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Minutes
14 October 2010 SWAHS / PCC Strategic Partnership meeting |
Strategic Health Partnership Meeting Minutes
Thursday 14th
October 2010
3.30pm – 5.00pm
˜ Level 11 Meeting Room –
Attending from PCC
Dr Robert Lang, CEO
Parramatta City Council, Chair
Councillor Andrew Bide
Sue Weatherley, Outcomes and
Development Group Manager
Su Cram, Acting Manager
City Strategy Unit, (on behalf of Geoff King)
Tony Gleeson, Environmental
Health Officer
Victoria Edghill, Social
Outcomes Project Officer
Attending from SWAHS
Dr. Glenn Close, Executive
Director Population Health & Strategic Direction
Christine Newman, Manager
Health Promotion/Deputy Director CPH
Kay Tennant, Coordinator Healthy Built
Environments
Lyn Tunchon, Acting
Group Manager Primary Care and Community Health Services
Apologies: Lord Mayor John Chedid, Councillor
1. Welcome and Introductions by Dr
2. Acceptance of previous
minutes – 24th March 2010
3. Strategic Updates
§ PCC has a new Lord Mayor, Councillor John Chedid
and Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Michael McDermott
§ Civic Place Update (CEO)
- Council has acquired over 50% of the remaining land required to
finalise the consolidation.
- Council is continuing negotiations with remaining land owners
before taking compulsory acquisition action.
- Council has resolved to proceed with compulsory acquisition of
any remaining land in late 2010
- Project Application for stage one currently being prepared by
Grocon.
- Stage one approval
expected by mid 2011.Completion of construction of Stage 1 expected by end
2013.
§ Draft
LEP and Draft DCP (CEO)
- LEP Exhibition finished mid May, with over 500
submissions.
- LEP Report being taken to Council 5th
October, with DCP report to follow in November / December.
- It is recommended that the LEP be adopted subject to
changes. These changes will then be re-exhibited.
- It is currently anticipated for the LEP to be made law
by the State Government in the first quarter of 2011.
· Better
Neighbourhood Program (
- Granville Town Centre Streetscape
Upgrade is completed with only some minor works remaining. These include safety fencing at the corner of
South and Mary Streets, and landscaping in the seating area in Mary Street.
- Dundas Station and Ermington Laneway
are at design stage.
- Epping Laneway and Kleins Road
Northmead are at design stage and awaiting tender.
- Midson Road, Constitution Hill and
Westmead Way-finding are still in early design.
· Cycleway Update (Donna Mosford):
- Secure Bike
Parking - the
project was launched in July and has produced over 40 bike parking spaces with
high quality end of trip facilities. The
facility will cater for both workers and visitors. Signage has been designed and installed in
various places.
- NSW Bike Plan projects – The NSW Governments
Metropolitan Strategy nominates Parramatta, Liverpool and Penrith as key
locations for new jobs, infrastructure and cultural activities. The RTA’s ten year, $78 million River Cities
Bike Program is being implemented in partnership with local governments and
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
will be to:
§ Complete the missing links in the Parramatta Valley
Cycleway and connecting the CBD to Westmead through Parramatta Park
§ Provide Adult Cycle Training
§ Use Bike Racks as an art feature
· Climate Adaptation (CEO):
The key climatic risk for the LGA has been identified
to be heat stress, particularly the frequency of days over 40 degrees celsius
which will have significant impacts on both communities and infrastructure.
The draft Adaptation Strategy identifies the need
to develop a Heat Stress Strategy for the whole western
· Homelessness (
Council is finalising the draft Homelessness Policy
and Implementation Plan, having completed an extensive process of information
gathering from a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including
homeless people, local businesses, service providers and UWS. Draft expected to
be completed by end October 2010 and tested with external experts before being
presented to Council by end 2010. Council
continues to support the Parramatta Regional Homelessness Interagency which is
currently developing a 5 year plan. Homelessness
Project Officer position is currently being scoped, it is expected to be part
time for 6 months and will focus on increasing homeless people’s access to
services, an educational program and action research.
· E-Parramatta and Parra Connect (CEO):
This has progressed since the last Steering Group
meeting. Council has developed an
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). The internal and on-line services focus component
is called eParra. Parra Connect is a
related external strategy and plan to maximise the benefits of new technologies
to the community and business sectors of
· River Foreshore Project
(CEO):
Council has over 20 initiatives and projects that
have some relationship to the
A Council workshop was held on 6 October 2010 to
discuss with Councillors what they thought the key opportunities and challenges
were for this area.
Brandsmart recently changed owners, there is an opportunity
for Council to approach the new owner and discuss future options.
The Place Leaders Association - A charette was held
recently where several plans that connected
Sydney
West Area Health Service
Dr Glenn Close
· Restructure:
NSW has been divided into 18 Local Health Networks
(LHNs) each comprising of a CE and a Governing Council (6-13) made up of both
clinicians and community members. The LHNs will be in place by 1 January 2011.
The impact on the Health MOU will need to be discussed at the next meeting by
which time the new organisational structures will be in place.
ACTION: SWAHS to keep PCC informed
on the status of their restructure.
· Research and Development Westmead:
Planning for this project is well underway, with
the proposed location between Westmead and the Children’s Hospital. Car Parking is an ongoing issue.
· Car Pooling Project: Currently seeking funds, parking
spaces. Dr
4. MOU Project Updates: Donna
Mosford, Christine Newman and Kay Tennant
Smoke Free Public Places Policy Project (Donna Mosford) The Smoke
Free Outdoor Areas Policy was adopted in May this year and included children’s
playgrounds, sports fields and aquatic facilities. On 26th July 2010 Council also
resolved to implement a smoking ban in all Outdoor Dining Areas under Council’s
jurisdiction, taking effect on 1 January 2011. The focus of the policy development process will
now shift to monitoring the impact (environmental and economic) of the bans
already endorsed. Monitoring will begin
in December 2010 and also take place in June
and December 2011.
Bus Shelter Access Project (
Health Survey Data Provision / Resident Panel Data
Provision
(Kay Tennant) There have been delays with this project. The first was produced in 2007. As with the first Health Data Survey, SWAHS
will be conducting an information session with Council on the Social and Health
Profiles. They are also looking at
placing the information on the internet.
Increased Healthier Food Choices (
- The planning phase is completed
- Consultation is planned with restaurants, it will test 20
restaurants in the CBD area
- It has also planned consultation with Council
- Focus groups will be held and also include the community
ACTION: Kay Tennant to contact Meg
Griffiths to confirm Headspace is going ahead.
Mental
Health: The Uniting Care Burnside has secured funding for a headspace in
6. General
Business:
ACTION: SWAHS to follow up
7. Next
Meeting:
April 2010 at SWAHS
ACTION: SWAHS to advise PCC of next
meeting date, to be set for 6 months time.