MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4516 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 14 February 2017
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
City Administration and Governance
[4516 (Ordinary) Meeting – 14 February 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
PRESENT:
OPENING OF MEETING:
MINUTES:
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
QUESTION TIME:
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE
ACITY CENTRE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE (Special report)
ATEMPORARY LOCAL PLANNING INSTRUMENT 01/17 PROTECTION OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS BRASCH’S SERVICE STATION, 108 BREAKFAST CREEK ROAD, NEWSTEAD
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION – VOLVO HYBRID BUS AND MERCEDES CITARO TRIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION – QUEEN’S WHARF BRISBANE – OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS TO MOTORCYCLE PARKING
CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE
ADEVELOPMENT APPLICATION UNDER SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT2009 – DEVELOPMENT PERMIT – MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR THEATRE, FUNCTION FACILITY, SHOP, FOOD AND DRINK OUTLET AND PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO CARRY OUT BUILDING WORK ON A QUEENSLAND HERITAGE PLACE – 179 ELIZABETH STREET, BRISBANE CITY
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION – CITY BOTANIC GARDENS – BRISBANE’S OLDEST PARK
BCOMMITTEE REPORT – BUSHLAND PRESERVATION LEVY REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 2016
CPETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL NAME THE PARK AREA AT THE END OF HAMPTONSTREET, EAST BRISBANE, AS WALLY GROUT PLACE OR PARK
FIELD SERVICES COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION – FIELD SERVICES 2016 ACHIEVEMENTS
BPETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL REMOVE LEOPARD TREES IN BLUEGUM PLACE, TAIGUM
LIFESTYLE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE CITY ARCHIVES
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
ACOMMITTEE PRESENTATION AND REPORT – NET BORROWINGS – CASH INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING FOR THE DECEMBER 2016 QUARTER
GENERAL BUSINESS:
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:
[4516 (Ordinary) Meeting – 14 February 2017]
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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.
Councillor SRI:Point of order, Madam Chair.
Chairman:Point of order, Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI:I’d like to move the inclusion of acknowledgement of country as part of the meeting agenda. I am not proposing that we replace the prayer. I’m suggesting that it could go after that as part of the agenda.
Chairman:Councillor SRI, are you moving suspension of Standing Orders, because what you have just declared is not appropriate.
Councillor SRI:My understanding is that under I think section 11 I can move an amendment to the agenda, or an addition to the agenda. So I just move that an acknowledgement of country be added to the agenda.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Seconded.
Chairman:It states in 11(2) in order of business, the order in which Council proceeds with the business for a particular meeting may be altered by the LORD MAYOR, resolution of Council or the Chairman if it relates to an apology or a leave of absence. So there is not a resolution of Council in that you haven’t moved urgency, so I don’t—
Councillor JOHNSTON:Point of order, Madam Chairman. I just refer you to 11(3)—
Chairman:Just a moment, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillors interjecting.
Chairman:Order! Do not start this Council meeting off in that way.
Councillor SRI, you are not actually changing the order or the business of the meeting.You are merely seeking to change the wording of the prayer which is part of the agenda.
Councillor SRI:No, sorry—
Chairman:And there has been no notice of motion that has—
Councillor interjecting.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON!
Councillor JOHNSTON:Read the rules.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON! I remind you of section 51 of the Meetings Local Law. When I am speaking, you do not interrupt.
Councillor interjecting.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON! If you persist in interrupting, I will call for an adjournment until you can learn a little bit of decorum and behaviour in this place.
Councillor SRI, just resume your seat for a moment, please.
Councillor SRI, do you have your motion in writing, because it was fairly garbled in what you said. Do you have something specific in writing?
Councillor SRI:Yes, Madam Chair. I’d say the motion is that we include an acknowledgement of the traditional custodians as part of the agenda for Council meeting.
Chairman:I’ll give you three minutes for urgency to speak on that motion.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON! I am treating this as an urgency motion. There is no notice of motion, and I am treating this as an urgency motion. You have three minutes to—
Councillor JOHNSTON:Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman:Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Thank you, Madam Chairman. I refer you to section 11(3) which states that, “If the agenda is sought to be amended by motion in accordance with subsection (2)(b), the motion may be moved without notice”. This is not a suspension of Standing Orders. This is a completely different section that relates specifically to the agenda, and it does not place any time limits on it.
It is a substantive motion about whether the agenda should be altered, and I would urge you to take some advice, because it is very clear that this is not a suspension of Standing Orders but a motion to add the traditional acknowledgement after the prayer to the agenda. In that sense we would be voting on a substantive motion before us today, not on urgency. So I just urge you to seek some advice, because the rules say that a motion can be moved.This is not a suspension of Standing Orders.
Chairman:DEPUTY MAYOR, I seek an adjournment for five minutes, please.
ADJOURNMENT:
344/2016-17At that time, 2.06pm, it was resolved on the motion of the DEPUTY MAYOR, seconded by Councillor MARX, that the meeting adjourn for a period of fiveminutes, to commence only when all Councillors had vacated the Chamber and the doors have been locked.
Council stood adjourned at 2.07pm.
UPON RESUMPTION:
Chairman:The meeting has been declared open.
Councillor interjecting.
Chairman: Be quiet Councillor JOHNSTON. Councillors, please show due acknowledgement when you enter the Chamber at all times.
As I have previously stated, under section 11(2) of the Meetings Local Law, it is only the order in which Council proceeds with the business for a particular meeting which may be altered. If a Councillor wishes to put forward an additional item to the agenda, it should be undertaken as I had previously explained.
Councillor SRI:Point of order, Madam Chair.
Chairman:Point of order, Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI:I am sorry for the confusion. I thought I was moving this under 28(3) which allows me to basically move to add things to the agenda. I understand that to be the point of that section 28(3). It is not an urgency motion, it is just moving to add something to the agenda.
Chairman:Councillor SRI, the addition of an item to the agenda should be in writing as a motion on notice or in accordance with the Standing Rules. Therefore, what you have undertaken is not appropriate.
MINUTES:
345/2016-17
The Minutes of the 4515 meeting of Council held on 7 February 2017, copies of which had been forwarded to each Councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor MARX, seconded by Councillor WINES.
Chairman: Before I call the public participant, I would like to recognise former Councillor Mr Les Bryant who is in the Public Gallery with us today.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Mr Daniel Raffell – Raising awareness and knowledge of Smart Recovery Australia’s services
File number: 137/220/701/268
Chairman: I would now like to call on Mr Daniel Raffell who will address the Chamber on raising awareness and knowledge of SMART Recovery Australia services. Orderly, please show Mr Raffell in.
Please proceed, Mr Raffell, you have five minutes.
Mr Daniel Raffell:Madam Chair and LORD MAYOR and Councillors, thank you for your time today in allowing me the opportunity to speak with you all in regards to what I believe is an important public matter. My name is Daniel Raffell, I’m the National Coordinator for an organisation called SMART Recovery Australia, a not-for-profit servicing Australia-wide.
SMART stands for Self Management and Recovery Training, and is a free selfmanagement mutual aid group that supports and offers people a place in the community to be equipped with practical solutions to change their addictive behaviours. SMART groups are delivered only using evidencebased tools and techniques. The program was established in the USA in 1994 and has been operating in Australia for the last 14 years.
There are now more than 2,500 weekly meetings in 20 different countries, including 175 in Australia. However, only five of those are in the Brisbane region. SMART Recovery was born out of an increasing demand for an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous’ (AA) traditional 12 steps. As I aforementioned, SMART Recovery is underpinned by only evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioural therapy and motivational interviewing. To ensure the program adapts to scientific advances, a research advisory committee with leading Australian addiction and mental health professors has been formed.
SMART meetings are run by trained facilitators, many of whom are professionals embedded in organisations, the rest made up of volunteers and peers in the community who have recovered from addictive behaviours and have been trained to deliver this program. Everyone can change their addictive behaviours. Even the most lost and broken can change their ways, if given the opportunity and applying these principles, can go to live fulfilled lives and make a positive contribution to the community.
SMART Recovery equips individuals with the skills and tools not only to help people make change to their behaviours, it equips them for so much more. My personal journey has been a testimony of the application of these principles, someone who has experience of addiction and many years on methadone programs. I began to apply similar principles to my life 15 years ago, and it has been a story of complete transformation.
Even though SMART Recovery has been around in Australia for some years, it still is in its infancy. We believe this program needs to be accessible for everyone in Australia. SMART Recovery is embedded in 80 government and non-government organisations, however, we need continued collaboration with new organisations to develop this program further and respond to the growing community needs. SMART Recovery only has a team of seven, and we rely on building partnerships with local and national organisations, including district health boards, primary health networks, community services, members of Parliament and local Councillors.
We have also just recently started a partnership with National Rugby League to roll out SMART Recovery into its Professional Sports Association. Once facilitators are trained in SMART facilitation, there is no cost to the participants or organisations to run these programs, other than providing a venue.
In today’s current financial climate, with so many alcohol and drug treatment services closing its doors due to funding issues, SMART Recovery has a response to this barrier—that is credibility, longevity and sustainability. We are currently in the application process for a small grant within the Brisbane Council region, with the aim to identify and train facilitators to deliver more SMART Recovery groups. This application will be due to be submitted next week, and I hope the opportunity today is not only to raise the profile of SMART Recovery but I hope there are Councillors in the Chamber who can acknowledge the importance of responding to this issue and try to reduce the detrimental effect addiction is having across their wards.
As we all know, the associated costs to the community in not addressing these issues can be significant. Developing a scientific evidence-based response in these wards is essential. I ask for those in the room today who can identify the need of running SMART Recovery groups in their wards and regions to contact me as soon as possible so we can start to work collaboratively in delivering this project.
I have had the opportunity to speak to Peter CUMMING in the last month in the Wynnum Manly Ward, and we have started a new group out in that area. If anyone else needs more information, I have left my cards with the Clerk. We believe SMART Recovery, aside from AA and NA (Narcotics Anonymous), will become one of the most well-known and respected responses to the addictions of society. However, the growth is dependent on the collaborative work between SMART Recovery Australia and the greater community.
Madam Chairman, LORD MAYOR and Councillors, thank you for listening to me and giving me the opportunity to speak to you today.
Chairman:Thank you, Mr Raffell. If you’d care to stay seated.
Councillor BOURKE, would you like to respond please?
Response by Councillor BOURKE, Chairman of the Lifestyle and Community Services Committee
Councillor BOURKE:Thanks very much, Madam Chairman, and can I start off by thanking Mr Raffell for coming in this afternoon and speaking to us about SMART Recovery Australia. Can I also thank you for sharing your own personal story that you did as you spoke. I was surprised to learn that your organisation has been operating for 14 years in Australia already. I have my hand up to say that I hadn’t heard of you before the application came in for you to speak. I am also surprised to learn that you only have five classes here in Brisbane. I think there are a lot of opportunities where Council may be able to help facilitate, whether it is in our libraries that we have across the city or the number of community spaces that we have across our city to find some space that will help you run some of your classes.
We know as an organisation that alcohol, drug or gambling addictions can be the start of a downward spiral for individuals, that leads to other social or mental problems. Obviously being able to help and support people when they have identified with that addictive issue is a lot better way than trying to deal with the secondary and third issues of homelessness or marriage breakups that come from some of these addictions.
We also know that it is not just isolated to drugs, alcohol and gambling. Council has taken a very strong approach to helping people who are in the squalor or hoarding addictive category as well, and we have targeted and worked very closely with non-government organisations already in that space. So I am more than happy to catch up with you after the meeting and set up a formal meeting to discuss how Council may be able to partner or work with you to make some spaces available and to help promote your program. I am also happy to get any information off you and then pass that information on to all the Councillors who are here today. Once again I just thank you for your time in coming in and sharing your story about your organisation.
Chairman:Thank you, Mr Raffell, for coming in today.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman:Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Madam Chairman, I just have a procedural question. It is different from the issue that Councillor SRI was raising, but it comes out of that. Section 11 says in subsection (1) that “Council must proceed with its business at a meeting in the order indicated on the agenda for the meeting”. I have just had the thought that there is no prayer listed on the agenda, so I am just wondering under what authority you are conducting the prayer at the beginning of the meeting, given that it is not listed on the agenda at all.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON, the prayer has been part of this meeting for a considerable period of time. It is the way that the meeting commences prior to apologies being called for or leave of absence.
Councillor JOHNSTON:Point of order, Madam Chairman.
Chairman:Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON:I know you are a stickler for the rules, because you apply them rigorously to me. But, Madam Chairman, it appears to me that the prayer should be listed on the agenda, or it must be undertaken in accordance with subsection 11 to ensure that this meeting is being run in accordance with the Meetings Local Law.
Chairman:We will now continue—that is your opinion, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON:I’d like a ruling, Madam Chairman, because this is subsection 11(1) of the Meetings Local Law, and I would like you to be on the record as to why the prayer is not listed on the agenda if it is part of the agenda for this meeting, and that agenda must—it is mandatory—include the items that we are debating.
Chairman:Councillor JOHNSTON, as part of the opening of the meeting, under section 28(1)(a) is where the prayer is incorporated, as far as my ruling is concerned.
QUESTION TIME:
Chairman:We will now proceed to Question Time.