BUSINESS PAPER ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL To be held at 6.00pm on Monday 12 August 2013 Council Chambers, Level 10, Council Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong Order of Business Members 1 Acknowledgement of Traditional Lord Mayor – Owners Councillor Gordon Bradbery OAM (Chair) 2 Civic Prayer Deputy Lord Mayor – 3 Apologies Councillor John Dorahy 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest Councillor Michelle Blicavs 5 Petitions and Presentations Councillor David Brown 6 Confirmation of Minutes – Ordinary Councillor Leigh Colacino Council Meeting 22 July 2013 Councillor Chris Connor 7 Confirmation of Minutes – Councillor Bede Crasnich Extraordinary Council Meeting 29 July 2013 Councillor Vicki Curran 8 Public Access Forum Councillor Janice Kershaw 9 Lord Mayoral Minute ALWAYS Councillor Ann Martin 10 Urgent Items ALWAYS LEAVE N Councillor Jill Merrin 11 Notice(s) of Motion Councillor Greg Petty 12 Call of the Agenda Councillor George Takacs 13 Agenda Items QUORUM – 7 MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 INDEX PAGE NO. ITEM E Lord Mayoral Minute - Acknowledgement of Service to Council - Peter Kofod (CM202/13) ..................................................................................... A1 ITEM F Lord Mayoral Minute - Acknowledgement of University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra Team Winning the 2013 Solar Decathlon ............................................................................................................ A2 ITEM A Councillor Curran - Continued Concern Regarding Proposed NSW Planning Legislation (CM194/13) ........................................................................... 1 ITEM B Councillor Martin - Permanent Air Quality Monitoring at Gloucester Boulevard, Port Kembla (CM195/13) ..................................................................... 5 ITEM C Councillor Merrin - Asbestos Disposal Facility in Wollongong (CM196/13) ............................................................................................................ 7 ITEM D Councillor Merrin - Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bags in Wollongong (CM197/13) ............................................................................................................ 8 ITEM 1 Smoke Free Arts Precinct (CM192/13) ................................................................ 10 ITEM 2 Illawarra Regional Food Strategy (CM144/13) ..................................................... 15 ITEM 3 Destination Wollongong - Council Independent Board Appointment (CM191/13) .......................................................................................................... 20 ITEM 4 Live Music Taskforce - Community Member Nominee (CM199/13) ..................... 23 ITEM 5 Revoking of Policy - Rentals - Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd (CM160/13) ................................................................................................... 25 ITEM 6 Revoking of Policy - Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council (CM162/13) ........................................................................................... 27 ITEM 7 June 2013 Financials (CM200/13) ....................................................................... 30 ITEM 8 Statement of Investments - June 2013 (CM190/13) ............................................. 36 ITEM 9 Minutes of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee meeting held 17 July 2013 and Electronic Meeting held 30 July 2013 (CM193/13) ....................... 39 ITEM 10 LATE BUSINESS - Financial Sustainability Update .......................................... 42 Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 A1 REF: CM202/13 File: Z13/149062 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVICE TO ITEM E COUNCIL - PETER KOFOD On the 28 February 1977 Council employed Peter Kofod, a young fresh-faced Civil Engineering Cadet, on $127.85 per week. Over the next 36 years, Peter was promoted through the Engineering ranks to senior management, and in 1993 was appointed Manager Design. In 2007 Peter was successful in attaining the role of Executive Manager Governance and Planning and, on 22 August 2013, will see his last day in the role of Director Infrastructure and Works – Connectivity, Assets and Liveable City. Peter has devoted his service to Wollongong City Council for 36 years, with approximately 35,000 hours spent in meetings, planning, designing and renewing our City’s infrastructure, including overseeing 717 buildings, 506 kms of footpaths/cycleways, and 890 kms of roads. I THEREFORE MOVE THAT on behalf of the community, Council express its gratitude to Peter Kofod for 36 years of dedicated service to Wollongong and his stewardship of our City’s infrastructure. Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 A2 REF: CM220/13File: Z13/151446 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY ITEM F OF WOLLONGONG AND TAFE ILLAWARRA TEAM WINNING THE 2013 SOLAR DECATHLON Solar Decathlon China was hosted by the US Department of Energy, the Chinese National Energy Administration and Peking University. The challenge was to design, build and operate an advanced and appealing solar-powered house that was not only energy efficient but was also cost effective to build within the theme Brighten the Future - Harmonize the World. Team UOW’s Illawarra Flame house retrofit competed against 24 teams from 14 different countries around the world in the finals of the 2013 Solar Decathlon China. Team UOW's entry in the 2013 Solar Decathlon represented the biggest student-run competition the University of Wollongong has entered. Team UOW is the first team from an Australian university to ever win a place in a Solar Decathlon final. The Illawarra Flame house was built in Wollongong and then shipped to Datong, China. By transforming an unsustainable fibro house into a sustainable, attractive and efficient home, Team UOW is shaping Australia’s housing future. Yesterday, Team UOW consisting of members from the University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra was announced as the winner of the Solar Decathlon China 2013 finals ahead of 19 other entries from around the globe! The team received the following awards for their Illawarra Flame House at the first Solar Decathlon China finals: • First Place in the Solar Decathlon China Final - with 957.6 of a possible 1000 points • Juried contests - First place in ‘Engineering’ - First place in ‘Architecture’ - First place in ‘Solar Application’ Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 A3 - Second place in ‘Communications’ - Second place in ‘Market Appeal’ • Measured contests - First place in ‘Energy Balance’ - First place in ‘Hot Water’ - Second place in ‘Appliances’ I THEREFORE MOVE THAT, as proud sponsors of Team UOW (collaborative effort of UOW and TAFE Illawarra students and staff), Wollongong City Council congratulates the following team members for their outstanding efforts in winning the Solar Decathlon 2013 in Datong China with their entry of the Illawarra Flame House. Wollongong City Council would like to acknowledge this outstanding effort which positions our region as world leaders in sustainable technology and affirms our status on the international stage as a “City of Innovation”. Students • Lloyd Niccol – Engineering and Commerce • Scott Redwood – Engineering • Michael Whitehouse – Informatics • Jack Breen - Faculty Commerce • Emily Ryan – Commerce • Fiona Hudson – Creative Arts and Communications • Eva Guo – Engineering • Rui Yan – Engineering • Daniel Jones – Commerce and Heath and Behavioural Sciences • Chelsea Cook – Creative Arts • Jason Hamilton – Commerce • Matthew Fuller – TAFE Architectural Technology • David Everitt – Engineering • Nalin Piyaratna – Engineering • Darren Koppel – Science Health and Medicine • Chris Nicolson – Engineering • Christopher Pearson – Engineering • Gavin Treseder – Engineering and Informatics • Vincent Tang – Engineering and Commerce • James Macquire – Engineering • Terry McKenzie – Engineering • Ryan Dobbs – TAFE Architecture Technology • Charlie Prior – Engineering • Lachlan Roder – Engineering • Fiona Sparks – Commerce and Law • Teiya Thornberry – Commerce • Eli Taylor – Science • Laia Ledo – Engineering Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 A4 • Brooke Henderson - Engineering • Nathanael Charlesworth – Commercial Cookery • Massimo Fiorentini – Engineering • Evan Huang – Beihang Exchange Student • Dan Meng – Beihang Exchange Student • Daniel Daly – Engineering • Ziyan su – Beihang Exchange Student • Nicholas Underhill – Arts Staff • Paul Cooper – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre • Marty Burgess – TAFE Management Representative • Alexandra McPaul – Interior Design • Tim Mccarthy – Deputy Faculty Advisor • Zhenjun Ma- Academic Support and International Liason Officer Ordinary Meeting of Council 12 August 2013 1 REF: CM194/13 File: CO-910.05.01.001 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR CURRAN - CONTINUED ITEM A CONCERN REGARDING PROPOSED NSW PLANNING LEGISLATION Councillor Curran has submitted the following Notice of Motion – It is highly concerning that professional bodies such as ICAC, the Law Society of NSW and the Institute of Architects are all so critical of the proposed new planning laws and believe they are flawed. I am concerned that our Council will have to administer laws, which are unworkable and lead to more perceptions of corruption. I seek the support of my fellow Councillors to adopt the resolution below. “I formally move that - 1 Council write to the Premier for New South Wales, The Hon. Barry O'Farrell MP, requesting he commit to a rewriting of the Planning Bill 2013 Exposure Draft