Wollstonecraft Ward 18 November 2014 WOLLSTONECRAFT WARD COMMUNITY FORUM 6.30pm Welcome - Mayor, Cr Jilly Gibson 6.40pm Introduction - Warwick Winn, General Manager 6.45pm What’s happening in your local area • Public domain upgrades • Major projects – Alexander Street Carpark – Ernest Place – Crows Nest Public Domain Masterplan • New Years Eve arrangements in Wollstonecraft Ward • St Leonards Planning Study • Hume Street Park expansion project • WW1 Anniversary events 7.20pm Q&A: Facilitated by Ward Councillors Opportunity to ask questions of Council - raise your issues and concerns 8.00pm Close - Mayor, Cr Jilly Gibson
2 FORUM AIMS
Forums provide all residents and businesses with the opportunity:
• to be informed of changes in their neighbourhood • to find out what is happening locally • to share information with residents/neighbours; and • to participate in the delivery of Council services and facilities
3 FORUM PROTOCOLS
• Save questions until the end of each presentation. • During the Q&A section participants may speak for up to 2 minutes. • Only 1 question will accepted at a time. • Do not talk over another participant, Councillor or staff member who is addressing and/or responding to a question.
4 Year in Review 2013/14
Warwick Winn General Manager AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Great Place Award 2013 - Planning Institute of Australia for the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability
Sustainable Cities Award - Office of Environment and Heritage
2013 Building Inclusive Communities Awards - Macquarie University and Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW Inc
Clean Beaches Connecting our Coast Awards 2013 - Cultural and Historical Heritage Award - Keep Australia Beautiful NSW
2013 NSW Volunteer of Year Award - The Centre for Volunteering
Excellence in Property Awards in Local Government 2014 Commendation - Australian Property Institute for the North Sydney Olympic Pool Cogeneration Project
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OVERVIEW OF PERFORMANCE
Direction Progress
Direction 1: Our Living Environment 96%
Direction 2: Our Built Environment 100%
Direction 3: Our Economic Vitality 94%
Direction 4: Our Social Vitality 84%
Direction 5: Our Civic Leadership 94%
On track ie 90% or exceeded Delayed ie75%-89% Off track ie <75%
7 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
• Council’s financial position continues to remain sound • The net result for 2013/14, is a surplus of $26.7 million. This is an increase of $8.3 million over the result achieved in 2012/13 and $25 million higher than that forecast in the original budget • Our net worth increased by $29.5 million to $785.3 million • Building and infrastructure renewals ratio was 106.6% above the benchmark of 100% for the first time since 2009/10, sufficient to maintain and renew ageing infrastructure
8 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Capital Works Expenditure ($M) 30.00 24.70 25.00
20.00 15.90 15.00 12.90
10.00
5.00
0.00 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
9 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Developed concept plan for NS Olympic Pool • Installed a cogeneration plant for NSOP • Upgrade works were completed for a number of parks and playgrounds: – Berry Island Reserve – Bon Andrews Oval – Green Park – Smoothey Park – Wollstonecraft Station
10 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Road improvements in Cremorne, Crows Nest, Neutral Bay and Wollstonecraft • Footpath improvements in Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Kirribilli, Lavender Bay, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, Waverton and Wollstonecraft • Council has continued to reduce DA processing times • Approved 419 new dwellings • Finalisation of LEP and DCP • Production of development application video clip to reduce the complexity of planning matters • Establishment of NS Independent Planning Panel
11 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Release of draft Integrated Traffic & Parking Strategy for comment • Redevelopment of Alexander St Car Park, Crows Nest commenced • Completion of Education Precinct Planning Study
Education Precinct, Berry Street, 2014 Education Precinct, Berry Street, Proposed
12 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Planning review of the North Sydney Centre • Preparing a Marketing Plan for the North Sydney CBD • Preparing Public Events Strategy • Working closely with the business community • Planning Institute of Australia Award finalist
13 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Hosting 11,800 people at Council run cultural events • Welcoming 658 new citizens • Giving $1.3M in grants to local community organisations • Stanton Library welcomed 408,814 visitors and has around 37,000 members in its 50th year
14 OUR KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• More than 88,800 service requests, some 243 a day • Council engaged on projects including late night trading across the local government area, introduction of a stormwater management charge and the review of the Integrated Traffic and Parking Strategy • Nine percent staff turnover, down from 11.5% last year • Reducing workplace injuries, decrease in workers compensation premium • Council received 1,071 GIPA access applications
15 Major projects: -Alexander Street Car park -Ernest Place -Crows Nest Public Domain Masterplan Public Domain Upgrades
Duncan Mitchell
Director Engineering and Property Services MAJOR PROJECTS ALEXANDER STREET SUPERMARKET & CARPARK – CROWS NEST
Decommissioned May/June 2014 - Demolition commenced in July 2014
17 MAJOR PROJECTS ALEXANDER STREET SUPERMARKET & CARPARK - CROWS NEST
Demolition completed October 2014
18 MAJOR PROJECTS ALEXANDER STREET SUPERMARKET & CARPARK – CROWS NEST
New supermarket & car park scheduled for completion late 2015
19 MAJOR PROJECTS
ERNEST PLACE STAGE 1 – COMPLETE
20 MAJOR PROJECTS
ERNEST PLACE STAGE 2 – COMPLETE
21 MAJOR PROJECTS
ERNEST PLACE STAGE 3 – Complete
22 MAJOR PROJECTS ERNEST PLACE STAGE 3 – Complete
23 MAJOR PROJECTS
ERNEST PLACE STAGE 3 - Crows Nest Festival October 2014
24 MAJOR PROJECTS CROWS NEST PUBLIC DOMAIN UPGRADE MASTERPLAN Council has engaged landscape architects/urban designers to develop Masterplan for progressive upgrades. Areas covered by project: •Albany Street - between Zig Zag Lane and Hume Lane and south side only between Pacific Highway and Oxley Street •Burlington Street - between Willoughby Road and Alexander Street •Clarke Street - south-western side only of between Hume Street and Oxley Street and both sides between Willoughby Road and Hume Street •Holtermann Street - between Willoughby Road and Alexander Street •Hume Street - between Pacific Highway and Clarke Street •Oxley Street - between Pacific Highway and Clarke Street and west side only between its intersection with Clarke and Albany Streets •Pacific Highway - between Rocklands Road and Oxley Street (both sides) and between Oxley and Christie Street (north-eastern side only – as the other side is within the Lane Cove Council area) •Willoughby Road - from Five Ways/intersection with Pacific Highway to its intersection with Atchison Street
25 MAJOR PROJECTS CROWS NEST PUBLIC DOMAIN UPGRADE MASTERPLAN
26 MAJOR PROJECTS CROWS NEST PUBLIC DOMAIN UPGRADE MASTERPLAN
Community Consultation commenced October to capture community feedback to inform the Masterplan development:
•Survey - ran from 20 October - 16 November - responses currently being analysed.
•Council information stall - come and talk to Council staff and urban designers - Sat 22 November 10am- 12.30pm - Ernest Place
•Urban Design Walk/Talk - Sat 22 November - sign up now as number limited numbers. See staff for details
•Give your feedback tonight - survey available. See staff for details
27 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
DA Approved by JRPP for site to be used as a School - September 2014
28 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Demolition works Underway
29 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Demolition Works Complete
30 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Demolition Works Complete
31 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Artists impression of new school – taken from DA submission from Department of Education
32 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Artists impression of new school – taken from DA submission from Department of Education 33 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Artists impression of new school - taken from DA submission from Department of Education
34 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Artists impression of new school – taken from DA submission from Department of Education 35 MAJOR PROJECTS ANZAC Club
Artists impression of new school - taken from DA submission from Department of Education 36 MAJOR PROJECTS North Sydney Olympic Pool Masterplan
Masterplan has commenced - Brewster Hjorth Architects engaged
37 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
ROADWORKS IN YOUR AREA - Larkin Street, Waverton Completed September 2014 38 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
ROADWORKS IN YOUR AREA - Resheeting Crows Nest Road - Waverton
39 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
ROADWORKS IN YOUR AREA - Resheeting Hazelbank Road, Wollstonecraft - Completed July 2014
40 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
Road works to be undertaken in the next 6 -12 months 1. ATCHISON STREET, CROWS NEST- from ALEXANDER STREET to CUL-DE-SACs, 2. DEVONSHIRE STREET, CROWS NEST- from ALEXANDER STREET to HUNTINGDON STREET 3. KING STREET, WAVERTON - from CARR STREET to MCKYE STREET 4. LARKIN STREET, WAVERTON - from WOOLCOTT AVENUE to WOOD STREET 5. SHIRLEY ROAD, WOLLSTONECRAFT - from CABLE STREET to TRYON AVENUE 6. ROCKLANDS ROAD, WOLLSTONECRAFT - from MORTON STREET to IVY STREET
41 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOOTPATH WORKS IN YOUR AREA
Lithgow Street, St Leonards Completed June 2014
Rocklands Lane, Wollstonecraft Completed Belmont Avenue, Wollstonecraft, July 2014 Completed June 2014
42 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOOTPATH WORKS IN YOUR AREA
Bridge End, Wollstonecraft. Before/After - Completed June 2014
43 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOOTPATH WORKS - be undertaken in the next 6 -12 months
1. Belmont Avenue – Major upgrade 2. Burlington, Falcon and Alexander Streets around curtilage of Woolworths Development 3. Waterhen Drive, Waverton 4. Pacific Hwy, Wollstonecraft (between Shirley Road and Hume St)
44 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS DRAINAGE PROGRAM
Drainage upgrade works to be undertaken in the next 6 months: •Atchison Street - at Matthews Street - Crows Nest •Bruce Street - at Sinclair Street - Crows Nest •Falcon Street - between Sophia and Alexander Streets - Crows Nest
45 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS
BUS SHELTERS
Recently refurbished Bus Shelter in Euroka Street Waverton
46 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS MARINE STRUCTURE UPGRADES
Wondakiah Boardwalk Major Repairs - Timber Deck Repairs and new boat ladder completed June 2014
47 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS MARINE STRUCTURE UPGRADES
Berry Island Reserve Seawall Upgrade - to be completed end of November 48 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL STREETSCAPE FURNITURE UPGRADES
Before After Recently repaired fences & Berry Island ad Milray Avenue Wollstonecraft
49 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL STREETSCAPE FURNITURE UPGRADES
Council’s new seats as per Council Public Domain Style Manual being progressively rolled out. New seat in Alexander Street, Crows Nest
50 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC PROGRAM
New signalised intersection and pedestrian crossing at Christie Street - St Leonards
51 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC PROGRAM
VMS signs - installed in Crows Nest to direct people to other Car parks in Crows Nest and over 50 Blue “P” signs have been installed 52 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC PROGRAM
VMS signs - installed in Crows Nest to direct people to other car parks in Crows Nest
53 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC PROGRAM
New Pocket bike Map
The pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Crows Nest Road
54 STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC PROGRAM
New Pocket bike Map
The pedestrian crossings at intersection Crows Nest Road. Works include converting flush crossings to raised crossings, installing landscaped kerb islands to improve sight distance for pedestrians and reduce the crossing length
55 New Years Eve Arrangements
Robert Emerson Director Open Space and Environmental Services
56 NEW YEARS EVE 2013/14 • Alcohol Free/Alcohol Prohibited areas again extended to all foreshore vantage points. • 52 people treated for minor injuries in North Sydney’s foreshore parks. 25 patients transported by ambulance to hospital mainly as a result of intoxication or drug related issues. • 3 people arrested on the night and each of the arrests was for drug related crime. • 442 Police and 65 Council security staff rostered to deal with crowd management issues • Council provided more than 225 additional temporary public toilets, 600 metres of security fencing and 140 crowd control barriers • 59 North Sydney streets are closed and reopened after midnight on New Years Eve. • 55 staff commenced the cleanup at 5.00am on New Years Day collecting 21 tonnes of rubbish strewn across North Sydney’s foreshore parks and reserves. • 250 litter bins were distributed in foreshore parks prior to the event • The operational cost to the Council last year was $242,000
57 NEW YEARS EVE 2013/14
What worked well last year? • No serious injury last year • Additional alcohol prohibited areas resulted in improved crowd behaviour • Street closure strategy worked well • Good level of police support • Cleanup went well
58 2014/15 PLANS FOR NEW YEARS EVE IN WOLLSTONECRAFT WARD • Managed access areas at Bradfield Park and Blues Point Reserve will remain • Balls Head Reserve, Carradah Park, will again be dedicated alcohol free this New Years Eve • The majority of the planning template from last year will be again implemented i.e. special event clearways, infrastructure etc etc
59 2014/15 PLANS FOR NEW YEARS EVE IN WOLLSTONECRAFT WARD Risks: • Crowd may shift out of alcohol prohibited areas • If Bradfield Park reaches capacity and is closed then the surrounding residential areas could be inundated with people. • That if Bradfield Park and Blues Reserve reach capacity early in the evening people arriving by train may depart at Waverton Station rather than Milson Point or North Sydney Station. • Crowd exit
60 St Leonards/Crows Nest Planning Study
Joseph Hill Director, City Strategy Division
61 ST LEONARDS / CROWS NEST PLANNING STUDY
A holistic approach to planning and development in the region
62 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
1. Open Space Masterplan
63 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
Masterplan recommends expanding Hume Street Park and a new pedestrian link to Willoughby Road
64 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
2014 IMPLEMENTATION Council is currently acquiring properties to expand the park Urban planners/landscape architects engaged to prepare concept plans -community consultation to occur in early 2015
65 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
2014 IMPLEMENTATION Aiming to start construction in 2017 Planning for streetscape upgrades also underway
66 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
2. Built Form Master Plan
67 PRECINCT 1 – ADOPTED 2012
Site specific planning proposals set height and ground level setbacks and monetary contribution for public domain
68 PRECINCTS 2 & 3 – DRAFT STUDY
On exhibition November to January Have your say
69 PRECINCTS 2 & 3 – DRAFT STUDY
70 PRECINCTS 2&3 – DRAFT STUDY
Placemaking Transport & access
Employment Built form
71 PRECINCTS 2 & 3 – DRAFT STUDY
Atchison Street transformed into a civic street 2 landscaped linear parks along Mitchell and Oxley Streets Upgrades to Christie Street Reserve and Mitchell St Plaza
72 PRECINCTS 2&3 – DRAFT STUDY
Development to provide more employment space -> more entertainment, restaurants, speciality retail Greater support for small to medium sized businesses Community centre
73 PRECINCTS 2&3 – DRAFT STUDY
Pedestrian focussed centre Intersection upgrades across busy streets Deliver new cycleways
74 PRECINCTS 2&3 – DRAFT STUDY
Strict built form controls to improve building design and residential amenity
75 World War 1 Anniversary Events in North Sydney July 2014 - June 2015
Martin Ellis Director Community and Library Services CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS (201/15)
• “Home Front” exhibition at the North Sydney Heritage Centre (Stanton Library) - on now to April 2015 • Family History Workshop (ANZAC Records) – held August 2014 • Walking Tour: War memorials of North Sydney – held September 2014 • Graythwaite Open Day History Week – held September 2014 • Ferry Tour: Sydney Harbour in War and Peace - Sept 2014 • Writers at Stanton Robert Holden “And the Band Played on” (14 Nov) – the camaraderie of the ANZACs and Peter FitzSimons “Gallipoli” (28 November) both at 1pm
77 ARMISTICE NOVEMBER 1918 MOUNT STREET, NORTH SYDNEY
Slides 11 to 19 are a selection of images from the Home Front exhibition and Council’s collection
78 17TH BATTERY 6TH FA [FIELD ARTILLERY] BRIGADE’ THE 17TH BATTERY FOUGHT AT THE SOMME, 1916
79 MARY DAVY GAVE OVER HER WYCOMBE ROAD PROPERTY ‘RATHMORE’ FOR USE AS A HOME FOR CONVALESCING SOLDIERS
80 SYDNEY SPARKES OF NEUTRAL BAY TWICE WINNER OF THE MILITARY MEDAL
81 NEWS FROM THE FRONT: THE SYDNEY MAIL 19 MAY 1915
82 CAPTURED GERMAN GUN, ST LEONARDS PARK (INST. 1921)
83 CENOTAPH DESIGN FRANK THORPE (INST. 1925)
84 NORTH SYDNEY TRAM WORKERS MEMORIAL 1919 MOVED TO CURRENT LOCATION IN 1985 (107 TRAM WORKERS DIED)
85 ANZAC MEMORIAL HALL BUILT BY COUNCIL 1941
86 RESTORATIONS AND RSL EVENTS SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL
• H.M.A.S. Sydney bow restoration: Sunday 23 November 10:30 am; with the NAVY Band, An address by the His Excellency the Governor of NSW, Master of ceremonies Mike Carlton the celebrated author of First Victory – the story of the sinking of the Emden Milson’s Point Foreshore under the North Pylon • North Sydney Cenotaph Restoration by April 2015 • ANZAC Sunday 19 April 2015 at the North Sydney Cenotaph and Kirribilli Club (RSL Sub-branches) • ANZAC Day Saturday 25 April 2015, North Sydney Cenotaph
87 H.M.A.S. SYDNEY BOW AND PLAQUE GERMAN RAIDER EMDEN SANK
88 ANZAC SUNDAY: WREATH LAYING AND BUGLER
89 PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN AND PURCHASE THROUGH STANTON LIBRARY
A DISTRICT'S SORROW: NORTH SYDNEY'S DEAD IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 By George Franki Published by North Sydney Council, 2013 311 of the names of dead on the Memorial are of North Sydney men who died in World War 1. Franki lists 439 more who are not listed on the Memorial.
90 PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN AND PURCHASE THROUGH STANTON LIBRARY
“WAS THINKING OF HOME TODAY...”: NORTH SYDNEY AND THE GREAT WAR By Dr Ian Hoskins Published by North Sydney Council (Shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Award for Local and Community History)
91 HAVE YOUR SAY
• Call for questions from the floor - Q&A session • We will record ALL questions, issues and concerns raised • Within 2 to 3 weeks we will publish the Q&A Summary on our website www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au • All attendees will receive a copy of the Q&A Summary via post/email
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