City of Canning Minutes – SMRC RRRC WCF Odour Issue – 14 September 2010
4. DECLARATION OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS INTERESTS
Declaration of Interest
Cr Elliott SRS-257-10 – Odour Register – Regional Resource Recovery Centre – Canning Vale
Nature of Interest: My daughter lives in the area affected by the odour.
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ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING Mayor
TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2010 Dated
Cr Elliott CS-089-10 Equipment Grant Applications Nature of Interest: Wife is a Member of the Wilson Wetland Action Group
Cr Elliott AF-117-10 Donations/Financial Assistance from Organisations Nature of Interest: Wife is a Member of the Wilson Wetland Action Group
Cr Elliott then sought a ruling on his interest in item SRS-257-10 on the grounds that his daughter lives in the area affected by the odour. Cr Elliott withdrew from the Council Chambers at 6:02pm.
MOVED Cr Barry, Seconded Cr Boylen, that the interest declared by Cr Elliott in SRS- 257-10 – Odour Register – Regional Resource Recovery Centre – Canning Vale is common to a significant number of electors or ratepayers.
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5.1 QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY AT THE ORDINARY COUNCIL
ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING Mayor
TUESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2010 Dated
Answer: Acting Chief Executive Officer. Previously Council considered a Confidential Report following advertising for a suitable lessee for the Cafe. Council resolved not to appoint any lessee and in order to attract a greater interest and increase number of applicants, appointed a Business Broker to assist in the process.
Question: Mr Mayor, can you explain to me, is the Weighbridge on the road reserve at Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC), is the road open to the public?
Answer: The Mayor. What I interpreted from your question is the weighbridge at the SMRC, in its current location accessible by the public?
Statement: Yes.
Answer: The Mayor. Access to the Weighbridge is through a gate, which is owned and placed in a particular location by the SMRC.
Question: Is Bridge location plan approved by the City true or false?
Answer: The Mayor. Council has not dealt with it. An on-going application and planning approval is required by the City.
Question: Did it need planning approval?
Answer: The Mayor. It requires planning approval.
Question: Supplement question is it prudent for Council in future to build bridges with the SMRC rather than to burn bridges
Answer: The Mayor. The Weighbridge is there to weigh trucks and for the appropriate charges to be applied.
Question: Mr Mayor, I will ask that question again is it prudent for Council in future to build bridges with the SMRC rather than to burn bridges over issues as there has been no complaints for a few months
Answer: The Mayor. The City receives complaints everyday, I get them everyday by email. This Council has made the decision to depart from the SMRC and residents have benefited from withdrawing from the SMRC. The SMRC has stonewalled this Council for six years.
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5.2 QUESTIONS TAKEN ON NOTICE DURING DEBATE AT MEETING HELD ON 24
SRS-241-10 ODOUR REGISTER – REGIONAL RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE CANNING VALE
(OCM: 24.08.2010; File: ECH/2/18); j:ssrpt251/eg
From: Acting Executive Strategic and Regulatory Services ID: 69
Question: Executive Engineering and Technical Services took on notice Cr Mason query that if the Department of Environment and Conservation has notified the owner that a site could possibly be contaminated, then all activities on that site must cease?
Answer: Executive Engineering and Technical Services. Once the DEC has notified the owner of a site that the classification is “Possibly Contaminated – Investigation Required”, it does not automatically mean that all activities on the site must cease immediately. It depends on the activities on the site and the DEC assessment of possible risk to human health and the environment. The owner of the site is required to carry out whatever investigations are required to determine the level of contamination on the site and report to DEC. The DEC will then make a final assessment of what site classification is appropriate under the Contaminated Sites Act and that will determine what activities are permissible on the site. During the assessment and investigation period, the local authority that has planning jurisdiction over the site is not allowed to assess any development applications for that site until the DEC final site classification is notified.
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5.3 QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY AT THE ORDINARY COUNCIL
Mr G W Gleeson, 107 Modilion Avenue, Riverton
Question: Has the Riverton Bridge Kiosk Lease been leased yet?
Answer: The Mayor. I think we gave you that answer at the last Council meeting, is that the Council has engaged a Consultant and when the Consultant comes back to Council to give his/her recommendation, then that matter will come back to Council for a decision.
Question: What would be about the approximate time that Consultant will come back?
Answer: The Mayor. In October or November 2010.
Question: Did the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) place a Building Application with this Council to rebuild the Recycling Depot, which was burnt down?
Answer: The Mayor. That particular issue is before the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), therefore I cannot give you any details on it.
Question: Question is, did they actually place an Application before this Council, it is either Yes or No?
Answer: The Mayor. It is not a matter of Yes or No, for the item, as you would know, to appear before the State Administrative Tribunal has to come through the Council.
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13.2 ACTING EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC AND REGULATORY SERVICES
SRS-257-10 ODOUR REGISTER – REGIONAL RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE CANNING VALE
(OCM: 14.09.2010; File: ECH/2/18); j:ssrpt262/eg
From: Acting Executive Strategic and Regulatory Services ID: 69
Following questions by Cr Olsen, the Acting Executive Strategic and Regulatory Services took on notice Cr Olsen query relating to the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council contacting the City in relation to Odour complaints that they received on 27 August 2010. It was then:
MOVED Cr Barry, Seconded Cr Wheaton, that the recommendation set out below, be adopted:
That Report SRS-257-10 Odour Register Regional Resource Recovery Centre, Canning Vale, be received.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
For: The Mayor, Crs Barry, Elliott, Clarke, Olsen, Morgan, Wheaton and Boylen
