good evening everyone we might get
started with the council
meeting so welcome everyone to our
council meeting on Tuesday February the
13th and it's going to be a great
evening Yara City Council acknowledges
the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people as the
traditional owners and true sovereigns
of the land now known as Yara we
acknowledge their creative Spirit bundel
their ancestors and their Elders we
acknowledge the strength and resilience
of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung who have never seed
sovereignty and retain their strong
connection to Country to family Clan and
despite the impacts of European Invasion
who also acknowledge the significant
contributions made by other Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people to life
in Yara we pay our respects to Elders
from All Nations here today and to their
Elders past present and
future in attendance today we have
councelor Jolly Council
glenis Council Muhammad Council Nan
myself councel Edward crosland we have
councel Landes councelor Wade councelor
Stone and councelor
O'Brien councilors I'll now ask each of
you to make a conflict of interest
declaration you may respond with I do to
the following question do you declare
you have ACC you have familiarized
yourself with the matters being
presented to this meeting and that you
do not have a conflict of interest
councelor Jolly no conflict interest
Council clis no
conflict Council Muhammad no conflict
Council Newan no conflict thank you and
I councilor Crossland do
not councelor landies yeah I have
a I have a conflict General conflict of
interest in that I regularly play
sport on a team with somebody who has an
interest in 7.1 so I'll absentee myself
for that particular
item thank you councilor LED no
conflicts Council
Stone no conflict thank you Council o'
Brien no
conflict wonderful thank you
everyone I'd now like to call for a vote
for the confirmation of minutes from our
council meeting held on Tuesday the 12th
of December 2023 as a call for a vote
with a division this anyone have one
second this
is can I please call for a
mover councelor Jolly do we have a
second up councelor Stone okay we'll
now call for a vote with a division
all those in
favor and that is carried
unanimously
we are required to go through each
counselor to confirm if you could please
put your hands up I'll read it out
councelor Brian counselor Stone
councelor Wade councel Andes councelor
Crossland councelor Newan councel
Muhammad councelor glenis and councelor
jolly thank you that is carried
unanimously it's now time for questions
from members of the public I'll invite
everyone who has ready to speak to ask
their questions at the meeting in the
order of
registration when your turn comes please
come forward to the microphone switch it
on and state your name and the suburb
you live in for the record if you're
here on behalf of a group please explain
the nature of the group and how you are
able to speak on their behalf we then
have to ask you to direct your questions
to me ask the questions that you've
previously registered including any
background or context to the question
please don't enter debate and take your
seat after asking your question you have
up to 3 minutes to ask your question
although you don't need to use all of
that
time our first question this evening is
from Peter jerson could you please come
forward thank
you thank you very much may yeah my
name is Peter jerson I'm a local
resident of fitro I also manag the
newly reopened IG store in Brunswick
Street Detroit on behalf of the new
owners who took over occupancy of that
premise about July last year and went
through a quite significant
refurbishment made a significant
investment in a new store new
products new team we currently
have on our employment 12 employees of
which 10 of those are local Fitzroy
residents so we're offering
employment to the local community
We've set up the store to be a community
store it's we're very focused on
connecting with the community we've
established a partnership with this
local Sacred Heart Opportunity Shop and
have donated over $1,000 already over
two Community barbecues that we've
run and we've recently established a
partnership with the Sacred Hearts
School further up Brunswick Street and
we've we're looking to establish further
Partnerships with the community in order
to be a true local
grosser however one of our more
significant issues is the lack of free
parking for customers whilst Fitzroy is
a in this particular part of Fitzroy is
a very focused walking area for
customers to be able to undertake their
larger shopping each week they do need
often to be able to park and the lack of
free parking within the vicinity of the
store is causing
customers ourselves and other traders in
the street significant
issues unfortunately the situation
is such that we are currently facing
quite significant financial challenges
we don't we whilst we've attracted
back many of the previous customers to
our store we been unable to attract
those larger baskets of shopping
trolley purchasing customers because of
the lack of parking this is unlike
other supermarkets in the area such as
Pete Monty kl's woolies Eli all of whom
have customer parking available to them
we've had a number of customers who
have actually come into store to
purchase and have been unable to and
have received parking funds so my
question to you May is will the council
consider providing more free parking for
use by customers and Traders on
Brunswick Street the current lack of
free parking is significantly impacting
both customers and Traders in the area
thank you
mayor thank you thank you very much for
your question I'll now ask the
general manager City sustainability and
strategy to
respond thank you Peter for your
question currently
expanding free parking in brunck Street
isn't isn't planned by Council there are
several alternatives for visitors and
Shoppers there are number of free
options including Time parking near by
streets and as you said the area is
excellent for walking there's also great
public transport options ccil does
prioritize a balanced approach for
managing parking effectively in our
busing shopping centers we try to make
sure that the asset is shared by all of
the community so at this stage we are
not looking at changing the parking
restrictions thank
you
thank you very much for the
response i' would now like to ask the
next person who is Andrew
gold thank you thank you mayor Andrew
Gold's my name I live in
Richmond my question relates to an
very elderly American elm tree that
lives outside our house it's about 150
years old we reckoned because that's
about how old our houses are and it's
looks pretty old to be fair it's been
e marked for
removal and I've discussed this with
Council there haven't been any steps
made to preserve the tree which is
contrary to the council's own Street
tree policy especially in a Heritage
area U I would like like to see some
steps taken to save it but in the invent
the tree has to be removed for safety
reasons or whatever the species that
has been selected by count is a crepe
myrtle to replace it I think this is
totally inappropriate for a Heritage
Street which has a large Avenue of large
trees the CRP Myrtle is quite a small
small tree doesn't have a decent sized
canopy it provides a little Shelter
From The Western Sun which for us in our
houses which face Due West particularly
in the last 3 days it's brought this
home the tree actually provides a lot
of shade and keeps us quite a bit cooler
I suspect that if that tree goes
we're all going to be installing air
conditioning and that's not really a
good outcome in my view so the rest
of the street has Elms English Elm as
well as this American elm has paper BS
has plain trees and there are a couple
of crepe
myrtles but with the if we need a
replacement the surrounding
streets in Gib Street which is
adjacent to us there's Ash also in
Richmond Terrace and there's a brand new
planting of Japanese in tner Street
which is only a block away so I just
don't understand why the insistent is we
must replace with crep Myrtle in the
event of removal so my question is why
if the m is removed why can't we have
one of these other species that already
exist in the area and is much larger and
provides more shade and
shelter why can't we have one of
those as a
replacement thank
you thank you very much for your
question this evening I'd now like to
ask the general manager infrastructure
environment to respond thank you thanks
me through you thanks Andrew for the
question officers try to retain
Street trees at every opportunity on
occasion a recommendation is made by
arus to remove a tree largely for
reasons of irreversible poor health in
the case of the tree that you have
referred to We've engaged an
independent third party arborous to
provide us another View and
they've inspected the tree already the
reports due tomorrow as it as it turns
out we will contact you tomorrow with
the outcomes of and the recommendation
of that third party arborist and
recommendations on next steps in the
event that the recommendation is to
remove it and we'll also engage with you
about appropriate tree species talk
to you through some of the options and
what might be suitable for that space
thank you mayor
thank you very much I'd now like to
please call on Tim
McAn hello again so my name is Tim
mlan I'm a
32-year resident of Miller Street North
V try and I'm a member of the Miller
Street traffic Action Group who are
campaigning to reduce traffic
speeds and traffic volumes on Miller
Street in North for
try we've been working for nearly 5
years since the original lap pm3 traffic
study recommended for width speed humps
on our street and apologies if the
wording of this doesn't follow exactly
the wording that I just submitted online
because I I never got my email back
so I don't know exactly what I submitted
online so I'm going to add live a little
bit and we have been consistent
the variation the designs that we've
seen right back to lapm 3 and the
original Brien traffic study have been
variations around the theme so
it's quite clear What the residents want
we did as you know a we've got a a
very active group with around 40 members
on WhatsApp that that meet and and
communicate regularly we did a petition
we got 400 signatures including 93% of
the people we approached on the street
or who were at home on the day which was
around 70% of the total addresses on the
street so there's wide support a
consensus support for for withd Speed
humps on the street to address the
traffic volumes and speed so we've
been disappointed year after year and
our concern is our profound concern
because a number of new issues have been
roduced in the last month into the
debate around our street is that we will
once again miss out on our
improvements to our street being
included in the budget and sooner or
later that's going to have tragic qu
consequences I was in fact watching two
young children this morning on our
street and thinking you know oh my God
what's the chance of these kids stepping
out on the road at the wrong moment and
where are their parents do they know
that they're at their gate and
potentially going to get on the road so
will the council confirm that the 2025
draft budget will include funding for
Speed hump upgrades in Miller Street and
as well we've seen a number of designs
we've been promised to design at the
updated design at the end of last month
and will the council when will the
council provide residents with updated
designs reflecting the concerns that we
raised in meetings with councilors and
Council offices Before
Christmas thank you thank you very much
Tim we also have another question on
the same subject so I'll now ask if
Katarina yakimov could please come
forward and we will then have someone
respond to both your questions at the
same time thank
you thank you I'm Kara yakimov I'm
part of the Miller Street group and I
would also like to acknowledge another
person from our group Alex he didn't
make it in time to to register
tonight but we're really happy that
he's here and he is also a parent to
quite a young child and when we meet
we're on our street we're quite ious
watching Alex and his child who's
usually playing around that is not going
to run onto the road
but what I want to talk to you today
about is that we're aware that a number
of new suggested changes to Miller
Street Works have been introduced for
consideration in addition to the
improved speed HPS that residents have
been seeking for several years years
these include curbside bike Lanes water
sensitive Urban Design measures and
unspecified consultations with Marbeck
Council I would like to stress that
Miller Street residents are committed
and United in having raised full lens
speed humps along Miller Street in order
to reduce speed excess traffic rat
running and discouraged cars to taking
this easy short route to the main
roads we are not asking for additional
and new items for the design of Miller
Street as all of these new items dilute
from our main goal of raised fulllength
speed
HPS we do not support these new
changes that have been been
introduced we're not fragmented we're
very clear in what we
want all of our community Street
meetings Council presentations and
Miller Street petitions have been
consistently saying for the last six
years that Miller Street residents
support raise F speed H humps and we
commit happy to work with Council to
achieve this and my question is this
what is the appropriate process to
ensure that millist Street Community
gets what it wants that is raful with
speed H humps in millist Street rather
than all the extras that have been
proposed that are not supported by
residents thank
you thank you very much for your
questions tonight I would now like to
ask the general management
infrastructure environment to respond
thank you thanks me through you thanks
Tim and Karina for your questions and
thanks Alex for coming along as well
as you know in you refer Tim to your
question our Traffic Engineers
produced a design which you saw late
last year and we've subsequently met
with you on site yeah we're aware of
some additional design considerations
that have been
suggested Council staff are working
to provide options to counselors in the
first instance and ultimately counsel
on how these could or should be
considered W councils and staff are
meeting with you all on the 4th of
March to discuss the inclusions and
exclusions we're confident we'll land a
good space a good space at that
meeting just in relation to the budget
councilors are about to consider
budgets for
2425 and I've alerted Council as to
the option of funding this either in
full in 2425 subject to design or in a
stage way subject to how big it is and
how complex to deliver over two years
Council will make those decision but in
the coming months but rest assured you
haven't missed the boat there is there
is a chance for the council to make that
inclusion in their budgets thank you
may thank you very much I'd now like to
please ask Sharon Harrison if you could
come forward ask your question thank
you oh sorry Sharon sorry start again
Sharon Harrison resident of Richmond the
stairwell leading up to the Richmond
Library meeting room in theater has had
a leak in the roof for years the carpet
is moldy and there is a bucket placed
there regularly during Heavy Rain a few
weeks ago 96 children's books were
destroyed due to the Leaky Roof there
have also been problems in the women's
showers at Rich Recreation Center
according to council's asset plan
principle 7 funding for the renewal of
existing assets must be given priority
over funding for new assets asset
upgrades and expansions so my question
to council is why hasn't Council fixed
the Leaky Roof at Richmond Library and
why isn't Council properly maintaining
these invaluable Community facilities in
Richmond thank you very much for your
question I'll now ask the general
manager infrastructure environment to
resp respond thank
you thank you mayor and through you
thanks Sharon for your
question I'm a bit alarmed to hear
about mle on the carpet so I'll look
into that tomorrow and and buckets on
the floor we're aware of two
instances of flighting at the Richmond
Library recently the first in October
2023 that affected the the foyer area
which we think was caused due to a
leak in the in one of the pipes we fixed
those those pipes the second in early
January
2024 was during a heavy storm event
one of the down pipes became blocked
causing water Ingress to areas including
the children's area and accessible
toilet we think the blockage has been
resolved and the water damage to the
ceiling and carpet rectified but I will
ask the team to go out tomorrow just to
double check that we do undertake
proactive routine roof maintenance
including gutter cleaning to minimize
and avoid areas with block blocked
gutters and down pipes but from time
to time we do have some issues just
in relation to Richmond Rec Center we're
also aware of some roof renewal works
that are required there and the council
will see a recommendation for offices
from officers to renew that next year
thank
you thank you very much for the
response I would now like to call on
Nancy
Malloy hi everyone my name is Lany
Malloy and I live in North wroy my
question is about consultation on
disability access and who consults with
the Aged and Disability Services area on
proposed works or changes to facilities
and programs affecting the disabled
Community I wrote to council recently
about the north Fritz library and access
to their only fully accessible disabled
toilet the green disabled access button
has been removed and replaced by a lock
there was no sign to say how to access
the toilet
so I had to get the lift back down to
the ground floor disabled toilet and
with some difficulty get my Mobility
Scooter through the
doorway getting out again took me about
10 minutes I was told by staff that a
disabled toilet was locked because
students were using it
inappropriately they said there was a
key out the back if I needed it and I
was later advised I could buy a key
unfortunately no one thought to provide
another a fully accessible disabled
toilet with simply cut off easy access
and seemingly without
consultation it was the same story with
the Leisure Pool at Collingwood Leisure
Center a wall was built between the ramp
and the pool taking away access for the
disabled and elderly but again no
thought was given to these communities
and how important the pool was to them
and access simply cut off repeated
requests to have the pool pod relocated
next to the Leisure Pool have been
refused I wrote to the disability
advisory committee Before Christmas
about the empowered Gym classes and the
problems of Collingwood since Council
has changed the afternoon gim instructor
shift to commence as the Empower classes
finish there are a number of issues
which I advise advise the committee of
but the most important one is a council
is effectively sacrificing the safety of
clients and Service delivery in favor of
saving money
and the way things are now is at odds
with what is displayed on council's
website about the Empower
programs I've been told repeatedly over
the last 10 years that there's no money
in the budget to address the disability
issues I've raised and refurbishments of
disabled and family change rooms
continue to ignore providing a green
disabled access button and the heavy
wooden doors are
reinstalled perhaps thought thought
could be given to redirecting funds from
the street plantings in the back streets
of the city of Yara and the funding be
provided to practical essential projects
such as making all disabled facilities
truly accessible and keeping equipment
maintained it's in the disability
advisory committee's terms of reference
that they be consulted on disability
issues but it seems that council's
disability area only finds out about
issu isues after the fact and when
someone
complains thank
you thank you very much for your
question this evening and now like to
seek a response from the general manager
infrastructure and environment thank you
thanks mayor through you thanks Nancy
for your questions and some of the
background to your question we follow
the Australian standards and
accessibility requirements of the
National Construction code when building
new or renewal of our
buildings further it's Guided by
Universal Design in its planning for
Council Building open space and road
projects and seeks advice from
disability advisory
committee I wonder Nancy if you're
okay with it whether we might catch up
and you could you could step me through
some of the issues many of them that you
refer to are within my responsibility
that might be the easiest way for us to
find resolution for your your matters I
will ring you
tomorrow thanks
mayor thank you very much I would now
like to call on Victoria
chipperfield good evening mayor
counselors and heads of departments my
name is Victoria chipperfield and I've
been a resident of rich for 27 years I
submitted a question however due to
additional information this has been
adjusted accordingly last month I
noticed a paramedic team needing to
respond to a person in a cubicle at the
public toilets at Citizens Park the door
widths seem to be quite narrow and open
inwards making it virtually impossible
for urgent medical assistance to be
provided to someone experience a medical
episode in a timely
manner both police and fire brigade
attended soon after people can
experience a range of health issues
requiring urgent medical attention in
toilets including strokes and heart
attacks any delay in medical care can be
the difference between life long-term
Health complications and potentially
death another member of the community
noted that there have been a number of
these events requiring attention from
emergency services in the toilet block
over the past few years I looked at the
building codes that were relevant to
public toilets and sought clarification
from Sport and Recreation Victoria and
was advised that public toilet blocks
are subject to the Australian standards
as1128 specify the design requirements
for new building work as required by the
building code of Australia and that that
was in
2010 they also advised that typically
lgas have a schedule of public toilet
upgrades so it would be worthy as they
said to reach out to my Council to
discuss my
concerns the council website represent
references the refurbishment of the
block being untaken undertaken in
2017 so it fits within that 2010 changes
to the
guidelines I appreciate that the council
staff who undertook the refurbishment
May no longer be employed by the council
however it raises a number of questions
including does the council have won
regular meetings with local emergency
service person Personnel to identify
Council owned facilities that are
experiencing attendance by Emergency
Services two an instant report system to
identify areas of concern and develop
practical timely and coordinated
responses and three does council have as
identifi by Sport and Recreation
Victoria a schedule of public toilet
upgrades to review the appropriateness
of community assets such as public
toilet blocks ensuring that they are fit
for purpose for the community and meet
the appropriate standards and codes
especially when the lives or well-being
of people are at stake two two of the
key requirements for all toilets as
identified by Sport and Recreation
Victoria seems to be specific to this
particular issue one that cubicles are
deep enough to allow a person to take a
Mobility Aid into the Cub cubicle
wheeled luggage or a ship a shopping
Jeep and two that a toilet door can be
easily open from outside emergency use
the diagrams from Sports Victoria
clearly show that doors should be
opening out not into the
cubicle and there in lies the problem
about trying to provide emergency care
for people if they require that as I
only allowed to ask one of these
questions my question is do the doors
and cubicles of this toilet block
refurbished in 2017 conform with the
sport and Recreation Victoria toilets
and change rooms standards of 2010
thank you very much for your question
I'd now like to ask the general manager
infrastructure environment to respond
thank
you thanks mayor through you thanks
for your questions Victoria some of the
new questions we might take on notice
because we hadn't seen those before so
we'll come back to you with answers
on those just in relation to whether the
toilets comply with the sport and Rec
Victoria change room standards
they're not iged to because not part of
a pidion that said we believe that they
comply with council's obligations
under certain codes and so we're we're
confident about that but we are
talking to Emergency Services about how
else we might refurb or renew those
toilets in the short term in order to
facilitate quick access to people who
might have a medical episode thank
you thank you very much for your
response I'd now like to ask Katherine M
to come forward to ask that question
thank
you hi my name is Katherine M I'm a
longtime resident of City Arrow I'm
talking up about 34 years now so my
question through May in the public
council meeting on the 14th of February
2023 agenda item 7.1 Burnley Golf Course
risk mitigation Works officers
recommended that we approve the project
to redesign the golf course to address
safety issues
raised this option was recommended in
part because of the significant cheaper
because it was it was significantly
cheaper than the option of installing a
perimeter fence the course
redesign sorry the course redesign works
on the council website reports at the
moment
that 144 trees were cut down and I'm
assuming with consequent canopy loss and
effects to biodiversity in that area
this report was provided as an update on
the citya website after the reworks had
commenced the report on the website
prior to the commencement of the re
Works initially stated that no trees
would be failed then subsequent report
after that state Ed that some trees may
be felt my question tonight is were we
misled given that no environmental
impact study impact study or
statement was conducted before these
trees were failed and habitat for
wildlife birds and insects has been
destroyed thank you thank you very much
for your question this evening I'd now
like to ask of the general manager
infrastructure environment to respond
thank you thanks me through you thanks
for your question Katherine in
early 2023 true removal was shown as
required in the public report in order
to undertake the risk mitigation works
of the Burnley Golf Course officers have
continued to update the golf course
website with additional detail including
specific information about tree removal
as it's become
available we've previously reported
that no environmental impact statement
was undertaken for the project we feel
like we've been pretty open about that
however we believe that our plans to
plant
25,000 shrubs grasses and plants along
with 250 trees will improve biodiversity
outcomes at the course these works
are scheduled to start on the 1st of
April 2024 thank you
m thank you and now like to call upon
Peter
razal thank
you good evening cancel May and why you
add it with the Richmond Center the
leure center if you could fix the hot
CHS for the female toilets hasn't worked
for two years
correctly so sorry I
st according to the last budget
2324
7 7 did I say I'm petzo so did I
introduce
myself okay so according to the last
budget 223
224 7.71 5 million has been raised as
part of the open space de developers
contributions which are at 5% in each
Ward my question to you all is how
are these funds allocated and do they go
into a pool fund for all ws and who
decides which Wards receive the funds
for parks and other projects and where
can the rate payer funded pocket Parks
receive an itemized account of the
construction of these
facilities how is the open space
developer contributions allocated across
the board
thank you thank you very much for your
question this evening I'd now like to
ask if the general manager s
sustainability and strategy to respond
thank
you thanks Peter for your question there
was a few more questions that were added
on that weren't included that I might
take on notice and come back but in
general Council updated its Open Space
strategy in
2020 that strategy actually divides
the municipality into 31 sub precincts
rather than the three Wards actions
and priorities for each of those
precincts have been developed and
they're rated from high to low noting
that some parts of the municipality have
lower levels of open space compared to
others the strategy development sorry
the strategy guides development of open
space across the municipality and will
shortly be complemented by the place
based strategy currently being prepared
additionally council is seeking or
pursuing an amendment c286 to the AR
planning scheme which seeks to increase
the public open space contribution by
development ments and apply that rate
not only to residential developments but
to Commercial and Industrial
developments as well thank
you thank you for your response I'd now
like to call on Maria emis and my
apologies if I pronounced your name
slightly incorrectly
sorry yes please go ahead
hi I'm I'm not Maria to say so senior
staff who have City via vehicles and
they're allowed to take them home after
hours if not when did this privilege
stop and how's senior staff asked for a
pay increase has senior staff asked for
a pay increase in 224 budget if so by
how much and the services in which the
city of Y provide to the community in
which is funded by the r power what will
these increases for these Services being
2425 in a percentage form thank you I'm
sorry Peter that question was quite
different to the one that we had
registered for this evening from
Maria I'm just going after the question
that we had registered for us this
evening we'll be able to take the
questions that you you asked this
evening on notice which question did she
ask what was the one that she did which
one did she ask it was one different to
the ones that you've just listed out
okay so you can't ask her question that
she did ask I thought it was that one
sorry the question that was registered
was all services that are provided by
the city of Yara that are funded by the
rate payer what will the increase be in
2024 2025 in percentage terms I'll ask
that question that mind then okay thank
you thank you I'll now defer to the
Chief Financial Officer to respond thank
you thank you for your question three
mayor council is working on the draft
2425 budget as we speak once
finalized the draft budget will be made
available for Community feedback in
April and May a complete list of
proposed fees and charges will be
included in the budget document so I
encourage you to review the draft budget
once it's released what month come April
April
yes thank you very much for the response
I'd now to like to please call on
Kenneth
Gomez thank you mayor my name is Ken
Gomez Fitzroy North 20 years now I think
question for for the CEO I guess
for the mayor like the rest of the Y
Community I'm very excited about the
bronswick street oal Redevelopment
project it's been gone for a few
years the many parents I speak to
because I live in the area I've really
looking forward to the the whole
change but especially the upgraded
changing rooms to support women and
girls Sports my understanding which I
wasn't familiar with was that this
Project's been going on for about what
since 2018 and that the state government
has provided some of the order of 12
to13 million to do the to do the
work I was reading the midor
financial update in this agenda pack and
in the in the community report which I
think is I would call the midyear
Financial update I noticed that on page
10 it was stated that the the Brunswick
Street overall Redevelopment project is
going to be deferred until the 2025
Financial year that's news to me it
was news to lots of other people as well
and the only information that I can
find on the website was the I think the
one of the earlier officers report
presented in May
2022 as well as a community consultation
that was done back in April 2019 so it's
a simple question not a loaded
question just what is the update on the
project thank
you thank you very much for your
question this evening I'd now like to
call on the general managing
infrastructure environment to respond
thank you thank you mayor through you
thanks for your question Kenneth our
work on the brunic street overall
project is
proceeding cost to construct the
original proposal exceeded the budget so
some redesign work was
required we hope to have an
affordable scheme at least a concept
stage we've appointed an architect
designed this financial year with
construction to begin next financial
Year we're working very closely with the
tenant clubs the other stakeholders of
the project control group to ensure the
project is fit for purpose and
affordable the community report that you
referred to Kenneth attempted to
convey to Residents that grant funding
for the construction of the project has
been deferred to next year which is when
it's required but otherwise the project
is proceeding as normal thank you
mayor thank you very much for the
response and that brings us to the end
of the registration that we have tonight
but if you'd like to take the
opportunity to speak to us at any
other point you're more than welcome to
register for future meetings on any of
the agenda items and we hope that you do
so we now move to council business
reports which will provide an
opportunity for members of the public to
address the council
in I'll invite everyone who has
registered to address the council order
of registration when your turn comes
please switch on the microphone and
state your name and the suburb you live
in for the record if you're speaking on
behalf of a group please explain the
nature of the group and how you're able
to speak on their behalf we then ask
that you direct your statements towards
myself confine your submission to the
subject under consideration avoid
repeating previous submitters if
possible and don't ask questions or seek
comments from counselors or others
you will have 3 minutes to address the
council but you don't have to use all of
that time so the first item that we have
is 7.1 Cambridge Street Reserve
consideration of additional play
equipment the first person that I have
register to speak is Lucy Nichols Lucy
are you
here thank you so much much me good
evening everyone I am Professor Lucy
Nicholas I am a long-term resident of
the greatest country on Earth
Collingwood I'm an owner and Resident
in 88 Cambridge Street so my entire
apartment all windows look into the
beautiful new
park I wanted firstly to thank Council
because I love the new park and I also
wanted to thank Council for the thorough
and very beautifully done policy
analysis
and the depth of the
consult I'm concerned about some changes
that are being demanded after the star
consult by a vocal minority who want to
change the park to not reflect what the
vast majority of residents in particular
in the very close vicinity of the park
actually want and how it is used and how
I think that people want to use
it I really appreciate that the
consultation responded to collingwood's
very unique popular ation rather than
assuming a one- siiz fits-all
approach and making assumptions about
families and
Lifestyles I think it's unfortunate that
Council has to waste money and time
responding to post Haw
opposition I particularly really
appreciate the drill down to the the
residents within the 200 meter vicinity
of the park I think that's a really
important aspect of your analysis I
vly oppose any additional play equip
that takes away from our Green Space
this is a park not an Adventure
Playground there are three Adventure
playgrounds a short walk away and the
park represents many functions which
does include play so I support no change
to the
park including the first option which
was added nature play this would be
directly under my bedroom
window and I think it will cause
trampling of the of the plants that
exist there by introducing wooden
stumps for nature plant
I note that the barbecue installation
was rejected due to concern about the
impact on the residents this park is
surrounded by pretty tall residential
buildings on all four sides well
actually three and the sound really
bounces
around the demographics reflect that
most people in that 200 meter radius are
young adults who have to work opposition
the petition that has been generated
four people opposing in the current Park
and asking for additional equipment I
assume is not based on people who are
200 M within the park radius Andor from
the neighborhood and the media outrage
doesn't reflect what the community wants
as and is an opportunistic context free
fabricated outrage so all in all love
the park cheers
guys thank you very much for your
submission this evening I'd now like to
please call on Kenneth Gomez
Kim Gomez F North 20 years I'm making
a submission to you tonight about the
Cambridge Street playground or reserve
and the playground additional
playground equipment required because
I'm quite disappointed in the way that
this issue has been managed overall the
Park is or the reserve is generally
improved closing off the street to
through car traffic increasing the
green SPAC has worked very well I've sat
in the in the TU Cafe there quite often
and it certainly works as an open space
it's important to also know that open
space and a park belongs to everyone not
just people within 200 met of the park
and so I'm bit disappointing in the
choice of language used by both the
officers report and various people that
seem to imply that that space is owned
by them and that does include the people
agitating for change as well I'm trying
to take a neutral ground looking at the
documentation that was provided to the
community both during the consultation
and the subsequent rendering of what
was going to be built I thought was
bordering on misleading the pictures
were very small and the words used was
traditional playground equipment now if
you ask 100 people what traditional
playground equipment would be you would
typically probably get the usual
pictures of swings
slides other things that have been
around for a long long time what was
produced there is nothing like that now
you can argue the merits of whether it's
an art installation or whether it
supports you know 55y old children I
don't know but it does not meet I would
think the reasonable person's
expectation of what a traditional
playground is and that's what's been
picked up by the
media and so I'm just encouraging the
counselors you know making the right
decision for everyone not just the
people who live close to the
park is important and I would have
thought that the simplest way would be
to acknowledge that the consultation was
fine but the design was not communicated
well and people have been surprised and
that's when people were surprised they
react so I would urge you to reject
option one no change and consider any of
the options put forward to improve
the playround facilities there thank you
thank
you thank you very much for your
submission I'd now like to call on Chris
Ru mayor crosland and counselors my name
is Chris and I'm a Collingwood resident
here to discuss the Cambridge Street
Reserve additional play equipment
recommendation the report is
disappointing because of its
recommendation to do nothing it's
disappointing because it neglects to
mention the positives that a suitable
playground will bring to this community
and its future residents it's
disappointing it claims this is what the
community asks for if that's true why is
there so much outrage it's disappointing
to see the biased information it selects
to justify this
recommendation it's disappointing the
lack of reference to the council's use
strategy referring to Open Spaces which
I will outline strategic priorities
seven a child-friendly city provides for
everyone 7.4 promote the needs of
families children and young people in in
planning for new and existing open space
has the design of cambri Street Reserve
adhered to these strategic priorities
does it promote the needs of families
children and young people in the open
space the numbers in this report
highlight children to be a minority a
minority that doesn't have a voice a
minority that needs to be advocated for
I hope you don't look at these numbers
and think they seem insignificant or not
worthy of
infrastructure this Council has a
history of fighting and being the voice
for minorities please don't stop being
that voice now if not here then where if
not in collingwood's largest park a park
that doubled in size where would the
council find an opportunity to reinstall
equally suitable infrastructure within
the next year infrastructure that will
create a meeting point for its
community's youngest members in a sea of
adult
amenity infrastructure that challenges
and delights the huge expected 97% res
residential growth of the area
infrastructure where our next generation
feels a sense of welcome and belonging
and can build relationships with one
another if not here then where this
opportunity for play infrastructure
needs to be addressed now a playground
is a destination a playground is an all
year Refuge a playground is hours of
entertainment but adding a playground
does not mean you lose any of the uses
featured in the report the tables and
seating are still available for lunch
and meetings the grass is still
available for pooches and solar access
the surfaces are still available for
walking jogging and informal recreation
activities like these will still be
available at Cambridge Reserve but are
also available at the three closest
parks pill Street little Oxford Street
and the new auto Street Park what it's
missing in this area is a playground by
adding a playground no one misses out I
must repeat that point by adding a
playground no one is excluded as a colum
resident I emplore you to select an
option which selects Conwood up for its
rapid growing population the option that
provides a traditional playground within
the space that's used by the three
current pieces of equipment which
contain somewhere to swing slide climb
Rock and spin the option that is right
for the community to ensure inclusion is
kept as a focus and people of all
abilities are able to play and grow
together thank
you thank you very much for your
submission this evening I'd now like to
call on S Clark
hello counselors my name is sell
Clark and I am a long-term resident of
Collingwood in fact I live directly
above the new Cambridge Street park so I
wanted to come today just to express my
very strong support for the park and its
current design I know that there's been
a media driven outrage regarding the
final product I won't Dain to call it
journalism but with a vocal minority
advocating for a rer as they're unhappy
with the
outcome now I'm a lecturer in politics
and public policy so I understand that
all public facilities are a
negotiation of you know the balancing
the needs of the different community
members and the different wants and we
obviously have that
here but to throw out the results of the
consultation that was done and to ignore
the express views of the vast majority
of residents to capitulate to this media
Le demands of a of a vocal minority
looking to override the outcome I think
would be unjust and
undemocratic I work from home and so I
spend a great deal of time looking out
my office window directly over the new
park and so I can attest to the fact
that every single day the park is being
enjoyed by a diverse range of people
kids are down there playing every sing
single day and there is plate equipment
but there is stuff for other people as
well young people are hanging out there
office workers every single day are
eating their lunch down there and
enjoying the grass which is obviously
lacking in Collingwood as we all know
people are walking their dogs and
families having pinks down there every
single night I would actually invite any
number of the counselors to just come
and spend a couple of hours there
through any normal day and see how it is
being used by a diverse range of
residents I think the park looks great
and it's getting better every single day
particularly as a lot of the green is
now starting to settle in and
grow the changes being advocated for
would actually tip the balance and make
it less inclusive and if I'm being
honest it would be catering to a
population that accounts for less than
2% of the residents in the vicinity so I
urge the counselors to resist this
lobbying campaign and to let the park
stay as a reflection of the diverse
community that Collingwood is thank
you thank you very much much for your
submission I'd now like to call on
Priscilla
Brown good evening mayor Crossland and
counselors my name is Priscilla Brown
I'm a mother of two and live on
Cambridge Street my home which I've
owned for near and 14 years I'm here
tonight to ensure you very clearly see
the faces of the people you are directly
impacting with your vote tonight so you
can look me and the others in the eyes
here and see the real faces behind the
1700 strong petition and hundreds of
personal emails you have received so you
can understand the difficulty we have
faced for the past 12 months as we
precariously cross Victoria Parade or
hotel Street to access a playground our
children can
use when you think of the city of Yara
and suburbs like Collingwood you think
diversity you think of rainbow painted
streets and festivals for the lgbqt
community you think of Housing and
migrants welcomed into our amazing
country Yara welcomes minority groups
with open arms supports them and stands
up for them so to read a report about a
playground for children the only people
in our community without a voice that
marginalizes them and says they're a
small group so we don't need to cater
for them makes you feel very
unwelcomed are your officers aware of
the impact their words have on residence
and how dividing it can be going against
everything you stand for I'm not going
to stand here and tell you how flawed
the consultation process was how the
report written is biased and defensive
factually selective and just damn
insulting you know all that you're all
smart you can see facts and you can read
emails so let me share some facts with
you one we had a playground two you took
it away that's it that's all to it who
cares about biased consultations and
reports finger pointing and blaming
these are all the facts you need to know
we had a playground you took it
away why are we negotiating motions and
wording and Quant quantities of pieces
of equipment at the 11th hour before
tonight's meeting two or three pieces of
equipment don't constitute a playground
it is clear to all you're rushing us
you're cornering us to agree on
something that is not the ideal solution
as I said in my email to you all every
option is terrible why is there no
simple solution of pull out what you've
classed as play equipment and replace it
with the traditional play equipment
everyone was expecting save us time save
us costs fix the issue with what was
originally
published the best outcome tonight would
be for you all to agree this is rushed
and delay the decision being made so an
option that meets everyone needs is put
forward for
approval I keep racking my brain why you
wouldn't fix the issue with the solution
I've just said and I've come up with the
following one you're too scared to admit
it was wrong in the first place we're
beyond that now it's clear a mistake was
made but hey mistakes happen and you
have a chance to fix it people will
remain angry and continue fighting if
you don't fix it but if you step up
tonight all will be forgiven and
forgotten two the cost you spent
$200,000 on art to argue you do not have
funds to rectify this issue further
enhances how little you value families
and children this is a long-term
investment not just a One Financial
consideration and three the grass oh the
precious precious grass we love the
grass just as much as anyone else
putting a playground in should not
impact the grass and current users
enjoyment I cannot think of any other
reason you would not Rectify this issue
properly and to be frank I fear it is
doing you more damage as individuals and
a council to not Rectify this issue
properly than it is to sweep it under
the rug throwing us a bone with a few
logs painted lines and a rocker is not a
solution
we will not go away if a proper solution
isn't met and it's clear we have a very
strong local support behind us so let me
just clarify we had a playground you
took it away can we please have our
playground
back you thank you for your submission
i' now I'd like to call on Briel
pop hi my name is B pop firstly I just
want to congratulate multitasking
mothers that's
amazing May Crossland and counselors
nice to see you all again my name is
brel I'm a single mom to a 2-year-old
daughter and I live on Robert Street 150
M from Cambridge State
Reserve when I began advocating for play
equipment I never anticipated the
political hurdles and Leadership
deficiencies it would uncover while
striving to provide for my toddler and
establish a business I've invested
countless hours research ing connecting
with the community and advocating for a
resolution to fix what should have been
delivered in the first place traditional
play equipment it was promised in the
final
design following the unanimous vote in
December to explore options for
reinstating play equipment I held on to
hope that our voices had been heard yet
after months of anticipation and only 4
days to read the report the
recommendation to maintain the status
quo just horrified me how can the
council ignore the outcry of over 1,700
petition signatures 100 individual
emails from locals and widespread media
outrage how can options be proposed that
is still a fraction of what was spent on
artwork to a single artist where the
cost of play equipment collectively
divided by the number of children
currently occupying Collingwood and into
the future becomes insignificant for
those who have a long-term Vision in
investment of childhood development and
their
Community the reports bias and failure
to acknowledge Community feedback are
glar ing it relies on outdated
statistics and overlooks the evolving
demographics and needs for our community
a park isn't just for those within 200 M
radius it's a space for all residents
visitors alike including children office
workers and families it's a sanctuary
where my daughter and I along with many
others seek to find belonging and
connection why can't we have the same as
everyone
else my daughter along with numerous
others born after the last census
represents the future of Collingwood
their needs and aspirations may not must
not be overlooked by outdated statistics
and excuses we need leaders who
understand this who are prioritizing
efficient allocation of resources
effective communication within the
council and genuine inclusivity in
decision-making
processes councilors you have the power
to be our voice to Champion what's right
and fair reject the Absurd
recommendation of the officers and vote
for option two with slight amendments as
previously emailed
we ask that you remove the chin up bar
and balance beam that after visiting the
park twice a day since it's opened
predominantly to toilet my dog I've
collectively seen used a handful of time
this way we may not need the 13% of
grass base proposed if that is your
concern we need a solution that caters
to all ages and abilities while
maintaining the Park's overall purpose
and inclusion and this is the option
that achieves that though I feel the
community has been significantly engaged
to voice their opinion in favor of
option two and spending more money on
yet another consultation which could be
better spent on equipment if further
engagement is necessary to tick a box I
urge you to prioritize the voices of our
children through Consulting them they're
the ones who will inherit the legacy of
our decisions let's create a space where
every member of our diverse Community
feels valued and included including the
littlest and most vulnerable this is
your chance to make a real difference to
Champion the entire community of
Collingwood don't let us down vote for
option two because we'll continue to
fight for what's right if we don't get
our playground back thank
you thank you for your submission I'd
now like to call on K
Henry hello mayor Crossman and
counselors It's good to see you all
again my name is Kay Henry I'm a
resident of Collingwood for over 6 years
and I'm currently living near the corner
of PE and Smith Street I'm a parent I'm
also a prime school teacher first of all
I wanted to thank those of you who have
taken the time to listen and I mean
truly listen to the huge number of
families and carers in the area who are
sharing with you their disappointment in
the Cambridge Street park playground and
their hopes for option two with its
amendments to be
implemented I want to remind you that
today you're not just voting for our
children you're also voting that
children are welcome and have a place in
Collingwood as it rapidly grows in the
future you're choosing for children to
have access to developmentally
appropriate play equipment that will
allow for their growth and to support
families and their carers in the area in
the long term you're choosing to invest
in children and in doing so our future
Community you're choosing whether you're
going to listen to the many carers in
the area who actually observe and play
with their children on a day-to-day
basis and what their needs are I'm
disappointed to be here today I didn't
think it would be so difficult for my
child and my family to be considered I'm
disappointed to have to argue so
strongly for intelligent and long-term
design in a part of Yara with no
backyards and a population boom around
the corner I'm disappointed that people
with disabilities have no way to access
this play Space I'm disappointed that
among the many green spaces that are now
available for adults which are fabulous
that children having a playground where
one once stood appears to be a
controversial
idea I'm disappointed to pour over
Council documents that tell me the
importance of Children and Families and
listening and play and then be told that
slippery beams constitute traditional
play equipment and that children can
make their own play in garden beds if
this was the case no Primary School
would have play equipment and my job
would be
awful our community had a playground and
it was taken away our community had a
playground and it was taken away our
community is now telling you that they
still want a playground and they want to
be involved in the process so although
I've been disappointed I am hopeful that
the many passionate voices you have
heard from has illuminated what an
incredible opportunity this is for our
community I hope that you vote for
option two with its amendments in doing
so you'll be doing the right thing not
only for the families and children
you're representing now but for the
future families and children who will
continue to use this space shared with
all the other members of our community
in the many coming years thank
you thank you very much for your
submission tonight I'd now like to call
on Tommy
Wallace
thank you council members for your time
and hearing me today my name is Tommy
Wallace long-term Collingwood resident
on Cambridge Street who considers the
Cambridge Street Reserve Park as a
crucial part of my
neighborhood and my backyard I'm here
today as my capacity as a social worker
in the homeless sector and as part of
the lgbti qia plus Community I'm
familiar with things taken away and
feelings of exclusion I also speak in
representative of the many Park
enthusiasts who are unable to join us
today a certain group from Outer suburbs
are fueling against the park with
propositions that don't affect them
they've been persistent in their online
campaign attached to a biased media
report not showing the entire park
showing anger
disappointment they also flooded my
mailbox suggesting our community is
anti- children or that with the recent
approval of the sobering center
substance uses pose a threat to Children
same group kids are welcome they're
using this space as well as everyone
else also nobody used the old play
equipment However the fact remains that
95.8% of inhabitants within a 200 metor
radius of the park are 17 and over and
don't need extra costly equipment we
appreciate the expansive Greenery the
native Flora the open space and the
seating areas that provide a much needed
Escape from the hustle of Smith Street
and the highway it is a sanctuary that
we as a community have strived for and
achieved now a small group of
dissatisfied with the current Park
layout are proposing a reduction of our
open Green Space this proposal doesn't
quite align with the preferences of the
87.4% of local residents who don't have
kids the park also serves as a safe
haven for the
lgbtqia plus community in North
Melbourne being in close proximity to
the majority of queer friendly venues
it's an ideal location for social
Gatherings a peaceful lunch spot for
working professionals and a source of
much needed Sunshine as we approach the
colder months based on our community
demographics a dog park would would
serve our needs than another one of
three children's playgrounds in the area
currently it's a space that is used by
children pet owners families and
professionals every body so why should
we consider alterations based on
requests from a minority of non-local
residents or 2% in the area we've
already experienced months of delay
noises and street closures due to the
Park's construction more construction
would be far from welcome I strongly
endorse option one which Advocates no
changes to the park instead let's use
our resources to improve amenities in
our mixed use residential and office
area I urge the oppos opposing side that
wants to change the park to consider
advocating for more Children's
playgrounds around open East mbin Parks
across the road lobing for schools to
open their spaces on weekends or pushing
for play equipment in public housing
serving all socioeconomic families it's
disheartening to see resources wasted on
disagreements and drawn out processes
our Park reflects our diverse community
and its future should continue to do so
I urge you respectful council members to
consider the unnecessary costs and
potential discontent among local park
users before deciding to change it thank
you for your time and consideration I
hope we can preserve the essence of our
park by supporting no Change option one
thank
you thank you very much for your
submission this evening I'd now like to
call on Paul
Jackson
thank you mayor my name is Paul
Jackson I've been a resident of via for
nearly 25 years I don't live near the
park but I believe that it takes a
village to raise a child and I implore
you to take that
approach how do we get here how do we
get to the situation where we've got art
is valued or prioritized by Era
above
kids what is wrong with us we should not
be even here discussing this it's
pathetic but frankly you have an
opportunity to fix it and it's very
simple you work with the the children
and the other thing you work with the
parents of the children and you come up
with a a solution they're all very
reasonable people and they don't want to
lose the grass you've heard them and to
the people who who were against the moms
and the and the and the
families I just want to say one thing
not one of these parents
has suggested that other people should
be excluded what they're asking for is
inclusion they want to be included in
this park they want to meet you they
want to enjoy your company but instead
they want to have it just for them they
want to actively exclude you've heard
them they say they should go to another
Park they should travel to another
Council oh there even one of the
suggestions go to East Melbourne these
are parents who want to step out the
door with their sters and their Handbags
and that and they look like they're
going to invade a country because
they've got so much Gear with them but
the problem is so it's not that easy so
make it easy for them you've got an
opportunity to do it
words speak louder actions speak far
louder than words at the moment Yara
policies are just words about
inclusiveness and there's many and and
you you you've excluded people you
haven't included one major group so it's
time to rectify the situation I implore
you to
adopt option two with the and work with
the the families and include them they
want to meet these people and they might
actually all get along really really
well as I've seen so so many places and
as for this 200 met Zone I've never
heard such a fury in all my
life I'm sure that all of these people
can walk far F far further than 200 M so
there are people who can come from a far
greater area to get to that Park so
don't rely on statistics from 200 meters
and don't forget there are secondary
carers there are secondary carers who
often will be apartment dwellers
grandparents aunts uncles and they like
to and and they mind their their their
children or the children of their kids
and they want to walk down to the local
park and that's the first thing the kids
want to do so anyway I thank you but I
ask you to do the right thing and
include everyone not just some people
thank
you thank you for your submission this
evening and that brings us to the end of
submitters for this agender item at this
point counselors I'll be seeing if there
are any questions that you wanting to
ask of officers regarding this
item councelor
Jolie oh
okay well keep in mind thank
you okay any questions counselors for
officers no
okay yes councelor
Muhammad I just wanted to ask
the the officer that is in charge of
that that when it was happening what
photo shared with the community about
what the space would look like
beforehand maram might send that over
to
you through you mayor I don't have the
consultation documentation in front of
me to say if it included renders which I
think is what councelor Muhammad is
asking me of what the park would look
like we can find some of that
information out if you give us a
moment
councilor o
Brian I'd just like to ask through
you mayor of the officers were the
principles of gender inclusive design
and gender mainstream take taken into
consideration in the design of this
public open
space all designers all of the designers
at Council designing Open Spaces have
experience and knowledge in gender
inclusive design and yes it was taken
into
account so like I guess my question is
about the chin up bar I don't see how
that
fits was was that more of a question or
just a comment
okay do we have any other questions
at this point yes councel you so perhaps
I can reframe that last question why was
the chinapa selected originally in the
design it was selected originally
because of there was a in the
consultation there was a desire for
multi-age and adult Fitness not
fitness equipment but ability to play in
the park and it certainly caters for a
range of Ages little children do climb
up the side of the pole adult Ste it is
pull up people use it in all sorts of
different ways but definitely is
predominantly for older teenagers and
adults Council
Stein we've also had criticism of the
Swing but and the lack of inclusion but
that swing was designed for to include a
wider range including elderly people as
well wasn't
it the swing C is for a number of
children to be on there at a time so
it's quite a social type of it swing
carers can stand close by adults can use
it it's a standard swing that we use
across many many of our playgrounds to
make sure that it's not single
purpose Council Glen
this getting back to your point with the
bars I visited the the bars lot or 3
4 days ago I could not with my hands get
up there I couldn't touch the bars I
jumped as high as I could I still
couldn't jump the bars are
they 4 6' six people to grab go up and
down my two kids sorry Council this
what's the question specifically oh no I
just I'll just make at a point that the
Bars were too high I couldn't even reach
it the bars so I don't know so we coming
yeah thank you were there other
questions Mary can oh Mary yes through
you mayor apologies in response to
the earlier question regarding imagery
for Cambridge the Cambridge Park
I'm having a look at the council's
website and there were some renders that
were showing indicative imagery of
what the the park could look like
including some information about check
out the final design so there were some
images included
yes thank
you all right I think we're getting
towards the end of questions at this
point unless there are any more
one no all right at this point in time
I'll be looking for a Way
Forward mayor I've got a suggest a
Way Forward
that I've worked on with other
counselors
today and residents from both sides of
the Divide if you want to use that term
and I think the officers could
potentially put it up on the screen
and once it's there
I can I can speak to it I do have
a
second yeah we're just needing to
councelor W or wanting to Second
yeah you're welcome to speak to
councelor J okay just let's let's
start with just some sorry just one
second councelor Joly there is a
question coun yeah we got this about
half an hour ago or something so just
give us a second if that's all right no
problem we've heard a range of views
tonight yes there's a lot on one
particular view but we've also heard
some fairly strong views that are
different from the predominant view
and this is the purpose of a
consultation isn't it to flesh out all
the points of view and try and find
something that works for most
people how do you propose to through
this motion to engage with the people
we've heard from tonight and anyone else
we may may not have heard from who may
have a different view from
this this motion is not resolving to
make a decision tonight it's resolving
to have a new consultation based around
some options which I'll explain when
I move the
motion all right thank you sorry I
think what's been put up on screen isn't
the one that Steve circulated what was
circulated was an alternative motion not
an amended
motion we'll just hold for one moment
while the right motion it gets up on
screen the one that you've got in your
hand councilor Wade is what I thought
should be up
there I'm
just
was the last one I saw that was sent
around didn't have any tracking in it
because it was an alternative motion not
an amended motion whereas this one has
additions and dations and it's possible
it's the same thing it's just not how it
looked so I'd just like to
clarify
cool I just want to rate it because it's
slightly different language the last one
I looked
at could we just see the next page
please
sorry next
page okay it looks like there's just a
minor phrasing change which threw me
so my apologies and and I also had
expected it to be a clean alternative
motion but the substance is the same as
far as I can
see you're still comfortable to second
okay thank you Council Jolly may speak
to the motion sorry Council Mohammad
I'm also happy to support her with an
amendment yes we can hear what your
amendment is y disability access please
that's a lot want to
add where in the motion would that
be we can add it on to alternative
options and make it a d on number two
of the c f par graph
C I think a
d yeah sorry D sorry yeah you're you're
right
sorry D if you move next page
page
after page
after yeah after that so after
see F yeah F
yeah say sorry andab do you mean between
d and e or above D you would like a new
D that says consider disability access
yeah I think under D or before D
actually under c yeah so if we can
change it around that would be
great two You' wanted options
yeah yes Cc or AC or CA or
whatever
okay we we know what we're talking about
sorry it's reys if you just Rees if
before D at the
same and now can you please clarify
which point specifically you are wanting
this
inserted says provide additional play
equipment if you could add on to that
and also add to have disability
access that will be really great CU I
feel like everyone should be
included just a slide amendments
sorry councelor Muhammad you need to be
very specific about where you would like
that to go so if you could provide us
with the
sentence
e
Council Muhammad have we landed on the
location where this to be inserted in
the
wedding
e
apologies to everyone that's here and
online while we're working through this
we'll hope to be back with you in just a
moment
e
Council Muhammad I'm sorry to rush you
but we do need to keep going we have
paused for considerable amount of time
have you landed on the location and the
wording for this
amendment
may I accept that
Amendment so we'll include a new D that
both design design options consider
disability
access
yeah
that as well that's
acceptable yep okay all right that is
now being included
Council Jolly over to you thank
you mayor
what is objective fact is that the
state government few years ago gave us
$1.3 million for this park and another
bit of money also for OT Street we
topped it up about a third extra to get
the Cambridge Street expand Park
everybody literally everybody on all
sides of this conversation and people
who've got no opinion on this
conversation but I've yet to find a
single human being in Collingwood in
fact anywhere in Yara that doesn't like
this park and doesn't say it is a huge
addition to Collingwood and it's
actually really important for the future
I one of the three obors and one of the
three who are speaking in favor of
option one I think it was Tommy made the
point which is a very good point that
there's also you know playground
equipment in for example in the public
housing Estates Collingwood up the road
Fitzroy and and North Richmond but as
we know the state government wants to
demolish all of them and pl plun social
and private housing on them so lots of
people from the public housing state in
the medium term will come to Cambridge
Street park because your Park will be
the biggest park in in Collingwood and
therefore it's really important not just
for the people who live there now but
for all the public housing tenants just
up the road that because they have mass
of families in in often not all but
often and that it'll be good for them to
be able to access this park
potentially so we did have a
consultation but unfortunately it's
objetive fact that not all always has
Sara been brilliant with their
consultations EG trener cres and EG
Elizabeth Street and I think in this one
there's an element of Truth in what the
three people who spoke about who support
option once said when they said it's a
media driven campaign can't argue with
that all the right-wing media are using
it to hammer the city of Yara I get that
the same way as with the Captain Cook
thing same way they hammered us a few
years ago when we did The Invasion day
thing etc etc that is true but it's also
would be I think you know as a long-term
Council for Callingwood I would be
totally deluding myself if I said it was
just rightwing media driven because I've
actually got done a forensic study of
all the emails and I have never seen so
many emails received on this matter
other than maybe the bin tax or the
waste charges if you like issue of a
couple years ago whenever it was and
it's true there is a significant
minority of people who are happy with
the way it is and do not want playground
equipment it's not a tiny minority it's
a significant minority that is absolute
objective fact but in terms of the
emails that I've received and I've gone
gone over them they're not I mean
obviously you get the odd one from
Darwin and somebody's listen to 3 aw and
just sort of rings up and all that
because they they think we're like some
type of crazy socialists left to ingrain
council which sometimes we are and
sometimes we're not but the vast
majority of people who are saying let's
look at some playground equipment in my
opinion from the emails I've seen are
locals and and are in a majority how
much of a majority I can't tell you
because and that's why what we're saying
here today this this motion is not
voting tonight to accept option one or
option two or option three four five or
six but actually to put it back out into
consultation with two options sort of
put by the
Consultants
one being a small amount of
playground equipment I.E option five and
one a more significant amount of play
playground equipment which is option two
if if I'm wrong and when that goes
out a vast majority of people in a new
consultation say no no no no no we are
really happy with the status quo with
option one in other words it'll still
have to come back to a council meeting
it will no matter what we do it will
have to come back to a council meeting
so no one is getting cut out by this
motion tonight and on that basis I
think it's the best way forward I've got
my own view on it like I'm not going to
sit being on the bush if I if a gun was
put to my head and I had to vote on
something not I would go option two on
the basis of the consultation I've had
with local residents however I don't
think we're ready to make that decision
yet and I think talking to people on
both sides of this debate talking to all
the almost all the councilors today I
think it seems to me that let's have
another crack at this and come back ASAP
and make a decision on this matter on
the the final point I want to make is is
this the issue of the family and
children's advisory committee I've taken
that out of the motion that will be
discussed under the governance agenda
item later tonight for those who are
interested and that's all I want to
say mayor thank
you thank you councilor
Wade yes so I think it's easy to
start by saying all of us can agree that
Collingwood needs more open space and
more play equipment I think that's
uncontroversial I think the fact that we
have got a dispute here speaks to how
little we've got in cing Wood more than
it does anything else really it's a
wellestablished fact before these two
recent Parks went in the percentage of
space in Collingwood that was open space
was
0.3% it would not be very much more than
that now like they're great Parks we're
glad to have them but they haven't
exactly rocketed us up to the you know
15 to 20% that alfington is like it's
it's it's still Callingwood and it's
it's contested space
I worked with Steve on this and and
with other counselors because I think we
we have heard like really genuine
concerns about what's currently there at
the moment I think there are also
very genuinely held beliefs that
what's there is great and I and I think
both of those things can be true and we
can all be you know members of the
Collingwood wider community and and
those things can both be true but I
think for me and I've got a whole bunch
of little bits of crap I'm going to say
and I'm sorry I'm going to jump around
between
them is that there there is a change in
demographics like they had the
Callingwood is a constant change in
demographics but I think particularly
since 2021 we had a covid period some
some of the people making submissions
tonight didn't necessarily have kids at
the time that it went in that's okay
it's still your local park you're still
allowed to have a say and on behalf of
your kids now but it does mean that you
know we're trying to we're trying to do
so much with a little bit of space
my guess is that everyone will be
annoyed by more consultation on this so
I'm equally sorry to everybody I
don't think anybody's excited by that as
an outcome but I think as Steve's put
it's you know we're trying to hear from
as many people as possible and and I
think for the most part people have been
engaging in good faith
yeah I'll say you know we've we've
received lots of bits of information
over the last six months I think in the
last kind of two weeks I'd say we
received the most most feedback from
community of people who wanted more play
equipment but that's partly you know by
the nature of of the people seeking
change you gather email lists and
whatnot and so now it's time to make
sure that we're hearing from everybody
it also what I found really valuable
is that in the recent emails we've had a
lot of people have put their connection
to the park so whether that's I live
nearby or I'm a grandparent my my
grandkids come to visit or my partner
owns a business and I come and visit
with our kid like it's just been use ful
to to hear that context like what what
people's attachment to this park is I
will say so we've added a bit at the
start to to Steve's point about the
schools and and public housing
play equipment as well to just say
explore the use of those and also look
more generally into potential new
playgrounds in the area I discussed
with some of you earlier today about
whether or not that's a pipe dream like
you know there's how long does it
take to establish a new playground and I
was reflecting on that later and I was
like well actually we've got seven Parks
going into into not into Callingwood
sorry two parks going into Collingwood
but seven Parks into the municipality
this term in a four-year period so it's
not Pie in the Sky stuff to say that
there will be more open space and more
player equipment and I appreciate that
that doesn't necessarily affect the
needs of a 2-year-old right now like but
it's if we're planning for that longer
term future of Callingwood which I know
is something that people are concerned
about that that's happening and it's not
it's not so long term you can't touch it
I don't think I need to say anything
more thank you all for coming out
tonight on our Tuesday night and
particularly such a wild weathered
night we we appreciate you taking the
time and please keep like I know it's
contentious and I know people have
strongly held views but you know we're
all still members of the community and
and just remember that cuz yeah I'm I'm
glad to have you all in it
so thank you are there any other
counselors that like to speak towards
this
item no I just like to say thank you
everyone that has come along this
evening to share your thoughts and to
everyone that is emailed and also
engaged with us outside of this and the
prior engagement process and I hope that
we continue to hear from a variety of
voices moving forward so thank you I'll
Now call for a vote with the division
so all those in favor if you could
please raise your
hand councelor O'Brien councelor Stone
councelor Wade councel Crossland Council
Newan Council Muhammad Council glenis
councel jolly and that is carried
unanimously thank you
everyone we'll now move
on we're going to take a very short
break while we colate the other
counselors and we'll be back again with
you in a few minutes
time thank you everyone for your
patience we're now back on track
we're now at our next agenda item which
is 7.2 former Richmond Power Station
300 658 Church Street
cron counselors we do not have any
submitters on this it
but do you have any questions for
officers that you'd like to ask at this
time Final Call for questions councilor
Stone sorry yes I I do have just a
handful
sorry we didn't actually have all the
details in this beforehand
just just some details of the report
and of the
the Incorporated plan there's a whole
lot of who I directing this
to Katherine okay
there's a whole lot of
ex's is that to be filled in later
and we don't need to comment on that
okay thank you through chair yes
that's what dtp has provided with and we
do not require any more information
okay in the office of recommendation
there's a gap also in the stor morar
part it looks like like that that
has been not
completed so I wondered if you could
speak to that I'm sorry I'll just
find
it
thank you for the question Council so
through you may same situation so where
there's that's actually the permit
conditions that have been drafted by the
Department of Transport and planning so
where they have put in dots and X's
we've left those there throughout the
recommendations so all of the officer
changes are shown either it's strike
through or bold and underlined okay okay
so they've not completed part of
this because one of the ments that came
from our referrals was about
the
the brick water something what are
they the brick water walls and the
detail on the rain Gardens and that was
related to storm water and I assume it
was difficult for them to make sense of
those or even to make comment on it
because the information hasn't come
through the the Department's
recommendation is that
correct thank you for the question
Council Stone through you mayor that
is correct so I think overall the detail
of information provided in this
application is not what council would
expect and what we would require if the
application could come to us at officer
level we have sought additional detail
it hasn't been forthcoming and that is
why we have a lot of conditions for to
address things including all of those
recommendations from All by internal
well as there are conditions to address
those
matters okay and and it's really good
the the officer recommendation was
really good and picked up on on all of
that I I just wondered about the a
couple of the conditions because this is
going to be on the whole a very exciting
great thing for Richmond but the
amenity impacts offsite are the most
important things so there were just a
couple of questions I had around who has
control of that once this Incorporated
document is approved and then I believe
it disappears it lapses once
everything's built so so what happens if
say some of the conditions change or the
venues change or they want to do
something
different this has been approved by the
minister what controllers Council have
over those
things thank you for the question
through you chair so so the admin so
the minister is a responsible
authority to administer Clause 4512 but
its council is the ra to enforce endorse
all of the
recommendations and also in in the
event that there is an amendment it
would have to come back to us would
it yes it would because we're the ones
who are en enforcing all of the
recommendations and also endorsing all
of the documents that come through to us
okay and for example the event
management plan if there's going to be
sort of a big event they need to let us
know six weeks in
advance that's very good to know
there was another detail that was a
little bit not clear the
deliveries were restricted to 7 a.m.
to 11: p.m. 10: p.m. or something Monday
to Saturday on Sunday after 9:00 a.m.
but it didn't say when it had to
stop my my rough notes are not
adequate I
apologize that was n paragraph 29
29 does does that need to be
included
so Point 29 in the permit conditions
says delivery and collection of goods to
and from 7:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. Monday to
Saturday or after 9:00 a.m. on Sunday or
public holiday thank you for the
question so that's to be read in
conjunction with the statement 7:00 a.m.
to 10: p.m. so 10: p.m. would still
remain the relev
finishing hour so it would be 9:00 a.m.
to 10: p.m. Sunday on public holiday but
it's 7 I'm sorry to be pedantic but the
it does come down to the wording
sometimes 7:00 a.m. to 10: p.m. Monday
to
Saturday so if you would if you're not
happy with that wording you could change
the wording you could say or 9:00 a.m.
or between 9 a. and 10 p.m. on Sunday
public holidays that's correct
and I'll just add to that sorry
Council Stone through you chair this
is actually in accordance with council's
local law anyway so you don't need to
actually it make going to that detail
change doesn't make a difference it's
controlled under the local
law so someone looking at this planning
parent would understand that they need
to look at a local law as well yes and
that's because of the fact that we've
got the notes there as well at the end
of the
permit
okay and finally there's meant to be
signage at the entrance with the name
of a manager to go to after hours if
there's a problem is there only one
entrance I found it hard to
tell thank you through you mayor
there are multiple entrances so we've
got the East West link and then also the
north south so there are multiple
entrances and that's why we've
included additional conditions for
patr management for venue management
event management all of that and
especially nity action plan that will
s respond to all of those concerns guess
my question was does a to be a sign at
every
entrance do you sorry through you Chad
do you have the
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condition yeah it will be dealt within
that condition
45 which says location of temporary
event structures promotional directional
signage access to car parking loading
arrangements and management of wayte
so it would include all of the different
entrances and exits
okay
okay and and the reference to Odie lane
odie's lane being about a walking route
it's also an important cycling route is
that understood it's not
mentioned because there's a requirement
that they maintain it as a safe walking
route and it also needs to be a safe
cycling route yes and thank you
through you chair also we've asked
for a separate condition to say that
make it more active pedestrians
pedestrians but not for
it we have asked for more activation
I suppose of that with Landscaping
lighting so it would be sufficient for
both pedestrians and cyclists thank you
thank you thank you for answering all
those small
questions thank you are there any other
questions from counselors at this point
in
time no all right I am looking for a Way
Forward counselor
Landes yeah I got a wife forward but I'm
listening to some of the comments from
councilor Stone it may need to have a
few additions I'm I'm looking to to
move the the officer recommendations
with the deletion of paragraph D
which refers to the greater extent of
original external fabric associated with
the boiler house building five being
maintained I'm looking for a second
up
councelor Newan yeah councelor Landes
if you'd like to speak to the item did
you want to cancel
sign you want add those points in as
well I I'll just no it's
fine okay yeah Havey to go ahead with
that they were good points
though
thank you to officers for this report
the Richmond Power Station in
cror was an old C fired power station
which open operate operated on the banks
of the Y River from its construction in
1891 until its closure in
1976 it is one of the first alternating
current electricity generation plants in
the state it is a complex of old
industrial buildings that has the
potential to exploit space and light and
continue the transformation of South Kon
into a vibrant new cultural Precinct
nurturing enhanced socialization of the
space next to the ARA River and the
various laneways and a his Lane is one
of them and link between the inner city
residential and Commercial populations
of that area
with the extent of local public
transport options a significant
reduction in parking will allow spaces
to be better utilized in enhancing the
overall pedestrian and cycling
experience and also helping reduce the
contesting traffic conflicts within the
precinct please to note that loading and
waste management will be constrained to
within the site by way of an underground
loading Bay whilst so note the minister
will be making the decision as a
responsible Authority My Hope Is that
the changes and conditions in this
report will be given due consideration
in particular I note the references to
ensuring acoustic management and the
prevention of noise disruption I'm
seeking to delete the reference to
keeping the greater extent of the
original external fabric associated with
the boiler house I'm looking for a
neutral position on this issue in my
view retaining the current metal
cladding would would not be a good
outcome and that
glass a glass event space can only
enhance the overall overall experience
for the visitor and provide a a positive
amenity by taking a neutral position
allows greater flexibility in the final
decision process pleased to see the
suggestion to improve the interface
activation along od's Lane and of course
it goes without saying that we're
looking forward to the time when there
will be an eventual pedestrian Bicycle
Link across to Forest Hill in South the
arrestation I commend this motion to my
colleagues thank
you thank you Council Landes Council
Newan thank you mayor just briefly I
also agree I think it's a good project
for the local area to mixed use it has
multiple facilities like retail
entertainment leisures I want to thank
the staff the improvements that you've
suggested in particularly the
advocacy for affordable work places
and the further activations thank
you thank you Council new is there
anyone else that may want to speak to
this
item no all right thank you I'll now be
calling for a vote and a division so if
you could please raise your hand if you
are in favor all those in
favor councilor O'Brien councelor
Stone councelor Wade councelor Landes
councelor Crossland councelor Newan
councelor Council glenis Council Jolly
that is carried unanimously thank you
everyone that now brings us to our next
agenda item which is 7.3 the qual
community report December 2023 to
2024 as there are no registrations for
speakers for this item councilors do
you have any questions that you like to
ask ofos yeah councelor
yes I had one about on page 12 of the
attachment or page 254 of diligent
boards at the top at J it refers
to materials and services year-to dat
favorable variances one is contract
payments in the amount of
2132 million and I was just wondering
what what that is thank
you
I can read out that P sure you may I can
answer the question that's unpent year
to date so it might be that a
combination of projects that have not
yet delivered or we haven't been
invoiced or so but it's a a saving based
on the
timing sorry yeah the the timing bit I
got so the contracts are for various
projects that haven't been delivered oh
yeah a number of projects or
contracts that annual rather than
quarterly but yeah it's a primarily
we we we believe primarily a
timing thank you were there other
questions Council ladies I think you had
one yeah thank you I just got a couple
questions there was an $18 million
movement in
the in the was it
the capital
assets other fin cial assets and I
was wondering if officers could give a a
sort of explanation of that movement and
I'll give you my second question after
that yeah thank you for your question
cers and through you mayor so the
other Financial assets are basically
something like 10 deposit or high
interest rate so that's the movement
between the cash account and the higher
interest rate account
so that's how we manage cash this
treasury function and cash
management my second question goes to
user fees now I know that we've had
the golf course been closed but in
comparison to last
year user fees is sort
of is sort of just bubbling along
do you want to put some is it
possible to have some sort of further
explanation around user fees and I'm
interested in also some of the services
and and some of the employment
challenges that we've got in terms of
costs due
to some of the services that we may
provide yeah thanks for the question
and you mayor so the the biggest
movement in terms of the user pH in our
forecast is because of the of course
user fee that the closure time I
think Sam probably could explain more if
you want on the Leisure user Fe so on
that we don't have huge
movement and then
in okay soorry what was the other
question so it goes to some of the
issues around the younger age
services and and how that sort of
panning out in terms of employment and
and some of the costs that we're
finding in that that sort of highly
competitive
environment yeah so I think we in
particular have some skill shortage
issues in the sector that translate
into some Savings in salary because we
couldn't feel F certain positions
however as a result of that we have to
engage agencies to VI those positions
and not see some over sper in the
agencies are there any other questions
councilors at this point in
time no okay well at this point in time
I'll be looking for a Way Forward coun
man can I just draw attention to the
fact that the officers are proposing an
a revised recommendation with the
addition of clause 1B which is up on the
screen so the only change is to add
the new Clause 1B and everything else
would be as per the officer
recommendation
published just thank you Council W
I'm happy to move that revised
recommendation thank you I'm looking for
a second
up
okay looking for a second Council
Muhammad okay
great yes Council
Landes okay firstly I just wanted to
say that I think these quarterly
Community reports are a really great
addition to the Council agenda and I
know there's still a moving feast and
there's there's been more tucked into
them and I particularly appreciated the
additional planning stuff which
was recommended last time I think laying
out the statutory planning amendments
that we've had in train in such a clear
format and knowing we'll get that every
three months is really helpful for us
and it's really helpful for the
community because it it shows the status
of things and sometimes I think it's
quite easy we put things out there we
put things to a minister we put things
out to the community we put things out
to other decision makers and and we we
kind of wait to hear back but it's nice
to know that we'll we'll keep on top of
it and counselors and community members
can see where it's at at any given time
and and ask questions if they need to
just more generally I think it's
extremely helpful report like I think
there's lots of information knowing that
you know things like the nature strategy
the an nagana plan we're getting this
kind of comprehensive update I find
really useful knowing that every 3
months we'll get an update on on one or
other of those and I think it's I think
it's really well put together and I'm
sure it's an iterative process and
there'll be more to it in years to
come as well I'm also quite happy
with the proposal to spend some more
spend that Capital Works savings I
think as this councelor group has has
heard many times there's only so much
Capital works we can deliver in a year
like even if we've got a lot of money
we've only got so much staff time and
capacity to be able to deliver so we've
discovered this our our teams have
done a very excellent job of saving
money here and there and the team has
capacity to do more and I think it's
great to put that to use in things
that the community has regularly raised
as issues that they'd like to see more
work on including bicycle infrastructure
and tree planting and Rew Wilding
generally so I am commending this
report to my colleagues and and thank
you to officers who prepared it I know
that's a wide ranging bit of work
from across the
organization thank you councelor
Mohammad what councelor Sophie said
I'm also excited about a few things that
I saw in the report includ including the
Children's Services the community Awards
and I just can't wait to see what more
we can do in the future with that thank
you thank you very much are there any
other councils like to speak to this yes
Council Andes thank you I sort of com
into this with a little bit of a mixed
feeling I sort of probably wouldn't
have agreed to 7:15 been
automatically given I I think there
might have been an argument to suggest
that we should have perhaps thought
about that and put it into reserves for
the coming budget because we heard from
a lot of questions in question time
about some of the needs around the
community and I thought there was a
perfect opportunity to have a look at
that that 750 more soly but anyhow
I I just want to make a few comments
about the the accounts the financials
themselves it's it's very clear that the
officers have been working very hard in
uncertain times especially with
inflation and council's bound by a rate
cap that is clearly under the rate of
inflation alternative Revenue sources
show that income from parking is up 2
million and interest a million doll over
this time last year over all the year to
date actual actuals have increased 4.5%
on this time last year as well as
expenditures
4.96% with the end of year estimated
Surplus now expected to be $13 million
down from 15 one observation was the
adjustment to other Financial assets and
by that I mean an increase of $18
million and it appears to me that the
end of the year accounts will probably
show an increased Reserve around $5
million and while some of this relates
to open space it could also be about the
grants and expenditure of grants that
we're seeing through the the Brunswick
Street my other observation relates to
to Flat user fees and whilst this has
been attributed to the closure of the
Burnley golf course I can also wonder if
the competitive forces are at play in
some of the products that we are
delivering I am disappointed that
there were some data that's not included
in this report that we saw in a previous
qual report which I lorded I'm
disappointed that the planning
application data in terms of receed
determined timelines Activity Center
Parking data recreational and Leisure
data are missing and that I would
have thought would help us provide some
more insight into or some more
background into into the figures that
we've got that's what I would like to
say but apart from that i' I'd like to
compliment the officers on on on all
your hard work that you're doing it's
great thank
you thank you very much Council ladies
is there anyone else that would like to
speak to this
item no okay radio well we're at the
point in time where I need to call for a
vote with the division so all those in
favor if you could please raise your
hand councelor O'Brien councelor Stone
counselor Wade councelor ladies
councelor Crossland councel Newan
Council Muhammad Council glenis
councelor Jolly that is carried
unanimously thank
you we now move on to our next agenda
item which is 7.4 Governor's report
February
2024 as there is no one that's reged to
speak to this item councilors do you
have any questions for officers at this
point in
time Council W yes I had a question
question about the at item at
paragraph 12 it says that councilors can
Avail themselves of an opportunity to
engage in the reform process I was
just wondering Mr Thomas if you could
remind us or through you mayor what
date that's du by and also if community
members are welcome to to give comments
by that date as
well I don't have the date at hand I
can certainly get back to councilors
tomorrow on that I believe it's it
might be the end of next week it is very
soon disappointingly the the
state government has given a very narrow
window to provide 29th of February
sorry 29th of February the there's
no proposal at this stage for wider
Community consultation the the
consultation is directed at the local
government
sector curious thank you and I had
one more question on the same Topic at
paragraph 7 it says that officers
will write to suppress express our
support for the direction of the reforms
obviously council's only being asked
to note this report but I I just wanted
to support for the direction is
obviously quite a broad term I I just
wanted to clarify that won't be too
wholehearted or fullsome given I'm sure
councilors have individual views and
haven't necessarily had the chance to
consider it all in
detail it certainly won't be
wholehearted because there's not
enough detail in the proposals as yet
for us to Express that level of
support like all things the devil is
in the detail and we don't have the
detail at this stage we're also very
cognizant of the fact that the
interests of management and the interest
of council laws can depart when it
comes to matters like this and
it's important that all voices are heard
so while we'll be expressing
organizational support for the broad
principles we certainly won't be
championing any specific initiatives at
this very early
stage thank you Council
stain I had a number of questions along
the same line and I guess I was curious
about why officers were bringing this to
council when officers are going to put
in a submission it's not clearly not on
behalf of council it's on behalf of
officers is that correct and if so why
is it coming to council that is
correct it's essentially coming to
Council in the governance report for
information and to draw councilor's
attention to the to the opportunity
for them to directly be involved in the
process and I'm not sure if the CE would
might like to add to that just through
you if I can also to highlight the the
activity of the state government to the
community
I mean it's fair to say that at
this point we're a bit concerned about
the consultation process and that's been
you we would be held to a higher
standard right now so we wanted to
make sure that the community was aware
that this discussion had progressed the
state had indicated late last year that
they were going to move in this
direction so partly about making sure
the community understand it as well
but primarily to draw counselor's
attention to it given this very short
time frames that we're operating
under there are thank you
so to to follow that up there are a
couple of things that concern me greatly
in in the proposals and I would be
concerned if the organization was saying
they expressed support for the the
general direction and yet councilors
made separate submissions saying they
don't so I wondered how wedded the
organization is to expressing General
support given councils haven't had an
opportunity to form an opinion
through you chair May
that is enti that would be
completely fine so if Council would
prefer that we you know would like to
decline the opportunity then
certainly that would be a decision that
you could make I just need to quickly
think
about what that means to the
recommendation in terms of an
alternative but certainly we I have
written up an alternative on okay
great no there's no we sort of formed
the view that generally Council takes
an interest in these kinds of issues but
that's balanced with the very short
we've literally had this for a fortnight
as well so and I accept we've not had
an opportunity to discuss this with
counselors so yeah if you would
prefer us not to to be neutral at this
point and not participate then what we
would hope is that we will have a better
opportunity to work collaboratively with
councilors to form a view when the
regulations are written and we have the
details in front of us okay there are
there are some issues in what's in front
of us that could be approved so I think
it's good that councilors have the
opportunity to make their own
submissions but thank you for answering
those
questions was there a followup question
councilor St I have questions on the
advisory committees that's a a different
topic yeah you're welcome to oh is yours
on the same topic as
now okay is there any other questions on
that current topic before we move on to
others no all right and we might just go
back to you Council timeone because you
indicated
first so just on the proposal to Sunset
all the advisory committees there are
some that weren't due to be concluded
in
September I wondered how much longer
of their term they had so they're being
shortened is that
correct the the the terms of
reference for our committies the
overwhelming majority of them don't have
an expiry date had if if not for the
proposal in front of council this
evening they would be suspended in
operation at the time of the election
and then resume operation following
the the swearing in of the new
Council what this proposal is doing
is instead of automatically swearing
in those count those same committees
we take a beat take an opportunity to
review the council's priorities take
opportunity to understand the the
council plan direction of the incoming
Council and build on the deliberative
process that we will undertake as a
result of reviewing our community vision
and take that forward into a a new
structure for advisory committees it is
quite likely that there will be a
mixture of advisory committees some s
the same or very similar to what we have
now some perhaps very new that is our
proposal to do that deep dive into what
serves the the incoming council's
interests the best and how we can
most closely continue our evolution
as we improve our community engagement
and move more to a a proactive
deliberative process rather than
reactive commentary on decisions very
late in the
process so just to follow on from that
that would mean that there would be no
advisory committees for the best part of
12 months of a year it wouldn't be 12
months it would be it would be through
until the end of June so it would be
the the immediate the December and
then the first six months so seven seven
months the n months oh well
obviously the election period itself if
you want to count from then yes it'll be
nine months but of course in that
period we'll be undertaking the
deliberative engagement to develop the
council plan and the Community Vision
review so there will be Community
engagement going on but it will it
will look a bit
different just sorry just to pursue this
a little further the work of council
does not stop even though there's a new
Council so there will still be things
that an Advisory Group could have input
into we're developing new climate
emergency plan for example that will
continue new active aging strategy will
continue inclusion and access will
continue so there is a role for advisory
groups in that 9mon
period is there any disadvantage to
continuing their operation until a new
structure is formed rather than just
closing them all down and not having
that Community
input quite valuable what what the
proposal before council is saying is
that the the focus during that period
should be develop should be on
developing a best practice model for
those advisory committees obviously
there would be policy work you're
exactly correct when you say the
business of council goes on there would
be policy decisions being made there
would be practical projects being
implemented there would be Capital Works
being undertaken all of the community
engagement that normally is associated
with those those sorts of practices
will continue and and there'll be
no there'll be no cessation in our
community engagement effort
simply because the community advisory
committees don't feature as part of it
there are many other ways to to
consult with the community and that
would be
ongoing all right was that all your
questions councilor Stone yes thank you
yeah okay councilor
Landes just a quick question I know
there are some people out in the
community are interested in the audit
risk minutes could you just give an
explation why they're not included in
this report certainly the audit
and risk committee is not a an
advisory committee it is a committee
that is established under the Local
Government Act every council is required
to have an audit and risk committee and
so that's outside the scope of this
work it's it's outside the scope of our
existing Community advisory
committee's policy and as a result
it's not part of this proposal before
Council it will continue on
essentially
uninterrupted I was actually referring
to the the minutes of the last audit
risk why they're not including this
governance report because I know that
there's some people that are interested
in having those minutes published every
every once right well sorry the
the audit and risk committee presents
reports publicly in two ways one is
the the minutes of meetings is
published on council's website as soon
as they're endorsed by the committee so
they're endorsed at the subsequent
meeting so current council's current
current website includes the minutes
of the September meeting which were
endorsed in December and I believe the
the next meeting I think it's in
very early April it will endorse the
meetings the minutes of the December
meeting and they'll be published
straight away but in terms of the
governance report the audit and risk
committee also produces and the ACT
requires that it produce what's called a
biannual activity report so that comes
every 6 months and and we will see
that after it's endorsed by the the
audit risk committee at its early April
meeting thank you are there any further
questions counselors at this point in
time no okay I I am then looking for a
Way
Forward
I'm going to withdraw my motion after
listening to the Cross examination from
Council Stone I I don't want to amend
this I'm going to vote against this
recommendation so on that I could
pointless moving the the the what do you
call it the amendment that I emailed out
a few minutes
ago thank you councelor Jolly
councelor Stone sorry did you raise your
hand as well my apologies I was looking
the other way no okay I'm at this
point then looking for a Way
Forward counselors I'm looking for a way
forward we do need Way Forward at this
point in
time well I I'd have to make another
amendment if I were going to move
anything so I haven't done that well can
I can I suggest a one month deferral on
this
matter or is there any urgency to pass
this tonight
because a N9 month suspension of all our
advisory committees is the most extreme
thing I've heard for a long time we
need to give direction on the governance
reforms that I have just emailed through
we need to appoint the audit committee
chair so there are parts of this that do
perhaps we could defer a decision on the
advisory committees okay well I'll move
this motion with the alternate one that
I have
circulated which
says which says that officers right to
and I don't know who you going to write
to but it just the report just said
we're going to write and express support
so who would you have been writing to to
local government Victoria a expressing
concern at the short timeline Pro for
providing input and urge the government
to allow sufficient time to engage with
local governments in this process B
expressing council's willingness to
engage with future steps in the reform
process and see the Clause that was
already in the officer report suggesting
necessary preconditions to underpin
the local government Integrity reforms
those basically giving officers
Direction about what to submit without
expressing General support for the
direction because I'm confident other
councilors will have problems with parts
of it
too and
also then in part three replace part
three with defer
consideration
of changes to the operation of council
advisory committees to
March
and I can say that again if you
like quite happy to second that if no
one else wants
to can I suggest councilor St you
might also look at item four in the
officer
recommendation
okay and and four defer
consideration of the establishment of a
families and children's advisory
committee toch to
March yes that's my
understanding Co yeah so we have a mover
and we have a seconder councilor
Stone would you like to speak to this
can I just check the documenta has got
all of that okay thank you all right
look I have to apologize to Mr Thomas I
often go head-to-head with him and it
doesn't mean that I don't respect the
work he does it just means I have a
different view so thank you for putting
together this report Mr Thomas and for
the work that you put into providing
a
rationale I do think these local
government reforms are important I think
the fact that we've got next to no
notice
of having input on this first stage is
appalling I think we need to say that
and we need to request the the state
government LIF its game if it's going to
be taken seriously on these reforms
regardless of whether they've come from
ibac reports or whatever they they can't
just impose things it's part of the
continued devaluing of local government
and the infantilizing of the sector by
removing more powers from it and it's
appalling given the value and the
regard regardless of what we sometimes
hear we know our communities value local
government very highly and they value
the fact that they can give us a whack
as as much as they very often as much
as they can give us praise and positive
feedback so they've got to take that
seriously on on the advisory committees
I I think my through my questions I
articulated that I would be concerned
about not having advisory committees
operate in the way that they do they're
not they're not Community engagement
bodies they are not giving feedback
on specific proposals that as we would
from the community they are actually
people with expertise who give us that
expertise for free often at the end of a
long day work and they do it willingly
and we should be really appreciative
but make the best use that we can of it
and I think going for 9 months with a
new Council a lot of changes happening
throwing this out is is is not
wise so I think we need to really have a
good think about this so deferring it
makes sense as does consideration of the
families and children's advisory
committee thank
you thank you councilor Stone councelor
Jolly I've got nothing to add thank
you thank you are there any other
councils that like to speak to this
item Council Muhammad
yeah I think I just want to speak on
point four I think it is important to
have advisory groups which we already do
but it's also important to have family
and children's advisory committee I
think hearing from different sides of
the community will be really great and
especially children sometimes have great
ideas that adults don't so I'm
looking forward to see how that goes
thank
you thank you is there anyone else that
would like to speak to this
item all right I'm now at the point
where I'm going to call for a vote with
a division so if you could please raise
your hand if you are in
favor Council O'Brien councelor Stone
councelor Wade councelor Landes
councelor Crossland councelor Newan
Council Muhammad councel clanis Council
Julie and that is carried unanimously
thank
you all right well with that that brings
us on to our next item which is 8.1
notices of motion with the first one
being number one of 2024 live music
venues we just wait for that to come on
screen is that oh that's
thing cool well with the submitting
councelor being councelor Jolly I assume
you'll be moving this all right we'll be
looking for a second not councilor W
councelor Jolly if you'd like to speak
to the item thank you I
think is that okay for that yes
apologies yes yeah I'm just sort of
seeing a little bit of advice maybe
officers can sort of help me out here
the question of why insurance is an
issue for this
particular cohort and and say why
isn't it an issue for other other
businesses in y or people who own houses
for example I mean they're all being
affected what's what's going on in the
music business that's driving this surge
in insurance and and has it got a
relationship with
alcohol I think it's a bit Yeah through
you chair I think it's challenging for
officers because there a notice a motion
that's been bought by a counselor so
it's not something that at this point
officers have spent a lot of time
working on to understand the causal
certainly we're familiar with the
media reports and you know this is a
longtime issue I think there's been an
escalation recently in terms of the cost
differential but the ongoing
viability of live music is a longterm
issue in places like y the staff have
been in contact with music V and the
Australian live music Council Business
Council to seek to understand that but
just at a preliminary basis so in the
event that Council was to adopt this
resolution or endorse this resolution we
would look to try to understand that
more deeply to support Council in its
thinking just to confirm if there are
any other questions before we move
on no okay councilor Jolie thank you
mayor and thank you councilor L for that
question the the the latest council
plan I think about 10% of the local
economy is an itom economy key component
part of that is live music a lot of
these big concerns around the
insurance hikes in the live music sector
is that it could expand into other
aspects of the nighttime economy into
clubs for example and
bars and the the that sector of the
local of economy of the our economy
employs just under 5,000 people
overwhelmingly young people often very
low paid you know Ries bar staff
security bands themselves and all the
but it's not just economic it's also
like with a cultural Hub of live music
we don't really have it in Sydney
anymore and in malburn it really is
centered in you know in Collingwood
and Fitzroy in Richmond and we've
had this hike in the last 12 months and
that's really the only adjective that
you could use
because you know was the age said one
one venue's gone from 7,000 to 70,000 in
one year the old bar has gone from 10 to
60,000 in one year and the reasons given
are different I mean the they when I've
spoken to to Bar owners they've some
of them have just said oh it's just the
greedy insurance companies and they've
run that line the same ways the geopo
they control the food that we eat you
know are in many people's eyes
largely responsible for inflation in
food I'm sure the insurance companies
would say something different themselves
what's what's a matter of of that
everyone has to agree there hasn't been
actually any evidence provided
to the bar own to say listen we don't
like doing this but we have to because
for example 50 people fell over on glass
in in in yab based or Australian based
bars there's been no evidence provided
and that's coming from the bar owners
and that's coming from the industry the
two industry organizations that the CEO
just referred to the I think it's
it's really
really unfair that we even have to
talk about this here at Yar Council
we're an underfunded time little Council
and we've got DJ albo out there telling
everybody how he loves Life music this
is a national issue this is not just in
Yara not just in Victoria it's a
national issue and whether it's Premier
Allen or whether it's prime minister
albanesi we we do really need action at
a state but particularly at a federal
level to deal with this issue rather
than us have to do it but we are the
home of Life music and and that's just
not just like a boast it's actual fact
and we have to push the envelope in
this just like we do with public housing
just like we do with a lot of issues we
we lead the charge and I think we have
to do that and that's what we're asking
for is the officers to go back do the
research come back and let's look at a
bunch of options they might say there's
nothing we can do they might say there
is things we can do let's have that
discussion not tonight but when the
officers come back and that was the
whole point I guess mayor of this motion
thank you thank you very much councelor
jie councilor W not much to add I think
when you're talking multiples of you
know six to 10 times insurance premiums
that's that's the sort of thing that
shuts small businesses down and so I
I can yeah echo echo councel jol's
comments on that I think we've all read
the reporting and it causes concern you
know these are venues that are near and
dear to our heart it's where lots of
musicians get started it's where our
music scene really begins and and where
people spend so much of their social
lives in this city I think we can
also say that music Victoria and
Australian live music Business Council
are doing a huge amount of work in this
space they're doing good work in this
space and I think an opportunity to
back them in is really positive so I
commend this
motion thank you councilor Wade are
there any other councils i' like to
speak to this at this point in
time no all right we're at the point
where I'll be calling for a vote with a
division so all those in favor if you
could please raise your hand councelor
O'Brien councelor Stone councelor Wade
councelor Landes councelor Crossland
councelor Newan councelor Muhammad
councelor glenis councelor jolly and
that is carried unanimously thank you
all right that brings us to our next
item that brings us to our next item
which is 8.2 noes of motion number two
of 2024 Greening Melbourne General
Cemetery we have one person that's
register to speak to this item and I'd
now like to call on them to come make
the submission that would be Jane
Miller
all right Jan is apparently not
present at this time so we will continue
on in her
absense counselors do you have any
questions at this point in
time
yeah no all right councelor Wade as the
relevant counselor that has put this
forward I assume you would like to
move this item all right I'll now be
looking for a second
up oh sorry
didn't see who put the hand out first
councelor
Brian great councelor Wade if you'd
like to speak thank you great so I've
been working with residents including
Jane and Liz and PR and David for
quite a long time on this issue they
contacted Nichols Ward counselors
quite early in our term we were
elected during Co I think during Co
everybody became acutely aware of their
surroundings and for the residents of
carton North and Princess Hill a
major part of their surroundings is the
Melbourne General Cemetery everybody
everybody went for walks through
whatever they could walk through and
the Melbourne General Cemetery was a in
Parts lovely and in Parts really not
lovely place that those residents
could walk through they've been doing
work over a significant period with the
cemetery's trust to try to Green up
the area it's for anybody who hasn't
visited recently it's worth it's
worth a visit it's worth a visit of
the Southern southern part which is
quite nice nice and has trees and has
biodiversity and is quite cool and a
pleasant place to be whether you're
visiting a grave or going for a troll
like whichever your like very valid
purpose of visiting the cemetery in the
middle of our city is and sorry I'm
using City in The Wider context there to
mean Melbourne not
Yara in the northern half however
it's a it's Barren it's the weeds have
been sprayed it is dry it is hot there
is no shade there is really nothing
living these residents would like to
change that there's there's space for
planting including on quite old
Graves there's places that they think
trees could be planted to create shade
to increase biodiversity outcomes in the
area that would Act Naturally as a
corridor with u princess Park and Royal
Park as well also it's just a massive
hate trap and I think counselors and
and staff were lucky enough to have a
presentation from sweltering cities RAC
recently who talked about how those you
know big asphalt or or other dry
surfaces they absorb heat during the day
and then emanated at night and I think
the idea that we've got this General
Cemetery in the middle of our the
middle of Melbourne which is on the
border of Yara in two two sections is
is acting that way is is silly like we
have the opportunity to have something
beautiful there and in fact what the
original designers put put forward
and and I'm sure Jane and Co would be
very willing to share this with any of
my fellow counselors or anybody who's
interested is it was meant to be a nice
place for people to visit there are
gazebos there the idea was that you
would go and spend a day there and
that's certainly not something that I
think anybody wants to do anymore so out
of respect for the people who who lie
there and out of you know real need
from a from a climate and biodiversity
perspective I I would commend this
motion to my colleagues and I hope
the city of Melbourne the city of
marbec and the other stakeholders
mentioned get involved
too thank you councilor Wade Council
O'Brien yes I commend everything
councelor Wade has just said and would
also add that it it's a much broader
group of community members who have
expressed interest in this particular
issue so I think it's the friends of
Melbourne Cemetery but also a lot of
the residents in Princess Hill have been
talking about this for quite some time
so I do commend this motion
thank you very much are there any other
councilors that would like to speak to
this
item no all right well I'm at the point
where I'll be calling for a vote with a
division so all those in favor if you
please raise your hand councelor O'Brien
councelor Stone councelor wde councelor
Landes councelor Crossland councelor
Newan councelor Mohamed councelor glenis
councel jolly and that is carried
unanimously thank you
everyone and now this brings us to
8.3
the so yes the next item is
8.3 which is notes of motion number
three of 2024 waste collection and
the item was put forward by councelor
Stone are there any questions at this
point that councilors may have for
officers no all right Council Stone as
the submitting officer submitting
counsel their apologies would you like
to move
this yes yeah okay I'm looking for a
second that councelor Muhammad all right
councelor Stone if you'd like to speak
to the
item thank you we do have an action in
our advocacy action plan 2.3 which
relates to advocating to the state
government to improve waste and
separation and collection at our public
housing Estates but it it's very Broad
and this motion is kind of driven out of
frustration really because
we have the three big estate Towers
but we also have lots of little lowrise
public housing across our city that are
managed sometimes well but very often
very poorly and waste separation is
poor there's next to no moderation of
it the bins are often left out
they're often not put out hard waste
is not managed and each site has its own
set of problems our officers have been
working for years with each of these
small sites trying to improve the waste
management at those sites but they
are very frustrated at the turnover of
managers and the lack of Engagement of
the department the property owners the
new waste and recycling the circular
economy act the waste reduction
recycling act that came in a couple of
years ago is about is is now being
rolled out we are going to be required
as a council to make sure that all the
households and businesses in our
municipality that we collect waste from
do the right thing in terms of
separation of waste but and we'll get
penalties if this doesn't happen but
ultimately it's the people whose
properties are putting the waste out for
it they've got to do the right thing and
everybody knows that when you've got
multiple household it's actually very
very difficult to get that culture
happening and a lot of work needs to be
put in our officers are doing what they
can but it's not enough and really the
department has to lift its game it needs
to invest resources into Solutions it
needs to invest people in these sites to
help manage the transition to the
circular economy practices that we're
all aiming at and they need to work with
our officers who have got lots of
experience they also need to work with
the bulk of residents who don't want to
live in a tip who resent the state of
their sites where there's waste that's
not handled properly who want to do the
right thing and are very frustrated so
this is really urging the mayor to get
in there and Advocate as well as he can
for more resources from the Department
to imp Implement their act that they're
going to hold us to account for they
need to do their bit and they've got
officers here and residents who are
willing to put in as well to help but
they they've got to they've got to rise
to the
occasion thank you very much Council
Stan Council
Muhammad I think Amanda said that very
well but just to add on I think we've
been asking for an advoc we've been
advocating for this since we got elected
and I'll also like to see something
happen thank
you thank you are there any other
Council would like to speak to this
item no all right I'll Now call for a
vote with a division so all those in
favor if you could please raise your
hands councilor Brian councelor Stone
councelor Wade councelor Landes
councelor Crossland councelor Newan
councel Muhammad Council katsis councel
jolly and that is carried unanimously
thank you all very
much all right this brings us now to
agenda item nine petitions and Joint
letters it's an opportunity for any
counselors to table any petitions or
joint letters for council's
consideration counselors we do have a
petition or something you'd like to
table yes I have got a petition short
letter and just while I've got the floor
as soon as I table it I have to take
somebody to the airport I've had family
over for my son's wedding so I'll have
to leave the meeting straight after this
agenda item I do apologize to the
rest of the meeting I've got a
petition I'd like to table mayor it's
from
596 residents it's a bit strange it's in
three bits 371 residents are physical
you know Bonafide signatures as per
normal petition there's 186 electronic
which I don't think we're allowed to
take and there's a separate Petition of
39 very same text but specifically from
39 businesses in the in in the
Fitzroy area and they all relate to the
qu the first question I was asked
tonight from the from the gentleman from
IG IGA seing fre parking at the
Northern end of brunwick street I'm not
going to go over the points that he rais
but that's the gist of what the petition
is about so I I guess two parts of this
petition will be acceptable to the
governance officers I about to table
this petition and hand it over to the
appropriate officers for
processing thank
you all thank you very much that is put
thank you do we have any others that
councilors may want to rais at this
point in
time all right apologies all those in
favors if you could please raise your
hand this C
O'Brien councilor O'Brien councelor
Stone councelor Wade councelor
councelor Crossland councelor Newan
councelor Muhammad councelor glenis
councelor jol and that is passed
unanimously thank
you I was
told all right we are now at questions
with without notice this is an
opportunity provide for councilors ask
questions of the mayor chief executive
officer councilors do we have yes
councilor ladies I got two quick
questions the first one relates to
providing
bpay for people want to pay for their
parking permits there's a complaint that
if you haven't got a credit card do we
have
bpay thank you for the question through
you mayor Bay parking permit options is
in development currently with our it
Department we have a Target date of
November December this
year thank
you second
question
second question goes to the public
interest in in I'm going to say James
Cook I've been told that he wasn't a
captain so I'm not allowed to use
Captain but the James Cook
Memorial
and where that's up to because it was on
the public agenda it's no longer
seemingly on the public agenda so my
question goes could officers sort of
provide the the public with some sort of
idea of of where where that particular
narrative is going thank
you through you mayor and thanks for
the question Council Landers so in
relation to this particular matter
we are very much Guided by council's
collection policy
which outlines a number of processes
that we need to go through and they are
now
underway I'll briefly outline what
they are if that's helpful the first
one that's happening is specialist
conservation and Fabrication Specialists
are assessing the object and providing a
conditions assessment report to
officers the Second Step then is the
assessment and costing costings for
repairs and and installation will then
be referred to council's visual arts p
panel that's included in the
collection's policy for their
consideration and recommendation based
on what that first step finds and it's
around best practice collections
management just by way of footnote the
visual arts panel is a voluntary group
of artists and Industry professionals
who provide a formal mechanism for
Council to seek that specialist advice
regarding all objects items and artworks
in our
collection then a report will be
prepared for the panel that will
include three options one is to
restore one is to decommission and one
is to add a contextual marker or
storytelling if you
like the date for the panel meeting has
yet to be set because we need that
earlier work to be completed and the
report to be
generated finally the panel will give
the recommendations to the CEO for her
consideration and decision which may
include her making the decision under
delegation or bringing the report back
to council so it's quite specifically
defined in our policy es and that's
the the process that we're we are
undertaking thank you very
much and councilor Landes I believe you
have one more no done okay great
councilor o'
Brian thank you
mayor
I have two
questions the first and these are
on behalf of residents so the first
question is what were council's
obligations under the Yara planning
scheme with respect to environmental
risks and amenity at the Burnley golf
course and how were these
discharged sir you mayor given the
research that will be required we'll
take that one on notice and we'll come
back to
you thank you my other question
was and this has come out of some
concerns of local residents particularly
now that there's been some fencing put
down along Old hudle BG Road at the
alington grammar school there's you know
some long grass happening and concerns
about snakes in this weather and things
like that so apparently Council has
responsibility under the road management
act
2004 as the relevant road authority to
inspect maintain maintain and repair
older heidleberg road to the standard
specified under a road management plan
so the basic questions are can we please
provide can Council provide and make
publicly available a copy of the
approved Road management plan for Old
heidleberg Road and can Council please
advise what actions we're taking and
will take to ensure oldberg road is
maintained as a public Road in liance
with the approved Road management plan
including the maintenance of the rights
of Passage as conferred by the
ACT through you mayor so Council does
have a road management plan it's a
single plan for all the roads in the
city that that council is responsible
for so there's no separate one for oldb
Road that road management plan is
already publicly accessible so it was
adopted by the council in 2021 it's on
our website and if you come to our
customer service centers there's one
you can read in relation to Old
harderberg Road ignoring just for the
minute the the recent conflict with the
school we still have obligations to
inspect and to maintain that road and
those inspections are being carried out
always you made reference in preamble
to longrass and some other matters we'll
go and inspect that tomorrow and we'll
see what we can do thank you
may just one final followup I seem to
recall a couple of meetings ago I asked
about whether we're going to remove
the gate and the playground equipment
and stuff that is currently the school's
property on Old hudle BG Road and I'm
not sure that I ever received that the
it was taken on notice that question and
I was just wondering if I could revisit
that question and I'm happy for it to be
taken on notice again but I would
appreciate a response to that at some
stage we will come back to you thank
you thank you and just confirming
Council
us thank you there my question is
I asked a numerous question questions at
the last meeting and just wondering
if I going to get a response to any of
the
questions through you
mayor if they're in relation to
Graffiti corre yes I had understood
officers had written back to you but I
will follow up first thing tomorrow no
thank
you thank you very much all right we're
now at the point in the meeting where we
will be moving on to delegates reports
and I'm aware that there has been one
that's been sent through so far Council
glis you have
one thank you thank you mayor this
report is for the hack meetings that
we had on the 20th of the November
last year it was just an update on the
lgbq plus Heritage study on part one
which was
brought into the council's briefing
part two of The Heritage study would be
initiated in the coming months and this
study will involve the preparation of
detailed citations for places identified
to be potentially significant in part
one of the study and also analysis of
their Heritage values based on the state
nominated criter for Heritage listing
and the preparation of statements of
significance
with the preparation the
significance hack noted that the
preparation is a priority action of
yar's Heritage strategy hack also
discussed that recent trends for
Consultants costs W would be very
high what else we' got updates we
provide also for the following topics
the quarterly report to council the
Slade knitwear sign and the consultation
program for Yara yar's climate Summit
and the opportunity to provide
feedback on Heritage Council of Victoria
review of the future directions of
Victorian Heritage register places so I
propose the council notes this
delegates report and thank the Heritage
advisory committee members for their
expert expertise and
advice thank you
thank you very oh sorry I was a bit loud
thank you very much Council colis I'll
be table in the minutes much
appreciated are there any other
delegates reports Tove the
motion
sorry councel the government's rules
does not have a proposal for a motion
for delegates reports all it says is the
full text of any delegates report tabled
in writing must be included in the
minutes of the meeting so that's what we
will
do are there any other delegates reports
that council's like to table no all
right thank you very
much we are now at the point of
meeting to discuss General business this
is an opportunity to provide counselors
to raise items of General business for
council's consideration counselors do we
have any items of General business this
evening no all right
fabulous we're now at Urgent business
it's an opportunity to provide for the
CEO to introduce any no all right
fantastic and that then brings us to
confidential business we now come to the
confidential business section of the
meeting and we now require a motion to
close the meeting to the public
councilors can I have a motion to close
me to please yes councelor Landes
councelor wde seconds and I'll now put
that to a vote with the
division so councelor Stone councelor
Wade councelor Landes councelor
Crossland Council Newan Council Muhammad
councilor gatzis and that is
carried thank you everyone that's in
attendance at this point we will have to
close the meeting to the public we thank
you for joining us this
evening
thank you everyone we have now come
to the conclusion of the meeting at
9:40 thank you all for joining us have a
great
evening