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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

The 4431 meeting of the Brisbane City Council, held at City Hall, Brisbane on Tuesday 18 March 2014 at 2pm

Prepared by: Council and Committee Liaison Office Chief Executive’s Office Office of the Lord Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

THE 4431 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE, ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2014 Dedicated to a better Brisbane AT 2PM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS______i PRESENT:______1 OPENING OF MEETING:______1 MINUTES:______1 QUESTION TIME:______1 CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:______13 ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 13 A APPROVAL TO SELL PROPERTIES FOR OVERDUE RATES UNDER THE CITY OF BRISBANE REGULATION 2012 18 INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 20 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ROLLOUT OF PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN TIMERS 23 B PETITION – OBJECTION TO PERMANENT ROAD CLOSURE - ELAM ST, WINDSOR 24 C PETITION – REQUESTING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON NETWORK DRIVE, WYNNUM WEST, AT THE TOP GATES FOR BRISBANE BAYSIDE STATE COLLEGE 25 D PETITIONS – REQUESTING NO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG WATERWORKS ROAD, THE GAP, BETWEEN THE GAP HIGH SCHOOL AND PAYNE ROAD, THE GAP 27 PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 28 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SPECIAL EVENTS 28 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 29 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ARTFORCE AWARDS 31 ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 32 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – CREEK FILTRATION SYSTEM TRIALS 33 FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE 34 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STORMWATER PIPE SURVEY TECHNIQUES 34 BRISBANE LIFESTYLE COMMITTEE 36 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL AND CRIME STOPPERS PARTNERSHIP: “THE COST OF CRIME” 37 FINANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 39 A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STUDY BRISBANE 2014 40 B BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – JANUARY 2014 41 PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:______42 GENERAL BUSINESS:______42 QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:______53 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:______53

[4431 (Ordinary) Meeting – 18 March 2014] MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

THE 4431 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE, ON TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2014 Dedicated to a better Brisbane AT 2PM

PRESENT:

The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK) – LNP The Chairman of Council, Councillor Margaret de WIT (Pullenvale Ward) – LNP

LNP Councillors (and Wards) ALP Councillors (and Wards) Krista ADAMS (Wishart) Milton DICK (Richlands) (The Leader of the Matthew BOURKE (Jamboree) Opposition) Amanda COOPER (Bracken Ridge) Helen ABRAHAMS (The Gabba) (Deputy Leader of Vicki HOWARD (Central) the Opposition) Steven HUANG (Macgregor) Peter CUMMING (Wynnum Manly) Fiona KING (Marchant) Kim FLESSER (Northgate) Geraldine KNAPP (The Gap) Steve GRIFFITHS (Moorooka) Kim MARX (Karawatha) Victoria NEWTON (Deagon) Peter MATIC (Toowong) Shayne SUTTON (Morningside) Ian McKENZIE (Holland Park) Independent Councillor (and Ward) David McLACHLAN (Hamilton) Nicole JOHNSTON (Tennyson) Ryan MURPHY (Doboy) Angela OWEN-TAYLOR (Parkinson) (Deputy Chairman of Council) Adrian SCHRINNER (Chandler) (Deputy Mayor) Julian SIMMONDS (Walter Taylor) Andrew WINES (Enoggera) Norm WYNDHAM (McDowall)

OPENING OF MEETING:

The Chairman, Councillor Margaret de WIT, opened the meeting with prayer, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.

MINUTES: 558/2013-14 The Minutes of the 4425 (Special – Draft City Plan) meeting of Council held on 31 January 2014, and the 4430 (Ordinary) meeting of Council held on 11 March 2014, copies of which had been forwarded to each councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor Ryan MURPHY, seconded by Councillor Kim MARX.

QUESTION TIME:

Chairman: Are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chairman of any of the Standing Committees? Councillor MURPHY. Question 1 Councillor MURPHY: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. I understand that the CLICK! Digital Expo of 2014 was held in City Hall last week. Can you please provide further information about this event and how it is

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helping businesses across all industry sectors to harness digital technologies and create stronger and more innovative business models? Can you also update the Chamber on other digital successes occurring in our city? LORD MAYOR: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and thank you, Councillor MURPHY. The CLICK! Digital Expo was held this year on Thursday 13 March and Friday 14 March last week. It was a good event. It was an event which had the exposure to all sectors of our community. I say that, and instance that, by the fact that the registrations for this particular event were many and varied. Some 57 per cent of attendees came from the private sector. We had 12 per cent from the not-for-profit organisations; nine per cent from government departments and agencies; four per cent from educational institutions; 13 per cent from intending entrepreneurs and business start-ups, and five per cent from other categories. This is an event which is named as a key part of the Digital Brisbane strategy and it is empowering businesses and other entities in our city to gear up and to harness digital technologies and create a stronger and more competitive local economy. It is an event also which is largely led by Regional Development Australia, but they do so in conjunction with Digital Brisbane and with Business Success Group, and we welcome the partnership arrangement that this brings. It joins, of course, other groups like the Chamber of Commerce in Queensland that are very much out there and selling the message of the need for digital transformation within the business sector at large. Of this particular event, 40 per cent of the registered attendees did not have a website or have a website that they admit is not well maintained; 22 per cent of attendees did not use social media for business purposes; 64 per cent found it difficult to understand Cloud systems or have not moved their business to the Cloud; 15 per cent did not use SmartPhones or tablets for business apart from basic uses; and 33 per cent of attendees did not have a digital strategy. So these were in so many ways the sort of people that we were keen to get to. But the beauty of this particular CLICK! Digital Expo was that there were opportunities for everybody, regardless of the type of stage in which people are at in their digital knowledge and digital use. So it was very much one which had courses and sessions which were designed for advanced people in the digital space, for those in the intermediate category, and those who were starting out. So it is that this is a journey. The digital message that we are selling, the need for a digital transformation in our city is one which we will continue to spread across all sectors. This is I think the third occasion now that we have run the CLICK! Digital Expo. It is growing each year. This year we had it in the auditorium of City Hall, and it is an event which I believe will also continue to grow. I want to thank all of the exhibitors for their part in the program. The program itself had 36 short, sharp seminars by digital and industry experts, and as I mentioned earlier, they were tiered for beginners, intermediates and advanced. The attendees learnt about the Cloud, about digital accounting and invoicing, social media, SEO (search engine optimisation), making the most of their website, the mobility revolution, planning a digital strategy, brand protection in the digital age, making money from inventions, new trends such as gamification, and more. So, Madam Chairman, again I thank all of those who were involved in the CLICK! Digital Expo and thank them for their ongoing support and participation. It is part, of course, of a broader spectrum of activities within the digital strategy. Our CoderDojo program, for example, we have now had some 287 kids in this city that have been through a significant program of training— and we have had 81 volunteers involved in that as mentors of these young people. All the predictions are that the future will see a great shortage of people in programming. So it is the CoderDojo program is one which is very, very important in the creation of jobs and job opportunities for our young people into the future. That is why we are focusing on seven to 17-year-olds with that program. Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Councillor DICK.

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Question 2 Councillor DICK; Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. The CEO of Suncorp Personal Insurance has today said that new provisions within your new city plan that allow new residential development of flood-prone land is 'silly and an odd thing to do.' He argues that allowing development on land known to flood could put an even bigger burden on homeowners in the long run. Will you agree to scrap these provisions and listen to the experts in your new city plan? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, I thank Councillor DICK for the question. This is, again, an interesting question which is often posed. It is not the first time the Opposition has posed this question in this place. So the CBD flooded. Are we not to develop buildings in our CBD? Is that— Councillors interjecting. LORD MAYOR: South Bank flooded. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: The proposed site the former premier was going to build South Bank 2 on completely flooded. Howard Smith Wharves—so much of this city floods. I can't stand here as Lord Mayor of this city and say what the next event might be, when it might be and how big it might be. Nobody can; not even someone as significant as the Opposition could stand here and do that. Councillors interjecting. LORD MAYOR: So, Madam Chairman, to suggest that we should not get about the business— Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: —of building in this city because of the fact that we are historically built on a flood plain is simply ridiculous—simply ridiculous. What we have done—and through the Commission of Inquiry that occurred after the January 2011 flood— is that we have built into the provisions of the city plan those measures to take into account the need for flood resilience in any development that occurs—the need to make sure that we take into account previous flood levels. So it is that we are doing the right thing in terms of the provision of information. There is flood information available to each and every citizen in this city. That information provides flood levels, depending upon what the— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! LORD MAYOR: —what the level of event might be. There were many houses, for example, in wards across this city that flooded. Do we suggest to those people, those individual landowners, that they should not add an additional bedroom perhaps to those rooms as an exterior extension to those homes? Is that what Suncorp Insurance is suggesting? It is nonsense. If we are to progress this city, we have to obviously take into account that this city is built on a floodplain, that there will be flooding, and we have to build into our requirements as much as we possibly can the necessity of taking that into account and building in a way that takes it into account. That is in the plan. That is in the plan. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! LORD MAYOR: But, Madam Chairman, that is a far cry to where Labor were on this matter, where they just completely refused of course to give any information to people up to 2004, where they did all the reports and they stuck them away, they hid them where people could not avail themselves of that information. That is a contrast here—that is the contrast. So yes, I am aware of what Mr Mark Milliner has had to say in relation to this at the Urban Development Institute of Australia National Congress. But again I just ask Mr Milliner: is he

suggesting, for example, that we don't build buildings in the CBD, because it flooded? Chairman: Further questions; Councillor McKENZIE. Question 3 Councillor McKENZIE: Thanks, Madam Chairman; my question is to Councillor SCHRINNER, the Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee. I understand this Administration is working hard to deliver on the LORD MAYOR's election commitments, and ensure our city is accessible for all transport users, including an increasing number of motorcycle and scooter users. Can you please provide the Chamber with an example of how this is being achieved? DEPUTY MAYOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you, Councillor McKENZIE, for the question. There has been a lot of focus on bikies and motorcycle riders lately, and this Council is saying: come into the CBD, drive your motorcycle and scooter, and you can park for free. We have a policy that was announced at the last election which is a commitment to provide 400 free motorcycle parking spaces in inner city Brisbane. Councillor interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: This is our commitment to one part of the strategy— Chairman: Order! DEPUTY MAYOR: —of reducing traffic congestion and making sure our city is more accessible. Now, motorcycle and scooter riding is something that has been growing massively in recent years. We have, in the Brisbane local government area, around 33,000 registered motorcycle and scooter riders. That number has been growing significantly. Registrations in the last five years of these types of vehicles have increased by 30 per cent. So, more and more people are getting on their motorbikes and getting on their scooters and using them as a form of transport to get around our city. We are saying this is good. This should be encouraged. It is not for everyone, obviously, but people who are prepared to ride their motorcycles or scooters, we want to help them out by making it easier to find a space for their vehicle. We want to make those spaces free as well in acknowledgement that this is an efficient form of transport to get around our city. So, in line with our commitment, last week we announced that more than 100 new spaces had been released. This is the second tranche of spaces that have been released in this term. Last year in March we announced the first 100; last week we announced an extra 129 spaces have been opened up. These spaces are in seven different locations in the inner city areas. They include spaces in the CBD, in South Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Milton and Dutton Park. We have 22 spaces provided in Alice Street, 22 spaces in William Street, 15 spaces in Wharf Street, 22 spaces in Douglas Street, Milton; nine spaces in Hynes Street, Fortitude Valley; nine spaces in Dutton Park on TJ Doyle Memorial Drive, and also 30 spaces in Kurilpa Park, South Brisbane, right next to GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art). I have to particularly thank and commend the State Government for supporting this initiative. Some of these spaces are now being provided on State-owned land, and the State has been kind enough to allow us to use that land for free. Together, the State Government and the Council are providing an important service and facility for motorcycle and scooter users across the city. So I am pleased to say that we are well on track to meet our commitment this term. In the two years we have delivered over 229 new free spaces, well on track towards the 400 spaces we promised this term. We are right now looking for the next round of spaces. So, thank you Councillor McKENZIE for the question. It is a great initiative that supports accessibility in our city, and I would ask any councillors that have suggestions for motorcycle parking spaces in their area to please submit them through. We are happy to look at options across that inner city area. Thank you.

Chairman: Further questions; Councillor JOHNSTON. Question 4 Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. You have just outlined to this Chamber that you fully support building commercial and residential building on parts of the city that flood. Yesterday you wrote to me saying that you refused—personally wrote to me—refusing to allow a seat, a bin, a tap to be installed on parkland at Rocklea at the request of residents. Why do you support significant residential and commercial building around this city, yet you refuse to allow a bin, a seat and a tap in community parkland at Rocklea? LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor JOHNSTON for the easy question. Let's be absolutely clear: the Central Business District—and Councillor JOHNSTON in her question was referring to comments that I had made about commercial and residential properties—many parts of this city flood maybe on average every 40 years. We have to accept that that is a part of Brisbane. Many of the most valued properties in this city—and some of them are in Councillor JOHNSTON's own ward—flood every 40 years or so. The land to which Councillor JOHNSTON refers to is land which is designated Q2. In other words, that land floods every two years. Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Point of order against you; yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, the LORD MAYOR sent me a written memo saying— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, the LORD MAYOR— Councillor JOHNSTON: He is misleading the Chamber. He said to me yesterday, in writing, which I have here, that it was not in the Q2 area, and that is in writing from the LORD MAYOR yesterday. So I don't believe what the LORD MAYOR is saying in this Chamber is true, and I believe he is misleading the Chamber. Chairman: LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, this is Rocklea we are talking about, okay? Rocklea is a place where we have bought up a lot of land—a lot of land—on the voluntary purchase scheme. This is land where there has been people living in houses which have flooded regularly. So it is in parkland which is not parkland, by the way; it is land in lots of cases— Councillor interjecting. LORD MAYOR: —where we are simply— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! LORD MAYOR: Well, hang on, just wait and hear me out. So the land that we are buying back in a buy-back scheme is not parkland. Okay? It is— Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. We have heard again—and the LORD MAYOR is misleading— Chairman: Wait until you are called, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Sorry. Chairman: Yes, Councillor; point of order. Councillor JOHNSTON: The LORD MAYOR is misleading the Chamber. We have passed motions through this Council rezoning this land as parkland. Chairman: I don't believe the LORD MAYOR is misleading the Chamber. He is trying to— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, do not respond back to me in that way. Do not argue with me. The LORD MAYOR is trying to answer your question, if you will give him a chance. Thank you, LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Yes, thanks Madam Chairman. So I am saying that a lot of the land that we are buying back, the houses that we are buying in that area are houses that fit into a Q2 pattern. We are buying those houses for the very reason that it floods on average every two years; in some cases, more often. So there are other parcels of land obviously within Rocklea itself, but they are very low-lying. Councillor JOHNSTON, I need to have an address of the land that you are talking about in your question. There was no address given in the question. So, Madam Chairman, I don't know which piece of land she is talking about. All I know is that, in the overwhelming majority of cases of land in Rocklea it floods every two years or more often, which is why we are buying so many parcels back. We have a policy—and I am talking here in a general sense, because Councillor JOHNSTON in the question has not referred to an address location in terms of this piece of land—in a general sense, we have a policy where we do not install equipment in areas which flood more often than every two years. That is, I think, a reasonable position for this Council to hold. Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Point of order; yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, I refer you to this memo from the LORD MAYOR dated 13 March. 'You may not be aware that the examples you refer to— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON— Councillor JOHNSTON: —in your email are not located— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON— Councillor JOHNSTON: —in areas that are subject to Q2 flooding. The LORD MAYOR— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON— Councillor JOHNSTON: —is misleading the Chamber, Madam Chairman. This is his written advice to me yesterday. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON— Councillor JOHNSTON: Yesterday it wasn't in the Q2 area and today it is, Madam Chairman. That is misleading the Chamber. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, resume your seat. The LORD MAYOR is not misleading the Chamber. I don't know what is in your letter. If you were to table it, perhaps I could have a look. If you gave the LORD MAYOR an address, he might— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: —be able to answer your question. Don't argue with me, and don't respond back in that way, or you will be warned. Show some courtesy. LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Yes, thanks Madam Chairman. Again, there is no address given in the question, so I don't know particularly which parts of the plan. I sign several letters to Councillor JOHNSTON a week, and sometimes you are not sure. You've got to mind read a bit with these questions, because they are very general. So it is today with no specific address given. I don't know specifically what piece of land she is talking about. It must be a different piece to the one that I was thinking she was referring to. So, if she again wants to send me a note in relation to it, if she is saying that piece of land she refers to is outside of Q2, then I will have another look at it, but I am just saying to the Chamber—and this isn't just for Councillor JOHNSTON's sake, this is for everybody's sake, if the land is Q2 or worse, we don't put in playground equipment in those situations. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! Further questions; Councillor WYNDHAM.

Question 5 Councillor WYNDHAM: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to Councillor McLACHLAN, the Chair of Field Services Committee. I understand that national TV and computer recycling schemes finalised their outcomes for 2012-13. Can you update the Chamber on these outcomes and detail what part BCC played in this great initiative? Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you to Councillor WYNDHAM for his question and his ongoing interest in recycling matters. Indeed, the Federal Government's Department of Environment has recently released the national figures for the collection of eWaste for 2012-13, the first year of operation of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme. This is available online if anybody wants to go and read it. The scheme is not limited to TVs and desktop computers—phones, laptops, audio equipment and printers are all gratefully received for recycling. All this high tech equipment contains a number of elements and precious metals that can be recovered, and which could pose a risk to the environment if disposed of improperly in landfills—materials like gold, copper, silver, zinc, nickel, lead, platinum, to name just a few. Most of the component parts of this equipment can, when broken down and processed, be used in the manufacture of new equipment. Brisbane City Council has been at the forefront of eWaste collection and recycling since 2006. Our Towards Zero Waste strategy regards disposal into landfill as the least desirable method for dealing with unwanted goods, with every encouragement provided to re-use or to recycle. A number of our everyday services commenced life as projects. The first one-off eWaste event was in 2006 at the Rochedale Transfer Station that collected 50 tonnes of eWaste collection service that year. The following year, nearly four times that amount was collected, at 288 tonnes. In 2009, the four transfer stations introduced eWaste recycling as an every day of the year opportunity, so 365 days of the year opportunity for residents. The Federal Government got on board via the national TV and recycling scheme in 2012, ahead of the switch-off of the analogue broadcasting network, and a bit expected upswing in the disposal of old TVs. The national scheme requires television and computer industries to fund the collection and recycling to televisions and computers disposed of across Australia each year. Under product stewardship, the industry takes responsibility for the products they make and sell throughout the entire life of the product, including ultimately its disposal and rebirthing via recycling. Under that scheme in our area, the distribution company DHL is a licensed agent to take whatever eWaste is collected at our transfer stations and to manage the distribution of that material into appropriate recycling streams. It is a good addition to the program that Council initiated several years ago, and means that industry bears the cost of taking their end of life products through to recycling. That was a cost previously borne by Council and ratepayers. Now that eWaste can be taken to our transfer stations without charge, there has been an increase in the tonnages of materials that has been collected. In Brisbane, 693 tonnes of eWaste was collected in the financial year for 2011-12; that jumped to 1252 tonnes for 2012-13, the first year of the national scheme. This is a significant contribution to the national figures, according to the Department of Environment Heritage. Nationally nearly 41,000 tonnes of eWaste was collected for recycling from 635 sites, and that represented a doubling of the annual amount collected nationally the previous year. It represents a collection of about 30 per cent, though, of eWaste material calculated to have reached the end of its usable life in 2012-13, so there is more work to be done in terms of encouraging recycling of eWaste, and we will continue to work with our program partners to capture more of this eWaste at the end of its life each year. So far the figures for this year have been encouraging; a strong uplift on the previous year. The final 2013-14 tonnages

aren't yet in; we've only got eight months, but so far we have collected over 1100 tonnes of material, so that is well on track to beat the previous year's figure. Apart from the service provided every day at the transfer station, Council contractors that are responsible for our kerbside collection service, which is undertaken annually in every street, picked up 83 tonnes of eWaste in 2012-13, and we encourage people still not to use that method for the disposal of their eWaste. It is an unreliable way for disposal of that material for anybody with an environmental conscience. While intact equipment will be collected and put into the recycling stream, if the scavengers get to it first, it can render it useless for the recycling stream, and not all that material that the scavengers get goes into proper recycling, so we still encourage residents please to put their material out via the transfer stations available every day for the collection of eWaste. Thank you Madam Chair. Chairman: Thank you, Councillor McLACHLAN; Councillor SUTTON. Question 6 Councillor SUTTON: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. In 2008, Campbell Newman announced he would upgrade Wynnum Road and Shafston Avenue from Hawthorne to East Brisbane, and all work would be completed and delivered by 2012. It is now 2014 and construction work has still not commenced on the promised Wynnum Road upgrade. Now that Campbell Newman is Premier, has he or anybody else in the State Government indicated a willingness by the State Government to provide funding for this much-needed upgrade? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, Councillor SUTTON is again going over old ground here. She will well be aware that we had a major flood event in this city in 2011, in January of 2011, and we had further flood events then occur together with a significant wind storm in 2013. Those two events had impacts on this city and the finances of this city. So, we know—and we stated it over and over again around that time—that there were certain projects that did need to be put on hold. Does that mean to say that they are never going to be done? No, of course it does not. But in fact, not so long back, I restated my commitment in relation to stage 1 of the Wynnum Road upgrade, and this will be a project which will be jointly badged with Council and the Federal Government. It is, of course, a project which comes on the back of the putting out to the market of the tolling rights of the Legacy Way project and that of the Go Between Bridge. That provides those funds necessary to be able to advance both Kingsford Smith Drive and, as I stated, stage 1 of the Wynnum Road upgrade. So that is the position. That has been the position now for some time. That joint badging agreement was an agreement that I entered into with Anthony Albanese when he was the Infrastructure Minister in this nation. Of course, that arrangement came on the back of a Federal Government report which talked about the need to look at assets that we have, the way in which we can recapitalise on those assets to make sure we build further infrastructure. So that, I hope, explains the position for Councillor SUTTON. Councillor SUTTON: Point of order, Madam Chair. Chairman: Yes, Councillor SUTTON; point of order. Councillor SUTTON: I note the LORD MAYOR has talked about both the Council and Federal Government badging for the Wynnum Road upgrade project. My specific question was about State Government funding for the project. I just wondered if he could clarify in his summing up whether or not the State Government will be providing any funding, because that was my question. Chairman: I believe the LORD MAYOR has actually finished his answer. LORD MAYOR: Well, I kind of hadn’t. Madam Chairman, I am very happy to respond to that. I have never—neither has this Administration—ever approached the State

Government in relation to funds, because we didn't see it as appropriate to approach the State Government for funds on that particular road. We didn't do it right back through the Bligh years. We didn't do through the Beattie years before the Anna Bligh period of office, and we haven't done it now. It is certainly not our intention. In terms of any statements that Campbell Newman might have made, that was done in the context of Lord Mayor of Brisbane. We saw that as our responsibility, and you won't find any statements from him saying that we were making approaches to the State Government, and we didn't. So, Madam Chairman, the only reason that there is a federal badging in relation to this project is because of the fact that the Federal Government had put $500 million towards Legacy Way, and we felt it appropriate, given that they had that equity stake in Legacy Way, that by putting the tolling rights out to the market, that it was fair and reasonable that it be a joint badging. That was the arrangements that I came up with with Minister Albanese at that time. So I hope that completes the answer to Councillor SUTTON's question. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor HOWARD. Question 7 Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question is to the Chairman of the Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee, Councillor COOPER. The Suburban Centre Improvement Project (SCIP) program has successfully delivered 43 projects since 1996. Can you please update the Chamber on the current SCIP projects and how Council is continuing to improve the vitality of local centres? Councillor COOPER: Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and I thank Councillor HOWARD for the question. This has been, as you know very well, Madam Chairman, a very successful program for Council, and has delivered more than $36 million worth of infrastructure improvements to 43 centres across our city. I am delighted to announce in the Chamber today that the Cannon Hill SCIP, which was proposed for the Wynnum Road shopping precinct, has received majority property owner support. This particular SCIP has two local Councillors who are involved, and I thank both of the local Councillors for getting along to the property owners' meeting. It was an interesting experience. We were all trying to encourage them to see that they would invest in this particular centre, and it was certainly a fantastic way to try and advocate to see a $2.5 million upgrade, so we will see new street furniture, we will see pavement upgrade, we will see public art installations, we will see garden and we will see street trees going into that local centre. Particularly I want to thank Councillor MURPHY for his involvement. He really did, I think, completely transform some of the views of some of those residents, where we actually saw the majority property support actually achieved before the deadline was reached. So that is something that is extremely rare with a SCIP. Normally, at the last couple of days, we are desperately trying to encourage people to vote for that particular proposal, and I think the efforts of Councillor MURPHY and Councillor SUTTON to work with the property owners to really make it clear to them about the benefits of the SCIP and to understand the commercial opportunities that they would miss out on was really instrumental in achieving that particular outcome. So congratulations to both of those councillors, but particularly with carrying the majority of the property owners, that really was Councillor MURPHY. So congratulations to both local councillors. As a result, we can get on with the job of planning and designing the SCIP, and that will be, of course, in partnership with the community reference group (CRG). We expect construction will commence in 2015. Of course, it is important to always learn from these experiences, and I think it has shown to us

once again that the support of local councillors is the only way that we will be successful in getting these projects across the line. I know Councillor SIMMONDS has spoken to me regularly about the SCIP program, and you, Madam Chair, know exactly what I am talking about. So both you and Councillor SIMMONDS worked with traders and property owners, and sometimes those traders can be particularly good at advocating on behalf of these proposals to get the property owners to agree. Currently we are out there at Hawken Drive with that $2.5 million investment, so construction is currently underway and due to be complete by the end of the financial year. This is a project that is unusual because of its proximity, of course, to the university precinct, so we have had to work with traders to understand their specific needs. We will see new pavement, we will see new street trees, garden beds, urban stools, bench sets, bins and bike racks. We are also going to have some fantastic public art pieces that will be installed that have been inspired by the natural surroundings of the area. So we think this is a very exciting project, and we look forward to seeing some benefits to traders and visitors. I certainly will be very excited to see the outcome. So thank you to the local councillor for his support. It certainly has been very much appreciated. I note also you, Madam Chair, have a SCIP under way in your ward currently. You have been very actively involved the whole way through. So currently we are out there doing design for this particular project. That is $3 million at the Kenmore shopping street on Moggill Road, and we have had one CRG meeting which was held in February with a further three meetings to occur this year. These meetings are crucial to make sure that we get that local knowledge and the feedback from the group about what is being proposed. Later this year we will also hold a community art workshop to get feedback from locals on the public art aspects of the project. We think construction will commence early in 2015. So, Madam Chair, we are well on the way with our commitment to deliver the SCIP program for 2012-16, with three projects committed and in various stages of completion. I would like to particularly thank the officers for their hard work on this program. I think that they have gone above and beyond the call of duty trying to provide information to help people make this very important decision. Of course, I want to thank all of the local councillors for their efforts in encouraging people to invest in our city. It is great to see this opportunity for our popular suburban hubs to be transformed into places where local residents can meet, to have unique destinations to shop, socialise, conduct business and entertain. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Chairman: Thank you. Councillor SUTTON. Question 8

Councillor SUTTON: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is again to the LORD MAYOR. It has now been six weeks since you announced your preferred option for the Wynnum Road/Shafston Avenue road upgrade. Immediately following your announcement, I, as the local councillor for the ward in which much of the upgrade will take place, submitted my ‘Request for Record’ application form to the appropriate officer to view the detail of your preferred alignment. As you know, the City of Brisbane Act allows me to access this information as the local Councillor. Given it has now been almost six weeks since I requested the file, and I still haven't been allowed to see it, I have to ask, LORD MAYOR: why is your Administration hiding the detail of this upgrade and refusing to even allow the local Councillor access to it? LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, it is very simple. Councillor SUTTON, you are not the local councillor. You are not the local councillor. It is in Councillor ABRAHAMS' ward, and if Councillor ABRAHAMS—

Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: If Councillor ABRAHAMS— Councillor SUTTON: Point of order, Madam Chair. Chairman: Just a moment, LORD MAYOR; yes, Councillor SUTTON. Councillor SUTTON: The LORD MAYOR is misleading the Chamber. This is a project that goes through Morningside Ward and The Gabba Ward, and I am a local Councillor affected by this project. LORD MAYOR: No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. Madam Chairman, it does not. If Councillor— Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Order! LORD MAYOR: If Councillor ABRAHAMS wants to request the file, it will be made available to her. She's the local councillor relevant to this project. Councillor SUTTON interjecting. Chairman: Councillor SUTTON! LORD MAYOR: So, Councillor ABRAHAMS, it will be made available to you. You are entitled to it as the local councillor; as simple as that. As much detail as is there will be yours. But let's be clear, it is not a detailed plan at this stage. That will have to be put together, in the same way that Kingsford Smith Drive is not a detailed plan at this stage. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Point of order, Madam Chair. Chairman: Just a moment; yes, point of order against you, LORD MAYOR; yes, Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Madam Chair, I think the LORD MAYOR is misleading the Chamber. The question was deliberately about Wynnum Road. Lytton Road is in my ward, but Wynnum Road starts at the boundary of my ward. So I still think that the issue that Councillor SUTTON was asking for— Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS— Councillor ABRAHAMS: —isn't being answered— Chairman: —it is not a speech. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Madam Chair, he is misleading the Chamber, and I would ask you to direct him to answer Councillor SUTTON's— Councillor SUTTON interjecting. Chairman: Councillor SUTTON! Councillor SUTTON! LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman— Chairman: Councillor SUTTON! I have called you several times for sitting there and just interjecting. When I call your name, be quiet. If you want the question answered, listen. LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: They don't need the question answered, because they seem to know all the answers. Madam Chairman, if Councillor ABRAHAMS calls for the file and gets the file, all will be revealed. It will be absolutely self-explanatory what I have just said. So we are talking here about Stage 1 of the project. So, Councillor ABRAHAMS, if you have made that request for the file, well, that's fine, I am not sure when you made it, but it will be granted to you as the local Councillor. But I am just making the point and the observation that, as with Kingsford Smith Drive, we are not down into the detailed design stage of these projects. We are

at a concept design stage. There is the public consultation that has to happen. Surely they are not asking me to circumvent that. Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: So, madam Chairman, let's be clear: we are not at the public consultation stage as yet. They are certainly entitled to the information that is available to this point in time. There is a long way to go in this process, and there will be proper process applied to that in the same way as it has been applied to Kingsford Smith Drive. No difference in terms of the way in which we will apply both processes. It will be a difficult project. I look forward—when the heat comes on out there, as to whether the local councillors, both in terms of Councillor ABRAHAMS and at future stages Councillor SUTTON—whether they are still as keen on the project. Chairman: Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR. Question 9 Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question this afternoon is to the Chairman of Finance, Economic Development and Administration Committee— Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR: —Councillor SIMMONDS. Can you please update the Chamber on the recent achievements and events of Study Brisbane Team and detail the importance of their work to the Brisbane economy? Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and of course thank you to Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR for the question and for her interest in international education within our city. As we know, international students made a strong contribution to Brisbane's economy and to our community. According to the Federal Government's recently released State of the Australian Cities 2013 report, international education has grown to become Australia's fourth-largest export industry. Brisbane has the third highest international student population of any Australian city. The report estimates that international students in higher education, vocation, English language courses, spend an average of some $42,531 per annum whilst studying in Australia. For a stay of three years, that equals more than $127,000 per student, and for four years' study for a four-year course, more than $170,000 per student. This includes, of course, course fees, rent, consumables and other essentials, as well as leisure and tourism spending. I am very pleased to advise the Chamber that international students, their friends and their visitors, contribute annually to the Brisbane economy over $4 billion in downstream—that is, non-course related expenditure—every year. What a significant contribution to our city. I might add that Brisbane does more than its fair share of the heavy lifting. Brisbane is responsible for 85 per cent of Queensland's international student enrolment. I think that speaks volumes of the quality of the experience in educational institutions that we have here in our wonderful city. It is an achievement for our city, and it is also acknowledgment of the work that this Administration has done over the last few years in attracting and retaining international students. I note that these are the exact benefits that, if God forbid, Labor had won the 2012 election, they would have scrapped when they scrapped Brisbane Marketing. We would have had, for sure, free sunscreen in our parks, but we would not have had support for our $4 billion a year educational sector. There are a number of initiatives that this Council does to make international students feel welcome both as a Council and through Brisbane Marketing, our economic development agency. At the start of this month, we saw Council hold the City Welcome Festival at South Bank. This is an event that has been previously held annually in the King George Square but has outgrown that

particular venue. At the South Bank location this year, it attracted approximately 7,500 attendees, including 5,000 students. There were 50-plus business and educational institutions there to also provide information to those students. Earlier that day, as well as the City Welcome Festival, we had the LORD MAYOR hold one of the International Student Friendship ceremonies. We hold a number of these ceremonies, there have been 10 since July 2012, and we have presented over 3,500 international students with the ‘Friendship of the City’. These events are an important recognition of the contribution that international students make to the very social fabric of Brisbane. It also helps them connect professionally with potential employers within Brisbane, and it provides them with a personal invitation from the LORD MAYOR to maintain long-term links with Brisbane. There will be a further five ceremonies this year when this very successful program will continue going forward. We also have, of course, our International Student Ambassadors program, where a number of students from different countries around the world are inducted by the LORD MAYOR to share their experiences of our beautiful city with their friends and family back home. For this year's program, our applications have now closed, and we are in the process of selecting new student ambassadors. We select new ambassadors every year. We had over 248 applications for this particular program, a 40 per cent increase on last year's intake. Our applicants represented over 40 countries, and in recognition of the significant event that is the G20 leaders meeting held here in Brisbane later in the year, those student ambassadors from G20 countries, we will be particularly looking at their applications. We expect to have them appointed and in place by 3 April. With these student ambassadors alone, they will have a social media reach exceeding 25,000 people who will be talking about Brisbane. I note, Madam Chairman, in conclusion, this Administration's strong commitment to this sector which contributes some $4 billion a year to our local economy, some 20,000 full-time jobs within our city as well; an important sector that not only creates economic development but also full time jobs for Brisbane residents here in our city. Chairman: That ends Question Time.

CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:

ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE

The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK), Chairman of the Establishment and Coordination Committee, moved, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR (Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER), that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 10 March 2014, be adopted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. Just prior to coming to the formal report on today's agenda, I just want to make a couple of comments on a few other issues. Just following on from Question Time today, I did take the opportunity to dig out that letter that Councillor JOHNSTON was referring to. I am pretty sure this is the one she was referring to. I will read it out in full. 'Request to develop park in Q2 flood-affected land' is how it is headed. 'I refer to your email in relation to the above and the reasons outlined in the email to you from the Acting Regional Coordinator for Parks, Asset Services South, as to why they do not support a proposal for Council assets to be installed in a parcel of land in Rocklea. I also note Councillor GRIFFITHS' comments in the Southern Star where he acknowledged the importance to locate Council assets in locations that are not subject to frequent flooding. You may not be aware, but

the examples you refer to in your email are not located in areas which are subject to Q2 flooding.' That is the bit that she read out from that letter. Those examples, madam Chairman, to which Councillor JOHNSTON was referring to, are as follows. She says, 'Council has spent $6 million building a new park at Tennyson.' That is, of course, Ken Fletcher Park which she is referring to there. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: Not a Q2, Madam Chairman. It floods, what, once in 40 years on average. And also made reference to $1 million at Milton, and several million rebuilding flood-affected parks in Councillor de WIT’s ward—again, events which occur maybe every 30 or 40 years. So the difference in this case—and I understand that the land that she was referring to is based around Inskip and Melbourne Streets at Rocklea. So that is the context to which I was responding. It is Q2 land. It is land which floods— Councillor JOHNSTON interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor JOHNSTON! LORD MAYOR: —every two years, and Council has a firm policy around it. I want also to— Chairman: LORD MAYOR, just a moment. Councillor JOHNSTON, stop interjecting. I have already said you will be warned if you don't stop interjecting. Last warning. LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. We are, this coming Monday, to see the commencement of traffic flowing over the Robinson Road overpass. This will be a great advancement for that particular area. It is a bit of a triangle. There's a few wards affected by that particular piece of infrastructure. There are delays of up to 15 minutes in the peak period because of the train services that run through that corridor. There are plans for ever-increasing trains to be running through the corridor, so this will obviously be a welcome piece of infrastructure for those residents. It has been a long time in the making, and to be able to see that open for traffic next Monday is a great step forward. During the course of the week, also, and together with the Minister for Police, I launched the Council's CitySafe Network. This was an additional upgrade of nine cameras—CCTV cameras based in the city, and also in Fortitude Valley. We have now seen 1,150 occasions of intervention because of CCTV cameras. The great thing about the digital transformation that I spoke about earlier is that we are taking this across governments. So, police officers will now be armed with iPads which will have a direct link to these CCTV cameras. It can provide immediate information—I think it is within about .2 of a second in terms of its immediacy, and that allows officers to size up a situation, to find if they do need reinforcements in certain circumstances, but importantly to intervene quickly in those cases. So that, I think, is a welcome addition. I want to acknowledge also the passing of Warwick Raymond Parer, who died last Friday. Warwick will be buried this coming Friday in a State funeral, and I just want to acknowledge the work that he has done as a former Senator for our State of Queensland. Also in the last period of time we have had the World's Greatest Shave for Leukaemia. That ran from 13 to 16 March, and $120 million has been raised since 1998, and I acknowledge all of those who have been involved over the years in terms of the fundraising for that event. I think that is probably as much as I need to say. Of course, we are going through the resurfacing of Coronation Drive at the moment. That is a significant project, $2.5 million of expenditure in Coronation Drive. We saw a lot of that road degraded in terms of the flooding of January 2011 causing impacts on the under-surface of that road. With all road projects now, about 10 per cent of the road surface is actually composed of recycled materials.

Today in the Establishment and Coordination Committee Report, the item we have before us is an approval to sell properties for overdue rates under the City of Brisbane Regulation. These are matters which come to the Council on occasions. They are a last resort. Ironically, when we get to this point and we're going to sell properties, it is amazing how people find the money to pay. We hope that also, in this particular case—most if not all of the owners of these properties, some of which of course are investment properties as well—will be able to come up with the cash to make those payments to meet their commitments to the city of Brisbane. Obviously they comply with the Regulation. We have been through a process of asking and asking and asking for people to bring their rates up to date, and in terms of entering into arrangements, all of those prospects have been sought. So I again put this forward for the consideration of the Chamber. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor DICK. Councillor DICK: Thanks Madam Chair; I rise to speak on this one item in the E&C Report today, which is the approval to sell properties for overdue rates under the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012. This is about the third week in a row that we have only had one item on the agenda, and I would encourage the LORD MAYOR in future weeks to either start bringing more items to the Chamber and not locking them up, or indeed, providing this Chamber and this Council more information on behalf of ratepayers. But on this item, Labor Councillors will be supporting the recommendation today. As the LORD MAYOR said, this is, I guess, the last report. At item 4 of the report today, it does list the extensive avenues that the Council officers do exhaust to recoup this revenue, and we are talking about some $161,717.66 of outstanding rates. I want to be very clear: I don't want to see any person ripping off the system. I think if you look at the ratepayers of our city, it is around probably 99.999 per cent of the ratepayers who do the right thing. We know from time-to- time people may get behind for genuine circumstances. The Council is very good at working with those in need, but the list before us today quite frankly are those people who aren't honouring their commitment of being fair citizens or indeed shouldering the burden of helping our city grow, and they are expecting other people to do a lot of the hard yards. That said, I wonder if it is time for the Council to review how we actually deal with these situations, because of the incredible amount of resources and information used to recover this. When you look at the list of techniques and avenues required, there is the issuing of a letter of intention, the inspection of the property, inspection of the property and attempting to contact neighbours and/or local churches and police stations, attempting to contact the owners via mail, telephone, email, internet and in person, and consulting with other Council areas, namely connected communities and obviously our CARS (Compliance and Regulatory Services) section of Brisbane Lifestyle. It is disappointing when we see a very, very, very small minority doing the wrong thing, and in one case I think we are looking at one owner with a whole range of properties. It certainly shouldn’t get to the stage where we have to threaten to sell someone's house. There are three vacant lands and eight non-owner occupied residential issues we are dealing with, and that is in Attachment B. That is a summary of the 11 properties. I think it is highly disappointing for the work of the Council officers who are put into this position, first of all, essentially brokering as debt collectors on behalf of the ratepayers. I am not sure if there are other avenues we can look at in negotiating directly with the banks or some of the issues surrounding the financing, to look at fast-tracking and expediting some of these outstanding rates. As I said, I support the measures that we are doing today, but I think it is useful to have a conversation and discussion about what are some of the other things that we may be able to look at in terms of making sure that we are not either

relying—and reading the report, it says that it is after some three years that we begin the process to actually deal with recovery. There is one property—and I won't name the registered owner, or list the rate account number, but on the proposed list, it is the second last property listed. I won't give the address out. I note that this is a dispute, and I certainly hope the Council may have been in contact with the Department of Communities to look at ensuring that the resident involved is supported adequately to make sure that they are supported. It seems to be a dispute that can't be resolved at that one property, and I certainly hope that we can do everything we can to support the tenant there. Reading through the property case history in Attachment C. it does seem to be a difficult situation, and I certainly hope that the Council will be engaging with any charity or Department of Community officers to help resolve that matter and to offer that support for that resident. So, Madam Chair, happy to support the resolution today by the LORD MAYOR, to offer our support, but also to look at perhaps some new ideas that the Council may want to bring forward as a review to deal with these issues. The last thing we want to see is anyone not doing the right thing, not paying their fair share, particularly when so many ratepayers, mums and dads, seniors, pensioners across the gamut, do the right thing, support the Council and pay their rates on time. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor SIMMONDS. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman; I just rise to speak on item A and in support of it coming to the Chamber. This is obviously, as has been stated, the sale of land for overdue rates. This is a long-standing ability that administrations of both sides of politics have had under the City of Brisbane Act. It is a similar ability that other councils in local government areas have under the Local Government Act. I note that in recent years Gold Coast, Ipswich, Redlands Shire, Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast councils have all resolved to sell properties at public auctions to cover rates in arrears. As has been pointed out by other speakers, it is not something that this Chamber particularly enjoys doing. It is a situation of last resort. Fundamentally, at the end of the day, we are not doing the right thing by the majority of the people who pay their rates on time and do the right thing, if we don't then take action against those who don't do the right thing. Councillor DICK speculated on some figures. I can tell the Chamber that Council's rates debt is only 1.38 per cent of its annual rates and charges. So, in fact, it is a little over 98.5 per cent of people who are doing the right thing all of the time. I would also note that the benchmark nationally is 2.5 per cent for both public and private sector organisations, so this Council compares very well. I wanted to make a few key points about this item. First of all, it is very important to differentiate the properties that are in this item from genuine hardship cases. When someone goes into arrears for their rates, it is very quickly established by the rates team if they're in arrears because they're a conscientious objector or for whatever other reason, of if they have a genuine hardship. If they have a genuine hardship, they are taken to a very different set of policies and protocols. They are offered every assistance that this Council can provide. That assistance ranges all the way through from payment plans to financial counselling to, at the other end of the spectrum, we can also offer rates relief and the waiving of that debt. That is in the case of genuine hardship. The people who are on this list have been assessed for that. They are not genuine hardship cases. I also want to make the point that the properties on this list are not owner- occupier properties. They do not have owners living in them who have not paid their rates up to date. The properties in front of us consist of three vacant land parcels and eight non owner-occupier residential or investor properties. The third point I would make is in the majority of these cases, these rates have been outstanding for a number of years, and they have had multiple

opportunities, these owners, to reach an agreement with Council. I note that, in this package, Council officers have taken enormous steps to try and reach an agreement with these people before it has come to this place and this stage. They have contacted these owners by email, post, telephone and internet searches; they have gone through court actions to try and track them down; they have inspected and personally attended the properties before, during and after business hours; they have contacted police stations, neighbours, local churches; they have researched death and cemetery records; they have consulted with other branches of Council, such as BCLP (Brisbane City Legal Practice) and CARS, and in one instance where the owner lives in Indonesia, they have even tried going via the Indonesian Embassy. I note that Councillor DICK might say that we have done too much. I would call this customer service. This is what Council is all about, trying to assist residents to do the right thing wherever they can before it reaches the stage where we have to take further action. These people have either not returned this correspondence or, in some cases, have repeatedly promised to pay and ultimately have not. It is also important to note, as the LORD MAYOR did, that this is not the end of the process. Many of these properties will not proceed to sale, and there is the opportunity still for these owners to approach Council to pay their outstanding debt. I note that what these Council resolutions generally achieve is for the banks or the mortgage holders or the super funds to step in and settle the debt on these properties before they go to sale. Of the 145 properties approved for sale since 2002 due to overdue rates, we have sold 10, or 6.9 per cent. So this is quite an effective mechanism of having the mortgage holders step in and settle those debts. Finally, Madam Chairman, I do note the supposed support from the Labor councillors, and I thank them for that. I note, though, that Labor support never comes without a ‘but’, and that Councillor DICK wasn't so much sitting on the fence as standing on it on his tiptoes trying desperately to balance. I heard within his speech support for this item, then comments about how we should be tougher and then comments about how we have to be more understanding and more understanding of individual cases. All I would say is that these sorts of cases do take understanding. We saw specifically, for example, after the floods, that a number of cases had to be worked through with individual owners. Now, if Councillor DICK got his way, perhaps after a year or six months of not paying rates—bam, they would have been on the sale list. Well, we don't think that is appropriate. Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor SIMMONDS: Well, I am only— Chairman: Order! Councillor SUTTON! Order! Councillor SIMMONDS: Madam Chairman, simply reflecting on the fact that support from Labor Councillors doesn’t come without a ‘but’. Councillor DICK was critical of the process about how many chances we had given these people. I make the point that this Administration is dedicated to customer service. We use this as a last resort, and only as a last resort if we can't reach agreement or contact these ratepayers. I thank councillors again, in conclusion, for their support of this item. Chairman: Further debate; LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. In closing the debate, to summarise the point that Councillor SIMMONDS was just making, there are certain circumstances which arise where we have to provide flexibility. The floods were a very good example of that, where we allowed people time. They were under enormous not only emotional pressure but financial pressure during that period. It was incredibly important that we provided an element of flexibility.

The current policy arrangement allows us to do that. It allows us to show that understanding where we need to. So, I think what Councillor SIMMONDS was doing was simply expressing a cautionary warning that, if we were to change the existing policy arrangements, we may unintentionally be locking ourselves into a corner whereby we don't have the necessary flexibility when we need to have it. So, there can always be argument around what is efficient and what is not, even with the current set of circumstances, as slow and all as they may be seen to be by some. There have been occasions previously where I can recall Councillor GRIFFITHS roundly criticised us at the last round, I think it was, and went public on a matter where he thought we should not have been taking action to recover rates. There is a difference of views that emerge. I simply say that I think the system is probably as good as it can be at the moment. It is covered by legislation, of course, in terms of what we do. We have our own policy framework around that, and we will continue to maintain it at the moment because it gives us that flexibility to deal with those emergent situations which can occur, which people are left with all the best intent that they might have to pay. We need to show some flexibility in this city as we did post-2011 flood event. Chairman: I will put the motion.

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

Thereupon, Councillors DICK and ABRAHAMS immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried unanimously.

The voting was as follows:

AYES: 27 - The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, and Councillors Krista ADAMS, Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Margaret de WIT, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Geraldine KNAPP, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, Ian McKENZIE, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES, and Norm WYNDHAM, and the Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Milton DICK, and Councillors Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON, Shayne SUTTON and Nicole JOHNSTON.

NOES: Nil.

The report read as follows

ATTENDANCE:

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

A APPROVAL TO SELL PROPERTIES FOR OVERDUE RATES UNDER THE CITY OF BRISBANE REGULATION 2012 381/70/5(P2) 559/2013-14 1. The Divisional Manager, Organisational Services Division, provided the information below.

2. Brisbane City Council has powers under the City of Brisbane Act 2010 and the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 to sell a property to recover any unpaid rates and charges.

3. Generally, properties must have rates outstanding for more than three years before the land can be sold by Council. If the land is vacant or only used for commercial purposes and

Council has judgement against the owner, sale can occur where rates are outstanding for more than a year.

4. The Council officers have exhausted all available avenues in respect to properties listed in Attachment B, submitted on file, including: (a) issuing of a letter of intention to commence sale action to the owner/s and all listed encumbrances on the title deed; (b) inspecting the property during or after business hours; (c) inspecting the properties and attempting to contact neighbours and/or local churches and police stations (d) attempting to contact the owners via mail, telephone, email, internet and in person (e) consulting with other Council areas, namely Connected Communities and Compliance and Regulatory Services (CaRS) in Brisbane Lifestyle Division, to help contact owners.

5. Attachment B, submitted on file, contains a summary of the 11 properties recommended to be sold to recover rates. These properties are categorised as follows:  Three vacant land; and  Eight non owner-occupied residential

6. Attachment C, submitted on file, contains case histories on each property.

7. The sale process may assist ratepayers to access funding support such as the early release of superannuation or payments by the mortgagee to pay their rates.

8. Offers of applications for rate relief are not applicable as there are no owner-occupied properties listed.

Implications of proposal

9. The sale of properties listed in Attachment B, submitted on file, will result in the recovery of $161,717.66 of outstanding rates, charges, fees and interest as at 31 December 2013.

10. Accordingly, the Divisional Manager submits the following recommendation with which the Committee agrees.

11. RECOMMENDATION:

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

Attachment A Draft Resolution

TO AUTHORISE THE SALE OF LAND FOR OVERDUE RATES

THAT IT BE RESOLVED THAT

(1) As:

(a) rates on the lands described in Attachment B, submitted on file, have been outstanding for over three years;

(b) all appropriate legal action, where possible, has been taken by Council to recover those rates but such legal action has been unsuccessful; and

(c) there are no current legal proceedings pending regarding the liability of the

owners to pay any of the rates specified in Attachment B, submitted on file.

Then COUNCIL RESOLVES TO SELL THE LAND AND AUTHORISES THE TAKING OF NECESSARY ACTION TO EFFECT SUCH SALES UNDER PART 12, DIVISION 3 OF THE CITY OF BRISBANE REGULATION 2012. ADOPTED

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Ian McKENZIE, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? Deputy Mayor. At that time, 3.11pm, the Deputy Chairman, Councillor Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, assumed the Chair. DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman, I will come to the items on the agenda in a second, but I just wanted to address an issue that was raised by Councillor SUTTON in Question Time relating to the Wynnum Road Stage 1 upgrade. There seems to be a bit of confusion about what this upgrade actually involves, so I want to clarify exactly what this first stage will be. The first stage—obviously Wynnum Road is a big corridor and will be upgraded no doubt in several stages. This first stage, which is what the LORD MAYOR has committed to rolling out, is around a $60 million project. To give you an idea of what's going on here, it is a relatively short section of road from the bridge at Norman Creek around to Shafston Avenue. So that section is entirely within Councillor ABRAHAMS' ward. Councillors interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, that's true. The interesting part is—and this will really give Councillors an idea on why this project is challenging—out of the $60 million, it is estimated that half of that will involve property resumptions, so around $30 million of that $60 million will be simply property resumptions. This gives you an idea of the challenges of this project. It is a very constrained corridor, and in order to do the widening and increase the capacity of the road, resumptions will be required. Not all of those resumptions are full resumptions of property. Some are partial resumptions, but it will still be challenging, nonetheless. This significantly adds to the cost of the project. While we are investing $30 million into actually upgrading the road, another $30 million approximately—and these are obviously initial figures—is involved with acquiring property. When you look at the further stages of Wynnum Road down the track, we will have the same problem. We are talking about very expensive property along that section of Wynnum Road. As you go into Councillor SUTTON's area, that property is also very expensive. So this makes a big challenge for us going forward. We cannot upgrade the road if we don't have enough space to physically do that, and that unfortunately will require some property resumptions. So I do appreciate Councillor SUTTON's ongoing support for this project, and I hope that Councillor ABRAHAMS also supports this project— Councillor interjecting, Deputy Chairman: Order! DEPUTY MAYOR: As I said, it is one of those issues that we have to grapple with. We need to upgrade the road; unfortunately there will be property impacts, and those property impacts come at a cost as well. Just to the report in front of us, item A is a presentation on the rollout of pedestrian countdown times (PCTs). I raised this last week in Council, something that I am very pleased Council has been rolling out, and something that is helping to contribute towards pedestrian safety, not only in the CBD but

also other parts of the city as well that have high pedestrian volumes. This is a great initiative, and it goes hand-in-hand with our decision to reduce the speed limit in the CBD from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour to help improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, and this is another, I guess, initiative that contributes towards a safer city for pedestrians. We have three petitions on the agenda. One is objecting to a permanent road closure in Ellam Street, Windsor. The second one is requesting a pedestrian crossing on Network Drive, Wynnum West, and that petition response has been that we will be installing a pedestrian crossing. Item D is a petition requesting no additional traffic lights be installed along Waterworks Road, The Gap, between The Gap High School and Payne Road, The Gap. This is an interesting one, because it portrays the dilemma that we often have where people are constantly coming to Council saying, you need to upgrade this intersection for safety reasons, and generally the solution to an intersection upgrade involves putting in traffic lights. We have a petition here saying don't put any more traffic lights in; we don't want any more traffic lights, there's too many. So we have obviously got to find the right balance between safety and congestion, and that is a challenge on any corridor, but particularly in The Gap. The response to this particular petition is that we don't have any plans at this stage to put in any additional traffic lights, so I am sure the petitioners will take some heart from that response. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor CUMMING. Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Acting Chair; just briefly I refer to item C. This petition I think actually started with some of the students at Brisbane Bayside State College last year, and it was good that they showed some initiative in putting a petition together. The relevant Council department have consulted fully with me and I have taken it up with the school, and the administration of the school, to make sure it is what they wanted, and everyone is in agreement, and it is a very satisfactory response to a petition, which is good to see for a change. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor HOWARD. Councillor HOWARD: Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Chairman; I would just like to enter the debate on item A, the committee presentation on the rollout of pedestrian countdown timers, and particularly because it is so important to residents within my Central Ward area. I would like to thank Councillor SCHRINNER and his team for the constant roll out of this program. Pedestrians, as we know, are a vulnerable road user group and represent a substantial proportion of relatively severe road trauma. So I am glad to be part of the LNP Administration that committed to trial the introduction of PCTs to improve pedestrian safety on our Brisbane roads. As I said, residents in Central are very much aware through their ongoing use every day that the pedestrian countdown timers are the display next to the pedestrian lanterns that provide them with the additional information on signalised crossing, and that of course is helping them to make that decision about whether they cross or whether they wait. So it is very good to have read that the trial seems to be progressing very well. I am also interested to see that the Roy Morgan Research demonstrated that 76 per cent of pedestrians think that the PCTs make it safer to cross the road. I am very pleased to see that this will continually be rolling out across the very busy pedestrian crossings in Central Ward. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor MARX. Councillor MARX: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair; I rise also to talk on the committee presentation of the rollout of pedestrian countdown timers. Like most of the Councillors here in the Chamber, we have all used the ones in the city and the Central Ward, so we are very well aware of how they work and what a useful and great piece of infrastructure they are.

I am happy to say that I will be getting two countdown timers in my ward in the near future. The first one is going to be located on the corner of Compton and Calam Roads at Sunnybank Hills. Most people who are aware of my ward will know that that is a pedestrian crossing that is used by numerous residents, because it is between two shopping centres. It goes from Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown on one side across to Calamvale Central on the other side, so there is a lot of pedestrian traffic going across there. So these are going to be really, really useful at that point, because Compton Road is virtually six lanes at that point. As Councillor HOWARD mentioned, pedestrians are our vulnerable road users. The second place for location is going to be on the corner of Compton Road and Roosevelt Drive, Stretton. The average person walking or driving through this particular area would wonder why we would be putting a pedestrian countdown timer at this location. But I think it just reflects how well Councillor SCHRINNER and his Council officers know the area. They will know that one part of that area, which is Piccadilly Way, has 220 houses, and Roosevelt Drive, that area has well over 700 houses, and a lot of those residents that live in those particular areas would be using that pedestrian crossing at those lights to actually catch the bus into the city. It is only a little wee bus stop but it is always well used by many, many residents, so once again that is a particular section of Compton Road, six lanes of traffic, very busy, and I think it is an excellent location, and I thank Councillor SCHRINNER and his officers for their work. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor KNAPP. Councillor KNAPP: I would just like to speak on item D. It is interesting that, when Waterworks Road was upgraded between 2000 and 2004 as a transit lane project by the previous administration, the series of lights that go from Settlement Road through to Payne Road and there are four sets of lights—and indeed there was a petition requesting that we install lights at the corner of Glenaffric Street. Glenaffric Street is a very small street but it leads through to The Gap Sportsgrounds, and indeed it can be quite difficult and challenging sometimes to get out from that intersection. At the time when the road was upgraded, there has been provision made for pedestrian signals at that point. What triggered really, I suppose, the previous request to install lights there is that there has been an application approved to put 33 units in one of the blocks in the shopping centre, and I suppose that caused people to go, well, it's difficult enough to get out now; there will be another 33 cars trying to get out. In reality, as the petition says by those people who were concerned that another set of lights within a spit of each other, literally, would mean that the flow from Settlement Road through to Payne Road, would face four sets of lights and would just bank congestion up quite badly. It may be at some stage, but I doubt seriously, whether you would install lights at the corner of Glenaffric Street and Waterworks Road, given the number of lights through there. The critical lights that are needed are the lights to get into the shopping centre and, indeed, we have already done some of those wonderful little improvements in relation to widening the lane into The Gap Shopping Centre to improve the flow of traffic through there. So, I am quite happy to support this petition. Deputy Chairman: DEPUTY MAYOR, would you care to sum up? No further debate? I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Infrastructure Committee was declared carried on the voices.

ATTENDANCE:

Deputy Mayor, Councillor Adrian Schrinner (Chairman), Councillor Ian McKenzie (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Margaret de Wit, Milton Dick, Victoria Newton and Norm Wyndham.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ROLLOUT OF PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN TIMERS 560/2013-14 1. Adrian Gibbons, Traffic Signals Operations Manager, Congestion Reduction Unit, Brisbane Infrastructure Division, attended the meeting to provide an update on the rollout of Pedestrian Countdown Timers. He provided the information below.

2. In the lead-up to the 2012 Council elections, the Lord Mayor committed to trial the introduction of Pedestrian Countdown Timers (PCTs) to improve pedestrian safety on Brisbane roads. The PCTs increase safety by providing pedestrians an opportunity to judge their ability to cross a road safely and avoid taking unnecessary risks. The presenter noted that the popularity of the PCTs has increased in other cities, including Adelaide, due to the improved pedestrian information and safety.

3. Face-to-face intercept interviews were conducted with 1,170 pedestrians in 2012 by Roy Morgan Research. The survey results showed that 76 per cent of pedestrians think that the PCTs make it safer to cross the road, three per cent stated that the PCTs make it less safe, 84 per cent of pedestrians think that the PCTs are a useful addition to the intersection’s signals and 79 per cent of pedestrians agree that the PCTs should be rolled out to other intersections across Brisbane.

4. The design of the PCT was explained as follows: - numerals countdown with the flashing Don’t Walk display - numerals go blank after countdown has ended - white (informational) colour numerals conform to Australian standards and do not contradict legal displays - fits into the standard three aspect stack and is easy to mount.

5. The PCTs count down the time during the flashing red ‘Don’t Walk’ signal to advise pedestrians of the remaining time they have to safely finish crossing the road. The period of time that the green ‘Walk’ signal is displayed is variable upon the circumstances of the area.

6. PCTs have become popular for use in other major cities and countries to improve pedestrian information and safety. Images were shown of PCTs in use in New South Wales, Victoria, Auckland and Singapore.

7. A slide showing the 22 locations in the city, where the PCTs have already been installed, as part of this project, was displayed. An additional 11 PCTs are to be installed as part of the project in suburbs outside of the CBD, including Ashgrove, Fortitude Valley, Lutwyche, Sunnybank Hills, South Brisbane, The Gap, Woolloongabba and Windsor.

8. A slide, showing the 25 locations where PCTs have been installed as part of the LED upgrade program, was then displayed. A further 14 sites will have PCTs installed under the LED upgrade program by the end of the 2013-14 financial year.

9. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Gibbons for his informative presentation.

10. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT. ADOPTED B PETITION – OBJECTION TO PERMANENT ROAD CLOSURE - ELAM ST, WINDSOR CA13/291915 561/2013-14 11. A petition from residents of Elam Street and Seventh Avenue, Windsor, objecting to the application to permanently close a part of Elam Street, Windsor, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 7 May 2013, by Councillor Vicki Howard, and received.

12. The Manager, Transport Planning and Strategy Branch, Brisbane Infrastructure Division, supplied the following information.

13. The petition contains 25 signatures.

14. The petitioners were advising Council of their views on a road closure application that had been made to the Queensland Government’s Department of Natural Resources and Mines (case number 2013/001438) on 28 March 2013, citing concerns about a loss of amenity for the area and adverse impacts on access to the head petitioner’s property at 2 Elam Street.

15. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines is responsible for the administration of road closure applications under the Land Act (1994), Division 2. This includes receiving the application, seeking comment from Council under the City of Brisbane Act 2010, section 74, and making the final decision.

16. On 7 May 2013, Council advised the Department of Natural Resources and Mines that it objected to the proposed closure, stating that the road was required for its dedicated purpose, adding that the closure would adversely affect access into 2 Elam Street. Following this input, as well as other objections raised by the community, the Department refused the application on 26 July 2013.

17. As the head petitioner has also provided their objection directly to the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, he has received notification directly from the Department that the road closure application has been refused.

Consultation

18. The Councillor for Central Ward, Councillor Vicki Howard, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Preferred option

19. It is the preferred option that the head petitioner be advised that Council provided input into the application to the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, and that the Department holds jurisdiction for approval of these types of applications.

20. The Manager therefore recommends as follows and the Committee agrees.

21. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE HEAD PETITIONER BE ADVISED OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT, AND THAT COUNCIL ENDORSES THE PREFERRED OPTION ABOVE. ADOPTED

C PETITION – REQUESTING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON NETWORK DRIVE, WYNNUM WEST, AT THE TOP GATES FOR BRISBANE BAYSIDE STATE COLLEGE CA13/556220 562/2013-14 22. A petition, requesting Council to install a crossing for pedestrians on Network Drive, Wynnum West, outside the top gates at the eastern end of the Brisbane Bayside State College’s frontage to Network Drive, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 13 August 2013, by Councillor Peter Cumming, and received.

24. The petition contains 120 signatures.

25. Brisbane Bayside State College opened in 2010 and has around 1,000 students from Years 8 to 10, located on the south-eastern corner of Wynnum Road and Network Drive in Wynnum West.

26. Network Drive is a neighbourhood access road, which connected Wynnum Road to Randall Road in the east when it was completed in 2009. It is a two-lane road with on-street cycle lanes in each direction. There are no recorded crashes on this section of road given that the Brisbane Bayside State College and road layout are relatively recent and the head petitioner is unaware of any specific incidents to date.

27. A School Zone is in place from Wynnum Road to the west side of the Scanlon Crescent intersection. There is a pedestrian refuge near the Brisbane Bayside State College’s western car park and internal pick-up and drop-off area. There is a ‘No Stopping’ restriction on the south side of Network Drive within the School Zone and on the north side from Wynnum Road to approximately 60 metres east of the existing pedestrian refuge.

28. Traffic counts undertaken in April 2013 indicate that there is a high demand to cross Network Drive between the eastern school gate and Dasyure Place Park. This provides the most convenient pedestrian access on the northern side of the College for school students. The proposed location has 509 pedestrian and cyclist crossings movements throughout the day, compared to 65 at the existing refuge. Notably, the pedestrian volumes at the proposed location are above 100 for three hours. The existing location has a single 15 minute period where movements are above five pedestrians, with 36 movements recorded between 3pm and 3.15pm. Site observations confirm that there is a high demand to cross between the top gates and Dasyure Place Park.

29. Network Drive carries 1,878 vehicles per day on weekdays with typical school peak volumes being around 300 vehicles per hour in the morning peak period and 200 vehicles per hour in the afternoon peak period.

30. Assessment of the volumes indicates that a pedestrian refuge or ‘zebra’ crossing is a potential solution based on criteria of conflicting movements and the road environment. As a pedestrian refuge provides a high level of service, the State’s Traffic and Road Use Managements Manual’s guidelines for pedestrian facilities state that it should not be

necessary to consider a ‘zebra’ crossing. However, the ‘zebra’ crossing does provide priority to pedestrians and would allow for any groups of students to cross simultaneously (though large groups have not been observed to cross in this manner).

31. The requested location for a crossing is the most active section of frontage on Network Drive for school traffic. Parents and carers are dropping-off and picking-up students in both peak periods, on both sides of the road despite the ‘No Stopping’ restriction on the south side. The provision of a ‘zebra’ crossing at this location would require a ‘No Stopping’ restriction on the north side in its vicinity to ensure visibility. There would be an approximate reduction in on-street parking of eight spaces on the north side and two spaces on the south side. This would however relocate current parking away from the current major pedestrian desire line. Therefore, this work is recommended as it provides a high level of pedestrian access, as well as removing on-street parking, which conflicts with the existing major pedestrian movements.

32. There is further pedestrian demand to cross between the north-west corner of the Network Drive and Scanlon Crescent intersection, and the driveway of 50 Network Drive, Wynnum West. This is located outside of the eastern end of the current School Zone. The entry into the School Zone from the east is marked with a pavement threshold treatment, however the signage is mostly obscured to motorists as a result of being on the inside of a curve in Network Drive, as well as a line of trees within the verge.

33. To ensure there is a high awareness of the School Zone, as a result of formalising pedestrian movements at the top gates with a ‘zebra’ crossing, it is recommended to also extend the School Zone by 60 metres to the east.

Funding

34. Funding would be required to be sought from Schedule 63 – Safe School Travel.

Consultation

35. The Councillor for Wynnum Manly Ward, Councillor Peter Cumming, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

36. The recommendation addresses the petitioners’ concerns regarding student safety at their current location for crossing Network Drive, although it is in a different form to the ‘zebra’ crossing requested by the head petitioner.

Preferred option

37. It is the preferred option to provide a pedestrian ‘zebra’ crossing on Network Drive between the top gates to Brisbane Bayside State College and Dasyure Place Park, extend the school zone to the east and seek funding through the next available funding round of the Safe School Travel Program.

39. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE HEAD PETITIONER BE ADVISED OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT, AND THAT COUNCIL ENDORSES THE PREFERRED OPTION ABOVE. ADOPTED

D PETITIONS – REQUESTING NO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG WATERWORKS ROAD, THE GAP, BETWEEN THE GAP HIGH SCHOOL AND PAYNE ROAD, THE GAP CA14/11185 and CA14/14167 563/2013-14 40. Two petitions from residents of Brisbane, requesting that Council restrict any increase in the number of traffic lights along Waterworks Road, The Gap, between The Gap High School and Payne Road, were received during the Summer Recess 2013-14.

42. The first petition contains 12 signatures, representing 10 households in The Gap, Bardon, Brisbane and Wooloowin. The second petition contains four signatures, representing three households in The Gap.

43. The petitioners are concerned about the number of traffic lights along Waterworks Road. At present, there are three intersections controlled by traffic lights on Waterworks Road between Pammay Street and Payne Road (approximately 900 metres): - Waterworks Road and Pammay Street - Waterworks Road and The Gap Village shopping centre driveway - Waterworks Road and Payne Road.

44. There are a further two traffic lights immediately to the west of this section of Waterworks Road: - Waterworks Road (mid-block pedestrian lights near The Gap Uniting Church) - Waterworks Road and Illowra Street and Settlement Road.

45. Council currently has no proposals to install additional traffic lights at intersections along this section of Waterworks Road. However, traffic lights or other appropriate treatments may be considered in the future if necessary to ensure the public’s safety or to reduce congestion.

46. Commercial redevelopment of properties along Waterworks Road may also warrant traffic signals. The need for new traffic lights would be considered as part of Council’s development assessment process.

Consultation

47. The Councillor for The Gap Ward, Councillor Geraldine Knapp, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Preferred option

48. It is the preferred option that the petitioners be advised that Council does not presently propose traffic signals at new sites along Waterworks Road, The Gap, between The Gap High School and Payne Road. However, traffic lights may be considered at a future time if necessary to ensure public safety or to address congestion.

50. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE HEAD PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT, AND THAT COUNCIL ENDORSE THE PREFERRED OPTION ABOVE. ADOPTED

PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

Councillor Peter MATIC, Chairman of the Public and Active Transport Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Steven HUANG that the report of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted. Deputy Chairman: Councillor MATIC. Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman; I would like to speak to the Committee presentation which dealt with a number of special events that Brisbane Transport (BT) actually conducts in areas such as Suncorp Stadium and at the Gabba. There was a most informative presentation by officers who gave us a very good insight into the complexities of being able to transport that many people from a venue, for example, with games at Suncorp Stadium and with concerts. It averaged between 34,000 and 47,000 people. To be able to move that many people out of a stadium in under an hour is an amazing task, and is certainly something that BT quite clearly showed in their presentation do exceptionally well. I just want to acknowledge BT for the work they do for special events like this, and minimising the impacts of stadium events at places like Suncorp within my own ward, and certainly thank the officers for a most informative presentation. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Public and Active Transport Committee was declared carried on the voices.

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Peter Matic (Chairman), Councillor Steven Huang (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Steve Griffiths, Nicole Johnston, Kim Marx and Ryan Murphy.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SPECIAL EVENTS 564/2013-14 1. Greg Spelman, Manager Strategy and Network Services, Brisbane Transport Division, attended the meeting to provide an update on the use of Council buses for special events across the city. Mr Spelman provided the information below.

2. The types of events where Council’s bus fleet provide service were outlined. These include sporting events and general or public events that are held at venues such as Suncorp Stadium, The Gabba, South Bank, the RNA Showgrounds and the Doomben and Eagle Farm racecourses.

3. There are 80 to 100 events scheduled each year attracting crowds of 2,000 to 400,000 people. The required number of buses range from between five and 250 vehicles depending on the size of the crowd and the venue.

4. A number of slides, displaying statistics on venue, event type, bus numbers, crowd size and venue clearance times, were shown.

5. Other events that involve Council buses includes the Anzac Day Dawn Service, Bridge to Brisbane, Riverfire, New Year’s Eve, the Brisbane Ekka and the 4KQ Christmas Lights tours.

6. The presenter provided detailed information on the requirements for Suncorp Stadium. Suncorp Stadium hosts on average 40 events per year and has capacity for 52,500 people. Eighty per cent of attendees to events at the stadium will use public transport, of which forty per cent will use Council buses.

7. Council provides special shuttle bus services to and from the stadium to the city, Carindale, Eight Mile Plains, Chermside and The Gap, as part of the Transport Service Plan for Suncorp Stadium. A slide showing the distribution of resources was displayed.

8. A graph, showing the service level requirement for buses used pre-event and post-event at Suncorp Stadium was displayed. The presenter highlighted that more buses are required after an event because attendees typically find alternative means of travel to the venue before a scheduled event.

9. Council’s Brisbane Transport Division works in conjunction with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and TransLink to provide an effective traffic management plan for Suncorp Stadium.

10. A dedicated bus station platform has been incorporated into the Suncorp Stadium infrastructure. The platform includes allocated bays for the shuttle buses. Images of the bus station platform at Suncorp Stadium, on the day of an event, were displayed.

11. The presenter noted that the key elements for the successful management of special events included a co-ordinated approach with all agencies (QPS, TransLink, venue staff and Council), open and honest communications, good client relationships, adequate and suitable infrastructure, integrated ticketing, traffic management plans, support staff, appropriate documentation and reporting procedures and effective planning and review of plans.

12. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Spelman for his informative presentation.

13. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT. ADOPTED

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE

Councillor Amanda COOPER, Chairman of the Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Vicki HOWARD, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted. Deputy Chairman: Councillor COOPER. Councillor COOPER: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. It is that time of the year again when we celebrate and congratulate those artists in our community for their contribution to making our city a colourful and creative place. This year's Artforce Awards were held on 3 March and we had three winners who accepted accolades for their artwork. We also had a number of runners-up, because it was so very, very difficult to actually select the best piece of art, because there were so many great entries. We actually had three categories, with 64 entries. We had the Best 12 and Under; the Best 18 and Under; and the overall winner. The actual criteria that we used to select the winners are originality and creativity; the use of space, in particular of course this is potentially a double-sided space, even four-sided if you take those narrow sides into consideration, so important to think about that space that you are designing your piece of artwork on; and the execution of artwork. Of course, we want to take into consideration whether it is making it a really good target for graffiti. So trying to get a design that keeps that box as filled as

possible with content and less sort of light coloured empty spaces certainly does help serve that purpose. We had Matt Hodder who won the Best 12 and Under category, with his work titled Roles Hill Water Towers, and this is a really interesting one, so it focuses on those prominent water towers in the area, but he added something a little bit interesting and different, with UFOs actually visiting one of the towers. So that was something that really I thought was a fun, entertaining element that he brought to that particular one, and it really was a very attractive looking design that he came up with. Christopher Chan got Best 18 and Under category. His piece was called Market Square—The Food Centre. This is a design, so it was a two-sided one—one was a young boy and the other was a young girl, and both were dreaming about food from different nationalities. It was very, very well executed; it looked fantastic, and made the judges very, very hungry also. Peppa Piacun's design Humble Beginnings won the best overall winner out of 56 entries, so it was a tough gig, but that was a particularly interesting one. It was focusing on the humble Ginger plant. That was a tribute to James Stone, the local resident who operated that Ginger Beer Shop on the corner of Logan and Old Cleveland Road, now more popularly known as Stones Corner. So congratulations to all our winners. It was great to see the number of families that came along. We had lots of young people who were excited about decorating the streets of our city. We very much appreciate the time and creativity that they give to our city every single year. I would also particularly like to thank the judging panel—Bianca Beetson from Griffith University's Queensland College of Art and Percolator Gallery Director Helena Lloyd—worked with me to make those tough decisions, and I really do appreciate their input. Of course, to remind everyone, the awards will be now opening for this year, so we invite all Brisbane residents to apply to participate. This program, which commenced in 1999, was a way to try and reduce the amount of graffiti that we experience on the traffic signal boxes. Since then we have had over 3,000 people get involved, and we have had about 1,767 traffic signal boxes that have been painted. So this is something I think that really does transform our city. It is a great opportunity for young and old, budding and experienced artists to find a new canvas on the streets of our city. Not only do we get residents excited about that opportunity to showcase their artwork, but the community themselves really have embraced this. The artists themselves talk about how the community come along, buy them coffees, give them commentary and feedback on the process, and certainly I think really brighten up those local suburbs. So congratulations to the participants; congratulations to everyone involved. It is a great program, and it really does make a tremendous difference to the streets of Brisbane. Thank you very much. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor McKENZIE. Councillor McKENZIE: Thanks, Madam Chairman. I would like to make comment on these art awards that occurred on 3 March, hosted by Councillor COOPER. I attended this function, and I was quite amazed and surprised and pleased at the range of people who actually did these artistic works. I sort of thought they were all young people, but that is totally incorrect. They were of all ages and types, and I was quite impressed to meet some of them that did them in my area. I am fairly boastful here, because the Peppa Piacun won the first prize at Stones Corner, which is part of Holland Park Ward. As Councillor COOPER mentioned, it is about the Stones Corner Hotel, the history of that is briefly outlined. Mr Stones could not get a licence to sell alcohol, so he made ginger beer there. That has been a feature of Stones Corner for many, many years. There are some wonderful works that have been around. The awards recognise the artists and the time they put into these works, and as noted, there are 68 new artworks on traffic boxes. I also have to make note of Charlotte Pettigrew who

was in the 12 years and under category and received a highly commended award. This was also in the Holland Park Ward. This is outside the bowling alley at the corner of Chatsworth and Logan Roads, Holland Park. I would just like to finish and say it is a wonderful community activity. It is not often you see people from such varying backgrounds and ages all brought together to present these artworks which no doubt have a great contribution to the city. Congratulations to all these artists who brighten up our streets. Thank you very much. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor HUANG. Councillor HUANG: Thank you, Madam Acting Chairman; I rise to speak briefly on the 15th annual Artforce awards that was presented on 3 March at Brisbane Square, and to use this opportunity to congratulate Christopher Chan from Runcorn in winning the 18-and-under category of the Artforce awards for his traffic signal box painting in Sunnybank. Christopher's work, entitled Market Square—The Food Centre, pictures a boy and a girl dreaming about various international foods, including sushi, kebabs, tacos, ramen and Peking Duck that reflects the wide-ranging and diverse dining choices in Sunnybank. Christopher's traffic signal box painting ties in very well with the surrounds at the McCullough Street and Market Square shops in Sunnybank, and the rich multiculturalism of the area. The Artforce awards recognise the creativity of local artists who donate their time to brighten up Brisbane's suburbs. These awards are about recognising the artists behind the well-known traffic signal boxes and thanking them for the time, effort and the talent that they put into creating original works of art across our city. I would like to thank and congratulate all the participants of the Artforce awards for contributing their creativity and efforts to the beautification of our city. I would also like to thank Councillor COOPER and her officers in planning, implementing and judging these awards. I understand it is not an easy job to pick the winner out of so many outstanding works, and I commend you for your effort. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor COOPER. Nothing further. I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber by the Chairman, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee was declared carried on the voices.

The report as follows

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Amanda Cooper (Chairman), Councillor Vicki Howard (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Helen Abrahams, Geraldine Knapp, Shayne Sutton and Andrew Wines.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ARTFORCE AWARDS 565/2013-14 1. Scott Chaseling, Senior Urban Designer, Infrastructure Coordination and Urban Design, City Planning and Economic Development Branch, City Planning and Sustainability Division, delivered a presentation on the recently held Artforce Awards. He explained that the awards recognise the artists who create artworks on the city’s traffic signal boxes (TSBs). He went on to provide the information below.

2. The Artforce Awards for 2013 were held on Monday 3 March 2014. The Artforce program commenced in 1999 and was designed to deliver cost saving through graffiti reduction on signals boxes. It is volunteer based and features involvement from a wide range of community members and local artists. There have been over 3000 participants in Artforce, with artworks completed on 1767 traffic signal boxes since 1999. The program is promoted through Council’s website and social media pages, and the artworks generally last between six months

and four years.

3. The Artforce Awards are held annually and this year there were 64 entries. The awards recognise the best painted TSBs across the following categories: - Best work by an artist of 12 years and under (seven entries received) - Best work by an artist of 18 years and under (12 entries received, with seven shortlisted) - Best overall artwork (56 entries, with 20 shortlisted). The judging panel consisted of Councillor Amanda Cooper; Bianca Beetson, Convenor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University; and Helena Lloyd, Director of Percolator Gallery, Paddington. The judging criteria included originality/creativity, the effective use of space and the execution of the artwork.

4. Photographs of all the winning and shortlisted artworks were displayed.

5. The award for Best 12 and Under artwork went to Max Hodder, for his work ‘Roles Hill Water Towers’, which is an imaginative take on the prominent water towers at Manly. The Best 18 and Under award was won by Christopher Chan for his work ‘Market Square – the Food Centre’, a depiction of a boy and girl dreaming about food from various nationalities. The overall category winner was Peppa Piacun, for ‘Humble Beginnings’, a tribute to James Stone, the founder of Stones Corner.

6. The Artforce program provides benefits that reach far beyond graffiti reduction. It gives support and exposure for artists of all ages and all levels of experience. The works often reference local history, landmarks and stories—encouraging further investigation. Artists benefit from and enjoy the process of creating their works, giving them a chance to engage with members of the community. The painting of the TSBs also contributes to beautification of local areas and provides entertainment for passers-by.

7. The Committee asked a number of questions and the Chairman thanked the presenter for his informative presentation.

8. RECOMMENDATION:

ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

Councillor Matthew BOURKE, Chairman of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Fiona KING, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted. Deputy Chairman: Councillor BOURKE. Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, Madam Deputy Chairman. Just very quickly to the Committee report, continuing our riparian theme of the last few weeks, we had a Committee presentation around the creek filtration device trial that this Administration is undertaking. The LORD MAYOR, at the election in 2012, announced a creek filtration device trial across four creek systems in Brisbane, being Kedron Brook, Norman Creek, Oxley Creek and Toowong Creek. This particular topic was actually raised at the preceding Committee meeting where we were talking about wetlands, where to some shock and amazement, the Councillors opposite found out that we were doing creek filtration trials. Councillor CUMMING requested a presentation on them, so I was more than happy to bring back the Committee presentation that we had received only in

December, and have the officers present the Committee presentation again for those opposite, for their benefit. The officers went through the benefits of this particular style of treatment that we were looking at. These being vegetated swales, constructed wetlands, biological filtration devices or potentially floating wetlands to cleanse the water. There is a great depth of knowledge and talent in our Council officers around these particular devices, and it is great that we are actually putting that knowledge into practice and into work across the city. I look forward very keenly to see the results from the future rollout of these devices into the other systems across the city. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; nothing further, Councillor BOURKE? I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber by the Chairman, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee was declared carried on the voices.

The report as follows

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Matthew Bourke (Chairman), Councillor Fiona King (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Peter Cumming, Kim Flesser, Geraldine Knapp and Ryan Murphy.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – CREEK FILTRATION SYSTEM TRIALS 566/2013-14 1. Pat Bourke, Outcome Manager, Natural Resource Management Integration, Natural Environment, Water and Sustainability Branch, City Planning and Sustainability Division, attended the meeting to provide an update on Council’s creek filtration system trials. He provided the information below.

2. Creek filtration systems protect and enhance Brisbane’s creeks by: improving water quality, reducing peak flows and integrating stormwater treatment seamlessly into the landscape. The Lord Mayor announced four catchments for installation of filtration systems: Kedron Brook (North), Norman Creek (East), Oxley Creek (South) and Toowong Creek (West). Council will carry out its creek filtration trials over four years; it is currently in year two.

3. The creek filtration systems are measured for success on various criteria including: low maintenance, easy establishment, and improvements in waterway health and social amenity of creeks.

4. There are four types of systems (photographs of each were displayed): - vegetated swales, where water is cleaned simply by flowing through vegetation - constructed wetlands, where water is cleaned by flowing through vegetation as well as by biological processes - bioretention swales and basins, in which water is cleaned by flowing through soil and vegetation - floating wetlands, which cleans water through the uptake of nutrients into the vegetation.

5. Two sites in the Norman Creek catchment have been identified for trials of vegetated swales at Greenslopes Busway at Barnsdale Place and Glindermann Park, Holland Park. Filtration systems are installed in the upper parts of catchments to clean the water prior to it reaching further downstream.

6. In the Kedron Brook catchment a vegetated swale with riparian plantings has been constructed at Kirralee Crescent, Ferny Grove. A series of maps and plans were shown illustrating the design of the facility. Photographs detailing the area both before and after implementation of the design were also displayed.

7. The Committee asked a number of questions and the Chairman thanked Mr Bourke for his informative update.

8. RECOMMENDATION:

FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE

Councillor David McLACHLAN, Chairman of the Field Services Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Norm WYNDHAM, that the report of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted. Deputy Chairman: Councillor McLACHLAN. Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. Councillor BOURKE's presentation last week was about devices. Well, so it was in Field Services Committee, devices of a different sort, the CCTV inspections of our enclosed drainage. It is a pity we don't have the capacity to show the video footage that is gained from these devices that was shown to the Committee last week. It was very interesting it is. We've got a variety of drains, of course, and some are of an incredible age. Some drains are up around 150 years in age. These techniques are used to go down and inspect them to make sure that they're still functioning properly. They are capable of providing very high resolution footage and inspecting stormwater lines with diameters between 225 millimetres and two metres. It certainly eliminates the risk associated with manual entry. Although there is still a requirement of the team that they need to not be claustrophobic to work in this unit. But wherever possible, they do these inspections by a variety of different CCTV techniques. The committee was shown the various types of equipment that are used and the monitoring that takes place back in the van where the material is being received and decisions made about what work, if any, is required in that particular drain. This is one of the essential, if not terribly well known, elements of the work undertaken by our Field Services staff. It is crucial to the function of the city, and I recommend the report to the Chamber. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; nothing further, Councillor McLACHLAN? I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Field Services Committee was declared carried on the voices.

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor David McLachlan (Chairman), Councillor Norm Wyndham (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Peter Cumming, Nicole Johnston, Kim Marx and Ian McKenzie.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STORMWATER PIPE SURVEY TECHNIQUES 567/2013-14 1. Tim Wright, Manager Asset Services, Field Services Group, Brisbane Infrastructure Division, attended the meeting to provide information on the techniques used in the activities conducted by the Asset Services CCTV (closed circuit TV) Pipe Survey Unit. Mr Wright provided the information below.

2. The unit surveys approximately 100 kilometres of enclosed stormwater drainage each year. On average, 250 pipes require intervention to function correctly. This intervention varies from close monitoring of the pipe to rehabilitation or replacement. The unit may also carry out surveys as part of ‘Build Over or Near Stormwater’ applications for the general public. In addition to these survey activities, the unit investigates causes of subsidence, flooding and the location of drainage not previously mapped. The CCTV footage captured during an inspection is archived and kept in a central database.

3. Images were shown of the four methods used by the CCTV Pipe Survey Unit’s technicians. The methods outlined include: CCTV Pan and Tilt camera, manual entry, Push Rod camera and the Quickview System. A short video demonstrating the operation of the CCTV Pan and Tilt camera was shown.

4. The CCTV Pan and Tilt camera is the primary method used by the unit for inspecting enclosed drainage. The high resolution camera is capable of inspecting stormwater lines with diameters of 225 millimetres up to two metres. Use of this type of camera eliminates the associated risks of manual entry into a stormwater drain, and depending on the condition of the stormwater line, can survey up to 350 metres from the entry point. A short video, demonstrating the additional features of the camera was shown.

5. Manual entry into a stormwater line is conducted when CCTV is not feasible due to the invert of the conduit being rough or slippery, or the diameter of the pipe exceeds two metres. This method of survey is only conducted when Council’s Standard Operating Procedure dictates that it is required. Officers entering the stormwater network are required to have specialised qualifications to operate in confined spaces. A video showing a manual entry survey being conducted was shown.

6. The Quickview System is a cost-effective way of rapidly checking if a stormwater network is clear of debris and/or collapse. This system is able to check 300 metres of stormwater lines in 1.5 hours, including the establishment of work sites at multiple maintenance holes. A short video was shown of the Quickview System checking 30 metres of pipe in approximately two minutes. The presenter noted that the Quickview System proved to be extremely effective in the CCTV and education programmes following the January 2011 flood and the Australia Day 2013 storm event.

7. The presenter advised that the Push Rod cameras are manually operated by the technicians and are useful for checking smaller pipes in the stormwater network. The Push Rod cameras have a radio transmitter, similar to the devices that are fitted to the CCTV Pan and Tilt cameras, so that the technician is able to inspect a stormwater drain and record the relevant location information.

8. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Wright for his informative presentation.

9. RECOMMENDATION:

BRISBANE LIFESTYLE COMMITTEE

Councillor Krista ADAMS, Chairman of the Brisbane Lifestyle Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Andrew WINES, that the report of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted. Deputy Chairman: Councillor ADAMS. Councillor ADAMS: Thank you. Last week we spoke about Council's partnership with CrimeStoppers in Brisbane Lifestyle Committee. We have been working with CrimeStoppers since 2008 and it is a joint enforcement that we do with the QPS (Queensland Police Service) and our compliance officers. We are continuing to sponsor the CrimeStoppers in a new memorandum over the next three years, in particular, looking through a new program called the ‘Cost of Crime’. It is part of our broader graffiti management plan, and it comes hot on the heels of our success that we have had with TAG (Taskforce Against Graffiti) and Tag Them Back campaigns. We are looking at a new approach to make sure that we advertise the cost of graffiti in the first year at least to the people of Brisbane. So it is a call to action for the community to report graffiti-related crimes through awareness-raising of the costs of graffiti to the ratepayers. Council's support to the CrimeStoppers campaign shows our Administration's commitment obviously to continuing to reduce the graffiti and strengthen our partnership with CrimeStoppers, of course, as well. It was launched on 4 March 2014 at New Farm Park which I am glad to say is a very lovely place for a media release, not necessarily a place that we have troubles with graffiti anymore—I just say that for Councillor HOWARD. But the launch was very well received and we had fantastic media coverage. We had high pedestrian traffic, too, as they walked up from the CityCat through the morning and saw the pop-up concept; which are really highly-visible tags that are there to show people the cost of cleaning graffiti off particular infrastructure and get people starting to talk about and engage around what it means to have to clean graffiti off all the time, and what they can do in a call to action about reducing this. As we said, if you see it, you can report it, and we can stop it, so it is a partnership of ringing CrimeStoppers—you call also ring the call centre obviously or your ward offices as well. On the day, 4 March, we had some huge tags there, yellow coloured tags, placed around the vicinity in New Farm Park at the different infrastructure. A little bit more about the program we will be rolling out over the three years. We are going to be heading into a focus around vandalism and then, more broadly, on crime itself within Brisbane. So I think this is a great segue from our work on graffiti to keep working with CrimeStoppers as well. It is about a multifaceted program across the city. Our TAG program has been going from strength-to-strength. We have charged 494 offenders since 2008, 18,000-plus charges to the end of January 2014, and we are also working with the Department of Justice and the Attorney-General to make sure our young people, or maybe not so young people, that are caught offending can go out and clean up their own area that they actually graffitied. So there are a lot of community service orders that we are working with as well. I will leave it at that, Madam Chair. I have to say that we are very, very proud of our graffiti stop program and how it is working right across the city to raise the awareness of what people can do to reduce graffiti on our infrastructure. Deputy Chairman: Further debate; Councillor WINES. At that time, 3.43pm, the Chairman, Councillor Margaret de WIT, resumed the Chair. Councillor WINES: Thank you, Madam Chairman; I rise to speak in support of item A, and the ongoing commitment of this Administration to dealing with graffiti is represented here in the efforts of this partnership with the CrimeStoppers organisation. The figures are startling. When you think about it, in this city,

since the beginning of this program, 494 offenders have been charged with 18,117 offences. That is approximately—my back of the envelope maths—about 36.6 offences per person. Once you get to this point, the penalties become quite significant to the people who are perpetrating these crimes. It is important to remember that they are crimes, and that these crimes come with a cost. That is what is really clever, I suppose, and interesting about this new technique, where a tag, like you would find on clothes—the stylised tag, isn’t put on to public infrastructure so that you can see the value, or the cost to Council and therefore the public, of what this vandalism and what this damage and graffiti does to our local assets. So what it shows—and they are large tags; to demonstrate, they would be as big as a person, so that you can get some scale about them, and people understand the cost. When you think about it, 125,000 square metres each year of graffiti is removed in our city, which is a huge amount, and a cost that keeps recurring. We have seen through previous presentations that the TAG program has been effective in dealing with reducing the incidences of this, but people still insist on committing these crimes. That is why it is important to engage with the community to determine what the damage is that has been occurring. I also wanted to talk about—and it was also in the presentation—a wonderful program called Walls and Colours. Now, Walls and Colours is a program where, in partnership with the Federal Government, the Council engages a local artist and local community groups to paint I suppose murals or public art to protect— Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor WINES: —the places that attract graffiti art in great volumes. Keperra has been recipient of one of these, and it is a very, very attractive piece in that suburb. Ferny Grove has recently received treatment in this area, and it also has been an excellent piece of work. I understand that program is ongoing. To those councillors who have an opportunity to receive this public art, take it, enthusiastically, it is a fantastic local asset. It turns what was once a graffiti and vandalism attraction to an attractive piece of public art. I encourage all councillors to continue supporting our battle against graffiti, and our ongoing commitment to making our city look good, and be proud of the city we have. Chairman: Further debate on the Lifestyle Committee; Councillor ADAMS? I will put the motion.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber by the Chairman, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Brisbane Lifestyle Committee was declared carried on the voices.

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Krista Adams (Chairman), Councillor Andrew Wines (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Steve Griffiths, Vicki Howard, Steven Huang, and Victoria Newton.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL AND CRIME STOPPERS PARTNERSHIP: “THE COST OF CRIME” 568/2013-14 1. Sean Hodgson, Branch Manager, Compliance and Regulatory Services Branch, Brisbane Lifestyle Division, attended the meeting to provide a presentation on the partnership between Council and Crime Stoppers. He provided the information below.

2. The ‘Taskforce Against Graffiti’ (TAG) was established in 2008 and is a joint enforcement taskforce between Council and the Queensland Police Service. As a result of the taskforce 494 offenders have been charged with 18,117 offences since its inception. Some of the

campaign programs and outcomes are: - school education program - issuing of Community Service Orders - Walls and Colours project - Queensland Government funding through GraffitiStop - removal of an average of 125,000 square metres of graffiti yearly - joint involvement with Crime Stoppers.

3. Council had a three-year partnership from 2010 to 2013 with Crime Stoppers Queensland Limited (CSQL). This partnership was renewed in 2013 to continue through to 2016. Council’s involvement is through $250,000 per annum of sponsorship. The partnership has an intelligence gathering focus, with the dual aims of raising awareness and a call-to-action for the Brisbane community. It uses social media, campaign events, webpages, news media and branded items to deliver its messages.

4. Through Council and CSQL’s partnership the ‘Tag Them Back’ campaign ran from 2010 to 2013, and directly engaged with 97,709 residents through media, internet and events. An estimated one million people had access to the campaign through advertisements, as it was featured on almost 2,000 buses, trains, transport stops, Council desktops and vehicles. The campaign also had stands at Green Heart fairs and graffiti and crime prevention conferences.

5. The current partnership between Council and CSQL will run from 2014 to 2016 and was launched on 4 March 2014 at New Farm Park. During this time the partnership will transition the campaign from ‘Tag Them Back’ to ‘Cost of Crime’. The focus of the campaigns will be on direct, face-to-face engagement and events with the community, with a call-to-arms on combatting graffiti to reporting all crimes over the three years.

6. The inspiration for the ‘Cost of Crime’ campaign is a similar event raising community awareness against vandalism held in Pamplona, Spain. Images of that event were shown to the Committee and discussed.

7. The ‘Cost of Crime’ pop-up campaign uses innovative community engagement techniques. The events highlight the costs and what can be done to make Brisbane a better place to live.

8. Year one of the ‘Cost of Crime’ campaign will link back to the existing ‘Tag Them Back’ campaign, and will focus on graffiti. The pop-up events for this part of the campaign are designed to appear and disappear suddenly, with highly visible information tags to attract community attention. The call-to-action will be: See it, Report it, Stop it.

9. The second year of the ‘Cost of Crime’ campaign will transition to the ‘Cost of Vandalism’. This will focus on the cost of repair or clean-up to ratepayers and may extend onto Brisbane buses. The call-to-action will be: Be a Vandal Stopper.

10. Year three of the ‘Cost of Crime’ campaign will focus on reporting all crime, with a strategy to maintain the action currently being undertaken by the community and empower them to do more. Residents will be encouraged to report vandals, and be a ‘Brisbane Crime Stopper’.

11. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Hodgson for his informative presentation.

12. RECOMMENDATION:

ADJOURNMENT: 569/2013-14 At that time, 3.45pm, it was moved by Councillor MARX, seconded by Councillor WINES, that the meeting adjourn for a period of 15 minutes, to commence only when all councillors had vacated the chamber and the doors locked.

Upon being submitted to the meeting the motion was declared carried on the voices. Councillor JOHNSTON immediately rose and called for a division; however, no other Councillor immediately requested a division and no division was held.

Council stood adjourned at 3.46pm.

UPON RESUMPTION:

FINANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

Councillor Julian SIMMONDS, Chairman of the Finance, Economic Development and Administration Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, that the report of that Committee held on 11 March 2014, be adopted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Just to quickly again reflect on the outstanding results of the Study Brisbane program that I detailed as part of my answer to Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR's question earlier today, and to thank the Brisbane Marketing team, particularly the Study Brisbane team for the excellent events that we heard about at the committee meeting, including the Welcome Event and the Friendship Ceremony that were held earlier this month. Chairman: Further debate? Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR. Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR: Thank you. Madam Chairman, I just rise to speak briefly in regards to the Student Ambassadors and their role that they play in our city. International education is certainly a very big part of what we do here in Brisbane and it is wonderful to know that we have the opportunity to engage with many of these students on a different level. The Student Ambassadors take their roles very seriously across our city and they provide a unique opportunity for the actual dissemination of information about our city through the eyes of a young person who is here studying. For all of their work I think we really do need to say a very big thank you because it's their insights that are shared across the globe that do entice many people here to Brisbane. Certainly they give us a great opportunity to engage with them and to find out from campus to campus or international student group to international student group, if there are any ways that we can support them in making their stay a very welcome one and a very safe and happy one. I would just like to commend this report to the chamber and also the efforts of all of those Student Ambassadors. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Further debate? Councillor HUANG. Councillor HUANG: Yes thank you, Madam Chair, I rise to speak on Item A of the report on Study Brisbane. Madam Chair, Study Brisbane is a major international education marketing program for our city. It provides support to current students in promoting the benefits of Brisbane's unique lifestyle and quality education to both domestic and international student markets. The Study Brisbane City Welcome Festival is held annually and is Queensland's largest international student inclusion event. This year's festival was held on 1 March near South Bank's Cultural Forecourt, and had more than 7,500 attendees, and brought in

over $85,000 in commercial revenue, representing a 15 per cent increase from last year's festival. This year's festival was opened with the LORD MAYOR's International Student Friendship Ceremony an event that has grown from strength-to-strength. Since July 2012 the LORD MAYOR has hosted 10 International Student Friendship Ceremonies that have presented over 3,500 Friendship Certificates. These International Student Friendship Ceremonies are very well received by the international students studying in South East Queensland. Many of them have told me they never expected to be so warmly welcomed by the LORD MAYOR. It will be one of their best memories in Brisbane and they will treasure our friendship forever. Madam Chair, the international students currently studying in our city are the future business, industrial and political leaders in their home countries. Their lifelong friendship with Brisbane will bring us enormous benefits through tourism, investment and cultural influences, that is not to mention the immediate economic benefit that it is already contributing to our city's economy. In conclusion I would like to encourage all councillors to spread the message and invite students who have not yet had a chance to attend one of these ceremonies to not miss out on one of the five more ceremonies that have been scheduled for 2014 and enjoy the friendship bestowed by Brisbane. Chairman: Further debate? Councillor SIMMONDS? No. I will put the motion.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the Finance, Economic Development and Administration Committee was declared carried on the voices.

ATTENDANCE:

Councillor Julian Simmonds (Chairman), Councillor Angela Owen-Taylor (Deputy Chairman), and Councillors Kim Flesser, Fiona King, Ryan Murphy and Shayne Sutton.

A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STUDY BRISBANE 2014 570/2013-14 1. Mr Gordon Scott, Director, Export, Brisbane Marketing, attended the meeting to provide an update on Study Brisbane 2014. He provided the information below.

2. Study Brisbane is the city’s international education marketing program, providing support to current students and promoting the benefits of a Brisbane lifestyle and education to the domestic and international student markets.

3. The Study Brisbane City Welcome Festival is held annually and is Queensland’s largest international student inclusion event. This year the festival was held on 1 March 2014 in a new venue, South Bank’s Cultural Forecourt. There were approximately 7,500 attendees (including 5,000 students), over 50 exhibitors and workshop/activity presenters, and three presenting partners: National Australia Bank, The Pad and Brisbane Airport Corporation. The event brought in over $85,000 in commercial revenue which was an increase of about 15 per cent on the 2013 festival.

4. A video clip showing coverage of the welcome festival by ABC News was shown.

5. There were some new developments for the 2014 festival. The festival was re-branded to be marketed to both domestic and international students. Exhibitor zones enhanced the flow and profiling of the event, and keep-active and workshop areas were included. The festival was also opened with the Lord Mayor’s International Student Friendship Ceremony.

6. Since July 2012, there have been 10 friendship ceremonies, with over 3,500 friendship

certificates presented. Five more ceremonies have been scheduled for 2014, all to be held at City Hall.

7. The Brisbane International Student Ambassador (BISA) Program adopts students from all over the world to tell their real-life Brisbane stories to their home country networks via social media. A slide displaying a photograph of the current student ambassadors was shown.

8. Interviews for the 2014 BISA Program are currently underway, with the appointment ceremony scheduled for 3 April 2014. Student ambassador applications were open from November 2013 to February 2014 and there were 248 applications, a 40 per cent increase on the 2013 campaign. Applicants represent over 40 countries. As well as Study Brisbane’s top source countries, Sister City and G20 country applicants are being prioritised. These student ambassadors are expected to have a social media reach exceeding 25,000.

9. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chairman thanked Mr Scott and his team for their work.

10. RECOMMENDATION:

B BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – JANUARY 2014 134/695/317/3-02 571/2013-14 11. The Chief Financial Officer, Organisational Services Division, provided the Committee with the monthly summary of Council’s petty cash, bank account and cash investment position as at 31 January 2014.

12. During the January period, total Council funds held by banks and investment institutions (per general ledger) increased by $156.6 million to $181.2 million, excluding trusts. The net increase is mainly due to the following: - proceeds from Go Between Bridge disposal which were not receipted in the general ledger until January 2014 - proceeds from Queensland Treasury Corporation general purpose borrowings.

13. Council funds as at 31 January 2014 held by banks and investment institutions (per statements) totalled $189.9 million. The variance relates to timing differences between transactions recorded in the general ledger and those reflected in the bank statements.

14. Unreconciled bank receipts and payments relate to reconciliation variances at the end of the period. The majority of these transactions have since been reconciled.

15. Surplus funds are invested daily with approved counterparties.

16. The Chairman and Committee noted the report.

17. The Bank and Investment Report for January 2014 is tabled for noting by Council.

18. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT BE TABLED AND NOTED. ADOPTED

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:

Chairman: Councillors are there any petitions? DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman, I have a petition with 12 signatures calling on the LORD MAYOR to reverse the decision on residential parking permits. Chairman: Further petitions? No further petitions? Councillor McKENZIE. Councillor McKENZIE: I have a petition requesting a parking modification at Coorparoo. Chairman: Councillor COOPER. Councillor COOPER: Thank you, Madam Chair. I've got a petition asking for a stop sign in a local suburb. Chairman: Further petitions? Councillor MURPHY. 572/2013-14 It was resolved on the motion of Councillor MURPHY, seconded by Councillor NEWTON, that the petitions as presented be received and referred to the Committee concerned for consideration and report.

The petitions were summarised as follows:

File No. Councillor Topic CA14/208374 Helen Abrahams Requesting the Lord Mayor to reverse his decision to introduce paid residential parking permits. CA14/218764 Ian McKenzie Requesting Council to review the parking restrictions on Cavendish Road between Old Cleveland Road and Tarlina Lane. CA14/202695 Amanda Cooper Requesting Council to install a stop sign at the intersection of Rangeview Street and Navua Avenue, Aspley, in place of the existing Give Way sign.

GENERAL BUSINESS: Chairman: Councillors are there any statements required as a result of Councillor Conduct Review Panel Order? Are there any matters of General Business? Councillor MARX. Councillor MARX: Thank you, Madam Chair. I make sure I get up at the right time. I want to speak today about Clean Up Australia Day which was a couple of weekends ago. It seems like forever as time marches on. I had three groups out in my ward participating in Clean Up Australia Day. The first one was the Calamvale Lions where they cleaned up not only the little park there that's Alpinia Place Park but more locally known as Calamvale Lions Park. They actually did a lot of the surrounding streets as well. There was a relatively small group of people there; but they were very dedicated. There were about four, from memory, that went out and did that particular area. There's another group of people that meet every month which is the Brandon Road Bushcare Group. That's a group that's been going for well over 20 years. Once again another very small group of dedicated local residents who meet at the Brandon Road Park every month. Myself and my husband actually join them every month on the Sunday morning and we weed and plant and pick-up rubbish as a general thing, but on this particular day we called for a lot of volunteers and that's where the Council actually put one of the skips (skip bin). Because the park itself was quite clean they actually spread out and did quite a lot of the surrounding streets. Some of them actually had to walk quite some distance because there wasn't a lot of rubbish around, which is always a good thing. The third and final one was actually myself. I go out on Compton Road every year, that's one of the main roads into Brisbane. It's the main thoroughfare

and I'm always very keen to make sure that that always looks spick and span. I actually had a family of three meet me there at the Condamine Street shops. They took one side of the road and I took the other. We spent about two hours, by the time you slowly walk along Compton Road. It has very large wide verges on both sides as it has got the Karawatha Forest on both sides of the road. We picked up a few bags of rubbish there as well. So it's heartening to know that there wasn't a huge amount of rubbish picked up because that means that hopefully the residents are starting to get the idea that rubbish belongs in the bin and not on our streets. But I'd also really like to try to reiterate Clean Up Australia Day. Maybe we should try and do that on a regular basis and not just that one day a year. So on that note I'll say thank you very much. Chairman: Further General Business? Councillor DICK. Councillor DICK: Thanks, Madam Chair. I rise tonight with great sadness to address the Chamber about the passing of The Services Union State Secretary Katherine Nelson. Kath passed away on Friday after battling leukaemia for the past 10 months. It's fitting that on the weekend a number of community leaders and also people affected by leukaemia participated in the Shave for a Cure fundraising efforts. Kath was a leader in every sense of the word when it came to standing up for workers and in particular Brisbane City Council workers represented by The Australian Services Union. Kath was 43 years old when she passed and is survived by her partner Brett and her son Spencer. Kath joined the Australian Services Union (ASU) in 1993 and started working her way up through the ranks. In April 2011 she was elected as the first woman Secretary of both the Australian Services Union and the Queensland Services Union and as the national vice president of the National ASU. She was a member of the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) Executive and also the QCU Management Committee. Over her career Kath was a pivotal player in many major wins for Queensland workers. She helped develop the Queensland Local Government Workforce Transition Code of Practice in 2007 and the South East Queensland Distribution and Retail Water Reform Workforce Framework in 2009. She also played a central role in the historic 2008 Social and Community Services pay equity case in Queensland that shed light on gender equity issues. This case delivered a finding that confirmed that Queensland social workers and community workers performed work which was undervalued because of gender. It laid the ground work for a Federal pay equity case which was completed in 2012. Through her leadership, lobbying and negotiation skills, Kath was instrumental in obtaining guarantees from the then Gillard Government to fund the pay equity increases. Kath was passionate about protecting worker's rights but also making positive changes in the wider community. She was an accomplished industrial relations professional who was widely respected both within the union movement and by elected officials and particularly by employers as well. Kath was a strong woman in the union movement and the Labor movement. I knew Kath over many, many years and sat with her on a number of bodies including the ALP (Australian Labor Party) Queensland Administrative Committee and also the ALP National Executive. Kath will be remembered for her career achievements but also for the compassion shown on a daily business. Kath was the sort of person that would always roll her sleeves up, get involved with issues no matter how big or small. She was particularly passionate about representing Brisbane City Council workers and prided herself on making sure that her door was always open, and didn't look at union members as just members but also as her friends and colleagues. She believed in the fair go and spent her entire working life making sure it was available to all workers. I know at Kath's service this Friday at St John's Cathedral it will be well attended, as she was a much loved and respected figure not just here in Queensland political circles but also across the wider movement in the critical roles that she played, not only as an industrial leader but also as a political leader

as well. I particularly want to acknowledge the work that she did in supporting a number of candidates over the years. I know particularly Councillor SUTTON and Councillor FLESSER have had associations with Kath over the years professionally and personally. I pay my condolences on behalf of all Labor councillors to Kath and her family. She was a remarkable person and we are much, much stronger for the work that she has done both here and also across Australia. Chairman: Further General Business? Councillor KING? Councillor KING: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise to speak on a few things today, a local festival, Geebung Overpass, National Bullying Day and a condolence at the end, Madam Chair. First of all I'd like to thank Councillor ADAMS for making funding available for some extra festivals across our ward. Marchant and McDowall Wards share one of these festivals. It is actually in the McDowall Ward but it's right on the boundary and it will be the Taste of the World Festival this Saturday. I would like to thank Manoj, from one of our southern Indian groups for his tireless work that he's put together—and Jijo of course—to put this festival together on Saturday where it enhances and showcases a lot of our different cultures on the north side of Brisbane. So it starts at 3pm at Keong Park on Saturday and will go through to fireworks in the evening. I'm looking forward to the different dances, songs, food and festivities at Keong Park, Stafford, on Saturday. Last week, Madam Chair, I had the honour to stand to with the LORD MAYOR and catch a bus on the Geebung Overpass. It was the first ride over the overpass. This important piece of infrastructure on the northside of Brisbane, not only the Geebung residents, but the entire northside of Brisbane have been waiting, Madam Chair, well over 30 years for. This is a remarkable piece of infrastructure that will alleviate the traffic congestion at that horrible Robinson Road Railway Crossing. Madam Chair, this side of the Chamber has proven it delivers infrastructure projects unlike those opposite who did not want to get on and do the job of the Geebung Railway Crossing. This project is well ahead of schedule and I look forward to the opening and having those cars over the Geebung Railway Crossing in the very, very near future. Madam Chair, National Bullying Day. National Bullying Day, Madam Chair, is something that I know all too much about with experiences with bringing up children. Madam Chair, I ask that everybody in this Chamber get behind National Bullying Day this Friday. If you have orange please show your colours and get out there and support—it not only supports the children in our schools— with technology that makes it all too accessible for other children to access and bully our children—but as we have seen in local media events, it also affects adults with the tragic death of the newsreader just recently. Madam Chair, this is an important day to get behind and show our support for people who are suffering from bullying. Also, Madam Chair, I'd like to have two condolences put on the record today. The first was for a strong Stafford community member and some of us on both sides of the Chamber will know this gentleman, Mr Jack Poole. He tragically lost his son over the last week—I won't go into the circumstances of how the son lost his life but to Jack, who has tirelessly worked in the Stafford community for many, many years, 30, 40 plus, years this man has been out there doing his best for others and volunteering in the community. The second condolence I would like to give, and as a parent it breaks your heart again is to, my condolences go out to Dr Chris Davis, the State Member of Stafford, and his beautiful wife Kate who tragically lost their 18 year old daughter on Sunday night due to a car accident. My heart goes out to parents who at any age or stage of life lose a child. Thank you, Madam Chair. Chairman: Further General Business? Councillor NEWTON.

Councillor NEWTON: Yes thanks very much, Madam Chair. I rise to speak if I have time on three items this afternoon. One regarding Active School Travel, the Golden Boot Award, also about a new museum that's opened up in Deagon Ward and a bit on the upcoming Council budget that we're looking forward to in June. Firstly, Madam Chair, speaking about the Active School Travel Program, I'm very excited to announce that the Golden Boot Award winner in February this year for the highest amount of Active Travel out of all the 47 schools participating this year in Brisbane was Sandgate State School. Well done Sandgate State School for achieving the Golden Boot. I'm sorry Councillor JOHNSTON. I think that it's absolutely accurate and I must say a huge thanks to the school community. They participated in the Active School Travel Program some years ago and they did a refresh last year and they're part of the Legacy schools now. They have two walking school buses that walk every week. They hold regular breakfasts at events including a bring your bike—that's happening tomorrow. I just wanted to say a huge thanks to all the students for really pulling out all stops during February and making a big effort for getting on their bikes, scooters or walking to really boost those numbers. It could not have been achieved of course without the wonderful support of the school community including P&C president Sophie Craker, the walking school bus initiator Prue Lowry from Deagon, all the mums and dads, the teachers involved and Warren Beetson the school Principal. It's been a pleasure to support those guys and we're working with them on improving some pedestrian safety concerns, particularly for kids trying to get from Deagon to Sandgate State School. Secondly, I wanted to talk about a brand new museum that's opened up in Deagon Ward. I was excited to attend the opening of the Indian Motorcycle Museum of Australia which opened in Geebung on Saturday. I'm not sure what was more spectacular the hundreds of bikes that lined the street or the museum itself. I'm going to have to say the museum is certainly the winner with respect to the memorabilia. Of course most people would probably be familiar with the Indian motorcycle because of the movie that came out a few years ago about Burt Munro who was the world's fastest Indian, a quirky little bloke from Invercargill in New Zealand. He got his 1920 Indian motorcycle and raced it in 1967 on the Sand Flats in Utah. So for the rest of us, particularly for people like my dad who I took along on the weekend, dad used to race old Nortons and Triumphs back in his day so he had an absolute joyous day amongst rubbing shoulders with other vintage motorcycle enthusiasts. What was amazing to see was the brilliant collection that's been put together by Darryl White who's the private owner of this museum and very proud of his achievements as he should be. So if you're into motorbikes, vintage motorbikes, of course the Indians and the Harley Davidsons were the two big American motorbike companies in the earlier parts of the 1900s and it was Harley winning out at the end of the day I suppose. But it's certainly a brilliant opportunity to see some magnificent pieces of motorcycling history. They even have the very early models from the early 1900s which pretty much look like a motor strapped onto a pushbike, through to models that were even used by the armed services in Australia during the Second World War. So there's certainly a lot of history there. I just want to say huge congratulations to the owner Darryl. What a brilliant collection. Thank you for sharing it with the broader community. His mate Eric Henn who did some really wonderful murals celebrating the history of Indian motorcycles. So if anyone is interested, 419 Newman Road, Geebung, open on weekends, $15 a head, definitely worth the visit and they're happily taking group bookings. Last but not least I was going to talk about my budget submission, Madam Chair, that I mentioned about the coming Council budget and things that I would like to see and the Deagon Ward community would like to see in the Council coming budget. Now as we know, all local councillors made their submissions a few weeks ago to the LORD MAYOR via the Chairperson for Finance. I would

just like to put on the record some of these things that I would like to see are happening on behalf of my community. Of course there are some obvious ones that might be obvious to people in this Chamber and to the community, things like getting on with the revitalisation of the Shorncliffe Pier. It's something that everyone is really anxiously awaiting for, also working with Council on the upgrade of the Lemke/Handford/Murphy Roads Corridor. I'm looking forward to catching up with officers this week to— with Councillor KING as well—to discuss that particular corridor which affects three different wards. It would be great to work together to come up with some solutions to improve safety and traffic flows in that particular corridor. Madam Chair, also of course I'm keen to see the money put forward to ensure that we can progress the Sandgate Pool upgrade which is to be a 50-50 affair with the pool lessee. The community has been waiting there 10 years now for these upgrades and they really want to see them happening, Madam Chair. Also some really important ones, the installation of traffic signals at Roghan and Muller Roads. This time last year we saw some pretty serious accidents occurring within a very short space of time because of motorists failing to give way properly at that intersection. Well I'm pleased to see the installation of stop signs has certainly made an impact. In terms of pedestrian, cyclist and motor vehicle safety there really does need to be that installation for lights. It's on the list for funding and we're just waiting for funding to be allocated, Madam Chair. One really key issue I want to see in this year's budget is the reinstatement of the $3 million to upgrade the Brighton Foreshores, Madam Chair. Councillor CUMMING might be surprised to hear that we're still waiting down our way for the Brighton foreshores to be upgraded. These were promised in 2008 right? Now I appreciate there were floods. We had some very serious storm events, Madam Chair, but we're still waiting. In fact the kids who participated in the consultation are probably graduating from high school now, Madam Chairman. So I hope we don't have to start the consultation again because we got some brilliant suggestions— Chairman: Order. Councillor NEWTON: —from the kids. I know that this upsets Councillor KNAPP but when you tell the community you're going to spend $3 million and then you pull the funding on the basis that's it's needed for urgent work— Chairman: Councillor KNAPP. Councillor NEWTON: —Madam Chair, you've got to tell the community that it's going to be reinstated so it's in my budget submissions as a top priority, Madam Chair. Chairman: Order. Councillor NEWTON: It's only six years, it's only six years I know that people have been waiting for this funding to be implemented, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm also hoping to start to see some innovation when it comes to tackling the ongoing issues with repairing the seawall and the groynes along the beachfront, Madam Chair. I'm happy to deal with that as a rolling program. I would really like to see the reinstatement of some sandy beaches along the foreshore to help protect those groynes and protect the seawall. The trial beach that was done in 1996 was found to be very effective at dissipating the wave action that was hitting the seawall at that location. So it's not just about having a pretty place to go for a swim although it is nice to have a sandy beach, Madam Chair, but it also will help stop some of that inundation on the roads and the park if we can try to tackle that issue. This has been part of my budget submission going back a number of years now and it will continue to be until that's achieved, Madam Chair. I also have some important issues for the local community finishing off the Deagon sports Master Plan which was done in 2002. We sort of got partway through it and the funding has dried up, Madam Chair. There's only a little way to go dealing particularly with parking issues which are becoming more and

more of a challenge as the various sports facilities, the PCYC (Police Citizens and Youth Club), the tennis club, the cricket club and the skate park, becoming even more popular, dealing with those car-parking issues as outlined in the Master Plan, in consultation with those groups is becoming more and more critical, Madam Chair. In terms of O'Callaghan Park at Zillmere too some master planning work has commenced and I'd like to see that continued and finalised with funding committed to implementation on that as well. O'Callaghan Park suffered after the Shawsportz collapse, Madam Chair, and we're doing lots of work with the different user groups on that site. Now is the time for Council to come up with a comprehensive plan in consultation with those groups so it can move forward and really give that Zillmere community the facilities they deserve. Part of that, Madam Chair, in my view is the connection rather of the road at Church and Zillmere Roads. The previous lessees did construct an internal road but it has never been connected up to the traffic signals. Now, that will make a huge difference in terms of the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of families that access that facility and will make it a lot safer, Madam Chair. Other requests that I have in my budget on behalf of my community is to ensure that there is ongoing funding to implement the recommendations of the Cabbage Tree Creek Recreational Waters investigation report which was a joint report by Council and QUU (Queensland Urban Utilities) into the high levels of bacteria that is found in Cabbage Tree Creek. It identified a number of sources. Many of the key sources are naturally found, Madam Chair, but certainly there are things we can do to ensure that ones that can be controlled by humans to reduce those impacts in that creek should be supported, Madam Chair. Another request, we talked a little bit about clashes between cyclists and pedestrians from time to time. One of those is along the waterfront—thank you, Madam Chair. Chairman: Councillor NEWTON your time has expired. DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman. I rise this afternoon to pay tribute to Warwick Parer for his contribution to our city and our State. As most councillors would be aware we were shocked by the news over the weekend that former Senator Parer had passed away unexpectedly. It was only just last week that I talked to him on the phone and actually I was returning a call from his wife Kathi and Warwick answered the phone. He said to me, you're wanting to speak to Kathi and that was obviously the last time that I spoke to him and the last time I'll ever get to speak to him. I wish I had taken the opportunity to talk to him but I guess hindsight is 20-20. Warwick was a Senator for our great State for 16 years and that in itself is an achievement. Anyone serving at any level of government for a considerable period of time like that, deserves our respect and they're obviously committed to our country, our State and our city. Warwick was definitely one of those people. He served the people of Queensland well in his time and also was appointed as a minister during the Howard Government, the Minister for Resources and Energy, and was very passionate about the resources sector and its importance in Queensland and to Queensland. He was a continuing advocate for our State and that particular section of our industry. Warwick not only served with distinction in parliament in the Senate but also as a former President of the Liberal Party. Warwick during his time as President was very keen to see the Liberal and National parties joined together. That was something he was pushing for personally and something that happened shortly after his time as President. So the fact that his advocacy was involved in the merging of the two parties should not be forgotten. Without people like Warwick Parer that had a vision for a united conservative side of politics in Queensland the LNP may well not have ever existed. Not only did Warwick make a contribution in politics he was also an extremely community-minded person. We know that he was involved in a whole range of community activities and charities, in particular, on the hospital boards in raising

money for the hospitals. He was absolutely committed to that and also committed to his local community as well. He lived in the Carindale area. His family home is on Pine Mountain Road in Carindale. He is absolutely, was absolutely, committed to his local community. He likes to claim credit along with Kathi his wife, in getting my predecessor involved in politics, Michael Caltabiano. So we're very thankful for his involvement in getting Michael involved. Politics would not be as an interesting place without Michael Caltabiano. Chairman: Order. DEPUTY MAYOR: Certainly Michael is also a person who, like Warwick, was dedicated to his local area and made an interesting contribution and outstanding contribution in Council politics and for a short time in State politics. But I want to particularly pay tribute on behalf of my colleagues on this side of the Chamber, each and every one of them, to the contribution Warwick made to our great State and our country and our city. Also I want to pass on our condolences to Warwick's family, Kathi and his seven children and their grandchildren, who were all as shocked as us about his passing on the weekend. We know that together with Kathi and the family, he will be sorely missed. Chairman: Further General Business? Councillor SUTTON. Councillor SUTTON: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise this afternoon to speak about Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen coming to Brisbane, the Wynnum Road upgrade and local budget projects. Madam Chair, last week I was pleased to join with Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food representatives in announcing that Jamie Oliver's Mobile Kitchen will be coming to Brisbane in April for a series of classes. The classes will begin on Tuesday 22 April. I was really pleased to be able to work with Jamie's team to make sure the Brisbane Ministry of Food could find a home in Brisbane. I was somewhat surprised when their representatives told me that Council was unable to find them a place in one of our Council parks, and that they had to find alternative arrangements otherwise they would not be able to come to Brisbane. So of course I wasn't going to let the opportunity go past to make sure that Jamie Oliver's team came to our city. I must admit I didn't think it was a very New World City approach to be saying it's all too hard but I was happy to help them out in finding a suitable alternate site on private land. I want to say a very, very, very big thank you to the Clem Jones Centre, to Steve Heald in particular the CEO of the Clem Jones Centre and Terry Mackenroth for assisting me in negotiating that as the home for the Mobile Kitchen while it is in Brisbane. The classes will begin on Tuesday 22 April. The Mobile Kitchen program offers a five-week cooking course comprising of one 90 minute cooking class per week, with up to 12 participants in each class. Jamie's Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen will be open six days-a-week with hands-on classes led by a team of Jamie's Ministry of Food trainers. The Mobile Food Kitchen will offer two cycles of five-week cooking courses so a 10-week stint to teach Brisbane residents basic cooking, how to use fresh and healthy ingredients and how to create tasty meals. The classes are open to all Brisbane residents. However the Kitchen is keen to facilitate bookings for community organisations who work with the most vulnerable and at risk population groups in our communities. So I say to all councillors in this place if they do have community groups that they think suit those needs, make sure that you're putting those names forward. The cost of classes is $10 per session and $5 for concession. The bookings for the first cycle opened on Friday and I understand they are already heavily booked. There is an information session going on at the Carina Leagues Club tonight for community organisations who may be interested in participating in the program or having the members of their groups participate in the program. Also for those of you who are or those of you who know keen cooks and who

would want to be part of this fabulous program, there is the opportunity to volunteer as part of the Ministry of Food team while it is in Brisbane. This is something I know that some of the representatives of my local community farm and local schools and their kitchen gardens have been keen to take up. The Ministry of Food does rely on local volunteers to assist in running the program. They do welcome local residents to sign up to be part of that team. I think it's a very, very exciting thing for Brisbane— Chairman: Order. Councillor SUTTON: It's a very, very exciting thing particularly for the southside of Brisbane. I wasn't going to let it to go the northside I have to confess so it was either Clem Jones Centre or then my next stop was Mount Gravatt Showgrounds. But I wasn't looking over at the northside just yet. But northsiders we will give you a passport so that you can come over to the other side of the river if you are interested in being part of this. I just have to say and be a little bit parochial as I know people in this Chamber can see, there has been a strong response to the first session of cooking classes that were released on Friday. But I think that is because most of the people in my local area who got to have special advanced warning before the general public call came out. So I was very, very happy to give my local residents a little bit of a head start on that. Moving on now to the second thing I wanted to talk about—that is, the Wynnum Road upgrade. Can I say and I think most people in this place know that I have been a staunch and fierce advocate for the progression of this Wynnum Road upgrade since it was announced in 2008 that that would be occurring. DEPUTY MAYOR I'm pleased that you have joined us. I continue to be a staunch advocate of that road upgrade progressing. The $30 million figure for property resumptions is a new figure that we have heard for the first time today. But that just reinforces the point that I was trying to make in Question Time today about the need to allow people to see the detail of the plans that this Administration has settled on. It's been six weeks since the LORD MAYOR stood up and gave his press conference on the preferred alignment of Wynnum Road. We just want to know what the devil in the detail is. I did not ask those questions in Question Time to start backing away from any support. The support is there but I want to be confident in the detailed decisions that are being made as we move forward on that project. I want to know that the preferred alignment takes advantage of the setbacks that have already been achieved along that Wynnum Road corridor. For the last 50 years this Council has been asking people to set their properties back from Wynnum Road to allow for this future road upgrade. I want to make sure that the preferred alignment takes in all of those. I want to see the detail that the LORD MAYOR and the Councillor SCHRINNER currently have access to so that I can feel confident when I stand up there continuing to advocate for this project, that this project is going to move forward in an appropriate way. Please do not DEPUTY MAYOR take this at any time as an indication that I am backing away from supporting this project. It is simply a request to be a partner in moving the project forward. To make sure that we are delivering the best possible outcome with the biggest benefits for this project. We have one chance to get this right and I want to make sure that we are getting this right. I really think that the LORD MAYOR today in Question Time was really using weasel words and being rather cute when he tried to say that I'm not getting access to the file because Stage 1 isn't in my ward. Well the scope of the entire project does fall within my ward. The decisions that are made in Stage 1 are going to affect how the Stage 2 alignment progresses. It also will have an impact on many of the residents living in my ward who are users of that corridor every day. So this is not about being cute and I ask the LORD MAYOR to reconsider his decision not to give me access to the file. I have had access to this file, this same file on two previous occasions. It is only now when we start to have detail and we see the real detail about the real impact of the program that this Administration is becoming scared of its own decisions.

They don't need to be scared of their decisions. All I want to do is have a look at the detail so that I can have confidence in the decisions that they are making. I'm sorry, the trust us Councillor SUTTON line, isn't going to work. I want to see with my own eyes. It is my responsibility as the local councillor to advocate for projects. Not just for a project in terms of securing funding for the project, but also to follow through as how that project is going to be delivered. It is the delivery stage that we are now starting to focus on. I implore Councillor SCHRINNER and the LORD MAYOR to allow me to have access to that information so I can service my local community as I was elected to do. Madam Chair, I'm probably running rapidly out of time but I also wanted to talk about local budget projects. Obviously roads are a big priority for me. The Wynnum Road upgrade is always my number 1 upgrade road project in my local Council budget submission and has been as time immemorial. The other major roads project that I'm— Chairman: Councillor SUTTON your time has expired. Further General Business? Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, Madam Chairman, I rise today to speak on a few issues including the underground bus and rail tunnel, RiskSMART and parks, projects and policy in Tennyson Ward. Firstly I'd like to speak about the underground bus and tunnel project. A couple of weeks ago in this Chamber the DEPUTY MAYOR stood up and essentially—what I would describe as—verballed my position regarding the proposed tunnel. He said that I did not support the tunnel. Now, Madam Chairman, that's not quite right and my position is publicly on the record with respect to this matter. I've made it very clear that unless the Dutton Park Rail Station is incorporated back into and left as part of the tunnel project, it won't have my support. I'll make that clear. If the Dutton Park Rail Station, Madam Chairman, is included in the UBAT (Underground Bus and Train) project and, Madam Chairman, they look at removing all the spoil from the tunnel by rail, not road, Madam Chairman, then this project would have my support. They are the two fundamental issues that I've made submissions to the State Government on, that I've spoken to residents about. I'm in no doubt that residents in my ward fully support that position. In fact I spoke to one of the Annerley residents who is a strong advocate of saving the rail station at Dutton Park just the other day. He made the point to me, which is true, that me trying to save the Dutton Park Rail Station and make sure it's included in the project isn't really being opposed to public transport as the DEPUTY MAYOR has publicly stated. So, Madam Chairman, just so the DEPUTY MAYOR isn't confused any further about my position, I want to make it very clear yet again. The Dutton Park Rail Station must be kept. There is no reason other than cost that the state government has given for that project to include removal of the Dutton Park Rail Station. That station services thousands of residents— Chairman: Order. Councillor JOHNSTON: —thousands of university students and thousands of doctors and nurses and ancillary workers at the PA (Princess Alexandra ) Hospital. It is an essential rail station in this city and under no circumstances will I support it being abolished as is proposed currently in the State Government's UBAT project. I want to make that extremely clear. That is not a decision that I accept is reasonable or appropriate, particularly when this Council and the state government are fully focused on increasing density in inner city areas like around this area in Annerley, Buranda and Dutton Park. The mismatch policy in planning position that Council and the State Government have here is wrong. It is not acceptable to take away an inner-city rail station and have a three kilometre gap between two stations. It's poor planning and it is poor decision-making. I make it very clear that if the State Government reverses its position on that and addresses the spoil matters that I have raised of concern then I will be able to support the project. It's as simple as that. So let's be clear. I don't

[4431 (Ordinary) meeting – 18 March 2014] - 51 - want to hear anymore verballing and stupid comments from the DEPUTY MAYOR that I don't support public transport because I can tell you the residents out my way know that I'm the one that is campaigning to help keep the train station at Dutton Park. Secondly, RiskSMART. There is clearly a problem with RiskSMART and I'm glad that the Neighbourhood Planning chairperson is still sitting in the room with this because she seems to think RiskSMART is all running along hunky dory and there are no problems with it. It's a wonderful system. Now, Madam Chairman, I am very concerned about the amount of income assessable projects that are being run through RiskSMART—and oh yes, off she goes. I'm speaking on matters in her portfolio but she can't spare five minutes to listen. Madam Chairman, it is a real concern that with the amount of impact assessable proposals that are going through RiskSMART, there is not appropriate assessment happening. We are seeing projects well outside the relevant City Plan codes being shuffled through at rapid speed without full assessment by the Council officers. The project that I am specifically speaking to at the moment is 25 Rigby Street in Annerley. This is a large townhouse proposal being plonked down in the middle of the backyard in a character area. Half of the character house, in excellent condition, is going to be chopped off to allow this to happen. Now this is being pushed through RiskSMART. That should not be happening. No, it's amazing. Secondly, no information request was even issued by the Council officers regarding this proposal. I would have thought that the Council officers would be interested in making sure that the character protections of this city are being adhered to. Thirdly, the developer has gone out to public advertising without the appropriate approvals. When the residents caught this speeded-up process happening, they got onto Council straightaway and the developer now has to extend his timeframe for resident approvals. These kinds of mistakes are happening because RiskSMART is not an appropriate process for impact assessable DAs (development applications). I'll make that very clear. I don't support it. It shouldn't be appropriate for things like the Cracknell Road Development either where we've got a classical Greek Georgian mansion being built in the middle of a tin and timber DCP (demolition control precinct) character area, that under RiskSMART was put through Council as a code assessable DA and approved within a matter of days. Now there is a problem with RiskSMART. This is something that I'll flag to the Chamber over the next couple of years I'll be following up on because that process is not working. It is not leading to careful and considered scrutiny of DA projects. I believe that we should be having a more rigorous assessment of impact assessable DAs. Parks projects in Tennyson ward. It's very interesting in the past few months I've repeatedly been told ‘no’ by the parks area of Council—and I'm told it's coming from the chairman's office—to a number of local projects that I've tried to fund under the trust. Firstly I requested a noticeboard be installed in Dunlop Park at Corinda, which I would pay for out of the trust fund and the answer came back no, we can't do that Councillor. Despite the fact that they've got other noticeboards in parks around the ward and there are other noticeboards in other parks around Brisbane. It's staggering that this Administration is saying no to what is a community improvement requested by local residents and it would be funded from the trust fund which is set aside for that purpose. Secondly, landscaping improvements in the Powenyenna Park at Chelmer, at the Sherwood AFL Club. Again, I was asked for a small amount of money to assist with some regeneration and landscaping works at these grounds and Council said no. It is astonishing to me, Madam Chairman, that we are being told no to local parks projects in Tennyson ward. Finally the Rocklea Park and I flag that I will be bringing a motion to this Council so get ready Councillor BOURKE because you don't want Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR being the person who speaks for you because she says Councillor JOHNSTON, just last week she said this, Councillor JOHNSTON

just get on and build your parks' things out of your trust fund like every other councillor does. Well let me say this. For the past six months I have been trying to deliver parks projects in Tennyson Ward and those parks projects I'm being told no, by the local officers. The local officers are telling me that they are being told by Councillor BOURKE's office and his team that I can't have them. Now I've been told no by the LORD MAYOR about the park upgrade at Rocklea. We all know that this LORD MAYOR supports residential, commercial and retail building in known flooding areas in this city and yet he will not allow a tap, a bin and a seat to be installed in parkland in Rocklea. The Rocklea residents were smashed by the floods in 2011 and I've been working with them to figure out how we can improve their local environment that they love. They love it like every other suburb loves their local neighbourhood. There is no park in the part of Rocklea that I represent. This would be some minor improvements that they want. It is shameful that this Council is refusing to do it and the hypocrisy about allowing building to happen at any other place in this city but not a seat, a tap and a bin in Rocklea. Now I'll flag as well, the LORD MAYOR has said that there is a policy that prevents this from happening. I asked Councillor BOURKE at afternoon tea what the policy was and he simply refused to respond. I asked the same question three times and then Councillor WYNDHAM said to me that afternoon tea was not the time to be asking questions. Well I place on the public record I am not aware of any policy in this Council that prevents parks and I would like to know what it is— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON your time has expired. Councillor FLESSER. Councillor FLESSER: Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'd like to talk about the Council response to wandering dogs in public places, Madam Chair, because I've come across a situation last week that I think is just appalling. Madam Chair, I had a call to my office from a resident at St Lawrence Street, Wavell Heights, who had the previous afternoon reported a wandering dog in her street. Madam Chair, what's happening is we've got a, obviously there's a public safety issue regarding wandering dogs in streets, Madam Chair, and I think this Council certainly should be responding appropriately to these sorts of matters. So what happened was she'd found a lost Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the street. She was able to restrain it and she rang the Council Call Centre. Madam Chair, the Council Call Centre said well, look sorry, it's after 3pm. The Council's Animal Management Team won't come and pick it up. She was a bit distressed about that. As I say this is 3pm on a, I think it was Monday afternoon. So, Madam Chair, she hung up. She rang the RSPCA. They weren't able to assist. She sought the assistance of her neighbour who also wasn't able to assist. So, Madam Chair, she rang the Council Call Centre again and said look, I can't get anyone to give me a hand with this dog. She had it restrained. It obviously was lost, wandering the streets and she was able to restrain it. Madam Chair, on her second call to the call centre she explained all this and, Madam Chair, I'm advised the call centre consultant said look, it's after 3pm. The Animal Management Team won't come. She said ‘well what should I do?’ The response she got was just let the dog go. Madam Chair, that is not acceptable in a modern city like Brisbane, Madam Chair, just let the dog go. Because, Madam Chair, we know what happens if you just let dogs go that are lost. They can become aggressive, they can attack people and they certainly are a major traffic hazard for vehicles, Madam Chair. So it looks like I don't know how long this new policy has been in place but if it's another one of the cutbacks of Council services by the LORD MAYOR, Madam Chair, he's just gone too far on this occasion, just gone too far. Madam Chair, Brisbane's residents pay over $2,000 a year in rates. Surely the Council can provide a better response to a lost wandering dog that's been restrained than just let it go. Madam Chair, we know how much of a nuisance they are, they certainly are dangerous and they can become aggressive those

dogs. So, Madam Chair, I wrote to the LORD MAYOR afterwards and asked him to reverse his policy. Madam Chair, I haven't received a response to that. I'll assume I'll get one soon. But, Madam Chair, I just question why we would have a policy that doesn't allow the Animal Response Unit to go and pick up dogs after 3pm. Sure if it's two o'clock in the morning that's different but, Madam Chair, the other issue we've got is that Council has a 24-hour Rapid Response Team or teams, Madam Chair, 24-hour Rapid Response Teams. Now, Madam Chair, if there's illegal parking at a weekend market or at the football, Madam Chair, you can bet your bottom dollar that the Rapid Response Team will be out there to make as much money in fines as possible. But at the same time we have this issue where the Council can't provide a response for wandering dogs, Madam Chair. So surely a modern city like Brisbane can have a better response than just to let the dog go in matters like this. So, Madam Chair, I'm calling on the LORD MAYOR to, number 1: change this policy that if a wandering dog is reported after 3pm to Council do nothing, Madam Chair, either the Animal Management Team should be able to work later or at the very minimum, Madam Chair, the Council's 24-hour Rapid Response Team should be called. So, Madam Chair, I'm saying to the Council Administration it's not good enough. I'm calling on the LORD MAYOR to change this policy and I hope that he does so when he responds to me. Thank you. Chairman: Further General Business? I declare the meeting closed.

QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: (Questions of which due notice has been given are printed as supplied and are not edited)

Submitted by Councillor Victoria Newton (received on 13 March 2014) Q1 Could the CEO please list the number of rateable properties in each rating category for the 2013/2014 year (separate list for each category please)?

Q2. Could the CEO please advise if Council is responsible for the dredging of the Kedron Brook Floodway for flood mitigation purposes. If so, could the CEO please advise when it may be likely Council will re- dredge the floodway back to the original channel profiles, to reduce upstream flooding of Kedron Brook during rain events?

Q3. Can the CEO please provide the total amount of funds collected through development contribution for parkland from development in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan PIP area since 2009?

Q4. Can the CEO please provide the total amount of funds collected in the 2012-13 financial year through development contribution for parkland from development in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan PIP area?

Q5. Can the CEO provide the total amount of funds collected through development contributions for parkland from development in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan, that has been sent on parkland acquisition or embellishment since 2009 and can those expenditures be itemised against specific parks?

Q6. Can the CEO please provide the number of wandering dogs collected by Council in the following years: - 2008/2009 financial year - 2009/2010 financial year - 2010/11 financial year - 2011/12 financial year - 2012/13 financial year.

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Submitted by Councillor Victoria Newton (from meeting on 22 October 2013): Q12: Can the CEO please provide the number of passengers using the City Hopper service (ie the free CityFerry service with City Hopper livery) per month between 1 January and 1 July 2013?

Q13: Can the CEO please provide the number of passengers using the City Ferry Service other than the City Hopper per month between 1st January and 1st July 2013?

Q14: Can the CEO please provide the number of passengers who board the City Hooper Service and the number of passengers who board the City Ferry Service at the Thorton Street ferry terminal per month between 1st January and 1st July 2013?

Q15: Can the CEO please provide the City Ferry Service Terminal with the greatest number of passengers boarding the ferry per month between 1st January and 1st July 2013 and provide a breakdown of the passenger use per month?

Q16: Can the CEO please provide the City Hooper terminal with the greatest number of passengers boarding the ferry per month between 1st January and 1st July 2013 and provide the breakdown of the passenger use per month?

Answers 12 to 16:

Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16

(Holman-Eagle-Thornton Sts + NormanPk-NewFarmPk + Bulimba-Teneriffe) Thornton Thornton Greatest CityFerry Street Street Greatest no. no. Fiscal CityHopper Cross River CityHopper CityFerry CityFerry passengers CityHopper passengers month Inner City Inner City Cross River Terminal boarding Terminal boarding (29/12/12 - 01/02/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street Jan-13 119,289 29,345 14,692 6,048 Pier 8,324 Pier 27,166 (02/02/13 - 01/03/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street Feb-13 87,420 29,942 11,304 6,023 Pier 8,298 Pier 20,957 (02/03/13 - 29/03/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street Mar-13 102,099 30,578 11,747 6,194 Pier 8,451 Pier 22,182 (30/03/13 - 03/05/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street Apr-13 140,818 38,786 17,816 7,761 Pier 11,007 Pier 33,149 (04/05/13 - 31/05/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street May-13 89,417 29,503 11,633 5,876 Pier 8,054 Pier 21,443 (01/06/13 - 28/06/13) Eagle Street Eagle Street Jun-13 109,589 29,640 14,717 5,928 Pier 8,528 Pier 24,984

Q17: Can the CEO please provide the running costs of the City Hooper services between 1st January and 1st July 2013?

A17. $738,000 Note: Ferry operations were disrupted at various times during the January to March 2013 period as a result of the Australia day storm event

Q18. Can the CEO please provide the running costs of the City Ferry Services between 1 st January and 1st July 2013?

A18. $971,000.

Note: Ferry operations were disrupted at various times during the January to March 2013 period as a result of the Australia Day storm event.

RISING OF COUNCIL: 5.02pm.

PRESENTED: and CONFIRMED

CHAIRMAN

Council officers in attendance:

Angela Holmes (Team Leader, Council and Committee Liaison Office) David Redding (Council and Committee Liaison Officer) Louise Keen (Council and Committee Liaison Officer) Billy Peers (Personal Support Officer to the Lord Mayor and Council Orderly)

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