area or something as well, Madam Chair, and also whether boundary clearances are going to be affected and this type of matter. So we have got some concerns and, I guess, like a lot of other matters, the devil in this one will be in the detail. We’ll be abstaining on this matter because, to date, we’re not satisfied that all the necessary protections are in place for this to be implemented.

In relation to item C, the Stores Board submission, we have got concerns about this one too, Madam Chair. While it appears a worthwhile project, it’s using new technology and it seems to be basically an unproven technology. It hasn’t been used at all in Australia, and it’s not like one of these that they’re doing it on the cheap or they’re going to do it as a trial and show us how good the system is or something. It seems to be that we’re paying them good money. In fact, it appears to be we’re, sort of, exceeding our budget for this type of work, the cyclic de-silting of waterways and drains, for one unproven technology that’s coming from overseas, and we have difficulties about that, Madam Chair.

The budget shows that there’s a drop in the amount to be spent on this item in the actual Council budget from $1.398 million this financial year to only $559,000 next financial year. So I don’t know if this robot works whether it will


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only be doing one drain half the size next year, or one drain half the length or what, or else we’re going to have to boost the budget substantially to cover the costs. So, Madam Chair, we have got real doubts about this item.

In relation to the leases, item D, the lease of land to community organisations, we’re supportive of these community groups getting their leases. The only question we have is why one group have only got a two-year lease and why one got a 10-year lease, meaning all the others got four. If the relevant Chair could explain why that was the case, I’d be interested to know.

In relation to item E, the amendment to administrative arrangements, we did ask for a briefing on this from the CEO, and the CEO was good enough to respond promptly to say that they were very minor amendments and explained what had been done. We would have preferred a briefing, but we have taken into account the CEO’s comments in considering this matter.

In relation to the Audit Committee, well, we’ve always got problems with the Audit Committee. We’ve asked—

Chairman: Councillor CUMMING, your time has expired.

168/2018-19At that point, Councillor Peter CUMMING was granted an extension of time on the motion of Jared CASSIDY, seconded by Councillor Kara COOK.

Chairman: Please continue, Councillor CUMMING.

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair, thank you, Council. So we’ve asked for a copy of Mr Oberle’s report in paragraph 5. We’d like details of Council’s contingent liabilities and reportable losses which are referred to. We’re also interested in general item 9, being the trends in audit finding risk ratings. We note the Audit Committee itself requested further analysis of this information, so obviously there are some matters of interest to them, and we’d like to know what they were. But anyhow, until we get that information, we obviously can’t support the report of the Audit Committee, as usual, and we’ll be voting against it.

Madam Chair, in relation to item G, the contracts and tendering, in relation to item 1, look, Mr Brown has had a long involvement with the Council, is my understanding, and he’s been perceived to be a friend of the Administration, I guess. Look, we basically don’t think that his services are worth $252,000 for one year in relation to advising in relation to Brisbane Metro, so we’re not supportive of that item.

In relation to items B and C, they seem okay. It’s work that’s got to be done by Energex and APA Group in relation to their assets, and they’re doing the work on their assets, so we think that’s reasonable. In relation to item 4, the Ferny Grove aquatic play landscape, having had an aquatic landscape in my area, there can be pretty rough landscapes, Madam Chair, and I just hope that not too many kids injure themselves on the rough concrete surface. Hopefully they have a nice soft rubberised surface like Wynnum used to have before the new one was put in. I suspect they won’t; I suspect it will be the rough concrete surface. Anyhow, so beware, the Councillor out there, beware of danger to young bodies from what may be proposed for your project.

In relation to the water and sewer services, we’re just a bit mystified what water and sewer services are, whether it’s a toilet block in an area where people can wash up or whatever. Perhaps the relevant Chair could explain that, in relation to item number 5. In relation to item 6, that seems a reasonable idea to use this new system to gather details of stats in relation to queue lengths and the like, so we’re supportive of that one.

In relation to item 7, the memorial parks and granite bases, I presume these are the ones that you can buy off Council if you want to. I understand that you can still use private contractors as well, but perhaps some explanation of that would


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be justified. In relation to item 8, we’re okay with the servicing of pumps and plumbing equipment.

In relation to item H, the Stores Board submission and tree maintenance and planting services this one, I guess, Council is trying to share the work out a bit, but it’s interesting, in category 1, north Brisbane, Power Clear were the existing contractor and substantially cheaper than Active Tree Services who ended up getting the tender. We query whether that’s necessarily a good idea.

In relation to category 2, west Brisbane, Power Clear missed out on that one as well, and they were significantly cheaper than Treescape who were the existing contractor and who were ordered the contract again. But then Power Clear must have been offering a reasonable service, because in relation to area 3, east Brisbane, they got the guernsey, and they were the cheapest.

I don’t know that the LORD MAYOR explained it in detail, whether they only had the capacity to do a couple of areas or one or two areas rather than the whole of the city, because on their tender documents they were the leading tenderer in relation to a number of these proposals. They also got south Brisbane as well.

The only one that I take some objection to—I know that Council wanted a panel, and that seems fair enough. Category 6A, project and quotable works, there are four tenderers who were within the ballpark in terms of cost, $329,000 for Active Tree Services; Treescape Australasia, $412,000; Power Clear, $391,000; and Jessica Swan as trustee for the Swan Family Discretionary Trust, Swans Arboricultural Services, $348,000—they’re all within a reasonable distance of each other pricewise.

But then there’s two others that are on the panel as well—Heritage Tree Services, $730,000, which is sort of double some of the other tenderers, and also River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd who are roughly double the cheapest tenderer as well. In fact, they’re more than double the cheapest tenderer as well. I just wonder whether the panel should have been four groups, not six, because there’s four that are competitively priced, and the other two are well over the top. So I just raise that issue.

In relation to item I—sorry, I will find it—in relation to item I, the Riverwalk project, this seems a rather technical matter—a technical or legal matter involving the Council and the State Government—and we’re happy to accept that as a reasonable compromise—well, not a compromise, but something that’s got to be done as part of the project and as a legal necessity.

In relation to item J, the social enterprise and community organisations, we think social enterprise is a good thing. It was a little bit unclear as I read through it—and perhaps the LORD MAYOR explained it, I don’t know that he did—presumably these aren’t extra cuts, these are areas being done by these groups, and what happens then with the contractor who’d previously got the—or whether it was part of the original contract with the commercial people that they wouldn’t do these projects, I’m not sure what the situation was there. So anyhow, we’re generally supportive.

In relation to item K, the Howard Smith Wharves revitalisation project, we’re supportive of this project and we’re supportive of this item as well. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Further debate?

Councillor HOWARD.

Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to enter the debate on items C, H and J. I would begin with item C which, of course, is the Better Brisbane Proposal for the de-silting of Castlemaine drain located on Castlemaine Street at Milton. This Stores Board submission is seeking Council’s endorsement to enter into a contract with Desilting Solutions Pty Ltd to build a remote operated vehicle, the mudcat, for trial at our first trial site which is the Castlemaine drain.


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The mudcat would be deployed to clean out the silt of this drain, and we heard the LORD MAYOR talk about how heavily silted it was. I note Councillor CUMMING’s comments, but I’d also like to refer Councillor CUMMING to the report which very clearly identifies that this, in fact, is a first for Australia and that we’ve chosen this drain, of course, to be our trial so that we can see how it can be used within other trials across Brisbane.

So Brisbane has approximately three kilometres of tidal stormwater pipes, and over time these pipes lose their original hydraulic capacity due to the build up of silt. So traditionally the method of de-silting a drain includes the use of vacuum trucks and high pressure water jets in larger pipes. It also requires personnel to enter the confined space. Of course, this ensures that there is some safety risk involved in that, so to be able to de-silt the Castlemaine drain, we would currently require Council to build a temporary cofferdam at the outlet, and it would also require personnel entering the site, which would bring about another level of risk.

So when this proposal came through the Better Brisbane Proposal, the Council officers, through the Stores Board process, looked at it and it was found to have potentially good benefits. So part of the proposal will also include the onsite separation treatment and discharge of water to the Brisbane River, significantly reducing the volume of sludge for disposal, whereas currently silt needs to be transported offsite to be discharged.

Council has several complex situations where the proposal would be of great benefit in terms of reduced costs, improved environmental impacts, and reduced health and safety risks. If successful, we anticipate that we will be able to pump out sludge concentrations of up to 40% solids, which is a significant improvement over traditional methods. The proposal is seen as an extremely good value for money and, of course, there’s a very comprehensive report that’s been provided to the Chamber in regard to the work that’s been done by our officers.

Moving to item H, this is a Stores Board submission to approve the new tree maintenance contract. Again, Madam Chairman, as a clean, green and sustainable city, we are conscious of the responsibility that we have as a Council. One such responsibility is the maintenance of our street trees, and Urban Amenity provides approximately 50% of Council’s street and park tree maintenance needs across all regions, with contractors supplementing the remainder on a scalable basis to meet peak demands.

The supply of new trees and new tree planting is undertaken by contractors, including community planting programs. Because, obviously, of the beauty and shade that our street trees provide, we do have to maintain them to ensure they’re not impacting on our residents’ safety, but we want to do it in a way that does not compromise the health of the tree. To this end, I can confirm that the recommended Stores Board submission has the balance right, Madam Chairman.

The recommendation is for Council to award three separate contractors to look after different parts of the city. While contractors will be allocated by category, all contractors will have the capacity and capability to provide services across all of Brisbane, when required. Council may also review these areas to ensure they continue to provide a consistent level of work in order to maintain consistent contractor crew numbers to meet the delivery needs of Council.

The contractors are, as has been said before, Active Tree Services, Treescape and Power Clear. It was recommended that Active Tree Services will look after the north region, Treescape would look after central and west region, and Power Clear would look after south and east region. This arrangement will ensure that our contractors are able to appropriately manage the number of jobs that are logged, whilst also ensuring that jobs are attended to in the quickest timeframe as possible.


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The submission also proposes that a new panel be set up, and there may be times where a huge storm event occurs and the amount of tree maintenance work will be significant enough that we may need to engage more contractors to assist in the clean up. This new panel will allow Council to be able to do just that. So it’s recommended, of course, that this new panel will consist of eight other contractors on top of the three we currently have to be able to fast track the delivery of maintenance works.

A second panel is also proposed to be set up, which will also allow for contractors to be engaged on specialised and project works. Of course, our internal Council crews will continue to work on tree maintenance issues as per the normal course of business.

Madam Chairman, item J of the E&C Report is recommending a number of social enterprises and community organisations be engaged to cut grass at various locations across the city. As the LORD MAYOR outlined, the new grass cutting contract was approved by this Council some time ago. As part of that process, this separate procurement process is to be provided by social enterprise and community organisations. So we have eight tenderers that have been recommended for approval, and they will cover 73 parks across the 12 wards, Madam Chairman. There’s also, again, within the report quite a comprehensive breakdown of how that was achieved.

The community organisations on the schedule are yourtown, Valley District Cricket Club Incorporated, Sandgate and Bracken Ridge Action Group trading as SEED PPM, Tuff Yards, Active Refugee and Migrant Integration in Australia Pty Ltd, Help Enterprises Limited, Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland trading as Mylestones Solutions, and the Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative Ltd.

Madam Chairman, this Council is proud of its record of supporting social enterprise and community organisations, and this contract is going to continue to do just that. I’d like to congratulate the officers who have been involved in this contract. It’s taken a great deal of work, and I think that they’ve done a marvellous job, and I’d like it recorded our thanks for that. Of course, it’s just another example of how we continue to be a clean, green and sustainable city. Thank you.


Councillor CASSIDY.

Councillor CASSIDY: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise to talk on item A, B, I and J, and starting with item A, Council’s citywide pedestrian safety review. Looking at the information that has been provided to us in the attachment, there is a startling increase in terms of pedestrian fatalities. This obviously isn’t all contained to the CBD of Brisbane, but there is a clear trend from 2013 through to 2018 on the statistics provided that pedestrian fatalities have been increasing.

So what Labor has been calling for for many months now is a refocus in our CBD particularly, as a great starting point, as a place where hundreds of thousands of pedestrians traverse a fairly small grid of streets, and battle for space and priority against relatively few vehicles. However, the priority in our CBD grid of streets is given, in a huge way, to private vehicles. So what we see, and I think this is backed up by observations, particularly around the international best practice here, is that 70% of people feel annoyed when crossing delays are longer than 26 seconds.

Every crossing that a pedestrian is stopped at in Brisbane CBD is longer than 26 seconds, so the observations that have been provided to Council, and by Council now, as part of the interim response to this review is that the current arrangements here in Brisbane, and anywhere in the world where we see any of those dot points through there in international best practice, is where we see an unhealthy interaction between pedestrians and motor vehicles, when people are frustrated and annoyed.


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This is what I see anecdotally myself, walking around the city. When they are left at those pedestrian crossings for—it says here more than 26 seconds, and in Brisbane it can be a lot longer than that—when people are frustrated, that is when we are seeing them crossing there—I personally haven’t seen a lot of evidence to suggest that people are distracted by mobile phones walking across the road. I find it interesting that the RACQ always rolls that excuse out, that the reason that we have these incidents is because everyone that has any problem at these intersections, it’s all because of distraction by mobile phones.

I, just in the last few weeks, took a walk up and down Albert Street at different times of the day to have a look at this, in busy times and not so busy times, and observed that, while there were a couple of people who were on their mobile phones, each and every one of them looked up and looked around at the intersection. They may have gone back to their mobile phones, but they are certainly aware of their surroundings. So, I think, the bigger issue in our CBD is the priority that is given at intersections that carry hundreds of thousands of pedestrians and cyclists and a couple of thousand vehicles, the priority should be given back to people on feet and on wheels.

I do note, and the Leader of the Opposition has picked up on this, that as at November 2015, there were 160 municipalities in 15 European countries that were embarking on what is not a radical but a sensible plan to implement 30 kilometres an hour speed limits in streets that have that high interaction between vulnerable pedestrians and vehicles. There are municipalities in Australia that are doing the same thing, in Sydney and in Melbourne as well. There is a trial occurring in Melbourne. So we reiterate our calls for a trial of 30 kilometres an hour speed limits in Brisbane CBD as well.

There is some information that, I think, would be good going forward for all Councillors to be part of. Under section 1, background, it talks about Council working with TMR (Department of Transport and Main Roads) and the Queensland Police Service through the newly established Brisbane CBD Pedestrian Safety Working Group, and in individual meetings as well. It would be good to know who else is on that pedestrian safety working group, whether the RACQ is, whether the Pedestrian Council is, whether Bicycle Queensland is as well, and who they report to—whether it is back to Council, to TMR, to the Queensland Police Service. So, going forward, some more information about how further findings as part of this interim report and further reports will be given to Councillors.

Moving on to item B, the major amendment to Brisbane City Plan in terms of rooftop gardens, the LORD MAYOR said that this is as a result of feedback that people want to protect and create greenspace. We are, as the Leader of the Opposition said, generally supportive of rooftop greenspace and open space when it is actually greenspace or open space, not when it is said it is that and in reality becomes an extra storey or an entertainment area or something like that.

It should never be allowed in low density residential areas, or areas that would impact on surrounding properties, and it shouldn’t be ever traded off for things like setbacks and site cover, and not providing the infrastructure that should be required as a result of development going forward. There is very little detail provided to us in the report here. There are no attachments, so it does make it very hard to support that.

In terms of the Botanic Gardens Riverwalk project, Councillor COOK and I sit on the Public and Active Transport Committee, of course, and we have had presentations about this. But I don’t believe the information regarding the removal of the leases has been forthcoming. So in terms of those people who live on those boats, we’d just like some further information about how Council has been engaging with them, whether we are able to offer them mooring sites somewhere else in the river, or in the tributaries around the Brisbane River, and whether there is any issue around compensation for people potentially losing their homes there.


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Just in terms of item J, the Stores Board submission, grass cutting, it is good to see that SANDBAG, trading as SEED Pty Ltd, has received a contract in the northern suburbs. SEED is a fantastic local-based organisation that works hand in hand with SANDBAG through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work program run by the Queensland Government, and we have seen the amazing results of that program; we have seen long term unemployed people receiving employment, not just at SEED—and they’ve had a number of them on there—but also through the work and the experience they get through SEED Property Maintenance Group, get employment in other private operators as well. So it’s a good outcome, and we support those social enterprises getting those contracts.

Chairman: Councillor WINES.

ADJOURNMENT:169/2018-19

At that time, 4.01pm, it was resolved on the motion of Councillor Andrew WINES, seconded by Councillor Steven TOOMEY, that the meeting adjourn for a period of 15 minutes, to commence only when all Councillors had vacated the Chamber and the doors locked.

Council stood adjourned at 4.02pm.

UPON RESUMPTION:


Councillor TOOMEY.

Councillor TOOMEY: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to speak on item G, contracts and tendering and, in particular, the Waterworks Road upgrade and the Ferny Grove Aqua Park. Madam Chairman, the Waterworks Road upgrade is all about getting everybody home quicker and safer while reducing congestion at the same time. This particular item in the papers we see here today is early works for this particular project.

This is a $9.5 million project that is going to deliver a much safer Ashgrove Central, not only for motorists but also commuters on the bus and pedestrians as well. This work is going to see some improvements to the bus stops. We’re going to see the bus stops relocated into a more central position for those walking to the bus stop from Ashgrove Avenue and also Stewart Road.

There’s also going to be the installation of new gardens including trees and shade structures as well. This is going to remove a lot of the perceived heat and glare from Ashgrove Central where there’s only a few trees remaining. We’re going to green the area and make it a lot more presentable for the high street.

Madam Chairman, I’ll move on to the other item, which was the Ferny Grove Aqua Park, and I might start by saying I know Councillor WINES and I are actually looking forward to putting our rashies on for the opening of that aqua park. Councillor WINES and the LORD MAYOR joined me for the ground-breaking ceremony, I thank the LORD MAYOR and Councillor WINES for that. It was a great morning.

We had a little tour around the site to see what was happening there. Madam Chairman, there was a whole heap of earthworks going on at the time. The levelling was being done, for all the pathways and the play structure itself for DDA compliance. I’m happy to say that the formwork is up, the concrete has been poured, and it’s coming out of the ground.

Madam Chairman, this aqua park, in talking with some of the principals at the P&Cs, they’re pretty stoked about it, if I could use that word. They’re looking forward to getting the kids out of Cedar Creek, because the kids are going down there ducking for a swim before school. Now they’ve got a proper place and a proper—


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Councillor TOOMEY: Thank you for the interjection, Councillor KING. No, I kid you not; I was actually thanked by the Ferny Grove State High School principal who had kids jumping down into the creek, and then they rock up to school with wet uniforms. So he’s looking forward to having something local other than a creek for the kids to have some fun with.

But, Madam Chairman, this project will include a large water bucket. It will also include some jets and some misters. There will also be the addition of some shelters and barbeques, and this will also include new landscaping. There will be an extension of the car park, and my only pop up that I have in The Gap Ward, Farmer Brown’s Pizza, is pretty excited about having additional car parking spaces, and if any of the Councillors in the Chamber are ever out at Ferny Grove on a Friday afternoon, from about 4.30pm on, I recommend popping in and having a chat to Wayne and getting one of his pizzas. They’re about 13 bucks each and they are awesome, Madam Chairman.

This is going to be just one of the projects that this Administration will be delivering to improve the lifestyle and leisure opportunities available to our communities, to our residents, and I am actually looking forward to it opening. It’s going to be very exciting. There’s a lot of interest in the community around what is happening in the Keperra Picnic Ground. In that same space they’ve recently seen the playground upgraded, and this facility here with the aqua park will add a lot of value to the area in terms of lifestyle and liveability.

Madam Chairman, in that space as well, we’re also seeing a gym at some stage, and I know that a lot of my residents within the area are actually looking forward to having a real little hub built within their community that they can actually go and enjoy on a daily basis. Thank you, Madam Chairman.


Councillor SRI.

Councillor SRI: Thanks, Madam Chair. I rise to speak to item A and item B. I’d like to start by warmly and sincerely congratulating the Administration for your positive steps forward in terms of improving pedestrian safety in the CBD. I think the lower speed limit on Ann Street is going to have a material impact in terms of improving pedestrian safety, and I think those other intersection improvements are really positive.

It actually sounds like we have almost tri-partisan support for that one, but I would like to build upon what Councillor CASSIDY has said and recognise that there’s growing support and growing evidence in favour of 30 kilometres an hour speed limits in busy, pedestrian-heavy inner city areas around the world, and I think that’s really where we should start turning our mind.

Through you, Madam Chairman, to Councillor COOPER, there’s an important threshold, or jumping point, between 40 kilometres speed limits and 30 kilometre an hour speed limits. At 40 kilometres an hour, a pedestrian that gets hit by a vehicle travelling 40 kilometres an hour is still quite likely to have serious injuries and end up in hospital. But once you drop down towards 30 kilometres an hour, the likelihood of serious injuries and hospitalisations significantly reduces.

I would respectfully suggest that, in busy inner city areas of Brisbane, we should really be looking towards 30 kilometres an hour as our, kind of, standard that we work towards. I’d like to suggest that we extend the proposed trial of the 30 kilometres an hour speed limit to parts of South Bank. I’m thinking of areas like Little Stanley Street and Grey Street, and even parts of Melbourne Street and Boundary Street, in order to further improve pedestrian safety and encourage people to use active transport and public transport, rather than rely on their cars.


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I will say that, overall, though, I think the Administration’s initial responses to this detailed study on pedestrian safety have been a little bit inadequate. The changes are largely tinkering around the edges, and don’t really deliver the kind of wide-scale transformation we need in order to encourage people to shift to active transport. The pedestrian wait times are still way too long at many of these intersections and, yes, that is encouraging people to jaywalk, but it’s also discouraging people from walking all together.

So I’d like to reiterate the suggestion I made a couple of weeks ago that, on a number of those key intersections, which I’ve written to Councillor COOPER about, we should actually have a situation where the green pedestrian signal is always green unless and until a vehicle approaches that intersection and triggers a phase change.

This would substantially inconvenience motorists, there’s no way around that. It would slow down traffic flow. It would cause longer queues; it would make it harder to drive through the inner city, but it would make it significantly more convenient and significantly reduce travel times for pedestrians, and that’s our priority, and that should be the goal. So I want to urge this Administration not to shy away from slowing down traffic in the inner city areas, not to shy away from inconveniencing motorists in order to improve convenience for pedestrians in those high pedestrian areas, particularly around major public transport hubs. That’s our priority.

Turning to item B, the proposal for rooftop gardens, I was a little bit surprised at how little detail there was in this item, but I understand it’s, kind of, just the early stages, and the first step in the amendment. Through you, Madam Chair, to Councillor BOURKE, I’m very interested in the idea, and I am cautiously supportive of the principle of encouraging rooftop gardens, but I do worry based on what I’ve seen so far in terms of how this proposal has been described, that it might just actually be a backdoor to allowing developers to exceed the height limit.

Some Councillors might have seen that I’ve sent an email around of an image of a DA in my area where a proposed rooftop garden has a very significant pergola structure, a massive—what they’re calling a shade shelter—which I think you could argue the toss, but reasonable people would probably say that that looks a lot like an additional storey. It’s worth reflecting on why we have height limits. We have height limits not just to limit the density or the number of people who live on a site, but to limit and mitigate the negative impacts of the substantial built form of these high rises.

There is an important difference between, say, a 10-storey building and a 12-storey building, or a 12-story building and a 15-storey building. Those extra few storeys make a huge difference in terms of over-shadowing, in terms of the liveability and how the street feels to people using the public realm. So I think we need to be very cautious about any amendments to the City Plan not inadvertently encouraging bulky built form or bulky structures on top of these towers that have the appearance of an additional storey. I think that would be a mistake to go too far in terms of encouraging the activation and use of rooftop spaces.

Like I said, I think genuine rooftop greenspaces are a good thing, but over the last few years I’ve seen quite a few developers really pushing the envelope and trying to sneak through developments where that so-called shade structure on the roof is actually just another storey. By allowing developers to build extra rooftop structures on the roof, we’re also allowing that space to be used for outdoor pools, outdoor gyms, et cetera, et cetera, which is a good thing, but that means that the developer doesn’t then have to include their pool or their gym, et cetera, on another storey of the building. So they can move those services and facilities to the rooftop and gain millions of dollars of additional real estate value because they can then provide another level of apartments which would otherwise be used for their recreation and community facilities.


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So a decision to loosen the regulations around what kind of structures trigger the definition of a storey is essentially a decision to grant developers millions of dollars of additional real estate value and that, I think, is potentially quite unfair to all the existing property owners in an area and to the existing developers who have done their best to comply with existing height limits. For a developer who’s lodged a DA that’s been approved six months ago and had a strict 12-storey limit, compared to one who lodges and gets approves after this amendment goes through, they’re going to be feeling really frustrated, because now there’s a 13-storey building next door which is overshadowing and blocking views to and from their building, and also impacting on the uses of their own rooftop.

I don’t want to overstate it. I’m not saying this is a conspiracy by the development industry to squeeze in extra height or anything like that, but I’m sure that the Administration has sincere and positive motivations, but I just want to, through you, Madam Chair, really caution Councillor BOURKE not to be suckered in by the rhetoric of the property industry. Developers are constantly in our ear saying: oh, we really want to put in rooftop gardens, you know, if only there was a bit less regulation, it would be a lot more do-able.

I think that’s actually—there’s nothing stopping them from including rooftop gardens now. There’s nothing stopping them from putting on shade structures, et cetera, now; they just have to comply with the height limits. If what the Administration is proposing is that we will allow developers to include built structures on roofs that would otherwise trigger an extra storey, then essentially what we’re saying is: you guys can build an extra storey on your development and still have your rooftop garden. I think we need to be very cautious of that.

Like I said, I’m not trying to be overtly critical, but I am very, very sceptical because I’ve seen the property industry use this rhetoric again and again and again, and I don’t think we should be suckered in by it. Thanks.


Councillor McLACHLAN.

Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to speak on item C, the Stores Board submission, the Better Brisbane Proposal for the desilting of the Castlemaine drain in Milton. It came as no surprise, Madam Chairman, to hear the Leader of the Opposition stand up in this place and oppose this proposal, because we know that they are opposed to innovation.

When we put the gluttons in the streets—do you remember the gluttons, the street vacuum cleaners? What was Councillor Sutton’s response? Buy a broom. Buy a broom, she said, when we were putting in this great innovation for street cleansing that works a whole lot better than was possible with brooms and ash pans, and meant that we could do the work faster and quicker and save the backs of our workers.

Well, here we are again hearing from the Labor Party, advocating for a process that would require the manual introduction of workers into a drain to achieve no better outcome, in fact, a worse outcome, with a higher cost, and they stand opposed to this wonderful innovation that means we can achieve a much better outcome, make sure that our backflow valves operate, make sure that the streets of Milton and Paddington can be as flood free as possible with a whistle clean drain through to Castlemaine Street. What does the ALP propose? That we spend millions of dollars more for a system which is nowhere near as effective.

Look, if Councillor CUMMING had seen this, perhaps, in The Kwinana Post, he might have been putting this forward and advocating this position, because we know he goes to The Kwinana Post as a source for all his good ideas in this place. On that point, Madam Chairman, the growth pollutant traps that he says we should try—guess what, Councillor CUMMING, we’re doing it. We have been doing it for years, the growth pollutant traps. Because you’ve seen it in a


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newspaper from Western Australia, you suddenly embrace it as some brave new initiative. Well, embrace this brave new initiative, Councillor CUMMING.

I implore you to embrace this great initiative, because it will be fantastic for not only this particular area when their drains are whistle clean. When it’s proved to be successful, we can introduce it elsewhere. You asked the question about the budget allocation, Councillor CUMMING. If you read the budget books, you can see precisely what’s happened. There was a budget, about $540,000, for cyclic desilting last year; that’s been increased this year to allow for the introduction of the mudcat and then it drops back to the background budget as it was after the mudcat has been acquired. Pretty simple; read the budget papers. You’d understand it. Even you might be able to understand it.


Councillor BOURKE.

Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. I just rise to enter the debate on item B before us today. This is the major amendment to the Brisbane City Plan 2014, package G, Madam Chairman. Of course, this is just another one of the amendments that this Administration is doing to City Plan on the back of the Plan your Brisbane exercise leading to Brisbane’s Future Blueprint, Madam Chairman. The people of Brisbane have spoken, and we are listening, and today we are seeing another one of the recommendations from Brisbane’s Future Blueprint being brought forward as part of this major amendment package.

Of course, this is item 4 under the principle Protect and create greenspace. This Administration has a proud record of delivering and protecting greenspace across this city. Today’s amendment is just another way that this Administration is continuing to provide those lifestyle and leisure choices and options for the residents of Brisbane when it comes to greenspace.

Of course it’s this Administration that is delivering hundreds of new parks, Madam Chairman, as part of our City Plan and the LGIP (Local Government Infrastructure Plan) and the long term infrastructure plan that sits with it, Madam Chairman. It’s this Administration that has already had a track record of buying up parcels of land and turning them into parks and into open spaces for the community to enjoy.

It’s this Administration that is purchasing 10 years’ worth of bushland in a four-year period to protect the greenspace across our city. With the amendment that we have today before us as well, Madam Chairman, we now see more greenspace being opened up for residents in the City of Brisbane to enjoy.

I listened with some interest to some of the comments that have been made in this place as part of this debate. I just have to correct the record, because Councillor CUMMING made some assertions in his speech around the concerns that the Labor Party have with this item. Hopefully, in answering his concerns, he may drag himself and his colleagues off that barbed wire fence that they often sit on in this place and come and vote in support of this amendment, because it is what the people of Brisbane, as part of that largest exercise of engagement and consultation with the community when it comes to city planning ever undertaken not only by this Council, Madam Chairman, but by any local government in this country.

It is part of what the residents of Brisbane said, so you can take your position of being abstainers, or you can take the bold, brave position of implementing what the residents of Brisbane have put forward as their ideas and what they would like to see in the city.

So, to deal with the main thrust of Councillor CUMMING’s speech, his big concern is this is going to apply to houses out in the suburbs? No. Are houses out in the suburbs going to have a third storey, rooftop garden overlooking their next door neighbours?


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Councillor BOURKE: Well, to use Councillor CUMMING’s own words—and Councillor STRUNK—yes, he was agreeing with his Leader just then, Madam Chairman; to use Councillor CUMMING’s own words, the devil is in the detail. Again, as we see quite often in this place, the Labor Party put forward a political argument for their own political purposes, but don’t actually represent the truth of what is in the documents.

Councillor CUMMING, if you had taken the time to read the report that is before all of us today, on page 2, under section 13, in the recommendation, Madam Chairman, it clearly says in item 1: ‘As Council decides to, pursuant to section 16.1 of Part 4 of Chapter 2 of the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules (the Guideline) made under the Planning Act 2016 to amend Brisbane City Plan 2014, to support rooftop gardens in multi-storey developments and to make consequential amendments as required (the proposed amendment)’. It doesn’t say in low density residential; it doesn’t say in houses in the suburbs, it says: ‘in multi-storey developments’, Madam Chairman. So it’s clearly there before Councillor CUMMING today.

So their objection is based on this being in homes in the suburbs. Well, no, if they had taken the time and read the papers before them today, Madam Chairman, they would have seen that and they would have understood it. Instead, what we’re seeing is politics for the sake of politics; objection for the sake of objection, Madam Chairman.

The residents of Brisbane have spoken. They spoke loudly and clearly in their response and in their engagement, and their wanting to be a part of the conversation around growth and development in this city. This Administration is responding. Just as we did last week with the amendment package around townhouses, Madam Chairman, today we have another amendment here to deliver those outcomes of protecting and creating greenspace for the residents of Brisbane.

To Councillor SRI’s questions around what is the ultimate aim? Well, Councillor SRI, at the moment you have these spaces on roofs. They’re underutilised, in many cases. Developers and the owners of those buildings do not make use of that space. They don’t have a green roof; they don’t have trees; they don’t have vegetation. You would be probably one of the first people to stand up in here and want to offer some thoughts around the heat island effect. Well, one way to combat the heat island effect is to actually green some of these hard concrete surfaces that we have in the city, Madam Chairman.

Councillor SRI: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor SRI.

Councillor SRI: Will Councillor BOURKE take a question?

Chairman: Councillor BOURKE?

Councillor BOURKE: You were heard in silence, Councillor SRI.

Chairman: No, Councillor.

Councillor BOURKE: We know how much you value that, so as I was saying, one way to combat the heat island effect that you see in large cities around the world is to provide greenery and to soften some of these hard concrete surfaces on the tops of buildings. This amendment will allow that to happen.

You can’t currently use some of these spaces for even something as simple as a toilet block because the roof structure of the toilet or the roof structure of a pergola triggers it as a storey. So what you have is these underutilised spaces, the opportunity where you can actually soften and green; you can get best practice design outcomes, which is another thing that was clearly and demonstrably told to us by the residents of Brisbane as part of Brisbane’s Future Blueprint. They want to see best practice design. They want to see some of those


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elements that, when you travel the world or go to some of the South East Asian cities, you see these fantastic design outcomes, they want to see those come to the City of Brisbane.

We have the best climate of any city in the country, I think it’s pretty fair to say. Why don’t we want, then, to be able to provide spaces for residents to enjoy that in their buildings as part of this, just as we provide those spaces through public parks and public land right across this city as well. This amendment, Madam Chairman, is the first step, and we will now go through the formal process of doing the detail and bringing forward then the final amendment and the consequential changes to the City Plan.

But it is, as I said at the outset, a recommendation of Brisbane’s Future Blueprint and is something the residents of Brisbane have said to us they would like to see, and the flow-on effects in terms of the design outcomes and the better buildings and buildings that breathe across this city will serve future generations of the city well into the future. I commend the amendment to the Chamber.


Councillor MATIC.

Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to speak on items C and D. Firstly in regards to C, I certainly echo the words of Councillors on this side of the Chamber in their support of this Better Brisbane Proposal for the desilting of Castlemaine Street. That work has been undertaken by officers within Field Services Group over time, but it is a very labour intensive, expensive process to undertake the desilting of those key drains that lead through Castlemaine Street and Suncorp Stadium and that area around that precinct.

The work that is proposed by this device will substantially improve Council’s ability to maintain and service those drains to increase the amount of silt that is removed because of our tidal river, and ensure that we keep those passages clear to deal with the storm events and to get the water away as quickly as they can to the river.

So this is the kind of innovation, Madam Chairman, that is great to see within our Administration. As a New World City we need to look for those opportunities for improvements in technology and hardware that will make the work more efficient and reduce the workload on officers so they can focus their attention on all the other many things that they have to deal with in the city.

The other item is that of item D, the lease of Council land to community organisations. As the LORD MAYOR said, there are a number of leases that are undertaken by Council on an annual basis, and the renewal of those leases for community groups, all kinds of interest groups, sporting groups and so forth. The work that is undertaken by officers is quite detailed in their engagement with the lessees on the renewal, so the time is required to update the information for the document. Any amendments that need to be undertaken by them that reflect new circumstances that better reflect the outcome that ultimately the lessee is seeking.

So, Madam Chairman, there are a number of leases here for us: the Runcorn Horse and Pony Club; the Corinda Horse and Pony Club; Queensland Gaelic Football and Hurling Association; Toombul Croquet Club; Sandgate and District Seniors; Bayside Radio Control Car Club; and MacGregor Souths Cricket Club. Councillor CUMMING asked the question for the reduction in time in the lease for one of these clubs. That was in regards to Bayside Radio Control Car Club, which is in his ward.

Councillor CUMMING actually asked the question of officers during the consultation period, and the response was provided in regards to the capacity of the club to manage itself, the limited amount of use of the facility that they have, and also their financial capacity as well. So you see, Madam Chairman, these


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leases are reflective of what clubs are actually capable of achieving so that they get the best outcome for themselves. That response was sent to Councillor CUMMING, and as of 7 September, we had not received a response from his office in regards to those comments. Those are the matters before us, thank you.


Councillor COOPER.

Councillor COOPER: Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I rise to speak to both items A and K. With respect to item K, this is another step toward the delivery of more open space and public access to the river with the redevelopment of Howard Smith Wharves, very much in line with all of the work we’ve been doing as part of the River’s Edge Strategy since 2013, and we are excited to see this progress.

In particular, this is an application for a long term wet lease which can only be undertaken by the owner of the freehold immediately adjacent to that area, so that is Council as the freehold owner which is the only party who can actually hold that head wet lease. We have made application to the Queensland Government. We have received a letter of offer from the department, and that gives the lessee the rights to use the river for the purpose that's outlined in the lease. So with respect to Howard Smith Wharves, the lease will be for where the boardwalk sits up over the river's edge and will enable public access along the river's edge and commercial activities associated with the adjoining building. For example, there will be an over-water bar that will be facilitated as a result of this.

So this is a process. It's going to deliver a fantastic project. This is a real city shaping, exciting project. I am glad to see that the Labor Party have finally got on board with Howard Smith Wharves, because they have opposed it from go to woe, Madam Chairman. From go to whoa. I could happily read out all of the times that you objected to Howard Smith Wharves which was a really shocking result, but the final product is going to speak for itself. It will be a massive transformation of our beautiful city.

With respect to item A, first of all I would like to commend the Council officers who undertook this work. It was a very, very quick process that they were asked to come out with some interim findings. The LORD MAYOR identified that there was an issue and asked for officers to immediately work on coming up with some practical and quick solutions to immediately make some changes.

They've been given another task to undertake a longer body of work which they are currently doing, but this is work that the LORD MAYOR specifically tasked officers to do and they have done, I think, an outstanding job. I particularly thank all of the officers that were involved in preparing this interim report.

I think that the people of Brisbane thank you for considering their safety and coming up with a way for them to engage and we saw over 6,300 people locate a pin as part of the CollabMap process. So it's been a very collaborative process and we worked very much with Queensland Police Service and the Department of Transport and Main Roads the whole way through.

There are a couple of questions I might just quickly respond to. There was a comment by Councillor CASSIDY asking about the working group. He asked who's on it and who does it report to? It's actually set up by the Department of Transport and Main Roads so it is their working group and they invited both Brisbane City Council and the Queensland Police Service to participate in that.

So it is them and I would suggest then they will be reporting through to the Minister since it is their working group that has been set up and we are, of course, happy to support them as much as we possibly can, but it is actually their process.

With respect to some of the comments made by Councillor CUMMING, he's generally supportive which is nice to see. He said any fatality is one too many. I


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could not concur more wholeheartedly. Every single one of us is a pedestrian. If we're a cyclist, if we drive a car, if we ride a scooter, any way we get around, we all walk at some part of our journey. So we are all pedestrians and we are absolutely committed to making sure that our city is as safe as is possible.

He did, however, stray from what I think is sense when he suggested that we had a knee jerk response to commit to undertaking actions to protect and preserve our residents. I don't think it's a knee-jerk response in any way, shape or form for the LORD MAYOR to make commitments based on data.

The LORD MAYOR, every single time he has been asked about this issue, has always said we will respond to evidence, whether it is WebCrash data, whether it is the information we have got from residents, it is all based on actually documented evidence that there is a problem. The commitments that we have made are absolutely backed by evidence and that is the way we certainly intend to proceed, Madam Chairman.

He suggested that 30 kilometres an hour was an issue worth raising and it should be considered more seriously. Councillor CASSIDY went on to say that he—and he seems to be strolling the streets of Brisbane rather than representing his residents out there in Deagon Ward—he's out there having a look and reports, anecdotally, about what's going on checking people for use of mobile phones.

I would suggest that is a job for the Queensland Police Service. If you'd like to sign yourself up, I urge you to do so post-haste, but it is their job to be checking whether people are jaywalking or how people are crossing the road, whether it is safely or not.


Councillor COOPER: Perhaps he's taken this as a personal mission.


Councillor COOPER: He did suggest—and I note in his tweet, I thought this was a little bit interesting, there was a tweet which talked about the pedestrian safety campaign which has been kicked off by the Department of Transport and Main Roads where they've got some messages on streets and they've got notification up reminding everybody to be safe when they cross the streets of our city.

It seemed a little odd—I'm just looking for my little piece of paper—yes, here we go, so he was out there on Twitter when Channel 7 reported chalk outlines and walking billboards will soon be scattered around Brisbane's CBD to try to crack down on distracted pedestrians.

Councillor CASSIDY responded: ‘We need to fundamentally re-think our CBD. More priority for pedestrians and cyclists, an immediate trial of 30 kilometres per hour, walk around the CBD’—vigilante, that's not in his quote, Madam Chairman—‘walk around the CBD and people are frustrated by the priority given to the few dozen cars over hundreds of them at intersections. This is tinkering’.

So he felt that the State Government's campaign for pedestrian safety is tinkering. So he's criticising his colleagues up there in George Street when they are trying to actually encourage people to cross safely and to be aware of the dangers that they are facing if they jaywalk or they cross unsafely.

So also, when we look at people's comments about this issue of 30 kilometres per hour, it was actually Councillor CUMMING on 10 May 2016 who said he didn't support reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour. I'd like to quote The Courier-Mail where Councillor CUMMING said that: ‘reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour was quote: ‘Ridiculously low and virtually impossible for motorists to comply with’, unquote. So we had that from his fearless leader. Perhaps they're not as closely aligned.



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Councillor COOPER: Perhaps it could be, Madam Chairman.

We also had Minister Bailey on the record, so on Channel 7, he said that he thought the current speed limits in the CBD were appropriate and we certainly had feedback from Queensland Police Service saying they did not support any lowering of the speeds. They felt that the proposals were appropriate.

So in contrast to Councillor CASSIDY, he's made an election commitment that they are going to go to the election saying they will drop the CBD speed limits to 30 kilometres per hour even though The Courier-Mail's own poll found 80% of their readers were against the 30 kilometres per hour speed drop. So—


Councillor COOPER: Well, Councillor CASSIDY, perhaps this is policy on the run from him but this is a document that is actually based on facts, not anecdotal evidence of a Councillor strolling the streets of the CBD, but evidence from WebCrash data, from the Queensland Police Service, based on TMR advice, based on a whole range of experts. We've had Bicycle Queensland saying that they are very happy with the outcome.

We've had RACQ, they gave us a partial pass, Madam Chairman. They were concerned about some things, but I've since met with them and talked them through the evidence that led us to these conclusions. This is something that we absolutely are committed to do. It is about making sure that we are safe.

If you look at our interim report, we go on to a range of other measures that we talk about. We talk about the fact that we will be working very hard and, of course, will be investigating how traffic signals work, whether we need to make some modifications to the existing signals in the CBD.

We also talk about how we think there is an issue there with heavy vehicles and vulnerable road users and how we are continuing to work with the Department of Transport and Main Roads in the heavy vehicle and vulnerable road users working group to make sure that we assist, where we absolutely possibly can, to make sure that our roads are as safe as possible for all vulnerable road users.

We're also working with QPS to see whether there is behavioural change that can be undertaken and we'll be doing some investigations to see how we can promote these messages of safe pedestrian movements throughout the CBD and the suburbs of our city. Thank you, Madam Chairman.


Councillor ADAMS.

Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I just rise to speak on items C, E and F, and I need to follow on from Councillor McLACHLAN's comments that, yes, the Opposition are a team that do not support innovation.


Councillor ADAMS: I had forgotten about the brooms, thank you Councillor McLACHLAN, that was interesting, I remember that. We see this time and time again, as soon as it's something that might be a little bit out of the box, something that might actually save the ratepayers' money, something that might make Council more efficient, oh no, no, no, say the luddites on the other side, it can't possibly be any good. It's going to—never been tried.

Well I ask Councillor CUMMING, what do you say to the 19- and 20-year old who can't get a job because they can't get work experience? How can you try something out if you don't get in there and start using it? So this is the point, at the moment we have a system that clears our drains that we know is not efficient and is very high risk if you read the report, very high risk technically, financially and for the safety of Council officers.

So we are trialling or we are using this technology to clean out the Castlemaine drain which clearly needs cleaning, as we saw in 2011, and Councillor MATIC


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I'm sure is very, very supportive of this as well. Through a Better Brisbane Proposal with an opportunity to use some new innovative techniques and support new innovative techniques that will see efficiencies for Council which is a great outcome all around.

With item E, the Administrative arrangements, this is roughly done every two years, the last changes were at the end of 2016 and obviously in order to continue to deliver on the Brisbane Vision, we need to make sure our organisational structure does change from time to time and what we see here today, as Councillor CUMMING referred to, does reflect the current practices as the information I believe he got from the CEO from what he said.

In item F, the Audit Committee, which is always fun, Councillor CUMMING made a few comments around how the Audit Committee asked for information about the risk ratings and asked for a deeper analysis of risk ratings and I'm wondering what that means. I can tell you what a deeper analysis of risk rating means, Madam Chairman.

I'm sure it means exactly what it means in every risk and audit committee across the city and across Australia, a deeper analysis means can you go back and have a look at some of the lessons learned and some of the contributing factors and some of the whether the right audits were done and what was the outcomes and what was the control environment and what were you improving.

There are not problems, I say again, when the Risk and Audit Committee ask about something; it's just that is their job. Their job is to audit and an audit is making sure you check everything off. So the risk ratings as one of the many things that were mentioned there, things that the Risk and Audit Committee have a look at and have asked for more information as they do many times and again, just because they ask for information does not mean that there's any concerns with it, they're just checking as is their right to do. Thank you, Madam Chairman.


LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. I thank all Councillors for their comments during the report. Madam Chairman, just to clarify, Councillor CUMMING raised a question, I think, regarding item H which is the issue to do with panels. Madam Chairman, the reason that we have a long panel is in the case of an emergent situation.

So where there is an emergency, Madam Chairman, my view is we're better off to have a long panel than a short panel. We've already done the market testing around that. We are only listing competent operators and certainly there is a price differential. In that circumstance we go with, as a first case, the cheaper option.

Madam Chairman, if you're in an emergency, as we know and as we found with the January 2011 flood, it is all hands on deck. We needed to get operators, Madam Chairman, and to have them with at least a price in place, a pre-arranged accreditation, if you like, through the panel process. Then, Madam Chairman, at least we're ready to go, but we will always, again, seek the value for money proposition.

Madam Chairman, there was, though, a need also to spread—the city's a large city and in terms of spreading the risks, Madam Chairman, we felt it was important to engage several panel members, or not panel members but several suppliers, in terms of the actual tree maintenance across the city. So that's why, again, we went with more than one contractor, Madam Chairman, to do that job.

Castlemaine drain, again just to clarify for everybody's sake, Madam Chairman, we can't fully clean out the Castlemaine drain, as we've indicated, because of the nature of the drain structure. The drain is about two-thirds capacity, we want it to be full capacity and so the conventional methods just aren't working in


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relation to the total clearing of that drain. If this technology works, again, I think it is absolutely worth every cent of it because it will open up, Madam Chairman, a horizon in terms of other drains.

The mudcat, if it’s successful, will be able to provide some very, very significant savings across the board over the coming years. Also, from the safety point of view, you haven't got to have people down those drains, Madam Chairman, which can sometimes be a difficult situation. So I think, as I say, it is worth it given that there's been some experimentation already overseas with it, Madam Chairman, it is worth having a good crack.

I think that's probably all I need to report on. Madam Chairman, again just for clarity’s sake, we as an Administration are committed to retaining 40 kilometres per hour in the CBD. We have taken the action on Ann Street where it needed to be reduced but, Madam Chairman, this is one we're happy to have the debate on because I think that again, the evidence that we have—and I would very much take issue with Councillor CASSIDY, my observations are very different to his observations around this city, I have to say.

It is something that I do observe, Madam Chairman, is watching people's behavioural aspects. That has been reinforced by the cameras that we had located for a week at those intersections. Very significant, evidence based, not at just a random having a quick wander, Madam Chairman, evidence based over many, many thousands of pedestrian movements over a full week and that is a very, very good survey sample of the actuals, the evidence of what is happening. So, Madam Chairman, I thank you very much and I thank the Chamber for its consideration.

Chairman: Thank you, LORD MAYOR.

So we'll now put items A, D, I, J and K.

Clauses A, D, I, J and K put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses A, D, I, J and K of the report of the Establishment and Coordination Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Chairman: I will now put items B, C, E, G and H.

Clauses B, C, E, G and H put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses B, C, E, G and H of the report of the Establishment and Coordination Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Peter CUMMING and Jared CASSIDY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.


AYES: 20 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, and Councillors Krista ADAMS, Adam ALLAN, Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, Ian McKENZIE, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Kate RICHARDS, Julian SIMMONDS, Steven TOOMEY, Andrew WINES and Norm WYNDHAM.

NOES: 1 - Councillor Jonathan SRI.

ABSTENTIONS: 5 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Peter CUMMING, and Councillors Jared CASSIDY, Kara COOK, Steve GRIFFITHS and Charles STRUNK.


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Chairman: I will now put item F.

Clause F

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause F of the report of the Establishment and Coordination Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Peter CUMMING and Jared CASSIDY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.



NOES: 6 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Peter CUMMING, and Councillors Jared CASSIDY, Kara COOK, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK and Jonathan Sri.

The report read as follows

ATTENDANCE:

The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor (Councillor Graham Quirk) (Chairman); Deputy Mayor (Councillor Adrian Schrinner) (Deputy Chairman); and Councillors Krista Adams, Matthew Bourke, Amanda Cooper, Vicki Howard, Peter Matic, and David McLachlan.

A COUNCIL'S CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REVIEW – POTENTIAL ACTIONS AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK188/625/10/152

170/2018-191. The Divisional Manager, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the information below.

2. Since 22 May 2018, four people have been killed and two people seriously injured while crossing Brisbane roads. Transport Planning and Strategy, Brisbane Infrastructure, was asked to conduct a pedestrian safety review to determine what steps could be taken to improve safety for pedestrians and other road users.

3. There are also a number of very large developments (Cross River Rail, Queen’s Wharf Brisbane, Brisbane Live, Brisbane Metro and potentially Waterfront Precinct) that will change the pedestrian environment in the Central Business District significantly. In particular, with the frequency of heavy vehicle movements now every four to seven minutes from the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Development, there are intersections where there may be negative impacts on pedestrian safety.

4. A full interim report on Pedestrian Safety Review (Phase 1 Interim Report – Potential Actions and Community Feedback) can be found in Attachment A (submitted on file).

5. The Divisional Manager provided the following recommendation and the Committee agreed.


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6. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL APPROVE PROGRESSION TO PHASE 2 OF THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY REVIEW WHICH WILL INCLUDE FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

ADOPTED

B MAJOR AMENDMENT TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 – PACKAGE G152/160/1218/379

171/2018-197. The Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability, provided the information below.

8. Council is committed to delivering on the actions contained in Brisbane’s Future Blueprint. Amendments are required (the proposed amendment) to be made to Brisbane City Plan 2014 (the planning scheme), to achieve the following principle and action from Brisbane’s Future Blueprint.- Principle: Protect and create greenspace.

- Action 04: Make it easier for new developments to include rooftop gardens and green open space.

9. The proposed amendment will change various codes in the planning scheme, including the Multiple dwelling code and other associated parts of the planning scheme, and will also amend planning scheme policies in order to provide requirements regarding non-ground-level green spaces, including their maintenance.

10. The process for amending the planning scheme is set out in the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules (the Guideline) under section 20 of the Planning Act 2016. In accordance with the Guideline, the proposed amendment will be a major amendment.

11. Should Council decide to proceed with the proposed amendment, Council will prepare the proposed amendment in accordance with the Guideline.


13. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE AS PER THE DRAFT RESOLUTION SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.

Attachment ADraft Resolution

DRAFT RESOLUTION TO DECIDE TO MAKE A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 TO SUPPORT ROOFTOP GARDENS AND VERTICAL GREEN SPACES

As Council:

(i) decides, pursuant to section 16.1 of Part 4 of Chapter 2 of the Minister’s Guidelines and Rules (the Guideline) made under the Planning Act 2016, to amend Brisbane City Plan 2014 to support rooftop gardens in multi-storey developments and to make consequential amendments as required (the proposed amendment),

then Council:

(i) directs, that the proposed amendment be prepared pursuant to section 16.4 of Part 4 of Chapter 2 of the Guideline.

ADOPTED


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C STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – BETTER BRISBANE PROPOSAL FOR THE DESILTING OF CASTLEMAINE STREET, MILTON, STORMWATER DRAIN165/210/179/2942

172/2018-1914. The Chief Executive Officer provided the information below.

15. The Chief Executive Officer and the Stores Board considered the submission, as set out in Attachment A (submitted on file), on 21 August 2018.

16. The submission is recommended to Council for approval as it is considered the most advantageous outcome for the provision of the required services.

17. Commercial-in-Confidence details have been removed from this report, highlighted in yellow and replaced with the words [Commercial-in-Confidence]. The Commercial-in-Confidence information is available at Attachment A (submitted on file).

Purpose

18. The Stores Board recommends approval to enter into a contract with Desilting Solutions Pty Ltd (Desilting Solutions), for the desilting of Castlemaine Street, Milton, stormwater drain (Castlemaine Street) which is to be carried out using an unmanned robotic sludge and silt dredge. The contract will be entered into without seeking competitive tenders from industry in accordance with Council’s Better Brisbane Proposals Policy, set out in section 3.12(b) of Council’s Annual Procurement Policy and Contracting Plan 2017-2018.

Proposal summary

19. Brisbane has approximately three kilometres of tidal stormwater pipes. Over time, these pipes lose their original hydraulic capacity due to the build up of silt. A Better Brisbane Proposal was submitted by Doval Constructions (Qld) Limited (Doval). Doval has assigned its proposal to Desilting Solutions. Doval is a majority shareholder of Desilting Solutions. Desilting Solutions is proposing to procure an unmanned robotic dredge which can be completely submerged and navigated remotely to undertake the desilting task.

20. The current method to desilt tidal stormwater pipes uses vacuum trucks and/or high-pressure water jets. These methods produce large volumes of a silty slurry and results in high disposal costs. In larger pipes, traditional desilting methods also require personnel to enter the confined space which exposes workers to health and safety risks.

21. If successful, the robotic unit is expected to improve safety and can pump out sludge concentrations of up to 40% solids which is a significant improvement over traditional methods.

22. This type of robotic dredge system is not known to be available in Australia. Council has approved budget funding to undertake the trial to desilt the drain in Castlemaine Street, Milton.

Rationale for direct engagement

23. Is the proposal a Better Brisbane proposal as defined by the Annual Procurement Policy and Contracting Plan?(a) Has Council previously issued a request for tenders, proposals or expressions of interest? Is

there existing arrangement or planned procurement process for this proposal?No, the current panel arrangement for stormwater pipe cleaning has a specification which does not accommodate this new methodology or equipment.

(b) Does the proposal solve a Brisbane problem, address an opportunity for Brisbane, or enhance services Council provides?Yes, Council has several complex situations where the proposal would be of great benefit in terms of reduced costs, improved environmental impacts, and reduced health and safety risks.


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Tidal stormwater pipes typically lose hydraulic capacity over time due to the build up of silt. Some Brisbane pipes prove very challenging to desilt due to significant costs, environmental risks, health and safety concerns and technical challenges.

Desilting Solutions has proposed a robotic dredge which can be completely submerged and controlled remotely. The machinery can pump out sludge compositions up to 40% solids which is a significant improvement on conventional methods.

In addition to the safety advantages of the robotic dredge, Desilting Solutions’ proposal offers improved environmental outcomes. Options to date have disposed of all sludge, which is considered a contaminated material, off site. Desilting Solutions’ proposal includes onsite separation, treatment and discharge of water to the Brisbane River, significantly reducing the volume of sludge for disposal.

(c) Does the proposal demonstrate value for money for Council?Yes, the cost of the solution is good value for money. The feasibility of using traditional desilting techniques such as vacuum and hydro-jets was assessed in 2014. A high level budget estimate at the time indicated a significantly higher cost to Council of using the traditional desilting techniques compared to the unmanned robotic sludge solution. Carrying out these works by traditional desilting techniques presents additional safety and environmental risks and cannot guarantee that the silt would be completely removed. Such techniques also require environmental permits and would most likely necessitate the construction of a temporary coffer dam at the pipe’s outlet in the Brisbane River. These traditional techniques are considered high risk from a technical, financial and safety perspective.

(d) Is the outcome fair to the supply market because of one or more of the following?(i) There are no known competitors.(ii) It contains intellectual property rights or elements.(iii) It is advantageous to Brisbane and in the public interest to proceed due to speed of

access, value or innovation?Yes, Desilting Solutions are proposing a new methodology and plant not yet available in Australia. It is advantageous to Brisbane and in the public interest to proceed with a once-off direct engagement to trial the proposal at Castlemaine Street, which is currently unable to be desilted by current methodologies without the reduced risk enabled by the proposed solution.

24. Key risks (if any) associated with the proposalProcurement risk Risk

ratingRisk mitigation strategy Risk

allocationCommunications Medium - City Projects Office, Brisbane

Infrastructure, communications team.- Contact Centre process and scripting.- Limit working hours.

Council

Dredging activity delays start of desilting works

Low - Commence river dredging as soon as possible. Desilting contract baselined for commencement.

Council

Increased costs associated with disposal of silt

High - Contractor responsible for all transport and handling costs, regardless of volume, which incentivises reduction of moisture content.

- Provisional sum for disposal fees. Contingency for waste levy. Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd has confirmed levels of contaminants are acceptable for fill.

Contractor/Council


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Procurement risk Risk rating

Risk mitigation strategy Risk allocation

Environmental release of contaminants to the Brisbane River

Medium - Utilise proven dewatering technology release of silt-laden water. Protocols for machinery failure detection and operation controls are being developed.

Contractor

Delays associated with foreign objects and machinery breakdown inside the drain

High - Protocols are being developed and are likely to include divers and tether line extraction of the mudcat.

Contractor/Council

Liner damage due to machine action

Low - Mudcat configuration will ensure the rotating auger cannot make contact with the rubber liner. Protocols will be developed before commencing on site.

Contractor/Council

25. Outcome of detailed assessmentBased on the above detailed assessment, it is recommended that that the proposal is progressed as a direct engagement.

Proposed contract

26.Legal name, ABN/ACN and registered address of recommended supplier

Desilting Solutions Pty LtdUnit 11, 14 Argon Street, Sumner Park QLD 4074ABN: 20 621 910 576 ACN: 621 910 576

Contract standard to be used: Once-off services contractAmendments to standards: A requirement has been included in the contract for a Parent

Company Guarantee to be provided by Doval.All non-compliances with contract conditions and specifications resolved?

Yes

Has the contractor signed the contract to formalise their offer?

Yes

Is liability and indemnity to be capped?

No

Execution date of contract: 12 September 2018Term/period of contract: Approximately 13 months with completion scheduled for

4 November 2019.Price basis: Lump sumVariation for rise and fall in cost: Price will be fixed for the duration of the contract.Security for the contract: Bank guarantees equal to the full sum of up-front deposit

payments.Defects liability period/warranty period?

No

Liquidated damages: No liquidated damages applySoftware component? Not applicableProvisional Sums? $92,650 estimated for spoil disposal

Estimated cost and budget

27. Estimated expenditure under this contract:Estimated contract sum is $1,140,411.50

Contingency requested: [Commercial-in-Confidence] ([Commercial-in-Confidence] of the contract sum) for additional volumes of spoil to be disposed of and any unforeseen circumstances.


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28. Budget is available from Program 3 – Clean, Green and Sustainable City, Service 3.4.4.4 Mitigate Flooding.

Cyclic Desilting Waterways and DrainsFinancial Year 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

$000 $000 $000 $000Capital - - - -Expenses 1,398 559 570 584Revenue - - - -

29. The Chief Executive Officer provided the following recommendation and the Committee agreed.

30. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE STORES BOARD RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING.

(1) Entering directly into a contract with Desilting Solutions Pty Ltd, for the Desilting of Castlemaine Street, Milton, Stormwater Drain, which is to be carried out using an unmanned robotic sludge and silt dredge. The contract will be entered into without seeking competitive tenders from industry in accordance with Council’s Better Brisbane Proposals Policy, set out in section 3.12(b) of Council’s Annual Procurement Policy and Contracting Plan 2017-2018.

(2) The contract will be on a lump sum price basis, for the sum of $1,140,411.50.

(3) That a contingency sum of [Commercial-in-Confidence] ([Commercial-in-Confidence] of the contract sum) be set aside for the contract.

(4) That the Manager, Construction, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, is empowered to sign the contract on Council’s behalf.

(5) That the Manager, Contracts and Structure Services, Construction, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, is authorised to manage the contract on Council’s behalf.

ADOPTED

D LEASE OF COUNCIL LAND TO COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS112/445/439/187, 112/445/444/449-02, 112/445/444/495-02, 112/445/444/1131-02, 112/445/302/43-02, 112/445/444/316-02, 112/445/444/1107-02, 112/445/439/93-02

173/2018-1931. The Divisional Manager, Lifestyle and Community Services, provided the information below.

32. In accordance with section 217 of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 (the Regulation), Council cannot enter into a valuable non-current asset contract (relevantly, a lease in respect of land or contract for the disposal of land) unless it first:(a) invites written tenders for the contract; or(b) offers the valuable non-current asset for sale by auction.

33. Section 226(1) of the Regulation provides a number of exceptions which Council may apply to the disposal of an interest in land other than by way of tender or auction, including, but not limited to, land which is to be leased, to a government agency or a community organisation.

34. Council currently leases properties to community organisations for community, sport, recreation and cultural purposes.

35. To ensure the continued effective management of Council’s community, sport, recreation and cultural facilities, it is proposed that Council resolve to apply the exception provided by section 226(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulation to those properties identified in Attachment B (submitted on file). Further information about these properties and proposed lessees is outlined in Attachment B (submitted on file).


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37. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.


DRAFT RESOLUTION TO PERMIT COUNCIL TO DISPOSE OF AN INTEREST IN LAND BY LEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 226(1) OF THE CITY OF BRISBANE REGULATION 2012

As:

(i) Council is the owner of the land (freehold) as set out in Attachment B (submitted on file) or the trustee of the land as set out in Attachment B (submitted on file) which is used, or is proposed to be used, for community, sport, recreation and cultural purposes

(ii) Council proposes to renew existing leases in respect of land which is used, or is proposed to be used, for community, sport, recreation and cultural purposes

(iii) section 226(2) of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 requires that Council decide by resolution that exceptions set out in section 226(1) of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 may apply before disposing of a valuable non-current asset other than by way of tender or auction,

then Council:

(i) resolves that the exception set out in section 226(1)(b)(ii) of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 applies to the disposal of the properties by way of lease renewal, as described in Attachment B (submitted on file)

(ii) determines that existing delegations and their limits in respect of community leases as determined by Council resolutions 407/2001-02 and 299/2016-17 continue to apply.

ADOPTED

E AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS155/455/468/40, 155/455/468/35


39. Section 193(1) of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 provides that Council must adopt, by resolution, an organisational structure that is appropriate to the performance of Council’s responsibilities.

40. The most recent amendment to administrative arrangements occurred in 2016 (refer Council decision of 6 December 2016 Resolution Number 299/2016-17). Since this time, there has been ongoing functional realignment resulting in roles and responsibilities of some divisions, groups and branches across Council’s organisational structure requiring amendment. In addition, further amendments are required to improve Council’s operations.

41. It is proposed that the current organisational structure (Attachment B, submitted on file) be revoked, and that Council adopt a new organisation structure with senior contract employees in line with the proposed administrative arrangements as set out in Attachment C (submitted on file).


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43. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.


DRAFT RESOLUTION TO REVOKE EXISTING ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND REPLACE WITH A NEW ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL

As:

(i) Council has established divisions, groups and branches and has allocated roles and responsibilities to those divisions, groups and branches

(ii) there has been ongoing functional realignment resulting in roles and responsibilities of some divisions, groups and branches across Council’s organisational structure requiring amendment

(iii) in accordance with section 193(1) of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 Council must adopt by resolution an organisational structure that is appropriate to the performance of Council’s responsibilities,

then Council:

(i) resolves to revoke the existing organisational structure of Council as set out in Attachment B (submitted on file), effective from the date determined by the Lord Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer

(ii) resolves to adopt the proposed new organisational structure of Council as set out in Attachment C (submitted on file), effective from the date determined by the Lord Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer

(iii) determines that if an officer had responsibilities and performs functions and duties in a division, group or branch under the existing organisational structure, and those responsibilities functions and duties are to be performed within a new division, group or branch, that officer will continue to have those responsibilities and perform those functions and duties in that new division, group or branch

(iv) authorises Chief Legal Counsel to do anything necessary to update Council’s Register of Delegations to reflect the new organisational structure adopted by Council

(v) authorises the Chief Executive Officer to make any additional minor administrative arrangements as are deemed necessary to fully reflect Council’s decisions

(vi) delegates to the Establishment and Coordination Committee the powers of Council to appoint senior contract employees.

ADOPTED

F REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 9 AUGUST 2018137/520/148/20



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45. Section 201 of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 requires that as soon as practicable after a meeting of the Audit Committee (the Committee), Council must be given a written report about the matters reviewed at the meeting and the Committee’s recommendations about the matters.

46. The Chief Executive Officer is to present the report mentioned in section 201(1)(c) at the next meeting of Council.


48. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 9 AUGUST 2018, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, submitted on file.

ADOPTED

G CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR JULY 2018109/695/586/2-04


50. Sections 238 and 239 of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 (the Act) provide that Council may delegate some of its powers. Those powers include the power to enter into contracts under section 242 of the Act.

51. Council has previously delegated some powers to make, vary or discharge contracts for the procurement of goods, services or works. Council made these delegations to the Establishment and Coordination Committee and Chief Executive Officer.

52. The City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 (the Regulation) was made pursuant to the Act. Chapter 6, Part 4, section 227 of the Regulation provides that: (1) Council must, as soon as practicable after entering into a contract under this chapter worth $200,000 or more (exclusive of GST), publish relevant details of the contract on Council’s website; (2) the relevant details must be published under subsection (1) for a period of at least 12 months; and (3) also, if a person asks Council to give relevant details of a contract, Council must allow the person to inspect the relevant details at Council’s public office. ‘Relevant details’ is defined in Chapter 6, Part 4, section 227 as including: (a) the person with whom Council has entered into the contract; (b) the value of the contract; and (c) the purpose of the contract (e.g. the particular goods or services to be supplied under the contract).


54. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTES THE REPORT OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR JULY 2018, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.

Attachment A

Details of Contracts Accepted by Delegates of Council for July 2018Contract Number/Contract Purpose/Successful

Tenderer/Comparative Tender Price/Value for Money Index (VFM) Achieved

Nature of Arrangement/

Estimated Maximum

Expenditure

Unsuccessful Tenderers/VFM Achieved

Comparative Tender Price/s

Delegate/Approval Date/Start Date/Term

BRISBANE INFRASTRUCTURE1. Contract No: Not applicable (N/A) Schedule of rates Contract was entered into under

section 2.4(c) Sole or Select N/A Delegate

E&C


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Estimated Maximum

Expenditure




STRATEGIC ADVISORY SERVICES FOR BRISBANE METRO

Andrew Morgan Brown – $252,000

$252,000 Sourcing of Council’s Contract Manual pursuant to the City of Brisbane Act 2010.

Approved30.07.2018Start01.08.2018TermOne year

2. Contract No: N/A

WATERWORKS ROAD UPGRADE PROJECT (TROUT STREET TO BETH EDEN TERRACE) – RELOCATION OF APA ASSETS

APA Group – $284,000

Lump sum actual cost price basis

$284,000

Contract was entered into under section 2.4(c) Sole or Select Sourcing of Council’s Contract Manual pursuant to the City of Brisbane Act 2010.

The marketplace in relation to these works is restricted by statement of licence or third-party ownership of an asset.

N/A DelegateCPOApproved04.07.2018Start17.09.2018TermSix months

3. Contract No: N/A

RAYMONT ROAD AND GRANGE ROAD INTERSECTION UPGRADE – RELOCATION OF ENERGEX ASSETS

Energex Limited – $319,269

Lump sum actual cost price basis

$319,269

Contract was entered into under section 2.4(c) Sole or Select Sourcing of Council’s Contract Manual pursuant to the City of Brisbane Act 2010.

The marketplace in relation to these works is restricted by statement of licence or third-party ownership of an asset.

N/A DelegateCPOApproved18.07.2018Start04.02.2019TermSix months

4. Contract No: 531604

FERNY GROVE AQUATIC PLAY LANDSCAPE

Naturform Pty Ltd – $650,461Achieved the highest VFM of 12.30

Lump sum

$650,461

The Landscape Construction Company Pty LtdAchieved VFM of 11.24

$662,672 DelegateCPOApproved11.07.2018Start11.07.2018Term10 weeks


CONSTRUCTION OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICES AT FIELD SERVICES STORAGE FACILITY, HEDLEY AVENUE, NUNDAH

Comdain Infrastructure Pty Ltd – $359,170Achieved the highest VFM of 20.7

Lump sum

$359,170

Diona Pty LtdAchieved VFM of 18.0

Dormway Pty Ltd as trustee for The Dormway Unit Trust trading as DormwayAchieved VFM of 16.5

$435,117

$440,390

DelegateCPOApproved11.07.2018Start12.07.2018Term10 weeks

LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICESNilTRANSPORT FOR BRISBANENilCITY PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITYNilCITY ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCENil


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Estimated Maximum

Expenditure




ORGANISATIONAL SERVICES6. Contract No: 531634

ADDINSIGHT TRAFFIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM

Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure – $445,000

Lump sum and schedule of rates

$445,000

Contract was entered into under section 2.5(b) exemptions from tendering of Council’s Contract Manual pursuant to the City of Brisbane Act 2010.

Exempt from tendering as the contract entered into is between Council and the South Australian Government.

N/A DelegateCPOApproved04.07.2018Start21.08.2018TermThree years with an option to extend for up to five years


PROVISION OF MEMORIAL PLAQUES AND GRANITE BASES

Memorial Plaques

Worssell & Company Pty Ltd – $240,957Achieved the highest VFM of 35.31

Granite Bases

Queensland Heritage Masonry Pty Ltd – $105,191Achieved the highest VFM of 74.61

Corporate Procurement Arrangement (CPA) (Preferred Supplier Arrangements)Schedule of rates

$1,725,000(over the potential

maximum five-year term of

the CPA)

Memorial Plaques

Phoenix Foundry Pty LtdAchieved VFM of 28.48

Matthews Bronze Pty Ltd trading as Arrow BronzeAchieved VFM of 25.42

Granite Bases

True MemoriesAchieved VFM of 44.47

$263,692

$241,092

$120,029

DelegateCPOApproved04.07.2018Start01.08.2018TermThree years with an option to extend for up to five years


MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF PUMPS AND PUMPING EQUIPMENT

KSB Australia Pty Ltd – $453,541Achieved VFM of 19.02

CPA (Preferred Supplier Arrangements)Schedule of rates

$2,260,000(over the potential

maximum five-year term of

the CPA)

Re-Pump Australia Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 19.75

CVSG Asset Services Pty LtdAchieved VFM of 6.82

NOV Australia Pty LtdAchieved VFM of 8.25

$457,815

$1,110,671

$528,960

DelegateE&CApproved30.07.2018Start01.10.2018TermThree years with an option to extend for up to five years

ADOPTED

H STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – TREE MAINTENANCE AND PLANTING SERVICES165/830/179/555




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57. The submission is recommended to Council as it is considered the most advantageous outcome for the provision of the required services.

Purpose

58. The Stores Board recommends approval to conclude a procurement process and enter into a Corporate Procurement Arrangement (CPA) in the form of Preferred Supplier Arrangements (Categories 1-5) and a Panel Arrangement (Category 6) for the provision of Tree Maintenance and Planting Services, on a schedule of rates price basis, with the following suppliers: - Category 1 – Area 1 (North Brisbane) – Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane) – Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- Category 3 – Area 3 (East Brisbane) – PowerClear Pty Ltd- Category 4 – Area 4 (Central Brisbane) – Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane) – PowerClear Pty Ltd- Category 6(a) – Project/Quotable Works

- Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as Swann’s Arboricultural Services

- Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as Heritage Tree Care

- River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd trading as River City Environmental- Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- PowerClear Pty Ltd

- Category 6(b) – Storm/Disaster Recovery Assistance Only (will be used in a major recovery event whereby the capacity of the Category 1 – 6(a) providers has been reached) - TreeServe Pty Ltd- Falbury Pty Ltd as the trustee for the KJ Wallace Discretionary Trust trading as ETS

Vegetation Management- River City Trees Pty Ltd- DS & SA Young Pty Ltd trading as Aussie Tree Solutions- R.S.T. Systems Pty Ltd trading as Vinton Tree Services- Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as Swann’s

Arboricultural Services- Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as Heritage

Tree Care- River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd trading as River City Environmental- Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- PowerClear Pty Ltd.

Background/operational impact

59. Urban Amenity, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provides approximately 50% of Council’s street and park tree maintenance needs across all regions, with contractors supplementing the remainder on a scalable basis to meet peak demands. The supply of new trees and new tree planting is undertaken by contractors including community planting programs.

60. Council sought proposals for street and park tree maintenance and planting services across the five current geographical service areas, along with a category for project/quotable works:- Category 1 – Area 1 (North Brisbane)- Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane)- Category 3 – Area 3 (East Brisbane)- Category 4 – Area 4 (Central Brisbane)- Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane)- Category 6 – Project/Quotable Works.

61. While contractors will be allocated by category, all contractors will have the capacity and capability to provide services across all of Brisbane, when required. Council may also review these areas to ensure they continue to provide a consistent level of work, in order to maintain consistent contractor crew numbers to meet the delivery needs of Council.


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62. What is being procured and why: Tree maintenance and planting services for Brisbane to ensure valued green assets are planted and maintained to a safe, aesthetically appealing manner and to a high standard.

The services provided under this arrangement include:- general tree maintenance (includes trimming and removal)- tree and stump removal (as part of the tree removal process)- stump removal (pre-existing stumps)- supply, planting and maintenance of new and replacement trees- tree root management.

63.Pre-market approval: 15 May 2018 by CouncilProcess used: Request for Proposals (RFP) (with negotiations)Closing date for responses: 15 June 2018Offer validity period expiry date: 13 October 2018Pre-market approval adhered to? Yes

Category 6 was awarded in two parts. A recommendation to invite tenderers who were unsuccessful in Categories 1-5 and 6(a) to be included on Category 6(b) for major storm/disaster recovery events, where the capacity of the Category 1-5 and 6(a) providers has been reached, is viewed as being advantageous to enable an agile response.

Summary of responses

64. Tenderers were provided the option to submit offers for any one or more of the six categories outlined in the following tables.

Category 1 – Area 1 (North Brisbane)Name Registered Address,

ABN and ACNNon-price Score

Comparative Price* (excl.

GST)**

Value for Money (VFM)

Index***Recommended offer – most advantageous

Active Tree Services Pty Ltd (Active)

42 South Pine Road Brendale QLD 4500ABN: 56 002 919 299ACN: 002 919 299

78.8 $2,135,879 36.91

Shortlisted offers not recommendedPowerClear Pty Ltd^(PowerClear)

70 Flanders StreetSalisbury QLD 4107ABN: 11 107 354 790ACN: 107 354 790

75.0 $1,981,163 37.86

Falbury Pty Ltd as the trustee for KJ Wallace Discretionary Trust trading as ETS Vegetation Management (ETS)

23 Bilston Street Stafford QLD 4053ABN: 77 640 068 488ACN: 006 460 537

74.3 $2,253,613 32.95

River City Trees Pty Ltd (RCT)

31 Coorparoo Road Warner QLD 4500ABN: 20 139 615 964ACN: 139 615 964

59.5 $1,938,766 30.69

TreeServe Pty Ltd(TreeServe)

785-811 Wallgrove RoadHorsley Park NSW 2175ABN: 87 169 334 712ACN: 169 334 712

66.5 $2,606,131 25.52


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Category 1 – Area 1 (North Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as Heritage Tree Care (Heritage)

8 Forge CloseSumner QLD 4074ABN: 32 416 129 034ACN: 144 963 815

83.1 $3,966,950 20.94

Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as Swann’s Arboricultural Services (Swann’s)

77 Kempster Street Sandgate QLD 4017ABN: 30 166 386 428ACN: Not applicable

43.8 $2,322,380 18.87

Offers not recommendedIndependent Tree Services Pty Ltd (ITS)

41 Twists RoadBurpengary East QLD 4505ABN: 46 117 673 980ACN: 117 673 980

40.4 $3,718,161 10.86

Brisbane Tree Services Pty Ltd (BTS)

32 Enterprise StreetCleveland QLD 4163ABN: 13 145 025 458ACN: 145 025 458

24.0 $2,597,863 9.24

DS & SA Young Pty Ltd trading as Aussie Tree Solutions (Aussie)

1 Francis RoadArana Hills QLD 4054ABN: 69 077 075 695ACN: 077 075 695

57.0 $8,738,526 6.52

Craig Anthony Bauer as trustee for 40 Acre Investment Trust trading as North Brisbane Trees (NBT)

1894 Mount Samson RoadYugar QLD 4520ABN: 18 214 767 096ACN: Not applicable

27.9 $16,113,128 1.73

Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Recommended offer

Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd^ (Treescape)

11 Quindus StreetWacol QLD 4076ABN: 20 117 830 118ACN: 117 830 118

82.4 $2,012,984 40.94

Shortlisted offer to Round 2 but not recommendedPowerClear Pty Ltd^(PowerClear)


75.0 $1,839,837 40.76

Shortlisted offers not recommendedActive Tree Services Pty Ltd (Active)


78.8 $2,658,679 29.65


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Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Falbury Pty Ltd as the trustee for KJ Wallace Discretionary Trust trading as ETS Vegetation Management (ETS)

23 Bilston St Stafford QLD 4053ABN: 77 640 068 488ACN: 006 460 537

74.3 $2,724,707 27.25

Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as Heritage Tree Care (Heritage)


83.1 $3,404,883 24.41



59.5 $2,945,335 20.20

TreeServe Pty Ltd (TreeServe)


66.5 $3,120,944 17.68

Offers not recommendedIndependent Tree Services Pty Ltd (ITS)


40.4 $4,357,701 9.27



24.0 $2,718,523 8.83



57.0 $11,692,053 4.88

Craig Anthony Bauer as trustee for 40 Acre Investment Trust trading as North Brisbane Tree (NBT)


27.9 $21,851,075 1.28

Category 3 – Area 3 (East Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**



PowerClear Pty Ltd^(PowerClear)


75.0 $1,911,790 39.23

Shortlisted offers not recommendedTreescape Australasia Pty Ltd^ (Treescape)


82.4 $2,471,582 33.35


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Category 3 – Area 3 (East Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Active Tree Services Pty Ltd (Active)


78.8 $2,932,153 26.89

R.S.T. Systems Pty Ltd trading as Vinton Tree Services (Vinton)

40-46 Eurora StreetKingston QLD 4114ABN: 84 008 552 538ACN: 008 552 538

66.7 $2,604,470 25.60



83.1 $4,289,894 19.37



66.5 $3,488,545 19.06



59.5 $3,520,370 16.90

Offers not recommendedArbor Direct trading as Brisbane Tree Experts (BTE)

7 Allgas StreetSlacks Creek QLD 4127ABN: 61 075 170 400ACN: 075 170 400

57.3 $4,992,842 11.47



24.0 $2,636,189 9.10

Family Tree Care Pty Ltd as the trustee for Sharkey Family Trust trading as Family Tree Care (FTC)

15 Kidd Street Redland Bay QLD 4165ABN: 17 171 158 161ACN: 136 498 765

28.1 $3,309,472 8.48

Independent Tree Services Pty Ltd (ITS)


40.4 $4,888,775 8.26



57.0 $10,122,668 5.63

Category 4 – Area 4 (Central Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**



Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd^ (Treescape)


82.4 $2,362,901 34.88


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Category 4 – Area 4 (Central Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Shortlisted offers not recommended

PowerClear Pty Ltd^ (PowerClear)


75.0 $2,535,649 29.58


42 South Pine RoadBrendale QLD 4500ABN: 56 002 919 299ACN: 002 919 299

78.8 $2,825,501 27.90



66.5 $3,563,518 18.66



83.1 $4,536,904 18.31



40.4 $4,743,488 8.51



24.0 $3,037,332 7.90



57.0 $10,232,850 5.57

Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**



PowerClear Pty Ltd^(PowerClear)


75.0 $4,273,770 17.55

Offer shortlisted to Round 2 but not recommendedTreescape Australasia Pty Ltd^ (Treescape)


82.4 $4,758,268 17.32


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Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane)Name Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Shortlisted offers not recommended


42 South Pine RoadBrendale QLD 4500ABN: 56 002 919 299ACN: 002 919 299

78.8 $6,343,531 12.43



66.7 $5,414,619 12.31



83.1 $9,120,144 9.11

TreeServe Pty Ltd(TreeServe)


66.5 $7,421,265 8.96



57.3 $8,829,330 6.48



24.0 $5,602,933 4.28



40.4 $11,648,092 3.47



57.0 $19,547,061 2.92

Offer not recommended – non-conformingSkyline Landscape Services (Qld) Pty Ltd(Skyline)

5/61 Lawrence DriveNerang QLD 4211ABN: 15 114 488 041ACN: 114 488 041

N/A N/A N/A

Category 6(a) – Project/Quotable WorksName Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Recommended offers



78.8 $329,558 239.21


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Category 6(a) – Project/Quotable WorksName Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd^ (Treescape)


82.4 $412,648 199.73

PowerClear Pty Ltd^ (PowerClear)


75.0 $391,100 191.77

Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as Swann’s Arboricultural Services (Swann’s)^^

77 Kempster Street Sandgate QLD 4017ABN: 30 166 386 428ACN: Not applicable

43.8 $348,034 125.95



83.1 $730,110 113.80

River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd trading as River City Environmental^ (RCE)

21 Allgas StreetSlacks Creek Qld 4127ABN: 82 093 062 643ACN: 093 062 643

71.7 $671,403 106.77

Offers not recommended – Tenderer was not able to commit to category 6(a) aloneTreeServe Pty Ltd (TreeServe)#


66.5 $378,200 175.83#



57.3 $1,742,850 32.85



24.0 $748,071 32.08



57.0 $2,174,625 26.21



64.6 $2,627,200 24.57



27.9 $2,166,706 12.87

All successful tenderers for Categories 1-5 and 6(a) will be included in Category 6(b) – Storm/Disaster Recovery Assistance Only. In order to provide Council with ready access to other potential suppliers in the event of a large or catastrophic storm/disaster recovery event, it is proposed to invite competitive tenderers who were not successful elsewhere in the tender to contract for their hourly rates only. All


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have displayed good experience in arboriculture works and have satisfactory management systems in place. A two-month recovery event was modelled to compare hourly rates.

Category 6(b) – Storm/Disaster Recovery Assistance OnlyName Registered Address,



GST)**


Index***Recommended offers



66.5 $731,174 90.95

Falbury Pty Ltd as the trustee for the KJ Wallace Discretionary Trust trading as ETS Vegetation Management (ETS)

23 Bilston Street Stafford QLD 4053ABN: 77 640 068 488ACN: 006 460 537

74.3 $856,566 86.74



59.5 $751,680 79.16



57.0 $790,080 72.14



66.7 $926,016 72.03



57.3 $1,000,960 57.25



40.4 $900,480 44.86

Family Tree Care Pty Ltd as the trustee for the Sharkey Family Trust trading as Family Tree Care (FTC)

15 Kidd Street Redland Bay QLD 4165ABN: 17 171 158 161ACN: 136 498 765

28.1 $797,120 35.25



24.0 $981,888 24.44

Skyline Landscape Services (Qld) Pty Ltd (Skyline)

5/61 Lawrence DriveNerang QLD 4211ABN: 15 114 488 041ACN: 114 488 041

20.3 $864,640 23.48



27.9 $2,567,584 10.87

* Comparative price is based on a basket of services multiplied by the tenderer’s unit rates.** All monetary figures in this submission are exclusive of GST.


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*** The VFM Index is the non-price score divided by comparative price.^ Denotes that the tenderer is a current incumbent for Tree Maintenance and Planting Services

under the following arrangements:- Preferred Supplier Arrangement for all of Brisbane (Treescape with PowerClear as

an alternate supplier)- Emergency/disaster only (Treescape, PowerClear and RCE).

^^ Low non-price score is representative of lack of demonstrated capacity and ability to mobilise for an area (Category 1-5). Considered suitable capacity in response to any quotes.

# TreeServe’s offer is contingent on being awarded a category as a preferred supplier. TreeServe were competitive in Category 6(a) but were not in a position to accept an offer for this aspect of the CPA only as they are based in Sydney, New South Wales, and this project/quote category alone would not offer them continuity of work. TreeServe stated they would consider responding to a sustained event under Category 6(b) if contacted by Council to assist.

Evaluation of responses

65. Evaluation Criteria:(a) Mandatory/essential criteria:

Nil

(b) Non-price weighted evaluation criteria:Weighted Evaluation Criteria Weighting

%Demonstrated capability and capacity to deliver 40%Demonstrated experience and track record 20%Information systems 20%Management systems and value-adds 20%

Total: 100%

(c) Price model: Basket of services

66. Addenda issued:Eight addendums were issued before the close of tenders. These provided answers to tenderer queries.

67. Submissions not considered further as incomplete/non-conforming:The offer of Skyline was non-conforming as it did not price in planting or maintenance of trees within its Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane) offer. This did not meet the minimum part offer that Council would consider.

68. Initial evaluation:The 17 proposals received were checked for completeness. The submission from ITS was found to be tender documents relating to a different proposal for another organisation. Once contacted, ITS immediately provided its correct submission. All other submissions were found to have provided sufficient information for the initial evaluation to be completed.

The non-price evaluation was then conducted and focused on history and demonstrated track record in the provision of arboriculture services, the capacity to deliver, information systems, management systems and value-adds.

69. Shortlisting and additional stages:Following the completion of the initial evaluation, nine of the 17 tenderers were shortlisted for round one negotiations for their respective Category 1-5 offers, as they had achieved the most competitive VFM offers.

NBT, BTE, BTS, Aussie, ITS and FTC were not competitive on VFM in their respective category offers, due to either uncompetitive pricing or a lack of demonstrated capability for this contract, and were not shortlisted.


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Upon completion of the re-evaluation of negotiation responses, the Evaluation Team recommended that a second round of negotiations occur with the two leading VFM offers (PowerClear and Treescape) in Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane), and Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane). This was due to the considerable spend size of these two categories and the closeness in the VFM between the two tenderers. This negotiation provided updated feedback on price and clarification in relation to the non-price element of the transition/mobilisation timeframes.

70. Summarise any clarification/modification/negotiation of tenders undertaken:Prior to completion of the initial evaluation, minor price-related clarifications were distributed to relevant tenderers to ensure Council’s understanding of pricing was correct.

Nine tenderers attended face-to-face negotiations in the shortlisting phase. The common topics for discussion were confirmation of subcontracting arrangements; crew resourcing and availability; transition/mobilisation timing and activities; value-adds; acknowledgement of storm/disaster recovery assistance specification understanding; and traffic control. Pricing was discussed, with Council providing feedback on competitiveness for each tenderer and providing an opportunity to review to ensure that Council was receiving the most competitive but sustainable pricing available for consideration.

Responses to negotiations were generally positive with most tenderers achieving increases in non-price capability scores and offering reductions in initial prices. Pre-negotiation prices reduced by an average of 8.5% as a result of the meetings. A negotiated basket of services reduction of $1.82 million was achieved for the recommended tenderers in their respective categories from their pre-negotiation prices.

Objectivity and probity

71. Has the scope changed from that approved in the pre-market submission?Yes. Council’s original specification indicated that discounted pricing for more than five of the same tasks in a work batch to the contractor would apply if located within the same suburb. Council reduced this to a street rather than a suburb at the shortlist stage, based on feedback from the market, with minimal price changes occurring to offers as a result. This did not result in a change in the recommended tenderers. No other scope changes were made.

Recommended tenderer/s (most advantageous outcome for Council)

72. Most advantageous:The recommended tenderers for Categories 1-5 are Active (North Brisbane), PowerClear (East Brisbane and South Brisbane) and Treescape (West Brisbane and Central Brisbane), for the following reasons. - They provide the best VFM offer, or the most advantageous offer (Active in North Brisbane),

through their competitive non-price scores and competitive prices.- They demonstrated significant past experience in the provision of arboriculture works.- They demonstrated capacity to provide the crew resourcing that Council had estimated for

each area.- All are located in, or close to, their respective recommended categories, ensuring easy and

timely access to their areas.- They operate under third-party accredited management systems for environment, quality and

workplace health and safety.- They propose many value-adds that will provide great benefit to Council and the community

including, but not limited to, the saving of logs for habitat purposes, donation and/or delivery of logs and mulch from Council tree works to schools and community groups. Active and Treescape also have access to resources from outside of the South East Queensland (SEQ) region, which will allow Council access to resources in the event of a large disaster recovery situation.

The recommended tenderers for Category 6(a) are Active, PowerClear, Treescape, Swann’s, Heritage and RCE as they have demonstrated their potential to be VFM for ongoing quotes and planned packages of work.


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In addition to the recommended tenderers for Categories 1-5 and 6(a), Vinton, RCT, ETS and BTE are recommended for Category 6(b) as they have displayed good experience in arboriculture works, satisfactory management systems and hourly rate pricing that is competitive. Subject to their agreement to such a proposal, these suppliers will only be contacted to provide further resourcing as may be required in the event of a storm or disaster event that exceeds the capacity of the six panel members.

Tenderers not recommended

73. PowerClear is an experienced SEQ-based arboriculture provider with good capacity and capability. This was displayed well through a solid non-price submission. PowerClear’s pricing was competitive across the majority of its Category 1-6 offers. However, it did not achieve the most competitive VFM for Category 2 (West Brisbane) and Category 4 (Central Brisbane). While achieving the highest VFM for Category 1 (North Brisbane), Category 1 was not a stated priority for PowerClear as it is based at Salisbury, and Council’s resilience in major storms may be at risk if only two contractors were successful for everyday works. The Evaluation Team has determined the inclusion of Active as advantageous to Council for Category 1 (North Brisbane) given its established Brisbane operational base, a preference for works in Category 1, as well as substantial resource coverage that can be readily drawn upon from outside of SEQ.

74. Treescape is Council’s current preferred supplier incumbent and its demonstrated capability and capacity to deliver on Council’s specification was displayed in an excellent non-price submission. Its price was competitive across the majority of its category offers which was a contributor to its leading VFMs in Category 2 (West Brisbane) and Category 4 (Central Brisbane). However, it was not as competitive in relation to another offer in Category 3 and Category 5.

75. Active are a large, Australia-wide, arboriculture provider. It possesses significant capacity in relation to fleet and personnel, along with a proven track record in mobilising quickly for large contracts. This capability was displayed in its competitive non-price submission. Price competitiveness was a concern for most categories other than Category 1 and Category 6, which led to achieving a less competitive VFM in many categories. Its proximity to the north Brisbane area (based at Brendale), competitive price and significant resourcing capability in the event of storm/disaster recovery, were key factors in the Evaluation Team recommending its offer in Category 1 as the most advantageous for Council.

76. Vinton provided a solid submission displaying a good history in the arboriculture industry. Its environmental management system and workflow/data capture/reporting functions provided were not as developed as other tenderers, which led to them achieving a lesser non-price score. While in the competitive range, its pricing for Category 3 and Category 5 was not as competitive as others which contributed to it not achieving the best VFM for Council’s consideration.

77. ETS is a large arboriculture provider and its capability and capacity was demonstrated well in a good non-price submission. Price was in the competitive range for its Category 1 and Category 2 offers, with a further discount of seven per cent offered if successful for both. However, it was not as competitive in relation to other capable tenderers who had also displayed strong capability in both categories. As a result, its VFM was not as competitive.

78. RCT is a medium sized arboriculture business with good experience in the industry. Its capability was displayed well through their non-price submission. However, its workplace health and safety system, environmental management system and workflow/data capture/reporting functions capability were not as advanced as other tenderers, which resulted in a lower non-price score than most other shortlisted suppliers. Price was competitive for Category 1, but not in the competitive range for its Category 2 and Category 3 offers. Overall, its VFM offers to Council were not the most competitive in any category.

79. TreeServe is an experienced Sydney-based arboriculture operator with excellent capacity and capability and a strong submission. However, its mobilisation in Brisbane for the contract, while well thought through, did provide some risk to Council, especially in the short term, in relation to timeframes and early continuity of service. Good reductions in price were made through negotiation, including a rebate offer, but were not enough to be the most competitive VFM for any category. TreeServe was competitive for Category 6(a) but was not in a position to accept an offer for this aspect of the contract only as it is based in Sydney and this project/quote category alone would not offer them continuity of work.


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80. Heritage provided an excellent non-price submission that displayed solid experience, capability and capacity to undertake this contract. Its prices were not competitive for any of their Category 1-6 offers, which did affect their VFM proposition to Council.

81. Swann’s is a small arboriculture provider located in north Brisbane who has focused on being a sub-contractor to larger suppliers in the past. Its management systems, workflow/data capture/reporting functions and crew capacity were not as advanced as other offers provided. Competitive pricing was provided for both of its Category 1 and Category 6 offers, however, it was not the most competitive VFM in either.

82. Environmental, quality assurance, access and equity, zero harm and support for locally produced and Australian products: The recommended tenderers hold third-party accredited environmental, quality and work place health and safety management systems.

83. Risks associated with this contract (including mitigation strategies):Procurement risk Risk

ratingRisk mitigation strategy Risk

allocationFinancial risksPrice basis of CPA Low - Fixed prices for 12 months

- Schedule of rates- Agreed price review formula

Council/ Contractor

Price sustainability Medium - Panel of suppliers with the ability to expand or reduce an area as required

- Consistency in pricing from market

Council/ Contractor

Contractual and operational risksQuality of services Low - Evaluation of tenderers history and

experience/quality assurance procedures

- Referee checks- Key performance indicators (KPIs)- Council can reduce the work or not

place orders for work if the contractor is not performing

Council

Competition for packaged works

Low - Category 6 (six panel participants) Council

Adequate crew resources for business as usual works

Low - Recommended tenderer resourcing capacity meets the estimates of Council

Contractor

Resources for storm/disaster recovery works

Medium - Six category participants with the addition of Category 6(b) participants if required

Council

Systems integration Low - Recommended tenders have displayed capacity and capabilities to work with a range of systems

- Transition plan and change management plan is in place

- Induction and training processes

Council/ Contractor

84. Is this contract listed as a ‘critical contract’ requiring the contractor to have in place a Business Continuity Plan approved by Council? Yes

Contract proposed

85.Type of procurement: Establishing a CPA in the form of Preferred Supplier and

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If establishing a new CPA, how will it be operated?

For Categories 1-5, orders will be placed with the recommended suppliers.

Panel users will be required to seek quotes from the Category 6(a) suppliers in line with Strategic Procurement Office, Organisational Services, standards. This will ensure maximum value is being extracted from all packages/programs/quotes that are required.

For storm/disaster recovery assistance, suppliers from Categories 1-5, 6(a) and suppliers who have accepted an invitation to be included in Category 6(b) only, will be utilised.

Contract standard to be used: Council standard goods/services contractAmendments to the contract standards e.g. Is liability and indemnity to be capped?

Minor amendments to the Treescape and Active contracts which were approved by City Legal, City Administration and Governance.

Has the proposed contractor(s) signed the contract to formalise their offer?

Yes

Execution date of contract: 1 October 2018Term/period of contract: An initial term of four years with two optional extensions of

two years each, up to a potential maximum term of eight years.

Price basis: Schedule of ratesVariation for rise and fall in cost: Prices will be fixed for the first year of the contract and then

adjusted by 80% of the CPI increase on each anniversary of the commencement date.

Provisional sums? Not applicableSecurity for the contract: Not applicableDefects liability period/warranty period?

Not applicable

Liquidated damages: No liquidated damages apply but Council’s right to claim general law damages is preserved.

Software component? No

Funding

86. Estimated expenditure under this CPA/contract (excluding contingency if any): Approximately $104 million over the potential eight-year maximum term of the CPA. Spend may fluctuate over time depending on:- the frequency and severity of storms/natural disaster recovery events- the value extracted from packaging larger annual programs and competitively quoting to a

larger panel of suppliers- Council’s ability to perform more works in a 30 to 90-day time bracket.

87. Sufficient approved budget to meet the total spend under this CPA/contract? When established, a CPA of this form does not create a financial or contractual commitment or commit Council to any purchases. A commitment is only made when orders are placed under the CPA by appropriately delegated Council officers, subject to approved funding availability.


89. RECOMMENDATION:


(1) Entering into a Corporate Procurement Arrangement (CPA) in the form of Preferred Supplier Arrangements (Categories 1-5) and a Panel Arrangement (Category 6) for the provision of Tree Maintenance and Planting Services, on a schedule of rates price basis, with the following suppliers.


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- Category 1 – Area 1 (North Brisbane) – Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Category 2 – Area 2 (West Brisbane) – Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- Category 3 – Area 3 (East Brisbane) – PowerClear Pty Ltd- Category 4 – Area 4 (Central Brisbane) – Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- Category 5 – Area 5 (South Brisbane) – PowerClear Pty Ltd- Category 6(a) – Project/Quotable Works

- Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as Swann’s Arboricultural Services

- Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as Heritage Tree Care

- River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd trading as River City Environmental- Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- PowerClear Pty Ltd

- Category 6(b) – Storm/Disaster Recovery Assistance Only- TreeServe Pty Ltd- Falbury Pty Ltd as the trustee for the KJ Wallace Discretionary Trust trading

as ETS Vegetation Management- River City Trees Pty Ltd- DS & SA Young Pty Ltd trading as Aussie Tree Solutions- R.S.T. Systems Pty Ltd trading as Vinton Tree Services- Jessica Swann as Trustee for Swann Family Discretionary Trust trading as

Swann’s Arboricultural Services- Heritage Tree Services Pty Ltd as trustee for Rowan Family Trust trading as

Heritage Tree Care- River City Garden and Lawn Pty Ltd trading as River City Environmental- Active Tree Services Pty Ltd- Treescape Australasia Pty Ltd- PowerClear Pty Ltd.

(2) The CPA to be for an initial term of four years with two optional extensions of two years each.

(3) The optional additional periods in the CPA may be exercised following approval from the Chief Procurement Officer, Strategic Procurement Office, Organisational Services, in conjunction with the Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure.

(4) That the Category Manager, Strategic Procurement Office, Organisational Services, is authorised to sign and manage the CPA on Council’s behalf with day-to-day operation contract management by the Manager, Urban Amenity, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure.

ADOPTED

I BOTANIC GARDENS RIVERWALK PROJECT112/20/216/130

178/2018-1990. The Executive Manager, City Projects Office, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the information below.

91. The Botanic Gardens Riverwalk project will reduce conflicts and improve amenity for both pedestrians and cyclists using the Bunya Walk and City Reach Boardwalk pathways, for both commuter and recreational trips, including visitors to the City Botanic Gardens.

92. The link between the City Reach Boardwalk and the City Botanic Gardens pathway network, via the drop off area at the corner of Alice Street and Edward Street, is a combination of stairs, a narrow substandard ramp and a timber bridge.

93. The upgrade works will provide:- a 190-metre-long separated cycle and pedestrian path connecting City Reach Boardwalk to

Bunya Walk, City Botanic Gardens


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- a 175-metre-long elevated bridge structure in the Brisbane River - landing for future River Access Network hub- associated footpath connection works- provision of lighting, way-finding signage and a permanent counter- landscaping works- relocation of services to facilitate the project.

94. The project will also provide opportunities for pedestrians to pause and engage with the Brisbane River, while not compromising pedestrian and cyclist flow. A copy of the concept plan is shown at Attachment E (submitted on file).

95. To facilitate the project, it is necessary to acquire an easement for public thoroughfare purposes over land below the high water mark of the Brisbane River, as described in Attachment A (submitted on file) and shown on the plan in Attachment B (submitted on file). The easement terms are generally those shown in Attachment C (submitted on file).

96. The land is owned by the State of Queensland represented by the Queensland Government’s Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME), is leased to the Queensland Government’s Department of Housing and Public Works (DHPW) and is sub-leased to HSH Hotels (Australia) Limited (HSH). Approval is sought to commence negotiations to acquire this easement.

97. While preliminary discussions with DHPW and HSH have indicated a willingness from all parties to negotiate the acquisition of the easement, it is Council practice to initiate a resumption of the required area concurrently with the negotiations to acquire the easement, to ensure that Council acquires the required land in a timely manner.

98. Council cannot resume from Queensland Government leases and must request DNRME to resume the required easement on behalf of Council. Should DNRME agree to do so, DNRME will assess compensation arising from the resumption and Council will pay the assessed compensation. Council will also pay the professional costs incurred by DNRME, the lessee (DHPW) and the sub-lessee (HSH). The background information statement shown in Attachment D (submitted on file) will be provided to DNRME with the request to resume the easement.

99. The Executive Manager provided the following recommendation and the Committee agreed.

100. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AS FOLLOWS:- THAT THE EASEMENT DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT A (submitted on file), IS

REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE PURPOSES- THAT COUNCIL GRANTS AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS

WITH THE LESSEE AND SUB-LESSEE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT A (submitted on file) FOR COUNCIL TO ACQUIRE THE REQUIRED EASEMENT

- THAT COUNCIL REQUEST THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO RESUME THE EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE PURPOSES OVER THE SUB-LEASE INTEREST IN THE LAND ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL

- THAT COUNCIL REQUEST THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY TO TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY ACTION TO REGISTER THE EASEMENT BENEFITING COUNCIL, IF NECESSARY.

ADOPTED


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J STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – GRASS CUTTING – SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS165/210/179/2897



103. The submission is recommended to Council as it is considered the most advantageous outcome for the provision of the required services.

104. Commercial-in-Confidence details have been removed from this report, highlighted in yellow and replaced with the words [Commercial-in-Confidence]. The Commercial-in-Confidence information is available at Attachment A (submitted on file).

Purpose

105. The Stores Board recommends approval to conclude a procurement process and enter into a Corporate Procurement Arrangement (CPA) in the form of a Panel Arrangement for the provision of Grass Cutting – Social Enterprise and Community Organisations with the following suppliers:- yourtown- Valley District Cricket Club Incorporated- Sandgate and Bracken Ridge Action Group trading as SEED PPM- Tuff Yards Pty Ltd- Active Refugee & Migrant Integration in Australia Pty Ltd - Help Enterprises Limited - Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland trading as Mylestones Solutions- Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative Ltd.

Background/operational impact

106. A new panel arrangement for Grass Cutting Services with 12 commercial grass cutting companies commenced on 1 July 2018. The Significant Procurement Plan for that process included approval to conduct a separate procurement process for grass cutting services to be provided by social enterprise and community organisations.

107. The contract with commercial grass cutting contractors permits a variation of up to 20% of the meterage in each ward, including re-assignment to social enterprise and community organisations. This provision was communicated to the commercial providers during the tender process for Request for Proposal (RFP) 510810.

108. There is a total of 1,643 general open space parks and 50 sports fields across Council that are nominally cut 18 and 20 times per year respectively. Social enterprises (SEs) and Community organisations (COs) were invited to submit proposals for the provision of grass cutting services in general open space parks and sports fields of their choice. The parks and sports fields in the schedules are in addition to any existing Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) for grass cutting services.

109. For the purposes of the RFP, definitions of what constituted eligibility to tender as a microenterprise (ME), SE, community enterprise (CE) and Indigenous organisations were provided in the documentation. The decision as to whether an organisation was eligible to tender rested with Council in its sole and absolute discretion. One tenderer was excluded from consideration as they did not fulfil the criteria.

110. All SEs and COs known to have an interest in providing grass cutting services were made aware of the RFP release. A tender briefing was held to provide information on the scope of the RFP, documentation required and requirements of the contract if successful to all potential tenderers.

111. This RFP provided the opportunity for SEs and COs with demonstrable capability and an acceptable per metre price to be included on the CPA. The intention was to provide SEs and COs grass cutting


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opportunities despite the additional cost to Council over the rate that commercial operators are currently charging for these parks. Not all tenderers were included on the CPA because the tendered rate was considered to be excessive.

112. The details of how parks were allocated is provided in paragraphs 123 to 125. The allocation was conservative to allow for future increase after capability is established. A transition period to full allocation will be required for some suppliers, under the guidance of Council coordinators. Not all tendered parks in a ward were allocated and no allocation was made in some wards tendered. The rationale is to permit growth in capability rather than overwhelm new suppliers.

113. The contract for SEs and COs contains a refresh clause to enable additional suppliers to be added to the CPA during the term of the contract.

114. What is being procured and why: Council currently has MOUs for grass cutting services with seven SEs and COs. This RFP is in addition to the locations included in an MOU and extends Council’s engagement of SEs and COs for service delivery.

115.Pre-market approval: On 30 October 2017 by the Establishment and

Coordination CommitteeProcess used: RFP (with negotiations)Closing date for responses: 16 May 2018Offer validity period expiry date: 10 January 2019Pre-market approval adhered to? Yes

Summary of responses

116.Name Registered Address,

ABN and ACNNon-price Score [out of 100]


GST)** [after any

negotiations]


Index***

Recommended offersyourtown Suite 5, Cordova Street

Milton Qld 4064ABN: 11 102 379 386ACN: 102 379 386

81.0 [Commercial-in-Confidence]

28.9

Valley District Cricket Club Incorporated (Valley Cricket)

Ashgrove Sports Ground Yoku RoadAshgrove Qld 4170ABN: 35 550 296 330ACN: Not applicable

43.5 [Commercial-in-Confidence]^

22.9

Sandgate and Bracken Ridge Action Group trading as SEED PPM (SEED)

153 Rainbow StreetSandgate Qld 4017ABN: 53 905 821 076ACN: Not applicable


22.7

Tuff Yards Pty Ltd (Tuff Yards)

1 Rolls Royce CourtJoyner Qld 4500ABN: 22 132 859 379 ACN: 132 859 379


22.0

Active Refugee and Migrant Integration in Australia Pty Ltd (ARMIA)

140 Mains Road Sunnybank Qld 4109 ABN: 58 169 177 959ACN: 169 177 959


20.0

Help Enterprises Limited (Help)

520 Curtin Avenue EastEagle Farm Qld 4009ABN: 46 479 304 129ACN: Not applicable


18.3


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Name Registered Address,ABN and ACN

Non-price Score [out of 100]


GST)** [after any

negotiations]


Index***

Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland trading as Mylestones Solutions (Cerebral Palsy League)

55 Oxlade DriveNew Farm Qld 4005 ABN: 27 009 942 269ACN: 009 942 269


13.1

Nundah Community Enterprises Cooperative Ltd (Nundah Cooperative)

23 Nundah StreetNundah Qld 4012ABN: 32 626 984 486ACN: Not applicable


12.1

Offers not recommendedDiverciti Enterprises Pty Ltd as trustee for Diverciti Enterprises Trust trading as Diverciti Services (Diverciti)

39 Melbourne Street South Brisbane Qld 4101ABN: 37 189 701 699ACN: 167 269 409


6.7

Batley Ole Keko Engineers Pty Ltd (BOKE)

56 Edinburgh Castle RoadKedron Qld 4031ABN: 49 163 791 722ACN: 163 791 722


2.4

Devicentrix Environmental Services Incorporated (Devicentrix)

23 Andromeda StreetInala Qld 4077ABN: 74 769 255 991ACN: Not applicable


1.3

Non-conforming offerTop Gun Landscaping Pty Ltd as trustee for the Port Family Trust trading as Top Gun Landscaping (Top Gun Landscaping)

25 Sewell Road Tanah Merah Qld 4128ABN: 42 124 057 987ACN: 124 057 987

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Tenders withdrawnChurches of Christ in Queensland

41 Brookfield Road Kenmore Qld 4069ABN: 28 953 930 342ACN: Not applicable

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Reclink Australia 115B Ferrars StreetSouth Melbourne Vic 3205ABN: 53 046 843 443ACN: 131 719 027

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* Comparative price in the table above is the weighted per metre rate tendered for all sites.** All monetary figures in this submission are exclusive of GST.*** VFM Index is the non-price score divided by comparative price.^ Refer to paragraph 123.

Evaluation of responses

117. Evaluation Criteria:(a) Mandatory/essential criteria:

Nil

(b) Non-price weighted evaluation criteria:Weighted Evaluation Criteria Weighting

%Social/community benefits 35%Approach/methodology 25%Management systems 20%Capability and experience 20%


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Weighted Evaluation Criteria Weighting %

Total: 100%

(c) Price model:Tendered price

118. Addenda issued:Three addenda were issued before the close of tenders to make the tender briefing presentation and response to questions available to those that were unable to attend, to provide details of optional site visits and to re-issue files of park locations that were unable to be opened.

119. Submissions not considered further as incomplete/non-conforming:A non-conforming tender was received from Top Gun Landscaping. This company is not a SE or CO as determined by the definitions provided in the tender documents.

Reclink Australia withdrew their tender as they were concerned that obtaining a commercial contract would jeopardise their not-for-profit status. They are restructuring their organisation to enable them to have a commercial branch and maintain their not-for-profit status. The contract refresh clause will enable them to apply to be added to the CPA in the future.

Churches of Christ in Queensland withdrew their offer after a restructure in their organisation meant they no longer had the key personnel to respond to clarification requests regarding their submission.

120. Initial evaluation:Responses were evaluated against the criteria listed in paragraph 117 above. There was a wide variation between tenderers in the level of grass cutting experience, quality assurance documentation (some have ISO9001 accreditation), number of staff, demonstrated social benefit and their workplace health and safety (WH&S) practices.

121. Summarise any clarification/modification/negotiation of tenders undertaken:Face to face meetings were held with all tenderers. All tenderers were asked to respond to the following: - staffing and resource allocation - ensure that the pricing submitted was both as competitive as possible and sustainable- provide a preference list of wards that included a realistic estimate of the tenderer’s grass

cutting capacity.

Tenderer-specific issues were also clarified such as value-adds, and provision of documentation not included in the submission.

Objectivity and probity

122. Was a probity auditor used?Yes. BDO Group Holdings (Qld) Limited was engaged as probity auditor for this tender process and has confirmed that the process was carried out in accordance with probity requirements. A copy of the probity report is on the Council file.

Recommended tenderer/s (most advantageous outcome for Council)

123. Most advantageous:The recommended tenderers who have demonstrated capability to provide grass cutting services are listed in Attachment B (submitted on file).

Valley Cricket was the only CO to tender. The evaluation criteria for social/community benefits were directed primarily to social enterprises with the criteria for employment of staff from identified socially disadvantaged groups heavily weighted. Since Valley Cricket relied on existing staff and volunteers, it did not score highly in these criteria, meaning its total non-price score was reduced. Based on the community benefit it was able to demonstrate, and the scores for the other evaluation criteria, it has been recommended for inclusion on the CPA.


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The contract with commercial grass cutting contractors permits a variation of up to 20% of the meterage in each ward including re-assignment to SEs and COs. In making allocations only the park meterage was considered. The percentage of ward park meterage for each recommended tenderer is shown in Attachment B (submitted on file).

Park allocation methodology: The following park allocation methodology was used:- limited allocation of sites per ward based on the park meterage in each ward- ward preferences expressed by tenderers were taken into consideration- only one SE or CO in any ward except for those wards with sports fields allocated to Valley

Cricket- limited allocation per supplier (until capability proven) with potential increase in future- capacity of tenderer considered so large parks (greater than 30,000 m 2) requiring specialist

equipment were not awarded to some recommended tenderers- allocations were conservative to enable new suppliers to develop staff and grass cutting

capability- some suppliers will require a transition period to reach their full allocation as they become

more proficient at delivering services to the standard required- a refresh provision in the contract will allow for additional suppliers to be included on the

panel and for existing suppliers to add additional sites- best endeavours were made to allocate parks according to preferences and accommodate all

tenderers with a price considered reasonable in comparison to commercial operators.

124. Recommended allocations:Company Sites Tendered Sites Awarded

Wards Parks Wards Parksyourtown Calamvale 9 Calamvale 7

Forest Lake 10 - -Moorooka 2 - -Runcorn 4 - -

Valley Cricket Enoggera 1 Enoggera 1Paddington 2 Paddington 2The Gap 3 The Gap 3

SEED Bracken Ridge 9 Bracken Ridge 3McDowall 4 - -Marchant 3 - -Deagon 8 - -Hamilton 3 - -

Tuff Yards Bracken Ridge 80 - -Deagon 65 Deagon 14McDowall 74 - -Enoggera 71 - -The Gap 106 - -Northgate 4 - -Hamilton 3 - -

ARMIA Calamvale 11 - -Forest Lake 4 - -MacGregor 4 - -Runcorn 9 Runcorn 9

Help McDowall 10 McDowall 7Wynnum Manly 10 - -

Cerebral Palsy League Wynnum Manly 5 Wynnum Manly 5Forest Lake 5 Forest Lake 5

Nundah Cooperative Northgate 14 Northgate 14Marchant 3 Marchant 3


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125.yourtown:- seven parks in Calamvale Ward- lowest tendered rate for these locations

Valley Cricket:- three sports fields in The Gap Ward- two sports fields in Paddington Ward- one sports field in Enoggera Ward- lowest tendered rate for each of these locations

SEED:- three parks in Bracken Ridge Ward- lowest tendered rate for these locations

Tuff Yards:- 14 parks in Deagon Ward- lowest tendered rate for these locations

ARMIA:- nine parks in Runcorn Ward- lowest tendered rate for these locations after other lower-priced tenderers had been allocated

sites in other wards and were considered to have reached capacity- these sites were the nominated preference

Help:- seven parks in McDowall Ward- lowest tendered rate for these locations after other lower-priced tenderers had been allocated

sites in other wards and were considered to have reached capacity

Cerebral Palsy League:- five parks in Wynnum Manly Ward- five parks in Forest Lake Ward- these sites were the nominated preference- lowest tendered rate for these locations after other lower-priced tenderers had been allocated

sites in other wards and were considered to have reached capacity

Nundah Cooperative:- 14 parks in Northgate Ward- three parks in Marchant Ward- these sites were the nominated preference- lowest tendered rate for these locations after lower-priced tenderers had been allocated sites in

other wards and were considered to have reached capacity.

126. Tenderers not recommended:Diverciti:- has satisfactory processes and practices, demonstrated SE benefits, and the sub-contractor

proposed to perform the work has grass cutting experience, however, the submitted per metre rate is very high

BOKE:- has no grass cutting experience (propose utilising a sub-contractor to deliver the service)- has no equipment or depot and their mobilisation plan lacks detail on how they would be able

to deliver the service from commencement- processes and practices for delivery of service, e.g. communication with Council, proof of

service, dealing with the public and reporting, are lacking- submitted a very high per metre rate - proposed to use the revenue from the first year of the contract to establish themselves and

train staff then have a review of the submitted rate for subsequent years of the contract, which is an expensive option for Council


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Devicentrix:- has limited grass cutting experience (residential properties)- has no suitable equipment and its mobilisation plan is unsatisfactory- internal processes (quality assurance, environmental and WH&S are very basic)- submitted a very high per metre rate.

127. Environmental, quality assurance, access and equity, zero harm and support for locally produced and Australian products:The specifications require the use of four-stroke brush cutters and blowers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. New equipment purchased for this contract must be four stroke. A transition to four-stroke engines for those successful tenderers with existing two-stroke machines is permitted but two-stroke machines must only be replaced with four-stroke machines.

Submitted WH&S policies and practices were evaluated by the Senior Safety Advisor, Field Services Safety, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure. The responses ranged from in-house systems to AS/NZS 4801 accreditation. Quality assurance documentation was to the satisfaction of the Evaluation Team. All recommended tenderers are based in or have a depot in South East Queensland.

128. Risks associated with this contract (including mitigation strategies):Procurement Risk Risk

RatingComments/other Risk Mitigation Strategies

Risk of allocated parks being handed back

Low Tenderers were asked to provide a realistic estimate of their capability and a preference list of parks. Conservative park numbers were allocated based on their stated capability.

Should a park be handed back, it will be reassigned to the commercial grass cutter from who the park was initially allocated.

Non-compliance with Council WH&S standards

Low Council’s minimum WH&S standards were included in the RFP documents.

Tenderer’s responses were assessed by the Evaluation Team including the Senior WH&S Safety Advisor, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure.

Council will work with tenderers to ensure safe work practices are adhered to.

Service quality low Low Detailed specifications were provided in the RFP documentation.

Tenderers service delivery capability was assessed including referee reports.

A performance management regime, reporting and contractor engagement process have been included in the contract.

Council officers will engage with panel participants during the initial phase of the contract to ensure the required standard is met.

A phased implementation for some panel participants may be utilised to ensure the required standards are met.


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Contract proposed

129.Type of procurement: Establishing a CPA in the form of Panel Arrangement.If establishing a new CPA, how will it be operated?

Parks have been awarded to individual tenderers. The contract contains a refresh clause to enable additional suppliers to be added to the panel during the term of the contract and additional parks allocated to current panel participants.

Contract standard to be used: Council standard services (panel) contractAmendments to the contract standards e.g. Is liability and indemnity to be capped?

The contract contains a refresh clause to enable additional suppliers to be added to the CPA during the term of the contract and a participating agency clause to allow Council subsidiaries or any government agency approved by Council’s contract authority to access the panel participants at the contract rates.

Has the proposed contractor(s) signed the contract to formalise their offer?

Yes

Execution date of contract: 1 October 2018Term/period of contract: An initial term of three years with optional extensions of up

to two years by mutual agreement. The extension period will be adjusted to align with the expiration of the CPA for grass cutting with commercial suppliers (510810).

Price basis: Schedule of ratesVariation for rise and fall in cost: Prices will be fixed for the first 12 months of the contract and

then adjusted on each anniversary of the commencement date using a formula included in the contract which allows for rise/fall based on the Consumer Price Index.

Provisional sums? Not applicable Security for the contract: Not applicableDefects liability period/warranty period?

Not applicable

Liquidated damages: No liquidated damages apply but Council’s right to claim general law damages is preserved.

Software component? No

Funding

130. Estimated expenditure under this CPA/contract (excluding contingency if any)The estimated annual expenditure for all categories is $508,000 or $2.54 million over the potential five-year term of the contract. The allocated sites are currently cut by panel participants under CPA 510810 at a cost of $206,000 per annum. The additional cost to Council for SEs and COs to mow these locations is $302,000 per annum.

131. Sufficient approved budget to meet the total spend under this CPA/contract? Yes, establishing a CPA of this form does not create a financial or contractual commitment, or commit Council to any purchases. A commitment is only made when orders are placed under the CPA, by appropriately delegated Council officers, subject to approved funding availability.

132. Procurement saving against pre-market estimate (if any)No, this is a performance-based arrangement and generation of savings was not the motivation in the park allocation.

Commercial-in-Confidence content in this submission

133. The tendered per metre rate in paragraph 116 and Attachment B (submitted on file), the cost per cut and the annual cost per individual site in Attachment B (submitted on file) are Commercial-in-Confidence. Commercial-in-Confidence information is shown in highlight.



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(1) Entering into a Corporate Procurement Arrangement (CPA) in the form of a Panel Arrangement for the provision of Grass Cutting Services – Social Enterprise and Community Organisations on a schedule of rates price basis, with the following suppliers:- Yourtown- Valley District Cricket Club Incorporated- Sandgate and Bracken Ridge Action Group trading as SEED PPM- Tuff Yards Pty Ltd- Active Refugee & Migrant Integration in Australia Pty Ltd - Help Enterprises Limited- Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland trading as Mylestones Solutions- Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative Ltd.

(2) The CPA to be for an initial term of three years with the option to extend for additional periods of up to two years.

(3) The additional periods in the CPA may be exercised following approval from the Chief Procurement Officer, Strategic Procurement Office, Organisational Services, and the Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, subject to the satisfactory performance of the suppliers.

(4) That the Category Manager – Construction and Operations, Strategic Procurement Office, Organisational Services, is authorised to sign and manage the CPA on Council’s behalf.

ADOPTED

K HOWARD SMITH WHARVES REVITALISATION PROJECT188/630/414/2066

180/2018-19136. The Executive Manager, City Projects Office, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the information below.

137. Council is in the process of revitalising the 3.43 hectare Howard Smith Wharves site. In 2013, Council made a public Request for Proposals to revitalise the site, and subsequently undertook evaluations of the 13 options that were submitted.

138. HSW Nominees Pty Ltd (trading as HSW Consortium) was the successful tenderer, and on 21 October 2014, Council adopted a resolution to enter into a Project Agreement for the Howard Smith Wharves Revitalisation Project.

139. The Project Agreement set out the rights and obligations of Council and HSW Consortium, which include Council agreeing to grant leases and sub-leases for the site, in return for the developer agreeing to undertake project works.

140. In accordance with the Project Agreement and to enable construction, Council has: - issued HSW Consortium with a construction lease (dry) over the Council freehold on 26 May

2017 for a period of three years - issued HSW Consortium with a construction sub-lease (wet) over the areas below the high

water mark on 26 May 2017 for a period of three years. Council obtained the head lease from the Queensland Government.

141. In accordance with the Project Agreement, Council will:- issue HSW Consortium with a 99 year long-term lease (dry) over the Council freehold for the

operation of the site after construction- issue HSW Consortium with a 50 year long-term sub-lease (wet) over areas below the high

water mark, after Council has obtained the head lease from the Queensland Government.


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142. Under the Land Act 1994, an application for a long-term wet lease of this sort in the Brisbane River can only be made by the owner of the freehold immediately adjacent to the wet area. Council, as freehold owner, is the only party who can hold the head wet lease from the Queensland Government’s Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. The long-term wet lease is for 50 years.

143. Council made the application for the long-term wet lease to the Queensland Government’s Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy in April 2017. Attachment A (submitted on file) is the letter of offer which was received on 17 August 2018, and Attachment B (submitted on file) are the plans referred to in the letter of offer.

144. The Executive Manager provided the following recommendation and the Committee agreed.


THAT COUNCIL APPROVES ENTERING INTO A LONG-TERM WET LEASE WITH THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY FOR THE HOWARD SMITH WHARVES REVITALISATION PROJECT.

ADOPTED

PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

The DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, Chairman of the Public and Active Transport Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Fiona KING that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: DEPUTY MAYOR.

DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman. Last week we had an update on the bus contract procurement for Council's bus contract with TransLink, the State Government. I just wanted to update the Chamber about this matter. Obviously, it's a matter of great interest to all Councillors. We currently have a contract called the 3G contract and that contract has been in place for quite some number of years.

It was back in around mid-2016 when contract negotiations for the 4G contract were coming to a head and at that point Council put forward our 10 point plan, that was in September 2016, of areas that we would like to work with the State Government on for improvement to public transport.

So the 10 point plan was put forward. One of the key issues in that 10 point plan was to enter into a contract with the State Government that was based on an alliance acknowledging that we were both partners in the public transport system, acknowledging that we were both investors in the public transport system and both provide subsidies in public transport.

So I can say that we're still hoping to get that alliance contract in place, but at this stage the existing 3G contract has been rolled over for another 12 months and so that will see the contract expire in the middle of next year. The proposal going forward from there is for an interim contract to be established which is similar to the 3G contract which will take us until mid to late 2020. So obviously this is a very slow process.

It's one that we would like to see resolved sooner but obviously we need to get the right outcome, something that both the State Government and Council can work with and live with. In the meantime, we'll be continuing to progress various improvements to public transport that we can have control over. We don't obviously have control over everything and big portions of the policy when it comes to public transport are within the State's control but, in the meantime, we will continue to do things that we can to improve public transport.

We'll also continue to progress the Metro project which is absolutely critical when it comes to improving not only the trunk services along our major busway corridors, but also for providing more buses in the suburbs and that's what Metro


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will allow us to do. It will free up capacity, free up buses so that we can put more buses out there in the suburbs to provide better services for people right across the city, and that is a big part of our aim with Metro.

So I'll continue to keep the Chamber updated on bus contract negotiations and certainly, as I said, we want to see a good outcome in the end which acknowledges Council's key role in not only providing services but in funding services as well, as a partner rather than a contractor.

As we know, of all the different contractors in South East Queensland, most of the bus service contractors are private operators. They don't put their own money into providing those services, they are paid by TransLink 100% to fund the services that they provide. So Council is different, we top up any money that TransLink puts in with our own subsidy to provide over and above what is possible by many private sector operators, and that is a key difference between us and other operators in South East Queensland.

Madam Chairman, one final thing I did want to report on, Councillor CUMMING, I think it was last week or the week before, in the Chamber was talking about bus patronage and public transport patronage. He tried to verbal me about public transport fares and it's fascinating because everyone knows and everyone has heard me consistently talking about the price of fares and the affordability of fares.

It is something that I have been consistent on for a long period of time. We were very successful in getting the State Government to listen to us and do something about fares a couple of years ago. We put a lot of pressure on and the community put a lot of pressure on and so the State Government introduced their Fairer Fares package.

Now we were obviously grateful that they had made some changes and we were welcoming of those changes. At the time, all the media statements from the government said that they were slashing public transport fares. They said in their media statements at the time: ‘we're slashing fares and people will save up to 34% on their fares.’ That's why I was interested to read an article which had a quote from a spokesman in Queensland Rail, in fact, which said the average reduction in fares as a result of the Fairer Fares package was 44 cents per trip—44 cents.

So this is the State Government's idea of slashing fares—44 cents. So look 44 cents is better than nothing, but ultimately if you ask the person on the street, most people will tell you that fares are still too expensive and more action is needed. So we will continue to make the case about affordability and certainly we'll take the 44 cents, but I think that many people out in the community would expect that fares do need to come down further or, at the very least, any increases in fares need to be frozen for the foreseeable future.


Nothing further?

DEPUTY MAYOR?

I'll put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Public and Active Transport Committee was declared carried on the voices.


ATTENDANCE:

The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Adrian Schrinner (Chairman), Councillor Fiona King (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Jared Cassidy, Kara Cook and Kate Richards.


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LEAVE OF ABSENCE:

Councillor Ian McKenzie.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SEQ BUS CONTRACT PROCUREMENT

181/2018-191. Karl Hain, A/Divisional Manager, Transport for Brisbane, attended the meeting to provide an update

on the SEQ bus contract procurement. He provided the information below.

2. As part of the bus contract procurement negotiations, it is a Queensland Government (State) requirement that Council agrees to and complies with non-disclosure obligations which require its officers, employees, agents and sub-contractors who may be in possession of confidential information to keep that information confidential, and not disclose that information to any person, except as contemplated by obligations.

3. To date, the process history can be summarised by the following milestones.- Third generation (3G) contract commenced – July 2009- Fourth generation (4G) negotiations commenced – June 2015- Council proposes public transport alliance – September 2016- The State pause and review procurement – September 2016- Sixth extension issued for 3G contract – June 2017- Invitation to offer (version 2) released – June 2017- Council responded to the State with costs – November 2017- The State completes the evaluation of Council’s offer – May 2018- The State propose 12-month variation to extend 3G agreement – June 2018.

4. To ensure continuity of services, public confidence and certainty to employees, the State proposed the development of a four-year interim contract. This will be based on contract conditions substantially similar to the 3G contract, with changes to reflect updated business practices (since 2009).

5. For the interim contract, Council needs to consider:- formalisation of partnerships through a public transport alliance- Brisbane Metro/Cross River Rail- future cost of delivering services- the State and Council policy- longer term certainty for staff- delivery of a robust contract which creates foundations for future integrated transport

contracts.

6. Private operators reached an agreement on the 4G framework on 13 July 2018. It is hoped that by working together with the State, a mutually acceptable approach to performance management under a new contract framework can be reached. There are ongoing discussions with the State in regard to key performance measures (i.e. on-time running, timing points, etc.) The final 3G contract extension expires in June 2019.

7. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Hain for his informative presentation.

8. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.ADOPTED

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Councillor Amanda COOPER, Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Steven HUANG, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.


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Chairman: Councillor COOPER.

Councillor COOPER: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, we had a presentation at Committee last week on our submissions to the National Transport Commission on automated vehicle regulation and impacts. Certainly, it was a great review of all of the history on this particular issue. There has been a lot of work done by a number of different groups, whether it is the state governments or the Federal Government to actually enact the legislation to allow the deployment of autonomous vehicles.

Certainly, there has been the National Transport Commission (NTC) as an independent advisory body administered under the National Transport Commission Act 2003. It's been funded, of course, by Federal, State and Territory Governments and is being charged with delivering the reform road map.

So the anticipation is for state and territory regulation to be enacted by 2020, and Transport Ministers have approved national enforcement guidelines for automated vehicles and guidelines for trials of automated vehicles. So there is a lot of change coming to us all and one of the particular challenges is who will be responsible for an offence.

At the moment, of course, it is the driver, but in future it will be a different matter to determine who the driver exactly is. So the occupants of the vehicle, the owner of the vehicle, those who are responsible for the manufacture of the vehicle or those who are, in fact, responsible for the software updates to the vehicle. There are a range of potentially different entities that may be responsible for these sorts of infringements in future.

Council endorses the NTC's preferred option to safety regulation which includes supporting the appointment of a government agency with responsibility for administering the safety assurance system. There have been and there are currently a number of trials of automated vehicles occurring in Australia. We know that Australia Post have been down there in Central Ward.

I'm sure that the local councillor was well aware that they were having some activities down there to see if robots could deliver parcels. So they've had one trial and are proposing a second trial to attempt to deliver parcels using this robotic device. I know in my household where parcels seem to be delivered on a fairly regular basis to my two daughters, I'm sure that Australia Post in future will be rolling out to the northern suburbs of Brisbane to follow that real demand for parcels to be delivered to the front door.

So we will continue to provide feedback to the National Transport Commission. We will continue to support these important works and considerations and, of course, we are happy to facilitate a trial in any sort of form put to us because we think it's really important for us to be prepared for the future and the future, Madam Chairman, is a future that will see a whole range of new opportunities for all of us to get around differently, but hopefully equally as safely and equally as conveniently. There are four petitions and I'm happy to respond to any commentary with respect to those. Thank you, Madam Chairman.


Councillor CUMMING.

Seriatim for voting - Clauses B and CAt that time Councillor Peter CUMMING rose and requested that Clause B – PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE MORE LONG-TERM PARKING IN THE PRINCETON STREET CAR PARK IN KENMORE and Clause C – PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL EXTEND THE ST LUCIA RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREA be taken seriatim, en bloc, for voting purposes.


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Chairman: Nothing further?

Councillor COOPER?

I will now put items A, D and E.

Clauses A, D and E put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses A, D and E of the report of the Infrastructure Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Chairman: I will now put items B and C.

Clauses B and C put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses B and C of the report of the Infrastructure Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Jared CASSIDY and Steve GRIFFITHS immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.





ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Amanda Cooper (Chairman), Councillor Steven Huang (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Peter Cumming, Steve Griffiths, Kim Marx and Andrew Wines.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – COUNCIL SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMMISSION ON AUTOMATED VEHICLE REGULATION AND IMPACTS

182/2018-191. Brendan O’Keeffe, Principal Engineer, Policy and Strategy, Business Improvement and Transport

Strategy, Transport Planning and Strategy, Brisbane Infrastructure, attended the meeting to provide information on Council submissions to the National Transport Commission on Automated Vehicle Regulation and Impacts. He provided the information below.

2. Jurisdictions within Australia and internationally are creating regulatory frameworks to govern the use of automated vehicles as trials of this emerging technology progress.

3. In the United States of America, states began enacting legislation to facilitate on-road testing of automated vehicles in 2011. An American federal policy and model legislation was launched in 2016. In 2018, the Automated and Electric Vehicle Act 2018 was introduced in the United Kingdom. The European Union amended the Vienna Convention to allow automated vehicles, with member states enacting their own legislation with a focus on interoperability.


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4. In June 2016, South Australia enacted legislation to govern on-road trials of automated vehicles. In November 2016, Australian transport ministers agreed to a phased reform program to facilitate the deployment of automated vehicles from 2020. The National Transport Commission, an advisory organisation established by the Australian Government, is charged with delivering the reform roadmap, with a goal for state and territory legislation to be enacted by 2020. Australian transport ministers have approved national enforcement guidelines for automated vehicles and guidelines for trials of automated vehicles.

5. The National Transport Commission has released the following consultation papers. - National guidelines for automated vehicle trials- Clarifying control of automated vehicles- Regulatory options to assure automated vehicle safety in Australia- Changing driving laws to support automated vehicles – Council provided feedback on this

consultation paper- Safety Assurance for Automated Driving Systems: Consultation Regulation Impact Statement

– Council provided feedback on this consultation paper.

6. Council’s comments on Changing driving laws to support automated vehicles suggested that the software, the Automated Driving System (ADS), and the entity that produces the software, the Automated Driving System Entity (ADSE), should be separate legal entities. Further, readiness-to-drive obligations need to be assessed and defined, for example the roles and responsibilities of the fallback-ready user not to be a ‘passenger’ and not to be exempt from drink and driving offences. Council also suggested that parking and speeding infringements should be applied to the owner of the vehicle, not the ADSE.

7. In relation to Safety Assurance for Automated Driving Systems: Consultation Regulation Impact Statement, Council suggested that there are risks that the ADS might fail to deliver reasonable safety outcomes, that there could be a lack of consumer confidence and that the ADSE could face regulatory barriers in Australia. Council endorses the National Transport Commission’s preferred option to safety regulation which:- requires an ADSE to self-certify against principles-based safety criteria- includes sanctions and penalties that are specific to safety assurance to enforce compliance

with the safety assurance system (through new or amended legislation)- includes the appointment of a government agency with responsibility for administering the

safety assurance system- recognises and regulates the ADS (and the ADSE) separately from the vehicle- introduces a primary safety duty on ADSE, which would include coverage of in-service

performance of the ADS.

8. Connected and automated vehicle trials are already underway in Australia. In Brisbane, Australia Post has a delivery robot in use in the New Farm area. The Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative is being undertaken by the Queensland Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads. Transport for New South Wales has established the Smart Innovation Centre and automated shuttle bus trials are being undertaken, as well as ongoing projects including freight priority and managed motorways. The Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem is an urban laboratory in inner Melbourne, Victoria, which is conducted by the University of Melbourne, VicRoads and industry, and is testing with vehicle to infrastructure systems. In Western Australia automated shuttle bus trials are being undertaken by Curtin University.

9. Going forward, Council will continue to provide input into the National Transport Commission’s discussion papers and the development of Australian and Queensland Government legislation, where appropriate. Council will also continue to monitor the potential impacts of automated vehicles on road assets and systems and, if appropriate, will facilitate trials.

10. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr O’Keeffe for his informative presentation.

11. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.


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ADOPTED

B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE MORE LONG - TERM PARKING IN THE PRINCETON STREET CAR PARK IN KENMORECA18/383777

183/2018-1912. A petition from residents, requesting at least 20 additional long-term car parks be provided in the

Princeton Street car park in Kenmore for staff members only, or that staff members be provided with permits to exempt them from the car park time limits, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 8 May 2018, by Councillor Kate Richards, and received.

13. The Manager, Asset Management, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.

14. The petition contains 52 signatures. Of the petitioners, 40 reside in Pullenvale Ward, one of which resides in Princeton Street, 11 live in other suburbs across the city and one petitioner lives outside the City of Brisbane.

15. The Princeton Street car park in Kenmore (shown at Attachment B, submitted on file) is a Council-owned car park which provides 114 parking spaces for cars and motorcycles. In February 2018, Council completed upgrade works within the Princeton Street car park which included asphalt patching, line marking, new kerbing and additional car and motorcycle spaces. Additionally, Council installed signage advising of timed parking limits for 89 of these bays. These limits range from 20 minutes to four hours. The time limit is to promote more opportunities for customers of the surrounding businesses and reduce long-term parking by commuters which was resulting in parking bays being occupied for the duration of the trading day. Importantly 25 parking bays were left with no time limits for parking. This provides a diversity of parking opportunities across the car park to suit customer and trading needs.

16. In addition to the Council-provided car park in Princeton Street, many of the businesses surrounding the Council car park have parking on their own lots. For example, the adjoining medical centre has more than 50 parking bays for customers and staff. On-street parking is also available in Princeton Street.

17. As there are a range of parking and public transport options for staff members of surrounding businesses, as well as 25 parking bays without a time limit in Princeton Street car park, it is not proposed to provide permits or exemptions from the parking bays which have time limits imposed in Princeton Street car park in Kenmore.

Consultation

18. Councillor Kate Richards, Councillor for Pullenvale Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

19. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Peter Cumming and Steve Griffiths abstaining.

20. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.

Attachment ADraft response

Petition Reference: CA18/383777


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Thank you for your petition requesting that Council provides additional long-term parking for staff members in the Princeton Street car park at Kenmore.

Council provides the Princeton Street car park free of charge primarily to support customers of businesses surrounding the car park. In this area there are a diverse range of businesses with a broad customer base. Council introduced some time-limited parking within the Princeton Street car park to improve parking bay turnover so that more parking bays will be available through the day for customers which will also enhance local business. It is expected that customers will be able to fulfil their service requirements with the surrounding businesses and service providers with the mix of time limited and non-time limited parking bays provided within the car park.

As there are many businesses and customers who use and benefit from the Council car park, Council is not intending to provide permits or exemptions for staff.

Please advise the other petitioners of this information.

Should you have any further enquiries about this matter, please contact Mr Huw Thomas, Property Asset Coordinator, Asset Management, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3403 4167.

Thank you for raising this matter.ADOPTED

C PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL EXTEND THE ST LUCIA RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREACA18/585489

184/2018-1921. A petition from residents, requesting that Council extend the St Lucia Residential Parking Permit Area,

was received during the Winter Recess 2018.

22. The Manager, Transport Planning and Strategy and Congestion Reduction Unit, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.

23. The petition contains seven signatures. Of the petitioners, five live in St Lucia. The remaining petitioners live in other suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

24. The petitioners are concerned about the lack of on-street parking spaces available for residents of Ryans Road and their visitors, north of Sir Fred Schonell Drive, as the boundary of the St Lucia Residential Parking Permit Area (SLRPPA) is the eastern side of Ryans Road in this location. The petitioners are requesting that boundary of the SLRPPA be extended to include the western side of Ryans Road and 36 Jerdanefield Road. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows a locality map of the parking areas.

25. St Lucia is a suburb of Brisbane’s west and is characterised by the University of Queensland (UQ) which attracts a large number of students from across Queensland, Australia and internationally.

26. St Lucia is covered by either the St Lucia Traffic Area or SLRPPA. These areas allow residents to obtain a residential parking permit for parking in their respective parking/traffic areas where permitted by local signage or where ‘no parking’ signage is present.

27. The petitioners’ request to extend the SLRPPA has been noted. Council is aware that UQ growth has contributed to increased demand for on-street parking. As per the eligibility criteria for Residential Parking Permit Schemes (RPPS), on-street parking capacity must be utilised at a rate higher than 80%, and be sustained for the duration between 10am to 3pm on weekdays. Preliminary investigations undertaken as a result of this petition demonstrate that over the last two years, the use of on-street parking resources is higher on weekends than on weekdays, indicating that the vehicles in question belong to residents from the area. Accordingly, extending the SLRPPA or creating a new RPPS area


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would have little to no effect as the on-street parking congestion is being caused by the number of residential vehicles from the immediate area.

28. Additionally, the RPPS guidelines for eligibility criteria require the property zoning for the area being considered to be Low density residential or Character residential. A review of Council records confirmed that 36 Jerdanefield Road, St Lucia, is zoned as High density residential and is therefore ineligible for any RPPS permits.

29. It is acknowledged that on-street parking may not be readily available at specific residential locations at times. However, the on-street parking within any given street is a community asset to be used by all, residents and other motorists alike. Council will continue to monitor this fringe area for on-street parking saturation levels with a view to beginning a new RPPS study in the future, if required. While the petitioners’ concerns have been noted, as stated above, the apartment complex does not qualify due to its zoning and, as such, would not be considered for resident parking permits in any proposed extension of the RPPS in this area.

Consultation

30. Councillor Julian Simmonds, Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

31. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.

32. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Peter Cumming and Steve Griffiths abstaining.

33. RECOMMENDATION:




Thank you for your petition requesting Council extend the St Lucia Residential Parking Permit Area (SLRPPA).

St Lucia is covered by either the St Lucia Traffic Area or SLRPPA. These areas allow residents to obtain a residential parking permit for parking in their respective parking/traffic areas where permitted by local signage or where no parking signage is present.

Your request to extend the SLRPPA has been noted. Council is aware that growth of the University of Queensland has contributed to increased demand for on-street parking. As per the eligibility criteria for Residential Parking Permit Schemes (RPPS), on-street parking capacity must be utilised at a rate higher than 80%, and be sustained for the duration between 10am to 3pm on weekdays. Preliminary investigations undertaken as a result of this petition demonstrate that over the last two years, the use of on-street parking resources is higher on weekends than on weekdays, indicating that the vehicles in question belong to residents from the area. Accordingly, extending the SLRPPA or creating a new RPPS area would have little to no effect as the on-street parking congestion is being caused by the number of residential vehicles from the immediate area.

Additionally, the RPPS guidelines for eligibility criteria require the property zoning for the area being considered to be Low density residential or Character residential. A review of Council records confirmed that 36 Jerdanefield Road, St Lucia, is zoned as High density residential and is therefore ineligible for any RPPS permits.


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It is acknowledged that on-street parking may not be readily available at specific residential locations at times. However, the on-street parking within any given street is a community asset to be used by all, residents and other motorists alike. Council will continue to monitor this fringe area for on-street parking saturation levels with a view to beginning a new RPPS study in the future, if required. While the petitioners’ concerns have been noted, as stated above, the apartment complex does not qualify due to its zoning and, as such, would not be considered for resident parking permits in any proposed extension of the RPPS in this area.

Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Kevin Chen, Senior Transport Network Officer, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Strategy, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 2019.


D PETITION – REQUESTING A SAFE ENTRY INTO BELGRAVE STREET, PETRIE TERRACECA18/590966

185/2018-1934. A petition from residents, requesting a safe entry into Belgrave Street, Petrie Terrace, was received

during the Winter Recess 2018.


36. The petition contains five signatures. Of the petitioners, one resides in Petrie Terrace with the remainder living in other suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

37. The petitioners are concerned that the right turn from Musgrave Road into Belgrave Street is not clear enough and this is leading to confusion among motorists. The petitioners are requesting the turn markings and/or signage be enhanced or the installation of a formal turn pocket.

38. Belgrave Street is considered to be a neighbourhood access road under Council’s road hierarchy, providing access to local residential properties. Musgrave Road is considered to be an arterial road connecting major centres of the city and forming an important link in Brisbane’s bus and freight network. Due to the road’s function, high volumes of traffic are expected. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows a locality map.

39. The section of Musgrave Road (between Hale Street and Countess Street) is generally marked with a double continuous centre line along its length. However, at the intersection of Belgrave Street, the double continuous centre line stops for a short section, with only a single continuous centre line running through the intersection. Under the Queensland Road Rules, drivers are permitted to cross a single continuous centre line to enter or exit a road, but not a double continuous centre line, meaning right turns into Belgrave Street from Musgrave Road are permitted by the existing line marking arrangement.

40. It is acknowledged that Musgrave Road is a busy arterial road and that no formal turn pocket is provided into Belgrave Street. Permitting right turns in these locations would not typically be a desirable outcome from a road network operation perspective. However, it is also noted that Belgrave Street services only a small catchment of houses, and does not facilitate a role for through traffic and, as such, the current arrangement is considered appropriate given the very low number of vehicles turning right.

41. Each of the petitioners’ proposed options has been considered with an assessment of their suitability. With respect to the request for a turn lane, Belgrave Street is located some 130 metres west of the signalised intersection of Musgrave Road and Countess Street. Both of these roads are classified as arterial roads in Council’s road hierarchy and carry large volumes of traffic. Of particular note, the


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volume of vehicles turning right from Musgrave Road into Countess Street is very high, as this forms a key access route to the inner city.

42. Given the limited roadway width available in this area, the installation of a dedicated right turn lane into Belgrave Street would require the turn lane into Countess Street to be shortened. This would affect capacity at the Countess Street signalised intersection, increasing delays and congestion for inbound traffic on Musgrave Road. Considering the low volume of traffic turning right into Belgrave Street, the provision of a dedicated right turn lane into Belgrave Street is not recommended or supported.

43. Given the difficult nature of the right turn, consideration was also given to whether an alternative to the right turn could be incorporated, removing the need to turn right at Belgrave Street.

44. An assessment of the ability to provide a U-turn at the downstream signalised intersection of Musgrave Road and Countess Street was undertaken. Permitting a U-turn for eastbound traffic at this intersection would remove the need for vehicles to turn right at Belgrave Street, as they would be able to complete a U-turn at the signals and turn left into Belgrave Street instead.

45. The right turns at the signals on Musgrave Road (eastbound) operate in the same signal phase as left turns from Countess Street (northbound). As such, permitting a U-turn would cause a direct conflict with the left turn movement which is not a safe arrangement. In addition, preventing the left turn operating during this phase would affect capacity of this movement and lead to increased congestion coming from the CBD. Noting that very few vehicles would be expected to complete a U-turn but large volumes of traffic complete the left turn from Countess Street, this change would lead to decreased efficiency of traffic signal operation and is therefore not recommended or supported.

46. In light of this, it is considered that there is little opportunity to provide for an alternative to the right turn into Belgrave Street while still allowing for access from the west.

47. The existing centre line marking permits right turns into Belgrave Street. However, given the extent of the double continuous centre line on either side of this section, it can appear that this is continuous through the intersection, meaning other drivers may not be aware that this turning movement is legal.

48. While a break in the centre line would not change the legality of the existing turning movements at this location, it would provide an additional visual cue to drivers that vehicles are permitted to cross the centre line at this location to turn right into Belgrave Street.

49. Accordingly, a modification to the centre line marking to install a short break is a recommended treatment at this location. This break will discontinue the continuous centre line through the intersection for a short length.

Consultation

50. Councillor Peter Matic, Councillor for Paddington Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact


52. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.

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Thank you for your petition requesting a safe entry into Belgrave Street, Petrie Terrace.

The existing line marking legally permits the completion of right turns into Belgrave Street from Musgrave Road.

The installation of a right turn pocket into Belgrave Street would substantially affect the capacity of the signalised intersection of Musgrave Road and Countess Street, and lead to increased congestion in the area. Noting this, and given the low volume of traffic turning right into Belgrave Street, the provision of a dedicated right turn lane into Belgrave Street is not recommended or supported.

In response to your petition, consideration was given to whether a U-turn could be permitted at the downstream signalised intersection of Musgrave Road and Countess Street. However, this would have significant impacts to road network operations for the benefit of only a small number of vehicles completing the U-turn and, as such, is not recommended or supported.

However, Council does propose to install a break in the centre line on Musgrave Road at its intersection with Belgrave Street. This will not change the legality of the right turn, but will provide an additional visual cue to drivers that vehicles are permitted to turn right at this location.

Please let the other petitioners know of this information.

Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Lucas Stewart, Senior Transport Network Officer, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Strategy, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 0220.


E PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL CONSIDER STREET CALMING IN DENHAM STREET, ANNERLEYCA18/621155

186/2018-1954. A petition from residents, requesting Council consider street calming in Denham Street, Annerley, was

received during the Winter Recess 2018.


56. The petition contains six signatures. Of the petitioners, one resides on Denham Street with the remainder living in other suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

57. The petitioners suggest there are a large number of vehicles speeding down Denham Street due to increasing numbers of apartments and subdivisions. It is also claimed that the existing speed humps are not effective in slowing traffic down. Therefore, the petitioners are requesting new traffic calming strategies be introduced as well as greater considerations in regards to approval of high density dwellings.

58. Denham Street has a speed limit of 50 km/h and is considered to be a neighbourhood access road under Council’s road hierarchy providing access to local residential properties. There are no Council bus routes operating along Denham Street. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows a locality map.

59. Denham Street has three existing speed platforms to discourage non-local traffic and to moderate vehicle speeds. The street also has signs advising ‘local traffic only’ on both ends of the road. There is a high demand for traffic calming across the city and Council must prioritise funding to those projects that deliver the greatest benefit in terms of safety and amenity for the wider community.


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60. As Denham Street has three speed platforms within the street, installing additional traffic calming measures would be considered a low priority. Furthermore, as only one resident of Denham Street signed the petition, the head petitioner, it is difficult to determine if there is a high level of concern from local residents regarding existing traffic conditions. As such, it is not recommended to install additional traffic calming measures at this time.

61. The petitioners’ feedback about development has been noted. All development applications submitted to Council are carefully assessed by Council's Development Services branch against the requirements of Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan) and in accordance with the Planning Act 2016.

Consultation

62. Councillor Nicole Johnston, Councillor for Tennyson Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact



65. RECOMMENDATION:




Thank you for your petition requesting Council consider street calming in Denham Street, Annerley.

Denham Street has three existing speed platforms to discourage non-local traffic and to moderate vehicle speeds. The street also has signs advising ‘local traffic only’ on both ends of the road. There is a high demand for traffic calming across the city and Council must prioritise funding to those projects that deliver the greatest benefit in terms of safety and amenity for the wider community.

As Denham Street has three speed platforms within the street, installing additional traffic calming measures would be considered a low priority. Furthermore, as only one resident of Denham Street signed the petition, the head petitioner, it is difficult to determine if there is a high level of concern from local residents regarding existing traffic conditions. As such, it is not recommended to install additional traffic calming measures at this time.

Your feedback about development has been noted. All development applications submitted to Council are carefully assessed by Council's Development Services team against the requirements of Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan) and in accordance with the Planning Act 2016.


Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Kiran Sreedharan, Senior Transport Network Officer, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Strategy, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 1178.



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CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE

Councillor Matthew BOURKE, Chairman of the City Planning Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Ryan MURPHY, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: Councillor BOURKE.

Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. A busy week at the City Planning Committee meeting last week. We dealt with a number of petitions. As is my policy, I love bringing petitions through to the Council Chamber rather than bringing them through in recess. So there's six petitions there that came through the Committee last week and I'm happy for those to be debated in the Council Chamber.

We also, at the Committee, considered a development application for a site in Councillor KING's ward, so 600, 604, 616 Rode Road, Chermside, and 56 Millway Street, Kedron. This application is for the provision for tenancies that might be traditionally used for warehouses, but in this case this site has been transformed to support small business, start-up business, Madam Chairman, and trying to foster the entrepreneurial spirit which lives in all of us.

So this particular site here currently has a Mitre 10 hardware and trade supply use and a garden centre. The site is being turned and transformed then into a number of smaller tenancies. So a lot of small start-up businesses or smaller businesses can't take on some of these larger sites that are available in the certain land uses across the city, so it is great to see this application coming through.

Of course, this site is located pretty close to the Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital, Madam Chairman, as well as an aged care facility to the east and a school as well. The redevelopment that we have before us does close the current driveway access out onto Millway Street, Madam Chairman, which is a great outcome for the local residents.

They currently had industrial traffic, light industrial traffic, and general access to the site through that small suburban street and as part of the redevelopment that we have before us, as part of this application, access is now by Rode Road out through the front of the site, Madam Chairman.

There's also significant revegetation work that is being undertaken in the waterway corridor. That is currently a concrete drain, Madam Chairman, and there is a significant revegetation plan that sits with this particular application as well. There's eight new warehouse buildings comprising of 38 tenancies and ancillary offices so, as I said, a number of those smaller spaces being made available for businesses.

There is also provision and work that has been undertaken by the applicant with Council to deal with flooding. Madam Chairman, as I said, there is a concrete stormwater drain which runs through the site, so we obviously required them to make sure that flood access or emergency access during a flood event was taken into account and also that they have an emergency evacuation plan as part of the application as well.

There's 186 car parks, which is a significant increase on the number of car parks currently on the site, Madam Chairman, to help support the businesses and the use of the site and. As I said, there is that significant rehabilitation of the waterway corridor with a number of different plantings going on as part of the overall construction of the site and I'm happy to commend the report to the Chamber.


Councillor CASSIDY.


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Councillor CASSIDY: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to talk on items B and C, petitions requesting Council include Hamilton Road Shopping Precinct and Jindalee Place Shopping Precinct and the Village Precinct Project initiative.

Seriatim for voting - Clauses B and CAt that time Councillor Jared CASSIDY rose and requested that Clauses B – PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE HAMILTON ROAD SHOPPING PRECINCT, WAVELL HEIGHTS, IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19 and Clause C – PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE JINDALEE PLACE SHOPPING PRECINCT IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19, be taken seriatim, en bloc, for voting purposes.

Councillor CASSIDY: Madam Chairman, I raised concerns in the Committee about the process through which the funding has been allocated when it came, when the budget was handed down, the information sessions. We were told that there was no list of projects currently being considered for funding under the Village Precinct Project initiative apart from the one that was identified in the budget.

Given that there are a number of active petitions similar to this, some of them with significantly more support, the process around the determining of funding for these is not transparent and hasn't been transparent. Given that the precedent has been set that a petition is all that is required, we think that the projects that are currently being petitioned for should be considered by Council officers before funding is allocated for any of those projects.


Councillor ALLAN.

Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise today to speak on item B, a petition requesting Council include the Hamilton Road Shopping Precinct at Wavell Heights in the Village Precinct projects initiatives for 2018-19. Hamilton Road is a busy connector road between Gympie Road to the west and Sandgate Road in the east.

The shopping centre in question is a popular local strip shopping centre that is located on both sides of Hamilton Road between Albar Street and Stadcor Street, Wavell Heights. The centre includes a convenience store; pharmacy; post office; gym; physiotherapist; hairdresser; café; bottle shop; pizza shop; fish and chips shop, the list goes on. It's a very popular site.

The public infrastructure in the area includes two bus stops, post office boxes and a telephone box. The frontage to both shopping strips is unappealing and would undoubtedly benefit from an upgrade and rejuvenation. The southern side, in particular, requires attention as the footpath is degraded and quite exposed, with limited shade or visual appeal. The area lacks character and identity.

It is anticipated that a project will commence later this month with community consultation in November and construction in the first half of 2019. While the design stage is yet to start, the project could include new footpaths, artworks, street tree planting, garden beds, street furniture and improved pedestrian access.

Madam Chairman, the Village Precinct project will enhance the area for shoppers, commuters and traders. It will add to the amenity of the area and support the small businesses in this location. The outcome is totally aligned with this Administration's plans to improve lifestyle and leisure opportunities for the community and support small businesses.

It is a tangible example of delivering against Brisbane's Future Blueprint, principle 1: Creating a city of neighbourhoods, and action item 1: Improve the amenity of local retail villages with upgrade paths, trees, seating and lighting. I would like to thank the petitions who supported the petition and look forward to the project being delivered. Thank you.


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Councillor CUMMING.

Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, I refer to item G, the petition objecting to the development application at 162 Oceana Terrace, Lota. The local residents and myself are concerned about this proposal which is for six and seven storey buildings right across the road from a low density area. We think it's over the top.

We are also concerned about views of the heritage listed property on site which is one of the oldest buildings in the Wynnum Manly district. The White family, who are the original settlers of that part of Manly and Lota, had their family home there and it goes back, well back into the 1800s.

There's also a real fear of loss of a lot of mature trees, mature gum trees, in an area where the locals call a woodland of trees right where these buildings are proposed to be built. I support the request by the local residents for a limit of three storeys on any development on the site. While I support the petition response, I fear that the DA could be approved or it could be refused by Council but Council then fold on appeal.

Or, alternatively, if the development does get knocked back on this occasion, they'll simply come in under the proposed new laws when they become law, the new aged care amendments, which would allow precisely this type of development to occur plus a commercial aspect of up to 800 square metres, as well, which will make things even worse.

Madam Chairman, I'd like to thank The Wynnum Herald and Channel 9 for publicising this issue and I look forward to working with the local residents to get a good result for them. Thank you.


Nothing further?

Councillor BOURKE.

Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I'll be really, really quick. I just have to deal with this furphy that Councillor CUMMING keeps putting out there that an application for aged care under the proposed amendment package which is out for consultation now until 21 September—and I encourage all Councillors and all residents of the City of Brisbane to have their say on that consultation, Madam Chairman.

I just want to deal with this furphy that an application depending on the outcome of that amendment package, Madam Chairman, would just be ticked and flicked because Councillor CUMMING just said it: it would be approved. He just said it would just be approved.


Councillor BOURKE: Well no, and I take his interjection. I take his interjection, code assessment well, Madam Chairman, through you, even code assessable DAs have to go through the process of being assessed by independent planning officers in this place and issues will be identified. If there are issues, then the applicant will be asked to respond to those and they can keep muttering because clearly they don't understand the way the planning process works.


Councillor BOURKE: Thank you, Councillor GRIFFITHS, you can interject as well in the usual way that you do, but as I was saying, Madam Chairman, Councillor CUMMING keeps putting this—


Councillor BOURKE: —and Councillor GRIFFITHS again, this time he says it's a joke, Madam Chairman. So he thinks that planning in this city is a joke.


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Councillor BOURKE: Well, yes, he says yes. Well I'm happy to get all of this on the record, Madam Chairman.

Councillor SIMMONDS: Point of order, Madam Chairman.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor SIMMONDS.

Councillor SIMMONDS: Will the Councillor take a question.

Chairman: Councillor BOURKE.

Councillor BOURKE: I'm more than happy to have a question from Councillor SIMMONDS.

Councillor SIMMONDS: Councillor BOURKE, do you think that the reason that the Labor Party think that code assessment is perfunctory is because when Jackie Trad and the Labor Party changed the Planning Act they, in fact, wrote in there that code assessment is to be approved unless other factors come into play? The assumption is for approval was the change the Labor Party made.


Chairman: Order!

Councillor BOURKE.

Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, and I thank Councillor SIMMONDS, because that's exactly the point. Councillor SIMMONDS has hit the nail on the head, Madam Chairman, because you've got to remember that the Australian Labor Party, for all they rally against planning and planning issues in this city, it was the Australian Labor Party in the State Parliament who introduced the changes that Councillor SIMMONDS mentioned.

It's the Australian Labor Party who in a lot of cases, Madam Chairman, zoned land that now Councillors in this place rally against the developments on. You've got to remember that the site Councillor CUMMING is talking about was zoned by the Australian Labor Party Low density residential. As we heard last week with the 40th Anniversary of the Labor Party's townhouse laws in this place, they could have turned this site into a plethora of townhouses down there, Madam Chairman, under the Labor Party planning laws in this place.

Code assessable DAs, Madam Chairman, and I spent a lot of time talking one on one and as a group with residents down at the Civic Cabinet listens down there at Wynnum Manly and I had to reassure them that even though it's a code assessable DA, Council will still look at the heritage issues like we identified in the information requests that we have currently with the applicant. We'll still look at the vegetation issues, Madam Chairman.


Councillor BOURKE: Councillor GRIFFITHS continues to interject in the bullying and intimidating way that he often does in this place, Madam Chairman. As he does regularly in this place, Madam Chairman, but we will still go through this application that's put forward by—


Councillor BOURKE: —we will go through the application that's put forward, Madam Chairman. We'll identify the issues, whether it's traffic—


Councillor BOURKE: —we'll identify the issues, whether it is traffic, whether it is vegetation, whether it is stormwater issues, Madam Chairman, whether it is heritage issues, the density, the height, the built form, the design. It doesn't matter whether it's an impact assessable DA or a code assessable DA, Madam Chairman, the independent planning officers in this place assess each application against the relevant provisions in the City Plan.


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They identify the concerns and the issues that we have. We go back to the applicant and ask for further information or go back to them and say we cannot support this application as it currently stands. To put forward or to talk about any other process other than that is misleading, Madam Chairman, and we've got to deal with that furphy because it doesn't help the conversation with the community, it doesn't help people have certainty that the process is there and they can—


Councillor BOURKE: —it doesn't help the community understand how planning works, Madam Chairman. It doesn't help the community when developments are lodged with the process that then flows from that if we have people going out there and saying just because an amendment has gone through it means that everything is going to be ticked and flicked.

There are still going to be issues with developments, Madam Chairman, that need to be addressed by applicants and they will be identified through the process by the independent planning officers as each development application is lodged.

Chairman: So we will put the report for items A, D, E, F and G.

Clauses A, D, E, F, and G put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses A, D, E, F and G of the report of the City Planning Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Chairman: I will now put items B and C.

Clauses B and C put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses B and C of the report of the City Planning Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Jared CASSIDY and Kara COOK immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.


AYES: 18 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, and Councillors Krista ADAMS, Adam ALLAN, Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, Ian McKENZIE, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Julian SIMMONDS, Steven TOOMEY, Andrew WINES and Norm WYNDHAM.



ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Matthew Bourke (Chairman), Councillor Ryan Murphy (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Adam Allan, Jared Cassidy, Steven Huang and Jonathan Sri.


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A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009 – DEVELOPMENT PERMIT – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR WAREHOUSE AND HARDWARE AND TRADE SUPPLIES AND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF A LOT (ACCESS EASEMENT) AT 600, 604 AND 616 RODE ROAD, CHERMSIDE AND 56 MILLWAY STREET, KEDRON

187/2018-191. The Acting Team Manager, Planning Services North, Development Services, City Planning and

Sustainability, reports that Urban Strategies Pty Ltd, on behalf of Australian Property Developments, submitted a development application on 16 January 2017. The application was properly made on 8 February 2017.

Development aspects: Material change of use – Development Permit Reconfiguration of a lot – Development Permit

General description of proposal: Five stage development for Warehouse (38 tenancies with ancillary office), Hardware and trade supplies and Access easement

Land in the ownership of: TD Land Holdings Pty Ltd and Richardson Family Security (604 Rode Road) Trust

Address of the site: 600, 604 and 616 Rode Road, Chermside and 56 Millway Street, Kedron

Described as: Lot 1 on RP80545Lot 10 on SP158962Lot 1 on RP89440Lot 1 on RP806396

Containing an area of: 23,778 square metres

2. This Impact assessable application is over land currently included in the Low-impact industry zone and General industry A zone under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan). The site is located within the Chermside Centre neighbourhood plan. Part of the site is affected by the Waterway corridors overlay and the Flood overlay (overland flow flood planning area).

3. The site currently accommodates an existing Mitre 10 Hardware and trade supplies use, including garden centre, timber and landscaping supplies. The site includes an outdoor sales and showroom use for a pool and spa supplier. The subject site adjoins Rode Road, Chermside, to the north, and Beauval and Millway Streets, Kedron, to the south. The site shares a common boundary to the west with a warehouse use. The eastern boundary of the site adjoins a display and sales use. The site adjoining the southern boundary is occupied by warehouses.

4. At a broader scale, land to the north of the site, on the opposite side of Rode Road, is occupied by the Prince Charles Hospital and the Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital, and land to the south is comprised of a mix of residential and industrial uses. TriCare Stafford Lakes Aged Care Residences and Somerset Hills State School are located to the west of the site, on the opposite side of Webster Road.

5. The closest residential uses are located in Beauval and Achilles Streets, Kedron. The closest bus stop is located on Rode Road, 140 m walking distance from the site.

6. The proposal is for the redevelopment of the site over five stages, as outlined below: retention of the building occupied by Mitre 10 for Hardware and trade supplies construction of eight new warehouse buildings comprising 38 tenancies with ancillary offices reconfiguration of a lot for an access easement (emergency flood access) building height between two and four storeys gross floor area of 10,276 m2 with a site cover of 51.1 % 186 car parking spaces and on-site servicing for an articulated vehicle and refuse collection

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access via a crossover to Rode Road, Chermside, with emergency access to Millway Street, Kedron, for use only during a flood event

additional landscaping and ecological rehabilitation works within the Waterway corridor.

7. The proposed development is consistent and in accordance with the Industry code, the Centre or mixed-use code, the Low-impact industry zone code, the Industry zone code, Chermside Centre neighbourhood plan code, and the relevant secondary codes of City Plan.

8. In accordance with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, the proposal was subject to Impact assessment and public notification. Public notification was carried out between 5 October 2017 and 26 October 2017 in accordance with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. No properly made submissions were received during the public notification period. There were five submissions received prior to the public notification period, objecting to the proposal.

9. Councillor Fiona King, Councillor for Marchant Ward, supports the proposal.

10. The Acting Team Manager, Planning Services North, Development Services, City Planning and Sustainability, advises that relevant reports have been obtained to address the assessment criteria, and the decision process prescribed by the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, appropriately justifying the proposal and outlining reasonable and relevant conditions of the approval.

11. It is recommended that the application be presented to the City Planning Committee for a recommendation to Council for approval subject to the approved plans and conditions included in the Development Approval Package. The Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.

12. RECOMMENDATION

As

(i) a properly made development application was made on 8 February 2017 to Council pursuant to section 260 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 as follows:

Development aspects: Material change of use – Development Permit Reconfiguration of a lot – Development Permit

General description of proposal: Five stage development for Warehouse (38 tenancies with ancillary office), Hardware and trade supplies and Access easement

Land in the ownership of: TD Land Holdings Pty Ltd and Richardson Family Security (604 Rode Road) Trust

Address of the site: 600, 604 and 616 Rode Road, Chermside and 56 Millway Street, Kedron

Described as: Lot 1 on RP80545Lot 10 on SP158962Lot 1 on RP89440Lot 1 on RP806396

Containing an area of: 23,778 square metres

(ii) Council is required to assess the application pursuant to Chapter 6, Part 5, Division 3 and section 314 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, and decide the application under section 324 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009,

then Council:

(i) upon consideration of the application and those matters set forth in section 314 and section 324 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 relevant to the application, Council considers that:

(a) the site is within the Urban Footprint of the South East Queensland Regional Plan, and the use is consistent with an Urban Activity

(b) the proposal does not cause conflict with the State’s planning policies, planning regulation provisions or regional plan


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(c) the proposal is consistent with the general intentions of City Plan

(d) the proposal would not create an unreasonable traffic problem, increase a traffic problem or detrimentally affect the efficiency of the road network

(e) the proposal would not detrimentally affect the amenity of the surrounding area

(f) the development can be accommodated within the existing essential infrastructure networks

(ii) considers that where reasonable and relevant conditions are imposed on the development, it would be appropriate that the proposed development be approved on the site

(iii) issues a Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Charges Notice for the development pursuant to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and Brisbane Infrastructure Charges Resolution (No. 7) 2018, for the community purposes, stormwater and transport networks

(iv) approves the development application referred to above and subject to the conditions in the Development Approval Package to:

(a) notify the applicant of this decision and issue the applicant the Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Charges Notice

(b) notify the Central SEQ Distributer-Retailer Authority of the decision and provide the Authority with a copy of the Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Charges Notice

(c) notify the Councillor for the Marchant Ward, Councillor Fiona King, of this decision.

ADOPTED

B PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE HAMILTON ROAD SHOPPING PRECINCT, WAVELL HEIGHTS, IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19CA18/706579 and CA18/732536

188/2018-1913. Two petitions from residents requesting the Hamilton Road shopping precinct, Wavell Heights, be

included in the Village Precincts Project for 2018-19, were presented to the meeting of Council held on 7 August 2018 (CA18/706579) and 14 August 2018 (CA18/732536), by Councillor Adam Allan, and received.

14. The Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability, provided the following information.

15. The petitions contain 138 signatures.

16. The petitioners request that the Hamilton Road shopping precinct, Wavell Heights, be included in the Village Precincts Projects initiative for 2018-19. Village Precinct Projects generally include the provision of new footpaths, artworks, street tree planting, garden beds, street furniture and improved pedestrian accessibility.

17. Following receipt of these petitions, investigations were undertaken to assess the condition of the area and placemaking opportunities to facilitate improvements. The investigations concluded that the commercial strip along Hamilton Road, Wavell Heights, is in poor condition and in need of upgrades. Pedestrian movement through this area is difficult and accessibility levels are low. There are limited shade trees and garden beds and the area lacks character and identity. Images of the subject location are provided at Attachment A, submitted on file.

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and has been approved for implementation. The planning and design phase for this project will commence in September 2018, with project construction anticipated between January and June 2019.

19. The final design for this project may include items such as street tree planting, additional garden beds, improved pedestrian accessibility, street furniture, footpath upgrades and public art. Council’s Urban Design team will launch the project in November 2018 with an onsite kiosk to provide the local community with further opportunities for input on the project.

Funding

20. Funding is available under Program 4 (Precinct Projects), to undertake a Village Precinct Project in this location in 2018-19.

Consultation

21. Councillor Adam Allan, Councillor for Northgate Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer Impact

22. There will be minor impacts on local businesses within the precinct, during the construction period.

23. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Jared Cassidy and Jonathan Sri abstaining.

24. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING.- COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT A VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECT

IS JUSTIFIED FOR THE HAMILTON ROAD SHOPPING PRECINCT, WAVELL HEIGHTS, AND THEREFORE THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT WILL COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER 2018, WITH PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION BY JUNE 2019.

- THE FINAL DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT MAY INCLUDE STREET TREE PLANTING, ADDITIONAL GARDEN BEDS, IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, STREET FURNITURE, FOOTPATH UPGRADES AND PUBLIC ART.

ADOPTED

C PETITIONS – REQUESTING COUNCIL INCLUDE THE JINDALEE PLACE SHOPPING PRECINCT IN THE VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECTS INITIATIVE FOR 2018-19CA18/687193, CA18/693468, CA18/716673 and CA18/740100

189/2018-1925. Four petitions from residents requesting the Jindalee Place shopping precinct, be included in the

Village Precinct Projects for 2018-19, were presented to the meetings of Council held on 31 July 2018 (CA18/687193 and CA18/693468), 7 August 2018 (CA18/716673) and 14 August 2018 (CA18/740100), by Councillor Matthew Bourke, and received.


27. The petitions contain 113 signatures.

28. The petitioners request that the Jindalee Place shopping precinct, located at Curragundi Road, Jindalee, be included in the Village Precinct Projects initiative for 2018-19. Village Precinct Projects generally include the provision of new footpaths, artworks, street tree planting, garden beds, street furniture and improved pedestrian accessibility.


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29. Following receipt of these petitions, investigations were undertaken to assess the condition of the area and placemaking opportunities to facilitate improvements. The investigations concluded that the commercial strip along Curragundi Road is in poor condition and in need of upgrades. Pedestrian movement through this area is difficult and accessibility levels are low. There are limited shade trees and garden beds, and the area lacks character and identity. Images of the subject location are provided at Attachment A, submitted on file.

30. In 2016-17, Council undertook some minor improvements to the area on the corner of Curragundi Road and Arrabri Avenue. This was in response to a number of complaints from the community around the condition of the footpath, which had become a safety hazard, and the general amenity of the area.

31. It has therefore been determined that a Village Precinct Project at Jindalee Place shopping precinct will bring significant placemaking and accessibility benefits to the area in question and has been approved for implementation. The planning and design phase for this project will commence in September 2018, with project construction anticipated between January and June 2019. This project will see an extension of the minor improvement works which were undertaken in 2016-17 to ensure improved amenity throughout the shopping precinct.

32. The final design for this project may include items such as street tree planting, additional garden beds, improved pedestrian accessibility, street furniture, footpath upgrades and public art. Council’s Urban Design team will launch the project in November 2018 with an onsite kiosk to provide the local community with further opportunities for input on the project.

Funding

33. Funding is available under Program 4 (Precinct Projects), to undertake a Village Precinct Project in this location in the 2018-19 financial year.

Consultation

34. Councillor Matthew Bourke, Councillor for Jamboree Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer Impact

35. There will be minor impacts on local businesses within the precinct, during the construction period.

36. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Jared Cassidy and Jonathan Sri abstaining.

37. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING.- COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT A VILLAGE PRECINCT PROJECT

IS JUSTIFIED FOR JINDALEE PLACE SHOPPING PRECINCT AND THEREFORE THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT WILL COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER 2018, WITH PROJECT COMPLETION ANTICIPATED BY JUNE 2019.

- THE FINAL DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT MAY INCLUDE STREET TREE PLANTING, ADDITIONAL GARDEN BEDS, IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, STREET FURNITURE, FOOTPATH UPGRADES AND PUBLIC ART.

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D PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A CHILD CARE CENTRE AT 495 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BULIMBA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004921820)CA18/591019

190/2018-1938. A petition from residents objecting to the proposed development application for a child care centre at

495 Hawthorne Road, Bulimba (application reference A004921820), was received by Council during the Winter Recess 2018.


40. The petition contains 361 signatures.

41. The petitioners’ concerns include:- significant impacts on safety and traffic for Hawthorne and Riding Roads and the surrounding

road network- the traffic impact assessment- air quality assessment on the site- proposed height of the building.

42. The subject site is located in the Low medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) zone precinct and is subject to the Bulimba district neighbourhood plan.

43. The subject site is of an irregular configuration with frontage on Hawthorne and Riding Roads. The subject site has a total area of 1,143 m2. The directly surrounding areas to the south are identified in the Low medium density residential zone. To the west, opposite the subject site, is a service station and commercial development, and to the east is Bulimba State School. The predominate built form in the local and wider area is mixed with two-to-three-storey multiple dwellings, two-storey commercial buildings, and single detached dwellings with a range of heights from one to two storeys.

44. The development application was lodged on 14 May 2018 and properly made on 23 May 2018. The application seeks approval for a child care facility to accommodate a total of 122 children within a three-storey building. The total gross floor area proposed is 1,771.7 m². The use of the land for a child care centre is impact assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan).

45. This application is currently under assessment against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016 (the Act). An Information Request was issued by Council on 20 June 2018, requesting the applicant respond to matters raised including building height, bulk and scale, proposed architectural form, deep planting, landscaping, parking, traffic and other engineering issues.

46. Once the applicant provides a response to the Information Request, public notification will take place for 15 business days under the requirements of the Act. As the application is impact assessable, residents who lodge submissions during the public notification period will be afforded appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court if not satisfied with Council’s decision. The petitioners’ concerns and all submissions received will also be taken into consideration as part of the assessment.

Consultation

47. Councillor Kara Cook, Councillor for Morningside Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

48. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.

49. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE INFORMATION SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.


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Attachment AInformation to be provided to the head petitioner

A development application (reference A004921820) was lodged on 14 May 2018 and properly made on 23 May 2018. The application seeks approval for a child care facility to accommodate a total of 122 children within a three-storey building. The total gross floor area proposed is 1,771.7 m². The use of the land for a child care centre is impact assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan).

This application is currently under assessment against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016 (the Act). An Information Request was issued by Council on 20 June 2018 requesting the applicant respond to matters raised including building height, bulk and scale, proposed architectural form, deep planting, landscaping, parking, traffic and other engineering issues.

When the applicant responds to the Information Request, public notification will take place for 15 business days under the requirements of the Act. As the application is impact assessable, residents who lodge submissions during the public notification period will be afforded appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court if not satisfied with Council’s decision. The petitioners’ concerns and all submissions received will be taken into consideration as part of the assessment.

You can follow the progress of this application online by visiting Council’s website at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/pdonline and searching application reference number A004921820.

ADOPTED

E PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A CHILD CARE CENTRE AT 495 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BULIMBA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004921820)CA18/693516

191/2018-1950. A petition from residents objecting to the proposed development application for a child care centre at

495 Hawthorne Road, Bulimba (application reference A004921820), was presented to the Council meeting of 31 July 2018, by Councillor Kara Cook, and received.



53. The petitioners’ concerns include:- significant impacts on safety and traffic for Hawthorne and Riding Roads and the surrounding

road network- the traffic impact assessment- air quality assessment on the site- proposed height of the building.

54. The subject site is located in the Low medium density residential (2 or 3 storey mix) zone precinct and is subject to the Bulimba district neighbourhood plan.

55. The subject site is of an irregular configuration with frontage on Hawthorne and Riding Roads. The subject site has a total area of 1,143 m2. The directly surrounding areas to the south are identified in the Low medium density residential zone. To the west, opposite the subject site, is a service station and commercial development, and to the east is Bulimba State School. The predominate built form in the local and wider area is mixed with two-to-three-storey multiple dwellings, two-storey commercial buildings, and single detached dwellings with a range of heights from one to two storeys.

56. The development application was lodged on 14 May 2018 and properly made on 23 May 2018. The application seeks approval for a child care facility to accommodate a total of 122 children within a


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three-storey building. The total gross floor area proposed is 1,771.7 m². The use of the land for a child care centre is impact assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan).

57. This application is currently under assessment against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016 (the Act). An Information Request was issued by Council on 20 June 2018 requesting the applicant respond to matters raised including building height, bulk and scale, proposed architectural form, deep planting, landscaping, parking, traffic and other engineering issues.

58. Once the applicant provides a response to the Information Request, public notification will take place for fifteen business days under the requirements of the Act. As the application is impact assessable, residents who lodge submissions during the public notification period will be afforded appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court if not satisfied with Council’s decision. The petitioners’ concerns and all submissions received will also be taken into consideration as part of the assessment.

Consultation

59. Councillor Kara Cook, Councillor for Morningside Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

60. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.

61. RECOMMENDATION:


Attachment AInformation to be provided to the head petitioner

A development application (reference A004921820) was lodged on 14 May 2018 and properly made on 23 May 2018. The application seeks approval for a child care facility to accommodate a total of 122 children within a three-storey building. The total gross floor area proposed is 1,771.7 m². The use of the land for a child care centre is impact assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan).

This application is currently under assessment against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016 (the Act). An Information Request was issued by Council on 20 June 2018 requesting the applicant respond to matters raised including building height, bulk and scale, proposed architectural form, deep planting, landscaping, parking, traffic and other engineering issues.

When the applicant responds to the Information Request, public notification will take place for 15 business days under the requirements of the Act. As the application is impact assessable, residents who lodge submissions during the public notification period will be afforded appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court if not satisfied with Council’s decision. The petitioners’ concerns and all submissions received will be taken into consideration as part of the assessment.


ADOPTED

F PETITION – OBJECTING TO A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 1180, 1190, 1192 AND 1208 SANDGATE ROAD, NUNDAH (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004831430)CA18/629949

192/2018-19


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62. A petition from residents objecting to a proposed development at 1180, 1190, 1192 and 1208 Sandgate Road, Nundah (application reference A004831430), was received by Council during the Winter Recess 2018.


64. The petition contains 2,258 signatures.

65. The petitioners’ concerns include:- negative impact to the aesthetic and economic value to Nundah and its residents- potential impact on the Nundah community and its ‘village lifestyle’- increased number of units in the suburb.

66. The subject site is in the Major centre zone of Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan). The site is also in the Nundah Village precinct of the Toombul—Nundah neighbourhood plan.

67. The development application is under assessment for multiple dwellings (72 units), food and drink outlet, office, shop, bar and hotel on the site of a local heritage place, adjoining a local heritage place and involving a commercial character building. The development application also includes the partial demolition of a local heritage place and a commercial character building. The application is being assessed against the requirements of City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016.

68. An Information Request was issued by Council on 6 March 2018 stating that the proposal is not supported in its current form. The Information Request asks the applicant to respond to the matters raised including heritage impacts, building height, architectural design, streetscape interface, traffic impacts, parking, air quality, amenity impacts, landscaping, unit sizes and land use mix. The applicant has not yet responded to the Information Request.

69. The application is considered to be impact assessable, therefore formal public notification is required under the provisions of the Planning Act 2016.

Consultation

70. Councillor Adam Allan, Councillor for Northgate Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

71. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.

72. RECOMMENDATION:


Attachment AInformation to be provided to the petitioners

The development application is under assessment for multiple dwellings (72 units), food and drink outlet, office, shop, bar and hotel on the site of a local heritage place, adjoining a local heritage place and involving a commercial character building. The development application also includes the partial demolition of a local heritage place and a commercial character building. The application is being assessed against the requirements of Brisbane City Plan 2014 and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016.

An Information Request was issued by Council on 6 March 2018 stating that the proposal is not supported in its current form. The Information Request asks the applicant to respond to the matters raised including heritage impacts, building height, architectural design, streetscape interface, traffic impacts, parking, air quality, amenity impacts, landscaping, unit sizes and land use mix. The applicant has not yet responded to the Information Request.


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ADOPTED

G PETITION – OBJECTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A RETIREMENT FACILITY (104 INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS) AT 162 OCEANA TERRACE, LOTA (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004942635) CA18/618706

193/2018-1973. A petition from residents objecting to the development application for a retirement facility

(104 independent living units) at 162 Oceana Terrace, Lota (application reference A004942635), was received by Council during the Winter Recess 2018.



76. The concerns include the following.- The proposed level of density, the level of traffic likely to be generated, and that the

development is out of keeping with the heritage building on the subject site.- The petitioners’ request that the proposed six to seven storey buildings are limited to three

storeys high and replaced with low-set villas.

77. A development application was lodged on 8 June 2018 and properly made on 2 July 2018. The application seeks approval for a retirement facility comprising of 104 independent living units distributed across four buildings. Two of the proposed buildings are six storeys in height, while the other two are seven storeys.

78. The subject site is part of the Wynnum—Manly neighbourhood plan area and is included in the Community facilities zone (health care purposes). Therefore, the use of the land for a retirement facility is code assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan). As the application is code assessable, submitters will not have appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court. However, all issues raised by submitters will be taken into consideration during the assessment.

79. The subject site is of an irregular configuration with frontages on Oceana Terrace, Grace Street and Royal Esplanade. The subject site has a total area of 39,969 m2. The directly surrounding areas to the north, west and south are identified in the Low density residential zone, with some properties included in the Character residential zone. The predominate built form in the local and wider area is single detached dwellings with a range of heights from one to two storeys.

80. An Information Request was sent to the applicant on 2 August 2018 requesting additional information be provided to Council with details of a survey plan including significant trees, ground level contours and terrain of the subject site. Council has not yet received a response to this request.

81. The application is currently being assessed by Council’s Development Services against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016.

Consultation

82. Councillor Peter Cumming, Councillor for Wynnum Manly Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

83. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.


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84. RECOMMENDATION:


Attachment AInformation to be provided to the petitioners

The subject site is part of the Wynnum—Manly neighbourhood plan and is included in the Community facilities zone (health care purposes). Therefore, the use of the land for a retirement facility is code assessable under Brisbane City Plan 2014 (City Plan). As the application is code assessable, submitters will not have appeal rights in the Planning and Environment Court. However, all issues raised by submitters will be taken into consideration during the assessment.

The subject site is of an irregular configuration with frontages on Oceana Terrace, Grace Street and Royal Esplanade. The subject site has a total area of 39,969 m2. The directly surrounding areas to the north, west and south are identified in the Low density residential zone, with some properties included in the Character residential zone. The predominate built form in the local and wider area is single detached dwellings with a range of heights from one to two storeys.

An Information Request was sent to the applicant on 2 August 2018 requesting additional information be provided to Council with details of a survey plan including significant trees, ground level contours and terrain of the subject site. Council has not yet received a response to this request.

The application is currently being assessed by Council’s Development Services against the requirements of the City Plan and in accordance with the provisions of the Planning Act 2016.


ADOPTED

ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

Councillor David McLACHLAN, Chairman of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Norm WYNDHAM, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: Councillor McLACHLAN.

Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just before I get to the items before us in the Committee report today, I'll just speak briefly to yet another very successful Green Heart Fair which we held on Sunday at Carindale and thank those Councillors who attended. I believe I saw Councillor COOK there enjoying herself. It was a great event and yet again a great opportunity to showcase the things that we do in this city to be clean, green and sustainable and to encourage our residents to follow the lead that we're taking on all those initiatives.

We had the Live For Less, the Move For Less areas, the Grow area where people are encouraged to learn about growing things in their gardens and to take away some free plants; learn about waste management. A great demonstration again by the service providers we have in that space about people reducing waste and making sure that we can live more sustainably.

So fantastic again. About 20,000 residents came along, I understand, so a great opportunity, as I said, to showcase the things that we do in keeping our city clean, green and sustainable. I might try for the next Green Heart Fair to take along the mudcat for a demonstration to show how we keep our drains clean, green and sustainable. That'll be fantastic to show. We can get a drain, we can


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take the mudcat through it and even Councillor CUMMING might be impressed if we take it along and show him a practical demonstration, because I know he'd never get down in the mud himself to do the work, but maybe if it's in a park somewhere he might come along and look and see how fantastic this new bit of kit will be.

Madam Chairman, to the items before us. We had a Committee presentation last week on our weed identification tools. It's a small but mighty device that allows us to show residents about the weeds that are out in the landscape. We know that lots of residents want to know about whether a plant is plant, a good plant or a bad plant, and the weed identification toolkit is that device that we have available online so people can learn about the things that may have been introduced as a garden plant but have got away from us and caused problems in the bush.

So the weed identification toolkit is one of those devices that allows us to help residents keep informed about the things that we want them to keep and the things we want to get rid of, if they have the chance.

So nearly 1.3 million hits on the weed tool last year, so that shows how popular that particular toolkit is and how popular people's desire for information, their hunger for information about weeds and plants is in this city. We'll do everything we can to make sure that that interest is sustained.

Madam Chairman, there were three other items before us, all park namings. I won't talk to those unless other Councillors do, but these are three parks that Councillors have stepped through the process of identifying a change in name for a particular space; naming it after a prominent person or somebody's who's contributed to the community. Gone out to public consultation and come back with support for the name change. I'll leave these items for any discussion if there is any. Thank you, Madam Chair.


Nothing further?

I will put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee was declared carried on the voices.


ATTENDANCE:

Councillor David McLachlan (Chairman), Councillor Norm Wyndham (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Steve Griffiths, Nicole Johnston, Angela Owen and Julian Simmonds.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL WEED IDENTIFICATION TOOL

194/2018-191. Lachlan Carkeet, Parks and Natural Resources Manager, Parks and Natural Resources Team, Natural

Environment, Water and Sustainability, City Planning and Sustainability, attended the meeting to provide an update on the Brisbane City Council weed identification tool (the tool). He provided the information below.

2. Brisbane is one of the most biodiverse capital cities in Australia and Council protects Brisbane’s natural assets through Brisbane. Clean, Green, Sustainable 2017-2031. Council also has general obligations to manage weeds and make a biosecurity plan under the Queensland Government’s Biosecurity Act 2014.


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3. Every land owner also has a general biosecurity obligation to manage risks associated with invasive plants on their land. Council developed the Biosecurity Plan for the Brisbane Local Government Area (Biosecurity Plan) to assist Council and land owners to manage pests.

4. The tool, first developed in 2013, is one of the education outcomes of Council’s Biosecurity Plan, and provides information online about all restricted weed species and other pest education.

5. In the 2017-18, the tool had 1.28 million hits. It was recently updated to include the new Biosecurity Act 2014 classifications and now contains all 342 weed species within the Biosecurity Plan, including the Queensland Government and Council-listed plants. The primary listing of all weeds is as per their common name.

6. Designed for use on a desktop, the tool is also compatible with tablet devices. Browsing weeds can be done alphabetically, with each letter corresponding to the first page of the common name or specific name of the weed. Each weed species has a primary identifying photo on this page and basic information about that weed. On this page, there is also an ability to obtain additional information about the weed species by clicking on the ‘read more’ link.

7. Detailed information about browsing for weeds within the tool and its functionality was shared with the Committee and images of pages on the tool were displayed.

8. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Carkeet for his informative presentation.

9. RECOMMENDATION:


B PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS WENDOUREE CRESCENT PARK, WESTLAKE, TO ‘RIVERVIEW FARM PARK’161/540/567/167

195/2018-1910. The Manager, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following

information.

11. Asset Services received a request from Councillor Matthew Bourke, Councillor for Jamboree Ward, requesting that the park currently known as Wendouree Crescent Park, Westlake, be formally named ‘Riverview Farm Park’.

12. In May 2016, the Centenary Suburbs Historical Society submitted a proposal to formally name the park on Wendouree Crescent, Westlake, as ‘Riverview Farm Park’ in recognition of its history as a significant part of Riverview Farm, which was held by the Loff family from 1907. In 2016, Councillor Bourke surveyed local residents to determine their level of support for the proposed name, and a majority of respondents were in favour.

13. The Loff family residence on the land, and involvement with the local community, spanned both pre-suburban and suburban periods, not ending until 1988 when the last parcel of land, including the park, was sold.

14. Mr Robert Herman Loff and his wife, Annie, were living on the land and farming from 1919 (or possibly from 1914). In 1926, Mr Loff expanded his farm by acquiring the larger Subdivision 9, another riverfront Wolston Estate subdivision, on the opposite (southern) side of Loffs Road. The property was known as Riverview Farm. This was at the end of the original Loffs Road, which ran east-west from what is now known as Jamboree Heights to the river at Riverhills.


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15. The use of the land varied over the years, with timber getting, dairy farming, breeding and sale of pigs and growing small crops being undertaken at different points in time.

16. The bulk of the farm was sold to developers in approximately 1960. The Loff family retained six acres on the river, including the land occupied by Wendouree Crescent Park. In the 1980s, Mrs Alice Loff used to give talks to local schools, entertaining and educating schoolchildren with descriptions of the early lifestyle of farming families in the area who lived and worked without the benefit of electricity or reticulated water.

17. Members of the Loff family, including Robert’s son, Carl Robert Loff, and his wife, Alice, and their family, continued to live on the property and work the land until the Centenary Estates development commenced. Mrs Alice Loff lived there up until 1988 when she moved into an aged care facility and the property then passed out of the Loff family.

18. During the last period of the Loff family ownership of the land the Oxley Police Academy ran horses under agistment on the remaining six acre block.

Consultation

19. Councillor Matthew Bourke, Councillor for Jamboree Ward, was consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

20. The park naming will recognise the previous uses of the land and give recognition to the history of the suburb.


22. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT APPROVAL BE GRANTED TO FORMALLY NAME THE PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS WENDOUREE CRESCENT PARK, WESTLAKE, TO ‘RIVERVIEW FARM PARK’ IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL PROCEDURE OS03 NAMING PARKS, FACILITIES OR TRACKS. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT A PARK NAME SIGN BE ERECTED ON THE WENDOUREE CRESCENT FRONTAGE OF THIS PARK.

ADOPTED

C PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS HABITAT DRIVE PARK, WAKERLEY, TO ‘SHERIFF PARK’161/540/567/170


information.

24. Asset Services received a request from Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Councillor for Chandler Ward, requesting that the park currently known as Habitat Drive Park, Wakerley, be formally named ‘Sheriff Park’.

25. Habitat Drive Park was acquired as part of the development of this residential precinct with the current name being an interim name for this park.

26. Habitat Drive Park contains a playground with picnic facilities, pathways, a dog off-leash area, a fitness node and a half basketball court.

27. Community consultation to formally name the park as ‘Sheriff Park’ was undertaken by Councillor Adrian Schrinner and most of the respondents were in favour of the name change.


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28. The proposed park naming sign panel wording:

‘Sheriff Park’

This park was named as Sheriff Park after the Sheriff family, who were the previous landowners. Keith Sheriff was also very active in the community, assisting with local community projects such as community halls and helping to maintain local infrastructure for over 20 years.

Funding

29. Funding for the park name sign and history panel is available in the East Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, recurrent budget allocation for 2018-19.

Consultation

30. Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Councillor for Chandler Ward, was consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

31. The park naming will give recognition to the Sheriff family.


33. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT APPROVAL BE GRANTED TO RENAME THE PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS HABITAT DRIVE PARK, LOCATED ON HABITAT DRIVE, WAKERLEY, TO ‘SHERIFF PARK’ IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL PROCEDURE OS03 NAMING PARKS, FACILITIES OR TRACKS. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT A PARK NAME SIGN WITH A HISTORY PANEL BE ERECTED IN THIS PARK.

ADOPTED

D PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF THE WALKWAY THROUGH THE PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS MT OMMANEY BUSHLAND RESERVE, MT OMMANEY, AS ‘WILSONS WALKWAY’161/540/567/171


information.

35. Asset Services received a request from Councillor Matthew Bourke, Councillor for Jamboree Ward, requesting that the walkway through Mt Ommaney Bushland Reserve, Mt Ommaney, be formally named ‘Wilsons Walkway’.

36. Since moving to Mt Ommaney, Noel and Claire Wilson have dedicated themselves to working for the community in a variety of areas. When the then local councillor, Councillor Christine Watson, convened a meeting to start a bushcare group to care for the remnant bushland, Noel somewhat reluctantly volunteered to run the first working bee, fully expecting someone more qualified to take over the role after that. He had no knowledge of bushcare or plants. His wife, Claire, volunteered to be the publicity officer and Noel later said, “This was a very good thing for us – newly arrived in the district and placed in contact with a bunch of wonderful people with a great variety of backgrounds but a common interest in bushcare.” That was the start of 16 years of dedication to the Jindalee Bushcare Group and the Mount Ommaney Bushland Reserve.

37. Since 1996, Noel has been involved with the Jindalee Bushland Care Group, Centenary Riverfront Advisory Committee, then Save Our Riverfront Bushlands, which later became Centenary District Environmental Action when it formed in 2006. Noel took on the leadership role to clean and maintain


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the reserve, including the walkway, with Claire lending support by providing morning tea each session, maintaining the display boards and providing information about land care, flora and fauna, all with a welcoming smile to everyone who arrived.

38. Noel and Claire have shared their knowledge and expertise whenever requested and their love of nature is evident by their involvement in keeping the bushland maintained. Noel was also involved in the Centenary Community Choir, while his wife Claire has provided her expertise to the Centenary Suburbs Historical Society since 1996, helping to collect and share the area’s local history by taking on research, as well as an editorial role when books were being prepared for publication.

39. Claire has been an active member of the community for many years and has selflessly provided many hours attending display events, and was instrumental with the success of the Save the Sinnamon Farm Historical Precinct petition submitted to Council some years ago.

40. When Noel and Claire started working on the Mt Ommaney Bushland Reserve, it was heavily infested with weeds and it was certainly a large task to take on. The group started in the gully off Mount Ommaney Drive and, after the weeds were removed, the whole area needed to be replanted. Even though Noel and Claire did not have the experience to undertake this work, it did not deter them from having a go. The habitat group, led by Noel and Claire, has worked in the bushland for well over a decade and it is through their dedication and resilience that such a beautiful, natural space has been created and enjoyed by all residents of the Centenary area.

Funding

41. Funding for the signs is available in the Asset Services 2018-19 recurrent budget.

Consultation

42. Councillor Matthew Bourke, Councillor for Jamboree Ward, was consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

43. Formally naming the walkway will acknowledge the Wilsons’ contribution to the community.


45. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT APPROVAL BE GRANTED TO FORMALLY NAME THE WALKWAY THROUGH THE PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS MT OMMANEY DRIVE BUSHLAND RESERVE, LOCATED AT MT OMMANEY DRIVE, MT OMMANEY, AS ‘WILSONS WALKWAY', IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL PROCEDURE OS03 NAMING PARKS, FACILITIES OR TRACKS. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT NAME SIGNS BE PLACED ON THE ENTRY SHELTERS AT THE SUMMIT PLACE AND MT OMMANEY DRIVE ENTRANCES TO THE PARK.

ADOPTED

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor GRIFFITHS.

198/2018-19At that juncture, Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS moved, seconded by Councillor Kara COOK, that the Standing Rules be suspended to allow the moving of the following motion

We call on Council to fund $2,000 for the Karawatha Forest Protection Society, whose volunteers care for a thousand hectares of bushland in the southern suburbs.


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Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. It was disappointing to see that Council failed to fund the administration costs of the Karawatha Forest Protection Society. They required $2,000 to keep their operations going and received nothing from Brisbane City Council.

Now we've heard the LNP this afternoon bleat on about what environmental champions they are, but it seems when it comes to funding the administrative costs of the volunteers who do the hard work on the ground that the LNP are neglecting these people, and have neglected these people. It's not just this environmental group that has been affected; it is other voluntary environmental groups across the city that have been impacted by a lack of funding for basic administration.

We see, week in and week out, the LORD MAYOR spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on self-promotion, but we see nothing going to the running of an important agency that is run by environmental volunteers in our city.

Madam Chair, we are calling on this Administration to urgently fund this. It is disappointing that the Councillors down there haven't stepped into the role of assisting these groups obtain funding. In fact, it's nauseating. Local community members find it nauseating—

Councillor MURPHY: Point of order, Madam Chairman.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor MURPHY.

Councillor MURPHY: Madam Chairman, we're meant to be hearing about why this item is so urgent that we have to suspend standing orders—

Chairman: Thank you.

Councillor MURPHY: I'm waiting to hear that.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Madam Chair—

Chairman: Order!

Councillor GRIFFITHS to urgency please.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Madam Chair, this is urgent because the LNP are sitting here doing nothing for these people while this group requires $2,000—$2,000 to continue the work of their voluntary group on bushland that we own. That's why it's urgent.

It's urgent because the LNP are so out of touch with these volunteers and with these groups. It is wrong that as a city we are expecting and utilising the services of these people without supporting them in any way possible in terms of administrative costs.

This is disappointing for this city. This shows how out of touch this Administration is with the people that are actually delivering on the ground, and I call on all Councillors to support the allocation of this $2,000 for this group to continue its work this year.

Chairman: I will now put the motion for urgency.

The Chairman submitted the motion for the suspension of the Standing Rules to the Chamber and it was declared lost on the voices.

Thereupon, Councillors Kara COOK and Steve GRIFFITHS immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.


AYES: 4 - Councillors Jared CASSIDY, Kara COOK, Steve GRIFFITHS and Charles STRUNK.


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NOES: 18 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, and Councillors Krista ADAMS, Adam ALLAN, Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, Ian MCKENZIE, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Julian SIMMONDS, Steven TOOMEY, Andrew WINES and Norm WYNDHAM.

FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE

Councillor Vicki HOWARD, Chairman of the Field Services Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Kim MARX, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: Councillor HOWARD.

Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Madam Chairman. We had a Committee presentation on maintenance of road marking and it was very well received by our Committee to hear about some of the enhancements of the processes, particularly in our yellow no standing lines being painted, and I think I'd like to thank the officer for the presentation.

We also had a petition which is being investigated by our Council's Waste Minimisation unit, and I commend the report to the Chamber.


Nothing further?


Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Field Services Committee was declared carried on the voices.


ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Vicki Howard (Chairman), Councillor Kim Marx (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Nicole Johnston, Julian Simmonds, Charles Strunk and Steven Toomey.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MAINTENANCE OF ROAD MARKING

199/2018-191. Jamie Hall, A/Branch Manager, Asphalt and Aggregates, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure,

attended the meeting to provide an update on the maintenance of road marking. He provided the information below.

2. Road markings are a vital safety component of the road network keeping Brisbane commuters safe. Road markings are divided into two broad categories: - markings for regulations and guidance for traffic- coloured pavement treatments.

3. Road markings fall within the following:- lines rehabilitation under major road programs- lines maintenance under minor road maintenance- reinstatement following road rehabilitation - construction projects- suburban amenity improvements including minor linemarking changes for safety and traffic

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4. Maintenance work is used as fill-in work for internal crews when they are between projects. Maintenance work can also be carried out by both Council employees and external contractors, with all coloured pavement treatments delivered by external contractors. Road markings include lines; arrows and symbols; and stencil lettering and can be either machine or hand paced work.

5. Council noted significant improvement in line markings due to a change in the product used, implementing process changes that include scheduling works based on suburbs instead of large sectors and scoping out the work required prior to commencement.

6. The process changes have resulted in all suburbs line maintenance works being carried out in an approximate three-year cycle with significant improvements in overall network condition as maintenance is more frequent. There has been improved maintenance responses in attending to missing lines due to service utility trenches. The new process has resulted in a reduction in expenditure on reactive maintenance, as well as a 50% reduction in service requests regarding missing or faded line marking.

7. Further enhancements to the process include that all yellow no standing lines are repainted as part of maintenance services along with improved utilisation of Council equipment to spray long lines in advance of maintenance crews. That staged delivery model has increased crew productivity and equipment utilisation resulting in better value for money.

8. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Hall for his informative presentation.

9. RECOMMENDATION:


B PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A CLOTH NAPPY REBATE SCHEMECA18/373444

200/2018-1910. A petition from residents requesting Council consider implementing a cloth nappy scheme, was

presented to the meeting of Council held on 1 May 2018, by Councillor Peter Matic, and received.

11. The Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.


13. The petitioners believe this initiative would support more parents in choosing to use sustainable reusable nappy options and supporting Council’s goal for a cleaner, greener and more sustainable Brisbane.

14. Council is aware of the problems associated with disposable nappies. In Brisbane, disposable nappies comprise 3.81% of general household waste, and are among the largest single-waste stream made up of a single product. Australia wide, it is reported that approximately 5.6 million disposable nappies are used each day, which equals to more than two billion disposable nappies being sent to landfill each year.

15. Council’s Waste Minimisation Unit had already been investigating potential rebate initiatives to reduce the number of disposable nappies in landfill to align with Council’s upcoming Waste Smart Kindy program.

16. An initiative has been designed specifically for the Brisbane community known as the Sustainable Nappy Cashback initiative which will be implemented in the new financial year. The ballot will see one family per month receive the cost of newly purchased modern cloth nappies reimbursed up to $300. Two supplementary prizes of $50 will also be offered. This initiative will provide Council with a new


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opportunity to engage the community on the long-term economic savings and important environmental benefits in switching to modern cloth nappies.

Funding

17. Funding will be allocated through Council’s budget for Waste Minimisation, as resources become available.

Consultation

18. Councillor Vicki Howard, Chairman of Field Services Committee, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

19. The Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.

20. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.



Thank you for your petition regarding a cloth nappy rebate scheme. Council appreciates the effort you have shown in contributing to Council’s shared vision for a cleaner, greener and more sustainable city.

Council is aware of the problems associated with disposable nappies. You may be interested to know that in Brisbane, disposable nappies comprise around 3.81% of general household waste and are among the largest single-waste stream made up a single product. Australia wide, it is reported that approximately 5.6 million disposable nappies are used each day, which equals to more than two billion disposable nappies sent to landfill each year.

In order to address this issue, Council’s Waste Minimisation Unit, Waste and Resource Recovery Services branch had already canvassed rebate ideas for implementation in 2018-19 as additional resources become available. It was anticipated any new nappy rebate initiative should align with the Waste Smart Kindy program that is also being developed at this time.

A modern cloth nappy initiative has been designed to meet the needs of the Brisbane community and to support Council’s waste minimisation goals.

Please advise the other petitioners of this information.

Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Steve Tobin, Communication Officer Recycling and Waste, Waste Minimisation, Waste and Resource Recovery Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 2251.

ADOPTED

LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

Councillor Peter MATIC, Chairman of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Andrew WINES, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: Councillor MATIC.


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Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Before I get to the report, I need to respond to some Questions on Notice that were provided to our Committee which I was not able to provide last week in response to some questions from Councillor COOK.

So in regards to our library services, specifically Chermside Library, from July 2015 to June 2018 the Chermside Library operated from three different library facilities. The library was relocated to enable the old building to be demolished and the new Chermside Library and North Regional Business Centre to be built on the same site.

The old Chermside Library at 375 Hamilton Road was a 2,000 metre square facility that operated until Sunday 19 July 2015 and had 494,520 visits and 17.38 FTE (full time equivalent) in the 2014-15 financial year. In the 2015-16 financial year, the old facility had 17.38 FTE until it was replaced by the temporary facility on 22 July 2015, and then had 13.38 FTE during the operation of the smaller temporary library.

During the 2015-16 financial year, the Chermside Library had 289,467 visits. In the 2016-17 financial year, the temporary facility had 13.23 FTE until 5 March 2017. The new Chermside Library opened on 15 March 2017, providing an extra 1,000 square metres to a total of 3,000 square metres with an FTE of 17.23.

In the 2016-17 financial year, Chermside Library had 344,373 visits. In the 2017-18 financial year the Chermside Library had 544,846 visits. The Chermside Library had 46,888 visits in June this year and 46,190 visits in July this year.

The staffing formula proportions—library services FTE across all library branches based on indicators weighted to reflect workloads for customer service and organisational activities. The staffing formula incorporates the volume of loans, visits, reference inquiries, opening hours, collection size and team management, as well as operational factors unique to specific libraries such as the home library service, volume of meeting room bookings and operational impact of multiple floor levels at the Brisbane Square Library.

I hope this answers the question for Councillor COOK and, of course, if there is anything else she can call on the file in order to answer those questions.

Madam Chairman, there are two items here. Firstly, the Committee presentation, Council's winter pool program, and I'd like to thank the officers for the presentation and highlighting to the Committee the significant amount of investment by this Administration into enhancing our pools and meeting the ever-increasing demand, particularly during the winter period when traditionally those pools were closed, but due to improvements made over time, such as heating of pools and other related services, we've seen more and more people come to our pools during that winter period to continue their exercise and social activities which is great.

There was also a second item, Madam Chairman, a petition requesting a smoking ban on Edward Street between Ann and Queen Streets, Brisbane, and I'll leave that up to Councillors if they'd like to comment on the petition.

Chairman: Councillor COOK.

Councillor COOK: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise to speak briefly in relation to item B, the petition requesting a smoking ban on Edward and Ann Street—Edward Street between Ann and Queen Streets, Brisbane.

This was a petition presented to Council that contained 51 signatures. We did have a discussion in Committee in relation to this item. Councillor SRI and myself voted against the recommendation. The reason that the Opposition will not be supporting this recommendation is because this is an extremely busy, high pedestrian area which is frequently crowded with smokers and littered with butts.


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Non-smokers, thousands of commuters, including parents with children and prams, are funnelled onto this smoke-filled, congested footpath and we say the petitioners are correct in calling for change.

The health risks of smoking and second-hand smoke exposure are well known. I'm not going to be detailing all of those here today, but it's important to note that there is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke. We have designated smoking areas in numerous premises and smoke-free zones throughout the city, including Queen Street Mall.

More than 50 people have taken the time to express their opinions through a petition and they have simply been ignored by this Administration. The Administration once again proves they just do not listen. They are completely out of touch with community expectations. They have forgotten the reason they are here and the residents of Brisbane they are meant to serve. This is not a place of self-interest.

Madam Chair, let's be clear; this Administration have the power to make these changes. They enforce these areas but they choose not to do anything. Nothing. Appallingly, this Administration instead chooses to simply refer these residents to Queensland Health and to Council's 24-hour Contact Centre. It is absolutely shameful. This is what this Council thinks is appropriate.

Brisbane residents ask for help, make clear their position and despite this Administration and the LORD MAYOR having the power and the ability to actually affect change in this city they choose to do nothing. No help; no assistance; call someone else who cares.

The Opposition supports these residents and their request for a smoking ban on Edward Street between Ann and Queen Streets and will not be supporting the recommendation today. I urge all of the Administration Councillors to reconsider their position on this issue, and to actually respond in a meaningful way to these residents and make their health and safety a priority. Not just fob them off to another department or the Contact Centre.

Chairman: Any further debate?

Councillor MATIC.

Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I note the comments by Councillor COOK and she and Councillor SRI did raise those points within the Committee and said that Council had the power in order to prevent or prohibit smoking at that particular location. The location that we're talking about is the People's Palace on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets, which is a registered hostel.

Given the comments at the time in their allegation that Council had the power to prohibit smoking at that particular location, I made some further inquiries in regards to that. I can inform the Chamber that the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1988 (TOSP Act) has legislated against smoking in particular public areas. These areas are currently limited to patrolled beaches; outdoor swimming areas between sunrise and sunset; within five metres of an entrance to an enclosed place; within 10 metres of any part of a children's playground equipment; public transport waiting points which are bus stops and train stations; skate parks; underage sporting events; and national parks. Of course, the Act also provides the restriction of outdoor pedestrian malls as we currently have within Council, and what Council does oversee and enforce.

Interestingly, Madam Chairman, there are exemptions within that Act in particular instances, and an important to note is that the Act provides exemptions to enclosed places, as mentioned above, for premises such as hostels and boarding houses. Also, if they hold a commercial hotel licence under the Liquor Act which this particular venue is. So in that particular instance the Act does not apply.

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Health. So it's actually Queensland Health, ultimately, that can prohibit smoking in areas other than the ones I mentioned above, and there is an exemption under the Act as well for areas that are registered hostels and have a liquor licence which this place does.

So, Madam Chairman, it's not that Council has the power to ban this and does not. It's actually the case that Council does not have the power to ban smoking at this particular—

Councillor COOK: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Point of order, Councillor COOK.

Councillor COOK: Madam Chair, I believe Councillor MATIC may be misleading the Chamber. It was very clear in the briefing provided to that Committee—and I will quote at paragraph 21: ‘while the TOSP Act allows Council to make a local law to ban smoking in any public place not covered by the TOSP Act’. We debated this and questions were—

Chairman: Councillor COOK you don't get up—if you believe somebody—when you're getting up on a point of order if you believe a Councillor is misleading the Chamber it has to be succinct. It is not an opportunity for you to relitigate.

Councillor MATIC would you please continue.

Councillor MATIC: Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I'd like to clarify for Councillor COOK, the Act is quite clear. There was comment made at the time within Committee and that is why I actually then undertook further investigations into this, and the Act is quite clear. The Act specifies those locations that I mentioned above—within five metres of an entrance to an enclosed place—but the Act also makes for exemptions within areas that are registered as hostels and/or provide liquor licensing as well.

Any other areas, Madam Chairman, outside of the ones that are designated as I've specified above—all those areas remain the responsibility of Queensland Health. Council does provide some indicative signs at some locations requesting people passing by—to avoid smoking there, but only as a request; not to enforce.

The law is quite clear as to the areas that Council enforces. Officers undertake that work every day within the CBD. Ultimately also, Madam Chairman, according to the Act, the intention was not to prohibit smoking in public places, but rather to improve the health of members of the public by reducing their exposure to tobacco and other smoking products. It seeks to achieve this by, among other things, reducing public exposure to smoke in specific locations as we mentioned.

So the Act speaks for itself. It is quite clear. If Council had the ability to do so it would undertake the work, as it does in all the other areas that we are empowered to. But because of the restrictions applied under the Act ultimately it is the responsibility of Queensland Health for those areas that I did not mention. On top of that, even if it was Queensland Health's responsibility, the Act clearly exempts the People's Palace from this provision. Thank you.

Chairman: I will now put item A.

Clause A put

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause A of the report of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee was declared carried on the voices.

Chairman: I will now put item B.

Clause B put


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Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause B of the report of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee was declared carried on the voices.


ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Peter Matic (Chairman), Councillor Andrew Wines (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Kara Cook, Fiona King, Kate Richards and Jonathan Sri.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – COUNCIL’S WINTER POOL PROGRAM

201/2018-19

1. Tim Flood, City Venues Manager, Community Facilities and Venues, Lifestyle and Community Services, attended the meeting to provide an update on Council’s winter pool program. He provided the information below.

2. The winter season for Council’s pools is from May to August every year. Over the past 10 years there has been phenomenal growth in patronage at Council’s pools during these cooler months. Historically, pools were only open for the summer season, from September school holidays to the following Easter school holidays. Council pools would close through winter for maintenance. This started changing in the early 2000s and usage has increased dramatically through the winter period.

3. During the period from May to August 2007, 136,435 patrons attended the 10 Council pools that were open. During the same period in 2017, 630,685 patrons attended the 17 Council pools that were open. Pool users, the lessees, and Council have all been key drivers in expanding the leisure and lifestyle opportunities at Council’s pools.

4. In 2007, the Jindalee Pool had a small 18-metre heated outdoor pool which was open for a limited time over winter. In 2009, the lessee proposed to cover the pool within three years of the start of their new lease. The January 2011 floods inundated the whole Jindalee Pool site. As part of the refurbishment of the site, Council partnered with the lessee to increase the size of the 18-metre pool with a weatherproof cover. This improvement created a perfect environment for patrons to use the pool throughout the year. Jindalee now has a strong Learn to Swim (LTS) program all year round and the pool is used for aqua aerobics and rehabilitation. The lessee added heating to the 50-metre pool in 2015 and expanded the opening season of the pool. As compared to 2007, when attendance was 6,703, the attendance in 2017 was 30,364.

5. In 2009, the lessee of the Newmarket Pool added heating to the 25-metre and the 50-metre pools. The lessee then extended their winter opening hours and this greatly increased their LTS program numbers. With numbers growing significantly, the lessee approached Council in 2012 to add a new indoor program pool and a smaller indoor therapy pool. The lessee invested more than $2 million for a longer-term lease. Attendance at the Newmarket Pool in 2017 was 30,977.

6. The lessee of the Yeronga Pool was the first to make a major investment in a centre by building a 16-metre indoor pool in the early nineties. In 2004, the lessee then added heating to the 25-metre and 50-metre pools. With numbers growing significantly the lessee approached Council in 2012 to add a new outdoor heated pool which was 25 metres by 30 metres. There has been a significant growth in numbers of LTS programs, aqua classes and swim squads. The Yeronga Pool also added heating to the children’s leisure pool in 2015 and it is the only heated children’s leisure pool among all Council pools.

7. Council saw a growing need for new aquatic centres featuring both indoor and outdoor pools. Between 2008 and 2010, Council built the Mount Gravatt East Pool with a 25-metre indoor pool and a 25-metre outdoor pool; the Runcorn Pool with a 25-metre indoor pool and a 25-metre outdoor pool; and the Colmslie Pool with an 18-metre indoor pool and a 50-metre outdoor pool. The environment in the indoor heated pools is particularly conducive to year round usage. Growth has occurred in a number of programs across the pools. Detailed figures of this growth were shared with the Committee.


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8. With the continued growth of patronage at Council’s pools, Council made a decision to invest in two more new aquatic centres in 2016. The Emily Seebohm Aquatic Centre at Bracken Ridge was opened in February 2016 and features a 25-metre heated indoor pool and a 25-metre heated outdoor pool. The Parkinson Aquatic Centre was opened in October 2016 and includes a 15-metre heated indoor pool and a 50-metre heated outdoor pool. Both pools have experienced strong growth in patronage in their first two years.

9. Promotion and marketing have played an important part in informing the public that most Council pools are open throughout winter. The lessees have also been active in promoting and marketing their pools for winter and for all-year round use.

10. Opening Council’s pools during the cooler months of May to August allows patrons to continue to enjoy their activities all year round. Council will continue to work with lessees to maximise the winter pool programs, increase the number of pools conducive to winter use, and improve marketing and communication activities to promote winter pool operations.

11. Council is committed to improving the winter pool network with the refurbishment of the following pools.- Sandgate Aquatic Centre, which will include a new indoor heated pool.- Langlands Park Memorial Pool, which will have more heated pool space.- Musgrave Park Pool, which will have heating in the 50-metre pool.

12. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Flood for his informative presentation.

13. RECOMMENDATION:


B PETITION – REQUESTING A SMOKING BAN ON EDWARD STREET, BETWEEN ANN AND QUEEN STREETS, BRISBANE CITYCA18/590896

202/2018-1914. A petition requesting a smoking ban on Edward Street, between Ann and Queen Streets, Brisbane City,

was received during the Winter Recess 2018.

15. The Divisional Manager, Lifestyle and Community Services, provided the following information.

16. The petition, which contains 51 signatures, also requested the hostel on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets holds some responsibility for litter from cigarette butts and congestion from persons congregating at the hostel entry.

17. Smoking in Queensland is regulated under the Queensland Government’s Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (TOSP Act). The TOSP Act bans smoking at several locations including outdoor pedestrian malls, public transport waiting points, and the entrance to certain enclosed places.

18. Smoking bans at these locations are generally enforced by Queensland Health’s Environmental Health Officers, with Council enforcing smoking bans in the Queen Street Mall and Fortitude Valley Malls areas. As the western side of Edward Street, from Adelaide to Queen Streets, Brisbane City, is within an outdoor pedestrian mall, a smoking ban currently applies in this area and Council officers can take enforcement action when offences are identified by authorised officers, where appropriate.

19. The petition also raised concerns about short-term residents of the hostel located on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets littering and blocking the footpath while smoking. A Council officer engaged with hostel management on 10 August 2018 to discuss the issue of visitors blocking the footpath while smoking, and the potential for increased cigarette litter. Hostel management have confirmed they will


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advise all residents of their obligations to ensure the footpath is clear and dispose of cigarette butts appropriately.

20. It should be noted the hostel is considered a multi-unit residential accommodation under the TOSP Act and smoking is not banned at the entrance. Notwithstanding this, the requirement to not smoke within five metres of an entrance will apply to other enclosed places along the street. If the petitioners have concerns about smoking in these areas, it is recommended they contact Queensland Health directly on (07) 3234 0111.

21. While the TOSP Act allows Council to make a local law to ban smoking in any public space not covered by the TOSP Act, Council does not have any immediate plans to introduce broader smoking bans at this time. That said, Council will continue to monitor public demand and consider further smoking bans should the demand increase.

22. Although the petition requested the hostel on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets takes responsibility for litter, the hostel is not lawfully responsible. Under the Queensland Government’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (WRR Act), a person is responsible for ensuring they do not litter at a place. Council has a dedicated litter team which undertakes regular patrols of the central business district, Fortitude Valley and other hotspots around Brisbane where large numbers of people gather, often resulting in increased amounts of litter. Where officers observe a breach of the WRR Act, enforcement action will be taken. Petitioners are able to report instances of littering to Council’s 24-hour Contact Centre on (07) 3403 8888.

Consultation

23. Councillor Vicki Howard, Councillor for Central Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

24. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Kara Cook and Jonathan Sri dissenting.

25. RECOMMENDATION:


Attachment ADraft Response


Thank you for your petition requesting Council ban smoking on Edward Street, between Ann and Queen Streets, Brisbane City; and for the hostel on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets to hold some responsibility for smokers congregating at the hostel entry.

Smoking in Queensland is regulated under the Queensland Government’s Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 (TOSP Act). The TOSP Act bans smoking at several locations including outdoor pedestrian malls, public transport waiting points, and the entrance to certain enclosed places. Smoking bans at these locations are generally enforced by Queensland Health’s Environmental Health Officers, with Council enforcing smoking bans in the Queen Street Mall and Fortitude Valley Mall areas.

A smoking ban is currently in place on the western side of Edward Street, from Adelaide to Queen Streets, Brisbane City, as this area is considered an outdoor pedestrian mall. Council officers are able to take enforcement action at this location when offences are identified by authorised officers, where appropriate. For other areas on Edward Street, excluding the hostel, it is a requirement for people not to smoke within five metres of an entrance to an enclosed place. If you or the other petitioners have concerns about smoking in these areas, it is recommended that you contact Queensland Health directly on (07) 3234 0111.


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The petition also raised concerns about short-term residents of the hostel located on the corner of Edward and Ann Streets littering and blocking the footpath while smoking. A Council officer engaged with hostel management on 10 August 2018 to discuss the issue of visitors blocking of the footpath while smoking, and the potential for increased cigarette litter. Hostel management have confirmed they will advise all residents of their obligations to ensure the footpath is clear and dispose of cigarette butts appropriately.

It should be noted the hostel is considered a multi-unit residential accommodation under the TOSP Act and smoking is not banned at the entrance. Notwithstanding this, the requirement to not smoke within five metres of an entrance will apply to other enclosed places along the street. If the petitioners have concerns about smoking in these areas, it is recommended they contact Queensland Health directly on (07) 3234 0111.


Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Ms Felicia Duncan, Principal Officer, City Safety and Legislation, Compliance Management Team, Compliance and Regulatory Services, on (07) 3403 6723.


FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Councillor Krista ADAMS, Chairman of the Finance and Economic Development Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Adam ALLAN, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 4 September 2018, be adopted.

Chairman: Councillor ADAMS.

Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair. Last week in Committee we had a report on myvalley.com, the website that is promoting our small businesses and everything there is to see and do in the Valley and, I must say, there is so much to see and do in the Valley. Councillor HOWARD, I know you're very proud of your local area but it is also a very important part of everything that we get to see and do in Brisbane as well.

Last week we had the Valley Fiesta, followed up by BIGSOUND. It's been an enormous week and it was great to see the statistics on myvalley.com which has now been going for just over a year, with a 200% increase on the hits over the last six months, with people really realising this is the spot where you can go and see just all there is to see and do in the Valley.

Can I thank Marketing and Communications for this report on this economic development and, of course, the small to medium business traders that are down there and are being engaged with this website, and are working with us to really make sure that we can support them in their local economy day and night. Thank you, Madam Chair.


Nothing further?


Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the Finance and Economic Development Committee was declared carried on the voices.


ATTENDANCE:


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Councillor Krista Adams (Chairman), Councillor Adam Allan (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Peter Cumming, Charles Strunk, Steven Toomey and Norm Wyndham.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MYVALLEY

203/2018-191. Natalia Auriac-Meyer, Marketing and Communication Manager, Communication Strategy and

Implementation, Corporate Communication, Organisational Services, attended the meeting to provide an update on Council’s website, www. myvalley.com.au (MyValley). She provided the information below.

2. The purpose of MyValley is to bring definition and ownership to the Fortitude Valley precinct, with a major focus on aggregation of information about the precinct to position it as a sophisticated day and night destination.

3. The strategic communication campaign for MyValley included a social media and digital campaign strategy to increase website traffic and subsequently foot traffic to the Fortitude Valley precinct. As part of the campaign, a combination of outdoor office tower screens in CBD locations, on public transport and digital billboards during key event periods were used through 2017-18. The Brunswick Street and Chinatown Malls were also dressed.

4. Radio was used to promote the Fortitude Valley precinct through 2017-18. Pre-recorded commercials; news and traffic sponsorships; and credit lines on ‘What’s on this weekend’ segments on the radio station Hit105 were broadcast during key event periods.

5. MyValley was launched in August 2017. The website offers residents and visitors a mobile-friendly way to explore all that Fortitude Valley has to offer, with content focused around three sensory themes: eat, shop and play.

6. The website also offers a business directory; six feature articles per month themed around eat, shop and play; precinct event listings; deals and special offers; recommendations for things to see and do in the precinct; latest news from local retailers; and a subscription portal to receive monthly e-newsletters and special offers.

7. The following highlights of the 2017-18 campaign results were shared with the Committee.- There were more than 250,000 page views on the site from the campaign launch to

30 June 2018. - The peak website traffic captured during the Valley Fiesta 2017 campaign included more than

100,000 page views.- The social media influencer campaign with 14 Brisbane-based social influencers producing

15 pieces of content achieved a reach of more than 336,000 people and 9,000 engagements.- Tourism Australia, with a following of eight million, people re-posted a MyValley post from a

local influencer, Lady Brisbane.- The Valley Fiesta 2017 social media campaign reached more than 349,000 people and

delivered more than 562,000 impressions.- ‘Shop’ themed content was most popular, followed by ‘eat’ and ‘play’.

8. The 2018-19 campaign is focused on increasing foot traffic to the precinct with a timely and engaging content strategy. It also aims to use digitally focused marketing tactics that increase the website traffic through engaging and creative regular e-newsletters, and a strategic social media plan.

9. The digital campaign includes the use of Google advertising through search engine marketing and the use of Council’s social media channels; integration with Brisbane Marketing’s Visit Brisbane channels; digital display advertising through key lifestyle websites; and contextual display advertisements.


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10. Highlights of the 2018-19 campaign from 1 July 2018 to 4 September 2018 include 105,155 page views. These large results are attributed to the Valley Fiesta 2018, which noticed a 520% increase in total page views compared to the launch week of Valley Fiesta 2017 between 24 September and 1 October 2017.

11. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Ms Auriac-Meyer for her informative presentation.

12. RECOMMENDATION:


B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – 3 AUGUST 2018 134/695/317/3-04

204/2018-1913. Paul Oberle, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Finance, Organisational Services, provided a monthly

summary of Council’s petty cash, bank account and cash investment position as at 3 August 2018.

14. During the July period, total Council funds held by banks and investment institutions (per general ledger) increased by $81.1 million to $675.8 million excluding trusts (Ref: 1.4). The increase is largely due to commercial and residential rates received for first quarter billings.

15. Council funds as at 3 August 2018 held by banks and investment institutions (per statements) totalled $689.9 million (Ref: 2.4 and 3.1). The investment variance relates to timing differences between transactions recorded in the general ledger and those reflected in the bank statements.

16. Unreconciled bank receipts and payments relate to reconciliation variances at the end of the period. The majority of these transactions have since been reconciled.

17. Surplus funds are invested daily with approved counterparties.

18. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, as submitted on file, BE NOTED.

ADOPTED

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:

Chairman: Councillors are there any petitions?

Councillor MARX.

Councillor MARX: Thank you, Madam Chair. A petition for a Wakeley Park Playground, please.

Chairman: Councillor HOWARD.

Councillor HOWARD: Madam Chairman, I have two petitions; one in regard to 57 Gould Road, Herston, and the other in regard to the New Farm dog park.

Chairman: Councillor CASSIDY.

Councillor CASSIDY: Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a petition from Jacob Barclay calling for traffic lights on the corner of Wakefield Street and Brighton Terrace.

Chairman: Councillor COOK.


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Councillor COOK: Thank you, Madam Chair. I have two petitions for The Corso, Seven Hills to be included as part of the Village Precinct Projects' initiative for the 2018-19 financial year.

Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Thanks, Madam Chair. I have two petitions to present on behalf of Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON. One is a petition for the Graceville Fiveways upgrade of the shopping centre, and the second one is for improved pedestrian safety for the 500 residents of The Village at Yeronga. Thank you.

Chairman: Councillor WINES can I have a motion for receipt of the petitions, please.

205/2018-19It was resolved on the motion of Councillor Andrew WINES, seconded by Councillor Charles STRUNK, that the petitions as presented be received and referred to the Committee concerned for consideration and report.

The petitions were summarised as follows:

File No. Councillor Topic

CA18/835809 Kim Marx Requesting Council replace the play facilities and shade cover in Wakerley Park, on the corner of Nathan Road and Dew Street, Runcorn.

CA18/836134 Vicki Howard Objection to a proposed extension to the house at 57 Gould Road, Herston.

CA18/821109 Vicki Howard Concerns about the condition of the New Farm dog park. CA18/836190 Jared Cassidy Requesting Council install traffic lights on the corner of

Wakefield Street and Brighton Terrace, Sandgate. CA18/820982 Kara Cook Requesting that The Corso, Seven Hills, be included as part of

the Village Precinct Projects initiative for 2018-19. CA18/836775 Kara Cook Requesting that The Corso, Seven Hills, be included as part of

the Village Precinct Projects initiative for 2018-19. CA18/821173 Steve Griffiths on

behalf of Nicole Johnston

Requesting Council deliver a new Village Precinct Project for the Graceville Fiveways, using dedicated funding announced in the 2018-19 Budget.

CA18/836495 Steve Griffiths on behalf of Nicole Johnston

Requesting Council deliver a new Village Precinct Project for the Graceville Fiveways using dedicated funding announced in the 2018-19 budget.

CA18/836624 Steve Griffiths on behalf of Nicole Johnston

Requesting Council improve pedestrian safety for the residents of The Village retirement village, and surrounding local residents in Yeronga.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Chairman: Councillors are there any statements required as a result of a Councillor Conduct Review Panel order?

There being no Councillors rising to their feet, Councillors are there any matters of General Business?

Councillor KING.

Councillor KING: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I rise to speak on a recent conference that I went to for ALGWA (Australian Local Government Women’s Association) up in Ingham. I would like to start with the fact that Councillor MARX and I were told that the trip from Townsville to Ingham—the road was absolutely terrible


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and to be careful. The road was brilliant. The Federal Government and the State Government have spent big money up there to improve the road network.

Madam Chair, we had many different speakers at the ALGWA function, and one of them—a lot of it was State Government based, I will say that. There was a lot of State Government bureaucrats up there to talk to the women that were there. There were approximately about 30 of us up there.

It was interesting to hear some—and I'm not going to mention the officers' names at all, but one of them was from Financial Sustainability. Now this doesn't affect Brisbane at all because we're under the City of Brisbane Act, but it has massive effects on the regional local governments.

One of the changes was they want more input from the community when the mayors bring down their budget, which is quite interesting. They made one council—I can't remember the council's name—out past Toowoomba—they made them go to shopping centres, and whatever, to do their budget to get input.

The interesting—the budget took months and—about six months, or whatever, to come through because it's a bit like us in this Chamber. We want the whole budget spent in our wards and, like our residents, it's our job to go out there and consult with our community and see what projects they want us to put up for our budget bids.

I did make some kind of comment to the presenter because they couldn't really clarify a lot of the questions, but I did make one point to the presenter, that obviously the person who brought in this fantastic idea has never had children and has never done a family budget, because I can tell you, between my husband and I we have five children, if we had to consult every single child we would have no food put into our budget. There might be a little bit of lollies and gaming stuff and horse stuff and everything else, but there would be no food—proper food, in the budget.

So it's taking away a lot of power, I suspect. That was just a small part of this—it was a very fiery session that one. It went for about an hour and a half and it was very, very fiery, but it's taking away a lot of the powers that Council has to actually operate. It's wedging away—the State Government want more power over these poor regional councils. They're struggling as it is.

We're lucky in Brisbane. We've got a big population. We have the lowest rates in the south-east corner of this State. Some of these regional councils are really struggling, and some of the pressures that the State Government is putting on them are unrealistic. They're trying to keep their budgets down. They need help from the State Government to assist with the road resurfacings and everything else that they deliver.

It was interesting; one council said the State came in and said: you have to have a pool for your area. Problem is, Madam Chair, they can't afford the pool. The State Government was putting in a lot of money—thank you State Government for this pool—but they didn't have money in their budget for the extra money needed and the ongoing maintenance of a pool. It's great to have infrastructure that the State put in, but they've actually got to be able to sustain that infrastructure. Not being forced upon them as local councils.

The next one I'm going to mention—we had the Queensland Integrity Commissioner up there. Fantastic, strong, powerful woman. We also had someone from the Finance and Funding, Department of the Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs. Now I did say it was pretty much full-on State Government representation. The problem is, they were talking about the new laws that are coming in. Now we know the new laws are coming in. We're all trying to get our head around it so we do the right thing. The penalties are quite severe.

One of the questions—we all asked direct questions. The standard response we got was: ‘it’s open for interpretation’. The problem with that is two years


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imprisonment is not open to interpretation. Every single one of us, councillors and mayors, that were up there wanted to know exactly.

Then the next thing that was quite prominent with their answers—because they couldn't answer the questions about their own law changes—but one of the other ones was: ‘oh, you'll have to go seek independent legal advice’. Councillor MARX and I know our party has done that. Many councils have done that—sought independent legal advice. The problem is, Madam Chair, everyone interprets it a little bit different.

So we were there, especially those regional councils who aren't covered by the City of Brisbane Act. They had real concerns. One of them has a developer that sits on council. So the question was—a well-known council—sorry, well-known developer in the area. Whether he's developing or not now, I don't know—but they asked whether it's a conflict of interest that he sits as a councillor. That could not be answered.

One of the other regional councils—remember these are small councils; some have 2,600 people in the population—one of them said these laws have changed my social network because now I can't go over to have dinner with some of my friends because they're classified developer, because their cane farm didn’t work and they're subdividing so they're classified a developer, which led to another question: ‘can you give us a definition of a developer?’ No. Pretty simple question: what is that? They said: ‘oh we'll take it back to the department.’

For those regional councils, imagine half your network of friends have now been—they're evil, nasty people that you can't associate with. They can come to your house for dinner, absolutely, but you're no longer, under these laws, allowed to go to their place.

We did have a pleasant surprise on Thursday, I think it was. We had a visit from the previous Councillor for Morningside, Councillor Sutton, she drove down. No, she chatted away to us though and gave us all sorts of interesting little snippets. She is coming down say in October and Councillor MARX and I did say please, Councillor Sutton, come back. I know you, Madam Chair, will recognise her from the gallery, but she's doing well and she's really happy with her move up to Townsville. She is now working, so this is kind of relevant. She is now working on some boards with the mayor, up there, of Townsville.

So I'd like to thank the Lord Mayor and the Civic Cabinet for giving me the opportunity to go up on this conference. Usually you have a tour. This one was just full-on information over the whole conference. Very worthwhile and I just want to say if anyone is a foodie you must go to Ingham. That Italian community up there certainly know how to cook. The food was probably the best; 100% above any other conference that I have ever, ever gone to.

So to the community up there in Ingham thanks for your hospitality, and to the organisers of ALGWA thank you so much for a very information-packed few days. Thank you.

Chairman: Further General Business?

Councillor SRI.

Councillor SRI: Thanks, Madam Chair. I rise to speak on the issue of cycling safety and the passing of Rebekka Meyer.

As many Councillors will be aware, yesterday marked, I think, the fourth anniversary since the death of Rebekka Meyer. She was 22 at the time she was killed. She was an exchange student, a Dutch exchange student, and was run over by a semitrailer in Woolloongabba at the intersection of Stanley Street and Annerley Road.

It was shocking to the whole community. I remember at the time, the first I heard of it was a flurry of text messages being passed around from everybody in our network because the news had simply carried the message that a 22 year old


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cyclist has been killed in Woolloongabba, and literally everyone I knew was texting everyone I knew saying: geez are you okay, I heard a cyclist was hit. Everyone was trying to work out who it was and it was a pretty scary and sad time.

The circumstances of Rebekka’s death were particularly distressing. There was nothing in the Coroner's Report to suggest that she'd disobeyed the road rules or broken the law in any way, but essentially those large semitrailers have a very large blind spot and can't see a bike that's immediately in front of them.

It sounds like from the witnesses that were quoted in the Coroner's Report, Rebekka started riding when the light turned green and the truck behind her just accelerated a little bit faster than she did, and gradually crept up on her and she was sucked under the front bumper bar of the semitrailer. Then there was a bump as she went through each axel, and then she was spat out at the back of the last axel of the dog trailer and her mangled body was found about 100 metres down the road from the intersection.

It was extremely distressing for all the witnesses, extremely distressing for the driver and, of course, Rebekka's family, and I'm sure all Councillors in this place at the time passed on their deepest condolences to the family.

I note that it is now four years since that tragic incident. Several of the recommendations in the Coroner's Report have not yet been implemented and we still don't have safe and separated bike lanes along Stanley Street and Annerley Road. I acknowledge that the Council has been slowly working towards implementing those. When I heard that commitment I thought okay great, just been elected as a new Councillor; surely by the end of 2016 we'll have some separated bike lanes in along Stanley Street and Annerley Road.

More than two years later we still don't have them and I think it's interesting that this Council can proceed so quickly with projects like the widening of Kingsford Smith Drive, the widening of Lytton Road, these major road projects that are insanely complex and really difficult, really challenging from an engineering perspective, where we're building out over the river or we're reclaiming dozens of homes and demolishing them and widening the roadway. These are big, difficult projects and yet they're proceeding much faster than the bike lanes on Stanley Street and Annerley Road.

I'm not here today to point fingers or to say: ‘oh how terrible this Council's been acting so slowly,’ but I think it is sobering to reflect on the fact that such a simple thing as some bike lanes have taken so many years to be installed. Since that time there have been numerous serious incidents in that part of Woolloongabba, in that part of south Brisbane. Several hospitalisations, several near-death accidents.

I think it's important for all of us here as Councillors to just pause occasionally and ask why the hell it takes four years to install some concrete barriers between a bike lane and a lane of general traffic. I know I'm simplifying it slightly in terms of my description of the project, but essentially that's what we're talking about. We're talking about barrier separated bike lanes.

You would think that with a massive Council with a $3 billion budget, with all the resources and technical knowhow available to us in the 21st century, that we'd be able to get some bike lanes installed without such ridiculous delays. I think it reflects poorly on the level of bureaucracy and over-regulation within both the City Council and the State Government. I think it reflects poorly on the way we budget and prioritise various projects, and I think it reflects poorly on the tone of discourse in this city that pits motorists and cyclists against each other, and turns what should be a bipartisan or a tri-partisan issue into a potential space of conflict.

But I just wanted to note that four years on and still no action, and I hope by this time next year we'll actually have seen some serious changes in that precinct, because one death is too many. There have actually been several in that area that


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wouldn't have happened if there'd been separated bike lanes around there. I hope that we don't see any more in the near future.


Councillor MARX.

Councillor MARX: Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I also rise to speak, like Councillor KING, on the ALGWA conference that we both recently attended.

To echo Councillor KING's words, it was a well-attended conference. It was hosted by the Hinchinbrook Council. Yes, we flew into Townsville and we had a hire car and we drove up to Ingham and, yes, the roads are pretty awesome. They're obviously spending a lot of money doing that roadway up there now. Literally an hour and a half and we were in Ingham.

They potentially could have spent some money on the hotel we stayed in, but that was interesting. That was an experience in itself, but that's okay. As Councillor KING said, the food in Ingham more than makes up for any potential lack of accommodation.

So the platinum sponsorship for this whole convention was the Queensland Government, which I suppose explains why three of the main presenters were not only from the Queensland Government but all from the one department. All from Minister Hinchliffe's department. They were all there.

We did learn some interesting things but, more importantly, we learnt that there's a lot of things that we don't yet know about the laws that are all coming in. We had a presenter there who spoke on the reform of State Government grants to local government.

Now I know that you mention the word grant to local government and it only means one thing: it’s money. Anyone who's ever been to a local government conference, whether it's the women, the national one or the local one, it's always the same thing: local governments always need and want more money.

So it was good that they are looking at the reform of the State Government grants for the local governments. However, the presenter did say to us, quite clearly, she was not able to give us a lot of information because the State Government has done a report on the grant program, but the State Government still has not released that report and, more importantly, I quote: ‘have not decided whether they will or not’. So I don't know, there you go. True to form they do these reports and then decide whether they're going to tell us about them or not.

Councillor KING was on a panel that they had. There were six different women from old—no, I shouldn't say old councillors—councillors who have been there—yes, she's an old Councillor—councillors who've been there for quite some time as opposed to new councillors. Councillor KING upheld Brisbane City Council and councillors very well, I must say. She answered very well and succinctly, which is more than can be said for some of the other councillors once they get a microphone. Some people just should not be given a microphone; that's all I'm going to say on that.

Mayor Williams, the Mayor of Redland City Council, was to speak on sustainable development, and as she said to everybody that's usually a pretty boring subject, so she actually brought along her cow bells, because as anyone will know Mayor Williams she is a yodeller. I still have yet to hear her yodel but we weren't privy to that this weekend, but she did have the cow bells and she had some councillors up there ringing the cow bells which was quite fun and interesting. Something different.

Yes, we had the Queensland Integrity Commissioner along as well. She's an awesome woman. I don't know how long she's been in that job. I think it's been a number of years. Obviously a very powerful role. She really knows her stuff. She talks really good common sense. One thing she mentioned to us, though, the


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inquiries to her department have gone up 400% since this new State Government has come into play.

So obviously, thankfully, at least the State Government has put some employees into her department because, as I mentioned to her, with inquiries up by 400% and one of the things she says they're making decisions on a case-by-case basis, pretty much the whole of the Queensland State could come to standstill if we were waiting for these case-by-case decisions to be made.

But there you go, that's just the rules now, and as Councillor KING mentioned, the donors were another thing with what was the definition of a donor. I noticed that there were some Councillors on the other side making funny faces and going what do you mean. Well it's quite clear it could be a mum and dad. It could be my mum and dad; buy a block of land and decide to develop and put two units on it. That makes them a developer. That makes them ineligible to donate to my campaign.

That's a conflict of interest. So if someone gave you 20 bucks 10 years ago is that still a conflict of interest? How long is it? This is exactly the issue that we were told. It's not black and white. Even though they say the law is very clear on conflicts of interest, when you actually asked the question it wasn't black and white.

So it was a bit disappointing, but it was fiery and it was good. But we did end up with one answer out of it, and that is that the ECQ (Election Commission of Queensland) are now going to be the voice of—I was going to say reason—no, the governing body that we will be able to go to with any issues and questions. So at least now we have someone who's prepared to put their hand up and say if you've got an issue or you've got a question this is who you come to and we can find out.

Obviously also from the Integrity Commission’s point of view, and ECQ, we were informed more clarity is coming. So watch this space for the clarity of the situation which is supposed to start on 3 December. So we all look forward to the clarity—that we can get on with doing our jobs.

Again, Hinchinbrook Council—I want to say congratulations. That was an awesome conference. Their hospitality was second to none and I look forward to going to wherever they are next year. Thank you.


Councillor CASSIDY.

Councillor CASSIDY: Thank you, Madam Chair. I just rise to speak on a wonderful community-led fundraising effort for a drought affected community here in Queensland happening in my ward this weekend, the Sandgate Super Sausage Sizzle, raising money for the Charleville community which has been drought declared for some time now.

This event has come about—it was originally thought up by a local resident, Ken Francey, who had an idea and came to the State Member for Sandgate, Stirling Hinchliffe, the Sandgate District Chamber of Commerce President, Bill Gollan, and myself, and we've been working together along with some other regulars at our meetings, Brendan and Michelle from Sandgate Parkrun and other events as well—Russell Bill I mentioned as well—and this group's brought together a number of local butchers who'll be donating all of their sausages for this event: Deagon Bulk Meats, Jason's Quality Meats at Brighton, Market Square Meats at Sandgate, Brighton Select Meats and Michael, the new butcher at Sue's Corner.

So they're going to be donating all the goods, alongside Rod Chiapello from Bracken Ridge McDonald's who'll be following up with whatever else is required. This event is being brought together by the community in Sandgate for another community that is really suffering through the drought.


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The group has set a pretty lofty goal of trying to raise $25,000 throughout this process. The sausages won't be cheap but they will be going to a good cause. There's the standard sausage that is being donated by the butchers and then there is the gourmet sausage that they have spending the last few weeks designing and promoting amongst their customer bases, and encouraging people to come along and spend a few extra dollars and get a special limited edition one-off sausage in Sandgate—well hopefully people will buy quite a few.

So I'd encourage other Councillors in this place, if you have a bit of spare time on Saturday afternoon from 3pm to 6pm head down to the Einbunpin Lagoon Parklands in Sandgate. Please let people in your communities know because every single cent that is raised this weekend at this event will be going to a community that is in great need.


Councillor STRUNK.

Councillor STRUNK: Thank you, Madam Chair. Listen, I rise on one item this evening and that's in regards to a book launch that took place this morning at the Inala Library, I think, one of the busiest libraries in Brisbane. The book launch was a history of Inala and, I think, the cover obviously depicts the multiculturalism of the area which has occurred over many, many years.

The author of this particular publication was Vicki Mynott. Now Vicki has been part of the history group for 20 years and, as a matter of fact, they're celebrating the 20th anniversary this year of the Richlands, Inala and Suburbs History Group. They've written or undertaken about 12 publications in that time, so they're a very busy history group. They've always got a project going and it's just quite an amazing—they're a volunteer organisation, as I'm sure all of the other history groups around Brisbane are, but the amount of work that they undertake on behalf of the community right around Brisbane—all those various committees right around Brisbane—is just phenomenal.

This particular publication was supported by the LORD MAYOR's Suburban Initiative Fund along with The Blue Fin Fishing Club, which have been an advocate and supporter for the history group over many years. As a matter of fact, their previous publication to this one was the history of The Blue Fin Fishing Club.

So this history starts in 1953 and goes right up until 2018. It's quite a reasonably complete history, in some respects, but I suppose if you had to really write the whole history of Inala for about 65 years it would be many, many more volumes than this.

They actually covered a wide spread of information, and whether its stories from those people who were living or who currently are still living in the Inala area, those that had businesses I'm sure on the other side of the Chamber—a gentleman by the name of Colin Gollis was very much a part of the Inala community. He opened up a sports centre in 1959. He was there at the launch with his wife this morning. It was great to catch up with him. He was a fellow Lion as well for many, many years in the Inala area.

So I just want to congratulate the history group who undertook this particular volume in their 20th year, and it probably is timely that they did it in the 20th year because it all started at a place called Inala in 1953, and I'm so honoured to be able to represent that community as a Councillor for Brisbane City Council. Thank you, Madam Chair.


There being no Councillors rising to their feet I declare the meeting closed.

Thank you Councillors, today was quite pleasant, and the behaviour was exemplary. Enjoy your recess.


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QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:(Questions of which due notice has been given are printed as supplied and are not edited)

Submitted by Councillor Steve Griffiths on 6 September 2018Q1. Please detail the petitions that have been presented to Council but have not yet been provided with a

response by Council.

Q2. Please advise the length of time since each petition that has been presented to Council that has not yet been provided with a response by Council.

Q3. Please advise of the average time for consideration of a petition by Council from the date of presentation to Council to the date of it being provided with a response by Council.

Q4. Please advise the longest length of time that it has taken a petition to be considered by Council from the time it was presented to Council to the time it was provided a response by Council in the last 12 months to date.

Q5. Please advise the shortest length of time that it has taken a petition to be considered by Council from the time it was presented to Council to the time it was provided with a response by Council in the last 12 months to date.

Q6. Please advise of the status of the petition titled “Request for Vectis Street Park, Norman Park, to be remediated and reconstructed for Sport and Recreation Purposes” that closed online on 2 December 2017 and received 370 signatures.

Q7. Please detail the total amount of bonuses paid to the executive management team during the 2017/18 financial year.

Q8. Please detail the total dollar value of executive bonuses awarded in the 2017/18 financial year.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:(Answers to questions of which due notice has been given are printed as supplied and are not edited)

Submitted by Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS (from meeting on 4 September 2018)Q1. How many hectares of vegetation which were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014

under the 2014 City Plan have been lost due to clearing for developments approved under the 2014 City Plan?

Q2. How many hectares of vegetation which were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been lost due to clearing for developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last 3 years?

Q3. How many hectares of vegetation which were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been lost due to clearing for developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last 2 years?

Q4. How many hectares of vegetation which were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been lost due to clearing for developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last year?

Q5. How many hectares of vegetation which were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan still exist?

A1-A5. While Council considers the removal of private vegetation as part development applications, Council does not collate figures on vegetation clearing on private property. This information may be available from the State Government.


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Q6. How many hectares of vegetation were covered by the High Value Biodiversity Overlay in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan?

A6. There was approximately 44,700 hectares of land covered by the ‘High Ecological Significance’ sub-category in the Biodiversity area overlay under City Plan 2014 across mainland Brisbane.

Q7. How many hectares of greenfield land which were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been subject to developments approved under the 2014 City Plan?

Q8. How many hectares of greenfield land which were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been subject to developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last 3 years?

Q9. How many hectares of greenfield land which were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been subject to developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last 2 years?

Q10. How many hectares of greenfield land which were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have been subject to developments approved under the 2014 City Plan in the last year?

Q11. How many hectares of greenfield land which were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan have not been subject to a development application?

Q12. How many hectares of greenfield land were zoned emerging community in 2014 under the 2014 City Plan?

A7-A12. Council does not keep a register of greenfield land zoned Emerging community. All development applications are publicly available on Council’s website via PD Online.

RISING OF COUNCIL: 6.31pm.

PRESENTED: and CONFIRMED

CHAIRMAN

Council officers in attendance:

Jade Stopar (Acting Senior Council and Committee Officer)Ronda Tunguz (Acting Council and Committee Officer)Billy Peers (Personal Support Officer to the Lord Mayor and Council Orderly)


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