Meeting Name	Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 Advisory Committee
Date	1 September 2022	Time 5:30PM
Venue	Level 12 Boardroom, 126 Church St Parramatta / MS Teams
Attendees	Councillors · Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Sameer Pandey · Councillor Dan Siviero · Councillor Paul Noack · Councillor Angie Humphries (Ex-Officio) Committee Members · Alisa Huang · Daniel Green · David Marr · Gregory Willis · Saif Islam · Shant Ohannessian · Dr Shima Taheri · Suntharalingham Senthilanantha (Remote) · Veelyn Tan Staff · Anthony Newland, Group Manager Infrastructure Planning & Design – City Planning & Design · Lily Wang, Parramatta Light Rail Program Interface Manager – City Planning & Design
Apologies / Leave of Absence	Lord Mayor Donna Davis (Chairperson) Councillor Dr Patricia Prociv (Alternate)
Chaired By	Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Sameer Pandey
Secretariat	Vandana Saini
HPRM Reference	F2022/01838

No.	Item
1	Acknowledgement of Country The City of Parramatta Council acknowledges the Burramattagal Clan of The Dharug, the traditional owners of land of Parramatta and pays its respects to the elders past, present and emerging.
2	Welcome and member introductions
	Deputy Lord Mayor Clr Sameer Pandey welcomed all elected members and Councillors to the first meeting of Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 Advisory Committee.
3	Apologies
	Resolved (Noack/Green) That the Committee receive and note apologies from Lord Mayor Clr Donna Davis.
4	Committee member Induction
	Lily Wang conducted the Induction Workshop. The topics included: · Council decision to establish the Parramatta Light Rail (PLR) Stage 2 Advisory Committee · Terms of Reference – Standard and PLR ToR · Code of Conduct · Role & duties of Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson,  Committee Members, Convenor, Ex-Officio and Secretariat Open Discussion: · The Committee would prefer to meet on Tuesday instead of Thursday depending on the availability in the Calendar. · The Committee recommends a site inspection of other venues for better understanding of the proposed routes and also an option to have future meetings in any of the venues along that route e.g. Wentworth Point Library.
	Actions: 1. Governance to advise whether another day of the week that would be possible for future meeting dates. 2. Undertake site visits along the alignment to better understand the proposed routes.
5	Disclosure of Interest
	Nil
6	Election of Deputy Chair
Description	Resolved (Noack/Siviero) That the Election of the Deputy Chair was deferred to the next Committee meeting.
Outcome	The Election of the Deputy Chair to be held at the next Committee meeting on 1 December 2022.
7	Overview of current progress of Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2
Description	Lily Wang  and Anthony Newland provided a summary of the progress of Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 that is also presented to the Transport NSW. - Project Timeline : Oct 2017 to Ongoing - TfNSW Approvals Design and Process - May 2022 ‘Have Your Say’ Consultation - Blue Book & the Definition Design Report : Urban Design Guideline - What are the Next steps: The PLR Stage 2 EIS is due on Q4 2022. Council is currently awaiting the draft EIS.
Outcome	Actions: 3. Circulate all the presentations, the ‘Have Your Say’ formal written response to TfNSW to the Committee. 4. Provide a list of what the abbreviations mean. 5. Create a timeline / standard chart of the PLR Stage 2 design and assessment process. 6. Keep the community updated on local public transport initiatives (in particular in Newington). 7. For future presentations to the Committee, clarify what information is confidential and what information is publicly available.
8	General Business
Description	The Committee thanked the staff for the presentation. QON: Do we have a Community Engagement Subgroup for PLR Stage 2 that is State Government led? Staff Response: No current transport group.
Outcome	8. Set up an action register
9	Next Meeting Date – 1 December 2022 (tentative)

Meeting Closed:  7:40pm