Design Advisory Committee Minutes 3 October 2019 3.00pm Committee Room 1 Level 9 Council House APPROVED FOR RELEASE MURRAY JORGENSEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 Minutes of the Design Advisory Committee meeting of the City of Perth held in Committee Room 1, Ninth Floor, Council House, 27 St Georges Terrace, Perth on Thursday, 3 October 2019. Members in Attendance: Mr Hobbs Presiding Member Mr Ciemitis Mr Mackay Mr Kerr Mr Pullyblank Mr Warn Mr Smith Officers: Ms Smith Alliance Manager Development Approvals Mr Colalillo Senior Statutory Planner Mr Gericke Principal Statutory Planner Ms Murray Governance Administration Officer Guests and Deputations: Mr Rowe Rowe Group Mr Howlett Cox Architecture Mr Goh Mr Hollingworth Mr McInerney Mr Stewart Mr Morrison URBIS Ms Barrow Mr Hachem HACHEM 1. Declaration of Opening 3:06pm The City Architect, Mr Smith, declared the meeting open. In accordance with Section 5.6 of the Local Government Act 1995, the City Architect sought nominations for a member to preside over the meeting. Mr Kerr nominated Mr Hobbs to preside over the meeting. There being no further nominations, Mr Hobbs accepted the nomination and assumed the Chair. 2. Apologies and Members on Leave of Absence Mr Brookfield – Apology Mr Karotkin – Apology Mr Farley – Apology 1 MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 3. Confirmation of Minutes Moved Mr Kerr, seconded Mr Smith That the minutes of the Design Advisory Committee meeting held on 5 September 2019 be CONFIRMED as a true and correct record. The motion was put and carried The votes were recorded as follows: For: Mr Hobbs, Mr Ciemitis, Mr Mackay, Mr Kerr, Mr Pullyblank, Mr Warn and Mr Smith Against: Nil 4. Correspondence Nil 5. Disclosures of Members' Interests Member/Officer Item No. Item Title Nature/Extent of Interest Mr Kerr Item 6.1 98 (Lot 2002) Mounts Bay Nature: Impartiality Road and 17 (Lot 2003) Interest – Mr Kerr Mount Street, Perth – advised he was Proposed 22-Storey Office previously a Director of Tower and 32-Storey Cox Architecture. Residential Tower Including Dining and Community Extent: Insignificant Facilities Presentation: Agenda Item 6.1 – 98 (Lot 2002) Mounts Bay Road and 17 (Lot 2003) Mount Street, Perth – Proposed 22-Storey Office Tower and 32-Storey Residential Tower Including Dining and Community Facilities 3:10pm The Principal Statutory Planner, Mr Gericke commenced the presentation and provided an overview of the proposed development application. Manager Development Approvals and Principal Statutory Planner then answered questions from the Design Advisory Committee. 3:20pm The presentation concluded. Deputation: Agenda Item 6.1 – 98 (Lot 2002) Mounts Bay Road and 17 (Lot 2003) Mount Street, Perth – Proposed 22-Storey Office Tower and 32-Storey Residential Tower Including Dining and Community Facilities 2 MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 3:22pm Mr Hobbs introduced the members of the deputation and Mr Rowe, Mr Howlett and Mr Goh provided a comprehensive overview of the proposed development application. The deputation then answered questions from the Design Advisory Committee. 4:23pm The deputation concluded and Mr. Kerr left the meeting and did not return. Presentation: Agenda Item 6.2 – 959 (Lot 111) Wellington Street, Perth – Proposed 16 level hotel development containing 129 hotel rooms, associated dining and guest facilities and five car parking bays 4:25pm The Senior Statutory Planner, Mr Colalillo, commenced the presentation and provided an overview of the proposed development application. Manager Development Approvals and Senior Statutory Planner then answered questions from the Design Advisory Committee. 4:30pm The presentation concluded. Deputation: Agenda Item 6.2 – 959 (Lot 111) Wellington Street, Perth – Proposed 16 level hotel development containing 129 hotel rooms, associated dining and guest facilities and five car parking bays 4:31pm Mr Hobbs introduced the members of the deputation and Mr Morrison and Mr Hachem provided a comprehensive overview of the proposed development application. The deputation then answered questions from the Design Advisory Committee. 5:00pm The deputations concluded. 3 MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 6. Reports Item 6.1 98 (Lot 2002) Mounts Bay Road and 17 (Lot 2003) Mount Street, Perth – Proposed 22-Storey Office Tower and 32-Storey Residential Tower Including Dining and Community Facilities FILE REFERENCE: DAP-2019/5335 REPORTING OFFICER: Dewald Gericke, Principal Statutory Planner REPORTING UNIT: Development Approvals RESPONSIBLE DIRECTORATE: Planning and Development REPORT AUTHOR DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST: Nil DATE: 24 September 2019 ATTACHMENT/S: Attachment 6.1A – Location Plan Attachment 6.1B – Perspectives An FTP Link is provided to Committee members with the Development Plans 3D MODEL PRESENTATION: A 3D Model for this application will be available at the Committee meeting LANDOWNER: AAIG Nominees Pty Ltd and AAIG Pty Ltd APPLICANT: Rowe Group and Stewart Urban Planning ZONING: (MRS Zone) Central City Area (City Planning Scheme Precinct) Citiplace (P5) (City Planning Scheme Use Area) City Centre APPROXIMATE COST: $140 million Purpose and Background: The Site consisting of Lots 2002 and 2003 has a total land area of 15,827 square metres, with frontages to Mounts Bay Road, Spring Street and Mount Street of approximately 185m, 160m and 35m respectively. The western most portion of the site, contained within Lot 2003, is situated beneath the Mitchell Freeway overpass. The current Capital Square site was the formerly occupied by the Emu Brewery. The building was demolished in 1993 and the Mia Yellagonga Woodside Office and podium buildings were erected as part of the Capital Square stage 1 development after development approval was granted by the Local Development Assessment Panel 19 July 2013 consisting of: Tower 1: a 31 level office building situated at the corner of Mount Street and Spring Street; Tower 2: a 34 level building fronting Spring Street with a 120-room hotel and 200 serviced apartment dwellings; Tower 3: a 42 level building at the corner of Spring Street and Mounts Bay Road with 68 dwellings on the upper floors and a single-storey art gallery at ground level; Podium: a low-rise car park 'sleeved' by a five level office building fronting Mounts Bay Road and a single storey Showroom under Mitchell Freeway; and 4 MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 Public Plaza: a landscaped pedestrian plaza situated on top of the podium and flanked by a two storey commercial building with retail, office, recreation and community uses. This application is for replacement of Tower 2 with a new office tower and a revised design for Tower 3. The application also includes a change in the parking bay use and allocation, which was constructed as part of stage one of the original approval serving the whole of the Capital Square development. Details: Approval is sought to modify the previously approved development consisting of the following: Tower 2 (central tower) - Office The tower comprises 22 storeys, incorporating two basement levels, a two storey 'podium' element and 18 levels of office space. The tower is located centrally within the Capital Square site, adjacent to the eastern lot boundary along Spring Street between existing Tower 1 and proposed Tower 3. Basement level two incorporates the main plant and equipment spaces together with lift pits, security control, mail sorting and the waste facilities. A loading bay and courier short term parking bay is provided adjacent to the southern façade, accessed via the internal access road extending west of Spring Street. Basement level one is divided into two sectors; plant and lift lobby within the northern 'half' of the floor plate and male and female end-of-trip facilities within the southern 'half'. This incorporates 275 bicycle parking bays and a designated bicycle repair and maintenance area. A total of 452 lockers are proposed within four separate End-of-Trip spaces with each space including showers, toilets, ironing and storage spaces. At street level, a double height, glazed lobby will form the podium and main building entry for pedestrians. Above the podium, 18 levels of office are proposed with floorplates of approximately 1,800m². Tower 3 (southern tower) - Residential Tower 3 provides 50 three bedroom apartments over 32 storeys compared to the 68 apartments in a 42 storey tower in the original approval. Similar to Tower 2, the basement level within Tower 3 houses the plant, equipment and lift overrun spaces. A large open plan lobby wraps the central lift core adjacent to the public realm. Back of house areas are provided within a screened service space at ground level which backs onto the service vehicle laydown area. A gallery space is provided at the south-eastern end of the Capital Square site, framing the intersection of Mounts Bay Road and Spring Street. Above the Tower 3 ground level lobby, the entirety of level one is to be occupied by a restaurant with a wellness centre located at level two. Above the podium levels, Tower 3 incorporates 32 storeys of residential dwellings incorporating a total of 50 three-bedroom apartments. The first 18 storeys comprise two dwellings per floor, while the upper 14 floors comprise one dwelling per floor. The uppermost storey is to be occupied by a penthouse pool deck. 5 MINUTES THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2019 Parking The existing podium building provides for 351 approved commercial tenant car parking bays, two ACROD bays and 306 presently unused residential car parking bays for a total of 659. It is proposed to retain 121 of the original approved residential car bays and reallocate the remaining 185 approved residential car bays as follows: 1. Public fee-paying car bays (short-term parking only) 182 2. Additional commercial tenant car bays nine There is a net increase of six car bays which is due to an existing area within the podium structure no longer being required for storerooms and bike parking as originally intended.