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Item 10.1
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Minutes
30 March 2011 SWAHS and PCC Strategic Partnership Meeting |
Strategic Partnership
Meeting Minutes
Population Health – NSW
Health Clinical Support Division (Western)
&
Thursday 30th March
2.00pm – 4.00pm
˜ IT Building,
Chair: Dr. Stephen Corbett
Attending from SWAHS: Dr. Stephen Corbett- Associate Director Population Health, NSW
Health Clinical Support Division- Western
Christine Newman -
Manager Health Promotion
Kay Tennant - Coordinator Healthy Built Environments
Program
Attending from PCC: Dr. Robert Lang – Chief Executive Officer
Cr.
Chiang Lim
Sue
Weatherley – Group Manager Outcomes and Development
Apologies: Lord Mayor Cr.
Victoria
Edghill – Project Officer – City Strategy Unit
Geoff King – Manager City Strategy
Cr.
Bide
Lyn Tunchon Acting Group Manager Primary Care and Community
Health
Services
1. WELCOME BY THE CHAIR
· Dr. Stephen Corbett
welcomed everyone and thanked all in attendance.
· Apologies from the Lord
Mayor Cr Chedid, Cr. Bide and Victoria Edghill received and noted.
INTRODUCTIONS
· Attendees introduced
themselves.
2. ACCEPTANCE OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
· Minutes have been accepted by consensus previously
when circulated by email
3. STRATEGIC UPDATES
Dr. Robert Lang - PCC
Civic Place Update
§ Council has acquired over 50% of the remaining land
required to finalise the consolidation.
§ Council has received approval to proceed with
compulsory acquisition of any remaining land
§ Consolidation expected to be completed July 2011
§ Project Application for stage one will be lodged
by Grocon after consolidation
§ Stage one approval expected by late 2011
§ Completion of construction of Stage 1 expected by end
2013
E-Parramatta and Parra
Connect
§ A Strategic Framework for Development and Delivery of a
Smart City is currently being developed.
§ Council continues to implement the E-parra strategy and
action plan - around maximising the availability of Council's
services on the Internet, mobile applications (such as parking
information) and wireless technology across the local government area
(with a particular focus on the CBD/Westmead).
o Parra
Connect - is a related external strategy
and plan to maximise the benefits of new technologies to the community and
business sectors of Parramatta. Early opportunities include lobbying
for both early rollout of the NBN and industry corridors with external
partners e.g. legal cluster around the Justice Precinct, medical clusters
around Westmead.
§ Council has established a representative committee from
business and the community to oversee the delivery of this program.
River Foreshore Project
§ Council has over 20 initiatives and projects that have some
relationship to the Parramatta River. These include major developments
(including the "Riverbank" or Brandsmart redevelopment), shared
pathways, artwork, events, tourism, heritage and water
based recreation proposals.
§ The Mayor has requested Council officers focus on
coordinating and advancing these proposals with the primary aim of making the
river a focus for families and activity.
§ One of the major sites in the area is the Cumberland
Hospital area. Council would like to work closely with relevant agencies
to understand priorities and options on this site to make the most of shared priorities.
§ A new international design competition is currently being
developed, focusing on the Riverbank / Riverside theatres and surrounding
areas.
· NSW Dept of Planning conducting a Granville Urban Renewal
Workshop, they have established a consultative committee. TOR have not been
seen by Council and no particular project has been put forward as yet.
Sue Weatherely – PCC
LEP
· Council adopted draft LEP following Council reports in Oct –
Dec 2010.
· The content of the plan is currently under deliberation by
the State Government.
· It is anticipated that by mid year there will be a gazetted
plan.
· As part
of that process, recent legislative changes will need to be incorporated into
the plan.
DCP
· Currently
being re-exhibited, and will be reported back to council at the next meeting.
· It is
therefore anticipated that both comprehensive plans will align and implemented
together by mid this year.
Other
· Chris Brown has become a roving Ambassador for Parramatta,
lobbying all levels of government regarding the importance of Parramatta’s CBD,
which is now accepted as Sydney’s second CBD.
· Council is developing a profile of Parramatta
· Work is progressing on neighbourhood centres upgrades
§ The RTA’s ten-year, $78 million River Cities Bike Program,
being implemented in partnership with local governments, will fast-track the
delivery of cycle infrastructure, parking facilities and cycling skills
training opportunities within the five to ten kilometre – or 20 to 40-minute
bike ride – radius of the Parramatta, Liverpool and Penrith city centres.
The focus in the Parramatta LGA is:
o Completion
of the missing links in the Parramatta Valley Cycleway and connecting the CBD
to Westmead through Parramatta Park.
o Adult Cycle
Training
o Bike Racks
as Art
Megan Dephoff- PCC
Homelessness
· The draft Homelessness Policy and Implementation was tested
with key stakeholders late January 2011.
· Amendments are now currently being incorporated and is
anticipated to be presented to Council shortly.
· PCC conducted its second Homeless Street Count in February.
small
decrease in the number of rough sleepers compared to last year, with a slight
increase in the numbers reported in emergency and crisis accommodation.
· Council continues to support the Parramatta Regional
Homelessness Interagency which is currently developing a 5 year plan.
· Chronically Homeless Mens project, designed to assist 10 men
off the street, is currently out to tender.
· The
ABS is doing a homeless count in Parramatta this year
Healthy
Communities Grant Submission
· Council recently applied
for the Federal Government Healthy Communities Grant, which will be announced
in April.
· The project aims to
improve healthy lifestyles of at risk groups in the LGA, particularly emerging
communities, older people, unemployed (families, single mums) through physical
activity.
· If successful, key
partners will include NSW Health and Division of GP.
Dr. Stephen
Corbett- NSW Health Clinical Support Division (Western)
· Hoarders
Forum to be held in May or June. This involves mental health issues and links
to the work of EHOs, Council and mental health workers.
· The
public health system is currently undergoing reorganisation, with the break up
of Area Health Services.
· The
previous SWAHS is now divided into two
Local Health Networks (LHNs)- Nepean Blue Mountains and Western Sydney
(WS). Parramatta LGA falls into the
Western Sydney LHN. Chairs of LHN Governing Councils have been appointed.
Professor Stephen Leeder is the Chair of the WS LHN Governing Council which
covers Parramatta LGA.
· The
LHN are clinical service entities only and do not include population health
services. Clinical Support Divisions (CSD) are the structure that has been developed
by NSW Health to incorporate non clinical services such as population health
services. There are three CSD in NSW and the previous SWAHS population health
services are now included in the Western CSD.
· There
is increased funding for prevention as part of the Commonwealth health
reforms. This includes the establishment
of a National Preventative Health Agency.
The majority of funding is focussed on tobacco control, obesity and
alcohol. The focus is on scaling up well evidenced programs. The main initiatives for NSW will be the
Healthy Children’s Initiative (Supported Playgroup Service, Live Life Well at
School, Healthy Sporting Organisations, Go4Fun and Social Marketing) and the Healthy Workers Initiative (focus on
small business)..
· Incoming
state government will make changes to the health system but these are unknown
at this stage.
· Council
partnerships are very important. PCC is uniquely placed through their urban
development processes. The Planning Act review may also offer opportunities.
·
Christine Newman- NSW Health Clinical Support Division
(Western)
· Christine
outlined membership of the Western Sydney LHN, which commenced in January 2011.
· NSW
Health and the Local Govt and Shires Association have developed a document
about ways of working with LHNs.
· From
1st July 2011 Health Promotion will start receiving the new
Commonwealth funding. Existing Programs
such as Munch & Move, Live Life Well at School and Crunch and Sip will be
scaled up across the area. Other new
programs will commence such as Go4Fun.The Workplace initiative will not receive
funds until 2012 but a small testing initiative will be piloted in Lithgow and St. Marys. This program will focus on physical
activity, healthy eating, alcohol and tobacco.
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4. MOU PROJECT UPDATES FROM EACH
ORGANISATION- as per handout
5. NEW PROJECTS: possibilities
include:
· A number of
partnership projects have been finalised or are coming to an end.
· The opportunity
exists to consider starting new projects in the new financial year.
· The following projects
from the original partnership plan were discussed and the committee agreed to
progress them in the new financial year as per the details below:
o Cycling map
update – PCC to lead
o Developing
a social impact assessment process to assist Council in making planning
decisions about fast food/ take away
development applications – Council to lead
o If the
healthy communities grant is successful, to commence work on this project – PCC
to lead.
· Work on the Healthy Menu Labelling and Health Data projects
will continue. SWAHS is leading these.
6. GENERAL BUSINESS: NIL
7. PROPOSED NEXT MEETING DATES
FOR STEERING GROUP :TBA
8. Meeting closed at 3.45pm