Check out what is coming up in the June 10 meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council

The meeting will be broadcast to the community through live streaming on council's Facebook page and will begin at 3.30pm.

Council's general manager Ann Prendergast, mayor councillor Duncan Gair and essential staff will conduct the meeting from the Moss Vale Civic Centre.

Members of the public who register for public forum or visitor items have the option to join the meeting via video conferencing or prepare a written submission to be read at the meeting.

Residents are encouraged to watch the live stream on Council's Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/WingecarribeeShireCouncil.

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Residents without access to Facebook can watch the recording a few days later via council's YouTube channel.

Council Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month with the agenda and minutes of previous meetings available online at www.wsc.nsw.gov.au/council-meetings.

For more information contact Wingecarribee Shire Council on phone 4868 0888.

Among the items on the agenda for the June 10 meeting are:

A proposed draft Public Memorials Policy and Public Memorials Policy Guidelines (the "Draft Policy and Guidelines"), will be considered.

A report to council highlights that from time to time council receives requests from members of the public seeking to install a memorial for a loved one in a public space.

Council also receives requests to name public places such as parks and reserves in commemoration of a person.

To date, council has been dealing with these requests on a case-by-case basis, and council staff can spend considerable time dealing with enquiries and applications from the public.

Council staff will seek approval for a Draft Policy and Guidelines to be placed on public exhibition with the community invited to provide feedback and comments.

The purpose of the Draft Policy and Guidelines is to provide a framework for assessing and approving the placement of memorials in public spaces within the shire to simplify the process for members of the public and to provide clear parameters for council staff. It will also provide a framework for memorial naming of places or buildings in memory of people who had an association with the shire.

The report to council suggests that this will result in consistency in decision making and will provide clear and succinct guidance to members of the public as to the types and locations of memorials that will be permitted in public spaces across the shire.

Council will consider plans for a Draft Playground Strategy to be placed on public exhibition with the community invited to provide feedback and comments.

The Draft Playspace Strategy is a vision for play areas in Wingecarribee Shire and provides guidance for Council on future provision, development and maintenance of its playgrounds.

The purpose of this strategy is to analyse the current situation in terms of playspace provision, quality, and financial investment.

It then provides a framework upon which to base decisions for the future development of playspaces that meet the community's needs for a sustainable network of playspaces that are attractive, inclusive, safe and affordable.

The Playspace Strategy will be used to provide an overall framework for the consistent management and maintenance of play areas including providing general development standard guidelines, identifying appropriate levels of service for each type of playspace category and setting the capital, renewal and disposal program for the existing 48 playspace sites.

An application to rezone and reduce the minimum Lot size of 50A Bulwer Road, Moss Vale, will be considered by council.

The proposal is to provide a mixture of housing types that allow residents to meet their housing needs at different stages of their lives and support affordable living.

During the preparation of the Wingecarribee Local Planning Strategy 2015-2031, council received three Planning Proposals seeking to reduce the minimum lot size of land to the north-west of Moss Vale.

In order to assess these Proposals, a North-West Moss Vale study area (the study area) was established.

Council staff have recommended that a Planning Proposal be prepared and submitted to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment for a Gateway Determination to rezone Lots 8-10 Sec F DP 2810, 50A Bulwer Road, Moss Vale currently zoned RU2 Rural Landscape, to E4 Environmental Living and apply a minimum lot size of two hectares, in accordance with the North-West Moss Vale study area adopted by Council in its Ordinary meeting of 12 December 2018.

The northern portion of the study area is currently zoned RU2 Rural Landscape under Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan (WLEP) 2010 with a minimum lot size of 40 hectares. The remainder of the study area is zoned RU4 Primary Production Small Lots with a minimum lot size of two hectares.

Council will reconsider a Development Application seeking approval for the Temporary Use of Land under the Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 to utilise an existing 190 square metre farm building for a Function Centre for 30 events per year, 50 guests per event, operating for three years.

The functions are proposed to be operated between the hours of 5pm - 9:30 pm.

The existing farm building which is proposed to accommodate the function events is located in the western portion of the site, setback approximately 112 metres east from Kangaloon Road.

Council staff have recommended that the proposal be refused due to several factors including insufficient information regarding car spaces, insufficient information regarding how the land will be restored to a condition to which it was before commencement of use, and the need to identify all existing non-compliance with the 'deemed-to-satisfy' provision for the proposed use of the building.