Agenda of Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee

Item No.	Item Title	Page No.
	Confirmation of Minutes
1	Confirmation of Minutes of the Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee No. 2023(06) of 13 July 2023	9
	Officers’ Reports
	MATTERS TO BE RESOLVED UNDER DELEGATION (in accordance with section 257(1)(c) of the Local Government Act 2009, the Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee has been delegated power to make decisions on behalf of Council for decisions made under the Planning Act 2016 and the Economic Development Act 2012)
2	Development Application - 11235/2022/MAOC - Recommendation - Remondis Australia Pty Ltd Change Application for Compost Manufacturing Enclosed at Swanbank	15
	MATTERS FOR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL
3	Provisional Projects Approval	159
4	Southern Recycling and Refuse Centre and Animal Management Facility Location	163
5	Asset and Infrastructure Services Department Capital Delivery Report June 2023	170
6	Exercise Of Delegation Report	203
7	Planning and Environment Court Action Status Report	223
	Notices of Motion
	Matters Arising

Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee

Meeting Agenda

10 August

2023

Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee NO. 2023(06)

13 July 2023

Minutes

COUNCILLORS’ ATTENDANCE: Mayor Teresa Harding (Chairperson); Councillors Paul Tully (Deputy Chairperson), Sheila Ireland, Jacob Madsen, Marnie Doyle, Andrew Fechner, Kate Kunzelmann and Deputy Mayor Russell Milligan

COUNCILLOR’S APOLOGIES: Councillor Nicole Jonic

OFFICERS’ ATTENDANCE: Chief Executive Officer (Sonia Cooper), General Manager Planning and Regulatory Services (Brett Davey), General Manager Corporate Services (Matt Smith), General Manager Community, Cultural and Economic Development (Ben Pole), Acting General Manager Infrastructure and Environment (James Hilyard), General Manager Environment and Sustainability (Kaye Cavanagh), Chief Financial Officer (Jeff Keech), Chief of Staff - Office of the Mayor (Melissa Fitzgerald), Manager Media Communications and Engagement (Mark Strong), Property Services Manager (Alicia Rieck), Manager, Infrastructure Strategy (Tony Dileo), Program Manager Flood Recovery (Matthew Mulroney), Development Planning Manager (Anthony Bowles), Manager, Senior Communications and Policy Officer (Jodie Richter), Senior Media Officer (Darrell Giles) and Theatre Technician (Harrison Cate)

Leave of Absence - Councillor Nicole Jonic

Councillor Nicole Jonic requested a leave of absence from the Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee of 13 July 2023.

RECOMMENDATION

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

That a leave of absence from the Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee of 13 July 2023 be granted for Councillor Nicole Jonic.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

Welcome to Country or Acknowledgement of Country

Mayor Teresa Harding (Chairperson) delivered the Acknowledgement of Country

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN MATTERS ON THE AGENDA

Nil

BUSINESS OUTSTANDING

Nil

MATTERS FOR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL

Confirmation of Minutes

1. Confirmation of Minutes of the Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee No. 2023(05) of 8 June 2023

RECOMMENDATION

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Councillor Marnie Doyle:

That the Minutes of the Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee held on 8 June 2023 be confirmed.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

Officers’ Reports

2. Asset and Infrastructure Services Department Capital Delivery Report May 2023

This is a report concerning the performance of the capital delivery by the Asset and Infrastructure Services Department (formerly the Infrastructure and Environment Department) for the month of May 2023.

RECOMMENDATION

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Deputy Mayor Russell Milligan:

That the report on capital delivery by the Asset and Infrastructure Services Department be received and the contents noted.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

3. Exercise Of Delegation Report

This is a report concerning applications that have been determined by delegated authority for the period 18 May to 19 June 2023.

RECOMMENDATION

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Councillor Andrew Fechner:

That the Exercise of Delegation report for the period 18 May to 19 June 2023 be received and the contents noted.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

4. Planning and Environment Court Action Status Report

This is a report concerning a status update with respect to current court actions associated with development planning applications.

RECOMMENDATION

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Councillor Marnie Doyle:

That the Planning and Environment Court Action status report be received and the contents noted.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

NOTICES OF MOTION

5. Notice of Motion - Hotel and Accommodation Strategy

This is a notice of motion submitted by Mayor Teresa Harding concerning a Hotel and Accommodation Strategy.

Mayor Teresa Harding gave notice of her intention to move the following motion at the Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee Meeting of 13 July 2023:

Recommendation

A. That a Hotel and Accommodation Strategy be prepared and presented to the Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee by October 2023.

B. That the Strategy explores, but is not limited to, Ipswich’s current and future population growth, current and future demand for short term accommodation, Ipswich’s current short term accommodation options, accommodation types and locations to best meet demand, and planning levers and incentives that can be used to drive construction of new short term accommodation in Ipswich.

Mayor Teresa Harding proposed a variation to Recommendations A and B as follows:

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Councillor Andrew Fechner:

A. That a Hotel and Short-term Accommodation (non-residential) Action Plan be prepared and presented to the Council in November 2023.

B. That the Action Plan focus on current and future demand for short term accommodation (non-residential), Ipswich’s current short term accommodation options, accommodation types and locations to best meet demand, and planning levers and incentives that can be used to drive construction of new short-term accommodation in Ipswich.

Councillor Paul Tully proposed a variation to Recommendation A to change the words ‘in November’ to ‘by November’.

The mover and seconder of the proposed motion agreed to the proposed variation.

Moved by Mayor Teresa Harding:

Seconded by Councillor Andrew Fechner:

***A. That a Hotel and Short-term Accommodation (non-residential) Action Plan be prepared and presented to the Council by November 2023.

***B. That the Action Plan focus on current and future demand for short term accommodation (non-residential), Ipswich’s current short term accommodation options, accommodation types and locations to best meet demand, and planning levers and incentives that can be used to drive construction of new short-term accommodation in Ipswich.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE

Councillors: Councillors:

Harding Nil

Tully

Ireland

Madsen

Doyle

Fechner

Kunzelmann

Milligan

The motion was put and carried.

MATTERS ARISING

Nil

PROCEDURAL MOTIONS AND FORMAL MATTERS

The meeting commenced at 9.00 am.

The meeting closed at 9.22 am.

***Refer Council Ordinary Meeting Minutes of 27 July 2023 for amendment

Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee

Meeting Agenda

10 August

2023

Doc ID No: A9205291

ITEM: 2

SUBJECT: Development Application - 11235/2022/MAOC - Recommendation - Remondis Australia Pty Ltd Change Application for Compost Manufacturing Enclosed at Swanbank

AUTHOR: Senior Planner (Development)

DATE: 24 July 2023

Executive Summary

This is a report concerning a change request to development application number CA/194/98, being over the current Remondis waste facility.

This application originally permitted the rezoning of land situated at Blackheath Road, Swanbank and described as Lots 101 and 102 on Registered Plan 839072 and Lot 3 on Registered Plan 214256 from Special Facilities (Future Waste Treatment and Disposal) Zone and the Special Uses Zone to the Special Facilities (Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal) Zone. In addition to landfill, the original approval also permitted a Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal facility over the site.

The application seeks to alter the existing approval on Lot 101 to remove the approved landfill operations on the part of the site and instead construct an enclosed compost manufacturing facility along with associated waste processing and treatment area in the southwest portion of the lot.

In order to achieve this, the change request seeks amendments to part of the approved development as it relates to a portion of the overall site (Lot 101 on RP839072). To facilitate this, a change to the approved plans for the development is proposed as well as and amendments to multiple conditions of approval.

Having been thoroughly considered, the ‘other’ change request is recommended to be approved.

Recommendation/s

That Council resolve to approve development application no. 11235/2022/MAOC subject to conditions and attachments.

RELATED PARTIES

Applicant and Owner	Remondis Australia Pty Ltd
Planning Consultant	HPC Urban Pty Ltd, primary contact Chris Lewis
Mining and Geotechnical Engineer	Moreton Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd, primary contact Ken Grubb
Civil and Stormwater Engineer	GHD Pty Ltd, primary contact Martin Grim
Ecological Consultant	28 South Environmental Pty Ltd
Architect	GHDWoodhead
Traffic Engineer	TTM Consulting Pty Ltd, primary contact David Grummit
Acoustic and Air Quality Consultants	Trinity Consultants Australia, primary contact Samuel Wong

ifuture Theme

Vibrant and Growing

Purpose of Report/Background

SITE ADDRESS:

426 Swanbank Road and Lots 3, 101 and 102 Unnamed Road, SWANBANK QLD 4306

APPLICATION TYPE:

Modification-Change Application Other

ORIGINAL PROPOSAL:

Other Change – Change to existing approval CA/194/98 (which currently permits a Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal

Facility (Landfill)) to permit the establishment of a new Waste

Activity involving Compost Manufacturing Enclosed including:

· ERA 33 - Crushing, milling, grinding or screening,

· ERA 53 - Organic material processing,

· ERA 54 - Mechanical waste reprocessing,

· ERA 55 - Other waste reprocessing or treatment,

· ERA 60 - Waste disposal, and

· ERA 62 - Resource recovery and transfer facility operation.

ZONE:	426 Swanbank Rd Regional Business and Industry Investigation (Sub Area RBIA2 – Swanbank/New Chum) Lot 3 Regional Business and Industry (Sub Area RB5M – Swanbank/New Chum Medium Impact Sub Area) Lot 101 Regional Business and Industry Investigation (Sub Area RBIA2) Lot 102 · Regional Business and Industry Investigation (Sub Area RBIA2 – Swanbank/New Chum) 68.39% · Regional Business and Industry (Sub Area RB5M – Swanbank/New Chum Medium Impact Sub Area) 6.34% · Regional Business and Industry Buffer (Sub Area RBB1 – Swanbank/New Chum)
OVERLAYS:	OV2 – Key Resource Area (426 Swanbank Rd), Haul Route Buffer & Mining Leases (Lot 101) OV3 – Area affected by underground mining, underground mining shaft (Lot 101) underground mining tunnel, mining constrained area and surface disturbance – including open-cut mining OV4 - Slope 15-20%, 20-25% and >25% (426 Swanbank Rd & Lot 102) OV7A - Building Height Restriction Area 90m (Lot 101), Building Height Restriction Area 45m (Lot 102) & Outer Horizontal Surface RL 176.5 OV7B - 13km Existing Committed Urban Townships Buffer OV13 - High Voltage Electricity Transmission Lines
APPLICANT:	Remondis Australia Pty Ltd
OWNER:	Remondis Australia Pty Ltd
EXISTING OR PROPOSED TRADING NAMES:	Swanbank Renewable Energy and Waste Management Facility (existing for whole site) Swanbank Organics (proposed for component of ‘other change’)
APPLICATION NO:	11235/2022/MAOC
AREA:	426 Swanbank Rd 359,800m² (35.98 hectares) Lot 3 42,980m²(4.298 hectares) Lot 101 218,900m² (21.89 hectares) Lot 102 1,437,000m² (143.7 hectares) Total 2,058,680m² (205.868 hectares)
REFERRAL AGENCIES:	Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (State Assessment and Referral Agency) Powerlink
EXISTING USE:	Vacant and supporting infrastructure associated with landfill on adjoining property (426 Swanbank Road)
PREVIOUS RELATED APPROVALS:	TP61/90 - Waste Recycling, Composting and Disposal, Land Rehabilitation, Truck Depot and Park with ancillary uses of Leachate Collection, Treatment and Disposal, Landfill, Gas Collection, Treatment, Storage and Disposal, Crushing of Spoil Pile Material, Vegetation Propagation for Rehabilitation and Caretaker’s Flat (426 Swanbank Road – Lot 103) CA/194/1998 - Combined Application to rezone land situated at Blackheath Road, Swanbank and described as Lots 101 and 102 on Registered Plan 839072 and Lot 3 on Registered Plan 214256 from Special Facilities (Future Waste Treatment and Disposal) Zone and the Special Uses Zone to the Special Facilities (Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal) Zone and for approval for Permitted Development Subject to Conditions for the use of land described as Lots 101 and 102 on Registered Plan 839072, Lot 103 on Registered Plan 839073 and Lot 3 on Registered Plan 214256 for Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal 5916/2015/MCU – Special Industry (Expansion to Landfill Facility) over Lot 3 on RP214256, Lots 101 and 102 on RP839072, Lot 103 on SP839073 and Lot 104 on RP839073
DATE RECEIVED:	8 November 2022
DECISION PERIOD START DATE:	20 June 2023
EXPECTED DETERMINATION DATE:	10 August 2023

SITE LOCATION:

The site is large and irregular in shape, with its external boundaries defined by adjoining properties. Several road reserves separate the individual lots that form the subject site (Figure 1 below). The site derives its access from Swanbank Road, which is a constructed State-controlled road up to the intersection with Swanbank Coal Road. A short (~41m) section of road is maintained by Council after this intersection but this ends just before Lot 101. Both the site and the surrounding area has a history of both underground and open-cut coal mining associated. As a consequence, the landform and environment of both the site and its surrounds are heavily modified. The site contains multiple easements, most of which are associated with Powerlink’s high-voltage electricity transmission network and is currently used for approved landfill and waste management activities.

Figure 1 – Site locality

Approved landfill activities associated with TP-61/90/5916/2015/MCU are currently operational within 426 Swanbank Road and the landfill in the southern extent of Lot 102 has commenced. Approved landfill and waste processing/treatment activities have not yet commenced on Lots 3 or 101 and so these lots are currently vacant.

The adjoining properties to the northeast are currently vacant but properties to the southeast, west and north include similar landfill and composting activities. Further to the east (~1.4km) are the residential areas of Redbank Plains South and further to the west and southwest are the expanding residential areas of the Ripley PDA. The Centenary Highway and White Rock Conservation Estate are located further to the southeast (Figure 2 below).

Figure 2 – Site context

Background

On 17 February 1999, Council issued a Decision Notice in relation to CA/194/98 that approved a Combined Application to rezone land situated at Blackheath Road, Swanbank and described as Lots 101 and 102 on Registered Plan 839072 and Lot 3 on Registered Plan 214256 from Special Facilities (Future Waste Treatment and Disposal) Zone and the Special Uses Zone to the Special Facilities (Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal) Zone and for approval for Permitted Development Subject to Conditions for the use of land described as Lots 101 and 102 on Registered Plan 839072, Lot 103 on Registered Plan 839073 and Lot 3 on Registered Plan 214256 for Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal.

Whilst the applicant has taken up the existing approval by establishing a landfill in the southern extent of Lot 102, the approved landfill and waste activities (Figure 3 below) have not yet commenced on Lot 101.

In 2021 the current operators met with Council to discuss the addition of an enclosed composting facility on this lot instead of the approved landfilling component. The operators were advised that such an addition could only be facilitated by either a new application for a Material Change of Use or by making an ‘other’ change application to the existing development consent component of approval CA/194/98 and that this should consider compliance with Council’s Temporary Local Planning Instrument as it relates to the site.

Figure 3 –Waste Processing, Treatment and Disposal approved by CA/194/98

On 8 November 2022, the applicant submitted an ‘other’ change application. The change application seeks to alter the existing approval for Lot 101 to remove the approved landfill operations and instead construct an enclosed composting manufacturing facility with associated waste processing and treatment area in the southwest portion of the lot. The changed approval for the lot will retain a 50m wide buffer along the Swanbank Road frontage with the remainder of the lot to be used for waste processing and treatment associated with the approved landfill within Lot 102 (Figures 4 and 5 below).

Figure 4 – Unchanged components of existing approval CA/194/98

Figure 5 - Proposed change to approved development within Lot 101

Proposed Compost Manufacturing Enclosed In Lot 101

The proposed enclosed composting facility will be located in the southwest portion of Lot 101 and will be setback approximately 238m from Swanbank Road, 18m from the eastern side boundary, 66m from the rear boundary and 322m from the eastern side boundary (Figure 6 below).

Figure 6 – Proposed site plan for enclosed composting facility

The proposed enclosed composting facility will have a designed capacity for 65,000 tonnes per annum and development footprint (excluding vehicle manoeuvring and parking areas) of around 11,695m² that will include the following:

- 864m² receiving area,

- 844m² separator/sorting area,

- 1,096m² compost hall,

- 1,594.67m² of composting tunnels (7 individual),

- 301.15m² logistics tunnel,

- 224.34m² blower aisle,

- 789.61m²biofilter;

- 5,040m² product storage & maturation area (outdoor),

- 671.25m² product refinement area (outdoor), and

- 270m² reception/admin building.

The proposed facility will also include a 1,725m² leachate dam located directly south of the product storage and maturation area (Figure 6 above). The apex height of the proposed facility will be 12m (Figure 8 below). The proposed facility will include 19 on-site parking spaces and a covered recreation area adjacent to the reception/admin building for employees and visitors (Figure 7 below). The applicant has advised that there will a maximum of 10 staff on-site at any one time.

Figure 7 – Proposed development layout

Figure 8 – Proposed elevations

Proposed Operations

The applicant has advised that the proposed facility will use Food Organics and Garden Organics as the primary waste stream for the composting largely as a result of waste strategies and decisions of both State and SEQ local governments encouraging the separation and diversion of FOGO waste streams away from landfill. The facility will, however, be able to process a variety of organic waste streams and the proposed fully enclosed facility will mean that even high-risk feedstocks will be able to be processed with minimum external impacts. The supporting material indicates that the proposed facility has been designed to ensure future operational flexibility in terms of ability to incorporate new equipment and processes capable of responding to regulatory change and technological advancement. Any alterations that would result in changes to the building size, extent or location within the site will be subject to the Planning Act 2016 requirements for change applications. In the event that proposed alterations would result in substantially different development as defined by the Development Assessment Rules, these would require either a further ‘other’ change application or a new application for a Material Change of Use.

Receival

The organic material to be processed will be delivered by collection vehicles or transfer trucks to the enclosed receival hall. Guided by a traffic control system the trucks will tip off directly into the deep bunker managed by an automated crane.

The applicant also intends to receive liquid waste streams delivered by tank trucks. A purpose-built discharge area will be located next to the building. Here the trucks will unload via hoses and pumps to avoid any odour emissions or leakage. The applicant is not currently proposing to include anaerobic digestion technology and processes as part of this change application but has indicated that this may be incorporated in the future. A more detailed description of how the use will operate on the site is provided below.

Pre-treatment

The pre-treatment will start with shredding the material to enable an optimal biological process and allow a more efficient decontamination process. After being shredded, the organic material will undergo a decontamination process. This will involve the use of magnets, screening equipment and a sorting cabin.

After decontamination the organic material will be transported into the logistic tunnel via conveyor belts. Here the organic material will be stored and if necessary be blended to form a mixture most suitable for the following biological process.

Biological Processing (Composting)

The biological decomposition of the organic material will take place inside sealed composting tunnels, in which the temperature, air flow, oxygen content and moisture content of the organic material will be remotely assessed and controlled. Once filled with a front-end loader, the tunnel door will be closed and sealed. By doing so, the organic material ready for composting will reside in a fully enclosed vessel which permits all air (including odour) and liquid to be monitored, captured and treated, thus avoiding any uncontrolled releases to the environment.

A key design feature of each tunnel is the spigot floor, which provides an effective way for fresh or recirculated air to be pushed up through the base of the organic material into the centre of the pile, to provide sufficient aeration of the organic material.

Air treatment

The exhaust air originating from each sealed tunnel will be continuously extracted by dedicated fans, where it is either recirculated back to the tunnels, or directed through a treatment process. This exhaust air treatment process will involve the use of a humidifier or scrubber, before being pumped through a biofilter which will absorb odour compounds and prevent their release to the environment.

In addition to treating the exhaust air originating from the tunnels, the air from other areas of the facility, such as the receival hall, pre-treatment area, or post-treatment area will also be continuously extracted. This ensures that the entire facility operates under negative air pressure, meaning that no emissions are released from the building.

Post-treatment

Following the biological process, the material will be discharged via loader and fed into post-treatment line. This stage would typically involve the use of screens, magnets and specialised wind shifters to produce products with the correct particle size and to remove any contaminants that were not eliminated during the pre-treatment stage. To avoid generating dust and odour, this stage would also occur within a building operating under negative pressure. Only the screened compost products will then be stored outside for refinement and maturation, and only where they achieve the “Pasteurised Product” specification set out in Australian Standard 4454-2012: Composts, soil conditioners and mulches.

Product Storage and Refinement

On the outside product storage area, the screened compost products will be stockpiled for later offsite removal. The applicant proposes to develop a paved area, to store at least 6 weeks-worth of compost product. The rainwater run-off will be collected in a dedicated leachate dam for reuse within the biological process. In addition, this paved area may be used to further refine the compost product to different particle sizes according to market demand. The applicant advises that they also intend to blend various aggregates (e.g., sand, soil, clay, lime, fertiliser or others) into the compost products to meet market demands. The refinement and blending will be accomplished by using a mobile or stationary equipment on the outside product storage area.

Compliance With Temporary Local Planning Instrument No. 1 of 2021 (TLPI)

The proposed development is both a Waste Activity and Compost Manufacturing Enclosed as defined by Temporary Local Planning Instrument No. 1 of 2021 (Resource Recovery and Waste Activity Regulation) (the TLPI). Lot 101 contains areas classified as both Regulated Buffer Area and Regulated Activity Area (Figure 9 below).

Figure 9 – Swanbank/New Chum Regulation Area

The proposed 'other change' will result in the addition of compost manufacturing enclosed within the part of Lot 101 identified within the TLPI as a Regulated Activity Area and so complies with the requirements of the TLPI. However, the change will also retain waste processing and treatment associated with existing approved landfill activities within the Regulated Buffer Area. This aspect of the proposed 'other change' is therefore not consistent with Overall Outcome 2(b)(i) of the TLPI.

It should be noted, however, that when assessing an 'other change' application relevant assessment benchmarks only apply to the extent that they are relevant to deciding the change application in the context of the existing development approval. In this case, while activities classified as 'Waste Activities' for the purposes of the TLPI are proposed to be retained within the Regulated Buffer Area of Lot 101, the existing approval permits the creation of landfill cells and actual disposal of waste in the same area. This aspect of the proposed 'other' change will therefore result in a reduction in the scale, intensity and likely impacts in comparison to the existing approval rights. This will improve compliance with the intended outcomes of the TLPI, noting the existing approvals and their age and extent. In addition, the Regulated Buffer Area within Lot 101 does not separate the Regulated Activity Area from Sensitive Receiving Uses to the north but rather is a buffer to both existing approved waste activities and land that is currently zoned for additional industrial uses.

Additionally, the proposed 'other change' complies with the purpose of the TLPI and all other Overall and Specific Outcomes as - subject to the imposition of reasonable and relevant conditions by both Council and the State Assessment and Referral Agency - it will not be likely to result in adverse impacts on either the site's environmental features or Sensitive Receiving Uses - the nearest of which will be located 1.4km to the east. As such, the proposed 'other' change is considered to comply with the requirements of the TLPI.

Mining

Lot 101 has a history of both open-cut and underground coal mining and the existing landform has been heavily modified as a result. The applicant has submitted a Mining and Geotechnical Report prepared by a suitably qualified person that has recommended specific site remediation works that will be required in order to safely facilitate the proposed enclosed composting facility. These recommended works include:

- buried services in the first 50m of the entry road to include flexibility in their design and construction,

- no remediation of tunnel and mine shafts associated with undocumented workings provided either the whole site or the area around these three specific features is securely fenced,

- over-extraction and compaction of areas formerly backfilled where the product storage area and leachate dam is proposed, with the leachate dam to include an appropriate designed liner to prevent movement of leachate into uncontrolled backfill, and

- earthworks in areas containing known heating of coalstone fill to be appropriately and safely managed by ensuring existing and new heating is watered and removed in thin layers for placement in a capped holding cell or buried deeply below non-combustible fill. Non-combustible material (clay or clay mix) to be placed at not less than 1m thickness as an upper most layer on the platform and constructed fill batter slopes, which should not exceed a batter angle of 1 vertical to 4 horizontal.

A condition is recommended for inclusion (Condition 60 – Design Certifications) ensuring subsequent earthworks are carried out and certified consistent with these recommendations.

Air Quality (Odour and Dust)

The impacts of the proposed enclosed composting facility, as well as the existing and retained waste activities, on air quality are regulated by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) under the current Environmental Authority EPPR00823413. Please refer to the COMMUNITY AND OTHER CONSULTATION section below for additional details.

The applicant has provided an Air Quality Impact Assessment prepared by a suitably qualified person that models both the individual and cumulative (including the emissions all other nearby existing uses) impacts of the proposed development. In terms of odour, the proposed development will not result in odour concentrations exceeding the acceptable criteria of 2.5 Odour Units (OU) on an individual basis even at the nearest sensitive receptor.

The report further concludes that while there will be minor increases on a cumulative basis of between 0.1 and 0.7 OU, the only sensitive receptors that would be taken above 2.5 OU already exceed this criteria without the proposed enclosed compost manufacturing facility (Figures 10 and 11). The Air Quality Impact Assessment was provided to the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) for their review as a referral agency and, ultimately, to DES as the administering authority for ERA 53 – Organic Material Processing. SARA did not issue an information request and proceeded to issue a referral agency response with a condition concerning the ERA (Condition 1). Specifically, in their reasons for the referral agency response SARA advises that with the imposition of referral agency conditions the development will comply with SDAP Code 22: Environmentally Relevant Activities in that it:

- is located and designed to avoid or mitigate environmental harm on environmental values of the natural environment, adjacent sensitive land uses and sensitive receptors; and

- is designed and located to avoid impacts or where the matters of state environmental significance cannot be reasonably avoided, is minimised and mitigated.

On the basis that SARA and DES consider the impacts of the proposed development on sensitive receptors to be compliant with relevant legislative and regulatory criteria, it is considered the proposed development is consistent with the requirements of relevant Planning Scheme assessment benchmarks concerning amenity impacts outside of the Zone.

Figure 10

Figure 11 – Modelled odour concentrations of existing uses

In terms of dust impacts, the report concludes that on both an individual and cumulative basis the proposed development will not result in air quality criteria exceedances for any modelled sensitive receptor (Figures 12 and 13 below).

Figure 12

Figure 13

The report concludes that the modelled impacts demonstrate compliance with the requirements of State Development Assessment Provision (SDAP) State Code 22: Environmentally Relevant Activities, which is the relevant assessment benchmark the Queensland Government must assess the proposal against in its role as the referral agency.

Noise

As with odour and dust impacts, the acoustic impacts of the proposed enclosed composting facility and the existing and retained waste activities are regulated by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) under the current Environmental Authority EPPR00823413. Please refer to the COMMUNITY AND OTHER CONSULTATION section below for additional details.

The applicant has provided a Noise Impact Assessment that modelled the acoustic impacts of the proposed enclosed composting facility and determined that the noise generated by the proposed facility will not exceed the relevant limits set out in the Environmental Authority and Environment Protection (Noise) Policy 2019 at each of the nearest sensitive receptors (Figure 14 below).

Figure 14

Traffic

The proposed development will gain access via Swanbank Road, which is currently not maintained by Council in the vicinity of Lot 101. Conditions are recommended for inclusion (Condition 54 – Traffic – Road Network Upgrade) requiring the upgrade of Swanbank Road up to the proposed site entrance.

Stormwater Quality

The vast majority of the likely stormwater quality impacts will be regulated and managed by DES under the Environmental Authority. Separate to the core operational matters, an additional Council condition is recommended for inclusion concerning the proposed car parking area (Condition 56 – Stormwater Quality).

Consideration has been given to the relevant matters for assessing an ‘other’ change in the Planning Act 2016, having regard to the definition of minor change in Schedule 2. It is considered that the change application meets the definition of an ‘other’ change in accordance with the Planning Act 2016 and therefore the request has been assessed having regard to the assessment criteria in Section 82.

A full assessment of the other change application has been undertaken below. The other change application is recommended to be approved in accordance with attachments to this report, and as follows:

Nature of Changes:

Nature of Change	Decision
Conditions 1 - 7	To remain unchanged
Conditions 8 – 45 and advices 1 - 6	To be amended to reflect current legislation and policy with balance renumbered
Conditions 41-61 and advices 1-19	New conditions relating to Compost Manufacturing Enclosed component

ASSESSMENT BENCHMARKS:

The application is Impact Assessable and has been assessed against the assessment benchmarks set out by the categorising instruments in accordance with section 82(4)(a) of the Planning Act 2016.

The relevant assessment benchmarks which have been applied for the purposes of this assessment are as follows:

Categorising Instrument	Assessment Benchmarks
State Planning Policy July 2017, Part E	Planning for liveable communities and housing Planning for economic growth Planning for environment and heritage Planning for safety and resilience to hazards Planning for infrastructure
Ipswich Planning Scheme 2006	Desired Environmental Outcomes and Performance Indicators (Part 3) Regionally Significant Business and Industry Areas Code (Part 6, division 3, division 4 – Regional Business and Industry Zone, division 5 – Regional Business and Industry Investigation Zone and division 6 – Regional Business and Industry Buffer Zone) Development Constraints Overlays Code (Part 11, division 4) Commercial and Industrial Code (Part 12, division 7) Parking Code (Part 12, division 9) Local Government Infrastructure Plan (Part 13)
Temporary Local Planning Instrument	TLPI No. 1/2021 (Resource Recovery and Waste Activity Regulation)

The change application was found to comply with the assessment benchmarks applying to the development.

OTHER MATTERS GIVEN REGARD:

The assessment has given regard to the relevant matters identified in section 27 of the Planning Regulation 2017 and in accordance with section 82(4)(d) of the Planning Act 2016.

Relevant matter	Given regard to
Planning Regulation 2017, s31(1)(d)	(i) the regional plan for a region, to the extent the regional plan is not identified in the planning scheme as being appropriately integrated in the planning scheme; and (ii) the State Planning Policy, to the extent the State Planning Policy is not identified in the planning scheme as being appropriately integrated in the planning scheme; and (iii) for designated premises—the designation for the premises;
Planning Regulation 2017, s31(1)(f)	any development approval for, and any lawful use of, the premises or adjacent premises; and
Planning Regulation 2017, s31(1)(g)	the common material.

OTHER RELEVANT MATTERS:

The assessment may give regard to other relevant matters in accordance with section 82(4)(d) of the Planning Act 2016. The assessment of the proposed ‘other’ change has given regard to the following:

Queensland Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy, Queensland Organics Strategy 2022-2032 and City of Ipswich Resource Recovery Strategy 2021-2031

The Queensland Government, under their Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy (Waste Strategy), has set targets for 90% of waste to be recovered and diverted from landfill and a total recycling rate of 75% across all waste types. More particularly, the Waste Strategy sets a target to increase the recovery rate (diversion from landfill) for municipal solid waste (MSW) from 32.4% in 2018 to 70% by 2030 and 90% by 2040. FOGO waste is a component of the MSW stream. A key aim of the Waste Strategy is to transition Queensland towards a circular economy for waste through the incentivisation and creation of market demand for recycled products and increasing economic opportunity associated with this transition, and the Waste Strategy notes that in 2018 across Queensland organic processors converted 1.4 million tonnes of FOGO into products such as soil, potting mixes and mulches.

Additional to the Waste Strategy, the Queensland Government Organics Strategy (Organics Strategy) provides a specific overarching framework and actions for improved management of organic materials along the organics supply chain and consumption chain. The Organics Strategy notes that FOGO makes up around 50% of an average household’s general waste bin and that, nationally, in 2017 16% of FOGO (6.87 million tonnes) was disposed of in landfill. Under the Organics Strategy, the Queensland Government has set objectives to divert 80% of organic material from landfill and to achieve a minimum organics recycling rate of 70%. As part of achieving this recycling rate, the Organics Strategy sets Recycling Action R4 – Develop and support new infrastructure. This action aims to see the Queensland Government, local governments and industry to coordinate investment and to support new and upgraded infrastructure solutions to increase processing capacity and improve the quality, safety and consistency of recycled organic material.

The City of Ipswich Resource Recovery Strategy (Resource Recovery Strategy) sets waste reduction and recycling targets consistent with both the Waste Strategy and Organics Strategy, and notes that in 2020 4,869 tonnes of green waste was collected for composting. It also notes a decline in green waste recycling of around 27kg per person across the City. In order to deliver the vision and goals of the Resource Recovery Strategy, it adopts four pillars. The first of these (Pillar 1) is the expansion of the core collection service to include a FOGO bin for all eligible Ipswich Residents. The Resource Recovery Strategy further notes that the total amount of compostable organics collected through the kerbside general waste stream was 15,500 tonnes or around 27% of the total. In order to increase the percentage of this FOGO waste diverted from landfill, as part of Pillar 1 FOGO bins will be introduced as a city-wide core service in 2023-2024.

It is considered that the proposed ‘other’ change will contribute positively to the achievement of the goals and targets set out in the Waste Strategy, Organics Strategy and Resource Recovery Strategy.

NOTICE ABOUT THE DECISION (STATEMENT OF REASONS):

In accordance with section 83 of the Planning Act 2016, a ‘notice about the decision’ is required for this application. Accordingly, a Statement of Reasons is included with this decision. This Statement of Reasons provides the justification for Council’s decision.

INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENTS:

Not applicable in this instance, as the available credits pertaining to the existing constrained industrial area of Lot 101 (6.65% of total land area) exceed the gross floor area of the proposed enclosed composting facility.

Legal IMPLICATIONS

This report and its recommendations are consistent with the following legislative provisions:

Planning Act 2016

Planning Regulation 2017

Ipswich Planning Scheme 2006

TLPI No. 1/2021 (Resource Recovery and Waste Activity Regulation)

Ipswich Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution (No. 1) 2023

policy implications

There are no policy implications associated with this report.

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

A risk to Council exists should the proposal not be determined in accordance with legislative requirements. The assessment and subsequent recommendations have been prepared to minimise the risk.

Financial/RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS

There are no financial or resource implications associated with this report.

COMMUNITY and OTHER CONSULTATION

REFERRAL AGENCIES

State Assessment and Referral Agency

The Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, in their capacity as the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA), provided their referral response (concurrence agency) on 31 May 2023. The application was referred to SARA for several triggers identified in the Planning Regulation 2017, including:

- Schedule 10, part 5, division 4, table 2, item 1 – Environmentally relevant activities

- Schedule 10, part 9, division 1, table 1, item 1 – Development on premises that are the subject of a Ministerial designation,

- Schedule 10, Part 9, division 4, subdivision 1, table 1, item 1 – Development impacting on state transport infrastructure in schedule 20 of the Planning Regulation 2017, and

- Schedule 10, part 10, division 3, subdivision 3, table 1, item 1 – Development interfering with koala habitat in koala habitat areas outside koala priority areas

As part of their response, SARA will be imposing 5 conditions concerning environmentally relevant activities, compliance with a 2001 Infrastructure Agreement between the operator and the Department of Main Roads and Transport and interference with koala habitat.

It also includes an advice to the applicant notifying them that they will need to apply directly to DES to amend the existing EA in order to facilitate the acceptance and processing of FOGO within the proposed enclosed composting facility.

Powerlink

Powerlink provided their referral response (advice agency) on 9 January 2023. The application was referred to Powerlink for the following Planning Regulation 2017 triggers:

- Schedule 10, part 9, division 2, Table 2, Item 1(b) – material change of use on premises where all or part of the premises are subject to an easement for the benefit of a distribution entity, or transmission entity under the Electricity Act and the easement is for a transmission grid or supply network, and

As part of their response, Powerlink has advised that they have no objection to the proposed change and no conditions outside of the general conditions and guidelines that apply to works within the Powerlink easement or in the vicinity of Powerlink Queensland assets.

INTERNAL CONSULTATION

The application and common material was presented to Council’s Initial Development Assessment Panel (consisting of various representatives from across the organisation) for review upon lodgement. At this meeting, it was determined that internal referral was required to the Engineering, Health and Environment Branch, primarily owing to the proposal’s potential to impact on the local road network and stormwater quality and quantity.

The following assessment reports were prepared and have been incorporated into the recommendation:

- Engineering report dated 19 June 2023 with recommended conditions relating to stormwater, road works, earthworks, mining impacts, hours of operation and mining impacts.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

Public notification of this application was undertaken pursuant to the Planning Act 2016. The applicant undertook public notification from 12 May 2023 to 2 June 2023 for a period of 15 business days. Council received 3 properly made submissions. A summary of the matters raised in the submissions include:

Matter raised	How matters were dealt with in reaching a decision
Application supported for the contribution it would make to the development of a circular economy by the diversion of organic waste away from landfill.	The support is noted, and regard was had to the contribution the proposed development will have towards goals identified in State and Council waste management strategies in assessing the application.
Abrahams Road and Cumner Road are not maintained by Council and their condition is already poor and subject to flash flooding worsened by an existing dam within the subject site. The proposed development has the potential to exacerbate these issues and increase impacts on the continued operation of an existing archery club dependent on these roads. Council and the applicant requested to ensure no additional impacts on these roads.	The archery club is located around 2km to the southeast of Lot 101 along an unnamed road (referred to in the submission as Abrahams Road) and Cumner Road. The proposed development will not result in increased or changed traffic impacts on these roads and so are not considered to have the potential to worsen their condition. As the remaining components of the existing approved development are also not changing, it is not considered reasonable or relevant to include a condition requiring the upgrade or maintenance of these roads.
The proposed development does not comply with the requirements for the Regulated Buffer Area of TLPI No. 1/2021 or with the Swanbank/New Chum Land Use Concept Master Plan (LUCMP) within the Regionally Significant Business and Industry Areas Code.	The proposed enclosed composting facility will be located within the Regulated Activity Area identified in the TLPI, with the Waste Processing and Treatment Area associated with the existing approval CA/194/98 to be retained in the identified Regulated Buffer Area. It should be noted, however, that when assessing an 'other change' application relevant assessment benchmarks only apply to the extent that they are relevant to deciding the change application in the context of the existing development approval. In this case, while activities classified as 'Waste Activities' for the purposes of the TLPI are proposed to be retained within the Regulated Buffer Area of Lot 101, the existing approval permits the creation of landfill cells and actual disposal of waste in the same area. This aspect of the proposed 'other' change will therefore result in a reduction in the scale, intensity and likely impacts in comparison to the existing approval rights. In addition, the Regulated Buffer Area within Lot 101 does not separate the Regulated Activity Area from Sensitive Receiving Uses to the north but rather is a buffer to both existing approved waste activities and land that is currently zoned for additional industrial uses. Additionally, the proposed 'other change' complies with the purpose of the TLPI and all other Overall and Specific Outcomes as - subject to the imposition of reasonable and relevant conditions by both Council and the State Assessment and Referral Agency - it will not be likely to result in adverse impacts on either the site's environmental features or Sensitive Receiving Uses - the nearest of which will be located 1.4km to the east. As such, the proposed 'other' change is considered to comply with the requirements of the TLPI. In terms of the LUCMP, Note 6.7D(4) provides that the LUCMP is not intended to provide the precise boundary of the indicative land use designations. Note 6.7D(6) additionally provides that the structural elements are shown conceptually based on the level of knowledge and planning for constraints and so must not be regarded as absolutely definitive. The proposed development is considered to be consistent with all relevant requirements of the Regionally Significant Business and Industry Areas Code, particularly the relevant zone codes.
The proposed development will result in impacts on the local road network by failing to adequately cater for the ultimate design of Swanbank Road and does not demonstrate adequate space is available within the road reserve to cater for the required vehicle movements.	The applicant was originally requested to provide additional details confirming suitability of the proposed upgrades to Swanbank Road and access requirements as part of a Further Advice issued by Council. Council has received this additional information, and a condition has been imposed (Condition 54- Traffic – Road Network Upgrade) to ensure works commensurate with the nature of the proposed development will be undertaken to ensure the integrity of the local road network.
The proposed development has not sufficiently addressed stormwater management and will have adverse impacts on surrounding land uses.	The applicant was originally requested to provide additional details on the proposed stormwater arrangements as part of a Further Advice issued by Council. Council has received this additional information, and conditions have been imposed (Condition 55 – Stormwater Quantity Management and Condition 56 – Stormwater Quality). These conditions are additional, and separate to the ERA conditions relating to the core operational matters imposed and enforced by the Department of Environment and Science.
The application did not demonstrate planning need for the proposed development and there are already two similar established/approved facilities (NuGrow Ipswich and Wood Mulching Industries) nearby.	The proposed enclosed composting facility is a Waste Activity located within a Regulated Activity Area as defined by the TLPI and is proposed on land included in the Regional Business and Industry Investigation Zone. The relevant assessment benchmarks for the proposed development do not require that planning need be demonstrated for the proposed development and in fact anticipate such uses will be established in this area. Additionally, following the commencement of the National Competition Policy (NCP) in 1995, all governments in Australia (including local governments) agreed to not make laws or decisions that would create unnecessary barriers to entry to a market or competition within a market. A decision preventing the establishment of the proposed development by virtue of existing facilities would be inconsistent with the NCP.
The proposed development demonstrates selective application existing development approval CA/194/98, specifically in the request for the rehabilitation condition (Condition 38) to be amended.	Consideration of the suitability and applicability of existing conditions is a routine aspect of assessing and deciding change applications, particularly ‘other changes’ such as the proposed development.
The proposed development will include a substantial outdoor ‘product storage and maturation area’ that will have the potential to adversely impact on air quality and visual amenity on adjoining premises.	The proposed development ensures that those parts of the composting process most likely to result in significant odour impacts will be carried out completely indoors, with the final stage product only stored outside. Air quality impacts of the proposed development will be regulated and monitored by the Department of Environment and Science as part of their Environmental Authority, and the applicant has submitted an Air Quality Impact Assessment that concludes that while there will be minor increases on a cumulative basis of between 0.1 and 0.7 OU, the only sensitive receptors that would be taken above 2.5 OU already exceed this criteria without the proposed enclosed compost manufacturing facility. The Air Quality Impact Assessment was provided to the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) for their review as a referral agency and, ultimately, to DES as the administering authority for ERA 53 – Organic Material Processing. SARA did not issue an information request and proceeded to issue a referral agency response with a condition concerning the ERA (Condition 1). Specifically, in their reasons for the referral agency response SARA advises that with the imposition of referral agency conditions the development will comply with SDAP Code 22: Environmentally Relevant Activities in that it: - is located and designed to avoid or mitigate environmental harm on environmental values of the natural environment, adjacent sensitive land uses and sensitive receptors; and - is designed and located to avoid impacts or where the matters of state environmental significance cannot be reasonably avoided, is minimised and mitigated. On the basis that SARA and DES consider the impacts of the proposed development on sensitive receptors to be compliant with relevant legislative and regulatory criteria, it is considered the proposed development is consistent with the requirements of relevant Planning Scheme assessment benchmarks concerning amenity impacts outside of the Zone. In addition, conditions have been imposed by (Condition 47 – Trade Materials, Products and Plant) and Condition 50 – Landscaping) requiring outdoor storage areas are appropriately landscaped and screened
The application does not clearly demonstrate where FOGO waste streams will be sourced as feedstock and if coming from outside of Ipswich will result in additional traffic impacts.	The existing approval, and the proposed development, limits vehicle movements from Swanbank Road via the Cunningham Highway. The vast majority of this route is via the State-controlled road network which is designed to cater for high-volumes of traffic, including heavy vehicle movements.
While the enclosed composting itself may be limited, consideration should be given to the existing odour issues in the area and the cumulative effects of additional odour sources – including the movement of feedstock to the site.	Air quality impacts of the proposed development will be regulated and monitored by the Department of Environment and Science as part of their Environmental Authority.
The public notification period took place before SARA provided their referral response, removing the ability for the public to make informed and comprehensive submission.	Pursuant to the Development Assessment Rules (DA Rules), Part 4: Public notification must commence within 20 days of the applicant providing a response to all Information Requests. The DA Rules do not require, or permit, the delay of public notification until all referral agencies provide their responses and end Part 2: Referral.
SARA/Department of Environment and Science should comprehensively monitor compliance with conditions.	The enforcement and monitoring of Environmental Authority conditions is a matter for the Department of Environment and Science as part of their Environmental Authority.

DRAFT CONDITIONS

Applications to be decided by full Council do not receive an opportunity to receive draft conditions.

Conclusion

An assessment of the change request has been undertaken and it has been determined that the changes are generally consistent with the original approval and relevant legislative requirements. Accordingly, the change application is recommended to be approved in accordance with the recommendations and attachments of this report.

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS
OTHER DECISION

(a) What is the Act/Decision being made?	The Recommendation states that Council resolve to approve change application no. 11235/2022/MAOC subject to conditions and attachments.
(b) What human rights are affected?	The applicant is a company and therefore does not have human rights under the Human Rights Act 2019. A total of three (3) properly made submissions were received during the public notification period for the application and therefore Council has an obligation to consider human rights in relation to the submitters. The submitters do have appeal rights pursuant to the Planning Act 2016. The impact of the recommended decision on the submitters’ right to privacy and reputation was assessed. The proposed decision does not have the potential to restrict or interfere with the right to privacy and reputation because before a person makes a submission regarding a development application they are provided advance notice (via Council’s website) that it is a requirement under the Planning Act 2016 that contact details of all properly made submitters be included on any decision notice. All properly made submitters are also advised again in writing, after Council has received and accepted their submission as ‘properly made’, that they have the ability to consider whether to remain a submitter for a properly made submission in light of the legislatively required disclosure of their personal information in any decision notice.
(c) How are the human rights limited?
(d) Is there a good reason for limiting the relevant rights? Is the limitation fair and reasonable?	Not applicable.
(e) Conclusion	The decision is consistent with human rights.

Attachments and Confidential Background Papers

1	Draft Change Approval Decision Notice and Cover Letter ⇩
2	Draft Approved Plans ⇩
3	Draft Other Change Application Statement of Reasons ⇩
4	Draft Infrastructure Charges Notice ⇩
5	SARA Response ⇩
6	Powerlink Response ⇩
7	Condition Change Assessment ⇩

Robert Gardiner

Senior Planner (Development)

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Michael Simmons

Development Assessment West Manager

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Anthony Bowles

Manager, Development Planning

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Brett Davey

General Manager Planning and Regulatory Services

“Together, we proudly enhance the quality of life for our community”

Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee

Meeting Agenda

10 August

2023

Doc ID No: A9008600

ITEM: 4

SUBJECT: Southern Recycling and Refuse Centre and Animal Management Facility Location

AUTHOR: Resource Recovery Manager

DATE: 14 June 2023

Executive Summary

This report recommends that Council endorse the location at 831 Redbank Plains Rd, Redbank Plains as the preferred location for a new recycling and refuse centre and new animal management facility.

With these facilities having long life expectancies and are large investments for Council, utilising the most sensible, practical, and cost-effective location is by far the most advantageous outcome for the city and its residents.

There is budget allocation in the Long-term Financial Forecast to deliver the program of work.

Recommendation

That Council endorse the site at 831 Redbank Plains Rd, Redbank Plains as the preferred location for the new southern refuse and recycling and a new animal management facility.

RELATED PARTIES

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Purpose of Report/Background

In terms of the proposed new Refuse and Recycling Centre (R&RC), the adopted Resource Recovery Strategy 2021 identified the primary growth areas of the western and southern corridors of the city as important for consideration of new facilities. Additionally, when considering the substantial growth expected over the next 15-20 years, the size and scale of any new facilities is also vitally important, as these types of facilities have long life spans (30-50 years).

Along with the new R&RC, Council has been seeking a new location to replace the existing animal management facility (AMF) located at Pound St, West Ipswich. This facility experiences significant infrastructure impacts and operational disruption during moderate to major flood events. Council is also investigating opportunities for accommodating other facilities relating to field-based services.

This site is well situation within the high growth corridors (Eastern and Southern) and provides strategic and financial benefits to Council and the community.

Further, the new R&RC will address concerns regarding wait times, travel distances, and the introduction of resident subsidy schemes such 'tip vouchers' to further enhance the resource recovery experience for our community.

The proposed parcel of land at 831 Redbank Plains Road, Redbank Plains is preferred to meet the needs of the community for a wide range of reasons, these include:

- Council owned

- Meets the large parcel size needed for these two uses

- The space available will allow for:

o a co-located Tip Shop and shared visitor car parking

o separation of traffic flows for waste, recycling, and animal management visitors

o allocation of space for disaster waste storage or other Council fleet

o internal space to create queueing allocation to remove traffic flow issues

- Can be designed with future growth and expansion over time

- Is 1600m from the closest households and 850m from any future proposed development

- Is located on the major arterial road network, avoiding significant connector road expenses, easy public access and already rated for large heavy vehicles movements (i.e., B-Double rated)

- Is in, and meets the requirements of, the Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) waste activity area

- Is in the growth corridor of the city

Attachment 1. shows the proposed location is surrounded by supporting waste infrastructure, including existing landfills and recovery industry such as tyre recyclers, as well as range of heavy industry. This co-location has several further benefits, including reduced logistics and transport cost, to several suppliers already under contract, and as this is already heavy industry there are no residential properties near to or neighbouring the location.

Legal IMPLICATIONS

Waste management and animal management facilities are tightly regulated and for waste also environmentally licensed. These will all come into play at various stages of the future process, the list below indicates the primary legislation that would need addressing.

This report and its recommendations are consistent with the following legislative provisions:

Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008

Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Regulation 2009

Environmental Protection Act 1994

Environmental Protection Regulation 2008

Local Law 6 (Animal Management)

Animal Care and Protection Act 2001

Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011

Local Government Act 2009

policy implications

This recommendation supports the delivery of the approved Resource Recovery Strategy 2021 and ensures the ability of the city to deliver core service requirements into the future. Further, this site allows for Council to adequately plan for and provide essential services to the community, including waste management, animal management and field services.

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

By not approving this site for the co-location of two (2) major community assets, the ability for Council to meet the needs of a growing city will be hindered. Previous investigations for suitable locations within the southern and eastern growth corridors have been unsuccessful, with significant construction and financial constraints. If Council were to acquire land of adequate size, location and zoning for the construction of these types of facilities, it would likely be at a significantly higher cost to Council to purchase suitable land.

Financial/RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS

Current capital budget for the Southern resource recovery centre is:

· $1M – 2023-2024

· $0M – 2024-2025

· $3M – 2025-2026

· $10.1M – 2026-2027

· $15.393M – 2027-2028

Current capital budget for the animal management facility is:

· $4.68m – 2027-2028

Due to the nature of these multi-year projects, there are different phases from concept design to preliminary and detailed design, through to site preparation and finally construction. Traffic management and other assessment plans will also be undertaken. As such, capital budgets may need to be reallocated to align with the relevant delivery phases.

Until detailed design and detailed cost are complete, final cost estimates will not be able to be completed. However, where possible Council will work closely with other levels of government and other sources to pursue potential funding that may assist with the program of works.

COMMUNITY and OTHER CONSULTATION

In 2020, Council initiated community consultation on the Resource Recovery Strategy across all 4 pillars, including waste infrastructure.

The community raised points around ensuring new centres were cost effective, minimising impact on the environment and not causing odour issues for residential areas. Throughout the community consultation, Council asked for feedback on the Resource Recovery Strategy 4 key pillars:

Pillar 1: Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO)

Pillar 2: Optimise the co-mingled recycling bin

Pillar 3: On-Demand Large item kerbside collection, and

Pillar 4: New council recycling/refuse infrastructure

From this, 75 percent of respondents believed the 4 pillars as the most beneficial ways to reduce waste. Subsequently, the community played a pivotal role by reviewing and critiquing the draft, leading to the refinement of the council's key pillars and strategic direction.

As part of the strategy's implementation, Council recently released a detailed Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan (RRIP) through the community consultation portal, "Shape your Ipswich."

The RRIP details the stages for delivering on Pillar 4 of the resource recovery strategy. The resource recovery infrastructure Shape Your Ipswich page includes a survey asking residents to help council design future resource recovery centres. From 33 contributions, it became evident that the community strongly desired their resource recovery centres to be easily accessible within a 10-minute drive, offer greatly reduced wait times, operate ‘tip shops’ (recycle marts), have expanded options for material recycling and recovery, and maintain the current flexible operating hours of the facilities.

Internally there has been consultation and engagement with Compliance, Fleet Maintenance and Works and Field Services, to understand their potential future needs. The concept design at this stage has highlighted that there are space limitations, however, work is ongoing to look at the future expansion options to accommodate further Council needs.

Conclusion

Council-owned land at 831 Redbank Plains Rd, Redbank Plains represents a highly suitable location for a future recycling and refuse centre as well as a new animal management facility. These facilities have long life expectancies and are large investments for Council, utilising the most sensible, practical, and cost-effective location is by far the most advantageous outcome for the city and its residents.

The site also has the potential to accommodate other Council assets / fleet to support a growing city, such as field services. These aspects will be explored further throughout the additional assessments, preliminary and detailed design phases.

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS
OTHER DECISION

(a) What is the Act/Decision being made?	That Council endorse the site at 831 Redbank Plains Rd, Redbank as the preferred location for the new southern recycling and refuse centre and a new animal management facility.
(b) What human rights are affected?	None
(c) How are the human rights limited?	No human rights are limited
(d) Is there a good reason for limiting the relevant rights? Is the limitation fair and reasonable?	Not applicable
(e) Conclusion	The decision is consistent with human rights.

Attachments and Confidential Background Papers

1.	831 Redbank Plains Road, Redbank Plains ⇩

David McAlister

Resource Recovery Manager

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Kaye Cavanagh

General Manager (Environment and Sustainability)

“Together, we proudly enhance the quality of life for our community”

Growth Infrastructure and Waste Committee

Meeting Agenda

10 August

2023

Doc ID No: A9198544

ITEM: 5

SUBJECT: Asset and Infrastructure Services Department Capital Delivery Report June 2023

AUTHOR: Acting Principal Officer (Program Management)

DATE: 20 July 2023

Executive Summary

This is a report concerning the performance of the capital delivery by the Asset and Infrastructure Services Department for the month of June 2023.

Recommendation/s

That the report on capital delivery by the Asset and Infrastructure Services Department be received and the contents noted.

RELATED PARTIES

There are no known conflicts of interest in relation to this report.

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Purpose of Report/Background

A record spend was achieved for the Capital Works Program for the month of June with the highest recorded monthly spend, and overall the highest financial year spend.

Actual expenditure for June was $18.68 mil versus a budget of $11.69 mil with a variance of $6.98 mil and 60% above the budget for the month.

The end result expenditure for the 2022-2023 financial year [FY] is $131.97 mil. Which is $3.45mil above the approved budget of $128.5 mil (the largest capital program ever delivered by Ipswich City Council).

To provide context, the Capital Delivery program had an expenditure of $72.88 mil for 2020-2021 FY and $83.73 mil for 2021-2022 FY. This is an increase of 57% against last year’s program (additional $47.7mil).

The table below shows the baseline for the published budget and expenditure to date for the 2022-2023 Financial Year.

The value of 2021-2022 Carry Over works completed during June was $1.02 million.

The final spend of $131.97mil will continue to have an impact on the carry over requirements for the new Financial Year. The focus now is on reviewing the initial baselining activity undertaken and evaluating the delivery and financial impact of the carryover funds on the delivery requirements for 2023-2024 FY.

The June financial outcome of $18.68 mil of actual expenditure was largely attributable to the following programs / projects expenditure:

2021-2022 FY Carry Over:

· Old One Mile Bridge BR 17 - $129k

· Purga School Rd BR 21 - $15k

· Queen Victoria Pde BW 19 - $767k

· Alawoona St ID 317826 BU 22 - $18k

· Ripley Rd ID 310540 BU 22 - $26k

· SF Lakes Bvd ID 317838 BU 22 - $32k

· Turnstall Pl ID 317803 BU 22 - $37k

· SF Lakes Bvd ID 317841 BU 22 - $32k

· Layard St ID 317751 BU 22 - $18k

· Robelle Domain Chess Tables 23 - $42k

· Woogaroo St KRp 22 - $15k

· Briggs Rd LR 18 - $14k

· Blackall St LR 18 - $12k

· Robertson Rd signal 17 - $18k

· Miscellaneous Projects < $10k - $104K

2022-2023 FY Budgeted > $100k:

· Springfield Pkwy RU 19 - $4,12 mil

· Redbank Plns Rd Stg 3 RU 17 - $2.26 mil

· Settler Way LR 19 - $1.03 mil

· South Stn Rd LR 19 A - $581k

· Springfield Parkway Stage 2 - $557k

· Major Plant Acquisitions - $554k

· Scenic Rd KR 22 - $525k

· Alice Street KC 18 - $522k

· Goodna AC Pool Filters 19 - $352k

· Mary William TL 23 - $334k

· Brisbane Tce RS Stg 3 - $325k

· Jim Donald Parklands Clubhouse - $304k

· Woogaroo Ck BST 22 - $280k

· 97 Morres Pocket Road DR20 - $259k

· Schoffield Crt BRB 22 - $254k

· Redbank Plains Reserve L 23 - $246k

· Gravel Resheeting - $227k

· Vehicle Replacement - $211k

· Ian St LR 20 - $185k

· Legacy Landfill Site RE 21 - $150k

· Resurfacing Area 4 LR 22-23 - $145k

· Keanes Road BR 19 - $142k

· Andrew Josey Gully BR21 - $127k

· Sports Field L 27 - $122k

· New Refuse and Recycling C 22 - $116k

· Bushland Reserve F 23 - $114k

· Riverview RRC Netting 23 - $108k

· Resurfacing Area 5 LR 22-23 - $106k

Key projects underspent against their Baseline budget > $100k:

· Truck Replacement / Budget $1.2 mil vs Actuals $0

· Springfield GBA RU Stg 3 / Budget $330k vs Actuals -$514k

· Waste Truck Replacement / Budget $456k vs Actuals $0

· New Refuse and Recycling C 22 / Budget $560k vs Actuals $116k

· Champions Way DR 22 / Budget $555k vs Actuals $221k

· Trumper St KR 21 / Budget $300k vs Actuals $3k

· Mowing Trucks Growth 23 / Budget $280k vs Actuals $0

· Springfield Central Community Centre / Budget $0 vs Actuals -$211k

· Jim Donald Parklands Clubhouse / Budget $515k vs Actuals $304k

· Richardson Pk PG 20 / Budget $225k vs Actuals $24k

· Fernbrooke SG L 20 / Budget $200k vs Actuals $1k

· Queens Pk PG 20 / Budget $220k vs Actuals $42k

· McCorry Dr SWD Basin RE 22 / Budget $175k vs Actuals $0

· Cameron Pk UG 20 / Budget $200k vs Actuals $27k

· TPZ L 20 / Budget $0 vs Actuals -$171k

· Provisional Projects / Budget $170k vs Actuals $0

· Wiley St BMX Canteen Upgrade / Budget $167k vs Actuals $23k

· Mowing Minor Plant 23 / Budget $132k vs Actuals $0

· Borallon Station Rd BS 22 / Budget $200k vs Actuals $68k

· Redbank Plains Reserve L 23 / Budget $370k vs Actuals $246k

· Waste Trucks Community Growth / Budget $107k vs Actuals $0

· Rosewood RRC Maj Upgrade / Budget $131k vs Actuals $24k

· Enviroplan / Budget $100k vs Actuals $0

The Strategic Transport projects at Springfield Parkway Upgrade and Greenbank Arterial Rd and Redbank Plains Rd Stage 3 achieved a combined spend of $5.86mil.

Monthly Program Variances Greater than $100k (Budget vs Actual)

Asset Rehabilitation was $2.48mil over the current budget of $2.92mil for the month of June.

Keanes Road bridge replacement incurred an overspend of $142K against a nil budget for works rephased due to delays with materials associated with Guardrail and final asphalt works.

Andrew Josey Gully rehabilitation works incurred an overspend of $126 against a $1K budget for works that had to be rephased due to delay associated with contractor availability

Old One Mile Bridge works incurred an overspend of $129k against a Nil budget for works undertaken during June.

Champions Way Drainage incurred an underspend of $334K against a budget of $555K for the interim repair work currently being undertaken whilst the negotiations associated with the easement requirements continue.

97 Moores Pocket Road drainage project incurred an $259K overspend against a nil budget to finalise the works associated with the contract obligations. Works are now complete.

Queens Park upgrade incurred an underspend of $178k against a budget of $220k for works completed in June.

South Station Road Roadworks has incurred a $581k overspend against a nil budget, impacts to delivery timing due to delays with obtaining the necessary traffic permits.

Sealed Road Rehabilitation works associated with Resurfacing Area 5 LR 2022-2023 has incurred an overspend of $106k against a nil budget, scope increase was identified during the construction phase impacting on the program.

Settler Way sealed road rehabilitation works has incurred an overspend of $1.03 mil against a nil budget. Works have been identified as needing to be carried across into the 2023-2024FY due to contractor issues / workmanship.

Scenic Road sealed road rehabilitation works incurred an overspend of $525k against a nil budget. The awarded contract was significantly more than budget due to market escalation.

Redbank Plains Reserve Lighting project incurred an underspend of $124k against a budget of $370k. Variations associated with under boring conduits, heavy duty drilling equipment and GPO relocation impacted budget requirements. Works were considered completed within 2022-2023FY.

Rehabilitation works associated with the Goodna AC Pool Filters incurred an overspend of $352k against a nil budget. Works have been completed on time at the end of June.

Water Quality rehabilitation works at McCorry Drive SWD Basin have been deferred due to basin capacity issues. Design allocation is currently identified within the 2023-2024FY.

Corporate Facilities was $212K under budget for the month of June with 6 projects (totally 240K) expected to impact 2023-2024FY.

New Facilities works associated with Springfield Central Community Centre incurred underspend of $211k against a nil budget. The associated fit-out costs have been expensed as non ICC assets; offset by unbudgeted works carried over on Rosewood Library Facility Upgrades $127k.

Local Amenity was $202K over budget of $623K for the month of June.

Kerb and Channel works within Alice Street incurred an overspend of $522k against a nil spend. Construction delays associated with demobilisation / remobilisation of crews as well as increased traffic control impacted delivery timing and cost.

Drainage works at Springall Street has incurred a $179k overspend against a nil budget. Project originally delayed commencement due to Environmental Approvals

Streetscape Improvements associated with Tree Protection Zones allocation has incurred an underspend of $171k against a nil budget.

Borallon Station Road works within the sealed gravel roads subprogram has incurred a $132k underspend against a budget of $200k.

Parks, Sports & Environment was $207k under budget of $1.876 mil for the month of June.

Works continuing at Jim Donald Parklands Clubhouse have incurred a budget shortfall of $211k against a budget of $515K. Completion of works is expected next FY.

Fernbrooke Sports Ground Lighting project has incurred an underspend of $199k against a budget of $200k. The project was delayed due to the 40m high light towers having to comply with building approval. Part of the approval process required a flood assessment of site be undertaken, which is now complete. Works have now been rescheduled to commence this FY.

Richardson Park Playground project has incurred an underspend of $201k against a budget of $225k. Design delay impacted construction delivery. Funding allocation currently identified within current 2023-2024FY Capital Works Program to complete works.

Cameron Park Upgrade works incurred an underspend of $173k against a budget of $200k. Design delay impacted construction delivery. Funding allocation currently identified within current 2023-2024FY Capital Works Program to complete works.

The Wiley Street BMX Canteen Upgrade incurred an underspend of $144k against a budget of $167k, contract award was delayed due to late completion of design. Completion of rephased works will now carry over into next FY.

Works associated with Bushland Reserve have incurred an overspend of $114K against a nil budget

Enviroplan Reactive Works allocation has incurred a spend of $192k however this will be offset by remaining available funds within the Enviroplan program of $100k.

Schoffield Court located within the Natural Environment / stormwater sub-program has incurred a overspend of $254k against a nil budget

Woogaroo Creek BST 22 has incurred a budget overspend of $280k against a nil budget

Transport & Traffic was $6.54 mil over the budget of $2.37mil for the month of June.

Early works associated with Mary and William Streets Traffic Lights has incurred a $334k overspend against a nil budget. Rephasing of works required due to service relocation requirements.

Brisbane Terrace Road surfacing Stg 3 within the Road Safety Subprogram has incurred an $275k overspend against a $50k budget.

Smiths Road Traffic Lights has incurred an $225k overspend against a nil budget.

Works are progressing along Queen Victoria Parade Bikeway with an overspend of $187k against a budget of $580k. Contract award was more than original budget amount reflecting market trends. Carryover of works to 2023-2024FY have previously been identified.

Springfield Greenbank Arterial Road Stage 1 incurred an overspend of $3.72mil against a budget of $400K across the month of June. This included a financial administrative error where $2.1mil was originally receipted to Stage 1 works instead of stage 3. This will be reconciled and transferred to Stage 3 during the July financial review.

The Redbank Pains Rd Stage 3 project incurred significant overspend of $1.96mil against a budget of $293K for the month. With a large portion of the overspend being attributed to the procurement activity associated with the pre-ordering of large diameter mild steel water pipe and drainage structures in June.

Further progress updates are provided at the bottom of the report within the Major Projects Section.

Fleet was $2.06 mil under the budget of $2.89 mil for the month of June.

The Truck Replacement subprogram within the Fleet portfolio have been unable to procure the 3 Prime Movers and 1 Asphalt truck until late in 2023FY resulting in an underspend of $1.2 mil. A similar situation has occurred within Waste Truck Commercial Growth, Mowing Minor Plant, Mowing Trucks Growth and Waste Truck replacement sub programs where long lead times have impacted on new purchases resulting in an underspend of $975k. Spend did occur however within the Vehicle Replacement sub program allocation where a overspend of $144k occurred against a budget of $67k.

Waste was $292K under the budget of $801K for the month of June.

Resource Recovery incurred an underspend of $444k within the New Refuse and Recycling Centre project against a budget of $560k due to delays with access to the site.

Rosewood Resource Recovery Centre Major Upgrade incurred an underspend of $106k against a budget of $131k due to scope change and latent conditions associated with ground subsidence delaying the program.

Riverview Resource recovery centre netting incurred an overspend of $108k against a nil budget.

Summary

The final 2022-2023FY actuals to the budget variance at the 30th June is $3.45 mil above the $128.53 mil Budget.

The June forecast target was expected to be $18.71 mil with financial actuals achieving $18.68 mil.

The total spend for the financial year of $131.97 mil was on track with our May forecast total of $132mil.

The revised forecast peak in June expenditure of $18.68 mil continues to be attributed to several key projects having significant spend, as per the following >100k:

· Springfield GBA RU Stg 3 $2.9 mil

· Redbank Plns Rd Stg 3 RU 17 $2.06 mil

· Resurfacing Area 9 LR 22-23 $1.72 mil

· Springfield Pkwy RU 19 $1.56 mil

· Waste Truck Replacement $903 k

· Resurfacing Area 8 LR 22-23 $458 k

· Major Plant Acquisitions $411 k

· Mowing Major Plant 23 $391 k

· Queen Victoria Pde BW 1 $381 k

· Jim Donald Parklands Clubhouse $366 k

· Gravel Re-sheeting $338 k

· Ironbark Pk CH 22 $318 k

· Domestic Bin Acquisitions $261 k

· Redbank Plains Reserve L 23 $257 k

· Brisbane Tce RS Stg 3 $254 k

· 97 Moores Pocket Road DR20 $251 k

· Scenic Rd KR 22 $248 k

· Champions Way DR 22 $223 k

· Keanes Road BR 19 $222 k

· South Stn Rd LR 19 A $200 k

· Ian St LR 20 $192 k

· School Rd RU 22 $149 k

· Brassall Bikeway DC 26 $142 k

· Schoffield Crt BRB 22 $130 k

· Ellenborough St FP 23 $122 k

· Vehicle Replacement $121 k

· Alice Street KC 18 $118 k

· Old One Mile Bridge BR 17 $115 k

Overall, the end of year results were impressive with realistic forecast goals having been achieved following the May forecasting and previous Budget Amendment.

Significant construction works, procurement activities, design milestones and material delivery timeframes were met helping to achieve the final spend in June.

Major Projects

Springfield Parkway & Springfield-Greenbank Arterial Road Upgrade

Both stages continue to progress well with Stage 1 works entering the final phase being the signalised intersection and Stage 3 services relocations continuing to be ahead of program, while still allowing intended Civil Works to advance.

Stage 1 incurred an overspend of $3.72mil against a budget of $400K across the month of June. This included a financial administrative error where $2.1mil was originally receipted to Stage 1 works instead of stage 3. This will be reconciled and transferred to Stage 3 during the July financial review. As mentioned in the May report, other contributing factors to the variance include work being bought forward including the foam bitumen pavement as well as escalation in the order $462K.

Whilst in stage 3, impacts due to the APA Gas main relocation as a required design change has resulted in a claim in the order of $832K. These charges are currently offset by the financial administrative error of $2.1mil discrepancy noted in stage 1. These will be reconciled in July.

The Stage 2 100% Design Milestone will be issued in in the coming months, with service relocation designs progressing. Challenges relating to these works include addressing a collapsed sewer that may require replacement. Options are currently being considered to complete an Early Works Package that would allow the service relocations and civil works to start earlier.

Stage 2 design incurred an overspend of $448k against a budget of $110K, these costs are in relation to additional service relocations required to complete the civil works.

Civil Works Summary

Stage 1

· With the exception of the asphalt wearing course, the pavement works for the lane duplications are complete and the focus is now on the Signalised Intersection.

· The traffic switch for the signalised intersection occurred on the 29^th of June and while it has been challenging to manage the turning restrictions impacts and there has been some negative feedback, the traffic is flowing steadily and excellent progress is being made on the intersection.

· The switch is in two phases over 12 weeks and the contractor is aiming to reduce this to 8 weeks and remove the current turning restrictions as soon as possible.

· A number of other components have also been progressed, including the new vehicle access to the Hymba Yumba Oval, landscaping, street lighting and footpaths.

· The Early Works Contract has been finalised with some overlap of components now included in Stage 1 and 3 Civil Works Package.

Stage 3

· Excellent progress is continuing for the service relocations and while these are limiting other works, a number of civil components were also progressed including stormwater, access for the Lions stadium, landscaping, street lighting medium works and footpaths.

· The Lions are working with QR and TMR to undertake Mural Works on the columns and abutment, which will lift the aesthetics of the area.

· Planning is well advanced for the ICC proposal to close the Off Ramp for 3-5 months to reduce queuing and speed up works and this will be coordinated with the Stage 1 switch to minimise disruption in the area.

Redbank Plains Rd Stage 3

Community consultation remains a focus on the project with practical completion currently scheduled for 24 May 2024. Poor “Black-soil” conditions were always anticipated; however, the footprint of required improvement treatments has extended beyond that allowed at design, based on the condition of insitu soils.

Pavement redesign incorporating subgrade treatments within the planned pavement works have reduced impacts by removing the need for extensive excavation and poor material replacement with expensive imported rock, improving construction time and disruption to buried services.

Program slippage has forced the Contractor to re-plan and sequence staged works, resulting in larger work zones than originally anticipated to achieve practical completion by the required date.

Progress, Milestones and Achievements:

Highbury to Shannon (West side)

· Watermain crossing of RBP Rd completed.

· Asphalt surface works completed.

· Traffic switch actioned.

Jansen to Argyle (East side)

· Jansen St intersection remains closed, required for safety due to RBP Rd traffic crossover.

Verran to Jansen (East side)

· Pavement construction of inner lane ongoing, getting ready for seal / asphalt at the end of the month.

Kruger / RBP Rd intersection

· Asphalt in old roundabout completed.

· Traffic switch actioned.

Resurfacing Program

Expenditure on the 2022-2023 resurfacing program was $159k over the June budget baseline of $182k.

All of the FY 2022-2023 resurfacing is now 100% complete with some defect works taking place throughout Area’s 4,6,7,8 and 9.

Area percentage figures completed below:

· Area 1 – 100% Complete

· Area 2 – 100% Complete

· Area 3 – 100% Complete

· Area 4 – 100% Complete

· Area 5 – 100% Complete

· Area 6 – 100% Complete

· Area 7 – 100% Complete

· Area 8 – 100% Complete

· Area 9 – 100% Complete

The final spend at the end of June is $14.32 mil which is slightly below the Total Budget of $15.68 mil.

Passenger Transport Accessible Infrastructure Program (PTAIP) - Bus Stop Program

In the month of June, the below bus stop have been complete.

o Layard Street

o Alawoona Street

o Ripley Rd

o Springfield Lakes Boulevard x 2 sites

o Tunstall St

o Brisbane Terrace

This means that all bus stops with Passenger Transport Accessible Infrastructure Program (PTAIP) grant funding for FY2022-2023 are now complete with the exception of Reif Street as we work through design and construction methodology with Urban Utilities due to reduced water main coverage.

While the bus stops on Old Logan Road and Sutton Park were unsuccessful in receiving PTAIP funding the Transport Planning Team have also provided advice to proceed with the design against the iGo Public Transport Action Plan Program

Grant Funding

As well as the fourteen Bus Stop projects approved for 50/50 split funding by TMR, there were also three approved Blackspot projects funded for the 2022-2023FY:

· Smith Rd / Albert St Intersection – Upgrade existing traffic signals to include right turn lane on western & eastern approaches. Modify the signal phasing to provide split side streets.

· Ishmael Rd / Dale Rd Intersection - Install traffic islands and line marking

· Roderick St / Waghorn St Intersection – Install traffic islands, line marking and signage

All three (3) projects are now complete.

Ishmael Rd / Dale Rd Intersection and Roderick St / Waghorn St Intersection projects were completed in January and final works associated with the Smith Rd / Albert St Intersection were completed in early July 2023.

Grant Projects Scheduled for delivery this FY (includes Multi-year Funding)

NOTE: Below table includes reporting on capital construction projects only – it does not include Design Only or OPEX projects. #Projects finalised in June are highlighted in RED

Master Schedule Delivery Milestones for June (inclusive of emergent projects)

As at end of June, project completion status shows 154 projects have reached practical completion from a total of 212 projects that are scheduled for delivery this FY.

Master Schedule Baseline Deliverables for 22-23 FY

The data shown above for Concept Design and Detailed Design includes forward design efforts for project delivery in the 2023-2024 FY. The progress of projects to have design completed and issued for delivery this FY remain slightly behind schedule, with 12 project designs remaining to be Issued For Construction (IFC).

The original tally of 106 projects from the published Capital Portfolio, only contains the one PTAIP parent project and excludes the 14 x Bus Stop designs drawn down from the PTAIP parent project, as these have been issued to the Construction Team for delivery.

Legal IMPLICATIONS

This report and its recommendations are consistent with the following legislative provisions:

Local Government Act 2009

policy implications

Nil.

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

The Asset and Infrastructure Services Department has a departmental risk register that includes the delivery of the capital program. The leadership team of the department continues to monitor our risk in relation to this and takes mitigation action where necessary.

Financial/RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS

No financial / resource implications.

COMMUNITY and OTHER CONSULTATION

No community consultation was required in relation to this report.

The Stakeholder Management Branch of the Asset and Infrastructure Services Department engages extensively with the community impacted by our works to ensure that they are informed in advance of works, communicated with during works and ensure that any issues that arise are managed effectively.

Conclusion

The Asset and Infrastructure Services Department is committed to delivering high quality infrastructure for the community.

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACTS

RECEIVE AND NOTE REPORT

The Recommendation states that the report be received, and the contents noted. The decision to receive and note the report does not limit human rights. Therefore, the decision is compatible with human rights.

Attachments and Confidential Background Papers

1.	Appendix A - Asset Rehabilitation Report ⇩
2.	Capital Portfolio Update Report June 2023 ⇩

Tom Reynolds

Acting Principal Officer (Program Management)

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Pedro Baraza

Acting Manager, Capital Program Delivery

I concur with the recommendations contained in this report.

Graeme Martin

Acting General Manager, Asset and Infrastructure Services

“Together, we proudly enhance the quality of life for our community”

Division	Project	Order of Cost
1	Installation of footpath along Cowie Street, Deebing Heights connecting the two school crossings	$35,000
1	Installation of smart lighting for various fields within the Redbank Plains Recreation Reserve, Redbank Plains	$25,000
1	Installation of park bench at Worley Park, Raceview and associated plaque to commemorate Trevor Grewar	$5,000
1	Installation of concrete pathway connecting the community centre with the BBQ area and picnic shelter within the Redbank Plains Community Centre, Redbank Plains	$27,000
4	Installation of concrete pathway to improve DDA access to the Rosewood Soldiers Memorial within Anzac Park, Rosewood	$38,000

Division	Project	Order of Cost
1	Installation of footpath along Cowie Street, Deebing Heights connecting the two school crossings	$35,000
1	Installation of smart lighting for various fields within the Redbank Plains Recreation Reserve, Redbank Plains	$25,000
1	Installation of park bench at Worley Park, Raceview and associated plaque to commemorate Trevor Grewar	$5,000
1	Installation of concrete pathway connecting the community centre with the BBQ area and picnic shelter within the Redbank Plains Community Centre, Redbank Plains	$27,000
4	Installation of concrete pathway to improve DDA access to the Rosewood Soldiers Memorial within Anzac Park, Rosewood	$38,000

Division	Project	Order of Cost
1	Installation of footpath along Cowie Street, Deebing Heights connecting the two school crossings	$35,000
1	Installation of smart lighting for various fields within the Redbank Plains Recreation Reserve, Redbank Plains	$25,000
1	Installation of park bench at Worley Park, Raceview and associated plaque to commemorate Trevor Grewar	$5,000
1	Installation of concrete pathway connecting the community centre with the BBQ area and picnic shelter within the Redbank Plains Community Centre, Redbank Plains	$27,000
4	Installation of concrete pathway to improve DDA access to the Rosewood Soldiers Memorial within Anzac Park, Rosewood	$38,000

Matter	Summary Outcome	Further Appeal Options
Wanless (Judicial Review and Ministerial Call In)	The Planning and Environment Court found that there was no issue with the proposed call in of the development proposal. This determination allowed the Deputy Premier and Minister for Local Government and Planning to decide the ministerial call in. The outcome of this call in was the approval of the development application in part (excluding the landfill components of the application).	There are no further appeal options for a decided ministerial call.
Cleanaway	The Planning and Environment Court found that the proposed development could not be supported, and was refused in full.	There are further appeal options for these decisions that may be exercised by the involved parties.
Austin BMI	The Planning and Environment Court found that the proposal, including amendments undertaken during the progression of the appeal, could be approved in full.
Lantrak Property Holdings	The Planning and Environment Court found that the proposed development could not be supported, and was refused in full.

Executive Summary

Recommendation

RELATED PARTIES

IFUTURE Theme

Purpose of Report/Background

Legal/Policy Basis

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

Financial/RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS

COMMUNITY and OTHER CONSULTATION

Conclusion

Attachments and Confidential Background Papers