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Item 10.3 - Attachment 1 |
Minutes the WSLHDHS
and PCC Strategic Partnership Meeting held 21 March 2012 |
DRAFT Strategic Health Partnership Minutes
Wednesday 21st
March 2012
10.30 am – 12.00pm
˜ Conference Room 2, ITS Building,
Chair: Dr Stephen Corbett,
Director Centre for Population Health (CPH)
Attending from PCC:
Dr Robert Lang, Chief
Executive Officer
Sue Weatherley, Outcomes
& Development Group Manager
Megan Dephoff, Social
Outcomes Manager
Elizabeth Sayers, Social
Outcomes Project Officer
Lavinia Thompson, Project
Support Officer
Carolyn Isaac, Service Manager
- Family Services
Attending from WSLHD:
Dr Stephen Corbett,
Director CPH
Christine Newman, Manager
Health Promotion, Deputy Director CPH
Kay Tennant, Coordinator Healthy Built
Environments Program, CPH
Apologies:
The Lord Mayor, Clr
Councillor Andrew Bide
Councillor Chiang Lim
Councillor John Chedid
Lyn Tunchon,
Group Manager Primary Care and Community Health Services
1 Welcome by the Chair
Dr Corbett welcomed everyone and thanked them for
attending.
Apologies received and noted.
2 Acceptance of previous minutes – 8th September 2011
Minutes of previous meeting accepted by consensus
when circulated by email.
3 Strategic Updates
3.1
· Commercial
Office Growth
Commercial
office growth is expected
· Metro
Strategy
Population
numbers to increase for the LGA due to increases in the residential population
based on higher densities. NSW Premier has stated that growth should be focused
on the city fringes. This creates an imbalance between jobs and housing.
Transport Planning :
Western
Sydney Light Rail Network.
Council
has developed a light rail proposal to address the population growth in
Light
rail offers may benefits. It is cheaper than heavy rail and also faster. Global
forces also dictate a move towards decentralisation.
Two
routes are initially proposed, UWS Rydalmere campuses to Parramatta CBD and
from Castle Hill through
Council
is developing a funding proposal seeking Commonwealth funding for a feasibility
study. The project has been endorsed by State and Federal governments, and
adjacent Councils are also supportive as is Infrastructure NSW.
A
Feasibility Study will take about a year to complete and include a cost benefit
analysis. Tender documents for the feasibility study are due to be released in
early May with the study scheduled to start in late June. There will be a
first stage report in September with the full report due in Dec 2012.
There
is to be a briefing session on 12th April. State government
stakeholders are invited.
In
the early stages it may be possible for the health service (WSLHD) to conduct a
HIA or another similar project, where the health impacts are assessed, to add
to the feasibility work. It may be possible to quantify the health benefits of
such infrastructure, such as reduction in heart attacks. There are also
economic benefits and value in any health improvements associated with the
project. When implemented it will also reduce car usage and increase physical
activity and thus improve quality of life.
The
Gold Coast is currently building a light rail system, having taken a strong
lead in driving the need for such infrastructure, and Council has been liaising
with them.
ACTION: Council to prepare a short
written brief about the project and opportunity for partnership with NSW Health
on the health impacts aspect of the feasibility study, and forward to Dr Stephen
Corbett to respond to.
Council
first identified the concept of a regional ring in Council's Integrated
Transport Plan. The Regional Ring Road delivers access benefits
for Westmead precinct supporting its further growth.
The
proposal was further developed last spring and the Lord Mayor met
Infrastructure NSW to discuss the proposal.
Council
published the document on the
Westmead Precinct Planning
Critical investment is
required to manage Westmead's growth over the next ten years to
guarantee the precinct's future economic and social contribution to
A cross-functional team
from Parramatta City Council is finalising a
Vision document with supporting Actions across land-use
planning, traffic, parking and transport, urban design, public
infrastructure upgrades, and social factors.
From April, Council will
obtain stakeholder and community feedback on the Vision and supporting Actions,
developing a preliminary land use concept plan which enables co-ordinated
future development actions from institutions, businesses and governments.
Council will then prepare a
Planning Proposal with specific amendments for various planning controls as
well as developing a 'list' of key infrastructure for governments.
The intent is to use the
Vision document to influence state government agencies and precinct stake-holders
in the future development and amenity of the Westmead precinct. The
Vision is also intended to support clusters of similar
industries, expand precinct accessibility, provide a focus on
employment generating land uses and redevelopment, and better enable key worker
accommodation.
Smoking
Council
updated is Smoking in Public Places Policy in Dec 2011 to include outdoor
dining on Council owned land and bus stops and taxi ranks. Smoke free outdoor
dining is to commence from 1st May on Council owned or managed land
in the CBD. Businesses are encouraged to take up early adoption before 1st
may. Business packs are to distributed
shortly. Community education and awareness initiatives have and continue to be
conducted. The NSW State Govt will introduce the same ban in 2015.
Affordable
Housing
PCC is concerned regarding the potential impact of
allowing Group Homes as Complying Development without a reference to minimal
standards such as number of bedrooms.
The primary concern with
Division 7 Group Homes, Clause 45 Complying Development
– group homes which makes no reference back to Clause 43 (1) which
says a Group Home can be built without consent if they have no more than 10
bedrooms and are carried out on behalf of a public authority. Developers have
taken this to mean that a Group Home can be built with unlimited bedroom
numbers. This has serious consequences for the community at a neighbourhood
level.
PCC has raised these concerns with the Government
and the Department of Planning because we have had a number of notifications
from private certifiers for the approval of group homes that are, in reality,
two storey flat buildings. In some cases there are more than 30 bed sits in the
group home developments.
Council is seeking urgent clarification
regarding development under the Affordable Rental Housing State Environmental
Planning Policy (ARHSEPP) with the Minister for Planning and
Infrastructure.
ACTION: Council is to prepare
a brief on this matter. Dr Corbett has indicated that he will forward this onto
the NSW Chief Health Officer, Ministry of Health for review and follow up.
3.2 . WSLHD
Update: Dr.
Squalor
and Hoarding Conference
Attended
by Dr Corbett. The RSPCA were the
sponsors and Centacare has a grant to examine 18 LGAs in central
Local
Health Districts (LHD)
Nepean
Blue Mountains and Western Sydney Population health are still one unit
providing services across the two new Local Health Districts. The LHD wrote to
Council regarding their name change from the former Sydney West Area Health
Service (SWAHS) to Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), and to affirm
that the MOU with Council will transfer to WSLHD.(item 4 on agenda)
Medicare
Locals
These
new organisations are still defining their business. Christine raised the
option of them becoming a signatory to the MOU between Council and the LHD and
part of the partnership. Medicare Locals are currently consulting stakeholders
around key needs in the community.
ACTION: Megan and Christine to
meet to discuss possibility of Medicare Locals joining the partnership once
further information on the key focus of the Medicare Locals is understood
.
1. MOU Projects
See
attached handout for project updates. Council and the LHD are collaborating
well with no major issues arising for joint project progress.
5. General
Business
Westmead
Loop
Megan
advises that Councillor Bide has raised parking at Westmead as an issue and the
option of NSW Health sponsoring a version of a
· PCC to provide ideas (see
transport planner)
· PCC to provide support
Healthy
Workers Initiative
Christine
raised the opportunity for Council to continue to support the healthy worker’s
initiative. To-date 2000 surveys have
been distributed with a limited response rate.
Results will be available in the near future.
6. Next
Meeting - TBC
ACTION: Council
to advise date of next meeting for 6 months time.
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Item 10.3 - Attachment 1 |
Minutes the WSLHDHS
and PCC Strategic Partnership Meeting held 21 March 2012 |
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Project Title |
Project Objectives |
Draft project Deliverables and Activities |
Project Timing |
PCC Project Contacts |
SWAHS Project Contacts |
Project Current Status |
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Increased Healthier Food
Choices Project Leader: WSLHD |
Ÿ A simple and inexpensive
method of evaluating the nutritional value in terms of energy, fats and salt
content on the menu of
participating restaurants. Ÿ Researched information on
barriers, effective labelling systems,
cost and health benefits for menu labelling Ÿ Develop and implement a
guideline and tool kit to support the uptake of menu labelling in the
Parramatta LGA Ÿ Implement cost effective
menu labelling system for food items purchased at restaurants, cafes and food
court restaurants in the Parramatta LGA Ÿ Restaurant / Café patrons
increased awareness of healthier food choices when eating out Ÿ Assessment of the
effectiveness and viability of the initiative |
Ÿ Research completed to
inform project Ÿ Menu labelling
identification system developed Ÿ Menu Labelling Guideline
& Tool developed for Businesses Ÿ Menu labelling system
piloted Ÿ Community awareness of
menu labelling raised Ÿ Patrons of
restaurants/cafes selecting healthier food choices Ÿ Menu labelling viability
identified |
Community
Consultation May
2011 – complete Stakeholder
Consultation May 2011 - complete Business
Consultation end 2011 Voluntary
Restaurant Pilots early 2012 |
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Rachael
Graham |
· 6 Community Focus Groups conducted (n=60+
participants) · 1 Stakeholder (Council) Focus Group conducted · Targets met in relation to Focus Group numbers · Consultation analysis complete and DRAFT Report
completed and currently being reviewed by project teams · Next phase – consultations and engagement with
businesses · Partnership with NSW Food Authority to deliver
project in line with Fast Choices labelling legislation |
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Planning policy for healthier food choices scoping
project (menu labelling) Project Leader: PCC |
Investigate
the opportunities to revise Council’s planning policies and processes to
support healthier food choices for the community |
DA Guidelines relating to healthier food choices |
Jun
12 |
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Rachael
Graham /Kay
Tennant |
Council has developed
Social Impact Assessment guidelines re: Affordable Housing developments. This
work is being used to inform this project. · Currently
finalising the project brief. · SWAHS
has drafted spatial maps locating schools and fast food outlets which will be
important tools to aid decision making |
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Bicycling Promotion Project Leader: PCC |
Supporting
more bicycle trips through integration and promotion of current and new
bicycle maps PCC to conduct end of
financial year audit of cycleways - complete |
Updated cycle maps – electronic and hard copy |
TBC |
David
Gray |
TBC |
· Council
has completed an audit of cycleways · Council’s
strategic transport team is developing options for promotion of cycleways
including electronic (an app and Google earth) and paper versions · Funding
for the resources is to come from Council, WSLHD and Council is also applying
for a community grant. · Timelines
and deliverables will be finalised once the grant funding has been decided |