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		INNER WEST COUNCIL COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN [CSP] 2036

		PPWC-IWC MTG A1A - UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL'S NEW STRATEGIES & PLANS

ZIG/ZAG 	UNB - European Commission [EC] "Blockchains for Social Good" [BSG] 
Challenge - DRAFT MINUTES SUN 17 NOV 2019 FOR MEETING A1 THU 14 NOV 2019

SUB-COMMITTEE	PPWC WASTE RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEE  

EVENT:	Meeting with Inner West Council 			REF:IWCCAM1d

TOPIC:	Mgt - Improving Waste Management around Parks Pilot Project

DATE:	Thu 14 Nov 2019			TIME: 14:00 - 11:00

VENUE:	Petersham Customer Service Centre
	2-14 Fisher St  PETERSHAM 2049

ATTENDEES:

Petersham Park Waste Collective [PPWC]		Inner West Council [IWC]		

Cheryl CRAWFORD [CGC] PPWC Chair	Helen BRADLEY [HnB]	Resource Rec Plan Mgr
Karen HAYWOOD [KRH] Resource Co-ord	Angela MAYER [AgM]	Sustainability Communicator
Stephen GOULD [SGG] Secretary 		Jon STIEBEL [JnS]	Urban Sustainability Mgr
					John WHELAN [JoW]	Economic Development Mgr
					Mandy SMITH [MdS]	Parks & Open Space Act Mgr
					Jessica ATTE [JsA]	Companion Animal Act Off

OBJECTIVES:

The PPWC had requested a meeting to:

1	understand how to work with Council to achieve objectives of EDPS, CRS and CSP 2036
2	discuss eliminating Organic Waste including Dog Poo from Landfill
3	learn how Community Groups like PPWC could address "unsustainable consumption"

AGENDA:

14:00-14:20 A Understanding how to work with the Inner West Council
14:20-14:40 B Volunteer "Community Participation Credits [CPC]" Proposal 
14:40-15:00 C Understanding Council's Planning Cycle for Petersham Park

14:00-14:20 A UNDERSTANDING HOW TO WORK WITH INNER WEST COUNCIL

HnB assembled a group of key people that enabled PPWC to understand the issue, the process and 
timetable for possible changes to how waste is managed in Petersham Park

HnB introduced the 6 IWC persons and explained IWC was under going great change at the moment 
as the culture of 3 different Councils (Leichhardt, Marrickville and Ashfield) were merged into 
the new Inner West Council while at the same time embarking on implementing a number of new 
Sustainability and Waste Management strategies

HnB explained that her responsibilities covered domestic waste only and that a research project
into all the Industrial, Commercial and Domestic Waste issues in the Inner West LGA was being 
conducted by the University of Technology Sydney [UTS] Institute for Sustainable Futures 

HnB said that the Marrickville Council had carried out a Food Organics Garden Organics [FOGO] 
trial with 1,000 participants form 2016-2019 

"During this time over 600 tonnes of food and garden waste was collected, however participation 
rates were low as was the percentage of food waste to garden waste. 

This trial has now ended. 

Results and learnings from the trial will be used to develop other food waste initiatives in the 
Inner West".

HnB said that IWC had considered the EarthPower Biogas system at Camellia 2142 which uses 
"anaerobic digestion technology to convert food waste into renewable energy" 

However the cost of transporting the food waste to Singleton was too expensive for the IWC to 
implement

HnB said IWVC had applied for a Grant to establish a Biogas system similar to the "Malvern 
Biogas" system in the UK

However that Grant Application with the Local Government NSW Research and Innovation Fund had 
been rejected

SGG asked how much does the IWC require to establish a Biogas Pilot system ?

HnB said a business case had not been prepared yet

HnB said Canada Bay had opened a new recycling plant which IWC people were tracking

"NEW CANADA BAY RECYCLING CENTRE OPEN FOR FREE HOUSEHOLD PROBLEM WASTE DROP-OFF
Admin1 on November 07, 2016

"Canada Bay Council received a $172,433 grant to establish the centre under the NSW Government's
Waste Less, Recycle More initiative.

"This is one of a network of 100 centres being built across NSW with grants awarded by the 
Environmental Trust in partnership with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)," .

14:20-14:40 B VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CREDITS PROPOSAL

SGG asked if the Council had considered a Volunteer Participation Credits system to encourage the 
Community to participate in Initiatives like the "2020 10-wk Leadership Skills in Sustainability"
course

These local community credits systems can provide the Council with Local Community Credits and 
stimulate the local small business economy

This Local Community Participation Credits Process [CPC] had been submitted at the Home Business 
Consultation on Thu 17 Oct 2019 as the IWC Council has announced a 2020 "Community Leaders in 
Sustainability" course with applications due on Fri 06 Dec 2019

This course involves training 20 Volunteers spending 34-hrs over 10 weeks from 03 May 2020 - 
05 May 2020 while they learn how to identify and manage suitable projects

The free 'Community Leaders in Sustainability' course provides you with training in:

"	project management
"	building partnerships
"	leadership skills
"	environment and sustainability.

This is a large commitment in time by Volunteers before the actual task of finding a suitable 
project and developing a project team starts

Once the project team has been assembled then "Project Management" begins which involves 
planning meetings with agendas and presentations and action items 

Hence this is why, after the Home Business Consultation on Thu 17 Oct 2019, John WHELAN, was referred 
to following references by emailed letter 

1	the 1993 Report on Group Support Systems [GSS] by the Uni of Arizona "Lessons from a Dozen 
	Years of Group Support Systems [GSS] Research"  and 

2	the "Value of Volunteers Reports by Dr Duncan Ironmonger to 4 Australian State Governments 
	where in 2006 a Volunteer hr was worth Au$24.09

1	"Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems [GSS] Research 1981-1993"

"This was a study by the University of Arizona into 4,000 projects over 12 years with the following 
conclusions

		Table 1. Lessons learned about GSS in organizations

	1  GSS technology does not replace leadership.

	2  GSS technology does not imply any particular leadership style.

	3  GSS can make a well planned meeting better; and it can make a poorly planned meeting worse.

	4  Individuals must have incentive to contribute to group effort.

	5  GSS can reduce labor costs by more than 50% and project time by up to 90%"

This document was provided to John as support for Local Community Participation Credits for the
various meetings and committees he organises

JoW suggested PPWC set up a "Currency Exchange System like a crypto-currency" hence further 
explanation of the proposed Local Community Participation Credits process is required and 
why Council has to oversee the Value of the Participation Credits for Rate-payer offsets

At the 1996 AGM OIC members unanimously agreed to an ecredits process for event and project 
participation

"The time and contributions by each member and its representatives are to be recorded as 
Intellectual Property Assets of the OIC and each member representative and their organisation 
are to accumulate Credits for participation and contributions to raising awareness of EIT issues"

OIC members held monthly and quarterly events between 1994 - 2006 and established over 
20 Special Interest Groups with an event accreditation process

In 1997 senior members of the OIC including Commonwealth Bank, AIDC, Optus, Ourworld Global 
Network [OGN] and Halisa NSW Partnership sponsored the development of Electronic Association 
Information Management [EAIM] with 3 modules:

1	Electronic Committee Information Management [ECIM]

2	Electronic Committee Information Management [EEIM]

3	Electronic Member Information Management [EMIM]

In 2000 the Federal Government Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small 
Business [DEWRSB] joined the OIC XML Special Interest Group

In 2001 DEWRSB then commissioned the OIC Local Government Special Interest Group [LZIG] to 
conduct a series of 3 On-line surveys with 173 Local Government Agencies

"conducting a survey which addresses the relevance of XML in the adoption of On Line 
Service Delivery by Local Government Agencies in NSW"

This committee participation process was implemented between 2000-2002 with "ebXML Australia"

In 2005 OIC Community members developed a Junior Sports Information System [JSIS] for junior 
team sport players to earn local community credits for team responsibilities and updating the team 
web-site

In 2010 OIC Community members developed the ePedal-Power Local Community credits system for 
our youth to earn local community credits by riding bikes in racks to generate electricity for schools, 
hospitals and aged care homes

However during the course of accruing Local Community credits it became necessary for some junior 
members to be able to spend them in local shops hence part of creating jobs and economic 
development

This is where it requires an organisation like the Local Council to oversee what the value of a 
Local Community Participation credit is worth to the community particularly for Rate-payers to 
get involved with Community issues

In the same way that the Crown Plaza Group around the world said to their guests "Pedal for 15 
minutes and we will give you a free meal" the Local Council will have to determine the work value
a Local Community Participation Credit [CPC] for a range of community activities

Older Rate-payers will participate and support the Council if it will reduce their Rates in some way

Many retired Rate-payers (especially retired school-teachers and nurses) may be prepared to help 
report on smelly dog-poo bins to have them changed or cleaned now that we know there is a 
reporting process in place on the web-site

14:40-15:00 C UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL'S PLANNING CYCLE FOR PETERSHAM PARK 

HnB then asked Mandy SMITH Acting Manager Parks and Open Spaces to explain how the IWC 
Parks and Open Spaces department operates

MdS said there are 269 Parks in the Inner West Area hence IWC has to operate a 10-year Park plan to ensure 
that the local community of each Park can be involved in how their local Park operates

There is a Parks Planning Priority List which has 52 Plans of Management [PoM] downloaded as a 
PDF/Word files, with several parks having multiple Plans  eg Whites Creek Park has 8 PoMs

At the "Footprints Ecofestival" at Whites Creek Park on Sun 25 Aug 2019 there were 4 different 
coloured clearly marked bins which is what PPWC is seeking in Petersham Park

MdS said Petersham Park was die to be reviewed early in 2020 probably around Jan/Feb 2020 when 
the local community would be invited to comment on how they would like the Park managed by 
Council over the next 10-years

CGC said what the plan was for the completion of the work on the Grandstand in Petersham Park

MdS replied that asbestos had been found during the renovations of the Public Toilets hence they 
had been delays but the Grandstand should be operational by Mar/Apr 2020

KRH asked how often were the trees spayed with chemicals as there was concern by dog owners 
that the chemicals could be dangerous for the pets - it would be very helpful if notice could be given 
to the dog owners possibly on a Notice Board in the Park when spraying would take place

MdS said she appreciated learning about those issues and would respond accordingly

SGG handed out a signed copy of a report to Ian NAYLOR Manager Civic Governance, Helen 
BRADLEY Resource Recovery Planning [RRP] Manager and John WHELAN Manager "Economic 
Development Strategy Plan [EDSP]" Report IWC re Governance Issues to Achieve CSP 2036"

Meeting closed 15:00 		Stephen GOULD	PPWC Secretary


 

	D	Key Documents

	D4	2019-08-18 Submission to Inner West Council for Waste Management Joint-Venture

	D3	2012-01-11 p10 YEF "Local Goverment plays the central role in litter and waste management"

	D2	2012-01-11 p6 YEF "Populations, Dogs and Parks"

	D1	2012-01-11 Frontpage YEF "Closing the Poop Loop" Project Proposal


	R	References

	R6	2019-01-19 Adelaide Advertiser: Compensation paid to Slave Owners 1835 - 2015 (180 yrs)

	R5	2003-2014 Dr Duncan Ironmonger Value of Volunteers for 4 States

	R4	2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video

	R3	1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects

	R2	Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995

	R1	1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video



 
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