Supplementary AGENDA  1R

 

Distributed on 9 March 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council Meeting

                            

TUESDAY 9 MARCH 2021

 

6.30pm

 

 

   


Council Meeting

9 March 2021

 

 

 

 

MEETING AGENDA – PRECIS

SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS

 

 

The following reports appear as late items as information required for the preparation of the reports was not available at the time of distribution of the Business Paper.

 

 

1          Condolence Motions

 

 

ITEM                                                                                                                                         Page

 

C0321(2) Item 22     Mayoral Minute: Condolence Motion to the Family of Karl-Heinz Fusting 3

 

C0321(2) Item 23     Mayoral Minute: Condolence Motion to the Family of James Leggatt    4

2          Mayoral Minutes

 

ITEM                                                                                                                                         Page

 

C0321(2) Item 24     Mayoral Minute: Seeking Urgent Gazettal of Extended Trading Hours and Cultural Activities Planning Proposal                                                       5

 

C0321(2) Item 25     Mayoral Minute: 55 Smith Street, Summer Hill                                        7

 

  


Council Meeting

9 March 2021

 

 

Item No:         C0321(2) Item 22

Subject:         Mayoral Minute: Condolence Motion to the Family of Karl-Heinz Fusting           

From:             The Mayor, Councillor Darcy Byrne   

 

 

Motion:

 

THAT Council writes a letter of condolence to the family of Karl-Heinz Fusting, expressing our sadness at his passing and thanking them for his incredible contribution to Sydney’s German community, and to the people of Tempe and Marrickville.

 

 

Background

 

It is with sadness that Council notes the passing of Karl-Heinz Fusting.

 

Mr Fusting was the long‑serving president of the Concordia German Club in South Marrickville and was a very active member of Sydney’s German community.

 

The Concordia Club, which celebrates 138 years this year, became a Sydney institution under Mr Fusting’s stewardship.

 

The Club was frequented not only by Sydney’s German-speakers, but also many Inner West locals.

 

Acclaimed musician Josh Pyke was quoted as saying:

 

“The Concordia Club is like heaven for inner-west parents.

 

“It's a croquet club, so the kids can run amok on the field and there's a verandah which overlooks it, so you've got them in sight.

 

“Then you have these huge steins of German beer and these amazing meals, like beautiful pork knuckle, traditional sauerkraut and oxtail.

 

“They have oompah music playing inside – I've even heard an oompah version of Forever Young.”

 

Mr Fusting knew that the secret to the on-going success of the club was to attract young people and families. To that end he fostered a fun, family-friendly place described by the online Sydney city guide Broadsheet as the “beloved German club”.

 

He tirelessly championed the club's German food, the German Film Festival, the Concordia choir and the chess club.

 

And, of course, Oktoberfest, when Concordia became “the best place in Sydney to experience an authentic, friendly, family version of this event”.

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

Nil.


Council Meeting

9 March 2021

 

 

Item No:         C0321(2) Item 23

Subject:         Mayoral Minute: Condolence Motion to the Family of James Leggatt           

From:             The Mayor, Councillor Darcy Byrne   

 

 

Motion:

 

THAT Council writes a letter of condolence to the family of James Leggatt, expressing our sadness at his passing and thanking them for his incredible contribution to tennis and the Inner West community.

 

 

Background

 

 

It is with sadness that Council notes the passing of James “Jim” Leggatt.

 

Jim was born in Dulwich Hill in 1939, a son of devoted tennis players.

 

He started playing tennis casually around Marrickville, then took up the game more seriously, playing his first “Sydney Badge” – the oldest tennis competition in the Sydney Metro area - in 1958 at the age of 18 for Western Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association.

 

Jim won the club singles every year from 1958 to 1963, being pretty much invincible during that time. After playing with “Wests” for a few years he moved to Marrickville Lawn Tennis Club in the early 1964 to play in the top Badge grade with a couple of his mates.

 

He continued to play there until his team decided to transfer to Cheltenham Tennis Club in the early 1980s, his team moved on, but he continued to play at Cheltenham until 2008. 

 

During these 51 years his team always played in the top Badge grades.

 

Jim arrived back “home” at Wests in 2008, continuing to play Badge, as well as passing on his memories and experience. He continued to play in a team from 2009 to 2018 giving him 61 consecutive years of playing Sydney Badge. 

 

Western Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association has always been close to his heart and he was a long-time committee member of the historic club.

 

Jim was much loved, respected and is very sadly missed.

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

Nil.


Council Meeting

9 March 2021

 

 

Item No:         C0321(2) Item 24

Subject:         Mayoral Minute: Seeking Urgent Gazettal of Extended Trading Hours and Cultural Activities Planning Proposal            

From:             The Mayor, Councillor Darcy Byrne   

 

 

Motion:

 

THAT Council:

 

1.   Notes the Council resolution of 27 October 2020 in relation to the Planning Proposal Pre-Exhibition Report - Extended Trading Hours and Cultural Activities;

 

2.   Writes to the Planning Minister requesting the urgent gazettal of the Gateway determination of the Extended Trading Hours and Cultural Activities planning proposal; and

 

3.   Promotes this policy through all Council communication channels.

 

 

Background

 

In October 2020, Council adopted a policy to allow for small scale artistic and cultural events to take place in industrial zones and main street premises throughout the Inner West. 

The policy aims to counteract the shrinking number of live music venues and artistic spaces throughout Sydney.  

Live performance and exhibition will be able to take place as “exempt development” with an audience of up to 150 people in industrial premises and 80 people in properties in and around the main streets.

There will be no need for a development application to be submitted, making thousands of new spaces available at low cost for artists to perform, practice and exhibit their work.  

This will allow musicians, actors, and visual artists to make use of shopfronts, warehouses, and office spaces, which are currently sitting dormant and unused after dark.   

The finalised policy has been submitted to the State Government, and Council is waiting for them to gazette the policy so that these new rules can be rolled out in 2021.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C1020(2) Item 4 Planning Proposal Pre-Exhibition Report - Extended Trading Hours and Cultural Activities

Motion: (Byrne/Macri)

THAT Council: 

1.   Endorse and forward the attached Planning Proposal, facilitating extended trading and cultural activities, to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment with a request for Gateway determination;

2.   Request delegation of the plan-making functions for this planning proposal to Council’s Acting General Manager;

3.   Should a favourable Gateway determination be received, publicly exhibit the planning proposal in accordance with any conditions of the Gateway determination and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979;

4.   Receive a post-exhibition report for its consideration;

5.   Review the operation of the policy after 12 months and a report prepared for Council; and

6.   Review resident parking schemes in surrounding areas.

Motion Carried

For Motion:                 Crs Byrne, Da Cruz, Drury, Hesse, Iskandar, Kiat, Lockie, Macri, McKenna OAM, Passas, Raciti, Stamolis and Steer

Against Motion:          Nil

 

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

Nil.


Council Meeting

9 March 2021

 

 

Item No:         C0321(2) Item 25

Subject:         Mayoral Minute: 55 Smith Street, Summer Hill           

From:             The Mayor, Councillor Darcy Byrne  

 

 

Motion:

 

THAT Council:

 

1.   Writes to the Chair of the Joint Regional Planning Panel, which will consider the development application for 55 Smith Street, Summer Hill, requesting that the Panel convene a meeting with Summer Hill residents regarding the proposal in order to hear their views, and further requests that the Panel hearing at which the application is to be considered be held in Summer Hill or Ashfield in order to allow residents to attend and their views be heard;

 

2.   Letterboxes all residents in Summer Hill to update them about the status of the development application for 55 Smith Street, explains the process through which the proposal will be considered by the State Government appointed Planning Panel and how residents can make individual submissions to the Panel and participate in the Panel’s hearing; and

 

3.   Receives a report at the April Ordinary meeting summarising all significant residential development proposals (25 dwellings or more) that are under assessment or have been approved in this term of Council.

 

 

Background

 

On Saturday 6 March, a public meeting was held in the ground floor meeting space of the Mungo Scott Mill apartments in Summer Hill regarding the development application the development application for 55 Smith Street Summer Hill. More than 200 local residents attended the meeting.

 

The development proposal seeks to convert existing employment lands for residential development making use of the “new generation boarding housing” planning provisions to gain consent for the construction of 105 apartments on the site.

 

This comes in addition to the 184 new apartments under construction at the former ambulance station site in Summer Hill.

 

In recent years there has been a very significant increase in the residential density in Summer Hill and Lewisham as a result of large-scale rezoning of industrial sites.

 

 

At the March 6 meeting, which I attended, residents raised concerns about the following:

 

-      The further loss of employment lands within Summer Hill.

-      The misuse of the “new generation boarding house” planning provisions resulting in residential density bonuses for the proponent without the provision of new affordable housing.

-      The cumulative impact of ongoing, large scale increases in residential density on local amenity including impacts on traffic and parking and insufficient provision of open space.

A resolution was unanimously passed by the meeting opposing the development proposal in its current form and expressing support for social diversity and the provision of affordable housing in Summer Hill.

 

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

Nil.