MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4499 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 14 June 2016
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
Chief Executive’s Office
Office of the Lord Mayor and Chief Executive Officer
[4499 (Ordinary) Meeting – 14 June 2016]
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
THE 4499 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL,HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE,
ON TUESDAY 14 JUNE 2016
AT 2PM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS i
PRESENT: 1
OPENING OF MEETING: 1
MINUTES: 1
QUESTION TIME: 1
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS: 16
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 16
A STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – LEASE AND OPERATION OF BELLBOWRIE SWIMMING POOL AND DUNLOP PARK SWIMMING POOL 53
B MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 – AGED CARE, RETIREMENT LIVING AND BIODIVERSITY 60
C LOWER OXLEY CREEK NORTH NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 61
D DUTTON PARK-FAIRFIELD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 63
E QUEENSLAND URBAN UTILITIES DRAFT 2016-21 CORPORATE PLAN 65
F QUEENSLAND URBAN UTILITIES PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT 65
G OVERSEAS TRAVEL – 2016 LORD MAYORAL BUSINESS MISSION TO KAOHSIUNG, TAIPEI, SEOUL, DAEJEON, KOBE AND TOKYO 66
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 66
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – FERRY TERMINAL DESIGN TREATMENTS 70
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 71
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – STREETS OF REMEMBRANCE 74
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL AMENDS THE CURRENT DESIGN FOR THE WYNNUM ROAD CORRIDOR UPGRADE 74
C PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL RECONSIDER ENTERING INTO A LEASE WITH HOWARD SMITH WHARVES NOMINEES PTY LTD 76
D PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL IMPROVE TRAFFIC LIGHT SEQUENCING IN BRISBANE 77
E PETITION – REQUESTING THE INTRODUCTION OF TWO HOUR PARKING RESTRICTIONS, RESIDENTS EXCEPTED, IN COLTON STREET, CARLTON STREET AND JONES STREET, HIGHGATE HILL 79
CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE 79
A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION UNDER SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009 – DEVELOPMENT PERMIT – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE AND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL – CARRY OUT BUILDING WORK FOR COMMUNITY USE – MEALS ON WHEELS KITCHEN, OFFICE, BOARDROOM AND COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM – 880MANLYROAD, WAKERLEY – BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION – LOCAL ASSET SERVICES EAST 86
B PETITION – REGARDING AN APPLICATION AT 28-32 WHARF STREET, KANGAROO POINT (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004203365) AND THE DEVELOPMENT CODES APPLICABLE TO KANGAROO POINT 88
C PETITION – OPPOSING THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF THE SEAVIEW HOTEL LOCATED AT 57-69 PIER AVENUE, SHORNCLIFFE, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF GROWTH OF ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE 89
D PETITIONS – OBJECTING TO A POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 115 HYDE ROAD, YERONGA 92
E PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR A DEVELOPMENT AT 68CORDELIA STREET, SOUTH BRISBANE (APPLICATION REFERENCE A004314218) 93
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 95
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – GREEN HEART FAIR 96
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BUSHLAND PRESERVATION LEVY REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH2016 97
C PARK NAMING – FORMAL NAMING OF PARK CURRENTLY KNOWN AS ROOSEVELT DRIVE PARK TO ‘IAN LYNAS MEMORIAL PARK’ 97
D PETITION – REQUEST FOR NEW FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR STRETTON COMMUNITY PARK, LEXTON STREET, STRETTON 98
E PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL CLEAR AND MAINTAIN STORMWATER DRAINS IN THE VICINITY OF MILES STREET, BALD HILLS 99
F PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL RETAIN THE EXISTING TOILET BLOCK AT WEST END COMMUNITY PARK 100
FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE 102
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – URBAN AMENITIES BRANCH OVERVIEW 102
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REMOVE SEVERAL LARGE RUBBER TREES AT CHESTER STREET, HIGHGATE HILL 104
C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REMOVE AND REPLACE A FIGTREE AT 29 SWAN STREET, SHORNCLIFFE 106
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 107
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MUSEUM OF BRISBANE 108
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 108
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – LORD MAYOR’S BUSINESS AWARDS 2016 109
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – 29 APRIL 2016 110
C PETITION – REQUEST FOR STREET PREACHERS TO BE BANNED FROM THE INNER CITY 111
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS: 112
GENERAL BUSINESS: 112
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 113
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 113
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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)
ShayneSUTTON (Morningside)
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 then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.
MINUTES:
591/2015-16
The Minutes of the 4498 meeting of Council held on 7 June 2016, copies of which had been forwarded to each Councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor Kim MARX, seconded by Councillor Andrew WINES.
QUESTION TIME:
Chairman: Are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chairman of any of the Standing Committees?
Councillor TOOMEY.
Question 1
Councillor TOOMEY: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. Your commitment to renewing our city’s fountains and turning Brisbane into a city of lights has already helped make the city a more colourful and vibrant place for residents. For the benefit of the Chamber, can you please update us on the progress of these fantastic initiatives?
Chairman: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor TOOMEY for the question. There is no doubt that a city that is being built around a theme of lifestyle is one which has to present itself in its best light, and to that extent the issue of building Brisbane as a city of lights and bringing back the fountains as a feature of this subtropical city are important components in doing that.
The city of lights is all about making sure in this day and age of LED lighting, where such fantastic displays of lighting can occur, that we take full advantage of that. We have seen with the lighting of infrastructure is one example of a terrific step forward. Infrastructure, like our very own City Hall here, like the Story Bridge, what a feature it has proven to be, adding a new lease of life to our wonderful and historical Story Bridge.
The Victoria Bridge was of course another more recent arrival when it comes to developing the city of lights. On the Victoria Bridge, we have some 236economical LED light fittings that have been installed under the footpath area, and these lights of course can be programed for variable displays, similar to that of the StoryBridge and Brisbane City Hall.
Other features include Fortitude Valley, Breakfast Creek Road, Ann Street and Wickham Street. There is coloured lighting of six of Queensland kauri pines along that corridor, located in the median strip and at the intersections. Of course, at Fortitude Valley East Street we had bud lighting in one of the fig trees there. In Herston in Bowen Park, again bud lighting in a pine tree and fig tree.
These are creating standout landmarks in our city. They do provide at a low cost very significant features within our city environs. We want to continue to expand the program, so those projects will join projects such as the lighting up of various infrastructure in our city. We have already seen art on infrastructure, for example, such as that undertaken by Cirque du Soleil on the pylons of the Go Between Bridge. But lighting of infrastructure can also add a new dimension.
Also we are seeing companies come on board with this as well, with ISPT being one example. What they have done with the former Broadway on the Mall site. I was having a look at Adelaide Street after dark last night. Again, terrific lighting which adds vitality and life to our buildings after dark, and I would encourage all entrepreneurs that are wanting to help this city government build our city of lights, it will reward dividends for everybody in the longer term.
I have also said that we are bringing back the fountains, and we have already started significant works. We have seen EE McCormick Place have that fountain renewed, that original fountain built in the days of Clem Jones, when he was Lord Mayor of this city, and of course we now have that completely restored fountain with a bit more grunt in the jets, taking it to what was originally intended in terms of the display that it creates.
The LED lights again today just add to the value of that fountain, as it does with the fountain that we have re-established in Emma Miller Place and that, along with the third fountain that we have done, the Mooney Memorial Fountain on the corner of Queen Street and Eagle Street. That memorial fountain was established after the loss of a fire fighter, a young lad, during the course of a Queen Street fire. So it stands there as a memorial now to all fire fighters in our city who have lost their lives.
During the election campaign, I also indicated that there would be more. We of course have the Daphne Mayo Fountain coming in the Brisbane River, and that will be a great fountain recognising the great sculpture artists in our city. So that will be another feature. We have indicated we will be installing a water feature in King George Square at a location where it is capable of taking weight, and also water features at Dowse Lagoon in Sandgate and that of Forest Lake.
Chairman: Thank you, LORD MAYOR.
Further questions?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Question 2
Councillor JOHNSTON: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. After refusing the offer of the old RSPCA site at 295 Fairfield Road, Yeronga for free from the State Government, you are now proposing to rezone the site from community use to residential, to allow multistorey units, against the clear and overwhelming feedback of the community and myself as the local Councillor, as we advised Council during consultation on the Dutton Park-Fairfield Neighbourhood Plan. Why are you putting the financial interests of developers ahead of the community interest?
Chairman: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor JOHNSTON for the question. Well, Madam Chairman, firstly what of course CouncillorJOHNSTON did not recall in that question was the offer of the RSPCA site brought with it a very, very significant cost to this Council and to the ratepayers of this city—
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman: Point of order against you, LORD MAYOR.
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Madam Chairman, the LORD MAYOR is misleading the Chamber. The cost of the land in my question as stated was free, zero cost for the land.
Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, the LORD MAYOR is providing context. LORDMAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Well, Madam Chairman, no one is disputing that. What I have said, if you listened again carefully, was that what she did not include in the question—and so it is important that, in answering the question, Councillor JOHNSTON, the Chamber be aware of all of the facts in association with the RSPCA site.
Yes, the acquisition was for free, but what it came with was a significant bill that was required for the restoration of those lands, because there were certain contaminations, there were certain other aspects of that land which brought a cost to the ratepayers of this city.
So, Madam Chairman, had it been that, ‘here’s the land in a useable state’, then it may have been a completely different proposition, but it was not offered in that context. So ‘be careful what you get for free’ is the old adage, and ‘you get what you pay for’ is the other adage. Can I just say to you, though, CouncillorJOHNSTON, that this land is in private ownership. That is where the land is today.
Having said that, while it is true that there is an application before this Council, it is important to acknowledge that that land is zoned as low to medium density residential. So, I am conscious of the application that has come in. You should not assume that because an application comes in that it will somehow automatically be approved. Again, that land is zoned as low to medium density residential. That would mean normally there would be a three-story outcome in relation to that site. What the proponents are asking for is much more than that, and—
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman: Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: I think the LORD MAYOR is a little bit confused, and I just draw this to his attention because—
Chairman: No, Councillor JOHNSTON—
Councillor JOHNSTON: —he is misleading the Chamber, Madam Chairman.
Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON!
Councillor JOHNSTON: It is zoned for community use currently.
Chairman: Councillor JOHNSTON, I remind you of section—
Councillor JOHNSTON: —Council is changing it to low to medium density.
Chairman: —51: Precedence of the Chairman. Councillor JOHNSTON, when I speak, you cease speaking. Refer to section 51 of the Meetings Local Law. You do not get up on a point of order and seek to clarify what the LORD MAYOR is saying. That is an inappropriate point of order. LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. I take Councillor JOHNSTON’s interjection—or not interjection, but point of order there. What she has said is correct, that it is proposed—there is a proposed zoning change for low to medium density residential on that site. It is a site that is in private ownership, so we believe that that is the appropriate level for that particular site.