It is resolved that:
(A) Council
note the 9 March 2020 Resolution of Council - Supporting Haymarket and Other
Businesses put forward via a Lord Mayoral Minute requesting that the Chief
Executive Officer further investigate street attractions and activations,
including changes to signage, streetscape and traffic movements in Haymarket to
reinvigorate the area and increase foot traffic and the 21 November 2022
Resolution of Council endorsing the Project Definition and Scope for the Dixon
Street Improvements;
(B) Council
note the findings of the Haymarket Visioning Engagement Outcomes Report as
shown at Attachment B to the subject report, Community Vision for Haymarket as
shown at Attachment C to the subject report, Haymarket and Chinatown Economic
and Land Use Study as shown at Attachment D to the subject report, and
Chinatown Thematic History as shown at Attachment E to the subject report;
(C) Council
approve the public exhibition of the draft Haymarket and Chinatown
Revitalisation Strategy as shown at Attachment A to the subject report, for a
minimum period of 28 days;
(D) Council
note that the Haymarket and Chinatown Revitalisation Strategy including any
recommended changes will be brought back to Council for adoption following the
exhibition period;
(E) Council
note that further reports will be brought back to Council following heritage
assessment of any further items for heritage listing;
(F) Council note that following the exhibition period if it is confirmed that the Dixon Street frontage upgrade program and the Haymarket activation grants are endorsed by Council, additional budget of an estimated $900,000 over three years to co-fund the Dixon Street frontage upgrade program and an estimated $600,000 over three years for additional Haymarket activation grants will be required. In this eventuality a further report will be brought back to Council for consideration and public exhibition of the new programs as required;
(G) Council
note following the exhibition period, if it is confirmed that significant
implementation activities are endorsed by Council, funding will be required for
an additional Full Time Equivalent (FTE) position for a Haymarket Coordinator
and this will be required to be incorporated into future budgets for public
exhibition and endorsement by Council;
(H) the
Chief Executive Officer be requested to investigate the possibility of creating
a Chinatown and Haymarket Community Centre and report back to Council via the
CEO Update; and
(I)
authority be delegated to the Chief Executive
Officer to make minor amendments to the draft Haymarket and Chinatown
Revitalisation Strategy for clarity or correction of drafting errors prior to
public exhibition.
The motion, as varied by consent, was carried
unanimously.
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