Extra Ordinary Council - 14 Apr 2026

Key decisions

• Motion to extend paid parking feedback period was lost
  A notice of motion sought to extend the community consultation period for paid parking to 5pm on 30 April 2026. The motion was lost after a recorded division, with 7 votes for and 8 against.
  Residents will not get an extended consultation deadline through this motion; the consultation timeline remains unchanged based on this meeting.

Important topics

• Status of paid parking consultation
  Council received an update that, as at 9 April 2026, consultation on the Visitor Pay Parking proposal had received 7,041 online surveys and about 3,500 paper surveys. Council said this was on track to become its largest-ever community engagement exercise.
  Shows strong community interest and indicates the proposal could affect many residents across the city.
• City-wide engagement activities underway
  The update outlined consultation actions including a mailout to 53,760 households, a 600-person telephone survey, visitor intercept surveys, pop-up sessions at Coogee and Maroubra beaches, precinct and chamber briefings, translated materials, website information, email notifications, social media, videos and digital display screens.
  Residents had multiple ways to learn about and respond to the paid parking proposal, including translated materials and in-person sessions.

Resident impacts

• The deadline for feedback on the paid parking consultation was not extended at this meeting.
• The proposed Beach Visitor parking scheme remained under active community consultation.
• Residents across Randwick were being contacted through mailouts, online information, surveys and local meetings about the parking proposal.
• Community feedback numbers were already very high, suggesting the issue is significant and city-wide.

Places affected

• Randwick City (local government area)
  The paid parking consultation was described as city-wide and included responses from across and beyond the LGA.
• Coogee Beach (beach)
  Pop-up information session held here as part of consultation.
• Maroubra Beach (beach)
  Pop-up information session held here as part of consultation.
• Clovelly (suburb)
  Precinct meeting attended by council staff during consultation.
• Coogee (suburb)
  Precinct and chamber engagement took place here during consultation.
• Maroubra (suburb)
  Chamber and precinct engagement took place here during consultation.
• Randwick (suburb)
  Precinct engagement took place here during consultation.
• Bays & Beaches (precinct area)
  A precinct meeting was listed as planned in the consultation program.

Next steps

• Community consultation on the paid parking proposal continues under the existing timetable
  After 14 April 2026
• Council to continue collecting and reviewing survey responses and engagement results
  Ongoing
• Further planned precinct and stakeholder meetings to proceed as listed in the consultation update
  Mid-April 2026

Extracted minutes text

This is of the Minutes of the Extraordinary Council meeting held on 14 April 2026 MINUTES OF EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, 14 APRIL 2026 AT 7:00 PM Present: The Mayor, Councillor D Parker (Central Ward) Central Ward - Councillors D Gordon & D Rosenfeld East Ward - Councillors M Asgari, C Martin & M Wilson North Ward - Councillors C Hamilton, A Magner & C Willington (Deputy Mayor) South Ward - Councillors B Burst, N D’Souza & D Said West Ward - Councillors A Hay, A Luxford & P Veitch Officers Present: General Manager Mr R Brownlee Acting Director City Planning Mr D Scott Director City Services Mr T Clarke Director Community & Culture Ms K Anderson Director Corporate Services...