Works & infrastructure · Randwick City Council
Council backs design procurement for Matraville SES facility
Unconfirmed minutes record Randwick City Council's support for hiring a lead architect for concept and detailed design work at 1903 and 1905R Botany Road, with the concept to return to councillors before public exhibition.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Randwick City Council supported procuring a lead architect and associated professional services for a proposed Randwick SES facility at 1903 and 1905R Botany Road, Matraville, according to unconfirmed minutes.
The resolution recorded for the council’s 22 September 2026 meeting covers preparation of concept design and detailed design documentation. It does not approve construction.
The final concept design must be reported back to council before it is placed on public exhibition, leaving a further council consideration between the design work and any public consultation on the proposal.
The minutes for this item do not give a value for the design-services procurement, a construction cost or a delivery timetable. They name councillors Veitch and Luxford on the carried motion.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded resolution supports procurement and design work, not construction approval; it does not establish that procurement has occurred.
Public exhibition is conditional on the final concept design first being reported back to council.
The minutes provide no stated procurement value, construction cost or delivery timetable for this item.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What value will be attached to the design-services procurement?
When will the final concept design return to council?
What construction cost and delivery timetable, if any, will be proposed after the design stage?
What happens next
The supported procurement would cover a lead architect and associated professional services for concept and detailed design documentation.
The final concept design is to be reported back to council before any public exhibition.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The resolution records council noting the findings of feasibility studies for the Randwick SES Facility at 1903 and 1905R Botany Road, Matraville.
MOTION: (Said/Burst) CARRIED - SEE RESOLUTION. MINUTES OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 This is page 8 of the Minutes of the Ordinary Council meeting held on 22 September 2026 CS46/26 Director City Services Report - Randwick State Emergency Services (SES) Facility - Project Feasibility Update (PROJ/11192/2026/4) 256/26 RESOLUTION: (Veitch/Luxford) that: a) Council notes the findings of the feasibility studies undertaken for the Randwick SES Facility at 1903 and 1905R Botany Road, Matraville;
CS46/26, resolution 256/26, part a
Open original minutes ↗The quoted clauses express support for procuring a lead architect and associated professional services for concept and detailed design documentation, and call for the final concept design for the Randwick SES Facility to be reported back to Council before public exhibition.
b) Council supports the procurement of a Lead Architect and associated professional services for the preparation of the project concept design and detailed design documentation; and c) the final concept design for the Randwick SES Facility be reported back to Council before being placed on public exhibition.
CS46/26, resolution 256/26, parts b–c
Open original minutes ↗The Veitch/Luxford motion is recorded as carried.
MOTION: (Veitch/Luxford) CARRIED - SEE RESOLUTION. CS47/26 Director City Services Report - Draft Weed Management Policy and Draft Pesticide Use Notification Plan - Public Exhibition (F2019/00686) 257/26 RESOLUTION: (Hamilton/Asgari) that Council: a) endorse the Draft Weed Management Policy for public exhibition for a period of twenty-eight days;
Opening motion record completing CS46/26, before the CS47/26 heading
Open original minutes ↗The document identifies the meeting as the Ordinary Council meeting held on 22 September 2026.
This is page 1 of the Minutes of the Ordinary Council meeting held on 22 September 2026 MINUTES OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 7:06PM Present: The Mayor, Councillor D Parker (Central Ward) Central Ward - Councillor D Gordon 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 Director City Planning Ms M Bishop Director City Services Mr T Clarke Director Community & Culture Ms K Anderson
Meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗The closing text dates confirmation of these minutes to an Ordinary Meeting of Randwick City Council on 27 October 2026.
There being no further business, His Worship the Mayor, Cr D Parker, declared the meeting closed at 11.27pm. The minutes of this meeting were confirmed at the Ordinary Meeting of Randwick City Council held on Tuesday, 27 October 2026.
Closing confirmation statement
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the unconfirmed minutes of Randwick City Council's Ordinary Council meeting held on 22 September 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The proposed Randwick SES facility is at 1903 and 1905R Botany Road, Matraville.
- Unconfirmed minutes record council support for procuring a lead architect and associated professional services for concept and detailed design documentation.
- The final concept design must return to council before public exhibition.
- The minutes record the Veitch/Luxford motion as carried at the 22 September 2026 meeting.
- The minutes for this item do not state a procurement value, construction cost or delivery timetable.
Why it matters
- The recorded decision supports moving from feasibility studies to design procurement, but does not establish that procurement has occurred, when construction would occur or what it would cost. Public exhibition of the concept design is conditional on it first returning to council.