{"id":4566,"date":"2019-12-10T23:58:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T23:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4566"},"modified":"2019-12-10T23:58:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T23:58:54","slug":"council-update-tuesday-10-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/10\/council-update-tuesday-10-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Council update Tuesday 10 December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following is a summary of resolutions from the Ordinary Council meeting for Tuesday 10 December 2019. Note it is not a full record of Council.
\nOrdinary business<\/strong>
\nCode of Conduct Statistics report<\/strong>
\nCouncil resolved to note City of Newcastle\u2019s Code of Conduct Statistics Report for the period 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019.
\nLocal Emergency Management Centre<\/strong>
\nA motion to construct a Local Emergency Operations Centre within the City Administration Centre at 12 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West was carried. City of Newcastle is required to provide executive support facilities for the Local Emergency Management Committee and the Local Emergency Operations Controller in its area as outlined in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 (SERM Act). The Local Emergency Operations Centre will provide a large flexible space for multiple city emergency and functional agencies.
\nAdoption of procurement policy<\/strong>
\nCouncil adopted a new Procurement Policy and authorised the Chief Executive to make any administrative changes to it, where necessary, to reflect changes in legislation or maintain business continuity for City of Newcastle.
\nAffixing Council seal to deed of indemnity to Newcastle Airport<\/strong>
\nCouncil voted to enter into and affix its seal to Deeds of Indemnity for a newly appointed Director of Newcastle Airport and Greater Newcastle Aerotropolis.
\nEndorsement of Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement for Exhibition\u00a0<\/strong>
\nCouncil resolved to place the draft Local Strategic Planning Statement, Housing Needs and Character Study Evidence Report and Employment Lands Strategy on public exhibition for 28 days.
\nExhibition of Draft Section 7.11 Western Corridor Local Contributions Plan 2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nCouncil voted to place the Draft Section 7.11 Western Corridor Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2013 on exhibition for 28 days.
\nDraft Amendment to Newcastle DCP 2012 \u2013 233 Wharf Road and 250 Scott Street, Newcastle<\/strong>
\nCouncil resolved to exhibit a proposal to\u00a0rezone\u00a0a section\u00a0of\u00a0Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0former rail corridor for public feedback\u00a0early next year.
\nClassification of Council Land \u2013 Honeysuckle Domain Plan<\/strong>
\nFive harbourside lots stretching from the Cowper Street Bridge, Wickham, to Lynch\u2019s Hub Caf\u00e9 will be officially transferred to the City for permanent use as the harbour promenade after being endorsed by Council.
\nClassification of Council Land \u2013 452 King Street, Newcastle West<\/strong>
\nCouncil resolved to classify 452 King Street, a strip of land that will become a shared pathway between King and Hunter Street, as operational land.
\nReview of S.355 Committees<\/strong>
\nCouncil resolved to dissolve the operations of six Section 355 Committees that manage sportsground assets on the grounds of non-compliance with the required standards of governance or that have expressed a desire to cease.\u00a0A Sports land Strategic Advisory Committee will be established to provide a vehicle for interested former members of the s.355 committee to continue to provide strategic advice on the management of the City’s sports lands including the development of the City of Newcastle’s Strategic Sports Plan during 2020.
\nNotices of Motion<\/strong>
\nA Notice of Motion to reinforce the intent of the City\u2019s endorsed Live Music Strategy and Night Time Economy Strategy and progress both – to protect and grow the live music industry and their economic benefits – was supported.
\nSubmission to National Environment Law Review<\/strong>
\nA NOM to review the Federal Government\u2019s discussion paper on its review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – and make a submission to the review before February – was supported.
\nDeveloping a heatwave and homelessness program<\/strong>
\nA NOM to develop a heatwave and homelessness program was supported.
\nBroadmeadow Locomotive Depot<\/strong>
\nA NOM for Council to receive a report on the current status and any future plans of Transport for NSW or Transport heritage NSW in relation to Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot was supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following is a summary of resolutions from the Ordinary Council meeting for Tuesday 10 December 2019. Note it is not a full record of Council. Ordinary business Code of Conduct Statistics report Council resolved to note City of Newcastle\u2019s Code of Conduct Statistics Report for the period 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019. Local … Continue reading “Council update Tuesday 10 December 2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}