BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL ORDINARY MEETING 16 NOVEMBER 1999 INDEX MINUTE FILE REFERENCE NO. NO. SUBJECT PAGE NO. 558 C00336 Confirmation of Minutes - Ordinary Meeting, 26/10/99 1 559 C00336 Procedural - Disclosures of Interests, 16/11/99 2 560 X98/0905 Development Application No. X98/0905 for Redevelopment of the Katoomba Golf Course, Corner Narrow Neck Road, Cliff Drive and Acacia Street, Katoomba, including Construction of a 120 Room Hotel, Construction of 102 Residential Units, Alterations to the Clubhouse, Alterations to the Golf Course and Subdivision of the Land into Five Lots 2 561 C03150 Draft Local Environmental Plan 1997 and City Planning Business Plan 3 562 H01057 Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Integrated Water Monitoring Framework 3 563 C00944 Community Assistance/Donations - Recommendations by Councillors 4 564 C00070 Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council Vacancy - Local Government Representative from the Greater Western Sydney Area 4 565 C00070 Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council Vacancy - Local Government Representative from the Greater Western Sydney Area - Nomination of Representative 4 566 X99/1003 Development Application for Proposed Retirement Unit Complex Comprising Fourteen (14) Units in Accordance with State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 (SEPP 5) at Lot 1, DP 8887 and Lot 12, DP 880226, 42 and 43 Green Parade, Valley Heights 5 567 C03220 Review of the Introduction of Contestable Work into the Development Management Functions 5 568 C00815 Draft Policy on Contaminated and Potentially Contaminated Land 6 569 C00980 Purchase of Land - Lot 7, Section B, DP 6564, 16 Iris Street, Wentworth Falls 6 570 C00694 Schedule of Invested Monies 7 571 C02996 Budget and Capital Works Programme Reviews C03036 for September Quarter 1999 7 BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL ORDINARY MEETING 16 NOVEMBER 1999 INDEX - PAGE 2 MINUTE FILE REFERENCE NO. 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SUBJECT PAGE NO. 572 C00696 Additional Car Park - Southern Side of Railway Line, Western end of Springwood Shopping Centre 7 573 C00534 Local Traffic Committee 9 574 C00534 Local Traffic Committee - Item 99-139 9 575 C00534 Local Traffic Committee - Item 99-151 9 576 C02365 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 53 - Metropolitan Residential Development 10 577 H00048 Provision of Skateboard Facilities - Blackheath Pt3 10 578 C00057 Nuclear Reactor - Lucas Heights C00081 11 579 C00081 City of Blue Mountains - Nuclear Free Zone Pt 3 12 580 C00081 Transport of Radioactive Waste through the Blue Mountains 13 581 Free Transport to Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games 13 582 C00680 Precis of Selected Correspondence, 16/11/99 14 583 C00336 Procedural - Question that Meeting Adjourn 14 * * * * * * * * * * BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Blue Mountains held in the Council Chamber, Administrative Headquarters, Civic Place, Katoomba on Tuesday, 16 November 1999, commencing at 7:35 pm. * * * * * * * * * * There were present: The Mayor (Councillor Jim Angel) in the Chair, and Councillors Burridge, Egan, Gaul, Greenhill, Hamilton, Henson, Kime, Kozelj, Myles, Searle and Van der Kley. * * * * * * * * * * In attendance: General Manager, Group Manager Assets and Corporate Services, Group Manager Health and Development, Group Manager Strategic Planning, Group Manager Operations, Executive Services Manager, Manager Finance, Manager Development Team East, Manager Development Team West, Manager Specialist Development Team, Manager City Planning, Manager Environmental Systems Planning, Principal Strategic Planner, Manager Client Services, Manager Technical Services, Senior Project Officer, and Word Processing Co- ordinator. * * * * * * * * * * Prayer / Reflection: The Prayer / Reflection was read by the Mayor. * * * * * * * * * * MINUTE NO. 558 C00336. Confirmation of Minutes - Ordinary Meeting, 26/10/99 RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Hamilton and Kime that the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of 26 October be confirmed. * * * * * * * * * * Ordinary Meeting, 16/11/99 DISCLOSURES OF INTERESTS, 16/11/99 MINUTE NO. 559 C00336. Procedural - Disclosures of Interests, 16/11/99 Councillor Greenhill made a declaration of interest in Item 19 - Free Transport to Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games as this is a matter that receives consideration in the offices of New South Wales Government Ministers. Councillor Searle made a declaration of interest in Item 19 - Free Transport to Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games as this is a matter that receives consideration in the offices of New South Wales Government Ministers. * * * * * * * * * * NOTICE OF RESCISSION, 16/11/99 MINUTE NO. 560 1. X98/0905. Development Application No. X98/0905 for Redevelopment of the Katoomba Golf Course, Corner Narrow Neck Road, Cliff Drive and Acacia Street, Katoomba, including Construction of a 120 Room Hotel, Construction of 102 Residential Units, Alterations to the Clubhouse, Alterations to the Golf Course and Subdivision of the Land into Five Lots A MOTION was moved by Councillors Gaul and Kozelj that the decision on Item 5 - Development Application No. X98/0905, of 26 October 1999 be rescinded. Upon being PUT to the Meeting, the MOTION was LOST, the voting being: For Against Councillors Angel Councillors Egan Burridge Greenhill Gaul Hamilton Henson Kime Kozelj Myles Searle Van der Kley * * * * * * * * * * 2 Ordinary Meeting, 16/11/99 OFFICERS’ REPORTS, 16/11/99 MINUTE NO. 561 2. C03150. Draft Local Environmental Plan 1997 and City Planning Business Plan The Meeting was addressed by Michael Parker. RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Hamilton and Greenhill: 1. That the report from the Group Manager Strategic Planning be received. 2. That Council note the work undertaken to date on the review of Draft LEP 1997 and associated Development Control Plans and the external factors that have impacted on the review program. 3. That Council note the revised timetable for completion of the review program and the public exhibition of Draft LEP 1997 and associated Development Control Plans identified in this report including the separate and prior exhibition of the Heritage Study and associated Draft Heritage Schedule. 4. That Council note the deferral, from the City Planning Business Plan for 1999/2000, of the projects identified in Table 3 in the body of this report to enable all available staff resources to continue to be engaged in the completion of Draft LEP 1997 for the remainder of the review period. Further, that the ultimate timeframe for those deferred projects be determined in line with Council’s consideration of its priorities during the forthcoming review of the Four Year Management Plan. 5. That Council note the need to minimise the generation of additional projects/programs, or the expansion of existing projects/programs to be undertaken by the City Planning Branch for the remaining period associated with the review of Draft LEP 1997. * * * * * * * * * * MINUTE NO. 562 3. H01057. Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Integrated Water Monitoring Framework RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Hamilton and Henson that Council notes the importance of this work to the environmental management objectives for the Blue Mountains and continues to support the development and implementation of the Integrated Water Monitoring Framework. * * * * * * * * * * 3 Ordinary Meeting, 16/11/99 MINUTE NO. 563 4. C00944. Community Assistance/Donations - Recommendations by Councillors RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Egan and Greenhill that Council approve the following donations from the Councillors’ Minor Local Projects Vote:- Organisation Amount BM Antar $200 Mountains Community Transport Inc $100 National Servicemen’s Association Blue Mountains & Districts Sub-Branch $100 Note: This allocation includes a further $100 for BM Antar from the Minor Projects Allocation for Councillor Gaul. * * * * * * * * * * MINUTE NO. 564 5. C00070. Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council Vacancy - Local Government Representative from the Greater Western Sydney Area RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Henson and Kozelj that Council recommend up to three nominations for the Local Government representative for the Greater Western Area of the Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council. * * * * * * * * * * MINUTE NO. 565 C00070. Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council Vacancy - Local Government Representative from the Greater Western Sydney Area - Nomination of Representative RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Henson and Kozelj that Council put forward the nomination of Councillor Gaul as Council’s representative on the Sydney Water Corporate Customer Council. * * * * * * * * * * 4 Ordinary Meeting, 16/11/99 MINUTE NO. 566 6. X99/1003. Development Application for Proposed Retirement Unit Complex Comprising Fourteen (14) Units in Accordance with State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 (SEPP 5) at Lot 1, DP 8887 and Lot 12, DP 880226, 42 and 43 Green Parade, Valley Heights The Meeting was addressed by Kim Sewell, Morna Colbran and Colin Rash. RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the MOTION of Councillors Henson and Kime: 1. That Development Application No. X99/1003 for the construction of a retirement unit complex (for persons over 55 years of age) comprising fourteen (14) units at Lot 1, DP 8887 and Lot 12, DP 880226, 42 and 43 Green Parade, Valley Heights be refused for the following reasons: (a) The proposed development is inconsistent with the provisions of State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 particularly in regard to the location of the site and access