second quarter operational report 2019/20

Attachment C

Second Quarter Operational Report 2019/20

ATTACHMENT C SECOND QUARTER OPERATIONAL PLAN REPORT 2019/20

City of Sydney Operational Plan - Quarter 2 Report 2019/20 Table of Contents 1 A globally competitive and innovative city .............................................................................. 4

1.1 Plans are in place to accommodate growth and change in the city centre and other key economic areas. .............. 4

1.2 The city economy is competitive, prosperous and inclusive. ..................................................................................... 4

1.3 The city economy is an integrated network of sectors, markets and high performing clusters. ................................. 6

1.4 The city economy is resilient. .................................................................................................................................... 6

1.5 The city enhances its global position and attractiveness as a destination for people, business and investment. ..... 7

1.S.1 Performance Measures ......................................................................................................................................... 9

2 A leading environmental performer ........................................................................................ 11

2.1 Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced across the city......................................................................................... 11

2.2 Waste from the city is managed as a valuable resource and the environmental impacts of its generation and disposal are minimised. ................................................................................................................................................ 12

2.3 Across the city, potable water use is reduced through efficiency and recycling and gross pollutant loads to waterways are reduced. ................................................................................................................................................ 13

2.4 City residents, businesses, building owners, workers and visitors improve their environmental performance. ....... 14

2.5 The City of Sydney’s operations and activities demonstrate leadership in environmental performance. ................ 18

2.6 The extent and quality of urban canopy cover, landscaping and city greening is maximised. ................................ 20

2.7 The city’s buildings, infrastructure, emergency services and social systems are resilient to the likely impacts of climate change. ............................................................................................................................................................. 21

2.S.1 Performance Measures ....................................................................................................................................... 22

3 Integrated transport for a connected city ............................................................................... 25

3.1 Investment in public transport and walking and cycling infrastructure encourages more people to use these forms of transport to travel to, from and within the city. .......................................................................................................... 25

3.2 Transport infrastructure is aligned with city growth. ................................................................................................ 25

3.3 The amenity of the city centre and villages is enhanced through careful management and integration of transport. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 26

3.4 Public transport, walking and cycling are the first choice transport modes within the city. ...................................... 27

3.5 Transport services and infrastructure are accessible. ............................................................................................. 27


4 A city for walking and cycling ................................................................................................. 29

4.1 The city and neighbouring areas have a network of accessible, safe, connected pedestrian and cycling paths integrated with green spaces. ....................................................................................................................................... 29

4.2 The city centre is managed to facilitate the movement of people walking and cycling. ........................................... 30

4.3 The number of people who choose to walk and cycle continues to increase. ......................................................... 30

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4.4 Businesses in the city encourage their staff to walk and cycle more often. ............................................................. 31


5 A lively and engaging city centre ............................................................................................ 33

5.1 The city centre has safe and attractive public spaces for people to meet, rest and walk through at all times of the day or night; with George Street as a distinctive spine. ................................................................................................ 33

5.2 The city centre provides diversity of built form, uses and experiences. .................................................................. 33

5.3 Innovative, creative, retail, hospitality, tourism and small business activity is supported in the city centre. ............ 34

5.4 The city centre is a place for cultural activity, creative expression and participation. .............................................. 34


6 Resilient and inclusive local communities ............................................................................. 35

6.1 Our city comprises many unique places – a ‘city of villages’ – for communities to live, meet, shop, study, create, play, discover, learn and work. ..................................................................................................................................... 35

6.2 Our city is a place where people are welcomed, included and connected. ............................................................. 36

6.3 Local economies are resilient, meet the needs of their community, and provide opportunities for people to realise their potential. ............................................................................................................................................................... 38

6.4 There is equitable access to community facilities and places, parks and recreational facilities to support wellbeing in daily life. .................................................................................................................................................................... 39

6.5 The community has the capacity, confidence and resilience to adapt to changing circumstances. ........................ 40


7 A cultural and creative city ...................................................................................................... 45

7.1 Creativity is a consistent and visible feature of the public domain and there are distinctive cultural precincts in the city and its villages. ....................................................................................................................................................... 45

7.2 The city supports and encourages individual creative expression by ensuring opportunities for creative participation are visible, accessible and sustainable. .................................................................................................... 46

7.3 Sydney’s cultural sector and creative industries are supported and enhanced leading to greater sector sustainability, productivity gains, and innovation. ......................................................................................................... 46

7.4 The continuous living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is visible and celebrated in our city. ............................................................................................................................................................................... 47


8 Housing for a diverse community ........................................................................................... 49

8.1 The supply of market housing in the city meets the needs of a diverse and growing population. ........................... 49

8.2 The supply of affordable housing supports a diverse and sustainable community and economy. .......................... 50

8.3 The supply of safe and sustainable social housing in the inner city is available for those who need it. .................. 50

8.4 People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness have access to safe and sustainable housing and support. 51


9 Sustainable development, renewal and design ..................................................................... 54

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9.1 The City of Sydney leads by example to facilitate great places. ............................................................................. 54

9.2 The city is beautiful, sustainable and functions well. ............................................................................................... 54

9.3 There are great public buildings, streets, squares and parks for everyone to use and enjoy.................................. 55

9.4 Sydney plans for the long-term and the benefit of future generations. .................................................................... 56

9.5 The urban environment promotes health and wellbeing. ........................................................................................ 56


10 Implementation through effective governance and partnerships ...................................... 58

10.1 The City of Sydney is well governed. .................................................................................................................... 58

10.2 The City of Sydney has the culture, capability and capacity to deliver Sustainable Sydney 2030 priorities. ......... 59

10.3 The City of Sydney is financially sustainable over the longer-term. ...................................................................... 60

10.4 The City of Sydney makes a positive contribution to the governance of metropolitan Sydney. ............................ 61

10.5 The community is engaged and active in shaping the future of the city. ............................................................... 61

10.6 Strategic partners and collaborators support the delivery of Sustainable Sydney 2030. ...................................... 62

10.S.1 Performance Measures ..................................................................................................................................... 64

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d w

ith re

tail

sect

or a

nd s

hopp

ing

cent

res

to p

rom

ote

the

Nig

ht T

ime

DC

P ch

ange

s an

d op

portu

nitie

s as

soci

ated

with

Nig

ht T

ime

Div

ersi

ficat

ion

Gra

nts.

On

Trac

k

Impl

emen

t prio

rity

proj

ects

and

pro

gram

s ar

isin

g fro

m th

e Te

ch S

tart

Up

Actio

n Pl

an to

sup

port

the

grow

th o

f the

tech

sta

rt-up

eco

syst

em.

An E

OI f

or a

ope

ratio

n of

the

futu

re B

usin

ess

Inno

vatio

n Sp

ace

(BIS

) at 1

82 G

eorg

e St

reet

(Circ

ular

Qua

y) w

ent t

o m

arke

t dur

ing

Oct

ober

/ N

ovem

ber 2

019.

Sub

mis

sion

s w

ere

rece

ived

and

are

cur

rent

ly b

eing

revi

ewed

. Tw

o st

anda

lone

Vis

iting

Ent

repr

eneu

r Pro

gram

eve

nts

wer

e de

liver

ed in

Nov

embe

r 201

9 ut

ilisin

g th

e sp

ace

at D

arlin

g Ex

chan

ge L

ibra

ry. T

he C

ity a

lso

supp

orte

d th

e 'C

ross

road

s 20

20' t

ech

star

tup

ecos

yste

m re

port

in D

ecem

ber 2

019.

On

Trac

k

o

f 65

Impl

emen

t prio

rity

proj

ects

and

pro

gram

s fro

m th

e Eo

ra J

ourn

ey

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n th

at fo

cus

on s

uppo

rt fo

r Abo

rigin

al a

nd

Torre

s St

rait

Isla

nder

bus

ines

s ow

ners

, em

ploy

ees

and

educ

atio

n su

cces

s.

Dis

cuss

ions

hav

e co

ntin

ued

inte

rnal

ly to

pro

gres

s th

e co

mbi

ned

wor

k ac

ross

the

Rec

onci

liatio

n Ac

tion

Plan

and

Eor

a Jo

urne

y Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent P

lan.

The

City

has

con

tinue

d to

mee

t with

the

Abor

igin

al a

nd T

orre

s St

rait

Isla

nder

Ad

viso

ry P

anel

to g

ain

advi

ce o

n im

porta

nt p

roje

cts

and

initi

ativ

es.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

the

Eora

Jou

rney

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

via

the

gran

ts p

rogr

am a

nd th

e us

e of

th

e C

ity's

soc

ial m

edia

mar

ketin

g ch

anne

ls, s

uch

as 3

65 D

ays

of L

ocal

Eco

nom

ies.

On

Trac

k

Stra

tegi

c re

sear

ch, a

naly

sis

and

know

ledg

e sh

arin

g

Col

lect

dat

a, u

nder

take

stra

tegi

c an

alys

is, a

nd p

rovi

de d

emog

raph

ic

and

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t inf

orm

atio

n to

indu

stry

, aca

dem

ia,

gove

rnm

ent a

nd b

usin

ess.

The

2019

Hou

sing

Aud

it, R

esid

entia

l Mon

itor,

Com

mer

cial

Dev

elop

men

t Mon

itor a

nd V

isito

r Acc

omm

odat

ion

Mon

itor

have

all

been

com

plet

ed a

nd u

ploa

ded

to th

e w

ebsi

te fo

r use

by

indu

stry

, aca

dem

ia, g

over

nmen

t and

bus

ines

s.

The

2019

Com

mun

ity W

ellb

eing

Indi

cato

rs R

epor

t has

bee

n co

mpl

eted

and

upl

oade

d to

the

web

site

.

The

LEAR

N p

ages

of t

he C

ity's

web

site

hav

e be

en u

pdat

ed.

On

Trac

k

1.3

The

city

eco

nom

y is

an

inte

grat

ed n

etw

ork

of s

ecto

rs, m

arke

ts a

nd h

igh

perf

orm

ing

clus

ters

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Kno

wle

dge

and

skill

s

Impl

emen

t prio

rity

proj

ects

and

pro

gram

s fro

m th

e In

tern

atio

nal

Educ

atio

n Ac

tion

Plan

that

focu

s on

stu

dent

'wel

com

e', '

wel

l-bei

ng'

and

'wor

k-in

tegr

ated

lear

ning

opp

ortu

nitie

s'.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

pro

vide

inte

rnsh

ip p

rogr

ams

for i

nter

natio

nal s

tude

nts

inte

rest

ing

in w

orki

ng fo

r the

City

of

Sydn

ey C

ounc

il. T

he C

ity h

osts

app

roxi

mat

ely

8 st

uden

ts p

er y

ear s

prea

d ac

ross

a ra

nge

of d

iffer

ent d

epar

tmen

ts to

im

prov

e th

eir l

earn

ing

expe

rienc

e. T

he C

ity h

as a

lso

incr

easi

ngly

pro

mot

ed th

e op

portu

nity

of p

rovi

ding

inte

rnat

iona

l st

uden

t int

erns

hips

to s

mal

l and

med

ium

-siz

ed e

nter

pris

es w

ithin

Syd

ney

LGA.

On

Trac

k

Affo

rdab

le s

pace

s - e

cono

mic

Man

age

the

use

of C

ity o

wne

d pr

oper

ties

as a

fford

able

spa

ce w

ithin

th

e co

ntex

t of t

he C

ity’s

eco

nom

ic a

ctio

n pl

ans.

Ec

onom

ic w

ell-b

eing

indi

ces

and

econ

omic

pro

files

for t

he C

ity v

illage

s ha

ve b

een

deve

lope

d al

ong

side

indi

cies

for

soci

al a

nd c

ultu

ral.

Prep

arat

ion

wor

k fo

r the

futu

re B

usin

ess

Inno

vatio

n Sp

ace

(BIS

) at C

ircul

ar Q

uay

(182

Geo

rge

Stre

et L

end

Leas

e D

evel

opm

ent)

has

mad

e pr

ogre

ss. T

his

3,80

1 sq

m a

rea

is to

pro

vide

an

affo

rdab

le s

pace

as

a te

ch s

tartu

p hu

b fro

m

2022

for 2

0 ye

ars

with

sub

sidy

via

Acc

omm

odat

ion

Gra

nts

Prog

ram

(Tec

h St

artu

ps A

ctio

n Pl

an).

On

Trac

k

1.4

The

city

eco

nom

y is

resi

lient

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Econ

omic

Res

ilien

ce

Con

tribu

te to

met

ropo

litan

and

sta

te-w

ide

stra

tegi

c ec

onom

ic

plan

ning

. C

ity o

f Syd

ney

and

othe

r loc

al c

ounc

ils a

re c

ontin

uing

to m

eet w

ith re

leva

nt N

SW G

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s on

mat

ters

of

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t pol

icy.

Som

e of

the

curre

nt d

iscu

ssio

ns a

re c

once

rned

with

cul

tura

l eve

nts

and

fest

ival

s su

ppor

ting

loca

l eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent.

The

City

act

ivel

y pa

rtici

pate

s in

the

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t Net

wor

k (E

DN

) NSW

repr

esen

ting

seve

ral l

ocal

go

vern

men

t age

ncie

s to

sha

re in

form

atio

n an

d co

llabo

rate

on

prio

rity

topi

cs in

clud

ing

nigh

t-tim

e ec

onom

y pl

anni

ng,

gree

n an

d ci

rcul

ar e

cono

my

and

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t pla

nnin

g.

On

Trac

k

o

f 65

1.5

The

city

enh

ance

s its

glo

bal p

ositi

on a

nd a

ttrac

tiven

ess

as a

des

tinat

ion

for p

eopl

e, b

usin

ess

and

inve

stm

ent.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Maj

or e

vent

s

Del

iver

Syd

ney

New

Yea

r’s E

ve th

at p

rom

otes

Syd

ney

as a

tour

ist

dest

inat

ion

as p

art o

f inc

reas

ing

awar

enes

s of

Syd

ney

as a

glo

bal

dest

inat

ion.

N

ot Y

et

Due

To

Rep

ort

Del

iver

the

Chr

istm

as in

the

City

pro

gram

as

a ce

lebr

atio

n of

the

Sydn

ey C

hris

tmas

pro

gram

and

pro

mot

e re

tail

dest

inat

ions

in th

e ci

ty.

N

ot Y

et

Due

To

Rep

ort

Del

iver

Syd

ney

Luna

r Fes

tival

for l

ocal

com

mun

ities

, bus

ines

ses,

and

vi

sito

rs.

N

ot Y

et

Due

To

Rep

ort

Prom

ote

Sydn

ey a

s an

inte

rnat

iona

l des

tinat

ion

thro

ugh

maj

or

even

ts.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

pos

ition

Syd

ney

as a

glo

bal d

estin

atio

n th

roug

h th

e on

goin

g pr

omot

ion

of e

vent

s su

ch a

s Sy

dney

Chr

istm

as, S

ydne

y N

ew Y

ear’s

Eve

and

Syd

ney

Luna

r Fes

tival

. Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to d

evel

op th

e D

estin

atio

n Am

bass

ador

Pro

gram

thro

ugh

ongo

ing

mar

ketin

g. T

he p

rogr

am n

ow

has

over

200

par

ticip

ants

on

boar

d. T

hese

vol

unte

ers

prom

ote

Sydn

ey to

the

grow

ing

tour

ist m

arke

t, no

tabl

y ov

er th

e su

mm

er p

erio

d, a

nd th

eir d

utie

s in

clud

e m

eet a

nd g

reet

of c

ruis

e pa

ssen

gers

, and

as

rovi

ng a

mba

ssad

ors

durin

g ke

y ev

ents

in th

e ci

ty.

On

Trac

k

Visi

tor E

xper

ienc

e

Impl

emen

t prio

rity

proj

ects

and

pro

gram

s fro

m th

e To

uris

m A

ctio

n Pl

an th

at fo

cus

on d

estin

atio

n de

velo

pmen

t, de

stin

atio

n m

anag

emen

t an

d de

stin

atio

n m

arke

ting.

The

City

sup

ports

des

tinat

ion

mar

ketin

g th

roug

h th

e co

ntin

uatio

n of

#Sy

dney

loca

l cam

paig

n to

pro

mot

e ou

r villa

ges

and

high

stre

ets

- Des

tinat

ion

NSW

con

tinue

to u

se th

is c

hann

el to

pro

mot

e Sy

dney

glo

bally

. O

n Tr

ack

Bus

ines

s an

d In

vest

men

t Attr

actio

n

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd o

ther

par

tner

s on

initi

ativ

es to

pr

omot

e Sy

dney

, and

with

Bus

ines

s Ev

ents

Syd

ney

to a

ttrac

t in

tern

atio

nal c

onfe

renc

es to

Syd

ney.

The

City

has

bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith D

estin

atio

n N

SW to

pro

mot

e lo

cal e

cono

mie

s vi

a th

e #s

ydne

yloc

al c

ampa

ign.

Ove

r th

e la

st 2

4 m

onth

s, m

ore

than

6,0

00 lo

cal b

usin

esse

s ha

ve b

een

prof

iled.

Th

e C

ity, D

estin

atio

n N

SW a

nd P

rope

rties

NSW

pro

duce

d Th

e O

ffici

al G

uide

to S

ydne

y &

Map

whi

ch p

rofil

es 2

40

busi

ness

es a

cros

s th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a. O

ver 2

milli

on c

opie

s ar

e av

aila

ble

at th

e in

tern

atio

nal a

irpor

t, ho

tels

an

d ki

osks

. Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

its s

pons

orsh

ip o

f Bus

ines

s Ev

ents

Syd

ney

to s

ecur

e gl

obal

con

fere

nces

and

ince

ntiv

e tri

ps fo

r the

lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a. A

ccor

ding

to th

e Bu

sine

ss E

vent

s Sy

dney

repo

rt, B

usin

ess

Even

ts S

ydne

y su

cces

sful

ly

secu

red

over

20

glob

al m

eetin

gs a

nd in

cent

ives

for t

he c

ity. T

hese

eve

nts

are

expe

cted

to d

eliv

er o

ver 7

0,00

0 de

lega

te d

ays

to th

e ci

ty b

etw

een

2019

and

202

2, g

ener

atin

g an

est

imat

ed d

irect

exp

endi

ture

of o

ver $

70m

for t

he

econ

omy.

The

maj

ority

of t

hese

sec

ured

mee

tings

wer

e in

cent

ives

from

the

Asia

mar

ket,

repr

esen

ting

a di

rect

ex

pend

iture

val

ue o

f $62

.8m

.

On

Trac

k

o

f 65

Safe

ty

Dev

elop

robu

st p

artn

ersh

ips

with

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

, rel

evan

t ag

enci

es a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

to b

uild

cap

acity

and

resi

lienc

e to

pr

even

t, re

spon

d an

d re

cove

r fro

m e

mer

genc

ies.

The

City

con

tinue

d to

coo

rdin

ate

the

activ

ities

of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent C

omm

ittee

(LEM

C),

incl

udin

g th

e re

view

of r

espo

nse

plan

s, e

mer

genc

y m

anag

emen

t brie

fings

, and

em

erge

ncy

exer

cise

s. O

utco

mes

incl

ude,

en

gage

men

t of A

ECO

M to

und

erta

ke a

n as

sess

men

t of r

esilie

nce

risks

faci

ng th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

LGA

to in

form

the

revi

ew a

nd fu

rther

dev

elop

men

t of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Ris

k As

sess

men

t and

Loc

al E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Pla

n.

The

LEM

C C

harte

r has

bee

n re

vise

d to

rais

e th

e pr

ofile

of t

he C

omm

ittee

by

revi

ewin

g m

embe

rshi

p an

d pr

ovid

ing

alte

rnat

ive

repo

rting

cha

nnel

s fo

r tho

se n

ot re

pres

ente

d on

the

LEM

C. T

he C

ity a

nd L

EMC

con

tinue

to p

artic

ipat

e in

th

e O

ffice

of E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Dis

aste

r Pre

pare

dnes

s Pr

ogra

m.

On

Trac

k

Cle

ansi

ng a

nd w

aste

Prov

ide

high

qua

lity,

cus

tom

er fo

cuss

ed s

treet

cle

ansi

ng s

ervi

ce th

at

mee

ts th

e ne

eds

of th

e co

mm

unity

. Th

e op

enin

g of

the

Ligh

t rai

l in

Dec

embe

r as

wel

l as

pre-

Chr

istm

as re

tail

and

Boxi

ng D

ay s

ales

bro

ught

man

y th

ousa

nds

of a

dditi

onal

peo

ple

into

our

city

prio

r to

and

incl

udin

g th

e C

hris

tmas

per

iod.

The

City

dep

loye

d ad

ditio

nal

casu

al re

sour

ces

to m

anag

e th

is in

flux

with

no

feed

back

or r

epor

ts o

f any

dro

p in

cle

ansi

ng o

r was

te c

olle

ctio

n se

rvic

e st

anda

rds.

In

Q2

the

City

col

lect

ed a

tota

l of 1

5,82

9.59

tonn

es o

f res

iden

tial a

nd c

lean

sing

was

te, 2

29.5

tonn

es o

f mat

tress

es,

189.

74 to

nnes

of w

hite

goo

ds a

nd 1

2.8

tonn

es o

f E-w

aste

.

On

Trac

k

Mon

itorin

g an

d co

mpl

ianc

e

Mai

ntai

n in

spec

tion

prog

ram

s to

mon

itor l

egis

lativ

e co

mpl

ianc

e in

the

area

s of

fire

saf

ety,

bui

ldin

g co

mpl

ianc

e, la

te n

ight

trad

ing

prem

ises

an

d pu

blic

hea

lth.

Late

Nig

ht P

rem

ises

: Pr

oact

ive

trial

DA

insp

ectio

ns fo

r Q2

focu

sed

on c

ritic

al a

nd h

igh

risk-

rate

d pr

emis

es. I

nves

tigat

ion

and

reso

lutio

n of

ot

her l

icen

sed

prem

ises

and

late

trad

ing

prem

ises

com

plai

nts

wer

e m

aint

aine

d to

ens

ure

the

qual

ity o

f City

’s u

rban

am

enity

. 12

inve

stig

atio

ns re

latin

g to

una

utho

rised

acc

omm

odat

ion

wer

e fin

alis

ed in

Q2

whi

ch re

sulte

d in

• 3

Not

ices

/Ord

ers

• 3 W

arni

ng le

tters

. • 6

cas

es w

ere

foun

d no

t be

brea

ches

. Ex

tern

al C

ladd

ing

Proj

ect:

A de

dica

ted

'ext

erna

l cla

ddin

g te

am' a

re u

nder

taki

ng in

vest

igat

ions

of b

uild

ings

affe

cted

by

the

inst

alla

tion

of

com

posi

te e

xter

nal c

ladd

ing

mat

eria

l. Th

e te

am h

ave

issu

ed a

num

ber o

f fire

saf

ety

notic

es a

nd o

ther

enf

orce

men

t do

cum

enta

tion

(cla

ddin

g st

atem

ents

) to

rem

edy

fire

safe

ty c

once

rns.

City

bui

ldin

g of

ficer

s ar

e re

view

ing

build

ings

re

gist

ered

with

the

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent c

ombu

stib

le c

ladd

ing

porta

l. R

egis

tratio

n of

cer

tain

resi

dent

ial a

nd p

ublic

bu

ildin

gs h

avin

g ex

tern

al c

ombu

stib

le c

ladd

ing

was

intro

duce

d un

der n

ew N

SW G

over

nmen

t law

s co

mm

enci

ng o

n O

ctob

er 2

018.

All

affe

cted

pro

perti

es w

ere

requ

ired

to b

e re

gist

ered

by

22 F

ebru

ary

2019

. The

Dep

artm

ent i

s al

low

ing

late

regi

stra

tions

. The

City

is c

ontin

uing

to re

ceiv

e ne

w re

gist

ratio

ns.

Illeg

al S

ex S

ervi

ces

prem

ises

: Th

e fo

llow

ing

enfo

rcem

ent a

ctio

ns w

ere

take

n in

Q2

(Oct

ober

-Dec

embe

r) in

rela

tion

to ‘m

assa

ge p

rem

ises

’ pro

vidi

ng

sex

serv

ices

with

out d

evel

opm

ent c

onse

nt.

• A to

tal o

f $51

,000

in p

enal

ty n

otic

es (f

ines

) iss

ued

to 1

0 se

para

te b

usin

esse

s.

• 4 B

roth

el C

losu

re O

rder

s is

sued

to th

e op

erat

ors

of b

usin

esse

s in

Syd

ney

CBD

, Pyr

mon

t and

Sur

ry H

ills.

• 2 n

ew p

rose

cutio

ns o

f ope

rato

rs o

f una

ppro

ved

sex

serv

ices

pre

mis

es h

ave

been

set

dow

n fo

r hea

ring

in th

e lo

cal

cour

t.

• 7 n

ew in

vest

igat

ions

wer

e co

mm

ence

d in

Q2.

R

oden

t Man

agem

ent:

The

City

has

con

tinue

d to

incr

ease

its

perm

anen

t bai

t sta

tions

to a

ppro

xim

atel

y 86

5 w

hich

are

ser

vice

d on

a w

eekl

y ba

sis.

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ial o

f 20

SMAR

T ro

dent

con

trol b

oxes

has

bee

n im

plem

ente

d w

hich

wire

less

ly c

omm

unic

ates

real

tim

e da

ta

On

Trac

k

o

f 65

conc

erni

ng ra

t act

ivity

. The

tria

l will

be e

xten

ded

for a

furth

er 1

2 m

onth

s an

d th

e nu

mbe

r of b

oxes

incr

ease

d to

40.

Th

e C

ity h

as e

ngag

ed S

ydne

y U

nive

rsity

to c

ondu

ct a

n ac

adem

ic s

tudy

into

the

rat p

opul

atio

n an

d to

ass

ess

effe

ctiv

e m

anag

emen

t stra

tegi

es fo

r fut

ure

actio

n.

New

Yea

rs E

ve In

spec

tions

: H

igh

risk

cool

ing

tow

ers

(68)

with

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f Circ

ular

Qua

y w

ere

audi

ted

prio

r to

New

Yea

rs E

ve. A

ll sy

stem

s w

ere

foun

d to

be

com

plia

nt w

ith th

e Pu

blic

Hea

lth R

egul

atio

n 20

12. A

ll fo

od p

rem

ises

trad

ing

New

Yea

rs E

ve w

ere

insp

ecte

d an

d ap

prov

als

issu

ed p

rior t

o se

lling

food

to th

e pu

blic

.

Ope

rate

pro

activ

e pa

trols

to m

onito

r leg

isla

tive

com

plia

nce

and

resp

ond

to c

usto

mer

com

plai

nts

incl

udin

g bu

t not

lim

ited

to D

As,

com

pani

on a

nim

als,

noi

se, l

itter

and

unl

awfu

l tra

ding

.

In Q

2 th

e ra

nger

s sp

ent o

ver 1

1, 9

39 h

ours

in p

atro

ls to

mon

itor l

egis

lativ

e co

mpl

ianc

e an

d re

spon

d to

cus

tom

er

com

plai

nts

incl

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g bu

t not

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ited

to D

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ompa

nion

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mal

s, n

oise

, litt

er a

nd u

nlaw

ful t

radi

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On

Trac

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man

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easu

res

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Bra

nd

Key

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form

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cato

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nit

2017

/18

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/19

2019

/20

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/20

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ent

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tato

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wer

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ity) o

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app

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o m

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2 is

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2017

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2017

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2018

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Q3

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lue

of g

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prov

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e C

ity o

f Sy

dney

for m

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nts

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first

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valu

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f the

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r, 17

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ere

appr

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by

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ncil

for a

yea

r to

date

tota

l of $

678,

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in c

ash

and

valu

e-in

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nd. T

hese

pro

ject

s w

ere

awar

ded

outs

ide

of

the

gran

ts a

nd s

pons

orsh

ip p

olic

y an

d su

ppor

ted

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di G

ras

to b

id a

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repa

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r Sy

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cato

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erse

and

incl

usiv

e ec

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form

ance

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cato

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nit

2017

/18

2018

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2019

/20

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C

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ent

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us

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ult

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ult

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et

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Q2

Q3

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YTD

N

umbe

r of C

ity o

f Syd

ney

supp

liers

who

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entif

y th

emse

lves

as

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dica

tor

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2017

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us

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city

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City

of S

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s ad

opte

d am

bitio

us ta

rget

s fo

r the

redu

ctio

n of

gre

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use

gas

emis

sion

s, p

otab

le w

ater

use

and

was

te to

land

fill.

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will

wor

k to

war

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sus

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futu

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pact

and

ada

pts

to a

cha

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also

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preh

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crea

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erw

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phys

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gre

enin

g of

the

city

.

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enho

use

gas

emis

sion

s ar

e re

duce

d ac

ross

the

city

.

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or P

roje

cts

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plet

ion

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e %

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ompl

ete

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ress

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gy e

ffici

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and

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wab

les

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tinue

to id

entif

y an

d im

plem

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nitia

tives

to fa

cilit

ate

the

50%

re

new

able

by

2030

targ

et fo

r the

city

.

2023

10

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plem

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tion

plan

com

plet

ed. P

hase

one

pro

ject

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der d

evel

opm

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nclu

de

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nerg

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grid

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and

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lytic

s to

driv

e a

redu

ctio

n in

gre

enho

use

gas

emis

sion

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d se

t tar

gets

. Th

e C

ity is

con

tinui

ng to

impr

ove

data

qua

lity,

pro

cedu

res

and

anal

ytic

s to

enh

ance

the

abilit

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driv

e ef

ficie

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d re

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in e

mis

sion

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nder

way

on

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fleet

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ssis

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to in

tegr

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data

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urce

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rid to

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pes

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in th

e ci

ty a

rea

in a

tim

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man

ner.

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as c

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prog

ram

med

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acem

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conv

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and

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the

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at D

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mat

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3,50

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min

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n Tr

ack

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aina

ble

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ning

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elop

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’s c

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lann

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cont

rols

to b

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reng

then

ed o

ver t

ime

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eliv

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et z

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build

ing

stan

dard

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k to

dev

elop

the

perfo

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tand

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pat

hway

to h

igh

perfo

rmin

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t zer

o en

ergy

bui

ldin

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ater

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ney

plan

ning

con

trols

is p

rogr

essi

ng.

Key

proj

ect a

ctio

ns th

at h

ave

been

com

plet

ed th

is q

uarte

r inc

lude

: - t

he d

raft

cost

ben

efit

anal

ysis

resu

lts fo

r offi

ce, h

otel

and

mul

ti-un

it re

side

ntia

l typ

olog

ies

have

bee

n co

mpl

eted

. - T

he s

econ

d m

eetin

g of

the

exte

rnal

Pla

nnin

g Le

ader

ship

Adv

isor

y G

roup

that

gui

des

the

proj

ect t

ook

plac

e on

14

Nov

embe

r 201

9. T

he o

bjec

tive

of th

e m

eetin

g w

as to

get

feed

back

on

the

draf

t ene

rgy

and

cost

ben

efit

anal

ysis

re

sults

for o

ffice

and

hot

el a

sset

cla

sses

. The

mee

ting

also

sou

ght f

eedb

ack

on fo

ur c

once

pts

on h

ow to

reco

gnis

e in

pl

anni

ng o

ffsite

rene

wab

les.

- tw

o st

akeh

olde

r eng

agem

ent w

orks

hops

took

pla

ce in

Nov

embe

r 201

9. T

he w

orks

hops

sou

ght f

eedb

ack

from

in

dust

ry, l

ocal

and

sta

te g

over

nmen

t on

the

offic

e, h

otel

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mul

ti-un

it re

side

ntia

l dra

ft co

st b

enef

it an

alys

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sults

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d ho

w th

e re

sults

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ld b

e us

ed to

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elop

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ram

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r the

pat

hway

s. F

eedb

ack

was

als

o so

ught

on

four

con

cept

s on

how

to re

cogn

ise

in p

lann

ing

offs

ite re

new

able

s to

info

rm w

hich

con

cept

sho

uld

be fu

rther

exp

lore

d.

On

Trac

k

Inve

stig

ate

the

incl

usio

n of

Dev

elop

men

t Con

trol P

lan

(DC

P)

prov

isio

ns th

at in

trodu

ce N

ABER

S En

ergy

Com

mitm

ent A

gree

men

ts

for n

ew h

otel

bui

ldin

gs a

nd m

ajor

hot

el re

furb

ishm

ents

.

Cos

t ben

efit

anal

ysis

com

plet

ed o

n th

ree

hote

l typ

olog

ies

as n

ew b

uild

s an

d m

ajor

refu

rbis

hmen

ts. T

he a

naly

sis

will

info

rm a

nd re

com

men

d ap

prop

riate

NAB

ERS

Ener

gy C

omm

itmen

t Agr

eem

ent,

NAB

ERS

Wat

er a

nd G

reen

Sta

r D

esig

n &

As B

uilt

targ

ets

for a

dopt

ion

in D

evel

opm

ent C

ontro

l Pla

ns to

sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f hig

h pe

rform

ance

ho

tels

. The

dra

ft re

port

has

been

revi

ewed

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Advo

cacy

Advo

cate

for h

ighe

r BAS

IX ta

rget

s fo

r res

iden

tial b

uild

ings

. In

this

per

iod

the

City

pro

vide

d as

sub

mis

sion

to A

ustra

lian

Build

ing

Cod

es B

oard

(ABC

B) S

copi

ng P

aper

: Ene

rgy

Effic

ienc

y N

atio

nal C

onst

ruct

ion

Cod

e (N

CC

) 202

2 an

d Be

yond

. O

n Tr

ack

2.2

Was

te fr

om th

e ci

ty is

man

aged

as

a va

luab

le re

sour

ce a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts

of it

s ge

nera

tion

and

disp

osal

are

min

imis

ed.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Mon

itorin

g an

d re

port

ing

was

te

Inte

grat

e or

gani

satio

nal w

aste

repo

rting

on

a ne

w d

igita

l pla

tform

. 20

18

100

The

Sust

aina

bilit

y M

anag

emen

t and

Rep

ortin

g To

ol (S

MAR

T) h

as b

een

conf

igur

ed to

inte

grat

e th

e or

gani

satio

nal w

aste

dat

a, in

clud

ing

Con

stru

ctio

n an

d D

emol

ition

Was

te. A

ll pr

oper

ty o

pera

tiona

l was

te d

ata

is n

ow re

porte

d th

roug

h th

e SM

ART

syst

em. T

he p

latfo

rm is

now

ava

ilabl

e to

all

user

s an

d ha

s be

en

conf

igur

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e al

l was

te ty

pes.

Com

plet

e

Man

agin

g w

aste

and

reso

urce

s

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a s

ervi

ce th

at o

ffers

resi

dent

s th

e op

portu

nity

to

par

ticip

ate

in a

tria

l foo

d w

aste

col

lect

ion

sche

me.

20

22

45

The

food

scr

aps

recy

clin

g tri

al h

as b

een

oper

atio

nal f

or fi

ve m

onth

s an

d is

co

ntin

uing

to d

eliv

er v

ery

good

resu

lts. A

s at

end

Dec

embe

r, th

e C

ity h

ad

colle

cted

and

recy

cled

84.

78 to

nnes

of f

ood

scra

ps fr

om p

artic

ipat

ing

prop

ertie

s.

Feed

back

on

the

trial

has

bee

n po

sitiv

e.

The

City

has

recr

uite

d an

add

ition

al 1

5 ap

artm

ent b

uild

ings

into

the

trial

ove

r the

pa

st c

oupl

e of

mon

ths,

taki

ng th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of p

artic

ipat

ing

prop

ertie

s to

67

apar

tmen

t bui

ldin

gs a

nd 3

24 h

ouse

s. T

his

incr

ease

mea

ns th

e se

rvic

e is

now

av

aila

ble

to m

ore

than

5,5

00 h

ouse

hold

s. R

ecru

itmen

t of m

ore

apar

tmen

t bu

ildin

gs in

to th

e tri

al, u

p to

a to

tal o

f 100

, is

ongo

ing.

On

Trac

k

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Sust

aina

ble

Plan

ning

Rev

iew

and

upd

ate

stan

dard

was

te c

ondi

tions

to c

ompl

y w

ith n

ew

guid

elin

es fo

r was

te m

anag

emen

t in

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Con

ditio

ns to

com

ply

with

the

new

gui

delin

es fo

r was

te m

anag

emen

t in

new

dev

elop

men

t will

be d

evel

oped

thro

ugh

the

regu

lar r

evie

w o

f sta

ndar

d co

nditi

ons

of c

onse

nt.

On

Trac

k

Man

agin

g w

aste

and

reso

urce

s

Impl

emen

t the

Res

ourc

e R

ecov

ery

Enga

gem

ent A

ctio

n Pl

an to

re

duce

was

te, r

ecyc

le m

ore

and

wor

k w

ith th

e co

mm

unity

to re

duce

ille

gal d

umpi

ng.

The

City

del

iver

ed a

targ

eted

eng

agem

ent p

rogr

am to

pro

mot

e th

e C

ity’s

boo

k a

pick

-up

serv

ice

in a

n ef

fort

to re

duce

ille

gal d

umpi

ng. T

his

invo

lved

del

iver

ing

educ

atio

n se

ssio

ns to

apa

rtmen

t bui

ldin

gs a

nd re

info

rcin

g th

e m

essa

ge

acro

ss th

e LG

A th

roug

h a

rang

e of

alw

ays-

on c

onte

nt m

arke

ting

piec

es. T

his

wor

k w

ill be

sup

porte

d by

a p

rogr

am

that

tria

ls th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of ta

ping

ille

gally

dum

ped

was

te to

redu

ce d

umpi

ng.

On

Trac

k

Man

agem

ent a

nd d

eliv

ery

of w

aste

and

reso

urce

ser

vice

s

Con

duct

targ

eted

pat

rols

by

City

Ran

gers

in th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

to

addr

ess

illega

l dum

ping

, dis

card

ed c

igar

ette

but

ts, l

itter

ing

and

othe

r ac

tivity

whi

ch is

con

trary

to th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he P

rote

ctio

n of

the

Envi

ronm

ent O

pera

tions

Act

.

In Q

1 1,

305

patro

l hou

rs w

ere

cond

ucte

d w

ith 2

85 n

otic

es b

eing

issu

ed. I

n Q

2 1,

477

patro

l hou

rs w

ere

cond

ucte

d w

ith 2

64 n

otic

es b

eing

issu

ed.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Advo

cacy

Advo

cate

for s

tate

allo

catio

n of

app

ropr

iate

land

reso

urce

s to

was

te

treat

men

t, im

prov

ed w

aste

dat

a, e

xpan

ded

prod

uct s

tew

ards

hip,

m

aint

aini

ng la

ndfil

l lev

y.

The

City

has

con

tinue

d to

eng

age

with

the

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent r

egar

ding

its

20 Y

ear W

aste

Stra

tegy

. Its

exp

ecte

d re

leas

e ha

s be

en d

elay

ed u

ntil

early

202

0. T

he C

ity h

as a

lso

been

adv

ocat

ing

thro

ugh

the

rece

nt c

onsu

ltatio

ns o

n th

e pr

opos

ed fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ent w

aste

exp

ort b

an a

nd th

e st

ate

gove

rnm

ent r

ecov

ery

pack

age

for t

he re

voca

tion

of th

e m

ixed

was

te o

rgan

ic o

utpu

t. Th

e C

ity a

lso

join

ed 1

1 ot

her S

ydne

y co

unci

ls in

sig

ning

a M

emor

andu

m o

f Und

erst

andi

ng (M

oU) w

hich

set

s ou

t how

w

hich

set

s ou

t how

they

will

wor

k to

geth

er to

dev

elop

a fr

amew

ork

for r

egio

nal p

rocu

rem

ent o

f rec

ycle

d m

ater

ial t

o dr

ive

inve

stm

ent i

n re

gion

al in

frast

ruct

ure.

Th

e C

ity's

repr

esen

tativ

es c

ontin

ue to

sup

port

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f reg

iona

l circ

ular

eco

nom

y gr

oups

suc

h as

NSW

C

ircul

ar E

cono

my

Thin

k Ta

nk a

nd th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e N

atio

nal P

acka

ging

Tar

gets

thro

ugh

the

Aust

ralia

n Pa

ckag

ing

Cov

enan

t Org

anis

atio

n.

On

Trac

k

2.3

Acro

ss th

e ci

ty, p

otab

le w

ater

use

is re

duce

d th

roug

h ef

ficie

ncy

and

recy

clin

g an

d gr

oss

pollu

tant

load

s to

wat

erw

ays

are

redu

ced.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Rec

ycle

d w

ater

Faci

litat

e de

liver

y of

larg

e-sc

ale

recy

cled

wat

er p

roje

cts

in n

ew a

nd

esta

blis

hed

area

s of

the

city

. 20

19

75

The

Gre

en S

quar

e to

wn

cent

re w

ater

recy

clin

g sc

hem

e is

in o

pera

tion

supp

lyin

g re

cycl

ed w

ater

to c

usto

mer

s. P

rodu

ctio

n of

recy

cled

wat

er i

s in

crea

sing

as

mor

e ap

artm

ents

with

in th

e G

reen

Squ

are

Tow

n C

entre

are

con

nect

ed to

the

netw

ork.

R

ecyc

led

wat

er p

ipes

are

inst

alle

d fo

r fut

ure

use

alon

g th

e lig

ht ra

il ro

ute

in

Geo

rge

Stre

et a

nd W

ynya

rd W

alk.

Thi

s in

frast

ruct

ure

is p

lann

ed to

be

inco

rpor

ated

into

a C

BD re

cycl

ing

sche

me

oper

ated

by

a pr

ivat

e w

ater

util

ity.

On

Trac

k

Stor

mw

ater

qua

lity

/ wat

erw

ay h

ealth

Dev

elop

a M

odel

for U

rban

Sto

rmw

ater

Impr

ovem

ent

Con

cept

ualis

atio

n (M

USI

C) t

o es

timat

e th

e st

orm

wat

er p

ollu

tion

redu

ctio

n of

all

wat

er s

ensi

tive

urba

n de

sign

initi

ativ

es in

bot

h th

e pu

blic

and

priv

ate

dom

ain

and

repo

rt ag

ains

t sto

rmw

ater

qua

lity

targ

ets.

2020

10

0 Th

e M

odel

for U

rban

Sto

rmw

ater

Impr

ovem

ent C

once

ptua

lisat

ion

(MU

SIC

) was

co

mpl

eted

in F

ebru

ary

2019

. Th

e co

mpl

eted

mod

el c

an n

ow b

e us

ed to

est

imat

e th

e st

orm

wat

er p

ollu

tion

redu

ctio

n of

all

wat

er s

ensi

tive

urba

n de

sign

initi

ativ

es.

Com

plet

e

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Sust

aina

ble

Plan

ning

Dev

elop

a p

roce

ss to

ens

ure

that

wat

er s

ensi

tive

urba

n de

sign

in a

ll de

velo

pmen

ts is

ass

esse

d (a

gain

st te

chni

cal g

uide

lines

or b

y a

suita

bly

qual

ified

spe

cial

ist)

to m

eet o

r exc

eed

Dev

elop

men

t Con

trol

Plan

sto

rmw

ater

qua

lity

requ

irem

ents

.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

upd

ate

the

mod

el a

s ad

ditio

nal a

sset

s ar

e co

nstru

cted

in th

e fu

ture

that

con

tribu

te to

Wat

er

Qua

lity

targ

ets.

Thi

s so

ftwar

e as

sess

es d

evel

opm

ent a

pplic

atio

ns fo

r com

plia

nce

with

the

City

's s

torm

wat

er q

ualit

y ta

rget

s.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Inve

stig

ate

oppo

rtuni

ties

to in

corp

orat

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

usta

inab

ility

into

Loc

al E

nviro

nmen

t Pla

n (L

EP) a

nd D

evel

opm

ent C

ontro

l Pla

n (D

CP)

revi

sion

s.

A nu

mbe

r of a

ctio

ns fr

om th

e dr

aft L

ocal

Stra

tegi

c Pl

anni

ng S

tate

men

t are

bei

ng in

vest

igat

ed in

the

forth

com

ing

upda

te to

the

Loca

l Env

ironm

enta

l Pla

n (L

EP) a

nd D

evel

opm

ent C

ontro

l Pla

n (D

CP)

. The

se in

clud

e:

- dev

elop

ing

cano

py c

over

on

priv

ate

land

targ

ets

and

revi

ewin

g ca

nopy

cov

er c

ontro

ls

- def

inin

g bi

odiv

ersi

ty c

orrid

ors

and

requ

irem

ents

for d

evel

opm

ents

in th

ose

corri

dors

- d

evel

opin

g a

path

way

for t

he C

ity's

cur

rent

pla

nnin

g co

ntro

ls to

be

stre

ngth

ened

ove

r tim

e to

del

iver

net

-zer

o en

ergy

bu

ildin

gs

- dev

elop

ing

NAB

ERS

Wat

er c

ontro

ls fo

r non

resi

dent

ial b

uild

ings

- r

evie

win

g so

lar p

anel

con

trols

to re

duce

pla

nnin

g ba

rrier

s th

at im

pact

impl

emen

tatio

n

On

Trac

k

Advo

cacy

Advo

cate

for u

rban

rene

wal

are

as to

mee

t wor

ld’s

bes

t pra

ctic

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

. En

viro

nmen

tal a

dvic

e ha

s be

en in

clud

ed in

the

City

's a

ltern

ativ

e ap

proa

ch fo

r the

Wat

erlo

o Es

tate

. O

n Tr

ack

Stor

mw

ater

qua

lity

/ wat

erw

ay h

ealth

Con

tinue

to in

clud

e ra

inga

rden

s in

road

and

stre

etsc

ape

rene

wal

de

sign

s w

here

feas

ible

to c

ontri

bute

to w

ater

qua

lity

targ

ets

and

redu

ce u

rban

hea

t.

Rai

ngar

dens

con

tinue

to b

e in

clud

ed in

rene

wal

wor

ks w

here

feas

ible

. O

n Tr

ack

Con

tinue

to id

entif

y an

d im

plem

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

to in

clud

e W

ater

Se

nsiti

ve U

rban

Des

ign

(WSU

D) i

nfra

stru

ctur

e in

all

new

City

pr

ojec

ts.

Wat

er s

ensi

tive

urba

n de

sign

has

bee

n in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e Su

stai

nabl

e D

esig

n G

uide

lines

. A p

roje

ct fo

r MU

SIC

m

odel

ling

(cov

erin

g st

orm

wat

er w

ater

qua

lity)

will

lead

to re

com

men

datio

ns o

n th

e nu

mbe

r and

loca

tion

of a

dditi

onal

gr

oss

pollu

tion

traps

on

the

stor

mw

ater

sys

tem

. Im

prov

emen

ts a

re b

eing

mad

e to

the

Sydn

ey P

ark

stor

mw

ater

ha

rves

t sys

tem

whi

ch in

turn

will

incr

ease

the

volu

me

of s

torm

wat

er tr

eate

d by

the

park

’s w

etla

nd s

yste

m. T

he D

ryin

g G

reen

wet

land

has

bee

n de

sign

ed to

hel

p im

prov

e th

e w

ater

qua

lity

of s

torm

wat

er o

rigin

atin

g fro

m th

e Sh

eas

Cre

ek

catc

hmen

t.

On

Trac

k

Whe

re p

ossi

ble,

retro

fit th

e C

ity’s

sto

rmw

ater

sys

tem

with

gro

ss

pollu

tant

trap

s to

redu

ce s

olid

s di

scha

rged

to w

ater

way

s vi

a st

orm

wat

er ru

n-of

f.

Gro

ss p

ollu

tant

trap

s (G

PTs)

will

cont

inue

to b

e ad

ded

to th

e st

orm

wat

er d

rain

age

netw

ork

in th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t ar

ea. G

PTs

are

typi

cally

ow

ned

by th

e C

ity o

r Syd

ney

Wat

er. I

n Q

2 C

ity c

omm

ence

d a

com

preh

ensi

ve c

lean

of a

ll C

ity o

wne

d G

PTs.

On

Trac

k

2.4

City

resi

dent

s, b

usin

esse

s, b

uild

ing

owne

rs, w

orke

rs a

nd v

isito

rs im

prov

e th

eir e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

mer

cial

offi

ce e

ngag

emen

t

Advo

cate

for t

he m

anda

tory

regu

lar d

iscl

osur

e of

offi

ce te

nanc

y ra

tings

. 20

20

70

The

draf

t rep

ort f

rom

the

inde

pend

ent r

evie

w o

f the

Com

mer

cial

Bui

ldin

g D

iscl

osur

e pr

ogra

m w

as re

leas

ed. T

he e

valu

ator

s ar

e re

com

men

ding

ext

endi

ng

the

prog

ram

to o

ffice

tena

ncie

s an

d ho

tels

in li

ne w

ith th

e C

ity’s

ong

oing

adv

ocac

y po

sitio

n. A

form

al s

ubm

issi

on to

the

Fede

ral G

over

nmen

t on

this

repo

rt ha

s be

en

mad

e. T

he C

ity s

uppo

rt th

e us

e of

the

NAB

ERS

Co-

Asse

ss ra

tings

tool

to re

duce

th

e co

st o

f ten

ant r

atin

gs a

nd im

prov

e en

gage

men

t bet

wee

n bu

ildin

g ow

ners

and

of

fice

tena

nts.

The

City

's s

ubm

issi

on a

gree

d w

ith th

e re

com

men

datio

n to

use

N

ABER

S ra

tings

with

out t

he u

se o

f Gre

enPo

wer

in o

rder

to k

eep

the

spot

light

on

the

oppo

rtuni

ties

for e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy.

The

City

cal

led

for f

urth

er a

naly

sis

to

exam

ine

the

case

for r

educ

ing

disc

losu

re th

resh

olds

to b

elow

1,0

00sq

m fo

r the

co

mm

erci

al o

ffice

sec

tor a

s a

mec

hani

sm fo

r cat

alys

ing

furth

er a

ctio

n by

sm

alle

r bu

ildin

g ow

ners

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Res

iden

tial E

ngag

emen

t

Advo

cate

for t

he m

anda

tory

regu

lar d

iscl

osur

e of

resi

dent

ial

apar

tmen

t bui

ldin

gs ra

tings

. 20

20

50

The

City

has

inte

grat

ed th

e N

ABER

S Ap

artm

ent B

uild

ings

ratin

gs in

to S

mar

t G

reen

Apa

rtmen

ts p

rogr

am a

nd o

ffers

gra

nts

for r

atin

gs to

the

wid

er re

side

ntia

l se

ctor

to d

emon

stra

te b

enef

its o

f vol

unta

ry u

ptak

e. 4

2 ap

artm

ent b

uild

ings

and

pr

ecin

cts

with

in th

e C

ity c

urre

ntly

hav

e ac

cred

ited

ratin

gs (1

15 a

ccre

dite

d ra

tings

na

tiona

lly).

The

City

is a

dvoc

atin

g fo

r NAB

ERS

to b

e in

clud

ed in

per

form

ance

an

d di

sclo

sure

sch

emes

at a

nat

iona

l lev

el th

roug

h th

e in

put t

o th

e N

atio

nal

Con

stru

ctio

n C

ode

2022

upd

ate

and

the

Nat

iona

l Ene

rgy

Prod

uctiv

ity P

lan

deve

lopm

ent.

On

Trac

k

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

mer

cial

offi

ce e

ngag

emen

t

Del

iver

the

City

Switc

h G

reen

Offi

ce S

ydne

y pr

ogra

m to

offi

ce b

ased

bu

sine

sses

to fa

cilit

ate

impr

oved

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

. Th

e pr

ogra

m h

oste

d an

eve

nt fo

cuss

ed o

n th

e ci

rcul

ar e

cono

my

title

d ‘B

eyon

d th

e bi

n: b

ette

r sol

utio

ns fo

r res

ourc

e re

cove

ry’.

The

City

invi

ted

busi

ness

es, r

esid

ents

and

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs fr

om th

e co

mm

erci

al o

ffice

, acc

omm

odat

ion,

en

terta

inm

ent a

nd re

side

ntia

l sec

tors

to h

ear 9

diff

eren

t ‘so

lutio

n pi

tche

s' fr

om s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

with

a c

ircul

ar

econ

omy

or w

aste

stre

am d

iver

sific

atio

n so

lutio

n th

at th

ey h

ad im

plem

ente

d.

The

annu

al N

SW a

nd N

atio

nal a

war

ds e

vent

was

hel

d in

Syd

ney.

NSW

New

Sig

nato

ry o

f the

Yea

r was

aw

arde

d to

Fi

nder

; NSW

Par

tner

ship

of t

he Y

ear t

o Fi

nder

and

Kua

; NSW

Sig

nato

ry o

f the

Yea

r Und

er 2

000s

qm to

Ste

ense

n Va

rmin

g; a

nd N

SW S

igna

tory

of t

he Y

ear o

ver 2

000s

qm to

Com

mon

wea

lth B

ank

of A

ustra

lia.

In th

e ye

ar e

ndin

g 30

Nov

embe

r 201

9 (th

e C

itySw

itch

prog

ram

repo

rting

yea

r) Sy

dney

sig

nato

ries

achi

eved

a

redu

ctio

n of

37,

715

tonn

es o

f em

issi

ons

from

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y im

prov

emen

ts. T

his

repr

esen

ts a

tota

l ann

ual e

nerg

y sa

ving

, thr

ough

redu

ced

ener

gy c

osts

, to

mem

bers

of o

ver $

11 m

illion

.

On

Trac

k

Coo

rdin

ate

the

City

Switc

h G

reen

Offi

ce n

atio

nal p

rogr

am a

cros

s Au

stra

lia.

The

prog

ram

now

repr

esen

ts o

ver 1

,500

offi

ces

and

20%

of t

he o

ffice

floo

r spa

ce a

cros

s Au

stra

lia. A

sub

stan

tial

incr

ease

was

real

ised

in th

e se

cond

qua

rter a

s Pr

oper

ty N

SW in

clud

ed a

n ad

ditio

nal 5

62 te

nanc

ies

with

a c

ombi

ned

floor

spa

ce o

f ove

r 650

,000

squ

are

met

res

to th

eir e

xist

ing

prog

ram

com

mitm

ent.

Th

e 20

19 a

nnua

l rep

ortin

g an

d aw

ard

even

ts a

cros

s Au

stra

lia w

ere

com

plet

ed. T

he N

SW a

nd N

atio

nal a

war

ds w

ere

host

ed b

y th

e C

ity a

t Dex

us P

lace

in S

ydne

y. N

atio

nal a

war

d w

inne

rs in

clud

ed th

e C

omm

onw

ealth

Ban

k of

Aus

tralia

, Fi

nder

and

Kua

. O

nlin

e in

form

atio

n re

sour

ces

wer

e fu

rther

enh

ance

d, in

clud

ing

mat

eria

l to

supp

ort f

our s

easo

nal c

ampa

igns

: Kno

w

Whe

re Y

ou S

tand

, Wip

e O

ut W

aste

, Pos

itive

Pow

er a

nd B

ring

Your

Bes

t Sel

f. Ad

ditio

nally

, Bey

ond

the

Bin

cam

paig

n m

ater

ial w

as a

dded

to th

e w

ebsi

te, w

ith w

orks

heet

s, p

rinta

ble

post

ers

and

soci

al m

edia

gra

phic

s in

clud

ed.

On

Trac

k

Supp

ort a

nd e

ncou

rage

bui

ldin

g ow

ners

, bus

ines

ses,

age

nts

and

othe

r key

sta

keho

lder

s to

faci

litat

e im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal

perfo

rman

ce w

ithin

the

com

mer

cial

offi

ce s

ecto

r, as

dire

cted

by

Sydn

ey’s

Sus

tain

able

Offi

ce P

lan.

The

Sust

aina

ble

Sydn

ey O

ffice

Pla

n is

del

iver

ing

actio

ns a

gain

st fi

ve k

ey o

utco

me

area

s:

1. R

aise

the

Floo

r: T

he C

ity c

ontin

ued

to a

dvoc

ate

that

offi

ce te

nant

s sh

ould

be

requ

ired

to d

iscl

ose

thei

r ene

rgy

perfo

rman

ce u

nder

the

Com

mer

cial

Bui

ldin

g D

iscl

osur

e Pr

ogra

m.

2. B

uild

Cap

acity

: Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to b

uild

cap

acity

in th

e se

ctor

thro

ugh

the

City

Switc

h an

d Be

tter B

uild

ings

Pa

rtner

ship

pro

gram

s.

3. F

oste

r Lea

ders

hip:

The

City

Sw

itch

Nat

iona

l Pro

gram

was

aw

arde

d a

Hig

hly

Com

men

ded

Cer

tific

ate

at th

e C

ities

Po

wer

Par

tner

ship

Aw

ards

, in

reco

gniti

on o

f out

stan

ding

lead

ersh

ip in

eng

agem

ent.

The

City

als

o ho

sted

its

annu

al

City

Sw

itch

Awar

ds, r

ecog

nisi

ng o

utst

andi

ng le

ader

ship

of c

omm

erci

al o

ffice

tena

nts

in N

ew S

outh

Wal

es a

nd

natio

nally

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

4. A

ctiv

ate

Upg

rade

s: A

focu

s on

ope

ratio

nal u

pgra

des

and

impr

ovem

ents

in w

aste

avo

idan

ce a

nd re

sour

ce re

cove

ry

was

impl

emen

ted.

At a

bui

ldin

g ow

ner l

evel

, thi

s in

volv

ed w

orki

ng w

ith in

dust

ry to

driv

e th

e up

take

of N

ABER

S w

aste

ra

tings

and

to in

tegr

ate

rele

vant

cer

tific

atio

ns in

clud

ing

that

pro

vide

d to

was

te c

ontra

ctor

s by

the

Goo

d En

viro

nmen

tal

Cho

ice

Accr

edita

tion

(GEC

A) s

chem

e in

to re

sour

ce re

cove

ry c

ontra

cts.

The

focu

s ha

s m

ore

rece

ntly

shi

fted

to

impl

emen

ting

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y by

ass

istin

g bu

ildin

g ow

ners

and

tena

nts

to a

cces

s of

fsite

rene

wab

le o

ptio

ns,

incl

udin

g G

reen

Pow

er.

5.

Em

pow

er C

omm

uniti

es:

The

City

con

tinue

d th

e de

liver

y of

an

expe

rimen

tal b

uild

ing

com

mun

ity e

ngag

emen

t pr

ogra

m c

alle

d th

e Be

tter B

uild

ings

Cup

. Thi

s pr

ogra

m e

ngag

es w

ith b

uild

ing

man

ager

s, te

nanc

ies,

com

pany

re

pres

enta

tives

and

indi

vidu

al o

ccup

ants

in s

ix S

ydne

y bu

ildin

gs (a

nd th

ree

othe

r bui

ldin

gs a

cros

s Au

stra

lia) t

o in

form

an

d su

ppor

t sus

tain

abilit

y in

itiat

ives

. Ove

r 600

peo

ple

have

bee

n en

gage

d so

far,

colle

ctiv

ely

com

plet

ing

over

3,7

00

sust

aina

bilit

y ac

tiviti

es. T

he p

rogr

am is

bei

ng ru

n in

four

pha

ses.

The

"Bey

ond

the

Bin"

pha

se fo

cuss

ed o

n im

prov

ing

was

te a

void

ance

and

recy

clin

g be

havi

our.

Now

com

plet

e, th

is p

rovi

ded

a ra

nge

of a

ctiv

ities

, tra

inin

g an

d re

sour

ces

to

empo

wer

com

mer

cial

offi

ce b

uild

ings

and

tena

ncie

s to

mak

e im

prov

ed w

aste

man

agem

ent d

ecis

ions

to a

chie

ve

posi

tive

envi

ronm

enta

l and

soc

ial o

utco

mes

. Th

e "P

ositi

ve P

ower

" pha

se w

as d

eliv

ered

, with

bui

ldin

g ow

ners

and

te

nant

s su

ppor

ted

to u

nder

take

ene

rgy

effic

ienc

y pr

ogra

ms

and

to a

cces

s op

timum

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y op

tions

. Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ued

to e

ncou

rage

the

upta

ke o

f NAB

ERS

ratin

gs th

roug

h th

e Be

tter B

uild

ings

Cup

, with

80%

of

parti

cipa

ting

build

ings

com

men

cing

this

pro

cess

.

Coo

rdin

ate

the

Bette

r Bui

ldin

gs P

artn

ersh

ip p

rogr

am in

Syd

ney

to

faci

litat

e im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce.

The

Bette

r Bui

ldin

gs P

artn

ersh

ip h

as re

leas

ed p

relim

inar

y an

nual

resu

lts fo

r 201

8/19

, sho

win

g ho

w th

e pa

rtner

ship

ha

s ac

hiev

ed c

arbo

n em

issi

on re

duct

ions

of 5

3 pe

r cen

t fro

m th

e 20

05-2

006

base

line.

Wat

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

has

incr

ease

d ov

er th

e la

st tw

o ye

ars,

five

per

cen

t ove

r the

last

12

mon

ths.

Exe

cutiv

es fr

om th

e Pa

rtner

ship

atte

nded

an

even

t with

the

City

to d

iscu

ss th

e ke

y ou

tcom

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

for t

he P

artn

ersh

ip.

The

Bette

r Bui

ldin

gs P

artn

ersh

ip c

ontin

ues

to fa

cilit

ate

the

upta

ke o

f ren

ewab

le e

nerg

y by

mem

bers

and

thei

r ten

ants

; de

fine

path

way

s to

ach

ieve

a c

ircul

ar e

cono

my;

and

del

iver

inno

vativ

e in

itiat

ives

to a

chie

ve in

crea

sed

tena

nt

enga

gem

ent.

The

par

tner

ship

con

tinue

s to

sup

port

the

pilo

t of t

he B

ette

r Bui

ldin

gs C

up w

ith e

ight

bui

ldin

gs in

Sy

dney

par

ticip

atin

g.

Two

was

te o

rgan

isat

ions

(OR

G a

nd iT

reat

) hav

e no

w b

een

certi

fied

by th

e G

ood

Envi

ronm

enta

l Cho

ice

Aust

ralia

’s

was

te s

ervi

ces

stan

dard

. The

sta

ndar

d w

as d

evel

oped

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e Pa

rtner

ship

to h

elp

incr

ease

the

capa

bilit

y an

d qu

ality

of s

ervi

ces

prov

ided

by

the

was

te in

dust

ry.

On

Trac

k

Bus

ines

s en

gage

men

t (no

n-of

fice

base

d)

Supp

ort a

nd e

ncou

rage

bui

ldin

g ow

ners

, bus

ines

ses,

age

nts

and

othe

r key

sta

keho

lder

s to

faci

litat

e im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal

perfo

rman

ce w

ithin

the

acco

mm

odat

ion

& en

terta

inm

ent s

ecto

r as

dire

cted

by

the

Mak

ing

Sydn

ey a

Sus

tain

able

Des

tinat

ion

Plan

.

The

Mak

ing

Sydn

ey a

Sus

tain

able

Des

tinat

ion

plan

has

del

iver

ed th

e fo

llow

ing:

1.

Incr

ease

Dem

and:

The

City

has

con

tinue

d to

adv

ocat

e to

fede

ral,

stat

e an

d lo

cal g

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s an

d co

rpor

ate

busi

ness

es to

pre

fere

nce

envi

ronm

enta

lly ra

ted

hote

ls fo

r bus

ines

s tra

vel.

This

is b

uild

ing

dem

and

for

hote

ls to

ben

chm

ark

and

publ

icly

dis

clos

e th

eir e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce. T

his

has

resu

lted

in th

e fo

llow

ing

succ

esse

s: L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent N

SW h

as p

asse

d a

reso

lutio

n to

ask

all

NSW

loca

l cou

ncils

to p

refe

renc

e ra

ted

hote

ls

for w

hen

thei

r sta

ff ar

e tra

vellin

g to

met

ropo

litan

are

as; T

he 2

019

revi

ew o

f the

Com

mer

cial

Bui

ldin

g D

iscl

osur

e pr

ogra

m, b

eing

con

duct

ed b

y th

e Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ent,

is re

com

men

ding

the

incl

usio

n of

hot

els

in th

e m

anda

tory

di

sclo

sure

regi

me.

2. B

uild

Cap

acity

: The

City

has

con

tinue

d to

pro

mot

e an

d of

fer s

ubsi

dise

d bu

ildin

g ra

tings

to th

e se

ctor

thro

ugh

the

prov

isio

n of

gra

nts.

The

City

cur

rent

ly h

as s

even

rate

d ho

tels

with

an

addi

tiona

l 13

acce

ssin

g th

e gr

ants

pro

gram

. Th

is, c

oupl

ed w

ith th

e de

man

d fro

m g

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s an

d th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

for r

ated

pro

perti

es is

slo

wly

bui

ldin

g a

ratin

g cu

lture

in th

e se

ctor

that

was

pre

viou

sly

not t

here

.

3. A

ctiv

ate

Upg

rade

s: T

he B

uild

ing

Tune

Up

prog

ram

pilo

t is

com

plet

ed a

nd e

valu

atio

n ha

s co

nfirm

ed th

e cu

rrent

pr

ogra

m d

esig

n is

effe

ctiv

e. T

he C

ity is

pilo

ting

the

inte

grat

ion

of b

uild

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l rat

ings

into

the

tune

-up

prog

ram

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

4. F

oste

r Lea

ders

hip:

The

Sus

tain

able

Des

tinat

ion

Partn

ersh

ip h

as a

chie

ved,

in it

s fir

st y

ear o

f ope

ratio

n, a

5%

sav

ing

in c

arbo

n em

issi

ons,

zer

o in

crea

se in

wat

er u

se, a

nd im

prov

emen

ts in

was

te re

porti

ng a

nd c

apac

ity.

5. P

rom

ote

and

Rec

ogni

se: S

ydne

y w

as ra

nked

eig

hth

in th

e 20

19 G

loba

l Des

tinat

ion

Sust

aina

bilit

y In

dex

and

was

al

so a

war

ded

the

inno

vatio

n aw

ard

for t

he S

usta

inab

le D

estin

atio

n Pa

rtner

ship

. Thi

s is

an

incr

ease

d ra

nkin

g am

ongs

t a

grea

ter n

umbe

r of c

ities

par

ticip

atin

g in

the

inde

x fo

r thi

s ye

ar a

nd d

emon

stra

tes

how

Syd

ney

is im

prov

ing

its

posi

tion

as a

sus

tain

able

des

tinat

ion.

Coo

rdin

ate

the

Sust

aina

ble

Des

tinat

ion

Partn

ersh

ip to

faci

litat

e im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce w

ithin

the

acco

mm

odat

ion

and

ente

rtain

men

t sec

tor.

The

first

yea

r’s p

artn

ersh

ip a

nnua

l rep

ort

was

rele

ased

sho

win

g ho

w th

e pa

rtner

ship

has

ach

ieve

d a

5% s

avin

g in

ca

rbon

em

issi

ons,

zer

o in

crea

se in

wat

er u

se, i

mpr

ovem

ents

in w

aste

repo

rting

as

wel

l as

impr

oved

cap

acity

at

mem

ber l

evel

to d

rive

sust

aina

ble

outc

omes

. Fiv

e ne

w P

artn

ers

(Syd

ney

Fish

Mar

kets

; She

rato

n G

rand

e Sy

dney

H

yde

Park

; Pie

r One

Mar

riot;

Sydn

ey H

arbo

ur M

arrio

t; an

d TF

E H

otel

s) a

re o

n bo

ard

liftin

g th

e re

pres

enta

tion

of th

e Pa

rtner

ship

to 6

1% o

f all

hote

l roo

ms

in th

e ci

ty.

Wor

k co

ntin

ues

to d

rive

impr

ovem

ents

in th

e fiv

e fo

cus

area

s fo

r par

tner

ship

in th

is y

ear b

eing

: pro

mot

ing

rene

wab

le

ener

gy; h

alvi

ng fo

od w

aste

; driv

ing

exce

llenc

e in

was

te d

ata

and

repo

rting

; def

inin

g pa

thw

ays

to re

duci

ng s

ingl

e us

e ite

ms

in o

pera

tions

; and

iden

tifyi

ng w

ater

sav

ing

oppo

rtuni

ties

acro

ss th

e po

rtfol

io o

f bui

ldin

gs. I

n th

e pa

st s

ix m

onth

s th

e Pa

rtner

ship

rece

ived

fund

ing

from

Syd

ney

Wat

er to

hel

p id

entif

y w

ater

sav

ing

oppo

rtuni

ties

acro

ss th

e po

rtfol

io o

f bu

ildin

gs.

On

Trac

k

Res

iden

tial E

ngag

emen

t

Supp

ort a

nd e

ncou

rage

bui

ldin

g ow

ners

, age

nts,

resi

dent

s an

d ot

her

key

stak

ehol

ders

to fa

cilit

ate

impr

oved

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

w

ithin

the

resi

dent

ial a

partm

ent s

ecto

r, as

dire

cted

by

the

Res

iden

tial

Apar

tmen

t Sus

tain

abilit

y Pl

an.

The

Res

iden

tial A

partm

ent S

usta

inab

ility

plan

is d

eliv

erin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

outc

omes

: 1.

Act

ivat

e U

pgra

des:

The

City

con

tinue

d to

del

iver

the

Smar

t Gre

en A

partm

ents

pro

gram

now

sup

porti

ng 1

58

build

ings

that

acc

omm

odat

e m

ore

than

25,

000

resi

dent

s to

redu

ce e

mis

sion

s, w

ater

con

sum

ptio

n, im

prov

e w

aste

m

anag

emen

t and

inst

all s

olar

whe

re p

ossi

ble.

Pro

ject

s im

plem

ente

d to

dat

e w

ill sa

ve m

ore

than

14,

660

tonn

es C

O-2

pe

r yea

r and

$2.

09 m

illion

per

yea

r in

oper

atio

nal c

osts

.

2. B

uild

Cap

acity

: The

City

pro

mot

ed th

e va

lue

of im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce a

nd s

usta

inab

ility

upgr

ades

in

resi

dent

ial s

trata

at t

he G

riffit

h U

nive

rsity

Nat

iona

l Stra

ta C

onfe

renc

e an

d th

e St

rata

Com

mun

ity A

ssoc

iatio

n N

SW

Con

fere

nce.

The

City

als

o sp

onso

red

the

Envi

ronm

ent a

nd E

ngag

emen

t Aw

ard

at th

e an

nual

Stra

ta C

omm

unity

Au

stra

lia G

ala

Awar

ds N

ight

. The

City

’s R

esid

entia

l Bui

ldin

g M

anag

er T

rain

ing

prog

ram

was

com

plet

ed w

ith

atte

ndan

ce a

t cap

acity

. The

City

aw

arde

d th

e O

wne

rs C

orpo

ratio

n N

etw

ork

with

a th

ree

year

Kno

wle

dge

Exch

ange

G

rant

to e

duca

te a

nd b

uild

cap

acity

of C

ity re

side

nts

to u

nder

stan

d st

rata

gov

erna

nce

and

crea

te m

ore

resi

lient

bu

ildin

gs a

nd c

omm

uniti

es.

3. E

mpo

wer

Com

mun

ity: R

epre

sent

ativ

es fr

om th

e Sm

art G

reen

Apa

rtmen

ts a

lum

ni a

nd re

cipi

ents

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

gran

ts c

ontin

ue to

mee

t with

a fo

cus

on e

xplo

ring

the

City

’s s

usta

inab

le tr

ansp

ort v

isio

n an

d th

e ro

le o

f ele

ctric

ve

hicl

es. F

ive

Gre

en V

illage

s ta

lks,

atte

nded

by

147

parti

cipa

nts,

wer

e de

liver

ed a

t Syd

ney

Park

on

the

topi

cs; W

orm

fa

rmin

g an

d co

mpo

stin

g ba

sics

, Edi

ble

Gre

en W

alls

and

Sm

all s

pace

gar

deni

ng. P

op-u

p re

use

wor

ksho

ps w

ere

deliv

ered

in N

ewto

wn

and

Gle

be. A

tota

l of 4

2 ap

artm

ent b

uild

ings

in S

ydne

y ha

ve a

n ac

cred

ited

NAB

ERS

ratin

g w

ith

the

aver

age

ener

gy ra

ting

2.8

star

s an

d w

ater

2.5

sta

rs.

4.

Rai

se th

e Ba

r: Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ued

to a

dvoc

ate

for i

mpr

oved

min

imum

env

ironm

enta

l sta

ndar

ds fo

r apa

rtmen

t bu

ildin

gs a

t Sta

te a

nd N

atio

nal l

evel

s. T

he C

ity is

ass

istin

g th

e Fe

dera

l Dep

artm

ent o

f Env

ironm

ent a

nd E

nerg

y in

th

eir d

evel

opm

ent o

f a T

raje

ctor

y fo

r Low

Ene

rgy

Hom

es, t

hrou

gh s

take

hold

er c

onsu

ltatio

n an

d th

roug

h re

sear

ch o

n th

e st

rata

resi

dent

ial s

ecto

r. T

he C

ity is

als

o pa

rtici

patin

g in

the

Fede

ral C

omm

erci

al B

uild

ing

Dis

clos

ure

prog

ram

re

view

and

the

NAB

ERS

Nat

iona

l Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e ne

eds

in th

e ap

artm

ent b

uild

ing

sect

or a

re

adeq

uate

ly a

ddre

ssed

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Del

iver

Sm

art G

reen

Apa

rtmen

t ret

rofit

pro

gram

for a

partm

ent

build

ings

. Sm

art G

reen

Apa

rtmen

ts w

orks

with

ow

ners

, bui

ldin

g m

anag

ers

and

stra

ta m

anag

ers

to a

chie

ve o

ptim

um

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

in th

e C

ity’s

stra

ta a

nd c

omm

unity

-title

d bu

ildin

gs.

To d

ate

dire

ct e

ngag

emen

t has

oc

curre

d w

ith 1

58 b

uild

ings

, 127

stra

ta p

lans

, and

25,

634

resi

dent

s in

12,

778

apar

tmen

ts. E

nerg

y ac

tion

plan

s w

ere

pres

ente

d to

stra

ta c

omm

ittee

s an

d ow

ners

cor

pora

tions

for a

ppro

val t

o co

mm

ence

upg

rade

s.

Ow

ners

Cor

pora

tions

from

the

2016

, 201

7 an

d 20

18 in

take

s to

the

prog

ram

hav

e im

plem

ente

d en

ergy

effi

cien

cy

proj

ects

that

hav

e av

oide

d 14

,660

tonn

es C

O2e

and

sav

ed o

wne

rs c

orpo

ratio

ns a

tota

l of $

2.09

milli

on.

Smar

t Gre

en A

partm

ents

bui

ldin

gs c

ontin

ue to

impl

emen

t a ra

nge

of w

ater

effi

cien

cy m

easu

res

to re

duce

co

nsum

ptio

n, in

clud

ing

incr

ease

d ut

ilitie

s m

onito

ring,

leak

rect

ifica

tion

and

inst

alla

tion

of e

ffici

ent f

ixtu

res.

Thr

ough

the

City

’s p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith S

ydne

y W

ater

2,6

76 in

divi

dual

apa

rtmen

ts h

ave

had

thei

r wat

er fi

xtur

es a

nd fi

tting

s re

trofit

ted

with

in 1

2 bu

ildin

gs. T

hese

upg

rade

s w

ill ac

hiev

e w

ater

sav

ings

of m

ore

than

500

meg

alitr

es p

er a

nnum

and

cos

t sa

ving

s to

ow

ners

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y $5

50,0

00 p

er a

nnum

in re

duce

d w

ater

bills

.

Ow

ner C

orpo

ratio

ns fr

om a

ll in

take

s ha

ve c

ontin

ued

to im

plem

ent w

aste

impr

ovem

ent i

nitia

tives

in th

eir b

uild

ings

. Se

ven

Smar

t Gre

en A

partm

ents

bui

ldin

gs a

re p

artic

ipat

ing

in th

e C

ity’s

food

was

te c

olle

ctio

n tri

al.

The

annu

al S

mar

t Gre

en A

partm

ents

Aw

ards

had

ove

r 150

atte

ndee

s ce

lebr

atin

g th

e ac

hiev

emen

ts o

f the

City

’s

stra

ta c

omm

uniti

es a

nd w

elco

min

g 25

bui

ldin

gs a

cros

s ei

ght p

reci

ncts

to th

e 20

19 p

rogr

am in

take

.

On

Trac

k

Prov

isio

n of

gra

nts

and

othe

r cro

ss s

ecto

r sup

port

.

Del

iver

the

build

ing

tune

-up

prog

ram

to fa

cilit

ate

impr

oved

en

viro

nmen

tal p

erfo

rman

ce in

non

-resi

dent

ial b

uild

ings

. Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to d

rive

the

upta

ke o

f 'Bu

ildin

g D

ata

Anal

ytic

s' s

yste

ms

at c

omm

erci

al b

uild

ings

in th

e C

ity. A

re

cent

eva

luat

ion

has

show

n th

at s

avin

gs o

f 10

to 1

5 pe

r cen

t of s

ite e

nerg

y an

d w

ater

use

are

pos

sibl

e th

roug

h th

e pr

ogra

m. A

ctio

ns im

plem

ente

d by

bui

ldin

g ow

ners

hav

e sa

ved

160

tonn

es o

f car

bon

emis

sion

s pe

r ann

um a

nd o

ver

$33,

000

per a

nnum

for t

he b

uild

ings

in th

e pr

ogra

m. T

he p

rogr

am h

as c

reat

ed a

pan

el o

f acc

redi

ted

build

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

ass

esso

rs w

ho c

an d

eliv

er e

nerg

y an

d w

ater

ratin

gs to

com

mer

cial

bui

ldin

gs in

the

loca

l go

vern

men

t are

a.

On

Trac

k

Del

iver

a p

rom

otio

nal p

rogr

am to

acc

eler

ate

resi

dent

and

bus

ines

s co

mm

uniti

es’ a

dopt

ion

of re

new

able

ene

rgy

tow

ards

a n

et z

ero

outc

ome.

The

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y H

elp

Cen

tre, d

esig

ned

to e

duca

te th

e pu

blic

on

roof

top

sola

r, po

wer

pur

chas

e ag

reem

ents

an

d G

reen

Pow

er, h

as b

een

publ

ishe

d. S

peci

fic p

rom

otio

n of

the

City

’s R

enew

able

Ene

rgy

Proc

urem

ent f

or C

ity

build

ings

has

occ

urre

d in

line

with

maj

or a

nnou

ncem

ents

.

On

Trac

k

2.5

The

City

of S

ydne

y’s

oper

atio

ns a

nd a

ctiv

ities

dem

onst

rate

lead

ersh

ip in

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Cap

ital P

roje

cts

Inst

all s

olar

PV

and

ener

gy s

tora

ge in

frast

ruct

ure

on s

uita

ble

City

pr

oper

ties

and

site

s to

max

imis

e up

take

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy.

20

27

75

Thre

e ne

w s

olar

PV

syst

ems

wer

e co

mm

issi

oned

- C

reat

ive

City

Dep

ot (E

vent

s D

epot

), Al

exan

dria

- 24

9 kW

p - G

reen

Infra

stru

ctur

e C

entre

, Zet

land

- 42

kW

p - W

ilcox

Mof

flin

Build

ing,

Ulti

mo

- 106

kW

p Th

ese

new

inst

alla

tions

are

est

imat

ed to

redu

ce G

HG

em

issi

ons

to th

e C

ity’s

po

rtfol

io b

y 45

0 tC

O2e

/yea

r. To

dat

e th

e so

lar P

V in

stal

latio

n pr

ogra

m h

as

inst

alle

d 1.

7 M

W o

f PV

syst

ems

acro

ss th

e C

ity's

por

tfolio

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Envi

ronm

enta

l Man

agem

ent S

yste

ms

Impr

ove

mon

itorin

g, re

porti

ng a

nd v

erifi

catio

n of

was

te, e

nerg

y an

d w

ater

dat

a an

d ot

her s

usta

inab

ility

met

rics

for t

he lo

cal g

over

nmen

t ar

ea a

nd o

ur o

wn

oper

atio

ns.

The

Envi

ronm

enta

l Sus

tain

abilit

y Pl

atfo

rm h

as b

een

impl

emen

ted

and

reco

rds

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

rea

sust

aina

bilit

y m

etric

s fo

r ene

rgy,

wat

er a

nd w

aste

dat

a. T

he S

usta

inab

ility

Man

agem

ent a

nd R

epor

ting

Tool

(SM

ART)

has

bee

n im

plem

ente

d an

d m

onito

ring

of d

ata

is im

prov

ing

the

man

agem

ent o

f City

ope

ratio

ns e

nerg

y, w

ater

usa

ge a

nd

prop

erty

was

te d

ata.

Sys

tem

impr

ovem

ents

con

tinue

with

the

inco

rpor

atio

n of

Clim

ate

Activ

e (p

revi

ousl

y N

atio

nal

Car

bon

Offs

et S

tand

ard

sche

me)

dat

aset

s be

ing

impl

emen

ted.

On

Trac

k

Con

tinuo

usly

impr

ove

the

syst

ems,

pro

cess

es a

nd o

rgan

isat

iona

l ca

pabi

lity

for m

anag

ing

utilit

ies

and

othe

r sus

tain

abilit

y m

etric

s w

ithin

C

ity-o

wne

d as

sets

.

A Su

stai

nabi

lity

Man

agem

ent a

nd R

epor

ting

Tool

(SM

ART)

has

bee

n co

nfig

ured

to m

onito

r and

repo

rt on

util

ities

and

ot

her s

usta

inab

ility

met

rics.

SM

ART

Wor

king

Gro

up h

as n

ow b

een

esta

blis

hed

to tr

ack,

man

age

utilit

y tre

nds,

va

rianc

es a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties.

The

SM

ART

Wor

king

Gro

up c

ontin

ues

to a

ctio

n ut

ility

varia

nce

with

inve

stig

atio

ns a

nd

corre

ctiv

e ac

tions

whe

re re

quire

d, re

sulti

ng in

sav

ings

that

wou

ld n

ot h

ave

been

real

ised

oth

erw

ise.

On

Trac

k

Cap

ital P

roje

cts

Adap

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

desi

gn to

acc

ount

for c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

clim

ate

chan

ge (i

nclu

ding

wat

er s

ensi

tive

urba

n de

sign

, sto

rmw

ater

m

anag

emen

t, ro

ads

and

pave

men

t).

A re

view

of c

limat

e ch

ange

impa

cts

to in

frast

ruct

ure

plan

ning

has

bee

n co

mpl

eted

and

the

City

’s T

echn

ical

Sp

ecifi

catio

ns h

ave

been

upd

ated

. O

n Tr

ack

Asse

t Man

agem

ent

Impr

ove

ener

gy a

nd w

ater

effi

cien

cy a

t the

City

’s m

ost r

esou

rce

inte

nsiv

e si

tes

thro

ugh

iden

tific

atio

n, p

riorit

isat

ion

and

inst

alla

tion

of

effic

ienc

y m

easu

res

and

chan

ges

in m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es, i

nclu

ding

re

quire

d m

eter

ing

and

mon

itorin

g un

der t

he M

ajor

Pro

perti

es

Effic

ienc

y Pr

ojec

t (M

PEP)

.

Proj

ects

com

plet

ed to

dat

e th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am in

clud

e Fe

asib

ility

Stud

y fo

r con

nect

ion

of re

cycl

ed w

ater

pip

elin

e al

ong

Geo

rge

St to

City

bui

ldin

gs, U

V M

odul

atio

n sy

stem

at C

ook

& Ph

illip

Park

Poo

l and

Ian

Thor

pe A

quat

ic C

entre

(IT

AC),

inst

alla

tion

of V

aria

ble

Spee

d D

rives

acr

oss

aqua

tic c

entre

s an

d H

eatin

g, V

entil

atio

n an

d Ai

r Con

ditio

ning

(H

VAC

) opt

imis

atio

n at

Tow

n H

all H

ouse

, Wilc

ox M

offli

n Bu

ildin

g, 3

07 P

itt S

t, C

usto

ms

Hou

se a

nd 3

43 G

eorg

e St

. C

urre

nt p

riorit

y pr

ojec

ts in

pro

gres

s in

clud

e LE

D L

ight

ing

Upg

rade

s ac

ross

14

site

s, ra

inw

ater

tank

s an

d co

olin

g to

wer

s m

aint

enan

ce s

trate

gy, w

ater

effi

cien

t fix

ture

s ac

ross

14

site

s an

d up

grad

e of

pum

ps a

nd fl

owm

eter

s at

ITAC

. Al

l met

erin

g an

d Bu

ildin

g M

anag

emen

t Sys

tem

s (B

MS)

reco

mm

enda

tions

from

Maj

or E

ffici

ency

Pro

perty

Pro

ject

(M

PEP)

will

be d

eliv

ered

thro

ugh

the

Org

anis

atio

nal P

rogr

am fo

r Met

erin

g an

d BM

S U

pgra

des.

On

Trac

k

Rev

iew

and

upd

ate

recy

clin

g st

ream

s an

d co

llect

ion

rece

ptac

les

in

City

pro

perti

es, a

nd im

plem

ent a

n ed

ucat

ion

and

beha

viou

r cha

nge

prog

ram

to in

crea

se re

cycl

ing

and

redu

ce c

onta

min

atio

n.

An a

udit

at a

ll w

aste

col

lect

ion

site

s in

the

City

’s P

rope

rty P

ortfo

lio h

as b

een

com

plet

ed a

nd th

e au

dit d

ata,

vis

ual

obse

rvat

ions

and

reco

mm

enda

tions

hav

e be

en c

olla

ted

into

a W

aste

Impr

ovem

ent A

ctio

n Pl

an. T

his

Was

te

Impr

ovem

ent A

ctio

n Pl

an w

ill be

rolle

d ou

t pro

gres

sive

ly, c

omm

enci

ng w

ith th

e Aq

uatic

site

s an

d Sy

dney

Tow

n H

all.

In th

e co

min

g m

onth

s, th

e C

ity w

ill fo

cus

on c

ontin

uing

to im

prov

e w

aste

reso

urce

man

agem

ent a

nd re

cove

ry

proc

esse

s.

On

Trac

k

Man

age

and

anal

yse

new

ene

rgy

effic

ient

fuel

opt

ions

for t

he C

ity’s

lig

ht a

nd h

eavy

veh

icle

flee

ts to

enc

oura

ge lo

w e

mis

sion

driv

ing

beha

viou

r and

redu

ce C

O2

emis

sion

s.

To a

ssis

t with

bot

h fu

el c

onsu

mpt

ion

and

emis

sion

redu

ctio

n, th

e C

ity h

as b

egun

a tr

ial p

hase

of v

ehic

le te

lem

atic

s,

and

inst

alla

tions

on

sele

cted

veh

icle

s pr

ior t

o ro

lling

the

tech

nolo

gy o

ut to

the

entir

e fle

et. T

his

tech

nolo

gy w

ill pr

ovid

e be

tter d

ata

to im

prov

e ov

eral

l driv

ing

habi

ts, s

afet

y, a

nd o

ptim

ise

rout

es a

nd o

vera

ll fle

et u

tilis

atio

n.

The

City

has

rece

ntly

upg

rade

d its

ele

ctric

flee

t, be

ing

the

first

Aus

tralia

n cu

stom

er to

take

del

iver

y of

the

new

fully

el

ectri

c N

issa

n Le

af. N

inet

een

new

zer

o em

issi

on v

ehic

les

have

bee

n ci

rcul

ated

into

the

fleet

. Add

ition

ally

, Fle

et

Serv

ices

hav

e pl

aced

an

orde

r for

a c

omm

erci

al e

lect

ric v

ehic

le a

s pa

rt of

a s

trate

gy to

exp

and

elec

tric

vehi

cle

num

bers

, and

exp

ect t

o ta

ke d

eliv

ery

of th

e un

it in

the

com

ing

mon

ths.

On

Trac

k

Proc

urem

ent,

gran

t ass

essm

ent &

con

trac

t man

agem

ent

Impl

emen

t Sus

tain

able

Pro

cure

men

t Gui

delin

es o

n se

lect

ed

proc

urem

ent a

ctiv

ities

– m

ajor

con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

, con

sum

able

s,

maj

or c

ontra

ct, e

vent

man

agem

ent a

nd s

uppl

ier d

ue d

iligen

ce.

Proc

edur

es M

anua

l bei

ng d

evel

oped

to g

uide

inte

rnal

requ

irem

ents

. Pro

cure

men

t sch

edul

es a

re b

eing

dev

elop

ed fo

r pr

ospe

ctiv

e su

pplie

rs to

pro

vide

ass

uran

ce a

nd/o

r com

mitm

ent t

o th

e C

ity’s

lega

l and

stra

tegi

c ob

ject

ives

in re

latio

n to

C

limat

e C

hang

e, C

orpo

rate

Soc

ial R

espo

nsib

ilitie

s, C

hain

of R

espo

nsib

ility,

Mod

ern

Slav

ery

Act,

Envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s, R

ecyc

ling

cont

ent a

nd o

ther

ele

men

ts to

dev

elop

tow

ards

a C

ircul

ar E

cono

my.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

2.6

The

exte

nt a

nd q

ualit

y of

urb

an c

anop

y co

ver,

land

scap

ing

and

city

gre

enin

g is

max

imis

ed.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

City

Far

m

Con

tinue

City

Far

m o

pera

tions

and

est

ablis

h fa

rmer

s m

arke

t and

or

char

d.

2020

80

Th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he C

ity F

arm

com

mun

ity h

ub s

ite w

ith v

olun

teer

team

s co

ntin

ued.

Due

to d

roug

ht a

nd w

ater

rest

rictio

ns, s

ome

area

s w

ill be

left

fallo

w

and

othe

rs s

eede

d w

ith d

roug

ht re

sist

ant p

lant

s an

d fru

it tre

es.

On

Trac

k

Gre

enin

g Sy

dney

Pla

n

Rev

iew

the

Gre

enin

g Sy

dney

Pla

n to

alig

n w

ith th

e U

rban

For

est

Stra

tegy

and

the

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Plan

. 20

20

10

The

revi

ew o

f the

Gre

enin

g Sy

dney

Stra

tegy

has

com

men

ced.

O

n Tr

ack

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

mun

ity G

reen

ing

Supp

ort a

nd p

rom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f com

mun

ity g

arde

ns,

foot

path

gar

deni

ng, a

nd s

ites

mai

ntai

ned

and

man

aged

by

com

mun

ity v

olun

teer

gro

ups.

The

City

sup

ports

20

com

mun

ity g

arde

ns, t

wo

foot

path

gar

dens

, fiv

e Bu

shca

re /L

andc

are

grou

ps a

nd o

ne c

omm

unity

co

mpo

stin

g gr

oup

by p

rovi

ding

ong

oing

ass

ista

nce,

don

atio

n of

mat

eria

ls a

nd e

ncou

rage

men

t to

beco

me

a se

lf-m

anag

ed g

roup

to a

hig

h st

anda

rd.

Two

new

gar

dens

are

cur

rent

ly b

eing

dev

elop

ed fo

r Fra

nces

New

ton

Park

, Dar

lingh

urst

and

Elg

er S

treet

, Gle

be.

On

Trac

k

Urb

an F

ores

t

Con

tinue

to d

eliv

er tr

ee p

lant

ing

prog

ram

s to

max

imis

e ur

ban

cano

py

and

redu

ce th

e im

pact

s of

the

urba

n he

at is

land

effe

ct.

Proj

ects

to in

crea

se c

anop

y co

ver h

ave

cont

inue

d. A

tota

l of 2

61 s

treet

tree

s ha

ve b

een

plan

ted

year

to d

ate.

O

ngoi

ng p

lann

ing

for t

he n

ext i

nroa

d pl

antin

g pr

ojec

ts c

ontin

ue, i

nclu

ding

Boy

ce S

t Gle

be a

nd a

dditi

onal

stre

ets

in

Beac

onsf

ield

and

Ros

eber

y.

On

Trac

k

Urb

an E

colo

gy

Con

tinue

to e

xpan

d an

d pr

otec

t bus

h re

gene

ratio

n ar

eas

in th

e C

ity’s

pa

rks

and

open

spa

ces.

C

ore

site

s co

ntin

ue to

be

mai

ntai

ned

acco

rdin

g to

bes

t pra

ctic

e to

impr

ove

habi

tat v

alue

for f

lora

and

faun

a. N

ew

fenc

ing

to p

rote

ct h

abita

t will

be tr

ialle

d at

Gle

be, B

lack

wat

tle B

ay a

nd S

ydne

y Pa

rk.

On

Trac

k

Mon

itor t

he d

iver

sity

, num

ber a

nd d

istri

butio

n of

prio

rity

faun

a sp

ecie

s re

porte

d on

the

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

rea.

Th

e sp

ring

inve

rtebr

ate

surv

ey h

ighl

ight

ed 1

2 sp

ecie

s of

nat

ive

bees

, eig

ht b

utte

rfly

spec

ies,

six

spi

der s

peci

es

surv

eyed

acr

oss

19 s

urve

yed

site

s, w

ith c

icad

as re

cord

ed a

t all

site

s ex

cept

two.

The

sum

mer

sur

vey

is e

xpec

ted

to

com

men

ce in

Jan

uary

with

a fi

nal r

epor

t in

Mar

ch. T

he B

uddi

ng B

irdos

pro

gram

was

com

plet

ed in

Dec

embe

r with

co

ntin

ued

obse

rvat

ions

of p

riorit

y bi

rd s

peci

es b

eing

sub

mitt

ed to

the

loca

l wild

life

wat

ch to

ol, a

nd th

e An

nual

Bird

Su

rvey

in O

ctob

er w

as p

rom

oted

alo

ngsi

de th

ree

bird

wor

ksho

ps th

at s

aw a

tota

l of 4

9 pa

rtici

pant

s. T

he re

port

from

th

e bi

rd s

urve

y w

ill be

ava

ilabl

e in

Mar

ch. T

he U

rban

Eco

logy

wor

ksho

p se

ries

was

com

plet

ed w

ith 1

3 w

orks

hops

hel

d an

d 12

0 pa

rtici

pant

s.

On

Trac

k

Gre

enin

g Sy

dney

Pla

n

Con

tinue

to d

eliv

er th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

land

scap

ing

prog

ram

. Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to d

eliv

er th

e Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Land

scap

ing

prog

ram

. For

the

first

hal

f of t

he 2

019/

20 y

ear 3

,607

m2

has

been

com

plet

ed.

Plan

ting

wor

k ha

s be

en d

efer

red

in s

umm

er d

ue to

the

hot w

eath

er a

nd d

roug

ht.

Stre

et

gard

ens

are

bein

g w

ater

ed u

sing

tank

ers.

On

Trac

k

Del

iver

Liv

ing

Col

our f

lora

l dis

play

s to

hig

h pr

ofile

reta

il an

d to

uris

t pr

ecin

cts

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty d

urin

g sp

ring

and

sum

mer

. H

angi

ng B

aske

t and

Gre

enw

all h

ave

been

on

disp

lay

durin

g Sp

ring

and

Sum

mer

. Th

e di

spla

y br

ings

an

ecle

ctic

mix

of

col

ours

, tex

ture

s an

d he

ight

s fo

r a b

eaut

iful c

olle

ctio

n of

flor

al a

nd fo

liage

spe

cies

. O

n Tr

ack

of 6

5

Park

s W

ater

Sav

ings

Act

ion

Plan

Impr

ove

wat

er e

ffici

ency

at t

he C

ity’s

par

ks th

roug

h in

stal

latio

n of

ef

ficie

ncy

mea

sure

s an

d ch

ange

s in

man

agem

ent p

ract

ices

.

The

Park

s W

ater

Sav

ings

Act

ion

Plan

has

bee

n de

velo

ped.

The

Pla

n id

entif

ies

oppo

rtuni

ties

for w

ater

effi

cien

cy a

nd

impr

oved

wat

er m

anag

emen

t pra

ctic

es, a

s w

ell a

s do

cum

entin

g th

e ca

pita

l wor

ks p

roje

cts

that

will

deliv

er o

utco

mes

in

our p

arks

and

ope

n sp

aces

. As

a re

sult

of th

e cu

rrent

dro

ught

con

ditio

ns w

ater

rest

rictio

ns h

ave

com

e in

to e

ffect

and

w

ill im

pact

som

e op

erat

ions

.

Wat

ch

Iden

tify

oppo

rtuni

ties

to c

onne

ct p

arks

to re

cycl

ed o

r alte

rnat

ive

wat

er

sour

ces.

Th

e Pa

rks

Wat

er R

e-us

e Fe

asib

ility

Stud

y ha

s be

en in

itiat

ed –

the

proj

ect w

ill de

liver

a b

usin

ess

case

and

con

cept

de

sign

s th

roug

h re

view

of e

xist

ing

on-s

ite s

chem

es (w

ater

har

vest

ing

/ rai

nwat

er) a

nd id

entif

icat

ion

of a

pro

gram

of

addi

tiona

l on-

site

wat

er p

riorit

y pr

ojec

ts in

par

ks a

nd s

ports

fiel

ds. T

he E

rski

nevi

lle O

val W

ater

Reu

se S

chem

e is

ne

arin

g th

e en

d of

con

cept

dev

elop

men

t.

On

Trac

k

2.7

The

city

’s b

uild

ings

, inf

rast

ruct

ure,

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

and

soc

ial s

yste

ms

are

resi

lient

to th

e lik

ely

impa

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Clim

ate

chan

ge

Iden

tify

air p

ollu

tion

mea

sure

s an

d tre

nds

with

in th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t ar

ea.

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent a

ir qu

ality

mon

itorin

g ba

se s

tatio

n ha

s be

en in

stal

led

at C

ook

& Ph

illip

park

. Ad

ditio

nal l

ow c

ost

sens

ors

are

bein

g tri

alle

d ar

ound

the

LGA

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith U

TS.

On

Trac

k

Extr

eme

wea

ther

eve

nts

Con

tinue

to w

ork

with

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

, rel

evan

t age

ncie

s, a

nd

the

com

mun

ity to

bui

ld c

apac

ity to

pre

pare

for,

resp

ond,

and

reco

ver

from

ext

rem

e w

eath

er e

vent

s.

The

City

con

tinue

d to

coo

rdin

ate

the

activ

ities

of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent C

omm

ittee

(LEM

C),

incl

udin

g th

e re

view

of r

espo

nse

plan

s, e

mer

genc

y m

anag

emen

t brie

fings

, and

em

erge

ncy

exer

cise

s. O

utco

mes

incl

ude,

en

gage

men

t of A

ECO

M to

und

erta

ke a

n as

sess

men

t of r

esilie

nce

risks

faci

ng th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

LGA

to in

form

the

revi

ew a

nd fu

rther

dev

elop

men

t of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Ris

k As

sess

men

t and

Loc

al E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Pla

n.

On

Trac

k

Urb

an h

eat i

slan

d ef

fect

and

floo

ding

risk

miti

gatio

n

Con

tinue

rese

arch

and

tria

ls in

mon

itorin

g an

d re

duci

ng th

e ur

ban

heat

isla

nd e

ffect

. Ad

ditio

nal h

eat s

enso

rs h

ave

been

inst

alle

d an

d ar

e be

ing

trial

led

to m

onito

r loc

al u

rban

hea

t con

ditio

ns.

On

Trac

k

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent t

he C

ity's

Flo

odpl

ain

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y, a

nd

wor

k co

llabo

rativ

ely

with

ass

et o

wne

rs a

nd d

evel

oper

s to

fund

and

im

plem

ent f

lood

risk

man

agem

ent p

lans

, inc

orpo

ratin

g cl

imat

e ch

ange

sce

nario

s.

Alex

andr

ia C

anal

& B

lack

wat

tle B

ay F

lood

Stu

dies

revi

ews

are

unde

rway

. Dev

elop

men

ts c

ontin

ue to

be

asse

ssed

in

keep

ing

with

the

Polic

y. A

revi

ew o

f the

Pol

icy

has

now

com

men

ced

with

ant

icip

ated

com

plet

ion

in m

id-2

020.

O

n Tr

ack

of 6

5

2.S.

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

Gre

enho

use

emis

sion

s

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

O

vera

ll gr

eenh

ouse

gas

em

issi

ons

for

all C

ity o

f Syd

ney

oper

atio

ns –

tota

l all

emis

sion

s Ba

selin

e 20

06 D

ata

– 52

,972

tC02

e

Tonn

es

CO

2 39

,653

39

,752

-

9,66

7 9,

807

- -

19,4

74

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Gre

enho

use

gas

emis

sion

s fo

r City

of

Sydn

ey lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a –

tota

l all

emis

sion

s Ba

selin

e 20

06 D

ata

- 5,8

09,1

44 tC

02e

(Incl

udes

em

issi

ons

from

ele

ctric

ity, g

as,

refri

gera

nts,

tran

spor

t and

was

te -

mea

sure

d an

nual

ly in

Jun

e)

Tonn

es

CO

2 -

4,60

7,57

5 -

- -

- -

-

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Perc

enta

ge o

f red

uctio

n in

gre

enho

use

gas

emis

sion

s in

the

loca

l gov

ernm

ent

area

bas

ed o

n 20

06 le

vels

- 5

,805

,550

tC

02e

(mea

sure

d an

nual

ly in

Jun

e –

data

from

pre

viou

s fin

anci

al y

ear;

targ

et

of 7

0% b

y 20

30 &

net

zer

o em

issi

ons

by

2050

)

%

- 21

-

- -

- -

-

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Perc

enta

ge o

f ele

ctric

ity d

eman

d in

the

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

rea

met

by

rene

wab

le s

ourc

es

(targ

et o

f 50%

by

2030

, mea

sure

d an

nual

ly in

Jun

e –

data

from

pre

viou

s fin

anci

al y

ear)

%

18.5

20

-

- -

- -

-

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Wat

er U

sage

and

Sto

rmw

ater

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Po

tabl

e w

ater

use

from

City

ope

ratio

ns -

2006

bas

elin

e (4

31,0

00 k

L)

kL

547,

899

512,

437

- 11

7,72

4 10

9,06

1 -

- 22

6,78

5 Th

e da

ta is

pre

dom

inan

tly m

ade

up o

f es

timat

es d

ue to

the

billin

g cy

cle

of S

ydne

y W

ater

(99.

6%).

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Pota

ble

wat

er u

sage

from

the

loca

l go

vern

men

t are

a –

2006

bas

elin

e (3

3,71

2) (m

easu

red

annu

ally

in J

une

– da

ta fr

om p

revi

ous

finan

cial

yea

r)

ML

- 37

,977

-

- -

- -

-

Indi

cato

r O

nly

of 6

5

Was

te -

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent A

rea

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Pe

rcen

tage

of r

ecyc

ling

and

reco

very

of

resi

dent

ial w

aste

%

66

.8

48.6

7 70

50

.83

47.3

7 -

- 49

.1

Legi

slat

ive

chan

ges

in th

e us

e of

ben

efic

ial

was

te d

eriv

ed p

rodu

cts

has

resu

lted

in

sign

ifcan

t im

pact

s on

the

over

all d

iver

sion

ra

te.

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Tota

l Res

iden

tial W

aste

Col

lect

ed p

er

capi

ta

Kg/C

apita

30

3.3

279.

9 -

66.9

9 69

.09

- -

136.

08

Ther

e w

as a

mar

gina

l dec

reas

e in

the

over

all

per c

apita

was

te g

ener

ated

in c

ompa

rison

to

sam

e tim

e la

st fi

nanc

ial y

ear.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Tota

l Res

iden

tial W

aste

Col

lect

ed

Tonn

es

63,9

15.3

7 65

,298

-

16,0

91.8

7 16

,597

.86

- -

32,6

89.7

3 Th

ere

was

a m

arke

d de

crea

se in

the

tota

l w

aste

gen

erat

ed th

is q

uarte

r, co

mpa

red

to th

e sa

me

perio

d la

st fi

nanc

ial y

ear.

How

ever

, th

ere

was

an

over

all i

ncre

ase

com

pare

d to

la

st q

uarte

r.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Perc

enta

ge o

f sou

rce

sepa

rate

d re

cycl

ing

of to

tal r

esid

entia

l was

te

%

26.2

3 26

.38

35

25.1

5 26

.01

- -

25.5

8 Th

ere

was

a m

argi

nal i

ncre

ase

in th

e re

cycl

ing

rate

in c

ompa

rison

to la

st re

porti

ng p

erio

d.

Futu

re c

omm

unity

edu

catio

n an

d en

gage

men

t in

itiat

ives

will

pote

ntia

lly c

ontri

bute

to a

n in

crea

se in

the

rate

.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Sust

aina

ble

man

agem

ent o

f was

te a

nd re

sour

ces

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

R

ecyc

ling

colle

cted

from

City

man

aged

pr

oper

ties

incl

udin

g aq

uatic

faci

litie

s To

nnes

32

2.52

25

9.44

-

56.9

1 69

.75

- -

126.

66

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Was

te c

olle

cted

from

City

man

aged

pr

oper

ties

incl

udin

g aq

uatic

cen

tres

Tonn

es

884.

69

897.

33

- 20

9.4

213.

34

- -

422.

74

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Perc

enta

ge o

f res

ourc

e re

cove

ry o

f w

aste

from

the

City

’s p

arks

, stre

ets

and

publ

ic p

lace

s

%

26

42

- -

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Perc

enta

ge o

f res

ourc

e re

cove

ry o

f w

aste

from

City

man

aged

pro

perti

es

incl

udin

g aq

uatic

cen

tres

%

36.3

9 29

-

27

33

- -

30

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Gre

enin

g Sy

dney

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

N

ew p

lant

s pl

ante

d in

City

par

ks a

nd

stre

et g

arde

ns e

ach

year

N

o.

68,2

04

69,7

08

50,0

00

22,7

80

20,1

82

- -

42,9

62

Sprin

g pl

antin

g pa

ckag

es c

ompl

eted

. Pla

ntin

g re

duce

d si

gnifi

cnat

ly in

Dec

embe

r and

will

rem

ain

low

in c

omin

g m

onth

s du

e to

impa

ct o

f w

ater

rest

rictio

ns.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

New

and

rene

wed

Pub

lic D

omai

n La

ndsc

apin

g in

stal

led

(nat

ure

strip

s, ra

in

gard

ens,

traf

fic tr

eatm

ents

)

m2

8,14

5 5,

940

9,00

0 1,

829

1,73

2 -

- 3,

561

Extre

me

hot a

nd d

ry w

eath

er h

as re

quire

d a

focu

s on

wat

erin

g ex

istin

g ga

rden

s. P

lant

ing

is

on h

old

due

to w

ater

rest

rictio

ns.

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Mai

ntai

n or

incr

ease

num

ber o

f in

dige

nous

bird

spe

cies

(200

9/10

ba

selin

e - 6

3 sp

ecie

s)

No.

76

67

-

- -

- -

-

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Exte

nt o

f loc

ally

-indi

geno

us b

ushl

and

incr

ease

d co

mpa

red

to 2

009/

10

base

line

(4.6

ha)

(mea

sure

d an

nual

ly)

ha

12.2

12

.2

13.5

-

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Envi

ronm

enta

l Gra

nts

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Va

lue

of e

nviro

nmen

tal g

rant

s ap

prov

ed

by th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

$ '0

00

660.

47

1,59

9.89

-

370.

19

491.

27

- -

861.

46

With

in th

e fir

st h

alf o

f the

yea

r 62

Envi

ronm

enta

l Per

form

ance

Gra

nts

wer

e ap

prov

ed b

y C

ounc

il to

the

valu

e of

$86

1,46

3 in

cas

h. T

hese

pro

ject

s w

ere

awar

ded

thro

ugh

the

City

’s th

ree

Envi

ronm

enta

l Per

form

ance

G

rant

s (B

uild

ing

Ope

ratio

ns, I

nnov

atio

n an

d R

atin

gs a

nd A

sses

smen

ts),

Know

ledg

e Ex

chan

ge S

pons

orsh

ip, V

enue

Hire

Sup

port

and

Mat

chin

g G

rant

pro

gram

s.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

of 6

5

3 In

tegr

ated

tran

spor

t for

a c

onne

cted

city

Q

ualit

y tr

ansp

ort w

ill b

e a

maj

or d

river

to s

usta

inab

ility

, am

enity

, eas

e of

mob

ility

and

the

econ

omic

com

petit

iven

ess

of o

ur c

ity –

the

city

mus

t offe

r a v

arie

ty o

f effe

ctiv

e an

d af

ford

able

tr

ansp

ort o

ptio

ns.

3.1

Inve

stm

ent i

n pu

blic

tran

spor

t and

wal

king

and

cyc

ling

infr

astr

uctu

re e

ncou

rage

s m

ore

peop

le to

use

thes

e fo

rms

of tr

ansp

ort t

o tra

vel t

o, fr

om a

nd w

ithin

the

city

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Plan

ning

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

rans

port

clus

ter t

o en

sure

all

traffi

c an

d tra

nspo

rt re

late

d pr

opos

als

in C

entra

l Syd

ney

com

ply

with

po

licie

s su

ch a

s th

e Sy

dney

City

Cen

tre A

cces

s St

rate

gy, M

ovem

ent

and

Plac

e, a

nd C

entra

l Syd

ney

on-s

treet

par

king

pol

icy.

The

City

has

wor

ked

with

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

to d

evel

op a

dra

ft 5

year

City

Cen

tre A

ctio

n Pl

an. T

he a

ctio

ns in

the

plan

ha

ve b

een

info

rmed

by

the

City

Cen

tre A

cces

s St

rate

gy a

nd M

ovem

ent a

nd P

lace

. O

n Tr

ack

Advo

cacy

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd o

ther

sta

keho

lder

s to

dev

elop

Fu

ture

Tra

nspo

rt pr

ojec

ts fo

r Syd

ney

to in

crea

se p

ublic

tran

spor

t ac

cess

ibilit

y an

d ca

paci

ty to

and

with

in th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney,

incl

udin

g pl

anni

ng fo

r Met

ro W

est a

nd n

ew in

itiat

ives

.

The

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent c

omm

itted

to M

etro

Wes

t in

late

201

9, P

yrm

ont i

s no

t con

firm

ed -

it is

a s

trate

gic

(pos

sibl

e)

stat

ion.

The

City

is w

orki

ng w

ith M

etro

to m

axim

ise

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

case

for P

yrm

ont.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

m

ake

the

case

for C

entra

l and

Zet

land

bei

ng o

n th

e ne

xt (p

ost M

etro

Wes

t) ex

pans

ion

of th

e ne

twor

k, a

nd p

oten

tially

ot

her s

tatio

ns a

s w

ell.

The

final

Loc

al S

trate

gic

Plan

ning

Sta

tem

ent (

LSPS

), th

e dr

aft S

outh

Eas

t Syd

ney

Tran

spor

t St

rate

gy (N

SW G

over

nmen

t) an

d Su

stai

nabl

e Sy

dney

205

0 ar

e op

portu

nitie

s to

mak

e th

is c

ase.

The

City

is a

lso

still

wor

king

with

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

to d

evel

op a

trac

kles

s tra

m p

ropo

sal f

or G

reen

Squ

are.

On

Trac

k

Part

ners

hip

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd T

axi i

ndus

try to

impl

emen

t m

ore

taxi

rank

s in

bet

ter l

ocat

ions

with

impr

oved

saf

ety

in th

e C

ity

Cen

tre d

urin

g th

e ev

enin

g an

d la

te n

ight

.

The

City

is c

ontin

uing

to w

ork

with

the

Taxi

indu

stry

and

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t to

revi

ew ta

xi ra

nk lo

catio

ns. T

his

occu

rs

thro

ugh

the

Tran

spor

t for

NSW

run

Late

Nig

ht T

rans

port

wor

king

gro

up

On

Trac

k

3.2

Tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

is a

ligne

d w

ith c

ity g

row

th.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Part

ners

hip

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o en

sure

the

best

out

com

es a

re

achi

eved

for t

he c

omm

unity

on

larg

e pu

blic

tran

spor

t and

road

pr

ojec

ts.

In a

dditi

on to

wor

k re

latin

g to

the

New

M5

and

M4-

M5

link,

the

City

mad

e a

subm

issi

on o

n th

e Sy

dney

Gat

eway

en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct s

tate

men

t, w

hich

focu

sed

parti

cula

rly o

n ac

tive

trans

port

issu

es. D

iscu

ssio

ns a

re b

eing

hel

d w

ith T

rans

port

for N

SW o

n th

e Ki

ng S

treet

Gat

eway

Pro

ject

. R

ecen

t act

ivity

in re

latio

n to

Syd

ney

Met

ro C

ity a

nd S

outh

Wes

t has

incl

uded

feed

back

on

the

Met

ro C

entra

l Sta

tion

Dev

elop

men

t and

Pre

cinc

t Pla

n, M

artin

Pla

ce p

ublic

dom

ain,

and

Cen

tral S

tatio

n an

d M

artin

Pla

ce In

terc

hang

e Ac

cess

Pla

ns. T

he C

ity h

as a

lso

been

in d

iscu

ssio

ns w

ith T

rans

port

for N

SW in

rela

tion

to S

ydne

y M

etro

Wes

t, pa

rticu

larly

in re

latio

n to

Pyr

mon

t.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Advo

cacy

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o en

sure

und

erst

andi

ng o

f tra

nspo

rt im

plic

atio

ns o

f dev

elop

men

t in

the

city

are

a.

The

City

has

eng

aged

with

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

to u

nder

stan

d th

e ro

le e

ach

orga

nisa

tion

play

s in

dea

ling

with

the

kerb

-si

de s

pace

use

and

frei

ght a

nd lo

gist

ics

issu

es fa

cing

Syd

ney

CBD

. The

se in

sigh

ts w

ill co

mbi

ne w

ith c

usto

mer

in

sigh

ts to

hel

p de

velo

p a

men

u of

opt

ions

for n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

deve

lopm

ents

. The

City

con

tinue

s to

pro

secu

te h

ow

the

'mov

emen

t and

pla

ce' a

ppro

ach

shou

ld b

e ap

plie

d to

bet

ter p

rovi

de fo

r peo

ple

wal

king

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

and

vi

llage

cen

tres

On

Trac

k

Park

ing

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent t

he n

eigh

bour

hood

par

king

pol

icy.

Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to im

plem

ent t

he P

olic

y.

The

prop

osed

Bus

ines

s (T

rade

sper

sons

) Par

king

Per

mit

rem

ains

on

hold

, as

Roa

ds &

Mar

itim

e Se

rvic

es (R

MS)

hav

e no

t rem

oved

the

regu

lato

ry o

bsta

cles

to s

uch

a pe

rmit.

RM

S ha

s be

en a

bsor

bed

into

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

, and

it is

un

clea

r at t

his

stag

e ho

w re

gula

tory

refo

rm re

spon

sibi

litie

s w

ill be

dis

tribu

ted

with

in th

e ne

w in

tegr

ated

age

ncy.

On

Trac

k

Frei

ght a

nd S

ervi

cing

Wor

k w

ith S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd b

usin

esse

s to

dev

elop

new

and

in

nova

tive

solu

tions

to fr

eigh

t and

ser

vici

ng, i

nclu

ding

mor

e pr

oduc

tivity

from

load

ing

spac

es a

nd e

xplo

ring

high

er-a

men

ity

optio

ns fo

r “la

st m

ile” d

istri

butio

n.

An o

bser

vatio

nal '

insi

ghts

' inv

estig

atio

n of

the

use

of o

n-st

reet

ker

bsid

e lo

adin

g at

key

city

cen

tre lo

catio

ns is

un

derw

ay. T

he s

tudy

pro

vide

s fo

unda

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n ab

out h

ow o

n st

reet

load

ing

spac

es a

re c

urre

ntly

use

d. T

his

info

rmat

ion

will

help

det

erm

ine

and

deve

lop

prac

tical

and

inno

vativ

e so

lutio

ns to

ena

ble

grea

ter p

rodu

ctiv

ity fr

om

kerb

side

spa

ce a

nd la

st m

ile d

istri

butio

n. T

his

is th

e ne

xt s

tep

and

will

focu

s on

dev

elop

ing

a 'm

enu'

of r

espo

nses

.

On

Trac

k

Reg

iona

l Col

labo

ratio

n

Con

tinue

to b

uild

rela

tions

hips

with

nei

ghbo

urin

g co

unci

ls a

nd

colla

bora

te o

n tra

nspo

rt pr

ojec

ts w

here

infra

stru

ctur

e or

impa

ct is

ac

ross

the

boun

darie

s.

The

City

has

dev

elop

ed s

trong

wor

king

rela

tions

hips

with

nei

ghbo

urin

g co

unci

ls in

rela

tion

to m

ajor

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t w

orks

incl

udin

g W

estC

onne

x an

d M

etro

, and

con

tinue

s to

wor

k cl

osel

y w

ith th

em. T

he C

ity h

ad c

olla

bora

ted

with

R

andw

ick,

Bay

side

and

Inne

r Wes

t on

the

Sout

h Ea

st S

ydne

y Tr

ansp

ort S

trate

gy (N

SW G

over

nmen

t). T

he C

ity h

as

prov

ided

per

spec

tives

to In

ner W

est a

nd B

aysi

de o

n th

eir i

nteg

rate

d tra

nspo

rt st

rate

gies

. The

City

is c

olla

bora

ting

with

In

ner W

est o

n th

e ea

rly s

cope

dev

elop

men

t for

the

Cam

perd

own

Ulti

mo

trans

port

stra

tegy

. Cro

ss-c

ounc

il co

llabo

ratin

g al

so e

ncom

pass

es p

rom

otin

g th

e In

ner S

ydne

y R

egio

nal B

ike

Net

wor

k.

On

Trac

k

Tech

nolo

gy

Partn

er w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o fa

cilit

ate

inno

vatio

n in

tran

spor

t m

anag

emen

t, en

surin

g te

chno

logy

ass

ists

in a

chie

ving

agr

eed

urba

n an

d tra

nspo

rt ou

tcom

es.

The

City

is w

orki

ng w

ith th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t on

track

less

tram

s. T

here

has

bee

n no

ann

ounc

emen

t fro

m th

e N

SW

Gov

ernm

ent o

n an

y pr

opos

ed e

-sco

oter

tria

l. O

n Tr

ack

3.3

The

amen

ity o

f the

city

cen

tre

and

villa

ges

is e

nhan

ced

thro

ugh

care

ful m

anag

emen

t and

inte

grat

ion

of tr

ansp

ort.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Traf

fic c

alm

ing

initi

ativ

es

Dev

elop

and

del

iver

a ra

nge

of in

itiat

ives

to h

elp

supp

ort c

hang

e of

be

havi

our b

y tra

ffic

calm

ing.

Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to w

ork

with

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

and

the

Cen

tre fo

r Roa

d Sa

fety

und

er th

e R

oad

Safe

ty

Partn

ersh

ip to

del

iver

traf

fic c

alm

ing

devi

ces

to h

elp

redu

ce s

peed

s w

ithin

the

Cou

ncil

area

. O

n Tr

ack

Spee

d re

duct

ion

Con

tinue

to w

ork

with

the

stat

e go

vern

men

t to

look

for o

ppor

tuni

ties

to re

duce

traf

fic s

peed

s an

d sp

eed

limits

thro

ugho

ut th

e C

ity o

f Sy

dney

.

The

City

has

pre

pare

d da

ta a

nd s

ubm

itted

six

new

app

licat

ions

for s

peed

zon

e re

view

s to

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

. The

se

incl

ude

Ulti

mo,

Pyr

mon

t, W

est P

addi

ngto

n, S

urry

Hills

and

Cam

perd

own.

O

n Tr

ack

of 6

5

Roa

d sa

fety

par

tner

ship

s

Con

tinue

to b

uild

rela

tions

hips

with

Roa

ds a

nd M

ariti

me

Serv

ices

, C

entre

for R

oad

Safe

ty a

nd T

rans

port

for N

ew S

outh

Wal

es th

roug

h th

e Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t roa

d sa

fety

pro

gram

to im

prov

e ro

ad s

afet

y w

ithin

the

LGA.

Enga

ging

regu

larly

with

all

thes

e or

gani

satio

ns a

s pa

rt of

the

ongo

ing

wor

k un

der t

he L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent R

oad

Safe

ty

Prog

ram

. Roa

ds a

nd M

ariti

me

serv

ices

has

bee

n di

ssol

ved

and

its fu

nctio

ns a

bsor

bed

by T

rans

port

for N

SW.

On

Trac

k

Man

age

amen

ity

Man

age

the

sche

dulin

g of

was

te c

olle

ctio

n se

rvic

es to

ens

ure

the

leas

t dis

rupt

ion

to th

e co

mm

unity

. Th

e se

rvic

e as

pro

vide

d by

Cle

anaw

ay is

del

iver

ing

a po

sitiv

e se

rvic

e to

the

resi

dent

s of

the

City

, with

min

imal

co

ncer

ns a

nd m

isse

d se

rvic

es.

On

Trac

k

Com

mun

ity p

rogr

ams

Faci

litat

e a

rang

e of

road

saf

ety

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

for t

he

com

mun

ity.

The

City

is w

orki

ng w

ithin

the

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent R

oad

Safe

ty P

artn

ersh

ip to

del

iver

on

the

2019

/20

plan

. O

n Tr

ack

3.4

Publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

wal

king

and

cyc

ling

are

the

first

cho

ice

tran

spor

t mod

es w

ithin

the

city

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

City

tran

sfor

mat

ion

Con

tinue

to s

uppo

rt th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of li

ght r

ail d

own

Geo

rge

Stre

et a

nd in

wid

er lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a.

The

City

has

bee

n w

orki

ng to

not

reop

en a

num

ber o

f roa

ds to

traf

fic fo

llow

ing

long

clo

sure

dur

ing

light

rail

cons

truct

ion.

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

has

pro

vide

d in

-prin

cipl

e ap

prov

al fo

r not

reop

en G

eorg

e St

reet

(sou

thbo

und)

be

twee

n Ba

thur

st S

treet

and

Cam

pbel

l Stre

et a

nd D

evon

shire

Stre

et b

etw

een

Cha

lmer

s St

reet

and

Eliz

abet

h St

reet

. Th

is w

ill en

able

mor

e sp

ace

to b

e al

loca

ted

to la

rge

num

bers

of p

eopl

e w

alki

ng ra

ther

than

sm

all n

umbe

rs o

f veh

icle

s.

With

ligh

t rai

l ope

ratio

nal,

the

final

des

ign

for G

eorg

e St

reet

sou

th o

f Bat

hurs

t Stre

et is

a p

riorit

y. T

he C

ity is

wor

king

w

ith T

rans

port

for N

SW to

dev

elop

a tr

ackl

ess

tram

pro

posa

l to

link

Gre

en S

quar

e to

the

City

Cen

tre.

On

Trac

k

Beh

avio

ural

Advo

cate

for m

easu

res

aim

ed a

t inc

reas

ing

the

use

of p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt, w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g al

ong

maj

or c

orrid

ors

to th

e ci

ty.

The

City

is p

rogr

essi

ng it

s O

xfor

d St

reet

Cyc

lew

ay F

easi

bilit

y St

udy

to e

xten

d fro

m C

astle

reag

h St

reet

to M

oore

Par

k R

oad.

Thi

s st

udy

look

s to

redu

ce g

ener

al tr

affic

in o

rder

to p

riorit

ise

mov

emen

t by

foot

, bik

e an

d bu

s. T

he C

ity h

as

star

ted

on w

ork

on th

e C

ity C

entre

Act

ion

Plan

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

. Thi

s pl

an a

ims

to d

eliv

er

mis

sing

cyc

lew

ay li

nks

and

bette

r out

com

es fo

r peo

ple

wal

king

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

, and

alo

ng k

ey ro

utes

to it

.

On

Trac

k

3.5

Tran

spor

t ser

vice

s an

d in

fras

truc

ture

are

acc

essi

ble.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Park

ing

Dem

and

for p

arki

ng is

man

aged

to e

nsur

e th

ere

is e

quita

ble

acce

ss

to th

e co

nstra

ined

sup

ply.

R

ange

rs p

roac

tivel

y m

onito

r par

king

acr

oss

the

LGA

to e

nsur

e tu

rnov

er a

nd p

arki

ng s

pace

ava

ilabi

lity.

O

n Tr

ack

Advo

cacy

Ensu

re th

e ne

eds

of a

ll co

mm

unity

and

cus

tom

ers

are

cons

ider

ed in

th

e m

aste

r pla

nnin

g fo

r tra

nspo

rt an

d U

rban

Gro

wth

pro

ject

s.

The

City

is s

eeki

ng th

e be

st o

utco

me

for C

entra

l Sta

tion

and

surro

undi

ng p

ublic

dom

ain

and

will

cont

inue

to w

ork

with

St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent a

genc

y st

akeh

olde

rs to

ach

ieve

this

. O

n Tr

ack

of 6

5

Tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

Advo

cate

to e

nsur

e pu

blic

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

mee

ts th

e ne

eds

of

user

s.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

adv

ocat

e fo

r im

prov

ed o

utco

mes

for r

esid

ents

and

bus

ines

ses:

- W

estC

onne

x St

ages

2 a

nd 3

, inc

ludi

ng th

e Ki

ng S

t Gat

eway

pro

ject

- A

lexa

ndria

to M

oore

Par

k to

ach

ieve

bet

ter o

utco

mes

for w

alke

rs a

nd b

icyc

le ri

ders

, and

resi

dent

s of

Gre

en S

quar

e.

A re

view

of E

nviro

nmen

tal F

acto

rs h

as b

een

issu

ed a

nd th

e C

ity w

ill be

pro

vidi

ng a

stro

ng s

ubm

issi

on

- Syd

ney

Met

ro, t

o ac

hiev

e im

prov

ed s

tatio

n an

d pr

ecin

ct d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

usto

mer

out

com

es

- CBD

and

Sou

th E

ast L

ight

Rai

l (C

SELR

), to

ach

ieve

the

best

pos

sibl

e pe

dest

riani

satio

n an

d ur

ban

dom

ain

outc

omes

on

Geo

rge

Stre

et, a

nd e

ffect

ive

trave

l tim

es fo

r use

rs

- pro

secu

ting

the

case

for a

sta

tion

at P

yrm

ont o

n M

etro

Wes

t.

On

Trac

k

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1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

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ing

and

road

man

agem

ent

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/20

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/20

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com

plet

ed in

Q4

On

Trac

k

Traf

fic c

alm

ing

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

N

umbe

r of t

rans

port-

rela

ted

proj

ects

(fo

otpa

th w

iden

ing,

traf

fic c

alm

ing

mea

sure

s, in

ters

ectio

n up

grad

es, e

tc.)

deliv

ered

as

part

of th

e C

ity’s

Pe

dest

rian,

Cyc

ling

and

Traf

fic C

alm

ing

(PC

TC) p

lans

No.

6

8 6

0 1

- -

1 C

apita

l wor

ks w

ill be

del

iver

ed u

nder

the

new

C

ivil

and

Sydn

ey S

treet

Infra

stru

ctur

e W

orks

co

ntra

ct th

at c

omm

ence

d in

Oct

ober

201

9.

This

will

impr

ove

and

stre

amlin

e th

e w

ay th

e C

ity d

eliv

ers

proj

ects

. All

PCTC

pro

ject

s ha

ve

been

tran

sfer

red

to th

e ne

w c

ontra

ct a

nd w

ill be

del

iver

ed in

Q2

to Q

4.

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

of 6

5

4 A

city

for w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g A

safe

, com

fort

able

and

attr

activ

e w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g ne

twor

k lin

king

the

city

’s s

tree

ts, p

arks

and

ope

n sp

aces

.

4.1

The

city

and

nei

ghbo

urin

g ar

eas

have

a n

etw

ork

of a

cces

sibl

e, s

afe,

con

nect

ed p

edes

tria

n an

d cy

clin

g pa

ths

inte

grat

ed w

ith g

reen

spa

ces.

Maj

or P

roje

cts

Com

plet

ion

Dat

e %

C

ompl

ete

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Cyc

ling

Impr

ove

bicy

cle

safe

ty, a

cces

s an

d am

enity

thro

ugh

smal

l sca

le

infra

stru

ctur

e ch

ange

s an

d im

prov

ed o

n st

reet

faci

litie

s th

roug

hout

th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a.

2023

52

C

onst

ruct

ion

is u

nder

way

for t

wo

rais

ed p

riorit

y cr

ossi

ngs

for c

yclis

ts a

nd

pede

stria

ns in

Ale

xand

ria a

nd F

ores

t Lod

ge. C

onst

ruct

ion

of a

noth

er tw

o ca

pita

l w

orks

pro

ject

s w

ill co

mm

ence

in Q

3. T

hese

pro

ject

s w

ill pr

ovid

e si

gnifi

cant

saf

ety

and

acce

ss im

prov

emen

ts to

ride

rs o

n ke

y cy

cle

rout

es.

On

Trac

k

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Wal

king

Del

iver

the

Cen

tral B

usin

ess

Dis

trict

Stre

etsc

ape

Impr

ovem

ent

prog

ram

, inc

ludi

ng th

e in

stal

latio

n of

Sm

artp

oles

, upg

rade

d an

d im

prov

ed L

ED s

treet

ligh

ting,

traf

fic s

igna

ls, s

treet

furn

iture

and

the

inst

alla

tion

of g

rani

te p

avin

g.

The

deliv

ery

of th

ese

wor

ks a

re o

ngoi

ng. G

rani

te in

fill w

orks

in Q

2 in

clud

ed L

iver

pool

Stre

et a

nd M

arga

ret S

treet

.

On

Trac

k

Cyc

ling

Com

plet

e th

e C

ity’s

hig

h pr

iorit

y re

gion

al ro

utes

, with

sep

arat

ed

cycl

eway

s w

here

pos

sibl

e.

Con

stru

ctio

n of

sep

arat

ed c

ycle

way

s al

ong

high

prio

rity

regi

onal

rout

es a

re c

ompl

ete

or u

nder

way

this

fina

ncia

l yea

r al

ong

Epso

m R

oad,

Wils

on S

treet

, and

Bur

ren

Stre

et. T

hree

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent f

unde

d pr

ojec

ts a

re o

n tra

ck fo

r co

mpl

etio

n th

is fi

nanc

ial y

ear;

Live

rpoo

l Stre

et w

este

rn li

nk, C

halm

ers

Stre

et li

nk a

nd L

awso

n St

reet

. Fea

sibi

lity

stud

ies

are

com

plet

e fo

r Cas

tlere

agh

Stre

et n

orth

and

Oxf

ord

Stre

et li

nk b

etw

een

Cas

telre

agh

Stre

et a

nd T

aylo

r Sq

uare

). D

esig

n co

nsul

tanc

y ha

s co

mm

ence

d fo

r Ash

mor

e Pr

ecin

ct li

nks

and

Mitc

hell

Roa

d an

d H

untle

y St

reet

.

On

Trac

k

Part

ners

hips

Wor

k w

ith n

eigh

bour

ing

coun

cils

, Sta

te a

nd F

eder

al G

over

nmen

ts to

im

plem

ent t

he In

ner S

ydne

y R

egio

nal B

ike

netw

ork.

Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ued

to a

ssis

t Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

with

dev

elop

men

t of a

stra

tegi

c bu

sine

ss c

ase

for c

yclin

g in

frast

ruct

ure

whi

ch w

ill th

en s

uppo

rt th

e In

ner S

ydne

y R

egio

nal B

ike

Net

wor

k (IS

RBN

) sub

mis

sion

to In

frast

ruct

ure

Aust

ralia

.

On

Trac

k

Civ

il In

fras

truc

ture

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent p

riorit

y ac

tions

from

the

Live

able

Gre

en

Net

wor

k, in

clud

ing

the

Foot

path

Ren

ewal

pro

gram

, ped

estri

an a

nd

cycl

ing

safe

ty im

prov

emen

ts, n

ew fu

rnitu

re in

stal

latio

ns, p

edes

trian

lig

htin

g up

grad

es, i

nsta

llatio

ns o

f gre

en v

erge

/stre

et g

arde

ns a

nd n

ew

cycl

eway

s.

The

inst

alla

tion

of n

ew s

treet

furn

iture

, ped

estri

an li

ghtin

g, a

cces

s ra

mps

, gre

en v

erge

, cyc

lew

ay u

pgra

des

and

new

fo

otw

ays

is c

ontin

uing

on

the

Live

able

Gre

en N

etw

ork

rout

es.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

4.2

The

city

cen

tre

is m

anag

ed to

faci

litat

e th

e m

ovem

ent o

f peo

ple

wal

king

and

cyc

ling.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Wal

king

Wor

k w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o de

crea

se w

aitin

g tim

e an

d jo

urne

y tim

e fo

r ped

estri

ans

on p

riorit

y ro

utes

in th

e C

ity C

entre

, and

Li

veab

le G

reen

Net

wor

k ro

utes

thro

ugho

ut th

e Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Ar

ea.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

wor

k w

ith T

rans

port

for N

SW a

nd th

e Sy

dney

Coo

rdin

atio

n of

fice

on p

edes

trian

prio

rity

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

incl

udin

g th

e in

stal

latio

n of

new

cou

ntdo

wn

timer

s in

the

city

cen

tre. A

ctio

ns in

the

draf

t 5 y

ear C

ity C

entre

Ac

tion

Plan

look

to im

prov

e pe

dest

rian

acce

ss a

cros

s th

e C

ity C

entre

. The

City

has

mad

e a

subm

issi

on to

In

frast

ruct

ure

Aust

ralia

requ

estin

g th

e ec

onom

ic im

pact

of p

edes

trian

del

ay b

e ac

know

ledg

ed a

s a

natio

nal e

cono

mic

pr

iorit

y fo

r inv

estm

ent.

On

Trac

k

Cyc

ling

- City

cen

tre

Advo

cate

to th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o co

mpl

ete

the

City

Cen

tre

Acce

ss S

trate

gy c

ycle

way

net

wor

k.

Tran

spor

t for

NSW

hav

e gi

ven

appr

oval

for L

iver

pool

Stre

et c

ycle

way

link

to D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur a

nd fo

r Cha

lmer

s St

reet

cy

clew

ay li

nk to

Prin

ce A

lfred

Par

k. B

oth

proj

ects

hav

e fu

ndin

g fro

m th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t for

con

stru

ctio

n th

is

finan

cial

yea

r. Ke

y m

issi

ng c

ycle

way

link

s ha

ve b

een

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

City

Cen

tre A

ctio

n Pl

an fo

r the

City

and

Tf

NSW

to p

rogr

ess.

The

se in

clud

e: C

astle

reag

h St

reet

Nor

th, P

itt S

treet

and

Kin

g St

reet

.

On

Trac

k

Part

ners

hips

Col

labo

rate

with

the

Stat

e G

over

nmen

t to

inte

grat

e w

alki

ng a

nd

cycl

ing

with

Geo

rge

Stre

et L

ight

Rai

l and

ped

estri

anis

atio

n pr

ojec

t. Fo

llow

ing

the

com

plet

ion

of li

ght r

ail,

pede

stria

nisa

tion

of G

eorg

e St

reet

con

tinue

s be

twee

n Ba

thur

st a

nd C

ampb

ell

Stre

ets

(sou

thbo

und)

. O

n Tr

ack

4.3

The

num

ber o

f peo

ple

who

cho

ose

to w

alk

and

cycl

e co

ntin

ues

to in

crea

se.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Mod

al s

hift

Prom

ote

the

bene

fits

of w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g.

The

City

and

Woo

llahr

a C

ounc

il jo

intly

gav

e a

gran

t to

Cyc

ling

With

out A

ge, l

aunc

hed

in J

uly,

giv

ing

resi

dent

s of

som

e lo

cal a

ged

care

hom

es th

e op

portu

nity

to g

et ta

ken

for b

ike

rides

. Th

e Bi

ke to

Boo

ks A

rt C

ompe

titio

n fo

r chi

ldre

n at

libr

arie

s dr

ew m

any

entri

es a

nd w

inne

rs a

re o

n di

spla

y on

cyc

lew

ay

deca

ls.

The

City

offe

red

Cyc

ling

in th

e C

ity fo

r com

mut

ers

ebik

e tra

inin

g th

roug

h em

ploy

ers,

ran

try-a

-bik

e se

ssio

ns n

ear

wor

kpla

ces

in S

outh

Eve

leig

h an

d D

arlin

g Sq

uare

, and

pro

mot

ed w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g at

act

ivat

ions

for t

he S

tate

Li

brar

y an

d D

eloi

tte.

We

dist

ribut

ed th

ousa

nds

of S

ydne

y C

yclin

g G

uide

s, c

ontin

ued

to ru

n ad

ult c

yclin

g an

d bi

ke m

aint

enan

ce c

ours

es

and

bala

nce

bike

clin

ics

for y

oung

chi

ldre

n to

lear

n to

ride

.

On

Trac

k

Wal

king

and

cyc

ling

for l

eisu

re

Lead

and

/or s

uppo

rt ev

ents

cel

ebra

ting

and

focu

sing

on

wal

king

and

cy

clin

g. P

rom

ote

attra

ctiv

e ro

utes

and

ope

n sp

aces

. Fr

om S

epte

mbe

r to

Nov

embe

r Syd

ney

Rid

es 2

019

incl

uded

33

fam

ily fr

iend

ly e

vent

s in

clud

ing

The

Big

Adve

ntur

e in

Sy

dney

Par

k, R

ide

to W

ork

Day

, Spr

ing

Cyc

le a

nd L

ight

the

City

. The

eve

nts

enco

urag

ed o

ver 2

0,00

0 pe

ople

to w

alk

or ri

de fo

r the

occ

asio

n.

Ther

e w

ere

280

entri

es to

the

Sydn

ey R

ides

Pho

to c

ompe

titio

n an

d fin

alis

ts w

ere

disp

laye

d at

an

exhi

bitio

n in

Pa

ddin

gton

Res

ervo

ir G

arde

ns d

urin

g O

ctob

er.

The

City

ran

try-a

-bik

e se

ssio

ns n

ear w

orkp

lace

s in

Sou

th E

vele

igh

and

Dar

ling

Squa

re d

urin

g O

ctob

er.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Beh

avio

ur

Mon

itor w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g pa

rtici

patio

n an

d tri

ps, a

ttitu

des

and

safe

ty.

Soci

al re

sear

ch is

don

e ev

ery

3-4

year

s an

d no

t yet

due

. Saf

ety

data

arri

ves

annu

ally

from

Tra

nspo

rt fo

r NSW

. Ad

ditio

nal l

ocal

ised

rese

arch

is u

nder

way

at s

ites

of p

lann

ed o

r new

bik

e ne

twor

k in

frast

ruct

ure.

O

n Tr

ack

Ensu

re a

ll ro

ad a

nd p

ath

user

s ha

ve in

form

atio

n an

d tra

inin

g av

aila

ble

that

ena

bles

them

to e

xhib

it th

e co

rrect

and

saf

e be

havi

ours

.

Betw

een

July

and

Dec

embe

r 201

9 - 7

5 ad

ults

com

plet

ed th

e cy

clin

g co

urse

- 8

7 ad

ults

did

the

bike

mai

nten

ance

cou

rse

- 39

City

sta

ff co

mpl

eted

the

staf

f cyc

ling

cour

se

- 125

sch

ool c

hild

ren

did

the

scho

ols

cycl

ing

cour

se

- 1,5

08 y

oung

chi

ldre

n at

tend

ed th

e ba

lanc

e bi

ke c

linic

- 4

0 Sh

are

the

Path

ons

ite e

duca

tion

sess

ions

wer

e he

ld, a

t whi

ch, 1

,771

map

s w

ere

dist

ribut

ed, 4

19 b

ells

and

132

lig

hts

wer

e at

tach

ed, a

nd 6

56 fr

ee tu

ne-u

ps w

ere

give

n.

On

Trac

k

4.4

Bus

ines

ses

in th

e ci

ty e

ncou

rage

thei

r sta

ff to

wal

k an

d cy

cle

mor

e of

ten.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Jour

ney

to w

ork

- com

mut

ing

Enco

urag

e th

e us

e of

wal

king

and

cyc

ling

for c

omm

utin

g to

wor

k in

th

e ci

ty a

rea.

Th

e C

ity p

rom

oted

Rid

e to

Wor

k D

ay a

nd h

ad a

n ac

tivat

ion

at U

nion

Squ

are

to re

war

d an

d en

cour

age

ridin

g to

wor

k.

The

City

offe

red

Cyc

ling

in th

e C

ity fo

r com

mut

ers

ebik

e tra

inin

g th

roug

h em

ploy

ers,

ran

try-a

-bik

e se

ssio

ns n

ear

wor

kpla

ces

in S

outh

Eve

leig

h an

d D

arlin

g Sq

uare

, and

pro

mot

ed w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g at

act

ivat

ions

for t

he S

tate

Li

brar

y an

d D

eloi

tte.

City

sta

ff ha

ve a

lso

been

wor

king

with

Goo

gle

map

s to

hel

p th

em fi

x th

eir b

ike

dire

ctio

ns d

ata.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

4.S.

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

Cyc

lew

ays/

Shar

ed p

aths

/Cou

rses

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Le

ngth

of s

epar

ated

cyc

lew

ays

prov

ided

an

nual

ly

Km

0.27

0.

31

0.47

0

0.89

-

- 0.

89

Wils

on S

t (Iv

y to

She

pher

d), E

psom

Rd,

C

halm

ers

St, E

ddy

Ave,

Ged

des

Ave,

Elg

er S

t O

n Tr

ack

Leng

th o

f on-

road

cyc

lew

ays

prov

ided

/upg

rade

d an

nual

ly

Km

2.15

2.

35

2.6

0.08

0

- -

0.08

W

ork

com

plet

ed in

Q1

incl

uded

: Kel

ly, W

attle

&

Mar

y An

n St

reet

s; e

xten

sion

and

phy

sica

l se

para

tion

of c

ycle

lane

, bik

e la

nter

ns a

nd

shar

ed p

aths

. Wor

k on

on-

road

cyc

lew

ays

com

men

ced

in Q

2.

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Leng

th o

f sha

red

path

s pr

ovid

ed/u

pgra

ded

annu

ally

Km

2.

4 0.

06

2.4

1.5

0.5

- -

2 In

Q1

wor

k co

mpl

eted

incl

udes

Brid

ge R

d,

Pyrm

ont B

ridge

Rd,

Wat

tle S

t & W

illiam

Hen

ry

St; n

ew s

hare

d pa

ths

incl

udin

g bi

ke la

nter

ns

and

prov

idin

g m

issi

ng s

igna

lised

ped

estri

an

cros

sing

. In

Q2

wor

k in

clud

ed p

ortio

ns o

f Jo

ynto

n Av

e, E

psom

Rd,

Cha

lmer

s St

, Wils

on

St (a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith c

ompl

eted

sep

arat

ed

cycl

eway

pro

ject

s).

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Gro

wth

in c

yclin

g ac

tivity

at k

ey

inte

rsec

tions

aro

und

the

City

of S

ydne

y %

1

7 -

- 8

- -

8 Bi

ke tr

ips

at 7

7 ci

ty in

ters

ectio

ns in

Oct

ober

20

19 h

ave

incr

ease

d by

8%

sin

ce O

ctob

er

2018

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Num

ber o

f atte

ndee

s at

cyc

le s

afet

y co

urse

s N

o.

348

167

- 58

17

-

- 75

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Foot

path

s

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Fo

otw

ay re

new

ed p

rogr

am

m2

14,6

84.1

9 14

,392

10

,000

69

4 1,

414

- -

2,10

8

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Foot

way

repl

aced

by

gree

n ve

rge

m2

3,07

8.88

2,

448

2,00

0 15

46

4 -

- 47

9

Atte

ntio

n R

equi

red

Gra

nite

infil

l pro

ject

- pa

ving

m

2 2,

206

1,05

4 90

0 19

0 73

5 -

- 92

5

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

5 A

livel

y an

d en

gagi

ng c

ity c

entr

e O

ur in

tern

atio

nal i

coni

c st

atus

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

and

our d

istin

ctiv

e ch

arac

ter e

nric

hed

with

gre

at s

tree

ts, v

ibra

nt p

ublic

spa

ces,

a ri

ch c

ultu

ral l

ife a

nd a

wel

l-pla

nned

and

func

tioni

ng c

ity

cent

re, b

oth

day

and

nigh

t.

5.1

The

city

cen

tre

has

safe

and

attr

activ

e pu

blic

spa

ces

for p

eopl

e to

mee

t, re

st a

nd w

alk

thro

ugh

at a

ll tim

es o

f the

day

or n

ight

; with

Geo

rge

Stre

et a

s a

dist

inct

ive

spin

e.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

anni

ng

Con

tinue

to d

evel

op P

ublic

Dom

ain

Plan

s fo

r the

City

Cen

tre a

nd

acco

mpa

nyin

g Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

s.

The

Chi

nato

wn

and

City

Sou

th P

ublic

Dom

ain

Plan

is g

uidi

ng th

e ca

pita

l wor

ks p

rogr

am s

uch

Qua

y St

reet

and

Dar

ling

Har

bour

, con

nect

ing

stre

et im

prov

emen

ts a

t Qua

rry S

treet

s. D

raft

publ

ic d

omai

ns p

lans

for T

own

Hal

l pre

cinc

t and

C

ity S

outh

(Cen

tral S

tatio

n) p

reci

nct a

re n

earin

g co

mpl

etio

n.

On

Trac

k

Safe

ty

Wor

k w

ith p

olic

e an

d em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

to d

eter

, det

ect,

dela

y, a

nd

resp

ond

to in

cide

nts

in c

row

ded

plac

es.

Dur

ing

the

first

hal

f of 2

019/

20 th

e C

ity re

ceiv

ed 7

25 a

pplic

atio

ns fo

r CC

TV fr

om th

e N

SW P

olic

e. 5

90 it

ems

of

foot

age

wer

e re

leas

ed to

ass

ist p

olic

e w

ith th

e in

vest

igat

ion

and

pros

ecut

ion

of o

ffenc

es. C

ity s

taff

aler

ted

polic

e on

ov

er 3

00 o

ccas

ions

to c

rimin

al o

ffenc

es, i

mpr

ovin

g re

spon

se ti

mes

and

redu

cing

the

impa

ct o

f offe

nces

. Th

e C

ity is

als

o pa

rtici

patin

g in

a n

umbe

r of w

orki

ng g

roup

s to

impr

ove

com

mun

icat

ion,

ser

vice

s an

d re

spon

ses

to

inci

dent

s in

cro

wde

d pl

aces

. The

se g

roup

s in

clud

e M

artin

Pla

ce p

reci

nct,

Pitt

Stre

et M

all p

reci

nct,

Circ

ular

Qua

y pr

ecin

ct, S

t And

rew

's S

quar

e pr

ecin

ct, a

nd A

nzac

Mem

oria

l pre

cinc

t gro

ups.

On

Trac

k

5.2

The

city

cen

tre

prov

ides

div

ersi

ty o

f bui

lt fo

rm, u

ses

and

expe

rienc

es.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Publ

ic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts

Con

tinue

to d

eliv

er C

apita

l Wor

ks p

roje

cts

for t

he C

ity a

risin

g fro

m

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

an, H

arbo

ur V

illage

Nor

th P

ublic

D

omai

n Pl

an a

nd C

ity N

orth

Pub

lic D

omai

n Pl

an.

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Im

prov

emen

t wor

ks a

re to

be

scop

ed a

nd p

rogr

amm

ed. C

urre

ntly

Qua

y St

reet

is in

des

ign

deve

lopm

ent p

hase

. The

Syd

ney

Har

bour

Brid

ge S

outh

ern

Cyc

lew

ay (f

orm

erly

Har

bour

Villa

ge N

orth

Cyc

lew

ay) w

ill be

del

iver

ed b

y Tr

ansp

ort f

or N

SW. T

he C

ity is

cur

rent

ly m

anag

ing

the

desi

gn d

evel

opm

ent i

n co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s an

d go

vern

men

t bod

ies.

On

Trac

k

Plan

ning

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a C

BD A

ctiv

atio

n Po

licy

and

Gui

delin

es.

Proj

ect s

cope

to b

e re

view

ed to

alig

n w

ith th

e ne

xt u

pdat

e of

the

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Plan

's o

utco

mes

and

Tr

ansp

ort N

SW/ C

ity o

f Syd

ney

draf

t fiv

e ye

ar C

BD a

ctio

n pl

an.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

5.3

Inno

vativ

e, c

reat

ive,

reta

il, h

ospi

talit

y, to

uris

m a

nd s

mal

l bus

ines

s ac

tivity

is s

uppo

rted

in th

e ci

ty c

entr

e.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Bus

ines

s sp

ace

Faci

litat

e ac

cess

to a

ppro

pria

te s

pace

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

for

busi

ness

es w

ithin

iden

tifie

d pr

iorit

y se

ctor

s in

clud

ing

Tech

Sta

rt-up

s an

d Ab

orig

inal

and

Tor

res

Stra

it Is

land

er b

usin

ess.

The

City

’s o

wn

Busi

ness

Inno

vatio

n Sp

ace

in C

ircul

ar Q

uay

will

prov

ide

3,80

0sqm

of a

fford

able

spa

ce fo

r the

tech

st

artu

p ec

osys

tem

in 2

022.

The

exp

ress

ion

of in

tere

st (E

OI)

for t

he o

pera

tor w

ent t

o m

arke

t in

Oct

ober

201

9. T

he C

ity

is p

rom

otin

g th

e fre

e co

-wor

king

spa

ce a

t the

Jua

nita

Nie

lsen

Com

mun

ity C

entre

in W

oollo

omoo

loo

via

our t

ech

star

tups

em

ail d

atab

ase.

On

Trac

k

Tour

ism

pro

visi

on

Wor

k in

par

tner

ship

to d

evel

op to

uris

m in

frast

ruct

ure

in th

e ci

ty c

entre

in

clud

ing

Wi-F

i and

info

rmat

ion

kios

ks.

A w

orki

ng g

roup

con

sist

ing

of C

ity o

f Syd

ney,

Des

tinat

ion

NSW

, Syd

ney

Ports

and

Pro

perti

es N

SW m

eet o

n a

quar

terly

bas

is to

revi

ew th

e in

frast

ruct

ure

need

s fo

r the

suc

cess

ful d

eliv

ery

of v

isito

r ser

vice

s.

The

grou

p ar

e in

the

proc

ess

of p

riorit

isin

g an

d im

plem

entin

g re

com

men

datio

ns fr

om th

e Vi

sito

r Mod

ellin

g re

sear

ch.

On

Trac

k

Dev

elop

and

del

iver

pro

gram

s th

at p

rovi

de v

isito

rs w

ith in

form

atio

n in

th

e ci

ty c

entre

suc

h as

the

Cru

ise

Ship

Am

bass

ador

Pro

gram

. Fo

r the

per

iod

July

- D

ecem

ber 2

019,

the

City

's A

mba

ssad

ors

gree

ted

28 in

tern

atio

nal c

ruis

e sh

ips

assi

stin

g 7,

312.

Th

e R

oam

ing

Amba

ssad

or p

rogr

am c

ontin

ues

to g

row

, with

ove

r 250

Vol

unte

er A

mba

ssad

ors.

For

the

perio

d Ju

ly -

Dec

embe

r 201

9, t

he A

mba

ssad

ors

assi

sted

57,

781

visi

tors

acr

oss

the

Circ

ular

Qua

y, R

ocks

, Tow

n H

all,

Hyd

e Pa

rk

and

Dar

ling

Har

bour

pre

cinc

ts.

On

Trac

k

5.4

The

city

cen

tre

is a

pla

ce fo

r cul

tura

l act

ivity

, cre

ativ

e ex

pres

sion

and

par

ticip

atio

n.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

City

cen

tre

crea

tive

activ

ity

Del

iver

ope

ratio

nal a

ctiv

ities

to s

uppo

rt bu

skin

g in

the

City

. Th

e ne

w B

uski

ng a

nd A

borig

inal

and

Tor

res

Stra

it Is

land

er C

ultu

ral P

ract

ice

polic

y ha

s be

en im

plem

ente

d. T

he C

ity

cont

inue

s to

mon

itor t

he e

mer

genc

e of

new

bus

king

pitc

hes

alon

g th

e G

eorg

e St

reet

ligh

t rai

l cor

ridor

. O

n Tr

ack

Publ

ic a

rt

Impl

emen

t the

City

Cen

tre P

ublic

Art

Plan

. La

ra S

chni

tger

's Pa

tchw

ork

of L

ight

artw

ork

in R

eiby

Pla

ce w

ill be

inst

alle

d in

ear

ly 2

020.

A s

econ

d pe

rman

ent

lane

way

artw

ork

will

be in

stal

led

mid

to la

te 2

020.

O

n Tr

ack

5.S.

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

City

cen

tre

publ

ic li

fe

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Am

ount

of f

ootw

ay d

inin

g in

the

city

ce

ntre

(tot

al)

m2

2,55

1.46

2,

598.

82

- 2,

346.

76

2,19

5.92

-

- 2,

195.

92

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

of 6

5

6 R

esili

ent a

nd in

clus

ive

loca

l com

mun

ities

B

uild

ing

com

mun

ities

thro

ugh

enha

ncin

g th

e ca

paci

ty o

f our

peo

ple

and

the

qual

ity o

f the

ir liv

es.

6.1

Our

city

com

pris

es m

any

uniq

ue p

lace

s –

a ‘c

ity o

f vill

ages

’ – fo

r com

mun

ities

to li

ve, m

eet,

shop

, stu

dy, c

reat

e, p

lay,

dis

cove

r, le

arn

and

wor

k.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Lear

ning

and

Cre

ativ

e Pr

ogra

ms

Del

iver

a w

elco

min

g cu

ltura

l pro

gram

with

in re

leva

nt C

ity c

ultu

ral

venu

es.

A to

tal o

f 338

eve

nts

wer

e de

liver

ed a

cros

s th

e C

ity’s

libr

arie

s in

clud

ing

43 e

vent

s to

stim

ulat

e cr

eativ

e pa

rtici

patio

n,

72 e

vent

s to

sup

port

digi

tal c

itize

nshi

p an

d 29

4 ev

ents

to b

uild

soc

ial c

onne

ctio

n, re

sulti

ng in

a to

tal o

f 13,

440

peop

le

in a

ttend

ance

. Pro

gram

hig

hlig

hts

incl

ude

the

laun

ch o

f a M

aker

spac

e at

Dar

ling

Squa

re, i

ntro

duci

ng a

new

pro

gram

of

han

ds o

n w

orks

hops

and

eve

nts

desi

gned

to h

elp

star

t-ups

, ups

kill

mak

ers,

sha

re k

now

ledg

e an

d pr

ovid

e ne

twor

king

opp

ortu

nitie

s. A

cces

sibi

lity

is a

key

focu

s of

pro

gram

min

g an

d m

any

olde

r res

iden

ts a

cces

sed

the

Cyb

ersa

fety

and

Tec

h Ex

plai

ned

serie

s le

arni

ng a

bout

pro

tect

ing

pers

onal

info

rmat

ion

onlin

e.

At C

usto

ms

Hou

se th

e ‘C

ity D

ialo

gue:

pub

lic a

rt an

d th

e Bi

enna

le o

f Syd

ney’

exh

ibiti

on w

as la

unch

ed. T

he a

war

d w

inni

ng e

xhib

ition

'Car

togr

aphi

ca',

prev

ious

ly e

xhib

ited

at C

usto

ms

Hou

se, t

oure

d to

the

Joyn

ton

Aven

ue C

reat

ive

Cen

tre in

par

tner

ship

with

107

Pro

ject

s.

On

Trac

k

Publ

ic D

omai

n

Mai

ntai

n an

d en

hanc

e pu

blic

dom

ain

acro

ss th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t ar

ea th

roug

h an

ong

oing

pro

gram

of i

mpr

ovem

ent w

orks

. Pr

ogra

m is

inte

grat

ed in

to th

e va

rious

foot

path

, gre

enin

g, li

ghtin

g, s

treet

furn

iture

and

Ped

estri

an, C

yclin

g an

d Tr

affic

C

alm

ing

(PC

TC) p

rogr

ams

deliv

ered

acr

oss

the

City

. O

n Tr

ack

Gre

en S

quar

e

Del

iver

y of

new

com

mun

ity/c

ultu

ral f

acilit

ies,

pub

lic d

omai

n an

d in

frast

ruct

ure

to a

hig

h st

anda

rd in

Gre

en S

quar

e.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

impl

emen

t a n

etw

ork

of n

ew s

treet

s, in

frast

ruct

ure

upgr

ades

, com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies,

ope

n sp

aces

an

d pe

dest

rian/

bike

link

s in

line

with

the

City

’s p

ublic

dom

ain

stra

tegi

es, d

esig

n co

des

and

tech

nica

l spe

cific

atio

ns.

Thes

e w

orks

are

of a

hig

h st

anda

rd a

nd d

esig

ned

to a

chie

ve h

igh

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

, am

enity

and

act

ive

and

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort.

The

Gre

en S

quar

e Li

brar

y an

d Pl

aza

open

ed in

Oct

ober

201

8 an

d ha

ve b

een

awar

ded

seve

ral a

rchi

tect

ure

awar

ds,

incl

udin

g m

ost r

ecen

tly th

e Si

r Zel

man

Cow

en A

war

d fo

r Pub

lic A

rchi

tect

ure

at th

e 20

19 N

atio

nal A

rchi

tect

ure

Awar

ds.

Gun

yam

a Pa

rk A

quat

ic a

nd R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

is u

nder

con

stru

ctio

n, a

nd p

lann

ed to

ope

n in

mid

-202

0. T

he D

ryin

g G

reen

is u

nder

con

stru

ctio

n an

d pl

anne

d fo

r com

plet

ion

in la

te 2

020.

Th

e G

reen

Squ

are

Tow

n C

entre

has

bee

n aw

arde

d a

Six

(6) G

reen

Sta

r rat

ing

for C

omm

uniti

es b

y th

e G

reen

Bui

ldin

g C

ounc

il of

Aus

tralia

. The

ratin

g re

cogn

ises

the

sust

aina

bilit

y at

tribu

tes

of p

lann

ing,

des

ign

and

cons

truct

ion

of la

rge

scal

e de

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

s at

a c

omm

unity

sca

le. I

t is

the

high

est p

ossi

ble

ratin

g, d

enot

ing

‘Wor

ld L

eade

rshi

p’.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Plac

emak

ing

and

com

mun

ity e

ngag

emen

t act

iviti

es fo

r Gre

en S

quar

e gr

owin

g ne

ighb

ourh

ood.

Th

e C

ity c

ontin

ues

to u

nder

take

com

mun

ity e

ngag

emen

t and

act

ivat

ion

prog

ram

s in

line

with

the

Gre

en S

quar

e Pl

acem

akin

g Fr

amew

ork

2019

. Som

e of

thes

e ar

e pa

rt of

the

City

-wid

e ra

nge

of p

rogr

ams

and

som

e ar

e un

derta

ken

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

loca

l par

tner

s.

Exam

ples

incl

ude:

the

com

mun

ity C

onst

ruct

ion

Liai

son

Gro

up s

essi

ons

on to

wn

cent

re p

roje

cts

held

in J

uly,

Oct

ober

an

d D

ecem

ber 2

019;

the

two

com

mun

ity "I

nfo"

ses

sion

s he

ld in

Oct

ober

201

9; th

e "C

arto

grap

hica

" exh

ibiti

on a

t the

Jo

ynto

n Av

enue

Cre

ativ

e C

entre

dur

ing

Oct

ober

/Nov

embe

r 201

9; th

e la

unch

of t

he G

reen

Squ

are

Stor

mw

ater

Dra

in

and

Epso

m R

oad

cycl

eway

and

ass

ocia

ted

activ

ities

hel

d at

Mat

ron

Rub

y G

rant

Par

k in

Nov

embe

r 201

9; a

nd th

e C

hris

tmas

Fai

r hel

d in

Dec

embe

r 201

9 at

the

Gre

en S

quar

e Pl

aza.

Oth

er e

vent

s ar

e be

ing

plan

ned

for t

he fi

rst h

alf o

f 20

20 a

nd in

clud

e fo

r exa

mpl

e a

com

mun

ity d

inne

r and

the

"Win

ter W

arm

er" s

erie

s th

at in

clud

es o

pen-

air c

inem

a, a

rt an

d cr

aft w

orks

hops

and

mus

ic e

vent

s.

On

Trac

k

Soci

al S

trat

egy

Lead

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

a S

ocia

l Sus

tain

abilit

y Po

licy

and

Actio

n Pl

an.

With

in th

e So

cial

Sus

tain

abilit

y Ac

tion

Plan

ther

e ar

e 59

act

ions

acr

oss

four

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ions

. To

date

32

of th

e ac

tions

com

men

ced

in 2

018

and

thes

e w

ill co

ntin

ue th

roug

hout

202

0. F

our a

ctio

ns h

ave

been

com

plet

ed w

ith th

ree

cont

inui

ng a

s bu

sine

ss a

s us

ual.

On

Trac

k

6.2

Our

city

is a

pla

ce w

here

peo

ple

are

wel

com

ed, i

nclu

ded

and

conn

ecte

d.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Soci

al P

rogr

ams

and

Serv

ices

Impl

emen

t the

Incl

usio

n D

isab

ility

Actio

n Pl

an.

A to

tal o

f 34

even

ts w

ere

liste

d on

the

City

's d

isab

ility-

incl

usiv

e W

hat's

On

page

for t

he in

form

atio

n of

com

mun

ity,

incl

udin

g th

e ‘A

usla

n Po

etry

Sla

m’ e

vent

at G

reen

Squ

are

Libr

ary

show

casi

ng a

rtist

s w

ith a

dis

abilit

y an

d ce

lebr

atin

g D

eaf c

ultu

re. A

tota

l of 9

4 pe

ople

atte

nded

whe

re 5

7% id

entif

ied

as li

ving

with

a d

isab

ility.

Ano

ther

was

‘The

Big

Fee

ls

Clu

b’ a

t Gre

en S

quar

e Li

brar

y. A

tota

l of 5

2 pe

ople

atte

nded

to fo

cus

on h

ow to

redu

ce s

tigm

a ar

ound

men

tal h

ealth

an

d co

ntrib

ute

to p

ositi

ve c

omm

unity

atti

tude

s to

war

ds p

eopl

e liv

ing

with

men

tal i

llnes

s.

Ther

e w

ere

2,06

4 vi

ews

of th

e C

ity's

onl

ine

acce

ssib

ility

map

, whi

ch p

rovi

des

info

rmat

ion

abou

t key

acc

ess

feat

ures

su

ch a

s m

obilit

y pa

rkin

g sp

aces

and

acc

essi

ble

publ

ic to

ilets

, pot

entia

l bar

riers

suc

h as

sta

irs a

nd s

teep

and

m

oder

ate

incl

ines

. Th

e C

ity's

Incl

usiv

e an

d Ac

cess

ible

Pub

lic D

omai

n Po

licy

and

Gui

delin

es, a

nd E

vent

Gui

delin

es w

ere

endo

rsed

by

Cou

ncil,

and

the

City

’s D

igita

l and

Prin

t Acc

essi

bilit

y Po

licy

and

Gui

delin

es w

ere

upda

ted

to in

clud

e re

quire

men

ts

such

as

acce

ssib

ility

of p

rinte

d do

cum

ents

and

web

con

tent

. The

City

als

o en

cour

aged

loca

l bus

ines

ses,

thro

ugh

the

Busi

ness

to B

usin

ess

new

slet

ter,

to b

e m

ore

incl

usiv

e of

peo

ple

with

dis

abilit

y.

The

Incl

usio

n (D

isab

ility)

Adv

isor

y Pa

nel h

as m

et re

gula

rly p

rovi

ding

feed

back

on

a nu

mbe

r of p

lann

ing

proj

ects

and

ot

her p

roje

cts

rega

rdin

g ac

cess

ible

nee

ds to

be

disc

usse

d by

the

City

with

the

rele

vant

org

anis

atio

ns in

volv

ed.

On

Trac

k

Offe

r affo

rdab

le s

ocia

l pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es th

at p

rom

ote

soci

al

incl

usio

n, c

onne

ctio

n an

d pa

rtici

patio

n.

In th

e ye

ar to

dat

e, 4

37,1

27 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed t

he C

ity’s

13

staf

fed

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies,

pro

gram

s an

d ev

ents

. Th

is

repr

esen

ts a

n 8%

incr

ease

com

pare

d to

the

sam

e pe

riod

last

yea

r. A

tota

l of 5

63 p

rogr

ams

to p

rom

ote

and

supp

ort

incl

usio

n an

d di

vers

ity w

ere

offe

red,

with

523

pro

gram

s ou

t of 5

63 a

cces

sibl

e to

peo

ple

with

a d

isab

ility.

A to

tal o

f 10

,715

boo

king

s w

ere

take

n ac

ross

the

City

's 1

3 st

affe

d an

d 28

uns

taffe

d co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s, w

ith 1

,192

boo

king

s at

se

lf-he

lp ra

tes,

and

6,5

74 a

t com

mun

ity ra

tes.

Thi

s re

pres

ents

a 2

4% in

crea

se in

boo

king

s at

com

mun

ity ra

tes

over

th

e sa

me

perio

d la

st y

ear.

A fu

rther

31

soci

al p

rogr

ams

and

even

ts w

ere

deliv

ered

acr

oss

the

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

rea

outs

ide

com

mun

ity c

entre

s, w

ith 1

,344

peo

ple

atte

ndin

g.

Mea

ls o

n W

heel

s de

liver

ed 1

7,59

5 m

eals

to 1

83 c

lient

s, a

nd p

rovi

ded

115

hour

s of

ass

essm

ent a

nd 5

74 h

ours

of

care

coo

rdin

atio

n in

clud

ing

79 h

ome

visi

ts.

Com

mun

ity T

rans

port

prov

ided

8,6

83 p

asse

nger

trip

s an

d 22

2 co

mm

unity

bu

s hi

res.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Hig

hlig

hts

incl

ude:

• 6

50 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed fr

ee ta

lks

at c

omm

unity

cen

tres

on to

pics

incl

udin

g he

alth

and

wel

lbei

ng, s

afet

y an

d fin

anci

al

secu

rity

• 215

peo

ple

atte

nded

RU

OK

Day

eve

nts

at K

ing

Geo

rge

V R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

and

Har

ry J

ense

n C

omm

unity

Cen

tre

• 189

pro

gram

s or

eve

nts

that

feat

ured

Abo

rigin

al a

nd T

orre

s St

rait

Isla

nder

con

tent

wer

e he

ld a

cros

s th

e C

ity's

co

mm

unity

cen

tres

• 145

atte

ndan

ces

at M

oon

Fest

ival

eve

nts

acro

ss th

e C

ity's

com

mun

ity c

entre

s • 3

,922

atte

ndan

ces

at c

omm

unity

lunc

h an

d di

nner

act

iviti

es a

nd o

ther

food

pro

gram

s at

the

City

’s c

omm

unity

ce

ntre

s, in

clud

ing

NAI

DO

C e

vent

s an

d C

hris

tmas

cel

ebra

tions

• 2

91 y

oung

peo

ple

atte

nded

sch

ool h

olid

ay p

rogr

ams,

with

six

fee

wai

vers

pro

vide

d to

fam

ilies

expe

rienc

ing

finan

cial

ha

rdsh

ip

• 310

peo

ple

atte

nded

the

Mul

ticul

tura

l Fut

sal S

erie

s N

AID

OC

roun

d, a

nd G

ala

Even

t at t

he K

ing

Geo

rge

V R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

• 1

62 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed s

ix S

trata

Ski

lls 1

01 w

orks

hops

• 8

2 pe

ople

, rep

rese

ntin

g 53

org

anis

atio

ns, a

ttend

ed th

ree

Con

nect

Syd

ney

train

ing

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g w

orks

hops

. W

orks

hop

cont

ent w

as d

evel

oped

bas

ed o

n lo

cal c

onsu

ltatio

n da

ta a

nd p

riorit

ies

• 639

atte

ndan

ces

at e

vent

s as

par

t of t

he C

ity's

Inte

rnat

iona

l Stu

dent

Lea

der A

mba

ssad

ors

(ISLA

) Pro

gram

, inc

ludi

ng

101

peop

le a

t an

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

net

wor

king

eve

nt, 1

09 p

eopl

e at

an

empl

oym

ent p

anel

, 138

peo

ple

at a

you

th

lead

ersh

ip c

onfe

renc

e, 2

08 p

eopl

e at

13

Sydn

ey T

own

Hal

l tou

rs, w

hile

50

peop

le a

ttend

ed tw

o Jo

urne

y to

the

Cen

tre

of S

ydne

y To

urs,

and

33

peop

le a

ttend

ed th

e Au

stra

lian

Spor

ts D

ay, a

pro

gram

pro

vidi

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

for i

ndiv

idua

ls

to le

arn

abou

t Aus

tralia

n cu

lture

thro

ugh

spor

t. • 1

1 yo

ung

peop

le p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

City

's E

mer

ging

Civ

ic L

eade

rs P

rogr

am, w

ith o

ne y

oung

per

son

empl

oyed

as

a pr

ogra

m c

o-fa

cilit

ator

. • 2

00 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed th

e Tr

ansg

ende

r Day

of R

emem

bran

ce e

vent

in H

arm

ony

Park

. Th

is y

ear's

eve

nt im

plem

ente

d a

num

ber o

f im

prov

ed s

usta

inab

ility

feat

ures

. Th

ese

incl

uded

; Syd

ney

Wat

er a

nd R

uzi p

rovi

ding

wat

er, a

long

with

su

stai

nabl

e re

usab

le c

ups

and

colle

ctio

n po

ints

, and

food

pro

vide

d by

the

OzH

arve

st fo

od tr

uck,

whi

ch p

rovi

des

a ze

ro-w

aste

insp

ired

men

u an

d us

es c

ompo

stab

le p

late

s an

d bo

wls

.

Del

iver

pro

gram

s th

at s

uppo

rt co

mm

unity

saf

ety.

Th

e C

ity d

eliv

ers

a ra

nge

of in

itiat

ives

to in

crea

se a

ctua

l and

per

ceiv

ed s

afet

y in

Syd

ney.

Thi

s in

clud

ed d

eliv

erin

g sa

fety

cam

paig

ns, c

omm

unity

eve

nts

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g in

itiat

ives

del

iver

ed in

par

tner

ship

with

NSW

Pol

ice

enga

ging

ove

r 1,6

70 p

eopl

e.

In th

e pe

riod

July

to D

ecem

ber 2

019

ther

e w

ere

14 c

rime

prev

entio

n in

itiat

ives

. The

City

hos

ted

the

Cof

fee

with

a C

op

serie

s of

eig

ht e

vent

s in

libr

arie

s w

ith th

e ai

m o

f inc

reas

ing

feel

ings

of s

afet

y an

d co

mm

unity

con

nect

ion,

and

link

ing

over

400

peo

ple

with

thei

r loc

al s

ervi

ces.

The

City

als

o co

-hos

ted

the

Chr

istm

as P

olic

e BB

Qs

with

ove

r 150

peo

ple

in

atte

ndan

ce. A

ttend

ees

incl

uded

lice

nsee

s, re

ligio

us a

nd c

omm

unity

lead

ers,

bus

ines

s re

pres

enta

tives

and

resi

dent

s.

Thes

e in

form

al g

athe

rings

pro

vide

d pa

rtici

pant

s an

opp

ortu

nity

to ra

ise

and

disc

uss

safe

ty is

sues

with

NSW

Pol

ice

and

the

City

, as

wel

l as

impr

ove

thei

r kno

wle

dge

abou

t whe

re to

get

hel

p if

they

nee

d it.

Th

e C

ity w

on th

e N

SW In

tern

atio

nal S

tude

nt C

omm

unity

Eng

agem

ent A

war

d 20

19, f

or th

e Yo

ur b

ody,

You

r cho

ice

reso

urce

. The

reso

urce

is a

vaila

ble

in 1

1 co

mm

unity

lang

uage

s an

d co

ntai

ns im

porta

nt in

form

atio

n ab

out s

exua

l as

saul

t and

info

rmat

ion

abou

t whe

re s

tude

nts

can

find

supp

ort b

oth

safe

ly a

nd c

onfid

entia

lly. T

he re

sour

ce h

as b

een

deve

lope

d by

the

City

and

Red

fern

Leg

al C

entre

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith S

tudy

NSW

, Rap

e C

risis

NSW

, NSW

Hea

lth

Sexu

al A

ssau

lt Se

rvic

e, N

SW P

olic

e an

d th

e C

ity’s

inte

rnat

iona

l stu

dent

am

bass

ador

s.

On

Trac

k

Soci

al J

ustic

e

Dev

elop

an

advo

cacy

map

and

del

iver

y pl

an fo

r pro

mot

ing

soci

al

just

ice,

com

mun

ity re

silie

nce

and

cohe

sion

. Th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

supp

orte

d a

subm

issi

on m

ade

by th

e C

ounc

il of

Cap

ital C

ities

Lor

d M

ayor

to In

frast

ruct

ure

Aust

ralia

adv

ocat

ing

for t

he in

clus

ion

of h

ousi

ng a

s so

cial

infra

stru

ctur

e in

the

Nat

iona

l Inf

rast

ruct

ure

Audi

t 201

9. T

he

City

of S

ydne

y ho

sted

the

Wel

com

e C

ities

NSW

Gat

herin

g in

Nov

embe

r 201

9 w

hich

was

atte

nded

by

loca

l and

sta

te

gove

rnm

ent r

epre

sent

ativ

es.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

6.3

Loca

l eco

nom

ies

are

resi

lient

, mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

ir co

mm

unity

, and

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r peo

ple

to re

alis

e th

eir p

oten

tial.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Info

rmat

ion

and

rese

arch

Prov

ide

dem

ogra

phic

, vis

itor a

nd s

ecto

r dat

a an

d an

alys

is to

loca

l bu

sine

sses

to a

ssis

t in

deci

sion

mak

ing

and

sust

aina

ble

grow

th.

The

2019

Hou

sing

Aud

it, 2

019

Res

iden

tial m

onito

r, 20

19 C

omm

erci

al D

evel

opm

ent M

onito

r and

the

2019

vis

itor

Acco

mm

odat

ion

Mon

itor h

ave

all b

een

com

plet

ed a

nd a

dded

to th

e C

ity's

LEA

RN

pag

es o

n th

e w

ebsi

te.

A 3D

de

velo

pmen

t mon

itorin

g w

ebm

ap is

und

er d

evel

opm

ent.

On

Trac

k

Supp

ort s

mal

l bus

ines

s

Stre

ngth

en th

e ac

tivat

ion

of p

reci

ncts

, with

eve

nts,

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es a

nd d

evel

op re

sour

ces

that

sup

port

exis

ting

and

new

bu

sine

ss.

The

City

pro

mot

ed lo

cal v

illage

eco

nom

ies

and

prof

iled

busi

ness

es th

roug

h its

mar

ketin

g st

rate

gy #

sydn

eylo

cal.

Ove

r th

e la

st 2

4 m

onth

s, it

has

reac

hed

+15

milli

on p

eopl

e an

d di

rect

ly p

rofil

ed o

ver +

6,00

0 bu

sine

sses

, al

mos

t 50%

of

thes

e ar

e ni

ght t

ime

busi

ness

es. A

tota

l of 3

43,0

00 p

osts

cre

ated

by

14,0

00 u

sers

to th

e #S

ydne

yLoc

al h

asht

ag s

ince

Fe

brua

ry 2

018.

Thi

s re

sulte

d in

a re

ach

of o

ver 3

4.5

milli

on s

ocia

l eng

agem

ents

. Th

e C

ity a

lso

activ

ated

loca

l pre

cinc

ts th

roug

h its

fina

ncia

l sup

port

for v

illage

fest

ival

s an

d pl

ace

and

indu

stry

gra

nts

incl

udin

g:

•Pyr

mon

t Foo

d &

Win

e Fe

stiv

al

•Wal

sh B

ay A

rts T

able

and

Fre

e Li

ve J

azz,

Wal

sh B

ay

•Ant

enna

Doc

umen

tary

Film

Fes

tival

in G

lebe

Ac

tivat

ion

of th

e ci

ty is

sup

porte

d th

roug

h th

e m

ajor

eve

nts

incl

udin

g Vo

gue

Fash

ion

Nig

ht O

ut a

ttrac

ting

over

20

0,00

0 sh

oppe

rs to

Pitt

Stre

et M

all.

Aver

age

spen

d on

the

nigh

t was

$24

4 (+

25%

incr

ease

yea

r on

year

). A

tota

l of

208

reta

ilers

par

ticip

ated

in th

e ev

ent.

The

City

pro

vide

d an

nual

fund

ing

for l

ocal

cha

mbe

rs a

nd in

dust

ry a

ssoc

iatio

ns to

car

ry o

ut lo

cal e

cono

mic

de

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

s th

at p

rom

ote

villa

ge d

estin

atio

ns, c

onne

ct b

usin

esse

s to

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d bu

ild th

eir s

kills

and

ne

twor

ks.

The

City

hos

ted

two

digi

tal 1

01 S

emin

ars

incl

udin

g: “H

ow to

suc

ceed

usi

ng S

hopi

fy” a

ttrac

ting

131

atte

ndee

s, a

nd

“Gen

erat

e Le

ads,

Bui

ld B

rand

Aw

aren

ess

& C

reat

e O

ppor

tuni

ties

with

Lin

kedI

n” a

ttrac

ting

100

atte

ndee

s.

The

City

als

o ho

sted

a h

ands

-on

wor

ksho

p ev

ent f

or b

usin

ess

owne

rs a

nd e

ntre

pren

eurs

cal

led

“Gro

w y

our B

usin

ess

with

Fac

eboo

k Ad

s” a

t The

Stu

dio,

Syd

ney

Star

tup

Hub

. With

a to

tal o

f 75

peop

le a

ttend

ing

the

wor

ksho

p.

As p

art o

f the

Vis

iting

Ent

repr

eneu

r Pro

gram

, the

City

del

iver

ed tw

o ev

ents

, in

colla

bora

tion

with

Sta

rtCon

, at t

he

Idea

s Sp

ace

at D

arlin

g Sq

uare

Lib

rary

incl

udin

g La

unch

into

Spa

ce w

ith D

r Chr

isty

l Joh

nson

attr

actin

g +8

0 at

tend

ees,

an

d Ex

tend

Rea

lity

with

Am

y Pe

ck, a

ttrac

ting

+50

atte

ndee

s.

The

City

regu

larly

com

mun

icat

ed a

ll of

thes

e op

portu

nitie

s to

its

grow

ing

data

base

of o

ver 4

,500

bus

ines

ses.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

6.4

Ther

e is

equ

itabl

e ac

cess

to c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s an

d pl

aces

, par

ks a

nd re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s to

sup

port

wel

lbei

ng in

dai

ly li

fe.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

mun

ity P

lann

ing

Prov

ide

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ion

for c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s de

liver

y to

mee

t ch

angi

ng c

omm

unity

nee

ds a

nd a

spira

tions

. O

ngoi

ng s

ocia

l pla

nnin

g an

d st

rate

gy a

dvic

e is

bei

ng p

rovi

ded

to s

uppo

rt fu

ture

dec

isio

ns a

roun

d so

cial

infra

stru

ctur

e ac

ross

a n

umbe

r of C

ity p

roje

cts,

Sta

te S

igni

fican

t Site

s an

d C

ounc

il-le

d R

ezon

ings

. For

exa

mpl

e th

e W

ater

loo

Esta

te

rede

velo

pmen

t and

Bla

ckw

attle

and

Bay

s M

arke

t Dis

trict

and

Cen

tral S

quar

e re

deve

lopm

ents

.

On

Trac

k

Com

mun

ity w

ell-b

eing

Prov

ide

educ

atio

n an

d ca

re s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ac

ross

the

loca

l ar

ea, i

nclu

ding

pre

scho

ol, l

ong

day

care

, occ

asio

nal c

are

and

out-o

f-sc

hool

hou

rs s

ervi

ces.

The

City

pro

vide

d 17

,543

ses

sion

s of

car

e ac

ross

the

10 e

duca

tion

and

care

ser

vice

s, in

clud

ing

4,90

2 se

ssio

ns th

at

wer

e pr

ovid

ed a

t a d

isco

unte

d fe

e, re

duce

d fe

e or

free

. To

date

, ser

vice

s ha

ve s

uppo

rted

802

child

ren.

Hig

hlig

hts

and

activ

ities

incl

ude:

• 8

5 pr

esch

ool c

hild

ren

and

70 fa

mily

mem

bers

, inc

ludi

ng p

aren

ts, g

rand

pare

nts,

unc

les,

aun

ts a

nd c

arer

s at

tend

ed

the

City

’s In

augu

ral E

arly

Chi

ldho

od S

ervi

ces

Athl

etic

s C

arni

val,

whi

ch c

oinc

ided

with

Chi

ldre

n’s

Wee

k. T

he e

vent

w

as a

col

labo

ratio

n be

twee

n th

e C

ity’s

four

ear

ly e

duca

tion

and

care

cen

tres

and

the

fam

ilies

of th

ose

serv

ices

. • 5

chi

ld c

entre

d 're

duce

, reu

se a

nd re

cycl

e' e

duca

tiona

l pro

gram

s w

ere

held

acr

oss

the

City

's c

hild

ren'

s se

rvic

es to

en

hanc

e ch

ildre

n’s

lear

ning

in s

usta

inab

ility

and

cons

erva

tion

• 8

11 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed 1

8 fa

mily

eve

nts

acro

ss c

entre

s to

enc

oura

ge s

ocia

l par

ticip

atio

n, in

clud

ing

art s

how

s, a

n en

d of

yea

r BBQ

and

fam

ily p

icni

cs.

On

Trac

k

Supp

ort a

div

erse

, inc

lusi

ve a

nd a

cces

sibl

e ra

nge

of c

omm

unity

pr

ogra

ms

and

proj

ects

thro

ugh

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies.

Th

e C

ity o

ffere

d 56

3 in

stan

ces

of p

rogr

ams

acro

ss th

e C

ity's

13

staf

fed

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies,

with

523

acc

essi

ble

to

peop

le w

ith a

dis

abilit

y, 2

6 de

sign

ed to

incr

ease

dig

ital l

itera

cy a

nd in

clus

ion,

157

inst

ance

s of

env

ironm

enta

l pr

ogra

ms

and

activ

ities

, and

ove

r 70

exer

cise

and

fitn

ess

activ

ities

. A to

tal o

f 8,3

83 b

ooki

ngs

wer

e m

ade

by g

roup

s in

un

staf

fed

com

mun

ity v

enue

s, a

n in

crea

se o

f nea

rly 1

3% o

ver t

he s

ame

perio

d la

st y

ear,

with

5,7

00 a

t com

mun

ity

rate

s, w

hich

repr

esen

ts a

n in

crea

se o

f 15%

ove

r the

sam

e pe

riod

last

yea

r. H

ighl

ight

s in

clud

e:

• 57,

091

atte

ndan

ces

at s

ports

com

petit

ions

at U

ltim

o an

d M

ayba

nke

Com

mun

ity C

entre

s an

d Ki

ng G

eorg

e V

Rec

reat

ion

Cen

tre

• 35,

892

atte

ndan

ces

for g

ym u

se a

nd e

xerc

ises

cla

sses

at t

he C

ity's

3 c

omm

unity

fitn

ess

cent

res

• 16,

379

atte

ndan

ces

at o

ther

fitn

ess

and

leis

ure

prog

ram

s of

fere

d ac

ross

City

Spa

ces

and

3,48

7 at

tend

ance

s at

sp

orts

coa

chin

g pr

ogra

ms

• 83,

635

atte

ndan

ces

at h

ealth

and

wel

lbei

ng p

rogr

ams

targ

etin

g ci

ty w

orke

rs, p

eopl

e ex

perie

ncin

g ho

mel

essn

ess,

m

enta

l hea

lth is

sues

or s

ubst

ance

use

issu

es, r

efug

ees,

sen

iors

, you

ng p

eopl

e an

d pe

ople

with

dis

abilit

y

• 255

,790

atte

ndan

ces

at ta

rget

ed in

itiat

ives

to im

prov

e co

mm

unity

hea

lth a

nd w

ellb

eing

•

8,86

1 yo

ung

peop

le p

artic

ipat

ed in

‘dro

p in

’ cas

ual B

aske

tbal

l and

Fut

sal s

essi

ons

at K

ing

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rge

V R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

and

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bank

e C

omm

unity

Cen

tre

• 69

6 in

divi

dual

boo

king

s w

ere

mad

e fo

r spo

rting

act

iviti

es a

t the

Pet

er F

orsy

the

Audi

toriu

m, w

ith 3

11 (4

4.7%

) or

gani

sed

by lo

cal c

omm

unity

gro

ups

• 3,

483

atte

ndan

ces

at “P

aren

ts a

nd B

ubs”

gen

tle e

xerc

ise

clas

ses

offe

red

at 5

com

mun

ity c

entre

s •

291

atte

ndan

ces

at th

e C

ity’s

Sch

ool H

olid

ay P

rogr

am

• 42

5 pe

ople

atte

nded

free

talk

s on

hea

lth a

nd w

ellb

eing

topi

cs a

cros

s th

e C

ity's

com

mun

ity c

entre

s.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

Del

iver

y

Dev

elop

a p

rope

rty p

ortfo

lio th

at e

nsur

es c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s op

timis

e in

vest

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d co

mm

unity

nee

ds.

Opp

ortu

nitie

s to

acq

uire

pro

perti

es fo

r inv

estm

ent a

nd o

pen

spac

e ar

e co

nsid

ered

as

they

aris

e.

On

Trac

k

Park

s an

d re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s

Max

imis

e th

e av

aila

bilit

y an

d qu

ality

of f

acilit

ies

to m

eet d

eman

d fo

r pa

rtici

patio

n in

spo

rts a

cros

s th

e co

mm

unity

. Th

e C

ity's

spo

rts fa

cilit

ies

prog

ram

incl

udes

: - P

erry

Par

k R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

(Sta

ge 2

) 202

0 - G

unya

ma

Park

syn

thet

ic s

ports

fiel

d - 2

020

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yam

a Pa

rk A

quat

ic R

ecre

atio

n C

entre

- 20

20

- Ale

xand

ria P

ark

synt

hetic

spo

rts fi

eld

and

spor

ts c

ourts

- 202

1 - H

untle

y St

reet

indo

or s

ports

cou

rts -

2022

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ook+

Philli

p Pa

rk P

ool c

hang

e ro

oms

and

rece

ptio

n up

grad

e - c

ompl

eted

201

9 - S

ydne

y Pa

rk s

kate

faci

lity,

Ale

xand

ria- 2

020

- con

stru

ctio

n co

mm

ence

d Ju

ly 2

019

- The

Cre

scen

t ska

te fa

cilit

y, G

lebe

- 202

0 - c

onst

ruct

ion

com

men

ced

July

201

9 Th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

a n

ew o

utdo

or fi

tnes

s ar

ea a

t Wat

erlo

o Pa

rk w

as c

ompl

eted

in J

uly

2019

. Pl

anni

ng fo

r new

out

door

fitn

ess

area

at P

irram

a Pa

rk is

und

erw

ay.

A ne

w o

utdo

or y

outh

spa

ce c

onst

ruct

ed a

nd m

anag

ed b

y M

irvac

ope

ned

in S

epte

mbe

r 201

9 at

Aus

tralia

n Te

chno

logy

Pa

rk.

On

Trac

k

6.5

The

com

mun

ity h

as th

e ca

paci

ty, c

onfid

ence

and

resi

lienc

e to

ada

pt to

cha

ngin

g ci

rcum

stan

ces.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Soci

al s

ervi

ces

Ref

er to

6.3

.2 "S

treng

then

the

activ

atio

n of

pre

cinc

ts, w

ith e

vent

s,

prog

ram

s an

d se

rvic

es a

nd d

evel

op re

sour

ces

that

sup

port

exis

ting

and

new

bus

ines

s."

N

ot Y

et

Due

To

Rep

ort

Soci

al s

trat

egy,

rese

arch

and

pla

nnin

g

Mon

itor C

omm

unity

Wel

lbei

ng In

dica

tors

to id

entif

y ch

ange

and

w

ellb

eing

tren

ds in

the

com

mun

ity.

Pres

entin

g an

d re

porti

ng th

e 20

18 W

ellb

eing

Sur

vey

(WBS

) res

ults

, inc

ludi

ng fo

cus

area

repo

rts, s

uch

as th

e W

BS

Gre

en S

quar

e vi

llage

are

a re

port

is o

ngoi

ng.

Res

earc

h re

ques

ts, r

elat

ed to

the

Wel

lbei

ng S

urve

y an

d In

dica

tors

dat

a to

info

rm C

ity s

trate

gy a

nd p

rogr

ams

(incl

udin

g sa

fety

per

cept

ions

dat

a, s

ocia

l iso

latio

n ou

tcom

es, b

arrie

rs to

par

ticip

atio

n in

the

com

mun

ity) h

ave

been

re

spon

ded

to.

On

Trac

k

Emer

genc

y Pl

anni

ng

Wor

k w

ith th

e co

mm

unity

, em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

and

rele

vant

age

ncie

s to

bui

ld c

apac

ity a

nd re

silie

nce

to p

reve

nt, r

espo

nd a

nd re

cove

r fro

m

emer

genc

ies.

The

City

con

tinue

d to

coo

rdin

ate

the

activ

ities

of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Man

agem

ent C

omm

ittee

(LEM

C),

incl

udin

g th

e re

view

of r

espo

nse

plan

s, e

mer

genc

y m

anag

emen

t brie

fings

, and

em

erge

ncy

exer

cise

s. O

utco

mes

incl

ude,

en

gage

men

t of A

ECO

M to

und

erta

ke a

n as

sess

men

t of r

esilie

nce

risks

faci

ng th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

LGA

to in

form

the

revi

ew a

nd fu

rther

dev

elop

men

t of t

he L

ocal

Em

erge

ncy

Ris

k As

sess

men

t and

Loc

al E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Pla

n.

The

LEM

C C

harte

r has

bee

n re

vise

d to

rais

e th

e pr

ofile

of t

he C

omm

ittee

by

revi

ewin

g m

embe

rshi

p an

d pr

ovid

ing

alte

rnat

ive

repo

rting

cha

nnel

s fo

r tho

se n

ot re

pres

ente

d on

the

LEM

C. T

he C

ity a

nd L

EMC

con

tinue

to p

artic

ipat

e in

th

e O

ffice

of E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Dis

aste

r Pre

pare

dnes

s Pr

ogra

m.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Cus

tom

er s

ervi

ce

Effe

ctiv

e an

d ef

ficie

nt d

eliv

ery

of re

leva

nt in

form

atio

n an

d se

rvic

es

that

mee

t com

mun

ity n

eeds

. Im

prov

emen

ts to

the

City

’s d

igita

l cus

tom

er c

hann

els

are

prog

ress

ing

incl

udin

g th

e in

trodu

ctio

n of

a V

irtua

l Cus

tom

er

Assi

stan

t, im

plem

entin

g liv

e ch

at a

nd im

plem

entin

g sm

art d

igita

l for

ms.

O

n Tr

ack

6.S.

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

Loca

l eco

nom

ies

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Am

ount

of f

ootw

ay d

inin

g in

the

Villa

ge

Cen

tres

m2

4,62

0.88

3,

646.

76

- 3,

624.

1 3,

736.

79

- -

3,73

6.79

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Valu

e of

eco

nom

ic g

rant

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

$ '0

00

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46

1,02

3.59

-

692.

1 50

8.53

-

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200.

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e fir

st h

alf o

f the

yea

r, 63

Eco

nom

ic

Gra

nts

wer

e ap

prov

ed b

y C

ounc

il fo

r a y

ear t

o da

te to

tal o

f $1,

200,

627

in c

ash

and

valu

e-in

-ki

nd. T

hese

pro

ject

s w

ere

awar

ded

thro

ugh

the

City

’s F

estiv

als

and

Even

ts S

pons

orsh

ip

(Villa

ge a

nd C

omm

unity

) and

Bus

ines

s Su

ppor

t Gra

nt p

rogr

ams.

Thi

s in

clud

es

supp

ort f

or T

he S

urry

Hills

Sum

mer

Pic

nic

and

the

Hyd

e Pa

rk B

arra

cks

Esca

pe R

oom

in

itiat

ive.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Libr

arie

s an

d le

arni

ng

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

N

umbe

r of a

ctiv

e lib

rary

mem

bers

hips

N

o.

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ch q

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icat

es y

ear t

o da

te. I

ncre

ased

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ps d

ue to

ope

ning

of G

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are

and

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ling

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re a

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ener

al in

crea

se in

m

embe

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ps a

cros

s th

e ne

twor

k.

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cato

r O

nly

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l num

ber o

f ite

ms

acce

ssed

from

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brar

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sica

l and

dig

ital)

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7.65

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442.

35

432.

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dica

tor

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ce to

libr

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098.

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347.

45

464.

49

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811.

93

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Chi

ld &

Fam

ily S

ervi

ces

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

N

umbe

r of c

hild

ren

supp

orte

d th

roug

h C

ity o

pera

ted

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ldre

n’s

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ices

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o.

1,10

8 1,

108

- 73

3 69

-

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2

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cato

r O

nly

Num

ber o

f ope

ratio

nal E

arly

Edu

catio

n an

d C

are

plac

es (l

ong

day

care

, N

o.

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- -

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of 6

5

occa

sion

al c

are

and

pres

choo

l) in

the

City

of S

ydne

y

Num

ber o

f ses

sion

s of

car

e pr

ovid

ed a

t th

e C

ity’s

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catio

n an

d C

are

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ay c

are,

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asio

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are,

pr

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out o

f sch

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ours

car

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-

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21

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43

- -

37,2

64

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Num

ber o

f dis

coun

ted

and

free

sess

ions

of

car

e pr

ovid

ed a

t the

City

’s E

duca

tion

and

Car

e Se

rvic

es (l

ong

day

care

, oc

casi

onal

car

e, p

resc

hool

, out

of

scho

ol h

ours

car

e)

No.

-

- -

5,42

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902

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10,3

30

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Com

mun

ity h

ealth

and

wel

l-bei

ng

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

At

tend

ance

s at

targ

eted

initi

ativ

es to

im

prov

e co

mm

unity

hea

lth a

nd

wel

lbei

ng

No.

-

517,

859

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9,31

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6,47

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5,79

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2 ac

tual

upd

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to in

clud

e un

der r

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4327

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acity

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ports

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use)

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of p

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ace

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the

City

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easu

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annu

ally

)

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202

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In

dica

tor

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y

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shfir

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in D

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cato

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Tota

l Occ

upan

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57.2

-

- 57

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Occ

upan

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r the

qua

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efle

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impa

ct o

f re

gula

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rs a

nd p

rogr

ams

goin

g in

to re

cess

ov

er th

e C

hris

tmas

and

New

Yea

r per

iod.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Tota

l occ

upan

cy %

of t

he C

ity’s

out

door

te

nnis

cou

rts

%

- -

- 45

52

-

- 52

O

vera

ll oc

cupa

ncy

leve

l im

pact

ed b

y cl

osur

e of

cou

rt fo

r rep

air a

t Tur

ruw

ul P

ark

for t

he

maj

ority

of t

he q

uarte

r.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Soci

al P

rogr

ams

and

Serv

ices

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

N

umbe

r of m

eals

pro

vide

d th

roug

h th

e C

ity’s

Mea

ls o

n W

heel

s se

rvic

e N

o.

53,7

79

37,6

55

- 8,

853

8,74

2 -

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Indi

cato

r O

nly

Tota

l boo

king

s of

City

Spa

ces

faci

litie

s an

d ve

nues

N

o.

18,5

53

20,0

03

- 5,

442

5,27

3 -

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cato

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nly

Tota

l ove

rall

atte

ndan

ce a

t City

Spa

ces

No.

82

1,59

0 89

6,44

3 -

223,

671

218,

021

- -

441,

692

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

of 6

5

Perc

enta

ge o

f peo

ple

surv

eyed

ac

cess

ing

City

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

who

repo

rt an

incr

ease

in th

eir

conn

ecte

dnes

s to

the

com

mun

ity

%

87

80

- -

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Perc

enta

ge o

f peo

ple

surv

eyed

ac

cess

ing

City

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

who

repo

rt an

impr

ovem

ent i

n th

eir

phys

ical

hea

lth

%

88

85

- -

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Perc

enta

ge o

f peo

ple

surv

eyed

ac

cess

ing

City

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

who

repo

rt an

impr

ovem

ent i

n th

eir

soci

al w

ellb

eing

%

89

89

- -

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Valu

e of

soc

ial g

rant

s ap

prov

ed b

y th

e C

ity o

f Syd

ney

$ '0

00

2,48

6.34

2,

696.

67

- 2,

146.

71

922.

71

- -

3,06

9.42

In

the

first

hal

f of t

he y

ear,

121

Soci

al G

rant

s w

ere

appr

oved

by

Cou

ncil

for a

yea

r to

date

to

tal o

f $3,

069,

415

in c

ash

and

valu

e-in

-kin

d.

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e pr

ojec

ts w

ere

awar

ded

thro

ugh

the

Fest

ival

s an

d Ev

ents

Spo

nsor

ship

(Villa

ge a

nd

Com

mun

ity),

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ledg

e Ex

chan

ge

Spon

sors

hip,

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chin

g G

rant

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ck

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pons

e G

rant

, and

Ven

ue H

ire S

uppo

rt G

rant

s an

d Sp

onso

rshi

p pr

ogra

ms.

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ther

su

ppor

t was

aw

arde

d ou

tsid

e of

the

gran

ts

and

spon

sors

hip

polic

y in

clud

ing

dona

tions

to

bush

fire

relie

f, In

dige

nous

201

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dney

to

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art Y

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e.

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cato

r O

nly

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e of

reve

nue

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one

by th

e C

ity

thro

ugh

the

acco

mm

odat

ion

gran

ts

prog

ram

– le

ases

for s

ocia

l ini

tiativ

es

$ '0

00

3,15

5.71

2,

907.

42

- 72

8.71

66

6.98

-

- 1,

395.

69

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Num

ber o

f pro

gram

s/ev

ents

del

iver

ed

that

pro

mot

e so

cial

incl

usio

n an

d co

nnec

tion

No.

97

5 1,

129

- 31

4 31

2 -

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6

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Num

ber o

f pas

seng

ers

trips

del

iver

ed b

y th

e co

mm

unity

tran

spor

t ser

vice

for

prog

ram

s an

d/or

eve

nts

deliv

ered

or

supp

orte

d by

the

City

No.

21

,255

18

,825

-

4,73

7 3,

946

- -

8,68

3

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Tota

l num

ber o

f bus

hire

s th

roug

h th

e C

ity’s

com

mun

ity b

us-h

ire s

chem

e N

o.

563

533

- 11

7 10

5 -

- 22

2

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Perc

enta

ge o

f peo

ple

surv

eyed

ac

cess

ing

City

pro

gram

s an

d se

rvic

es

who

repo

rted

an in

crea

sed

sens

e of

in

clus

ion,

bel

ongi

ng o

r aw

aren

ess

of

dive

rsity

%

89

86

- -

- -

- -

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Tota

l boo

king

s of

City

Spa

ces

faci

litie

s an

d ve

nues

at c

omm

unity

rate

s N

o.

10,3

76

10,5

30

- 3,

610

2,96

4 -

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574

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

of 6

5

Tota

l val

ue o

f sub

sidi

es p

rovi

ded

thro

ugh

the

City

’s c

omm

unity

bus

-hire

sc

hem

e

$ -

- -

11,9

14

14,5

24.2

5 -

- 26

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In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Com

pani

on a

nim

als

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

D

ogs

and

cats

impo

unde

d (le

ss is

be

tter)

No.

15

2 21

6 -

32

33

- -

65

Ther

e w

ere

13 d

ogs

and

20 c

ats

impo

unde

d in

Q

2.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

Dog

atta

cks

No.

15

5 14

0 -

39

32

- -

71

Ther

e w

ere

32 re

ports

of d

og a

ttack

s in

Q2.

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

Dog

dec

lare

d m

enac

ing/

dang

erou

s N

o.

3 3

- 0

0 -

- -

No

dogs

wer

e de

clar

ed m

enac

ing/

dang

erou

s in

Q2.

In

dica

tor

Onl

y

of 6

5

7 A

cultu

ral a

nd c

reat

ive

city

Th

e C

ity is

com

mitt

ed to

sup

port

ing

Sydn

ey’s

cul

tura

l life

. We

reco

gnis

e th

e in

trin

sic

and

inst

rum

enta

l val

ue o

f cre

ativ

ity a

s a

cultu

ral,

econ

omic

and

soc

ial f

orce

.

7.1

Cre

ativ

ity is

a c

onsi

sten

t and

vis

ible

feat

ure

of th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

and

ther

e ar

e di

stin

ctiv

e cu

ltura

l pre

cinc

ts in

the

city

and

its

villa

ges.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Cre

ativ

e Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Del

iver

Art

& Ab

out S

ydne

y as

a s

igni

fican

t loc

al a

nd in

tern

atio

nal

prog

ram

of p

ublic

dom

ain

activ

ity y

ear-r

ound

. Th

e an

nual

Aus

tralia

n Li

fe a

nd L

ittle

Syd

ney

Live

s ph

otog

raph

ic e

xhib

ition

s w

ere

held

in H

yde

Park

. A to

tal o

f 798

pe

ople

sub

mitt

ed 1

,400

pho

togr

aphs

to th

e co

mpe

titio

n, w

ith e

ntra

nts

repr

esen

ting

ever

y st

ate

in A

ustra

lia. T

he

exhi

bitio

n di

spla

yed

28 fi

nalis

t im

ages

, with

the

first

priz

e aw

arde

d to

NSW

pho

togr

aphe

r Dom

inic

Lor

rimer

for h

is

imag

e H

aka.

Br

anch

Neb

ula

pres

ente

d D

EMO

for A

rt &

Abou

t Syd

ney.

Thi

s ne

w s

treet

sty

le p

erfo

rman

ce w

ork

fuse

d sk

ateb

oard

, BM

X, p

arko

ur a

nd d

ance

in a

tigh

tly c

hore

ogra

phed

per

form

ance

with

in a

set

of p

orta

ble

ram

ps lo

cate

d in

Cus

tom

s H

ouse

Squ

are.

Th

e w

ork

attra

cted

an

audi

ence

of 1

,600

peo

ple

durin

g th

e se

ason

.

On

Trac

k

Del

iver

hoa

rdin

gs a

ctiv

atio

n pr

ogra

m th

roug

hout

the

City

. Th

e C

reat

ive

Hoa

rdin

gs p

rogr

am re

quire

s bu

ilder

s an

d de

velo

pers

to u

se S

ite W

orks

or B

espo

ke a

rtwor

ks o

r His

toric

im

ages

to im

prov

e th

e vi

sual

impa

ct o

f con

stru

ctio

n si

tes

in th

e ci

ty.

The

City

com

mis

sion

ed a

nd la

unch

ed a

sui

te o

f 10

new

artw

ork

desi

gns

this

fina

ncia

l yea

r, ea

ch w

ith 2

0 lic

ense

s,

crea

ted

by A

ustra

lian

artis

ts a

s pa

rt of

its

Site

Wor

ks p

rogr

am. T

he p

rogr

am p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ties

for a

rtist

s to

gai

n ex

posu

re th

roug

h sh

owca

sing

thei

r wor

k at

a la

rge

scal

e in

hig

hly

visi

ble

loca

tions

. Of t

he n

ew s

uite

, 12

licen

ses

for

inst

alla

tion

in th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

have

alre

ady

been

app

rove

d.

In th

is p

erio

d th

e C

ity a

lso

faci

litat

ed th

ree

Besp

oke

hoar

ding

des

igns

com

mis

sion

ed b

y de

velo

pers

and

app

rove

d th

e di

spla

y of

His

toric

imag

es a

t sev

en lo

catio

ns a

cros

s th

e C

ity.

In a

dditi

on to

the

Cre

ativ

e H

oard

ings

pro

gram

the

City

als

o fa

cilit

ated

thre

e be

spok

e sc

affo

ldin

g w

rap

desi

gns

that

w

ere

com

mis

sion

ed b

y de

velo

pers

at t

he re

ques

t of t

he C

ity.

On

Trac

k

Del

iver

y of

per

man

ent a

nd te

mpo

rary

art

proj

ects

in th

e pu

blic

do

mai

n in

clud

ing

Gre

en S

quar

e.

Lara

Sch

nitg

er's

Patc

hwor

k of

Lig

ht a

rtwor

k in

Rei

by P

lace

will

be in

stal

led

in e

arly

202

0.

On

Trac

k

Livi

ng H

isto

ry

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tinue

to im

plem

ent t

he h

isto

ry a

nd c

urat

oria

l pro

gram

s in

al

ignm

ent w

ith th

e C

ultu

ral P

olic

y.

His

tory

Wee

k w

as m

arke

d in

Sep

tem

ber 2

019

thro

ugh

a se

ries

of ta

lks

that

wer

e w

ell-a

ttend

ed. T

he fi

nal w

eeke

nd o

f th

e ex

hibi

tion

Car

togr

aphi

ca c

oinc

ided

with

His

tory

Wee

k an

d a

serie

s of

exh

ibiti

on to

urs

for t

he p

ublic

wer

e le

d by

the

City

. A tr

avel

ling

exhi

bitio

n of

Car

togr

aphi

ca w

as h

oste

d at

Joy

nton

Ave

nue

Cre

ativ

e C

entre

. A

new

wal

k fo

r the

Syd

ney

Cul

ture

Wal

ks a

pp 'T

he S

trang

er's

Gui

de: S

ydne

y 18

61' w

as c

urat

ed a

nd re

leas

ed in

Au

gust

201

9. T

his

wal

k is

bas

ed o

n an

186

1 to

uris

t gui

de a

nd a

llow

s us

ers

to re

-imag

ine

the

hist

oric

al la

ndsc

ape

of

early

Syd

ney.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

7.2

The

city

sup

port

s an

d en

cour

ages

indi

vidu

al c

reat

ive

expr

essi

on b

y en

surin

g op

port

uniti

es fo

r cre

ativ

e pa

rtic

ipat

ion

are

visi

ble,

acc

essi

ble

and

sust

aina

ble.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Cre

ativ

e Pa

rtic

ipat

ion

Prog

ram

s

Del

iver

cul

tura

l ven

ues

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d lia

ise

with

pro

vide

rs to

co

nduc

t pro

gram

s.

107

Proj

ects

and

the

City

par

tner

ed to

del

iver

the

“Car

togr

aphi

ca –

Syd

ney

on th

e M

ap” e

xhib

ition

at J

oynt

on A

venu

e C

reat

ive

Cen

tre. T

he e

xhib

ition

dre

w o

n a

sele

ctio

n of

wor

ks fr

om th

e re

cent

dis

play

at C

usto

ms

Hou

se a

nd w

as

cura

ted

spec

ifica

lly fo

r the

Gre

en S

quar

e co

mm

unity

. Pub

lic p

rogr

amm

ing

durin

g th

e ex

hibi

tion

incl

uded

wee

kly

even

ts d

esig

ned

to in

crea

se e

ngag

emen

t and

par

ticip

atio

n w

ith th

e ex

hibi

tion

and

a w

alki

ng m

ap o

f pub

lic a

rt an

d de

stin

atio

ns o

f int

eres

t in

the

Gre

en S

quar

e ar

ea.

107

Proj

ects

als

o pa

rtner

ed w

ith th

e Sy

dney

Inte

rnat

iona

l W

omen

’s J

azz

Fest

ival

to h

ost a

full

day

of fa

mily

eve

nts

at th

e ce

ntre

whi

ch w

as a

ttend

ed b

y ov

er 2

00 p

eopl

e. T

he

crea

tive

offic

es a

t the

cen

tre a

re o

pera

ting

at 9

0% c

apac

ity.

Br

and

X, th

e he

ad te

nant

and

ope

rato

r of t

he u

pper

floo

r of t

he E

ast S

ydne

y C

omm

unity

and

Arts

Cen

tre c

ontin

ue to

su

ppor

t loc

al a

rtist

s an

d or

gani

satio

ns o

fferin

g af

ford

able

rehe

arsa

l spa

ce, m

eetin

g ro

oms

and

netw

orki

ng

oppo

rtuni

ties.

The

rehe

arsa

l spa

ce is

ope

ratin

g at

an

aver

age

of 8

3% c

apac

ity. B

rand

X in

itiat

ed n

ew p

eer-t

o-pe

er

train

ing

sess

ions

to s

uppo

rt ar

tists

to b

uild

pra

ctic

al s

kills

requ

ired

to w

ork

as a

free

lanc

e m

ultid

isci

plin

ary

prof

essi

onal

in

Syd

ney.

On

Trac

k

7.3

Sydn

ey’s

cul

tura

l sec

tor a

nd c

reat

ive

indu

strie

s ar

e su

ppor

ted

and

enha

nced

lead

ing

to g

reat

er s

ecto

r sus

tain

abili

ty, p

rodu

ctiv

ity g

ains

, and

inno

vatio

n.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Reg

ulat

ory

Ref

orm

Dev

elop

pla

nnin

g an

d re

gula

tory

refo

rms

rela

ted

to th

e bu

ilt

envi

ronm

ent t

o su

ppor

t the

pro

visi

on o

f cul

tura

l inf

rast

ruct

ure.

Th

is w

ork

has

now

bee

n co

mpl

eted

. O

n Tr

ack

Audi

ence

Dev

elop

men

t

Prov

ide

supp

ort t

o a

rang

e of

cul

tura

l gro

ups

that

pro

vide

op

portu

nitie

s fo

r cre

ativ

e pa

rtici

patio

n, e

nhan

ce c

reat

ivity

in th

e pu

blic

do

mai

n an

d st

reng

then

the

sust

aina

bilit

y an

d ca

paci

ty o

f cul

tura

l and

cr

eativ

e in

dust

ries.

In th

e fir

st h

alf o

f the

yea

r, 98

cul

tura

l pro

ject

s w

ere

appr

oved

by

Cou

ncil

to th

e va

lue

of $

2,53

8,03

2 ca

sh a

nd v

alue

-in

-kin

d. T

hese

pro

ject

s w

ere

awar

ded

thro

ugh

the

City

’s C

ultu

ral a

nd C

reat

ive

Gra

nts

and

Spon

sors

hip,

Fes

tival

s an

d Ev

ents

– A

rtfor

m (e

xclu

ding

maj

or e

vent

s), K

now

ledg

e Ex

chan

ge S

pons

orsh

ip, M

atch

ing

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nts,

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ue H

ire S

uppo

rt G

rant

s an

d Sp

onso

rshi

p, Q

uick

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pons

e an

d St

reet

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ners

Spo

nsor

ship

pro

gram

s.

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incl

udes

sup

port

for t

he A

udio

craf

t pod

cast

fest

ival

, BAD

Syd

ney

crim

e w

riter

’s fe

stiv

al, t

he S

ydne

y M

ale

Cho

ir’s

annu

al c

once

rt an

d a

serie

s of

live

pop

mus

ic p

erfo

rman

ce n

ight

s at

the

Knox

Stre

et B

ar.

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Trac

k

Sect

or D

evel

opm

ent

Del

iver

cul

tura

l sec

tor s

kills

dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

s.

The

City

sup

ports

the

skills

dev

elop

men

t of a

rtist

s an

d ar

ts w

orke

rs w

ith a

num

ber o

f act

iviti

es in

dev

elop

men

t in

area

s of

bus

ines

s, g

rant

writ

ing,

mar

ketin

g an

d sk

ills s

harin

g.

Spec

ific

oppo

rtuni

ties

for A

borig

inal

and

Tor

res

Stra

it Is

land

er a

rtist

s an

d ar

ts w

orke

rs a

re b

eing

inve

stig

ated

to

supp

ort p

rofe

ssio

nal,

crea

tive

and

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

to e

ncou

rage

par

ticip

atio

n an

d en

gage

men

t with

in

the

City

's e

xist

ing

prog

ram

s an

d cu

ltura

l offe

ring.

Th

e C

ity h

oste

d tw

o ne

twor

king

and

pee

r exc

hang

e se

ssio

ns fo

r arti

sts

and

cultu

ral o

rgan

isat

ions

with

in th

e C

ity’s

cr

eativ

e sp

aces

and

cul

tura

l ven

ues,

stre

ngth

enin

g se

ctor

net

wor

ks, e

nhan

cing

cro

ss-a

rtfor

m re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd

crea

ting

enco

urag

ing

envi

ronm

ents

for c

olla

bora

tive

proj

ects

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

7.4

The

cont

inuo

us li

ving

cul

ture

s of

Abo

rigin

al a

nd T

orre

s St

rait

Isla

nder

com

mun

ities

is v

isib

le a

nd c

eleb

rate

d in

our

city

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

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Dat

e St

atus

Eora

Jou

rney

Com

mis

sion

a s

erie

s of

per

man

ent a

nd te

mpo

rary

pub

lic a

rtwor

ks a

s pa

rt of

the

Eora

Jou

rney

. Th

e C

ity h

as la

unch

ed 3

of t

he 7

pub

lic a

rt pr

ojec

ts in

the

Eora

Jou

rney

pro

gram

to ta

ke p

lace

ove

r a 1

0 ye

ar p

erio

d.

The

seco

nd s

tage

of t

he R

edfe

rn T

erra

ce is

in d

evel

opm

ent,

deve

lopm

ent a

ppro

val i

s un

derw

ay fo

r bar

a M

onum

ent

for t

he E

ora

(the

four

th p

roje

ct in

the

Eora

Jou

rney

pro

gram

) due

for i

nsta

llatio

n to

com

men

ce in

late

-202

0. T

he E

ora

Jour

ney

Har

bour

Wal

k pr

ojec

t, w

hich

env

isag

es n

ew a

rtwor

ks a

nd in

terp

reta

tions

alo

ng a

9km

har

bour

wal

k, is

als

o in

de

velo

pmen

t in

partn

ersh

ip w

ith P

lace

Man

agem

ent N

SW a

nd p

roje

ct p

artn

ers

incl

udin

g cu

ltura

l ins

titut

ions

and

was

ap

prov

ed b

y C

ounc

il in

Dec

embe

r 201

9.

On

Trac

k

Rec

onci

liatio

n Ac

tion

Plan

Rev

iew

pro

gres

s ac

hiev

ed th

roug

h th

e C

ity’s

Rec

onci

liatio

n Ac

tion

Plan

(RAP

) to

info

rm th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

n up

date

d ve

rsio

n.

The

City

repo

rts a

nnua

lly to

Rec

onci

liatio

n Au

stra

lia o

n ou

r Inn

ovat

e R

AP a

ctio

ns. T

he R

AP h

as im

prov

ed o

ur d

ata

capt

ure

arou

nd s

pend

with

Indi

geno

us b

usin

esse

s, n

umbe

rs o

f Abo

rigin

al a

nd T

orre

s St

rait

Isla

nder

sta

ff w

orki

ng a

t th

e C

ity, a

nd th

e nu

mbe

r of C

ity s

taff

unde

rtaki

ng A

borig

inal

and

Tor

res

Stra

it Is

land

er c

ultu

ral r

espe

ct tr

aini

ng. I

n 20

19 th

e C

ity h

as p

rogr

esse

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of o

ur n

ext R

AP a

nd fo

rmed

a n

ew R

AP w

orki

ng g

roup

. In

2020

, the

C

ity w

ill w

ork

with

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l sta

keho

lder

s to

fina

lise

the

new

RAP

and

aim

for C

ounc

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dors

emen

t in

mid

-20

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On

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k

of 6

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and

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ere

awar

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thro

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City

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tura

l and

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onso

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city

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idea

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ruar

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dors

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n in

tern

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nal A

ltern

ativ

e H

ousi

ng

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halle

nge

(the

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lleng

e). T

he a

im o

f the

Cha

lleng

e w

as fo

r par

ticip

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to

prop

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new

and

inno

vativ

e ho

usin

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tions

that

go

beyo

nd th

e tra

ditio

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cate

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soc

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com

mun

ity a

nd m

arke

t hou

sing

, with

the

inte

nt th

at th

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will

cont

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the

deliv

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road

er a

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able

ho

usin

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tcom

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form

the

deve

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f the

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ext c

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and

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ing

polic

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ts re

gist

ered

for t

he Id

eas

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lleng

e, w

hich

was

ope

n fro

m 2

6 M

arch

to 8

May

201

9. O

n 13

Jun

e 20

19, s

even

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rtlis

ted

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osal

s to

pro

gres

s to

Sta

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of t

he C

halle

nge

wer

e ap

prov

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ge 2

is a

n in

vite

d Pr

opos

al d

evel

opm

ent p

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has

hel

d fiv

e w

orks

hops

bet

wee

n 19

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e an

d 4

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ober

201

9, w

here

the

seve

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s ha

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tim

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velo

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thei

r pro

posa

ls, i

n lin

e w

ith th

e C

ity’s

ob

ject

ives

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k

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uppl

y of

hou

sing

. Th

e D

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sing

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tegy

has

bee

n re

porte

d to

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ncil

and

publ

icly

exh

ibite

d. A

furth

er re

port

back

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l de

velo

pmen

t in

the

city

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e si

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nd m

ix o

f dw

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g ty

pes.

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r 201

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e ci

ty

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side

ntia

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gs lo

dged

but

not

yet

app

rove

d in

the

city

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Trac

k

of 6

5

8.2

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supp

ly o

f affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng s

uppo

rts

a di

vers

e an

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stai

nabl

e co

mm

unity

and

eco

nom

y.

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or P

rogr

ams

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ress

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e St

atus

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ners

hips

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tinue

to in

vest

igat

e op

portu

nitie

s to

use

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ned

land

for

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng d

eliv

ered

thro

ugh

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ips

with

gov

ernm

ent,

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or p

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d th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

.

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sale

to S

t Geo

rge

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mun

ity H

ousi

ng (S

GH

C) o

f the

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bons

and

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ite w

as s

ettle

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r. SG

CH

will

deve

lop

a 16

0 un

it co

mpl

ex fo

r soc

ial a

nd a

fford

able

hou

sing

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e sa

le a

nd re

deve

lopm

ent o

f sur

plus

land

s ei

ther

sid

e of

the

Gre

en S

quar

e to

Ash

mor

e C

onne

ctor

bet

wee

n Bo

tany

an

d Bo

urke

are

pro

gres

sing

wel

l.

On

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k

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ning

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the

plan

ning

sys

tem

to fa

cilit

ate

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

clud

ing

mai

ntai

ning

exi

stin

g pr

ogra

ms,

dev

elop

ing

new

pro

gram

s,

enco

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ing

site

spe

cific

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d in

vest

igat

ing

inno

vativ

e ap

proa

ches

.

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City

is w

orki

ng w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent t

o im

plem

ent a

n LG

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ide

levy

that

will

resu

lt in

ove

r 1,1

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dditi

onal

af

ford

able

dw

ellin

gs.

On

Trac

k

8.3

The

supp

ly o

f saf

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e so

cial

hou

sing

in th

e in

ner c

ity is

ava

ilabl

e fo

r tho

se w

ho n

eed

it.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

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ress

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Dat

e St

atus

Advo

cacy

Advo

cate

to S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd h

ousi

ng p

rovi

ders

for t

he

rete

ntio

n of

exi

stin

g so

cial

hou

sing

and

incr

ease

in s

uppl

y.

The

City

is p

rovi

ding

ong

oing

adv

ice

on th

e W

ater

loo

Red

evel

opm

ent p

roje

ct to

ens

ure

the

need

s of

exi

stin

g so

cial

ho

usin

g te

nant

s ar

e ad

equa

tely

add

ress

ed th

roug

h th

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss.

This

has

incl

uded

a p

refe

rred

sche

me

deve

lope

d by

the

City

, gui

danc

e fo

r soc

ial i

nfra

stru

ctur

e re

quire

men

ts, a

long

with

rese

arch

into

long

-term

del

iver

y m

odel

opt

ions

.

On

Trac

k

Cap

acity

Bui

ldin

g

Prov

ide

and

supp

ort c

omm

unity

cap

acity

bui

ldin

g in

itiat

ives

in s

ocia

l ho

usin

g ne

ighb

ourh

oods

. Th

e C

ity d

eliv

ers

a ra

nge

of c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

initi

ativ

es in

soc

ial h

ousi

ng c

omm

uniti

es. I

nitia

tives

wer

e de

liver

ed in

pa

rtner

ship

with

NSW

Hea

lth, N

SW P

olic

e, N

on-G

over

nmen

t ser

vice

s an

d D

omes

tic a

nd F

amily

Vio

lenc

e Se

rvic

es.

Wat

erlo

o H

ealth

Exp

o

The

City

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith N

SW H

ealth

and

non

-gov

ernm

ent s

ervi

ces

coor

dina

ted

over

33

heal

th s

ervi

ces

to d

eliv

er

the

Wat

erlo

o H

ealth

Exp

o. O

ver 2

00 s

ocia

l hou

sing

resi

dent

s at

tend

ed. T

he a

im o

f the

eve

nt w

as to

pro

vide

impo

rtant

he

alth

and

ser

vice

info

rmat

ion

to th

e lo

cal c

omm

unity

and

impr

ove

links

bet

wee

n th

e re

side

nts

and

heal

th a

nd

supp

ort s

ervi

ces.

Ser

vice

s pr

ovid

ed o

n th

e da

y in

clud

ed o

ral h

ealth

, bre

ast s

cree

ning

, hea

ring

and

eye

test

s, p

odia

try,

liver

sca

nnin

g, h

ealth

pro

mot

ion,

and

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mily

hea

lth. T

he A

borig

inal

Hea

lth te

am w

as a

lso

in a

ttend

ance

to

pro

vide

cul

tura

lly a

ppro

pria

te s

ervi

ces.

M

enta

l Hea

lth F

irst a

id

The

City

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith M

issi

on A

ustra

lia, C

omm

ongr

ound

, Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mun

ities

and

Jus

tice

and

Brid

ge

Hou

sing

del

iver

ed tw

o se

ssio

ns o

n M

enta

l Hea

lth F

irst a

id fo

r soc

ial h

ousi

ng te

nant

s in

Cam

perd

own

and

Gle

be.

Byst

ande

r Tra

inin

g

The

City

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith W

omen

and

Girl

s Em

erge

ncy

Cen

tre d

eliv

ered

bys

tand

er tr

aini

ng fo

r soc

ial h

ousi

ng

resi

dent

s in

Gle

be to

bet

ter u

nder

stan

d D

omes

tic a

nd F

amily

vio

lenc

e an

d w

here

to g

et h

elp

if th

ey o

r som

eone

they

kn

ow n

eeds

it.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Com

mun

ity E

vent

s

Even

ts w

ere

host

ed in

Red

fern

, Wat

erlo

o an

d W

oollo

omoo

loo

to p

rovi

de s

ocia

l hou

sing

resi

dent

s w

ith a

n op

portu

nity

to

find

out

mor

e ab

out s

uppo

rt se

rvic

es in

thei

r are

a w

hile

con

nect

ing

with

thei

r nei

ghbo

urs.

The

Woo

lloom

oolo

o an

d W

ater

loo

even

ts w

ere

canc

elle

d du

e to

poo

r air

qual

ity re

sulti

ng fr

om b

ushf

ires

surro

undi

ng S

ydne

y. O

ver 2

00 p

eopl

e at

tend

ed th

e R

edfe

rn e

vent

, of t

hose

who

com

plet

ed a

sur

vey,

69%

repo

rted

incr

ease

feel

ings

of s

afet

y an

d 91

%

repo

rted

mak

ing

a ne

w c

onne

ctio

n.

Part

ners

hips

Col

labo

rate

with

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t and

non

-gov

ernm

ent a

genc

ies

and

with

resi

dent

s gr

oups

to a

ddre

ss s

afet

y an

d am

enity

issu

es fo

r so

cial

hou

sing

resi

dent

s.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

wor

k in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd n

on-g

over

nmen

t age

ncie

s an

d w

ith re

side

nt

grou

ps to

add

ress

saf

ety

and

amen

ity is

sues

for s

ocia

l hou

sing

resi

dent

s. In

the

perio

d, in

itiat

ives

incl

uded

; Sa

fety

for s

enio

rs

The

City

, in

partn

ersh

ip w

ith N

SW P

olic

e, K

ings

Cro

ss C

omm

and,

hos

ted

a se

ries

of th

ree

Safe

ty fo

r Sen

iors

eve

nts

for s

ocia

l hou

sing

resi

dent

s. O

ver 6

5 pe

ople

atte

nded

the

even

ts h

eld

at th

e M

ary

McD

onal

d C

entre

in

Woo

lloom

oolo

o.

Of t

hose

who

com

plet

ed a

sur

vey

as a

resu

lt of

atte

ndin

g th

e ev

ents

82

per c

ent r

epor

t fee

ling

safe

in th

eir

com

mun

ity, 8

9 pe

r cen

t fee

l mor

e co

nnec

ted

to th

eir c

omm

unity

as

a re

sult

of th

e ev

ent,

and

86 p

er c

ent k

now

whe

re

to g

et h

elp

if th

ey n

eed

it.

Res

pons

e to

Lep

tosp

irosi

s Th

e C

ity in

par

tner

ship

with

Syd

ney

Uni

vers

ity V

eter

inar

ian

Teac

hing

Hos

pita

l, La

nd a

nd H

ousi

ng C

orpo

ratio

n,

RSP

CA,

and

loca

l vet

erin

aria

n bu

sine

ss c

oord

inat

ed a

join

t app

roac

h to

cas

es o

f Lep

tosp

irosi

s in

the

Surry

Hills

, D

arlin

ghur

st a

nd G

lebe

are

as th

e C

ity. T

his

incl

uded

rat a

bate

men

t, co

mm

unity

edu

catio

n an

d va

ccin

atio

n of

pet

s.

Was

te E

duca

tion

A

resp

onse

to il

lega

l dum

ping

in th

e Er

skin

eville

are

a, th

e C

ity in

par

tner

ship

with

NSW

Lan

d an

d H

ousi

ng

Cor

pora

tion

coor

dina

ted

a w

aste

edu

catio

n ev

ent.

Ove

r 30

resi

dent

s at

tend

ed.

On

Trac

k

Col

labo

rate

with

the

NSW

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t Dep

artm

ent o

f Pla

nnin

g an

d En

viro

nmen

t and

the

NSW

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t Lan

d an

d H

ousi

ng

Cor

pora

tion

to e

nsur

e th

e re

new

al o

f the

hou

sing

est

ates

are

wel

l pl

anne

d an

d de

liver

s im

prov

ed s

ocia

l out

com

es.

The

City

is w

orki

ng w

ith th

e St

ate

Gov

ernm

ent o

n th

e re

new

al a

num

ber o

f soc

ial h

ousi

ng s

ites.

Thi

s in

clud

es

disc

ussi

ons

abou

t the

app

ropr

iate

soc

ial /

mar

ket /

affo

rdab

le m

ix, u

rban

des

ign

outc

omes

, inf

rast

ruct

ure

outc

omes

an

d su

stai

nabi

lity

outc

omes

.

On

Trac

k

8.4

Peop

le w

ho a

re h

omel

ess

or a

t ris

k of

hom

eles

snes

s ha

ve a

cces

s to

saf

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e ho

usin

g an

d su

ppor

t.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Hou

sing

sol

utio

ns a

nd s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

Advo

cate

for i

nnov

ativ

e re

spon

ses,

and

bui

ld th

e ca

paci

ty o

f city

sta

ff,

non-

gove

rnm

ent s

ervi

ces

and

the

com

mun

ity to

con

tribu

te to

pr

even

ting

and

redu

cing

hom

eles

snes

s.

The

City

con

tinue

d ad

voca

cy fo

r the

nee

ds o

f ind

ivid

uals

thro

ugh

ongo

ing

case

coo

rdin

atio

n m

eetin

gs a

nd im

prov

ing

the

effic

acy

of th

e co

ordi

natio

n gr

oups

suc

h as

Hom

eles

snes

s As

serti

ve R

espo

nse

Team

(HAR

T).

City

sta

ff pr

ovid

ed

advi

ce to

Byr

on S

hire

Cou

ncil,

Por

t Phi

lip C

ounc

il, C

ity o

f Per

th a

nd N

orth

Syd

ney

Cou

ncil

abou

t col

labo

rativ

e w

ork

in

hom

eles

snes

s an

d ot

her p

roje

cts.

A

tota

l of 2

40 p

eopl

e ex

perie

ncin

g ho

mel

essn

ess

wer

e su

rvey

ed d

urin

g C

onne

ctio

ns W

eek

2019

to e

nhan

ce

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

thei

r nee

ds.

The

City

is a

sig

nato

ry to

the

Act t

o En

d St

reet

Sle

epin

g, a

nd c

oord

inat

ed C

onne

ctio

ns

Wee

k in

par

tner

ship

with

The

Act

to E

nd S

treet

Sle

epin

g C

olla

bora

tion.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Serv

ice

coor

dina

tion

colla

bora

tion

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g

Partn

er a

nd s

uppo

rt th

e de

liver

y an

d co

ordi

natio

n of

spe

cial

ist

hom

eles

snes

s ou

treac

h se

rvic

es to

link

peo

ple

slee

ping

roug

h w

ith

serv

ices

and

sup

port.

A to

tal o

f 220

peo

ple

have

bee

n ho

used

in p

erm

anen

t acc

omm

odat

ion

sinc

e M

arch

201

7 by

the

Hom

eles

snes

s As

serti

ve O

utre

ach

Res

pons

e Te

am (H

ART)

, coo

rdin

ated

by

the

City

, tog

ethe

r with

NSW

Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mun

ities

an

d Ju

stic

e. T

he H

ART

cont

inue

d w

eekl

y pa

trols

alo

ng w

ith p

lace

bas

ed o

pera

tions

to e

nsur

e pe

ople

sle

epin

g ro

ugh

have

a c

oord

inat

ed a

ppro

ach

to b

ette

r acc

ess

to s

afe,

long

term

hou

sing

with

sup

port.

A

tota

l of 2

09 o

utco

mes

wer

e ac

hiev

ed th

roug

h th

e W

oollo

omoo

loo

Inte

grat

ed S

ervi

ces

Hub

(WIS

H),

a m

onth

ly o

ne

stop

sho

p co

ordi

nate

d by

the

City

that

brin

gs to

geth

er o

ver 1

6 se

rvic

es in

one

loca

tion

to a

ssis

t peo

ple

with

acc

ess

to

heal

th, h

ousi

ng, s

peci

alis

t sup

port

and

othe

r ser

vice

s.

A to

tal o

f 169

peo

ple

have

bee

n as

sist

ed to

exi

t hom

eles

snes

s, o

r pre

vent

ed fr

om e

nter

ing

hom

eles

snes

s as

a re

sult

of p

rogr

ams

supp

orte

d by

fund

ing

from

the

City

.

On

Trac

k

Serv

ices

Mon

itor p

atte

rns

of h

omel

essn

ess,

and

ser

vice

s av

aila

ble

for p

eopl

e w

ho a

re h

omel

ess

or a

t ris

k of

hom

eles

snes

s to

iden

tify

gaps

and

tre

nds.

The

City

con

duct

ed it

s 23

rd b

i-ann

ual H

omel

essn

ess

Stre

et C

ount

in A

ugus

t 201

9. T

here

wer

e 25

4 pe

ople

sle

epin

g ro

ugh

acro

ss th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t are

a an

d 59

2 pe

ople

occ

upyi

ng c

risis

and

tem

pora

ry a

ccom

mod

atio

n be

ds.

The

Au

gust

201

9 re

sult

repr

esen

ts a

n 8.

6% d

ecre

ase

from

the

Augu

st 2

018

coun

t of 2

78 p

eopl

e sl

eepi

ng ro

ugh.

City

sta

ff su

ppor

ted

inte

nsiv

e ou

treac

h op

erat

ions

lead

by

Dep

artm

ent C

omm

uniti

es a

nd J

ustic

e to

offe

r tem

pora

ry a

nd lo

ng

term

hou

sing

sol

utio

ns fo

r peo

ple

slee

ping

roug

h in

hot

spot

loca

tions

, inc

ludi

ng K

ings

Cro

ss, S

tate

Lib

rary

, and

W

ynya

rd.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

8.S.

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man

ce M

easu

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sing

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form

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k

Stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng

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are

a Lo

cal S

trate

gic

Plan

ning

Sta

tem

ent a

nd re

view

the

plan

ning

fram

ewor

k in

resp

onse

to th

e N

SW G

over

nmen

t’s R

egio

n an

d D

istri

ct P

lans

.

The

City

has

pre

pare

d an

d pu

t on

exhi

bitio

n a

draf

t Loc

al S

trate

gic

Plan

ning

Sta

tem

ent a

nd H

ousi

ng S

trate

gy a

s re

quire

d by

the

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent.

The

Stat

emen

t, an

d as

soci

ated

Hou

sing

Stra

tegy

, pro

pose

s 20

yea

r hou

sing

and

jo

bs ta

rget

s in

resp

onse

to th

e R

egio

n an

d D

istri

ct P

lans

and

set

s pl

anni

ng p

riorit

ies

and

actio

ns to

gui

de la

nd u

se

plan

ning

in th

e C

ity. T

he C

ity is

eng

agin

g w

ith th

e G

reat

er S

ydne

y C

omm

issi

on to

see

k th

eir a

ssur

ance

prio

r to

adop

tion

by C

ounc

il in

Mar

ch 2

020.

On

Trac

k

9.5

The

urba

n en

viro

nmen

t pro

mot

es h

ealth

and

wel

lbei

ng.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Plan

ning

pol

icy

Col

lect

, ana

lyse

and

repo

rt da

ta w

ithin

the

Com

mun

ity In

dica

tors

fra

mew

ork

to in

form

prio

rity

prog

ram

s an

d se

rvic

es fo

r the

co

mm

unity

.

Com

mun

ity W

ellb

eing

Indi

cato

rs 2

019

repo

rt ha

s be

en p

ublis

hed

thro

ugh

the

Cou

ncil's

web

site

. The

mos

t rec

ent

outc

omes

and

tren

ds w

ill be

use

d in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

nex

t Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Plan

upd

ate.

O

n Tr

ack

of 6

5

9.S.

1 Pe

rfor

man

ce M

easu

res

Dev

elop

men

t Ass

essm

ents

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

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edia

n (n

et) a

sses

smen

t tim

e to

de

term

ine

DA

& S4

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appl

icat

ions

(p

revi

ousl

y S9

6 ap

plic

atio

ns)

Day

s 49

50

45

49

52

-

- 52

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thou

gh b

elow

the

prev

ious

yea

r, th

e nu

mbe

r of

app

licat

ions

bei

ng s

ubm

itted

has

bee

n in

crea

sing

sin

ce th

e be

ginn

ing

of Q

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s a

resu

lt th

e nu

mbe

r of o

utst

andi

ng a

pplic

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ns

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incr

ease

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hich

impa

cts

on d

eter

min

atio

n tim

es.

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ntio

n R

equi

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age

time

to d

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f DA

appl

icat

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63

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e pr

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us y

ear,

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num

ber

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ly

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as b

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incr

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nnin

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a re

sult

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num

ber o

f out

stan

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licat

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crea

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ch im

pact

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inat

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times

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proc

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for

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truct

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certi

ficat

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s 6.

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7.

3 6

- -

6.65

A

mea

n av

erag

e of

6 d

ays

was

ach

ieve

d fo

r th

e pe

riod

whi

ch w

as le

ss th

an th

e es

tabl

ishe

d ta

rget

of 1

0 da

ys

On

Trac

k

Volu

ntar

y Pl

anni

ng A

gree

men

ts

Key

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

r U

nit

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2019

/20

Res

ult

C

omm

ent

Stat

us

Res

ult

Res

ult

Targ

et

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

YTD

Th

e nu

mbe

r of V

olun

tary

Pla

nnin

g Ag

reem

ents

offe

rs fo

r the

per

iod

No.

25

27

-

9 2

- -

11

Two

new

offe

rs fo

r Pla

nnin

g Ag

reem

ents

wer

e re

ciev

ed d

urin

g th

e qu

arte

r. In

dica

tor

Onl

y

The

num

ber o

f Vol

unta

ry P

lann

ing

Agre

emen

ts e

xecu

ted

for t

he p

erio

d N

o.

22

18

- 4

3 -

- 7

Thre

e ne

w P

lann

ing

Agre

emen

ts w

ere

exec

uted

by

the

City

in Q

2.

Indi

cato

r O

nly

of 6

5

10 Im

plem

enta

tion

thro

ugh

effe

ctiv

e go

vern

ance

and

par

tner

ship

s Pa

rtne

rshi

ps a

cros

s go

vern

men

t, ac

adem

ia, b

usin

ess

and

com

mun

ity s

ecto

rs; l

eade

rshi

p in

loca

l, na

tiona

l and

glo

bal c

ity fo

rum

s; a

nd a

pro

activ

e, re

silie

nt, w

ell-g

over

ned

orga

nisa

tion.

10.1

The

City

of S

ydne

y is

wel

l gov

erne

d.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

plia

nce

Del

iver

pro

gram

s to

em

bed

risk

man

agem

ent p

rinci

ples

into

or

gani

satio

nal d

ecis

ion

mak

ing.

U

nder

way

. O

n Tr

ack

Impr

ove

the

heal

th, s

afet

y an

d w

ellb

eing

of o

ur w

orke

rs th

roug

h th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e sa

fety

man

agem

ent s

yste

m a

nd a

men

tally

he

alth

y w

orkp

lace

pla

n.

Dur

ing

Q2

'Sto

p th

e St

igm

a' (m

enta

l hea

lth) t

rain

ing

com

men

ced

with

City

Gre

enin

g an

d Le

isur

e, a

nd w

ill co

ntin

ue

durin

g Q

3 w

ith C

ity In

frast

ruct

ure

and

Traf

fic O

pera

tion,

and

Cle

ansi

ng a

nd W

aste

sta

ff.

On

Trac

k

Ensu

re th

at C

ounc

illors

hav

e ac

cess

to re

leva

nt in

form

atio

n an

d as

sist

ance

to e

nabl

e th

em to

fulfi

l the

ir ob

ligat

ions

to le

ad, g

over

n an

d se

rve

the

com

mun

ity.

Cou

ncillo

rs re

ceiv

e re

gula

r inf

orm

atio

n up

date

s an

d co

mpr

ehen

sive

brie

fings

on

all c

urre

nt is

sues

. In

addi

tion,

the

City

is c

omm

itted

to p

rovi

ding

Cou

ncillo

rs w

ith a

cces

s to

ong

oing

trai

ning

and

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

s th

at m

eet t

heir

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

.

On

Trac

k

Mon

itor c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith p

rivac

y le

gisl

atio

n to

ens

ure

that

per

sona

l in

form

atio

n he

ld b

y th

e C

ity is

man

aged

app

ropr

iate

ly.

A ne

w g

roup

cal

led

the

Info

rmat

ion

Prot

ectio

n C

oord

inat

ion

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up h

as b

een

set u

p to

hel

p en

sure

that

per

sona

l in

form

atio

n he

ld b

y th

e C

ity is

man

aged

app

ropr

iate

ly. T

he te

rms

of re

fere

nce

for t

he g

roup

hav

e be

en fi

nalis

ed a

nd it

ha

s st

arte

d m

eetin

g.

On

Trac

k

Mon

itor c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith in

form

atio

n pr

ovis

ion

legi

slat

ion,

iden

tify

frequ

ently

requ

este

d in

form

atio

n an

d m

ake

publ

icly

ava

ilabl

e w

here

po

ssib

le.

The

City

com

plie

d w

ith th

e G

IPA

Act's

ann

ual r

epor

t and

has

con

tinue

d to

mak

e av

aila

ble

info

rmat

ion

on re

ques

t fro

m

the

publ

ic w

ith 2

,311

info

rmal

requ

ests

com

plet

ed a

nd 3

5 se

ctio

n 41

acc

ess

appl

icat

ion

(form

al) c

ompl

eted

in th

e pe

riod

July

to D

ecem

ber.

All f

orm

al a

pplic

atio

ns w

ere

actio

ned

with

in th

e le

gisl

ated

tim

efra

mes

. The

mos

t fre

quen

tly

requ

este

d in

form

atio

n co

ntin

ues

to b

e de

velo

pmen

t app

licat

ion

rela

ted,

whi

ch th

e C

ity re

leas

es.

From

late

Oct

ober

mor

e th

an 4

00,0

00 D

A do

cum

ents

hav

e be

en m

ade

avai

labl

e on

the

City

's "F

ind

a D

A" s

ite. A

fu

rther

100

,000

DA

rela

ted

files

hav

e be

en m

igra

ted

to th

e C

ity's

new

arc

hive

s m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

that

will

be

avai

labl

e to

the

publ

ic fr

om F

ebru

ary

2020

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ethe

r the

se tw

o in

itiat

ives

will

grea

tly in

crea

se th

e am

ount

of

info

rmat

ion

the

publ

ic w

ill be

abl

e to

dire

ctly

acc

ess

onlin

e.

On

Trac

k

Con

tinue

to im

plem

ent a

risk

bas

ed a

nd c

ompr

ehen

sive

ann

ual

Inte

rnal

Aud

it pl

an fo

r the

City

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e In

tern

al A

udit

Cha

rter.

Thre

e-ye

ar in

tern

al a

udit

prog

ram

201

9-20

22 w

as a

ppro

ved

Cou

ncil's

Aud

it R

isk

& C

ompl

ianc

e C

omm

ittee

(AR

CC

) in

June

201

9. A

ssig

nmen

ts h

ave

com

men

ced,

and

pro

gres

s re

porte

d to

AR

CC

. The

ann

ual r

efre

sh o

f the

3-Y

ear a

udit

plan

will

com

men

ce in

Mar

ch 2

020.

On

Trac

k

Ensu

re a

ll el

ecto

ral p

roce

sses

are

wel

l man

aged

and

mee

t leg

isla

tive

requ

irem

ents

. Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e de

taile

d w

ork

plan

con

tinue

s on

trac

k. A

nnua

l con

firm

atio

n of

ent

itled

non

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dent

s co

mpl

eted

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ata

re-m

edia

tion

cont

inue

s to

iden

tify

addi

tiona

l ent

itled

non

-resi

dent

s. A

gree

men

t for

NSW

Ele

ctor

al C

omm

issi

on to

ad

min

iste

r 202

0 el

ectio

n in

pla

ce.

On

Trac

k

Dev

elop

and

impl

emen

t a p

rogr

am o

f man

agin

g C

row

n La

nds,

to

ensu

re c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e ne

w C

row

n La

nds

Man

agem

ent A

ct.

A C

row

n La

nds

Man

ager

and

a N

ativ

e Ti

tle M

anag

er h

ave

been

app

oint

ed, a

s re

quire

d by

the

Act.

Dat

a co

llect

ion

and

site

det

ails

com

plet

ed fo

r maj

ority

of C

row

n La

nd p

arce

ls. C

onfir

mat

ion

of d

ata

held

by

Cro

wn

Land

s ap

prox

50%

co

mpl

ete.

On

Trac

k

Gov

erna

nce

Con

tinua

lly re

view

and

ada

pt th

e el

emen

ts o

f gov

erna

nce

to m

aint

ain

com

mun

ity c

onfid

ence

in th

e C

ity.

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ager

s ar

e tra

inin

g th

eir s

taff

on th

e ke

y ch

ange

s to

the

Cod

e of

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duct

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ch in

clud

e th

e ne

w s

uppo

rting

gift

s &

bene

fits

polic

y an

d w

ork

rela

ted

even

ts &

func

tions

gui

delin

e. T

he d

eleg

atio

ns re

gist

er fr

om C

EO to

sta

ff is

upd

ated

pe

riodi

cally

to in

corp

orat

e en

dors

ed c

hang

es to

the

regi

ster

. Add

ition

ally

, we

are

wor

king

with

Dat

a Se

rvic

es to

sy

stem

ise

this

regi

ster

.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

10.2

The

City

of S

ydne

y ha

s th

e cu

lture

, cap

abili

ty a

nd c

apac

ity to

del

iver

Sus

tain

able

Syd

ney

2030

prio

ritie

s.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Org

anis

atio

nal C

apab

ility

Partn

er w

ith re

gion

al g

over

nmen

ts, b

usin

ess

and

the

com

mun

ity to

fa

cilit

ate

deliv

ery

of th

e R

esilie

nce

Stra

tegy

for t

he g

reat

er S

ydne

y re

gion

and

inco

rpor

ate

elem

ents

into

the

City

's s

trate

gic

plan

s.

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Res

ilient

Syd

ney

Stra

tegy

con

tinue

s w

ith a

ll m

etro

polit

an S

ydne

y co

unci

ls, o

ther

leve

ls o

f go

vern

men

t, bu

sine

ss a

nd o

ther

org

anis

atio

ns in

volv

ed in

del

iver

y of

act

ions

. Thi

s in

clud

es, b

ut is

not

lim

ited

to:

Get

Pre

pare

d co

mm

unity

pre

para

tion

app

deve

lope

d by

Red

Cro

ss a

nd IA

G p

rom

oted

by

coun

cils

acr

oss

met

ropo

litan

Syd

ney

as p

art o

f Em

erge

ncy

Prep

ared

ness

wee

k C

EOs

and

GM

S w

orki

ng to

geth

er w

ith th

e N

SW O

ffice

of E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t to

exp

lore

bes

t pra

ctic

e fo

r em

erge

ncy

man

agem

ent

Activ

e Tr

ansp

ort N

etw

ork

- cou

ncil

trans

port

plan

ners

R

esilie

nt S

ydne

y Pl

atfo

rm, c

ounc

ils a

re a

ll us

ing

the

plat

form

and

man

y ar

e us

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

for d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

and

actio

n. R

esilie

nt S

ydne

y pa

rtner

ed w

ith th

e N

SW g

over

nmen

t to

deliv

er tr

aini

ng a

nd c

apac

ity b

uild

ing

On

Trac

k

Con

tinue

to d

eliv

er a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e In

tegr

ated

Pla

nnin

g an

d R

epor

ting

and

busi

ness

pla

nnin

g fra

mew

ork

to im

prov

e in

tegr

ated

lo

ng-te

rm p

lann

ing

and

sust

aina

bilit

y.

The

2018

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Annu

al R

epor

t was

com

plet

ed in

clud

ing

the

Incl

usio

n (D

isab

ility)

Act

ion

Plan

Ann

ual R

epor

t. Th

e Su

stai

nabl

e Sy

dney

203

0 re

view

is o

ngoi

ng w

ith e

xten

sive

com

mun

ity e

ngag

emen

t, ke

y re

sear

ch s

tudi

es a

nd re

view

of

key

doc

umen

ts c

ompl

eted

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On

Trac

k

Impl

emen

t and

mon

itor p

riorit

y ac

tions

with

in th

e Pe

ople

Stra

tegy

. Th

e Pe

ople

Stra

tegy

201

9-21

is b

eing

pro

gres

sive

ly im

plem

ente

d. K

ey a

chie

vem

ents

incl

uded

:

- map

ped

capa

bilit

ies

to jo

b pr

ofile

s to

enh

ance

per

form

ance

, dev

elop

men

t and

recr

uitm

ent p

roce

sses

- c

omm

ence

d an

nual

wor

kfor

ce p

lann

ing

proc

ess

- com

plet

ed th

e an

nual

gen

der p

ay e

quity

revi

ew

On

Trac

k

Del

iver

pro

gram

s to

bui

ld a

div

erse

and

incl

usiv

e or

gani

satio

n.

Key

initi

ativ

es in

clud

ed th

e st

aff a

war

enes

s ev

ent f

or In

tern

atio

nal D

ay o

f Peo

ple

with

Dis

abilit

y; a

nd u

nder

taki

ng th

e an

nual

gen

der p

ay e

quity

revi

ew in

clud

ing

exte

ndin

g pa

rent

al le

ave

to p

artn

ers.

O

n Tr

ack

Impl

emen

t and

mon

itor p

riorit

y ac

tions

of t

he In

form

atio

n an

d Te

chno

logy

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an.

The

City

impl

emen

ted

tele

met

ry d

evic

es a

nd s

yste

ms

to th

e C

ity’s

flee

t of v

ehic

les.

Thi

s w

ill pr

ovid

e in

form

atio

n fo

r in

crea

sing

the

effic

ienc

y of

the

fleet

in te

rms

of u

tilis

atio

n ra

te, f

uel e

cono

my

and

mai

nten

ance

man

agem

ent.

Tech

nolo

gy fo

r the

Dar

ling

Exch

ange

Lib

rary

was

del

iver

ed in

clud

ing

acce

ss to

3D

prin

ting

faci

litie

s an

d co

mm

unity

te

chno

logy

ski

lls p

rogr

ams.

On

Trac

k

Enha

nce

our d

igita

l cap

abilit

y im

plem

entin

g ke

y ac

tions

from

the

Dig

ital s

trate

gy.

Seve

ral s

igni

fican

t dig

ital p

roje

cts

are

unde

r way

incl

udin

g th

e re

deve

lopm

ent o

f City

net,

the

corp

orat

e w

ebsi

te, a

nd

onlin

e bu

sine

ss s

ervi

ces.

IT in

frast

ruct

ure

impr

ovem

ents

incl

uded

dat

a ce

ntre

con

solid

atio

n, s

igni

fican

t net

wor

k up

grad

e, m

eetin

g ro

om te

chno

logy

and

AV

upgr

ades

, and

ena

blem

ent o

f wifi

acr

oss

all s

taffe

d si

tes

such

as

child

care

ce

ntre

s, d

epot

s, c

omm

unity

cen

tres

and

libra

ries.

On

Trac

k

Impl

emen

t act

ions

and

del

iver

pro

gram

s to

impr

ove

cust

omer

ex

perie

nce.

W

ork

has

com

men

ced

on im

prov

ing

the

City

's d

igita

l ser

vice

cha

nnel

thro

ugh

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Dig

ital S

mar

t Fo

rms,

the

Virtu

al C

usto

mer

Ass

ista

nt a

nd U

nifie

d C

usto

mer

Vie

w p

roje

cts.

The

se d

igita

l pro

ject

s w

ill im

prov

e cu

stom

ers'

on-

line

expe

rienc

e, e

nabl

ing

mor

e tra

nsac

tions

and

app

licat

ions

to b

e co

mpl

eted

on-

line.

On

Trac

k

Ref

ine

and

revi

se a

sset

man

agem

ent p

olic

y, s

trate

gy a

nd lo

ng te

rm

asse

t man

agem

ent p

lans

for c

ritic

al in

frast

ruct

ure

asse

ts, i

nclu

ding

cl

imat

e ch

ange

impa

cts

and

mat

urity

ass

essm

ent r

ecom

men

datio

ns.

Asse

t Man

agem

ent G

over

nanc

e:

• New

Ass

et M

anag

emen

t PC

G a

nd A

sset

Adv

isor

y G

roup

con

vene

d to

furth

er im

prov

e as

set m

anag

emen

t acr

oss

the

orga

nisa

tion.

• A

sset

Man

agem

ent P

olic

y an

d St

rate

gy re

view

has

com

men

ced

for 2

020

Res

ourc

ing

Plan

.

On

Trac

k

Con

tinuo

us Im

prov

emen

t

Impl

emen

t a b

usin

ess

impr

ovem

ent p

rogr

am to

impr

ove

effic

ienc

y an

d ef

fect

iven

ess

of k

ey s

ervi

ces.

A

City

of S

ydne

y Im

prov

emen

t Mod

el h

as b

een

deve

lope

d. T

his

will

enab

le s

taff

acro

ss th

e C

ity to

ado

pt a

stru

ctur

ed

appr

oach

to im

prov

emen

t pro

ject

s.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

10.3

The

City

of S

ydne

y is

fina

ncia

lly s

usta

inab

le o

ver t

he lo

nger

-term

.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Fina

ncia

l Pla

nnin

g

Und

erta

ke b

usin

ess

case

ana

lysi

s to

mod

el th

e bu

sine

ss a

nd

finan

cial

impl

icat

ions

of a

ll ne

w m

ajor

pro

ject

s, p

rogr

ams

and

initi

ativ

es to

ens

ure

long

term

fina

ncia

l sus

tain

abilit

y.

Prog

ress

ive

revi

ew o

f bus

ines

s ca

ses

and

finan

cial

mod

ellin

g pr

iorit

ised

to e

nsur

e an

app

ropr

iate

con

side

ratio

n of

ne

eds,

opt

ions

, res

ourc

ing,

fina

ncia

l im

plic

atio

ns a

nd lo

ng te

rm s

usta

inab

ility

prio

r to

proj

ect,

prog

ram

and

initi

ativ

e im

plem

enta

tion.

Rev

iew

s ha

ve in

clud

ed s

igni

fican

t ten

ders

for s

ervi

ces,

new

sta

ffing

initi

ativ

es (e

.g. p

urch

ased

ad

ditio

nal l

eave

, add

ition

al p

ater

nity

leav

e), a

nd c

apita

l wor

ks a

nd IC

T pr

ojec

t pro

posa

ls.

On

Trac

k

Rat

es

Con

tinue

to p

roac

tivel

y ad

voca

te fo

r cha

nge

in lo

cal g

over

nmen

t ra

ting

legi

slat

ion

and

guid

elin

es a

nd s

eek

inno

vatio

ns in

ord

er to

im

prov

e eq

uity

am

ongs

t our

rate

paye

rs.

The

Min

iste

r rel

ease

d th

e fin

ding

s an

d ou

tcom

es fr

om th

e IP

ART

revi

ew in

to th

e Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Rat

ing

Syst

em

and

soug

ht fe

edba

ck o

n a

rang

e of

thos

e re

com

men

datio

ns. T

he C

ity w

orke

d co

llabo

rativ

ely

with

SSR

OC

and

NSW

R

even

ue P

rofe

ssio

nals

to a

ssis

t the

ir su

bmis

sion

s.

On

Trac

k

Stra

tegi

c Pr

oper

ty M

anag

emen

t

Con

tinue

to w

ork

with

new

Pro

perty

Man

agem

ent S

ervi

ce p

rovi

der t

o op

timis

e re

venu

e op

portu

nitie

s.

New

Ser

vice

Pro

vide

r - C

ollie

rs -

have

now

fully

on-

boar

ded.

Col

liers

hav

e be

en fo

cuss

ing

on a

rrear

s m

anag

emen

t an

d fin

anci

al re

porti

ng. P

rope

rty re

venu

e is

fore

cast

to b

e at

or a

bove

bud

get.

On

Trac

k

Fees

and

Cha

rges

Prog

ress

ivel

y re

view

the

cost

of d

eliv

erin

g th

e C

ity’s

maj

or s

ervi

ces

to

ensu

re a

ppro

pria

te fe

es a

nd c

harg

es, a

nd th

e le

vel o

f cou

ncil

subs

idy

is id

entif

ied.

Prog

ram

is s

ched

uled

to re

sum

e in

the

com

ing

finan

cial

yea

r, fo

llow

ing

the

succ

essf

ul p

ilot p

rogr

am c

ondu

cted

with

So

cial

Pro

gram

s an

d Se

rvic

es.

On

Trac

k

Proc

urem

ent

Ensu

re b

est p

ract

ice

proc

urem

ent a

nd c

ontra

ct m

anag

emen

t foc

used

on

val

ue fo

r mon

ey, o

ptim

ised

min

imis

ed ri

sk a

nd im

prov

ed

sust

aina

bilit

y.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

dev

elop

spe

cific

atio

ns to

cle

arly

def

ine

requ

ired

outc

omes

that

faci

litat

e po

sitiv

e m

arke

t re

spon

ses

and

achi

eve

best

val

ue q

ualit

y ou

tcom

es. C

ontra

ct re

view

s ar

e on

goin

g an

d ke

y le

sson

s le

arne

d ar

e us

ed

to im

prov

e fu

ture

spe

cial

ised

trai

ning

requ

irem

ents

. Ris

ks a

re a

sses

sed

for e

ach

proc

urem

ent w

ith s

uita

ble

miti

gatio

n st

rate

gies

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

proc

ess.

Ong

oing

com

plia

nce

chec

king

con

tinue

s to

ens

ure

best

pra

ctic

e an

d re

crui

tmen

t for

new

cat

egor

y m

anag

er p

ositi

ons

cont

inue

s.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

10.4

The

City

of S

ydne

y m

akes

a p

ositi

ve c

ontr

ibut

ion

to th

e go

vern

ance

of m

etro

polit

an S

ydne

y.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Gov

erna

nce

Ref

orm

Con

tribu

te to

gov

erna

nce

foru

ms

and

revi

ews

by S

SRO

C a

nd th

e O

ffice

of L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent a

s w

ell a

s pa

rtici

pate

in re

leva

nt s

tate

an

d fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ent i

nitia

tives

.

City

sta

ff co

ntrib

ute

to a

num

ber o

f for

ums,

incl

udin

g th

e go

vern

ance

gro

up, t

he In

depe

nden

t Com

mis

sion

Aga

inst

C

orru

ptio

n (IC

AC),

Nat

iona

l Con

fere

nces

and

wor

king

with

the

Offi

ce o

f Loc

al G

over

nmen

t & t

he N

SW O

mbu

dsm

an.

On

Trac

k

Polic

y R

efor

m

Res

earc

h, a

sses

s an

d m

ake

subm

issi

ons

on in

terg

over

nmen

tal

polic

y is

sues

to N

SW S

tate

and

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent w

here

ap

prop

riate

.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

mak

e su

bmis

sion

s to

the

Stat

e an

d Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ents

on

mat

ters

impa

ctin

g th

e ci

ty, o

ur

wor

kers

, vis

itors

and

resi

dent

s. M

ost r

ecen

tly th

is h

as in

clud

ed m

akin

g de

taile

d su

bmis

sion

s on

the

New

Syd

ney

Fish

M

arke

ts –

Sta

te S

igni

fican

t Dev

elop

men

t, th

e N

SW E

nviro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n Au

thor

ity's

pro

pose

d Ph

ase

2 AW

T Tr

ansi

tion

Pack

age,

the

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent’s

dra

ft vi

sion

and

rezo

ning

pro

posa

l for

the

Cen

tral S

tate

Sig

nific

ant

Prec

inct

, pro

pose

d he

ritag

e lis

ting

of R

ushc

utte

rs B

ay a

nd Y

arra

nabb

ee P

arks

, rev

ised

Con

tam

inat

ed L

and

Gui

delin

es a

nd B

oard

ing

Hou

ses

Act,

the

Gre

ater

Syd

ney

Com

mis

sion

's Pl

ace-

base

d In

frast

ruct

ure

Com

pact

Pilo

t, an

d th

e Fe

dera

l Gov

ernm

ent's

Par

liam

enta

ry In

quiry

into

5G

.

On

Trac

k

10.5

The

com

mun

ity is

eng

aged

and

act

ive

in s

hapi

ng th

e fu

ture

of t

he c

ity.

Maj

or P

rogr

ams

Prog

ress

To

Dat

e St

atus

Com

mun

ity e

ngag

emen

t

Del

iver

a h

igh-

valu

e co

mm

unity

eng

agem

ent p

rogr

am, b

oth

face

-to-

face

and

onl

ine,

to in

form

dec

isio

n m

akin

g, b

uild

cap

acity

and

de

velo

p a

shar

ed re

spon

sibi

lity

for a

ctio

ns w

ith th

e co

mm

unity

.

28 p

roje

cts

(not

incl

udin

g D

As a

nd p

lann

ing

appl

icat

ions

) wer

e op

en fo

r pub

lic c

omm

ent o

ver t

he p

ast 6

mon

ths.

1,

567

subm

issi

ons/

feed

back

form

s w

ere

rece

ived

. The

re w

ere

2,02

3 at

tend

ees

at 3

2 co

nsul

tatio

n ev

ents

. Th

e fo

cus

durin

g th

is p

erio

d w

as e

ngag

ing

the

com

mun

ity o

n th

e lo

ng te

rm c

omm

unity

stra

tegi

c pl

an to

205

0. A

C

itize

ns’ J

ury

of 4

3 ra

ndom

ly s

elec

ted

dem

ogra

phic

ally

repr

esen

tativ

e ci

tizen

s m

et o

ver 6

full

days

dur

ing

this

per

iod.

Th

e Ju

ry re

com

men

ded

8 co

ncep

ts fo

r the

city

to im

plem

ent b

y 20

50.

Ove

r 1,1

00 id

eas

wer

e su

bmitt

ed a

fter a

pub

lic c

all-o

ut fo

r tra

nsfo

rmat

ive

idea

s fo

r the

futu

re. T

he id

eas

wer

e di

spla

yed

on a

pub

lic o

nlin

e da

shbo

ard

whe

re c

itize

ns c

ould

use

em

ojis

to re

act t

o th

e id

eas.

C

onsu

ltatio

n w

as a

lso

unde

rtake

n on

pro

posa

ls to

bui

ld n

ew c

yclin

g lin

ks, e

arly

eng

agem

ent w

ith ta

rget

ed

stak

ehol

ders

on

a fu

rther

6 p

ark

upgr

ades

als

o to

ok p

lace

. Con

sulta

tion

was

und

erta

ken

on th

e C

ity’s

Loc

al S

trate

gic

Plan

ning

Sta

tem

ent (

City

Pla

n 20

36) a

nd H

ousi

ng S

trate

gy (H

ousi

ng fo

r All)

, inc

ludi

ng a

ser

ies

of b

riefin

gs a

nd

wor

ksho

ps w

ith c

omm

unity

and

indu

stry

sta

keho

lder

s.

On

Trac

k

of 6

5

Del

iver

an

enga

gem

ent p

rogr

am to

info

rm a

nd c

olla

bora

te w

ith

stak

ehol

ders

to h

elp

prog

ress

the

revi

ew o

f Sus

tain

able

Syd

ney

2030

.

In th

e fir

st 6

mon

ths

of F

Y19/

20, w

e de

liver

ed a

n en

gage

men

t pro

gram

of 3

eve

nts

to d

irect

ly s

uppo

rt th

e re

view

of

Sust

aina

ble

Sydn

ey 2

050.

The

se e

vent

s w

ere

atte

nded

by

1,25

5 pe

ople

(209

key

sta

keho

lder

s an

d 1,

046

mem

bers

of

the

gene

ral p

ublic

). E

vent

s in

clud

e:

‘Sha

ping

Syd

ney

to 2

050

stak

ehol

der e

vent

’, at

tend

ed b

y 93

peo

ple.

The

brie

fing

info

rmed

key

sta

keho

lder

s of

the

next

pha

se o

f the

Sus

tain

able

Syd

ney

2050

eng

agem

ent p

roce

ss a

nd in

vite

d th

em to

sub

mit

thei

r ide

as to

the

Citi

zen’

s Ju

ry.

'City

Talk

s: W

e al

l hav

e a

role

in s

uppo

rting

men

tal h

ealth

and

wel

lbei

ng',

atte

nded

by

a to

tal o

f 785

peo

ple

(incl

udin

g 11

6 ke

y st

akeh

olde

rs a

nd 6

69 m

embe

rs o

f the

pub

lic).

‘A

ltern

ativ

e H

ousi

ng Id

eas

Cha

lleng

e: R

eim

agin

ing

how

we

live'

, whi

ch w

as a

ttend

ed b

y 37

7 pe

ople

and

requ

ired

the

publ

ic to

sub

mit

inno

vativ

e m

odel

s th

at w

ould

incr

ease

alte

rnat

ive

and

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng s

uppl

y ac

ross

the

city

in th

e fu

ture

.

On

Trac

k

Und

erta

ke a

com

preh

ensi

ve re

view

of S

usta

inab

le S

ydne

y 20

30,

enga

ging

the

com

mun

ity in

set

ting

the

futu

re d

irect

ion

for o

ur c

ity.

The

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ty o

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poin

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sup

port

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ery

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y 20

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or P

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l and

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gov

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ips

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nd re

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now

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faci

litat

e im

prov

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ecis

ion

mak

ing

and

outc

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for t

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unity

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City

con

tinue

s to

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and

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ngth

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cal a

nd re

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al p

artn

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ips

thro

ugh

the

deliv

ery

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e of

ev

ents

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ityTa

lk: w

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l hav

e a

role

to p

lay

in s

uppo

rting

men

tal h

ealth

and

wel

lbei

ng, w

as p

rodu

ced

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

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entre

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l Jus

tice

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as p

rodu

ced

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king

clo

sely

with

new

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ocra

cy.

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citiz

en ju

rors

pro

vide

d in

sigh

t on

thei

r vis

ion

of a

com

mun

ity-le

d fu

ture

for S

ydne

y.

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City

col

labo

rate

d w

ith fi

ve p

artn

er o

rgan

isat

ions

to d

eliv

er th

e Su

stai

nabl

e D

estin

atio

n Pa

rtner

ship

firs

t yea

r ce

lebr

atio

n. R

epre

sent

ativ

es fr

om T

he S

tar,

Fox

Stud

ios,

Syd

ney

Ope

ra H

ouse

, Hilt

on a

nd th

e In

tern

atio

nal

Con

vent

ion

Cen

tre c

olla

bora

ted

with

the

City

of S

ydne

y to

par

ticip

ate

in a

faci

litat

ed p

anel

dis

cuss

ion.

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Trac

k

of 6

5

The

Bette

r Bui

ldin

gs P

artn

ersh

ip E

xecu

tive

Lunc

heon

was

pro

duce

d by

the

City

thro

ugh

colla

bora

tion

with

mem

ber

orga

nisa

tions

, com

pris

ed o

f 14

partn

ers,

thre

e as

soci

ates

and

five

sup

porte

rs.

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City

wor

ked

with

par

tner

org

anis

atio

ns to

pro

duce

the

City

Switc

h N

atio

nal A

war

ds, i

nclu

ding

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith

Nor

th S

ydne

y C

ounc

il.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

fost

er p

artn

ersh

ips

thro

ugh

Soci

al H

ousi

ng M

eetin

gs in

Ulti

mo

and

Pyrm

ont,

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perd

own,

G

lebe

and

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r's P

oint

and

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fern

, Ulti

mo

and

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ont,

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Hills

, Woo

lloom

oolo

o an

d W

ater

loo,

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith H

ousi

ng N

SW, N

SW P

olic

e an

d Fa

mily

and

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mun

ity S

ervi

ces.

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e C

ityTa

lk: M

akin

g Ar

t Pub

lic: 5

0 Ye

ars

of K

aldo

r Pub

lic A

rt Pr

ojec

ts w

hich

was

pro

duce

d in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith

Kald

or P

ublic

Art.

Th

e In

tern

atio

nal E

duca

tion

Prov

ider

s Fo

rum

was

pro

duce

d in

par

tner

ship

with

Stu

dy N

SW.

The

City

col

labo

rate

d w

ith 1

3 or

gani

satio

ns in

clud

ing

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Stu

dent

Leg

al S

ervi

ce N

SW, A

RU

P, N

SW T

reas

ury,

the

NSW

Chi

ef

Scie

ntis

t and

Eng

inee

r, Fa

culty

of L

aw, U

NSW

, Int

erna

tiona

l Edu

catio

n In

itiat

ives

, NSW

Hea

lth S

exua

l and

R

epro

duct

ive

Hea

lth W

orki

ng G

roup

, Int

erna

tiona

l Stu

dent

Edu

catio

n Ag

ents

’ Ass

ocia

tion

(ISEA

A), F

air W

ork

Om

buds

man

and

the

Stu

dent

Acc

omm

odat

ion

Asso

ciat

ion

(SAA

). C

itySw

itch

Caf

é Se

ries:

Bey

ond

the

Bin,

sol

utio

ns fo

r bet

ter r

esou

rce

reco

very

, was

a c

olla

bora

tion

betw

een

the

Sust

aina

ble

Des

tinat

ion

Partn

ersh

ip, C

itySw

itch

and

the

Bette

r Bui

ldin

gs P

artn

ersh

ip.

The

City

als

o co

ntin

ues

to fo

ster

par

tner

ship

s th

roug

h th

e de

liver

y of

the

Smal

l Bus

ines

s D

igita

l Sem

inar

Ser

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in

colla

bora

tion

with

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pify

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kedI

n an

d lo

cal b

usin

esse

s.

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e an

d na

tiona

l par

tner

ship

s

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ngth

en s

tate

and

nat

iona

l par

tner

ship

s th

roug

h co

nsul

tatio

n,

advo

cacy

and

kno

wle

dge

exch

ange

to im

prov

e de

cisi

on m

akin

g an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

achi

evem

ent o

f sha

red

obje

ctiv

es. P

artn

ersh

ips

incl

ude

Cou

ncil

of C

apita

l City

Lor

d M

ayor

s an

d th

e G

reat

er S

ydne

y C

omm

issi

on.

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City

con

tinue

s to

eng

age

with

a w

ide

rang

e of

sta

te a

nd n

atio

nal p

artn

ers

to e

nsur

e sh

ared

obj

ectiv

es a

re

achi

eved

. We

have

eng

aged

with

the

Gre

ater

Syd

ney

Com

mis

sion

and

the

coun

cils

with

in th

e C

entra

l Dis

trict

, as

wel

l as

regu

lar m

eetin

gs w

ith M

inis

ters

and

Dep

artm

enta

l rep

rese

ntat

ives

on

issu

es a

nd p

roje

cts

rele

vant

to th

e C

ity, s

uch

as s

choo

ling

and

trans

port.

Mee

tings

con

tinue

with

rele

vant

sta

keho

lder

s in

Loc

al a

nd S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent a

bout

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Res

ilienc

e Pl

an fo

r Syd

ney

whi

ch w

as la

unch

ed in

Jul

y 20

18.

The

City

con

tinue

s to

par

ticip

ate

in th

e C

ounc

il of

Cap

ital C

ity L

ord

May

ors,

atte

ndin

g m

eetin

gs w

ith c

apita

l city

co

unte

rpar

ts o

n th

e ni

ght t

ime

econ

omy,

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

hom

eles

snes

s an

d af

ford

able

hou

sing

and

ad

voca

cy to

the

Fede

ral G

over

nmen

t.

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Trac

k

Inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

ship

s

Util

ise

the

inte

rnat

iona

l par

tner

ship

s pr

ogra

ms

to fa

cilit

ate

know

ledg

e ex

chan

ge a

nd e

nsur

e th

e C

ity b

enef

its fr

om th

e be

st a

nd m

ost

curre

nt k

now

ledg

e an

d pr

oces

ses

to im

prov

e ou

tcom

es fo

r the

co

mm

unity

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area

, inc

ludi

ng C

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ns in

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l soc

iety

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resi

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ney

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