BUSINESS PAPER ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL To be held at 6.00 pm on Tuesday 28 January 2014 Council Chambers, Level 10, Council Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong Order of Business Members 1 Acknowledgement of Traditional Lord Mayor – Owners Councillor Gordon Bradbery OAM (Chair) 2 Civic Prayer Deputy Lord Mayor – 3 Apologies Councillor Chris Connor 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest Councillor Michelle Blicavs 5 Petitions and Presentations Councillor David Brown 6 Confirmation of Minutes – Ordinary Councillor Leigh Colacino Council Meeting 9 December 2013 Councillor Bede Crasnich 7 Public Access Forum Councillor Vicki Curran 8 Lord Mayoral Minute Councillor John Dorahy 9 Urgent Items Councillor Janice Kershaw 10 Notice of Motion Councillor Ann Martin 11 Call of the Agenda Councillor Jill Merrin 12 Agenda Items Councillor Greg Petty Councillor George Takacs QUORUM – 7 MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT Ordinary Meeting of Council 28 January 2014 INDEX PAGE NO. ITEM B Lord Mayoral Minute – Acknowledgement of Professor Don Iverson .................. A1 ITEM C Lord Mayoral Minute – Deferral of Ordinary Council Meeting of 10 February 2014 ................................................................................................ A2 ITEM A Notice of Motion - Councillor Merrin - Purchase of Land at Helensburgh, Lilyvale and Otford (CM14/14) ......................................................... 1 ITEM 1 Crown Street and Inner City Building Facade Rejuvenation Program (CM16/14) .............................................................................................................. 3 ITEM 2 Policy Review - Code of Meeting Practice (CM4/14) ........................................... 10 ITEM 3 Quarterly Report on Development Applications Involving Variations to Development Standards (CM3/14) ................................................................... 13 ITEM 4 Tender T13/10 Provision of Decorative LIghting for the Refurbishment of the Crown Street Mall (CM7/14) .............................................. 15 ITEM 5 Tender T13/20 – Review of Brooks Creek Flood Study/Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan (CM8/14) ....................................................... 19 ITEM 6 Tender T13/31 Grand Pacific Walk Stage 1 Coalcliff/Stanwell Park – Stoney Creek Shareway Bridge (CM9/14) ........................................................... 23 ITEM 7 Tender T13/33 Bushell's Hill Bridge Repairs (CM10/14) ...................................... 27 ITEM 8 Proposed Acquisition of Drainage Reserve Adjoining Nos 721 and 723 Lawrence Hargrave Drive and No 22 Hyde Lane, Coledale (CM1/14) .............................................................................................................. 31 ITEM 9 Proposed Acquisition of Part of Lot 95 DP 9943 No 29 Murray Road, East Corrimal for Road Widening (CM2/14) .............................................. 34 ITEM 10 Revocation of Policy - Local Ethnic Affairs Policy Statement (LEAPS) (CM5/14) .............................................................................................................. 37 ITEM 11 November 2013 Financials (CM15/14) ................................................................ 40 ITEM 12 December 2013 Financials (CM11/14) ................................................................ 45 ITEM 13 Statements of Investments - November and December 2013 (CM12/14) ............................................................................................................ 50 ITEM 14 Minutes of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee meeting held 17 December 2013 (CM13/14) .................................................................................. 53 Ordinary Meeting of Council 28 January 2014 A1 REF: CM32/14 File: Z14/15400 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ITEM B PROFESSOR DON IVERSON I would like to take this opportunity to recognise Professor Don Iverson. Professor Iverson has made an outstanding and consistent contribution to our region through his work with the University of Wollongong (UOW), by establishing a nationally and internationally profile for health and medical research, as well as raising the profile of healthcare in the Illawarra, and delivering substantial benefits for people living in our region. Professor Iverson was integral in the development and leadership of two of the largest and most significant additions to UOW in the last decade: the Graduate School of Medicine (GSM) and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute. From the very beginning Professor Iverson had the vision of building a unique medical school, one that trained doctors to work in regional, rural and remote Australia in real- world medical settings rather than solely in on-campus lectures and workshops. Professor Iverson was the key to every success of the GSM – not only developing the vision for the GSM and ensuring its accreditation, but bringing on board the University and the community. Having established the GSM, Professor Iverson moved onto the next goal – establishing the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute. His appointment to the role of Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University, commencing in February 2014, represents a great loss to the Illawarra community. We are fortunate Professor Iverson continues to see himself as a part of our community and has repeatedly expressed his desire and intention to remain an integral part of our region. I THEREFORE MOVE THAT Wollongong City Council, on behalf of our community formally recognise the outstanding achievements and contributions Professor Don Iverson has made to our region and write to him to convey our gratitude. Ordinary Meeting of Council 28 January 2014 A2 REF: CM33/14 File: Z14/15673 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - DEFERRAL OF ORDINARY COUNCIL ITEM C MEETING OF 10 FEBRUARY 2014 On 9 September 2013, Council resolved as follows in relation to the 2014 Council meeting structure and cycle: • Two Ordinary Council meetings per month to be held on the second and fourth Monday commencing at 6.00 pm. • Councillor Briefing Sessions be held on the first and third Monday of each month commencing at 5.00 pm. • No Ordinary Council meetings or Councillor Briefing Sessions be held during a public school holiday period with the exception of January. • The option for an additional Councillor Briefing on the 5th Monday of the month, being in March and June (noting that September falls in a school holiday period), when the General Manager determines that there is sufficient business to warrant an additional briefing. • Additional Councillor Briefing Sessions being scheduled for Thursdays when there is an urgent demand. I have been advised by the General Manager, that there are very few agenda items listed for the Ordinary Council Meeting of 10 February 2014, and none are time critical. An Extraordinary Meeting of Council was scheduled for 17 February 2014 to discuss a report on Securing our Future. It is proposed to move the Ordinary Meeting of Council currently scheduled for 10 February 2014 to 17 February 2014. The feedback from the “Securing our Future” exhibition can then be considered at this meeting also. This proposal meets the requirements of the resolution of 9 September 2013 with two meetings being held in February (on the 17th and 24th). It avoids having to hold three Council meetings in February and frees up Monday, 10 February for a Briefing Session. I THEREFORE MOVE THAT Council reschedule the Ordinary Council Meeting currently planned for 10 February 2014 to 17 February 2014. Ordinary Meeting of Council 28 January 2014 1 REF: CM14/14 File: CO-910.05.01.006 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR MERRIN - PURCHASE OF LAND ITEM A AT HELENSBURGH, LILYVALE AND OTFORD Councillor Merrin has submitted the following Notice of Motion – “I formally move that Council urgently write to the Minister for the Environment, The Hon. Robyn Parker MP, requesting that the State Government purchase land currently for sale at Helensburgh, Lilyvale and Otford, for inclusion in the Royal National Park (RNP).” Information provided by Councillor Merrin: The land has been advertised as Otford Valley Farm, Lady Carrington Drive, and comprises approximately 900 acres of bushland and farmland adjacent to the Royal National Park. Much of the land is zoned E2 Environmental Conservation and there is a farm of approximately 50-100 ha zoned E3. Rationale: 1 The land has many high quality environmental values that make it important for inclusion in the public estate. The bushland complies with State Government initiative known as the Great Eastern Range Initiative for greater interconnectivity between protected isolated National Parks, bushlands and wilderness areas. • The bushland component includes: o The wet sclerophyll wildlife corridor adjoining the RNP, with areas to the south and the Illawarra Escarpment, is essential for wildlife movement and a haven during firestorms in the RNP and Garrawarra; o Upland swamps; o Dry littoral forest; o Temperate rainforest; o Scrub bushland; o Major tributaries of the upper Hacking River and its catchment; o Erosion-prone Narrabeen soils which affect the water quality and health of the Hacking River and RNP; o Habitat for several threatened species including the Sooty Owl and Powerful Owl; o Noise, sight and dust barrier around the Helensburgh coal mine; o Consists of key natural environment identified by the Illawarra Regional Strategy. Ordinary Meeting of Council 28 January 2014 2 • The farmland includes: o Residences;