LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS … · 9. Letter to Mr Paul Lynch MP regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site and the Tara Girl Guides site. 10. Letter to Mrs Tanya Davies

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LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL

CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS ORDINARY MEETING 06/02/2012 ITEM NO: CORR 01 FILE NO: 2011/0467 SUBJECT: INCOMING AND OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:

THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED BY A WELL MANAGED AND RESPONSIVE COUNCIL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Council at its meeting of 28 April 2010 resolved the establishment of a new standing agenda item in all council meeting agendas called “Correspondence”. All incoming and outgoing correspondence, in whatever form, including emails, faxes, letters, submission, resulting from a council resolution must be tabled in chambers and be put on the agenda at the next scheduled Council meeting. Council notes rule 27 of LCC Code of Meeting Practice. DETAILED REPORT: INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE Date From To Details 8 December 2011 Gary Lucas -

Secretary, Liverpool Action Group Inc

Farooq Portelli - General Manager

Job well done

16 December 2011 Paul Lynch MP - State Member for Liverpool


Graffiti Removal at the Liverpool Bus Interchange

13 January 2012 Dr. Dion Forstner - A/Director Cancer Services, Liverpool Hospital


Parking for Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre patients

19 January 2012 Craig Kelly MP - Federal Member for Hughes


Representations that Craig Kelly made on Councils behalf to the Minister for Health and Aging in regards to the

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Healthy Communities Initiative

OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE Date From To Details 9 January 2012 Farooq Portelli -

General Manger Professor Geoff Delaney - Director, Cancer Services

Free Parking passes for Cancer Therapy patients

10 January 2012 Farooq Portelli - General Manager

Mr Barry O'Farrell MP - Premier, Minister for Western Sydney

Council Resolution 19 December 2011 - RMS Notice of Works Required


Mr Peter Crosby - Sydney Regional Manager, Roads and Maritime Services

RMS Notice of Works Required

11 January 2012 Farooq Portelli - General Manger

Mr Michael Ballen - Chief Executive, Sydney Catchment Authority

Silverdale Hill Climb site and the Tara Girl Guides site


Mr Paul Lynch MP - State Member for Liverpool



Mrs Tanya Davies MP - State Member for Mulgoa



Dr Andrew McDonald MP - State Member for Macquarie Fields



Mr Les McMahon - General Manager, Wollondilly Shire Council



Mr Alan Stoneham - General Manager, Penrith City Council



Hon Barry O'Farrell - Premier of New South Wales



Mr Peter Crosby - Sydney Regional Manager, Roads and Maritime Services



Hon Donald Page MP - Minister for Local Government

Amendment to the Electoral Voting System for Local

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Government 23 January 2012 Farooq Portelli -

General Manager Paul Lynch MP - State Member for Liverpool Dr Andrew McDonald MP - State Member for Macquarie Fields Ms Tanya Davies - State Member for Mulgoa Mr Chris Patterson - State Member for Camden Ms Melanie Gibbons - State Member for Menai

Amendment to the Electoral Voting System for Local Government

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no financial implications arising from this report. RECOMMENDATION: That Council receives and notes the report. SIGNED BY: Farooq Portelli General Manager

Attachments: 1. Letter to the General Manager regarding a job well done.

2. Letter to the General Manager regarding graffiti removal at the

Liverpool Bus Interchange. 3. Letter to the General Manager regarding Parking for Liverpool

Cancer Therapy Centre patients.

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4. Letter to the General Manager regarding Representations that Craig Kelly made on Councils behalf to the Minister for Health and Aging in regards to the Healthy Communities Initiative.

5. Letter to Professor Geoff Delaney regarding Free Parking

passes for Cancer Therapy patients. 6. Letter to Mr Barry O'Farrell MP regarding Council Resolution 19

December 2011 - RMS Notice of Works Required. 7. Letter to Mr Peter Crosby regarding Council Resolution 19

December 2011 - RMS Notice of Works Required. 8. Letter to Mr Michael Ballen regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site

and the Tara Girl Guides site. 9. Letter to Mr Paul Lynch MP regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site

and the Tara Girl Guides site. 10. Letter to Mrs Tanya Davies MP regarding Silverdale Hill Climb

site and the Tara Girl Guides site. 11. Letter to Dr Andrew McDonald MP regarding Silverdale Hill

Climb site and the Tara Girl Guides site. 12. Letter to Mr Les McMahon regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site

and the Tara Girl Guides site. 13. Letter to Mr Alan Stoneham regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site

and the Tara Girl Guides site. 14. Letter to the Hon Barry O'Farrell MP regarding Silverdale Hill

Climb site and the Tara Girl Guides site. 15. Letter to Mr Peter Crosby regarding Silverdale Hill Climb site

and the Tara Girl Guides site. 16. Letter to the Hon Donald Page MP regarding Amendment to the

Electoral Voting System for Local Government. 17. Letters sent to Mr Paul Lynch MP, Dr Andrew McDonald MP,

Ms Tanya Davies, Mr Chris Patterson, Ms Melanie Gibbons regarding Amendment to the Electoral Voting System for Local Government.

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Additional letters also sent to: Dr Andrew McDonald MP State Member for Macquarie Fields Ms Tanya Davies State Member for Mulgoa Mr Chris Patterson State Member for Camden Ms Melanie Gibbons State Member for Menai

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QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE - CLR LUCAS ORDINARY MEETING 06/02/2012 ITEM NO: QWNO 01 FILE NO: 2011/2938 SUBJECT: QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE - CLR LUCAS QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE:

1. Could Council’s events officer prepare a report for submission to the next Community Recreational Committee on the holding of the Australia Day events as well as the holding of the Naturalisation Ceremony at the same location? Also the holding of both events in the afternoon after each other with options of venue locations?

2. How many DA’s have there been lodged for permission to install charity bins? 3. Will action be taken to have those bins that have no DA to be removed as per

the Council’s policy? 4. What is the Council’s response to the comments made by Council staff before

December 2011 concerning the appointment of contractors when some of the staff stated that they have sometimes nothing to do?

5. As part of the fallout from the $35 million Oasis debacle Council had to take

out a loan of $7 million to repay the $12 million s94 monies wasted on the Oasis. The questions are:

a. What was the total cost of taking out the loan?

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b. Has the loan been repaid?

c. What areas of the LGA was the balance of $5 million taken from and how is it intended to carry out the works that the s94 was raised for?

6. Ballina Shire Council issues, on a one off basis, a small plastic lockable compost bin for the use by the ratepayers of Ballina Shire. My question is can the council staff prepare a report to the available briefing session of Council on:

a. The cost of such bin with the marking that it is from LCC.

b. The funding options such as Environment Levy or General Revenue.

c. Can the results of a and b be referred to the Draft Management Plan 2012-2013 for consideration?

7. Could the Council’s events officer present a report to a briefing session detailing the logistics for the conducting of the Volunteers expo May 2012?

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QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE ORDINARY MEETING 06/02/2012 ITEM NO: QTON 01 FILE NO: 2011/2939 SUBJECT: QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE AT THE COUNCIL

MEETING ON 19 DECEMBER 2011 COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:

THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED BY A WELL MANAGED AND RESPONSIVE COUNCIL

DETAILED REPORT: At the Council meeting on 19 December 2011, Council officers took the following questions on notice and responses are now provided: Report NOMO 12 - School of Arts Building - Future Use Question from Clr Lucas Was it last Council meeting or the Council meeting or the previous Council meeting, where Council resolved as part of a motion to refer the precinct bounded by Terminus Street, Pirie and Macquarie Streets, as a confidential item with in put from the Manager Economic Development as a confidential item to a Council meeting regarding the whole precinct? Response Please see attached (attachment 1) copy of Page 58 of the minutes from the Council meeting on Monday 21 November 2011. Report PLAN 04 - Draft Amendment 17 to LLEP 2008 - Denham Court - Post Public Authority Consultation Question from Clr Lucas What time span are we looking at (for the upcoming review of the LLEP 2008 and Rural Lands Study)?

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Response The Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 Review consists of a review of the City Centre provisions, which requires a review of all retail centres and business zones and the provision of a Rural Land Strategy. A report for the Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 Review will be prepared for the Council meeting on 28 May 2012. Report QWNO 01 - Questions With Notice - Clr Lucas Question from Clr Lucas Just a question on the response to Question 1 – it never made the Sports Committee agenda on 24 November 2011 – is there any reason for that? Response Reference is made to the Sports Hall of Fame that was presented the Sports Committee Meeting held on 29 November 2011 and is noted in the minutes of that meeting which will be presented to the Council for their endorsement at the Council meeting to be held in April 2012 after ratification by the Committee at their March meeting. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: There are no financial implications as a result of this report. RECOMMENDATION: That Council receives and notes the report. SIGNED BY: Farooq Portelli General Manager

Attachment: Page 58 of the minutes from the Council meeting on Monday 21

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