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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

The 4442 meeting of the Brisbane City Council, held at City Hall, Brisbane on Tuesday 29 July 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 4442 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL, HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE, ON TUESDAY 29 JULY 2014 Dedicated to a better Brisbane AT 2PM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESENT:______1 OPENING OF MEETING:______1 APOLOGY:______1 MOTION OF CONDOLENCE – Malaysia Airlines MH17______1 MINUTES:______3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:______3 QUESTION TIME:______5 NOTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE AS DELEGATE OF THE COUNCIL:______16 ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (Information report)______16 A PROPOSED RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES LOCATED AT 33 THOMAS STREET, WEST END AND 68 VULTURE STREET, WEST END______21 B CLEM JONES TUNNEL – SETTLEMENT OF COMPENSATION – 103 TO 109 LUTWYCHE ROAD, WINDSOR AND 26 EARLE STREET, WINDSOR______23 CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE DURING RECESS:______25 ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (Adoption report)______25 A LEASE OF LAND TO WYNNUM GOLF CLUB INCORPORATED______42 B CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR MAY 2014______43 C PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL______48 D REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 12 JUNE 2014______50 E PROVISION OF A CARBON TAX REPEAL REFUND______51 NOTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE AS DELEGATE OF THE COUNCIL:______53 INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE______53 A PETITIONS – CALLING ON THE LORD MAYOR TO REVERSE THE DECISION TO INTRODUCE A SERVICE CHARGE FOR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS______60 B PETITION – REQUEST TO REVIEW THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RANGEVIEW STREET AND NAVUA AVENUE, ASPLEY______62 PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE______63 A PETITION – CALLING ON COUNCIL TO INSTALL A SHELTER AT THE OUTBOUND GRANDVIEW ROAD BUS STOP ON MOGGILL ROAD, PULLENVALE______64 B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL MODIFY THE CITYGLIDER ROUTE 60 SERVICE, TO SERVICE THE GASWORKS SHOPPING PRECINCT______65 NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE______67 A PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REFUSE THE APPLICATION FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND AT 19 GREENGROVE PLACE, KURABY______68

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FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE______69 A PETITIONS – REQUESTING REPLACEMENT OF THE SOCCER GOAL POSTS AND AN UPGRADE TO THE PLAYING SURFACE IN SVOBODA PARK, KURABY______72 B PETITION – REQUESTING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF DAW AND NATHAN ROADS, RUNCORN______73 C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESURFACING OF BANOON DRIVE, WYNNUM, IN THE 2014-15 BUDGET______74 PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:______74 GENERAL BUSINESS:______75 QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:______82 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:______85

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PRESENT:

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

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

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. APOLOGY: 1/2014-15 An apology was submitted on behalf of Councillor Ian McKENZIE (Holland Park) – LNP, and he was granted leave of absence from the meeting on the motion of Councillor Ryan MURPHY, seconded by Councillor Kim MARX 2/2014-15 An apology was submitted on behalf of Councillor Milton DICK (Richlands) (The Leader of the Opposition) – ALP, and he was granted leave of absence from the meeting on the motion of Councillor Victoria NEWTON, seconded by Councillor Helen ABRAHAMS.

MOTION OF CONDOLENCE – Malaysia Airlines MH17 3/2014-15 The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, announced that before proceeding with the formal business of the day, he would like to address the Chamber regarding the tragic events surrounding Malaysia Airlines MH17.

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Accordingly, in view of the tragic events surrounding Malaysia Airlines MH17, the LORD MAYOR moved, seconded by Councillor Helen Abrahams that

‘This Council acknowledges with great sadness the tragic loss of life associated with the MH17 disaster.

On behalf of the people of Brisbane, this Council extends its deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who were lost.’

Chairman: Debate. LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. The rather extraordinary circumstances leading to the loss of hundreds of people led this Chamber today to exercise this condolence motion. I thought it very appropriate in these circumstances to offer the Opposition Leader, Councillor Milton DICK, the opportunity to second this motion, because it is one where we all join as one to express our sympathy and our great sorrow at the loss of those on MH17, some 298 people on board this aircraft, which crashed in the Eastern Ukraine, close to the border with Russia. This has been a devastating loss of life but more, even significant than that, I think have been the circumstances and the conditions that remain in respect of the recovery of so many relatives and loved ones that remain at that crash site. Today, I am sure all councillors join with me in simply expressing our condolences to those who have lost loved ones at that site. There is no doubt also that there is a great level of international activity now in terms of attempting to get the remains of those who have been lost back to the shores of their respective nations. It is a fact that this nation of Australia has lost many people, and many more lost from other nations around the globe. Regardless of whether they are people from our own nation of Australia or from other nations around the globe, we extend our sympathies as a Council today towards all of those families and relatives and friends of the lost ones in this terrible tragedy. So, Madam Chairman, with those few words, I would certainly invite the Opposition to be a part of this resolution today. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair. On behalf of the Labor councillors, I too wish to speak on behalf of the people of Brisbane and extend the deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who were lost. Of the 298 victims, 17 nationalities were represented on that plane, and so families and friends and loved ones from 17 nations are in the process of mourning following what has been one of the most horrific public and tragic losses of life. The 80 children I think literally reinforces the tragedy of this incident that brought to an end so many people's lives, so unexpectedly when they and their families were at a time that they saw it as a joyous occasion of holidays or returning to family. When speaking of condolence and how heartfelt we are, I think it is appropriate to talk and hear the words of family members who have been involved. In doing so, I acknowledge that there were two residents of Brisbane who were on that plane, but there are more family members who live in Brisbane who have lost a loved one. But the incident I would like to relate very much are Jerzy Dyczynski and Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski who actually, with their hope and faith of their daughter's survival, actually managed to get to the site so that their hope could be dashed. It was an interesting reaction to people and their need to come to terms with such a tragedy. The Western Australian parents who have lost their three children, who describe it as, I think, everyone can identify, 'We have been to hell and beyond', and I think whenever any of us in the future think of this tragedy, it will be encapsulated by the lives of those parents and the tragedy they will have to live with from day to day.

The other one, too, is very much closer to home, with Jill and Roger Guard from Toowoomba, who many people know, because they were part of a very strong health network. Their response, and their family's response, is to open up a fund for Doctors Without Borders as a way of looking for some sense out of this tragedy. I would also just like to reflect when one of their sons said, 'I say to the Australian Government, if you want justice for the victims and the victims' families, please find a way to stop this conflict.' I think that would echo with all of us that this was, of all aeroplane tragedies, one that had another level of tragedy. So, in conclusion, our condolences and heartfelt sympathy for everyone who has been touched by this tragedy. Chairman: Any further debate? Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, I, too, would like to rise to support the motion before us today, acknowledging the tragic loss of life associated with the recent plane crash in Ukraine. Tennyson Ward residents have been touched and saddened by this terrible tragedy, and to see so many Australians and people from other countries that have lost beloved family members with really what is a senseless tragedy is very sad. I think it is a good thing that this Council is expressing in a way that we can our sympathy for those people who have lost their lives. I would also like to add my support to the Federal Government's position which is to provide all possible support, both humanitarian and operational, to help the families and the victims of this tragedy to be brought home. I can certainly see that that appears to be the most important thing for the families that their loved ones are returned home for them, and that there is dignity in the way that is done. I commend the Federal Government for working so hard; so do the ALP and I presume so do the LNP councillors and I commend them for working so hard to provide some small measure of condolence and support for those families who have lost loved ones. On behalf of all Tennyson Ward residents, I would certainly like to add my support to this motion today, and hope that this type of terrible tragedy never happens again. Chairman: Further debate; LORD MAYOR, do you wish to close the debate? No.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber by the Chairman, the motion of condolence was declared carried unanimously.

MINUTES: 4/2014-15 The Minutes of the 4439 (Ordinary), 4440 (Budget) and 4441 (Special) Meetings, held on Tuesday 17 June 2014, Wednesday 18 June 2014 and Thursday 26 June 2014, respectively, 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.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:

Dr Ernst von Haller - Muzzling greyhounds in public and the positive attributes of adopting decommissioned greyhounds File number: 137/220/701/191

Chairman: I would like to call on Dr Ernst von Haller who will address the Chamber on muzzling greyhounds in public and the positive attributes of adopting decommissioned greyhounds. Orderly, please escort Dr von Haller in. Dr von Haller, you have five minutes; please proceed.

Dr Ernst von Haller: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, LORD MAYOR and councillors; thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I have a copy of my speech information about adopting greyhounds, and some statistics for all councillors. We adopted a five-year-old greyhound in March last year, and even though I have had dogs most of my life, I had to learn a lot about greyhounds. Greyhounds in general are gentle and very tolerant dogs, and I still cannot understand the need to muzzle them on walks. Consider the hard life most of the dogs have come from, being kennelled or caged most of their lives, and being moved around from race track to race track, just so someone could bet on them and owners could try to make money off them. In general, greyhounds are bred for the tracks and not treated as pets during their racing life. They don't get to smell the roses and go for nice walks, sleep on a soft pillow or get cuddles from their owners. According to my research, greyhounds are at the end of the list in regards to having incidents with humans or other dogs. I think it is, as I was told, less than one per cent. So why muzzle them? The answer I received was that greyhounds like to chase other animals. That may be true, but that also is true of other dogs. Responsible dog owners keep their dogs on the leash and have control over their pets when they take them out for walks, which is required by law anyway. Again, what purpose does a muzzle serve? The muzzling of decommissioned greyhounds is a State law as I understood enforced by councils. The Gold Coast City Council, the councils at the Sunshine Coast and other places in Queensland do not enforce the muzzling anymore. New South Wales has had a muzzling exemption for decommissioned greyhounds in place for a number of years now. Actually, I tried to find the law for commissioned greyhounds in regards to muzzling, but could not find anything. All greyhound adoption programs test the temperament of the dogs before they are fostered or adopted out. Many adoption programs also check if the dog is kept with small animals frankly before they get new homes. A greyhound showing any aggression would never be fostered out or be given up for adoption anyway. Dogs like to sniff and explore the ground on walks, and it is very unpleasant having a muzzle on their nose. A lot of them do try to get the muzzle off, and there is no joy in going for walks. I have had people telling me that because greyhounds wear muzzles racing, they have always thought they were a dangerous breed, which is far from the truth. Please consider following other councils and put an end to the practice that exists because of people's ill-informed perceptions, which are not based on fact. It is incorrect for people to believe that greyhounds are a dangerous breed and must wear a muzzle in public. Greyhounds as therapy dogs have provided great benefit and companionship. Thank you for your time. Chairman: Thank you, Dr von Haller. Councillor ADAMS, would you like to respond?

Response by Councillor Krista ADAMS, Chairman of the Brisbane Lifestyle Committee

Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Dr von Haller, for coming in this afternoon and addressing Council about obviously an issue that is very dear to your heart, and also for spending some time with some of the Council officers in the last week, I understand, too, and putting forward your views which we greatly appreciate. I know this issue came up to us in a Civic Cabinet Listens probably about six months ago now, and it has been something that we have been looking at in Council. I am pleased to inform the Chamber that we have started the Animal Local Law review just in July, for this financial year, and it was 2003 the last time that the

Animal Local Law was brought to the Chamber. The issue of greyhound muzzling has been raised, as I said, over recent times, and the feedback as you have given to the Council officers, and other discussions with people, has been captured, and we will make sure that that is incorporated into the review of the Animals Local Law. I have to say we are one of the councils that still have muzzling in our local laws. You mentioned decommissioned greyhounds, and I think we need to do a bit of education out there for people to realise that decommissioned greyhound doesn’t mean a declared dangerous dog just because it starts with D. They have actually had to be through a State program, which means they are suitable for adoption. I think there's a bit of education that needs to be undertaken around what a decommissioned greyhound is as well. As you said, if they don't go through the program, they are not suitable for adoption anyway. So that is the State regulations and the State legislation as well. But within the Council Local Law, we actually have muzzling, so that is something that by all means we are happy to take forward and look at in our local review. You mentioned that we know a very, very small percentage of animal attacks are represented by greyhounds—a very small percentage—and we thank you very much for taking the time today. We will take your feedback into consideration with our local law review. Thank you. Chairman: Thank you.

QUESTION TIME:

Chairman: Councillors, 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 you were out today talking about the Kurilpa Riverfront Renewal project and detailing how this project will unlock this catalyst precinct and drive its transformation into a diverse riverside inner-city community. Can you please detail further information on this master planning and explain how it will enhance the river's edge even better? LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor MURPHY for his question. It is true that Kurilpa is one of the great areas of opportunity in our city into the future. Next month the Deputy Premier and myself, together with Councillor COOPER will be launching what will be the Kurilpa Riverfront Renewal project. This is essentially going to be the start of the conversation. It will be an opportunity for engagement with people, both residents over there in that Kurilpa area together with businesses that have been there for, in some cases, decades. It is an area which involves around 25 hectares of land and one kilometre of river frontage. It is wonderfully located in that it is close to South Bank, South Brisbane, and all of those facilities—the performing arts complex, GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art) and so forth. So it is a vibrant part of the city and one which has great potential. When you look to urban renewal projects that have occurred in this city in the past, Newstead, Teneriffe, now 20 years down the track, I think have been an exemplar demonstration of what can occur. It was acknowledged, and it was at the forefront of Brisbane being named runner-up in the Lee Kuan Yew World City's prize, second to New York, just a couple of years ago, as announced in Singapore. The Kurilpa area I think is one which does provide very much a similar opportunity and outlook. Essentially there has been a lot of research work, a lot of background work that has been undertaken in anticipation of the launch that will occur as I say in August. From that point on, and at that time, we will also

be announcing the roll out of public consultation opportunities that there will be. We need to start the conversation somewhere, and the way to start that is through a draft plan for discussion, for hearing feedback on the concepts that are put forward, ideas for different aspects of it, and new ideas. I very much look forward to that conversation being held. As I said, there are businesses there that have been there for a long period of time. But we need to set a futuristic plan where we want to see this area go into the future, and that will of course then allow everybody the opportunity to make their plans, investments and arrangements around that with some level of certainty. Nobody is in the business of forcing businesses out. But it is about making a clear intent of what we want to see in that particular area. We do see it is a significant residential hub into the future. We see it obviously as an opportunity where there will be employment creation as well into the future. That conversation will be held over the months ahead, once it is formally and officially launched by the Deputy Premier and myself, in the presence of Councillor COOPER, next month. Today, in indicating that we will be launching the project, I invite people to become engaged in the process, to become engaged through the various opportunities for consultation and input that we will have. This process will go on for some months. There is not going to be any rush for final outcome in terms of this particular plan. It is an important plan, but it is again one which, to my way of thinking, presents a terrific opportunity for the city and its way forward. It is an opportunity to look at things in a New World City perspective. It is an opportunity to look at everything from the residential growth through to public facilities that can be created into the future, ways that we can accommodate future growth not only through numbers of growth but particularly through infrastructure requirements into the future. So, Madam Chairman, it will be a broad-based discussion. I look forward to being engaged in that discussion, and we again will make that formal announcement next month. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Question 2 Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. Your response to the previous question about an open process with the residents of the Kurilpa area is in direct contrast with your statement that you will release to the development industry that have paid for the preview. I ask that, as part of the community consultation process, you give a commitment for a reference committee and consult the local representatives at a State and council level on the contribution of that committee? Will you also advise the timeframe you have allocated for the consultation? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, if the councillor was listening carefully, I thought that I made it clear in my answer to that previous question that when the document is launched, we will also be launching what the program will be and the opportunities for input. Of course the local councillor, the local member or members, will have their opportunity to have input into that, as will every single member of that community. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: It has got to be launched somewhere. It is going to be launched at a lunch, but it will be publicly available from that day forth. So everybody will have the opportunity to get it at the same time. As you know, councillor, we have been putting these documents up on the website for people to view. We have been through a city planning process where the document, the whole document, was on line for people to be able to go and look at it and make their objections.

Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: I remind you that we doubled the amount of time that we needed to in a regulatory framework for submissions. So, it's got to be launched at some stage; it's got to be launched somewhere, and it is going to be launched in August, as I mentioned, and that will be day one of the public engagement process. We look forward to announcing also the roll out in terms of those opportunities for the general public to have their input into that particular Kurilpa riverfront renewal project. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR. Question 3 Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question this afternoon is to the Chairman of Finance, Economic Development and Administration, Councillor SIMMONDS. Over the last 12 months, this Administration has delivered a raft of significant achievements for Brisbane residents. For the benefit of this Chamber, could you please provide further details of some of this year's highlights? Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Councillor OWEN-TAYLOR. Thank you for the succinct question that focused on citywide issues as opposed to your individual ward. It is a timely question, because this is the first opportunity that we have had since the close of the 2013-14 financial year to reflect on the good work that has been done by this Administration and the hard-working Council officers. Indeed, over the last 12 months, officers in the Finance and Economic Development portfolio have proved that we aren't just about the dollars and the cents; that we very much enjoy delivering for the residents of Brisbane. Particularly I have spoken in this place before about the overhaul of Council's website which was launched towards the end of the last financial year. I am pleased to report to the Chamber that this has been an outstanding success. It has been very well received by users. We have seen more than 82,000 unique searches in the first month. This is up more than 100 per cent on the previous month's data of 35,000. One of the top search results that people are using the new website for is the library catalogue, up from 33 searches to 4849 searches in a single month. They are also using it to search for what is on in our city this weekend. It has also allowed us to of course better integrate with our social media capability, and this has resulted in a 36 per cent increase in social media click-throughs. We also rolled out last financial year the free wi-fi into Queen Street Mall, Victoria Bridge and over to South Bank, and again this has also been embraced. We have had more than 44,000 users use it between when it was launched and the end of the last financial year. They have used the service for more than 146,000 times across almost 50,000 hours. The division has also continued to roll out the BaSE upgrade program, something I am accused of not talking about enough, so here goes. The first tranche of the new system, of course, was turned on very successfully last financial year, on time and on budget, ensuring better financial reporting and savings for Council of $6 million through the removal of the old purchaser- provider model. The team has also laid the important groundwork for the final roll out of the BaSE system with significant training and testing activities occurring over the last financial year, including over 650 classroom training sessions, 11,000 hours of participant training, 41 weeks of testing, 400 staff who have undertaken testing and training, and 16,500 hours of payroll testing alone. Myself and this Administration have also, as well as the successful BaSE program, unashamedly focused on business pain points over the last financial year. This is where we can improve the customer experience for businesses dealing with Council. For example, we have 24 application forms which have been enabled for online lodgement. The online forms cover things such as food businesses, footpath

dining, commercial vehicle parking permits, advertising signage, signage variations, malls and protected vegetation. These online forms, a new initiative, are now averaging over 100 uses every month. I said before that this might seem like a small improvement, but to a small business person, who can now lodge these forms without leaving their small business and potentially having to close or to wait for other staff to be in there, it is an important community service. We have also improved our web content and self-service tools for small businesses. The new advertising signs content and the advertising signs tool were published in October last year; a self-assessable checklist for home businesses was published in December, and a new portal for events and festivals, including an amenities calculator, was published in March. Council is, also actively engaging directly with small businesses through initiatives such as the Lord Mayor's Business Forums. Last financial year, we held eight of these forums with over 530 attendees. I am pleased to report to the Chamber that 91 per cent of feedback forms from these attendees rated the business forum as a 4 or 5, where a 5 is being very satisfied. Digital Brisbane has also been out there engaging with local businesses. They have engaged with some 4529 businesses through digital events, tutorials, trade fairs, matchmaking events and training sessions. They have attracted more than 19,000 visitors and more than 63,000 page uses of Digital Brisbane, Digital Information Hub and Digital Businesses directly, where small businesses can connect with other small businesses to provide digital services. We also, of course, launched Australia's first CoderDojo program teaching seven to 17-year- olds how to code. To date, they have been attended last financial year by over 287 young people, supported by 81 volunteer mentors. Council officers also completed a $550,000 project upgrading the security cameras in the Queen Street Mall, adding additional cameras, expanding the amplification system— Chairman: Councillor SIMMONDS, your time has expired. Councillor SIMMONDS: —and transferring the existing cameras. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Question 4 Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. Brisbane residents do not support the privatisation of public services. Every councillor in this Chamber supported the statement you made last year when you said, 'I will not support privatisation of buses. I have held a consistent position that no, I do not support the privatisation of Council's bus fleet.' Instead of following your privatisation-led political masters in George Street, will you show leadership and announced that you absolutely will not accept full or partial privatisation of Brisbane Transport under any circumstances? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, I am glad that the councillor has asked this question, because she has been very mischievous and can I say is running a scare campaign in relation to the staff of BT (Brisbane Transport), which is quite unfair to them. Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Order! LORD MAYOR: Let's just have a look. Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! LORD MAYOR: Let's just have a look— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: LORD MAYOR, just a moment; when they are quiet, we will hear your answer. Thank you.

LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, let's just have a look at some of the comments that Councillor ABRAHAMS has put into a media release just very recently. She says here as she is talking about a memo in relation to the Divisional Manager. It says: 'The memo circulated to key stakeholders has confirmed the worst, that $20 million has been cut from public transport in Brisbane, that privatisation is being discussed, and that the Lord Mayor is actively taking steps to remove any barriers to privatisation.' That is just wrong and dishonest—wrong and dishonest. Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, it is interesting that the Labor Party— Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS! You asked a question; wait and get the answer, in silence. LORD MAYOR: What we know is that this Council, along with all operators, are facing contestability of services. If you like, it is a tender for services. That is very different to privatisation. We will be aggressively going out to win the contestability, to win the tender. I will be working with all Brisbane Transport staff, the whole team, to do what we need to do to win this tender. It is not helpful for Councillor ABRAHAMS, for her own political purposes, to be running around engaging in a scare campaign, scaring those people—bus operators, people in workshops, and the like. She is saying here that this is about removing the barriers to privatisation. It does amaze me, you know. They've done nothing but berate the Divisional Managers of this place for month after month after month— Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Order! LORD MAYOR: —only to now when a contract is not renewed on a Division Manager, to somehow come to the glorified defence, as if people can't see through that. As if people can't see through the Labor Party's hypocrisy on this matter. Madam Chairman, the reality is that we will be out to win this contract. We want to retain Brisbane Transport services. We have to, and we know that the State Government have announced that fare rises will be limited to 2.5 per cent for each of the next three years. How does that compare with 15 per cent a year under Labor—15 per cent— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS! LORD MAYOR: —thanks to you guys in government. Thanks to Labor in State Government. Chairman: Order! Councillor GRIFFITHS! Order! LORD MAYOR: Of course we have the highest fares in the country, Councillor GRIFFITHS, because of— Chairman: Just a minute, LORD MAYOR. Councillor GRIFFITHS, if you interject like that again, you will be warned. Thank you, LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, this is where they want their cake and eat it too. Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, Councillor GRIFFITHS and Councillor MATIC were shouting at each other across the Chamber. If you are going to warn one councillor, why have you not warned the other doing exactly the same thing? Chairman: I don't uphold your point of order. I am controlling this meeting, and just for the record, you can stop your interjecting as well. LORD MAYOR.

LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. So, on the interjection from Councillor GRIFFITHS, the reality is that fares are as high as they are because there were 15 per cent increases every year—every year—under Labor. The government, give it its due, is at least now trying to get those fares to a reasonable level. They know and they understand quite clearly that you could not sustain Labor's 15 per cent growth in fares every year. So, Madam Chairman, if we are going to have fares at a reasonable level, it makes absolute sense that there has to be an efficiency of cost within the public transport network to achieve that. Who is paying for this at the end of the day? Taxpayers and ratepayers. Why should Labor be so opposed to getting efficiency of the taxpayer and ratepayer dollar? Councillor FLESSER: Point of order, Madam Chair. Chairman: Point of order against you, LORD MAYOR; yes, Councillor FLESSER. Councillor FLESSER: Madam Chair, this is very interesting; the question was clearly whether the LORD MAYOR would show some leadership and announce that he will not accept the full or partial privatisation of Brisbane Transport. Chairman: I thought he had explained that, Councillor FLESSER. LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, this is where they don't get it. I am talking about efficiencies of costs on behalf of taxpayers and ratepayers .What they are asking me to do today is to write a blank cheque. Councillor interjecting. LORD MAYOR: No, you are. You are asking for a guarantee that this be kept. I say to you, to do that we have to make sure we deliver an efficient transport system which is driving efficiency in terms of the dollars spent. That is the only way that we are going to, at a State level, be able to deliver two and a half per cent in terms of fare increases, instead of the Labor 15 per cent increases. They don't want to know about that. They don't get it, because as far as Labor is concerned, you just keep spending. You just keep spending taxpayers' money; forget the consequences of that. Chairman: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired. Further questions; Councillor KING. Question 5 Councillor KING: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question is to the Chairman of— Councillors interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor KING: —Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee, Councillor BOURKE. I understand that over the last 12 months this Administration has delivered a raft of significant achievements for Brisbane residents. Can you please provide further detail of some of this year's highlights? Councillor BOURKE: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor KING for the question. It is true that this Administration, under the LORD MAYOR, continues to deliver unique and exciting opportunities for our residents to explore and play in open spaces in our parks across the city, as well as providing the necessary infrastructure in terms of drainage works and parks infrastructure to provide for our growing population. So, just to give you a snapshot, because as Councillor SIMMONDS said, this is the first meeting since the close of the financial year, and the opportunity to talk about some of the wonderful projects that happened in the 2013-14 financial year. A lot of councillors in this place I know have already been down and seen firsthand the wonderful new playground that has been built in the City Botanic Gardens, the All Abilities CBD gardens that we have, and the unique facility that is provided is a $2 million playground and facilities provided which cater for all abilities. It is something very unique. It builds upon the commitment and the delivery of the 26 playgrounds that we did across the city.

On top of that, we also saw the opening of the Whites Hill reserve All Abilities playground as well. I know if the DEPUTY MAYOR was here, he'd be sharing in the joy of the opening of that particular playground. It once again provides a unique play experience. It's a fully-fenced playground; it has a changing places toilet facility included. It is, as I said, fully fenced; it provides some nature play elements as well, while still providing all-abilities experiences for residents. On top of that, down in Councillor MURPHY's ward, we saw the opening of the first and a world-class outdoor gym full-scale development. Councillor MURPHY provides me with feedback that it is being very well used, very well received by the residents down there in Minnippi Parklands, and it is something that this Administration is very proud to be able to deliver and provide those types of infrastructure across the city. On top of that, in partnership with the State, we have seen the upgrade and provision of new safety as well as new facilities over at South Bank around the pool, as well as the new pool surrounds works, the provision of pop-up tour operators which are going really well. The X-wing tours, which are a type of Segway, which are run over there as well as fishing tours, which are run by the Riverlife as well. On top of that, Roma Street has seen the construction of its new information kiosk which will be completed very soon, as well as the calling for expressions of interest for pop-up food vendors in Roma Street. Roma Street parklands really are one of the hidden gems when it comes to the city of Brisbane. Under Council's leadership, we continue to promote and provide opportunities for residents to explore that particular space. On top of that, we have also seen the expansion of the popular Chairs to Share program, so something that we started in Post Office Square—and Councillor HOWARD reliably tells me that you cannot get a seat down there now during lunch time in Post Office Square—has been expanded to the City Botanic Gardens and also out through Roma Street as well. But all of that is on top of the great work that we do out in the suburbs. There were some 40-odd park projects across the city that we delivered last financial year, whether it is in Sinnamon Park, Stafford, Gaythorne, Bulimba, Chermside, Lutwyche, St Lucia, Wakerley, Highgate Hill, Forest Lake, Taringa, Mitchelton, Runcorn, Ashgrove, Nunda, Oxley, Hemmant, Aspley, Kangaroo Point, Herston and the Brisbane CBD just to name a few, where we are actually upgrading and improving local parks that our residents use every week if not every day. That is on top, though, of our investment into protecting and preserving the environment. Last year we saw the launch of our online weed identification tool which saw some 40,000 unique users in the first eight months, which is something pretty significant. The bulk of those users were our bushcare groups, as well as our creek ranger groups and other environmental groups, out in the field, accessing that information, this important tool helping them to continue to protect and preserve the environment. On top of that, last year Council removed over 100 invasive deer from our bushland and urban areas, something that is quite significant and something that we continue to invest in with partnerships with other organisations as well. All of that is great, and we continue to invest also in infrastructure for drainage. Last year saw the delivery of our commitment, the LORD MAYOR's commitment, to spend $10 million on backflow protection devices in the city. We fast-tracked that commitment. In two years, we've protected 80 per cent of the properties that were flood-affected by the 2011 floods; some 1,500 properties across this city that now have a backflow protection device to protect them from a river flooding. Madam Chairman, we continue to invest this financial year with more investment in major drainage, more investment in local drainage, as well as significant investment in other parts of our infrastructure when it comes to drainage and parks.

Chairman: Councillor BOURKE, your time has expired, thank you. Further questions; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Question 6 Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. A memo has been circulated confirming that you have terminated the employment contract of the well-respected Divisional Manager of Brisbane Transport. The memo foreshadows 'a new dawn' for Brisbane Transport and the future privatisation of bus services. If this new dawn is not the privatisation on the horizon, what is it? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, I don't know who put that particular document out; it wasn't me. I can say that for sure— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: —because it is not about privatisation; it is about contestability of services. It is contestability. Councillors interjecting. LORD MAYOR: Well, you can go ‘ooh’, but that's what it is. You can call it something else if you want to, but if you want to be fair dinkum about it, it is contestability, and I have indicated earlier contestability is a tender. It is as simple as that. It means that we have to be competitive within what we offer, and I again just point to the Labor Party's inability to understand achieving a value-for-money outcome. Quite simply, their only solution was to keep putting fares up by 15 per cent. That was the Labor way. That was the Labor solution to an out of control cost that was occurring within public transport. The State has to provide for a fare level that is within the reach of people. Councillor GRIFFITHS has already indicated today that he is concerned about fares. I have been saying for years, since this 15 per cent regime started, that I have been concerned about fares. You can't keep going with those sorts of fare levels. You'll have nobody left on buses or trains or anything else. So, the State Government acknowledges that, to their credit. They have made a commitment to keep fare increases to within 2.5 per cent each year for the next three years. To achieve that, it means that we all are going to have to find some ways to do things more efficiently than it has been in the past. That is the reality. We have been down the track on this journey already. We have made the decisions; we had a bus review. We carried that bus review through, and that has been further reflected in this year's budget. So, Madam Chairman, what is Labor's answer? They are all good at this 'ooh, ahh' stuff, but that doesn’t get the job done. That does not get the job done. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: So, Councillor GRIFFITHS, for all your— Chairman: order! Councillor FLESSER! LORD MAYOR: —ooh-ing and ahh-ing, what we have is a position where I have made a commitment to be going into this contestability with every chance of winning it. It is going to be a journey, for which the whole BT team has to be on board, and we have to make the journey together, and we will make that journey together. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: I am confident and I am determined that we will win it in the end. Councillor interjecting. LORD MAYOR: Look, I don't know what is so funny. I don't get what is so funny. Obviously your only view is you just keep throwing ratepayers' money, keep throwing

taxpayers' money at it and avoid the issue. That is Labor's way. Just keep increasing the fares. That is their answer; no problem at all. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor FLESSER! LORD MAYOR: The 15 per cent increase in fare days are over. They are gone. They were killing people out there that catch public transport. It is only right and proper that we reach an efficient level of expenditure to achieve the outcome of a 2.5 per cent limit in terms of fare increases. That is the journey that we are on. Contestability is a fact of life. You can fight it all you like; it is happening. So, Madam Chairman, we are in it to win it. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor HUANG. Question 7 Councillor HUANG: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the Chairman of the Public and Active Transport Committee, Councillor MATIC. I recently read that Council's Active School Travel program has received international recognition, and that Council has called for schools to nominate for 2015. Could you please update the Chamber on this success, and outline how we, as councillors, can get our schools more involved in this great program? Co9uncillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor HUANG for the question and the opportunity to talk about the innovation that is the Active School Travel program and to certainly call on councillors to continue to support this program as strongly as they have in the past. It is with great pleasure that I was advised by officers that Brisbane City Council's award-winning Active School Travel program was featured in the June newsletter in an organisation in Canada, the organisation called Walkolution, in their own publication, Walkolution News, for its achievements in promoting sustainable and healthy travel modes. Walkolution News is the newsletter of the Green Communities Canada organisation. It is a diverse group of individuals and organisations who champion the development of healthy, sustainable and efficient communities where people choose to walk. The international mention is great recognition of the program which has had 87,000 participants since the program first was initiated. This organisation clearly got the message what this program is about. It is about making sure that we can reduce traffic congestion; it is about getting our kids active and healthy, and it is also about getting back to basics, about getting our kids walking back to school and home again. The officers have and continue to work, strongly and passionately with this program, and of course, as Councillor HUANG says, we are now at the cusp of our nominations for 2015. I certainly urge all councillors to once again get out there and beat the drum on this program, to go back to those legacy schools that are now eligible for the program, but also to go to their other schools in their areas that have not previously taken the program up for one reason or another. Officers, of course, have worked actively in this program with schools, working closely with them to support them in this process of the Active School Travel program once they sign up, and making sure that we spread out the different tasks among officers, among teachers, among students, among parents, to make sure that we make it as easy and as enjoyable a process as we can for students to participate in. As councillors would know, an officer is provided, and they come with a certain amount of resources to engage with the school community and to help create a sustainable culture of active travel. This support of course extends to the organisation of school-wide events, broader community engagement, and the provision of classroom materials to help schools realise the key benefits of the

program. In that, too, is the key role that all of us as local councillors play with our schools who participate in this program. I certainly want to acknowledge the efforts of all councillors in supporting the program, participating, getting the word around, promoting and providing funding through their Lord Mayor's Suburban Initiative Fund as required towards specific events or added incentives to the program. We as councillors have the opportunity to work with our local schools to encourage them to participate in the Active School Travel program. This gives us the perfect opportunity to work with the schools and parents to not only encourage them to actively travel to school but to decrease the congestion around school to ensure that all students get to school safely. That is ultimately our goal, and we are moving ahead in leaps and bounds in this area. I think that our Active School Travel program and its continual evolution and keeping it fresh has continued to keep it at the forefront of any other program in Australia and having it internationally recognised like it does for these aspects of sustainable travel, actively promoting walking, continues to reinforce to us that this is a world-class program that we should all take pride in. I really want to acknowledge the LORD MAYOR for his continued support of the program, the officers for their continual support and love and passion to the program, and all of us who are involved, not only from councillors but to schools, to parents and the students who ultimately get the benefit of this program as a whole. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Question 8 Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. This question is pertinent to a united team Brisbane Transport. The Brisbane bus drivers and maintenance staff have been told that the State Government is currently negotiating with TransDev, which is a private company, to take over the maintenance contract for buses in South East Queensland. LORD MAYOR, will you guarantee that Brisbane's current bus fleet maintenance arrangements and the outstanding levels of maintenance will not change and that no Council bus maintenance job will be lost? LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, the bus fleet maintenance operations are a part of Brisbane Transport. They are governed by this Council. The wages are paid by this Council. Whilst Brisbane Transport is operating in the way that it is, we need those maintenance operators; it is as simple as that. I think once again, Councillor ABRAHAMS, we have to shift the rumours and the scare campaigns that might be happening around the place against the facts of the matter. The facts of the matter are they are employed by BT, they are a part of BT operations, and while we have the bus fleet that we have, we need those people to maintain the buses. End of story. If there is some sort of a tender operating in terms of services around South East Queensland, I am not aware of it, but it would be remote from maintenance services within BT, because they are part of our operations operating the maintenance facilities for our services. Once again, Councillor ABRAHAMS is on this little campaign to stir up things, and that is all right. I suppose that is Opposition, it's what you do; but my job here is to make sure that we have a united front in relation to contestability, that we all work as one to achieve a successful outcome to contestability. That is my sole focus. Along the way, will there be rumours; will there be all sorts of little scare campaigns happening by individuals with other motives? Perhaps, and probably yes. But that will happen. I can't control people and what they might say out there, but what I can control, I will control, and that is making sure that BT operates as one, that we put our best foot forward in terms of our tenders, and we, as I said earlier, go out to win it.

But there is no doubt that we are on a journey of affordability. The State, with the 2.5 per cent commitment to fare increases, will be demanding not only of Council but of all other bus providers, a value-for-money outcome. I was a bit bemused, actually, the other day when I saw a joint brochure by Councillor SUTTON and Di Farmer which said that they are working for fast, reliable and affordable public transport. Affordable? After the 15 per cent per year increases that Di Farmer was a party to and put up her hand in favour of, year after year? Give me a break. This is about affordable fares; 2.5 per cent each year for the next three years, and yes, Madam Chairman, we will do all that we have to do to make sure working as a team that we get out and we win this contestability. Chairman: Further questions; Councillor WINES. Question 9 Councillor WINES: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question is to the Chairman of Brisbane Lifestyle, Councillor Krista ADAMS. I understand that there has been some recent media interest around food safety breaches in Brisbane restaurants and Council's response to these breaches. Can you please outline to the Chamber Council's compliance and regulatory approach to enforcing food safety and hygiene of the Brisbane food industry through our very successful Eat Safe initiative? Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Councillor WINES, for the question. There has been a lot in the media recently on Eat Safe and the processes that we are going through in Brisbane City Council, also in print and on television, and I think the most important part is that we are getting the word out there to residents in Brisbane that we do have a program. There is somewhere you can go on to a website at Brisbane City Council and find out about the safety of restaurants that are registered through the Eat Safe program. This initiative has been a very successful model in actually enforcing food safety and hygiene using an incentive based rating scheme. So successful that Logan City Council came on board very quickly with the program; Bundaberg Regional Council, and Break o' Day and Glamorgan councils in Tasmania as well. I think there are many other councils that are actually having a look at what we are doing, and I imagine they will be talking to us soon about that. We are promoting it through South East Queensland Council of Mayors and right across the LGAQ (Local Government Association of Queensland) as a program that works for making sure you have food safety within restaurants. What we are seeing in Brisbane is a steady increase in the amount of restaurants that are achieving our 3-star. We have 91.5 per cent of Brisbane now stepping up to the plate with their three stars or above. It shows that it is working and that we have something in place there to protect residents and, of course, visitors too. The trick is to make sure people don't realise that the stars aren't about what the food tastes like; it's about the food hygiene. It is not a star rating on what you actually get served, but what has been happening behind the counter out the back as well. Interesting, I saw one media report the Leader of the Opposition said that a reduction in annual visits was a cop-out. Well, can I just firstly remind everyone in the Chamber that it was this Administration in 2010 that introduced Eat Safe under Councillor KNAPP's stewardship. There was a very big project, and I think the Council officers have really appreciated having very clear guidelines on their expectations and having clear guidelines that they can hand on to restaurants. We know that restaurants come and go very fast in some areas in Brisbane, and a very large part of the Eat Safe program is educating those around food safety and hygiene. But then, of course, we want to reward the businesses that are actually doing the right thing. So those with outstanding compliance records can actually reduce their regulatory burden, so we work more closely with the poor

performing businesses, rather than going out every year to those businesses that we know are doing the right thing. If you get three stars, you receive yearly inspections; four stars every two years, and five stars, which there is only a few of, every three years. Of course, any complaints that come in in between, we are straight out there and investigating what the issues may be. We have seen a distinct increase in our commitment to compliance levels across restaurants. The numbers of prosecutions have doubled from 2012 to 2013, despite there being fewer inspections conducted in 2013. We have also seen in the calendar year to date that there have been 16 prosecutions amounting to $337,000 in fines, and as I said, earlier in last calendar year, 40 prosecutions. So we are seeing some of the big offenders getting big fines and being told to do the right thing. Again, we are very, very committed and we do not shy away from taking prosecution action when we see it is beyond just taking a simple fine and a slap on the wrist as well. We respond to all complaints of alleged breaches of food safety, and I should reiterate that residents should feel very safe eating in restaurants in the Brisbane local council area. But we are also very, very quick to conduct inspections if any of that feedback comes to us. We make no apologies, as I said, for taking the appropriate enforcement action, and we do find that most restaurateurs are very happy to work with us. Sometimes it can be something very minor that they weren't aware of something that was a breach. As I said, we work very closely with them to get all our restaurants back to 3-star as soon as possible. Our rigorous inspections have a checklist of 44 items to determine the compliance with the Food Act 2006 and the Food Standards Code, and we make it crystal clear what it is that each restaurant needs to do to make sure that they are reaching those food safety standards. We also provide plenty of marketing material for those restaurants if they want to display their stars in the front of their shop as well. There are stickers. We do have them on the website, but we don't make it compulsory. However, I am hoping through the education of residents in Brisbane that people will start asking what the Eat Safe rating is in restaurants, and there will be a bit of market pressure around there for you to be able to demonstrate that you have good food safety and hygiene in your restaurant. Eat Safe benefits the community, tourists, food businesses and Council by improving our food standards, and I think more than anything it maintains our world class food safety standards. Thank you. Chairman: That ends Question Time.

NOTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE AS DELEGATE OF THE COUNCIL:

ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (Information report)

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 setting out the decisions of the Establishment and Coordination Committee as delegate of the Council during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually considered by that Committee, be noted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? LORD MAYOR: Thanks, Madam Chairman. Just before coming to the report itself and the two items on the report, there are a number of matters that I just want to report on. I do want to give my thanks to the services of two people that are leaving Council. The first of those is Mr Alan Warren. I have worked with Mr Warren

now for more than a decade as chairman of that area in Brisbane Transport and that of major projects. I have worked extensively with him over many years. We have many things in common, in fact. I would say to Mr Warren the thanks of this organisation for the service that he has given over a long period of time. It is the case that we have made a determination not to renew Mr Warren's contract at this time it runs out. So we have opted to make that decision. But that in no way diminishes the contribution that Mr Warren has made to this organisation over a long period of time. He came to the role in difficult circumstances back in the mid-2000s, and in every way I appreciate the fact that he stepped up to the plate at that time and has led the organisation of Brisbane Transport during what was a growth period, during a period where there was significant expansion in terms of the bus services— Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! LORD MAYOR: —and the like. The other person that I want to pay my thanks to is Mr Ross McKinnon. Mr McKinnon retires from this organisation on the last day of this month. He is, of course, the Chief Curator of the Botanic Gardens. He has had a very long career of 42 years, in fact, with this Council, and a very long period of time as its Chief Curator. He is one of just two people outside of the elected representatives of this place that is allowed to have free rein in terms of talking to the media. He is a well- known entity in Brisbane. He has been on many, many programs on gardening and anything botanic, Ross McKinnon is an institution in this city. I am sure again on behalf of all councillors that I express thanks to Ross and to wish him well also in his retirement. I want to indicate also that this coming Friday night, 1 August, this Council will light the Story Bridge. It will be lit in yellow. It is a recognition in relation to Allison Baden-Clay, and that is being done with the good wishes of the family, so that will occur on 1 August. National Planet Ark Schools Tree Day on 25 July; each year around 250,000 Australian school students participate in the Schools Tree Day, a special national tree day event. It is a great opportunity to educate our young people, get them involved, get them hands-on, and who knows, we hope that some of them will go on to become part of the bushland project teams around the city, a volunteer, and add to the work that is being done by many of our wonderful volunteers along our waterway corridors. Lifeline Australia had Stress Down Day on 25 July as well, and I acknowledge that. The 28 July was United Nations World Hepatitis Day, and of course the Islamic community are coming towards the end of Ramadan, a very important event on their religious calendar each year. I had the opportunity to share in Iftar with an Islamic family very recently. I thank them very much for that opportunity. This family in fact is from Turkey. Recently I also announced that Legacy Way is well and truly on track in terms of the project. The DEPUTY MAYOR may say more on that later, I don't know, but importantly that four hectares of addition to the Botanic Gardens will be a wonderful additional asset to the city, drought-proofing the Botanic Gardens alone. It will be a significant water saving for the city, a significant saving for ratepayers on an annual basis. I again thank Ross McKinnon for his overlay in terms of the input that he had into the development of those four hectares to make sure that it is going to meet the needs of the people of this city into the future. I might leave it at that. There has been a fair bit happening between events. But just one other quick thing I might say: the other day I had the opportunity to thank many of the people that are engaged in the Brisbane Welcomes the World program. This is in association with G20. It is a program that is being run by Brisbane Marketing, and it is engaging many businesses around this city that are

going to be at the front line of welcoming the 4,000 delegates to G20 and the 3,000 international journalists to G20. Whether we are talking about taxi companies or hotels or retail outlets, even some of the frontline government agencies, we are going through the process of engaging with those people, and about 2,000 people will be trained in readiness for the G20. Part of that, of course, is Brisbane Greeters, which have doubled in numbers in the last year to be in a position where we will again be able to provide a terrific service in relation to our visiting delegates. They speak 20 languages between them, Brisbane Greeters, even though there are only about 160 in number, and do a great service each and every day. You will see them out there in their T-shirts promoting this city every day of the week, and I thank them for all that they do. There are two items in this particular information report. The first of those, item A, is in regard to the resumption of two blocks of land, one at 33 Thomas Street, West End, and the other at 68 Vulture Street at West End. These are part of the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan. They have been identified—or rather that plan identified the need for an urban common of around 1,000 square metres. So these two parcels of land will certainly give us that, and they are here today for information of Council. Resumption is important to be able to provide what we need, and this location presents that opportunity. Item B is a Days of Our Lives one, Madam Chairman. Mr Paul Kelsall was a fairly well known entity during the course of the Clem7, and there were some interesting claims coming before Council in relation to the property. It has been going on now for a long period of time, as I say, since June 2006. Some of those claims have been up to $30 million, $80 million in one case, but when it got down to the tintacks, and the negotiations with legal representation, the claim put forward was that of $11.17 million. There had been an earlier payment that Council had made in advance, if you like, which was provided to the Supreme Court of $3.2 million pending negotiations, and those protracted negotiations now reach a finalised settlement figure today of $5 million. That is for Council as well. I am happy to move that. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair. I wish to comment on the two items on this information for decision, and I will start with item B, being 103 to 109 Lutwyche Road, Windsor. I don't think there is one councillor in the Council Chamber that has not been contacted by email or other measures by Mr Paul Kelsall. It has been a protracted process over eight years, from 2006 to 2014. I believe there is no one, particularly the officers that have been involved in the negotiations who would not be pleased to see this outcome and see a resolution. I believe the fact that Mr Kelsall has a $1.8 million in addition to what Council initially was proposing gives some merit to his claims. But I think as we finalise a process that has been so protracted, so distressing for everybody, and so wasting of Council resources, that it is appropriate to review the legislation, to review our administration within that legislation, and see if there are learnings. It is so we do not have a similar situation with someone whose distress levels made it extremely difficult to have a realistic expectation at some stage in the process. So, LORD MAYOR, I do believe a review is appropriate. The second item, which is in The Gabba Ward, at 33 Thomas Street, West End, and 68 Vulture Street, is much shorter consultation process as the letter being issued to the property owners in September 2013. But by that time the owners had already put a submission into Council and been accepted by Council and was being assessed by Council at that stage. It is my understanding that that conflict arose for a number of reasons, one of which was the lack of clarity of terminology with an urban common. An understanding an urban common was a small area, due to the term ‘urban’. I am told by the Hadjipetrou family that they did not understand that the acquisition of the whole site was what was intended. I also think a compounding

factor was that they were long-term residents of West End who had always had a dream of doing a high quality mixed-use development on that site. And the timing was when they genuinely went ahead and put a significant expenditure into that development application, only to then receive the letter from Council seeking to acquire the whole site as an urban common. That is always difficult. The acquisition of property is always difficult and contentious, whether it is for a road or for a park. As a result of that, a consultation process was commenced. With that, as the councillors who have seen the material that has been given to us will know, there was a number of people seeking to support the development rather than the acquisition of a park, many of the arguments being that it was in an inappropriate site. There is also the other side to that consultation process, because I have before me the number of submissions that I received and the conversations I had with residents who said we need a park; West End desperately needs a park. So, Madam Chair, the figures were 265 of these documents support a park compared to 149 supporting the development on site. The major difference between those two numbers is that those supporting the park lived locally, which I know because I consulted with them and many supporting the development lived much further afield. So it was a very divisive process for the community. I think for the first time in my life ever in the street I've had someone from the other side of the street be very clear in their angst that they held to me in not supporting this park on this site. But I speak in support of this park. It is one of seven parks that were shown in the previous plan and as such it is a very important social resource to the local community, and it has my full support. But I will now very publicly state to you, LORD MAYOR, and to the relevant chair, if there is the concern that we have seen in the huge documentation as part of the appeal against the intent to acquire, and all of those are concerned about the quality of a park on this site, I request that the LNP stops their current process of consultation on any infrastructure, which is: we will do the plans and we will tell you what is going to happen on the site. But they genuinely consult in a bottom-up process on what is the appropriate infrastructure on this park. There are many landscape architects in West End; there are many architects in West End; there is a very informed community on the need for parks in West End, and I am sure they would all, in the spirit of finding a reasonable, cost- effective outcome, welcome the opportunity to participate in this park when it finally is achieved. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor BOURKE. Councillor BOURKE: Very, very quickly, Madam Chairman, I just rise to enter the debate on item A which is the land resumption at 68 Vulture Street and 33 Thomas Street in West End. With the Commonwealth Games on, we have seen on this issue a triple somersault, backwards flip with a 3.5 degree point of difficulty from Councillor ABRAHAMS when it comes to parks. We have just heard her espouse the virtues and the values of the provision of this open space and parkland for the West End community, and the overwhelming support from her residents for it, but in the opening cut and thrust of this issue, Councillor ABRAHAMS wanted a development. She didn't want a park for her community. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order! Councillor BOURKE: She wanted a development instead of a park— Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS! Councillor BOURKE: —and open space for her residents. So, Madam Chairman, it is great to see that Councillor ABRAHAMS has had yet another epiphany on the road to Damascus or the road to City Hall when it comes to the provision of parks and open space. We get lectures week after week, month after month in this place, for the last

two years from Councillor ABRAHAMS around the provision of parks and open space, and I don't want another lecture going forward, because here we have the prime example of Councillor ABRAHAMS being exposed for her hypocrisy and the double standards that she keeps in this place when it comes to the provision of parks and open space, where she plays political games instead of trying to get outcomes for the residents of Brisbane. I support this acquisition. It is going to provide a space that will be functional, a space that will be used, a space that clearly the community wants in Councillor ABRAHAMS' own words, and that consultation that she spoke about was only undertaken after the LORD MAYOR wrote back to Councillor ABRAHAMS and said, well, you should go out and consult with your residents. You should do your job as a local councillor, Councillor ABRAHAMS, through you, Madam Chairman. So we have seen the results of that, and Councillor ABRAHAMS used the figures—some 250 or 260 to 140 submissions in support of this particular provision of open space and parks. It sees the realisation of one of the spaces from the neighbourhood plan we have done in that part of the world, and it continues to provide the needed open and public space for the residents of Brisbane, as we, as an Administration, plan appropriately and provide for the growth that our city is seeing, and provide the infrastructure, the open space, and the community spaces for the residents, not just now but into the future. I encourage all councillors to support this particular item before us today. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, Madam Chairman, just briefly on item A and item B. firstly a comment with respect to item A. I make the observation that when I read item A, I was extremely concerned that we did not know the name of the objector, and with an issue of this type, there is quite a serious conflict of interest type potential. It could have been a company, it could have been anybody. You had to drill down into the some 500 plus pages of attachments to find out who the objectors were, and I think that, for the sake of transparency, that information should have been obvious on the face of the submission. It is obvious on the face of the submission with respect to item B, and I think it would be good practice in future to include that key information in the actual report itself, particularly when this is a matter that has been decided in secret in the non-sitting period and therefore the usual Council files are not available to us. I think that is something that the Administration should take on board to ensure that there is transparency in the way in which these reports are put together. With respect to item B, I too am glad to see a resolution to this issue. The Kelsalls are frequent corresponders with me and I presume all other councillors, and I certainly am pleased, and I hope that the resolution today provides them with some certainty and closure with respect to this matter. Chairman: Further debate; LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, I thank councillors for their contribution. With respect to any potential review of the resumptions, Acquisitions of Land Act, I can only say this: I don't know how long it has been since there has been a review of that act, but it is certainly the case that the act provides for a much, much fairer outcome today than what it would have, say, 30 or 40 years ago. It has come a long way in terms of fairness to people. I know that sometimes these things are very protracted. Councillor FLESSER, you would have actually been Finance Chairman for the first two years of these negotiations, in fact, so it has been going on for a while as I mentioned, but at the end of the day, it is about both parties coming to an agreement, reaching an agreement. You usually know you've got it about right when both parties leave unhappy; you know you are about on the money.

Yes, hopefully the correspondence levels will reduce and overall costs of ongoing administering of that correspondence will reduce in line with it. Thank you. Chairman: I will put the motion

The Chairman restated the motion for the noting of the report and upon being submitted to the Chamber, it was declared carried on the voices.

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

The voting was as follows:

AYES: 24 - The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Graham QUIRK, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, and Councillors Matthew BOURKE, Amanda COOPER, Margaret de WIT, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Fiona KING, Geraldine KNAPP, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES, Norm WYNDHAM, Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON, Shayne SUTTON and Nicole JOHNSTON.

NOES: Nil.

The report read as follows

A PROPOSED RESUMPTION OF PRIVATE LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES LOCATED AT 33 THOMAS STREET, WEST END AND 68 VULTURE STREET, WEST END 112/20/439/342-02 5/2014-15 1. The Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability Division, provided the information below.

2. In 2011 Brisbane City Council (Council) introduced the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan (the Plan). The Plan will see an increase in housing density, with new development ranging from three to 30 storeys within the Plan area.

3. The Boundary and Vulture Streets Precinct will continue to be the heart of South Brisbane Riverside. Boundary Street will retain its retail, restaurant, entertainment and community focus and maintain a human-scale built form at the street level.

4. The growing population will require new and enhanced public facilities, including parks. The Plan identified the need for an urban common of 1000 square metres located at 68 Vulture Street, West End, as per the Priority Infrastructure Plan (PIP).

5. The site is located within an area that is undergoing significant growth and currently does not meet the desired level of service for public park infrastructure. The site is currently vacant, privately owned and also has excellent road frontage which allows for high visibility.

6. The resumption of this property will enable Council to develop the land as an urban common, a park type that provides space for a range of recreational and social activities in a medium density urban setting. An urban common in this location will play an important role in meeting informal recreation needs of residents, workers and visitors in this growth area for the city.

7. The property description of the private land proposed for resumption for park purposes is set out in Attachment B, submitted on file. On 2 August 2013, the Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability Division, gave authority to issue Notices of Intention to Resume in respect of the private land listed in Attachment B, submitted on file. Council issued the Notices to the affected property owners and all registered interested parties, on 9 September 2013.

8. An objection was received from a property owner in response to those Notices (Attachment C, submitted on file). The owner requested to be heard in support of their objections. Council’s agent heard those objections and where appropriate, Council provided responses to those objections.

9. The report by Council’s agent (including supporting information provided at the hearing) is set out in Attachment D, submitted on file. Council’s response of 18 December 2013 is set out at Attachment E (submitted on file). A further submission made by the owner and Council’s response to the further submission are set out in Attachment F and Attachment G, submitted on file, respectively. A map of the area is set out in Attachment H (submitted on file).

10. Upon the completion of the formal resumption process, the owner’s interests in the resumed land are converted into a claim for compensation, pursuant to the provisions of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. Negotiations concerning compensation will continue concurrently with the formal resumption process.

11. The Divisional Manager therefore recommended as follows and the Committee agreed at its meeting of 14 July 2014.

12. DECISION:

THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE, AS DELEGATE OF COUNCIL DURING RECESS, RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT A, submitted hereunder.

Attachment A Draft Resolution

TO APPROVE COMPLETION OF PROPERTY RESUMPTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1967 FOR THE SOUTH BRISBANE RIVERSIDE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN AREA.

THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE, AS DELEGATE OF COUNCIL DURING RECESS, APPROVE THAT

1. As:

(a) on 9 September 2013, the Council in accordance with the provisions of the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 issued Notices of Intention to Resume the privately-owned land set out and identified in Attachment B, submitted on file, to this recommendation.

(b) an objection in writing was received to those Notices, identified in Attachment C, submitted on file; and

(c) Council has considered the objection and made recommendations for the treatment of the objection as set out in Attachments C, D, E, F and G, submitted on file.

Council is of the opinion, having regard to the objection and the report in Attachments C, D E, F and G, submitted on file, that:

(i) the land described in Attachment B, submitted on file, is required for park purposes; and

(ii) it is necessary to take that land.

2. As Council is of the opinion specified in paragraph 1, it directs that application be made to the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines under the provisions of the Acquisition of Land 1967 for the taking of that land referred to in paragraph 1, for park purposes. NOTED

B CLEM JONES TUNNEL – SETTLEMENT OF COMPENSATION – 103 TO 109 LUTWYCHE ROAD, WINDSOR AND 26 EARLE STREET, WINDSOR 112/20/711/306-02 6/2014-15 13. The Acting Executive Manager, City Projects Office, provided the information below.

14. By Taking of Land Notice dated 30 June 2006, Council resumed properties from Paul Anthony Kelsall and Eunice Ying Teng Kelsall at 105 and 109 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, described as Lots 70 and 71 on SP108227, Parish of Enoggera, for the Clem Jones Tunnel. The land was 2,671 square metres in area.

15. By Taking of Land Notice dated 8 December 2006, Council resumed an adjoining property at 26 Earle Street, Windsor described as Lot 6 on RP18509, Parish of Enoggera, and having an area of 539 square metres from Fay Marie Kelsall, the mother of Paul Anthony Kelsall. Fay Marie Kelsall was an invalid pensioner at the time of the take and Paul Anthony Kelsall was her primary carer with the benefit of an enduring power of attorney. Faye Marie Kelsall passed away on 17 May 2011. Paul Anthony Kelsall was granted probate of her will and is the sole beneficiary of her estate.

16. Harvey Ehlers and Associates assessed the value of the combined properties at $3,200,000.

17. Claims for compensation were received for the combined properties in the sum of $16,500,000.

18. The claims for compensation were rejected by Council which approved payment of advances totaling $3,200,000 comprised of $2,671,000 and $529,000 for the properties, respectively.

19. On 30 August 2007 Council wrote to Paul Anthony Kelsall seeking to pay an advance against compensation for the properties owned by himself and his wife in the sum of $2,671,000 and for the property owned by his mother in the sum of $529,000. This approach was rebuffed by Paul Anthony Kelsall.

20. Council referred the matter to the Land Court in January 2008 in an attempt to progress a resolution of compensation.

21. Council paid compensation of $3,200,000 into the Supreme Court on 11 August 2009.

22. The Land Court proceedings have been protracted and difficult with the Kelsall claims at times being completely extravagant. Figures of $30,000,000; $80,000,000 and beyond have been raised in correspondence and court documents. These claims have been put on the basis

that the resumed lands could be put to a very high order of use involving very many storeys and residential, commercial and retail uses.

23. The Kelsall claims came on for mediation before Richard Douglas QC on 20 May 2014, by which time and with the benefit of legal representation, the total Kelsall claims amounted to approximately $11,170,000, incorporating a land value for the resumed lands of $8,400,000.

24. During the course of the mediation, the total claim by the Kelsalls reduced to $5,000,000 and the parties agreed to an in principle settlement in accordance with a Heads of Agreement document. The offer of settlement is all-up and inclusive of advances already paid. It represents the following net outcomes apportioned between the properties:

25. The claims are set out in the below table:

Claim by Paul Anthony Kelsall and Eunice Ying Teng Kelsall: $1,729,000 Claim by Fay Marie Kelsall: $71,000 Total $1,800,000

26. At mediation Council was represented by Geoff Evans of Brisbane City Legal Practice and Douglas Quayle, Barrister. The Kelsalls were represented by Harding Lawyers, Stephen Keim QC and Paul Smith, Barrister.

27. Mr Quayle has advised that a figure of $5,000,000 apportioned as above represents a sensible assessment of the risks that Council would face if this matter proceeded to trial in the Land Court. Such a trial would potentially be scheduled over a three week period in 2015. Mr Quayle has recommended the proposed settlement sum of $5,000,000 apportioned as above as being reasonable and appropriate.

28. The Acting Executive Manager therefore recommended as follows with which the Committee agreed at its meeting of 14 July 2014.

30. DECISION:

THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE, AS DELEGATE OF COUNCIL DURING RECESS, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, submitted hereunder.

Attachment A Recommendation

TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT OF COMPENSATION ARISING FROM RESUMPTIONS OF PROPERTY FOR THE CLEM JONES TUNNEL PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1967

THAT E&C AS DELEGATE OF COUNCIL DURING RECESS, APPROVE THAT

(a) the claim for compensation set out in Schedule 1 of Part 2, submitted hereunder, be rejected as excessive; and (b) an offer to settle compensation set out in Schedule 1 Part 3, submitted hereunder, be accepted.

Schedule 1

Part 1 Details of Resumptions Claimants Paul Anthony Kelsall and Eunice Ying Teng Kelsall and the Estate of Fay Marie Kelsall

Properties resumed 105 and 109 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, and 26 Earle Street, Windsor, described as Lots 70 and 71 on SP108227, and Lot 6 on RP18509, Parish of Enoggera, having a total area of 3,210 square metres Purpose of Road purposes and a purpose incidental to the purpose of an Resumptions approved tollway project, namely the Clem Jones Tunnel Project. Part 2 Details of claims Amount of claims $16,500,000 including GST under all heads of compensation. Part 3 Details of offer

Amount of offer (a) $5,000,000 under all heads (claim by Paul Anthony Kelsall and Eunice Ying Teng Kelsall: $4,400,000 and claim by Estate of Fay Marie Kelsall: $600,000), inclusive of advances previously paid. Terms of settlement (a) The claimants enter into Deeds of Settlement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief Legal Counsel reflecting as required in the Heads of Agreement. NOTED

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE DURING RECESS:

ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (Adoption report)

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 setting out the recommendations of the Establishment and Coordination Committee during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually considered by that Committee, be adopted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. There are five items here, the first of those being in relation to a lease or a renewal of that lease at least for the Wynnum Golf Club. They have had that lease now in place over the last 20 years. It has seen 43,000 rounds of golf played in a period of time, and they are up to 80 members now, so it is a growing club. They are investing significantly —$1 million in the last two years, so we see no reason why there should not be a renewal of that lease. That is what is recommended here, that we enter into a further 20-year lease with the Wynnum Golf Club. In relation to item B, Contracts and Tendering report, a whole range of contracts before us today, the first of those being community facilities improvements program at Atthows Park. This is one that is awarded to Box & Co. Pty Ltd for $182,888. There is also a stormwater harvesting program there where we have quite a number of parks—CB Mott Park, Ekibin Park, Sexton Street Park, Langlands Park, Norman Park and Downey Park. Pensar Civil Pty Ltd has been the successful tenderer in relation to each of those particular water harvesting program works. The third contract is that of the City Reach Boardwalk. This is for remediation works in that area around 145 to 175 Eagle Street. Moggill Constructions are the successful tenderer. That is just under $1.2 million worth of works. Shorncliffe Pier—the timber decking supply, as we get to the serious end in terms of that particular project, there are two companies that we are going to be taking the timber from. One of those is Parkside Group of Companies, $278,000 there, and Kennedy's Classic Aged Timbers will also share in that work of $273,000. The next one is the Western Creek Bridge replacement. This is Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd that have been the highest value for money achiever in this particular one, and that is an amount of $537,000. Also, Moggill Constructions are doing part of that. They have achieved an index of 10,224 and they have got $537,000 worth of works as well. Civil Works at Whites Hill Reserve at Camp Hill, this is Naturform Pty Ltd that won the tender there for $115,000 and the construction of the timber deck for the Mooney Foundation Plaza rejuvenation. That has gone to Forge Bros

Engineering at $131,000. Pathway lighting for Sandgate Third Lagoon Reserve at Brighton—Desbrow Electrical Pty Ltd, $117,000 there. The office fit-out at 9 Redfern Street, Morningside; Premis Solutions have received that contract at $207,000. The installation of a waterproof membrane system at Logan Road Bridge, Greenslopes; the TA Taylor Group Pty Ltd, $129,000 around that tender. The provision of cash collection, accounting services and automated cash deposit machines, a number of categories here. The first of those, category 1, goes to Prosegur Australia Pty Ltd for $347,000. I can't quite pick up this next name—I think it is Secutor Securities Pty Ltd—$286,000. Automated cash deposit machines, the next one that is category 2 now I am talking about, SprintQuip Pty Ltd for $868,000. The provision of high resolution aerial photography, a contract there to AAM Pty Ltd for $50,040. Finally, the renewal of corporate insurance program and Local Government Mutual Queensland renewal, and that is the Insurance Renewal Program, $2,417,647. That covers a whole range of different liability covers. Also, as part of that, is our membership of the LGMQ Insurance. That is obviously through the Local Government Mutual Queensland. That is $2,018,000. Item C is the proposed changes to organisational structure of Council. Obviously in any organisation, there are changes to some areas, branches, changes to structures, changes to names to better reflect the work of that particular branch. So this item, item C, is an outline of those administrative changes. Firstly, in the area of Brisbane Lifestyle, we see in community facilities and venues, a branch established. We see also a branch, City Parkland Strategy and Support Branch in City Planning and Sustainability Division. Also Connected Communities in the Brisbane Lifestyle Division, so that manager will be known as Manager, Connected Communities—no surprises there. In terms of changes to the names of some of the branches—Commercial Services Branch in Brisbane Lifestyle goes to Business Strategy and Alignment Branch; also we have Engineering and Asset Branch in Brisbane Transport will become Engineering and Asset Management Branch. Waste Services Branch in Brisbane Infrastructure goes to Waste and Resource Recovery Services, again to better reflect what it does—an emphasis on the recovery process of waste streams. We have abolished the Disaster Response and Recovery Group and Community Lifestyle Branch. That is in the wake of works that we have done around flood recovery. This particular administrative change recognises that the G20 unit has an Executive Manager, and that is located in the Office of the Lord Mayor and Chief Executive Officer. It determines also that the functions and responsibilities of Council's Divisions Groups and Branches are as set out in attachment B that is submitted on the file. There is a range of other changes there, outlined from F through to J, changes that are undertaken in the ordinary course of business. Item D is a report of the Audit Committee meeting held on 12 June this year. Item E is the provision of the carbon tax repeal refund. Within a couple of hours of the announcement of the repeal of the legislation in the Senate, I made an announcement of the refund that people would receive in Brisbane. The essence of that refund is that it will be $36 for the average residential property. It amounts to around $52 for all properties—that is taking into account commercial, retail and industrial properties and the like, so a $52 average for all rateable properties. In essence, the package consists of a few elements, and they are outlined there in paragraph 32. I did note commentary from the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) earlier today acknowledging that Brisbane had moved quickly to refund the elements of the Carbon Tax relevant to people. I thank them for that acknowledgement. The Carbon Tax repeal refund is $23.4

million, but there are also other aspects to the fund. The reduction, of course, in the 2014-15 anticipated revenue from the disposal charges for solid waste will be $3.3 million. The refund of the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Carbon Tax related gate fees—and of course that relates to any that we have in this early part of this financial year—$6.7 million on those last two financial years, making the total impact of $33.4 million. The resolution, which is set out there on the final page of this report, page 11, outlines what we need to do as far as a resolution of this Council is concerned in order to be able to flow on those changes. We need to clearly make some changes to pages 29, 30 and 31 of the fees and charges, so that the disposal of solid waste, that charge comes down. It removes the Carbon Tax component— $22 off that fee. It also enables us to get on and make the refund available to ratepayers in the October rates notice. That will be the next rates notice to go out to all ratepayers. So, Madam Chairman, I just point out one thing: in items D and E, as I have announced previously, in terms of the gate charge, we will be refunding all of those tax liabilities where we have a clear receipting, where we can return those moneys to people. Where those funds cannot be reasonably or cost-effectively refunded, they would be appropriated for landfill remediation. That would be the remainder of those funds, which we think will only be a small percentage of the total, because we know we can identify at least 80 per cent of those who have paid those fees. Madam Chairman, I recommend the report to the Chamber. Chairman: Further debate; Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair.

Seriatim - Clause B, C and D Councillor Helen ABRAHAMS requested that Clause B, CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR MAY 2014, Clause C, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL, and Clause D, REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 12 JUNE 2014, be taken seriatim for voting purposes.

Councillor ABRAHAMS: Item A, which is the lease of the Wynnum Golf Course, we certainly welcome the 20-year lease and I am sure Councillor CUMMING will have more to talk on that. Item B, the Contracts and Tendering Report, Labor councillors will not be voting for the contract. While we acknowledge as the LORD MAYOR has read from the document and explained what is in some of those contracts, and we acknowledge the storm harvesting project and the Shorncliffe project— Councillor interjecting. Councillor ABRAHAMS: —Stormwater Harvesting project—thank you, I take that interjection, and will always encourage anyone to make sure my words are precise—Stormwater Harvesting project and the Shorncliffe Pier, which is in desperate need of repair, so the contract can enable those projects to proceed. But when it comes to the fit-out of 9 Redfern Street, Morningside, that is where we on this side of the Chamber see the administrative shambles that has taken place with the fit-out where officers that have been in the Carindale office had been ordered to up and leave at short notice with no explanation—that explanation is still not forthcoming—and with considerable concern to them, and the flow-on effects to the SES (State Emergency Services) workers who were at Redfern Street. My colleague, Councillor SUTTON, will speak on this in greater detail, but it is something that Labor councillors are concerned about, that being the implementation of the projects. Pointedly the project management of the Langlands Park Stormwater Harvesting project. While it has been announced in the community, it was only in a matter of days before the project starts, that the two lessees at Langlands Park, being Easts Leagues Club and Langlands Pool, were advised of what the project entailed. It means the loss of 10 car parks in the middle of the finals of the footy season, when they have more teams than ever

practising, which is always a problem with parking, more people than ever coming and seeing them be so successful in their games, and in the middle of that, the path they use to get to their practice site has now become a job site. There was no consultation with the club until last week, no ability for them to have a say. Council could have left it for just a few weeks until the season is over. They should have been advised exactly where the parking is, and now they are notified that they losing a total of five car parks through the process. I hear 'not true' from the chair, but I have spoken to both those lessees and if it came to a toss, I know exactly who would know what they have been told and what they have not been told, and my money would always be on the lease, the people on the ground. I similarly had trouble trying to get information. The next item is item C, which are the changes to the organisational structure. Here, the LNP are asking us to approve the changes that have already been made. Once again, behind closed doors, once again being done without any consultation. Clear structures of Council and the Opposition is fully aware of those structures and how they work is good governance. It is acknowledging the role of Opposition and making sure they have the tools and understanding for that governance, and that is where the LNP Administration falls over all the time. Just this morning in Neighbourhood Planning Committee, we asked clarification in terms of the role of CARS (Compliance and Regulatory Services) in relation to building inspectors. Councillor interjecting. Councillor ABRAHAMS: I am sure Councillor COOPER thought she was very clear on the answer she gave, but there were questions still and uncertainty in both Councillor SUTTON and myself to her answer. LORD MAYOR, I requested a briefing so that we could tease out and cross- examine the organisational structure changes, and it is not forthcoming. The bottom line, where it comes to any of these changes, is in fact what are the benefits for the residents of Brisbane—which is not mentioned at all—nor did the LORD MAYOR take the opportunity to mention those benefits. Also what does it mean for the jobs of the staff? Traditionally, when you have changes in organisation, that is where there are job losses, and the Labor councillors are very aware that we were told 200 jobs would be lost in this year, 2014-2015. So, LORD MAYOR, I would ask before we vote on this matter today that you give a clear understanding if any jobs are being lost and what benefits to the community may be achieved through this restructuring. I know Labor councillors would love to see more resourcing and serious consideration given to leasing, because if anything is time-consuming with many people waiting, it would be the leasing unit. So the fact it is in a separate unit is welcome, but let's see what that actually means in the delivery of the service. I will leave the Audit Committee to Councillor FLESSER, and then move on to the repeal of the Carbon Tax item. It is a matter of principle that, of course, any increase in rates that was attributed to the Carbon Tax must be returned to the ratepayers, and that is what is being achieved today. I have no doubt that Labor councillors played a role in delivering that outcome. I acknowledge the work of Councillor DICK and Councillor FLESSER and Councillor JOHNSTON. From the very moment Abbot was in Government, they were on their feet demanding this immediate return of that money to the ratepayers. At that time, 3.44pm, the Deputy Chairman, Councillor Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, assumed the Chair.

Councillor ABRAHAMS: But Madam Deputy Chair, it is interesting, when the Carbon Tax came in, all of the media were involved for weeks about what a disaster it was. It was a disaster 9 on the Richter scale. It was the end of Council's profitability as we know it. It

was an outrage that anyone would impose this on Brisbane City Council and not other local governments. We all, I am sure, can remember the weeks of outrage. Why is there no fanfare today? Why has there not been any announcement saying, give us a clap on the back? I think because the item actually shows that, with all of Abbott's administration hype about the cost of carbon, we have now seen it today reduced to an average of $36 per person. Now, that amount is incredibly important to many people, and I will never take it away from someone who is living pay packet by pay packet, what that $36 or, if they're lucky, a little more, means to their pay packet. But when we talk about this cost, we just have to take a little quiet time to reflect on the known cost that climate variability, climate change and the lack of any action in climate change will bring this Council and will bring the residents of Brisbane as a direct result of the lack of action on climate change. It is very easy, because the Australian Local Government Association published a document, and in that, the very first thing that they said local governments had to be concerned about is “inappropriate location of urban expansion areas”. That means in flood plains. In the next comment they state that we were going to have “an excessiveness of flood defences” compounded by “excessiveness of draining capacity”. Those words mean dollars. They mean huge dollars, and they are the impact we will see that is acknowledged as the result of us not taking action on climate change. That is the consequence that we have of this $36 coming. Can I say again: it was a principle, and Labor has demanded that— Deputy Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS, your time has expired. Further debate; Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON; Yes, thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. I rise to speak on three items today— items C, D and E. I will start with item D just very briefly, and that is the Audit Committee Report meeting held on 12 June. Something very interesting has happened to this report. Usually, of course, it is not a fulsome document that gives us a clear picture of the financial rigour of this organisation's finances, but I note that the people preparing the minutes have actually dropped a whole section, which was the Issues to Watch section of the Audit Report. Those problem projects, that usually there are about half a dozen of, suddenly are no longer. I don't doubt for a minute, Madam Chairman that it is not because those problems have gone away; I am concerned it is an attempt at secrecy. Deputy Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, you are imputing motive. You need to speak about what is in the report, not about what is not there. Confine your remarks to the report or I will sit you down. Councillor JOHNSTON: Thank you for making my point for me, Madam Chairman. I greatly appreciate it. I am concerned that there is a lack of information in this report about the significant challenges that face this Council from a financial point of view. It is problematic that that information has not been included in this document and it should be. Deputy Chairman: To the report, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am moving on to item C. Item C is the proposed changes to the organisational structure of Council. If I am recalling this correctly, I think there have been at least four changes to the Family and Community Services/Brisbane Lifestyle divisions you want to call them in the six years that I have been a councillor in this place. So, every 1.5 years, this Council seems to undertake an internal review of people's titles and what they are doing. What I am concerned about with respect to this matter is that this LNP Administration seems more concerned with these administrative issues than actually delivering for the residents of Brisbane. Can we see anywhere in the report before us today the benefits of these changes for our city? No, we can't. We are told that it is an ongoing—ongoing, mind you

—functional realignment resulting in changes to the roles and responsibilities. It is hugely problematic that there are less than six paragraphs about this, and not a single one of them points to the benefits that these changes will be offering to the residents of Brisbane. The LORD MAYOR couldn’t tell us. I think if we are to undertake a pretty significant change to the organisational structure of this Council which results in numerous costs, including new people, changes to employment structures, titles, consultants—who knows what else is hidden in this review—and I hear Councillor ADAMS mumbling away. It is no surprise, Madam Chairman, that it is her part of Council that needs a little TLC. She has overseen in the past few years some of the biggest cuts to the operational services of the Brisbane Lifestyle Division, and now she is allowing her department to be divvied up akin, I would say, to moving the deck chairs around on the titanic. Well, I think— Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: Stafford, yes Stafford could be a reason, Madam Chairman, but what I think, if you are going to make changes, it is incumbent to explain how those changes are going to benefit our residents. That has not happened in this report. They say it is because of BaSE. Well, Madam Chairman, there's $350 down some black hole which apparently not going that well in terms of the feedback I get from the officers on the ground. But what I will say is that I am concerned that this is an exercise in vanity by this Administration that they do every couple of years, to make it look like they are doing something. Nothing can cover up the lax administration in this part of Council, particularly in the Brisbane Lifestyle area, and I think we as ratepayers of this city, and councillors in this place, deserve an explanation about how these changes will provide better services to our residents, more efficiency. None of that is in here. There are literally five paragraphs, and that is it. That is not good enough, Madam Chairman, and I am concerned about it. Finally, item E. I note that the LORD MAYOR over the past year has been dragged kicking and screaming to the position he got to the other day on the Carbon Tax. I note and thank Councillor ABRAHAMS; it is Councillor Milton DICK and I who have been asking questions for well over a year. Right up until he announced the fact that he would pass these savings from the Carbon Tax back to residents of Brisbane, the LORD MAYOR was denying it, and refusing to answer questions about it. So, Madam Chairman, it is— Councillors interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: Ah yes, the truth hurts. They are all kicking and screaming over there. I can hear them squealing, yes. It's not just Stafford that's got them upset, Madam Chair. Deputy Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, I have warned— Councillor JOHNSTON: It is the fact— Deputy Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON! Councillor interjecting. Deputy Chairman; Councillor KING, please don't interject while I am speaking. Councillor JOHNSTON, I have told you repeatedly to speak to the report. What occurred in Stafford is not in this report. Resume your seat. Councillor MURPHY. Councillor JOHNSTON: Hey, what?

ADJOURNMENT: 7/2014-15 At that time, 3.58pm, it was resolved on the motion of Councillor Ryan MURPHY, seconded by Councillor Kim MARX, that the meeting adjourn for a period of 15 minutes, to commence only when all councillors had vacated the chamber and the doors locked.

Council stood adjourned at 4pm.

UPON RESUMPTION:

At that time, 4.17pm, the Chairman, Councillor Margaret de WIT, resumed the Chair.

Chairman: Further debate, Councillor SIMMONDS. Order. Councillor interjecting. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. I am pleased to rise on items B, C, D and E of the report. Firstly to add my support to the Contracts and Tendering report, item B, for May 2014. It again shows how this Administration is getting on with the job out there in the suburbs. It is a bit of an irony today that we're talking about the repeat of the Carbon Tax when at the same time there's a suite of contracts worth almost $7 million in this report for stormwater harvesting. Showing just how much this Administration and this Council is putting towards the practical sustainability measures that are yielding results as opposed to simply reaching into people's pockets, which is the Labor way. We also see Council continuing— Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Point of order. Councillor JOHNSTON: The Labor Party is not mentioned in this report and the councillor is being irrelevant. I would ask you to sit him down, please. Chairman: I do not uphold your point of order. Councillor SIMMONDS. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you, Madam Chairman. Council is obviously continuing, the City Reach Boardwalk remediation works, community facilities improvement programs. This time at Atthows Park, Darra, and of course the very important Shorncliffe Pier project which is very significant funding in this financial year's budget. Other projects being undertaken by this report, the Western Creek Bridge replacement, the Klumpp Road Bikeway, civil works at Whites Hill Reserve, the Mooney Fountain Plaza, pathway lining in Brighton, road works on Logan Road, administrative contracts as well, including the aerial photography the LORD MAYOR mentioned. I hope in the efforts to see the Administration and this Council get in with delivering for our suburbs that we will see bipartisan support for this particular report. In relation to the organisational structure, I just want to make a few comments. There were two contradictory positions from those speakers opposite. First it was claimed that we were doing these changes to reduce staff numbers then it was claimed that we were using these changes to increase staff numbers. In fact, Madam Chairman, these are fairly benign administrative changes. It was discussed by Councillor ABRAHAMS that she wanted more detail; well these are things that we've actually been talking about for quite some time. Looking at examples in this report, for example, and one of the things that is there is the South Bank changes required as part of South Bank. Well we've only been talking about that for two years, since we went to an election where it was a policy. We then signed a very public MOU (memorandum of understanding) with the State government, we then briefed everybody on the changes that were going to happen, we've reported on it a number of times. It's not really that secret, Madam Chairman. I know that in my own area, for example, the organisational changes listed here are the G20 unit. This is a G20 unit which is detailed in the budget, including

their spending, which I spoke about at some length during the budget information session. So for Councillor ABRAHAMS to claim that there isn't enough detail in this one particular item I think is pretty spurious. She's had plenty of opportunities and discussions about these items. This is a housekeeping item to make sure that the change that occur as part of the normal day to day business of this Council are reflected appropriately through this place. Of course, that brings us to the provision of a Carbon Tax repeal refund. Well there's been a bit of a coup, Madam Chairman, on that side of the Chamber. I don't know if the Leader of the Opposition, Councillor DICK, is going to be very happy about it when he comes back. Councillor interjecting. Councillor SIMMONDS: If he indeed comes back. He's not going to be very happy about it, Madam Chairman, because the 1.9 per cent that had to go onto the rates because of the Carbon Tax costs that were being hoisted on this administration by the Federal Labor Government, Councillor DICK as Leader of the Opposition described it as ripping off ratepayers. Yet today, we had the Acting Leader of the Opposition defending it. Defending it, oh, it's only $36 a year, it's not much. Councillor interjecting. Councillor SIMMONS: It's only—oh, I might remember that. Councillor interjecting. Councillor SIMMONDS: Yeah, I might remember that, Madam Chairman, in future rate rises where they're talking about every dollar is hurting people's hip pockets. That $36 really isn't that much to pay really isn't that much to pay for the Carbon Tax. Shouldn't this be put into other items that help protect us against climate change? You know why? We all know why she doesn't—Councillor ABRAHAMS doesn't want to let this go, Madam Chairman. She's campaigned for a Carbon Tax for years. Here she is in 2007 leading a march with none other than Bob Brown and Larissa Waters through the streets of Brisbane, calling for a carbon tax. Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Point of order against you, Councillor SIMMONDS. Yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, Councillor Bob Brown and whoever else Councillor SIMMONDS has in his— Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: —photo and in these comments, they are not in the report before us today. In line with previous rulings about relevance, I would ask you to sit him down. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, I am not upholding your point of order and if you keep making these pointless points of order, you will be warned. Because Councillor SIMMONDS has every right to rebut what has been said by the Acting Leader of the Opposition and that's what he was doing and you know it. Councillor SIMMONDS. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and it is incredibly relevant because Councillor JOHNSTON stood up in this Chamber and said the refund is only happening because of Councillor DICK and those on the other side of the Chamber. What I'm clearly demonstrating is that in fact it's the opposite, Madam Chairman. We were the only— Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chair.

Chairman: Yes, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Claim to be misrepresented. Councillor SIMMONDS: But we are the only side of the Chamber that holds a consistent position when it comes to the Carbon Tax. That is, we didn't think it was good policy; we didn't want it hoisted on the ratepayers and that we wanted it gone. As soon as it was gone, that it would be returned, because we didn't want it in the first place. Councillor interjecting. Councillor SIMMONDS: It is those opposite who have been totally inconsistent on this issue. They're all over the shop because they can't reconcile their ideological needs with their political needs. That's their problem, Madam Chairman. In 2012, when we had this debate, when the Carbon Tax was brought in, Councillor ABRAHAMS admitted that under her watch at Civic Cabinet, that many of the initiatives that Brisbane City Council had put in place—this is a direct quote—“many of the initiatives that Brisbane City Council put in place were put in place because we knew that carbon would have a price on it at some time.” This is something that she has been working towards for years. Even as a chairman within this Council. Then in 2012, Madam Chairman, when the Carbon Tax was introduced and it was a huge impost on the ratepayers of Brisbane, that we've always maintained is a huge impost, that Councillor ABRAHAMS now says, oh, it's only $36, don't worry about it, it's not a big deal. Well their defence was all over the place. Councillor FLESSER in 2012, at least, managed to admit in his '12-13 budget reply speech—and I quote, here he is—sure, Madam Chairman, “the Carbon Tax is going to cost this Council some money.” Some money. So more than $10 million is just some money under Flessernomics. Councillor DICK on the other hand—so while Councillor FLESSER was man enough to admit it would cost money, Councillor DICK went into total denial mode. Questioning the Federal Government's own treasury modelling in his 2012-13 budget reply speech when he stated that more and more commentators are claiming that their sums don't add up. But Councillor ABRAHAMS was the best. Councillor ABRAHAMS was the best. She tried to run the argument that the Carbon Tax was actually going to make this Council money. Let me read you what she said on 12 June 2012. “So when the Liberal National Party get up and say it will have no economic benefit, in fact they're wrong. We are making money out of it and we are going to make more money.” She implored the LORD MAYOR at the time, and again this is a direct quote: “time to listen to hear the benefits for our city.” Well, Councillor ABRAHAMS, we have heard and there is no benefit to this city from the Carbon Tax. This money, the Carbon Tax having been repealed, should rightly be returned to the residents of Brisbane. But meanwhile, this Administration and this Council will continue on with the practical sustainability measures that have so far yielded results and much more results than a Carbon Tax ever would, Madam Chairman. Councillor QUIRK, the LORD MAYOR, Madam Chairman, has taken us through some of the figures. But we remember at the time that the Carbon Tax was brought in in 2012 that we made it very clear on the rates notice what the impact of the Carbon Tax will be. Now, likewise, we are calling on this Chamber to support us to make it very clear again to the residents of Brisbane what the repeal of the Carbon Tax means by way of a direct refund. It's important to note, too, that Council has undertaken a very comprehensive program of ensuring that as much money that can be returned is returned. That includes looking at our commercial customers who have gone through our waste transfer facilities over the last couple of years since the Carbon Tax has been in place. Wherever those commercial customers can be identified, again that money will be returned to them, hopefully to be then passed on to the consumers of those services.

Where they were paid in cash and those customers can't be identified, I look forward to bringing through a first budget review submission to ensure that money goes into remediating landfill as the LORD MAYOR has already outlined. For the residents of Brisbane, you can expect the average residential ratepayer to receive a remission, if passed by this Chamber today, an average of $36. That's made up of the 1.9 per cent that we outlined in 2012, those figures being the CPI (consumer price index) increase brought about as part of the Carbon Tax, the indirect pass-through costs on waste disposal at landfill sites and of course internal Carbon Tax administration and reporting costs. It also includes the money that we have held over for the last two years in preparation for future liability that we would have had as part of Brisbane's waste collection. This will be a one-off refund to cater for the money collected as part of the '14-15 budget. Chairman: Councillor SIMMONDS, your time has expired. Councillor SIMMONDS: Thank you. Chairman: Thank you. Councillor FLESSER. Councillor FLESSER: Thank you, Madam Chair, and I— Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chair. Chairman: Oh, Councillor JOHNSTON. Yes, you claim misrepresentation. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, Madam Chairman. Councillor SIMMONDS misrepresented me earlier. I said that the LORD MAYOR had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the decision that he announced with respect to the repeal of the Carbon Tax by myself and Councillor DICK. Madam Chairman, that right up until he announced the repeal, he'd been refusing to do so for the previous year. Chairman: Councillor FLESSER. Councillor FLESSER: Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I apologise, I'm having trouble shaking the man-flu that I've got. I know that you wouldn't understand how debilitating that is. But maybe the men in the Chamber would understand. Councillor interjecting. Councillor FLESSER: Madam Chair, I want to— Chairman: I heard it at afternoon tea. Councillor FLESSER: You've already heard it. Councillor interjecting. Councillor FLESSER: Everybody's heard it. Actually I want to talk about item E in the report today. Councillor interjecting. Councillor FLESSER: That's the provision of the Carbon Tax repeal fund. Madam Chair, the LNP Administration is treating the ratepayers of Brisbane as fools, Madam Chair. Using them as political pawns by grossly inflating—grossly inflating—the real cost to Council of the Carbon Tax. Madam Chair, we know what happened in 2012 when someone had a great idea to: let's put on the rates notice some little bit of information about how much the Carbon Tax is costing ratepayers. Madam Chair, we know what's going on. Most residents of Brisbane know what's going on, Madam Chair. The LNP Administration have grossly inflated the real cost of the Carbon Tax. There are two reasons for that, there are two benefits to them of doing that. Firstly, number one, back in 2012 it gave a political help to their colleague Tony Abbott who was campaigning against the Carbon Tax. So they thought, well let's put it on the rates notice, make it sound bad, that'll help Tony Abbott in the upcoming election. Secondly, Madam Chair, it gave the LNP Administration an opportunity to increase rates and blame someone else, blame the Federal Government for it, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, let's look at the figures that they've presented

[4442 (Post Recess) Meeting – 29 July 2014] - 36 - again today, that are supposed to justify how much the Carbon Tax has been costing Council. If you look at item 27 in the report, Madam Chair, it's got those figures there. That it's $15.8 million in 2012-13 year, an increase of 1.9 per cent on rates. That's what the LORD MAYOR said in his budget speech in 2012, Madam Chair, that Carbon Tax is costing this Council $15.8 million a year. Well let's examine those figures a bit. The first statement there says that $11 million of that $15.8 million was due to the Federal Treasury forecast CPI increase applied to Council's operating and capital costs. Now, Madam Chair, what the LORD MAYOR didn't describe at the time and has never admitted, Madam Chair, is that that was not a valid way to work out the CPI increase to Council. Because what the LORD MAYOR used was a basket of goods for an average domestic consumer, Madam Chair. That's not a Council, that's a long way from a Council. What we know is after that 2012-13 year, Madam Chair, did CPI increase by 1.9 per cent above what was expected or anything like that? Of course it didn't. CPI didn't increase at all. As a matter of fact, I recall the Commonwealth Bank saying that the real cost of the Carbon Tax was a 0.2 per cent increase in CPI. Zero point two per cent, not 1.9 per cent at all. But, Madam Chair, it was a great opportunity for the LORD MAYOR, let's start beating up on the Carbon Tax, we'll get a bit of extra money in Council coffers, we'll give Tony Abbott a bit of a leg-up, it'll be a great idea. So, Madam Chair, that $11 million was just made up. It was not articulated in the budget, it hasn't been articulated in the budget, Madam Chair, because it's not true. It's just not true and we know that the Federal Treasury got it wrong when the forecast that 1.9 per cent increase. So, Madam Chair, let's look at items B and C where we're talking about the $3.5 million of indirect costs passed through waste disposal and the $1.3 million in internal Carbon Tax administration reporting costs. Now, Madam Chair, there's plenty of fudging in those figures, I can tell you. Because what this report is failing to talk about is the constant budget reviews where those dollars for those two items kept going back to Council because those costs weren't being realised. Where does it say that in here? Where does it talk about the $394,000 in the third budget review in the 2012-13 year that was handed back to Council? Where's that? That's not in there, Madam Chair. What about last year, the third budget review, $1.758 million handed back because it was overestimated in the original budget, Madam Chair. So those figures are wrong. They are wrong, Madam Chair, and this Council, this LNP Administration continues to use those dodgy figures and Brisbane's ratepayers shouldn't have to put up with it. So, Madam Chair, let's look at this $36 that is being refunded to ratepayers. Madam Chair, the real refund should be a lot higher than that. It should cover the grossly over calculated cost of the Carbon Tax to this Council over the last two years. It should be a lot higher than that $36 because we know that this Council's been taking more money off ratepayers than it should have to cover the Carbon Tax. The other thing I'm concerned about is probably the very last statement that Councillor SIMMONDS just made before he was asked to sit down, Madam Chair, and he said, this is a one off. Well, Madam Chair, I'm very concerned that, yes, this is a one off. Because let's have a look at the budget document, Madam Chair, where it talks about and shows what the rates and utility charges are for this year and projected for next year. Madam Chair, this $36 payment, Madam Chair, it needs to be reflected in the future proposed rates and utility charges for next year. Because if we were to use the proposed figures for next year and then just add an increase onto that, whatever the LORD MAYOR comes up with, Madam Chair, that means that the 1.9 per cent or a percentage of that is being added on again next year.

So, Madam Chair, when an item comes to Council that allocates the dollars for this, and there's been no explanation about where this $23 million is going to be taken from out of the Council budget, Madam Chair, we need some assurance there that the future budget rates and utility charges will be reduced by that 1.9 per cent. So in next year's budget, Madam Chair, we should be looking at a rates increase—if we look over the last couple of years, rates have been going up by about 5.5 per cent, if you include growth and about four per cent for individual properties, Madam Chair. That means that if ratepayers are not going to be ripped off again by this Administration, well then the rates increase should not be more than two per cent. If it's more than two per cent, Madam Chair, they're getting hit secretly by the Carbon Tax again. So that's something that councillors need to be aware of, the media need to be aware of that. Certainly the ALP councillors should be watching that because we don't want to see the carbon tax, or the supposed— Chairman: Order. Councillor FLESSER: —Carbon Tax increase being forced back into ratepayers again. So, Madam Chair, this $36 is not enough, it doesn't cover the dodgy figures that have been presented to this Council over the last couple of years. Madam Chair, it should be a lot higher and I certainly, and I know that other Labor councillors will be looking into the future to make sure that the increase isn't secretly passed onto the future. Madam Chair, what we see here is, as I said, the LNP Administration treating the ratepayers as fools and political footballs. Madam Chair, they are arrogant, they're out of touch just like their colleague Campbell Newman and, Madam Chair, it's about time we were more honest with ratepayers, told them what the real cost—there's two choices; either tell them what the real cost of the Carbon Tax was or compensate them for the extra money that they've taken out of their pockets over the last couple of years. Chairman: Further debate, Councillor CUMMING. Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. I refer to item A, the lease of land at Wynnum Golf Club. Madam Chair, the Wynnum Golf Club is a fine old club, it's actually 92- years old this year and means it actually pre-dates the formation of Greater Brisbane. There are a lot of rounds of golf played on the club every year, 43,000 rounds of golf, and I actually was present when there was a discussion between one of the Council employees who was involved with running the Council courses and the manager at the time of the golf club. The Council officer seemed quite impressed with the number of rounds played at the club. It's competitive with other private clubs around Brisbane and also the Council courses. I strongly support the lease being renewed. But the club has got some problems. It's part of a worldwide trend and certainly nationwide in Australia that golf is a sport in decline. The Wynnum club used to have quite a long waiting list to become a member of the club and they used to charge a fee to join the club. But unfortunately that's gone, there's no waiting list now and there's no fee payable. All you have to do is pay your annual fee, you don't have to pay a joining fee as well. That's meant that they have struggled financially to keep the club going and they've also asked some of their members to go and volunteer one day a week to do odd jobs around the club, do some basic maintenance work, rather than having paid staff do it. They're working hard to try to keep their membership up. They've got a new president, Roger Jeffcoat who's been the president before. A very hardworking and capable president. They know that they've got to work hard to increase their membership. They've got an excellent junior program for—obviously for juniors and they've got a good professional in Matthew King who took over some years ago from his father and the junior program's very affordable and they've even got a step now where they have lower fees for members under 25 because they believe

people in that age bracket probably don't have the disposable money that other people do and they've made their fees lower as well to keep young players playing and encourage younger adults to keep playing as well. They are concerned, Madam Chair, they've got some concerns about the proposed golf course at Cannon Hill because they believe that the decline in golf generally and new golf course in the catchment area of the Wynnum Golf Club will make it even more difficult for the Wynnum Golf Club. I again call for the administration to think twice about whether a new golf course at Cannon Hill is a good idea or not. But anyhow, as I said, I support this proposal. The club's a very well-run, they're an interesting setup. The leased area is the course, they've actually got a privately-owned area that the club own where their clubhouse is. They're trying to maximise the revenue coming from that, I'm told by the new manager that they've got a wedding every weekend between now and Christmas, which is good. They also try and encourage people to come and use their bar and other facilities more often. Their problem is there it's an area with a lot of licensed clubs in the area. There's three licensed clubs and one hotel within about 500 metres of the golf course. So it makes it difficult to get the general public into the club. Anyhow, I support this application, I wish the club all the best and look forward to working with them and would trust that they'll do very well over the next 20 years. Chairman: Further debate, Councillor SUTTON. Councillor SUTTON: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise to speak on two items in this report. Item B, the contracts and tendering and specifically about one contract in particular and on the report of the Audit Committee at item D. I don't have man-flu but I do have a cough so I'll try to keep it brief, just given we're reporting our ailments today. In terms of the Audit Committee meeting, I guess the thing that I noted in the Audit Committee meeting report was the there was an item on there about the ethical standards management committee update. Now from my reading of the Audit Committee report minutes in the past, this is not a usual item. I don't know how frequently it appears on the agenda but I certainly haven't seen it before or at least recall seeing it before. I noted that the Audit Committee report got a briefing by the Chief Legal Counsel with regard to the Crime and Corruption Commission, the Council's case management system and recent ethical standards investigations. Madam Chair, I would hope that if there is an issue that councillors should be made aware of with regards to investigations or outstanding investigations or investigations underway that this administration and the LORD MAYOR or Councillor SIMMONDS declares those investigations and provides the appropriate briefings to all relevant parties. I think that it would be in the interests of openness and transparency if the LORD MAYOR could provide some clarifying statements in his summing up today to assure this Council that there is no significant issue with regards to the ethical standards of this Council that we need to be aware of. It should be open for discussion and full and frank disclosure no matter how politically sensitive that may be for this Council. I will leave my comments at that. In regards to the contracts and tendering, I want to talk specifically about the office fit out for 9 Redfern Street, Morningside. I have been asking for information about the circumstances of our accommodation arrangements in the east region for a while now. Before Christmas, the East Carindale Business Centre, which used to be on the ground floor and level 1 on the Carindale business centre and used to accommodate three sections of Council—Asset Service, DA (development assessment) and CARS (Compliance and Regulatory Services) . Now I understand from Carindale Regional Business Centre, DA has moved into the city, CARS has gone to Yeronga and Asset Services have now moved to

Redfern Street or are in the process of moving to Redfern Street, which is what makes this contract necessary to fit 9 Redfern Street out. Now for those of you who don't know where 9 Redfern Street is, that is the old SES depot. That is where hundreds of residents line up all the time whenever there is a major storm even to collect their sandbags, it is a well-known address in terms of where you go for emergency assistance in a severe weather event. I received a call from a member of the SES saying, Council is kicking us out and we don't know where we're going. Then, within the space of days, after I got that email and after I made enquiries, all of a sudden there was communication that they were in fact being relocated up to the Colmslie RSL building; the Colmslie RSL had recently gone into liquidation, a lucky coincidence because that in fact was not planned, them going into liquidation. So my— Councillor interjecting. Councillor SUTTON: No, I know the background of it, Councillor ADAMS, trust me. I know all of that and yes it was a long time coming. However, I am concerned we have shifted the SES into the old Colmslie RSL building. I don't know how familiar you are but there is a very steep, windy, narrow road to get up to that building. I have my own concerns about how we are going to manage in that location in the event of a storm, in the event of an emergency situation where residents have to queue and there is a high traffic volume to get to that location. So I question the rationale for all of these accommodation movements. At the start of the last session, I asked Councillor SIMMONDS in the Finance and Administration Committee for a briefing on our accommodation services and the strategies and the decisions that are being made, particularly in regards to the east region. I wanted a briefing on that and a presentation to the Committee so I could understand that rationale for why this contract would be here today, why we are having to spend $207,000 to refit 9 Redfern Street which was a site that the SES did not want to move from, regardless of what anyone will say. A number of the members have contacted me with their concerns about the fact that they had to move and the way in which those moves were managed. I'm concerned about what has necessitated that. Why did we have to get everyone out of the Carindale Regional Business Centre? I would like an answer to that. Why then was the only option to move to Redfern Street when that is such a well-known place to go as an emergency services depot for people in the event of an emergency? How is this new facility going to cope, that new facility up at Colmslie RSL going to cope in the event of an emergency? I don't see the rationale and therefore I can't support this contract. It's not because I haven't asked questions, Madam Chair, I have tried to ask the questions. I am disappointed that this contract comes to Council today without being provided as the local councillor in the area for which all of this is taking place that I have not been consulted or briefed on any of these changes? Chairman: Further debate, Councillor ADAMS. Councillor ADAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise to speak on item C on the organisational structure and the item on contracts and tendering, item B. First of all, I'll talk about the organisational structure just briefly and saying I welcome the organisational structure changes within Brisbane Lifestyle. I think all councillors have touched base with me some time in the last six months to talk about the changes that they have seen, particularly within our Connected Communities Branch and the fantastic work that they have been doing across our leasing with our sport and rec officers. Yes, they were absolutely snowed this time last year; there was no doubt about it. With over 600 leased sites, we had a lot of leases outstanding. We had a lot of issues for just 16 people to be dealing with. With an extra branch manager now, with Shane Hackett coming online for the connected communities, we are seeing a concentrated effort, we've got the sport and rec officers into the one

office in town so they can actually work across a range of issues and work together across those issues looking at specialty areas. We've seen 67 of our toughest leases get solved in the last six months alone; of those that have been overdue. So I have to say, an enormous portfolio when it came to community facilities and connected communities. I think what we are seeing now is a focus very clearly on our facilities, with our community hall, City Hall and city venues. Then we've got our sport and rec officers with our connected communities and our policies on the other half. So I think we'll only see it go from strength to strength and I commend the officers on the changes and how they've taken them on board and we're really seeing us going ahead in leaps and bounds in those areas. With regards to Contracts and Tendering, I have to say that the request for SES to move did not come from anywhere from Councillor SIMMONDS' office but it was a request from SES itself. I have stood up here many times telling about how well we are going in SES. The eastern services in particular, and Councillor SCHRINNER knows because they've made representation to him as well, have almost doubled their numbers in the last 12 months. They have outgrown the site where they are sharing with Redfern Street at the moment. The new site is going to have the capabilities for them to do the training that they need to do with the numbers that they now have coming to their evening sessions. We know there is a lot of training to be done for SES. Yes, it was not planned that Colmslie RSL was going to go into liquidation in any way, shape or form but it was very lucky that we got a fantastic opportunity with this community facility very, very close to the asset services building in Redfern Street. The technicalities of where the sandbags are at the moment, my understanding is, that they are still at Asset Services and SES will be there on site to help as well. But what we are seeing at Colmslie RSL now is a dedicated space and home for the eastern regions SES services. They can have multiple nights' training, they have got a kitchen, they have got store rooms, they have got office, and they have got a large, open area where they can all meet. They are going to have it fully disability compliant in their own home. Now I can assure you that the SES was across this from the very beginning when we started speaking to them about this. Obviously, a lot of members which probably heard a lot of Chinese whispers hence the emails that came through to some of the councillors when the changes were happening. We know nobody likes change but I can assure you they're very happy now, particularly with the new plans we have on this site. I am very excited that we can get an opportunity for this community group that works so hard for us to have their own home where they can actually meet on a regular basis and do all the training that they need to do to make sure that when we do need to get those sandbags out there, that they're on the forefront and can help our local residents. Chairman: Further debate, LORD MAYOR. LORD MAYOR: Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, I—just before I wrap up, I'd just like to ask, if it hasn't already been done so because there was a couple of motions there regarding items.

Seriatim - Clause E The LORD MAYOR requested that Clause E, PROVISION OF A CARBON TAX REPEAL REFUND, be taken seriatim for voting purposes.

LORD MAYOR: That'd be right. Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Well, Madam Chairman, it's been a broad-ranging debate today and we've heard responses to many of the items that the Opposition have raised in relation to those items. But look, I do want to say to the carbon tax lovers opposite that the issue you're

[4442 (Post Recess) Meeting – 29 July 2014] - 41 - faced with here today is very simply. We want to give a clear refund, and for all of the criticisms, let's be clear. Let's be clear. This was the first organisation I think in Australia that went on the front foot, perhaps with the exception of the energy companies that went with a clear plan of what we were doing, with a comprehensive plan that had been thought through in terms of that return and the various components of that return. It was done within two hours of the Senate passing that legislation. You can talk about kicking and screaming all you like, you tell me what the Senate is going to decide next week. Would somebody like to get up and have a go at that? No, not too many volunteers for that one. Well, Madam Chairman that was always the point. We never knew where the Senate was going to land, when they were going to land there and in what form they were going to make that landing. Until we knew all of that, we were not going to be stupid about it and go out and make statements that we may have then had to later retract because the Senate had changed its mind or had gone off in some other direction. So it was, Madam Chairman, always going to be the case that we were going to make an announcement about when the—what we were doing but we wanted to make absolutely sure that the Senate made that decision in the first place. Because we know what happens. We know if I'd gone out and said, look, if the Senate does this, we will make this commitment. We know what would happen, if the Senate had changed their mind and decided something else, there'd still be, Quirk committed to this. That's what the Opposition would have been carrying on about. Now he's reneging. Well, Madam Chairman, I wasn't going to allow that opportunity to occur. So we held our ground, rightly, until the decision was made and then made the appropriate announcement. I do want to delve into the wonderful world of Flessernomics for a moment. Now, Councillor FLESSER, man-flu and all, has put the proposition to us today that the CPI is a basket of goods. Therefore, it's not appropriate for this Council to go on the basis of a basket of goods. He said the CPI was 1.9 per cent by the way, for the carbon tax, and no one has ever, ever, ever said that. It was 0.7 per cent, which translated across the goods and services that this Council involved with, the $3 billion budget as it was at that time. Madam Chairman that then equated to 1.9 per cent across the organisation, when you added in the administrative costs and the other carbon tax-related costs within Council. But, Madam Chairman, he says that a basket of goods doesn't apply to this Council. So therefore, it must follow from what he has said that perhaps construction costs, given that we're a constructing authority, that construction costs ought to be taken as a mechanism for rate increases. Well what happens then when the seven and eight per cent annual increases in construction costs were occurring a few years back, when we were holding rates down to around CPI. Madam Chairman, where was Councillor FLESSER then up on his feet saying, you've done a marvellous job because we shouldn't be taking as a basket of goods across the CPI because we're a constructing authority. We should be basing ours against construction costs. Well, of course, he was nowhere to be seen in the world of Flessernomics. So, Madam Chairman, it's a changing story—pattern to suit the political line of the day. We have—as I indicated earlier, we have been at the forefront of this. We have led the way with other entities around the place, both public and private, working out what they're going to do. We had a plan two hours after the Senate brought that down. That's because we had a plan in place before the Senate brought it down, Madam Chairman that allowed two hours' grace to call a media conference together to announce what it was we could do. So it is fulfilled today through this resolution. We need to support of this Council, Madam Chairman, to give effect to that refund. It will hurt the carbon tax lovers opposite if they do vote for this, we know it will hurt them. Because we know that at the first opportunity, they will want to bring all of these costs

associated with the carbon tax back onto the people of this city, this state and this nation, Madam Chairman. That is because they are carbon tax lovers. Now, Madam Chairman, today also is an opportunity, importantly, to change those fees and charges, to remove the carbon tax component and we ask everybody to support it. Madam Chairman, I'm happy to move the report. Chairman: I will put the motion. First of all for item A.

Clause A put

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

Chairman: I will put the motion for item B.

Clause B put

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

Thereupon, the LORD MAYOR and Councillor Victoria NEWTON immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.

AYES: 19 - 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, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES, Norm WYNDHAM and Nicole JOHNSTON.

NOES: 0 - Nil

ABSTENTIONS: 6 - Councillors Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON and Shayne SUTTON.

Chairman: I will put the motion for item C.

Clause C put

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

Thereupon, the LORD MAYOR and Councillor Ryan MURPHY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.

AYES: 18 - 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, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES and Norm WYNDHAM.

NOES: 0 - Nil

ABSTENTIONS: 6 - Councillors Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON, Shayne SUTTON and Nicole JOHNSTON.

Chairman: I will put the motion for item D.

Clause D put

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

Thereupon, Councillor Helen ABRAHAMS and Victoria NEWTON immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.

AYES: 19 - 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, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES, Norm WYNDHAM and Nicole JOHNSTON.

NOES: 6 - Councillors Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON and Shayne SUTTON.

Chairman: I will put the motion for item E.

Clause E put

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

Thereupon, Councillors Mathew BOURKE and Ryan MURPHY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried unanimously.

AYES: 25 - 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, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, Julian SIMMONDS, Andrew WINES, Norm WYNDHAM, Helen ABRAHAMS, Peter CUMMING, Kim FLESSER, Steve GRIFFITHS, Victoria NEWTON, Shayne SUTTON and Nicole JOHNSTON.

NOES: Nil.

A LEASE OF LAND TO WYNNUM GOLF CLUB INCORPORATED 112/555/362/5 8/2014-15 1. The Divisional Manager, Brisbane Lifestyle provided the information below.

2. The Wynnum Golf Club Incorporated (the Club) has leased the Council owned land at 64 Stradbroke Avenue, Wynnum for the past 20 years. The current lease is due to expire on 30 June 2014 and the Club has advised Council that they wish to renew their lease for another 20 years.

3. The Club was established in 1922 and remains an integral part of the community. The Club continues to grow with 80 new members joining and over 43,000 rounds of golf played by members and the public last financial year. The Club has spent over $1 million in the last two years on course maintenance and has demonstrated community benefit and capacity to manage the community facility for the term.

4. The Divisional Manager therefore recommended as follows with which the Committee agreed.

5. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT A, submitted hereunder.

TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH THE WYNNUM GOLF CLUB INCORPORATED FOR 64 STRADBROKE AVENUE, WYNNUM.

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE THAT

(a) Council is the owner of Lot 1 on Plan No. CP841297 and Lots 1-5, 38-65 on RP35941, Parish of Tingalpa, 64 Stradbroke Avenue, Wynnum which was the subject of a lease to the Wynnum Golf Club Incorporated that expired on 30 June 2014.

(b) The Wynnum Golf Club Incorporated has requested to be granted the lease over Lot 1 on Plan No. CP841297 and Lots 1-5, 38-65 on RP35941, Parish of Tingalpa, 64 Stradbroke Avenue, Wynnum.

Then Council approves:

(c) Entry into a lease for 20 years with the Wynnum Golf Club Incorporated for 64 Stradbroke Avenue, Wynnum:

(i) in accordance with the terms for lease as set out in Attachment B, submitted on file, and

(ii) otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Divisional Manager, Brisbane Lifestyle and the Chief Legal Counsel, Brisbane City Legal Practice. ADOPTED

B CONTRACTS AND TENDERING – REPORT TO COUNCIL OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR MAY 2014 109/695/586/2-03 9/2014-15 6. The Chief Executive Officer provided the information below.

7. Sections 238 and 239 of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 (“the Act”) provide that Council may delegate some of its powers. Those powers include the power to enter into contracts under

s242 of the Act.

8. Council has previously delegated some powers to make, vary or discharge contracts for the procurement of goods, services or works. Council made these delegations to the Establishment and Coordination Committee and Chief Executive Officer.

9. The City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 (“the Regulation”) was made pursuant to the Act. Section 227 in Chapter 6 (Part 4) of the Regulation provides that: (1) the Council must, as soon as practicable after entering into a Contract under this chapter worth $200,000 or more (exclusive of GST), publish relevant details of the Contract on Council’s website; (2) the relevant details must be published under subsection (1) for a period of at least 12 months; (3) also, if a person asks the Council to give relevant details of a Contract, the Council must allow the person to inspect the relevant details at the Council’s public office. ‘Relevant details’ is defined in s227 Chapter 6 (Part 4) (4); as including: (a) the person with whom Council has entered into the Contract; (b) the value of the Contract; and (c) the purpose of the Contract (e.g. the particular goods or services to be supplied under the Contract).

10. The Chief Executive Officer therefore recommended as follows with which the Committee agreed.

11. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE REPORT OF CONTRACTS ACCEPTED BY DELEGATES FOR MAY 2014, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, submitted hereunder.

Attachment A

City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 – Chapter 6 – Contracting Details of Contracts Accepted by Delegates of Council for May 2014 Contract/Quote No. & Delegate Nature of Contract/Quote Unsuccessful Tenders Prices Approval, Successful Contractor/s Arrangemen Purpose & Quoters Tendered Start/End t and Dates & Estimated Term Maximum Expenditure BRISBANE INFRASTRUCTURE 1. Executive Lump sum Community Facilities Building Solutions Brisbane $187,010 Approved Manager, Improvement Achieved VFM of 32.91 28.05.2014 Contract No: 000017-A10 City $182,888 Program – Atthows Start Projects Park DG Wilson $205,021 30.05.2014 Box & Co Pty Ltd – $182,888 Office Achieved VFM of 27.66 End Achieved highest Value for Money Estimated Index {VFM} of 45.11 completion within five weeks 2. CEO Lump sum Stormwater Approved Harvesting Program – 27.05.2014 Contract No: 530095 $6,993,955* Construction for Start * Separable Portion 1 Open Water Bodies 01.07.2014 Open Water Bodies (CB Mott Park, Ekibin End Park, Norman Park, CB Mott Park Estimated CB Mott Park Langlands Park, completion Sexton Street Park Shortlisted tenderers: within 24 Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $906,765* and Norman Park months Achieved highest Value for Money Sports Precinct) and Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd $1,425,607* Index {VFM} of 8.82 Separable Portion 2 Achieved VFM of 5.81 (Downey Park Sports Precinct) Tenderers not shortlisted:

Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd $1,703,115* Achieved VFM of 3.34

Shamrock Civil Constructions $1,915,437* Achieved VFM of 2.88

Contract/Quote No. & Delegate Nature of Contract/Quote Unsuccessful Tenders Prices Approval, Successful Contractor/s Arrangemen Purpose & Quoters Tendered Start/End t and Dates & Estimated Term Maximum Expenditure Moggill Constructions Pty Ltd $1,232,642* Non-conforming. VFM not calculated. Ekibin Park Ekibin Park Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $1,696,147* Achieved highest VFM of 4.72 Shortlisted tenderers: $3,641,896* Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 2.27

Tenderers not shortlisted: $2,720,061* Shamrock Civil Constructions Achieved VFM of 2.03 Above Ground Tanks Above Ground Tanks Sexton Street Sexton Street Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $741,667* Achieved highest VFM of 10.52 Shortlisted tenderers: $924,457* Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 8.16

Tenderers not shortlisted: $1,300,325* Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 5.30 $1,530,008* Shamrock Civil Constructions Achieved VFM of 4.63 Langlands Park Langlands Park Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $746,230* Achieved highest VFM of 10.45 Shortlisted tenderers: $787,737* Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 9.57

Tenderers not shortlisted: $1,104,239* Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 5.30 $1,237,282* Shamrock Civil Constructions In-channel Storage Achieved VFM of 4.63 In-channel Storage Norman Park Norman Park Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $1,385,020* Achieved highest VFM of 5.34 Shortlisted tenderers: $1,604,202* Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 4.86

Tenderers not shortlisted: $2,283,522* Shamrock Civil Constructions Downey Park Achieved VFM of 2.24

Pensar Civil Pty Ltd – $1,568,126* Downey Park Achieved highest VFM of 4.72 Shortlisted tenderers: *Price is initial tendered price with $1,721,637* water treatment and distribution Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd elements removed. **Estimated Achieved VFM of 4.53 contract expenditure includes a discount for the award of all six sites. Tenderers not shortlisted: $2,329,743*

Contract/Quote No. & Delegate Nature of Contract/Quote Unsuccessful Tenders Prices Approval, Successful Contractor/s Arrangemen Purpose & Quoters Tendered Start/End t and Dates & Estimated Term Maximum Expenditure Shamrock Civil Constructions Achieved VFM of 2.17 3. CEO Schedule of City Reach Boardwalk Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd $1,387,239 Approved rates - Remediation Works Achieved VFM of 5.53 06.05.2014 Contract No: 530108 145 –175 Eagle Start $1,189,289 Street, Brisbane 06.05.2014 Moggill Constructions Ltd – End $1,189,289 Estimated Achieved highest Value for Money completion Index {VFM} of 6.57 within 16 weeks 4. CPO Schedule of Shorncliffe Pier – Finlayson’s Timber $582,155* Approved rates Timber Decking Achieved VFM of 137 17.04.2014 Contract No: 530110 Supply Start $552,455 Coffs Harbour Hardwoods $672,592* 22.04.2014 Parkside Group of Companies – Achieved VFM of 125 End $278,992** ($560,588*) Expected Achieved highest Value for Money Gill & Co Pty Ltd $647,402* delivery Index {VFM} of 150 Achieved VFM of 124 within 15 months Kennedy’s Classic Aged Timbers Lazarides Timber Agencies $648,141* Pty Ltd - $273,463** ($560,323*) Achieved VFM of 123 Achieved VFM of 148 Deckmaster Pty Ltd $693,141* *Tendered price to supply the full Achieved VFM of 82 quantity of timber decking. **Contract value is for half the quantity required by Council. 5. CPO Schedule of Western Creek Bridge McIllwain Civil Engineering Pty $710,222 Approved rates and Replacement Ltd 10.04.2014 Contract No: 530136 lump sum Achieved VFM of 8511 Start 11.04.2014 Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd $557,017 End – $557,017 Expected Achieved highest Value for Money completion Index {VFM} of 9459 within 10 weeks 6. CPO Schedule of Klumpp Road Bikeway McIllwain Civil Engineering Pty $655,734 Approved rates Upper Mt Gravatt Ltd 22.05.2014 Contract No: 530150 Achieved VFM of 7778 Start $537,958 $700,000 22.05.2014 Moggill Constructions Pty Ltd – Epoca Constructions Pty Ltd End $537,958 Achieved VFM of 7286 Expected Achieved highest Value for Money $828,346 completion Index {VFM} of 10224 Cragcorp Pty Ltd t/a Queensland within 14 Bridge & Civil weeks Achieved VFM of 6640 $779,462 Doval Constructions (Qld) Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 6286 $803,918 Abergeldie Constructions Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 5971 $726,041 Pensar Civil Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 5923

$669,506 BMD Constructions Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 2987 $687,998 Brittwood Constructions Pty Ltd Achieved VFM of 2471 7. Executive Schedule of Civil Works at Whites Bullet Concreting Pty Ltd $115,856 Approved Manager, rates Hill Reserve, Camp Achieved VFM of 36.42 22.05.2014 Contract No: 530169 Field Hill Start Services $115,480 Brittwood Constructions Pty Ltd $184,243 26.05.2014 Naturform Pty Ltd – $115,480 Group Achieved VFM of 21.71 End Achieved highest Value for Money (FSG) Expected Index {VFM} of 76.98 Civil & Marine Projects Pty Ltd $228,210 completion

Contract/Quote No. & Delegate Nature of Contract/Quote Unsuccessful Tenders Prices Approval, Successful Contractor/s Arrangemen Purpose & Quoters Tendered Start/End t and Dates & Estimated Term Maximum Expenditure Achieved VFM of 11.83 within seven weeks 8. Executive Lump sum Construction of the N/A N/A Approved Manager, timber deck for the 08.05.2014 Contract No: 530189 FSG $131,050 Mooney Fountain Forge Bros Engineering Pty Ltd Start Plaza rejuvenation were the only company to 12.05.2014 Forge Bros Engineering Pty Ltd – respond to the Request for End $131,050 Quote. Expected Achieved Value for Money Index completion {VFM} of 68.67 within eight weeks 9. Executive Lump sum Pathway Lighting for Aus Air Electrical Pty Ltd $120,967 Approved Manager, Sandgate Third Achieved VFM of 74.40 08.05.2014 Contract No: 530190 FSG $117,856 Lagoon Reserve, Start Brighton Tecelec (QLD) Pty Ltd $245,981 19.05.2014 Desbrow Electrical Pty Ltd – Achieved VFM of 32.52 End $117,856 Expected Achieved highest Value for Money completion Index {VFM} of 76.36 within six weeks 10. Executive Lump sum Office Fitout – 9 Anchor Building Services Pty Ltd $188,085 Approved Manager, Redfern Street, Achieved VFM of 27.12 28.05.2014 Contract No: 530191 City $207,610 Morningside Start Projects Marshall Renovations Pty Ltd $310,529 28.05.2014 Premis Solutions Pty Ltd – Office Achieved VFM of 22.22 End $207,610 Expected Achieved highest Value for Money completion Index {VFM} of 39.50 within six weeks 11. Executive Lump sum Installation of a PFP Systems AUS Pty Ltd $159,508 Approved Manager, Waterproof Achieved VFM of 50.15 22.05.2014 Contract No: CQ118-2013/2014 FSG $129,315 Membrane System at Start Logan Road Bridge, CPR Services $131,190 26.05.2014 TA Taylor Group Pty Ltd – Greenslopes Achieved VFM of 49.55 End $129,315 Expected Achieved highest Value for Money completion Index {VFM} of 61.86 within two weeks BRISBANE LIFESTYLE Nil BRISBANE TRANSPORT Nil CITY PLANNING & SUSTAINABILITY Nil DISASTER RESPONSE & RECOVERY Nil OFFICE OF THE LORD MAYOR & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Nil

ORGANISATIONAL SERVICES 12. CEO Panel and Provision of Cash Approved Preferred Collection, Counting 27.05.2014 Contract No: 510008 Supplier Services and Start Arrangement Automated Cash 01.06.2014 Category 1 - Cash Collection and s – schedule Deposit Machines Category 1 – Cash Collection End Counting Services (Panel of rates and Counting Services (Panel (Initial term) Arrangement) Arrangement) 31.05.2017 $2,600,000 Max. Term Prosegur Australia Pty Limited – Linfox Armaguard Pty Ltd $578,216* Five years $347,566* Achieved VFM of 14.61 Achieved highest Value for Money Index {VFM} of 25.36

Secutor Securities Pty Ltd –

Contract/Quote No. & Delegate Nature of Contract/Quote Unsuccessful Tenders Prices Approval, Successful Contractor/s Arrangemen Purpose & Quoters Tendered Start/End t and Dates & Estimated Term Maximum Expenditure $286,543* Achieved VFM of 20.95

*Price is a basket of goods based on Category 2 – Automated Cash estimated services required per year. Deposit Machines (Preferred Supplier Arrangement) Category 2- Automated Cash Deposit Machines (Preferred Prosegur Australia Pty Limited $2,411,864* Supplier Arrangement) Achieved VFM of 10.06 *

SprintQuip Pty Ltd - $868,058** Achieved highest VFM of 31.15

** Price is the estimated cost over five years including initial supply of machine and maintenance plan. 13. CPO Preferred Provision of High Shortlisted tenderer: Approved Supplier Resolution Aerial 08.05.2014 Contract No: 510073 Arrangement Photography Fugro Spatial Solutions Pty Ltd $70,056* Start – schedule of Achieved VFM of 118.48 18.05.2014 AAM Pty Ltd - $50,040* rates End Achieved highest Value for Money Non-conforming Tenderer: (Initial term) Index {VFM} of 168.53 $250,000 17.05.2015 Delta Mapping Pty Ltd N/A Max. Term *Price is a basket of goods based on VFM and final tendered price not Five years services supplied to Council over a 12 calculated month period. 14. CEO Lump sum Renewal of Corporate N/A N/A Approved Insurance Program 20.05.2014 Contract No: SPO130056-12/13 $4,435,650 and Local Contracts of insurance are Start Government Mutual arranged on Council’s behalf by 31.05.2014 Insurance Renewal Program - Queensland (LGMQ) its insurance broker, Marsh Pty End $2,417,647 Renewal – 2014/2015 Ltd under a Preferred Supplier 30.06.2015 Industrial Special Risk (ISR) – Property Arrangement for establishing Insurance insurance arrangements for Fine Arts Council. Ferry Operations and other Marine Exposures The Queensland Local Corporate Travel Government Mutual Liability Pool Personal Accident (LGM Queensland) is a subsidiary Entertainers’Liability Policy of Local Government Association Excess of Loss of Workers Queensland, providing legal Compensation (required by liability insurance cover for WorkCover self insurance license) Queensland Local Government. General Liability for CBIC Brisbane City Council is a foundation member of LGMQ. LGMQ Membership Renewal - $2,018,003 Public Liability Products Liability Professional Indemnity Council and Officers Liability Employment Practices Liability Consumer Protection Liability ADOPTED

C PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL 109/305/710/53 10/2014-15 12. The Chief Executive Officer provided the information below.

13. Section 193 of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 provides that Council must adopt, by resolution,

an organisational structure that is appropriate to the performance of Council’s responsibilities.

14. The most recent changes to Council’s organisational structure occurred in 2012. Since that time, there has been ongoing functional realignment resulting in changes to roles and responsibilities of some divisions, groups and branches across Council’s organisational structure. As those arrangements have now matured, it is appropriate to also seek Council approval for those changes.

15. Additionally, the Business and Systems Efficiency (“BaSE”) Program as a business transformation program requires an accurate association of roles with responsibilities.

16. Attachment A, submitted hereunder, sets out the resolution which brings into force the proposed administrative arrangements supporting this organisational structure, and Attachment B, submitted on file, records the functions and responsibilities of Council’s divisions, groups and branches.

17. The resolution allocates the functions and responsibilities of the former Community Lifestyle branch into two new branches; creates a new branch in City Planning and Sustainability; and recognises the temporary nature of the G20 unit. The names (but not the functions and responsibilities) of three branches have changed, and the Disaster Response and Recovery Group has been abolished, as its functions and responsibilities are located in the Disaster Management Office within the Office of the Lord Mayor and Chief Executive Officer.

18. The Chief Executive Officer therefore recommended as follows with and Committee agreed.

19. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT A, submitted hereunder.

TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF COUNCIL

(a) Council under the City of Brisbane Act 2010 has established divisions, groups and branches and allocated roles and responsibilities to those divisions, groups and branches;

(b) Under Section 193(1) of the City of Brisbane Act 2010, Council must adopt by resolution an organisational structure and may amend that structure;

Then Council:

(a) CREATES NEW BRANCHES:

(i) “City Parklands, Strategy and Support branch” in the City Planning and Sustainability Division, and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager, City Parklands, Strategy and Support branch”;

(ii) “Community Facilities and Venues” in the Brisbane Lifestyle Division, and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager,

Community Facilities and Venues”;

(iii) “Connected Communities” in the Brisbane Lifestyle Division, and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager, Connected Communities”;

(b) CHANGES THE NAME OF THE:

(i) “Commercial Services branch” in the Brisbane Lifestyle Division to “Business Strategy and Alignment branch” and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager, Business Strategy and Alignment branch”;

(ii) “Engineering and Assets branch” in Brisbane Transport to “Engineering and Asset Management branch” and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager, Engineering and Asset Management branch”;

(iii) “Waste Services branch” in the Brisbane Infrastructure Division to “Waste and Resource Recovery Services” and DETERMINES the manager of that branch will be called “Manager, Waste and Resource Recovery Services”;

(c) ABOLISHES the Disaster Response and Recovery Group and Community Lifestyle branch;

(d) RECOGNISES the G20 Unit with an Executive Manager in the Office of the Lord Mayor and Chief Executive Officer Group, and notes that it will cease to exist on the 31 December, 2014, or on such earlier date as is determined by the Chief Executive Officer;

(e) DETERMINES that the functions and responsibilities of Council’s divisions, groups and branches are as set out in Attachment “B”, submitted on file;

(f) DETERMINES that if an officer has responsibilities and performs functions and duties in a group or branch, and by virtue of this resolution, those responsibilities functions and duties are now to be performed within a new group or branch, that officer will continue to have those responsibilities and perform those functions and duties in that new group or branch;

(g) NOTES that the Chief Executive Officer currently holds delegations of powers previously delegated to officers in units and branches abolished by this resolution;

(h) AUTHORISES the Chief Legal Counsel to do anything to have the description of Council’s delegates, and any limits on their delegations, and their relevant divisions, groups and branches updated in Council’s delegation database to reflect Council’s organisational and administrative changes from time to time;

(i) NOTES that the Manager of the Bus Operations branch in Brisbane Transport is called its Chief Operating Officer;

(j) AUTHORISES the Chief Executive Officer to make any additional minor administrative arrangements as are deemed necessary to fully reflect Council’s decisions. ADOPTED

D REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 12 JUNE 2014 109/695/586/6 11/2014-15 20. The Chief Executive Officer provided the information below.

21. Section 201 of the City of Brisbane Regulation 2012 requires that as soon as practicable after a meeting of the Audit Committee, Council must be given a written report about the matters reviewed at the meeting and the Committee’s recommendations about the matters.

22. The Chief Executive Officer is to present the report mentioned in subsection (1)(c) of Section 201 at the next meeting of Council.

23. The Chief Executive Officer therefore provided the following recommendation with which the Committee agreed.

24. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON 12 JUNE 2014 AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, submitted on file. ADOPTED

E PROVISION OF A CARBON TAX REPEAL REFUND 134/825/1170/6 12/2014-15 25. The Divisional Manager, Organisational Services provided the information below.

26. As part of the 2012/13 budget, Council rates were increased by 1.9 percent due to the anticipated increase in costs associated with the carbon tax. Those costs, as at 1 July 2012, totalled $15.8 million, comprising: (a) $11 million due to the Federal Treasury forecast CPI increase applied to Council’s operating and capital costs; (b) $3.5 million for indirect cost pass-through on waste disposal at landfill sites; and (c) $1.3 million in internal carbon tax administration and reporting costs.

27. For the 2014/15 budget, the 2012/13 carbon tax costs of $15.8 million are equivalent to $17.03 million.

28. The carbon tax legislation has now been repealed by the Commonwealth Government and Council has announced that a one-off carbon tax repeal refund totalling $23.4 million will be provided to ratepayers. This will effectively return the estimated costs of the carbon tax provided for in Council’s 2014/15 budget and refund the amount collected in 2012/13 and 2013/14 for future landfill carbon emissions costs. The refund will apply to all ratepayers and equate to an average of $36 for each residential ratepayer.

29. On 1 July 2012, Council’s waste disposal fees were also increased to include a component to cover future carbon tax liabilities. The amount was $22 per tonne (including GST). This amount has not changed over financial years 2013/14 and 2014/15.

30. With the repeal of the carbon tax legislation, Council’s disposal fees at Council’s waste disposal sites will reduce by $22 per tonne (including GST). The Disposal Charges for Solid Waste for 2014/15, as set out in the Fees and Charges resolution, will be amended to remove reference to the carbon tax pricing (where applicable).

31. Council has collected $6.7 million in gate fees at waste transfer facilities to cover the future

liabilities of the carbon tax from customers in 2012/13 and 2013/14. Council will repay the carbon tax component of transfer station fees to those private companies and other organisations that can be reasonably and cost effectively identified as customers. The balance of those funds will be used for landfill remediation.

Financial Impact

32. The financial costs associated with the carbon tax repeal refund are estimated as follows:

Carbon Tax Repeal Refund $23.4 million Reduction in 2014/15 Anticipated Revenue from Disposal $3.3 million Charges for Solid Waste Refund of 2012/13 and 2013/14 Carbon Tax related Gate Fees to $6.7 million commercial customers Total $33.4 million

34. The Divisional Manager therefore recommended as follows with which the Committee agreed.

33. RECOMMENDATION:

THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.

TO PROPOSE THE GRANTING OF A REFUND PAYMENT TO ALL RATEPAYERS, AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES OF THE COUNCIL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2014/15 AND TO GRANT A REFUND PAYMENT TO ALL IDENTIFIED WASTE CUSTOMERS

As: (i) On 1 July 2012, the Federal Government’s carbon tax took effect;

(ii) From 2012/13, Council’s budget made provision within its rates and charges to cover the cost of the carbon tax as legislated;

(iii) On 17 July 2014, the Federal Government’s carbon tax was repealed;

(iv) Council intends to make carbon tax repeal refunds to existing ratepayers in respect of their rate accounts.

(v) Council intends to amend its Schedule of Fees and Charges for 2014/15 to reduce waste disposal charges to reflect the repealed carbon tax;

(vi) After meeting its carbon tax liabilities for landfill emissions, as required under the repeal legislation, Council then intends to refund to identified commercial customers an amount attributable to the remaining carbon tax charged to those customers.

(a) Council agrees to apply a one-off carbon tax repeal refund totalling $23.4 million, averaged across all rating categories to each and every rate account in existence as at 1 October 2014; to be applied to the second quarterly rates notice issued in the financial year 2014/15;

(b) A note will be included on the rate account explaining the carbon tax repeal refund. The note will read “Council has provided a one-off Carbon Tax Repeal Refund as a result of the Government’s repeal of the former Federal Government’s Carbon Tax”;

(c) Council amends the Schedule of Fees and Charges 2014/15, at pages 29, 30, 31 and 32 under the heading “DISPOSAL CHARGES FOR SOLID WASTE”, by deleting the content under the heading and replacing it with the content as shown in Attachment B, submitted on file;

(d) After meeting carbon tax liabilities in respect of its landfills, Council directs that refunds be paid to each identified waste services customer being those who can be reasonably and cost effectively identified to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer;

(e) Funds that cannot be reasonably or cost effectively refunded are to be appropriated for landfill remediation. ADOPTED

NOTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE AS DELEGATE OF THE COUNCIL:

INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Norm WYNDHAM, that the report setting out the decisions of the Establishment and Coordination Committee as delegate of the Council during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually considered by the Infrastructure Committee, be noted.

Chairman: Is there any debate? DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, Madam Chairman. There were two items put forward through the recess. The first at item A was a petition regarding the introduction of a service charge for residential parking permits. The second was a petition requesting a review of the intersection between Rangeview Street and Navue Avenue in Aspley. Now in relation to the first item, item A, councillors can see clearly in the report the logic behind Council's decision to introduce a serve charge. In particular, I wanted to draw councillors' attention to the remarkable increase in demand for permits over a five year period. So you can see at paragraph six there that five years ago, Council issued 9,778 permits—parking permits. When you fast forward five years to 2012-13, Council issued 74,753 permits. So that's a 660 per cent increase in demand for parking permits over a five year period. Now, has the population of the city grown by 660 per cent? No. It's grown by a few per cent over that time. But certainly the growth in demand for parking permits is not all about extra development and more people moving into the city. That is not the case. That will not explain a 660 per cent increase in demand for permits. So there's something else going on here. I don't profess to know exactly what that is. But definitely the demand is—or it certainly did get to the point where

the number of permits issued exceeded the amount of on street car parking spaces available. So the scheme was actually set up to fail because more permits were issued than spaces were available. So residents got a permit and they think, well this entitles me to park on the street, but they weren’t able to find a park on the street. That is a lot of the feedback that we've received going forward. So essentially, the imposition of a $10 service charge—and that's if you look right across Australia and indeed across the world, that is a modest fee and it's certainly not a fee that involves Council making any profit. It's a fee that only partially recovers the cost of delivering the service. That fee has since resulted in a reduction in demand of parking permits down to—I understand Councillor ADAMS, the latest figure was around 28,000 permits. So it's taken the demand from 74,000 down to 28,000. So that has certainly helped reduce the demand and we can obviously have the debate about what the appropriate level or number of permits is and what the appropriate cost is. But in the end, what we're providing in this report is an explanation of why Council introduced the service charge. Having said that, this recommendation going forward does not make a judgement on whether the service charge is the right policy or the wrong policy. It simply says that it is the preferred option to advise the head petitioners that Council will consider the current service charge for residential parking permits as part of the Brisbane parking taskforce review. The review is expected to be completed by December 2014. So to be very clear, we're not saying go away, we're not considering this submission. We're simply saying, this is actually being fed in as we speak to the Brisbane taskforce for the parking review. There will be a whole range of outcomes come out of that parking taskforce. Some of those recommendations will relate to the residential parking permits scheme. So all we're saying is, we're not going to pre-empt the decision of that. Here's why we made the decision, and you can see that the demand grew exponentially. But going forward, our future decisions on this matter will be determined in consultation with members of the parking taskforce. So I think that's a fair and reasonable response to this issue. I do note, however, that in the consultation section, Councillor ABRAHAMS was consulted and did not support the recommendation. So what she's saying is that she doesn't support the taskforce reviewing this matter. Councillor interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: That's what she's saying. Because the recommendation says, the taskforce is reviewing it and they will complete their review by December 2014. The residential parking permits scheme is part of that review. So I take it that Councillor ABRAHAMS does not support this matter being reviewed, because that's the only assumption you can make from this submission. Ultimately, I'd like to see improvements made to the residential parking permits scheme and I, together with the members of the taskforce, have been going through the thousand submissions that have been received and obviously that's a long process and involves a lot of work to go through and analyse all that. But it's interesting to see the feedback about residential parking permit schemes. While there are some people who object to the fee, there are also many people who say, be more than happy to pay a fee if the scheme worked better. That's certainly something that we're taking on board. They want a scheme that works better to protect residents through more effective enforcement and through a more efficiency issuing process for permits. I think they're actually great suggestions. So they're something that we're considering as part of the review. At item B, we have the petition requesting a stop sign up in Councillor COOPER's ward. I'm pleased to say that we will be changing the current give way controls to a stop sign in line with the petitioner's requisite. I think that

should provide a positive outcome for the petitioners and for Councillor COOPER as well. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Chairman: Further debate. Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I wish to discuss both item A, a petition calling to reverse the decision to introduce a service charge for residential parking permits and the second item which is to review the signage at an intersection in Aspley. Madam Chair, where it comes to item A and the reversing of the service charge, I listened very closely to Councillor SCHRINNER. Interestingly, he did not once acknowledge there were 847 petitioners calling for a change. I would suggest, Madam Chair, that puts this as one of the larger petitions that Council would consider. Madam Chair, he did labour the issue of the increase in charges and I agree with him. That increase in the number of permits that were issued does show a system that hasn't been managed. That's all it tells you, Madam Chair. That system should have been managed properly. I would totally support that. But, Madam Chair, a properly managed system doesn't mean there must be a cost to it. There are other ways of making sure that there is an appropriate allocation of a parking permit to go onto an individual car, is adhesive to that car without a charge. Madam Chair, in paragraph 11, the Administration comes to another argument. Because there, the document says that we put a charge on because services funded by general rates should wherever possible be accessible to all. In contrast, the parking permits scheme relates directly to the provision of a service only to the residents living in the parking scheme areas. Madam Chair, what tommy rot. What misrepresentation of the facts. Madam Chair, the reason why we have parking permits is so everybody in Brisbane can come and park in the streets that have a residential parking permit in it. Madam Chair, that provides a parking service for everybody in Brisbane. Madam Chair, I would argue very strongly that that paragraph is a clear reason why there should be no charge for the parking permits. It is an impost already on the residents to go through the very arduous process of getting the permits, keeping them up to date, following through when they don't come, following through a second time when they don't come, finding the information when they're on a rental property and having a changed a number of times. That is an impost anyway. But that impost that residents undertake in parking areas is so that other people can come and park in their street and find a car parking space, more often than not. Madam Chair, Councillor SCHRINNER said there was an oversupply. Too right there was. But, I have not heard anyone say, since the paid parking permits have come in, we've suddenly got spare space for parking. On the contrary, Madam Chair, because they're paying for it, because that charge is imposed on it, they're acutely aware when there is no parking and the system is failing irrespective of them paying for a service. Finally, Madam Chair— Chairman: Councillor BOURKE. Councillor ABRAHAMS: —Councillor SCHRINNER had quite a bit of fun in his own way. Councillor SCHRINNER, I love the way you have fun because you don't get too passionate about it, it's just nice and factual and I do appreciate it. So I will try and be nice and factual as well. Councillor interjecting. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Madam Chair, this permit petition relates to, as you can see in the front, CA14/153737, CA14/208374 and the two other numbers, and I mention them specifically, because, Madam Chair, I was asked to comment on this petition. I was asked to comment on Friday 2 May. The draft response was sent to me, it was also sent at the same time to Councillor HOWARD. It asked me to make a comment and it had a petition response attached, 2 May.

On 2 May, it said, “Option 1, advise the petitioners that Council will continue to implement a service charge for residential parking permits.” I responded straight back that same day on 2 May and I said, I do not support the recommendation as I am opposed to that charge. May I say again, the recommendation was to continue to implement. So, Madam Chair, imagine my shock, imaging my shock when I read the report in today's response that refers to the Brisbane parking taskforce. On 2 May, the Brisbane parking taskforce hadn't even crossed the LORD MAYOR's mind. Not at all. So— Councillor interjecting. Councillor ABRAHAMS: So the response I received, the intention that I commented on has been amended since that time. Now, Madam Chair, you would expect me immediately to go and check that no one had come back to me for another response. Nope, no record, no record at all. So, Madam Chair, this is the most sloppy management, if you wish to call it sloppy, sloppy management of any petition. If not, it is downright deceptive, deceiving and it is not the calibre that we should have in the Council Chamber. So, Madam Chair, I'm glad to tell the Council Chamber, rather than have a determination saying we will not consider a change, I will certainly take one glimmer of opportunity, one weak hope that in fact the parking taskforce might listen not only to these petitioners but everyone else that I am aware of who is asking for that charge to go. A charge that enables other people to park in the area where residents are living. Madam Chair, the final item is to change from a—what is it, give way, to a stop sign. Madam Chair, the only reason—I will certainly be supporting this recommendation but I note there was one recorded accident at this intersection that brought forward this change. Madam Chair, I'm writing that into the Council record because I hope that in every Labor ward where there is one accident and we ask for change, that it will be seen equally meritorious. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Further debate, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, Madam Chairman. I rise to speak on item A with respect to the service charge for residential parking permits. Firstly, can I say that it is absolutely disgraceful that Councillor ABRAHAMS has not been provided, prior to this meeting, with the recommendation to come through to this committee and that her views have been misrepresented in this committee report today? This is a matter that has happened to me now on several occasions, it is happening repeatedly in the infrastructure division and it is absolutely fraudulent and misrepresentative to say that a councillor supports or does not support something when there has been a substitution of the preferred recommendation in the Council reports between the draft the councillor was given and the response in the Council papers. Councillor SCHRINNER needs to stand up today and confirm to this Chamber that he will never let this happen again, it is happening frequently, it is happening in the infrastructure division and it is absolutely wrong, fraudulent and deceptive practice by the chair of this Council to allow it to continue. Now I've said it in this place before and we've heard Councillor ABRAHAMS say it very clearly here now. It is absolutely unacceptable that councillors are given different recommendations to the materials brought to Council. It is wrong. Now with respect to the matter itself, Madam Chairman, I hope these aren't hollow words in the actual preferred option that's been given to Council. Because we've heard it all before. We've heard it all before with other reviews that this Council has done, that they will listen to the residents of Brisbane. Well we've seen recently, Madam Chairman that they like to get people to make submissions but then they do not listen to the suggestions that are put forward.

I've put forward 12 recommendations with respect to regulated parking zones including abolishing the fee, which I believe would be the right thing to do. The residents who live around major hospitals and sporting institutions in our city should not— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, in line you’re your previous points of order. I don't think you are speaking to what exactly is in this report. Councillor JOHNSTON: I am. Chairman: You're speaking very generally. You're not talking in relation to these particular petitions. Councillor JOHNSTON: I'm talking about the abolition of the parking fee, which is what this petition is all about, Madam Chairman. Chairman: But you're talking about your area, not what's covered in these reports. Councillor JOHNSTON: Well that applies to certainly, Madam Chairman, my area and every other part of Brisbane City Council that has a regulated parking scheme. So, Madam Chairman, I'm speaking generally on this. Madam Chairman, what I will say is that it is absolutely unacceptable that this Council should charge residents who live near major hospitals and sporting institutions a fee to park in their street because of the poor planning decisions made by those organisations in providing for inadequate off street car parking. That is why our residents around these institutions are being charged a fee. It's not because they've done something wrong. It is because the large institutions that are near them have not managed the parking demand for their services. This needs to be addressed in a planning capacity and it needs to be addressed as part of the review that has been underway with the parking taskforce. Now, Madam Chairman, the other interesting thing in here and I'll just say a couple of things with respect to paragraph 6. Could it be—and just let me have a little think about why maybe the number of permits has gone up over the past few years. Could it be, perhaps that progressively as meters have been introduced around these areas with regulated parking schemes that then residents go out and seek a permit so they don't have to pay twice to park in their own street? Could that perhaps be driving the demand? I would say, Madam Chairman, there's definitely a correlation between the increase in the number of meters rolled out over that period of time and the number of permits that have been required over that time. Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, Madam Chairman, I think that there should absolutely be a little bit more transparency by the infrastructure chairman about this matter because I suspect there's a very close correlation. Now what I will say, Madam Chairman, is the DEPUTY MAYOR implied that there is some problem with parking permits and how you get them. He couldn't put his finger on the problem. He's happy to whack a new tax on our residents but he can't explain what's going wrong. Well the first thing to do is to find out what the problem is. Then the second thing to do is to look at a practical solution for it, not the other way around. What I would say, Madam Chairman, is residents who need parking permits pretty much have to undergo some sort of ASIO security check where they've got to provide multiple points of identification. So, Madam Chairman, if there's some impropriety— Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: —if there is some impropriety going on with the number of permits being issued, it must be because the proper checks aren't being undertaken by Council and its contractor.

Its contractor operates from Melbourne, there is extremely poor oversight of how that process is managed. Madam Chairman, it is not good enough that the residents are being blamed and charged a fee for this Council's poor administration. That is what is happening with respect to this. They are being blamed for a problem that they did not cause in the first place and they are not responsible for managing. That is inadequate in my view, that is poor management, that is poor leadership and that is down all to the DEPUTY MAYOR who oversights this area. Now, Madam Chairman, I certainly support the abolition of this up to $25 per household fee. There are plenty of services that this Council offers to other parts of Brisbane that are available to some residents and not to others. It is unacceptable that a fee is being charged because this Council cannot properly administer a scheme and because this Council continuously approves developments without adequate parking to go with them. That is not acceptable in my view. I've made a number of recommendations to the parking taskforce review. I certainly hope that they're not ignored like they did in the City Plan. Chairman: Further debate, DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR: Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you to the councillors who have contributed to this debate, particularly on item A. In response to Councillor ABRAHAMS’ comments, she did make a number of comments and I will respond to those comments. She did say that a properly-managed system doesn't mean there has to be a cost associated with it, and she was referring to the parking permits. Well the reality is, there is a cost and that cost is $0.5 million. It's not free money here. The scheme is costing ratepayers. The question of fairness is, who should pay? Should every single ratepayer pay for this permit scheme or should the people that benefit from the permits? It's pretty simply. So should the Bracken Ridge residents pay for permits in Paddington? Or around the tennis centre? Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order. Councillor ABRAHAMS. DEPUTY MAYOR: I don't think so. I think that's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. Councillor interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: I think that if someone's getting, physically getting a permit which they can stick in their car, which will allow them to park on the street for longer than the allocated time limit then that's something that they personally benefit from. Let's be very clear, on street parking does not belong to the resident that lives adjacent to that park. It never has and it never will. It is a community asset, everyone knows that. If people buy houses without adequate parking then they shouldn't expect that they have a God-given right to park on the street out the front of their house. We manage on street parking for the benefit of the whole community. Councillor interjecting. Chairman: Order. DEPUTY MAYOR: It is a community-funded asset, it is a community-owned asset. Now, if some councillors are suggesting— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON. DEPUTY MAYOR: —we should privatise on-street parking and give them a— Councillor interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: —privatised space on the kerb out the front of their place, well I'd be interested to hear that suggestion because that is essentially what anyone who is saying that the resident has a right to park right out the front of their house is saying.

Councillor interjecting. DEPUTY MAYOR: No, that's exactly what's being said. They're privatising public space. Chairman: Order. DEPUTY MAYOR: It is no different to someone— Chairman: Just a minute, DEPUTY MAYOR. Are you calling a point of order, Councillor ABRAHAMS? Councillor ABRAHAMS: Point of order, Madam Chair, claim to be misrepresented. Chairman: No, the DEPUTY MAYOR wasn't referring to you, he was talking generally about the arguments that have been put forward. I don't recall him saying, Councillor ABRAHAMS said. All right, you're misrepresented if you think so. DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR: You could—Madam Chairman, you could draw parallels to a resident that lives adjacent to a park thinking that that park was for their use only and that they should have a reserve sign on the seat in that park because they live next door to it. We know that that's not the way things work. These are community assets and they should be used for the benefit of the wider community. Now obviously we believe that residents deserve some level of priority and consideration when it comes to on street parking. That's why the permit scheme exists. But they should pay for it. That's the principle and that's why we've introduced the charge. But as I said, we're not saying that this is the only answer going forward, we're saying; let's have a look at this issue in the taskforce. Let's see what the taskforce has to say going forward. Let's listen to what the wider community says, let's listen to what all the councillors say and let's make an informed decision going forward. That's what we'll do. But it is wrong to say that there is no cost associated with the parking permit scheme. There is a cost and it was approaching $0.5 million. That is a real cost for all ratepayers. Now Councillor ABRAHAMS said the scheme needed to be managed, but she didn't really say how the scheme should be managed. Some councils— Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, that—just a minute, DEPUTY MAYOR, that is a very insulting comment. I'd ask you to withdraw it. Councillor JOHNSTON: That was the intention. I withdraw, Madam Chairman, at your direction. Chairman: Thank you, DEPUTY MAYOR. DEPUTY MAYOR: Sorry, Madam Chairman, look I didn't actually hear what was said. I just heard some mumbling. Chairman: Just as well. DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes. So I didn't have a chance to be offended by that comment. But look, some councils, they choose to manage their permit parking schemes in various ways. Some of them manage it by putting ridiculously high charges on. We know councils that charge up to $250 for one permit. That's how they manage their parking schemes. We're not suggesting that should be the case. Other councils manage their parking permit schemes by having ultra-strict requirements for who is eligible for a parking permit. I know, for example, some councils basically say, if you have off street parking in your house, you are not allowed to have a parking permit—simple as that. So Councillor ABRAHAMS has said we need to manage it but she hasn't really given any indication on how that might look. So as I said, rather than speculating, we need to wait and see what the taskforce has to say on this important issue. Now, Councillor JOHNSTON was critical that I didn't put my finger on the reason for the increase in the parking permits issued. Now the reason I didn't put my finger on it, Councillor JOHNSTON is because I didn't want to make assumptions about why that might be the case. There are a lot of assumptions

that have been made by many people. Some people have claimed, for example, that there's a lot of rorting going on in this system. Now I will not claim that and I will not make that claim without evidence to prove that claim. So I'm not going to make that claim and that's why I haven't indicated a particular reason. But one thing is clear; the demand has changed dramatically with the imposition of a $10 service charge. As with any Council service that is freely offered, that service may be overused by some people and underused by other people and there can be various reasons for that. But in the end, as I said, we will have a look at what the taskforce says on this issue and look forward to improving the system and introducing some positive outcomes for the residents of Brisbane. Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS, you claim misrepresentation. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Yes, thank you Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I was very clear and I repeatedly said that permits to let other people use the streets as we would use footpaths and roads, Madam Chair, I didn't mention God-given right to own the kerb side outside. It was a deliberate twist in the debate. Chairman: I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber by the Chairman, the motion was declared carried on the voices.

A PETITIONS – CALLING ON THE LORD MAYOR TO REVERSE THE DECISION TO INTRODUCE A SERVICE CHARGE FOR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS CA14/153737, CA14/208374, CA14/280149 and CA14/395173 13/2014-15 1. A number of petitions from residents of Brisbane and surrounding suburbs, requesting Council to reconsider and/or reverse its decision to implement a $10 service charge for residential parking permits, were presented to the meetings of Council held on 25 February 2014, 18 March 2014 and 13 May 2014, by Councillor Helen Abrahams, and at the meeting of Council held on 1 April 2014 by Councillor Vicki Howard, and received.

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

3. Since July 2013, Council has received 10 petitions requesting that Council reconsider and/or reverse its decision to implement a $10 service charge for residential parking permits.

4. Petition CA14/153737 contains 74 signatures from residents of The Gabba Ward. Petition CA14/208374 contains 12 signatures from residents of The Gabba Ward. Petition CA14/280149 contains 625 signatures from residents of the Central Ward. Petition CA14/395173 contains 36 signatures from residents of The Gabba Ward.

5. Over recent years, in direct response to requests from local residents and businesses, Council has progressively introduced parking schemes in some areas of Brisbane. As part of the scheme, Council has also administered a free permit process which allows local residents to have access to on-street car parking spaces close to their home.

6. The demand for free permits has continued to grow rapidly in recent years, with the number of permits requested growing from less than 10,000 in 2007-08, to almost 75,000 in 2012-13. This represents an increase in demand of more than 660 per cent. The number of permits issued each year is as follows: - 9,778 permits for 2007-08 financial year - 10,478 permits for 2008-09 financial year

- 11,168 permits for 2009-10 financial year - 22,531 permits for 2010-11 financial year - 32,330 permits for 2011-12 financial year - 74,753 permits for 2012-13 financial year.

7. As a result of the exponential increase in permit numbers, the scheme was expected to cost ratepayers up to $500,000 a year to administer.

8. In February 2014, Council introduced a small charge of $10 per vehicle, up to a maximum of $25 per household, to partially offset the cost of processing residential parking permits.

9. On-street parking is a limited resource and in many parts of the city, demand significantly exceeds supply. As a result, Council faces the challenge of managing the use of available parking. Ultimately, this involves balancing the demand for residential on-street parking with other competing demands for parking spaces.

10. While Council appreciates that residents in parking-scheme areas pay their rates, general rates represent the contribution all ratepayers make towards the running of the city. This includes services such as libraries, parks, street lighting, road maintenance, major infrastructure, traffic management, community events, promotion and development of economic opportunities for the city plus many more Council initiatives.

11. Services funded by general rates should, wherever possible, be accessible to all. In contrast, the parking-permit scheme relates directly to the provision of a service only available to residents living in parking-scheme areas. A small contribution towards administering this service will go a long way to ensuring general rates revenue can continue to fund city-wide services for all.

12. It is also important for residents to note that virtually every other significant Australian city charges for residential parking permits. Furthermore, Brisbane’s charge is substantially lower than other cities including Sydney ($49), as well as smaller cities such as Perth ($80) and Hobart ($35).

13. The new service charge was included in the 2013-14 Council budget and was subsequently approved by a full meeting of Council in late June 2013.

14. In June 2014, Council initiated the Brisbane Parking Taskforce to undertake a review of Council’s policies and practices associated with on-street parking. It will provide recommendations, which will improve Council’s management of parking across the city. It is recommended that the current service charge for residential parking permits be included as part of the Brisbane Parking Taskforce review. The review is expected to be completed by December 2014.

Funding

15. Funding for the permit scheme is provided under Program 2 – Moving Brisbane.

Consultation

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

17. The Councillor for The Gabba, Councillor Helen Abrahams, has been consulted and does not support the recommendation.

Customer impact

18. Approximately 18,000 households are required to pay the service charge for Residential Parking Permits across Brisbane.

Preferred option

19. It is the preferred option to advise the head petitioners that Council will consider the current service charge for Residential Parking Permits as part of the Brisbane Parking Taskforce review. The review is expected to be completed by December 2014.

20. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed at its meeting held on 21 July 2014.

21. DECISION:

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

B PETITION – REQUEST TO REVIEW THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RANGEVIEW STREET AND NAVUA AVENUE, ASPLEY CA14/202695 14/2014-15 22. A petition from residents of Aspley, requesting Council to review the intersection between Rangeview Street and Navua Avenue, Aspley, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 18 March 2014, by Councillor Amanda Cooper, and received.

24. The petition contains 10 signatures, representing 10 households of a possible 54 properties in Rangeview Street and Navua Avenue in Aspley.

25. The petitioners are requesting that Council remove the existing give way controls at the Rangeview Street and Navua Avenue intersection, and replace them with stop controls.

26. Navua Avenue is classified as a neighbourhood access road, primarily providing access to residential buildings and local access streets, and may be used to carry public transport. Typically, these roads carry up to 3,000 vehicles per day and have speed limits of up to 50km/h.

27. Navua Avenue is currently an unsigned 50km/h residential street of approximately 6.5 metres in width, running in a north-south direction between Robinson Road West and Ellerdale Street, and is approximately 350 metres in length. In addition, Navua Avenue has three intersections; two of which are “T” intersections at Windrest Avenue (signed stop control in place), Craigan Crescent (signed give way control in place) and one four-way intersection at Rangeview Street (signed give-way controls in place).

28. Rangeview Street is classified as a local access road, and primarily provides access to single family dwellings and cul-de-sacs with limited neighbourhood traffic movement and limited through traffic. Typical characteristics of this type of road includes carrying less than 1,200 vehicles per day and speed limits of up to 50km/h.

29. Rangeview Street is currently an unsigned 50km/h residential street, approximately 6.5 metres wide, running in an east-west direction between Centre Street and Wilmah Street, and is approximately 420 metres in length. Rangeview Street has three intersections; two of which are “T” intersections at Centre Street (unsigned give way in place), Wilmah Street (unsigned give way in place) and one four way intersection at Navua Avenue (signed give way controls in place).

30. A search of Queensland Government’s official accident database has been undertaken and has shown that there has been a recorded accident at this intersection. As such, it is recommended that Council install stop controls at the Navua Avenue and Rangeview Street intersection to increase safety and ensure motorists have adequate visibility when approaching the intersection.

Funding

31. Funding is available through Program 2 – Moving Brisbane, Schedule 209 – Suburban Amenity Improvements.

Consultation

32. The Councillor for Bracken Ridge Ward, Councillor Amanda Cooper, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

Customer impact

33. The response will address the petitioner’s concerns.

Preferred option

34. It is the preferred option to change the current give-way controls to stop controls.

36. DECISION:

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

Chairman: Before we continue, I would just like to welcome the Japanese exchange student who is in the Public Gallery at the moment, staying with Councillor MARX and her family. So welcome. Councillor interjecting.

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 setting out the decisions of the Establishment and Coordination Committee as delegate of the Council during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually coming under the jurisdiction of the Public and Active Transport Committee, be noted.

Deputy Chairman: Councillor MATIC. Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman. Before moving to the actual report, Madam Deputy Chairman, I'd also like to reflect the words of the LORD MAYOR earlier in our meeting in respect of Alan Warren. I, too, would like to personally thank Alan for his dedicated service and truly wish him the very best in his future endeavours. As the LORD MAYOR said, Alan has spent 14 years with Brisbane Transport and has filled the Divisional Manager's role since 2006, and has provided great service in that time. I'd also like to take the opportunity, Madam Deputy Chairman, to thank Geoff Beck on his appointment as the Divisional Manager of Brisbane Transport following a period of leave. I very much look forward to working with Mr Beck in the portfolio. I know that he has provided exemplary service in his current role as the Divisional Manager of Field Services and has achieved great outcomes there. I look forward to working with him, Madam Deputy Chairman, on moving forwards in this new role and importantly also working together with him on preparing our tender for this contract and proceeding forward with a win for Brisbane City Council, for Brisbane Transport, for its employees and for the people of Brisbane. Now, Madam Deputy Chairman, in respect of the committee report, there are two items there, both petitions. The first one in respect of shelter on Moggill Road, Pullenvale and a second one in respect of a request to modify the CityGlider route 60 service to service the Gasworks shopping precinct. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor GRIFFITHS.

Councillor GRIFFITHS: Yes, Madam Chairman. I just rise on both these petitions, A and B, to advise that the Labor Party will be supporting them. The first one is a petition for a shelter to be provided in Pullenvale Ward. The reason was that it would assist people in getting to the informal ‘park n ride’ and also it stops people getting wet or sunny or whatever. I think everyone in the Chamber would look forward to getting a bus stop like this, a covered bus stop like this. Given that we're supporting this, in future we look forward to all councillors being able to report back to their residents that Council has supported that. Councillor interjecting. Councillor GRIFFITHS: Secondly, Madam Chair, in relation to the CityGlider, I do note once again Council has altered the route of the CityGlider service only by a block or so. Once again, it was supported by residents so I'm hoping, Madam Chair, as we do on the Labor side that when reasonable requests like this come through from across the city that once again they will be supported by the LNP to have those changes done. Thank you, Madam Chair. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor MATIC. Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman. Just for the point of clarity for the Chamber and as I know that Councillor GRIFFITHS has always liked to do. He likes to twist the words and the facts to suit the circumstances of his own side of the Chamber, there needs to be some clarity provided on the record. The document clearly speaks for itself, Madam Chairman; this is not a bus shelter. The document actually outlines the purposes of what this shelter is, unlike Councillor GRIFFITHS who, of course, obviously hasn't read this document or chooses not to, as is usually the case with Councillor GRIFFITHS. In respect of, Madam Deputy Chairman, the CityGlider route, once again Councillor GRIFFITHS has misinterpreted or chooses to ignore the facts that are clearly set out in the English language before him. I certainly invite him to either read the document or undertake the necessary course outside of Council so that he can better extrapolate to the Chamber and on the public record what the true facts of the situation are and the work that was actually undertaken in consideration of this route change. I want to acknowledge the work of the officers and I also want to acknowledge the work of councillors McLACHLAN and HOWARD for their work in consultation with residents in the process of undertaking this. Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman. Deputy Chairman: I will now put the report.

A PETITION – CALLING ON COUNCIL TO INSTALL A SHELTER AT THE OUTBOUND GRANDVIEW ROAD BUS STOP ON MOGGILL ROAD, PULLENVALE CA14/289765 15/2014-15 1. A petition from residents of Pullenvale Ward, requesting that Council install a shelter at the outbound Grandview Road bus stop on Moggill Road, Pullenvale, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 1 April 2014, by Councillor Kim Marx on behalf of Councillor Margaret de Wit, and received.

3. The petition contains 30 signatures. The petitioners have raised concerns that students alight at this stop and do not cross as it is too dangerous to cross traffic on Moggill Road and so have to wait to be collected by parents. There are also other passengers waiting to cross Moggill Road to get to their vehicles parked in the informal park ‘n’ ride area. During this time, there is nowhere to wait to be protected from the sun and in wet weather.

4. The inbound bus stop does have a shelter. The purpose of a shelter at this inbound stop, and at other stops where people wait to board a bus is to provide protection from the sun and wet weather.

5. The site contains a range of existing infrastructure which is not part of the bus stop including a utility pit, Australia Post collection box and a Telstra phone box. Relocation of the existing services to facilitate construction of a bus shelter could cost in excess of $60,000. Therefore, it is recommended that Council install a shade shelter in the vicinity of the bus stop to assist in the safer crossing of Moggill Road during all weather conditions.

Funding

6. Funding is available in the Program 2 – Moving Brisbane.

Consultation

7. The Councillor for Pullenvale Ward, Councillor Margaret de Wit, has been consulted and supports the decision below.

Preferred option

8. It is the preferred option that Council prepare a concept design and cost estimates to install a shade shelter in the vicinity of the bus stop.

10. DECISION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREFERRED OPTION ABOVE AND OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT. NOTED

B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL MODIFY THE CITYGLIDER ROUTE 60 SERVICE, TO SERVICE THE GASWORKS SHOPPING PRECINCT CA14/358742 16/2014-15 11. A petition from residents of Brisbane and surrounding regions, requesting that Council modify the CityGlider route 60 service, to service the Gasworks shopping precinct, was received during the Autumn Recess 2014.

12. The Divisional Manager, Brisbane Transport, supplied the following information.

13. TransLink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads is the entity of the Queensland Government responsible for the delivery of public transport services, fare collection and infrastructure for South East Queensland. Brisbane City Council operates bus services under a

contract with TransLink. Changes to bus services, including modification to services, are subject to approval and funding by TransLink. The operation of the CityGlider service is jointly funded by Brisbane City Council and TransLink.

14. The petitioners have requested the modification of the CityGlider service route 60 to include operating the service towards the city (westbound) via Skyring Terrace, the installation of a new westbound stop at the Gasworks shopping precinct, and the relocation of the existing CityGlider stop from Commercial Road to Ann Street stop 7.

15. Of the 1,070 petitioners the majority are residents and workers in the Newstead/Teneriffe area.

16. Council introduced the CityGlider to provide a fast, high-quality inner-city service between the West End and Teneriffe Ferry Terminals. The service provides a particular emphasis on serving the emerging residential developments along Montague Road, West End and Skyring Terrace, Newstead. A key design in the planning of this service was to provide a greater distance between stops than standard services with CityGlider service stops being around 750 metres apart.

17. When the route and stop arrangements were being finalised, it was decided to route the westbound service via Commercial Road rather than via Skyring Terrace. This decision was made on the basis of the traffic modelling data that suggested buses turning left from Skyring Terrace into Ann Street would experience significant delays. As a result of this, a westbound stop was installed in Commercial Road to provide the matching stop pair for the service operating towards Teneriffe Ferry (eastbound) in Skyring Terrace. As both of these paired stops are actually around 600 metres apart, neither stop is able to provide intending passengers with an easy forward and return journey.

18. Currently both stops in terms of usage are well utilised, with around 440 passengers boarding per weekday at Commercial Road, and around 400 passengers disembarking per weekday at Skyring Terrace.

19. There is one significant point of difference between the two stops; their growth potential. The Skyring Terrace stop is in the heart of the Newstead growth precinct, with several major residential and commercial developments now completed, and additional developments under construction and planned. By contrast, the Commercial Road stop is on the fringe of the designated Valley and Newstead growth precincts and it would have slower growth in patronage demand.

20. Providing a westbound stop in Skyring Terrace opposite the existing eastbound stop would, over time, generate very significant increases in patronage.

21. Council’s Congestion Reduction Unit (CRU) has advised that the intersection of Skyring Terrace and Ann Street is not congested during the peak periods, and that running a westbound CityGlider service through this intersection would not cause any adverse delays at this intersection.

22. In addition, the petition also raised the option of relocating the current westbound Commercial Road near Leopold Street stop 12 to Ann Street at Chester Street stop 7. Relocating this stop would have two stops in Ann Street, no more than 234 metres apart. One of the key features of the CityGlider service is wider-spaced stops that provide a faster journey and a relocation of this stop would not allow that. The preferred option would be to remove the Commercial Road near Leopold Street stop 12 and replace it with a new westbound stop in Skyring Terrace.

23. In considering the likely impacts on residents in this area with the removal of the stop it was found that many of these streets are within the 600 metre catchment area of the Teneriffe Ferry terminus stop and the Ann Street at James Street stop 6. Only a small section of the catchment area, in the vicinity of Arthur and Chester Streets, is beyond 600 metres. This area is also directly serviced by the route 470 service.

24. In conclusion, there is considerable merit in considering the rerouting of the westbound CityGlider service via Skyring Terrace and the removal and replacement of the existing CityGlider stop only in Commercial Road near Leopold Street stop 12, to allow the existing stop to continue to be used as an in-service stop, with a new westbound stop near the Gasworks shopping precinct.

25. Council’s Transport Planning and Strategy Branch have been consulted and provided input which supports the replacement of the existing CityGlider stop in Commercial Road near Leopold Street stop 12 to Skyring Terrace near the Gasworks shopping precinct.

26. Council continues to have a major role in operating bus services in Brisbane. However, TransLink oversees all public transport delivery in Queensland and has the authority to support or initiate changes to bus services.

27. Council acknowledges the concerns of the petitioners and will submit a recommendation to TransLink that the CityGlider westbound service is rerouted via Skyring Terrace and the existing CityGlider stop on Commercial Road near Leopold Street stop 12 be removed and replaced with a new westbound stop near the Gasworks shopping precinct.

Funding

28. Any change to bus stop infrastructure is the responsibility of Council’s Transport Planning and Strategy Branch.

Consultation

29. Councillor David McLachlan, Councillor for Hamilton Ward, and Councillor Vicki Howard, Councillor for Central Ward, have been consulted and support the decision below.

30. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed at its meeting held on 14 July 2014.

31. DECISION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT. NOTED

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 setting out the decisions of the Establishment and Coordination Committee as delegate of the Council during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually considered by the Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee, be noted.

Deputy Chairman: Councillor COOPER. Councillor COOPER: Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Chair. There was one petition that came through during the recess. It was a request for Council to refuse an application

for a subdivision of land, one into five lots at Greengrove Place, Kuraby. This particular application was lodged in March of this year. There were two lots, 622 and 503 square metres respectively being proposed as three smaller lots of 403 square metres. So under City Plan 2000, the site is zoned low density. While all five lot sizes complied in being over 400 square metres, the application was code notifiable application. Of course this, as required by the State Government planning legislation went out for public advertising for 10 business days. There were 46 valid submissions with 11 informal submissions. While this petition was received outside of the formal notification period, the actual head petitioner was already a signature on the application. In particular, there are a number of issues raised by the submitters, talking about how the small lot code was being addressed. There was a concern about demolition of the house on the site and traffic. So these were issues that the officers very carefully considered. In particular, residents were concerned that the house on the site was a pre-1946 home. Council records indicate that it was actually built in around 1983, therefore of course not being subject to the requirements of the demolition control precinct. The number of lots was the issue with three being small lots and the requirement of each house to provide at least one car park in accordance with the house code. This meant that a significant increase in traffic was not anticipated and that the required off-street parking would help mitigate any potential impact. So, Madam Deputy Chair, I particularly would like to thank the petitioners for bringing this forward for Council to consider when we were assessing the application. There has been a significant response made as a consequence of the approval and thank you very much also to the local councillor for providing feedback to officers as part of the assessment and consideration of residents concerned. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further debate. Nothing further, Councillor COOPER? I will now put the report.

The report as follows

A PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REFUSE THE APPLICATION FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND AT 19 GREENGROVE PLACE, KURABY CA14/328249 17/2014-15 1. A petition from residents of Queensland, requesting that Council refuse the application for the subdivision of land at 19 Greengrove Place, Kuraby, was received during the Autumn Recess 2014.

2. The Divisional Manager, City Planning and Sustainability, supplied the following information.

3. The ePetition contains 48 signatures requesting that Council refuse the application for the subdivision of land (one into five lots) at 19 Greengrove Place, Kuraby, and that Council not permit small-lot houses in a low-density area.

4. The application for the subdivision of land was lodged with Council on 17 March 2014, and was properly made on 24 March 2014. The application proposed two standard lots of 622 square metres and 503 square metres and three small lots of 403 square metres.

5. The proposed subdivision triggered a code notifiable application, and required advertising in accordance with the requirements of the Brisbane City Plan 2000 (City Plan). The

notification period ended on 10 April 2014. This ePetition was received outside the notification period. The head petitioner was a formal submitter to the application and was notified of the approval by mail on 17 April 2014.

6. The development application was assessed against all relevant City Plan codes including the subdivision code and all secondary codes. All submissions received during the consultation period were taken into account during the assessment of the application, prior to the decision being made. The development application was approved on 16 April 2014.

Consultation

7. Councillor Steven Huang, Councillor for MacGregor Ward, was consulted on 21 May 2014 and supports the decision below.

8. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed at its meeting held on 7 July 2014.

9. DECISION:

THAT THE HEAD PETITIONER BE ADVISED THAT:

THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL’S DELEGATE ON 16 APRIL 2014. THE APPLICATION WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2000 AS A CODE NOTIFIABLE APPLICATION. ISSUES RAISED BY SUBMITTERS TO THE APPLICATION DURING THE NOTIFICATION PERIOD WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT DURING ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSAL.

The approved plans and conditions can be viewed on Council’s website at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/pdonline by searching application reference A003831044. NOTED

FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE

Councillor David McLACHLAN, Chairman of the Field Services Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Norm WYNDHAM that the report setting out the decisions of the Establishment and Coordination Committee as delegate of the Council during the Winter Recess 2014, on matters usually coming under the jurisdiction of the Field Services Committee, be noted.

Deputy Chairman: Councillor McLACHLAN. Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. Just before I get to the items before us, I'd just like to make a few comments on some matters that have been raised during the course of the debate today. Can I assure Councillor SUTTON that sandbags won't be moving up the hill. The sandbags will continue to be made available where they've always been available from the— Councillor interjecting. Deputy Chairman: Councillor SUTTON, don't interject. Councillor McLACHLAN: —Redfern Street depot. So while the SES workers might be moving to the space previously occupied by the RSL, the sandbags will not be moving with them so they'll still be available from their current location, regardless of the occupants of the buildings alongside. Well you've now got the answer, Councillor SUTTON, thank you very much for raising it. I'd like also to make a comment about an earlier debate from the E&C report, the adoption report, for item C. One of the items there that wasn't discussed and

I assume therefore non-controversial, was the renaming of Waste Services to Waste and Resource Recovery Services. This does, Madam Deputy Chair, reflect the growing maturity of the recycling and the reuse infrastructure provided by this Council and adopted enthusiastically by our residents which I'm pleased to see and marks a significant change in thinking of anything that goes out in the bins not as rubbish but as a misplaced resource. Indicative of that are some pleasing statistics in terms of the amounts of materials reducing going to landfill form the all-time high in 2008, 2009 when we saw 361 kilograms per resident going to land-fill. In the 2013-14 financial year, Madam Deputy Chair, that's down to an all-time low of 307 kilograms per person and the trend is continuing down in terms of the amounts that are reducing to landfill and the amounts that are increasing for recycling. A very pleasing statistic and one that is supported now well and truly by the recognition of this group not just as Waste Services but Waste And Resource Recovery Services, a very worthwhile change. Madam Deputy Chair, I'd also like to comment on the elevation, if that's the right word to describe it, of Geoff Beck to Brisbane Transport. He'll be sorely missed in Field Services. I'd like to pay tribute to the hard work of him since we embarked on the change into the Field Services Group, which came into being on 1 July 2011 through the amalgamation of Brisbane City Works, Local Asset Services, City Waste Services—as it was then know, City Building and Maintenance Services and City Fleet maintenance. I've worked alongside Geoff; he's a great and diligent public servant and he will be well missed by us in Field Services but will do a fantastic job, I know, in Brisbane Transport as it looks at its future in the current situation with bus service provision across South East Queensland. Madam Deputy Chair, the items before us, three petitions came through during the recess. Those are before us. A petition in relation to the replacement of soccer goalposts in Kuraby and a petition in relation to—my apologies—the additional lighting at the entrance to the park at the corner of Daw and Nathan Roads, Runcorn, and a petition that Council provide funding for resurfacing of Banoon Drive, Wynnum. All recommendations have been put before the relevant councillors and approved by them, I believe. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor HUANG. Councillor HUANG: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. I rise to speak briefly on item A of the report about the replacement of goal posts in Svoboda Park. Madam Deputy Chair, Svoboda Park is a high profile park located on Beenleigh Road, Kuraby. It consists of a large playground, picnic areas, leased facilities and an informally used soccer field, which contains two soccer goalposts that Council inherited from the development. The park attracts a variety of users including soccer. In December 2012, Council removed one set of soccer goalposts due to unrepairable damage. Due to the cost of replacing the goalposts, it was decided at the time that they would not be replaced. Earlier this year, I received two petitions from a local political aspirant requesting a replacement set of soccer goalposts that were removed by Council due to vandalism and damage and for an upgrade of the informal soccer playing surface. After receiving the petitions, I have noticed that most of the signatories on those two petitions were coming from locations across the region and I did not recall seeing any names of residents who live in close proximity to the park. Since those residents are the ones who will have to live with the direct impact of any proposed change to the use of park, I door-knocked all the households around the park and consulted the residents on their views about the future use of the park. After days of door knocking and email correspondence, I was able to reach most of the park's immediate neighbours. The majority view of the residents believed the park is well used by both local residents and people from the surrounding regions. Therefore, no change is needed. However, the most common response

was that they don't mind seeing the goalposts being replaced. So, when I completed this consultation and advised relevant Council officers of the results and expressed my support towards the decision of replacing one set of soccer goalposts for informal use and carry out minor repairs to the turf surface to alleviate any safety issues, and that the park surface will not be maintained as a professional soccer field. I believe this is a decision that will benefit both the local residents and park users of Svoboda Park. I recommend this item to the Chamber. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor CUMMING. Councillor CUMMING: Yes, thanks, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I refer to item C. While I've supported the recommendation, Madam Chair, I'd like to say that the surface of Banoon Drive is in terrible condition and it only takes a bit of a shower, not heavy rain for the potholes to open up again. It needs thoroughly to be resurfaced. It's almost like a third world street, Banoon Drive. I give this Administration to the next budget to get it fixed. I think it's just it needs fixing, it's in poor condition and the people in that street deserve to have better street than that when they drive their cars down the road. It's a relatively short street; it's a U-shaped street. It's a good area around Wynnum; it's a nice views of the airport and the city and right out to the Glasshouse Mountains from the top of the street. So it's quite a nice little area but they've got a street that's something out of Bombay or somewhere like that. Probably Bombay would have a lot better streets than that these days. Madam Chair, the other thing about—just relating to Councillor HUANG's suggestion, it's good to replace the goalposts but perhaps you can forward some money for lighting as well, just to keep the dog leash people on board as well, Councillor HUANG. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, I rise to speak on item B, the request for additional lighting at the entrance to the park of Daw and Nathan Roads in Runcorn. Firstly, can I say that I admire the precedent that is being set down for Councillor HUANG. I look forward to that same precedent being applied to all other wards across the city. Because, Madam Chairman, it's interesting that this report doesn't address some of the issues that I'm told by Council now are contingent upon the installation of lighting in dog off-leash areas. I note, Madam Chairman, that apparently under CPTED provisions, councillors are supposed to install paths leading to the entrance of dog off-leash areas and lighting for those paths, as well as any lighting inside dog off-leash areas. I've got it in writing Geraldine, right here. No, I agree with you Councillor KNAPP, through you, Madam Chairman, I agree with— Deputy Chairman: Order. Councillor JOHNSTON: I agree with Councillor KNAPP. But, Madam Chairman, I note that here in Runcorn that is not the same process that is being followed. I'm very interested in how this matter has avoided all the CPTED provisions that I'm told apply to all dog off-leash areas across the city? Madam Chairman, I thank Councillor HUANG for bringing this matter forward and I'll be looking forward to applying the same provisions and going back to my officers with the outcome of today's vote which I presume will be unanimously supported. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor McLACHLAN. I will now put the report.

Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion was declared carried on the voices.

A PETITIONS – REQUESTING REPLACEMENT OF THE SOCCER GOAL POSTS AND AN UPGRADE TO THE PLAYING SURFACE IN SVOBODA PARK, KURABY CA14/328148 and CA14/465014 18/2014-15 1. Two petitions have been received from residents of Kuraby and surrounding suburbs, requesting the replacement of soccer goal posts and an upgrade to the playing surface of Svoboda Park, Kuraby. The petition CA14/328148 was received during the Autumn Recess 2014-15 and the petition CA14/465014 was presented to the meeting of Council held on 3 June 2014, by Councillor Steven Huang, and received.

2. The Executive Manager, Field Services Group, Brisbane Infrastructure Division, supplied the following information.

3. The first petition (CA14/328148) contained 11 signatures while the other petition (CA14/465014) contained 526 signatures.

4. The petitioners have requested a replacement set of soccer goal posts that were removed by Council in 2012 due to vandalism and damage to posts, and for an upgrade of the informal soccer playing surface.

5. Svoboda Park is a high profile park, located on Beenleigh Road, Kuraby. It consists of a large playground, picnic areas, leased facilities and an informal use soccer field, which contained two soccer goal posts that Council inherited from the development.

6. The park attracts a wide variety of uses, including soccer. In December 2012, Council removed one set of soccer goal posts due to unrepairable damage. Park users were still able to shoot goals into the remaining goal posts. Due to the cost of replacing the goal posts, it was decided at the time that they would not be replaced.

7. The Souths United Soccer Club is located at the corner of Dew Street and Nathan Road, Runcorn, which is within 3.5 kilometres of Svoboda Park.

8. Councillor Steven Huang has door-knocked the residents that surround the park and there was support for the goal posts to be replaced. Councillor Huang has advised he will fund the cost from the Ward Footpath and Parks Trust Fund for MacGregor Ward.

Funding

9. Councillor Huang, Councillor for MacGregor Ward will fund the replacement from his Ward Footpath and Parks Trust Fund 2014-15.

Consultation

10. Councillor Steven Huang, Councillor for MacGregor Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

11. The Executive Manager therefore recommended as follows and the Committee agreed at its meeting held on 30 June 2014.

12. DECISION:

THAT THE PETITIONERS BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING:

Council will replace one set of soccer goal posts for informal use and carry out minor repairs

to the turf surface to alleviate any safety issues, and that the park surface will not be maintained as a professional soccer field, but Council will maintain and repair any safety issues. NOTED

B PETITION – REQUESTING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF DAW AND NATHAN ROADS, RUNCORN CA14/308984 19/2014-15 13. A petition from residents of Runcorn and surrounding suburbs, requesting additional lighting at the entrance to the park on the corner of Daw and Nathan Roads, Runcorn, was received during the Autumn Recess 2014-15.

15. The petition contained 80 signatures.

16. The subject park, Nathan Road Park (D0607) is a general profile park, located on the corner of Nathan and Daw Roads in Runcorn. The park consists of a large dog off-leash area, as well as a small dog off-leash area contained within its boundary. Currently, there are two lights in a corner of the dog off-leash area that only provides lighting for a small section. Council has just completed a new car parking facility under the Capital Works Program, at the entry to the dog off-leash area where the additional lighting is requested.

17. Council officers have inspected the site and advised that the request does have merit. Due to the high cost of installing the additional lighting, it will be listed for future Capital funding. As part of this request, Asset Services has engaged Council electricians to inspect the existing lighting in the dog off-leash area and ensure it is functioning, along with the timer.

18. Councillor Stephen Huang, Councillor for MacGregor Ward, was consulted before this petition was received, as a separate request from the head petitioner was sent to the Macgregor Ward Office. Asset Services advised Councillor Huang of the course of action recommended in this submission.

Funding

19. Additional lighting will be listed under Capital and Schedule 247 (lighting).

Consultation

20. Councillor Steven Huang, Councillor for MacGregor Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.

22. DECISION:

Their request for additional lighting for the dog off-leash area in Nathan Road Park has been considered. Additional lighting to cater for the area bordering the small dog off-leash area and

the entrance to the car park will be listed for future Capital funding. NOTED

C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR RESURFACING OF BANOON DRIVE, WYNNUM, IN THE 2014-15 BUDGET CA14/328090 20/2014-15 23. A petition from residents of Banoon Drive, Wynnum, requesting that Council provide funding for the resurfacing of Banoon Drive in the 2014-15 budget, was received during the Autumn Recess 2014-15.

25. The petition contained 30 signatures.

26. Recent pothole patching has been done and the street is currently in a safe condition. Banoon Drive, Wynnum, is listed for complete resurfacing as part of a future Capital Works program, under Schedule 12. The current estimated cost of the resurfacing work is $98,000.

27. The concrete kerb and channel is in variable condition throughout the street, and selected reconstruction of the worst sections would also be desirable prior to any proposed road pavement resurfacing. The current estimated cost of the work is $152,000 and it is listed under the Schedule 38 Capital Works program.

Funding

28. Both of the Schedule 12 and Schedule 38 projects are listed for inclusion as part of a future Capital Works program.

Consultation

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

31. DECISION:

Council has listed resurfacing and selected concrete kerb and channel reconstruction in Banoon Drive, Wynnum for inclusion in a future Capital Works program as two projects. In the interim, pavement pothole patching will continue. NOTED

PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:

Chairman: Petitions. Councillors, are there any petitions? Councillor HOWARD. Councillor HOWARD: Yes, thank you. I have a petition from the Northey Street City Farm. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Councillor SUTTON.

Councillor SUTTON: Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a petition calling on LORD MAYOR Graham Quirk and the Brisbane City Council to install a skate facility in parkland located on Thynne Road, Balmoral between the Balmoral Ambulance Station and the Bulimba Bowls Club. Deputy Chairman: Councillor NEWTON. Councillor NEWTON: Thanks very much, Madam Chair. I rise to present a petition requestion an additional small dog off leash area at Curlew Park, Sandgate. I'd request if possible if this could be combined with the existing e-petition which expired during the recess, if that's possible. Deputy Chairman: Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. I have three petitions. One is for provisions of parks in West End. There is a similar e-petition which is new parks in the West End Riverside Neighbourhood Plan. I'm happy for them to be taken together. The third one is CPTED improvements to Fleet Street and Jolly Place. I know that was considered in committee this morning and would like this to be attached and responded at the same time. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Any further petitions. Councillor MURPHY, may I have a motion for the receipt of the petitions, please? 21/2014-15 It was resolved on the motion of Councillor Ryan MURPHY, seconded by Councillor Victoria 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 CA14/621041 Vicki Howard Requesting that Council ensures that the Northey Street City Farm continues operating on its current site CA14/620186 Shayne Sutton Calling on Council to install a skate facility in the parkland located on Thynne Road, Balmoral, between the Balmoral Ambulance Station and the Bulimba Bowls Club CA14/620790 Victoria Newton Expressing support for Council to construct a second dog off-leash area at Curlew Park, Sandgate, for small dog breeds and puppies CA14/619672 Helen Abrahams Requesting that the Lord Mayor zone all seven new parks, designated in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan as parks and that the inconsistency in the Brisbane City Plan 2014, with three park sites designated as plazas, be removed CA14/612681 Helen Abrahams Requesting that the Lord Mayor zone all seven new parks designated in the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan as parks and to remove the inconsistency in three of these sites in the City Plan CA14/620899 Helen Abrahams Requesting that the Lord Mayor approve funding for urgent improvements to Fleet Lane and Jolly Park Place, South Brisbane, to increase public safety

GENERAL BUSINESS:

Deputy Chairman: Councillors, are there any statements required as a result of a councillor conduct review panel order? There being no councillors on their feet, I will now call for any matters of general business. Councillor MARX.

Councillor MARX: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chair. I rise to speak today on three different items. National Tree Day, yesterday, a private Iftar dinner that I was invited to over the recess, and also the ALGWA conference that I had the privilege of attending on behalf of Council last Thursday during the whole day in Warwick. Firstly, National Tree Day was yesterday, as all the councillors in this Chamber would be aware, my family and I spent most of the morning there with the Brendon Road Bushcare Group. We had 28 volunteers. We planted 80 trees, 240 grasses and we had a total of 53 volunteer hours. It was a huge effort by all the volunteers that came from my ward to work on that particular park in Williams Park. I have to thank the Council officers for all the preparation they did prior to this day. They got the ground ready for us, one of our volunteers, Frank loves to dig the holes but the Council officers had done that already. Then they drop off all this bark for us, mulch for us to spread and I know my husband particularly enjoys that job of wheeling and filling the wheelbarrow with mulch—he does that on a regular basis. So we had a fabulous day and then one of my staff members, Heidi, came along and also provided the morning tea and one of the other volunteers' husbands cooked the sausages. So it was a really fabulous morning. I had planned to get to the Karawatha Forest for the Peaks to Points walk but unfortunately I missed it because I was still at Brandon Road. The other thing, like I mentioned, was the Iftar dinner. I was privileged, as I am every year, to be invited to attend a home Iftar, which is where a local family invite people, like myself, to come along into their home to breakfast with them at the end of their Ramadan days. Most of the people from particular the south side, you'll know, Madam Deputy Chair, are very familiar with at this time of year for us. We don't know whose family home we're going into until we actually turn up. We just get an address and that's it. By sheer chance, it was the last night of the Iftar dinners that I had available and by complete fluke I actually managed to sit next to the Police Commissioner. So we had an awesome night and we talked about all sorts of things like G20 and everything like that. Obviously he couldn't tell me too much about it because all of it is top secret, but we still had a wonderful night. The family was originally from Turkey so we did have a lot of conversations about the Anzac, particularly what's coming up next year with the 100 year anniversary. The final thing I want to talk about, Madam Deputy Chair, is the ALGWA (Australian Local Government Women's Association) conference in Warwick that was on last Thursday. I left home at six in the morning and got home at six o'clock that night after a fabulous day there in Warwick. It was cold, in fact it was freezing. So we were in the old city hall there, which apparently was constructed in 1888 and there was no heating. So we all sat in jumpers and jackets and everything like that. Councillor interjecting. Councillor MARX: Yeah, they do need some restoration, Councillor MURPHY. We need to get them to come down here. We were privileged. Councillor interjecting. Councillor MARX: That's how cold it was that I was cold, Councillor SCHRINNER, yes. So Councillor de WIT was also in attendance, obviously, as President of the Local Government Association. She opened the conference. We had Mayor Peter Blundell give us an official address. We had another guest speaker there and I'm sure everybody in this place other than myself knows, and that was Jude Munro. She did a presentation, was a keynote speaker on full, frank and fearless. She was an awesome speaker; I've never heard her speak before. She's done some amazing things across council’s Australia-wide and my only regret is we didn't get the opportunity to ask her questions. Because I think she could have

been there all day. There was another keynote speaker that I thought was fabulous. Her name was Robyn Moore. Her subject was dealing with difficult people and I think you'll agree, Madam Deputy Chair, that that's a very topical subject for us as councillors here in this place. She was great, I don't mean to demean her role, what she does, but she also apparently is the voice of Blinky Bill and she did that quite a few times during the conference and she had us in fits of laughter. She's also part of the How Green was my Cactus radio show which I know I used to listen to a fair bit. She does all the female voices and there was another guy who does all the male voices of all the politicians. She was just awesome. The only other thing—well, one of the other things she does, she does many things, and she’s a national patron of Make a Wish Australia. I just think this is one of the most wonderful organisations and she was telling us a story about a young boy who had never been deep sea fishing so they organised for him to go out on the boat and then she thought, what happens if he goes deep sea fishing and doesn't catch a fish. She said, that would be dreadful, so they organised for a diver to be out there in the water and they put a fish on his fishing line under the boat. I just thought, that's the sort of person she is. She's just an awesome person. So I want to thank Council for giving me the opportunity to attend that conference and I know that Councillor de WIT will talk more on that in her report next week. Thank you very much. Deputy Chairman: Councillor GRIFFITHS. Councillor GRIFFITHS: Yes, Madam Chair, thank you. I want to speak on a number of issues related to the Moorooka Ward or to the south side of Brisbane. The first issue I want to speak on is to extend an invitation. I know the LORD MAYOR isn't here and he hasn't been here for most of the meeting but to the LORD MAYOR— Councillor interjecting. Deputy Chairman: Order. Councillor GRIFFITHS: Or to his DEPUTY MAYOR and certainly— Deputy Chairman: Order. When the Chamber is silent, Councillor GRIFFITHS can continue. Councillor GRIFFITHS: To the LORD MAYOR, the DEPUTY MAYOR and Councillor ADAMS to attend a meeting, a public meeting. It's actually being organised by a member of the Liberal Party in my electorate. That meeting is about there's a bit of a noxious odour hanging round part of the suburb that affects residents in Salisbury and Moorooka that's coming from the industrial area. The complaints apparently have been coming through the call centre for some time, but it's been mainly since May that my office has been involved in this. The solvent smell or even sometimes smell of cat pee has certainly been noted by residents. Residents are saying that it is impacting their health. I know residents are saying they're getting ulcers on the back of their throat and in their mouths from breathing in this air. I know one resident who is expecting a baby soon, has moved out of the electorate or out of the area because she's concerned for her unborn's health. Madam Chair, I have to congratulate the CARS officers who've been working on this diligently and say they've been very professional in their response in seeking to eliminate which businesses it could be. They think they have identified a significant business that it is. I understand they are working with that business to get that business to eliminate or work out what the practices are that it is undertaking so that we can overcome this issue and, from my perspective, prevent it happening in the future. Madam Chair, what residents are saying, they aren't getting is information from Council. That is my concern. I've certainly written to the LORD MAYOR and requested a brief on this, a written brief on this, so that it can be provided to residents. I am still waiting to received confirmation of that brief. However, I do

understand Councillor ADAMS was on the radio today and did say that even though she or the LORD MAYOR won't be attending this meeting, which I'm disappointed about, that a briefing will be provided. I certainly hope that that briefing is given to my office as well, prior to that meeting. Thank you, Councillor ADAMS. I think this is a serious issue that needs to be treated seriously. Residents, I think we can overcome their concerns and their fears by telling them the process we're following. I think probably most importantly is assuring them that we have Queensland Health on our side. Because one of their big concerns is that even though we investigate the odour, it's the health impact of the odour that we don't necessarily investigate. Residents are saying that they're concerned for their health. That lies with the Queensland Government and Queensland Health to be doing that end of the investigation. So that's my first point, so that is on—well I'm sure the letter's gone to the LORD MAYOR's office and to Councillor ADAMS' office. But that is on this Sunday at 10 o'clock and that's at the park on Beaudesert Road right next to the AFL club. The second point I'd like to talk about is in regards to another public meeting that's been organised this weekend, once again by some very concerned local residents. As we know, last year I spoke a number of—on a number of occasions about the sale or the loss of Nyanda or Salisbury State High School to the community. There's now been—we understand the facility is going up for sale very shortly. What residents, and certainly I would support residents in this, want to see is that the open space that was once part of that facility which is two ovals and an area that has a large creek running through it, is preserved as open space. I don't think that's an unreasonable request. I think given that Council already owns half of one of those fields that we should be trying to preserve the open space that is part of this site. So once again, I'd like to extend an invitation to the LORD MAYOR or Councillor BOURKE, it's 1 to 3pm, Sunday 3 August in the cul-de-sac from Kellett Road, Salisbury. Just finally, my final point and it's a disappointing note on which I speak, is in regards to 2.2 hectares of land that came up for sale and was sold last weekend. It went for less than—my understanding is around $900,000. I understand Council had previously offered $1.5 million for the land but the owner wouldn't accept it because he didn't think it was enough. This land, I advised Council, certainly the LORD MAYOR that this land was for sale. There were many, many, many petitioners from Tarragindi. This land would have been a great addition to Toohey Forest, it's a magnificent piece of bushland and it would have been a great purchase for Council to extend the bushland and the Koala habitat we have less than seven kilometres from the city. So I know there are many very disappointed residents in Tarragindi who don't understand why we didn't bid for that land and why we didn't go after that land as a way of extending our green space in the suburbs. Thank you, Madam Chair. Deputy Chairman: Further debate, Councillor MATIC. Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Madam Deputy Chairman. I just rise to speak on one item which is the National General Assembly of Local Government that I attended on behalf of Brisbane City Council. The event was held on 15 to 18 June 2014. I was very grateful for the opportunity to be able to represent Brisbane City Council at this annual event in Canberra. There were a number of important topics that were discussed at this meeting and the title of the event and the theme of it was getting down to business. Over that period, Madam Deputy Chairman, there were 82 motions presented by councils, small and large, across Australia on a variety of issues but on similar themes. That was really about getting the best outcome for locals, whether it be financially in the way that those councils do business or whether it be socially as well. But it was quite clear, Madam Deputy Chairman, that irrespective of what

size Council you come from across this country, the passion and the commitment of every councillor and every Council officer that was in attendance at that conference was quite clear. We are all in this to make a difference and to make a community a better place. Whether some of those councils are so small that the councillors themselves undertake the role on a part-time position but in reality are always full time positions, whether it is formally a full time position. Each one of them has to be acknowledged for the tremendous work that they do. There was a lot of work that was undertaken in the motions, quite obviously, and certainly ALGA (Australian Local Government Association) and its overarching body did a lot of work in the preparation of those motions. There were, of course, a number of keynote speakers from a variety of areas, both in government, both in present Federal Government and in Opposition, but also a number of professionals within the areas of economics and government as well that gave insights into different processes that councils could look at and different ways of thinking about the delivery of services. There was certainly quite a great deal of debate around those motions and certainly it was very fulsome, at times very humorous. One of the key things that was presented, and that was one of the—there are presentations throughout the day. There are keynote addresses or there are presentations provided by different councils on how they do business. There was a very interesting panel that consisted of the Mayor of Darwin and a Mayor— their names escape me at the moment but there was a mayor from western Queensland, as far west as the border with Northern Territory. There was also a mayor from northern New South Wales. So they picked three very broad geographic areas to look at how they deal with community service, planning and infrastructure. Each of them provided really valuable insight into what they're doing within their different councils, whether it be upgrading a mall or a major walkway in the Northern Territory. Interestingly enough because the high temperatures in—in Darwin they're actually looking at providing shading for the full length of a pathway through a major area of the CBD so that people can access it at all times of the day. The mayor from Western Queensland made a very interesting comment. He started by saying he's not actually a man of many words, he just really likes to get down to it. His daughter is actually the captain of the debating team in her class. He said to her, and his words exactly, ‘…mate, I've got to give a speech at this thing, so what do you reckon I do?’ Her response was, ‘Dad, dress well and keep your mouth shut.’ He started off on a funny note but one of the most informative things he said— Deputy Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, that was uncalled for. Councillor MATIC: —was that, he said that given how far west they are and the challenges they face in funding with only a small rate base that they've got to rely on funding, both on State and Federal Government, he said something quite insightful. He said that I don’t care if the glass is half full or half empty, I'll drink it. So obviously, he can see hard times and as a mayor he's trying to deliver as much as he can and he's grateful for any opportunity that comes. I think that really reflects the feeling of those regional councils and what they're up against and what they need to try to achieve, so I really have to acknowledge the tremendous amount of work that they are doing. But overall, Madam Deputy Chairman, it was a most informative and enjoyable conference and the motions that were put forward I think were very important, and it's something we can all take back at the end of the day as to our respective councils and learn from, which is the most key aspect of this conference as a whole. Thank you. Deputy Chairman: Further general business. Councillor JOHNSTON.

Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, thank you. I rise to speak on a few matters of general business this evening. Firstly, the Neighbourhood Plan proposed for Fairfield and Dutton Park, the Country Women's Association and the Stafford by-election. Firstly, can I say that an opportunistic announcement was made by the LORD MAYOR last week, regarding a new Neighbourhood Plan for the suburbs of Fairfield and Dutton Park. Less than one month after this Council had passed the City Plan—where for the previous two years they told us and the community that there would be a Moorooka-Stephens Neighbourhood Plan—the LORD MAYOR out-of-the-blue suddenly announced that a plan was to be prepared for Fairfield and Dutton Park. That was because of the major transportation facility at Dutton Park rail station. Now, there are a few problems with that. Why on earth, for the past two years, has Council been telling us we have to have the Moorooka-Stephens local plan? Hello. Why less than a month after the City Plan is passed that this Council is changing it for what are purely opportunistic purposes? It's only a few weeks ago that this LORD MAYOR supported axing Dutton Park station. Now, because it will be retained and it's going to get a widened footpath, the LORD MAYOR is suddenly calling it a major transportation facility, and he's green lighting the developers around it. Well, I can say this: residents out my way are not silly. If they have a zoning that's low density or low to medium density, which Fairfield residents do, Madam Chairman, the only way the LORD MAYOR can go is up, and that is something that they will not support in an area that is characterised by tin and timber houses. I also note that, to do this rushed Neighbourhood Plan, the Banyo Neighbourhood Plan won't occur. Now, I've spoken to the relevant Divisional Manager and I've advised her that, fair enough, if you want to do this, spend the next few months planning it but go ahead with the Banyo one and put Fairfield on next year. I think that's a reasonable compromise. The tunnel, the bat tunnel, is nowhere near progressing, there's no money attached to it, and it is premature to do what the LORD MAYOR is doing, and I question his motives. I'll be watching this process unfold very closely and, given my previous experience with Graceville and Corinda, it is absolutely fair to claim that this Council has an agenda to up-zone around these areas. That is something that I will be fighting and this community will be fighting as well. Secondly, I would like to pass my congratulations on to the Country Women's Association of Annerley and Yeronga. These are a small but extraordinary group of women who retain the ethos of 90 years ago when they first set up of providing support to people in rural areas but also to the needy in our local community. Last year this small and committed group of women did nearly 7000 volunteer hours. They provided clothing, they knitted, they gave financial donations. There is an extraordinary amount that they have done on behalf of our community over the past year and I want to commend them for this wonderful community service, their long term commitment to Annerley and Yeronga and the great spirit they show in undertaking these volunteering activities. I think it is disgusting that after a year this Council has not renewed their lease on the hall that they have occupied for the last 90 years and that is a matter that if I'd had a question earlier today I would have put to the LORD MAYOR. So take it on notice, Councillor ADAMS, because you better brief him up before next week. Why is it more than a year later this Administration has not reached terms with the Country Women's Association to renew their lease? They're not really some hard left-wing environmental group that cause problems to this Council; they're a lovely group of elderly ladies who do good works in our community. This Council needs to get its act into gear and approve the lease.

Congratulations to the Oxley Men's Shed. They opened their community garden the other day. The instigator of the Men's Shed up there, John Brown, is an extraordinary fellow. He's a parishioner in a church in my area and I have a fair bit to do with him. He also volunteers at the Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre. I note that the Oxley Men's Shed was very complimentary of the work of their local councillor, Councillor DICK, and they certainly seem, every time I go there, to be a great group of men. It is a credit to Council that this project is being funded and certainly it's a great benefit to men in my area and certainly in Councillor DICK's. Finally tonight, I would like to mention the Stafford by-election because I know this is something that the LNP Administration do not want me to speak about. So I would just like to make a few remarks based on my observations from a week and a half ago. Yes, they're silent now. So firstly, what I will say is there can be no question now that with a swing of almost 19 per cent in a seat like Stafford that the LNP in Queensland have a serious problem. They may have been able to point to Redcliffe previously as the Scott Driscoll issue or that was related to that, but in this case there is no excuse for what happened in Stafford. The LNP put up, by all accounts according to the Premier, an excellent candidate. We know that Councillor WYNDHAM, Councillor WINES and Councillor KING were out campaigning in their red clown wigs week after week for this candidate. Madam Chairman, it didn’t seem to make any difference whatsoever. Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: It might have made it worse, thank you, Councillor FLESSER. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I do understand that Councillor WINES did chair this campaign as well. What I will say, Madam Chairman, is it is not a surprise to me, the result. Regardless of Dr Lynham's political party membership, he is a good man and a decent man and a man who has committed himself to serving this community as a doctor for the past 20 years. Whoever in the LNP thought it was a good idea to attack a man who has done nothing but advocate safety and care for Queenslanders in our medical system must have rocks in their head. Madam Chairman, I suspect I know who it is. The same person who has been dominating LNP politics in this State for the past 10 years, the same person, Madam Chairman, who is so on the nose that he wasn't on any of the LNP administration materials, the same person who is so angry and so combative that people don’t want to be out with him and be seen with him. That person— Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: —is Campbell Newman. Councillor interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON: He wasn't on the how to vote cards, he wasn't on the corflutes, he wasn't on the campaign material and, Madam Chairman, I noted with some great interest in the last day or so the editorial in the Courier-Mail from John McCarthy, and I'm going to quote from it because I think it's absolutely spot on: “after two years in Parliament and several more in City Hall, we know next to nothing about Newman. We know the politician; we know what he doesn't like. We know he is probably happier having a fight than a feed. We know he is belligerent.” It goes on: “he lacks the essence of leadership. Queenslanders are not willing to follow him because he hasn't convinced us that it's worth it. He just doesn’t seem to be one of them. Newman doesn't need another flood or the slaughter of innocents to show that leadership. There have been plenty of chances where he could have dropped his boxing stance for a minute and showed us the way. Instead his leadership is little more than entering into combat with those who oppose him.”

Now, Madam Chairman, having been on the other side of that combat and having been smashed around by this man who is one of the most disgraceful leaders of this Council that we have ever seen, it is no surprise to me now that the LNP is feeling the pain—the pain—of Campbell Newman's leadership in this State. You all have to take responsibility for this. 18.6 per cent swing is a big sign that there is a problem and, Madam Chairman, I don’t think that the false mea culpa the other day will go anywhere near close to fixing it, because, Madam Chairman, the damage has been done. The damage has been done. Even on the weekend I saw another article in The Sunday Mail where it was all I, I, I, Campbell Newman. I mean, within the space of days he's forgotten he's supposed to be sending ministers out to give the good news. Madam Chairman, I certainly think that there is a problem with the LNP and that problem is Campbell Newman and, Madam Chairman, most of the people sitting in this room understand that problem absolutely. Madam Chairman, I understand and it is extraordinary the number of people in this community in Brisbane that now say to me, Nicole, you knew. You knew. Yes, I did, Madam Chairman. Deputy Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, your time has expired. Councillor interjecting. Deputy Chairman: Further general business. Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Madam Chair, I'll be very quick. Madam Chair, it's just a— Deputy Chairman: Sorry, just a moment please Councillor ABRAHAMS, could your counterparts on your side of the Chamber just be a little bit quieter so we can actually hear what you're saying? Councillor ABRAHAMS: They were just very excited. I know they will now shut up straight away. Councillor interjecting. Councillor ABRAHAMS: Madam Chair, I just wish to draw to the— Deputy Chairman: Sorry, just a moment. Councillor NEWTON, would you mind just turning off your microphone, please? Councillor NEWTON: Oh. Deputy Chairman: Thank you. Sorry, Councillor ABRAHAMS. Councillor ABRAHAMS: I draw to the Council Chamber, so that accurate information may be given, the information that was Questions on Notice. If you turn to answer A26 on page 17, Kangaroo Point, and you would be not— Deputy Chairman: Sorry Councillor ABRAHAMS, are you doing an item of general business or are you just referring— Councillor ABRAHAMS: I’m doing an item of general business, as pointing out an error in the documentation that we have been given in the spirit of it being corrected so I might have the right figure. It is on page 17 of this—no, on page 17. The item is the answer to question 26 and if you look at the figures, which I take as $3 million, for Kangaroo Point for the revenue, clearly there is one numeral missing. I'm not surprised there are so many—detailed information that Labor will be using effectively here but it would be nice to have the right figure, please. Deputy Chairman: Thank you Councillor ABRAHAMS. Further general business? No 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 24 July 2014) Q1. Can information be provided to advise how much Brisbane City Council funding has been allocated in the 2014/15 financial year for each of the following Festival: • Major Brisbane Festival • Queensland Music Festival (biennial festival) • Brisbane International Film Festival • Valley Fiesta • Brisbane Writers' Festival. • 2 High Festival • 4MBS Festival of Classics • Acacia Ridge Party in the Park • Ashgrove Carols by Candlelight • BABI Wave Youth Festival • Backyard Bonanza • Bardon Community Carols • Brisbane Billycart Championships • Brisbane Cabaret Festival • Brisbane Cheese Festival • Brisbane International Festival • Brisbane Kite Festival • Brisbane Organic Growers Fair • Brookfield Christmas • Bulimba Festival • Calamvale Carnival • Carols on the Range • Caxton Street Seafood Festival • Centenary Community Christmas Carols • Centenary Rocks Festival • Christmas in Keperra • Christmas in Sandgate • Christmas in The Grove • Colourise Festival • Darra Street Festival • Einbunpin • Fair on the Green • Ferny Grove Festival • Goldicott Under the Stars • Grass Roots Music Festival • Hands of Hope • History Alive – A Journey Through Time • Indigo Fair • Jacaranda Festival • Karawatha Family Fun Day • Kelvin Grove Creative Festival • Lanham Park May Fair • Moorooka Laneway Festival • Morningside Festival • Music by the Sea • Manly Harbour Village Halloween Street Party • National Archaeology Week – Toowong Cemetery • Nundah Village Festival • Opera in the Gardens • Out of the Box (biennial festival) • Park Road Festival • Parkinson Neighbourhood Festival • Peaks to Points (biennial festival) • Pride Festival • Queensland Deaf Festival • Queensland Poetry Festival • Racecourse Road Winter Lights Festival (formally Hamilton Festival) • Rainbow Carnival • Rotary Christmas

• Sandgate Bluewater Festival • SandCliffe Writers Festivall • Sherwood Community Festival • Spring Hill Fair • Teneriffe Festival • Three Saints Festival • Toowong Hands and Hearts Fair • Wakerley Rotary Christmas Carols • Wilston Winter Magic Fair • Wynnum Manly Jazz Festival • Wynnum Illuminations Festival • West End Block Festival • West End Film Festival • Xmas Twilight Market & Movie Night. • Africa Day Festival • Brisbane Chinese Cultural Festival • Brisbane Chinese Festival • Brisbane Lunar New Year Multicultural Festival • Brisbane French Festival • Buddha's Birthday • Carole Park Multicultural Day • Chanukah in the City • Diwali Festival of Lights • Eidfest • Eritrean Community Multicultural Festival • Fieritalia (formally New Farm Italian Festival) • Indian Bazaar • Indooroopilly State High School United Nations Day • International Tartan Day • Italian Week • Korean Festival Day • Many Stories, One Australia • Milton Community Festival (Polish Festival) • Moorooka Family Fun Day (formally Moorooka Festival) • Multicultural Taste of the World • Nowruz Persian New Year Festival (Iranian New Year Festival) • Paniyiri • Parkinson Multicultural and Dragon Boat Festival • Scandinavian Festival • Serbian Cultural Festival • South Pacific Islander Christmas Celebrations • St Patrick’s Day Parade • Sunnybank Hills State School Multi-Festival • Taiwanese Festival • Taiwanese Moon Festival • Taiwanese Mother’s Day Celebration • Vesak: A Sri Lankan Experience • Vietnamese Children's Moon Festival • Vietnamese Tet New Year Festival • Zillmere Festival – One Place Many Cultures. • Brisbane Eisteddfod • Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra • Queensland Ballet • Queensland Choir • Queensland Symphony Orchestra • Brisbane Symphony Orchestra • Queensland Opera • Matilda Awards • Metro Arts • Queensland Youth Orchestra • 4MBS Shakespeare Festival.

Q2. Can information be provided to advise the amount of funding that was allocated in the 2014/2015 Brisbane City Council Annual Budget for the proposed Neighbourhood Plan for the suburbs of Northgate and Banyo?

Q3. Can information be provided to advise will (or whether) Council allocate(d) any funds to upgrade the car parking in Colmslie Recreation Reserve as a consequence of the State Government’s decision to upgrade the Colmslie boat ramp located in the Colmslie Recreation Reserve this financial year? If so, how much has been, or is likely to be, allocated for this project?

Q4. In presenting the 2013/14 Brisbane City Council Budget, the Lord Mayor said: “Madam Chairman, I am delighted to announce an initiative which will provide eligible not for profit community and sporting groups a 75% subsidy (up to a maximum of $40,000 per project) on Infrastructure Charges for any expansion projects undertaken. I have allocated $1 million as a pilot program in this year’s budget. “. Can information be provided to advise which groups received this subsidy and how much was allocated for each group?

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

Submitted by Councillor Victoria Newton (received on 5 June 2014) Q1. Can the CEO please advise how many car parks are in the Council owned King George Square car park?

A1. 505 spaces

Q2. Can the CEO please advise how many car parks are in the Council owned Wickham Terrace car park?

A2. 620 spaces

Q3. Can the CEO please advise how much revenue was raised from the Council owned King George Square car park in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A3.  2010/2011 $4,229,582.29  2011/2012 $4,961,050.23  2012/2013 $4,844,036.14  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) $4,125,776.47

Q4. Can the CEO please advise how much revenue was raised from the Council owned Wickham Terrace car park in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A4.  2010/2011 $4,091,522.68  2011/2012 $4,492,442.65  2012/2013 $4,027,949.93  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) $3,456,061.78

Q5. Can the CEO please advise what the revenue targets are for the 2013/2014 financial year for the Council owned King George Square and Wickham Terrace car parks?

A5. The expected revenue for 2013/14 financial year is not divided out by car park.

Q6. Can the CEO please advise the number of parking infringements issued in our major sporting and entertainment venues traffic and parking control areas? Can the response please be provided in the following table.

The Gabba (Gabba traffic area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

Queensland Sports (Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre – also known as QEII Stadium)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

Queensland Tennis Centre (parking control area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

Ballymore Stadium (Ballymore traffic area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

Suncorp Stadium (Land Park traffic area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A6. The figures below are for the Brisbane City Council Financial Calendar for the relevant years and may include minor variances from the actual end of financial year dates.

For the 2013/14 financial year, figures are as at 31 May 2014, when the questions on notice were asked.

The figures include warning infringement notices with zero dollar penalties.

The Gabba (Gabba traffic area)  2010/2011 7373  2011/2012 7137  2012/2013 6468  2013/2014 7357

Queensland Sports (Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre – also known as QEII Stadium)  2010/2011 61  2011/2012 0  2012/2013 17  2013/2014 20

Queensland Tennis Centre (parking control area)  2010/2011 657  2011/2012 1250  2012/2013 901  2013/2014 702

Ballymore Stadium (Ballymore traffic area)  2010/2011 30  2011/2012 190  2012/2013 3  2013/2014 22

Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park traffic area)  2010/2011 9133  2011/2012 8044  2012/2013 7824  2013/2014 7148

Q7. Can the CEO please advise the amount of revenue from parking infringements issued in our major sporting and entertainment venues traffic and parking control areas? Can the response please be provided in the following table.

Queensland Tennis Centre (parking control area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A7. The figures below are for the Brisbane City Council Financial Calendar for the relevant years and may include minor variances from the actual end of financial year dates.

For the 2013/14 financial year, figures are as at 31 May 2014, when the questions on notice were asked.

The Gabba (Gabba traffic area)  2010/2011 $551,775.00  2011/2012 $532,950.00  2012/2013 $488,116.00  2013/2014 $601,060.00

Queensland Sports (Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre – also known as QEII Stadium)  2010/2011 $4,575.00  2011/2012 $ NIL  2012/2013 $1,275.00  2013/2014 $4,190.00

Queensland Tennis Centre (parking control area)  2010/2011 $32,850.00  2011/2012 $62,500.00  2012/2013 $45,050.00  2013/2014 $38,555.00

Ballymore Stadium (Ballymore traffic area)  2010/2011 $2,250.00  2011/2012 $13,800.00  2012/2013 $225.00  2013/2014 $1,804.00

Suncorp Stadium (Land Park traffic area)  2010/2011 $683,775.00  2011/2012 $601,725.00  2012/2013 $593,941.00  2013/2014 $584,236.00

Q8. Can the CEO please advise the amount of revenue from parking meters in our major sporting and entertainment venues traffic and parking control areas? Can the response please be provided in the following table.

Queensland Tennis Centre (parking control area)  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013

 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A8. There are no parking meters in traffic area around QEII, Queensland Tennis or Ballymore Stadiums. Only parts of Milton and Auchenflower are included in the Lang Park Traffic area. For Suncorp and The Gabba traffic areas, this information can be determined by reviewing the suburb breakdown provided in the answer to question 26.

Q9. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking infringements issued in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A9. The figures below include warning infringement notices with zero dollar penalties.  2010/2011 – 169,052  2011/2012 – 214,502  2012/2013 – 183,458  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) - 255,651

Q10. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking infringements appealed in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A10.  2010/2011 - 19874  2011/2012 - 24826  2012/2013 - 19948  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) - 33191

Q11. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking infringements waived as a result of an appeal:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A11.  2010/2011 - 6414  2011/2012 - 9174  2012/2013 - 5887  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) - 11169

Q12. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking infringement appeals which were lodged before 1 January 2014 and were still waiting for a decision at 31 May 2014?

A12. Nil

Q13. Can the CEO please advise the monetary value to Council of parking infringements appeals which were lodged before 1 January 2014 and were still waiting for a decision at 31 May 2014?

A13. Nil

Q14. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking metered spaces in Brisbane City in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A14.  2010/2011 8501  2011/2012 8546  2012/2013 8233  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) 8233

Q15. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking meters in Brisbane in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A15.  2010/2011 1091  2011/2012 1099  2012/2013 1090  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) 1075

Q16. Can the CEO please advise the total number of loading bays in the Brisbane CBD, South Brisbane (including West End) and Fortitude Valley in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A16. Note: Council does not keep historical records on where loading zones may have been in previous years, as loading zone requirements change based on the nature of the businesses in an area and the competing demands for kerbside spaces over time.

Suburb Loading Zones

BRISBANE CITY 91

FORTITUDE VALLEY 52

SOUTH BRISBANE 116

SPRING HILL 210

WEST END 103

Q17. Can the CEO please advise the total number of taxi ranks in the Brisbane CBD, South Brisbane (including West End) and Fortitude Valley in:  2010/2011

 2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A17. Note: Council does not keep historical records on where taxi ranks may have been in previous years, as requirements change based on the nature of the businesses in an area and the competing demands for kerbside spaces over time.

Suburb Taxi Ranks

BRISBANE CITY 69

FORTITUDE VALLEY 26

SOUTH BRISBANE 11

SPRING HILL 8

WEST END 3

Q18. Can the CEO please advise the total number residential parking permits issued in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A18.  2010/2011 – 22531 (includes visitor permits, as figure could not be broken down)  2011/2012 - 13473  2012/2013 – 30075  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) - 11744

Q19. Can the CEO please advise the total number of visitor parking permits issued in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A19.  2010/2011 - 22531 (includes residential parking permits, as figure could not be broken down)  2011/2012 - 18857  2012/2013 - 44678 (includes short term permits, as the figure could not be broken down)  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) – 14591

Q20. Can the CEO please advise the total revenue collected by Council from issuing residential and visitor parking permits in 2013/2014 (year to date to 21 May 2014)?

A20. $196,950

Q21. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking permits and visitor permits issued in 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) in each residential parking permit area. Can the response please be provided in the following table.

Auchenflower (Wesley hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Buranda Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Dutton Park (PA Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Herston (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Holland Park West (Griffith University) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Newstead Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Red Hill Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Sinnamon Park Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

St Lucia (University of Queensland) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Sunnybank (Sunnybank Private Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

West End Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

Wilston and Windsor Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

A21. Auchenflower (Wesley hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 441 656

Buranda Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 50 45

Dutton Park (PA Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 1650 2023

Herston (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit

357 510

Holland Park West (Griffith University) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 15 13

Newstead Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 137 145

Red Hill Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 7 14

Sinnamon Park Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 0 0

St Lucia (University of Queensland) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 839 1052

Sunnybank (Sunnybank Private Hospital) Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 2 7

West End Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 25 31

Wilston and Windsor Residential parking permits Visitor parking permit 162 176

Q22. Can the CEO please advise the anticipated revenue from parking meters in the 2014/2015 financial year?

A22. $20.89 million.

Q23. Can the CEO please advise the anticipated revenue from parking fines in the 2014/2015 financial year?

A23. $27.9 million, as it is anticipated that fine revenue in the 2014/15 financial year will be similar to that of the 2013/14 financial year.

Q24. Can the CEO please advise the anticipated revenue from the Council owned King George Square and Wickham Terrace car parks in 2014/2015 financial year?

A24. $10.29 million.

Q25. Can the CEO please advise the number of parking metered spaces in 2013/2014 in the following suburbs:  Kangaroo Point  Woolloongabba  South Bank  South Brisbane  West End  Highgate Hill  Kelvin Grove

 Tenerife  Bowen Hills  Paddington  Brisbane CBD  Milton  Toowong  Spring Hill  Fortitude valley  Herston  Newstead  New Farm  Albion  Petrie Terrace  Dutton Park

A25.  Kangaroo Point 365  Woolloongabba 877  South Bank (see under South Brisbane below)  South Brisbane 991  West End 605  Highgate Hill 55  Kelvin Grove 245  Tenerife 284  Bowen Hills 544  Paddington 0  Brisbane CBD 619  Milton 249  Toowong 0  Spring Hill 969  Fortitude valley 782  Herston 223  Newstead 859  New Farm 0  Albion 0  Petrie Terrace 32  Dutton Park 0

Q26. Can the CEO please advise the amount of revenue collected from parking meters in the following suburbs in 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)  Kangaroo Point  Woolloongabba  South Bank  South Brisbane  West End  Highgate Hill  Kelvin Grove  Tenerife  Bowen Hills  Paddington  Brisbane CBD  Milton  Toowong  Spring Hill  Fortitude valley  Herston  Newstead  New Farm

 Albion  Petrie Terrace  Dutton Park

A26.  Kangaroo Point $315,123.66  Woolloongabba $1,102,591.51  South Bank (see under South Brisbane below)  South Brisbane $3,377,956.61  West End $957,048.18  Highgate Hill $29,499.15  Kelvin Grove $425,782.25  Tenerife $530,601.64  Bowen Hills $11,987.23  Paddington 0  Brisbane CBD $4,759,613.15  Milton $576,432.72  Toowong 0  Spring Hill $2,457,255.08  Fortitude valley $2,284,529.37  Herston $573,497.42  Newstead $1,191,541.21  New Farm 0  Albion 0  Petrie Terrace $74,291.59  Dutton Park 0

Q27. Can the CEO please advise the amount of revenue collected from parking fines in the following suburbs in 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)  Kangaroo Point  Woolloongabba  South Bank  South Brisbane  West End  Highgate Hill  Kelvin Grove  Tenerife  Bowen Hills  Paddington  Brisbane CBD  Milton  Toowong  Spring Hill  Fortitude valley  Herston  Newstead  New Farm  Albion  Petrie Terrace  Dutton Park

A27. This information is not available in the format requested as once a fine is issued the revenue is not realised until a fine is paid or withdrawn.

Q28. Can the CEO please advise the number of parking fines issued in the following suburbs in 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)  Kangaroo Point  Woolloongabba  South Bank

 South Brisbane  West End  Highgate Hill  Kelvin Grove  Tenerife  Bowen Hills  Paddington  Brisbane CBD  Milton  Toowong  Spring Hill  Fortitude valley  Herston  Newstead  New Farm  Albion  Petrie Terrace  Dutton Park

A28.  Kangaroo Point – 2,474  Woolloongabba – 7,982  South Bank – See South Brisbane below  South Brisbane – 30,694  West End – 6,019  Highgate Hill – 1,942  Kelvin Grove – 5,948  Tenerife – 2,762  Bowen Hills – 7,569  Paddington – 5,238  Brisbane CBD – 55,058  Milton – 7,836  Toowong – 2,914  Spring Hill – 13,880  Fortitude valley -25,799  Herston – 5,979  Newstead – 7,593  New Farm – 4,628  Albion – 1,438  Petrie Terrace – 3,404  Dutton Park – 2,389

Q29. Can the CEO please advise the number of fines issued in 2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) by the fine category? Can the response please be provided in the following table.

Section Offence Penalty Number of fines

167 of Part 12 of the Regulation No Stopping signs 1 penalty unit

168 of Part 12 of the Regulation No Parking signs 1 penalty unit

169 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with a1 penalty unit yellow edge line

170 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in or near an1.5 penalty units intersection

171 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a1.5 penalty units

children’s crossing

172 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a1.5 penalty units pedestrian crossing [except at an intersection]

173 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a1.5 penalty units marked foot crossing [except at an intersection]

174 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near bicycle1.5 penalty units crossing lights [except at an intersection]

175 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a level1.5 penalty units crossing

176 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a clearway 2 penalty units

177 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a freeway 1.5 penalty units

178 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in an emergency1.5 penalty units stopping lane

179(1) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone1 penalty unit Regulation commercial vehicle no permit

179(2) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone1 penalty unit Regulation longer than permitted

179(2A) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone1 penalty unit Regulation longer than permitted

179(2B) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone1 penalty unit Regulation longer than permitted

180 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a truck zone 0.75 penalty units

181 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a works zone 0.75 penalty units

182 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a taxi zone 1 penalty unit

183 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a bus zone 1.5 penalty units

185 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a permit zone 0.75 penalty units

186 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a mail zone 1 penalty unit

187 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a bus lane, tram1.5 penalty units lane, transit lane, truck lane or on tram tracks

188 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a shared zone 0.75 penalty units

189 of Part 12 of the Regulation Double parking 0.75 penalty units

190 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in or near a safety1.5 penalty units zone

191 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near an0.75 penalty units

obstruction

192(1) of Part 12 of the Stopping on a bridge or1.5 penalty units Regulation similar structure

192(2) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a tunnel1.5 penalty units Regulation underpass

193 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a crest or curve1 penalty unit outside a built-up area

194 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near a fire hydrant 1.5 penalty units

195 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near a bus1.5 penalty units stop

196 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near a tram1.5 penalty units stop

197 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a path,0.75 penalty units dividing strip or nature strip

198 of Part 12 of the Regulation Obstructing access to and1 penalty unit from a footpath, driveway

199 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near a postbox 0.75 penalty units

201 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with0.75 penalty units bicycle parking sign

202 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with0.75 penalty units motor bike parking sign

203 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a parking area2 penalty units for people with disabilities

203A of Part 12 of the Stopping in a slip lane 1.5 penalty units Regulation

205 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parking for longer than0.75 penalty units indicated

208 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parallel parking on a road 1 penalty unit

209 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parallel parking in a median0.75 penalty units strip parking area

210 of Part 12 of the Regulation Angle parking 0.75 penalty units

211 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parking in parking bays 0.75 penalty units

212 of Part 12 of the Regulation Entering and leaving a0.75 penalty units median strip parking area

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an1.5 penalty units indication given by an emergency vehicles sign

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an0.75 penalty units indication given by a park rear in sign

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an1 penalty unit indication given by a sign not otherwise specified in this Schedule

106 of the Act Paid Parking & Paid0.75 penalty units Parking Offences

A29. Section Offence Penalty Number of fines

167 of Part 12 of the Regulation No Stopping signs 1 penalty unit 28,430. This figure includes 562 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

168 of Part 12 of the Regulation No Parking signs 1 penalty unit 2,316 - This figure includes 50 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

169 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with a 1 penalty unit 18,145 - This yellow edge line figure includes 492 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

170 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in or near an 1.5 penalty units 123 - This intersection figure includes 13 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

171 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a 1.5 penalty units 2 children’s crossing

172 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a 1.5 penalty units 57 - This figure pedestrian crossing [except includes 18 at an intersection] Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

173 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a 1.5 penalty units 1 - This figure marked foot crossing includes 1 [except at an intersection] Warning Pin issued with a zero $ value

174 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near bicycle 1.5 penalty units Nil crossing lights [except at an intersection]

175 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on or near a level 1.5 penalty units Nil crossing

176 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a clearway 2 penalty units 11,690 - This figure includes 83 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

177 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a freeway 1.5 penalty units Nil

178 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in an emergency 1.5 penalty units Nil stopping lane

179(1) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone 1 penalty unit 3,513 - This Regulation commercial vehicle no figure includes permit 151 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

179(2) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone 1 penalty unit 2,439 - This Regulation longer than permitted figure includes 31 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

179(2A) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone 1 penalty unit 1,172 - This Regulation longer than permitted figure includes 16 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

179(2B) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a loading zone 1 penalty unit 5,525 - This Regulation longer than permitted figure includes 73 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

180 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a truck zone 0.75 penalty units 4

181 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a works zone 0.75 penalty units 23 - This figure includes 1 Warning Pin issued with a zero $ value

182 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a taxi zone 1 penalty unit 9,630 - This figure includes 67 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

183 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a bus zone 1.5 penalty units 10,586 - This figure includes

118 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

185 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a permit zone 0.75 penalty units 2

186 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a mail zone 1 penalty unit 655 - This figure includes 13 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

187 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a bus lane, 1.5 penalty units 2 – These are tram lane, transit lane, U1 Offence truck lane or on tram code – Stopping tracks in a bus lane

188 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a shared zone 0.75 penalty units 2

189 of Part 12 of the Regulation Double parking 0.75 penalty units 360 - This figure includes 26 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

190 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in or near a safety 1.5 penalty units 7 zone

191 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near an 0.75 penalty units Nil. obstruction

192(1) of Part 12 of the Stopping on a bridge or 1.5 penalty units 1 Warning PIN Regulation similar structure issued

192(2) of Part 12 of the Stopping in a tunnel 1.5 penalty units Nil Regulation underpass

193 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a crest or 1 penalty unit 5 curve outside a built-up area

194 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near a fire 1.5 penalty units 9 hydrant

195 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near a bus 1.5 penalty units 5134 - This stop figure includes 64 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

196 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping at or near a tram 1.5 penalty units Nil. stop

197 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a path, 0.75 penalty units 1,959 - This dividing strip or nature figure includes strip 292 Warning Pins issued

with a zero $ value

198 of Part 12 of the Regulation Obstructing access to and 1 penalty unit 333 - This from a footpath, driveway figure includes 47 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

199 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping near a postbox 0.75 penalty units 171 - This figure includes 7 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

201 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with 0.75 penalty units 13 - This figure bicycle parking sign includes 3 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

202 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping on a road with 0.75 penalty units 734 - This motor bike parking sign figure includes 12 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

203 of Part 12 of the Regulation Stopping in a parking area 2 penalty units 1,281 - This for people with disabilities figure includes 70 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

203A of Part 12 of the Stopping in a slip lane 1.5 penalty units Nil Regulation

205 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parking for longer than 0.75 penalty units 19,571 - This indicated figure includes 180 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

208 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parallel parking on a road 1 penalty unit 3,102 - This figure includes 221 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

209 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parallel parking in a 0.75 penalty units 14 - This figure median strip parking area includes 2 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

210 of Part 12 of the Regulation Angle parking 0.75 penalty units 146

211 of Part 12 of the Regulation Parking in parking bays 0.75 penalty units 716 - This figure includes 110 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

212 of Part 12 of the Regulation Entering and leaving a 0.75 penalty units 2 median strip parking area

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an 1.5 penalty units 13 - This figure indication given by an includes 5 emergency vehicles sign Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an 0.75 penalty units 81 - This figure indication given by a park includes 7 rear in sign Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value

74(1) of Part 12 of the Act Contravention of an 1 penalty unit Nil indication given by a sign not otherwise specified in this Schedule

106 of the Act Paid Parking & Paid 0.75 penalty units 74,707 – This Parking Offences figure includes 698 Warning Pins issued with a zero $ value. N O T E: These figures are from 29/06/2013 – 08/06/2014

Q30. Can the CEO please advise the total number of parking related complaints made to the call centre in the following years:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A30.  2010/2011 60,672  2011/2012 68,516  2012/2013 66,805  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) 70,168

Note: In 2013/14 financial year, Council changed its call centre system which resulted in classifications being changed for various types of parking related call allocations. Therefore a direct comparison between 2013/14 and previous year’s figures cannot be directly made.

Q31. Can the CEO please advise the top 5 parking related complaints made to the call centre in the following years:  2010/2011

 2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A31. Ranking 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 (to 31 May)*

1 Parking Meter Maintenance Illegal Parking Illegal Parking Parking Meter Repair

2 Illegal Parking Parking Meter Parking Meter Illegally Parked Maintenance Faults Vehicle Compliance

3 Abandoned Vehicles Abandoned Abandoned Vehicles Abandoned Vehicles Vehicle Removal

4 Heavy/Long Vehicles Parking Meter Heavy/Long Heavy/Long Faults Vehicles Vehicles

5 Parking Infringement Disputes Heavy/Long Parking Meter Parking Meter Vehicles Maintenance Administration

Note: In 2013/14 financial year, Council changed its call centre system which resulted in classifications being changed for various types of parking related call allocations. Therefore a direct comparison between 2013/14 and previous year’s figures cannot be directly made.

It should also be noted the different types of enquiries for parking meter administration versus parking meter repair.

Parking Meter Administration relates to the provision of service relating to the ongoing administration of parking meters. Includes requests for tax invoices from parking meters. It excludes parking meter repair requests.

Parking Meter Repair relates to the provision of service requests for parking meter repairs. It includes service requests about parking meters where the operator may require assistance, including requests for assistance with credit cards stuck in parking meters. It excludes information on parking meter infringement disputes.

Q32. Can the CEO please advise how many faulty parking meters jobs were logged in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A32. Around 45% of all jobs logged as ‘parking meter faults’ result in no issue being identified once an officer attends the site.

 2010/2011 Not available -incomplete data  2011/2012 15864  2012/2013 16357  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) 18491

Q33. Can the CEO please advise how many parking fines were waived as a result of parking meter fault in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A33.  2010/2011 – Not available, incomplete data.  2011/2012 - 3541  2012/2013 - 2459  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) – 5883

Q34. Can the CEO please advise how many parking fines were waived as a result of a parking fine being incorrectly issued or issued without cause in:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A34.  2010/2011 - 579  2011/2012 - 1977  2012/2013 - 1008  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014) – 1514

Q35. Can the CEO please advise how many fines were issued with the assistance of number plate recognition technology?

A35. Nil.

Q36. Can the CEO provide the total number of parking infringement notices issued for “over staying the parking limit” in the following traffic area for 2012-13 and year to date 2013-14?  Woolloongabba Traffic Area,  Lang Park Traffic Area  Ballymore Traffic Area

A36. This question is answered as part of question 6 above.

Q37. Can the CEO provide the number of staff involved in changing the changeable signs on a game or event day in the following traffic areas?  Woolloongabba Traffic Area,  Lang Park Traffic Area  Ballymore Traffic Area

A37.  Woolloongabba Traffic Area o 3 Staff members for small event (<25,000 patrons). o 4 Staff Members for a large event (>25,000 patrons).

 Lang Park Traffic Area o 1 Staff member for all events.

 Ballymore Traffic Area o Council staff do not service games or event days in the Ballymore Traffic Area.

Q38. Can the CEO provide the number of complaints from residents (per Ward) who have been fined for parking in their street even though they have paid for parking permits?

A38. Statistics are not kept in relation to this question.

A condition of the permit is that it must be displayed while being used in a resident permit exempt area.

Officers only issue infringements to vehicles that are parked without exhibiting their permits (should they have one).

Q39. Can the CEO provide the number of complaints per ward relating to non functioning parking meters:  2010/2011  2011/2012  2012/2013  2013/2014 (year to date to 31 May 2014)

A39. This information is not collated by ward.

Q40. Can the CEO provide the areas of individual parks in The Gabba Ward listed in the table below?

SUBURB PARK NAME Kangaroo Point Captain Burke Park Kangaroo Point James Warner Park Kangaroo Point C.T. White Park Kangaroo Point Kangaroo Point Park Kangaroo Point River Terrace Park Kangaroo Point Raymond Park Kangaroo Point Main Street Park (Rotherham St)

East Brisbane Mowbray Park East Brisbane Norman Bridge Reserve East Brisbane Norman Street Park East Brisbane Real Park East Brisbane Williamina Park East Brisbane Heath Park East Brisbane Stanley Street East Park East Brisbane Woolloongabba Rotary Park East Brisbane Rome Street Park East Brisbane Kingfisher Park

Coorparoo Giffin Park Coorparoo The Common Park Coorparoo Temple Street Park Coorparoo Wembley Park Coorparoo Gladstone Street Park Coorparoo Coorparoo Creek Reserve Coorparoo Bath Street Park Coorparoo Stanley Street East Park Coorparoo Clarence Street Park Coorparoo Barnes Avenue Park Coorparoo future Coorparoo Park

Woolloongabba Woolloongabba Place Park Woolloongabba Faversham Street Park Woolloongabba Buranda Playground Park Woolloongabba Leonard Street Park Woolloongabba Preston Street Park Woolloongabba Carl Street Park Woolloongabba Deshon Street Park

SUBURB PARK NAME Woolloongabba Turbo Drive Park Woolloongabba Wellington Rd

Dutton Park Dutton Park Dutton Park Gair Park Dutton Park Ovens Head Reserve Dutton Park Outlook Park Dutton Park Brier Street Park Dutton Park Rosecliffe Street Park

Highgate Hill Highgate Hill Park Highgate Hill Brier Street Park Highgate Hill Derby Street Park Highgate Hill Dauphin Terrace Park Highgate Hill Rosecliffe Street Park Highgate Hill Lyons Playground Park Highgate Hill Brydon Street Park

Greenslopes Langlands Park Greenslopes Chadwick Place

A40. This information is available in ward offices through the Council mapping programs provided to councillors.

Q41. Can the CEO provide the cost of maintenance for parks per suburb for 2012-13 and the predicted maintenance costs for 2013-14 for the parks in The Gabba Ward?

A41. Council does not allocate specific funding to park maintenance by suburb.

Q42. Can the CEO provide the total number of complaints relating to all parks in The Gabba Ward in 2012-13 and year to date 2013-14?

A42. Council does not log park complaints by ward. The local councillor for the ward may keep a record of all park complaints received in the ward and would be a first point of call for this information.

Q43. Can the CEO list the parks that received the five highest number of complaints in The Gabba Ward for 2012-13 and year to date 2013-14?

A43. This information is not collated in the form requested; however, Council officers advise that anecdotally the parks would most likely be:  Musgrave Park  Orleigh Park  Captain Bourke Park  River Tce (upper and lower)  West End Community Park.

Q44. Can the CEO advise whether Council collates any park usage data and if so when and how is that data collected?

A44. Yes, examples of the way in which Council collects data is outlined below:

Location specific

 Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha (real-time automated pedestrian path counters) o sensors across path entry points that count entry and exits o allows real-time data capture for officer review

 Natural Areas tracks usage (real-time automated track counters) o 34 tracks within 11 major Natural Areas o 3 counters at Environment Centres (2 at Boondall and 1 at Downfall Creek) o sensors across tracks that differentiate type of users, direction and record o allows real-time data capture for officer review

Project specific examples

 Parks activation program (e.g. Chairs2Share) o Manual on-site count of total persons in 3 parks occupying Chairs2Share

 Natural Areas visitor survey conducted in 2010 (intercept and online survey) o frequency of visits

Q45. Can the CEO advise how many Council FTEs re employed to undertake maintenance of parks in the following financial years:  2008/09  2009/10  2010/11  2011/12  2012/13  2013/14

A45.  08/09 - 168  09/10 - 179  10/11 - 176  11/12 - 176  12/13 - 152  13/14 - 139

During 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years, a number of long serving field services employees in this area, nearing retirement, took advantage of the voluntary redundancy package offered by Council.

Additional agency or contract staff are employed to assist in additional work load to meet seasonal demands, funded from parks maintenance budget referenced in question 46 below, but not reflected as full time equivalent employees.

Q46. Can the CEO advise how much Council funding was spent on parks maintenance (excluding recovery from natural disasters) for the following financial years:  2008/09  2009/10  2010/11  2011/12  2012/13  2013/14

A46.  08/09 $40,443,516  09/10 $47,322,132  10/11 $47,567,958  11/12 $47,351,575  12/13 $48,978,674

In 2009/10 financial year, Vegetation and Pest Services merged with Local Asset Services which accounts for the variation.

Q47. Can the CEO advise  How many panic buttons are installed in public places in Brisbane  Where are these buttons located  How much did these buttons cost to install  How much to these buttons cost in annual maintenance

A47.  How many panic buttons are installed in public places in Brisbane? 89

 Where are these buttons located Go Between Bridge Story Bridge Ferry Terminal - Guyatt Park Ferry Terminal - Mowbray Park Ferry Terminal - New Farm Ferry Terminal - Northshore Ferry Terminal - Riverside Ferry Terminal - Teneriffe Ferry Terminal - West End Roma Street Parklands

Southbank Parklands

Goodwill Bridge Kurilpa Bridge North Quay

 How much did these buttons cost to install The cost of the Council installed panic buttons is $70,000

 How much to these buttons cost in annual maintenance The annual maintenance cost of the Council installed panic buttons is $130,500. This includes a 6 monthly full clean and inspection and a weekly testing on the Council owned panic buttons by either a Council Officer or a contractor.

Q48. Can the CEO advise which libraries were upgraded in the following financial years, including costs per library:  2004/ 05  2005/06  2006/07  2007/08  2008/09  2009/10  2010/11  2011/12  2012/13  2013/14

A48. Year Library Cost 2004/05 Nil.

Year Library Cost 2005/06 Nil. 2006/07 Brisbane Square Library $12.5 million (relocated and upgraded) 2007/08 Zillmere $1.2 million. The Sunnybank Hills Banyo Library was not funded by Council but Sunnybank Hills was part of a partial refurbishment by the lessor. As a result a total figure for the upgrades in this financial year is not available. 2008/09 Banyo $405,000 Chermside $523,000 Inala $178,208 (over 2 years) 2009/10 Inala $146,175 Note: A new library was also delivered at Kenmore this financial year. 2010/11 Ashgrove $2.19 million Fairfield $1.3 million (flood damaged) Grange $250,000 Indooroopilly $772,844 2011/12 Carindale $2.67 million 2012/13 Mitchelton $1.39 million Brisbane Square $472,000 Inala $122,000 2013/14 Coopers Plains $1.70 million Grange $1.30 million

Q49. Can the CEO provide a breakdown of funding from the State and Federal Governments in 2013/14 financial year as per the table below:

A49. Federal or State Amount of Government Grant Funding Program Details of Project Grant ($'000) Local Government General purpose grant Federal Financial Assistance Grant and road grant 19,469 Community Energy 25000 Street Lights Federal Efficiency Program Project 2,470 Low Income Energy Federal Efficiency Program Green Heart Wisdom 1,175 Online facility for Digital Local Government Development Federal Program Applications 92 Federal Safer Suburbs Program CCTV Sunnybank 15 CCTV Creek and Elizabeth Streets Taxi Federal Safer Suburbs Program Rank 89 Community Infrastructure Moorooka Community Federal Grants Program Centre 860 Healthy Communities Working Together for a Federal Initiative Healthier Brisbane 120 Digital Hub Sunnybank Federal Digital Hubs Program Hills Library 129 Apprentice/Trainee Federal incentives Various 344 January 2011 floods and Natural Disaster Relief and Australia Day 2013 Federal/State Recovery Arrangements storms 30,782 State / BCC contractual Capital Grant for Roma State agreement Street/South Bank 3,600

Federal or State Amount of Government Grant Funding Program Details of Project Grant ($'000) Grant towards State / BCC contractual operational activities State agreement Roma Street/South Bank 22,049 State / BCC contractual Robinson Road Open State agreement Level Crossing 28,422 State / BCC contractual Telegraph Road Open State agreement Level Crossing 14,650 Apprentice/Trainee State incentives Various 383 State Blackspot Program Various 164 Joint Council/State State Creative Sparks Program Program 80 Community resilience State Get Ready Queensland building activities 513 State Graffitti STOP Program Graffitti management 143 Purchase of library State Library Collections Grant materials 2,965 Backflow prevention Local Government Grants devices, Lang Parade, State and Subsidies Program Milton 50 Passenger Transport Upgrading public Accessible Infrastructure transport services to State Program meet obligations 489 Joint Council/State Program various school State Safe School Travel road safety 179 School Based Vaccination State Program Vaccination 1,068 Transport Infrastructure State Development Scheme Various 4,470

Q50. Can the CEO provide a list of all Brisbane City Council boards, including details of membership and how much is paid in board fees:

Name of Board Chairperson Members Remuneration Amount

A50. This question was recently answered via a question on notice on 3 December 2013.

Submitted by Councillor Victoria Newton (received on 12 June 2014) Q1. Please advise how many Built Environment CARS Officers are employed by Council by region: North, South, East West.

A1. Council does not allocate Built Environment Officers by region.

Q2. Please advise how many Built Environment Complaints were lodged with Council in the:  2013/14 Financial year (Year to date figures)  2012/13  2011/12  2010/11

A2.  2013/14 12,148  2012/13 13,006  2011/12 13,073  2010/11 16,016

Note: This report displays complaints lodged about building compliance, development compliance and ‘Other’. The nature of ‘Other Built Environment Related Complaints’ captures any complaint types that have a direct relationship with building(s), for example, road/footpath safety and advertising signage.

Q3. Please advise how many Parking Compliance Team CARS Officers are employed by Council by region: North, South, East West.

A3. Council does not allocate Parking Compliance Team officers by region.

Q4. Please advise of the salary pay scales Built Environment CARS officers are remunerated?

A4. Pay scales for built environment employees range from Band 3 through to Band 8. The majority of staff are band 4 to band 5.

Q5. Please advise how many complaints Brisbane City Council received concerning bus services during 2013/14 financial year?

A5. 6,386

Q6. Please advise which ten bus routes received the most complaints during the 2013/14 financial year?

A6. Route number is not a mandatory field for complaints and therefore it is not possible to provide a breakdown of complaints by route number.

Q7. Please advise the top ten issues people raise with Council as bus complaints 2013/14 financial year?

A7. Issue 1 Services late running 2 Driver failed to pick up 3 No show 4 Staff skills/competence problem 5 Rude/Aggressive attitude 6 Services running early 7 Passenger Environment 8 Failure to pick up/set down children 9 Incorrect route 10 Driver failed to set down

RISING OF COUNCIL: 6.20pm.

PRESENTED: and CONFIRMED

CHAIRMAN

Council officers in attendance:

James Withers (Senior Council and Committee Officer) Jo Camamile (Council and Committee Officer) Angela Holmes (Council and Committee Officer) Billy Peers (Personal Support Officer to the Lord Mayor and Council Orderly)

[4442 (Post Recess) Meeting – 29 July 2014]