MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4520 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 14 March 2017
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
City Administration and Governance
[4520 (Ordinary) Meeting – 14 March 2017
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
QUESTION TIME: 1
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS: 13
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 13
A WYNNUM ROAD CORRIDOR UPGRADE STAGE 1 – PRIVATE PROPERTY RESUMPTIONS 44
B STORES BOARD SUBMISSION – LEASE AND OPERATION OF THE STLUCIA GOLF LINKS PRO SHOP 46
C CITY WEST NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 52
D MINOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS TO BRISBANE CITY PLAN 2014 – PACKAGE C 54
E OVERSEAS TRAVEL – 2017 LORD MAYORAL BUSINESS MISSION TO THE 2017 ASIA PACIFIC CITIES SUMMIT (2017APCS) & MAYORS’ FORUM IN DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA 55
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 56
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE METRO COMMUNITY CONSULTATION 76
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 77
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – NEW TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES: PRACTICAL OR PIE IN
THE SKY? 81
B PETITIONS – REQUESTING FOR A GREENSLOPES HOSPITAL RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT SCHEME 82
C PETITION – REQUESTING AN UPGRADE TO LYTTON ROAD IN BULIMBA, BALMORAL AND MORNINGSIDE 84
CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE 88
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – DEVELOPMENT SERVICES – PLUMBING SERVICES GROUP 90
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 91
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – COORPAROO CREEK PARK 94
FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE 95
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – FLEET SOLUTIONS SAP REPORTING AND INSIGHT 98
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL REMOVE A LEOPARD TREE AT 63 ESTHER STREET,
DEAGON 98
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 100
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – UNIQUE VENUES 101
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 102
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – UPDATE ON BRISBANE INNOVATE 103
CONSIDERATION OF NOTIFIED MOTION – ROAD SAFETY: 104
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS: 109
GENERAL BUSINESS: 109
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 114
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 118
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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 acknowledged the traditional custodians, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.
MINUTES:
425/2016-17
The Minutes of the 4519 meeting of Council held on 7 March 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.
QUESTION TIME:
Chairman: Are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chairman of any of the Standing Committees?
Councillor WYNDHAM.
Question 1
Councillor WYNDHAM: Yes. My question is to the LORD MAYOR.
Last night you hosted the 2017 Multicultural Business Scholarship and Mentoring Program Alumni event at City Hall, an event that provides students with multicultural backgrounds lifelong experience in the business sector. Can you update the Chamber on how these students are subsequently benefiting Brisbane?
Chairman: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and I thank Councillor WYNDHAM for the question. I also thank Councillor WYNDHAM and several other Councillors from both sides of the Chamber for being present last night, in what was the first Multicultural Business Scholarship and Mentoring Program Alumni event.
This mentoring program, but more specifically the scholarship program, is in its 10th year. This has come about as a result of an initiative from the Lord Mayor’s Multicultural Round Table. I do want to acknowledge Mr Michael Chan, the Chairman of the Round Table, and the members of the Round Table for their contribution, not only those who are presently there, but those who have been there in years gone by for their ongoing contribution.
So last night, Madam Chairman, we were able to celebrate the fact that there were some 300 alumni now, people that have participated within the scholarship program. We are seeing as a city, Madam Chairman, a range of success stories among those alumni. The scholarships are all about building a skill base in business, it’s about making sure that the young multicultural entrepreneurs of the future are skilled and have the capacity then to go on, create business, and create jobs within our city.
Not everyone of course from these scholarships goes on and undertakes business, but the reality is that each of them have benefited in a significant way within their chosen career path, albeit that not all, as I say, advanced into the world of business. But each of them have the business skills where, even if not now, later on, they can make that transition and continue to make a contribution to our city.
So, Madam Chairman, the Multicultural Business Scholarship Program commenced in 2008, and there have been many talented and aspiring business people that have received the scholarships from a range of multicultural backgrounds, from a range of nations. But one of the aims of the alumni event is to re-engage with recipients. It was to track their business progress, determine how we might be able to continue to help as a city in supporting and encouraging entrepreneurial spirit within Brisbane.
The support of educational institutions has been very important, and I want to thank all of those institutions who have partnered with us over the years, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Site Institute and TAFE Queensland have been invaluable to the Business Scholarship Program. This year there will be some 37 placements that will be on offer by way of scholarships, and applications are currently open online.
Madam Chairman, about two years ago now, the Multicultural Round Table decided to establish a mentoring program. So some of the members of the Round Table with substantial business skills decided to make their time available to create a mentoring opportunity. So that now has seen a lot of young people have the opportunity to have one-on-one programs with our mentors, and I want to again thank those members of the round table—Mr Bob Bishop, MrAndrew Foo, Mr David Widjaja, and Brian Lorigan—for the volunteering that they are providing. This year there will be some 24 participants who will be involved in that mentoring program. We’d like to also thank CareerEmployment Australia for their help in being part of the establishment of that mentoring program.
These things only occur through an event which is held each year, the Multicultural Business Awards Dinner, and the funds raised at that dinner provide the opportunity for the wherewithal to be able to create these sponsorships, so it is self-funding, Madam Chairman. I know there are Councillors from both sides of the Chamber who have attended that dinner in past years, and I thank you all very much for your support of the event. It is well attended. It is always a good event, and it provides an opportunity to celebrate those awardees or recipients of scholarships for that particular year.
This year that dinner will be held on Saturday 27 May and again we hope to fill downstairs, the Auditorium, Madam Chairman, for the event. It’s an opportunity to celebrate and to—not only the provision of awards for multicultural businesses, but we thank all those involved.
Chairman: Further questions?
Councillor CUMMING.
Question 2
Councillor CUMMING: Thanks, Madam Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR.
On 22 December 2016 your Establishment and Coordination Committee approved a $220,000 contract to Democracy Intelligence Pty Ltd to conduct a two-month review into your $60 million IT blowout on the Local Government Information Systems project. On Friday it was reported in the media that you were handed the report into this project in January. Have you received the report from Democracy Intelligence, and will you today, table this report to the full Council for scrutiny?
Chairman: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Madam Chairman, I thank Councillor CUMMING for the question. MadamChairman, I have indicated to this Chamber a long time ago that the issues surrounding the Local Government Systems upgrade. In fact, Madam Chairman, when there was issues that the Cabinet discovered around this particular issue, we acted immediately, and we did so by way of the engagement of a group, and Councillor CUMMING, you have announced in relation to that group that were engaged to look at the Local Government Systems. Just to remind people, Local Government Systems was where we were bringing 13 individual systems into a single platform.
So, Madam Chairman, when this project was faced with issues, we engaged the company that Councillor CUMMING has mentioned in his question. We have done so, Madam Chairman, quite deliberately, because we wanted to see a peer review held in relation to it, to find out exactly what was going on in terms of it, and we wanted to make sure that the issues associated with the vendor also were examined closely.
Now, I announced previously that we would be negotiating the contract with the vendor. Those negotiations are continuing. But I indicated also that we would be making sure that we got this project back on track. There were significant issues with it, Madam Chairman. There is no question about that, and I have been upfront about that. I announced that, Madam Chairman, some considerable period ago, in January.
I did that a couple of days after Civic Cabinet were provided with information, with a presentation in regards to the issue that CouncillorCUMMING has raised. So, Madam Chairman, that work is continuing, and it will continue, because there were a number of measures that we indicated that we would be putting in place in relation to it. People—
Councillor CASSIDY: Point of order, Madam Chair.
Chairman: Point of order, Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Madam Chair, the LORD MAYOR was asked to answer a simple question, whether he had received the report from Democracy Intelligence, and if he will table this report to the full Council today. He is not answering the question.
Chairman: And the LORD MAYOR has five minutes to provide an answer, and part of the question was in relation to the Local Government Systems, which the LORDMAYOR is referring to. I will allow him to continue.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman.
So, Madam Chairman, the reality is that there are clearly issues with the project. I have been completely upfront about that from January when I indicated that there were issues, and I announced some of the measures that were being taken in order to address that. So the review team briefed Cabinet on 23 January.
The question that has been put to me today, Madam Chairman, has been put to me before, and I’ve indicated the reasons before also as to why the release of that report will not be taking place. Madam Chairman, that report is pivotal, and the information contained in it in relation to the work being undertaken in this review, and the negotiation of the contract.
So it would be easy for political reasons that have, you know, a lot of commentary around that, and that would not be in the interests of ratepayers, Madam Chairman, in the middle of a renegotiation of a contract. So, that is the position. I have indicated that before—
Councillor CASSIDY: Point of order, Madam Chair.
Chairman: Point of order, Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Madam Chair, the LORD MAYOR was asked if he had received the report, and he is not answering that part of the question.
Chairman: Councillor CASSIDY, I clearly heard the LORD MAYOR respond to that part of the question, and he—
Councillor interjecting.
Chairman: Order! Section 51 of the Meetings Local Law, when I am speaking, you do not interject.
LORD MAYOR, please continue.
LORD MAYOR: Thanks very much, Madam Chairman. So, Madam Chairman, as I indicated, the Cabinet were briefed on 23 January in relation to this matter, and it was on 25January that I took the step of announcing that there was issues with the project, and the measures that we were taking, including the placement of a systems integrator as being one of those actions to get this project back on track. But a renegotiation of the contract was also a very critical part of it.
Now, what I’m saying here today—this is not new news. I’ve said this in this Chamber before, that the issues around that report, Madam Chairman, are pivotal to negotiations. So, we are not going to—
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: We are not going to, Madam Chairman, jeopardise those simply for the LaborParty to play some political games.
Councillors interjecting.
Chairman: Order!
LORD MAYOR: That’s their only interest, let’s be clear, their only interest in this is to play some political games. So, Madam Chairman, that’s the reality.
We will pursue with the current vendor, Madam Chairman. We are trying to renegotiate a contract. That continues to be our preferred outcome, but, MadamChairman, those negotiations are ongoing.
Chairman: Further questions?
Councillor WINES.
Question 3
Councillor WINES: Thank you, Madam Chairman. My question is to the Chair of the Public and Active Transport Committee, Councillor SCHRINNER.
DEPUTY MAYOR, can you please outline for the Chamber about whether the term ‘metro’, which is used very widely to describe transit systems around the world, relates only to a particular type of vehicle, or whether it’s about other factors?