Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)       Council adopt the Oxford Street LGBTIQA+ Social and Cultural Place Strategy as shown at Attachment A to the subject report;

(B)       Council note the feedback received on the draft Oxford Street LGBTIQA+ Social and Cultural Place Strategy as shown at Attachment B to the subject report, with the following additions or amendments at Priority 5:

(i)         noting that the City of Sydney has been a leader in harm minimisation, include a commitment to promote harm minimisation and work with NSW Health and continue to work with NSW Police particularly Surry Hills Area Command, in relation to addressing safety issues in the precinct;

(ii)        include at Action 9.1 a commitment to work with NSW Health or other relevant stakeholders to support harm minimisation;

(iii)       include a new Action 9.4 to advocate for the increased presence of health services and the adoption of harm minimisation strategies to address real and perceived substance use and safety concerns, or equivalent; and

(iv)       otherwise amend relevant actions to acknowledge that strategies are needed to address and prevent heavy handed policing in the precinct, as this is a key issues that makes many LGBTQIA+ people feel unsafe; and

(C)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make amendments to the Oxford Street LGBTIQA+ Social and Cultural Place Strategy in order to correct any minor drafting errors and finalise design, artwork and accessible formats for publication.

Carried unanimously.

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