MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4483 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 10 November 2015
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
Chief Executive’s Office
Office of the Lord Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer
[4483 (Ordinary) Meeting – 10 November 2015]
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
THE 4483 MEETING OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL,HELD AT CITY HALL, BRISBANE,
ON TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2015
AT 2PM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS i
PRESENT: 1
OPENING OF MEETING: 1
APOLOGY: 1
MINUTES: 1
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: 1
QUESTION TIME: 6
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS: 19
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 19
A LEASE TO IMPRESS PRINTMAKERS STUDIO BRISBANE INC. FOR 134KEDRON PARK ROAD, WOOLOOWIN 34
B RESUMPTION OF LAND LOCATED AT 232 AND 242 LEVITT ROAD, UPPER KEDRON 35
C DESIGNATION OF A PUBLIC PLACE IN ROMA STREET PARKLAND FOR CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR 36
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 37
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – FREE MOTORCYCLE PARKING PROJECT UPDATE 39
B PETITION – PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAVENDISH ROAD AND YORK STREET, COORPAROO 40
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 41
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – TONES ROAD BIKEWAY 42
B PETITION – CESSATION OF A FOOT/CYCLE BRIDGE, CAMP STREET AND BENT STREET, TOOWONG 43
C PETITION – LIGHTING ALONG YERONGA MOOROOKA BIKEWAY, THROUGH MOOLABIN, KOALA AND PEGG’S PARKS 44
NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE 46
A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION UNDER SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009: DEVELOPMENT PERMIT – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR CHILD CARE CENTRE – 274 LANCASTER ROAD, ASCOT – BRISBANE RACING CLUB 48
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE CAR PARKING ISSUES AS A RESULT OF AN OVERDEVELOPED SITE AT ST JOACHIM'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL LOCATED AT 39-59 YULETIDE STREET, HOLLAND PARK WEST (APPLICATION REFERENCE A003988188) 51
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 52
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – PARKS ALIVE 60
B PARK NAMING – PROPOSED NAMING OF THE PARKLAND BORDERED BY SCARBA AND NAVER STREETS, MIDDLE PARK, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS ‘NAVER ST PARK’ (D1127), MIDDLE PARK, AS WOOD PARK 61
C PARK NAMING – PROPOSED NAMING OF THE PARKLAND BORDERED BY PAMAROO CRESCENT AND CHIPALA STREET, JINDALEE CURRENTLY KNOWN AS ‘PAMAROO CRESCENT PARK’ (D0884), AS JACARANDA PARK 62
D PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL SOLAR LIGHTING AND A SHELTER SHED IN THE SMALL DOG OFF-LEASH AREA AT CURLEW PARK, SANDGATE 62
E PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REMOVE A POINCIANA TREE ON THE FOOTPATH OUTSIDE 36 TO 38 TEESDALE STREET, CORINDA 63
F PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REINSTATE THE PLAYGROUND AND RUBBER MATTING UNDER THE SUNSHADE AT MEADOWBANK STREET PARK, CARINDALE 65
FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE 66
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ASPHALT AND ROAD RESURFACING INNOVATION 67
BRISBANE LIFESTYLE COMMITTEE 69
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – DISABILITY ACTION AT WORK 70
FINANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE 71
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – RESULTS FROM LORD MAYOR’S BUSINESS AWARDS 71
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – 28 AUGUST 2015 72
C COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – 25 SEPTEMBER 2015 73
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS: 73
GENERAL BUSINESS: 73
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 76
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 77
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PRESENT:
The Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Graham QUIRK) – LNP
The Chairman of Council, Councillor Angela OWEN-TAYLOR (Parkinson Ward) – LNP
LNP Councillors (and Wards) / ALP Councillors (and Wards)Krista ADAMS (Wishart)
Matthew BOURKE (Jamboree)
Amanda COOPER (Bracken Ridge)
Margaret de WIT (Pullenvale)
Vicki HOWARD (Central) (Deputy Chairman of Council)
Steven HUANG (Macgregor)
Fiona KING (Marchant)
Kim MARX (Karawatha)
PeterMATIC (Toowong)
Ian McKENZIE (Holland Park)
David McLACHLAN (Hamilton)
Ryan MURPHY (Doboy)
Adrian SCHRINNER (Chandler) (Deputy Mayor)
Julian SIMMONDS (Walter Taylor)
Steven TOOMEY (The Gap)
Andrew WINES (Enoggera) / Milton DICK (Richlands) (The Leader of the Opposition)
Helen ABRAHAMS (The Gabba) (Deputy Leader of the Opposition)
PeterCUMMING (Wynnum Manly)
Jared CASSIDY (Deagon)
KimFLESSER (Northgate)
SteveGRIFFITHS (Moorooka)
ShayneSUTTON (Morningside)
Independent Councillor (and Ward)
Nicole JOHNSTON (Tennyson)
OPENING OF MEETING:
The Chairman, Councillor Angela OWEN-TAYLOR, opened the meeting with prayer, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.
APOLOGY:
206/2015-16
An apology was submitted on behalf of Councillor Norm WYNDHAM, and he was granted leave of absence from the meeting on the motion of Councillor Andrew WINES, seconded by Councillor Kim MARX.
MINUTES:
207/2015-16
The Minutes of the 4482 meeting of Council held on 3 November 2015, 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 Kim MARX.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Ms Catarina Hebbard – Indel-ABILITY Arts
File number: 137/220/701/239
Chairman: I would now like to call on Ms Catarina Hebbard who will address the Chamber on Indel-ABILITY Arts. Orderly, please show Ms Hebbard into the Chamber.
Welcome, Ms Hebbard; you have five minutes, please proceed.
Ms Catarina Hebbard: Thank you. Madam Chairman, LORD MAYOR and Councillors: it is an honour and a privilege to be presenting to Council today. My name is Catarina Hebbard and I am co-creator of Indel-ABILITY, a theatre company based here in Brisbane for artists who identify as having a disability.
We are often asked: what does that name mean? Well, we thought about what our mission was. We aim to make theatre that stays with you long after you’ve left the theatre. This led us to a discussion about words that mean leaving a mark. Indelible ink. We changed the middle ‘i’ to an ‘a’, so we are now IndelABILITY; theatre that leaves its mark.
A couple of years ago I started a conversation with one of my peers, RebeccaRoberts, and we discovered that we both had the same goal, and from here IndelABILITY Arts was born. After much research, we realised there are very few opportunities for artists who identify as having a disability in the mainstream of our creative industries, yet many of those artists have forged forward to become outstanding in their field. I am sure you’ve heard of TimSharp, the artist who is also a writer. We have all seen the press on model Madeline Stuart.
These are just a couple of people that we know about. We know that, with support and opportunities, more artists can start to make their mark in our communities and on our stages, and hopefully on our films. Our aim as IndelABILITY is to become the first fully professional theatre company that creates work for, with and by artists with disabilities—a truly inclusive and diverse company that is committed to creating ongoing work for our artists.
Earlier this year we applied for a community development and capacity grant. These grants, as you know, range from $2,000 to $10,000, and we were successful in receiving the full $10,000. That funding has allowed us to develop our very first production, Look Mum, No Hands, a show about the road to independence as artists in an industry that doesn’t celebrate difference. It has enabled us to establish ourselves as a company and to make incredible connections across the community.
Our application outlined a project that would pay our artists and provide access to other professionals working in the industry, culminating in a showing at the end of the development period. We have also received in-kind support from BrisbanePowerhouse. We commenced the development on 10 August, and we have two showings next week, on 20 and 21 November—and it is really exciting. We can get the information to you if you would like to come along. We’d love to see some of you there.
The community development and capacity building grant from Brisbane City Council enables us to do the following: employ our four artists with mixed abilities. Our artists work together three times a week for 14 weeks. In this time they have created and written their own script about their experiences as artists, their struggles, the highs and lows, and their ambitions. The show is very full. We have had much support from many industry professionals over this. None of this work would have been possible without this grant.
I spoke to our actors and told them that I was coming here today to present to Council, and I asked them if there was anything they wanted to say to you. This is what they said. We work really, really hard and we love this so much, it makes us happy. I can’t wait to come to rehearsals on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. We have pushed ourselves. We laugh a lot. I cried a couple of times. Me too. Karen’s song makes me cry every time. We’ve fallen down; yeah, I literally did that, and figuratively.
We made a show. I get to make people laugh. People get to see me be awesome. I get to show my dance moves. I’m a paid professional actor. Well, that proves to all the people out there who said that I couldn’t do this that they were wrong to underestimate me. I want to take our show on tour. We want to go to Adelaide. We want to go to Edinburgh. We want to present at the next DisabilityFestival in London.
This is what they wanted to say to you. But most of all, thank you very much for your support and your belief in us. All of this is sparked by the support we receive from this grant, and they felt that their company, that we created, is worthwhile and they are going to do you proud. We have expected a lot, and we have been rewarded tenfold. If you come to the show, you will see that. Thank you very much.
Chairman: Thank you, Ms Hebbard, for coming to address us with that very important project.
I would like to call on Councillor ADAMS to respond, please.
Response by Councillor Krista ADAMS, Chairman of the Brisbane Lifestyle Committee
Councillor ADAMS: Take a seat, Catarina.
Ms Catarina Hebbard: I’ve just stopped shaking.
Councillor ADAMS: Thank you so much for coming in this afternoon just to tell us about the wonderful work you are doing. We are very intimidating, but we’re not that scary, really. It is fantastic to hear the work that you are doing with the grant that we supplied you through our Community, Development and Capacity Building grants. Your project, Look Mum, No Hands, is really one of a kind. I think that is what is so exciting about it, but maybe it’s just the first of one of a kind, and it will go on to bigger and greater things.
This project was the first production that had an ensemble of artists with a range of disabilities. Obviously you’ve got a lot of different individual stories about the road to independence, and as you said in the messages that they gave us, it is giving these people a creative voice to make sure that they are emerging as artists regardless of what their disability is as well.
My understanding is it’s based around the life and stories of the performers, and their daily life with their disability and how they incorporate that through a mix of communication styles, including sign language, movement, visual aids and, as you mentioned, hopefully next year, into full production and a bit of a tour—worldwide as well; it sounds very, very exciting.
I think it is interesting to note today that in Queensland there is no other mainstream theatre company that is coordinated by artists with a disability for artists with a disability. This project really is about raising the profile of these artists and allowing them to share that creative voice. So the objective of our grant program is absolutely what we see those responded to by Indel-ABILITY Arts, increased community identity and connection, increased social inclusion—obviously they are loving their rehearsal three days a week—reduce the isolation of people with high needs, build innovative and effective responses to the needs that they have as artists themselves as well, and of course respond to the greater community issues and needs.
That also includes not just people with a disability but these grants also support our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, young people, seniors and of course those that are at IndelABILITY Arts as well. Thank you so much for coming this afternoon and sharing it. We gave out a total of $123,996 last financial year, of which you were a beneficiary of $10,000 of that. It is great to hear that it is going from strength to strength, and we look forward to hearing about all your worldwide tours when you come back to see us. Thanks, Catarina.
Chairman: Ms Hebbard, I understand that you are forwarding the invitation via the Clerks, and we will ensure that that is distributed to all Councillors for you.
Ms Catarina Hebbard: Thank you so much.
Chairman: Thank you for coming in.
Mr Darcy Maddock – Friends of Toowong Cemetery
File number: 137/220/701/250
Chairman: I would now like to call on Mr Darcy Maddock who will address the Chamber on the Friends of Toowong Cemetery. Orderly, please show Mr Maddock in.