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good evening everyone and welcome to the

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council meeting of the 7th of march

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2022 my name is councillor Jami Klisaris

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i'm the mayor of Stonnington we are

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holding tonight's council meeting in the

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chamber but we are still closed to the

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public due to the pandemic we hope to be

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open to the public at our next council

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meeting which will take place on the

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28th of march

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we acknowledge that we are meeting on

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the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri

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Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the

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east and nations and pay our respects to

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their elders past present and emerging

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we extend that respect to all aboriginal

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and torres strait islander peoples we

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acknowledge their living connection to

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country relationship with the land and

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all living things extending back tens of

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thousands of years

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we are reminded that as councillors we

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are bound by our oath of office to

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undertake the duties of councillor in

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the best interests of the people of the

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city of stonnington and to faithfully and

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impartially carry out the functions

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powers authorities

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and discretions invested in us under the

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local government act and any other act

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councillors i'll start with some

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introductions so to my right we have

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councillor kate hely from north ward

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councillor batagol from south ward

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councillor alexander lew from east ward

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councillor matthew koce from north ward

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councillor mike scott from south ward

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councillor polly morgan from east ward

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and sitting on my right is our chief

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executive officer miss jackie wetherall or

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who i'll now ask to please introduce the

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staff thank you mayor to my right is the

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judy hogan civic support officer

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this is julie golovkis julia

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facie lincoln's chief of staff georgie

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burch acting director planning and place

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alex santiotis manager statutory

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planning and to my left james rouse

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who's acting director community and

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wellbeing rick quizek director

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environment and infrastructure rick

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perchio director customer and technology

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and mr david thompson executive manager

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legal and governance thank you mr

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weatherwall we moved to apology so this

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evening we already have approved leaves

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of absences for councillors ser and

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griffin are there any other apologies to

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table for future council meetings

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no fantastic thank you councillors we

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moved to item five confirmation of the

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minutes of the previous council meeting

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which was held on 21st february 2022 can

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i please seek a mover to adopt those

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minutes counselor healey is there a

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second guy

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counselor batter goal are any changes or

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movements that need to be made to these

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minutes

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i will put that to the vote always in

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favor of adopting adopting the minutes

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that's carried unanimously thank you

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councillors

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item six is disclosure of conflicts of

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interest councillors are there any

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conflicts to disclose on any of

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tonight's items

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no okay we move on

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item seven questions from the community

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this evening our council has not

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received any questions to be submitted

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for this council meeting

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and move to item eight our general

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business so starting with 8.1 planning

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amendment 500 chuckle street south yarra

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which is the jam factory now i

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understand we have two

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alternative recommendations um for that

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item but first i'll put the officer's

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recommendation is there a mover for that

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there's not so that lapses can i seek a

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move of an alternative so i see

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counselor process put his hands up first

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sorry councillor scott councillor close

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what are you moving

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um

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thank you madam mayor i'm moving an

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alternate recommendation which is fairly

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consistent with what the officer's

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report is there's only one very slight

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change

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which is to condition

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number

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21b

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and that simply adds in there the

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allocation of two existing car parking

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spaces on the north south road between

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garden street and the proposed

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roundabout or another location for

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satisfaction responsible

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so look in terms of the amendment it's

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very minor it's been discussed between

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officers and the applicant and the

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applicant is supportive of it it puts a

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couple of car share spaces in a really

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convenient location on the um

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first floor or the ground floor

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of the car park so really accessible to

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everyone

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it's a benefit to the development so for

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a development like this it's really

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fitting so what are we looking at here

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well it's a an amendment to an existing

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planning permit for the jam factory that

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was approved several years ago

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it's changed now from being a purely

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commercial development to a mixed-use

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development so there'll be a residential

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element as well as commercial

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it's um

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the report is is quite dense

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it deals with quite a number of factors

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including heritage there's a lot of

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heritage the jam factory the existing

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walls are going to be retained as per

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the previous application the chimney is

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going to be dismantled but it will then

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be rebuilt again

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and there are some conditions around

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that that's a very unique and important

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part of the local history in fact we've

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got very few chimneys left

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it's a very well developed and

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thought-out planning application a lot

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of work has gone into this it's a really

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high quality development

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we're looking at about forty six

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thousand forty six thousand seventy one

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square meters of office floor space

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it's got a hotel with 164 rooms it's got

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a residential um component with 400

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dwellings

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it's going to create

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3568 jobs once completed so that's the

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chapel street and there'll be about a

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thousand construction more than a

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thousand construction jobs uh going into

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it as well

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and then the worker hotel guest the

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residential spend for that area will be

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lifted by that 40 million dollars per

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annum because of this development so

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this is a huge benefit for the chapel

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street precinct

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um look there is a slight point of

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contention with the applicant over car

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parking spaces

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there is

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presently an oversupply of residential

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car spaces by about 222

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it requires 450 for residential and

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provided a 672 over supply for

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residential however and under supply for

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retail so the officer's report requests

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a re-apportionment of 65 spaces from

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the residential to commercial i'm

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supportive of that and this alternate

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recommendation doesn't change that

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officer's report i think it makes sense

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um to stick with that officer's report

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it's really well founded on planning

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grounds so i don't think we should be

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changing that there's a total of 1 350

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car spaces 750 bicycle spaces so

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well catered for and i think the balance

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is right with what officers are

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proposing now there's a lot of open

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space for this development so i asked

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the officers for some of the statistics

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17.9 of the site is publicly accessible

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open space which is huge for chapel

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street

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3468 square meters in total there's also

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a town square that's 685 square meters

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in size so a really decent sized town

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square and the chimney is actually in a

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better position where it's going to be

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than what was previously proposed it's

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going to be more visible from chapel

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street so be a great focal point into

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the development and into that town

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square

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it also provides great um connections uh

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pedestrian connections like the hawke's

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sperm and throughout the site it's going

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to be a very pedestrian

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friendly site there are some large

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buildings there there's some 90

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meter hotel residential buildings

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they're well shaped and they're set up

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against the train line which is to the

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to the north so it's not going to

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overshadow anybody and it's really well

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placed plus there's greater articulation

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on the side as well you've got less less

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bulking with what's currently proposed

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it really is well considered

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um and look if you you look at the open

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space if you add in all the terraces and

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and the rooftops and all the rest of it

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you're looking at about 43 of the site

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actually being open space if you add

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every single thing together

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so look it's a good proposal it's going

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to add to the vibrancy of chapel street

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it's going to um to lift the area

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significantly you're going to get the

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cinemas you're going to get the

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residential you're going to get the

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commercial you're going to get that

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really good mixed use it's close to

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public transport it's close to the yarra

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river and the bike tracks and that it's

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close to lots of wonderful parks as well

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throughout the area like the dying works

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and grover street and so forth so i

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think this is going to be a really great

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success

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for our local community and hopefully

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this time the developer can just get on

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with it and get it built um and we won't

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see this coming back to council again so

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i highly commend this one

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thank you council coast uh councillor

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helios secondary would you like to speak

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thank you well council coach has done a

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great job at summarizing all the changes

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to it so

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i think importantly it would actually

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have less massing than the currently

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approved application and retain more of

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the garden street original building and

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also increase the usability of the plan

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town square so this is an improvement i

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think from what was proposed and has

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already approved

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um as council close also outlined it's

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an important site for chapel street and

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it's future revitalization

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it's a place that's overflowing with

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many formed memories for so many of our

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community and it's very well recognised

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by the community as being an

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underutilized asset

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we've heard a bit about the the jobs

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that it's going to help provide to the

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area and the daytime trade that'll help

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as well because increasing the amount of

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open space in chapel street is of

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critical importance to this application

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and i'll help revitalize chapel street

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more with that more daytime trade and

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again the large floor plates that are

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going to be provided in this application

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will increase the appeal to predominant

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businesses

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one of our fellow norfolk councils

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couldn't make it tonight but i just have

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a few things that just relay what she

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was thinking as well this is um

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councillor marcia griffin and she wanted

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to make clear as well that she believed

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this application will determine a

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positive future for chapel street um

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she suggested that the world has changed

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since the original application which had

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far more office space than residential

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and this mix now seems to fit the new

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world economic order

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um i'd also think i i think it's

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important to reflect on um how i feel uh

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quite impressed with the um

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with the collaboration and spirit of

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which the applicant has has uh put

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forward this application i've been

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impressed with the utilization of the

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world-renowned architects baked smart

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the extra public information sessions

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that the developers practically put on

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to help answer community questions the

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provision of more publicly accessible

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open space the respect and preservation

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of heritage architecture and taking them

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on board the feedback as well

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and i've also heard very strong

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positive feedback about from offices

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about the strong working relationship

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between applicant and council officers

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to get to this point

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as councillor kos has indicated

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one of the developers newmark isn't

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necessarily very happy with the parking

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recommendation that's been put forward

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however

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on reviewing at all councils not

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actually asking for more parking spaces

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to be created even though the proposed

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provides less than the statutory

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requirement overall only a relocation

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reallocation of spaces and i understand

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the applicant wants the requirement for

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it's now 35 spaces because they've

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already agreed to shift 30 from office

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so 35 state spaces to retail to be

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removed however i can't support this and

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view the issue to be one that needs to

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be resolved between the two developers

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not by council

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apart from that i really look forward to

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seeing this project inject a new energy

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into south the south yarra section of

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chapel street and i'll be excited to see

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it start to come to life thank you

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counselor healy i'll open it up for

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discussion and note there is another

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alternative that may be foreshadowed but

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would anyone else like to speak on this

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application council morgan just got a

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question um um for you

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and that is about whether this

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application itself

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would affect neighbouring properties in

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terms of

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emerging neighborhood character or not

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um and i believe um

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that can potentially be answered because

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i might have had an important discussion

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with an officer report meeting about it

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miss castaneous you're in the position

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to answer that yeah thank you through me

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this site is nominated in the planting

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scheme as a keyword development site so

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i don't think the approval of this

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development would result in any sort of

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precedent or influence development on

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sites this is very unique site

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as we've said the land sizes is very

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large um it is

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19 200 square meters so there's no lots

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like that um from the city of

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southington so i know i don't think that

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would be crazy

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thank you thanks

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any other discussion counsellors

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councillor

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um thank you

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madam mayor

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look

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i won't speak too

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uh i won't speak too much um i'm just

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this i think that this is a very

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significant day for this council and a

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very significant decision

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the jam factory is probably the most

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iconic part of the most iconic street in

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our city

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and we've been

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struggling as a council with what we've

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seen as the decline of that

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of that area and what we can do as a

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community to really turn that area

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around councillor um

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i think

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i mean

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i think the three of us there are three

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people on this council who care for

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children in stonington um council about

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it myself and councillor morgan

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and so we were i loved everyone out i

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don't think so so we would remember

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melinda oh

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and jamie

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if i let you out that event you might be

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young for what i'm about to say though

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because actually i remember

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being taken by my parents to georges and

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having coffees and georges and that

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particular um manifestation of the area

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and then i remember and i'm sure

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counselor battagal remembers this too as

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a high school student um finishing um

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school and going to

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what was what was then

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council of mormon rivers to this iconic

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cinema this great place for and council

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coast as well for teenagers to meet

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people came from all across

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across melbourne but really

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younger people um to socialize and to

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meet there and that i think is really

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what

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kept chapel street alive and kept it

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iconic and created

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extended on to the night life as

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people got older but

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young people were kind of introduced to

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chapel street through the jam factory

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now we have a

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bit of a sad situation where we walk

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down

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chapel street and we see

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the empty shops and we see what the jam

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factory is now and we kind of lament and

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remember what it was like

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and see the potential of what it can

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now be like

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um

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i don't think there's anything

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um there's any one decision that we can

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make that's more significant as a

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council to revitalize chapel street than

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to support this application

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the fact that it will bring the 300

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3568 new jobs to chapel street the fact

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that it will bring new residents into

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the area that will provide

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alone the economic stimulus that our

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community needs the chapel street to

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return back to its glory days

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without it

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my fear is that the street will continue

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to deteriorate

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it will continue to lose

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the iconic businesses

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and

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there is nothing that we as a

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as a community as a local government

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will be able to do to fix that without

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supporting um this application or an

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application um equally as significant

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within the jam factory precinct

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thank you council lou would any other

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counsellors like to speak councillor

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thank you mayor

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so i had the word icon written down too

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this is an absolute icon of stunnington

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it's got such a rich history uh being

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developed since the 1970s and onwards

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with with different facelifts and

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different changes certainly in my time

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of living here when i moved here in 1977

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i think it was i moved to stunnington

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but it also is one of the biggest

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parcels of land and is an incredible

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opportunity for us but it's in it's in

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need of a new life um and with this ship

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comes a challenge to get the balance

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right how do we reinvigorate chapel

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street in a way that makes it

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commercially viable for the developer so

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we've seen amendments over time where

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they go from residential to commercial

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or commercial to residential and each

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developer always has their their reasons

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for doing this

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and it's it's no it's no big surprise

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postcode that a 2018

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lodged proposal actually is is ready to

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be rethought and reimagined because so

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much has changed in the past few years

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it's important to note that many of the

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principles underpinning the original

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proposal haven't actually changed it's

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the use that's changed but actually a

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lot of the principles are the same but

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there are a couple of key changes which

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have been outlined already but but

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really the reason why i'm supporting

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this is that it makes a really

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meaningful contribution to chapel street

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and it will generate the economic

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benefits that we've already heard about

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obviously residential brings in night

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time commercial brings in daytime hotel

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brings in visitors so we have a real mix

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coming in that's going to bring in

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different types of spend and different

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different times of the day to spend

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but it also still retains quite a quite

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a significant amount of the commercial

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space which is important so that

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discretionary spend is still coming in

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the density proposal is actually less

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than the earlier scheme that was

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approved some of the buildings are

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taller obviously but you can read in the

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report that it's considered better

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spacing better articulation better

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curving etc

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uh it's supported from a heritage and

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urban design perspective as an improved

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response to what's already been approved

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and traffic volumes are going to be

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reduced from what's already been

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approved in the original proposal so for

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all these reasons i see this as being

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really well aligned to the activity zone

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of achieving of achieving growth while

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also being sensitive to the amenity

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impact and yes there will be more cars

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there will be more people than than

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today but that's what happens in a space

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of economic growth and with two train

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stations located so close by with

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pedestrianized access so much public

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transport and bike paths so close by

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there's a range of opportunities for

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people to choose from i have to admit

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the central tales are higher than what i

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would like and i had concerns about the

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precedence and i suspect that's our role

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as council to make sure that we don't

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actually allow that precedence to

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continue and we do

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we quarantine this as a key

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redevelopment site and we make sure that

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we don't then look at it and and see it

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that we can continue to go up to 90

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metres on the other side so

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for that reason i'll be very supportive

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of the

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alternative thank you council better

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goal any other speakers council morgan

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um

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uh thank you mayor and um i just wanted

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to commend council coast for the huge

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amount of detail and thought that's gone

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into this alternative recommendation

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i've been genuinely taught about what to

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do about

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the amendment because it was in some

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ways very different to what had

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originally been approved in that

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it has gone from commercial to now a

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much bigger residential focus and we do

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know that

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our infrastructure is stretched

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and that we have huge cycling safety

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issues along chapel street and we don't

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have quite parts of right now although

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hopefully that

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will change in terms of the area for the

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sort of access that's going on it's not

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being really quite concerned about

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aspects of this but i do think that um

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council of course's alternative

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recommendation addresses many of those

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issues are particularly really commended

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for the emphasis on preserving more of a

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heritage of the site and that iconic um

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jam factory character that yeah as

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councilwoman mentioned we grew up with

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many of us here and seeing as iconic i

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also think having

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uh

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effectively a more open space for the

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public in the home this place is really

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commendable

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and knowing that this is a key

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development and it doesn't create

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potentially precedence for neighboring

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areas if we can't

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have another forest hill happen a bit

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further down the road because this is

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unique site has reassured me that

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this is a

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a very worthwhile alternative

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recommendation to support and i will

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support it

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i i can understand

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that there might have been other

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alternative recommendations put to when

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looking at

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the variance between the original

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approved proposal and the subsequent

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amendment that the developer has put

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forward but

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uh i do um i am quite supportive of the

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changes that have been made and i also

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think as a council we've got some

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challenges in the whole precinct

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and

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they can't actually be addressed through

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the planning scheme or planning

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developments by developers but as a

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council we've really got to work on

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improving the amenity around chapel

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street and we've got to really um

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look at

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what we can do to address traffic what

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we can do to create more brewing area

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around there to make it safer to have

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better lighting and safer cycling

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uh

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paths

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going towards chapel street so people

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there can use them when we have a high

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density population we need to provide

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more services and so i think that that

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um it's not something that we can just

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do through the planning scheme and i

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think that given we are approving this

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we need to make sure that it isn't

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another forest hill but it's a brilliant

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uh development that will revitalize

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chapel street so i think that you know

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that's just something

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i wanted to highlight because i know

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people in the community have reached out

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to me and other counsellors about this

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and about um the impact of having just

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more development and that's a challenge

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we've got to take through the

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appropriate mechanisms rather than in a

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particular planning

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application thank you council morgan

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councillor scott

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thank you mayor um i was going to

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foreshadow another ultimate

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recommendation but really i don't think

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it's going to get up suffice i would

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like to say though that i do have some

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deep concerns with regard to

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this

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amendment to the original plan

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and

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as a new term counsellor i've learned a

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lot about development in stonington i've

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also learnt to work alongside

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my colleagues to achieve the best

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outcomes for our city

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with the impact on our community being

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the compass by which we all make

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decisions

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the initial development application for

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500 chapel street came up for decision

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quite a few years ago

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and while i support and honour that

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decision i can

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potentially

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influence

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any proposed amendments to the approved

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plans that come before us during the

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council this council term

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so my

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alternate recommendation focused on

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specifically the height scale and bulk

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of this new

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application or

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amended application

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in that

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i don't believe that it conforms to the

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relevant state and local

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planning policies

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all the relevant activity zone center

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zone central one

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specifically the preferred maximum

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height

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building height for this activity center

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zone is 40 meters

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the original plan submitted and approved

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was for a series of buildings up to 72

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metres in height

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this proposed amendment before us

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tonight increases this to 90 metres for

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the hotel and the residential towers

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so it will end up being 50 meters above

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the required activity center zone

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precinct requirements

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also this amendment adds another 20

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metres onto the residential buildings on

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the eastern boundary the furthest point

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from chapel street

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increasing the towers to 62 metres

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another 20 metres over the preferred

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building height

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the

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other issue i have is with the regard to

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the bulk of the um

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building aligned to the heritage wall

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facing chapel street it has a maximum

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preferred height of 18 metres

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the approved plans has the height

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currently at 40 meters

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and this amendment will take it to 47.5

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meters so almost 30 meters above the

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preferred height

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i believe that this will create

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significant overhead bulk along the

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facing edge of this building on chapel

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street

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the heritage facade i believe will fail

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will pale into insignificance

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with the additional bulkiness and the

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glass facade overlooking chapel street

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when council's own urban designer

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and heritage consultant talked to a

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significant degree visual bulk to chapel

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street and having a dramatic impact on

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the streetscape i feel we need to listen

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to what their perspective is

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and just to forest hill

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i understand that this may not set a

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precedent

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but we probably thought the same thing

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back when we approved the first building

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in forest hill as well

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and i think we've learned the hard way

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from forest hill with what happens

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when height limitations are not upheld

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if we approve the scale of this over

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development and allow unregulated height

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limits in this instance

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future developers will use this as a

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benchmark decision and attempt to

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override any future decisions we try to

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enforce through the vcat appeals process

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and

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i think that's what i'll talk to you

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thank you

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good timing

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one question for office questions

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um

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alex castaneda um

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have the heights of the buildings to

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garden street changed and with this

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proposal is it a better interface with

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garden street

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thank you very much uh yes so under the

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current approval there is a nine storey

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building near the point of garden street

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chapel street that isn't um proposed as

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part of this amendment so that's

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.240
actually been removed

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instead what the applicants are doing up

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they're retaining this incentive

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building they are adding an extra level

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so that will go up to 16.4 metres but

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obviously significantly lower than the

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current approved

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and just one further question where

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there is height um that is um

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is that

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height position strategically to reduce

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the impact on on the

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area correct

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the increase the building heights which

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are

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both the highest at 90 meters are

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:13.440
adjoining the railway line which is

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typical for the site so well set back

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:18.079
from garden street and not resolving any

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.440
additional shadows in fact the

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.759
overshadowing of darkness being reduced

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under this current limit because of the

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:25.440
reduced title on garden street given the

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size so large those of you move from

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higher buildings than i said you're

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.799
drawing the railway line so we'll have

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.359
set back industry

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thank you miss castanotis uh so all

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councils have spoken so we'll move to

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council coast to summit uh thanks mayor

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and look based on the advice of officers

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and the very detailed report we have i

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.720
think this this is a very strong

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:48.319
proposal so

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i haven't had one single member of the

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.000
community contact me

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.440
since the consultative meeting to say

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.960
they've got any concerns about this

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.920
which is

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.319
almost unheard of so i'm not hearing any

00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:00.559
concerns from the local community i

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:03.920
think this is jobs jobs jobs um i think

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.839
this sets up chapel street for further

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.079
success i think

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:10.559
it adds to what makes chapters chapel

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:12.319
street really special it actually builds

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.079
on those unique things that are chapel

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.559
street it's an evolution of a site it's

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.039
taking this site to um

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:21.039
to a new stage of life and the best way

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.880
to protect our heritage is to actually

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.640
use it to make use of it and this does

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.559
that in a very sensitive and considered

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:28.000
way

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it ticks all the boxes for me um the

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.519
interface with the the residential

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:35.039
the interface of the area and garden

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:37.440
street i think it it kicks that box it

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:39.440
ticks the box in terms of open space and

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.759
connectivity it ticks ticks all the

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:45.119
boxes in terms of avoiding massing and

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.880
respect for the heritage of the area as

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:49.039
well i think it's going to going to make

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.799
chopper street an even better place to

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:52.160
go to

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.279
and i think it's going to be a great

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:55.680
success and i just encourage

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.839
the the applicant to get on with it and

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.279
build it this time but let's get it

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:01.039
happening as quickly as possible because

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.720
it couldn't come at a better time and

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:04.720
this will really help enliven chapel

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:07.039
street continue to make chapel street a

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:09.440
really unique destination and a place

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.440
people really want to go to and

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:13.519
something very different to to anything

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:16.480
else in victoria and probably australia

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.559
thank you council coast so we'll move to

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:20.880
the vote all those in favor of the

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.799
business alternative recommendation the

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.480
division has been called so we'll cast

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.799
the vote twice all those in favor please

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:28.079
raise your hand

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.680
and all those gifts

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.839
and now we'll cast it again for the for

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:35.119
the division division all those in favor

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.720
councillor healey council battagal

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.559
councillor lou council coast council

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:40.079
morgan councillor thesaurus all those

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:43.200
against council scott that is carriage

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.720
thank you councillors we'll move to

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:46.720
ireland 8.2

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.119
the draft domestic animal management

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.759
plan

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.319
2022-25

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.880
so councillors we are looking to put

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.559
this out for a second round of

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:59.279
consultation can i please

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:02.240
see the mover for that

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.799
thank you carol forgotten second up

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.519
councillor healey thank you comfortable

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:09.039
thank you mayor

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.839
so

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.359
just looking at the paper

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:13.839
under the domestic animals act

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.119
victorian councils are required to

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.119
produce an animal management plan every

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.440
four years and we're at that time now in

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.960
summary it really provides a plan for

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.640
the delivery of councils and animal

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.799
management services so that we can do

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:26.400
things like promote responsible pet

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.160
ownership minimise nuisance in the

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.640
community from pets address euthanasia

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.640
rates plan for the care of pets in times

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:35.519
of disaster and emergency and so on

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.000
it doesn't come as a surprise to me that

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.119
over two

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.640
almost two and a half thousand

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.480
respondents completed the survey which

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:45.279
is extraordinary but what this tells us

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.759
is how much residents care about their

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.839
animals and how much they want to see us

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:52.559
get this right pets really do matter and

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.319
if i just look at some of the statistics

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.279
here

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:57.359
99 of responses say pets are an

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.599
important part of my family and i'm six

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.119
percent say it's important to have a pet

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.519
in my life 93 say pets give me great

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.599
comfort in times of need now we've all

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:07.839
needed that in recent years so the

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.920
majority of councillors do have at least

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.000
one pet so i know that many of us have a

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.759
shared passion as well for responsible

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:16.079
pet ownership and the welfare of our

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:18.880
canine and our feline companions

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.880
so i actually just wanted to thank the

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.319
almost two and a half thousand people

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:24.480
who responded to the survey and know

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.400
that your comments and your feedback is

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:28.400
what actually helped develop this draft

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:30.559
it's helped us understand the issues and

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.480
the priorities they've been used to

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.559
inform our plans to go forward and

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.319
respond to the rise in pet ownership

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.599
that we've seen

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.480
since

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.720
the restrictions came into our community

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.720
i invite you now as we put this back out

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.400
for a final round of consultation to

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:46.000
review it knowing that there's still

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.920
some formatting change there's still a

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.799
few changes it is it is in draft format

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:53.119
but to make sure that this actually does

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:55.920
validate and represent your views

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:58.160
and we're focusing areas in we're

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.519
focusing our efforts in the right areas

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.960
because really what this is telling us

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.319
is in the next three years here's the

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.920
actions that we're really going to focus

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.079
on so i look forward to hearing back

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.759
from the community seeing what comes

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:10.000
back to council for endorsement um to

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:12.000
ensure that we we respond in a really

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.160
responsible way to this increase in pet

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.160
ownership and we understand the issues

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.680
and the opportunities that come with

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.119
that

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:22.160
thank you councillor council healey

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:25.200
um thank you so

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.440
i thought a really interesting document

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.480
um

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.720
and it's a long one so i know that when

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.160
it goes out to consultation people

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.200
aren't always going to be wanting to

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:35.119
read it but i think it was interesting

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.880
in that there were a few things that

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:39.200
gave me tips as far as what you can do

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.720
as a resident so

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.960
things like not feeding stray cats and

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.640
if you do have a stray

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.400
properly adopted and de-sex it or

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:48.079
surrender to the crown

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.200
um

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.799
remembering that very few cats have

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:53.279
actually been euthanized that's what i

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.480
wanted

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:56.720
for health or temperament uh reasons in

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.160
the last four years so it really is

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.000
better to hand your cat back over to the

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:01.920
the strikeout to the pound

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:04.000
um to please make sure that you get your

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.839
dog training so the animal is always

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.759
under effective control even when off

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:09.759
leash and you don't have that level of

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:11.680
control really a dog shouldn't be off

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.640
leash

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.799
i also found out and i'm going to spread

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.480
this because i think shocking

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.039
well i think everyone would know that um

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.160
dog

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.559
poo causes a lot of community distress

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:24.240
and research indicates that forty to

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:26.160
sixty percent of dog owners do not pick

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:28.240
up their after their dog all the time

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.960
and nine percent never pick it up can

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.960
you believe it nearly one in ten people

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.720
don't actually ever pick up after their

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:38.799
dog so fascinating draft um

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.680
policy here um and also that we have

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:44.160
about i think 10 000 registered dogs in

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.720
stonington but there are about 20 000

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.720
unregistered dogs in stillington so

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:50.960
please get your dog registered

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.119
but again i welcome this to go to the

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.200
community for feedback it's a compelling

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:57.200
read um i thought so anyway thank you

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.960
thank you councillor nearly on that off

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.480
your discussion are there any questions

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.920
or other comments to make on this

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:05.519
excel as there have been no speakers

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:07.119
council but i've moved straight to the

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:09.199
vote if that's okay yes i just wanted to

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.960
add that we have pets in the park coming

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:14.559
up we do on the 20th of march great and

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:17.440
it's the 20 year anniversary of that so

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.960
great thank you for that we'll go ahead

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.880
and vote all those in favor

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.480
that's carrick unanimously thank you

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.599
councillors

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:26.320
item 8.3 we've got the draft walking

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.400
action plan so i note that we do have an

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.480
alternative recommendation by council

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.400
coast but first i'll put the officer

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.079
recommendation is there a movement for

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.320
that

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.920
that lapses

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:40.079
or you're moving it counselor scott

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.320
oh no i'll wait until it's good are you

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:44.480
sure okay you can move my alternate do

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.480
you want no you can use that okay the

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:49.119
counselor of your movie your alternative

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.320
can you please

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:52.559
state what it is so it's it's exactly

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:54.000
the same as the officer's report but

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.280
i've got a

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.679
note 5 which says note that officers

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.039
will pursue with the department of

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.719
transport options for pedestrian

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.199
crossing on turret road adjacent to

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.960
robert menzies reserve in line with the

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:08.400
requirements of the walking action plan

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:10.400
is there a seconder for that council

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.960
morgan thank you councillor coast

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:15.599
so look in terms of the um the alternate

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:17.599
i put that note 5 in there because there

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.960
have been petitions received by

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.320
residents living in kooyong and maldon

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.079
wanting improved pedestrian access to

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.920
menzies reserve

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.519
there are some qriket nets there it's a

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:30.320
great dog park as well and um turret

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.920
road can be challenging to cross there

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.599
are two pedestrian lights there's one at

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:35.280
the very bottom of turret road where the

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.280
train line runs and there's one at the

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:39.840
top of two rack road uh with length free

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:41.119
road ears

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:42.880
the issue is it's quite on quite a steep

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.559
hill and um

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.800
to be honest the pedestrian crossing at

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.880
the rail line isn't quite that safe i've

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.800
seen cars go through the red lights so

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:52.880
it can be quite distracting so look the

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.480
residents have for a long time wanted a

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:56.320
pedestrian crossing there

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:58.400
it would also help break up traffic as

00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.639
well um it's a bit of an island in kyoto

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.559
it can be difficult to enter and exit

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:04.880
particularly exit from onto turak road

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.400
and the pedestrian lights would help

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:08.480
break up traffic which zooms up and down

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:11.599
the hill and is very busy with people

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:13.440
entering the freeway exiting the freeway

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.519
and using to operate as a rat run to

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.039
also avoid the tolls on the freeway so

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.400
looking to pursue that we'll need

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.920
support from vic rhodes if it's to

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:24.320
happen and hopefully we can get that

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:26.400
in terms of the walking action plan

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.800
walking is the most popular activity in

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.920
the city of stonington running in

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.719
victoria more people walk for exercise

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.880
than just about anything else they walk

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.039
to go to the shops um you know they walk

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.880
to to walk their dog you know for

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.239
responsible pet ownership we just

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:41.679
discussed earlier

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.559
um it's a great social activity and and

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:46.960
very popular there's a d this is a very

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.880
detailed strategy a really well thought

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.719
out strategy prepared by officers in

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:52.880
consultation with the community and it

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.679
sets out how we can improve um

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.960
pedestrianization in our city which is

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.719
something we want to do and i think the

00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:01.760
return is about 13 for every one dollar

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:04.400
invested in in walking so it's a really

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.400
good return on investment and something

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.400
we should be putting more money into and

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.159
it helps our keep helps keep our

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:12.800
community fit and healthy as well

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.719
excellent thank you morgan would you

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:17.599
like to speak um yeah thank you um i'd

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:20.079
really like to support um

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:22.800
this strategy overall and also uh

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:25.199
council coasters um alternative

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:26.960
recommendations particularly because of

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:29.519
the need for um safe and pedestrian

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.199
access around

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:32.000
um

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.320
two rack road and um around the sort of

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:36.320
border between

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:39.280
and that part of melbourne now is is now

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:42.079
part of east ward and had previously

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.320
been in norway but i'm aware that people

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:46.880
are very concerned about safety issues

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.000
there

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:51.599
and for pedestrians um and other safety

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.800
issues in general as well um

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.400
in that sort of whole

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:58.079
corner it can get very busy and

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.199
congested

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.159
um

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:02.800
i also wanted to note that that one of

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.880
the most uh important aspects of this

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.119
walking uh strategy is that it

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:10.079
incorporates uh plans to improve

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.719
accessibility and mobility for people

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.639
and so it's a walking strategy but it's

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:16.559
also about improving

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:18.719
uh the um

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:21.199
footpaths and our walking uh main

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.440
walking corridors for people who may

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.159
have a mobility aid or makeup mobility

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:28.239
issues or um for people who are using

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.639
things like cramps and this comes up a

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:33.199
lot we hear a lot from residents who are

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:36.239
trying to use um our footprint

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:39.840
accessibility issues and so having um

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:43.199
a strategy to prioritize where we do

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.480
this and how we do this and to

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:46.000
incorporate it as part of our overall

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.039
walking strategies and really

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:49.840
appropriate response in the longer term

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:51.760
for these issues i mean people may still

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:54.239
find really urgent issues that they

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.840
should raise with council if we're not

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.440
already aware of them so we can get

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:59.840
issues fixed but having an overview and

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.400
strategic approach to improving this

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.199
in

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:05.039
our city is really important especially

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:06.960
since we're very

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.920
physically old

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:12.320
infrastructure in many parts of our city

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.000
where we have very narrow footpaths

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:16.480
where we have um

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.000
parts of our city that go back to the

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.719
1800s so we need to have a strategic

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:22.800
approach to this issue so just urge all

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:25.360
councillors to support this

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.360
thank you okay i'll open it up council

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:30.079
co uh councillor scott thank you mayor

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:33.119
um i support this going out to

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:34.639
consultation with the community for a

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:37.119
second time the initial time it went out

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:39.039
it went out as a strategy

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.800
but it came back to council and council

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:42.320
officers have done a fantastic job in

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.239
collating feedback already from the

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.480
community and also identifying that this

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.880
is more of a plan and a strategy it does

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:51.679
sit within the integrated transport plan

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.880
and

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:55.199
it's really i'm really

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:58.079
happy to see that we've got this walking

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.760
action plan ready to go out for

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:02.159
consultation as councillor coast said

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.199
walking

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:05.519
is our priority in stonington when it

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:08.559
comes to efficient movement it's

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:11.119
at the top of the pyramid and also it's

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:13.519
the least cost has the least cost on our

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:15.840
infrastructure so it's really important

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:18.079
that we focus on making sure we have an

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:19.920
excellent walking action plan that meets

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.679
the needs of our community

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:23.119
and if i could just finish off by saying

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:24.719
that walking is an important means of

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:26.800
transport in stonington

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:28.400
it provides transport health

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:30.400
sustainability economic and social

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:33.039
benefits across the whole community

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.119
thanks thank you would any other

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:37.360
councils like to speak to this item

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.039
council lou

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.719
um thank you

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:44.079
mayor i support the support um this plan

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:46.719
going out for further consultation

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.320
i just want to make a few comments on

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:52.480
the plan i would have preferred and

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:57.920
if i have i apologize more of a focus on

00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:00.719
children's safety um what we're seeing a

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.679
lot in uh in eastward with the growth

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:05.119
that we're seeing in our city and the

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:07.360
inner city area is it's becoming more

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:09.760
and more dangerous for children to walk

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.840
to school unaccompanied and that's

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:14.239
because as the population grows in these

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.559
areas

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.840
and traffic

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:20.960
increases in streets

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:23.280
it becomes less and less safe for for

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:26.400
children to walk to school by themselves

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.159
and there becomes less of a portion of

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:30.719
the population of children who actually

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:33.119
have a safe route to school

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:35.280
we need to focus on that as a key

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:37.280
priority because there are things that

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:39.119
we can do as a community to make the

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:42.079
path to school safer but we need to stop

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:43.920
thinking about

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.480
main roads as being the only

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:48.800
area of danger for children and start

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:51.199
thinking about side streets we need to

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.880
start thinking about these streets that

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:55.519
have become effective

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:59.519
corridors where our overpopulation is

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:02.559
jammed in traffic jams on main roads

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:04.239
that used to be streets that children

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:06.639
needed to cross on their route from home

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:08.639
to school and where on those streets

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:11.280
were going to be creating safe crossings

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.880
because

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.840
as

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:16.159
prima as primary school children get

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.519
older

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:20.079
they desire to walk to school by

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:22.159
themselves but overpopulation has

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:25.119
created dangers both in respect of

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:27.440
traffic and also

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.719
just in

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.400
respect of general

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:32.079
safety and security

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.800
so

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:35.119
i hope that putting this out to the

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:36.480
community

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.440
it

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:39.519
a focus is

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.920
is put on obtaining

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:44.159
consultation from parents particularly

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:46.800
parents of primary school-aged children

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:49.280
because to think about what can be done

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:51.119
to make starting to a safe place to

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:52.960
commit to schools

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.800
thank you councillor luke any other

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:58.800
discussion counsellors or questions

00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:01.360
counselor coast would you like to sum up

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:03.039
no no

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:04.800
wonderful we'll proceed straight to the

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:07.039
vote all those in favor

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:09.519
carried nervously thank you councillors

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:12.400
we moved to item 8.4 rotary club of

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:14.800
melbourne peace poll installation can i

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.480
please get new

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:18.480
council scott and senator by counseling

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:21.039
sorry i've got a question i guess if

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.840
cancer scott's going to remove it but um

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:25.119
because i was going to suggest moving it

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:27.599
with an amendment because in the version

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:29.440
of dogs on tap it has the wrong suburb

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:31.039
at this park it's actually in glenara

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:33.760
it's not involved

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:35.760
technologies are not noticing that till

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:39.199
now good pick up so um

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:40.480
council scott do you want to move it

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.920
with that amendment

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.840
so we're just saying that the council

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:45.599
approved the installation of a rotary

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:48.800
club peace poll in peace park clonaris

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.400
great is there a second end of that

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:52.159
thank you councilman good pick up

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:54.480
councillor scott excellent pick up thank

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:57.199
you and potentially the confusion is

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:58.880
around that it's the rotary club of

00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:00.480
malvin

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:02.960
that has put this proposal to council

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:04.880
that council approved that council

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:07.679
approved the installation of a rotary

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:12.239
poll in peace park glen iris

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:14.559
as a member of rotary paran i know the

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.679
benefit

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:18.159
rotary groups have around the world and

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:19.760
the activities that they do in their

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:21.840
local community to support community

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:23.360
bring people together

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.440
and in this case

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:28.880
make a small mark on our local area in

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:31.199
terms of promoting world peace and what

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:33.840
a fantastic time to really be thinking

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:35.280
about this as we know what's happening

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.480
around the world

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.840
and so there are over two hundred

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:41.119
thousand peace polls around the globe

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:43.199
that have been installed by rotary clubs

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:45.199
to symbolize a common wish for world

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.880
peace

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.800
and our council officers have identified

00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:51.119
a suitable location for the peace poll

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:53.760
in the aptly named peace park

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:55.599
glen iris

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.800
the

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:59.760
the poll will have on it a

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:02.760
quote that says may peace prevail on

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:05.360
earth and it will be written in eight

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:07.360
different languages

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:09.519
and and as i said i think it's time that

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.960
we approve this

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.880
thank you councillor scott council

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:16.079
morgan uh yes thank you uh mayor um

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:18.159
i support this proposal uh partly

00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:20.159
because as any school counsellor i think

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:21.440
it's good to see something like this

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:23.119
which is um

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:25.360
uh a symbol of peace which i think

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.360
everyone supports but also something

00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:30.559
that is a bit of a small and very um low

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:32.960
cost it's only 260 dollars in total it

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:35.920
can be covered in existing budget um

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:38.159
a marker um

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:40.639
for peace park and that actually um

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:42.719
people in the local area might enjoy

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:44.639
seeing they might even have a few people

00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:46.239
who might go there a bit more because

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:47.599
they want to go and have a look at it

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:50.400
and it's a a very small gesture on peace

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.920
battle so um

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:55.119
peace park is is quite a um a small park

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:57.760
it's been improving over time it's on

00:45:57.840 --> 00:46:00.880
burke road and morgan road and so it

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:03.440
used to just be plain grass i

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.880
there was nothing there at all and so

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.159
we're seeing more trees we're seeing

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:07.599
some garden benches and it was quite

00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:10.000
nice to have a small attraction there

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:11.679
for the park

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:13.199
thank you i'll open it up is there any

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:14.559
other discussion

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:17.280
counselor lou um thank you mayor

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:19.280
um it's really good to see this peace

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:21.199
pile coming piece part last time we

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:23.840
discussed um peace park at this council

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:25.599
noted that it was more like peace

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:29.199
traffic island and so small

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:34.639
it is improving lots of people probably

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:36.320
wouldn't even realize that it's a park

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:38.400
but it's a council run

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:40.159
run location i think this would be

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:42.559
really good for the park to help

00:46:42.639 --> 00:46:44.559
bring awareness to its existence it's a

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:47.280
tiny little park in an area that um that

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:49.280
needs a a bench

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:51.039
and somewhere and something to look at

00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:51.840
so

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:54.079
it's a pleasure to support and i thank

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:57.039
rotary club of melvin for asking the

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:58.079
council

00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:00.320
to do this it's a terrific idea well

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:01.760
said thank you any other councillors

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:03.920
like to speak on this

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:05.920
council scott do you need to sum up

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:07.440
not really just to say that it will

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:09.679
become a tourist destination so we might

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:13.039
need to revisit the size of the park

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:15.280
that can only be a good thing absolutely

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:16.960
we'll proceed to the vote all those in

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:18.000
favor

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:19.519
carry me anonymously thank you

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.639
councillors

00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:23.440
8.5 the gardeners creek regional

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:25.440
collaboration

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:27.280
can i seek a movement for this please

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:29.440
counselors council morgan and the

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:31.599
secondary council lou thank you council

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.800
morgan

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:34.639
uh for you now i'll take the report

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:37.679
largely as read by councillors here but

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:40.239
this is a really important um

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.559
project and basically what it's doing is

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:44.559
is we're noting the work that's been

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:47.599
done by council officers um to progress

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:49.360
um regional collaboration model for

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:51.039
gardner's crew for coolio

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:52.480
catchment area

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:54.719
and um and that further report will be

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:56.800
brought to um

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:58.320
the council following forms that are

00:47:58.400 --> 00:48:00.000
going to be held

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.559
some of them may have already been held

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:04.639
and through march and

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:06.800
uh we've already adopted a master plan

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:09.199
for this area and one of the key

00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:11.920
elements of the plan is to collaborate

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:13.840
with neighbouring councils and we've

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:15.840
brought a community on this and with

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:18.480
stakeholders like melbourne water and

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:21.119
gardner's creek is a really important

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:22.559
part of

00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:24.320
my lord um

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:25.519
and

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:27.920
it's it's very valued and treasured by

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:30.480
our community it is a great place for

00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:32.400
people to be able to go and relax in

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.440
nature

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.559
and

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:35.360
there's

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.119
i hear and i'm sure other counselors

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:38.639
regularly hear people

00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:39.920
talking about

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:42.000
um issues with how it's managed and it's

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:43.920
not something that's learning to consult

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:46.400
alone uh and so we actually need to have

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.920
this collaboration to really get the

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:50.239
most out of the path to preserve

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.039
um

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:53.199
the natural environment there and

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:55.519
protect the biodiversity there but also

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:58.159
to just make it really enjoyable and

00:48:58.239 --> 00:49:00.400
a great place for our community to be

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:01.360
able to

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:02.880
use

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:06.480
it and uh you know it borders um that

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:08.320
whole corridor it's quite expensive the

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:10.320
borders before and arrow if you go up to

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:12.719
scotchmanscript there's monash as well

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:15.360
and it's just a quite significant

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:16.800
regional area

00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:18.239
so i just um

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:19.199
would

00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:20.719
urge everyone to

00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:23.360
support this proposal thank you

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:24.400
councillor

00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:27.760
um thank you mayor look i've

00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:29.840
run all over and ridden my bike all over

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:32.400
gardens creek and explored it all the

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:34.639
way in every single direction and what's

00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:37.360
quite obvious is while there's been a

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:39.679
quite good collaboration between

00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:42.960
stonington and brunda you can really

00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:46.880
notice how many different authorities um

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:48.880
are managing the area

00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:49.599
and

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:51.360
as a result

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:52.639
you can notice

00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:55.519
the distinct lack of collaboration along

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:58.239
the creek

00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:00.639
creek has great it's our northern border

00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:02.159
and and it's

00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:04.079
probably traditionally been thought of

00:50:04.159 --> 00:50:06.239
as a border at some point it's been

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:08.079
quite a great place to stick a freeway

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:09.119
over

00:50:09.199 --> 00:50:12.159
at another uh time it's been another

00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:13.519
point in the creek it's treated a bit

00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:16.320
more like a drain than a creek so um and

00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:17.360
then other

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.880
other parts along the creek it's almost

00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:21.440
like a wildlife reserve with native uh

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:22.800
native plants

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:23.679
um

00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:25.840
it's quite fun to to

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:28.159
to explore but it's clear that it's

00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:30.880
never really had a common strategy it's

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:33.440
more always more being thought of as a

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:35.039
border

00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:36.719
rather than a

00:50:36.800 --> 00:50:39.199
a destination or have a common

00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:40.480
environmental

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:41.679
strategy

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:44.159
that that runs from the yarra river all

00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:45.440
the way

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.880
up the creek

00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:48.800
this

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:51.039
makes sense for all the authorities that

00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:53.679
are managing the creek to talk to to

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:55.679
move towards perhaps moving

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:58.000
creating a common authority

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:59.840
and to make sure that any

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:02.239
plans that are done here in

00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:04.639
stonington that will impact

00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:06.760
the environment and the

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:10.800
um enjoyment of the creek up and down

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:13.119
the creek so things that we do here need

00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:15.519
to be taken uh into we need to take into

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:18.079
account the effect the flow and effect

00:51:18.159 --> 00:51:19.599
of what's happening up and down the

00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:21.760
creek and also we need to be able to

00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:24.079
have a say um with what other

00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:26.400
authorities are doing further along to

00:51:26.480 --> 00:51:28.320
the creek because that will impact how

00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:31.119
the creek will flow into stone again

00:51:31.199 --> 00:51:32.800
thank you would any other councils like

00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:35.920
to speak councillor healey thank you um

00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:38.320
so this sunday just been it was clean up

00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:40.480
australia day and i attended an event at

00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:42.239
darling gardens and along the yarra

00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:44.079
river where in just under an hour we

00:51:44.159 --> 00:51:47.119
found a microwave three hubcap six a six

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:49.119
foot copper pipe a couch a chair and

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:51.360
dozens and dozens of bottles of wine

00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:53.599
which were empty um

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:55.440
but i found the yarra trail to be quite

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:57.840
clean in comparison to other cleanup

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:59.440
groups that i visited during the day at

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:01.840
gardner's creek who are finding tons and

00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:04.960
tons of traffic rubbish one man i talked

00:52:05.039 --> 00:52:07.519
to had personally pulled out over 30

00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:09.280
shopping trolleys from the creek over

00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:11.119
the last couple of years he'd have to

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:12.960
use winches and all that sort of thing i

00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:14.639
said it could be trolleyman or something

00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:15.679
i don't know

00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:18.719
um and another local had just completed

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:20.800
a project where she spent 30 minutes

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:23.280
over 30 days collecting rubbish from

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:25.679
near her home and she only managed to

00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:28.719
make it 200 meters from her back fence

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:30.880
i've also heard stories of pesticides

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:33.119
being used very close to the creek and

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:36.079
near a nest of 20 frog mouths

00:52:36.159 --> 00:52:37.599
they told me about islands of

00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:39.920
polystyrene in the creek and they told

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:41.679
me of one tree that they could look at

00:52:41.760 --> 00:52:44.719
that had nine masks in it

00:52:44.800 --> 00:52:46.960
all of this indicated to me that

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.760
is

00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:49.440
not yet thriving

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:52.079
but it is passionately loved by locals

00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:54.159
the officers report also points out that

00:52:54.239 --> 00:52:57.199
it represents 45 of all open space in

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:59.280
stonington so it's vitally important

00:52:59.360 --> 00:53:01.519
that we work with other councils and

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:03.599
melbourne water to heal

00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:05.599
strengthen and ensure the resilience of

00:53:05.679 --> 00:53:07.679
kuyon ku and it's captured

00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:09.039
thank you

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:11.199
another speaker councillor scott thank

00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:12.639
you

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:14.880
just briefly um

00:53:14.960 --> 00:53:16.719
i completely support this initiative i

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:19.519
think it's fantastic that uh many groups

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:21.199
or stakeholders are coming together to

00:53:21.280 --> 00:53:23.679
look at ways that we can heal and

00:53:23.760 --> 00:53:26.079
strengthen the kuyon ku

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:28.079
and i'm especially encouraged that

00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:29.280
traditional owners are going to be

00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:31.199
included and it

00:53:31.280 --> 00:53:33.039
pretty much makes sense as councillor

00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:34.960
saying it's something that we probably

00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:37.199
needed to consider many many years ago

00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:40.559
and to see the area not just as a border

00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:42.719
i think it's also great that it uh will

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:44.719
align us with the yarra river strategy

00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:46.320
as well that was released a couple of

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:47.360
weeks ago

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:49.760
and we'll just continue to strengthen

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:52.079
the work that happens in that area

00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:53.039
thank you

00:53:53.119 --> 00:53:55.360
next week is council of course i just

00:53:55.440 --> 00:53:57.519
wanted to add you know we've got a proud

00:53:57.599 --> 00:54:00.320
history of stonington of um regenerating

00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:02.320
and revitalizing and improving our

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:04.400
waterways we did it with the yara river

00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:07.119
it was the rabbit the river

00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:09.360
was at the yarra river biodiversity

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:11.599
project i always want to say bias here

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:13.679
but it's not it's biodiversity project

00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:16.239
we spent about 10 plus million dollars

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:18.480
over about eight years doing that

00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:19.519
project

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:21.199
it's held up by melbourne water and

00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:23.519
other state authorities as being an

00:54:23.599 --> 00:54:25.840
exemplar project we've got artificial

00:54:25.920 --> 00:54:28.000
wetlands that were built

00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:30.480
we had native tree plantings we also had

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:32.719
understory plantings as well

00:54:32.800 --> 00:54:35.280
massive revegetation in some really

00:54:35.360 --> 00:54:37.280
challenging areas with steep embankments

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:39.519
all done successfully

00:54:39.599 --> 00:54:41.360
and we improved the bike and pedestrian

00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:43.199
trails as well to make it far more

00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:44.719
accessible and

00:54:44.800 --> 00:54:46.480
it's become an area that's absolutely

00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:48.480
loved by the residents in south yarram

00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:51.039
turak they love to use it and it's also

00:54:51.119 --> 00:54:52.719
a key commuter corridor as well for

00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:54.159
people wanting to ride their bike and

00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:55.840
get into the city and that takes

00:54:55.920 --> 00:54:58.000
pressure off that road networks you can

00:54:58.079 --> 00:55:00.239
see the bird life coming back it's it's

00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:02.800
just amazing in an urban setting like

00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:04.760
that it's one of our best

00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:07.280
environmental natural kind of corridors

00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:08.559
and i can just see the same thing

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:10.800
happening with gardner's creek it's even

00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:12.320
bigger there's a lot more potential it's

00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:14.880
going to cost a lot more money and that

00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:16.159
could be the biggest challenge is

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:18.400
getting other levels of government to to

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:20.239
open their wallets we can't do it all on

00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:22.320
our own it's got to be stonington

00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:24.639
burandara melbourne water state

00:55:24.719 --> 00:55:26.559
government agencies and so forth all

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:28.800
working together in tandem but i think

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:30.559
it's it's an amazing vision it's an

00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:32.800
amazing starting point i can just see

00:55:32.880 --> 00:55:34.320
such incredible potential there that

00:55:34.400 --> 00:55:36.239
this could become one of our our most

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:38.800
beautiful victorian sort of parkland

00:55:38.880 --> 00:55:40.800
areas as council lou touched on earlier

00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:42.880
connecting into the yarra river and and

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:45.679
so forth so forth so there's a lot of

00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.280
potential i just hope that it achieves

00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:49.199
its full potential

00:55:49.280 --> 00:55:51.679
thank you councillor coast as a eastward

00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.840
councillor i will just briefly say that

00:55:53.920 --> 00:55:55.519
um it's really good to see the passion

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:57.199
around the room about

00:55:57.280 --> 00:55:58.639
i think it's been a bit of an

00:55:58.719 --> 00:56:01.039
undervalued asset in our community there

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:02.960
are a lot of people that don't even know

00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:06.239
its existence have never walked there or

00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:08.639
never even been there um so hopefully

00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:10.400
we're bringing awareness even just by

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:13.199
talking about it certainly um throughout

00:56:13.280 --> 00:56:15.039
the pandemic i've been made aware that

00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:17.360
it is being used much more by walkers

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:19.280
and cyclists and particularly families

00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:21.679
so i think that's fantastic however it

00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:23.599
has meant that i've heard about

00:56:23.679 --> 00:56:25.280
parts of the footpaths that aren't being

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:27.039
maintained and it turns out they're not

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:29.119
necessarily the paths in stonington and

00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:30.880
it's very hard to communicate that to

00:56:30.960 --> 00:56:33.280
our community that we can't fix certain

00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:35.280
parts because it's not actually our land

00:56:35.360 --> 00:56:36.639
you've got to go to a different council

00:56:36.719 --> 00:56:38.719
or a different place and i don't blame

00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:40.559
people for thinking that's just

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:42.000
ridiculous

00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:43.679
so hopefully this is a way of bringing

00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:45.440
it all together as council we've said

00:56:45.519 --> 00:56:47.360
and instead of dealing with it in a

00:56:47.440 --> 00:56:49.599
piecemeal sort of way we've got this

00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:51.440
wonderful strategy that we adopted i

00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:53.280
believe last year and hopefully we can

00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:55.679
bring it to life by working with various

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:57.519
local governments that

00:56:57.599 --> 00:56:58.800
are joining

00:56:58.880 --> 00:57:01.199
as well for as well as the relevant um

00:57:01.280 --> 00:57:02.559
water authorities and of course the

00:57:02.639 --> 00:57:04.480
state government and we know that there

00:57:04.559 --> 00:57:06.239
are other projects of a similar nature

00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:08.079
that have been successful in receiving

00:57:08.159 --> 00:57:09.679
millions of dollars in funding so i

00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:11.039
don't see why this should be any

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:13.280
different and strongly encourage

00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:15.199
councils including my nation white horse

00:57:15.280 --> 00:57:17.280
and burundara to really get on board and

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:20.000
continue working really closely with us

00:57:20.079 --> 00:57:22.239
so council morgan did you have to sum up

00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:23.760
um just briefly there i think we've

00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:25.039
heard all the

00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:27.199
reasons why this is important but most

00:57:27.280 --> 00:57:28.400
importantly

00:57:28.480 --> 00:57:29.679
when everybody is raised is the

00:57:29.760 --> 00:57:31.840
importance for collaboration

00:57:31.920 --> 00:57:32.719
so

00:57:32.800 --> 00:57:34.320
uh this

00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:37.119
um corridor the korean people corridor

00:57:37.199 --> 00:57:38.760
is incredibly important to our whole

00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:41.599
community it's it's even probably even

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:43.519
more important to people in eastward in

00:57:43.599 --> 00:57:44.639
particular

00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:47.039
but it's actually the collaboration we

00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:49.840
need to be able to solve this and

00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:52.320
we've heard examples of pollution that's

00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:53.440
occurring

00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:56.000
and i know since we've had socks over

00:57:56.079 --> 00:57:57.519
our um

00:57:57.599 --> 00:57:58.400
uh

00:57:58.480 --> 00:58:00.239
um

00:58:00.320 --> 00:58:01.360
but for

00:58:01.440 --> 00:58:02.639
uh

00:58:02.719 --> 00:58:06.159
um drains on our streets and um in our

00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:07.840
footpaths and all that that might run

00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:09.920
into there just to collect

00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:10.719
um

00:58:10.800 --> 00:58:12.400
decorate but if that's not happening in

00:58:12.480 --> 00:58:14.880
other council areas or upstream

00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:17.679
then then it it doesn't really solve the

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:20.559
problem and so it's not just that uh

00:58:20.639 --> 00:58:22.320
we've got a complex situation it's

00:58:22.400 --> 00:58:25.599
literally we can't fix this by ourselves

00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:28.400
we do need to collaborate with

00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:30.480
all of the groups different councils and

00:58:30.559 --> 00:58:32.320
different authorities different uh

00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:36.079
community stakeholders uh with um uh

00:58:36.159 --> 00:58:37.920
traditional owners as well all these

00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:40.239
groups we do need to come together and

00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:43.199
we do uh uh need resourcing and funding

00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:45.280
to be able to make this a really

00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:47.039
wonderful uh

00:58:47.119 --> 00:58:48.960
green open space where we're able to

00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:50.880
protect our environment and really all

00:58:50.960 --> 00:58:52.559
enjoy it as a community and i've loved

00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:55.519
that in 20 30 years time there are more

00:58:55.599 --> 00:58:57.599
children like councillor was who are

00:58:57.679 --> 00:58:59.440
cycling down there exploring it

00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:01.119
extensively i know i did a bit of that

00:59:01.199 --> 00:59:02.159
when i was

00:59:02.239 --> 00:59:05.360
a child as well and i'm sure many people

00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:07.440
here have or know people who have and it

00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:09.519
would be great for that to be happening

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:10.400
again

00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:12.880
uh for decades to come

00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:14.559
thank you councillors we'll proceed to

00:59:14.639 --> 00:59:15.679
the votes

00:59:15.760 --> 00:59:17.519
all those in favor

00:59:17.599 --> 00:59:19.519
carry unanimously fantastic so we'll

00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:23.519
move to item 8.6 the fy 22 quarter 2

00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:26.480
december 21 council financial report i

00:59:26.559 --> 00:59:27.920
note that we have an alternative

00:59:28.000 --> 00:59:30.239
recommendation before us by council

00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:32.400
coast however i'll first put the officer

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:33.920
recommendation

00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:36.320
to the council is there a mover for the

00:59:36.400 --> 00:59:39.199
officer recommendation

00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:41.280
that lapses so counselor chris would you

00:59:41.360 --> 00:59:43.519
like to move your alternative i would

00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:45.519
want me to read up the chain yes thank

00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:48.320
you so there's a 0.5 which notes the

00:59:48.400 --> 00:59:50.239
future quarter financial reports will

00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:51.440
incorporate

00:59:51.519 --> 00:59:53.599
a reconciliation council's forecast

00:59:53.679 --> 00:59:56.079
drawdown of the future fund reserve as

00:59:56.159 --> 00:59:58.000
outlining council's approved financial

00:59:58.079 --> 00:59:59.840
plan and paid that schedule over the

00:59:59.920 --> 01:00:01.360
next 10 years

01:00:01.440 --> 01:00:03.599
six note that future quarter financial

01:00:03.679 --> 01:00:05.199
reports will incorporate a

01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:07.119
reconciliation council's forecast

01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:08.800
borrowing schedule as outlined in

01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:11.119
council's approved financial plan and

01:00:11.199 --> 01:00:13.599
payback schedule over the next 10 years

01:00:13.679 --> 01:00:16.079
and seven note that officers

01:00:16.159 --> 01:00:18.480
finance report will incorporate any key

01:00:18.559 --> 01:00:20.639
issues with council's funding capacity

01:00:20.719 --> 01:00:22.239
as well as changes to the forecast

01:00:22.320 --> 01:00:24.159
payback schedule during the year thank

01:00:24.239 --> 01:00:28.760
you council coast i'll see secondary

01:00:29.960 --> 01:00:32.239
[Music]

01:00:32.320 --> 01:00:34.559
so thanks man so the reason i've asked

01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:36.960
for that note five six and seven and i

01:00:37.039 --> 01:00:38.880
discussed it with with officers over the

01:00:38.960 --> 01:00:40.320
course of the week

01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:42.800
is that um

01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:45.119
it's a 10-year sort of schedule which is

01:00:45.199 --> 01:00:46.960
it's going to outlast the life of this

01:00:47.039 --> 01:00:48.960
council it'll be another council

01:00:49.039 --> 01:00:50.800
this simply improves oversight and

01:00:50.880 --> 01:00:53.280
reporting uh back to council over that

01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:56.079
10-year period it is purely an oversight

01:00:56.159 --> 01:00:56.960
matter

01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:59.280
and it ensures that that future fund

01:00:59.360 --> 01:01:02.079
will be repaid and set out and um and

01:01:02.159 --> 01:01:03.679
it's done transparently that there's

01:01:03.760 --> 01:01:06.000
accountability and so forth but look

01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:08.800
more broadly in terms of the

01:01:08.880 --> 01:01:11.199
quarter financial year report

01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:13.840
um it has been a challenging time for

01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:15.760
council we've been impacted by covert

01:01:15.840 --> 01:01:17.920
just like everyone else we're no

01:01:18.000 --> 01:01:18.960
different

01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:21.039
and it's important that council run

01:01:21.119 --> 01:01:23.760
surpluses and surpluses are not profit

01:01:23.840 --> 01:01:25.440
there's a big difference there surpluses

01:01:25.519 --> 01:01:26.960
are actually what we use to fund our

01:01:27.039 --> 01:01:29.360
capital work so we have an operating

01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:31.119
budget and what's on top of the

01:01:31.199 --> 01:01:33.519
operating expenditure becomes surplus

01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:35.920
and the surplus is used to improve our

01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:39.920
roads footpaths sporting infrastructure

01:01:40.000 --> 01:01:41.840
firstly trevor redevelopment is done out

01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:43.440
of the capital it's done out of that

01:01:43.519 --> 01:01:46.239
surplus and to repay borrowings that we

01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:48.880
might undertake to pay for that to pay

01:01:48.960 --> 01:01:50.800
for those um capital improvements as

01:01:50.880 --> 01:01:51.599
well

01:01:51.679 --> 01:01:53.760
so look it's a um

01:01:53.840 --> 01:01:55.400
it's a

01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:58.480
27.38 million dollar full year surplus

01:01:58.559 --> 01:02:00.480
that includes the open space letter that

01:02:00.559 --> 01:02:02.559
can't be just spent on everything that's

01:02:02.639 --> 01:02:03.760
the

01:02:03.840 --> 01:02:05.360
that's the

01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:06.960
projected

01:02:07.039 --> 01:02:09.199
surplus for the year ending 31 december

01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:11.760
2021

01:02:11.840 --> 01:02:13.679
and you've got a budget which was

01:02:13.760 --> 01:02:15.599
actually 34.11

01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:18.320
so the report points out that it's an

01:02:18.400 --> 01:02:20.159
unfavorable

01:02:20.239 --> 01:02:23.360
variance of about 6.67 million dollars

01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:27.519
and all that's outlined in the report

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:32.960
we have benefited from capital grants

01:02:33.679 --> 01:02:35.519
but you know you'll see from the uh the

01:02:35.599 --> 01:02:38.239
officer's report from page 84 onwards

01:02:38.320 --> 01:02:40.159
where we've itemized key operating

01:02:40.239 --> 01:02:41.280
income

01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:43.760
um and then we've also got

01:02:43.840 --> 01:02:45.920
the operating expenditure you'll see

01:02:46.000 --> 01:02:47.599
that there are a lot of unfavorables

01:02:47.679 --> 01:02:48.400
there

01:02:48.480 --> 01:02:49.920
in particular you know a lot of our

01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:51.519
facilities have not been running to

01:02:51.599 --> 01:02:53.360
capacity as they would have before so

01:02:53.440 --> 01:02:55.119
that means less revenue

01:02:55.199 --> 01:02:56.719
there's also less

01:02:56.800 --> 01:02:58.639
less expenditure in some areas but it

01:02:58.719 --> 01:03:01.039
doesn't all even out

01:03:01.119 --> 01:03:03.440
so it's been a very challenging time for

01:03:03.519 --> 01:03:05.920
council but we're lucky we started coded

01:03:06.000 --> 01:03:07.599
in a strong prudential financial

01:03:07.679 --> 01:03:08.719
position

01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:10.880
and the budget has always been very well

01:03:10.960 --> 01:03:13.840
managed in our city and so we're in a

01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:16.400
strong position particularly relative to

01:03:16.480 --> 01:03:19.119
the rest of the local government sector

01:03:19.199 --> 01:03:22.239
we also maintain the lowest

01:03:22.320 --> 01:03:24.960
if not among the lowest rates in in

01:03:25.039 --> 01:03:27.280
victoria as well that's for commercial

01:03:27.360 --> 01:03:28.880
and residential so

01:03:28.960 --> 01:03:31.280
we're amongst if not the lowest rated

01:03:31.360 --> 01:03:33.920
council in victoria uh we're still

01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:35.920
generating surpluses not as big as we

01:03:36.000 --> 01:03:37.599
projected but we're still generating

01:03:37.679 --> 01:03:38.800
surfaces

01:03:38.880 --> 01:03:41.199
and um and we're adapting and monitoring

01:03:41.280 --> 01:03:43.039
the situation very closely and

01:03:43.119 --> 01:03:45.039
supporting our local community thank you

01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:47.440
council coast um

01:03:47.519 --> 01:03:49.119
would you like to speak thank you mayor

01:03:49.199 --> 01:03:51.519
not too much to add um other than if

01:03:51.599 --> 01:03:53.280
anyone reads this and gets confused with

01:03:53.360 --> 01:03:54.960
favorable and unfavorable and things

01:03:55.039 --> 01:03:56.400
like that don't worry you're not alone

01:03:56.480 --> 01:03:59.199
because so do i but basically it's it's

01:03:59.280 --> 01:04:01.519
looking at how we're comparing to budget

01:04:01.599 --> 01:04:03.840
but if anybody has been going through a

01:04:03.920 --> 01:04:05.760
budget cycle over the past two years you

01:04:05.840 --> 01:04:07.440
will know that it's it's been an

01:04:07.519 --> 01:04:09.440
incredibly challenging time to be able

01:04:09.519 --> 01:04:11.039
to budget there are so many assumptions

01:04:11.119 --> 01:04:12.239
underlying about how long we're going to

01:04:12.320 --> 01:04:13.760
be open for how long they're going to be

01:04:13.840 --> 01:04:16.159
closed for there's been changes to labor

01:04:16.239 --> 01:04:18.719
there's been changes to capital costs uh

01:04:18.800 --> 01:04:20.559
all sorts of uh

01:04:20.639 --> 01:04:23.119
impacts that that we've felt

01:04:23.199 --> 01:04:25.599
in our houses but also as a council in

01:04:25.679 --> 01:04:27.920
really just managing costs so the fact

01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:29.119
that we're

01:04:29.199 --> 01:04:30.880
unfavorable is actually not a bad thing

01:04:30.960 --> 01:04:32.719
because we are still running a surplus

01:04:32.800 --> 01:04:34.400
it's just unfavorable perhaps to what we

01:04:34.480 --> 01:04:36.000
had budgeted and the assumptions that we

01:04:36.079 --> 01:04:38.960
were looking at initially so hats off to

01:04:39.039 --> 01:04:40.800
the team for really

01:04:40.880 --> 01:04:42.480
managing the ship and keeping the ship

01:04:42.559 --> 01:04:44.480
on course because it's a hardship to

01:04:44.559 --> 01:04:46.000
keep and that's a big ship to keep on

01:04:46.079 --> 01:04:47.280
course too

01:04:47.360 --> 01:04:49.519
over this period but i also just wanted

01:04:49.599 --> 01:04:50.639
to point out

01:04:50.719 --> 01:04:52.719
that number four on the officer

01:04:52.800 --> 01:04:54.639
recommendation is really important which

01:04:54.719 --> 01:04:57.119
is that council expects to continue to

01:04:57.199 --> 01:04:59.199
meet the vargo financial sustainability

01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:00.960
overall low risk indicators in the

01:05:01.039 --> 01:05:02.400
medium to long term and that's really

01:05:02.480 --> 01:05:04.320
important because it actually means that

01:05:04.400 --> 01:05:05.599
that we're looking at it not just for

01:05:05.679 --> 01:05:07.599
the now but also into the future and how

01:05:07.679 --> 01:05:09.280
we're going to be tracking against those

01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:11.360
indicators so

01:05:11.440 --> 01:05:13.039
thank you to team

01:05:13.119 --> 01:05:16.719
questions or comments counsellors

01:05:16.800 --> 01:05:18.480
all right councillor chris no need to

01:05:18.559 --> 01:05:19.920
sum up

01:05:20.000 --> 01:05:22.639
no i think it's it's um everything's

01:05:22.719 --> 01:05:24.559
been said i just say i'd echo what

01:05:24.639 --> 01:05:26.559
counselor battagol said if you see that

01:05:26.639 --> 01:05:29.360
um vague financial sustainability shift

01:05:29.440 --> 01:05:32.079
from overall risk low to to higher

01:05:32.159 --> 01:05:33.760
that's when you get worried and it shows

01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:36.079
you know how professional our officers

01:05:36.159 --> 01:05:37.039
are that

01:05:37.119 --> 01:05:39.039
they've been managed managed to steer

01:05:39.119 --> 01:05:40.320
the city of stonington through this

01:05:40.400 --> 01:05:42.800
unprecedented two years

01:05:42.880 --> 01:05:44.480
where we've been impacted you know

01:05:44.559 --> 01:05:46.239
across a number of different areas and

01:05:46.320 --> 01:05:48.760
managed staffing resources as well

01:05:48.840 --> 01:05:51.440
um and and help support our community at

01:05:51.519 --> 01:05:52.559
the same time so it's been an

01:05:52.639 --> 01:05:54.480
extraordinary effort all right thank you

01:05:54.559 --> 01:05:55.920
we'll proceed to the vote all those in

01:05:56.000 --> 01:05:57.679
favor

01:05:57.760 --> 01:05:59.360
carried unanimously thank you

01:05:59.440 --> 01:06:03.280
councillors 8.7 is the ceo quarterly

01:06:03.360 --> 01:06:06.159
update for q2

01:06:06.239 --> 01:06:08.480
so councillors

01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:10.239
we've got a recommendation to approve it

01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:11.840
for public beliefs

01:06:11.920 --> 01:06:14.480
um is there a mover for that thank you

01:06:14.559 --> 01:06:18.320
council valuable and the secondary

01:06:18.400 --> 01:06:19.760
thank you council morgan councillor

01:06:19.840 --> 01:06:20.800
baraboo

01:06:20.880 --> 01:06:22.800
thank you mayor i'm really excited about

01:06:22.880 --> 01:06:25.679
this um in october 21 we approve the

01:06:25.760 --> 01:06:27.760
council plan for the next four years and

01:06:27.840 --> 01:06:29.760
with that we approve the annual plan for

01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:31.119
one year and we'll continue to be

01:06:31.199 --> 01:06:32.639
looking at annualised plans but what

01:06:32.719 --> 01:06:34.880
this does is i think traditionally we've

01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:37.840
had a an end-of-year report back on how

01:06:37.920 --> 01:06:39.280
we're going against the annual plan this

01:06:39.360 --> 01:06:40.960
actually breaks down by quarter and i

01:06:41.039 --> 01:06:42.800
know it's a lot of work

01:06:42.880 --> 01:06:45.199
but i know you're also doing that within

01:06:45.280 --> 01:06:46.880
within your team what this is actually

01:06:46.960 --> 01:06:48.239
doing is sharing the work that you're

01:06:48.320 --> 01:06:49.679
doing how you're tracking it within the

01:06:49.760 --> 01:06:51.760
team both within council but also with

01:06:51.840 --> 01:06:55.039
the community and it really shows that

01:06:55.119 --> 01:06:56.880
we are

01:06:56.960 --> 01:06:58.639
doing some best practice where we're

01:06:58.719 --> 01:07:00.400
actually monitoring this on a quarterly

01:07:00.480 --> 01:07:01.920
basis it provides a comprehensive

01:07:02.000 --> 01:07:04.000
summary performance over the past

01:07:04.079 --> 01:07:06.079
past quarter shows how we're progressing

01:07:06.159 --> 01:07:08.000
against the annual plan and i think it

01:07:08.079 --> 01:07:10.159
just shows an incredible maturity uplift

01:07:10.239 --> 01:07:12.159
from this the short time i've been on

01:07:12.239 --> 01:07:14.079
council we're not only saying what we're

01:07:14.159 --> 01:07:16.239
going to do but actually doing it and

01:07:16.320 --> 01:07:17.840
reporting against it and being really

01:07:17.920 --> 01:07:19.760
honest when we're falling behind and i

01:07:19.840 --> 01:07:21.360
think that's really important too

01:07:21.440 --> 01:07:22.480
because sometimes you actually can't

01:07:22.559 --> 01:07:24.400
deliver on an entire annual plan and

01:07:24.480 --> 01:07:25.599
that's okay

01:07:25.679 --> 01:07:28.800
as long as you are making that known up

01:07:28.880 --> 01:07:30.639
front and there's no surprises that come

01:07:30.719 --> 01:07:32.159
at the end of the year

01:07:32.239 --> 01:07:33.199
so

01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:34.880
it gives us an opportunity to really

01:07:34.960 --> 01:07:36.800
keep track of it and i just wanted to

01:07:36.880 --> 01:07:38.000
highlight a few achievements that have

01:07:38.079 --> 01:07:39.360
come out of this six months into the

01:07:39.440 --> 01:07:41.920
plan 73 of actions are on track and only

01:07:42.000 --> 01:07:44.639
3 are off track which is remarkable

01:07:44.719 --> 01:07:46.320
despite restrictions during the period

01:07:46.400 --> 01:07:48.159
we've been able to enjoy a number of

01:07:48.239 --> 01:07:49.920
events across the municipality which i

01:07:50.000 --> 01:07:51.760
know is no small feat

01:07:51.840 --> 01:07:53.599
we've had lots of events planned and

01:07:53.679 --> 01:07:55.039
cancelled so but we've actually managed

01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:56.880
to do some as well which is fantastic

01:07:56.960 --> 01:07:58.400
we've made great progress towards

01:07:58.480 --> 01:07:59.920
inclusive and healthy community

01:08:00.000 --> 01:08:01.679
including actions towards zero carbon

01:08:01.760 --> 01:08:04.800
2030 and and addressing inclusion uh

01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:06.639
we've completed works at hobson street

01:08:06.719 --> 01:08:08.320
princess gardens cements a robert

01:08:08.400 --> 01:08:10.559
menzies reserve and we've also construct

01:08:10.639 --> 01:08:12.159
started construction and redevelopment

01:08:12.239 --> 01:08:13.360
across a number of our sporting

01:08:13.440 --> 01:08:15.519
facilities and sites as well as making

01:08:15.599 --> 01:08:16.960
key projects on our digital

01:08:17.039 --> 01:08:18.560
transformation which is something that

01:08:18.640 --> 01:08:20.399
i'm really excited to see

01:08:20.479 --> 01:08:22.479
the updates also show

01:08:22.560 --> 01:08:23.680
progress against our performance

01:08:23.760 --> 01:08:25.039
indicators so that we can measure

01:08:25.119 --> 01:08:27.039
service delivery and we can really see a

01:08:27.119 --> 01:08:28.560
significant improvement across a whole

01:08:28.640 --> 01:08:30.000
range of indicators you look at the

01:08:30.079 --> 01:08:31.760
number of animals reclaimed by council

01:08:31.840 --> 01:08:33.439
which is which has improved the time

01:08:33.520 --> 01:08:35.359
taken to respond to a request which has

01:08:35.439 --> 01:08:37.119
improved the reduction of number of

01:08:37.199 --> 01:08:39.359
council decisions made

01:08:39.439 --> 01:08:41.520
under confidentiality which has improved

01:08:41.600 --> 01:08:43.680
but also as expected you will see some

01:08:43.760 --> 01:08:45.199
of the service levels on some of our

01:08:45.279 --> 01:08:47.039
facilities which have been closed which

01:08:47.119 --> 01:08:48.479
have reduced but that doesn't come as a

01:08:48.560 --> 01:08:49.920
surprise

01:08:50.000 --> 01:08:51.520
so we can clearly see the impacts of

01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:54.640
restrictions um but i was i i was really

01:08:54.720 --> 01:08:56.479
delighted to see

01:08:56.560 --> 01:08:59.840
a 97.98 participation in the four-week

01:08:59.920 --> 01:09:00.880
visit

01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:02.720
for maternal child health nurses and

01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:04.640
this is a really really important

01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:06.560
milestone for families and the fact that

01:09:06.640 --> 01:09:09.039
we've almost hit 98 of that is really

01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:10.560
really important in very very

01:09:10.640 --> 01:09:14.000
challenging times so congratulations to

01:09:14.079 --> 01:09:16.479
ceo jackie and to the team

01:09:16.560 --> 01:09:18.479
in developing your first impressive

01:09:18.560 --> 01:09:20.800
summary of the quarter and for the hard

01:09:20.880 --> 01:09:22.479
work in what was a very difficult

01:09:22.560 --> 01:09:24.399
quarter of living under significant

01:09:24.479 --> 01:09:26.000
restrictions

01:09:26.079 --> 01:09:28.159
thank you councillor gold council morgan

01:09:28.239 --> 01:09:30.079
as a secondary would you like to speak

01:09:30.159 --> 01:09:32.800
just briefly mayor i think that um this

01:09:32.880 --> 01:09:35.199
is really an excellent issue and i

01:09:35.279 --> 01:09:36.640
wholeheartedly support it and i

01:09:36.720 --> 01:09:38.800
particularly think that the work that's

01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:41.039
going to presenting

01:09:41.119 --> 01:09:43.600
the information in a really clear way

01:09:43.680 --> 01:09:45.359
it's really accessible

01:09:45.439 --> 01:09:47.920
and really quite easy for people to be

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:50.640
able to track and see it's simple

01:09:50.720 --> 01:09:52.880
it's not optificating anything it's

01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:56.319
really um showing great transparency and

01:09:56.399 --> 01:09:57.600
it's also

01:09:57.680 --> 01:09:58.960
i think giving

01:09:59.039 --> 01:10:01.359
enough detail that people can read it

01:10:01.439 --> 01:10:04.159
and at a glance and see where things are

01:10:04.239 --> 01:10:06.720
at and if they want to follow up they

01:10:06.800 --> 01:10:08.479
can and in fact um

01:10:08.560 --> 01:10:10.399
a contact point too

01:10:10.479 --> 01:10:12.079
for community members who read this to

01:10:12.159 --> 01:10:13.039
actually

01:10:13.119 --> 01:10:15.199
contact council is given an email

01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:17.520
address is given full feedback so it's

01:10:17.600 --> 01:10:19.039
it's welcoming feedback from the

01:10:19.119 --> 01:10:21.760
community and it's um

01:10:21.840 --> 01:10:24.560
and it's really showing um

01:10:24.640 --> 01:10:27.199
where we're at in terms of our plans as

01:10:27.279 --> 01:10:29.199
council of that goal outlined and it's

01:10:29.279 --> 01:10:31.760
also just making it very easy for people

01:10:31.840 --> 01:10:33.199
to be able to look at something very

01:10:33.279 --> 01:10:35.279
interested in and say oh you know

01:10:35.359 --> 01:10:36.319
um

01:10:36.399 --> 01:10:38.640
you know uh

01:10:38.720 --> 01:10:40.880
this particular thing so for instance

01:10:40.960 --> 01:10:42.960
uh cancel data and cyber security you

01:10:43.039 --> 01:10:45.359
know is listed here projects on track

01:10:45.439 --> 01:10:47.920
and you can just read it in one line and

01:10:48.000 --> 01:10:49.760
so i think that

01:10:49.840 --> 01:10:53.039
it um shows uh too often

01:10:53.119 --> 01:10:54.960
local government is accused of being

01:10:55.039 --> 01:10:56.880
bureaucratic not transparent not

01:10:56.960 --> 01:10:58.880
accountable but this has actually

01:10:58.960 --> 01:11:00.960
been very transparent and it is showing

01:11:01.039 --> 01:11:03.039
accountability and it's showing

01:11:03.119 --> 01:11:05.680
um the huge breadth

01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:07.439
of operations

01:11:07.520 --> 01:11:09.279
and tasks that council as an

01:11:09.359 --> 01:11:11.119
organisation undertakes and the good

01:11:11.199 --> 01:11:12.720
work that our staff are doing so i'd

01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:14.960
just recommend it to everybody and hope

01:11:15.039 --> 01:11:17.039
we could all support this as a great

01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:18.720
initiative

01:11:18.800 --> 01:11:20.880
thank you council morgan i'll open it up

01:11:20.960 --> 01:11:22.800
is there any further discussion on this

01:11:22.880 --> 01:11:26.560
item or any questions

01:11:26.640 --> 01:11:28.800
i'll just very briefly say thank you to

01:11:28.880 --> 01:11:31.279
the ceo for taking our feedback on board

01:11:31.359 --> 01:11:33.520
and putting in a huge amount of work

01:11:33.600 --> 01:11:35.279
into this document

01:11:35.359 --> 01:11:37.199
i think that if anyone in the community

01:11:37.279 --> 01:11:38.960
is curious about what's going on for

01:11:39.039 --> 01:11:41.199
council and they want to read a snapshot

01:11:41.279 --> 01:11:43.520
read this quarterly report

01:11:43.600 --> 01:11:45.279
everything as council morgan said is

01:11:45.359 --> 01:11:47.199
outlined i think in a very clear

01:11:47.279 --> 01:11:50.560
accessible way i think anyone would pick

01:11:50.640 --> 01:11:52.880
it up and really enjoy

01:11:52.960 --> 01:11:55.520
the stats and the information see where

01:11:55.600 --> 01:11:57.039
how we're going where maybe the

01:11:57.119 --> 01:11:58.479
challenges are

01:11:58.560 --> 01:12:00.479
and what's coming up and i know that

01:12:00.560 --> 01:12:02.319
each addition each quarter will only get

01:12:02.399 --> 01:12:04.319
better and better and include even more

01:12:04.399 --> 01:12:05.840
information so

01:12:05.920 --> 01:12:07.760
as time goes on councillors have

01:12:07.840 --> 01:12:10.560
specific feedback on that please provide

01:12:10.640 --> 01:12:12.720
those to the ceo

01:12:12.800 --> 01:12:14.399
so counselor matter goal which you need

01:12:14.479 --> 01:12:16.239
to sum up no we'll proceed to the vote

01:12:16.319 --> 01:12:18.000
all those in favor

01:12:18.079 --> 01:12:20.000
carry unanimously thank you councillors

01:12:20.079 --> 01:12:21.840
and our last item of general business

01:12:21.920 --> 01:12:26.079
8.8 the call to parties us our advocacy

01:12:26.159 --> 01:12:28.479
priorities in the upcoming elections so

01:12:28.560 --> 01:12:30.479
the recommendation is to note our

01:12:30.560 --> 01:12:35.560
priorities who would like to move it

01:12:42.640 --> 01:12:44.960
i'll second it thank you council morgan

01:12:45.039 --> 01:12:47.359
ah thank you mayor i mean this is um

01:12:47.439 --> 01:12:49.039
a really important initiative and once

01:12:49.119 --> 01:12:50.960
again it's transparency back to the

01:12:51.039 --> 01:12:52.239
community

01:12:52.319 --> 01:12:55.039
because reality is is that as

01:12:55.119 --> 01:12:57.039
a local government

01:12:57.119 --> 01:12:59.359
we're often responsible for a whole

01:12:59.439 --> 01:13:01.600
people

01:13:01.680 --> 01:13:04.319
projects initiatives services in our

01:13:04.399 --> 01:13:05.359
community

01:13:05.439 --> 01:13:07.119
and over time

01:13:07.199 --> 01:13:09.199
the amount of funding to be able to run

01:13:09.279 --> 01:13:10.800
those services from state and federal

01:13:10.880 --> 01:13:13.199
governments has not kept up with the

01:13:13.279 --> 01:13:15.039
cost of both services and the importance

01:13:15.119 --> 01:13:17.039
of those services and

01:13:17.119 --> 01:13:19.359
we have many projects where

01:13:19.439 --> 01:13:20.399
uh

01:13:20.479 --> 01:13:22.159
we do need extra funding if we want to

01:13:22.239 --> 01:13:24.000
be able to deliver those projects really

01:13:24.079 --> 01:13:25.600
quickly um that would benefit the

01:13:25.680 --> 01:13:26.640
community

01:13:26.720 --> 01:13:27.920
and

01:13:28.000 --> 01:13:31.359
when we're coming up to an election year

01:13:31.439 --> 01:13:33.279
is just a really

01:13:33.359 --> 01:13:35.520
standard thing for local government to

01:13:35.600 --> 01:13:36.640
reach out to state and federal

01:13:36.720 --> 01:13:38.399
governments in you know particularly in

01:13:38.479 --> 01:13:40.399
that lead up when you've got um an

01:13:40.479 --> 01:13:41.840
election coming up to try and get

01:13:41.920 --> 01:13:44.800
commitments for the next for the future

01:13:44.880 --> 01:13:46.880
term of that state of federal government

01:13:46.960 --> 01:13:49.039
and you've got four year terms the state

01:13:49.119 --> 01:13:50.239
government and you've got three year

01:13:50.319 --> 01:13:53.359
terms for federal government and it's uh

01:13:53.439 --> 01:13:55.520
very important when we have a growing

01:13:55.600 --> 01:13:58.239
population when we have

01:13:58.319 --> 01:14:00.479
i think the fourth loss rates

01:14:00.560 --> 01:14:03.359
in victoria um for average per capita

01:14:03.439 --> 01:14:05.920
for all councils are according to uh

01:14:06.000 --> 01:14:09.119
know your council website uh that where

01:14:09.199 --> 01:14:11.279
we can partner with state and local

01:14:11.359 --> 01:14:15.199
government to get funding to help us

01:14:15.279 --> 01:14:17.039
actually operate our infrastructure

01:14:17.119 --> 01:14:19.760
upgrade or improve services

01:14:19.840 --> 01:14:22.000
that we actually do try and do this and

01:14:22.079 --> 01:14:24.079
what this does is it actually

01:14:24.159 --> 01:14:26.399
documents to the community what council

01:14:26.479 --> 01:14:28.000
is going to go and do and so it shows

01:14:28.079 --> 01:14:30.079
that this has been supported by council

01:14:30.159 --> 01:14:32.319
it's not just being done behind closed

01:14:32.399 --> 01:14:33.760
doors that people can see that you know

01:14:33.840 --> 01:14:36.319
these are our priorities and what

01:14:36.399 --> 01:14:38.479
council is going to advocate for for our

01:14:38.560 --> 01:14:40.560
area so it's showing huge transparency

01:14:40.640 --> 01:14:42.479
back to the community i'm sure many

01:14:42.560 --> 01:14:44.319
councils do in fact i'm sure every

01:14:44.399 --> 01:14:46.720
council in some way or another does this

01:14:46.800 --> 01:14:48.479
however we're being really transparent

01:14:48.560 --> 01:14:51.039
we've got a report here and we've got a

01:14:51.119 --> 01:14:53.520
list of priorities um in a public

01:14:53.600 --> 01:14:56.319
council meeting so a community can see

01:14:56.399 --> 01:14:58.479
what we're trying to do and how we're

01:14:58.560 --> 01:15:01.439
trying to partner appropriately with

01:15:01.520 --> 01:15:02.960
state and federal government we've seen

01:15:03.039 --> 01:15:04.960
some really good partnerships already

01:15:05.039 --> 01:15:07.119
with state and federal government

01:15:07.199 --> 01:15:08.640
most noticeably

01:15:08.720 --> 01:15:10.880
for me um the percentage of memorial

01:15:10.960 --> 01:15:12.399
park getting four million dollars of

01:15:12.479 --> 01:15:14.960
federal funding um we've also seen up in

01:15:15.039 --> 01:15:16.319
princess gardens receive state

01:15:16.399 --> 01:15:17.760
government funding

01:15:17.840 --> 01:15:20.479
and uh it's it is really important for

01:15:20.560 --> 01:15:22.640
our community that we can

01:15:22.720 --> 01:15:24.960
go out there and really try and get some

01:15:25.039 --> 01:15:26.560
more funding for some of our key

01:15:26.640 --> 01:15:27.840
projects that are listed in this

01:15:27.920 --> 01:15:29.119
document

01:15:29.199 --> 01:15:30.880
thank you council morgan i won't speak

01:15:30.960 --> 01:15:33.039
as a second but i will open it up any

01:15:33.119 --> 01:15:35.039
further discussion on this item

01:15:35.119 --> 01:15:37.600
counselor healey um just said um i

01:15:37.680 --> 01:15:39.520
suppose a question for clarification now

01:15:39.600 --> 01:15:41.600
that we've got this called to parties

01:15:41.680 --> 01:15:43.439
and we've got these pieces that we're

01:15:43.520 --> 01:15:46.000
advocating on for both budgetary and

01:15:46.079 --> 01:15:47.279
policy

01:15:47.359 --> 01:15:49.760
reasons is there then feedback from

01:15:49.840 --> 01:15:51.359
candidates about what they're going to

01:15:51.439 --> 01:15:52.560
support

01:15:52.640 --> 01:15:54.000
what's the process from here so we're

01:15:54.079 --> 01:15:56.079
saying we would like these things before

01:15:56.159 --> 01:15:58.159
those elections take part play so we're

01:15:58.239 --> 01:15:59.520
going to hear back from them where

01:15:59.600 --> 01:16:01.199
they're saying we're going to commit to

01:16:01.279 --> 01:16:03.039
those things i think certainly as the

01:16:03.119 --> 01:16:05.039
ceo and i do meet with candidates over

01:16:05.119 --> 01:16:06.319
the next couple of months that would be

01:16:06.399 --> 01:16:08.399
our intention to feedback that we need

01:16:08.479 --> 01:16:10.720
to give that feedback to councillors

01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:12.880
either at a council briefing or if we

01:16:12.960 --> 01:16:14.640
wanted to bring it to a council meeting

01:16:14.720 --> 01:16:16.239
as a resolution we can certainly do that

01:16:16.319 --> 01:16:18.159
as well okay thank you well very

01:16:18.239 --> 01:16:19.920
important to close the work here

01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:21.840
otherwise what's on the workforce

01:16:21.920 --> 01:16:23.439
thank you council

01:16:23.520 --> 01:16:25.199
um thank you mayor look i've been

01:16:25.279 --> 01:16:27.840
thinking about this

01:16:27.920 --> 01:16:30.159
recommendation and i'm actually going to

01:16:30.239 --> 01:16:32.000
vote against it

01:16:32.079 --> 01:16:34.079
it's not that i have anything against

01:16:34.159 --> 01:16:36.319
any of the points that we're advocating

01:16:36.399 --> 01:16:37.199
for

01:16:37.279 --> 01:16:38.399
simply

01:16:38.479 --> 01:16:41.039
i see our role here as councillors to be

01:16:41.119 --> 01:16:43.760
representatives of the community people

01:16:43.840 --> 01:16:45.600
come here and they vote for us and they

01:16:45.680 --> 01:16:48.000
vote for us to make particular decisions

01:16:48.079 --> 01:16:50.239
within our realm of local government

01:16:50.319 --> 01:16:51.520
the same

01:16:51.600 --> 01:16:54.000
the same voters vote to elect state

01:16:54.079 --> 01:16:55.439
representatives and federal

01:16:55.520 --> 01:16:57.840
representatives i don't think it's our

01:16:57.920 --> 01:16:59.039
role

01:16:59.119 --> 01:17:01.359
to tell the voters

01:17:01.439 --> 01:17:04.720
what to think or how to prioritize

01:17:04.800 --> 01:17:07.279
monies because ultimately it is their

01:17:07.359 --> 01:17:08.479
money

01:17:08.560 --> 01:17:10.159
whether it's their money coming to us in

01:17:10.239 --> 01:17:12.239
rates or whether it's their money going

01:17:12.319 --> 01:17:14.720
to other levels of government in taxes

01:17:14.800 --> 01:17:16.479
all levels of government are ultimately

01:17:16.560 --> 01:17:19.119
accountable to the voters for their

01:17:19.199 --> 01:17:20.239
decision

01:17:20.319 --> 01:17:21.199
and

01:17:21.279 --> 01:17:23.680
i think where

01:17:23.760 --> 01:17:25.760
i think when we

01:17:25.840 --> 01:17:28.239
advocate in election periods to other

01:17:28.319 --> 01:17:30.800
levels of government for spending we are

01:17:30.880 --> 01:17:33.039
going outside of our arena now that's

01:17:33.119 --> 01:17:36.319
very different from us saying in

01:17:36.399 --> 01:17:38.399
a general sense that there are projects

01:17:38.479 --> 01:17:40.319
that we would like to do

01:17:40.399 --> 01:17:42.399
that we are underfunded and to look to

01:17:42.479 --> 01:17:44.319
other levels of government to support us

01:17:44.399 --> 01:17:47.199
in funding agreements but i believe as a

01:17:47.279 --> 01:17:49.359
matter of principle that in the context

01:17:49.439 --> 01:17:51.680
of elections it's not

01:17:51.760 --> 01:17:53.920
appropriate for us to take specific

01:17:54.000 --> 01:17:55.359
positions

01:17:55.439 --> 01:17:57.119
on funding

01:17:57.199 --> 01:17:59.359
and put that to candidates and ask for

01:17:59.439 --> 01:18:01.119
feedback from candidates so for that

01:18:01.199 --> 01:18:03.199
reason i'm going to be voting against

01:18:03.279 --> 01:18:05.520
this simply as a matter of principle

01:18:05.600 --> 01:18:07.760
we are not here to

01:18:07.840 --> 01:18:08.560
um

01:18:08.640 --> 01:18:11.520
we are not here

01:18:12.399 --> 01:18:14.239
as my understanding of our role and how

01:18:14.319 --> 01:18:16.399
i see my role i'm here to represent the

01:18:16.479 --> 01:18:18.880
people sitting behind me i'm not here to

01:18:18.960 --> 01:18:21.039
turn around and tell the people behind

01:18:21.119 --> 01:18:23.439
me what they should think and because of

01:18:23.520 --> 01:18:25.680
that um i can't support this

01:18:25.760 --> 01:18:28.079
recommendation thank you councilwoman

01:18:28.159 --> 01:18:29.760
any other speakers council scott i'm

01:18:29.840 --> 01:18:32.239
just a question the priorities that have

01:18:32.319 --> 01:18:34.239
been listed here are they in the council

01:18:34.319 --> 01:18:36.720
plan yes they are

01:18:36.800 --> 01:18:38.720
and the council plan went out for

01:18:38.800 --> 01:18:42.399
endorsement by the community and

01:18:42.479 --> 01:18:45.039
the council plan was in fact influenced

01:18:45.119 --> 01:18:47.920
by the community

01:18:48.000 --> 01:18:49.920
so none of the things listed here would

01:18:50.000 --> 01:18:52.079
be a surprise to the community in terms

01:18:52.159 --> 01:18:52.800
of

01:18:52.880 --> 01:18:54.319
the things that they would like to see

01:18:54.399 --> 01:18:55.600
within their

01:18:55.680 --> 01:18:57.520
respective areas

01:18:57.600 --> 01:19:00.079
okay so things like community sport

01:19:00.159 --> 01:19:02.960
community facility building improvements

01:19:03.039 --> 01:19:05.760
shared path and cycling trails open

01:19:05.840 --> 01:19:08.319
space accessible playgrounds

01:19:08.399 --> 01:19:10.560
carbon zero initiatives waste

01:19:10.640 --> 01:19:12.800
harmonization circuit economy

01:19:12.880 --> 01:19:14.720
biodiversity environment outcomes for

01:19:14.800 --> 01:19:17.199
gardens creek upgraded precincts of

01:19:17.279 --> 01:19:19.760
community safety etc

01:19:19.840 --> 01:19:22.560
are not new

01:19:24.399 --> 01:19:25.199
so

01:19:25.279 --> 01:19:27.279
i kind of think that the community

01:19:27.359 --> 01:19:29.760
has an expectation that we would be

01:19:29.840 --> 01:19:32.079
seeking funding for these initiatives

01:19:32.159 --> 01:19:33.279
because these are the things that they

01:19:33.359 --> 01:19:34.720
would like us to

01:19:34.800 --> 01:19:38.479
um bring to life

01:19:38.560 --> 01:19:40.079
so i support this

01:19:40.159 --> 01:19:41.119
okay

01:19:41.199 --> 01:19:43.520
any other speakers to the motion council

01:19:43.600 --> 01:19:46.159
yeah i understand where councillor lewin

01:19:46.239 --> 01:19:48.560
and councillor scott are coming from i

01:19:48.640 --> 01:19:51.840
think it's council's role to advocate on

01:19:51.920 --> 01:19:53.439
behalf of the local community our

01:19:53.520 --> 01:19:55.520
community does stand behind us and they

01:19:55.600 --> 01:19:57.119
they tell us what they want us to

01:19:57.199 --> 01:19:58.800
advocate for and

01:19:58.880 --> 01:20:01.119
having been intimately involved with the

01:20:01.199 --> 01:20:03.199
turk road level crossing project that

01:20:03.279 --> 01:20:05.279
was one where we have the town hall full

01:20:05.359 --> 01:20:07.279
of local people saying council do

01:20:07.359 --> 01:20:09.600
something advocate advocate

01:20:09.680 --> 01:20:11.279
we need you to take the fight to the

01:20:11.359 --> 01:20:12.640
state government you're the level of

01:20:12.720 --> 01:20:14.880
government closest to us we're we're not

01:20:14.960 --> 01:20:16.239
confident going to the state government

01:20:16.319 --> 01:20:18.640
we want you to go and do that and it was

01:20:18.720 --> 01:20:20.560
a very loud and clear message from the

01:20:20.640 --> 01:20:22.960
local community on that front we also

01:20:23.039 --> 01:20:24.560
hear it regularly on planning matters

01:20:24.640 --> 01:20:26.640
whether it was orong

01:20:26.720 --> 01:20:28.239
road sort of development fighting nine

01:20:28.319 --> 01:20:30.800
year old road many years ago

01:20:30.880 --> 01:20:33.039
or more recent planning decisions where

01:20:33.119 --> 01:20:35.279
the state government is reducing local

01:20:35.359 --> 01:20:37.039
government's role in planning we hear

01:20:37.119 --> 01:20:38.800
from the local community

01:20:38.880 --> 01:20:40.560
you guys need to be the responsible

01:20:40.640 --> 01:20:42.159
planning authority we want you to make

01:20:42.239 --> 01:20:44.319
the decisions not someone in spring

01:20:44.399 --> 01:20:46.560
street who we don't know who we don't

01:20:46.640 --> 01:20:48.079
vote for

01:20:48.159 --> 01:20:50.159
we want local government to advocate on

01:20:50.239 --> 01:20:52.079
planning we actually want you to have

01:20:52.159 --> 01:20:53.920
more of a role so planning decisions are

01:20:54.000 --> 01:20:56.640
made locally not by someone you know on

01:20:56.720 --> 01:20:58.960
another layer of government so look i'm

01:20:59.039 --> 01:21:01.199
particularly passionate about um

01:21:01.279 --> 01:21:03.840
advocacy on planning getting the cool

01:21:03.920 --> 01:21:05.840
level crossing removed that's when the

01:21:05.920 --> 01:21:07.920
federal government committed to fund the

01:21:08.000 --> 01:21:09.760
whole project they pretty much said

01:21:09.840 --> 01:21:11.279
whatever it costs will fund it as long

01:21:11.359 --> 01:21:12.880
as it's rail under

01:21:12.960 --> 01:21:15.119
so you know we just need the state

01:21:15.199 --> 01:21:16.960
government to actually

01:21:17.039 --> 01:21:18.640
release the plans and how they'd like it

01:21:18.720 --> 01:21:20.720
done and then the um the federal

01:21:20.800 --> 01:21:22.239
government can fund it

01:21:22.319 --> 01:21:24.399
that's a crossing that involves you know

01:21:24.479 --> 01:21:27.920
that's that's glen free road and kyon

01:21:28.000 --> 01:21:29.760
that involves you know tram line

01:21:29.840 --> 01:21:31.600
crossing the train line it's it's

01:21:31.680 --> 01:21:33.359
horrendous during peak hour particularly

01:21:33.439 --> 01:21:34.880
in the morning so we really need that

01:21:34.960 --> 01:21:36.640
level crossing and chaotic when free

01:21:36.720 --> 01:21:39.520
road resolve

01:21:39.920 --> 01:21:42.560
and there are many other issues as well

01:21:42.640 --> 01:21:45.680
we need you know more open space um we

01:21:45.760 --> 01:21:47.840
need better public transport

01:21:47.920 --> 01:21:49.680
most of the complaints i get from the

01:21:49.760 --> 01:21:51.680
local community aren't around council

01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:53.600
services they're usually complaining

01:21:53.680 --> 01:21:55.359
about an issue that is a state

01:21:55.439 --> 01:21:57.199
government responsibility

01:21:57.279 --> 01:21:59.279
it could be you know graffiti on the

01:21:59.359 --> 01:22:01.600
level crossing at two-rack road so i

01:22:01.680 --> 01:22:04.079
think it's incumbent on us to to make

01:22:04.159 --> 01:22:06.880
the most of our position and advocate

01:22:06.960 --> 01:22:08.800
with all levels of government

01:22:08.880 --> 01:22:11.760
um and and reflect the aspirations and

01:22:11.840 --> 01:22:13.680
views of our local community so i'm

01:22:13.760 --> 01:22:15.439
quite comfortable with that

01:22:15.520 --> 01:22:17.039
thank you councillor coast any other

01:22:17.119 --> 01:22:18.960
speakers to the motion council

01:22:19.039 --> 01:22:20.720
thank you mayor uh i have to say before

01:22:20.800 --> 01:22:22.800
joining council i was completely unaware

01:22:22.880 --> 01:22:24.960
of how much council actually advocates

01:22:25.039 --> 01:22:26.640
for on behalf of our community to all

01:22:26.720 --> 01:22:28.800
levels of government to all parties

01:22:28.880 --> 01:22:30.800
uh so it's been a big learning curve i

01:22:30.880 --> 01:22:32.319
mean obviously not for profits i've been

01:22:32.399 --> 01:22:34.000
advocating for my not-for-profit but

01:22:34.079 --> 01:22:35.199
it's the first time i've actually seen

01:22:35.279 --> 01:22:37.359
this in the local council point of view

01:22:37.439 --> 01:22:39.439
um paragraph seven shows a range of

01:22:39.520 --> 01:22:41.199
issues which which there's been

01:22:41.279 --> 01:22:44.560
successful advocate advocacy on which is

01:22:44.640 --> 01:22:46.960
fantastic but i think that upcoming and

01:22:47.039 --> 01:22:48.800
it's unusual maybe it's not unusual but

01:22:48.880 --> 01:22:50.399
a statement a federal election in the

01:22:50.479 --> 01:22:52.239
same year does provide a very very

01:22:52.319 --> 01:22:54.720
unique opportunity to make sure that the

01:22:54.800 --> 01:22:57.760
voice of our community stonington is

01:22:57.840 --> 01:23:00.159
heard and i know that the candidates are

01:23:00.239 --> 01:23:02.000
actually coming to us as well asking

01:23:02.079 --> 01:23:03.920
what our residents what what's important

01:23:04.000 --> 01:23:05.439
to them as they will be going to all the

01:23:05.520 --> 01:23:07.279
other municipalities as well because

01:23:07.359 --> 01:23:08.800
obviously higgins crosses over

01:23:08.880 --> 01:23:10.960
stunnington and other electorates as

01:23:11.039 --> 01:23:11.680
well

01:23:11.760 --> 01:23:14.479
so um i know that many are hosting

01:23:14.560 --> 01:23:15.840
listening posts i've been watching some

01:23:15.920 --> 01:23:17.840
of the candidates out and about doing

01:23:17.920 --> 01:23:19.840
their thing listening to the community

01:23:19.920 --> 01:23:21.439
but this just provides them another

01:23:21.520 --> 01:23:23.439
voice where they say we're probably the

01:23:23.520 --> 01:23:25.199
same to every candidate we're not we're

01:23:25.279 --> 01:23:27.119
not prioritizing or preferencing one

01:23:27.199 --> 01:23:28.159
candidate or over another we're

01:23:28.239 --> 01:23:29.520
basically saying here's what's important

01:23:29.600 --> 01:23:31.760
to our community you can choose what you

01:23:31.840 --> 01:23:33.119
would like to support or what you would

01:23:33.199 --> 01:23:34.720
like to support and really becomes their

01:23:34.800 --> 01:23:36.159
choice

01:23:36.239 --> 01:23:37.920
so we didn't just come up with a list i

01:23:38.000 --> 01:23:39.520
think that's really important

01:23:39.600 --> 01:23:41.680
we hold consultation all the time on a

01:23:41.760 --> 01:23:42.960
whole number of topics we've just talked

01:23:43.039 --> 01:23:44.640
about animal management plans we've just

01:23:44.720 --> 01:23:45.920
talked about

01:23:46.000 --> 01:23:48.319
walking strategy uh we

01:23:48.399 --> 01:23:50.000
we've we've done the visioning exercise

01:23:50.079 --> 01:23:52.479
not that long ago uh we've had a huge

01:23:52.560 --> 01:23:54.159
amount of feedback from our community

01:23:54.239 --> 01:23:55.920
and we continue to get that day in day

01:23:56.000 --> 01:23:56.720
out

01:23:56.800 --> 01:23:58.399
so i can see

01:23:58.479 --> 01:24:00.239
why you might say we're going outside of

01:24:00.319 --> 01:24:01.600
our arena but we're actually here to

01:24:01.680 --> 01:24:04.239
represent the people and we can't change

01:24:04.319 --> 01:24:06.239
what's going on in state and federal but

01:24:06.319 --> 01:24:08.399
we can certainly advocate as a larger

01:24:08.479 --> 01:24:09.680
voice so

01:24:09.760 --> 01:24:10.800
and the other thing i just want to point

01:24:10.880 --> 01:24:12.399
out is that it's important to note that

01:24:12.479 --> 01:24:14.000
this isn't the only priorities that

01:24:14.079 --> 01:24:15.520
we'll be advocating on as other

01:24:15.600 --> 01:24:17.600
priorities do emerge we'll be looking at

01:24:17.680 --> 01:24:19.680
those issues as well so it doesn't mean

01:24:19.760 --> 01:24:21.359
it will be silent on it just if it's not

01:24:21.439 --> 01:24:22.880
sitting in this report it just means it

01:24:22.960 --> 01:24:24.880
hasn't been identified yet

01:24:24.960 --> 01:24:26.800
thank you council better goal any other

01:24:26.880 --> 01:24:29.199
speakers councillor healy thank you i've

01:24:29.279 --> 01:24:30.479
just been doing a bit of google

01:24:30.560 --> 01:24:33.039
searching while people talking to and

01:24:33.119 --> 01:24:35.680
have seen that um that we're not alone

01:24:35.760 --> 01:24:37.680
in creating a document like this so city

01:24:37.760 --> 01:24:40.000
of melbourne hobson bay little c

01:24:40.079 --> 01:24:42.560
portfolio just on first page of search

01:24:42.640 --> 01:24:44.479
they do similar such things and if they

01:24:44.560 --> 01:24:46.479
sort of paraphrase what sort of

01:24:46.560 --> 01:24:48.800
melbourne says that they can't achieve

01:24:48.880 --> 01:24:51.039
the vision for their city alone that it

01:24:51.119 --> 01:24:52.560
will take all levels of government

01:24:52.640 --> 01:24:54.720
working together to return the city to

01:24:54.800 --> 01:24:56.239
its coveted status as one of the world's

01:24:56.319 --> 01:24:57.600
most livable cities and i think we're

01:24:57.680 --> 01:24:59.840
part of that so it's recognition that

01:24:59.920 --> 01:25:02.399
this is we are closest to the people we

01:25:02.479 --> 01:25:04.720
recognize the the needs desires and

01:25:04.800 --> 01:25:06.239
their aspirations for where they want to

01:25:06.319 --> 01:25:07.840
live and it's part of our role to

01:25:07.920 --> 01:25:10.079
communicate that and to make with all

01:25:10.159 --> 01:25:11.920
levels of government and to make sure

01:25:12.000 --> 01:25:13.680
that we can work with them to help

01:25:13.760 --> 01:25:16.159
achieve that um that our ambition needs

01:25:16.239 --> 01:25:18.000
to be matched by those other levels of

01:25:18.079 --> 01:25:19.600
government so

01:25:19.680 --> 01:25:22.159
uh i think it's it's just being it's

01:25:22.239 --> 01:25:24.560
almost helping candidates to realize

01:25:24.640 --> 01:25:26.800
what our community wants and being very

01:25:26.880 --> 01:25:29.199
clear and purposeful and what we're

01:25:29.279 --> 01:25:30.479
doing

01:25:30.560 --> 01:25:32.239
thank you well that's everyone so we'll

01:25:32.319 --> 01:25:34.000
go back to council morgan would you like

01:25:34.079 --> 01:25:35.680
to sum up um

01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:37.680
yeah i'll hook some up briefly and i

01:25:37.760 --> 01:25:39.439
think um everyone's made some really

01:25:39.520 --> 01:25:42.239
good points um i wanted to uh speak a

01:25:42.319 --> 01:25:44.560
little bit too as summing up in terms of

01:25:44.640 --> 01:25:46.479
what um council law said because i do

01:25:46.560 --> 01:25:49.279
think it's important to acknowledge um

01:25:49.359 --> 01:25:52.000
that uh he's foreshadowed he will vote

01:25:52.079 --> 01:25:53.600
against fists which is absolutely his

01:25:53.680 --> 01:25:55.760
right and he's made a really important

01:25:55.840 --> 01:25:56.640
point

01:25:56.720 --> 01:25:58.640
in terms of the role of local government

01:25:58.720 --> 01:26:01.039
so in no way do i want to disrespect

01:26:01.119 --> 01:26:02.800
that view um

01:26:02.880 --> 01:26:05.119
it's certainly a view that

01:26:05.199 --> 01:26:07.520
many councillors i'm sure hold across

01:26:07.600 --> 01:26:09.760
victoria even if it's not the majority

01:26:09.840 --> 01:26:12.000
where some people see

01:26:12.079 --> 01:26:15.520
a very i guess um

01:26:15.600 --> 01:26:18.159
strict scope for the role of local

01:26:18.239 --> 01:26:20.239
government and i know that in the 1989

01:26:20.319 --> 01:26:22.560
act it used to be explicitly self um

01:26:22.640 --> 01:26:25.119
spelled out that there was an advocacy

01:26:25.199 --> 01:26:27.199
role for local government and that's no

01:26:27.279 --> 01:26:29.600
longer in the 2020 act but it's around

01:26:29.680 --> 01:26:31.680
all the principles and how the sector

01:26:31.760 --> 01:26:33.279
still operates it's not spelled out in

01:26:33.359 --> 01:26:35.039
quite the same way because it's shifted

01:26:35.119 --> 01:26:37.520
to a whole week of principles in terms

01:26:37.600 --> 01:26:39.279
of its structure but it used to be spelt

01:26:39.359 --> 01:26:42.239
out of the 1989 act and so it's by no

01:26:42.319 --> 01:26:44.079
means universal

01:26:44.159 --> 01:26:45.840
that people

01:26:45.920 --> 01:26:48.399
see advocacy as the role of local

01:26:48.479 --> 01:26:49.920
government even amongst councils

01:26:50.000 --> 01:26:51.439
employers so i did want to acknowledge

01:26:51.520 --> 01:26:53.840
that council always um

01:26:53.920 --> 01:26:56.159
you know perhaps not the majority of

01:26:56.239 --> 01:26:58.159
councils we've heard other councils many

01:26:58.239 --> 01:27:00.800
of them have are making these plans but

01:27:00.880 --> 01:27:02.800
it's not at all unprecedented it's not

01:27:02.880 --> 01:27:05.119
an unreasonable view it is a view that

01:27:05.199 --> 01:27:06.960
many people hold however

01:27:07.039 --> 01:27:09.039
i think that apart from the fact that

01:27:09.119 --> 01:27:10.399
historically

01:27:10.479 --> 01:27:12.800
uh councils have had this advocacy role

01:27:12.880 --> 01:27:14.479
particularly to levels of government and

01:27:14.560 --> 01:27:16.640
it's and it's continuing to happen and

01:27:16.720 --> 01:27:19.039
we're seeing many councils do this it is

01:27:19.119 --> 01:27:21.359
important to be very transparent to the

01:27:21.439 --> 01:27:25.760
community and to uh also just um

01:27:25.840 --> 01:27:27.600
acknowledge that this is about showing

01:27:27.680 --> 01:27:29.039
the community that we are going in and

01:27:29.119 --> 01:27:30.960
fighting for priorities

01:27:31.039 --> 01:27:32.560
that have been adopted in our planning

01:27:32.640 --> 01:27:34.800
that we've had by consultation and

01:27:34.880 --> 01:27:36.399
finally um

01:27:36.479 --> 01:27:38.800
the other aspect of this is is it's

01:27:38.880 --> 01:27:39.760
important

01:27:39.840 --> 01:27:42.720
by going to all the candidates in our

01:27:42.800 --> 01:27:43.680
area

01:27:43.760 --> 01:27:45.920
we're not actually biasing the outcome

01:27:46.000 --> 01:27:47.840
we're not presuming who will win or not

01:27:47.920 --> 01:27:49.680
win and we're not showing favoritism to

01:27:49.760 --> 01:27:52.479
any political political party it's done

01:27:52.560 --> 01:27:55.840
in a very transparent way and um driven

01:27:55.920 --> 01:27:57.920
by the priorities of our community and

01:27:58.000 --> 01:27:59.920
it's not presupposing an outcome at all

01:28:00.000 --> 01:28:01.279
in the election or interfering with the

01:28:01.359 --> 01:28:03.760
process and so i think that's very

01:28:03.840 --> 01:28:05.680
important and it's very important this

01:28:05.760 --> 01:28:07.359
doesn't happen behind the scenes and

01:28:07.439 --> 01:28:09.199
that it's open to the public

01:28:09.279 --> 01:28:10.640
thank you council morgan great

01:28:10.720 --> 01:28:12.319
discussion councillors will proceed to

01:28:12.399 --> 01:28:14.720
the vote

01:28:17.279 --> 01:28:18.640
all those against

01:28:18.720 --> 01:28:20.159
and we'll cast it against the division

01:28:20.239 --> 01:28:22.640
so all those in favor councillor that in

01:28:22.720 --> 01:28:24.720
favor is council healing council vatigol

01:28:24.800 --> 01:28:26.560
council coast councillor scott council

01:28:26.640 --> 01:28:28.000
morgan and councillor thesaurus and all

01:28:28.079 --> 01:28:31.439
those hence councilor lou that's carrie

01:28:31.520 --> 01:28:32.880
so that brings us to the end of general

01:28:32.960 --> 01:28:34.640
business we move to item nine

01:28:34.720 --> 01:28:36.800
correspondence is there any to table

01:28:36.880 --> 01:28:39.600
tonight councillors

01:28:39.680 --> 01:28:41.680
no we'll go to item 10 petitions and

01:28:41.760 --> 01:28:44.239
joint letters i'm aware guest counselor

01:28:44.319 --> 01:28:45.680
healey

01:28:45.760 --> 01:28:47.119
thank you i've got a petition here

01:28:47.199 --> 01:28:49.279
signed by 12 people who are asking for

01:28:49.359 --> 01:28:51.119
council to waive the fees associated

01:28:51.199 --> 01:28:53.039
with using the melvin town hall for

01:28:53.119 --> 01:28:55.439
booking they have on the 5th of may the

01:28:55.520 --> 01:28:57.039
event will be higgins electorate

01:28:57.119 --> 01:28:59.119
candidate forum hosted by higgins

01:28:59.199 --> 01:29:01.600
climate action network which will be

01:29:01.680 --> 01:29:03.279
open to the public and free of charge

01:29:03.359 --> 01:29:05.359
and is aimed at assisting voters to make

01:29:05.439 --> 01:29:07.760
an informed vote all federal candidates

01:29:07.840 --> 01:29:09.359
for higgins have been invited to

01:29:09.439 --> 01:29:11.840
participate in the session and no

01:29:11.920 --> 01:29:13.359
financial support has been requested

01:29:13.439 --> 01:29:15.520
just a waving of fees

01:29:15.600 --> 01:29:17.520
thank you councillor healey any other

01:29:17.600 --> 01:29:20.159
petitions to

01:29:20.239 --> 01:29:22.720
provide counsellors

01:29:22.800 --> 01:29:25.359
no so we'll just have a recommendation

01:29:25.439 --> 01:29:27.039
to accept the petition it doesn't mean

01:29:27.119 --> 01:29:28.560
we're endorsing what it says just to

01:29:28.640 --> 01:29:30.640
accept it can i seek a mover counselor

01:29:30.720 --> 01:29:32.720
healy and the secondary counselor scott

01:29:32.800 --> 01:29:34.880
all those in favor of accepting

01:29:34.960 --> 01:29:38.079
thank you that's carried and adopted we

01:29:38.159 --> 01:29:40.159
have no notices of motion this evening

01:29:40.239 --> 01:29:42.159
so we move to item 12 reports by

01:29:42.239 --> 01:29:44.880
councillors so first of all acknowledge

01:29:44.960 --> 01:29:47.439
12.1 the record of councillor briefing

01:29:47.520 --> 01:29:50.239
session held on 20th february 2022 and

01:29:50.319 --> 01:29:52.239
then we can allow counselors to speak to

01:29:52.319 --> 01:29:53.439
any um

01:29:53.520 --> 01:29:55.199
other reports that you may like to give

01:29:55.279 --> 01:29:57.119
or minutes to take from from

01:29:57.199 --> 01:30:00.159
committee meetings

01:30:01.600 --> 01:30:06.800
oh yes so uh counselors in the 12.1

01:30:06.880 --> 01:30:09.119
it does say receive the notes of the

01:30:09.199 --> 01:30:10.960
counselor briefing session received is

01:30:11.039 --> 01:30:12.560
spelt incorrectly we've got the eye

01:30:12.640 --> 01:30:14.800
before the e so that will be rectified

01:30:14.880 --> 01:30:17.119
in the minutes thank you mr thompson um

01:30:17.199 --> 01:30:19.199
can i seek a mover to receive the notes

01:30:19.279 --> 01:30:21.199
of the 20th february council scott in

01:30:21.279 --> 01:30:23.119
the second down council doing council

01:30:23.199 --> 01:30:25.520
scott anything to say on this side no

01:30:25.600 --> 01:30:27.840
council blue is the second up um i just

01:30:27.920 --> 01:30:29.359
want to reiterate again that i think

01:30:29.439 --> 01:30:32.880
that um that briefings should be

01:30:32.960 --> 01:30:34.800
open to the public i don't think that

01:30:34.880 --> 01:30:36.880
briefings should be

01:30:36.960 --> 01:30:39.760
confidential i think that

01:30:39.840 --> 01:30:42.239
the times of decisions being made behind

01:30:42.319 --> 01:30:44.319
closed doors in local government needs

01:30:44.399 --> 01:30:46.720
to end a greater era of transparency

01:30:46.800 --> 01:30:48.239
needs to be heralded

01:30:48.319 --> 01:30:49.760
okay so counselor i will just say we're

01:30:49.840 --> 01:30:51.760
not making decisions behind closed doors

01:30:51.840 --> 01:30:54.000
and i was very relaxed because we're

01:30:54.079 --> 01:30:55.760
just accepting the briefing notes not

01:30:55.840 --> 01:30:58.560
talking about whether we publicize

01:30:58.640 --> 01:31:00.800
council briefings or not so just please

01:31:00.880 --> 01:31:02.479
be mindful of that at the next council

01:31:02.560 --> 01:31:03.439
meeting

01:31:03.520 --> 01:31:07.119
any discussion on the briefing notes

01:31:07.199 --> 01:31:09.039
no need to sum up counselor scott great

01:31:09.119 --> 01:31:11.359
so all those in favor of noting them

01:31:11.439 --> 01:31:13.920
that's carried thank you

01:31:14.000 --> 01:31:17.600
let's move to item 13. so i thought oh

01:31:17.680 --> 01:31:19.920
sorry i should say we'll allow reports

01:31:20.000 --> 01:31:21.840
of other meetings thank you councillor

01:31:21.920 --> 01:31:23.920
morgan um uh thank you mayor i'd just

01:31:24.000 --> 01:31:26.960
like to um basically briefly report back

01:31:27.039 --> 01:31:29.119
um on the

01:31:29.199 --> 01:31:30.319
metropolitan

01:31:30.399 --> 01:31:32.479
uh waste form meeting that we had in

01:31:32.560 --> 01:31:35.520
february and uh basically

01:31:35.600 --> 01:31:36.479
our

01:31:36.560 --> 01:31:39.520
on table the report and the minutes from

01:31:39.600 --> 01:31:41.920
that and it was basically looking at

01:31:42.000 --> 01:31:44.399
council's experience of food and organic

01:31:44.479 --> 01:31:47.039
um waste collections and services i'll

01:31:47.119 --> 01:31:49.600
circulate um that report to councillors

01:31:49.680 --> 01:31:51.520
as well so i would like that to just be

01:31:51.600 --> 01:31:52.960
included in the minutes of the meeting

01:31:53.039 --> 01:31:54.640
thank you council morgan any other

01:31:54.720 --> 01:31:57.840
communities council healey yeah so i

01:31:57.920 --> 01:32:00.960
attended the eaga executive committee

01:32:01.039 --> 01:32:03.439
meeting which discussed energy savers

01:32:03.520 --> 01:32:06.479
program advocacy priorities and ev

01:32:06.560 --> 01:32:08.239
transition

01:32:08.319 --> 01:32:11.039
i also wanted to say that

01:32:11.119 --> 01:32:13.439
i attended the theater production of if

01:32:13.520 --> 01:32:15.760
then at chapel of chapel which was

01:32:15.840 --> 01:32:18.239
produced by theatrical who also produced

01:32:18.319 --> 01:32:20.239
little women which i know a few of the

01:32:20.319 --> 01:32:21.920
councils went to and really enjoyed as

01:32:22.000 --> 01:32:22.960
well

01:32:23.039 --> 01:32:25.039
so again it was amazing performance by

01:32:25.119 --> 01:32:28.800
11 actors with a in singers with a 13

01:32:28.880 --> 01:32:30.800
piece orchestra all put on that small

01:32:30.880 --> 01:32:33.199
little chapel of chapel stage and i was

01:32:33.279 --> 01:32:34.640
really blown away by the quality of the

01:32:34.720 --> 01:32:35.680
production

01:32:35.760 --> 01:32:37.520
i also attended the production of

01:32:37.600 --> 01:32:39.520
midsummer night's dream by melbourne

01:32:39.600 --> 01:32:42.399
shakespeare company in central park

01:32:42.479 --> 01:32:44.640
and we all braved the rain and i was um

01:32:44.720 --> 01:32:46.479
concerned that my three young boys were

01:32:46.560 --> 01:32:48.239
a whole concentration for the production

01:32:48.319 --> 01:32:50.239
but they were a fit of giggles watching

01:32:50.319 --> 01:32:51.920
adults be silly and naughty so

01:32:52.000 --> 01:32:53.840
congratulations to those two amazing

01:32:53.920 --> 01:32:55.439
productions and it's really exciting to

01:32:55.520 --> 01:32:57.760
see it all coming back to life again

01:32:57.840 --> 01:32:59.760
absolutely thank you any of the reports

01:32:59.840 --> 01:33:00.800
council

01:33:00.880 --> 01:33:02.800
just briefly on the first of april the

01:33:02.880 --> 01:33:05.600
covered recovery committee met

01:33:05.680 --> 01:33:08.960
we heard from um

01:33:10.560 --> 01:33:15.199
sorry i must have the wrong day festive

01:33:15.439 --> 01:33:18.479
first of march

01:33:18.560 --> 01:33:20.640
yes first of march apologies first of

01:33:20.720 --> 01:33:24.079
march my mistake good pick up so first

01:33:24.159 --> 01:33:25.680
of march the coded recovery committee

01:33:25.760 --> 01:33:28.560
met um we met with a diverse range of

01:33:28.640 --> 01:33:30.960
local community leaders

01:33:31.039 --> 01:33:32.399
clearly there's been a lot of challenges

01:33:32.479 --> 01:33:34.560
across the community we heard from you

01:33:34.640 --> 01:33:35.600
know

01:33:35.680 --> 01:33:37.439
one person that there's a sense of guilt

01:33:37.520 --> 01:33:38.720
using the health care system at the

01:33:38.800 --> 01:33:41.119
moment um a sense of guilt calling an

01:33:41.199 --> 01:33:42.239
ambulance

01:33:42.319 --> 01:33:43.920
not realising not

01:33:44.000 --> 01:33:45.279
not wanting to put a demand on an

01:33:45.359 --> 01:33:46.960
already overstretched health system and

01:33:47.039 --> 01:33:48.159
that's causing

01:33:48.239 --> 01:33:50.960
issues in itself there are challenges

01:33:51.039 --> 01:33:53.279
keeping up with the constantly changing

01:33:53.359 --> 01:33:55.279
covert restrictions for the community

01:33:55.359 --> 01:33:57.520
groups um keeping up to date on that is

01:33:57.600 --> 01:33:59.359
difficult the council is going to help

01:33:59.439 --> 01:34:01.520
become a more central point where they

01:34:01.600 --> 01:34:04.000
can get that information

01:34:04.079 --> 01:34:05.920
we touched on the success or heard from

01:34:06.000 --> 01:34:07.600
the community members on the success

01:34:07.680 --> 01:34:10.399
we've had in immunising our community

01:34:10.479 --> 01:34:12.239
and that no one's been left behind so

01:34:12.319 --> 01:34:13.920
star health in particular has done a

01:34:14.000 --> 01:34:15.520
really good job there

01:34:15.600 --> 01:34:17.600
and we also touched on the challenges

01:34:17.680 --> 01:34:19.920
some of the foreign students are having

01:34:20.000 --> 01:34:21.279
in the city as well they don't have a

01:34:21.359 --> 01:34:23.520
medicare card so that means when they go

01:34:23.600 --> 01:34:27.119
to a state-run immunisation center

01:34:27.199 --> 01:34:29.199
they're refused they're rejected whereas

01:34:29.279 --> 01:34:31.199
star health actually can provide

01:34:31.279 --> 01:34:33.920
immunisations to those people so

01:34:34.000 --> 01:34:35.640
important to get that message out to the

01:34:35.720 --> 01:34:38.159
universities and to the private health

01:34:38.239 --> 01:34:40.000
insurers that cover foreign students it

01:34:40.079 --> 01:34:41.359
seems like there's been a bit of a gap

01:34:41.439 --> 01:34:43.439
with some of the universities there so

01:34:43.520 --> 01:34:46.640
it wasn't such a case of um council

01:34:46.720 --> 01:34:48.239
officers and myself

01:34:48.319 --> 01:34:50.560
talking to the community representatives

01:34:50.640 --> 01:34:53.119
it was more of us prompting them to tell

01:34:53.199 --> 01:34:53.920
us

01:34:54.000 --> 01:34:55.279
what the experiences are in the

01:34:55.359 --> 01:34:57.920
community so we could learn from it and

01:34:58.000 --> 01:35:00.960
respond appropriately great thank you

01:35:01.039 --> 01:35:02.479
any other reports

01:35:02.560 --> 01:35:04.720
council about a goal a very quick one

01:35:04.800 --> 01:35:06.960
that we were councillor healey and

01:35:07.039 --> 01:35:09.439
myself were hosted by the paran market

01:35:09.520 --> 01:35:11.920
board as well as council officers and we

01:35:12.000 --> 01:35:14.720
did a fantastic tour of the south

01:35:14.800 --> 01:35:16.560
melbourne market with all of the general

01:35:16.640 --> 01:35:19.359
management there and and their team and

01:35:19.439 --> 01:35:21.520
really walked around and saw everything

01:35:21.600 --> 01:35:23.520
and heard about how how their visioning

01:35:23.600 --> 01:35:25.520
has got them to where they are today and

01:35:25.600 --> 01:35:27.840
then went to bran market afterwards and

01:35:27.920 --> 01:35:29.680
talked about just how much opportunity

01:35:29.760 --> 01:35:32.079
there is and how excited how excited we

01:35:32.159 --> 01:35:34.319
are to see brand market really realise

01:35:34.399 --> 01:35:37.199
its full potential

01:35:38.880 --> 01:35:40.479
i'll just briefly say that i attended

01:35:40.560 --> 01:35:43.279
stonington symphony i think it was

01:35:43.359 --> 01:35:44.880
last weekend so not the weekend just

01:35:44.960 --> 01:35:47.119
gone and i was thrilled to see about two

01:35:47.199 --> 01:35:48.880
and a half thousand people there i

01:35:48.960 --> 01:35:50.239
really wasn't sure

01:35:50.319 --> 01:35:52.479
what the turnout would be you know post

01:35:52.560 --> 01:35:54.319
pandemic we haven't had that event for i

01:35:54.399 --> 01:35:56.720
think two years and you know it was as

01:35:56.800 --> 01:35:59.359
though we'd never within mr beat so i

01:35:59.439 --> 01:36:02.560
wanted to seriously thank the the events

01:36:02.640 --> 01:36:04.800
team for putting on a very high quality

01:36:04.880 --> 01:36:07.119
event there were so many families there

01:36:07.199 --> 01:36:09.279
kids running around people really loving

01:36:09.359 --> 01:36:11.119
the music the food trucks had lines i

01:36:11.199 --> 01:36:13.359
had to line up to get my fairy floss

01:36:13.439 --> 01:36:15.039
which i thought i earned after giving a

01:36:15.119 --> 01:36:17.520
speech but um it was just fantastic to

01:36:17.600 --> 01:36:20.159
see so many people come together in

01:36:20.239 --> 01:36:22.720
malden gardens um after such a long time

01:36:22.800 --> 01:36:24.720
of not having these free publicly

01:36:24.800 --> 01:36:26.560
accessible events so well done to

01:36:26.640 --> 01:36:28.319
everyone and

01:36:28.399 --> 01:36:30.079
i look forward to seeing how our future

01:36:30.159 --> 01:36:32.239
events go as you know we just continue

01:36:32.319 --> 01:36:33.600
to open up

01:36:33.680 --> 01:36:36.800
so councillors who move to item 13

01:36:36.880 --> 01:36:38.800
questions to council officers are there

01:36:38.880 --> 01:36:40.960
this evening council close

01:36:41.039 --> 01:36:43.199
one question i had

01:36:43.279 --> 01:36:44.560
an officers might have to take it on

01:36:44.640 --> 01:36:45.600
notice

01:36:45.680 --> 01:36:48.000
the local government superannuation

01:36:48.079 --> 01:36:50.640
scheme is it investing

01:36:50.720 --> 01:36:52.960
in russia or bella russia

01:36:53.039 --> 01:36:55.439
oh interesting question yes through you

01:36:55.520 --> 01:36:56.800
me i think we might have to take that

01:36:56.880 --> 01:36:58.640
off i would like to i would like to

01:36:58.720 --> 01:37:01.039
check that for you

01:37:01.119 --> 01:37:03.039
thank you councillor

01:37:03.119 --> 01:37:07.039
any other questions councillor lou i've

01:37:14.399 --> 01:37:16.720
why has the council's 100 words been

01:37:16.800 --> 01:37:19.119
removed from starting to news how is the

01:37:19.199 --> 01:37:21.039
decision made and who's responsible for

01:37:21.119 --> 01:37:22.239
the decision

01:37:22.319 --> 01:37:23.840
has it been done to create the

01:37:23.920 --> 01:37:25.680
impression that councillors are a hive

01:37:25.760 --> 01:37:28.000
mind and to stop counsellors who have a

01:37:28.079 --> 01:37:29.840
minority view from having the

01:37:29.920 --> 01:37:31.680
opportunity to communicate their views

01:37:31.760 --> 01:37:33.359
to the constituents

01:37:33.439 --> 01:37:35.279
are there any plans to bring back the

01:37:35.359 --> 01:37:38.399
councillors 500 words

01:37:38.479 --> 01:37:40.399
newsletters

01:37:40.479 --> 01:37:42.800
ah thank you meg through you

01:37:42.880 --> 01:37:44.800
um

01:37:44.880 --> 01:37:46.720
stonington news has evolved over the

01:37:46.800 --> 01:37:48.560
past 12 months and it's in direct

01:37:48.640 --> 01:37:51.039
relation to the feedback that we receive

01:37:51.119 --> 01:37:52.800
from our communities

01:37:52.880 --> 01:37:55.279
consumers and our residents you notice

01:37:55.359 --> 01:37:57.359
that there's an increased focus in our

01:37:57.439 --> 01:37:59.760
contemporary design with stronger design

01:37:59.840 --> 01:38:01.520
you'll also notice that we've had a

01:38:01.600 --> 01:38:03.600
strong focus on storytelling

01:38:03.680 --> 01:38:05.920
particularly around our waste exploring

01:38:06.000 --> 01:38:08.479
local neighborhoods roads

01:38:08.560 --> 01:38:10.720
community grants events local planning

01:38:10.800 --> 01:38:12.000
and development

01:38:12.079 --> 01:38:14.960
the environment and sustainability

01:38:15.039 --> 01:38:16.560
and bear with me that's why i'll get to

01:38:16.640 --> 01:38:19.760
some of the more questions

01:38:20.640 --> 01:38:22.960
the next page to be

01:38:23.039 --> 01:38:25.039
moved into a more contemporary format is

01:38:25.119 --> 01:38:27.920
the stonington council page um

01:38:28.000 --> 01:38:29.760
counsellors this page has not been

01:38:29.840 --> 01:38:32.479
changed for 15 years and this page

01:38:32.560 --> 01:38:34.560
pre-dates most of our offices and

01:38:34.640 --> 01:38:37.760
councils here today

01:38:38.319 --> 01:38:40.239
the counselor page was the next one to

01:38:40.319 --> 01:38:42.159
be involved

01:38:42.239 --> 01:38:43.840
and we're committed and we're working

01:38:43.920 --> 01:38:46.560
with councillors to showcase how um you

01:38:46.640 --> 01:38:48.479
can be featured in future editions of

01:38:48.560 --> 01:38:50.239
scotland years

01:38:50.319 --> 01:38:51.680
but the editorial direction the

01:38:51.760 --> 01:38:53.600
editorial decision is an operational

01:38:53.680 --> 01:38:54.960
responsibility

01:38:55.039 --> 01:38:56.640
that falls within

01:38:56.720 --> 01:38:59.359
the responsibilities of both the ceo and

01:38:59.439 --> 01:39:00.640
myself

01:39:00.720 --> 01:39:02.960
and the decision was made to evolve the

01:39:03.039 --> 01:39:05.920
full publication to meet the needs

01:39:06.000 --> 01:39:09.760
of the information from our community

01:39:09.840 --> 01:39:11.680
thank you mr lincoln's

01:39:11.760 --> 01:39:14.159
do you have further questions um well

01:39:14.239 --> 01:39:16.079
the part of that question hasn't been

01:39:16.159 --> 01:39:17.840
answered which is

01:39:17.920 --> 01:39:21.199
um was the decision made to prevent

01:39:21.279 --> 01:39:22.880
councillors from having the opportunity

01:39:22.960 --> 01:39:24.960
to communicate to constituents

01:39:25.039 --> 01:39:27.119
and are there any plans to bring the 100

01:39:27.199 --> 01:39:28.239
words back

01:39:28.319 --> 01:39:29.600
miss movements

01:39:29.680 --> 01:39:30.640
um

01:39:30.720 --> 01:39:32.560
counsellor as i said before through you

01:39:32.640 --> 01:39:33.359
man

01:39:33.439 --> 01:39:34.880
it's to meet the communication

01:39:34.960 --> 01:39:37.520
requirements of our

01:39:37.600 --> 01:39:38.800
residents

01:39:38.880 --> 01:39:41.439
we are committed to showcasing the

01:39:41.520 --> 01:39:43.359
councils and ensuring uh there's an

01:39:43.439 --> 01:39:46.319
appropriate method for councillors um to

01:39:46.399 --> 01:39:48.319
communicate and have a role in

01:39:48.399 --> 01:39:50.399
swanington news you would have also seen

01:39:50.479 --> 01:39:53.119
that we've changed the profile we're

01:39:53.199 --> 01:39:55.039
taking different pictures

01:39:55.119 --> 01:39:57.119
of the councillors we're including

01:39:57.199 --> 01:39:59.600
councillor quotes we're not only relying

01:39:59.680 --> 01:40:01.920
on there as a key ahead of the

01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:03.680
publication so we're looking at

01:40:03.760 --> 01:40:05.199
alternative ways

01:40:05.279 --> 01:40:07.840
for you to be exposed and to reach out

01:40:07.920 --> 01:40:09.760
to your community and to show the great

01:40:09.840 --> 01:40:11.199
work that you're doing on behalf of the

01:40:11.279 --> 01:40:13.199
community

01:40:13.279 --> 01:40:16.000
council lou additional questions or are

01:40:16.079 --> 01:40:17.359
there any plans to bring you one

01:40:17.439 --> 01:40:19.760
additional question i have that that

01:40:19.840 --> 01:40:20.880
part of the question hasn't been

01:40:20.960 --> 01:40:22.319
answered are there any plans to bring

01:40:22.399 --> 01:40:24.800
the 100 words back no there are no plans

01:40:24.880 --> 01:40:26.640
at the moment to bring kind of words up

01:40:26.720 --> 01:40:27.760
thank you

01:40:27.840 --> 01:40:30.399
um some 28 days ago

01:40:30.479 --> 01:40:32.800
i asked the ceo to comply to provide a

01:40:32.880 --> 01:40:35.359
complete breakdown detailing how much

01:40:35.439 --> 01:40:37.359
council has spent today from mediations

01:40:37.439 --> 01:40:39.600
and arbitrations and cancer conduct

01:40:39.680 --> 01:40:41.840
panel applications attributable to the

01:40:41.920 --> 01:40:43.680
councillors who've made applications for

01:40:43.760 --> 01:40:46.319
mediations arbitrations or council

01:40:46.399 --> 01:40:48.239
conduct panels

01:40:48.319 --> 01:40:50.560
last council meeting um the ceo hasn't

01:40:50.640 --> 01:40:52.720
had didn't have time i wonder if

01:40:52.800 --> 01:40:54.479
the ceo has an answer to that tonight

01:40:54.560 --> 01:40:55.920
i'll just say councillor it's not a

01:40:56.000 --> 01:40:57.520
matter of time i don't believe we were

01:40:57.600 --> 01:40:59.760
given the information from the arbiter

01:40:59.840 --> 01:41:02.159
but thank you liberal um through you

01:41:02.239 --> 01:41:04.800
mayor um unfortunately the arbiters had

01:41:04.880 --> 01:41:08.079
a very serious health condition and um

01:41:08.159 --> 01:41:10.880
it's not at work at the moment so

01:41:10.960 --> 01:41:12.479
they have a very small number of staff

01:41:12.560 --> 01:41:14.319
within that team and so we haven't been

01:41:14.399 --> 01:41:17.039
able to source the information but you

01:41:17.119 --> 01:41:18.800
you know you can feel reassured that as

01:41:18.880 --> 01:41:20.319
soon as the information is available

01:41:20.399 --> 01:41:22.800
we'll provide it to council

01:41:22.880 --> 01:41:23.920
um

01:41:24.000 --> 01:41:26.560
thank you um next question uh wednesday

01:41:26.640 --> 01:41:28.880
the 23rd of march 2021 you might have to

01:41:28.960 --> 01:41:31.600
take this on notice

01:41:31.680 --> 01:41:32.800
relevant council officer they have to

01:41:32.880 --> 01:41:35.279
take this on notice is national eucalypt

01:41:35.359 --> 01:41:36.159
day

01:41:36.239 --> 01:41:38.640
this is a celebration day by eucalypt

01:41:38.720 --> 01:41:42.479
australia to celebrate eucalyptus trees

01:41:42.560 --> 01:41:45.520
are there any plans for council

01:41:45.600 --> 01:41:47.840
to commemorate and celebrate national

01:41:47.920 --> 01:41:50.079
eucharist day

01:41:50.159 --> 01:41:53.680
have you now taken our notice

01:41:55.520 --> 01:41:58.319
a resident has asked me also to ask this

01:41:58.399 --> 01:41:59.279
question

01:41:59.359 --> 01:42:00.880
would you let's take on which i'm sure

01:42:00.960 --> 01:42:02.960
they need to be taken on marriages

01:42:03.039 --> 01:42:04.720
could the council please be provided

01:42:04.800 --> 01:42:07.199
with a breakdown on how much council

01:42:07.279 --> 01:42:10.399
spends on sports versus arts and could

01:42:10.479 --> 01:42:11.199
this

01:42:11.279 --> 01:42:14.079
please include estimated spend over the

01:42:14.159 --> 01:42:16.560
next 10 years including spending from

01:42:16.640 --> 01:42:18.239
capital improvement as well as other

01:42:18.319 --> 01:42:19.199
funding

01:42:19.279 --> 01:42:21.119
i'm not sure we have a three-day 10-year

01:42:21.199 --> 01:42:23.039
element but certainly yeah through your

01:42:23.119 --> 01:42:24.640
man we'll have a look at that and then

01:42:24.720 --> 01:42:26.399
particularly we'll look at it as part of

01:42:26.479 --> 01:42:29.560
the budget

01:42:34.800 --> 01:42:37.439
next question is

01:42:37.520 --> 01:42:39.600
why we're keeping briefings confidential

01:42:39.680 --> 01:42:41.359
when there's no legal requirement to

01:42:41.439 --> 01:42:43.279
keep these confidential under the local

01:42:43.359 --> 01:42:44.560
government act

01:42:44.640 --> 01:42:46.079
are we in fact simply keeping a

01:42:46.159 --> 01:42:48.239
convention that is from the old local

01:42:48.319 --> 01:42:50.720
government act and does this contradict

01:42:50.800 --> 01:42:53.279
the transparency principles that the new

01:42:53.359 --> 01:42:57.279
local government act calls us to aspire

01:43:03.279 --> 01:43:05.279
my next question

01:43:05.359 --> 01:43:07.359
have council officers recently advised

01:43:07.439 --> 01:43:10.159
councillors not to have any contact with

01:43:10.239 --> 01:43:11.600
union representatives from the

01:43:11.680 --> 01:43:13.520
australian services union

01:43:13.600 --> 01:43:15.600
why council officers of the view that

01:43:15.680 --> 01:43:17.359
councillors should not be talking

01:43:17.439 --> 01:43:21.279
directly to union representatives

01:43:22.000 --> 01:43:23.279
i don't believe that everyone's been

01:43:23.359 --> 01:43:25.039
told not to contact

01:43:25.119 --> 01:43:26.960
the union's councillor i think it's been

01:43:27.039 --> 01:43:28.880
that they're not to become brief

01:43:28.960 --> 01:43:30.640
counsellors as that would be appropriate

01:43:30.720 --> 01:43:32.319
given their employment matters which are

01:43:32.399 --> 01:43:34.399
out of scope for counsellors

01:43:34.479 --> 01:43:36.479
but we can get that exactly clarified

01:43:36.560 --> 01:43:37.520
for you

01:43:37.600 --> 01:43:40.720
final question counselor

01:43:42.319 --> 01:43:44.319
thank you matt having done some reading

01:43:44.399 --> 01:43:46.640
up on the use of gender pronouns at your

01:43:46.720 --> 01:43:48.000
suggestion

01:43:48.079 --> 01:43:49.760
i learned that many midwives and

01:43:49.840 --> 01:43:52.000
specialists on breastfeeding have become

01:43:52.079 --> 01:43:54.640
concerned that divisive gender

01:43:54.720 --> 01:43:56.399
non-specific language can be

01:43:56.479 --> 01:43:58.479
dehumanising to new mothers

01:43:58.560 --> 01:44:00.720
affect the child bond and discourage

01:44:00.800 --> 01:44:02.239
young mothers from persisting with

01:44:02.319 --> 01:44:04.319
breastfeeding so i seek public

01:44:04.399 --> 01:44:07.279
confirmation that despite pronouns being

01:44:07.359 --> 01:44:09.439
included in some signatures of

01:44:09.520 --> 01:44:12.000
council officers there are no plans to

01:44:12.079 --> 01:44:14.720
introduce non-gendered language into our

01:44:14.800 --> 01:44:17.039
maternal child health nurse service or

01:44:17.119 --> 01:44:18.800
any literature that's provided to

01:44:18.880 --> 01:44:20.960
breastfeeding mothers so counselor that

01:44:21.039 --> 01:44:22.800
was answered to you via email on the

01:44:22.880 --> 01:44:24.720
20th february it's really not

01:44:24.800 --> 01:44:26.479
appropriate to then use the council

01:44:26.560 --> 01:44:28.720
forum to re-ask questions that have

01:44:28.800 --> 01:44:31.119
already been answered well i've asked

01:44:31.199 --> 01:44:33.760
the question that i've asked is a public

01:44:33.840 --> 01:44:36.079
question and i want the answer to the

01:44:36.159 --> 01:44:38.399
answer publicly it's no use to the

01:44:38.479 --> 01:44:40.319
constituents who are who i'm here

01:44:40.399 --> 01:44:42.880
representing to get an email sent to me

01:44:42.960 --> 01:44:44.720
well please don't ask don't ask the

01:44:44.800 --> 01:44:47.199
question over email officers spend time

01:44:47.279 --> 01:44:48.720
answering that for you if you're they're

01:44:48.800 --> 01:44:50.720
just going to ask me i i actually i

01:44:50.800 --> 01:44:52.720
actually asked for the council meeting

01:44:52.800 --> 01:44:54.960
it was taken no you asked if i emailed

01:44:55.039 --> 01:44:56.479
two or three months of great council

01:44:56.560 --> 01:44:58.640
week and the answer was

01:44:58.720 --> 01:45:00.560
maternal child health services have not

01:45:00.640 --> 01:45:02.960
been instructed to start using the

01:45:03.039 --> 01:45:05.520
replacement defects terms outlined below

01:45:05.600 --> 01:45:08.159
and have no current plans to do so

01:45:08.239 --> 01:45:10.159
that's the answer that's the answer

01:45:10.239 --> 01:45:12.720
thank you councillor

01:45:12.800 --> 01:45:14.640
we need to use our governance process

01:45:14.720 --> 01:45:16.800
appropriately in council meetings

01:45:16.880 --> 01:45:18.560
so there's no use asking a question over

01:45:18.640 --> 01:45:20.960
email if you are just intending to ask

01:45:21.039 --> 01:45:22.800
it again in the public forum it needs to

01:45:22.880 --> 01:45:24.560
be more clear than that no other

01:45:24.640 --> 01:45:26.079
counselors are asking duplicate

01:45:26.159 --> 01:45:27.680
questions

01:45:27.760 --> 01:45:29.359
so we'll move on any other counselors

01:45:29.439 --> 01:45:30.479
have a question i actually asked the

01:45:30.560 --> 01:45:32.560
question at a council meeting last week

01:45:32.640 --> 01:45:34.159
council of medical

01:45:34.239 --> 01:45:35.600
thank you um

01:45:35.680 --> 01:45:37.279
through you mayor i was actually

01:45:37.359 --> 01:45:38.960
interested in what is the purpose of

01:45:39.039 --> 01:45:41.199
starting to news as a publication as a

01:45:41.279 --> 01:45:42.800
promise tool

01:45:42.880 --> 01:45:45.039
thank you miss lincolns

01:45:45.119 --> 01:45:48.239
um thank you for you man the purpose is

01:45:48.319 --> 01:45:50.640
um a flagship quarterly publication to

01:45:50.720 --> 01:45:52.479
all of our residents and businesses

01:45:52.560 --> 01:45:54.239
within the central stillington and the

01:45:54.319 --> 01:45:56.000
purpose is to inform that community and

01:45:56.079 --> 01:45:58.239
the range of council

01:45:58.319 --> 01:46:01.439
news information activities events

01:46:01.520 --> 01:46:03.439
programs services

01:46:03.520 --> 01:46:04.720
that all take place within the

01:46:04.800 --> 01:46:07.279
municipality is to showcase how the

01:46:07.359 --> 01:46:09.600
community can be involved in council

01:46:09.680 --> 01:46:11.920
life

01:46:12.000 --> 01:46:13.920
you and i follow on then when was the

01:46:14.000 --> 01:46:15.279
last time we actually went out to the

01:46:15.359 --> 01:46:16.960
community to ask them what they wanted

01:46:17.039 --> 01:46:19.600
to read in in publications and what did

01:46:19.680 --> 01:46:22.319
they tell us

01:46:23.840 --> 01:46:25.920
the communications board was undertaken

01:46:26.000 --> 01:46:28.399
in 2018

01:46:28.479 --> 01:46:31.520
as part of that board we surveyed 450

01:46:31.600 --> 01:46:34.159
people and we also included a randomized

01:46:34.239 --> 01:46:37.439
phone survey and intercept surveys

01:46:37.520 --> 01:46:39.600
this was conducted by his independent

01:46:39.680 --> 01:46:41.520
market researcher company called the

01:46:41.600 --> 01:46:42.880
office

01:46:42.960 --> 01:46:44.960
the research found that song 2 news was

01:46:45.039 --> 01:46:47.279
a primary tool for people to be informed

01:46:47.359 --> 01:46:49.359
about council services activities and

01:46:49.439 --> 01:46:50.399
events

01:46:50.479 --> 01:46:52.720
people were most interested in waste

01:46:52.800 --> 01:46:55.039
rubbish exploring their neighborhood

01:46:55.119 --> 01:46:57.920
roadbirds community grants events global

01:46:58.000 --> 01:46:59.680
planning and development environment and

01:46:59.760 --> 01:47:01.600
sustainability

01:47:01.680 --> 01:47:04.000
people are least interested in some of

01:47:04.079 --> 01:47:06.960
the operational elements of council loan

01:47:07.039 --> 01:47:09.439
we've had the domestic animal plan um

01:47:09.520 --> 01:47:11.279
but people aren't all that interested in

01:47:11.359 --> 01:47:14.079
pet registrations um they're also not

01:47:14.159 --> 01:47:16.319
interested in board meetings or

01:47:16.399 --> 01:47:18.880
political issues and this is also

01:47:18.960 --> 01:47:21.119
information that aligns

01:47:21.199 --> 01:47:22.560
through the development of the council

01:47:22.640 --> 01:47:24.560
plan and what we know to be important as

01:47:24.640 --> 01:47:25.920
part of the community satisfaction

01:47:26.000 --> 01:47:27.840
survey

01:47:27.920 --> 01:47:30.079
thank you and i have one one final

01:47:30.159 --> 01:47:32.000
question on this that

01:47:32.079 --> 01:47:34.239
if we if we are removing the hundred

01:47:34.319 --> 01:47:35.520
words from the back page because the

01:47:35.600 --> 01:47:36.880
community actually doesn't want to read

01:47:36.960 --> 01:47:39.279
them what opportunities are we going to

01:47:39.359 --> 01:47:40.880
give for councillors to connect with the

01:47:40.960 --> 01:47:42.960
community or alternative options are we

01:47:43.039 --> 01:47:44.399
going to give

01:47:44.479 --> 01:47:46.399
thank you mayor i've made a commitment

01:47:46.479 --> 01:47:48.560
to the councillors at a recent

01:47:48.640 --> 01:47:50.960
communications and engagement workshop

01:47:51.039 --> 01:47:52.800
um to work with the counsellors on how

01:47:52.880 --> 01:47:54.560
we can best represent

01:47:54.640 --> 01:47:56.479
your role within student news and that

01:47:56.560 --> 01:47:59.119
will take place over the next two weeks

01:47:59.199 --> 01:48:01.840
excellent thank you any other questions

01:48:01.920 --> 01:48:04.159
councillor scott thank you mate for you

01:48:04.239 --> 01:48:06.640
um and this maybe needs to be taken on

01:48:06.720 --> 01:48:09.279
notice um i understand that the

01:48:09.359 --> 01:48:12.560
outdoor dining program ends at the end

01:48:12.640 --> 01:48:15.760
of summer which i think was last

01:48:15.840 --> 01:48:18.239
well this week coming close about closer

01:48:18.319 --> 01:48:19.119
to

01:48:19.199 --> 01:48:21.279
is that correct not through you may have

01:48:21.359 --> 01:48:25.960
been extended um

01:48:28.159 --> 01:48:31.239
[Music]

01:48:44.880 --> 01:48:46.319
fantastic thank you

01:48:46.399 --> 01:48:48.720
there may be some traders that aren't

01:48:48.800 --> 01:48:50.960
aware of that i was speaking to a couple

01:48:51.039 --> 01:48:53.039
over the weekend and they were assuming

01:48:53.119 --> 01:48:55.520
that it was coming to an end so

01:48:55.600 --> 01:48:57.039
just some advice we might need to

01:48:57.119 --> 01:49:00.800
communicate with them

01:49:00.880 --> 01:49:01.920
thank you

01:49:02.000 --> 01:49:03.920
any other questions

01:49:04.000 --> 01:49:06.479
great council morgan yeah i'm just

01:49:06.560 --> 01:49:08.239
thinking how to ask this question has

01:49:08.319 --> 01:49:10.399
been prompted um perhaps by some other

01:49:10.479 --> 01:49:11.760
questions we've been asked tonight and

01:49:11.840 --> 01:49:13.680
that is i expect this to be taken on

01:49:13.760 --> 01:49:16.399
notice that perhaps

01:49:16.479 --> 01:49:19.359
could clarify the difference between

01:49:19.439 --> 01:49:23.199
councils maybe getting contacted by

01:49:23.279 --> 01:49:25.520
ngos unions other organizations about

01:49:25.600 --> 01:49:27.840
floored high-level policy issues versus

01:49:27.920 --> 01:49:29.920
issues that might go into an operational

01:49:30.000 --> 01:49:30.960
sphere

01:49:31.039 --> 01:49:33.600
um and involve things within which are

01:49:33.680 --> 01:49:35.119
sort of outside the scope of our role

01:49:35.199 --> 01:49:37.359
and more within the organization as a

01:49:37.439 --> 01:49:38.800
whole so maybe

01:49:38.880 --> 01:49:40.560
if we could get some guidelines about

01:49:40.640 --> 01:49:42.800
that because i would imagine that

01:49:42.880 --> 01:49:43.840
um

01:49:43.920 --> 01:49:45.359
it could be

01:49:45.439 --> 01:49:46.479
um

01:49:46.560 --> 01:49:49.600
an issue i guess of discussion

01:49:49.680 --> 01:49:52.079
if it was said that we couldn't discuss

01:49:52.159 --> 01:49:57.560
high-level policy issues with anyone um

01:50:04.000 --> 01:50:05.760
urgent business is there any urgent

01:50:05.840 --> 01:50:08.399
business to raise this evening

01:50:08.479 --> 01:50:10.000
that can't wait for the next council

01:50:10.079 --> 01:50:12.000
meeting

01:50:12.079 --> 01:50:15.760
great i've been 15 general business um

01:50:15.840 --> 01:50:17.920
i've got one item to raise councillors

01:50:18.000 --> 01:50:20.640
we received an update this week that the

01:50:20.720 --> 01:50:23.439
headspace molded facility will be

01:50:23.520 --> 01:50:25.840
completed in mid-march that has been

01:50:25.920 --> 01:50:28.399
brought forward very significantly in

01:50:28.479 --> 01:50:31.439
light of the pandemic the fit out of the

01:50:31.520 --> 01:50:34.079
former council office and history center

01:50:34.159 --> 01:50:36.560
in malmo um as a new office space and

01:50:36.640 --> 01:50:39.039
consulting suite is almost complete

01:50:39.119 --> 01:50:40.720
following completion of the works

01:50:40.800 --> 01:50:43.119
headspace national will undertake a

01:50:43.199 --> 01:50:45.039
sign-off process which will then take a

01:50:45.119 --> 01:50:46.479
number of weeks

01:50:46.560 --> 01:50:48.399
but really all in all it means that we

01:50:48.479 --> 01:50:50.479
will be opening a headspace in melbourne

01:50:50.560 --> 01:50:52.399
a lot sooner than we had originally

01:50:52.479 --> 01:50:54.880
anticipated it is extremely needed

01:50:54.960 --> 01:50:56.479
within our community so i thought it was

01:50:56.560 --> 01:50:57.920
very pertinent to raise that under

01:50:58.000 --> 01:51:00.159
general business because no doubt it's a

01:51:00.239 --> 01:51:02.880
significant matter for the entire city

01:51:02.960 --> 01:51:04.159
of sterlington

01:51:04.239 --> 01:51:05.840
so thank you to the staff that are

01:51:05.920 --> 01:51:07.840
working diligently on that

01:51:07.920 --> 01:51:09.760
any other general business to raise

01:51:09.840 --> 01:51:12.399
counsellors

01:51:12.800 --> 01:51:14.800
great so we'll go to confidential

01:51:14.880 --> 01:51:16.399
business of which there's none so

01:51:16.479 --> 01:51:18.000
counselors i'd like to in the meeting at

01:51:18.079 --> 01:51:19.760
8 51 pm thank you all for your

01:51:19.840 --> 01:51:22.000
participation and thank you to anyone

01:51:22.079 --> 01:51:27.000
who watched this have a good night

02:07:08.159 --> 02:07:10.239
you