COUNCILLOR INFORMATION BULLETIN...Any feedback or queries? Contact the Councillor HelpDesk on 9952 8200 or [email protected] Thursday 12 February 2015 - Issue 6/15 COUNCILLOR

Any feedback or queries? Contact the Councillor HelpDesk on 9952 8200 or [email protected]

Thursday 12 February 2015 - Issue 6/15

COUNCILLOR INFORMATION BULLETIN

IN THIS ISSUE

Item Page

1 CITY OF RYDE PROCUREMENT ................................................................... 4 2 RECEIVED AND DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS ............... 6 3 COMPLETED PROJECT - RYDE COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE

UPGRADE ..................................................................................................... 10 4 QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT ..................................................... 12

5 PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE ..................................... 15

6 DRAFT BUNNINGS (GLADESVILLE) TRAFFIC AND PARKING STUDY ........................................................................................................... 17

7 VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARDS 2015 ............................................. 18

Councillor Information Bulletin Page 2

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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THURSDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2015 6.30pm Citizenship Ceremony

Civic Hall, 1 Devlin Street Ryde Contact: Derek McCarthy, Manager Community

Capacity and Events – 9952 8384 MONDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2015 6.00pm Sport and Recreation and Wheeled

Sports Advisory Committee Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 1

Contact: Simon James, Acting SUM Open Space – 99652 8092 Chairperson: Councillor Maggio

TUESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2015 5.00pm Planning and Environment

Committee Meeting Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2

Cancelled Works and Community Committee

Meeting Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 1

6.30pm Update – Fit For the Future

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2 Contact: Roy Newsome, Group Manager

Corporate Services – 9952 8011 7.30pm Extraordinary Council Meeting

Civic Centre, Level 6, Council Chambers

WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2015 6.00pm Heritage Advisory Committee

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2 Contact: Lexie Macdonald, Team Leader

Strategic Planning – 9952 8059 THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2015 4.00pm Macquarie Park Forum

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2 Contact: John Brown, Place Manager –

9952 8185 Chairperson: Councillor Pickering

6.00pm NSROC Ordinary Meeting

North Sydney Council Contact: Lesley Ridley, Executive Assistant

Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils – 9911 3651

FRIDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2015 8.00pm Cinema in the Park – ET

Morrison Bay Park, Frances Road, Putney

Contact: Derek McCarthy, Manager Community Capacity and Events – 9952 8384

SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2015 8.00pm Cinema in the Park – Ghostbusters

Eastwood Plaza, Rowe Street, Eastwood


SUNDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2015 11.30am Lunar New Cooking Competition

Eastwood Plaza, Rowe Street, Eastwood


MONDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2015 6.00pm Eastwood & West Ryde Events &

Promotions Committee Women’s Rest Centre, Eastwood

Contact: Derek McCarthy, Manager Community Capacity and Events – 9952 8384 Chairperson: Councillor Etmekdjian

TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 2015

5.30pm Workshop – Base Budget in Draft Four Year Delivery Plan

Contact: Roy Newsome, Group Manager Corporate Services – 9952 8011



6.30pm Briefing prior to Council Meeting Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2 NB. Working dinner during briefing

7.30pm Council Meeting

Civic Centre, Level 6, Council Chambers WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2015

5.30pm Joint Library Services Advisory Committee Gladesville Library Meeting Room

Contact: Jill Webb, Service Unit Manager Library Services – 9952 8341

THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2015 5.00pm Centenary of ANZAC & Commemoration

of World War 1 Committee Meeting Eucalyptus Meeting Room, Level 1A Pope Street.

Contact: Derek McCarthy, Manager Community Capacity and Events – 9952 8384 Chairperson: Laxale

FRIDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2015 8.00pm Cinema in the Park – The Big Lebowski

Lakeside Lawn, Gymnasium Road, Macquarie University


SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2015 10.00am Lunar New Year Celebrations

Eastwood Plaza, Rowe Street, Eastwood.


8.00pm Cinema in the Park – Matilda

Yamble Reserve, Quarry Road, Ryde Contact: Derek McCarthy, Manager Community

Capacity and Events – 9952 8384 MONDAY, 2 MARCH 2015 6.00pm Bicycle Advisory Committee

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 1 Contact: Harry Muker, Section Manager - Traffic,

Transport & Development – 9952 8116 Chairperson: Councillor Perram

TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2015 5.00pm Planning and Environment Committee

Meeting Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2

5.00pm Works and Community Committee Meeting Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 1

6.30pm Workshop – Investment Policy

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2 Contact: Roy Newsome, Group Manager

Corporate Services – 9952 8011 7.00pm Workshop – General Manager’s

Performance Objectives Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2

Contact: Melissa Attia, Service Unit Manager – Service Unit Operations – 9952 8072

THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2015 5.00pm Access Advisory Committee

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2

Contact: Gunjan Tripathi, Acting Service Unit Manager Community & Culture – 9952 8194 Chairperson: Councillor Pendleton

TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2015

5.30pm Workshop – Projects in Draft Four Year Plan

Contact: Roy Newsome, Group Manager Corporate Services – 9952 8011

6.30pm Briefing prior to Council Meeting

Civic Centre, Level 5, Room 2

NB. Working dinner during briefing

7.30pm Council Meeting

Civic Centre, Level 6, Council Chambers

WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2015 6.00pm Ryde International Women’s Day “Make

it Happen” Forum Eden Gardens, 307 Lane Cove Road, Macquarie Park

Contact: Jonathan Nanlohy, Social Policy and Planning Coordinator – 9952 8300



1 CITY OF RYDE PROCUREMENT

The ATTACHED report on formal procurement at the City of Ryde, provides information as to Requests for Tender or Requests for Quotation that are currently in the market. This includes all procurement in the bracket of $50k - $150k in value (Request for quotation) or exceeding $150k inc GST (Request for Tenders). Some of these processes may be marked as being limited to selective respondents. Where this is the case, there has been a publically advertised Expression of Interest process to establish select respondents or a panel of select respondents that are prequalified to undertake works of the same nature.

Contact:

Name: John Schanz

Position: Service Unit Manager – Governance, Risk and Audit

Contact No: 9952 8022

Attachments

1 Formal Procurement - 12 February 2015

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2 RECEIVED AND DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

ATTACHED for your information are the following documents:

A list of development applications received during the period 29 January 2015 to 4 February 2015.

A list of development applications determined during the period 29 January 2015 to 4 February 2015.

Searchable lists of received and determined development applications are also available on Council’s website using the following link: Development Application Tracking

Contact:

Name: Sam Cappelli

Position: Acting Group Manager Environment and Planning


Attachments

1 DAs received by ward 29 Jan to 4 Feb 2015

2 DAs determined by ward 29 Jan to 4 Feb 2015

http://eservice.ryde.nsw.gov.au/DATracking/Modules/Common/Default.aspx?page=disclaimer

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3 COMPLETED PROJECT - RYDE COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE UPGRADE

The Ryde Community Sports Centre, located at ELS Hall Park, North Ryde has recently been upgraded to improve the durability of the eastern wall and façade. The project consisted of construction of an impact resistant block wall internally and visually appealing and low maintenance alucobond cladding externally.

The project was completed on time and within budget and has been open to the public since January 2015. The benefits delivered are reduced maintenance and improved durability for the Ryde Community Sports Centre.

Contact:

Name: George Dedes

Position: Group Manager – Public Works


Attachments

1 Ryde Community Sports Centre Upgrade


ITEM 3 (continued) ATTACHMENT 1




4 QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT

In accordance with Council’s resolution of 24 September 2013, ATTACHED is the Quarterly Performance Report for Q2 of 2014/15 on the Key Management Areas of:

Our People: including turnover, sick and carers leave taken and annual leave balances;

Our Workplace Health and Safety and Risk: including lost time hours, incident reports, workers’ compensation claims;

Our Customers: including the number of customer compliments and complaints received and complaint resolution.

This report and the results are regularly reviewed and monitored by each Group Manager and the Executive Team.

Contact:

Name: Roy Newsome

Position: Group Manager – Corporate Services


Attachments

1 Councillor Quarterly Report Q2 2014









5 PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDING CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Funding of the library service by the NSW Government is so low as to be considered at crisis point. According to the NSW Public Libraries Association (NSWPLA), the key issues are: - NSW receives the lowest per-capita funding for public libraries from the State

Government of all states in Australia - State Government expenditure on public libraries has decreased as a proportion of total

public library expenditure from 23% in 1980 to 7% in 2013 - NSW Local Government councils are currently paying 93% of the costs to operate public

libraries in NSW (which are governed by state legislation) As a result, the NSW Public Library Funding Campaign has received a widespread support by Councils and the community across the state. Over 100 NSW Councils have resolved to support the Campaign and over 70,000 NSW residents have signed the Campaign petition in libraries across the state, which have been forwarded to local members and parliament. At its meeting on 27 May 2014, Council resolved to support the campaign and the Mayor sent letters in support of the Campaign to State Members and the Minister for the Arts. Our community was provided with the opportunity to sign the petition in June and November, with over 1,000 signatures collected. The influence of the Campaign was evidenced in the 2014 NSW State budget, which delivered a $15m infrastructure public library grant program over the 4 years from 2014-15 to 2017-18. While this was welcome news and demonstrated the value of a coordinated Campaign, it only reinstates the grant funding program to the level that it was in 2005-06 and is a fixed-term program that needs to be recurrent to provide the certainty required for this all-important annual grants program. During the final weeks before the NSW state election, the NSWPLA Library Funding Campaign will continue to make every effort to keep the library funding issue in the minds of our community members and politicians. In addition to this, the NSWPLA Executive is seeking meetings with the NSW Premier, The Hon. Mike Baird MP and recently appointed Leader of the Opposition, The Hon. Luke Foley MLC prior to the election to continue promoting the message in the lead up to the election. Our community has recently had the opportunity to sign the Campaign petition and this February, we will ask library users to tell us what they love about their library on ‘I love my library’ cards, to tie in with Library Lovers Day, which is celebrated on 14 February. In exchange, we’ll be giving library lovers a bookmark with a list of great reads for Valentine’s Day. These positive messages about our libraries from those who know them best will be used as part of library promotional campaigns from March onward, and will help us reflect what it is our community values in their library service. To add your comment, please ask the Help Desk for a card, or pick one up from your local library.


ITEM 5 (continued)


Further updates regarding the funding campaign will be provided as announcements are made by either State Government or the Opposition.

Contact:

Name: Tatjana Domazet

Position: Acting Group Manager, Community Life




6 DRAFT BUNNINGS (GLADESVILLE) TRAFFIC AND PARKING STUDY

This item updates Councillors on the Draft Bunnings Gladesville Traffic and Parking Study following close of public exhibition on 30 January 2015.

The full study report (comprising 313 pages including appendices) was made available for community comment for an extended period of six weeks from 17 December 2014 until 30 January 2015. Exhibition was announced in the local newspaper, via Council’s website and by e-newsletter to those who had previously made submissions and/or provided contact details at the 3 community workshops and 2 information sessions held by Council. The study was made available on Council’s website, in hard copy at four key locations and copies were also available on request.

Any person wanting more time to make a comment was given the opportunity to make a submission up to one calendar week following the advertised close of submissions (being 4.30pm Friday 6 February 2015).

All submissions received by Council as at close of business Monday 9 February will be addressed in a report scheduled to be included on the Council Meeting agenda for 24 March 2015. Submissions received after 9 February 2015 will be noted.

Contact:

Name: Sam Cappelli

Position: Acting Group Manager - Environment and Planning




7 VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARDS 2015

The annual Volunteer Recognition Awards hosted by the City of Ryde aim to acknowledge the contribution made by the committed and largely unseen army of volunteers, who give of their time and skills to enhance and uplift the life of the community within the City of Ryde.

Nominations are now open for Individual, Group and Young Volunteer of the Year Awards. Nominations can be submitted for any business, industry, community group, family or individual actively involved in voluntary service in the City of Ryde during the past two years (excluding those primarily involved in political and/or lobbying activities).

The nominee’s volunteer work must be primarily based in the City of Ryde. It is not a requirement for nominees to reside in the Local Government Area. The winners will be announced at an Awards evening to be held in May 2015.

The closing date for nominations is Friday, 17 April 2015.

To nominate online or to download additional nomination forms visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/volunteerawards

Contact:

Name: Tatjana Domazet

Position: Acting Group Manager – Community Life

Contact No: 02 9952 8250

http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/volunteerawards

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COUNCILLOR INFORMATION BULLETIN...Any feedback or queries? Contact the Councillor HelpDesk on 9952 8200 or [email protected] Thursday 12 February 2015 - Issue 6/15 COUNCILLOR