MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4542 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 14 November 2017
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
City Administration and Governance
[4542 (Ordinary) Meeting – 14 November 2017]
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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
THE ?? MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL,HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE,
ON TUESDAY ??
AT 2PM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS i
PRESENT: 1
OPENING OF MEETING: 1
MINUTES: 1
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: 1
QUESTION TIME: 3
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS: 15
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 15
A ALTERATION TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEES 25
B DISCONTINUANCE OF REALIGNMENT NUMBER 601984799 – 22 TO 42WYNNUM ROAD, NORMAN PARK 26
C DRAFT BIOSECURITY PLAN AND PROGRAM FOR THE BRISBANE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 26
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 27
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – CYCLING BRISBANE SAFETY VIDEOS 29
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 30
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STORY BRIDGE WATERPROOFING TRIAL 33
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REPLACE THE ‘NO STOPPING’ SIGNS IN SALSTONE AND ROSINA STREETS, KANGAROO POINT, WITH YELLOW LINE MARKINGS 34
CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE 35
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SUBURBAN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TASKFORCE 42
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 43
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STUDENT CATCHMENT IMMERSION PROJECT 44
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BUSHLAND PRESERVATION LEVY REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 2017 45
FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE 45
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ORDINANCE SIGNS AND FURNITURE IN PARKS 48
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 49
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SEARCHES AND CERTICATES 50
B ADVERTISEMENTS AMENDING SUBORDINATE LOCAL LAW 2017 UPDATE 51
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 51
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – VALLEY FIESTA 54
CONSIDERATION OF NOTIFIED MOTION: 55
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS: 59
GENERAL BUSINESS: 60
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 64
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 65
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PRESENT:
The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK) – LNP
The Chairman of Council, Councillor Angela OWEN (Calamvale Ward) – LNP
LNP Councillors (and Wards) / ALP Councillors (and Wards)Krista ADAMS (Holland Park)
Adam ALLAN (Northgate)
Matthew BOURKE (Jamboree)
Amanda COOPER (Bracken Ridge)
Vicki HOWARD (Central) (Deputy Chairman of Council)
Steven HUANG (Macgregor)
Fiona KING (Marchant)
Kim MARX (Runcorn)
PeterMATIC (Paddington)
Ian McKENZIE (Coorparoo)
David McLACHLAN (Hamilton)
Ryan MURPHY (Doboy)
Kate RICHARDS (Pullenvale)
Adrian SCHRINNER (Chandler) (Deputy Mayor)
Julian SIMMONDS (Walter Taylor)
Steven TOOMEY (The Gap)
Andrew WINES (Enoggera)
NormWYNDHAM (McDowall) / PeterCUMMING (Wynnum Manly) (The Leader of the Opposition)
Jared CASSIDY (Deagon) (Deputy Leader of the Opposition)
SteveGRIFFITHS (Moorooka)
Charles STRUNK (Forest Lake)
Queensland Greens Councillor (and Ward)
Jonathan SRI (The Gabba)
Independent Councillor (and Ward)
Nicole JOHNSTON (Tennyson)
OPENING OF MEETING:
The Chairman, Councillor Angela OWEN, opened the meeting with prayer and acknowledged the traditional custodians, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.
MINUTES:
254/2017-18
The Minutes of the 4541 meeting of Council held on 7 November 2017, copies of which had been forwarded to each Councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor Andrew WINES, seconded by Councillor Steven TOOMEY.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Master Heath Tallon – Student leaders’ fundraising activities for Act for Kids
Chairman: I would now like to call on Heath Tallon who will address the Chamber on student leaders fundraising activities for Act for Kids.
Please proceed, Master Tallon, you have five minutes.
Master Heath Tallon: Madam Chairman, LORD MAYOR and Councillors, my name is Heath Tallon and I am here to talk to you today about some fundraising that has been conducted by Brisbane primary schools.
Have any of you ever ridden a backwards bike? Back in March at our north-west student leaders camp, Dr Neil Carrington, the CEO of Act for Kids, talked to us about thinking differently and trying to learn new skills. He presented this to us by encouraging us to try riding a backwards bike. This is not riding a bike backwards. The bike has been engineered so that the steering was reversed.
He said he would give $100 to the student who could ride across the stage. It looked really easy. However, when we tried it, it was much more complicated than we predicted. Nobody could do it. We watched a video of an American engineer, Destin Sandlin, who took eight months to learn to ride the backwards bike. His five-year-old son only took two weeks.
What does this tell you? That we are young and easily led. So there is a lot of responsibility on our schools to teach us important life lessons. It showed us that our brains are wired a particular way, and to learn something new you may have to unlearn something you already know. This has helped us to realise that persistence and dedication can help us solve more complex problems.
Thinking about others who are more needy than ourselves was another important take-away from the student leaders camp. All schools made an agreement to raise funds for Act for Kids through their student councils, and we arranged to present these to Neil Carrington today.
Other charities our schools have supported include the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave for a Cure; Make-a-Wish Foundation; Rosies; Foodbank; Meals on Wheels; Homeless Connect; RSPCA; COPE Laos, funding artificial limbs for victims of land mines in Laos; Médecins Sans Frontiéres/Doctors without Borders; Day for Daniel – the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, Sam Phillipou Foundation – Hope for Alec, 42 for 42, in memory of Grant Kirby; World Vision; Wishing Tree – a Christmas event; and the Cancer Council.
This year, our northwest district students raised $5,047.35 collectively. This shows what we can do when we work together, and we have learned how important it is to consider those in need, an important leadership skill. I hope I have been able to share some of the great work occurring in our schools at the moment, and trust that you have faith that the community will be in good hands as we move into the future. Thank you.
Response by Councillor Matthew BOURKE, Chairman of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee
Councillor BOURKE: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and thank you very much, Mr Tallon, for coming in and addressing the Council. Can I start off by saying congratulations and well done, because it can be very daunting coming into a room like this, with all of the Councillors and the LORD MAYOR and us here and all of your classmates as well, and delivering that speech very well. So congratulations on that, and it was a wonderful effort from you.
Obviously the cluster of schools that has done this work to raise over $5,000, it is a tremendous effort in and of itself, and I know first-hand the wonderful work that Act for Kids does in the community. I have a number of my local service organisations that also support the work that Act for Kids does in terms of providing residential support, educational support, therapy and other services to young people in the community. So it is very noble, and a great effort on your part and your colleagues in your schools to raise money to support other young people in the community.
So congratulations; $5,000 is no mean feat in terms of raising money. I’m sure there was a lot of effort put in by the student leadership group who I know are here in the Chamber with us, in your leadership of all of the children across the multiple schools. I want to say thank you to you and congratulations to all of the schoolchildren who have been involved in this. To all of the teachers and all parents who have also supported, thank you for your input and support of the students so they could develop and grow their leadership skills as well.
Once again, congratulations, and we look forward to hearing your new adventures and your new endeavours as a school and as a leadership group on how you’re continuing to change your local community. Thank you once again for coming in.
Chairman: Thank you for attending, and to all of the school leadership representatives who are here today. We welcome you to the Chamber and thank you for your efforts.
QUESTION TIME:
Chairman: Are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chairman of any of the Standing Committees?
Councillor RICHARDS.
Question 1
Councillor RICHARDS: My question is to the LORD MAYOR. We are all excited to join in the festive season this year, especially with the launch of Brisbane’s Christmas campaign last week. Can you outline for the Chamber what events will be held for this year’s campaign, and where residents can join in on the Christmas spirit?
Chairman: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Yes, thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor RICHARDS for the question. Madam Chairman, in responding to Councillor RICHARDS, I just want to say that last year we saw some 700,000 people engaged in the activities of the programs that we have leading up to Christmas. This year that program will commence on 25 November with the lighting of the Christmas tree in King George Square, and will go through to Christmas Eve.
Of course, when we made the decision for 25 November, at that stage we didn’t realise or appreciate there was going to be a State election on the same day, so there will be a bit of activity out in the square, not just of a Christmas nature. But, Madam Chairman, this is an event of course that draws many thousands of people each year, and I’m sure that will certainly be the case again this year.
Christmas 2017 will see 150 free events across the city. Apart from the lighting of the Christmas tree, Madam Chairman, we have a range of events from Christmas carols to sing-alongs to outdoor cinemas, parades, fireworks and markets. There are a number of organisations that have helped to sponsor this year’s Christmas events in the city, and I thank them for their support. They being Gold Lotto, David Jones, St George Bank, Council itself obviously in Brisbane Marketing, and eat South Bank.
Madam Chairman, the Christmas parades this year will be occurring through the parade. They’ll start from 15 December and go through to Christmas Eve. One of the things we will see this year in King George Square is a new Christmas tree. This tree will have around 8,000 LED lights, it will be solar powered, Madam Chairman. The Gold Lotto animations onto City Hall this year; that is a brand new animation. It has been a story written by Yvonne Bess, a local lady and, Madam Chairman, it’s the story of a young guy who essentially—Jeremy is his name, in this story—who must save Christmas by finding the missing Christmas star.
Roma Street Parkland Enchanted Gardens saw around 30,000 people visit that spectacle last year, and again this year it will have extended opening hours across the 10 nights that it will run, from 8 December through to 18 December.
Madam Chairman, Movies in the Parks is another part of the Christmas festivities, and that will be held this year in the Roma Street Parkland amphitheatre. There will be a screening of Christmas favourites, including LoveActually to Elf. South Bank will also see many activities. Starting on 15December, the arbour will be decked with decorations stretching from the rainforest right down to River Quay. From 3pm, you will be able to do some Christmas shopping at the twilight gift market over there as well. MadamChairman, fireworks will be happening from 20 December to 23December.
This year’s Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols will be held at Riverstage as it normally is, and this year on 9 December. So we have a number of local artists, Madam Chairman, from Ellen Reid to Katie Noonan, Isaiah, Luke Anthony. We’ve got Paulini, ABC Kids stars Lah-Lah, so a range of entertainment there, and again that is an event which usually packs out, and I look forward to the same occurring this year.
The DEPUTY MAYOR has announced there will be additional bus services, Madam Chairman, that will be provided from 18 to 23 December this year that will help people get to the city to participate in those events, from Indooroopilly, Garden City, Carindale, Chermside and the CBD itself, obviously, will be serviced by those additional trips.
So, Madam Chairman, again it’s something that we want all residents to participate in, have the opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit, and again we look forward this year to presenting Christmas in Brisbane.
Chairman: Further questions?
Councillor CUMMING.
Question 2
Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. Last week you described opposition to inappropriate aged care developments as discarding the elderly. Days later your Council rejected an application from aged care providers TriCare for an unpopular Taringa development after pressure from local LNP State Member Scott Emerson occurred. Residents in Free Street, Newmarket, and Nathan Street, Ashgrove, have strongly objected to proposed aged care developments they say are also inappropriate for their areas. Can they also expect these developments to be rejected, or do they have the bad luck not to be living in a marginal LNP electorate?
Councillors interjecting.
Chairman: Order!
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. Well, I suppose you could expect a question from the Leader of the Opposition to be worded in that way. MadamChairman, to suggest that one individual creates an influence over these is a nonsense. I said last week in this Chamber that the officers of this Council had written back in relation to that particular development saying that the height was far over where it ought to have been. I think it was 16 storeys from my recollection—
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Yes, 16 storeys. Well, Madam Chairman, none of the other propositions that have been put forward by Councillor CUMMING today suggest that they are anywhere near that level of height. Madam Chairman, each application is taken on its merits. It is assessed by the officers of this Council on those performancebased measures. We will be looking at each one on their individual merits. I’m not going to pre-empt today what decisions officers might take in relation to those particular facilities.