Annual Report 2005-2006 - Waverley Council

People with disabilities (continued)
Waverley Council
Access and Equity Activities 2005/2006
Projects delivered on time and budget.
• Bondi Pavilion Projects Accessible Toilet
• 158 Carrington Road - Housing
• Ocean Street Public Housing
Annual Report 2005/2006
Dept Page No
PW&S 177
Bondi Pavilion Projects Accessible Toilet
Project completed on time and over budget due to modifications to air conditioning ducting and
additional wall heights not anticipated in design documentation stage
158 Carrington Road – Housing
Project delayed due to preferred tenderer withdrawing. Additional funding being sought.
Construction completion anticipated at June 2007.
Ocean Street Public Housing
Construction commencement delayed due to engagement of contractor and then further delays
experienced during construction. Construction now anticipated at December 2006.
People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Dept Page No
Prepare and distribute beach and water safety information sheets
in different languages for Bondi Beach.
BP&RS 25
During the year Surf Safety Brochures was developed in different languages and widely distributed.
Targets meet in Multicultural Policy. C&TS and
L&CS
40, 98
At least 20% of the targets in Council’s Multicultural Policy were met this year. In addition, extensive
work was undertaken to integrate Council’s Multicultural policy and action plan with Council’s
Management Plan, incorporating needs identified in Council’s Strategic Plan and draft 2005/2010
Social Plan.
Community consultations that include strategies to target CALD C&TS and 40
communities.
L&CS
New systems for recording, identifying and analysing the number of consultations with the CALD
community are to be developed along with new guidelines about the context in which the CALD
community should be specifically targeted. Initially this will be trialed in small pilots across Council to
be developed throughout 2006/2007. Background work commenced in this quarter on development
of these guidelines.
Use of communication in community language per annum. C&TS 40
There were 207 incidents of use of Council’s language aids over the course of the year. The
majority of incidents were in Russian and Polish.
Indicators to measure target group attendance at Precinct
meetings developed.
The item is being action in 2006/2007.
C&TS 46
Community consultation/information dissemination that includes C&T and 47, 112,
strategies to target CALD community.
L&CS 114
New systems for recording, identifying and analysing the number of consultations with the CALD
community are to be developed along with new guidelines about the context in which the CALD
community should be specifically targeted. Initially this will be trialed in small pilots across Council to
be developed throughout 2006/2007. Background work commenced in this quarter on development
of these guidelines.
Information, in community languages, from other organisations
placed on public notice boards.
C&TS 53
Any information received in community languages that is suitable for placement of community notice
boards is placed on these boards.
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