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18 November 2014 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 6 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
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