Infrastructure Policy Committee

 

Agenda

 

12 May 2020

 

 

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 Via online video conferencing platform Zoom on Tuesday, 12 May 2020.

 

 

David Waddell

Chief Executive Officer

 

For apologies please contact Administration on 6393 8218.

  

 


Infrastructure Policy Committee                                                                12 May 2020

Agenda

  

1                Introduction.. 3

1.1            Declaration of pecuniary interests, significant non-pecuniary interests and less than significant non-pecuniary interests. 3

2                Committee Minutes. 5

2.1            Minutes of the Airport Community Committee Meeting - 26 February 2020. 5

3                General Reports. 18

3.1            Current Works. 18

 


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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.

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.

 


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2       Committee Minutes

2.1     Minutes of the Airport Community Committee Meeting - 26 February 2020

RECORD NUMBER:       2020/438

AUTHOR:                       Ian Greenham, Director Technical Services    

 

 

EXECUTIVE Summary

The Airport Community Committee met on 26 February 2020 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 “13.1 Prosper - Support public and private rail, coach and air services”.

Financial Implications

Nil

Policy and Governance Implications

Nil

 

Recommendation

That Council resolves to acknowledge the reports presented to the Airport Community Committee at its meeting of 26 February 2020.

 

 

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.

 

Attachments

1        Minutes of the Meeting of the Airport Community Committee held on 26 February 2020

2        ACC Agenda 26 February 2020, D20/13064

 



ORANGE CITY COUNCIL

 

MINUTES OF THE

Airport Community Committee

HELD IN Orange Airport, Aerodrome Road, Orange

ON 26 February 2020

COMMENCING AT 5.00pm


 1      Introduction

Attendance

 

Cr T Mileto (Chairperson), Cr J McRae, Mr Jason Vials, Mr Rohan Williams, Mr Robert Alford, Mrs Anne Salter, Mr John Pullen, Mr Brian Wood, Manager Depot, Airport & Emergency Services, Airport Supervisor

 

1.1     Apologies and Leave of Absence

 

RESOLVED                                                                                          Mrs A Salter/Mr J Pullen

That the apologies be accepted from Cr S Romano and Mr Peter Rodgers for the Airport Community Committee meeting on 26 February 2020.

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

RESOLVED                                                                                              Mr B Wood/Mr J Vials

That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Airport Community Committee held on 28 August 2019 (copies of which were circulated to all members) be and are hereby confirmed as a true and accurate record of the proceedings of the Airport Community Committee meeting held on 28 August 2019.

 

 

 

3       Presentations

3.1     Airport Update and Proposed Works

TRIM Reference:        2020/304

Verbal presentation by Manager Depot, Airport & Emergency Services:

·         WiFi installed and operating in the terminal

·         Recycling bins in terminal

·         Airside Driving policy adopted

·         Awning over medical interchange airside doors completed

·         One new hangar constructed

·         Overflow car park operational

·         Eastern car park construction commenced

·         Awning out the front of terminal – Project Manager appointed

·         Secure car park preliminaries under way

·         Max Hazelton montage installed in terminal

·         Qantaslink starts flights in May.

RECOMMENDATION                                                                          Mr J Pullen/Mr R Alford

That the verbal presentation by Manager Depot, Airport & Emergency Services be acknowledged.

 

4       General Reports

4.1     Committee Action Plan

TRIM Reference:        2020/305

Recommendation                                                                       Mr J Pullen/Mr R Williams

That the Airport Community Committee Action Plan be reviewed and updated.

 

 

MATTER ARISING

RECOMMENDATION                                                                          Mr R Alford/Mr B Wood

That the Committee congratulates Council and Council staff on the work that has been completed and the ongoing works at the airport.

 

 

5       General BUSINESS

·                Road to airport

o      Rough ride for Ambulance

o      Entrance to Orange

o      Safety for all users

·                Signage welcoming visitors to Orange

·                Medical interchange awning. Excellent comments from all users.

 

RECOMMENDATION                                                                          Mr R Alford/Mr B Wood

That the general discussion items on the airport road, welcome signage and medical interchange awning be acknowledged.

 

 

The Meeting Closed at 6.05PM.

 


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Attachment 1      ACC Agenda 26 February 2020

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3       General Reports

3.1     Current Works

RECORD NUMBER:       2020/664

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 “9.1 Preserve - Construct and maintain a road network meets the community’s transport and infrastructure needs”.

Financial Implications

Nil

Policy and Governance Implications

Nil

 

Recommendation

That Council resolves to note the report on Current Works.

 

 

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

Council’s contractors undertook the annual crack sealing program.  Crack sealing is a preventative maintenance activity that extends the life of road pavements by denying water entry into the structural layers below the seal. In total over 20,000 lineal metres of crack sealing was carried out on the following streets:

·     Ironbark Road

·     Clergate Road

·     Kite Street (Lords – Anson)

·     William Maker Drive (Hughes – Dimboola)

·     Molloy Drive

·     Turquoise Way

·     Northern Distributor Road (Molong – Burrendong)

·     Velodrome

·     Forest Road (Tynan – Grevillea)

·     Peisley Street (Summer – Kite)

·     Hill / Dalton Street (roundabout patch)

·     Ash Street (asphalt construction joints)

·     Carwoola Drive (Borrodell – Lombardy)

·     Centennial Crescent (including Eliza Pl)

·     Poplars Drive

·     Lombardy Way

·     Emerald Street

·     Onyx Place

Road Construction

Council’s contractor began works on the reconstruction of a further 800m section of Forest Road at Spring Terrace. Works will involve realignment, road widening and the reconstruction of the Spring Terrace School parking facility immediately adjacent to the road.

Photo: Essential Energy staff on Forest Road tensioning overhead power lines to achieve maximum road clearance and providing warning sleeves (tiger tails) prior to road reconstruction works.

Traffic Facilities

Roundabout at March Street and McLachlan Street

Council crews continued work on the roundabout construction with progress being made on the concrete pavements and centre islands.

Photo – March and McLachlan: Mountable centre island and first ring of final road pavement

Roundabout at Hill Street, Northern Distributor Road and William Maker Drive

Council’s contractor continued working on the roundabout construction with works still focussed on the southern leg and realignment of Hill Street.

School Pedestrian Crossing Safety Improvements – Anson Street

Staff began the construction of concrete islands and associated works around the marked pedestrian crossing on Anson Street outside of the Orange Public School.

Photo: Concrete pour on eastern side of OPS pedestrian crossing – Anson Street

Concrete and Drainage

Bike Rack – Sale Street

Council staff poured concrete to form the base for a new bike rack on Sale Street just south of Summer Street.


 

Footpath Construction

Further works were undertaken to construct new footpaths on Peisley Street between Franklin Road and East Fork.

Footpath Rehabilitation

Council’s contractor undertook the reconstruction of concrete footpaths on Sale Street between Prince and March Streets.

WATER SUPPLY SERVICES

The type and number of water supply service responses by maintenance staff are shown in the table below.

 


Category

July 2018 – June 2019

March 2020

Leaking meters

418

26

Faulty meters (incorrect readings)

148

8

No supply

53

1

Water pressure complaints

32

1

Meter box/lid replacements

52

5

Water quality

38

9

Service break

4

1

Service leak

49

0

Main break

75

10

Main leak

267

17

Valve leak

7

0

Hydrant leak

83

7

Total Water Requests

1226

85

Water Service Renewals

·    3 Bardia Avenue 20mm water service renewal.

Construction Works

·    Works are continuing on the large water meter replacements in preparation for the Smart Water Metering Program.

·    Water service has been installed for the new amenities at Jack Brabham Park.

SEWER SERVICES

The type and number of sewer service responses by maintenance staff are shown in the table below.


 

 

Category

July 2018 – June 2019

March 2020

Sewer blockages

429

37

Odour

14

0

Overflows

176

15

Total Sewer Requests

619

52

Sewer Construction Works

·    Sewer Reconstructions:

o Hill and Margaret Street 150mm sewer main reconstruction.

o Robertson Park sewer main connection 150mm sewer main relined and connection rebuilt.

·    Relining Program 2019/20

Works on the 2019/20 sewer relining program are progressing well with 75% of the sewer main completed with the remainder to be relined by the start of May 2020. Works on the junction sealing are set to commence in May 2020 with works expected to be completed in June 2020.

WATER SUPPLY SECURITY

Water Storage Levels

The combined storage of Suma Park and Spring Creek Dams as at 17 April 2020 is 22.40%.  Water storage trends for the combined storages since January 2017 are shown in the graph below.

 


 

 

Location

Level Below Spillway (mm)

% of Capacity

Suma Park Dam

14,271

20.43%

Spring Creek Dam

4,171

30.80%

Lake Canobolas

2,344

43.54%

Gosling Creek Dam

2,717

33.12%

Supplementary Raw Water Sources

Extractions from the supplementary raw water supplies in recent months are provided in the table below.

 

Raw Water Source

January 2020 (ML)

February 2020 (ML)

March 2020 (ML)

Total (ML) 2019/2020

Bores*

11.12

12.73

10.60

114.81

Stormwater

62.13

44.83

146.17

486.10

Macquarie River

6.17

133.94

303.88

456.31

Total

79.42

191.5

460.65

1057.22

* Bores include two at Clifton Grove and one at the Showground

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/.

The Decision Support Tool (DST) quarterly review was conducted for the fourth quarter of 2019/20. Continuing dry conditions require all available supplementary raw water sources to be operated.

Macquarie River Flows

The flows in the Macquarie River monitored downstream of Long Point (Station 421192) continued to exceed the temporary flow rate trigger of 38 ML/d for the whole of the period of 25 March to 21 April 2020 and continuing. The minimum flow rate occurred on 25 March at approximately 46.14 ML/day and the maximum flow rate occurred on the same day at approximately 12,255 ML/day.

The chart below was sourced from the WaterNSW website with flows presented in megalitres per day (ML/d).

 

Demand Management

Water Restrictions

Level 5 water restrictions were introduced on Sunday 6 October 2019.

The Demand Management Team continues to deliver a very successful water conservation program across Orange. Both residential and non-residential strategies are being implemented by this team.

Residential water use

Average daily residential water consumption during the week ending 16 April 2020 was 114 litres per person per day. The target under Level 5 water restrictions is 160 litres per person per day. The graph below shows the average daily residential water consumption trends since January 2019.

Non-residential water use

Council staff have completed water audits on the 70 largest water users in the non-residential sector.

As required under Level 5 Water Restrictions, these businesses will now need to complete Water Savings Action Plans outlining strategies that they will be implementing in order to reduce water use.  Council is now actively pursuing the submission of Water Savings Action Plans from all of these businesses.

Total water use

The average daily city-wide water consumption (all users including Molong) for the period between 20 March and 16 April 2020 was 8.7 ML/day. The average daily supply to Molong was 823kL.

DRINKING WATER QUALITY

Water samples are collected as a component of Orange City Council’s Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program in accordance with 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 March 2020 complied with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines health targets.

SHIRALEE Creek SEWER

The Shiralee sewer is progressing well with approximately 750m of the 2950m installed.  The current completion date for this work is late August 2020.

Southern Feeder Road CONSTRUCTION STAGE 2 (SFR2)

Since the last report to Council the contractors have completed concrete traffic barriers on the bridge, raised approaches, undertaken work on the Elsham Avenue cul-de-sac and been working on the Huntley Road SFR intersection.

It is anticipated that the road will be open to traffic in late May with minor clean up works occurring after that date.

SPRING CREEK TO ICELY ROAD WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER SECURITY PIPELINE

As detailed in the last report to Council, Leed Engineering has been engaged to undertake the works.  At present they anticipate the commencement of pipe laying around the end of May, however pipes should be onsite prior to this date.

A hydraulic design was completed by the contractor verifying the preliminary design and it is anticipated that the pumps can be ordered by 24 April.  Due to COVID-19 the delivery time has increased marginally and the new date for completion is expected to be mid-October.

With the exception of one property, all land matters have been finalised to the point where access is available to the contractor.  The final land matter should be resolved prior to the contractor commencing works.


 

AstiLl Drive Pound

The pound is nearing completion with only minor items left to be resolved. It is anticipated the project can be handed over to Council within the next week.

whiteway lighting

JLE Electrical has completed the installation of electrical conduits in Anson Street between Byng Street and Prince Street.  It is anticipated that work on the conduits in Summer Street will commence on Monday 27 April. 

The contractor has indicated that the COVID-19 has caused delivery problems with poles and fittings and on this basis it is anticipated that the installation of poles will be delayed until mid-May.

aIRPORT PASSENGER NUMBERS

Passenger numbers for March 2020 were 4,708 compared with 7,139 in the same month in 2019. 

 

 

AIRPORT ENERGY USAGE

Energy used at the airport during March 2020 was 18,466.88 kWh at a cost to Council of $4,850.81.

ENERGY USE

The following information is sourced from E21, Council’s energy software.

Tuesday 21 April 2020