so good evening I would like to
acknowledge the original custodians of
our land the Gadigal people of the Eora
nation and pay my respects to the elders
both past and present and also
acknowledge the people the Aboriginal
Torres Strait Islander people who live
in our city and also acknowledge those
other nationalities that live in our
city
Almighty God we thank you for the gift
of this remarkable City help us to deal
with the needs and aspirations of all
these people with compassion and
fairness the planned future with wisdom
and far-sightedness thank you
thank you
I'd like to welcome everyone to the
council meeting tonight for the 26th of
June
um and I would like to inform you that
Council is in attendance are
myself the chair Clover Moore
um Deputy Lord mayor councilor
Ellsmore and councilors Hy William Chan
Wescom Imelda Davis Lyndon Gannon
Jarrett Robert Kok Linda Scott
Yvonne Welden and Adam Whirling you
have Monica Barone our CEO here and
directors are also in attendance
this meeting is audio visually recorded
website live and archived in the city's
website
please refrain from making deflamitory
statements ensure there is no personal
criticism directed to any speaker or
Council staff
when it's time to vote I will advise the
following all those in favour say aye
those against no where votes are not
unanimous I will ask that votes are
announced and the result confirmed
item one confirmation of minutes so I'll
move the confirmation of minutes
seconded by councilor Kok I'll put that to
you all those in favour say aye
those against declare it carried
item two statement of ethical
obligations and Disclosures of Interest
in accordance with section 233a of the
Local Government Act 1993 Lord Mayor and
councilors are bound by the oath or
affirmation of office made at the start
of council
I made it at the start of the council
term to undertake our Civic duties in
the best interests of the people of the
City of Sydney
and the City of Sydney Council and to
faithfully and impartially carry out the
functions powers authorities and
discretions vested in us under the Local
Government Act 1993 or any other act the
best of our ability in judgment
so are there any pecuniary or significant
disclosures of Interest
counselor Davis
thank you Lord mayor
I declare I have a significant
non-pecuniary interest in item 6.7
contract variation Redfern Community
Center music studio on the agenda for
the meeting of the corporate finance
properties and tenders committee on the
26th of June 2023 I have engaged the
Redfern Community Center music studio
through my role as chairwoman North
Australian South Seattle's in 2022 for
scpj recognition event Australian
Celsius Port Jackson contract variation
Redfern Center music studio I will not
be voting on this item and will leave
the room I have a second
and a third declaration
item 9.3 grants and sponsorship
creative grant program 2023 2024
item 9.4 festivals and events
sponsorship program tier one General
festival and events tier 2 major
festivals and events on the agenda for
the meeting of item 9 cultural and
creative committee on Monday the 26th of
January
2023 as chairwoman of Australian South
Carolina's Port Jackson I've received in
2020 a scholarship and have continued to
engage in volunteer culturally and
community events with trambi Aboriginal
College Cooperative limited the uniting
church in Australian Property Trust as
the auspice for the Wayside Chapel I'm
currently a long-term resident living in
uniting church housing Care on Bowman
Street and University of Technology are
completed a master's degree and thesis
at UTS
under a scholarship program in 2020 I
will not be voting on this matter
thank you finally sorry
um
item 10.4 and a sponsorship Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander collaboration
from fund and accommodation grant
program uh item 10.5 grants and
sponsorship accommodation grant program
annual performance review and lease
renewal 2023 and the grant license to
scar trade indigenous Ministries on the
agenda for the meeting of the resilient
communities on Monday the 26th June 2023
number one Sydney Maritime Museum
limited my community and advocacy work
with my role as chairperson for
Australian South Cialis Port Jackson
such as sugar festival and scpj
recognition day scar treat indigenous
Ministries through my community and
advocacy work within my role as
chairperson of Australian sociology
support Jackson I will not be voting on
these items thank you thank you Council
Davis do I have any other
expressions of
conflicts of interest now
Council Wilder
thank you Lord me I have two disclosures
of interest in item 9.3 grants and
sponsorship cultural grants the first
one be a pecuniary interest
um but I have a peculiar interest in
item 9.3 grants a sponsorship cultural
grants on the agenda for tonight's
meeting the item includes recommendation
to council for approval cash and value
in kind support for the creative grant
program my mother Anne Weldon is a
participant in the Redfern women our
stories and the black movement program
project led by Elizabeth Muldoon as a
participant it is possible that she will
be remunerated on the tissue I will not
be voting or participating in this
matter
uh the second disclosure of interest is
a significant non-pecuniary I declare
that I have a significantary interest in
item 9.3 Grant sponsorship cultural
grants that's on the agenda for
tonight's meeting this item includes
recommendation for Council for approval
of cash and value in-kind support
festivals and event sponsorship program
I serve as the deputy chairperson of the
New South Wales Australia Council which
Council which provides advice to the
Department of Premarin cabinet regarding
the New South Wales government's
Australia Day programs the department of
Premium cabinet 2024
26th Australia Day and Sydney events
have been recommended for funding under
T2 major festivals and event stream I
will not vote I'll be a participant in
this matter
I additionally Lord mayor I have a
disclosure of interest that is less than
significant non-pecuniary interest in
items 7.3 grants and sponsorship
business support and Innovation and
ideas on the agenda for the meeting for
council tonight this item includes
recommendation for Council for approval
of cash and value in-kind support for
business sector Support Program
grant program I have a professional
association with Supply nation which is
referred to in the papers as Australian
indigenous minority supplier office
limited one of the applicants
recommended for funding having
participated in and contributed to the
organization's past conferences and
programs I consider this to be a
non-pecuniary interest is less than
significant and does not require further
action in the circumstances as I do not
have any involvement in the assessment
of Grants and prior to the report of the
business and economic development
committee I have no knowledge of Supply
nation's application that's all
thank you
item three minutes by the Lord mayor 3.1
Vale Fabian Los giavo
thank you councilors tonight I want to
inform counts for the passing of Fabian
losiava a social activist and a devout
anglo-catholic on the 11th of May 2023.
I welcome fabian's friends and family
who are in the gallery along with those
who are watching online and including
parishioners of Saint Luke's enmore
Fabian was born into a Catholic Family
and discovered he had a vocation while
at school he sought to fulfill it
initially with the vinjans and later
with the three months premonstrate
intentions at their seminary in
Wisconsin
he was however faced with contradictions
between pursuing his face and his
sexuality his attempts to seek a cure
failed including through long
discredited aversion therapy instead he
actively sought to integrate his
religious life with his identity as a
gay man
he succeeded and carved a space in which
the lgbit
iqa people of Faith could be open and
visible the early 1970s became involved
in gay groups and joined the Anglican
Church
becoming a parishioner of the
Progressive and inclusive Saint Luke's
enmore so Luke selected Fabian the
Sydney Dyson Synod where he attempted to
persuade the diocese to adopt an open
inclusive and accepting position on
homosexuality against Fierce opposition
hugely proclaimed his faith within what
was then known as a gay community on the
morning of the first Mardi Gras he took
part in a gay right Street March
carrying carrying a sign proclaimed gay
free and CV he joined gay solidarity
group and along with other lesbians and
anglicans formed Angus
Fabian had a lot of love of music and
singing which featured in both his
religious observation observance and his
activism it was a Mainstay at the Saint
Luke's Parish choir founding member of
the Sydney Gay Liberation choir and a
vocalist with the camp country gospel
band even the Forbidden fruits
he was also an accomplished piano
accordionist a talent he used to his
best name known in his best known
alternate Persona mother inferior later
mother abyss of the order of Perpetual
Indulgence
incident chapter was a regular feature
of rallies protests and community events
many of which I also attended the
order's effective use of satire led to
Fabian developing other characters to
expose the hypocrisy the sexism and the
racism within organized religion in July
1988 he brought several of his
characters together in a one-man show at
the performance space in Redfern
skewered the worst aspects of organized
religion in the same way Max Gillies
exposed politics in the late Barry
Humphreys laid bare Australian social
wars
one of fabian's lesser known talents
were sewing a skill he used in both his
activism and religious Faith he sowed
flags and banners for protests and
conferences and shortened the robes I
said Luke's Rector after he arrived in
2019 director father Jeff Parsons
appointed him as his Warden this was the
highest lay position in a parish
he remained at Saint Luke's parishioner
long after he moved to Malabar riding
his bicycle to attend the communion to
teach Sunday school and to help in the
opportunity shop and perform at church
functions he also became involved in his
local Malabar community and was always
willing to mind and walk dogs of his
friends and his neighbors it was a
regular Mardi Gras participant
these various guises and was featured in
the 2022 ABC telecast his father father
brown riding a bicycle he also achieved
his vocation through the liberal
Catholic holy guilty Church
International being ordained Reverend
Dom Fabian Fabian were remembered by
both the lgbtiqa plus community and
Saint Luke's Parish communities for his
bravery his creativity his
warm-heartedness and his sense of humor
his contributions to queer culture
social justice and inclusiveness within
organized religion will long be
celebrated
I recommend we observe a minute silence
to commemorate this extraordinary life
of Fabian
and significant contributions to and his
significant contributions to Sydney and
that we express its our condolences and
that I convey these condolences to the
losiava family
so I move the recommendation
do I have a second dog
um cancer Walling
does anyone wish to speak
so I'll put that recommendation to you
all those in favoursay aye those against
declare it carried University thank you
and thank you for the friends of the
family who have attended
thank you
item 3.2 Collective action on waste
councilors
foreign
hosted around 140 Mayors councilors and
management staff from the greater Sydney
and Metropolitan councils the
Metropolitan Sydney mural Summit on
waste
the summit highlighted the critical need
for all councils to work together to
bring real change to manage our waste
into the future while we transition to a
more circular economy
across the City metropolitan area 55
percent of households and commercial of
household and Commercial waste goes to
landfill each year costing businesses
and households more than a 750 million
in waste levies each year
by 2034 data shows will be no capacity
at existing landfill sites New South
Wales the development pipeline for new
facilities can take up to 10 years to be
fully operational
the time has long since passed when
council's collected rubbish and
transported it to landfill where it
would slowly rot away industry-wide
challenges including a limited number of
suppliers a lack of processing
infrastructure
and a shortage of readily available
waste collection and transfer sites
this means all Sydney councils are
facing Rising costs and there are
limited options for increased efficiency
of resource recovery improvements or to
reduce landfill the original drivers of
public health and hygiene are now
supplemented by the need to reduce uh
pollution low in carbon emissions and
recover and reuse resources collating
waste is just part of the picture
councils must make strategic decisions
about where that waste will go
we've seen significant positive change
over the past 20 years unfortunately
waste processing and Disposal have not
kept pace with the growing population
and waste generation rates continue to
increase
most Sydney councils must pay to haul
recyclable materials and waste far
outside their local area and a new
transfer for capacity is difficult to
secure do you reduce the cost
availability of appropriately zoned land
data shows that we will not be able to
meet New South Wales and Commonwealth
targets with our current systems without
major change and these transitions will
be expensive in New South Wales only
around seven percent of around 800
million dollars collected in annual
waste Revenue comes back to councils and
the waste industry
councils do not receive a fair share of
funding despite being asked to meet the
government's targets and transition to a
circular economy
the city of Sydney's local government
area alone produces 5 500 tons of waste
every day comprising household Community
commercial construction and demolition
waste which contributes to about eight
percent of the city's total greenhouse
gas emissions
we collaborated on the southern Sydney
Regional organization of councils Paving
the way program creating a market for
some of our domestic glass collections
since our food scraps recycling trial
started in 2019 we have collected more
than 1 500 tons of food
food and food scraps from about 20 000
households and apartments which has
saved 738 cubic meters of landfill space
and 1284 tons of greenhouse gas
emissions
at the same time we produce 64 500
kilowatt hours of energy and 7.9 tons of
fertilizer and 2.39 tons of compost lots
of figures there
and we'll soon begin to trial
um as I already mentioned in Council a
trial involving insects that not air
recycled food and Organics but produce
also produce protein which can be
substituted for animal feed or other
protein uses
councils need to collaborate to
influence and to leverage our Collective
purchasing power building a strong green
and circular economy brings
opportunities for job creation and
economic growth
that's why I'm recommending that we call
on the Commonwealth government to
expedite bans on materials that cannot
be recycled or recovered and to increase
extended producer responsibilities call
on the New South Wales government to set
the waste Levy at an appropriate level
and reinvest all of it into a waste
initiatives and improving approval
processes and Licensing procedures and
that we coordinate our advocacy with
other councils and work with other
levels of government to ensure the
delivery of waste infrastructure locally
and that's segmented by Council Walling
do you wish to speak councilwale
after setting up
after setting up my office a priority of
mine these last few weeks has been
meeting with all the city directors to
discuss their portfolios
all I can say is wow what a city we live
in
and more importantly how astonishing is
the effort behind the scenes to keep all
the wheels turning
I was excited to attend the waste Summit
during my first weeks on Council it was
amazing to hear about all the ways in
which the city and other councils are
tackling waste
the summit and my recent meetings with
directors have shown me fast and
thoroughly
that waste is something that is high on
the city's agenda
as the Lord mayor mention whether it's
initiating our food scraps recycling
trial in 2019 of which I'm a staunch
subscriber or the next Innovative trial
with insects that we heard about at last
Council I can see that like the city did
with its climate goals and way before it
was cool we declared a climate emergency
we are really leading the way
now I could talk about waste all night
but I will spare you as we have a big
agenda in a nutshell though I'd like to
say we need to not only influence but
execute we need to promote Innovation
and sustainable design we need to change
behaviors and perceptions it is one
thing to look at how we deal with waste
so we all need to so though we also need
to spend as much effort if not more
on how we change lazy Behavior
we need to buy less we need to buy
better we need to reuse we need to
repair we need to stop being selfish and
stop choosing convenience over care
the recommendations in this log Merrell
minute are sound they call on a
strategic action across all levels of
government as the Lord mayor writes
building a strong green and circular
economy will bring opportunities for job
creation and economic growth
but a circular economy will also ensure
that when we all leave here our city our
planet will be left in a better place
for generations to come
so let's continue to do the work and
lead by example
thank you and Well Done Lord mayor thank
you councilworling
so I'll put the record Council Scott
thanks so much Lord mayor I've
circulated a very small amendment to add
in a few additional points about
um background for Council for noting I
support this Lord Merrell minute and it
is good that councils are coming
together actively to take action to uh
ensure that we have less waste into the
future I've just come today in fact from
the Australian circular economy Forum
where I spoke with many others in front
of an audience of hundreds and hundreds
of people at the University of New South
Wales about the importance of this about
the importance of collective action not
just by councils but by industry and by
state and for federal governments Lord
mayor the Amendments that I'm proposing
here is to ensure Council further notes
that alga continues to advocate for a
hundred million dollars each year for
four years for local governments to
reduce curbside waste collections
contamination and increased resource
recovery on the basis of our advocacy
minister plebec in a very welcome move
has already committed 10 million dollars
to a national waste education campaign
and that of course the city has resolved
for the CEO to present an options paper
to council and decide on the delivery of
Fogo and that this was also embedded in
our waste strategy and action plan from
2017. Lord mayor again I'm very happy to
offer my help I wasn't invited to the
way Summit that you hosted but I'm
always very happy as the national local
government president did participate in
these things or to support the work that
the city is doing collectively with the
nation's other 536 councils this is a
very significant environmental priority
and when local governments unite around
this I'm very confident we'll be able to
find better solutions for the future
thank you
thank you Council Scott I'm happy to
um include your amendment in my motion
so we
I'm moving a motion that's varied
I'll put that to you all this in fact
say aye those declared uh declare that's
code you know so thank you
item 3.3 food insecurity
thank you councils I greatly admire the
work of the many organizations that
worked tirelessly throughout the city
providing food to those in need but they
are now facing a crisis and so I'm
asking councilors to support my motion
for emergency funding for food relief
in a country as prosperous as ours it is
shameful that so many people are going
hungry
according to food bank's 22 hunger
report over 2 million Australian
households had experienced severe food
insecurity in the preceding 12 months
that's 21 of Australian households I
think those figures are absolutely
extraordinary for the 21st century in a
first world country
we have 2 million Australian households
experiencing severe food insecurity and
21 that's 21 of Australian households
the situation is getting worse
Oz Harbor says that the demand for free
food has never been so high
the majority of Charities they service
have seen a 73 increase in people
needing help with over a third of
clients seeking food relief for the
first time
girls and boys Brigade In Surry Hills
provides free food to children and their
families over the past year demand for
their food has increased by 150 percent
First Nations response to Aboriginal
Community controlled organization
providing culturally appropriate food
support says request for help have
doubled since late 2022 and they are now
supporting over 250 elders and families
each week
at the Edison roads camperdown food
pantry demand for food has increased 32
in the past year those social housing
tenants make up most of their customers
they are increasingly seen low-income
workers whose capacity to buy food has
decreased as their rents have been
increased and that includes nurses
nurses in their uniforms have been
lining up for food because their rents
have gone up until a few months ago
cincada's Kitchen in King's cross
regularly fed up to 130 people a day
that number's now increased between 160
and 220 a day and they are anticipating
it'll be 300 a day by the end of the
year
food relief organizations rely on a mix
of surplus and discounted food to ensure
they meet the nutritional requirements
for the people they serve no there's so
much more surplus food out there they
could rescue they also need transport
storage and equipment to collect and
deliver that food this costs money and
yet Government funding and personal
donations are down resulting in
significant funding shortfalls and of
course while all this food is going to
waste we are generating millions of tons
of CO2 emissions from food waste each
year
city is currently developing a
sustainable Food Systems policy and
action plan that will enable us to
prioritize actions to address food
insecurity in a holistic way right
across the city of Sydney this policy
and action plan will be ready for
Council to consider in 2024
however our neighbors who are currently
going hungry cannot wait they need help
now this is why I'm asking the CEO to
consider what emergency financial
support can we provide to food relief
organizations in the city of Sydney I
also intend to write to the Prime
Minister the federal Treasurer the New
South Wales Premier and the New South
Wales Treasurer asking them to join us
in providing financial support to
alleviate hunger across our respective
jurisdictions in particular I know that
last year the Memphis Sydney ice cream
shared an inquiry into food production
Supply in New South Wales which
urged the government to introduce
ongoing funding programs for food relief
organizations and I'm looking forward to
to government's response at both levels
so um I'll I'll move the recommendations
there
seconded by Deputy Lord mayor
David Lord me
thank you so much Lord mayor um I Rise
to strongly support this motion it's
absolutely timely it's very sad as the
stats that you've pointed out um but
it's consistent with the discussion
we've been having on this Council over a
number of items around the affordability
crisis that people are experiencing that
touches so much of of their lives
um I Rise also to put an amendment which
has been circulated earlier for Council
to consider to point B that we ask the
chief executive officer in addition to
investigating options for financial
support for food relief organizations to
include where where relevant other
community-based initiatives that provide
access to low-cost food including
cooperatives and mutual Aid groups which
are operating in the city of Sydney and
report back to council
so to speak briefly to this and I know
that a number of the staff have been
having live discussions we know one of
the things that we saw during covert
which was really lovely was the
emergence of mutual Aid and we also saw
unfortunately a number of groups that
would provide other kinds of support to
the community adding some form of
community Pantry or food to the work
that they do
um I know we can't kind of cover
everything that happens in the city but
it's a really the community wants to
help and often needs to find a way to
link and do that and in relation to
cooperatives people would be aware that
very recently Alfalfa house closed down
was one of the few sort of long-running
food cooperatives which offered
low-income food that you could buy as
well as obviously reducing carbon
footprints that you could go and refill
where you need it they I understand that
Alfalfa house is in some discussions
with the city about whether the city
could provide some support for them to
reopen so they're no longer operating
their shopping and more very close to
the border between the city of Sydney
and the inner West Council but they do
have a license for the the Newtown
station Garden that they're operating
and so I think it would be wonderful
that if we could expand the work of the
city to also see where relevant we can
support these kind of initiatives which
I think is in line with what the work
the city is already doing thank you
I'm happy to include that in my motion
so I'll put that to you through all
those in favoursay aye
those scans declare a code you never say
thank you
item 3.4 proposal for a Statewide
lgbtiqa plus local government safety
Summit
thank you so Council I'm shocked by the
alarming increase in attacks targeting
Edge will be lgbti QA plus events by far
right hate groups in New South Wales and
Victoria
many have occurred in local government
venues putting attendees and Council
staff at risk
in Victoria
anti-lgbtiqa plus protesters disrupted a
city of Monash council meeting in April
leading the cancellation of a drag Story
Time Event planned to Mark the
International Day against homophobia
biphobia and transphobia
several other Victorian councils have
canceled or postponed events or shifted
them online
there have been reports of similar
violent disruptions and attacks being
experienced in Sydney Newcastle goulburn
and other Regional centers
during World prior to group of around 30
men held an unauthorized protest March
in Newtown reportedly intimidating
others to attempting to enter lgbti QA
plus venues another unauthorized March
took place recently in Oxford Street
foreign
Ty QA plus protesters have also posted
videos of of the vandalization of the
World Pride mural outside wynyard
station and the rainbow stairs outside
Pitt Street uniting Church have also
been posted
in response to these growing threads
AECOM
CEO Nicholas parkel has written to me
inviting the city to co-host a Statewide
LGBT iqa plus local government safety
Summit that would bring together
councils New South Wales government
agencies and
lgbtqa plus Community organizations and
researchers to raise awareness share
information and develop a coordinator
plan to respond to these threats
I strongly support the city of Sydney
co-hosting this Summit which is
consistent with our long-standing
support of this community
in keeping with the support the city
hosts and supports a wide range of
programs and events Fortune these
programs and events have all taken place
without incident it is our
responsibility to ensure we are able to
continue hosting and supporting events
without putting our staff and community
at risk I therefore recommend that
Council endorse Akon's proposal for a
new South New South Wales lgbtiqa plus
local local government safety Summit
agreeing principle to co-host this
Summit with acon at a suitable city of
Sydney venue and request the CEO to
consider what support the city can
provide for this Summit with and report
and report to be provided to council so
that's seconded by councilor Walling
Council Scott
thanks Lord mayor I note that there is a
further amendment foreshadowed by
councilor elsmore I have also an
amendment in um adding that the council
further note that alga has also received
a letter from acon proposing this Summit
in addition Lord mayor given the very
significant national state of some of
these activities we've also sought a
briefing from the Australian federal
police and raised the matter with the
federal Minister for local government
and of course the Victorian councils
have held a summit in which local
government New South Wales participated
in to brief their councils on some of
the matters that are occurring whilst
not going into detail because of course
these are very serious security issues
the matters outlined in your mayoral
minute are just the tip of the iceberg
about the kinds of things that we are
seeing in local governments local
governments in Australia are being
significantly threatened with violence
sadly not just as an attack on the gay
community but on a range of other
communities
many of whom are of course marginalized
I support having a summit in New South
Wales again it would um be off the back
of summits held in Victoria where
councils are looking at the measures
that we can take to of course protect
ourselves and continue to operate keep
our staff safe and also make sure that
the important Democratic functions that
we hold are able to proceed and of
course also to look at those threats
that are impacting particular groups in
our society in this case the LGBT iqa
plus Community Lord mayor this is a very
serious security threat it is a campaign
full of hate that is targeting groups
who are in a minority in our society and
that is something that we should condemn
in the strongest terms
I do want to call out though and I want
to thank
um some of the other councilors who've
contacted me about this matter because I
know this is not just impacting councils
here in Sydney it's not just impacting
councils in New South Wales but I do
want to call out uh that last week the
inner West Council also passed a notice
of motion about the importance of drag
story time and how
um significant a feature that was and
what a lovely feature it is of the local
government landscape calling on the
council to work together to support
Community groups to feel safer connected
and more supported but one of the groups
that they called out was the rainbow
Community Angels a community-led safety
initiative based in Victoria that was
launched in May this year to train and
support
lgbtiq a plus people and allies to take
part in peaceful actions to support
Community safety at inclusive events
like drag story time I want to thank
councilor Jess Direnzo for that lovely
word of advice from another jurisdiction
and urge the city to also consider not
just looking at the concerns and the
problems of which there are many in
response to this hate but also to look
at some of the wonderful solutions that
we've seen from around the country to
try and ensure that our communities can
always feel safe thanks
thank you councilor Scott and we might
just put in Brackets that MAV stands for
the municipal Association of Victoria
course is not one we're familiar with
which is the peak body for local
government in Victoria so I'm happy to
include that in my recommendation
um they've told me
thank you Lord mayor um I I also write
to speak in support of this motion and
move an amendment has been circulated
um slightly different wedding I think a
new point which would be the second last
point if it's if the motion is to be
amended along
um the lines that Council Scott has just
moved that the Lord a new point that the
Lord May write to Akon in support of
prioritizing community-led solutions to
address violence and harassment and
um I think this is important because
this is something that we're the
violence that we've seen and
particularly the very clear targeted
attacks on what are the two main
celebration places we have in our city
for lgbtiqa plus people which is around
Oxford Street and around King Street
that um
I was approached when this notice of
motion uh Lord mayoral minute came up to
support by some of the groups that have
difficult relationships with police and
I think it's important to acknowledge
that the intent of this propos of this
Summit very clearly is to be inclusive
but it's also true that there are many
in the community including in trans
rights groups who do not have a positive
history with the police and that it to
send a message that the solutions that
we want to be supporting here those that
are community-led as per the example
that um councilor Scott just raised
about Victoria but also thinking for
example
like in King Street when um the city of
Sydney collaborate on this when the
lockout laws happened and suddenly you
had a whole bunch of people who shifted
over to King Street who had a bit of a
let's go who weren't part of that
culture and weren't very supportive and
in um examples of homophobia Rose
immediately and the community in that
context led by the Utah Neighborhood
Center brought everybody together and
yeah they brought the police in at the
table but they were very clear that we
want community-led Solutions here we
want a solution that's about spreading
love as the way to combat this hate we
take it seriously and we're all going to
work together but we're going to make it
very clear that is the community rising
up here to establish the culture that
it's protecting and looking after each
other not asking for the police to come
in and have a heavy-handed police
response because that is not an approach
that has fared marginalized communities
well including queer communities in the
inner city so the intent of the motion
is to be consistent with what is already
planned but also send a message to some
of those groups that I was contacted
around this to make it clear that
whatever happens is going to be
inclusive for them too yeah
I'm happy to include that um
so I'll put that big Council Walling
uh thank you Lord mayor I unequivocally
support the call for an lgbtqia plus
safety Summit so it annoys me no end
that we even need to have one
my twenties were spent parting on Oxford
Street patches the all breathe exchange
the midnight shift to list a few
and as we Revitalize Oxford streets and
surrounds I'm looking forward to the
entertainment Hub it will become again
reflecting on my young years as a gay
man my friends and I wasted many many
hours planning the safest route home
to get to Oxford Street from Potts point
and Back Again always required a
well-considered plan
King's cross was a challenge to walk
through but it was nothing compared to
darlinghurst
we knew never to take Forbes Street it
wasn't lit well
and it was frightening you never knew
what violence ignorance and hate was
waiting for you in the dark
instead it was best to walk along
darlinghurst road but even then it
wasn't unusual to hear homophobic slurs
directed at you from car windows as they
sped past
I was fortunate
I was never attacked but I knew many who
was not so lucky and ended up in
emergency departments sometimes even
hospitalized
but today is 2023 right
and that doesn't happen anymore no wrong
it does
while I know there has been a huge
amount of positive change for our
community since those very dark days
sadly we're seeing physical and verbal
abuse intimidation fear-mongering more
and more everywhere from our community
libraries
the streets of Oxford Street to
Parliament House
our community is fought hard and
campaigned to move the progressive
barrier forward
the recent events that are spreading
homophobia across our LGA and wider
Australia have shown us we still have
very far to go
this hostile past is not a pass that I
want our queer Community to return to
I commend the Lord mayor and Akon for
bringing this safety Summit to the city
together we can help Safeguard the
city's Mantra of being a city for all
rally for progression and ensure safe
spaces for everyone that have no that
has no place for hatred thank you thank
you councilor Welling so we're looking
at uh my my motion with the
recommendations and two Amendments have
been included as variations the one
moved by Council Scott the one moved by
um the deputy Lord mayor so I'll put
that to you all this in favoursay aye
but it's against the clericardian
obviously thank you
item four memorandum by the chief
executive officer 4.1 audit risk and
compliance committee independent expert
recruitment
thank you so the report is recommending
that Council endorse a draft position
description for independent members and
independent chairs the audit risk and
compliance committee
um the city will then run an expression
of Interest process for new members and
that we note the appointment of new
members of the audit risk compliance
committee and that will be the subject
of a future report to council for
endorsement and appointed counselor as
Council representative on the audit risk
and compliance committee to replace
former Jeff Scully so I'm going to move
the recommendation and um it's resolved
a b c and and D I'm going to name
councilor Robert [ __ ] as the appointed
counselor as council's representative on
the audience audit risk and compliance
committee seconded by Council Davis
I'll put that to you while they
sometimes say aye
those against declared card you know say
thank you
item 4.2 local government New South
Wales annual conference 2023 nomination
of delegates
so the report's recommending that we
appoint Lauder and all councilors as
voting delegates at the local government
New South Wales annual conference to be
held on in November at Rose Hill Gardens
racecourse in Parramatta Council should
note that reasonable expenses to attend
the conference to be covered by counts
the city including the ticket cost for a
person accompanying you
um and so the information about the
conference is there and and the issues
and I'll move the recommendation
thank you
item five matters for tabling
so we have uh 5.1 disclosures of
Interest returns
so it's resolved that disclosures of
Interest returns be received and noted
detected by cancer [ __ ] put that to you
all those who have say aye those against
Eric carried
5.2 petitions uh 5.2 a Plunkett Street
students Elsa Scott
thanks Lord mayor this is possibly one
of the more adorable petitions I have
ever
um sought to Lodge in the city of Sydney
in my 11 years he he is here but I do
want to thank the 35 children who tabled
a petition which was entitled can we
please have a hamster wheel in our new
playground in woolloomooloo we can all
play in it together and I'm delighted to
celebrate because I think it is the case
that we have a hamster wheel in the
playground I'm looking for nods I think
we have
I'm delighted I hope to confirm that it
is in the new
um design features that was certainly my
understanding anyway so thanks to the 35
children who showed real leadership
engaging with the Council on this matter
putting forward a vision to design their
own playground I'm confident we'll see
some of them around this table in the
future and I cannot wait to go with them
on the hamster wheel in the new
playground in woolly in the future so
that's um noted thank you councilor
Scott and then
5.2 B is get yellow Park Lighting and
Sound Council Jared thank you Lord mayor
just very briefly I'll table the
petition with the
um 35 Alexandria residents and the
matter will be discussed further in the
loads of motions in the meetings so
thank you very much so the um it's
resolved that the petition be received
and noted it's also resolved that
Council Scott's petition be received and
noted do we need to vote
okay so I'll put Council Scots first if
I got a second I guess Council Scott
will be the sector would there two years
and people say ah those against cleric
code University and catelia park
councilor Jared to have a seconder
councilor Gannon put it to you all those
in favoursay aye
those against
declared carry jealousy and deployed
mayor didn't vote on that one
um
uh item six a report of the corporate
finance properties and tenders committee
so as we know we were here from 2PM to
8pm last Monday so we covered all these
issues and quite comprehensively I
thought
um so I'm going to move
um
this paper in global do I have a
secondar concert [ __ ]
um I will take item 6.7 out though and
deal with that separately because
Council Davis has to step out for that
so I'm moving that we deal with
everything
um other than 6.7 and councilor Scott
thanks ordinary if you could just pull
out 6.3 and 6.3
so apart from 6.3 and 6.7
um I will move uh the the paper in
global as I said because we spent so
many hours on comprehensively dealing
with it last Monday would that do all
those in favoursay aye Council caucus
seconded
those against
you know say thank you so 6.3
um the the budget
and I'd just like to say
that the city of Sydney will spend over
750 million dollars in the next
financial year as a change but
reinvigorated Sydney continues to adapt
and recover from the impacts of the
pandemic
we're spending much of councils 550
million dollars operations operating
expenditure to support local businesses
and to deliver Capital Works projects as
well as maintain Community facilities
footpaths parks and Open Spaces while
delivering quality road maintenance and
waste collection Services we've
allocated money for Street upgrades
Greenie and grants to help keep Sydney
as the best place to live work and visit
the budget also funds a new commercial
waste compliance team a review of the
waste service levels and domestic waste
changes and additional Community waste
education programs
will continue to wave outdoor dining and
venue hire fees invest in City Precinct
activations like Sydney streets and we
are spending a million dollars on our
visitor services
just over 200 million is earmarked for
Capital Works projects including for
cycleways productionization and park and
Community Center upgrades
priorities will include setting aside
22.5 million dollars towards Sydney's
world-class bicycle Network 11.5 million
dollars pledged to to reconciliation and
projects that celebrate the cultures and
Heritage of First Nations people in our
city
this report recommends that Council note
the submissions received and approve the
current Suite of integrated planning and
Reporting documents
including the budget for the 23-24
financial year following 28 days of
public exhibition in accordance with the
coral requirements of local government
act so that's a brief summary of what
the budget is doing
and I'll call on councilor Scott
um councils Council [ __ ] you seconded
that didn't you yes
thank you Council Scott thanks Lord
mayor I support the budget and I think
there's much in it to be commended and I
again thank the staff for their hard
work on this uh Lord may as I spoke
about last uh week the city's Surplus is
forecast to be 96 million dollars we had
a long discussion about this and yet the
infrastructure spending forecast for
this year is uh significantly less than
that in a time of unstable Economic
Times when people are absolutely reliant
on the city to keep spending to create
jobs but also to support our local
services and infrastructure just like
Lord mayor you have outlined in the Lord
Lord Merrell minute tonight about the
food services it is important that we
deliver a budget that allows and indeed
actions the spending for the income that
we're producing uh Lord mayor I also
have called out time and time again that
for the council to invest in affordable
housing it is the case that the city has
in response to that put up a 10 million
affordable housing fund which has all
been spent and so again Lord mayor I
call on the council to ensure that we
can have at least 10 million dollars in
that fund available for next year should
we have enough proposals come forward to
meet the needs of that City's grant
program without that funding available
next year in the pipeline it will mean
that those who potentially want to come
and partner with the city on affordable
housing are unable to do so to the
fullest extent we obviously have a
federal government that has just
announced two billion dollars and one
imagines it may lead to some very
significant partnership opportunities
here in the city of Sydney as a result
of that funding potentially or some of
it of course coming to New South Wales
Lord mayor so I again asked as I have
done before that 10 million dollars be
amended in this budget to be included
and be available as of the next
financial year for the diverse and
affordable housing fund and I move an
amendment that way
so I'll go to the CEO just to explain
again what the situation is in relation
to the affordable housing fund CEO
thank you Lord mayor through you and the
CFO can confirm this
um the city of Sydney has got 10 million
dollars in its forward estimates and if
projects come forward they will be put
to council and then Council can choose
to allocate funds from that 10 million
dollars so I really want to assure
Council that it is definitely there yes
we have expended most of the last 10
million and this is the next lot
um
bill you can confirm that
okay thank you so if it's in the budget
yes and it is available for when the
projects come forward so um I I don't
accept that the the that amendment is
necessary
so is there a second uh
um it's Council Walden
Walden sorry
um so I'll I'll put the amendment to you
oh definitely
thanks love me um I note uh
yes the money is in the budget I've
spread over a number of years
um and that the advice clearly is from
staff we get more applications that are
going to be more than that I think it's
the 1.5 or something of that scale
allocated this year for the then they'll
come back to this Council it does seem
to be a bit of basic accounting if it
would reassure the community to say that
10 million dollars is there because it
is there I've been approached by a
number of groups who want to discuss
other projects I always say go talk to
the staff first but I hope we receive
more than that scale of funding this in
this coming Financial year in which case
we'd need to then discuss it
specifically at the council so so we're
just argue in favourof effectively
bringing that funding forward so it is
clear that it's available right now even
though it would be a small
administrative change that's not
probably going to change how we what how
we deal with this in practice
so CEO for abundant Clarity could you
please explain to council how the
affordable fund runs
so
the the Timberland is there in the four
estimates and it is of course we just
space it over a number of years because
we don't know when we're going to get
the applications and we don't know how
much they're going to be but as we have
done in the past and I think this is the
point you know the practice is if we get
an application
um then we can bring that money forward
or move it around accordingly in order
to if we get applications that we
believe have Merit and those
applications will come to you and I'm
confident that you will soon get some
opportunities to consider some
applications because of course people
are aware of this
um so definitely we can do that and of
course the council has
you know the council has got the
opportunity to move funds around across
the years for other items as well it's
just that in order to do a budget that
is sort of balanced
um you know we put things in where we
expect they might be expended or we
space them out
um evenly until we know
um so that you don't have a situation
where you then might have unexpended
money because a project didn't come
forward in the financial year even
though it might be in the pipeline thank
you Lord mayor thank you so I don't
support this amendment I think it's it's
gratuitous and the monies are there and
when we get the projects we will
allocate the Monies to it
so I'll put the amendment to you or
there's some people say I
those against
I'll do that one again all those in
favourof the amendment say I
those against
declare it lost
so I'll move the substantive motion now
all right okay so
um I'll put the substantive motion to
you all those in favoursay aye
goes against declared Carriage you never
say thank you
6.7
um item 6.7 councilor Davis is going to
step out
so 6.7 is the exemption from tender and
on contract variation for the Red fan
Community Center music studio this
report recommends Council approve an
exemption from tender and contract
variation to extend the current contract
by up to 12 months the increase of total
contract value as detailed and
confidential attachment a and I'll move
the recommendation that we support that
um seconded by cancer Chan
I'll put that to you all those in favor
say aye those against declared card you
know say thank you so that's
so that's Finance
um
finance and budget committee
yep item uh item seven report of the
business and economic development
committee
um Council
um thank you Lanier
um High items uh 7.1 and 7.2 was um
path
at committees and I saw was item 7.3 it
was carried unanimously so a lot more I
moved from item 7.3
so there's a secondary for 7.3
I'm happy to second that
um councilor Weldon
I disclosed an interest Lobby
is is it a significant pecuniary
interest no less than significance so
and you put in a written hat you have so
you don't need to repeat it
thank you Lord mayor I am I Rise to move
an amendment
um to this item item 7.3 grants and
sponsorship business sector support and
Innovation and ideas group
um Grant specifically to amend C to uh
that Council approve the cash
recommendations for the Innovation and
ideas grant program subject to the
removal of the recommended Grant to the
Sydney Western Harbor business
improvement district Limited
so to speak briefly to this amendment
um
I looked at the bid I'm going to call
the bid the business improvement
district is a new organization that was
set up and I understand that Council has
provided some funding to its
establishment it was set up this was
established in 2001 before the previous
Council and one of its partners and the
founders involved in actively leading
the organization are associated with the
casino
I do not think any public money should
be going towards any organization that
is led by senior figures from the casino
or who are associated with the casino
During the period which is subject to
the finding of corrupt action
um and I think doing that sends an
important message to the community that
if you would like to receive public
money from the city of Sydney do not
partner or be working in partnership
with the cat Star Casino this is an
unhealthy organization it is a cancer on
our city quite frankly we should shut it
down and given that we don't have the
power to do that as a local council at
the very least which should not be
funding any projects associated with it
and I am not comfortable supporting any
grant program which supports or enables
the Star Casino or is partnered with the
Star Casino as we have here
so you're moving your opposition to the
grant to the Sydney Western Harbor
business improvement district Limited
for the
information of the people who might be
watching on I might go to the CEO just
to comment on this one
thank you Lord mayor so the um Sydney
Western Harbor business improvement
district has a number of members that
are businesses that are in that Precinct
and
perhaps avoided and I sit on the
government Advisory Group of this so it
is its own entity and yes the casino and
other businesses are members of that
group
and they have a steering committee and
then they have a government advisory
committee and I've attached the minutes
of those meetings to the CEO update and
I attend that and where they talk to
um
via me the city places New South Wales
membership create create and destination
and those other state government
entities and so we have a regular
meeting to hear what they're doing
I think it's a way to think about this
group is like a chamber of commerce so
basically it's a group of businesses who
come together to advocate for their area
and we support
many chambers of Commerce across the
city and they all have all sorts of
members and sometimes we we don't
actually make a call about what we think
about those members we simply support
the Chamber of Commerce or Business
Association that come together to
represent those businesses I accept
what's been said I just wanted to
clarify that that's the relationship we
have they are a group of businesses that
are formed at entity and we're
supporting the entity in order that they
can Advocate
what do they do
so what they do um they're actually
doing some very good work which we've
been following very closely they
actually are collecting a lot of very
good quality information data and
information about business activity in
the precinct so they're able to tell us
um you know how many people are going
into the precinct what they're doing
there whether they're going for cultural
activities whether they're going to use
the restaurants whether they're tourists
whether they're locals whether they're
coming via business events so they're
collecting that kind of data so that
then the members can use that
information to make decisions about how
they do things collectively to promote
their Precinct
they are very interested in um
you know growing as an association and
actually influencing the kind of capital
works and infrastructure that goes into
their area but that is not dissimilar to
any business other business group or
Chamber of Commerce Lord me thank you
thank you do I have any other comments
on on this
so we need a second of the amendment
I'm having a second for the person
so I'm happy to Second for the purposes
of discussion
so we're looking at um
removing the recommended Grant to the
Sydney Western Harbor business
improvement district Limited
all right then I'll put the amendment
put the amendment to yours and people
say aye
those against
clear at last
I'll put the substantive motion all
those in favoursay aye
those against
to clear code so Council
hey
developed me
thank you Lord mayor um I just want to
explain I'm not going to be not going to
vote for this item not because there
aren't a lot of other really good
obviously grants that um and
organizations that have worked really
hard and I note that there are a number
of very important um business Precinct
associations funded
I do think there's it's significant
enough to have opposition to fifty
thousand dollars of public money going
towards an organization where the casino
is a lead player where there's
particular individuals who have a
history with the casino during its
period where it was found to have
perhaps finding that it's not
appropriate or ethical for us to be
writing that funding and I urge the
staff to reconsider the involvement with
the business improvement district it is
not a benign business Precinct
Association the purpose of business
Improvement districts are to give more
powers to business over things like the
public domain and increase influence and
in many cases overseas what we have seen
happen is take planning Powers away for
Council they say we'll give more money
and into return give us more control
over your public domain and your local
area that is unhealthy by itself and
dangerous is particularly dangerous when
one of the biggest players is a casino
that has been given the largest
corruption finding and penalty in
Australia's history
200 million if anyone remembers
so I'll put the substantive motion to
you all those in favoursay aye
those against
carried apart from David Lord mayor
thank you uh item eight report of the
housing for all committee
thank you Lord mayor
um uh we had one substantive item of
this um so I moved item 1.1 the
confirmation of minutes 8.2 and I would
like to move um in globo the
amended resolution which was went to the
central planning panel that was passed
on Thursday which has been circulated in
a relevant to to councilors is there
support that we I move that we move all
three of those items in globo
I put those items to the council so I no
I do that oh sorry it's all right it's
been a while it's been about it
okay so um so it's been moved in global
and it's been seconded
um to how many other speakers I'll put
two all those folks say I those against
you thank you
report of the cultural and creative
committee
Council Gannon thank you Lord now uh at
last week's meeting of the culture and
creative committee we discussed two
items the first being the creative and
Festival grants and sponsorship program
and the second being our major events
Festival Charities Partners item ones
confirmation minutes item two is a
statement of ethical obligations and
disclosures of Interest
uh
items 9.3 and 9.4 were moved nearly
unanimously with the deputy Lord mayor
abstaining but I would like to move
those items
and we take out 9.3
okay yes because Council Davis will need
to and Council Weldon
so we'll move all the items in global
apart from 9.3
and that's seconded by Council [ __ ]
well actually we should have voted on
that before they went out so what we'll
do is we'll deal with nine uh 933 yes
um so could you move that
so item 9.3 with the grants and
sponsorship the cultural grants each
year the city
provides grants and sponsorships to
support initiatives and projects that
build the social cultural environmental
and economic life of the city or
applications are assessed against the
policies and goals of the city of Sydney
as agreed to by this Council we heard
from two speakers at the community Mr
George Clooney who was unfortunately
unsuccessful this round but was
encouraged to apply next year and engage
early with staff and miss Lynn Lewis
Smith from business City who was who
were successful this round Mr Lewis
Smith outlined the exciting work
business City
is able to do things to the partnership
with the city including what we all hope
will be a successful bid for cop 31. I'd
like to know the recommendation that's
second I'm happy to second that thank
you so um I'll put that to you all those
in both say aye most against the current
code University thank you
no invite the others back
and we'll deal with the other items
so that's
remove these
so it's just this one
come back so Council again we're doing
now with 9.4 yes that's correct uh item
9.4 major events and festivals charity
partners for 2023-24 uh
okay I'll move that much okay singed by
Council [ __ ]
um I'll I'll put that to you all those
in favoursay aye those games to clear a
code you know so thank you wonderful
uh item 10 report of the resilient
communities committee
uh Council Davis thank you Lord man
I'm councilor Davis and I'll be
reporting on the resilient communities
committee from last Monday the 19th of
June noting my disclosures for items
10.4 and 10.5 I will not be voting on
these items and will leave the chamber
councilors I'd like to move items 10.1
10.2 and 10.3 and globo which includes
public exhibition of the draft city of
City resilience strategy I put it to the
vote do I have a second no no
I did that
it's all right um thank you
did Floyd May are you second doing that
right okay
so it's been signed by cancer Dave Lord
me
thank you um I just wanted to add some
brief notes for the stuff the city of
Sydney resilience strategy which is 10.3
it's going on exhibition
um I strongly support this strategy it's
a really exciting development and um I
wanted to pass under some feedback I'm
not proposing to move any amendments but
um I've already received calls in the
office and some feedback about the
resilience strategy particular interest
in
um there's around obviously a housing
affordability and that housing
affordability specifically mentioned in
the strategy uh passing on to staff to
request that it does still have us in
the box of advocating for affordable
housing is the main thing we do rather
than necessarily more Hands-On action so
I just want to pass it on as feedback
that I've already received but also as
we'll discuss later tonight one of the
main themes of the Forum we had on
loneliness in the city was this idea of
safe space and it's a central theme of
the resilience strategy and the idea
that everyone should have a place where
they feel safe and that looks different
for everybody that sometimes it used to
be maybe more Church halls or other
spaces but our communities now it's more
likely to be a library it could be a
community center they go to it would be
an unstaffed Town Hall it could be very
often it's a council space it could be a
sporting club or a PCYC and that one of
the things that could be considered for
example is in our community strategic
plan we have a Target that everyone is
within 10 minutes of all the things they
need in their life it's essential and
that it could be considered that a safe
place to go is one of those targets to
be added that should be within 10
minutes in a crisis so I just wanted to
pass that feedback on because we've
received it so far but not move
amendments because obviously this is
going out to exhibition and we'll be
able to hear all that together when it
comes back so um Council Davis this is
really important about strengthening the
resilience of our community to shocks
and stresses and contribute to local
Metropolitan scale resilience it's
something that was launched here first
in the city and we've done a lot of work
over the years I think given that it's
been pulled out I'll just mentioned the
directions and comfortable inclusive and
connected Community climate resilient
City
places buildings and infrastructure for
resilience a robust local economy and a
prepared community so it's really
covering the whole the whole range of of
of aspects to helping a community be
resilient so I'd just like to thank the
staff for this work this continuing work
it's really good
so I'll put the recommendation
all those in favourso you've moved the
recommendation
yes I moved the recommendations
so I'll put it to you all those people
say I those against code you never say
thank you
10.4 10.4 10.5
so um 10.4 grants and sponsorship
Community grants and Aboriginal Torres
Strait are the collaboration fund the
report is recommending that Council
approved the following grants Community
Services Grants
um
an average Utah State all under
collaboration fund one Grant to a total
of fifty thousand dollars for a payment
in 23.24 and
um the community services Grant have has
21 grants to a local value of 840 192 in
cash of 53 000
um value in kind for payment in 23.24
with another 180 000 in cash for 24 25
and 25 26. so that was
um I carried
you notice I think
councilor the debt not very abstained
from that one
but Joe you've had time to read your
paper stuff okay all right I'll put it
to you all as a paper say um seconded by
cancer Chan put his hand up all those in
favoursay aye those against you now say
thank you
and and 10.5
the grants and sponsorship accommodation
grants program
um the annual performance review and
lease renewals 2023 in the grant of
License to scarred trees Ministry I
think that's the most wonderful title
reporters recommending we note the 68
leaseholders with satisfactory annual
performance reviews for 2022. at the
darlingho theater company digital
storytellers limited and we are warriors
we're not required to complete an annual
performance review as they haven't been
in the program for the full 12 months
and we'll submit a review next year
approve new leases in Helens Community
Center in Glebe Good Start Early
Learning Centers in darlinghurst
Annandale and Alexandria and milk crate
theater in Alexandria town hall and a
proven ad hoc grant for office space in
Glebe town hall to scarred trees
Ministry so um I'm happy to move that
it's seconded by Council Gannon I'll put
that to you always maybe say aye those
against declare code you know say thank
you
item 11 report of the transport Heritage
environment and planning committee and
Sir Chan
thank you Lord mayor for this committee
we've received further information from
City staff
for item 4 post exhibition Urban Forest
strategy Street tree master plan and
Tree Management and donation policy
Council will receive a future CEO update
item 11.6 post exhibition planning
proposal
118130 Epson Road and 905 South Downing
Street setland Sydney LEP 2012 and
Sydney DCP 2012 amendments counselors
have received a relevant to memo and an
alternative recommendation
for item 11.8 traffic treatment proposed
closure of Liverpool Street to traffic
at Oxford Street darlinghurst I know
that councilors have received also
irrelevant to memo I'd like to recommend
that all items are voted on in global
would that be acceptable to councilors
so um do we have a second
cancer [ __ ] Joe told me you wish to take
something out uh thank you Lord mayor um
I wish to discuss 11.6 the planning
proposal and 11.9 the access strategy so
Council Chan we can move them um in
global apart from 11.6 and 11.9
um
and it's been signed by councilor Cox
I'll put that to you all those people
say aye those against you know so thank
you councilor Chan 11.6
11.6 post exhibition planning proposal
118 230 Epson Road and 100 905 South
dialling Street zetland Sydney local
environmental plan 2012 and Sydney
development control plan 2012 amendments
this site was the formerly Suttons car
dealership is one of the last and
largest undeveloped sites within the
Epson Park neighborhood at just over
four hectares the city has prepared this
planning proposal following a request to
develop the site from the land owner
meriton it will deliver you know of the
objectives of the Epson Park master plan
in the DCP
the proposed changes to the planning
controls will enable mixed-use buildings
ranging from three meters to 19 meters
up to 25 stories this includes three
towers that can be located anywhere
within the site as long as they have a
footprint cap and achieves solar access
outcomes for public open spaces and
other residents
there's also 30 low-rise Terraces for
families and 785 Apartments of varying
sizes over 3 000 square meters on
non-residential floor space including
our child care center a supermarket
which has been increased to 1 200 square
meters and other General retail there's
also a 23 meter wide public transport
corridor
860 car spaces are permitted
new streets pocket parks and a plaza and
a 2 500 square meter new park Mughal
Park which will provide greater solar
access existing controls with a more
consistent height of buildings across
the site provide Sun access to only 53
percent of Mughal Park these proposed
controls with the 90 meter Tower will
provide Sun access to 78 of this public
park there are no changes being proposed
through the floor space Ratio or the
mixed use zoning or the density
in terms of the planning agreements uh
it includes the following public
benefits a stretch sustainability
targets including higher than minimum
basic sustainable requirements and dual
reticulation water system or residential
parking spaces will be capable of being
fitted with EV charges a minimum
3696 square meters of non-residential
floor space for retail child care and
other services
following the city's advocacy the
developer has revised the public benefit
offer and agreed to build affordable
housing on sites in its own separate
building any affordable housing
contribution required on top of what is
provided on site will be supplied to the
city as a financial contribution we have
received a relevant to memo with an
alternative recommendation to notes that
the CEO will amend the planning
agreements in line with this new offer
which is also attached in our committee
papers
in terms of consultation The Proposal
was exhibited from the 27th of March to
the 8th of May for six weeks this year
and the notification area was included
the residents of randwick council the
city hosted an online information
session on the 4th of April where staff
presented the proposal and residents
could ask questions to city planners the
city received 144 submissions from the
community proponents and public
authorities including the Council of
randwick
and so Lord mayor I'd like to move that
you
sir I like to put the recommendation so
you'd like to move the recommendation
I'm happy to Second it thanks and I
might go to Mr Yan just to speak to this
item
um
not
sure that the description that councilor
Chen gave was very thorough yes
um the matter was discussed at Council
we said that we would develop a relevant
too to capture meritens
um revised planning offer
the revised planning offer was amended
and presented to the csbc it was
unanimously supported as an
incorporation together with the proposal
overall
and uh
and so councilor Chan has now described
the amended
proposal relevant to which includes the
building of the affordable cousin
component up to 2194 square meters
and any residual flaw space to be
monetized and paid to the contribution
fund
thank you very much so
um do I have any any other speakers we
have we have canvassed this quite
extensively a committee and also at this
interesting planning committee it's
interesting planning committee did
endorse it unanimously
diplomat
thank you Lord mayor um I know there's a
number of residents listening at home
and so I thought it was important
given how actively involved the
community got in
um
posing this development to speak before
the vote goes through as councilors know
I have voted against the proposal today
and sought to defer
um I think the staff it is a very
significant Improvement on the
development that the affordable housing
will be delivered on site in perpetuity
it sets a new standard I think and sends
a really important message to Future
developers that it's not enough to just
say we're going to give you some money
and you go find somewhere else in our
crowded City to build affordable housing
that you need that they need to take
responsibility for building it on site
which is now part of this proposal when
it wasn't before
to be honest making this decision is
impossibly difficult residents were very
surprised rightly surprised to discover
this development was going ahead under
what are now all quite old rules when
the community has changed quite a lot
through all the other changes that have
happened since 2012 and we know that you
know consultation isn't long enough when
we're dealing with such a big proposal
and we know that the Gateway process is
imperfect and certainly this council is
on recorded saying that we as a local
Council should be the ones who were
responsible for managing these proposals
not the state government strategically
intervening when proposals are worth a
certain amount which covers nearly all
of the big proposals that go through in
our city and will continue to do so it's
a process we have to abolish
um on balance I'm going to vote for this
proposal tonight and it is with a very
heavy heart that I do that and I do that
knowing that
the Alternatives is to return to those
2012 planning controls that do not have
the wins in them that the community has
managed to win here particularly the
affordable housing by fighting so hard
and I guess I just wanted to say thank
you for the community working within a
broken system it's it's not too late for
the state government to say you know
what we are going to genuinely
acknowledge what is not working here we
are going to acknowledge the congestion
we're going to acknowledge we're
responsible for it by letting these
developments go through through targets
without them coming in with things like
the metro station privatizing and
cutting the bus routes and then
expecting the community to wear it and
then giving very little time and
consultation I mean 138 submissions with
ostensibly very few changes to the
proposal is heartbreaking but it's the
way the system's designed to work and
it's a system we need to change so I
think I wanted to thank the residents
and offer my commitment to continue to
work with them to move the fight to the
state level where it needs to with what
with the remaining power we have to to
change that with the new labor
government I think it's a genuine test
for this new labor government in terms
of saying it was going to put more
Community back into planning
um and this is their first big test to
do that but I didn't want to go let this
vote go through without having the
opportunity to speak to it because I
think it's important to be upfront about
how hard
and impossibly hard this decision is and
acknowledging that as a green there's a
strong diversity of views within our
Network about whether this proposal
should be supported it's all legitimate
and it's all imperfect thank you
Council Scott thanks Lord mayor I too
um uh have opposed this development
today because there has not been a
significant um in my view enough public
benefit offer on the table and so it is
the case with the addition of this
public benefit Proposal with an
additional 25 affordable houses in
perpetuity with some potential other
space left over to be monetized for the
city's affordable housing fund that I
think that that is a significant public
benefit proposal and therefore I support
this proposal
I also think it is the case that there
has not been enough investment in the
infrastructure particularly in this area
I spoke last week about how now with the
population due to be 61 000 uh this area
is desperately in need of enough public
transport to allow people to come and go
from their homes with Safety and
Security and accessibility there has to
be an investment in enough education
enough housing enough schools enough
hospitals and a range of other services
that ensure that this kind of densely
populated area is livable those things
are still to come this planning system
that we have here in New South Wales of
course cannot deliver train stations
schools it cannot deliver the kinds of
state or federal infrastructure that we
need and nevertheless we still need them
Lord mayor I also want to acknowledge
that this is an example of council rules
undertaking our planning duties
responsibly and effectively it is the
case that these 25 properties will be in
perpetuity they're not short-term it is
a case of the council considering the
development on its merits undertaking to
engage with the community in a public
forum undertaking to engage with the
proponent in a public forum and
undertaking to be very very transparent
about those negotiations I certainly
around this table when the developers
sat at the end of the table have been
very clear about my wishes about the
need for affordable housing on this site
I've been very very transparent around
that here and I think that this is a
good example of how councils can
responsibly sensibly upheld our duties
in the planning system this proposal is
not perfect I know there will be many
community members who'll be upset indeed
I'm confident the proponent is not
entirely happy either but we have a
requirement to consider this proposal on
its merits I think as it lands today on
its merits whilst it is not perfect it
is something I support I look forward to
25 new people moving into those
affordable housing units in perpetuity
thank you
thank you I've got to say that I'm very
surprised by the opposition to this
proposal the opposition we've seen in
the past this proposal
um this area has been designated a
growth area by the former labor
government back in 1995
um and Council took on its
responsibility when South Sydney was
Amalgamated into the City and and began
our work on this site in 2008 and we
have provided
the architecture has to go through a
design Excellence process we have
created walkable streets beautiful Parks
wonderful Community facilities advocated
very strongly for a school to the point
where we would set aside the land and
even put forward the plan that school's
now being built we're doing it in
partnership with the state we have a
very uh strongly advocated for many
years about improved public transport
and the buses have improved in quantity
which I'm pleased to see but they're not
electric yet and the commitment of the
labor government back in 1996 was that
it would have this area would have light
rail so now Labor's back in in in charge
of of of government
um we can see that uh that commitment
back then now being realized I hope
um and um of course in that period of
time
um the former government developed a
Metro system and there was to be a metro
station that was going to be extended
from Hunter Street for this area we've
lobbied very hard for that too and I
argued to uh Minister Constance over
over many years as when he was transport
minister to get mass transit to to Green
Square so I'm surprised that the
Kensington Community is not aware of all
of that or aware of the development of
the growth area that it was a government
decision sixty thousand people to live
there by 2030 over the road over the
seven Lanes of highway is a a
traditional Suburban urban area of
Kensington they have seen the progress
of this world work happening this
proposal is is I think a a an
outstanding one in terms of the public
benefit in terms of the increased
sunlight to the park in terms of the
child care center in terms of the
supermarket in terms of the
sustainability
um you know we have extended Basics here
much more sustainable buildings we have
a dual plumbing and and recycled water
and this is the only building outside
the Town Center where it was mandated
that had to happen within the Town
Center this building is happening
outside the Town Center so that is a
really important commitment and setting
a really good precedent for us for other
developments as well as the affordable
Standalone affordable housing that's now
been included thanks to our staff taking
this up with the uh the applicant
um we will still be getting a financial
contribution that will go towards our
affordable housing in perpetuity program
so there is so much here to to recommend
it people won't have to go far to go to
child care or to supermarket or or a
library or or a swim or to get the bus
at the moment and hopefully in the very
near future the Light Rail and and then
in the long term the Metro so um I and I
I think that um I'd like to congratulate
our staff for the work that they've done
on this and I think this is going to be
a a word very worthwhile I couldn't
contributor to the green square Precinct
Council Wilder
thank you Lord me
as you know that I actually am quite uh
happy that the uh 25 or there's
additional properties for social and
affordable housing on the site it's
disappointing that it wasn't done from
the beginning
as I stated in the committee's meetings
that this is the last and the largest
undeveloped sites in the zetlin green
square area
it will be the most densely populated
area in Australia
as I stated at the committee meetings is
that the traffic traffic study should
take place before it is approved
I will not
support this tonight I will continue to
stand with the residents the
disappointment is all around it's not
just a matter of uh who's saying what
other residents haven't done or are not
aware they are aware because they
continue to live it the impacts in a the
livability or lack thereof of the
residents that they're experiencing now
and will experience 10 times worse into
the future
I feel extremely concerned for the
residents that are in and around this
site and I am so disappointed that there
is so much more that needs to be done
there hasn't been enough done in terms
of making sure which government whether
you're going to refer to this person or
that person or what government in what
year it's about this local government
and what we are doing and what we should
be doing we certainly need to be
advocating more for the resources and
the infrastructure that is not there for
the residents at the moment and need to
be there for the residents into the
future and need to take place and this
Council needs to Advocate although it
was about the staff emphasizing the need
for the Social and affordable housing
it's certainly some of the questions
that were raised by the councilors and
certainly not by the Developers
cancer Chan do you wish to say anything
in reply
I believe councilor Walling wanted to oh
Council I'll leave I'll reserve my
rights thanks
um thank you Lord mayor to all the
opponents of this development I ask you
to judge the city of Sydney on its track
record
under the leadership of clovermore we've
transformed Sydney's oldest industrial
Heartland into a modern Town Center
and tackled many challenges in the
process we're not talking million spent
we're talking billions
improvements that are world class
including our knockout Library
award-winning Aquatic Center Child Care
Center Parks playgrounds public Arts
roads cycleways footpaths and while it's
out of sight let's not forget the trunk
drain that is alleviated flooding in the
area 40 million well
soon we'll have a new school which you
know the Lord May discussed earlier
we'll also be added to this lineup it
will benefit we should remember it will
benefit residents after hours on weekend
with co-sharing facilities another win
for the area
I'm sure that there are many on the west
Fringe of Kensington making the most of
these amenities
in fact when I was campaigning at
ganyama I was often met with the words
thank you for the brochure but I live in
randwick Council isn't it wonderful that
the city of Sydney is supporting our
neighbors
now if only the state government
which the Lord might brought out would
hurry up and come to the party on public
transport especially the public the
transport Corridor that the city of
Sydney has spent 40 million dollars and
it was set aside for light rail this was
promised right back in 1995 by the then
labor government
all of this takes vision
this is Place making that other lgas
across this country should look at as an
example of successful medium to high
density living
opponents tonight should trust the city
is consistently approving developments
that benefit our communities today and
into the future I wholeheartedly support
this item and the city's recommendation
and will be voting in favourof it thank
you Council Walling so um Council Chen
thank you Lord mayor
I think it's really important
that we
speak to the design value of this item
it's really important
that we recognize why
I'm supporting along alongside other
councilors who are supporting this item
and this project today at Central Sydney
planning committee last Thursday Lord
mayor there was a discussion
around the cumulative impacts of bad
planning across New South Wales
this included Canterbury Granville
carlingford mascot the government
architect Abby Gavin also added Meadow
back to that list
we're here because and I support this
because it this we're rejecting this
monoculture of monoliths that we see
across greater Sydney in other Town
centers in other areas that is
experiencing growth in fact this is an
example of density done well it's a
master planning exercise that has come
about because of the design advisory
panel our independence design experts
who said
that we needed to re-look at the heights
of this site so that we can offer much
better design outcomes but also a much
better benefits to the public so I do
thank the members our independent
experts who are part of that panel
because this is a far superior outcome
than we would have had originally
this outcome provides a scale that
respects the density of the SAT
it provides good Urban shaping good City
making by forming and positioning
markers on the corners of the site
particularly at zetland Avenue and Link
Road this is good design principles it
also provides a diversity of built form
that is contextual not only of the site
but contextual to The Wider precincts
especially to the the sites to the north
this lender Towers creates more love
Footprints promote walkability promote
walkable blocks and also allow solar
solar access for the green spaces
and finally we've achieved actually
diversity in the housing stock that
we've always been calling for by
providing low Terrace housing ground
addresses and activation to the street
level Apartments a street presence
an accommodation and apartments that
will house those who are in need of
affordable housing but also
different sizes of family units
yes there has been
concerns from the community about the
overshadowing and the height impacts to
Kensington
I want to draw on the worst scenario
which is during the winter solstice
where we once during winter 21st of June
where we want the most amount of solar
access to those in the neighboring
suburbs
what we're providing is actually 5.5
hours of Sun that's in compliance the
compliance we need to meet minimum is
two hours we're providing 5.5 hours of
Sun
and then in terms of the setback and the
intrusion
ask just sit back on the site from the
tallest tower is 2.5 times the distance
compared to the other developments
so it's a setback of 165 meters
our city staff have actually worked very
hard on this to create a good Urban
livable space a Precinct that would
hopefully be much loved in the future
and of course we've heard about the
affordable housing and the agreement
that's been that's on this
recommendation
and we're leading the way this is a
third development to actually provide
on-site
affordable housing that the city has
seen not just a levy not just a
contribution like other councils
Bachelor embed that forms of housing
into our tenancy into the mix of the
future community and that is really
important and something that is very
welcomed
finally it's the first development that
the city has seen to have tauren's title
it is not part of the strata plan of the
private Market housing which means that
those additional costs to strata fees
aren't on the onus of those affordable
housing tenants they'll be separate from
that in terms of
um those types of fees that they might
have in the market housing so this
should be actually applauded in terms of
the Innovation that's been delivered not
just on the design but also the public
benefits and it's something that I
commend and thank our City's planning
staff but also our design advisory panel
for reaching this outcome yeah thank you
very much Council Chan and just for
abundant Clarity there will be a
financial contribution to go towards
affordable housing as well as the
Standalone housing that has been
committed to so I'll put the motion to
you all those in favoursay aye
us against
councilwoman against
thank you um we're now due for a Break
um and I'll move that we have a break
now for 15 minutes is that signal by
Council o'clock put that to you always
in favoursay aye those against occur at
carried thank you
Liz I'll move that we re-adjourn that's
seconded by councilor [ __ ]
all those and folks say ah those against
Carrie thank you so um cancer h y Chan
we're doing 11.9
yes so 11.9 public exhibition City
access strategy and action plan now this
is the integrated comprehensive access
strategy for the elderly LGA since
connecting our city in 2012. it's
consistent with the New South Wales
government's future transport strategy
2056. it also Builds on some of the key
achievements of sustainable Sydney 2030
by delivering 25 kilometers of separated
takeaways 60 kilometers of shared paths
and 40 kilometers of related
infrastructure speed limits are 40
kilometers per hour or less on 75 of our
roads a wayfinding system of 3 000 signs
and 2560 tactile markers 280 new benches
and 73 drinking fountains to make
Journeys more comfortable
265 million dollars towards the
revitalization of George Street with
Light Rail and over 20 000 square meters
of pedestrian public domain upgrades a
Transit Corridor in green Square
it's also part of the seven new Metro
stations being developed delivered by
2030 and improved access at three major
stations more than sixteen thousand five
hundred trees planted since 2005 and 12
000 lead LED street lights installed
this access strategy and action plan is
underpinned by sustainable Sydney
2030-250.
and the community strategic plan
it aligns what the city will continue to
do to create a city for walking cycling
and public transport including advocacy
to the New South Wales governments the
access strategies key objectives are to
deliver an integrated transport and land
use system and inform planning of key
precincts reallocate Street space and
improved places respond to the climate
emergency and build resilience enable
the city to continue to grow and assist
in pandemic recovery strengthen
inclusion and save lives and shape the
city around a networked public transport
system this draft action plan contains
17 actions and how they can be achieved
that the city will update over time
the report seeks council's approval to
exhibit the draft access access strategy
and action plan and note that it will be
reported back to council with the
consultation outcomes Lord may I like to
move the recommendation thank you
Council Chen I I think I'm just pulling
out one of these items here reforming
the traffic committees well we've
already reformed the name of the traffic
committees The Pedestrian cycling and
and and traffic calming
um committee but um that's really
important because we're calling for more
control over local roads to more easily
change parking controls to install new
pedestrian Crossings to build cycleways
set speed limits manage traffic signal
phasing it it's going to be fantastic if
um councils responsible and and
um well-endowed councils can make all
those decisions it would enable us to
get on with our work much faster it
would be terrific
um the others uh I mean this is this has
got some terrific things there
let's really just a summary of what
we're doing isn't it
I'll give you an update
I'm happy to Second it yes
thank you um I think this is a great
strategy and I just want to rise again
briefly to speak pass on some feedback
that I've already received on the um
some of the Targets in from our
community discussions on Monday I mean I
think it's a great strategy around
particularly around calming our city and
the talk of moving from 40 to 30 K's
because we had one of the speakers on
Monday the feedback that I wanted to
pass on is the city has a lot of great
initiatives around disability access and
um I've been playing with the map in
particular recently that you can use to
find where it is you can get through the
city that the city hosts on its website
which is fantastic there are no specific
hard disability Targets in this plan
though that there's strong commitments
to that so the feedback that I wanted to
pass on that I'd received to date that
that would be something it would be good
to consider obviously taking into
account what else comes back from the
consultation but I want to take the
opportunity to pass that on now I'm very
happy to vote for the strategy to go on
exhibition tonight so and it will be
good if we get feedback too from people
on those issues to people admit
to encourage them to do a submission
so I'll I'll put the uh the item to you
all those in favourI'll put the
recommendation to you all those in favor
say aye those against the cleric code
you know let's see thank you
uh item 12 has been withdrawn item 13
questions on notice uh item 14
supplementary answers to previous
questions uh item 15 notices of motion
15.1 Taylor square pedestrianization and
upgrade feasibility study Council again
thank you Lord mayor and thank you to
councilor walling for setting ahead of
time his amendment to my motion which I
accept in full
as a city that Prides itself on progress
and Innovation it is crucial that we
prioritize the well-being and safety of
our citizens by creating vibrant
well-centered spaces I firmly believe
that an upgrade of Taylor Square coupled
with the pedestrianization of parts of
Forbes Bowie and Burke streets is a
necessary one by reclaiming our streets
for pedestrians we create safe havens
where people can stroll interact and
experience the vibrant fabric of our
community we only had to look out the
window to see the excellent example of
George Street and how pedestrianization
creates massive benefits from our
community and I think we all agree it's
absolutely fantastic there
Taylor Square situated in the heart of
Sydney's vibrant inner East demands our
attention now the former darlinghurst
police station will be soon be handed
over to Utopia which we're all familiar
with these streets hug that site but I
believe it would be fantastic to
pedestrianize them so we can expand and
improve Taylor Square
this will also support its much-loved
neighbor the national art school and
allow it to be the beating heart
of the soon to be revitalized Oxford
Street precinct you all know my
long-held ambitions for the darling uh
the darlinghurst court Precinct as well
which is also recognized in the
sustainable 20 30 50 plan
um as per the amended by Council Walling
this would be a complete game changer
for the area
I do believe we can create a seamless
interconnected network of safe and
livable sorry a safe and Lively
pedestrian spaces that will attract
visitors support local businesses and
improve the overall experience of the
area I am particularly excited to see
the future of Folly Street taking place
with a bit of developments along the
northern side of Oxford Street as well
as the proposed Soho House will
allegedly so has behind it at the corner
of Crown and Foley I know there is an
enormous potential there to activate
Foley Street
by embracing this opportunity we can
transform Taylor square into an even
more vibrant cultural Precinct assist in
the overall sorry the Revival of Oxford
Street and create a blueprint for future
developments in the future of urban
developments in inner Sydney
thank you thanks again so is there a
seconder
councilor Jarrod Council Walling
like something
I'd like to thank councilor Gannon for
being so willing to incorporate my
amendment in this notice of motion
as counselors and staff we'll have seen
from my Amendment circulated prior to
the council meeting I've amended the
motion to include further details from
sustainable Sydney 2030 2050.
I felt it was important that the motion
noted the many transformative project
ideas that are already underway and
which involve this Precinct this
includes recognizing and renewing the
national art school as a key cultural
Institution for the area
opening the historic darlinghurst
Courthouse complex for public and
cultural use
and opening the frontage to Oxford
Street and Taylor Square to connect this
major cultural Hub to The Wider Precinct
it's no secret that the city is
committed to elevating this area as a
major cultural destination we saw that
during World Pride
this missing piece of the puzzle which I
have also included so the missing piece
of the puzzle which I've also included
in my amendment is regarding how we fund
the upgrades of this Precinct it should
not fall on the city alone it requires
commitment and investment from the New
South Wales government thank you
do you have swelling do I have any other
speakers
so I'll put the do you wish to speak
again councilor again so I'll put
um I'll put your recommendation to us
all those in favoursay aye
was against declare cardinality thank
you
item 15.2 gets yellow Park councilor
Jared
um thank you Lord mayor
uh this notice of motion has come from a
meeting that I had with a group of
Buckland Street residents in Alexandria
on the 25th of May who'd reached out to
all of us as counselors have got no
positive responses from any of us except
for you know Council staff
Communications which really didn't
address the actual issues that the
residents wanted us to be listening to
and those issues related to the last
three months which has been the
full-time use of the amazing new
facilities the basketball courts the
soccer fields the playing fields all the
other bits and pieces that now are
attached to the school
this
motion has got nothing to do which with
those issues that were set out in the
conditions set around the 2018 design
and delivery agreement that was a whole
lifetime for all of us 2018 ago
I was the only counselor that responded
as I see it as my role to bring the
issues of our residents
to be enabled them to raise with us the
decision makers the responses that
demonstrate that we are listening to our
different and diverse communities and
then we work on solutions to enable
people to enjoy their city and get the
balance right
not 2018 agreements nor 2030 2050
strategies
notice the motion contains issues raised
by those local residents regarding the
balance between the livability for
residents and the recreational uses of
Italia is I don't know how to pronounce
Italia thank you katilia and the school
are an important part of the Alexandra
community and that's recognized by the
residents
it's a terrific facility that provides
great scope and use for sporting groups
and residents the facility is a joint
development with the Department of
Education and the City of Sydney
however now that the area is being made
full use of a number of concerns have
been raised by the residents as well as
possible solutions
which they have also raised with
education New South Wales School
infrastructure
my notice of motion consists of a number
of Parts firstly is that the council
liaises with the Department of Education
major concerns raised by the residents
and the source of many of the breaches
of the designated after hours terms is
the very easy access to the field via a
1.2 meter high fence that runs along
Park Road
for those of you who aren't clear in
this area I don't know how many of
you've actually been to visit and have a
look
Park Road was a former Road that's now
been closed to enable a flow from the
Alexandria oval all the way through to
the school
it's actually a very pretty area and
it's a very well used area however
anyone can jump the 1.2 meter high fence
they can take their dogs their sporting
equipment picnics with or without
alcohol onto whatever field they want to
and conversely people can exit the
school grounds if they don't want to
stay at school for the day
there's also a security issue for the
safety of the school community
raising the fence is the more
appropriate or more appropriate height
I'm informed has been agreed to by the
school infrastructure but as the fences
on Council Grounds it is council's
responsibility to replace the fence
this simple solution would ensure that
any anti-social Behavior outside of
operating hours is mitigated improving
the overall experience of all the area
and including any safety concerns or
liabilities that could arise if people
trespass onto the school's sports field
there's also been a lot of anti-social
Behavior
exhibited regularly during the nighttime
use of the fields and you will see from
the videos that have been sent by
residents and by the emails that you
have received and I've shared with you
I've been told a really quite genuine
concerns where residents have been
exposed to listening and witnessing the
behavior which and I'll apologize for
anyone who's offended has included
urinating defecating stripping off in
the street horn blowing and car revving
yelling and other anti-social behaviors
so a very interesting video this
afternoon which a member of
um
the residence group was incredibly upset
about and I have was very disappointed
in the response that was received from
the CEO to me
further to the issue and what has
possibly been resolved as we're actually
considering this no notice of motion is
the need for sufficient toilets and
change rooms
at the moment there is only one
accessible public toilet close to the
sports field but I do understand that
the school is working with the residents
through accessible access to the
school's change rooms for after hours
use
the CEO has ever been requested to write
to and work with the Department of
Education to discuss increasing the
height of that fence surrounding the
fields this would ameliorate many of the
issues the residents have raised
residents have also raised legitimate
issues around noise levels coming from
the sports field
sorry from sports teams using the fields
and courts
the acoustic testing to date is based on
a pre-construction report in 2018 and
recently based on 15 students during
school hours
not the current Amphitheater design of
the school and the much larger number of
adults using the fields the courts
outside of school hours to play 10 games
with umpires whistles swearing team
celebrations and that very recognizable
noise of a basketball banging on a hard
court
they've also asked that we investigate
the benefits of sound mitigation
barriers that have been used by other
schools in other areas
the installation of sound barriers could
be a solution to allow a reduction in
the noise and allow for the sports teams
that do use the fields to continue to
use the field and the courts
it would be also noted that the
relocation of the current noisy hires
does not preclude other users from
replicating the issues in the next round
of tenders for the use
the residents excuse me cancer Jared
that's five minutes do you need an
extension thinking I would appreciate
one more man what two minutes two
minutes so I move that cancer Jared has
an extension of two minutes set seconded
by Council Gannon I'll put that to you
all those and people say I those against
declare it carried you know say thank
you thank you very much
um the council the residents and the
department should all be informed via
this acoustic current acoustic report as
to Solutions based on real-time evidence
there's also a request for reduction in
the after hours use particularly on
weeknights because residents live within
20 meters
of the sports field this is not your
standard Sports facility people live
across the road
they live with their bedrooms facing the
field people who do shift work people
who work from home and the council's
response to date is not in line with the
council's general commitment to health
and well-being of all our residents
there are times when the particular sets
of circumstances need to be taken into
account not a bland reference to some
Sydney 2030 2050 strategy
and add that to the fact that people can
jump the fence at any time to use the
fields contrary to what any sign or any
online terms of use may say all makes
nonsense of the council's references to
terms of use
the FIFA lighting is another issue it's
been set up as if we're playing World
Cup games on a school sports field
I understand that there has been some
moves to lower the amount of lighting
but again the residents have not been
listened to
the lighting is just 20 meters away
imagine a FIFA international World Cup
light boring into your bedroom
it causes significant disruption
including physical and mental distress
for the residents who are enjoying their
homes just across the street
investigating the feasibility of
reducing the intensity dimming the
lights or perhaps even turning them off
after use is now more than possible with
modern technology and would assist in
the council's sustainability targets
this would ensure that the lighting was
used for the sporting activities ensures
safety for all the residents and sports
field users but also address the glaring
amenity issue that is currently
impacting residents
my last one is because I am a lawyer and
I do like to see terms and conditions
actually reflect the agreement and the
particular circumstances of the
agreement that's been entered into
I note the Amendments the councilor
Davis has very kindly put forward and I
actually agree with them except that I
would ask
do we get some indication uh with
respect to when and under what terms and
conditions
the number six C which is the height of
the fence
is
um going to be undertaken and when an
agreement will be reached perhaps that's
something that the CEO can address
and I also would like that in with
respect to
the amendments to be of my notice of
motion so when looking at the noise
mitigation issue that you take into
consideration the a to d of my requests
from the residents as to what mitigation
lawyers study is undertaking
and that we also get some idea of when
all of these issues will be reported
back to us and more importantly
implemented for the residents of
Buckingham Street and Alexandra Park
which will not only help them going
forward to enjoy or that the council and
the Department of Education has given to
us but also give them confidence that
they are listened to
they are not just a person at the end of
a letter or an email or a phone number
so as I say I'm happy to accept the
Amendments of councilor Davis with those
provisos thank you
thank you Council Jared um cancer Davis
thank you Lord mayor um
I was just wondering would the CEO want
to respond to councilor Jarrett's
um before I speak to the amendment
I think I can speak to you man okay so
thank you Lord mayor 75 of our residents
live in a public space in the city is
limited this is why
we place so much importance on enhancing
our Sports Fields increasing our payable
hours and making our city sustainable
healthy and inclusive I note the
residents concerns about the operation
of our new facility at gatella Park
staff have been working incredibly hard
to address the residents concerns and I
wish to amend the motion and enlisting
some of those achievements in particular
they've met with and written two
sporting clubs asking them to be
respectful of their neighbors reduce
lighting levels investigate increasing
the fence height and two additional
security patrols at night visit the SS
assess visit to assess noise found in
the consist inconsistent with our other
sports Fields organize additional access
to the accessible toilet within the
school in addition to public toilet that
is opened next to the sports field
investigate reducing weekday hours from
10 pm to 9pm in relation to the proposed
actions and outcomes the original motion
was too restrictive and either mended
this to reflect accordingly thank you
cancer bowling
um I know this area well I have good
friends who live directly opposite this
sporting field and I've spoken to them
about some of these concerns
on Saturday morning just passed I joined
the my regular dog walking Group which
we normally go to Sydney Park but for
this day one of the dogs was on heat and
we needed to uh make sure that they were
well looked after so we went to
Alexandria park
it was very timely to go to Alexandria
Park Gary Ella is fresh in my mind and I
must say I was really impressed yet
again
but like many amenities that we build in
the city of Sydney and we build a lot
good things take time
have we got it right yes yet no are we
going to get it right yes
one of the concerns I heard flirting
about is about the lack of toilets at
the park but there's as we've heard
tonight as well there's actually a
wonderful facility in the park it's
wheelchair accessible it's gender
neutral it's it's a quite a large
bathroom there's uh
great opportunities to change in that
bathroom as well
but the um
so but the problem I you know I won't
say a problem but maybe we could just do
with a little bit more signage in the
sporting field area
um letting people know that there is a
toilet there so that when people need to
go they know where to go
um no one's saying that this is not a
problem the city is listening to the
residents and we're trying to find
solutions to benefit the greatest amount
of people
many of councilor Jared's suggestions
are overly prescriptive and preemptive
it doesn't take into consideration what
the community wants what the school
wants and what staff are already
investigating
the recommendations in councilor Davis's
abandon is just what is required that
the CEO CEO be requested to investigate
residents concerns about noise lighting
fence Height hours of use after hours
access and lack of toilets at gatiela
and report back to council
thank you
Council Scott
thank you I've consulted the community
myself as well and I just wanted to read
out some of the feedback
what a hopeless short-sighted knee-jerk
reaction from the liberal counselors the
Fielding is still in its early days and
we look and we should look at what the
issues are and look to Solutions prior
to restricting hours of operations
clubs need extended hours for practice
multiple Sports different genders and
age groups require long hours of
availability the benefits for the
community are huge at the expense of
some extra noise I understand but 8 PM
closure is just impractical
another 8 P.M is way too early for the
closure of sports grounds especially in
summer giving the amount of use they are
now enjoying another so many children
including mine use these facilities not
just a new football field
um We complain we spend too much time
wedded to technology and the moment we
create something that get kids outside
we put a clamp on it
I can't go through all the comments that
I have received about this but I have
received an endless stream of supportive
comments about the use of the fields and
the way that they are being used
it is unfortunate that living in the
inner city comes with some noise and
discomfort we live in a very dense part
of the world and that unfortunately does
mean that people go in search of public
toilets and when they can't find them a
small number uh don't behave in the
right way it is the case that there is
noise Associated very close to our
living I support a notice of motion
which looks at this and tries to find
practical Solutions such as many of the
things that it seems have already been
done reducing some of the lighting
intensity opening with the generous
support of the school and the PNC the
toilets and a range of other activities
but I do not support reducing the amount
of use that these fields get the
negotiation over these fields took years
they took years and years to get them
right they of are of enormous public
benefit they were off the back of the
city's own sporting needs analysis which
shows that we were significantly short
in the number of ovals and other
sporting facilities that we are able to
offer at all the only way we can achieve
these is through collaboration and this
is an example of how we need to
collaborate with schools or other public
bodies to achieve the number of fields
and outdoor spaces that people need to
play
we need to not put up
signs that are misleading we need to not
put up fences that can be dangerous this
is a diverse Community a diverse
community in Alexandria and a very
diverse community that goes to that
school if we seriously think that making
making fences higher is going to
actually act as a behavioral impediment
I just don't understand whether liberal
counselors are coming from what we don't
need here is higher fences to increase
risk what we don't need here is another
TJ hickey what we do not need is more
barriers to stop people from being able
to use our sporting Fields there are
practical simple measures that we can
take to ensure that residents have some
amenity around this but I cannot be
clear enough in my opposition to some of
the terrible ideas in this notice of
motion particularly raising the fence
which will only have the effect of
increasing danger and
causing real safety problems for the
students of this school for the local
community and for the local children in
this area this is short-sighted as
residents have said it is a very poorly
thought out notice of motion if
implemented some of these ideas are
dangerous and they would have
significantly worse public outcomes for
the local community I just cannot oppose
this notice of motion in its original
form strongly enough
so we're dealing with the amendment
moved by Council Davis
which informs us about action the city
staff have taken and also calls upon the
CEO to take certain action and report
back to council and it has deleted one
two
one two
seven
so councilor Jared um
I'm just being reminded that you agreed
to accept the amendment with
clarification is that right can you say
can you clarify that's correct Lord
mayor I mean we'll say that I do find
that references to very tragic accidents
that have occurred in the past are used
as a means of sorry cancer you can't
speak now
you know you just need to tell us what
the Amendments that I will agree to uh
with changes that include the criteria
for the Acoustics report
been undertaken can we just refer to the
numbers please B Roman numeral two a to
d
sorry B Roman numeral two
that's already been deleted that's what
I'm asking is that those criteria are
you under attain them are retained yes
so you want to retain B2
and is that it and that we are given
some timelines as to when
and how this is going to be reported
back not just to us but to the residents
who have put forward these ideas
thanks Council Jared so
um
not just
so she's saying that um she wants that
return
yeah okay
so
I'm Council Davis I don't think that
that was what you're putting forward
what I'm putting forward Lord mayor is
you're you're put forward a b to replace
these these yes but what council Josh is
saying she wants to put back two and
three
um and I didn't understand sorry Lord
mayor just two so we would read
investigate residence concerns about
noise lighting
which would be commissioning an external
sound consultant conduct acoustic
testing at Sports field a weekday
evening during training on the field and
so forth we then continue to read fence
Height hours of use after hours access
except
so I wouldn't I wouldn't support that
so we're dealing with it as an amendment
then
um
so we're dealing with um councilor
Davis's amendment sected by councilor
Walling which is in in the paper that's
been distributed
with no changes
um who wished to speak on Earth Council
Chan
thank you Lord mayor um I'm rising to
support councilor Davis's uh Amendment
and I also do not agree that we should
include
um points to
which is what our councilor Janet's
suggesting I think we need to consider
the access that we need for our
community and why we have such important
sporting um public sporting Fields
that's been done in partnership with the
with the State Department of Education
sixteen thousand hours Lord mayor that's
that's what we need to add in order to
reach the playable needs of our
community by 2030. this field is
providing that towards the 16 000 hours
and for those at home who from the
community watching that's equivalent to
two years of continuous playing that we
need to provide in our local government
area
I also checked the assertions that um
councilor Jarrett has made which is that
the city hasn't responded
councilor Davis mentioned that
the Lux level so the lighting levels
have been reduced in the sports field
and the court to 75 Lux
and this is directly in response to the
community comments
I also want to note again that the noise
has been assessed and it's found to be
consistent without other sports fields
yes I agree with
um what councilor Davis has added which
is to in for the CEO of our city to
investigate these concerns including the
noise and lighting and fence hours of
use after hours access and lack of
toilets at the park and I think that
covers what councilor Jarrett has also
has been considering
for me
I mean Australia's about and New Zealand
is about to host a FIFA World Cup
in our community here in Sydney
we're going to see Rising growth of
young people who will be interested in
playing soccer and we need to provide
these fields and we're providing the
fields for that access for our future
FIFA World Cup players
it's really important that we continue
making sure that this is accessible yes
they're achieving problems in terms of
the use at the moment and the city will
continue looking into it as it has done
in the past with the community so I'll
continue to strongly support councilor
Davis's Amendment
thank you Council Chen do I have any
other speakers
so I'll put the amendment to you all
those in favoursay aye
so I declared that code unanimously and
that comes
the amended motion so I'll put the
amended motion to you all those in paper
say aye
those skins carried you now to say thank
you
item 15.3 support for Sydney Street
Festival Newtown
so who's this
cancer cancer
thank you Lord mayor
um I Rise to move Mountain 15.3 support
for a Sydney streets festival for
Newtown and I think councilor walling
for some minor amendments that were sent
through I'm very happy to move those as
they've been circulated for Council so
that is the substantive motion that we
are disc that I'm moving up front today
um this is a pretty straightforward one
counselors as many of you know the
Newtown Festival had to announce this
year that it wasn't going to run again
it's been running for 40 years it was
originally a fundraiser by the Newtown
neighborhood center but also as a way to
bring the community together and it was
so very loved so much loved that it
became very very large and over time
began to not be a fundraiser for the
Newtown neighborhood center and all the
work that it did but instead be a
financial drain and so the center made
the very difficult decision that it
wasn't able to run again that's
completely understandable and the inner
West Council I note has done a lot of
work to incorporate aspects of the
different events that and the Newtown
Neighborhood Center was running at the
festival in other events that are
further into the inner West but it does
leave Newtown without a new town
community Festival of any kind and
Newtown and King Street in particular I
think outside of the CBD Bondi and King
Street are the two busiest business
strips that exist in our city
um it doesn't currently have an active
business Precinct it used to have a
really successful one but again
um because they often rely on a few
volunteers and it did used to have the
support of the city when it was running
at the moment it's not functioning but I
understand there's a bit of a revival
going on there's lots of reasons why we
as a city should have a think about
whether we can look at bringing our very
successful Sydney streets program over
to Newtown and support some kind of
event there to celebrate the Newtown
Community celebrate our local businesses
this notice of motion asks that um we
asked the CEO to investigate that is an
option obviously the Sydney streets
program is which streets are going to be
included is selected in consultation and
so it's to respect that process but to
ask Newtown to be put on the list also
to work with the inner West Council
because King Street in Newtown is the
border between our two councils to do
that work cooperatively
um I'm a big fan as we know as we've
talked about a lot of times in street
closures generally and
um it is important that the community of
Newtown which is wonderful Vibrant
Community has a former Festival where
everybody can come together and that we
build that in the city we're in a
position to support that with Community
organizations with local businesses this
is the first step we ask for a report
from the CEO to report back to us
through our CEO update but I think it
would be wonderful if we could see some
form of festival or street closure or
Sydney streets coming back to Newtown
sometime soon thanks
thank you councilor morning
um that's seconded by
councilor Jared
Council Walling
there you go
um thank you councilor elsmore for
advocating for community events and for
accepting my amendment to this motion
as outlined in this amendment this city
has a successful program of Sydney
Street events just this weekend we had
the Haymarket Edition and from all of
reports it was another great event
the Newtown Festival started out as a
community event and excitedly for our
city it evolved into a major event
the Newtown Neighborhood Center said
that they decided to stop the festival
because the scale grew over time more
resources were required to support
bookings Logistics security fencing and
infrastructure the center was too
stretched financially and and with
resources
please note that the Lord mayor wrote to
the Newtown Neighborhood Center to
acknowledge and congratulate the work
that they have done in May of this year
this council is a strong supporter of
community events based events for
residents and businesses the staff do a
fantastic job of finding the right
locations for these events
we consult and collaborate with local
businesses to ensure the best outcomes
for all I support this motion to
investigate a potential event in Newtown
and I am excited at the prospect of more
of these fantastic events thank you
thank you councilor Wellington we have
any other speakers
so um
so we're dealing with a varied a
motion with that has been buried but
with your agreement so I'll put that to
you all those in favoursay aye
those against declare code you'd have to
say thank you
item 15.4 congratulations to the Lord
mayor on her appointment as an officer
of the order of order of Australia
Council Scott thanks old man I'm very
happy to move this notice of motion I
know you can't do it yourself and I
think we should take the time to
congratulate you on a very significant
achievement it's not often that one is
honored in the National system of awards
I know there are others around the table
uh of course councilor Weldon has also
received recently received her am but
nevertheless I think it is an important
thing to acknowledge and an important
achievement to record I think it's very
well deserved I happily congratulate you
on these very significant achievement
based on the many work you've done over
many decades and I thought it was very
important that the council record this
as such so I move the motion thank you
that's signed goodbye Council
um Lord mayor
congratulations
on your appointment
as an officer of the order of Australia
this um
have you been so inspirational on their
inspirational
um to me and to many people in my
community and also to many many of the
Multicultural communities in our our
city and throughout
an inspirational mayor because of your
vision for the city and the people
taking the city into the future and
ensuring a sustainable City
an inspiration because of your
dedication conviction courage and
perseverance working with the community
and an inspiration on how you always
never give up and stand up for those
less fortunate
this brings back many memories um when I
first met us not mayor and I was doing I
think during one of those community
events back in 2004 just after the the
elections
um what an impression you had on me at
that time
um you know feeling uh when I first met
you to a warmth and humility and
um your accessibility first and foremost
and then the interest you showed in in
our community
at that time I was also in the uh on the
advisory panel of the city cities then
Sydney Chinese New Year Festival which
is now um you know we rebranded as a
Luna Sydney lunar Festival
and um and and your support you know
enabled it to um to become uh the
largest of this Festival of its kind
um in in in this region and out of Asia
and um did this um
you know made a very big impression on
me
um one but humility
um
and uh and this at this time I was also
the um the chair of the Australian
Chinese Community Association and many
there
um still remember you uh to to this day
um and and then they choose and send
their congratulations
Paul Mayer your support for the
communities and your approachability to
people and constituents of life
um I remember going door knocking during
both the um this estate State elections
and the council elections with you
especially to um do the public housing
um it was such an enriching experience
for me as you led away and showed
empathy to people
um watching and learning from you gave
me such a rich experience
your leadership has seen the city
transformed let me
this is City making and I'm honored and
proud and humbled
you have this opportunity
no
oh sorry
um did you have this opportunity to work
alongside you alone Marion today to see
the city in with such a different um and
transform landscape
can remember also when Jan Gale was here
Consulting for the city and the proposal
for light rail a down jaw Street
pedestrianizing George Street was just
an artist's impression and today is a
reality
our signature sustainable Sydney 2030
Vision after the largest community
consultation we undertook is a reality
and and we are many years ahead of our
targets
and today we have sustimosini 2030 2050.
and only last week a very high level of
Vietnamese government delegation came to
um to do specifically ask for a briefing
on that and then they can give a
fantastic a very comprehensive briefing
this signature policy was also adopted
by many other countries cities in in the
world most Motorola is Wuhan which have
their policy Wuhan 2049 as you remember
on mayor the mayor of Juan back in 2014
he presented you with their booklet with
their policy
also remember lamir Alan Jones
um The Ellen Jones from walking
um uh you know working on trigen which
is smoking yeah walking I'm looking not
Alan Jones in the radio Alan Jackson
woking who brought out quite quite um uh
leading um sustainability initiatives
for us that's right and um and that
that's also many buildings and
developments in the city adopt this form
of electricity generation uh most
notably um since Central Park
the city is still in a transformative
stage Lumiere and Moore's Yet to Come
George Street Haymarket city north and
um green square the largest urban urban
development in Australia are now
um so long mayor thank you for your
leadership vision and dedication to the
city and on personal load your
friendship and your generosity your
guidance and most of all uh thank you
for looking looking after all our
communities
officer of the order of Australia is
well deserved and couldn't come any
sooner
thank you very much councilor
Kansas Davis
mine's short and sweet but not without
great appreciation
Lord mayor a huge congratulations and I
too commend you as one of Australia's
most valued leaders in the history of a
Nation as a female politician
such a progressive Visionary for City
making we thank you for your courage
Your Democratic and culturally inclusive
values that have led to this prestigious
award
the officer of the order of Australia
a testament to your outstanding
contributions to society your tireless
workers Lord mayor of Sydney has been an
inspiration worldwide and your
dedication to promoting design
Excellence sustainability action on
climate change social justice for all
and the Arts has made a real difference
in the lives of countless people
in creating a welcoming inclusive and
vibrant City it has been felt by all
those who call Sydney home and your
leadership has set an example for others
who choose to visit and witness your
Decades of good collaborative work and
meaningful work with counselors and the
City of Sydney staff
your leadership has been stoic as you
have navigated so many challenges in
such a demanding role sustaining some 40
years in politics
well-deserved Lord mayor
and I know that you will continue to
serve the people of Sydney with the same
passion and dedication that that have
earned you this honor in years to come
once again congratulations on a
well-deserved recognition and thank you
for all you have done to make our world
a better place
thank you councilor Davis
Council Chan
I will shape a city that will dance on
the world stage
Lord mayor clovermore AO that's your
quote
that has profoundly resonated with me
when I first moved to Sydney I remember
this very clearly As You Are
ambition but also your mission
I'm just so proud and happy for your
Accolade because we are now proud of a
city that dances with infectious Grace
with strength and with energy
and we do so with the community
and it's
because of your hard work and it is
incredibly hard work
to be in your position to lead a global
City
but you have constantly done so
what is right what is just what is
socially just
what is needed and with care with our
community
you have led to create
an inclusive fair and sustainable Sydney
when I speak to young people people from
my generation
we still worry about climate change
unaffordable housing the pandemic and
what that has meant to us
but we look to your leadership and what
you've done the actions the solutions to
challenging Wicked problems of our time
and you're creating those Solutions so
that we can
ensure that the next Generations and
their children are not left behind
it is at times of Crisis that we show we
truly understand a Leader's strength
it's
and also understand a Leader's Integrity
courage and the sacrifice that's
required to do your job
our community thanks you and we're so
great that we can celebrate by continued
dancing with you and the rest of our
community on the global stage
thank you cancer Chan I look forward to
continuous dance with you yes Council
Council warning
uh congratulations Lord mayor on this
well-deserved and long overdue
recognition
there are so many moments that I could
easily applaud and thank you for but
these actions come to mind immediately
you're one of the fir one of the few
politicians that fought for and gave a
voice to my community during the AIDS
pandemic thank you
thank you for your loud and proud
advocacy for marriage equality and thank
you for your vision to Champion sensible
evidence-based Law Drug law reform
over the weekend Sydney was voted forth
most livable city in the world thank you
for the tireless efforts to transform
Sydney into the global darling it is
today
your willingness to support the Arts
culture creativity and nightlife has
made a more vibrant and diverse City for
all of us
thank you for being a political mentor
and teaching me the art of door knocking
I said it once and I'll say it again I
certainly didn't think when I knocked on
that first door almost a decade later
that I'd be sitting in a chamber as a
counselor it is an honor to work
alongside of you congratulations
thank you thank you very much thank
thank you Council Scott for your
initiative and for your kind words thank
you councilor Clark Council Davis
councilor Chan and Council Walling I'm
I'm very um I'm very touched by what
you've said I found this whole
experience very moving I've got to tell
you
um
so I want to say that I am honored to be
recognized and I feel very blessed about
the opportunities I have had
I have taken the advice of Buddha to
Heart
quote your work is to discover your work
and then with all your heart give
yourself to it
as well as the words of Theodore
Roosevelt one of the greatest prizes in
life is to work harder worthwhile work
and these are really
um have really inspired me and I I've
liked to think that that's what I'm
about I've had wonderful support from
Peter I've worked with inspiring people
John Hatton and Peter McDonald when we
held the balance of power in the New
South Wales Parliament we achieve what
was called the most far-reaching reforms
in any Westminster parliament in the
20th century
um and when I was forced out of
parliament by anti-democratic
legislation I was able to hand the Baton
to the very effective Alex Greenwich
I am also grateful and appreciative of
the independent teams that I have worked
with at the city since 2004.
and I acknowledge the other councilors
who have also served on the Sydney
Community during that time and that of
course includes Council Scott and all of
you
I want to thank thank the great City
staff led by Monica Brownie and her team
of directors here at city in this
chamber and their fabulous staff they
have been an inspiration and a joy to
work with as we have worked together to
transform the city into a livable and
sustainable
21st century for all of our communities
I'm especially grateful to the community
I have worked with since 1980
and who has repeatedly elected me said
thank you
um and I want to thank the many people
who have sent such War messages and I
want to thank all of you for your very
kind comments tonight as I said it's
been quite overwhelming
and was very unexpected so thank you
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thank you everyone
[Laughter]
so do I have to put it yeah
no no one else can do it for you okay
well I'll I'll put that recommendation
move by councilor Scott
and it was seconded by cancer [ __ ]
offered to you all those in favoursay
aye
against
declared carriage and honestly thank you
uh item 15.5 scoping plan for the Sydney
special entertainment Precinct
cancer Scott
thanks for admit back to it uh I wish to
move this notice of motion uh and in
doing so uh call on the city to accept
it in its original form a special in
entertainment precincts were introduced
uh by the New South Wales government to
allow councils to better ensure the
growth of uh creative Industries this is
something that I fully
urge the council to embrace it has led
we know in the inner West Council around
inmore road to an absolute explosion in
the number of successful creative
businesses that have been able to
operate it has led to during the trial
period uh almost Universal Accolade by
those people who have been included in
the precinct and it really has seen an
absolute Rejuvenation of that part of
what is a fabulous Main Street there are
so many areas in the city of Sydney that
could be considered uh Forest Sydney
special entertainment Precinct I
certainly hope this notice of motion in
kicking off the process will attract
people who are interested during the
last election campaign I suggested that
there be a Precinct considered around
the Metro here in the CBD on George
Street others have considered that
around the Theater District is a better
place indeed councilor Scully uh
supported this there's been many many
proposals and many ideas around our
Central
creative businesses I've heard in the
last week since this notice of motion
went on public exhibition people getting
in touch talking about whether the area
around the Minerva theater in King's
cross would be a district worthy of
consideration indeed some of our
industrial precincts where we could
better grow creative hubs in those
places on private land as well there's
so many different spaces in the city of
Sydney that we could consider and so I
urge the council to support this
original notice of motion which calls on
the city of Sydney to request the CEO to
bring back a proposal to the council
to look at the introduction of a special
entertainment Precinct thanks
second
councilor deputyon
so Council Chan
thank you Lord mayor
a moving in Amendment because the city
already has a late night trading DCP and
had already embarked on the open and
creative entertainment sound management
DCP before this move by the New South
Wales government for a special
entertainment precincts began
the city of City
the city of Sydney is leading the way
and these two gcps go beyond the scope
of the state's special entertainment
Precinct
the city's DCPS also provide additional
flexibility to deal with late night
trading live music and entertainment
activate local businesses and support
the nighttime economy
in fact the special entertainment
precincts were introduced via amendments
by John Graham in state Parliament which
has moved to the former government's
24-hour economy bill in 2020. Mr Graham
worked closely with the city of Sydney
in developing this state policy in
moving these amendments Mr Graham was
aware of the action the city had taken
to support the nighttime economy
New South Wales government special
entertainment precincts has never
provided detailed guidelines and it
still requires Council to develop DCP
controls to manage noise controls which
we're doing
here's a few examples
Central Sydney Oxford Street King's
cross and King Street in Newtown are
already mapped as 24-hour late night
Management areas in our late tonight DCP
controls and also identified in the
draft entertainment sound management
planning controls
didn't know Alexandria late night
precinct which refers to the industrial
areas councilor Scott mentioned was
mapped in both sets of controls and I
encouraged to uh to have developments as
a late night Precinct
in 2019 the city amended late night
trading DCP to introduce one additional
trading hour for dedicated performance
menus and one additional trading hour
will venues hosting performance creative
and cultural uses on the night
this is more than the 13 minutes allowed
in enmore Road in the inner West which
is mentioned in councilor Scott's motion
the city's current late night trading
DCP provides similar incentives to those
available with the state government's
special entertainment precincts for
example the area around the Metro
Theater and the York Clarence and Kent
precincts which are also referred to in
councilor Scott's motion are already in
the 24-hour late night management
Precinct
additional trading hours are also
available for venues in these areas
subject to a development approval
the yck laneways which was the city of
Sydney project in collaboration with
local businesses was actually recognized
recently just after World Pride as a
purple flag district for its vibrant and
safe nightlife
the honor is Australia's first and is
bestowed to top tier night's life hot
spots we've joined areas in the UK
Sweden and New Zealand with this honor
last year
I also attended a few of the 100 free
events on offer
as part of the yck laneways festival
this included cocktail and wine mixing
classes with world-class bartenders to
pass the making to headline Dance
Sensation sneaking sound system as well
as other
local
singer-songwriters this is just one
example of the food drinks and life
entertainment that we have supported and
continue to support under our controls
go to me what the city is achieving is
consistent with the state's special
entertainment Precinct but with greater
flexibility
is infusing our 24-hour areas with life
and energy so that our community can let
their hair down put on their dancing
shoes and enjoy life entertainment and
venues safely so I hope other counselors
can also support my amendments thank you
Lord
so um secondary for the amendment
Council [ __ ]
so um
I know that in many of those events I
went to over the years that related to
nighttime economy and nighttime
activation I was there with with John
Graham who was then in the opposition
and he he was I I believe quite inspired
by what we were doing at the city and I
think that his proposal is great I think
it's just we're even ahead of him in
what we're doing and I think in terms of
a better outcome we're we're better off
continuing to do what we're doing
because we've already made so much
progress so I thanked Council Chan for
for outlining the work of the city
because it has been a very important
area for us we take our role very
seriously in this area and um and and
it's not been easy I've got to say
because we had the um the lockouts
and we had worked to try and get reform
that was needed to address some of those
really serious issues that were
happening at the time in King's cross
and we the government took no notice of
that instead we got barrier Farrell
coming in with this sort of
um
move that locked down King's cross
lockdown Oxford Street and locked down
the city and it was and it really had a
very serious impact on on people's
opportunities and Peter's morale and the
music industry and performers and then
of course not long after we got the that
that lifted we then went into lockdown
for covert so it is we have continued to
do this work and we've thought it is
really really important and we've been
doing it in really difficult
circumstances but when I saw how the yck
project just lit up that part of the
city it's a really important part of the
city I thought was quite fantastic and
of course we know the Minerva is so
important in the king's cross area and
we know this work is really important
and we know that we have to
to the the work we have to do is really
important so we can balance the needs
and amenity of the residents of the area
at the same time have these really
exciting
um precincts that that can support the
music industry can support creatives can
ensure we have a vital nightlife that
you know young people have somewhere to
go and enjoy themselves which just
doesn't involve every drinking but
actually listening to music too where
by what we're doing in terms of if
you're putting on live music you get
that extra hour so it it is really
worked really really well so I I think
um I I I think cancer Chan for putting
that information together and just
sitting with the scene right for what
we're actually have been doing and I do
think what we've been doing has been
great and we should continue to do it
Council Scott thanks Lord mayor I
support and did support when it came to
council the city's late night trading
DCP but this is different and this is a
special edition I've also of course
consulted Minister John Graham on this
and he's very supportive of this notice
of motion tonight and eager to see it
proceed the reason why special
entertainment precincts are different
and important is because it is the case
still in the city of Sydney as it was in
the inner West some of the
long-established venues continue to
experience difficulties operating when
noise complaints arise due to changes in
surrounding land uses and sound level
Expectations by local residents a
special entertainment Precinct flags at
a level of entertainment sound is
expected in the area and that complaints
can only be made when set thresholds are
exceeded and to support this of course
council's must alert residents and new
buyers to a Precinct and we can require
noise attenuation on certain development
in operation for the expected noise
undertaking a trial like the council did
in the inner West lets the community
residents and businesses experience the
different levels of sound and noise
compliance approaches it lets councils
gain Community feedback test and refine
sound levels and our compliance
processes therefore making sure that
people can understand clearly the
differences can live through them and
can have a fair feedback on what to
expect as I said in the inner West
Council trial for the special
entertainment precinct for the section
of enmore road from edgeware road to
King Street a hundred percent of enmore
Road businesses that completed the
survey were in favourof it coming on
permanently it was the case that one
owner said we hired more artists and
with great life bands drag shows and
comedies free of charge a bar has been
ever more popular among punters the
trial is a win for all
uh it has been the case that the city
has done some great things uh with our
late night trading DCP but this is about
noise it is not simply about opening
hours and the special entertainment
Precinct as a specific control that
allows communities and businesses to
share expectations and better understand
what those noise expectations are in
future gives us A Better Way Forward it
gives owners of businesses the
confidence to continue to run their
venues with regulated sound in place so
that they don't fear noise complaints
that can trigger huge fines indeed
risking their closure it gives new
creative Industries the confidence to
open knowing what the noise boundaries
are and it gives communities access to
creative venues that are secure in their
knowledge about the noise restrictions
that are going to apply to them so Lord
mayor I support the city's late night
DCP work it's very important there's no
argument about that but this is a
separate concept it's important to
proceed I urge the council to
investigate not just investigate us the
CEO to investigate the proposal but I
urge the council to adopt a resolution
that asks the CEO to prepare a proposal
for Council to consider a special
entertainment Precinct in the city of
Sydney
so we'll deal with councilor Shan's
Amendment first
so
I think
um didn't you
Council Scott speaking reply I thought
that was Speech and reply I was speaking
to the amendment okay
right okay so you we're still we haven't
vote on the amendment so this is to the
amendment
just very briefly Lord mayor um I'd like
to support the proposal in in either
format but um I am inclined to vote for
the amendment tonight um partly because
I know our DCP review is coming up soon
um I'm in support of these precincts but
the discussion tonight has fleshed out
look this is an area where we get a lot
of conflict I think I would certainly
benefit from understanding a bit more
about what the specific technical
changes would mean because I support
that we need to tell our residents more
that this is you know you're moving next
to a pub or your Street's about to
become more live this is something to be
celebrated and if there are conflicts
we're going to work cooperatively with
you to resolve them
um I'm I support in in the context of
wanting to understand more but I look
forward to being able to what I
understand support of special
entertainment Precinct in the future
following the investigation so I'll be
voting in favourof the amendment tonight
so do I have any other speakers on the
amendment
I'll put it to you all this in favoursay
aye
goes against
the amendment's code so that will be
included in the substantive motion
so now we're dealing with an amended
motion I'll put that to you all those in
favoursay aye goes against declared
declaration anonymously thank you very
much
item 15.6 amend the city of Sydney act
to remove double votes
Council Scott Lord mayor we've debated
this several times so I won't uh provide
the unnecessary background except to say
that in light of the minister for local
government Ron honig explicitly
Consulting uh many stakeholders
including myself and I understand you on
our views I certainly hope it is the
case that the council will reaffirm our
view that it is very important for the
council to write to the minister for
local government to advocate for the
city of Sydney act to be amended to
remove all amendments introduced by the
city of Sydney Amendment elections act
2014 and revert to the position
immediately prior to the introduction of
that amending act Lord mayor the outcome
will be that it will remove the city of
Sydney's system the voting system that
is totally unique in the world in
enabling a complete denial
of normal processes of democracy and and
allows for business Parcels to
gather together and engage with multiple
votes per parcel of land it will save
the council considerable public money
millions of dollars each year in the
work that we must do to compile a
register that has to be up to date at
all times and requires some pretty
significant sifting through what is
pretty patchy publicly available data in
order to put together a register and
Lord mayor it will indeed just restore
normal Democratic processes here to the
city of Sydney aligning us with every
other Council in New South Wales Lord
mayor this is important for confidence
in government we all speak to businesses
they do really invaluable work in the
city of Sydney the notion that somehow
changing the voting structure means that
we would suddenly disengage age with
businesses is false and I want to call
that out and absolutely reject that
proposal since the day I was elected
I've certainly met with hundreds and
hundreds of businesses in the city I did
that before the voting system changed I
do it under the current voting system
and of course I would do it should the
voting system change again this has
nothing to do with the level of support
and work that we have with our local
businesses what this has done though is
increase the conservative vote that's
what this has done it has increased the
conservative vote around this table and
that was the intention of the framers of
the act at the time and it remains their
intention local democracy is important
standards of democracy are important
Lord mayor and so I urge the council to
support this motion
thank you Council Scott so Council Scott
you know I've already written to the
minister I've circulated that letter
um and I have already had a conversation
with him too cancer [ __ ] second
to get cancer [ __ ]
thank you
um lomir I have a Amendment here
um I think which has been circulated
um just to take out
um B and to add um nine that old mayor
is written to the minister of a local
government urging him to
urgently repeal the 2014 amendments to
ensure their anti-democratic features
are removed prior to the 2024 cities of
Sydney elections and um I did this a
letter to um to the minister was dated
our 21st June 2023. I'm lonmir
um I don't think yes I don't believe
it's been circulated here but uh if I
could refer to um parts of the um the
letter and Stacia dear Minister CEO of
Sydney non-residential voting I refer to
your letter of 5th June 2023 and your
response to the question without notice
from Alex Greenwich on 31st May 2023 in
which you express your willingness to
remove the anti-democratic provisions of
the city of Sydney act our welcome and
support the repeal of the 2014 Amendment
to the city of Sydney act 1998 which
unfairly gay businesses to vote I agree
with you that a voting Arrangements that
should be made consistent with other New
South Wales councils
um
written to um to the administrative work
I think um uh BP is no longer necessary
and which it is um I have an amendment
forum for this this notice of motion
okay
so do we have other speakers
so
um so we will move so you've moved an
amendment to council is there a second
I do want to accept that Council Scott
Lord mate I'm not unhappy to accept the
additional
um insertion acknowledging that you have
written to the minister for local
government and you you'll correct me if
I'm wrong but I understand you've done
that in a personal capacity I too have
responded in a personal capacity I
understand the minister has written to
all the political groups around the
table and you know I'm sure we'll all
respond in a personal capacity well I
think if I'm signing a letters Lord
mayor it's not really in her personal
capacity
um it's I wrote as Lord mayor right okay
well that's all I'm wanting is a
statement from the council so we can all
reply on behalf of our own groups and I
think it's important that people do that
too separately but all I'm wanting here
is a definitive statement from the
council during the consultation period
to go to the minister about the views of
the council perhaps the majority of the
council so I'm not unhappy to accept the
amendment but I just ask that BB
retained and that we make a definitive
statement during the consultation period
to the minister about what our
intentions are
thank you
so
um
cancer Jared
um in light of what councilor Scott has
just said I would ask if uh that number
B is left in or any letter that comes
from the council clearly indicates the
opinions of all the members around the
council to this request from the local
government Minister not just the council
so um I'm not going to take B out and B
reflex What I've Done
um so I'm not going to move that
um
do I have any other speakers while the
smuttering is going on
there uh thank you Lord mayor I'm happy
to support the amendment or whatever is
agreed I think we're all in Furious
agreement we just twitch winking some
words
um I just wanted to say that um
obviously as a greens counselor it is
strongly our position that we should
remove the two business votes the greens
position is that businesses shouldn't
get a vote separately from people
because people vote in elections and
people pay taxes too
um the point of order
Council Davis sorry I just wanted to
raise the fact that there was a bit of a
chatter while our Deputy Lord mayor was
speaking right
um I can adjourn for 10 minutes if you
want to have a conversation about this
rather than having chat in the room no
okay
stupid on me thank you um and that I
wanted to confirm that um on behalf of
the greens at the state level at the
local level we have written to the
minister and directly spoken to the
minister in support of the Urgent repeal
of these laws who remember that it's not
it's just really important to remember
the history of this that this was
brought in by the liberal Government
after a liberal bill under the bad
government I understand wasn't
successful then through an arrangement
with in the context of a an upper house
that the Liberals did not control
through either Shooters and fishes and
Fishes party yes
with the Liberals a bit of a quid pro
quo this was a dirty deal to do
something that was anti-democratic and
it has proved to be so by rigging the
way that with our voting system has
worked it is in the labor party platform
it is in the greens platform to repeal
it it is in the official platform of
this Council which we endorsed before
the election when we wrote to the state
government confirming what our election
platform was and the position of the
council was a firmed specifically in
writing to repeal the two business votes
we just need to get it done now if other
independent if other councilors who are
a minority on this council do not agree
with that they can advocate for it but
as a minority they do not represent the
clear majority view of this Council
okay so look I'll I'm going to
um
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I agree to keeping that b in
um I just want to also tell you that the
origins of this bill was a Shooters and
Fishes party and it was an attack on me
because I wouldn't support shooting in
National Parks it's got a nasty history
this bill
a really nasty history
so I'll put uh so it's been seconded
I'll put councilor Scott's
sorry
so it's a very a very it's a hybrid um
hybrid so I'll put the hybrid motion to
you all those in favoursay aye
those against
declare it lost
I mean I didn't declare it being carried
I was looking at
they're mine
uh item 15.7 Electrify Sydney
Council Scott thanks uh Lord mayor we
heard tonight mention of the former Alan
Jones and the city's plan for tried
Generation
Um Lord mayor there were the city was an
early mover in this space but it does
mean of course that trigeneration as a
gas-fired
um fuel now does power some of the
city's operations and now does power as
was acknowledged tonight at some of the
city's buildings
um Lord mayor we're moving towards an
energy system that is completely
renewable we need to move Australia
towards an energy system that not only
requires batteries but requires a
significant overhaul of the grid as
forecast by the federal government and
funded in their most recent budget and
so Lord mayor this simply asked the city
to be very clear about our support for
electrification asked the city to
support how how we can further extend
residents and incentivize them to
transition their own homes from gas to
electricity and that is it still is the
case that in the city of Sydney we have
a huge number of households that are
powered by gas how the city can
transition our own services to ensure
that we are running on electricity and
on Renewables and how the city can
ensure we can work with our commercial
properties across the city to also
transition to electrification Lord mayor
the council's done a lot to support the
energy transition I have never made the
case otherwise and I acknowledge that
work but it is important that we
continue to push even harder we now have
a very willing federal and state
government as I noted last week we were
able to secure a hundred million dollars
in a federal government support and
funding for local governments to provide
more renewable energy uptake in our own
facilities across the country of course
we hope to see state governments chip in
some of that funding and even private
organizations to amplify the impact but
Lord mayor it's time to look again at
all we can do to Electrify the city in
order to work harder on action on
climate change and do so now in light of
both state and federal governments who
are willing to work with us for the
first time in quite some time thank you
so I have a seconder
Deputy old man cancer Welling
uh thank you Lord mayor
um Let me clarify this because it seems
to be some confusion the premise of this
motion is wrong and I would like to
therefore like to offer an amendment
councilor Scott asked the CEO to bring a
proposal to council by the end of 2023
to Electrify Sydney according to her
motion this includes looking at how the
city can support residents businesses
and its own operation to transition from
gas to electricity
slide spoiler alert the city's already
doing this
for example our own operations here at
the city we have we have the very
detailed environmental strategy
2021-2025. it clearly states the city is
switching from gastro electricity and
identify strategies for achieving this
for our residents the city has a green
smart Green Apartment scheme
for businesses we only need to look at
the incredible better building
Partnerships as an example
policies evolve it adapts it changes to
meet the needs of our community and
developing Technologies
and in 2007 the city favored trade
generation because that was what was
available we were an early leader and
adopter when federal and state
governments weren't taking the action
that they should
and try generation helped us achieve our
greenhouse gas emissions Target
when the state and federal labor
governments were dragging their heels we
did it
we reduced emissions
the city is changing over to renewable
electricity now because it's available
but more than that we're providing
incentives
I have moved an amendment to reflect
this and hope it's now crystal clear
that the city is at the Forefront of a
transition to Green energy
thank you Lord mayor the CEO and your
staff for your leadership in the space
I've updated councilor Scott's motion to
reflect the amazing work the city is
already doing and I'm sure we would all
welcome any further Progressive reports
on these very exciting developments
so um
do we have a second of the amendment
Council Scott are you accepting this
amendment
Lord mayor we've got some good plans we
have absolutely done some good work in
the past but no I don't I'm glad you
can't speak again
renew these plans right okay so we're
dealing with the amendment that's been
moved by councilor whirling
and seated by cancer [ __ ] do I have
speakers
so I'll put the amendment to you all
this in favoursay aye
goes against
amendments carried
um councilor Jarrett didn't vote that
substantial oh she did oh do you see you
didn't see it put your hand up
to eight two okay sorry Council Jarrett
I just couldn't see you there
so I'll put the amended motion all those
in favoursay aye
those against
carried unanimously thank you
uh 15.8 increasing developed
contributions for affordable housing
last few notices of motion before the
recess bear with me everybody comrades
um this uh 15.8 is a motion for
councilors about increasing
investigating increasing developer
contributions for affordable housing I
note that um councilor Chan has
circulated amendments I'm happy to
accept these with the exception of the
change to be
um and I'll just speak to that briefly
look essentially councilors um we've
been able to discuss a lot of times at
the council recently including with the
other motion we had tonight about the
planning proposal about the contribution
that the city's affordable housing
levies have allowed
um to be made at the number of
apartments that have been built the
amount of money that has been collected
it is very sizable the cities has been
able to make the largest contribution
through affordable housing levees
because it's had the levy for so long
the purpose of this notice of motion is
to acknowledge that while the city has
had an affordable housing Levy for a
long time of between now we're going to
have an um more even scheme of one to
three percent with some indicative value
uplift capture
uh the scale of the crisis means that a
number of other councils have um started
to review their own contribution plans
and um and it is time very timely that
we look at whether we can do that also
the the request for Action is that the
CEO provides some advice about the
opportunity to do that it is not
intended to replace some of the work
we're already doing around the planning
proposal we voted for tonight around
reviewing our developer Patrol plan
which will come to us in August is
designed to run in parallel to that
essentially we're having a live
conversation as we should be now under
the new state government and under the
new federal government about what's an
appropriate level to Lobby development
to contribute towards affordable housing
the city's Levy has done amazing things
over the period but it is also a levy
said at a standard it did take a long
time I understand to get that in and a
lot of hard work but it was set some
time ago and affordable housing issues
are escalating very very quickly one of
the reasons that I accept all of the
Amendments from councilor Chan except
for be is that we did get a chance to
talk about what some of the other
councils are doing last week with the
table that the CEO provided which is
fantastic this is some additional
information about some of the other
things councils are doing it's hard
because you've got to collate this data
from all the individual ones but some of
them are in policies some of them in
Levy some of them are just levies they
hope to have that they've written to the
state government to ask for but they
vary from five percent up to 30 uplift
capture in Byron Shire Council for its
Greenfield filled areas inner West has
got a 50
um goal for increase in residential land
value from value uplifts it's the right
time now to get some advice about
whether we as a council should be
applying to the state government to
increase our Levy I this notice of
motion doesn't set a particular standard
but ask the CEO to provide us that
advice that advice might also be now is
the right time for us to focus our
efforts on a coordinated sydney-wide
um one one goal one standard for all of
us it's a com complicated issue and this
notice of motion starts us on the
journey I think it's the right time to
do it it's consistent with all of the um
conversations that everybody's had about
where we want to move and it's
particularly important that we move now
as we're having a conversation about how
much we want our city to grow we want to
make sure that anything that we are
capturing as much of that and directing
it to affordable housing not waiting for
these new targets to be set and then
trying to catch up later and that is why
I'm moving this notice of motion tonight
thank you
is that seconded
by Council Scott Council Chan
uh through you Lord mayor I want to ask
the city staff around
um the comparative accuracy of the
example affordable housing Levy
percentages that have been provided by
Council Osmos motion so this is part B
I'm talking about does it make sense to
compare with these other local
government areas
through YouTube
I guess when you're talking about
affordable housing
there's a difference between man managed
rates
which the state government has to
approve
and which all development must pay
versus
policies
which you consider in rezoning
applications
there are no mandated rates
for rezoning applications
there are policies by some councils
which measure them in different ways
and some of those ways are residual land
value
and some of those ways are floor space
and some of those ways like in Byron Bay
is just on rezoning Greenfield
but what we're interested in is the
gross floor area of
affordable housing
so our policy which has been in place
since August
2020
is equivalent to a 50 residual land
value on any
it's already in place
how that calculates in GFA varies
between different parts of the city
so we've got 12 in our seven areas
and 24 in our Eastern areas because
they're much more valuable 24 percent
of the uplift floor space as GFA is
equivalent to 50 of the residual land
value we've already done the economics
we've already done the policy it was
voted on by Council and we've been
applying it so that's why at Waterloo
the developer new in advance that they
would have to give us 12 percent
uplift floor space because we'd already
calculated what the fifty percent of
residual land value was
and that's what I know the policy at the
inner West there's seeking
to to introduce such a policy
having said that if we compare what the
city has achieved with the other
councils
I'll just refer to four councils
inner West has 29 built
throughout their five periods
unit 29 years 29 right
Willoughby has 37 built
randwick has 24 built
and Waverly has 25 built
now to be fair these are completed
affordable housing
and if you look forward in each of those
pipelines for those areas they roughly
have a pipeline of about the same number
the 24 built maybe they're looking at 25
in a pipeline or expected
but how does that compare to our
2759 it's it's just a totally different
Universe in scale
so
I think it is worthwhile exercise to
actually familiarize yourself
for all of us to familiarize ourselves
with policy
for residual uplift
and understand that we've got a mandated
policy of three not a policy mandated
contribution of three percent
um so I think
those councils that I mentioned have
done the best that they can
and they've had no option but to receive
a dedicated unit here and a dedicated
unit there in different developments and
then get a
CHP to manage them
we've got such a scale that we can
actually get a money flow which is
aggregated
so that we can invest in dedicated
affordable housing projects and those
dedicated affordable housing projects
have lower strata costs
are more tailor-made
and they've got the right fit for the
wait list of their clients
they're also in perpetuity and they're
not sitting as one or two within the
development
but with those low volume councils
that's exactly what they have to do
so uh I think in answer to your question
there's a huge scale difference between
the situation at the city of Sydney
and the councils that have got mandated
LEP schemes
but from a policy perspective we've
already had a 50 residual land value
which is the highest scheme that any
Council has attempted
so I
come to see you in a minute but you've
circulated your Amendment
so in your Amendment you're asking
um so mistiana has talked about what
we've been able to achieve and we
understand that
that this is something that we've been
working on for years because for years
we have thought how important it was to
be able to provide affordable housing in
the city and also support
our social housing tenants it goes back
to it was in our sustainable c2030 back
in 2008 that we would increase
affordable housing and we would support
social housing
um and and yet now that the crisis is
much much worse even though we have two
levels of government that are now
committed to doing something about it
and it's much much worse because for a
couple of decades the federal and state
governments have done nothing on this
and
um and and it's and it's crisis time so
I I think that in your Amendment where
you're asking
to review the city's affordable housing
contribution rates including what
changes could deliver more affordable
housing but that's on top of what we've
already achieved I think that's a really
good thing to be doing because we are
saying yes we have been able to achieve
a lot but it's not enough given the
crisis Sydney is the most expensive city
in Australia and given how hard it is to
get housing here it's not enough and
given how much housing we've lost
because of actions by the previous
government but you know we're saying yes
we want to do even more so I think
that's there and that should comfort you
Theo wants to say something
through you Lord mayor I just wanted to
say um that when I put together that
briefing for councils councilors about
affordable housing I actually spoke to
each of the CEOs that gave us those from
those councils that gave me those
figures because I wanted to be sure that
I was getting it directly from them
I've also had a conversation with the
CEO at Byron Bay Council recently just
to hear what they're doing because of
course that's been raised as you know
because we're always talking and you
know trying to learn from each other
the point I wanted to make is just
remind council is that through
resilience Sydney of course we chair I
chair the resilience Sydney affordable
housing working group and the point of
that is really to work with other
councils to support us all learning and
doing as much as we can together that's
really important because we've it you
know we've had to work very hard to get
to that position and we've learned a lot
but we've also learned that there are
real really real barriers to other
councils being able to get contribution
plans up or to get policies up that work
and so through that Forum we are trying
to work with our colleagues in those so
that's the 33 councils of Greater Sydney
and can I say we actually have councils
from the Hunter and other areas who come
along to those meetings because they're
also very interested I've spoken at a
forum of councils in the hunter Valley
who want to learn about doing more
affordable housing so
we've the point I'm trying to make is
my colleagues across local government
are very keen to do more and we are
doing everything we can to support them
um but as Graham has pointed out I think
you know we've achieved a lot
um we've learned a lot and as the Lord
mayor has said should we keep trying for
more I think of course we should thank
you Lord mayor thank you
cancer Chan
uh thank you Lord mayor thank you to Mr
Yan and to the CEO
um out of an abundance of maintaining
accuracy I'm not willing to accept speed
um so given what we've heard
um and I'd like to move my original
Amendment
um to also include the city's track
record on delivering affordable housing
which has been mentioned by City staff
um
I think it's important that we actually
have what is comparable and if we don't
we shouldn't include it um in fact it
could be misleading in terms of these
examples
compared to the city of Sydney and what
we're doing
um I've as the Lord mayor's mentioned
I've also asked the CEO to review the
city's contribution which which details
what that includes
um so we've heard that the city of
Sydney has collected 378 million dollars
in affordable housing contributions
provided 24 million dollars in
discounted land and 10 million dollars
in Grants towards affordable housing
and we've heard over the past three four
weeks all councilors have um heard this
that um at June 2022 the city has
contributed to
2759 affordable housing dwellings
um either built pipeline or expected
with a Florida a further 1950 affordable
housing dwellings which will result from
our expanded LGA wide Levy scheme which
commenced on the 1st of July 2021.
our results Lord mayor show that a low
rate LGA wide Levy that applies to all
developments
has relatively low impact on feasibility
which is why it's been accepted by the
development sector and has been
extremely successful in delivering
affordable housing in our local area
as our CEO mentioned uh
we have the resilient Sydney searing
group
um and also thanks to our chief
resilience officer who has continued to
work with the 33 local government areas
of Greater Sydney to Advocate to the New
South Wales government and support
councils to introduce a low rate one
percent of non-residential floor area
and three percent residential floor area
based on feasibility analysis
the slow rates broad-based contribution
scheme is similar to the city scheme
in terms of more substantial support for
the provision of affordable housing is
required from the federal and New South
Wales government if the city's
affordable housing targets are to be
achieved so this includes the land and
housing Corporation lack owned sites the
city of Sydney
is only one of a few councils in South
Wales who have adopted a LGA wide
affordable housing contribution scheme
I want to notes to counsel that the
scheme was based on careful feasibility
testing and was closely interrogated and
peer reviewed by the department before
the minister agreed to make the
amendments to the city's leps this
process not including years of advocacy
prior was initiated in early 2017 and
only came into effects in July 2021.
we spent over three years trying to get
the current program over the line with
the department and we did reach that
the Department's advisor Council has
been consistently that they do not
actually support these broadbates
schemes that apply to Broad areas such
as the ones that we have such as the
city of Sydney's LGA wide scheme
the examples councilor elsmore provides
in her motion of schemes in other lgas
are either just policy statements that
are not legislated would need developer
support through planning agreements or
only applicable in specific areas and
generally not comparable to the city
schemes and outcomes
ultimate these figures are not apples
for apples
the point of order is Lord with it
departments are controlled by
governments the government has changed
so it may well be that under the former
government
um
you can't give a speech the point of
order is that the statement that
councilor Chan made was incorrect and
that he was speaking about the former
government's Department policy
um it's not really a point of order it's
a point of debate but I'll ask Council
Chan to Just note that he's referring to
policies that have been policies of
former governments yes I'm willing to
accept that thanks councilor Scott so it
was the former government's Department's
advice of the council that they do not
support broad-based schemes
um so the new government has a different
policy that's right but my point still
stands on me in terms of we these
numbers these percentages shouldn't be
included in the motion and I do
appreciate the work it is hard work to
do that desktop research to find out
what other lgas are doing in terms of
their levies and their contributions but
as Mr Yan has pointed out
we do know the facts 24 homes randwick
29 homes inner West 37 homes Willoughby
25 homes Waverly city of Sydney has
Built
2759 Homes using our approach and our
outcomes and scheme in perpetuity
took the city of Sydney five years to
get our LGA wide scheme up and going
through the New South Wales government
the former New South Wales government we
were the first in New South Wales and we
have shared our work with other councils
so that other local government areas
like the ones that councilor elsmore has
has written in her motion can do their
part and they too can step up
and Lead like our city has so I hope
counselors can support my Amendment
so
so I'm happy to Second the amendment
um I'll put put it to you all those in
favourcancer yes I do I do I think we're
in Furious agreements so I don't want it
takes any longer because I noticed the
actions are essentially the same and
that's really important so we are moving
forward with you know a lot of
information is thrown tonight it would
be great for councilors have the
opportunity to be able to work through
that I guess I did just want to say
um if it's missed the intention of note
a few comments have been made that this
notice of motion was misleading or was
intended to be misleading or somehow
putting in some information about what
other councils were doing and were
trying to do was in some way to
uh to mislead the debate here tonight I
think that's very unfair but I also
think if if that's what you really think
it's a bit silly to compare the
thousands of Apartments the city has
supported with the 24 that other
councils have who haven't been allowed
to have a development contribution
scheme for 20 years who um that just
doesn't make any sense I've sat on one
of those councils on marrickville where
we applied over and over again to try
and get a development contribution
scheme and we're knocked back when rents
were Rising 50 and we were getting
lobbied all the time and we finally made
the decision to start investing and
owning affordable housing we were able
to get that contract signed as the
councils were sacked by the liberal
government and those are the majority of
the apartments that are now the inner
West so I I would just encourage just
just be careful like there's a very good
intent with these this motion and
there's a cooperation in this Council
around affordable housing which is going
to get us to do even more exciting
things building and what the council's
already done and I would encourage
counselors to keep that in mind that
we're all working towards the same goal
and that
um
and just be careful when you use
language like that because it it does
make it harder for us to all cooperate
and move in the same direction together
which tonight I think we are doing
ultimately with the actions we are
committing to in either version version
of the Motions thank you foreign
thank you so I'll put the amendment to
you all those info say aye
goes against
cleric carried that now becomes a
substantive motion I'll put that too all
those in favoursay aye
goes against declare code unanimously
thank you item uh 15.9 ending loneliness
in the city forum
thank you councilors
um this notice of motion uh asks Council
to note the outcomes of the Forum we
recently had at the city of Sydney
Council about ending loneliness and
thank the panel members for contributing
to the discussion
um as I think a number of counselors are
aware
uh there was a forum that I hosted a
couple of weeks ago on ending loneliness
in the city to be honest it came out of
what the community was asking for
um and particularly post-covered a lot
of people were using this word
loneliness to explain their concerns
about lack of Community Connection and
isolation that they were feeling I think
one of the few Silver Linings out of
covert is that people are willing to
talk about their mental health and how
it impacts other parts of their lives
more and everyone wanted to have a
conversation about loneliness and
there's a number of groups in our city
that are working to that end so we're
requested to host a forum I had about 60
participants and 20 organizations but
currently summarizing some notes to
circulate for feedback
and sort of to go from there but I
stress that this is really a
community-led initiative and the goal is
to just continue the conversation that I
know our city of Sydney staff have
already been having acknowledging
loneliness and the importance of
overcoming social isolation is already
embedded in a number of the council
documents and it's acknowledged that the
council is already doing a lot of that
work through our community centers just
to share a couple of the Practical
things that came out in terms of what
people discussed
um that the importance of as I mentioned
earlier the space that everyone having a
space space that you can go to that you
have ownership of and that might be your
local library it might be your community
center it might be a town hall might be
a sporting club
um increasingly it's not your local
church but it still is for many people
might be a PCYC and that Council being
the level of government that is closest
to everybody and whose job is really the
key one to connect local neighborhoods
um plays such an important role in
connecting people to those spaces and
supporting those spaces but there was
also some interesting discussion about
the role of planning and architecture in
building places that encourage people to
connect on purpose and accidentally and
some interesting lessons to be learned
from jurisdictions like the UK that have
had a loneliness strategy for some time
now and a minister for loneliness about
how they try and embed some of that in
their planning and there's some
discussion about the importance of sport
and some of the barriers for fees for
example and some really simple basic
stuff like can we have some more
Community notice boards and can we can
it be easier to put things up on them so
we can share things with each other so
some of those ideas will be coming back
to the council and the intention is just
that this is the community feeding in
and having a conversation that they want
to have now more than ever are and it's
in my mind it's just a another version
of the conversation that we've been
having for a long everyone's been having
for a long time about the importance of
local neighborhoods and local connection
and and having um knowing who your
neighbors are and as our city gets
denser and we live more on top of each
other in fact it can be more lonely and
it can take more work to overcome some
of those barriers
um that exist in our diverse communities
so that this asks you to just note some
of those things and then thank the panel
members or should mention them I
apologize
um the panel members and partners for
the event were Wayside Chapel CEO John
Owen the executive officer of inner
Sydney voice Marie and and Council for
the Aging Marika can't tell us research
fellow at the University of Sydney's
Matilda Center Dr Mali Bauer who runs
the Alone Together study which they
started before covert and then was very
helpfully a kind of Base to assess how
people were feeling during covert
um Melia Tate from the Coalition for
caring for community centers and Eliza
Partners is a student representative
from Sydney Alliance thank you
thank you second uh councilor Davis
thank you
Lord mayor I speak in support of
councilor elsmore's notice of motion I
had the opportunity with councilor Chan
to pop in uh on my way to another event
unfortunately but we did spend some time
there on the 8th of June where I met
briefly with my local residents and some
new faces as an empty nester myself a
city has been the city has been a great
benefit to me in overcoming loneliness
as moving in from Suburban areas some
years ago I realized just how fortunate
I am to live in the CBD everything the
city does in our community facilitates
facilities is about ending loneliness
and isolation about connecting people
meeting new people making new
connections taking part in new
activities or learning a new skill can
dramatically reduce loneliness the city
doesn't associate these activities with
loneliness prevention initiatives
because they don't want to stigmatize
the people involved but this is what
they are Lord mayor is a community
Builder and from my own lived experience
I've come across many causes of
loneliness homelessness and isolation
the City offers many wonderful programs
at community centers that have accessed
and libraries recreation centers and
even in parks where I've encouraged
people to participate there are the
international student programs that
connect International students with
local communities we're at purple to
make young gender diverse and trans
people feel safe and welcome online
booking clubs where people can share a
love for reading and have meaningful
conversations creative programs and
events including summer streets where
locals can come together and meet each
of meet each other and celebrate in our
neighborhoods Community Gardens also
connect people even the cycleways play a
role in help on low-income people people
on low income to travel to our centers
and events as a social housing tenant in
Piermont I've joined a monthly Elders
tea Club catch-up supporting our locals
supporting our local cafes for the past
12 months to check in on each other
while the pyrmont community center is
under refurbishment this resulted in us
as a support network realizing our dear
neighbor Miss Jean Mulligan turned 100.
and the city recognition recognizing
this Milestone through a personal letter
from yourself Lord man
Lord mayor I'll finish with some of the
great First Nations programs run by the
cities such as nadoc reconciliation week
uh recognition day Australian South
Seattle recognition day lunar festival
and Harmony day of which all are
important features of our events
calendar
it's clear I have not mentioned all the
programs however the city does a lot in
this space and the city must keep doing
this work but everyone here has a role
or a responsibility it comes down to
people reaching out to others with
kindness to introduce yourself offer a
hand give a compliment ask someone's
opinion and listen even when you don't
agree just a smile a Hello can make the
world of difference thank you Council
Davis
so I'll put the most I'll put the
recommendation to you all those in favor
say aye those against
you thank you thank you all very much
for your attendance that we've had a
big agenda there