ORANGE CITY COUNCIL

 

MINUTES OF THE

Infrastructure Policy Committee

HELD IN Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Byng Street, Orange

ON 1 May 2018

COMMENCING AT 9.15pm

 1      Introduction

Attendance

Cr S Romano (Chairperson), Cr R Kidd (Mayor), Cr J McRae (Deputy Mayor), Cr K Duffy, Cr J Hamling, Cr T Mileto, Cr S Munro, Cr S Nugent, Cr M Previtera, Cr G Taylor, Cr R Turner, Cr J Whitton

General Manager, Director Corporate and Commercial Services, Director Development Services, Director Community, Recreation and Cultural Services, Director Technical Services, Manager Administration and Governance, Manager Corporate and Community Relations, Manager Development Assessments, Governance Coordinator, Senior Planner (Glenn)

APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Nil

 

1.1     DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTERESTS, SIGNIFICANT NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS AND LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT NON-PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Nil

 

2       Committee Minutes

2.1     Minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting - 10 April 2018

TRIM Reference:        2018/1013

RESOLVED - 18/189                                                                           Cr R Turner/Cr S Munro

1     That Council acknowledges the reports presented to the City of Orange Traffic Committee at its meeting of 10 April 2018.

2     That the minutes of the City of Orange Traffic Committee meeting of 10 April 2018 be adopted.

 

 

 

3       General Reports

3.1     Current Works

TRIM Reference:        2018/1012

RESOLVED - 18/190                                                                               Cr R Kidd/Cr S Munro

That the information provided in the report on Current Works be acknowledged.

 

 

QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE

Cr Mileto requested a review of pedestrian accessibility into Robertson Park from Lords Place, given accessible entry ramps are limited to the intersection with Summer Street.

 

Cr Turner requested staff attend the property adjacent to the new bus shelter in Anson Street as the water line has been exposed during recent works.

 

3.2     Proposed Leeds Parade Speed Reduction

TRIM Reference:        2018/1023

MOTION                                                                                            Cr R Turner/Cr S Nugent

That Council shows its support for the Roads and Maritime Services’ speed reduction recommendations as follows:

·         Reduction of speed limit from 80 to 70 km/h in speed zone number 63703 on Leeds Parade Orange commencing 900 metres north of the Northern Distributor Road and concluding 700 metres south of the Northern Distributor Road: a total length of 1.6 kilometres.

·         Extension of 70 km/h speed zone number 63695 on the Northern Distributor Road, to a point 170 metres east of the roundabout with Leeds Parade; a total additional length of 310 metres.

AMENDMENT                                                                                        Cr G Taylor/Cr R Kidd

That this item be deferred and the City of Orange Traffic Committee be requested to consider increasing the speed limit on Leeds Parade from Dalton Street to the existing 80kph speed zone.

THE AMENDMENT ON BEING PUT TO THE MEETING WAS CARRIED AND BECAME THE MOTION

THE MOTION ON BEING PUT TO THE MEETING WAS CARRIED

RESOLVED - 18/191                                                                               Cr G Taylor/Cr R Kidd

That this item be deferred and the City of Orange Traffic Committee be requested to consider increasing the speed limit on Leeds Parade from Dalton Street to the existing 80kph speed zone.

 

The Meeting Closed at 9.42PM.