Blue Mountains City Council
Meeting: 14 December 2010

22. 10/167808. Springwood Community and Cultural Facility Upgrade

A MOTION was MOVED by Councillors Mays and Gibbs:

1. That the Council note the schedule of previous Council resolutions relating to the Springwood Town Centre Project and provided as Attachment 1 of this report;
2. That the Council resolves that the program outlined in this report and report recommendations take precedence over previous resolutions of the Council relating to the upgrade of Springwood Community and Cultural Facilities;
3. That the Council terminates the Springwood Project tender process and notifies the proponents;
4. That the Council does not proceed with the community poll and community consultation on the Springwood project tender process as resolved in Minute No.35 of the Ordinary Council Meeting of 17 February 2009;
5. That, where practical, all significant Councillor briefings relating to the Community and Cultural Facilities Upgrade in Springwood are held in Springwood;
6. That the Mayor and General Manager will consult with Councillors regarding any requests from the Federal Government to enter into any contracts or other documentation to accept the funding offer, prior to affixing the Council seal to any contracts or other documentation required to accept the funding offer from the Federal Government and that any executed delegations are reported to the Council;
7. That the Council notes the draft Project Program and receives a further report once conditions of the Federal Government funding are clarified;
8. That a tender brief is prepared and advertised seeking proposals from recognised and experienced architectural consultants with team skills to undertake master planning and detailed design documentation with the option to prepare a development application, and subsequent construction documentation;
9. That the brief is guided by, but not limited to the following key directions:
   1. Facilities are to be located on the Civic Centre site;
   2. The Master plan should encompass all existing facilities, namely the Civic Centre, The Springwood Neighbourhood Centre and the Library;
   3.  The project program should identify what can be achieved with the $9.5M budget and if further funds are required, make recommendations for staging the project;
   4.  Business planning and feasibility assessment is to be undertaken to ensure facilities can be built and operated and maintained within budget, and that economies of scale are achieved;
   5. If required, staging for the upgrade is examined through the master planning process;
   6. That, given the ongoing financial constraints on the Council, the master planning examines inclusion of potential revenue generating opportunities e.g. commercial, but not involve any public private partnership with large retail chains;
10. That the community is kept informed of the master planning process and consulted at key milestones determined by Council;
11. The community be advised of the resolutions from this report.

Upon being PUT to the Meeting, the MOTION was CARRIED, the vote being UNANIMOUS: