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Item 9.4 - Attachment 1 |
Minutes of the Heritage
Advisory Committee Meeting on 19 August 2009 |
REPORT OF THE HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD IN ROOMS 1 AND 2, GROUND FLOOR, COUNCIL CHAMBER BUILDING, CIVIC PLACE, PARRAMATTA ON WEDNESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2009 AT 5: 38 PM
PRESENT
Carol Liston in the Chair, Shylie Brown, Elaine Evans, Ruth
Evans, Janice Huntington, Anne Mathews, Bill McGuirk, David Shakespeare and
Mark Viner (General Manager of Properties - Historic Houses Trust NSW).
IN ATTENDANCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS
There were no Conflict of Interest Declarations at this meeting.
MINUTES
45/09 Heritage
Advisory Committee Minutes – 17 June 2009
A copy of the Minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee held on 17 June 2009 had previously been forwarded to each member.
Recommendation (B McGuirk/S Brown)
That the minutes of the meeting of the
Heritage Advisory Committee held on 17 June 2009 be taken as read and confirmed
as a true record of the meeting.
BUSINESS ARISING
46/09 Role and
Function of Committee
As advised at the Meeting on 17 June 2009 (Minute No. 31/09), advertisements had been placed in local papers seeking applications for appointment to the Heritage Advisory Committee with interest being required to be registered by 7 August 2009.
Paul Kennedy indicated that he would report to the Council Meeting to be held on 28 September 2009 on applications received and Council would make a decision on the appointment of new members to the Committee.
The newly appointed Committee would then meet in October.
AGENDA ITEMS
47/09 Feedback from
Council
The Minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting held on 17 June 2009 had been placed before Council on 27 July 2009 and were received and noted.
48/09 Heritage
Information for Council’s Website
Information had been distributed at the previous meeting (Minute No. 35/09 refers) and comments sought from members on content and format.
Paul Kennedy advised that comments had been received from a number of members and during further discussions, the following issues were raised:-
· Should Parramatta be referred to as a Convict Town rather than an Army Town (S Brown)?
· Need for a consistent spelling of “Darug”.
· Toongabbie to be mentioned in terms of agricultural settlement (Paul directed members to the Title “Parramatta’s European Heritage”.
· Possible inclusion of illustrations. Paul distributed copies of pictures that would be included.
· Information on time line should refer to Native Institution rather than School of Aboriginal.
· The inclusion of a section indicating the origins of place names would be beneficial.
Carol Liston advised that attempts would be made to forward her comments in the next week but added that clarification of the web page format would also be appreciated.
49/09 Local
Heritage Fund Applications
The Committee was extremely pleased with the quality of the applications being received and the work being carried out under the Local Heritage Fund, such work adding much value to the properties and their areas.
Four (4) applications had been received for consideration at this meeting as follows:-
1.
Recommendation (Shakespeare/ E
Evans)
That funds in the amount of $1000 be
granted.
2.
Recommendation (Shakespeare/McGuirk)
That funds in the amount of $2000 be
granted.
3.
Recommendation (S Brown/A Mathews)
That funds in the amount of $1000 be
granted.
4.
Recommendation (Huntington/R Evans)
That funds in the amount of $2000 be
granted.
50/09
In the absence of Ms Desailly, this matter was deferred to the next meeting, however, it was noted that the Sentry Box had been completed and was noticeable and colourful.
Recommendation (Liston/S
Brown)
That all persons involved in the Sentry Box project be congratulated on
their efforts.
51/09 Update on Development Applications
Ruth indicated that a drainage
easement which could not be built over had been discovered by Council staff on
the site and accordingly, the DA for
Elaine Evans advised that in the last batch of development applications forwarded to members, an additional page had been received seeking advice on political donations. Elaine sought advice as to whether this information related to a particular application or to any application.
Paul Kennedy took this question on notice and advised that a response
would be obtained.
The Committee Clerk advised that a rescission motion had been submitted and considered by the Council on 10 August 2009. The rescission motion had been defeated leaving the refusal in place.
GENERAL BUSINESS
52/09 Rezoning in
Vicinity of Elizabeth Farm
Mark Viner advised that he had been alerted by the Trustee to a new LEP which may involve rezoning certain streets in the vicinity of Elizabeth Farm and other key areas. He felt that there should have been dialogue on this issue.
Paul Kennedy advised that Council had produced a new draft LEP for the entire LGA which had been placed on exhibition for information purposes on the website, the library and at various drop in centres. Staff were also available to discuss the document.
Paul noted that the document must be prepared in accordance with a template issued by the State Government. Changes required by the State Government included new zoning names (ie 2a now known as R2 etc).
Accordingly, it was believed that
any changes around Elizabeth Farm have simply related to zoning names as staff
were mindful of the importance of heritage in this area.
53/09 Invitation
from Elizabeth Boesel
Paul reminded members of the invitation forwarded by Elizabeth Boesel in relation to an Open Day to be held on the weekend of 22 and 23 August 2009.
INFORMATION SHARE
54/09 National Flag
Day Ceremony
David Shakespeare invited members
to attend a National Flag Day Ceremony to be held at
55/09 History Day
At Hambledon Cottage
David Shakespeare advised that History Day would be held at Hambledon Cottage on 9 September 2009.
56/09 Archaeology Exhibition
Anne Mathews advised that there is currently an excellent archaeology exhibition at the Heritage Centre.
57/09 ICOMOS Inspectors
Mark Viner advised that the
ICOMOS Inspectors would be arriving shortly to view various sites including Old
Government House and
58/09 History Week at
Elaine Evans advised that there
was quite a deal of activity in
Elaine added that a number of
interesting changes were occurring at
59/09 History Week Lectures
Carol Liston advised of upcoming lectures to be given by herself including 4 September 2009 at Old Government House on ‘the big report”.
A further lecture will be given at the State Library on 9 September 2009 with the same talk to be given at Holroyd Library on 12 September.
60/09 Location of Admissions Book
Shylie Brown sought advice from Carol Liston on the Boys Admission Book which had previously given to the State Archives.
Carol responded that further enquiries would be made.
61/09 Governor
Macquarie Bicentenary
Carol Liston requested that information be made available at the next meeting on the Governor Macquarie Bicentenary.
Paul
Kennedy advised that he would approach
62/09
Ruth Evans displayed a Parramatta Stories Book from 1965 and suggested that it may be beneficial for the book to be scanned and made available at Parramatta City Library.
63/09 Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee is proposed for Wednesday, 21 October 2009.
The meeting terminated at 6.45 pm.