Infrastructure Policy Committee
Agenda
2 October 2018
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 1993 that an Infrastructure Policy Committee meeting of ORANGE CITY COUNCIL will be held in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Byng Street, Orange on Tuesday, 2 October 2018.
Garry Styles
General Manager
For apologies please contact Administration on 6393 8218.
Infrastructure Policy Committee 2 October 2018
2.1 Minutes of the Airport Community Committee Meeting - 29 August 2018
2.2 Minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting - 11 September 2018
1 Introduction
1.1 Declaration of pecuniary interests, significant non-pecuniary interests and less than significant non-pecuniary interests
The provisions of Chapter 14 of the Local Government Act, 1993 (the Act) regulate the way in which Councillors and designated staff of Council conduct themselves to ensure that there is no conflict between their private interests and their public role.
The Act prescribes that where a member of Council (or a Committee of Council) has a direct or indirect financial (pecuniary) interest in a matter to be considered at a meeting of the Council (or Committee), that interest must be disclosed as soon as practicable after the start of the meeting and the reasons given for declaring such interest.
As members are aware, the provisions of the Local Government Act restrict any member who has declared a pecuniary interest in any matter from participating in the discussion or voting on that matter, and requires that member to vacate the Chamber.
Council’s Code of Conduct provides that if members have a non-pecuniary conflict of interest, the nature of the conflict must be disclosed. The Code of Conduct also provides for a number of ways in which a member may manage non pecuniary conflicts of interest.
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Recommendation It is recommended that Committee Members now disclose any conflicts of interest in matters under consideration by the Infrastructure Policy Committee at this meeting. |
RECORD NUMBER: 2018/2261
AUTHOR: Ian Greenham, Director Technical Services
EXECUTIVE Summary
The Airport Community Committee met on 29 August 2018 and the recommendations from that meeting are presented to the Infrastructure Policy Committee for adoption.
There are no recommendations seeking action or funding arising from this meeting.
Link To Delivery/OPerational Plan
The recommendation in this report relates to the Delivery/Operational Plan strategy “13.1 Prosper - Support public and private rail, coach and air services”.
Financial Implications
The financial implications of a decision to waive landing fees for functions and special events is hard to quantify.
Policy and Governance Implications
Nil
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That the recommendations made by the Airport Community Committee at its meeting held on 29 August 2018 be adopted.
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further considerations
Consideration has been given to the recommendation’s impact on Council’s service delivery; image and reputation; political; environmental; health and safety; employees; stakeholders and project management; and no further implications or risks have been identified.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
The Committee requested that Council investigate the possibility of waiving landing fees for functions and special events.
There was also discussion on ensuring airport fees and charges levied by Council are equable in relation to other airports.
Attachments
1 Minutes of the Meeting of the Airport Community Committee held on 29 August 2018
2 ACC 29 August 2018 Agenda, D18/51176⇩
ORANGE CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE
Airport Community Committee
HELD IN Orange Airport, Aerodrome Road, Orange
ON 29 August 2018
COMMENCING AT 5.00pm
Attendance
Cr T Mileto (Chairperson), Cr J McRae (Deputy Mayor), Mr Andrew Richards, Mr Jason Vials, Mr Peter Rodgers, Mrs Anne Salter, Mr John Pullen, Mr Brian Wood, Manager Depot, Airport & Emergency Services, Airport Supervisor
1.1 Apologies and Leave of Absence
1.3 Declaration of pecuniary interests, significant non-pecuniary interests and less than significant non-pecuniary interests
4 General Reports
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TRIM Reference: 2018/2130 |
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The Action Plan was reviewed and updated |
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Recommendation Cr J McRae/Mr A Richards That dates be added to the new updates in the Airport Community Committee Action Plan.
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5 GENERAL BUSINESS
Management Plan
In response to a request for a copy of the Airport Management Plan, it was advised that there is no separate Management Plan for the Airport. It is incorporated into Council’s Management Plan. There is an Airport Master Plan, Airport Asset Plan and Airport Operating Plan.
Other Items
It was reported that Taxiways Charlie and Delta are to be resealed. It was requested that drainage on Charlie and around the fuel bowser be investigated before Charlie is resealed.
Report of loose stones on the apron.
Place notice in ERSA stating that no engine run ups are to take place on the apron.
The Meeting Closed at 6.30 PM.
Infrastructure Policy Committee 2 October 2018
2.1 Minutes of the Airport Community Committee Meeting - 29 August 2018
Attachment 1 ACC 29 August 2018 Agenda
RECORD NUMBER: 2018/2347
AUTHOR: Ian Greenham, Director Technical Services
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Orange Traffic Committee held a meeting on 11 September 2018 and the recommendations from that meeting are presented to the Infrastructure Policy Committee for adoption.
Link To Delivery/OPerational Plan
The recommendation in this report relates to the Delivery/Operational Plan strategy “9.1 Preserve - Construct and maintain a road network meets the community’s transport and infrastructure needs”.
Financial Implications
The line marking and signage recommendations are estimated to cost a total of $8000 which would be funded from the current signs budget.
Policy and Governance Implications
Nil
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1 That Council acknowledge the reports presented to the City of Orange Traffic Committee at its meeting of 11 September 2018. 2 That Council determine recommendations 3.1 to 3.7 from the minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting of 11 September 2018. 3 That the remainder of the minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting of 11 September 2018 be adopted.
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further considerations
Consideration has been given to the recommendation’s impact on Council’s service delivery; image and reputation; political; environmental; health and safety; employees; stakeholders and project management; and no further implications or risks have been identified.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
The Committee recommended the installation of the following:
· Bicycle warning signs throughout the City
· Pedestrian refuge in Valencia Drive
· Bus zone signs on Forest Road
· A 3.25m travel lane with a bicycle shoulder along Hill Street from Byng Street to Summer Street
· A 30m of BB line and hold line at the intersection of Carwoola Drive and Brookfield Way
Attachments
1 Minutes of the Meeting of the City of Orange Traffic Committee held on 11 September 2018
2 COTC 11 September 2018 Agenda, D18/51348⇩
ORANGE CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE
City of Orange Traffic Committee
HELD IN Councillors Workroom, Civic Centre, Byng Street, Orange
ON 11 September 2018
COMMENCING AT 9.30am
1 Introduction
Attendance
Cr R Turner (Chairperson), Mr David Vant, Chief Inspector P Atkins, Manager Engineering Services, Strategic Planning and Design Engineer, Road Safety Officer, Works Manager, Divisional Administration Officer
1.1 Apologies and Leave of Absence
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RESOLVED Mr D Vant/Cr R Turner That the apologies be accepted from Acting Sgt A Cornish and Chief Inspector D Harvey for the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting on 11 September 2018. |
1.2 Acknowledgement of Country
1.3 Declaration of pecuniary interests, significant non-pecuniary interests and less than significant non-pecuniary interests
Nil
2 Previous Minutes
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RESOLVED Mr D Vant/Cr R Turner That the Minutes of the Meeting of the City of Orange Traffic Committee held on 14 August 2018 (copies of which were circulated to all members) be and are hereby confirmed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting held on 14 August 2018. |
3 General Reports
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TRIM Reference: 2018/2108 |
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Recommendation Mr D Vant/Chief Insp P Atkins That Council constructs the pedestrian refuge in Valencia Drive accordance with the plans shown within this report.
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TRIM Reference: 2018/2236 |
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Recommendation Cr R Turner/Mr D Vant That Council install bus zone signs on Forest Road either end of the bus layback.
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The Meeting Closed at 10.10 AM.
Infrastructure Policy Committee 2 October 2018
2.2 Minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting - 11 September 2018
Attachment 1 COTC 11 September 2018 Agenda
RECORD NUMBER: 2018/2368
AUTHOR: Ian Greenham, Director Technical Services
EXECUTIVE Summary
The purpose of this report is to update Council on construction and maintenance works which have been carried out since the last current works report to Council.
Link To Delivery/OPerational Plan
The recommendation in this report relates to the Delivery/Operational Plan strategy “14.1 Our Environment – Design and construct new infrastructure assets as specified with the Asset Management Plan to agreed levels of service”.
Financial Implications
Nil
Policy and Governance Implications
Nil
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That the information provided in the report on Current Works be acknowledged.
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further considerations
Consideration has been given to the recommendation’s impact on Council’s service delivery; image and reputation; political; environmental; health and safety; employees; stakeholders and project management; and no further implications or risks have been identified.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Road Maintenance
Jetpatching and cold mix patching across the city including the following roads:
· Whiley Road
· Spring Street
· Worboys Street
· Seaton Street
· Burrendong Way
· Forest Road
· Ploughmans Lane
· Beasley Road
· Summer Hill Lane
· Huntley Road
· McLachlan Street
Some heavy patching work was also undertaken on Icely Road near the Cabonne boundary.
Crews also undertook the removal of the steel ring surrounding the centre island of the Peisley and Dalton Street roundabout. At the time of writing this report it was also planned to cut away the steel ring on the Gardiner and Anson Street roundabout on Saturday 22 September 2018.
Work was undertaken on the Northern Distributor Road, west of Telopea Way, to improve roadside drainage and road shoulders.
Road Upgrading
Cargo Road
Contractors laying stormwater mains on Cargo Road moved on to laying new dual water mains. Council crews began bulk earthworks in the road pavement areas including removal of large areas of unsuitable natural soils.
Forest Road - Bloomfield
Works progressed on extending the shared concrete pathway, kerb and gutter and sealing of formed road pavements. Council’s contractors also continued works on the formation of the car park area adjacent to Sir Jack Brabham Park and installation of the street lighting systems.
CONCRETE AND DRAINAGE
Kerb and Gutter Maintenance
Council crews removed and replaced kerb and gutter damaged by tree roots in Chestnut Place.
Footpath construction
Footpath works continued on Anson Street with the pathway from Matthews Avenue to Brendan Sturgeon Oval.
Footpath rehabilitation
Crews also completed the reconstruction of the dilapidated pathway on Caroline Street from McLachlan to Edward Street.
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
The type and number of water supply service responses by maintenance staff are shown in the table below.
Category |
July 2016 – June 2017 |
August 2018 |
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Leaking meters |
496 |
42 |
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Faulty meters (incorrect readings) |
145 |
0 |
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No supply |
52 |
3 |
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Water pressure complaints |
33 |
1 |
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Meter box/lid replacements |
62 |
2 |
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Water quality |
51 |
1 |
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Service break |
11 |
0 |
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Service leak |
47 |
2 |
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Main break |
76 |
4 |
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Main leak |
288 |
20 |
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Valve leak |
12 |
2 |
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Hydrant leak |
59 |
16 |
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Total Water Requests |
1332 |
93 |
New Water Services
· 45 William Maker Drive – 4 x 20mm dual water services
· 97 Dean Drive – 20mm water service
· 111 Moulder Street – 32mm fire service
· 9 McCormick Place – 20mm water service
Water Service Renewals
· 2 Nandillion Ponds Drive – 20mm diameter water service
· 368 Anson Street – 20mm diameter water service
· 148 Clergate Road – 20mm diameter water service
Water Construction Works
· Works are progressing with the installation of 150mm diameter potable and non-potable water mains along Cargo Road between the Carwoola Drive and Witton Place. Works are expected to be completed by the end of October 2018.
· Works have been awarded for the water main renewal on Hawkins Lane and Olver Street Orange. These works are expected to be complete by the end of December 2018.
· Council has replaced 401 water meters across the City as part of its annual water meter replacement program. Council is planning to replace between 1500 and 2000 water meters in the 2018/19 financial year.
· Replacement of 4 valves in Goldfinch Way
· Installation of a 150mm diameter water main cross connection at Anson Street Reservoir.
SEWER SERVICES
The type and number of sewer service responses by maintenance staff are shown in the table below.
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Category |
July 2016 – June 2017 |
August 2018 |
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Sewer blockages |
359 |
55 |
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Odour |
11 |
0 |
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Overflows |
139 |
13 |
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Total Sewer Requests |
509 |
68 |
Sewer Construction Works
· 47 Prince Street – installation of sewer maintenance shaft
WATER SUPPLY SECURITY
Water Storage Levels
The combined storage of Suma Park and Spring Creek Dams is currently 53.8%. Water storage trends for the combined storages since July 2015 are shown in the graph below.
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Location |
Date |
Level Below Spillway (mm) |
% of Capacity |
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Suma Park Dam |
14 September 2018 |
7688 |
47.40 |
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Spring Creek Dam |
14 September 2018 |
836 |
81.75 |
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Lake Canobolas |
14 September 2018 |
1209 |
67.41 |
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Gosling Creek Dam |
14 September 2018 |
1054 |
70.86 |
Supplementary Raw Water Sources
Extractions from the supplementary raw water supplies in recent months are provided in the table below.
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Raw Water Source |
June 2018 (ML) |
July 2018 (ML) |
August 2018 (ML) |
Total 2018/2019 |
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Bores* |
12.34 |
13.51 |
14.83 |
28.34 |
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Stormwater |
35.78 |
2.13 |
30.28 |
32.41 |
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Macquarie River |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Total |
48.12 |
15.64 |
45.11 |
60.75 |
* Bores include two at Clifton Grove and one at the Showground
Information on the Decision Support Tool, which is used to
determine the need for the transfer of supplementary raw water sources, and a
more detailed monthly summary of raw water transfers can be found on
Council’s website at
https://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/water/oranges-water-supply/.
Macquarie River Flows
The flows in the Macquarie River monitored downstream of Long Point (Station 421192) exceeded the flow rate trigger (119 ML) to operate the Macquarie Pipeline on 6 September 2018. More than 124 ML has been extracted between the 6th and 19th September 2018.
The chart below was sourced from the WaterNSW website with flows presented in megalitres per day (ML/d) and represents the period 22 August to 18 September 2018.
Water Consumption
Average daily water consumption during the week ending 13 September 2018 was 173 litres per person per day. The average daily water consumption trends since October 2017 is shown in the graph below. This highlights how well Orange residents are conserving water, well below the Level 2 restriction targeted water use of 240 litres per person per day.
The average daily city-wide water consumption for the period between the 18 August 2018 and the 18 September was 10.3ML/day.
Water Restrictions
Residents are currently on Level 2 water restrictions. Level 3 water restrictions will be implemented when the combined storage reaches 50%.
Projecting forward, assuming no inflows (that is a worst case supply curve) and based on the current water demand we may enter Level 3 Restrictions in late November 2018. With good demand management and a return to Spring and Summer rains we may in fact improve our current storage and avoid Level 3 restrictions all together.
Council will commence a Spring campaign on water savings in and around the home. Council is also a member of Smart WaterMark, an organisation that provides advice to residents on how to save water. The Smart Water Advice website can be accessed via Councils website https://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/water/
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
Water samples are collected as a component of Orange City Council’s Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program which forms part of the NSW Health requirements. Samples are collected regularly and sent to a NSW Government National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accredited laboratory for analysis. Samples collected in August 2018 complied with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, 2011.
CENTRAL TABLELANDS REGIONAL WATER SECURITY PROJECT – Orange To Carcoar Pipeline
The current date for practical completion of the Orange to Carcoar Pipeline by the contractor Leed Engineering is 30 November 2018. The contractor is confident that they will meet this date.
As mentioned previously, a small section of pipe between Lake Rowlands and the Carcoar filtration plant was removed from the contract when Central Tablelands Water (CTW) expressed an interest in installing it. The pipe is onsite and CTW propose to commence work in February with completion expected in March.
Decommissioning of Hawke Dam
Tenders have been invited to decommission the large 130ML dam south of the Shiralee South Orange Development, formerly owned by Mr Ian Hawke. Six contractors attended the pretender meeting. The closing date for this tender is 25 September 2018.
Southern Feeder Road CONSTRUCTION
The Request for Tender (RFT) for the Southern Feeder Road (SFR) between Elsham Avenue and Forest Road will be advertised via Tenderlink this month. This project will involve the construction of 720m of roadway and a bridge over the Bathurst to East Fork Railway line. As a separable portion, the RFT will include the extension of Edward Street through the old saleyards site from McNeilly Avenue to the Proposed SFR.
Old Hospital Site
Work has been completed on the removal of structures from the old hospital site. On leaving the site, the contractor replaced fencing and hydro seeded the exposed surface. There was some delay in the contractor’s consultant providing information to Council’s site auditor. The information has now been provided and is being reviewed with a view to issuing clearance certificate for the site.
AIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS
Passenger numbers for August 2018 were 7,378 compared with 5,880 in the same month in 2017.
Airport Energy Usage
Energy used at the airport during August 2018 was 28,910.80 kWh at a cost to Council of $7,261.44.
ENERGY USE
The following information is sourced from E21, Council’s energy software.
