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Council Meeting
26 May 2020
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Minutes
of Ordinary Council Meeting held remotely and livestreamed on Council’s
website.
Meeting
commenced at 6.30pm
Present:
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Darcy Byrne
Vittoria Raciti
Marghanita Da Cruz Mark
Drury
Lucille McKenna OAM
Colin Hesse
Sam Iskandar
Tom Kiat
Pauline Lockie
Victor Macri
Julie Passas
Rochelle Porteous
John Stamolis
Louise Steer
Anna York
Michael Deegan
Elizabeth Richardson
Cathy Edwards-Davis
Melodie Whiting
Daryl Jackson
Erla Ronan
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Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor
Councillor (6.39pm)
Councillor
Chief
Executive Officer
Chief
Operating Officer, Director Development and Recreation
Director
Infrastructure
Director
Corporate
Chief
Financial Officer
Director
City Living
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Ian
Naylor
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Manager
Governance
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Katherine
Paixao
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Governance
Coordinator
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APOLOGIES: Nil
DISCLOSURES OF INTERESTS: Nil
CONFIRMATION
OF MINUTES
Motion: (Drury/Iskandar)
THAT the
Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Tuesday, 12 May 2020 be confirmed as a
correct record.
Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis and York
Against Motion: Nil
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Councillor
Steer entered the Meeting at 6:39 pm.
C0520(2) Item 17 Mayoral
Minute: Restarting Local Sporting Competitions
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT Council:
1.
Acknowledges that many
adults and children are keen to resume playing community sport on
Council’s sporting grounds and fields;
2.
Notes the patience
sporting club members have shown while they wait for a health directive that
allows Council’s sports fields to reopen for community sport;
3.
Notes that due to the lack
of open green space
in the LGA,
the majority of community sports clubs have to share fields and sporting grounds and that their sporting codes
have traditionally been divided into summer and winter seasons. We believe that winter
sports should not bear the full burden of shortened playing seasons as a result of the COVID-19 closure;
4.
Liaise with the NSW Office
of Sport and neighbouring Councils on any proposed extension date to the
winter sporting season, noting that a proposed extension will impact on other
Council grounds outside of the Inner West LGA (including Canterbury Bankstown and Canada Bay);
5.
Be guided by an agreement
between Cricket NSW, AFL (NSW), NSWRL, Football NSW, Hockey NSW & NSW
Rugby Union on recommended competition dates for the 2020/21 seasons and
ground changeover dates; and
6.
Submit a report to the 23
June Council Meeting on which sporting grounds have capacity for additional
training or games given the rest the fields have had over the COVID-19 period.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 18 Mayoral
Minute: Road Network Changes in Haberfield, Ashfield and
Leichhardt
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT Council writes to residents in
Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Haberfield and Ashfield explaining Council’s
total opposition to the proposed road network changes to key intersections in
Haberfield, Ashfield and Leichhardt located at: City West Link, Norton Street
and James Street; Dobroyd Parade and Waratah Street; City West Link, Mortley
Avenue and Timbrell Drive and; Parramatta Road and Dalhousie Street:
a)
The letter should also urge residents
to make a late submission in opposition to the proposal which Council will
seek to submit on behalf of any resident that requests it; and
b) The cost of the letter’s production, printing and
distribution to be funded by the budgeted funds that have been allocated to Council’s communications
department in part 7(f) (Attachment 2) of the Mayoral Minute: Actions to
Address Community Concerns around COVID-19 at the Extraordinary Council
Meeting on 7 April.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 19 Mayoral
Minute: Support for the Arts and Creative Sectors
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT Council:
1. Notes that the recently discovered
additional $60 billion allocated to JobKeeper provides funding that should be
made available to workers previously excluded from the scheme;
2. Writes to the Prime Minister and relevant
ministers asking them to broaden the JobKeeper scheme so that the freelance,
casual and contract artists, journalists and other creatives, who are
presently excluded from accessing the scheme will be eligible to receive the
government payments;
3. Convenes a regional Arts and Creatives
Forum, via teleconference, that will look at how best to support independent
artists and small-to- medium arts, cultural and media organisations impacted
by COVID-19 within the next two weeks
and:
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Invites Chris Keely, Executive Director of Create NSW, and
the Mayors of Blacktown City Council; Burwood Council; Canterbury-Bankstown Council; City of Canada Bay Council;
City
of Parramatta
Council; City of Ryde Council; City of Sydney
Council;
Cumberland City
Council; Fairfield City Council;
Inner
West Council;
Liverpool City Council; Penrith City Council;
Randwick City
Council; Strathfield Council; Waverley Council; Woollahra Municipal Council or
their representatives to take part in the Arts and Creatives Forum.
4. Retrospectively endorses the Creative and
Cultural Resilience Grants program, which offers $300,000 in new grant
funding to support the Inner
West’s creative and cultural sector through the impacts of COVID19; and
5. Requests advice in the form of an update
from the officers on how the recently announced $50 million arts packaged
from the NSW Government can be of
benefit to the Inner West arts sector.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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C0520(2) Item 20 Mayoral
Minute: Inner West Drive-In Concerts
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT Council:
1. Notes
the drive-in concert that was held at the Robyn Webster Centre in Tempe
Reserve last week (Attachment 1), in an innovative attempt to allow for live
music performance to be undertaken safely during the current restrictions on
physical distancing;
2. Notes
that the organisers, Drive-In Entertainment Australia (a subsidiary of Action
Reaction Entertainment), have dates locked in for future concerts in NSW in
July and are seeking to negotiate with local governments across the country
to extend the program;
3. Write
to the NSW Government seeking permission and direction for how Inner West can
become a hub for such events at other locations throughout the local
government area; and
4. Seek
a meeting with the organisers to discuss the how future events can
be held in the Inner West LGA.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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C0520(2) Item 21 Mayoral
Minute: Virtual Town Hall Meeting Expression of Interest
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT:
1. Council opens an Expression of Interest (EOI)
for external
providers to provide training to staff to enable them to deliver a three- month
trial to establish teleconference capabilities to substitute for the loss of face-to-face consultation and engagement
between Council and the community. The anchor point of this
project would be the capability for Council to hold virtual town hall style, community meetings on plans of management, infrastructure upgrades, State Government infrastructure projects, public
contributions at Council meetings and other issues of public significance;
2. The EOI is promoted through all of Council’s
communication channels;
3. The results of the EOI be reported to the 23 June Ordinary
Council meeting; and
4.
A report be brought back on how teleconference capabilities can be done using
inhouse resources.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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C0520(2) Item 22 Mayoral
Minute: Promoting Reconciliation Week
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT
Council:
1. Promotes National Reconciliation Week through all of
Council’s communication channels;
2. Promotes and
invites residents to celebrate Reconciliation Week by watching a virtual
cinema screening of the documentary film, In My Blood It Runs. The screening
of the film should be promoted through all of Council’s communication channels;
3. Acknowledges and
reflects on Reconciliation Australia’s theme for National
Reconciliation Week, which is “In this
together”;
4. Notes it is the
20th anniversary of the Reconciliation Walks, when tens of thousands of Australians
came together to walk on bridges and roads across the nation to show their support for a more reconciled
Australia in May 2000; and
5.
Acknowledges that today in National Sorry Day and the third anniversary of
Uluru Statement.
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Motion Carried
For
Motion: Crs
Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri, McKenna OAM,
Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 23 Mayoral
Minute: Supporting Inner West NGOs and Charities
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT:
1. Council immediately makes available the $250,000 which was allocated to establishing
a large-scale volunteer coordination service in the
Inner West at the 7 April
Extraordinary Council Meeting to local NGOs and charities to be used as grants to cover operational costs incurred by these
organisations as result of them
providing vital services
during the COVID-19 crisis;
2. Council invites local NGOs,
including but not
limited to Addison Road Community Centre, the Exodus Foundation, Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, Inner
West Neighbour Aid, Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre, St Vinnies
Rozelle and the Asylum Seekers
Centre, within one week
to discuss how the $250,000 can be distributed to these organisations within 14 business
days of this resolution;
and
3. A COVID-19 local NGOs grant proposal and local NGOs
proposed allocations be brought to the next Council meeting for endorsement
by Council.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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C0520(2) Item 24 Mayoral
Minute: Callan Park Trust
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Motion: (Byrne)
THAT Council:
1. Notes the University of
Sydney’s decision to vacate the heritage listed Kirkbride Buildings
in Callan Park from April 30 2020;
2. Writes to the NSW Government:
a) Registering its disappointment that the they have encouraged the
University to leave and have not arranged for a new tenant or use of the
Kirkbride precinct.
b) Seeking clarification about the process and
timeline for attracting a new tenant for the
site.
3. Call for the immediate establishment of a
Callan Park Public Trust to secure
the future of Callan Park and protect it in perpetuity and ensure the trust
includes community representatives.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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ADJOURNMENT
8.07pm -
The Mayor, Clr Byrne adjourned the meeting for a short recess.
8.12pm–
The Mayor, Clr Byrne resumed the meeting.
C0520(2) Item 1 2019/20
Third Quarter Budget Review.
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Motion: (Stamolis/Passas)
THAT:
1.
The report be deferred
and that it be reviewed and resubmitted to the next Council meeting; and
2.
Including explaining the discrepancy
between the total property capital works deferred to 2020/2021 and the items
included in this category on page 20.
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Motion Lost
For Motion: Crs Da Cruz, Passas, Porteous, Stamolis and Steer
Against Motion: Crs Byrne, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri, McKenna
OAM, Raciti and York
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Foreshadowed Motion: (Drury/York)
THAT the 3rd Quarter Budget Review for 2019/20
be adopted.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri, McKenna
OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Steer and York
Against Motion: Crs Da Cruz, Passas and Stamolis
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C0520(2) Item 2 Planning
Proposal - 1-5 Chester Street, Annandale
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Motion: (Da Cruz/Hesse)
THAT Council:
1.
Support the Planning Proposal for 1-5
Chester Street Annandale and the associated site-specific Leichhardt
Development Control Plan (DCP) 2013 amendment for the reasons recommended in
the Council officers’ assessment report with the following amendments:
a) The draft DCP be amended to require a 4 Star Building
Rating for the Residential Component (including natural drying facilities;
b) The planning proposal and DCP address the noise and
privacy impacts on adjacent residential properties by
amending Planning Proposal provisions:
I.
In Part 2 page 16
to “Development consent must not be granted under clause (3)
unless the consent authority is satisfied that the development will not
result in significant adverse amenity impacts, such as noise and loss of privacy, on
the surrounding neighbourhood.”; and
II.
And including DCP Provisions:
Section G11.10 Visual and Acoustic Privacy Objective O2 and G11.8 Student
Accommodation Objective 2 and following provisions “Boarding house
is to be designed to minimise and mitigate any impacts on the visual and
acoustic privacy of neighbouring buildings by locating: the main entry point
at the front of the site, away from side boundary areas near adjoining
properties; screen fencing, plantings, and acoustic barriers in appropriate
locations; and double glazed windows where noise transmission affects
neighbouring buildings.”
c) The exhibition of the planning proposal to clearly set out
what is permitted in the current zoning and what will be permitted in the
proposed zoning; and
d)
The exhibition of the planning proposal
be notified in hardcopy to surrounding properties in Chester
Street (East and West), Taylor Street (south of Booth Street), Susan Street
and Susan Lane, Nelson Street, Gehrig Lane, Guihen Street, Gordon and Water
Streets.
2.
Forward the Planning Proposal to
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces for a Gateway Determination in
accordance with Section 3.33 of the Environmental Planning & Assessment
Act 1979;
3.
Request the Minister for Planning and
Public Spaces to delegate the plan-making functions for the Planning Proposal
to Council;
4.
Subject to receiving
a favourable Gateway Determination, place the Planning Proposal and draft DCP amendment on public
exhibition to meet the requirements of the Gateway Determination and
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979; and
5. Receive a post exhibition report for its consideration.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Porteous
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C0520(2) Item 3 Local
Traffic Committee Meeting - May 2020
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Motion: (McKenna OAM/Stamolis)
THAT the Minutes of the Local Traffic Committee
Meetings held in May 2020 be received and the recommendations be adopted.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 4 State
Government Response to Covid-19: Changes to Planning Systems and
Policies
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Motion: (Drury/McKenna OAM)
THAT:
1. Council
receives and notes this report; and
2. A further report be brought to the next
council meeting on the intention of the Minister for Planning to fast track
the fish markets development proposal with an assessment of the impacts on
the Inner West Council area.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Passas
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C0520(2) Item 5 Staff
Redeployment during COVID-19
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Motion: (Drury/Lockie)
THAT Council receive and note the report.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Stamolis
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C0520(2) Item 6 Audit
Office of NSW - Report on Financial Statements
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Motion: (McKenna OAM/York)
THAT this report be received and noted.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 7 Investment
Report as at 30 April 2020
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Motion: (Stamolis/Da Cruz)
THAT:
1. The
report be received and noted; and
2. A report of the Investment Performance chart
(page 68) be prepared for the next Council meeting.
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Motion Carried
For
Motion: Crs
Da Cruz, Hesse, Lockie, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis and Steer
Against
Motion: Crs Byrne,
Drury, Iskandar, Kiat, Macri, McKenna OAM and York
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Foreshadowed Motion: (York/Drury)
THAT the report be received and noted.
This Foreshadowed Motion lapsed.
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C0520(2) Item 8 Streets
and Shared Spaces Program
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Motion: (Lockie/Steer)
THAT this report be received and noted.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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ADJOURNMENT
9.12pm -
The Mayor, Clr Byrne adjourned the meeting for a short recess.
9.15pm–
The Mayor, Clr Byrne resumed the meeting.
C0520(2) Item 9 Notice
of Motion: Finance Directorate
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Motion: (Stamolis/Passas)
THAT:
1.
Councillors to receive a briefing on
the Inner West Council organisational structure and to assess creating a
Finance Directorate in the organisational structure; before the end of June
2020; and
2. The revised Council Staff Organisational
Structure be brought to the next Council meeting.
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Motion Lost
For Motion: Crs Da Cruz, Hesse, Lockie, Passas, Porteous, Stamolis and Steer
Against Motion: Crs Byrne, Drury, Iskandar, Kiat, Macri, McKenna OAM, Raciti and
York
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C0520(2) Item 10 Notice
of Motion: Council notification
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Motion: (Passas/Stamolis)
THAT Council
to take steps to set up notification in newspapers.
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Motion Lost
For Motion: Crs Passas, Raciti and Stamolis
Against Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Porteous, Steer and York
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Foreshadowed
Motion (Porteous/Byrne)
THAT a report be
brought to Council which pulls together the information from surveys that Council
currently holds regarding how residents and local businesses seek out and
access information about Council, including notifications about new planning
proposals, consultations on new policies, plans of management etc, Council
events and council news. That the report also consider the option of
conducting a survey of local residents and businesses on their preferred
accessing of Council information.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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C0520(2) Item 11 Notice
of Motion: Process for Development and Public Exhibition
of Draft Council Policies and Plans of Management
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Motion: (Porteous/Stamolis)
THAT proposals
for the development of new or amended Council policies/plans of management
are brought to Council at the beginning of the process.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Da Cruz, Hesse, Kiat, Lockie, Passas, Porteous, Raciti,
Stamolis and Steer
Against Motion: Crs Byrne, Drury, Iskandar, Macri, McKenna OAM and York
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Motion: (Porteous/Stamolis)
THAT draft policies/plans of
management are brought to Council before going on public exhibition.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, McKenna
OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Cr Macri
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C0520(2) Item 12 Notice
of Motion: Letter sign-off accountability
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Motion: (Passas/Macri)
THAT Council
to review its sign-off for its official correspondence with residents to
ensure that full accountability and professionalism of Inner West Council is
maintained.
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Motion Lost
For Motion: Crs Da Cruz, Lockie, Macri, Passas, Porteous, Raciti and Stamolis
Against Motion: Crs Byrne, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, McKenna OAM, Steer and
York
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C0520(2) Item 13 Notice
of Motion: Open Letter to Councillors regarding TfNSW proposed
changes to road network in Leichhardt, Haberfield and Ashfield
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Motion: (Porteous/Lockie)
THAT:
1.
Council receive and
note this Open Letter from residents;
2.
Council take the
actions as requested by residents and as outlined in this Open Letter;
3.
The Mayor write to
the Minister for Transport requesting that Inner West Council be urgently
provided with all the traffic data and traffic modelling which have been used
in the development of these road network change proposals and have been
requested by Council staff on a number of occasions;
4.
Should the traffic
data and traffic modelling requested by Council staff not
be forthcoming within 3 weeks that council initiate a GIPA process to
obtain this information;
5.
Council recognises
and thanks local residents for their excellent advocacy and campaigning work
that has been undertaken to ensure as many residents as possible were able to
make submissions; and
6.
Council to include
information on this issue on its website and update it as needed.
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Motion Carried
For
Motion: Crs
Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri, McKenna OAM,
Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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Confidential Session
Motion: (Byrne/Drury)
THAT Council
enter into Confidential session.
Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
That in
accordance with Section 10A(1) of the Local Government Act 1993, the following
matters be considered in Closed Session of Council for the reasons provided:
C0520(2) Item 15 1-5 Chester Street, Annandale – Voluntary
Planning Agreement (Section 10A(2)(d)(ii) of the Local Government
Act 1993) that would, if disclosed confer a commercial advantage on a
competitor of the Council.
C0520(2) Item 16 Verbal report on Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Performance (Section 10A(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1993) as
it contains personnel matters concerning particular individuals (other than
councillors)
Reports with Confidential Information
C0520(2) Item 15 1-5
Chester Street, Annandale – Voluntary Planning Agreement
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Motion: (Drury/Kiat)
THAT the proposed Voluntary Planning Agreement
for 1-5 Chester Street, Annandale be:
1. Endorsed
in principle, subject to Corvas Pty Ltd (the
proponent):
a) Stratum dedication of through site link;
b) Works in kind and embellishment for though site link; and
c) Monetary contribution of $95,000.
2.
Placed on public exhibition for a
minimum of 28 days;
3. Reported back to Council after public exhibition; and
4.
The monetary
contribution component of the VPA be dedicated to the Affordable Housing Fund
in accordance with Council's Affordable Housing Policy.
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Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, McKenna
OAM, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Crs Macri, Passas, Porteous and Raciti
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C0520(2) Item 16 Verbal
report on Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Performance
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Motion: (Porteous/Drury)
That the performance review
consideration be deferred to the next Ordinary Meeting.
Motion Carried
For Motion: Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri,
McKenna OAM, Passas, Porteous, Raciti, Stamolis, Steer and York
Against Motion: Nil
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Meeting closed at 12.00am
The
Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on
the 26th
day of May, 2020 were confirmed as a correct record on this 9th day of June, 2020.
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CHAIRPERSON