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Index to Streets Openings Conference Minutes

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Unique IDAS-0765Start dateBetween 1st January 1909 and 1st January 1956Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionThe Streets Openings Conference was set up at the instigation of Lord Mayor Allen Taylor. Its first meeting was held on 10 March 1909 in the Lord Mayor's Room with the Lord Mayor convening. The object of the Conference was to "minimise as much as possible the inconvenience to vehicular traffic, pedestrians and business people generally caused by the indiscriminate opening up of City streets and footways, particularly in the business section of the City, by the various public supply authorities". This was achieved by the various authorities notifying each other of any intended streets openings.

The Conference had no statutory authority. The members consisted of the Postmaster-General's Department, the NSW Government Railways Chief Electrical Engineer, the Department of Road Transport and Tramways, the Department of Main Roads, the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board, the Australian Gas Light Company, the North Shore Gas Company, the Local Government Association of NSW, and the City Council's Electricity Department and City Engineer's Department. The Town Clerk acted as Secretary to the Conference.

In 1925, the Conference was reconstituted on an officer level, and from that time until 1992 the Town Clerk of Sydney was Chairman. From 1993 the General Manager Katie Lahey has been Chairman. This series is a handwritten index to the Minutes of the Conference. It is labelled "Rough Index to Minutes of Streets Openings Conference".

The index records the subject and the date of the meeting, eg. "Allocation of space in footways - disagreement by Lidcombe Council, 17/7/1930". There are no Minutes in Council's custody from 1957 to 1985. Minutes from 1986 are held by John Evernden of the Urban Services Division.
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End Date: NoneRelationship summaryCREATED BY: Sydney Streets Opening Conference AG-0138 (01/01/1909) RELATED TO: Street openings AY-50 (01/01/1909 to 01/01/1956) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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