CCC Meeting 2025-05-05

Clarence City Council Chambers, Bligh Street, 6pm

1. Acknowledgement of Country
2. Apologies
   • Cr Ritchie (Leave of Absence, for real this time)
3. Declarations of Interests
4. Omnibus Items

   1. Confirmation of Minutes
   2. Mayor's Communication
   3. Council Workshops
   4. Tabling of Petitions
   5. Reports from Outside Bodies
      • Reports from Single and Joint Authorities
      • Reports from Council and Special Committees and Other Representative Bodies
        • Audit Panel – Chairperson's Report
   6. Weekly Briefing Reports
5. Public Question Time
   1. On Notice
      • Bradley Walker
        1. Public Open Space – Oceana Drive Development

           Follow up to question asked on April 7th council meeting – Public Open Space – Oceana Drive Development. Can council explain what works the developer of SD-2011/30 still has to do and/or comply with in regard to their Bushfire Hazard Management Plan and conditions 2-5 of the Planning Permit?
   2. Previously Taken On Notice (nil)
   3. Without Notice
6. Deputations are not listed in the Agenda, largely because they arise as a result of items on it
7. Planning Authority Matters (nil)
8. Reports of Officers
   1. Governance
      1. Environment & Biodiversity Grants Program
         • February 2025 round: Grants totalling $23,340.00.
      2. Community Grants and Cultural and Creative Grants
         • February/March 2025 round: Grants totalling $65,089.30 in cash and in-kind support.
9. Motions on Notice
   1. Cr Mulder: Traffic Matters (specifically relating to Flagstaff Gully Link Road)

      That Council:
      1. Notes the advice of the Department of State Growth that the Flagstaff Gully Link Road will not be viable for another twenty years due to low potential usage and costs related to steep grades.
      2. Notes that Sorell traffic is using the dangerous and steep Brinktop and Grass Tree Hill Roads to connect to the Bowen Bridge, in order to avoid the Eastern approaches to the Tasman Bridge.
      3. Notes the heavy traffic on Gordons Hill and Begonia Roads that would be alleviated by an alternate route to Geilston Bay.
      4. Notes the Ratio Report that identified a cost benefit return of $2.50 to $3.50 for the Flagstaff Gully Link Road compared to the cost benefit return of 58 cents for every dollar spent for the new Bridgewater Bridge.
      5. Requests the Department of State Growth to release the full report, including the traffic modelling and data (if any) used to reach their conclusions.

      • CEO notes that Council has already requested DSG's feasibility study report, a request DSG says they are considering. Further, officers would like to meet with DSG to learn, quote:
        • The Department’s contingency plan should the Tasman bridge be unable to be used.
        • Is the current eastern shore traffic queuing period and crash history for traffic accessing the north-west suburbs from the eastern shore at an acceptable level?
        • What is the Department’s twenty-year plan for an improved link between Tasman Highway east and the Bowen Bridge?
10. Councillors' Question Time
    1. Answers to Previous Questions Without Notice

       • While the EPA has been investigating waste facilities for non-compliance, Southern Waste at Copping, part owned by Council, has not been non-compliant within the last 12 months.
       • Council contacted multiple candidates in relation to electoral signage requesting removal from public land, some were slow to move, so Council removed the signs themselves. Since April 10, Council have been removing signs first and then notifying the relevant candidates.
    2. Questions Without Notice
11. Closed Meeting (Applications for leave, the Chief Executive Officer Performance Review Policy (which is a personnel matter))