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Good evening and welcome to the City of

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Stonnington council meeting of Monday

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the 9th of February 2026. I'm councelor

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Melina Sehr the Mayor of the City of

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Stonnington and this is our first meeting

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for 2026. So welcome. I'd like to begin

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with the reading and statement of

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reconciliation. We acknowledge that

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we're meeting on the traditional lands

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of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Peoples

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of the East Kulin Nations and offer our

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respects to their living connection to

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country we extend that respect to

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all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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peoples. We acknowledge their living

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connection to country, relationship with

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the land and all living things extending

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back tens of thousands of years. And

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I'll now read councelor's statement of

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commitment. We're reminded that as

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councilors we are bound

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by our oath of office to undertake the

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duties of counselor in the best interest

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of the people of the City of Stonnington

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and to faithfully and impartially carry

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out the functions, powers, authorities,

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and discretions vested under us in us

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under the local government act and any

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other relevant act. Before I introduce

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councils and officers, I'd like to take

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this opportunity to remind our attendees

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here this evening at the of the

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behavioral expectations at council

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meetings. Members of the public are not

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permitted to address the council may

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only do so with the consent of the chair

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or by prior arrangement. Council

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provides an opportunity for public

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engagement through the questions from

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the community section of the meeting

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which we'll deal with shortly which

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requires pre-registration with our

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governance team. Any member of the

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public addressing the council must

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extend due courtesy and respect to the

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council and to the processes under which

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it operates and must take direction from

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the chair whenever called upon to do so.

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A member of the public in attendance at

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a council meeting must not disrupt the

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meeting. Any member of the public who

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disrupts the meeting or fails to comply

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with the direction I've issued may be

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removed from the council meeting. I'm

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sure we won't have problem here tonight.

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Introducing councils around the table.

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To my left from Toorak Ward, councelor Tom

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Humphries from Orrong Ward our Deputy Mayor

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councelor  Samantha Choudhury from 

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Wattleree Ward Councelor Steve

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Stefanopoulos. And from Tooronga Ward

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councelor Jamie Bell and to my right is

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councelor Sally Davis from Hedgley Dene

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Ward from Malvern Valley Ward Councelor

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Jami Klisaris from Como Ward councelor

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Meghan Hopper and from South Yarra Ward

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Councelor Kate Hely. Our executive

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manager of governance and public

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affairs, Xavier Sme rden, will now

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introduce the staff present this

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evening. Over to you, Xavier.

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Thank you. And through you, Mayor.

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Behind us is Emily Stockdale, the senior

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governance officer. To your far right is

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Julia Gallace, chief financial officer,

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Mark Patani, the manager, strategy,

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strategic property and revenue, and

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Reece Thomas, the coordinator of

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governance. To your far left is Georgie

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Birch, acting director of planning and

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community Simon Holloway, director

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of environment infrastructure, and

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Danielle Mazzone director of

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organization capability. And to your

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immediate right, here's Dale Dixon, the

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CEO. Thank you, Mr. Smerdon 

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councilors, are there any apologies for

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future meetings?

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There being none, we move to adoption

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adoption and confirmation of minutes of

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previous meetings. So councilors we

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have two sets of minutes listed for

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adoption tonight  firstly

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actually no there's only one set I've

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got here. My apologies so one set of

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minutes that's last year 15th of

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December. So, you'll have to take your

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minds back to those minutes  and being

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a true and accurate recording record of

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the meeting which appears to be many

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months ago can I there any questions

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or comments in relation to those

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minutes?

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There being none, can I have a mover and

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a second to confirm those minutes as an

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accurate record of proceedings? Move.

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Councelor Choudury council step up as

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second. All those in favor of adopting

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those minutes. Thank you councilors. We

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now move to item six, disclosure by

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councilors of any conflicts of interest.

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Does anyone wish to declare a conflict

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of interest on any of the items on

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tonight's agenda? There being none, we

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now move to questions to council from

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the community. And we've received six

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valid submissions for tonight's meeting.

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Six of which will be presented in person

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or five in person and one online. And

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for the benefit of those joining us

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tonight, I'll briefly outline the

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process. I'll invite the submitter by

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name to address the council. The

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submitter will have up to three minutes

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to ask their question or make a

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statement. At the 2 and 1/2 minute mark,

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you'll hear the bell ring twice or

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ring once. And this is to indicate that

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you've got 30 seconds remaining.

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At the conclusion of 

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the 3 minutes, you'll hear the bell ring

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twice at which point  you will need to

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finish speaking. Submissions relating to

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items on the agenda will not be

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responded to by officers tonight.

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However, councilors may choose to

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facilitate some discussion on these

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submissions during discussions on the

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relevant items. Submitters will be

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visible and audible to all counselors,

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council of officers, the gallery, and

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the public watching the live stream

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online. I'll also take the opportunity

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to remind the submitters to please use

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the wording of their presubmitted

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question or statement and to ensure that

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it remains in line with council's mutual

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respect charter. I will now invite

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Shirley Granger to read a statement in

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relation to Gordon Grove parking issues.

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Shirley,

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thank you. She said the life of Gordon

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Grove in Malvern since 2004. Everyone

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comments how quiet the area was and

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still having all the amenities at the

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end of the street. Gordon Grove has 24

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residents, 10 parking spaces southside

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and 11 drives, 16 parking spaces on the

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north side and three drives. Total of 26

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on the street parking spaces and 14

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drives and we've never had a problem.

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This changed in September 2024. Why? The

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Gardener Hotel opened its doors. During

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the permit application, amendments for

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the Gardener hotel parking congestion was

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raised as becoming an issue and planning

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support team member Ellie Hickson

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advised me that we would assess that

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once the venue was up and running. On

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the 25th of February 2025, a request for

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parking restriction change was submitted

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to David Venture, principal traffic and

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parking engineer due to the increasing

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difficulty of finding parking in Gordon

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Grove, Melbourne. Gordon Grove,

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Melbourne has the following parking

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restrictions. 2hour parking between 9 to

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6 Monday to Saturday on the south side

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and north side. Then it gets tricky.

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Thursday is street cleaning. So no

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parking between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00

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noon on the south side of the street.

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And Friday street cleaning again, no

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parking between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00

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noon the north side.

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Sunday has no parking restrictions and

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once again the government hotel patrons

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relish with this luxury. All surrounding

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streets within Glenferrie Road, Dandenong

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Road and Wattletree Road

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have permit parking only on one side and

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two-hour parking on the other side. So

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why can't we have this in Border Grove?

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We have Why can't we have the same? We

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have the Garden Hotel, Cabrini Hotel,

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, Cabrini Hospital, public transport,

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line gym, and whole foods warehouse all

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wanting to park in Gordon Road. It would

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appear the principal traffic and parking

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engineer power engineer is on a power

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trip affecting every resident in Gordon

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Road advising we don't need this change.

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He doesn't live in our street. He

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doesn't experience the frustration that

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we we experience when we come home and

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can't find a park. December 2025, new

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parking restrictions were implemented in

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Gordon Grove Northern Car Park. 4hour

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parking 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. No one

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joined the dots here. um as most people

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soon picked up Gordon Gross parking

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finishes at 6:00 p.m. Let's park there.

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When asking a parking attendant if he

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monitors the 2-hour parking in Gordon

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Grove, he replied, "No, we just do

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Gordon Road during the street clean

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Thursday and Friday." So that would be

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the revenue earnings with the street

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cleaning. So why do we have 2-hour

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parking without it being monitored? We

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also have additional cars starting to

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park from apartments in Wattletree Road,

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Malvern, and Gordon Road. Currently there

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are entire school for parking permit a

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parking tenants survives in a park in

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Gorgon Grove. If you tell us how many

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parking permits the arrangements are

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there's 148

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go my end piece of resistance with

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comment from the principal traffic and

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parking engineer. This does highlight

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the issue that many face in

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 our City areas such as

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Malvern. This was never the case until

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the Gardener hotel opened and this is why

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we are in the situation. All we want is

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parking permit on one side and two air

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on the other. I don't think that's too

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much to ask me. Every other street

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around us has it.

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 would you like to make a comment

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council?

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Oh, look. Um to the CEO, this is what

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the residents want. Give them what they

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want. It's really basic and simple. I

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cannot ask it how many times I've asked

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it.

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All right. Thank you Mr. Holloway our

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director of infrastructure and envir

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environment and infrastructure. Did you

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want to add anything?  through you,

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Mayor not in great detail other than

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to say that   I hear the 

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plea we understand the

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frustration. Council has recently

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commissioned some  and undertaken some

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 further detailed surveying in the

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street  and we will be reassessing

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that in coming weeks.

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Sorry.

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All right. I'll leave it with the ward

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counselor to look into the matter

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thank you, Miss Granger, for coming and

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presenting. We really appreciate you

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taking the time. Um, it's it always

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helps too when we hear it directly from

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those affected. So,  thank you I

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now invite Matthew Townsend who's

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joining us online to read a statement in

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relation to changes to parking permits.

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So, we'll just get Matthew. Do we have

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Matthew? All right, we're just bringing

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Matthew in on the big screen.

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Is that working? Okay.

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Um, yeah, we can hear you, Matthew. We

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just can't see you. We won't be able to

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see Matthew. All right. So, Matthew,

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over to  you.

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, good evening, madam Mayor and

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councilors. , so council is best

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placed to form a view as to the need for

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the funds raised from the paid

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residential parking permit scheme to

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respond to Stonnington's ongoing

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budgetary needs. But I've taken the

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liberty of setting out for you in a

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six-page attachment a few policy reasons

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why the decision to introduce changes

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for residential parking ought not be reh

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be reversed. To begin the demands of

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Sington's road network will increase as

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our population continues to grow and if

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residents are complaining about the

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difficulty of parking on the road work

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network now in particular for those

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people who have no alternative but to

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drive to work or have mobility issues.

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One might reasonably expect that those

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complaints are going to be intensified

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 in the medium to longer terms unless

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demand for parking on residential

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streets is appropriately managed today.

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Second, council something like 256 km of

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road network is one of the largest

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components of Sonington's $3 billion

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infrastructure asset portfolio.

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Yet not charging for parking sends a

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signal to owners of vehicles that the

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public road network is not valued.

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That's why it is not uncommon to see

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cars on streets that are unused for

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months on end. Less obvious though are

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the vehicles that are used infrequently

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but predominantly used for short trips

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that could be replaced with alternative

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forms of transport such as walking,

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bicycles or scooters.

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Thirdly, council's 2020 transport

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strategy recognizes the importance of

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adopting a proactive approach to the

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challenges and opportunities raised by

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our forecast population growth. The

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transport strategy recognizes the use of

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motor vehicles for short trips is the

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least efficient form of transport

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and  unnecessary reliance

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on motor vehicles has a negative

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economic impact and on those whom travel

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road travel by vehicles is essential.

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It's for this reason that council policy

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anticipates that the road network must

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be reallocated to better accommodate

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alternative forms of transport.

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Seen in this context, it might be said

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that the friction evident in the

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petition against the introduction of

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paid residential parking is not an

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indication of poor council policy but an

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indication that council policy is being

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effectively implemented. If you like, it

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is the friction of constructive change.

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And just in closing, thank you to each

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of you as counselors for giving your

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evenings and weekends to help make such

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a wonderful place to live. And thank you

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too for the planners and engineers who

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put so much care and effort into

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development of our planning and

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infrastructure policies. It's no

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exaggeration to say that they are among

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the best.

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Thank you, Matthew, for your

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contribution.

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I now invite Claire Taylor to read a

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statement in relation to 

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changes to parking permits. Thank you,

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Cla.

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 just with the lack of information

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that's been given to us, what happens

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when a house owner is away and they have

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house guests who come and stay and they

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wish to park in the street, but they're

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unsure of the duration of their stay.

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How we go about that? And how long will

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a visitor pass be available for? Is it

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going to be 2 4 6 12 hours a day a week?

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We have no information so far. So we

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would like some more clarity.

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Thank you, Cla. I will ask Mr. Simon

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Holloway, our director of environment

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infrastructure to respond to the two

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questions you've just asked.

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Thank you.  through you, Mayor. Um, in

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relation to the first question, , the

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resident can add their house guest

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vehicle registration to their visitor

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permit. So, the visitor has the permit

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for the duration of their stay.

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Um, let please let him answer.

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, in relation to the second question,

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the visitor permit is valid from the

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time you add the vehicle registration

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until the time that you remove or

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replace it , from that permit. Um just

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to further say that um council has

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provided updated  FAQs on its website

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as of Friday last week.  there are

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some copies in the foyer. We're also

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happy to send those  out to anyone 

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and they go through all of the questions

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 that have been asked.

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So does that answer your questions? And

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if not, we can take them on notice or

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you can grab a copy of the FAQs or email

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us and we can

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Sorry, Kate. Council of clarification.

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Yes,

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about that. Um, so playing out a

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scenario, if my parents come around for

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dinner on Sunday night and I put the

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visitor car parking permit to my mom's

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car,

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if I don't replace that visitor permit

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online with another person, her car will

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forever have my visitor permit until I

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replace it with someone else

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or you remove her

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into

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her car.

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Yeah. Okay. Thank you. So, it's not a

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4hour 1 hour. No, it's not.

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It could be potentially 6 months.

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Correct.

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Thank you.

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All right. Just like if you left it on

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the physical ones on their dashboard

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just so

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well I think it's been answered rather

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than council.

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Can I ask a question with relevance to

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it? What if I'm overseas

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and a family member wants to come and

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stay at my place at 1 Edton Road Island

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and they have a key to my house to come

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in anyway and they want to park on the

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street.

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How how am I going to apply that permit

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for them

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to do that?

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um  through there. I might take that

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question on notice. There is a solution

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for that. Um and we've got your contact

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details and happy to follow up with you

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tomorrow if that.

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So um I'd suggest also grabbing a copy

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of the FAQs. They're very comprehensive

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and there's about 38 questions and

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answers in there. So they just got

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released, but happy to answer anything

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else that might come up if you feel that

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that's not adequately answered any

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outstanding issues you have. But thank

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you for coming and asking

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 your questions. Today we

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have another one. Um I'd now like to

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invite um Chris Canaratnam to read a

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statement in relation to changes to

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parking permits.  Welcome

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Chris.

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Thank you Mayor. So Ed Road Ardale has

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permit parking on both sides of the

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road. So we have a few concerns

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questions regarding the new permits. the

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elderly and those residents who are not

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techsavvy will not be able to register

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visitors carers in a timely manner. How

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can we identify cars that do not have

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permits when they overstay the 2 hours

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so they can be reported to council? We

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think it would be easier for all if the

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digital passes were attached to the home

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address or slashpermanent permit on that

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address and that residents have the

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option of digital or physical visitor

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permits. We know the additional fees

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that we will now be required to pay for

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all permits and feel that council is now

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providing a far lesser service but

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greater inconvenience to us residents.

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Thank you. [applause]

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Did you wish to respond?

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Um, thank you through your Mayor. Um,

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there's quite a number of questions and

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comments  in that one. So, we'll take

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that on notice and follow up with you 

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tomorrow with a detailed response. Also,

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just to reiterate, um the detailed FAQs

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that have been updated to our website do

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answer many of these questions. Um there

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are copies in the foyer and council will

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be  considering a report on  the new

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digital permit scheme and fees in March

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and we'll address a number of these

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issues then CEO will actually add

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something to that

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ju just through you may the other thing

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that hasn't been said tonight but which

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we are trying to emphasize is that we um

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are committed to writing to everyone who

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has a current permit or permits and

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that's going to happen about 6 weeks

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before the renewal of those permits. and

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much of the information  which answers

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questions being asked will be in that

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correspondence. So that that's going to

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happen. That was always going to happen.

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That of course as yet hasn't happened.

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So for those people that'll be that have

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permits and are looking at a renewal in

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late April, we're looking to have a

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letter to your property  around late

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mid to late March. So it's not that far

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away.

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And what about the report?

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Well, Simon's all. So Mr. Hollowway has

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alluded to the fact that we have also

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committed to providing the council with

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a detailed report addressing as many of

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the questions or issues that have been

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raised as is possible and that's going

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to be presented to council in late March

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as well. So there are two things that

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are going to happen. There is there's no

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no question.

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And I'll also Chris exactly the concerns

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you raised councils have discussed um

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particularly for residents that may not

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be able to access technology. So we're

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working through a solution to that but

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that's very much front and center of our

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mind. So no one is going to be

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disadvantaged as a result of the new

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system.

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Can I sort of ask the latest what's the

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reason for reducing digital?

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Um I'm not going to answer that now. I'm

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happy to answer if we as I said we need

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to stick to the prescribed questions but

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happy to talk to you further about it

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and the rationale behind them and it is

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in the FAQs but please have a read and

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please reach out if you'd like to

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discuss it further. More than happy to

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do that.

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You're welcome. All right. We now have

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um two more submitters. This is in

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relation to the proposed divestment of

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57 to 59 Fisher Street, Malvern East,

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which is listed on tonight's agenda. So,

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we're happy to hear the statements, but

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we won't be responding to them. I'd now

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like to invite Edwina Tribe to read a

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statement in relation to the item I've

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just referred to. Welcome, Edwina. Yeah,

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the Stonnington Council Disability

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Inclusion Plan under Liverable, the

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Liverpool Community, section 2.13,

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commits the council to continue to

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engage with the Stonnington Disability

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and Access Committee, the SDAC, to

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provide opportunities to advocate,

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inform, and provide lived experience to

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assist council decision-m and improve

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access and inclusion across Donington.

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Further, under the plan's monitoring and

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evaluation section, it explicitly states

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that the SDAC will guide and provide

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input into the implementation of the

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disability inclusion action plan.

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Despite these commitments by Stonnington

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Council documentation, the Fischer

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Street proposal, a 243page

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document, contains no reference at all

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to the SDAC.

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This absence strongly suggests the

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council has not meaningfully consulted

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or collaborated with its own advisory

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body which exists specifically to

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provide guidance on accessibility,

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inclusion, and equitable access to

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services and spaces within Stonnington.

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The proposed closure and redirection of

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services raised significant

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accessibility concerns with clear

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implications of abbleism. The

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alternative centers suggested for

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displaced  clients

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introduce both geographical geographical

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barriers and financial challenges

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effectively restricting access to

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essential disability services. Such

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barriers stand in direct conflict with

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multiple disability rights frameworks

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from the UN to our federal and state 

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frameworks and  disability plans.

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Stonnington Council's own disability

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inclusion action plan is in contrary to

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this. On the Stonnington Council website,

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the disability and support services

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directory provides some helpful

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information for individuals with

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physical disabilities, followed largely

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by external links to charitable, state,

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and services in other local councils.

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However, Stonnington offers very limited

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local support for people with an

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intellectual or learning disability.

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The closure of the Fisher Street service

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will further diminish this already

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inadequate landscape.

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My question, should the Fischer Street

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facility close, what specific and exact

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supports and programs will Stonnington

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Council guarantee to maintain for all

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existing clients and Stonnington

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residents who currently access services

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there?

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[applause]

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Um, thank you, Edwina. Um, as I stated,

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because I'm assistant on tonight's

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agenda, we won't be responding to that,

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but um, thank you for your presentation.

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I now invite Elena Christie to read a

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statement in relation to the same item.

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Thank you, Elena. Sorry. All right. So,

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my first statement is anticipated

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effect. I did a a time on that. on

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clients including our brother, uncle,

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and  son if fisher's dream was closed.

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Unlike much of our brothers in life,

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society now adopts a proactive approach

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to helping vulnerable people achieve

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equity of outcome. This is not a

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competition, but with this important

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decision that you have in front of you,

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.616
we should reflect on who remains

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:47.640
profoundly vulnerable their whole lives.

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.895
The people who attend Fisher Street are

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:51.976
vulnerable from the day they are born

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until the day they die.

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For a life to be truly satisfying,

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support must go beyond tick of basic

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care, food, bathing, housing to include

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meaningful community, genuine enjoy

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enjoyment. Fisher Street does that

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:08.936
successfully for the clients. Please

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consider the most vulnerable person in

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your life and then imagine them losing

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the focus and source of the meaning in

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.775
their life.

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After decades of Damian enduring

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:23.416
bullying and significant challenges, to

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.576
watch him at this center now is to see

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him genuinely content for the first

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time. At his Mecca graduation, he

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insisted on wearing the graduation

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outfit just like his siblings. For the

00:24:35.760 --> 00:24:38.216
first time, he felt he is achieving

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something substantial and truly his own.

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This photo, the photo I gave out to you

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:47.336
shows him with his friends and this is

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:50.135
his girlfriend at Mecca. Relationships

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:52.296
that will be fully swept away if Fisher

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Street closes. This disruption will be

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immediate and profound. The council

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agenda item is proposed divestment of

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Fisher Fisher Street. Cinnamons of the

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:05.976
word divestment are displacement,

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deprivation, and eviction. These are

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correct in this situation.

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My second statement addressing the

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reasons that are given by council's

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report. We understand Mequa may wish to

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end their lease. If this so if so,

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.936
council could tend it to another

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:25.655
provider. All attendees have NDIS

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:27.895
funding. So financial viability is not

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an issue. The report sites building

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:32.535
works is another potential for closer

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:35.559
closure. This is a perverse irony. The

00:25:35.760 --> 00:25:37.736
clients who see no problem with the

00:25:37.760 --> 00:25:40.135
center they love will lose it because

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council believe it must be fixed. The

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:45.096
report also suggests selling fisher

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street partly because some attendees

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live outside.

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Relying on residency as justification

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seems inconsistent and cruel. Libraries,

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childare centers, tips are not

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restricted in the same way. The only

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clear outcome proposed from the sale is

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to place a substantial proceed from this

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:06.296
val valuable real estate site into a

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:08.616
council future fund with no defined

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.336
purpose. Stomington will always have

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:13.816
wealth behind it to net if it's needed

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:16.056
due to its residential base being one of

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:19.080
the richest municipalities in Australia.

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But once this center is gone, the people

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:24.775
whose lives revolve around it will never

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:27.714
regain what is lost.

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[applause]

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Thank you Elena for your um statements

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this evening. Councilors, we now move to

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:41.015
onto the main items of business in

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:44.039
tonight's meeting.

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First and foremost,

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let's wait for people of the gallery to

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leave.

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No

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Thank All

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right, Steve's leaving. All right, so

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council, we move to item 8.1, active

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:37.880
Stonnington action plan 2026 2029. Do I

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:41.895
have a mover and a second moved?

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:44.919
Councelor Haley seconded

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:47.336
second. I'll second for the purposes of

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today. Councelor Hilly, thank you. Um,

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:52.376
when we put the draft of this plan off

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.856
exhibition, I looking very closely to

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:57.496
see that the final conclusion into our

00:27:57.520 --> 00:27:59.255
community. And today I'm proud to

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:01.816
support a plan that has done that. So um

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:03.895
for many residents in the South Ward,

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:06.216
we're a community of apartment dwellers

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.216
and very busy professionals. So we don't

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:10.456
need just sports overs, we also need

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.336
flexibility. So it's great to see um I

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:15.336
think it's action 1.1 specifically

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:17.496
amended prevented following community

00:28:17.520 --> 00:28:20.216
feedback telling us that midday programs

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.816
don't work for people with careers and

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:23.976
busy lives. And in response, the plan

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:26.296
now officially commits to expanded early

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:28.616
morning, evening, and weekend program.

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.775
Um, furthermore, we also moved beyond

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.096
just lowcost options and we've um locked

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:34.696
in the commitment to a range of free

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.936
programs as well, ensuring that being

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.616
active isn't just a luxury, but right

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:40.696
for everyone in Stington regardless of

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.535
their bank balance. So again, it was

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.535
listening to the community and changing

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.936
the action plan based on their feedback.

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:49.736
Um the plan also cements the fair access

00:28:49.760 --> 00:28:51.176
policy as a cornerstone of our

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.496
operations and ensures that women, girls

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:55.176
and gender diverse residents have the

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.496
same quality of access to our facilities

00:28:57.520 --> 00:29:00.520
as anyone else. Um  in the briefing

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:02.456
officers told us about how this is just

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.856
the beginning and the Stonnington um

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:07.015
active Stonnington action plan is the

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:09.176
north star for what will guide three

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:11.336
other vital pieces of work that are

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.696
currently in development. So that

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.096
includes the sports infrastructure plan

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:16.775
which will look at the actual bricks and

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:19.799
water that are required to um action our

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.255
aspirations. Um also a new sports ground

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:25.496
and pavilion allocations policy to

00:29:25.520 --> 00:29:28.216
ensure that fair use and the selman

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.696
cohen park recreation plan which is

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:33.255
reimagining one of our most  precious

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:35.895
and large pieces of open space. So, I'm

00:29:35.919 --> 00:29:38.296
really delighted to um endorse this

00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:40.296
action plan and to see the changes that

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:41.895
have that have happened as a result of

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.496
community consultation.

00:29:43.520 --> 00:29:45.336
All right. Thank you, council. I've got

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.696
nothing further to add. Are there any

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:48.135
other comments in relation to this

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:49.976
agenda item? Council

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:53.000
question.  regarding um in the officer

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:57.655
report, it estimates an operating budget

00:29:57.679 --> 00:30:00.679
for ASAP. what a cute acronym that is.

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:02.616
Um, over the next four years will

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.096
require just under $400,000

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.775
by way of grants from the state and

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:09.096
federal governments and their agencies.

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:11.895
Now, my question is, for example, big

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:14.135
health can no longer as an agency be

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.576
approached because the state government

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:17.255
recently abolished them.

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.096
So, I'm and I suspect there are a few

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:21.416
others that we may have also approached.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.856
I'd like to take this question on

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:25.880
notice, but I'm just curious to know our

00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:28.919
depleting government grants will be even

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:32.200
more impacted than these agencies have

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:35.399
disappeared.

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:37.655
I'm happy.

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:39.655
Um, just for you, one thing I'd say this

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:41.816
isn't necessarily a direct correlation

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:43.416
with what the state government is now

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.255
doing with various agencies. So,

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:47.576
rationalizing and consolidating with

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:49.336
money that they make available for

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:51.176
grants and subsidies. So they are they

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.015
may be related but it's not a given.

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.856
Certainly happy to take the the question

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.135
on notice in detail.

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:59.159
Thank you. Um I and  council Healey

00:30:59.520 --> 00:31:01.655
has covered u most of it here but I just

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:04.679
wanted to reiterate that  people don't

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.176
realize that um council's health and

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:10.200
well-being strategy is a statutory um

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:14.296
requirement under the public health and

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:17.015
well-being act which recognizes the key

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.936
role of councils in improving the health

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.696
and well-being of people in their

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:23.096
community. And section 26 of the act

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:24.696
requires each council to prepare a

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:26.775
municipal health and well-being plan

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:29.015
every four years. I'm only stating that

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:31.255
because it just highlights that it's not

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.279
just about rights and rubbish.  it we

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.696
do have a a whole list of

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.856
responsibilities that actually legislate

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:41.655
it and this is one. Thank you.

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:44.056
Thank you for reminding people of that.

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:45.976
Thank you councelor Davis. It's right.

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.416
There's a lot of other things we do as

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.495
well that goes beyond that and we're

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.336
required to do. All right, councelor

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:53.015
Hilly, you're happy for me to put it to

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:55.416
the vote. All those in favor? Thank you.

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.576
Councilors, we now move to item 8.2, the

00:31:57.600 --> 00:32:00.135
proposed devestment of 57 to 59 Fisher

00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:02.135
Street, Mulvin East. Do I have a mover

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:04.775
and a second? Move. Council Clausaris

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:07.799
seconded. Councelor Stefanopoulos.

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.535
Council Clasares.

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.696
Thank you, Mayor. Very difficult

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.696
decision on the table before us tonight.

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.655
Um, I know that the memory service is is

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:20.535
very much loved in the community. Um, as

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:22.535
as you heard from two speakers this

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.559
evening, going back many, many decades,

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.240
um, council gave out its properties to

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:31.495
not for profofit organizations. We still

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.816
do, of course, over time. Those

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:35.495
agreements have changed, leases have

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.336
changed, and, um, standards have

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:39.495
changed. Back when we gave a lot of

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.976
these properties out across our City,

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:45.000
um, it was for a a peppercorn rent,

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.736
which essentially is $10 a year. It may

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:49.576
even have been $1 a year back in the

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:51.416
day.

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.655
At a particular point in time, and I

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:55.576
believe it would have been under after

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:58.600
the NDIS came into effect, Metwell like

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:01.640
many other providers  began to provide

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:05.399
forprofit um services to to to the

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:09.336
people to their clients um who are paid

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:12.360
out of their clients NDIS plans.

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.176
So, let's be under no illusion here. The

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.696
Mecca

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:19.416
offering is forprofit. It is not a

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.576
charitable organization.

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:23.816
They make a significant sum of money,

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:26.456
not just here, across any any service

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:29.416
that they provide. Yet, they pay council

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.135
$10 a year to leaseability. And I don't

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:33.976
even know that we really collect that

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.000
and actually follow that up.

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:40.936
As these old agreements have come to our

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.696
attention,  we have been

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:44.135
reassessing them and undertaking

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:46.696
community engagement and looking at

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.255
various options such as do we turn these

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.895
sites into a park? Do we sell them? Do

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:54.856
we sell it to someone in particular for

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:57.880
a certain purpose? Do we is it attached

00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.296
to an existing facility and do we expand

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:02.216
that facility? So, we're looking at

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.015
various different options. And for this

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:07.655
particular site, it is not a site that

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:10.679
council has a use for. The building is

00:34:11.919 --> 00:34:13.736
really not new and up to modern

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:15.976
standards. And as I've just explained,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.976
we have a provider, a for-profit

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.000
provider in there paying $10 a year to

00:34:21.919 --> 00:34:24.296
council. So council is effectively

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:27.320
subsidizing this service for 36 people

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:30.536
within the Melbourne community and about

00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:32.135
four of those within the Stington

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.655
community.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.655
We are in a very tightly constrained

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.335
budget environment. We have been making

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:38.936
very difficult decisions around this

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.936
table for a number of years. And I hate

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.536
to talk about the pandemic, but the

00:34:42.560 --> 00:34:44.615
pandemic really, really set this council

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.135
back and has made it very difficult for

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.159
us. We must devest properties and assets

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:51.815
that council does not have a use for

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:54.776
today or see a strategic use for in the

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:57.800
future. Now, Mecca were offered to

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.376
purchase this site. They don't want to.

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:02.856
Surprise, surprise. Perhaps they might

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:05.575
like to pay commercial rent. I also find

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:07.016
that very hard to believe given they've

00:35:07.040 --> 00:35:09.095
already indicated to us that they don't

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.696
want to run the service anymore. That

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:12.376
they might be looking, if we were to

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.376
extend the lease, looking at handing it

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:17.400
over to another provider anyway. Um, so

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:20.296
I think need to do a lot more here and a

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.776
lot better for these 36 participants and

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.335
actively work with them and council to

00:35:25.359 --> 00:35:27.016
find somewhere else to run these

00:35:27.040 --> 00:35:29.976
programs. As the report says, we have

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.536
other options such as the Phoenix Park

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:34.296
Community Center. We have other assets

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:36.055
across the community that are newer,

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:38.776
more fit for purpose and can be hired,

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:40.776
not at a peppercorn rate though, at a at

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:43.800
an appropriate  sum um so that county

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:45.896
can continue to maintain those

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.456
properties.

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:51.016
Now, there's a lot that we take into

00:35:51.040 --> 00:35:53.095
consideration. It's not just about how

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.856
many people use the site, live within

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:56.936
Dogington. I agree with the speaker that

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:58.776
wouldn't really be a fair way to assess

00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:00.376
it. I don't really mind where people

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:03.335
come from, but the reality is 36 people

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:06.359
on a 1300 m site is a lower usage for

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.440
for this site. Um, and we have

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.696
demolished or sold other buildings with

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:15.720
higher usage than that. Um, we do have

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.696
our disability inclusion action plan.

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:20.936
and we do have our committee all play an

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:22.536
incredibly important role. But at the

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:24.376
end of the day, the City of Stonnington

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.335
is not an NDIS provider and we made that

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:30.216
decision when council had the choice

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.896
whether we were going to remain in

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:34.216
disability services and deliver NDIS

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:37.176
services or or wanted our existing

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:38.936
services down and we pulled out of that

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.536
because it wasn't something that we saw

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:43.176
as our role and appropriate to do. So we

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:45.016
don't provide this service. would just

00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:47.016
provide the building and for all of the

00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:49.176
reasons that I've outlined I do support

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:51.016
its devestment and um commend this

00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:52.216
report to council.

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:55.095
Thank you councelor Cosaris.

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.376
She's covered it all, hasn't she?

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.696
Councelor 

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:59.720
Stefanopoulos. Yes, councelor Hilly.

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.656
Will you put your hand up? Councelor

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.856
Davis,

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:04.616
I saw councelor Hilly put a hand up and

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:06.376
then councelor Davis I'll come to you.

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.416
Councelor Hilly,

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.936
thank you. I've just got a few questions

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:11.960
to officers before um I speak to this.

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:13.896
Um

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.456
so firstly for our residents of the

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:18.936
public value assessment noted that um

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:21.095
most of the participants come from

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.016
outside the municipality but there were

00:37:23.040 --> 00:37:24.696
a small number of stington visitors who

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:27.656
rely on this facility as a as a service.

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:29.416
Um do officers believe that there will

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:31.335
be no loss of service options for

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:33.736
locals? Um and can you confirm that

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:35.656
Phoenix Park and Bowen Street have the

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:38.680
capaCity to bridge this gap if required?

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:41.800
Right. Um Julia Malachi will answer the

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.496
question.

00:37:43.520 --> 00:37:45.976
Mayor the council officers have held

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:48.696
preliminary discussions with me about

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:50.616
relocating the service to B Street or

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:53.256
Phoenix Park or both sites do have

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:56.280
capaCity. Me has advised them not to

00:37:57.040 --> 00:37:59.496
service provision um and they intend to

00:37:59.520 --> 00:38:01.656
close the service

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:03.656
as outlined in the council report as

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:06.616
well. Um a review of NDIS service

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:09.095
providers was conducted um which

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:11.736
included five other similar service

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.760
providers within neighboring councils um

00:38:15.040 --> 00:38:17.176
which may offer alternative services for

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:19.095
local residents.

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.616
Another couple of questions. So just

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:22.216
given the question one of the questions

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:25.095
posed earlier in the evening um can you

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.496
please define what the future fund is

00:38:27.520 --> 00:38:29.256
and what it's used for?

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:32.280
Sure. So the future fund is a reserve

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:35.480
for  council to hold funds and then

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.920
basically we draw down against um that

00:38:39.359 --> 00:38:42.359
fund in reserve and we can use um that

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.176
for strategic one-off investments or

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:48.200
emergent purposes um which may include

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:51.176
major community infrastructure projects.

00:38:51.200 --> 00:38:54.200
So then um to fund our capital program

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:56.936
and and also public asset acquisitions

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:58.696
or redevelopments of those.

00:38:58.720 --> 00:39:00.536
Thank you. And then one final question.

00:39:00.560 --> 00:39:03.016
So regarding the Mulvin emergency food

00:39:03.040 --> 00:39:06.040
program which is vital lifeline. Um

00:39:06.236 --> 00:39:08.136
 I understand that  we

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.976
have suggested council owned options

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:12.536
like street but if these aren't a fit

00:39:12.560 --> 00:39:14.536
will council commit to providing officer

00:39:14.560 --> 00:39:16.296
support to help them transition to a

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.536
suitable alternative space even if it's

00:39:18.560 --> 00:39:21.560
a non council site.  yes, so council

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:25.079
officers met with Malvern Emergency Food

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:28.359
Program services last week um to discuss

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:31.095
alternative locations for the service.

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:33.256
Um we have some availability at Phoenix

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:36.216
Park um and they were quite open to

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:38.856
those discussions.  officers will

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:40.696
support the identification of available

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:43.720
locations including non council status.

00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:47.575
Thank you. Um so as I think councelor

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.599
Kasaris has explained very um thoroughly

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:53.176
already this has been a very complex

00:39:53.200 --> 00:39:56.200
item um and

00:39:57.200 --> 00:40:00.200
it the architectural and fiscal logic is

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:02.136
very clear. The building's in poor

00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:04.136
condition. Repurposing will be

00:40:04.160 --> 00:40:06.216
prohibitively expensive um cost

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:09.240
rateayer. Furthermore, we manage

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:11.256
hundreds of different services and we

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:12.456
have to ensure that our limited

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.976
resources are invested where they

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:16.296
deliver the highest um public value to

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:19.256
Stallington. Um and the reality again is

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:21.416
that the current operator is looking at

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:23.256
transitioning out of offering these

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:25.656
specific services at this location.

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:28.055
However, we can't and I don't think we

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.896
are ignoring the heartbeat of this

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.815
building. And during the consultation,

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:34.839
we received 46 submissions. And I want

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:37.880
the residents who and and and everyone

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.856
who um who wrote in to know that they

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:43.880
have been heard. Um we read about a

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.736
community of participants who have

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.136
attended the center for over 22 years,

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:49.656
friends who have known each others in

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:51.815
school and for whom this building has

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:53.896
provided a sense of dignity and a sacred

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.055
home. And while these specific

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:58.776
disability programs are not a primary

00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:00.776
legislative responsibility of local

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:03.800
government um and with so many sitting

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:08.055
outside of our borders um that I feel

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:10.136
the Molden emergency food program is

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:12.055
certainly still a very important

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:14.216
priority for us and to ensure their

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.815
essential work continues without a

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:18.295
mistake. I've also suggested to officers

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:21.256
a few non-counsel sites to for the

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.856
service for their consideration should

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:24.616
our internal options not meet their

00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:27.640
needs. And finally, again thinking about

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.295
the proceeds coming um being designated

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:32.776
for our future fund. Um by making this

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:34.536
decision today, we're also securing the

00:41:34.560 --> 00:41:36.216
capital needed to invest in the

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.976
community infrastructure that our all of

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:40.055
our residents need. And we've got a lot

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:42.055
of community infrastructure that that

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:43.736
residents demand and want to have. happy

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:45.176
to talk about the active stunting

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:47.656
program as a as a example of the sports

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:50.680
requirements we also need. Um, so I'll

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:52.456
be supporting the recommendation, but

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.536
I'll also be looking at the and watching

00:41:54.560 --> 00:41:56.376
the transition of our local residents

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:58.616
and the food program very closely to

00:41:58.640 --> 00:42:00.136
ensure that they're treated with respect

00:42:00.160 --> 00:42:01.976
that they've earned over decades of

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.536
presence in our City. Thank you.

00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:06.216
Thank you, Council Councelor Davis.

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:08.696
Thank you, Mayor. Well said to my to

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:10.776
fellow councilors. Um, I really have

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:12.295
nothing to add. What I do say is

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:14.136
superfluous, but it won't stop me from

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:15.736
speaking.

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:18.376
, I just want to pick up on the points

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:21.400
council kazarus made  about me, which

00:42:21.520 --> 00:42:24.055
it is indeed a very different beast to

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:26.696
what it was during the Malvern Council

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:28.936
days when it was known as the Mulvin

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:30.616
Community Welfare Association.

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:31.496
Well done.

00:42:31.520 --> 00:42:34.376
Thank you. And  since then  it has

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.400
now evolved into a very successful not

00:42:37.839 --> 00:42:40.055
for profofit which I I'm not criticizing

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.815
but it does have an annual revenue

00:42:41.839 --> 00:42:43.815
according to its last financial report.

00:42:43.839 --> 00:42:45.640
Excuse me I'm losing my voice of

00:42:45.664 --> 00:42:48.616
 over $300 million. So it

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:50.456
is a very successful organization. I'm

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:52.055
sure it could well afford to pay us more

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:55.079
than $10 annually rent.  it as has

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.976
already been articulated  have

00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:00.776
indicated that they do not wish to 

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:03.335
purchase the property or or continue the

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:04.776
program. So I really think these

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:07.176
questions should be addressed to make

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:09.736
not so much to us. I'd also like to take

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:12.295
issue with a comment that was made by

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:14.616
the one the person asking a question

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:17.640
earlier  with the claim that Stony is

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:20.456
the richest municipality in Victoria.

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:23.176
Well, I got news for you all. It ain't.

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:26.200
 we I think Furara probably has that

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:28.216
moniker at the moment but  we

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:30.216
certainly are not which is why we are

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:32.216
actually making so many very difficult

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:35.176
financial decisions. Um and in these

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:38.055
straightened financial times  this

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:39.656
council has an obligation to its

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:41.976
rateayers to ensure such properties are

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.000
appropriate to keep or not.

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:47.736
And the only other just to reiterate

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:50.760
comments made by councelor Healey 

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:54.200
about  the Mulvin  emergency food

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:57.095
program. I actually remember when senior

00:43:57.119 --> 00:44:00.119
sergeant Gary Proudlock from Mulvin

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:02.216
police station actually set it up

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:04.136
because he was so concerned about the

00:44:04.160 --> 00:44:05.736
number of homeless the number of

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:07.815
domestic violence victims who just had

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:09.016
no food.

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:11.656
And  that as you know is people can

00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:14.136
collect food from the police station. Um

00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:17.095
he I think he still I think it's 30 30

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:19.656
year anniversary I think

00:44:19.680 --> 00:44:22.680
35 is thank you for that. Wow. Um and I

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:25.656
think Gary is still with us and he

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:28.616
sometimes attends functions. Yeah. Which

00:44:28.640 --> 00:44:31.640
is great.  so I know  from an

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:34.376
experience  just observing what they

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:36.856
do how important it is to our community.

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:39.880
Um and it's a a direct response to us

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:41.736
being supposedly the richest

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:43.496
municipality in Victoria. We have a lot

00:44:43.520 --> 00:44:45.656
of people in our municipality who are

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:48.536
struggling and we appreciate very much

00:44:48.560 --> 00:44:51.176
what this fund does and I've had a

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:53.256
discussion with CEO before the meeting

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:55.256
who has given his word that we will make

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:58.280
it work. Thank you. And I'd just like to

00:44:58.319 --> 00:45:00.856
echo that when we did discuss the matter

00:45:00.880 --> 00:45:03.416
um in briefing that the big there was a

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:05.736
very big um amount of concern around

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:07.496
ensuring the continuation of that

00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:09.736
fantast fantastic program that you've

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:12.760
looked after so um eloquently and did

00:45:13.040 --> 00:45:15.896
did diligently on behalf of um Senior

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:17.815
Sergeant Gary Padlock and I've been to a

00:45:17.839 --> 00:45:20.536
number of your um awards ceremony. So,

00:45:20.560 --> 00:45:21.815
we want definitely want to see that

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:24.216
continue cuz it fills a very big need in

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:26.696
our community as the three speakers have

00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:29.016
shared. Um there's no doubt we want to

00:45:29.040 --> 00:45:30.696
continue and do everything we can to

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:33.656
continue its um contribution.

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:36.295
Any other speakers? All right. Um

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:37.976
councelor Casares, did you wish to

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:39.736
respond? So, I now put the motion. All

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:42.376
those in favor? That motion is carried

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:44.295
unanimously. Thank you, councilors. We

00:45:44.319 --> 00:45:46.856
now move to item 8.3 and that's the

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:49.736
proposed devestment of 578 Oral Road and

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:52.216
Beautiful Cton Street Armadar. Do I have

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:55.240
a move in a second?

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:57.976
Council Stefanopoulos seconded. Council

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.656
Choudury. Councelor Stefanopoulos.

00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:01.095
Thank you, Mayor. Another property that

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:02.856
has been languishing for many, many

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:05.016
years, and I'm glad to see it's finally

00:46:05.040 --> 00:46:07.256
going to hit the market very soon. Um

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:09.656
this is a site that was formerly in the

00:46:09.680 --> 00:46:11.575
good old days the Amdal library and then

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:13.256
that was closed by the commissioners

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:15.815
back when amalgamation occurred and then

00:46:15.839 --> 00:46:18.839
um Stony D3A took over the site and then

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:20.776
we relocated them when I was the Mayor

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:22.696
and the site's been pretty much vacant

00:46:22.720 --> 00:46:25.176
since that time and we also have  a

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:28.136
new MCH that former Mayor councelor um

00:46:28.160 --> 00:46:30.136
Jamie Kasares opened in the new Turk

00:46:30.160 --> 00:46:32.696
Park complex when you were there first

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:35.720
time. So, this site is um on prime main

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:39.960
roads. Um be great for a housing

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:42.295
development. Um there's all this talk

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:44.776
about new housing that we need in in

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:47.095
Melbourne. Well, here's a prime site on

00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:49.335
a main road on a corner frontage which

00:46:49.359 --> 00:46:51.176
could accommodate housing or better

00:46:51.200 --> 00:46:53.496
place to put it. And we've also asked in

00:46:53.520 --> 00:46:55.256
here to request the Mayor to write to

00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:56.536
the minister for planning to seek

00:46:56.560 --> 00:46:58.696
consideration of reszoning the council

00:46:58.720 --> 00:47:01.176
owned property at um to the housing

00:47:01.200 --> 00:47:02.936
choice and transport zone as part of the

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:04.696
train and tram zone activity center

00:47:04.720 --> 00:47:06.856
program to facilitate increased housing

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:08.936
supply within Stone because sadly the s

00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:11.960
the land is zoned um local government

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:13.656
and it needs to be reszoned before we

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:16.456
can sell it. So we're wanting to sell

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.896
it. We want to redevelop it into

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:19.176
housing. Minister wants us to

00:47:19.200 --> 00:47:22.200
accommodate more housing. Show us.

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:24.936
Thank you. Council Steph.

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:27.960
Um not much more to add other than to um

00:47:28.160 --> 00:47:30.136
reiterate council Stephan Obs. It's been

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:33.160
vacant for 6 years. Um it's  yeah

00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:36.200
prime activity center own. Um the the

00:47:36.640 --> 00:47:38.776
current building is  in very poor

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:40.696
condition and would require subsequent

00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:43.720
like very  high costs to to bring it

00:47:44.240 --> 00:47:45.815
back up to standard. The buildings are

00:47:45.839 --> 00:47:48.839
totally um  will require significant

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:52.055
renovation. Um it's not economically

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:54.936
viable for a site of that size. And so

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:56.936
yeah, I fully support this is an

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:59.960
appropriate site to divest for um the

00:48:00.240 --> 00:48:01.656
reasons outlined by council

00:48:01.680 --> 00:48:03.496
Stefanopoulos. Thank you. Any other

00:48:03.520 --> 00:48:05.575
speakers to the motion? And I'll just

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:08.536
add um normally um zoning changes such

00:48:08.560 --> 00:48:10.376
as this can sit on the minister's desk

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:12.536
for 3 years. So hence the reason by

00:48:12.560 --> 00:48:13.815
writing directly to the minister.

00:48:13.839 --> 00:48:16.055
Hopefully we can bypass that cost to our

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:18.776
rate payers and get this um divested as

00:48:18.800 --> 00:48:21.016
quickly as possible. All right. So I'll

00:48:21.040 --> 00:48:22.136
put the motion in council

00:48:22.160 --> 00:48:24.456
Stefanopoulos. All those in favor that

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:25.896
motion is carried unanimously.

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:27.575
Councilors we now move to the proposed

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:30.456
divestment of 78 Osborne Street South.

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:32.136
And I'll also note there's an alternate

00:48:32.160 --> 00:48:34.535
recommendation by council mega hopper in

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.055
relation to the site. Do I have a mover

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:38.136
and a second for a motion?

00:48:38.160 --> 00:48:39.416
 I'll move the officer's

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:40.216
recommendation.

00:48:40.240 --> 00:48:42.616
 thank you councelor Healey. Seconded

00:48:42.640 --> 00:48:44.535
council. Councelor Healey.

00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:46.696
Thank you. So um similar to the previous

00:48:46.720 --> 00:48:48.456
item this one's for the final approval

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:50.136
to begin the process to devest the

00:48:50.160 --> 00:48:53.095
property at 78 Osborne Street South. Um

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:54.776
and again I want to thank the community

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:56.696
for their um engagement. I keep

00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:58.055
reiterating that because we have heard

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:59.736
recently we're not engaging enough. This

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:00.535
is very engaging.

00:49:00.559 --> 00:49:02.776
That's just on parking.

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:05.176
So this one we had 52 submissions which

00:49:05.200 --> 00:49:08.200
is quite um and notably 96% of those

00:49:08.720 --> 00:49:11.720
were locals in the um South area. And

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:15.016
they shared clear messages across like

00:49:15.040 --> 00:49:17.176
four um key areas which I I'll talk

00:49:17.200 --> 00:49:19.416
about. So, one of the suggestions they

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:21.095
had was about retaining the site for

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:23.896
community use um and repurposing the old

00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:25.896
Meals on Wheels facility into community

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:28.535
hub or senior center or community

00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:31.416
garden. and officers responded by noting

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:33.815
that while um these are very noble um

00:49:33.839 --> 00:49:36.535
goals, the public value assessment found

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.976
the existing building would be

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:39.736
prohibitively expensive to bring up

00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:41.736
again to modern standards. And when

00:49:41.760 --> 00:49:43.256
clarity was sought from officers over

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:45.016
the building condition and addictive

00:49:45.040 --> 00:49:47.256
costs um to meet sort of building

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.856
compliance

00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:51.880
um it would it would require an

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:55.256
investment in excess of $500,000 which

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:58.055
is a lot given the size of the the um

00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:00.376
block as well. Um and without a clear

00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:03.095
case for a required alternative need of

00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:05.496
the property by community um I don't

00:50:05.520 --> 00:50:07.416
believe that retention is warranted

00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:09.416
given the information that we have. The

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:12.440
second suggestion was um concern was

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:14.776
about the development and neighborhood

00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.696
impacts if it was turned into housing.

00:50:16.720 --> 00:50:19.720
Um and those are valid concerns. Um and

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:22.295
but those issues will be managed through

00:50:22.319 --> 00:50:23.976
the statutory planning and reszoning

00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:26.535
process um which includes its own rounds

00:50:26.559 --> 00:50:29.016
of public consultation to ensure any

00:50:29.040 --> 00:50:30.216
future development respects the

00:50:30.240 --> 00:50:33.095
neighborhood. Um there were concerns

00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:35.896
about selling council land. So, a lot of

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:38.216
residents um express that public land

00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:40.216
should be held for long-term benefit and

00:50:40.240 --> 00:50:43.240
and I agree. Um and that's why it's part

00:50:43.760 --> 00:50:45.335
of why I requested that the previous

00:50:45.359 --> 00:50:47.416
reports detailing how we reached this

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:50.440
conclusion and decision were um and all

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.216
options that were considered were

00:50:52.240 --> 00:50:54.136
attached to tonight's agenda. So

00:50:54.160 --> 00:50:56.456
officers did investigate the options of

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:58.216
repurposing the property, leasing the

00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:59.656
property to another commercial or

00:50:59.680 --> 00:51:01.575
community tenant, demolishing it,

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:03.496
converting it to open space, and

00:51:03.520 --> 00:51:05.896
ultimately they're still recommending to

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:08.776
reszone and devest the asset. Um because

00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:11.800
the asset is um listed as a public um 

00:51:12.240 --> 00:51:13.976
zone as public park, the net proceeds

00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:16.136
from the sale are legally locked. So

00:51:16.160 --> 00:51:18.216
officers have confirmed that the the

00:51:18.240 --> 00:51:20.376
dollars that will come from this have to

00:51:20.400 --> 00:51:22.616
be placed into new reserves specifically

00:51:22.640 --> 00:51:25.640
for place in an open space as well. Um

00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:28.760
so we're not trying away the ability of

00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:30.696
having this land. It's just going to be

00:51:30.720 --> 00:51:33.176
located in a different spot as it were.

00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:35.176
Um but at the same time we heard from a

00:51:35.200 --> 00:51:37.095
lot of community members that um they

00:51:37.119 --> 00:51:38.696
actually agreed with the concept of

00:51:38.720 --> 00:51:41.720
devesting this as well um and and

00:51:42.720 --> 00:51:44.456
understood that the block was currently

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:46.376
underutilized and was really well placed

00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:49.095
for sale. So in the end this decision is

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:51.256
a strategic trade. We're letting go of a

00:51:51.280 --> 00:51:53.815
unusable deteriorating building to fund

00:51:53.839 --> 00:51:56.136
the crash or acquisition of high quality

00:51:56.160 --> 00:51:58.456
green space here in South Yara. And

00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:00.295
again, it's worth noting that in South

00:52:00.319 --> 00:52:02.936
Yara, 38% of people rent and many live

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:05.896
in high density apartments. So, every

00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.696
square meter of public land in South is

00:52:08.720 --> 00:52:11.720
really precious. So, um I

00:52:12.319 --> 00:52:13.736
Thank you, Council Council

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:15.416
Stefanopoulos. Nothing to add. Other

00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:18.055
speakers to the motion? Council Hopper.

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:21.079
Thank you. Um I will be voting against

00:52:21.599 --> 00:52:23.496
um this motion. I wanted to sort of

00:52:23.520 --> 00:52:25.256
speak to why it is that I'll be doing

00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:28.280
that because um it is a departure um

00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:29.976
from how I've voted on this item to

00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:33.000
date. Um we've previously determined to

00:52:33.599 --> 00:52:35.736
seek community consultation on the idea

00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:37.256
of investing in this land and I've

00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:39.496
supported that. Um but I've reflected on

00:52:39.520 --> 00:52:40.936
the feedback that we've received and

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:42.776
also done some research around the

00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:45.176
availability of community infrastructure

00:52:45.200 --> 00:52:47.976
in the west of the municipality. Um we

00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:49.896
have received as councelor Healey has

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:52.616
noted over 50 submissions um in response

00:52:52.640 --> 00:52:54.776
to the engagement the Williams took on

00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:57.256
the devestment of this property. Um that

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:59.736
is actually quite significant um for a

00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:02.535
consultation of this nature. Um I'm

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:03.976
struggling to think of many

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:05.575
consultations that we've put out in

00:53:05.599 --> 00:53:07.896
recent times that have attracted um that

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:10.456
many submissions in response. Yes, that

00:53:10.480 --> 00:53:12.616
that's true. That was a while ago

00:53:12.640 --> 00:53:14.856
though. Um, and look, the issues that

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:17.016
are being raised by residents around

00:53:17.040 --> 00:53:19.016
concerns of the availability of

00:53:19.040 --> 00:53:21.575
community infrastructure in South Kramer

00:53:21.599 --> 00:53:23.256
and in the west of the municipality more

00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:26.280
broadly are real and genuine. Um, if you

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:28.376
look on our website at auditable

00:53:28.400 --> 00:53:30.776
community spaces west of Williams Road.

00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:32.936
Um, there are only three. We've got the

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:35.256
Graten Gardens Community Center, the Pan

00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:38.136
RSL, and the Turk Southg Library. Now,

00:53:38.160 --> 00:53:39.976
the starting price for a room at one of

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:41.575
these facilities, according to our

00:53:41.599 --> 00:53:44.599
online information, is $40 an hour. ,

00:53:44.720 --> 00:53:46.936
the Tourett South Library meeting room

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:49.575
is only available till 7:30 p.m. Monday

00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:52.376
to Thursday, , 5:30 p.m. on Fridays,

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:55.176
and 4:30 p.m. on the weekends. So,

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:57.896
limited availability um, in the evenings

00:53:57.920 --> 00:54:00.856
and at least $40 an hour to use those

00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:03.335
spaces. In comparison, if you cross

00:54:03.359 --> 00:54:05.575
standing on road into Port Phillip, you

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:07.416
can book a space at the Betty Day

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:10.055
Community Center for $15 an hour um if

00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:12.856
you're a community member. So, um we are

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:14.535
sort of operating at a different rate

00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:16.856
and level um to other municipalities

00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:19.256
that neighbor us. We also need to be

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:20.535
conscious that the Department of

00:54:20.559 --> 00:54:22.456
Transport and Planning's work on stage

00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:24.295
two of the activity centers program

00:54:24.319 --> 00:54:26.856
which incorporates South Yara Pan and

00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:29.656
Windsor is only at phase one and has the

00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:31.416
potential to greatly influence the

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:33.256
future need and demand for community

00:54:33.280 --> 00:54:34.776
infrastructure in this part of

00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:37.256
Stoington. While the officer's report

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:38.936
refers to this facility being

00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:40.776
approximate to an activity center, in

00:54:40.800 --> 00:54:43.416
fact it is within the activity center in

00:54:43.440 --> 00:54:45.095
the draft map that has been shared

00:54:45.119 --> 00:54:47.736
online. The Department of Transport and

00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:49.416
Planning is also undertaking

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:52.055
infrastructure contributions reform and

00:54:52.079 --> 00:54:54.055
it's incumbent upon council to plan

00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:56.456
accordingly for funding and delivery of

00:54:56.480 --> 00:54:58.136
projects that meet future community

00:54:58.160 --> 00:55:00.376
infrastructure need and demand in

00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:03.400
council's activity centers. Um so taking

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:06.760
all of this on board and recognizing um

00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:09.736
that we do not have a great amount of 

00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:11.575
community infrastructure space in the

00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:13.575
west of the municipality and how

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:16.295
expensive it is to acquire um new land

00:55:16.319 --> 00:55:18.376
for that purpose and that the land that

00:55:18.400 --> 00:55:20.456
we want doesn't always necessarily make

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:23.176
itself available and we hope it will um

00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:24.936
on that basis I won't support the

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:25.496
motion.

00:55:25.520 --> 00:55:26.696
All right. Thank you councelor Hopper.

00:55:26.720 --> 00:55:29.176
Other speakers to the motion. All right.

00:55:29.200 --> 00:55:30.535
, council,

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:32.776
I'd like to speak  in favor of the

00:55:32.800 --> 00:55:35.800
motion. Um, it's no secret that the last

00:55:36.160 --> 00:55:38.216
council spent absolutely every cent

00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:40.456
available to them. , they've racked up

00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:41.976
debt and drained all of the cash

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:43.976
reserves, leaving this council with a

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:45.896
precarious budget situation that does

00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:48.055
need to be rectified. And that is

00:55:48.079 --> 00:55:49.416
certainly something that we need to be

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:51.256
looking at into the long run, making

00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:53.095
sure that we do pass on a council that

00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:55.016
is financially sustainable to the next

00:55:55.040 --> 00:55:56.616
council.

00:55:56.640 --> 00:55:59.095
Thank you for your contribution.

00:55:59.119 --> 00:56:01.176
, councelors,

00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:02.775
I'm assuming councelor Humphre is

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:04.696
referring to himself as well. He's been

00:56:04.720 --> 00:56:06.775
a counselor for more than 12 months. So

00:56:06.799 --> 00:56:08.456
that's very interesting comment. Maybe

00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:09.976
we need to have a briefing discussion

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:12.616
because I'm unaware of the direess of

00:56:12.640 --> 00:56:14.535
the situation as mentioned by councelor

00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:15.896
Humphre. Whilst we have to make

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:17.896
difficult decisions as I discussed on an

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:20.920
earlier item, um, it's not nearly as it

00:56:21.359 --> 00:56:22.856
sounds. So perhaps councelor Humphre

00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:24.696
might wish to retract those statements

00:56:24.720 --> 00:56:26.936
before he causes some fearongering in

00:56:26.960 --> 00:56:29.960
the community in necessary.

00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:33.575
All right. Thank you, Council Clares.

00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:35.335
Councelor Hill, would you like to close

00:56:35.359 --> 00:56:36.055
the debate?

00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:38.856
, yes. Thank you. Um, I'd like to

00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:40.856
thank Council Hopper for bringing up um

00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:42.936
I think a very very valid point about

00:56:42.960 --> 00:56:45.960
community infrastructure. Um and and I

00:56:46.480 --> 00:56:48.216
would really welcome an audit of

00:56:48.240 --> 00:56:50.295
community infrastructure understanding

00:56:50.319 --> 00:56:53.319
um given the growth density targets that

00:56:53.760 --> 00:56:56.760
we have about how much we need as far as

00:56:57.280 --> 00:56:59.416
community spaces and kindergartens and

00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:01.335
open space and that sort of thing in

00:57:01.359 --> 00:57:04.359
order to help plan all of our assets um

00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:07.575
what we need now and into the future. I

00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:10.599
think is a very valid um point to raise.

00:57:10.720 --> 00:57:13.416
Um and similar to

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:15.496
similar to requests I've had over time

00:57:15.520 --> 00:57:18.055
about understanding um and being clear

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:21.016
about what we want developers to provide

00:57:21.040 --> 00:57:22.616
when they want to be when they're

00:57:22.640 --> 00:57:24.456
offering us a community benefit. At the

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:26.295
moment sometimes that's just funding or

00:57:26.319 --> 00:57:27.976
doing up the footpath in front of their

00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:29.575
own development which I don't feel is

00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:32.295
truly a community benefit. So the

00:57:32.319 --> 00:57:33.815
tighter definition of those things I

00:57:33.839 --> 00:57:36.839
think would be really good. However, I'm

00:57:37.040 --> 00:57:38.456
not sure that this is the best place for

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:40.535
meeting rooms. Um, and there's no

00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:42.456
information in front of me to convince

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:45.480
me otherwise. Um, so therefore, whilst

00:57:45.839 --> 00:57:47.256
hearing community feedback and hearing

00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:49.016
the great idea of an initiative in this

00:57:49.040 --> 00:57:51.896
way, um, I still endorse the office's

00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:53.016
recommendation.

00:57:53.040 --> 00:57:54.376
Right. Thank you, Council Hill. I now

00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:57.400
put the motion. All those in favor?

00:57:57.599 --> 00:57:59.496
All those against? That motion is

00:57:59.520 --> 00:58:01.256
carried. So, I'll just record the vote.

00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:03.095
All those in favor? Councelor Humphre,

00:58:03.119 --> 00:58:04.136
Councelor Chattery, Councelor

00:58:04.160 --> 00:58:06.216
Stefanopoulos, Councelor Bell, Council

00:58:06.240 --> 00:58:07.736
Healey, Councelor Casares, Council

00:58:07.760 --> 00:58:10.055
Davis, Council Sees against, Councelor

00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:13.079
Hopper. Councilors, we now move to item

00:58:13.200 --> 00:58:15.575
8.5, the road management act plan

00:58:15.599 --> 00:58:17.416
amendment. Do I have a mover and a

00:58:17.440 --> 00:58:20.440
second for this exciting  motion

00:58:20.720 --> 00:58:23.720
before us?

00:58:26.559 --> 00:58:29.176
So moved. We have a second uper. I'll

00:58:29.200 --> 00:58:30.936
second for purpose of debate. Council

00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:31.575
Steph,

00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:32.696
I have nothing to say.

00:58:32.720 --> 00:58:34.775
All right. Thank you. I'll um I'll

00:58:34.799 --> 00:58:36.696
reserve my right just in case I need to

00:58:36.720 --> 00:58:38.295
respond to anything. Any other speakers

00:58:38.319 --> 00:58:40.055
to the motion? I think it's pretty

00:58:40.079 --> 00:58:42.216
self-explanatory. It's up on the screen.

00:58:42.240 --> 00:58:45.240
It's part of the statutory process.

00:58:45.839 --> 00:58:47.176
Nothing further to add. All right. The

00:58:47.200 --> 00:58:48.616
motion will now be put. All those in

00:58:48.640 --> 00:58:50.936
favor? That motion is carried. There you

00:58:50.960 --> 00:58:53.960
go. The hallway through like a breeze.

00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:55.815
All right. Councilors, we now move to

00:58:55.839 --> 00:58:57.976
8.6.

00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:59.656
market

00:58:59.680 --> 00:59:02.680
roof upgrade stage three. Do I have a

00:59:02.799 --> 00:59:05.256
second up? Councelor Healey, Council

00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:05.976
Stefanopoulos,

00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:06.775
nothing to say.

00:59:06.799 --> 00:59:07.976
Councelor Healey,

00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:11.000
thank you. Um, so pray market obviously

00:59:11.200 --> 00:59:14.200
iconic. Um, all icons need a bit of

00:59:14.640 --> 00:59:17.640
love. Um and so we arrived at the

00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:19.656
decision to undertake the works being

00:59:19.680 --> 00:59:22.456
proposed here through a evidence-based

00:59:22.480 --> 00:59:25.256
process that began in June 2021 when

00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:27.095
council commissioned a comprehensive

00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:29.176
building commission audit and these

00:59:29.200 --> 00:59:31.976
audits identified a range of high-risk

00:59:32.000 --> 00:59:34.216
items and big defects that required

00:59:34.240 --> 00:59:37.240
remediation. Um from these findings,

00:59:37.599 --> 00:59:39.815
officers developed authoritized asset

00:59:39.839 --> 00:59:41.575
maintenance and renewal strategy and

00:59:41.599 --> 00:59:43.496
tonight's recommendation  for stage

00:59:43.520 --> 00:59:45.736
three is the next crucial step in that

00:59:45.760 --> 00:59:48.760
long-term commitment. Um these are our

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:51.976
responsibilities as landlords. Um and

00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:54.456
this is a compliance and risk management

00:59:54.480 --> 00:59:57.095
issue. Um and our team have confirmed

00:59:57.119 --> 00:59:58.535
that ongoing leaks are threatening

00:59:58.559 --> 01:00:00.216
internal finishes and structural

01:00:00.240 --> 01:00:02.055
components while impacting the

01:00:02.079 --> 01:00:05.079
operations of local traders. Um, and I

01:00:05.119 --> 01:00:06.535
want to be upfront with the community as

01:00:06.559 --> 01:00:07.976
well that when this project's finished,

01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:10.136
you won't see a dramatic um,

01:00:10.160 --> 01:00:13.160
transformation. Um, and I know in the

01:00:13.280 --> 01:00:15.896
past when I've seen expensive works done

01:00:15.920 --> 01:00:18.376
to the market, um, I felt like there

01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:19.736
wasn't necessarily a big benefit that

01:00:19.760 --> 01:00:21.575
you might like a big bang of amazing and

01:00:21.599 --> 01:00:24.136
shiny new things that occur. Um, you

01:00:24.160 --> 01:00:26.055
might with this one only notice new

01:00:26.079 --> 01:00:29.016
roofing panels, replace downpipes, um,

01:00:29.040 --> 01:00:30.856
and fixing windows and that sort of

01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:32.856
thing. But I also want to emphasize that

01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:34.775
while the visible changes might seem

01:00:34.799 --> 01:00:37.016
minor, the work happening under the hood

01:00:37.040 --> 01:00:39.176
is really significant. So we're really

01:00:39.200 --> 01:00:42.055
renewing the bones of the building um

01:00:42.079 --> 01:00:44.936
and stopping more extensive damage that

01:00:44.960 --> 01:00:47.960
could happen later on. Um so this is 

01:00:48.799 --> 01:00:50.295
we're appointing someone through a

01:00:50.319 --> 01:00:52.136
competitive tender who understands the

01:00:52.160 --> 01:00:53.976
constraints of the market, is committed

01:00:54.000 --> 01:00:56.055
to minimal disruption for traders and

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:58.856
customers. Um and by acting now we're

01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:00.775
protecting the longevity of the crown

01:01:00.799 --> 01:01:02.216
market. Thank you.

01:01:02.240 --> 01:01:04.535
All right. Thank you. Other speakers to

01:01:04.559 --> 01:01:06.616
the motion

01:01:06.640 --> 01:01:08.856
council happy that we put the motion.

01:01:08.880 --> 01:01:10.775
All those in favor

01:01:10.799 --> 01:01:12.696
that motion's carried unanimously. Thank

01:01:12.720 --> 01:01:15.720
you councilors. Councilors that takes us

01:01:15.839 --> 01:01:17.656
to the end of general business and we

01:01:17.680 --> 01:01:20.216
now move to items of correspondence to

01:01:20.240 --> 01:01:23.240
table this evening. Any other items? Any

01:01:23.839 --> 01:01:25.736
items corresponds to table this evening?

01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:28.760
might have won.

01:01:29.520 --> 01:01:31.815
No. All right. So, councilors, um you'll

01:01:31.839 --> 01:01:34.839
be aware we had an online petition um

01:01:34.880 --> 01:01:36.775
that was non-compliant with the

01:01:36.799 --> 01:01:38.456
governance rules in relation to an

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:39.896
online petition in that it didn't

01:01:39.920 --> 01:01:42.920
include the email addresses of the

01:01:43.200 --> 01:01:45.815
submitters. So, um we'll table that as

01:01:45.839 --> 01:01:48.839
correspondence. So, 3,876

01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:51.575
 people signed that online petition.

01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:54.136
I'll also note 55% of them are

01:01:54.160 --> 01:01:57.160
non-steinington residents. So 45% are.

01:01:57.280 --> 01:01:59.176
Um so I'll table that in accordance.

01:01:59.200 --> 01:02:00.936
We've with all got an electronic copy.

01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:02.616
Our governance officer has it already.

01:02:02.640 --> 01:02:04.216
So I'll officially table that this

01:02:04.240 --> 01:02:05.976
evening in relation to the digital

01:02:06.000 --> 01:02:08.535
parking permits introduction of the

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:11.176
digital parking permits and the um

01:02:11.200 --> 01:02:12.856
number of issues that we've all received

01:02:12.880 --> 01:02:15.176
correspondence about council. May I just

01:02:15.200 --> 01:02:17.095
wonder if you could stipulate why that

01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:19.016
petition was not accepted. I've just

01:02:19.040 --> 01:02:21.016
stated that because it doesn't comply

01:02:21.040 --> 01:02:22.535
with the governance rules of what I

01:02:22.559 --> 01:02:24.216
think

01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:26.295
more particularly the address email

01:02:26.319 --> 01:02:27.016
address.

01:02:27.040 --> 01:02:29.335
So through you may under rule 57.8 of

01:02:29.359 --> 01:02:31.176
council's governance rules  which

01:02:31.200 --> 01:02:32.535
council is required to adhere to when

01:02:32.559 --> 01:02:34.376
conducting council meetings electronic

01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:35.896
or online petitions must contain the

01:02:35.920 --> 01:02:37.496
name and email address of each

01:02:37.520 --> 01:02:39.256
petitioner or signature which this

01:02:39.280 --> 01:02:41.496
particular pet petition did not. Um

01:02:41.520 --> 01:02:42.775
council officers advise the lead

01:02:42.799 --> 01:02:43.976
petitioner of these requirements prior

01:02:44.000 --> 01:02:46.055
to the petition being submitted. As was

01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:46.856
mentioned earlier in the meeting,

01:02:46.880 --> 01:02:48.456
irrespective of the fact council is

01:02:48.480 --> 01:02:49.736
unable to accept non-compliant

01:02:49.760 --> 01:02:51.736
petitions. The matters raised in this

01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:53.095
particular petition are being considered

01:02:53.119 --> 01:02:55.095
and a report responding to these issues

01:02:55.119 --> 01:02:56.696
will be provided to council in March

01:02:56.720 --> 01:02:58.696
this year. Ensuring council have the

01:02:58.720 --> 01:02:59.896
opportunity to formally consider the

01:02:59.920 --> 01:03:00.376
feedback.

01:03:00.400 --> 01:03:02.936
Y

01:03:02.960 --> 01:03:05.016
may point out a few things about this

01:03:05.040 --> 01:03:08.040
petition that concerned me.

01:03:08.559 --> 01:03:11.559
55% were from outside the municipality.

01:03:12.240 --> 01:03:15.240
Um people in Iran, Amsterdam, the Gold

01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:19.559
Coast, Sunshine Coast, Perth, Western

01:03:20.160 --> 01:03:23.160
Sydney, Adelaide, the Pilra, Quebec

01:03:25.520 --> 01:03:28.520
signed this petition.

01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:31.559
There were people in Caroline Springs,

01:03:32.880 --> 01:03:35.335
Frankston, down well on my beach house,

01:03:35.359 --> 01:03:37.176
little peninsula.

01:03:37.200 --> 01:03:38.456
Don't know what these people have to do

01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:40.295
with um a parking issue in the City of

01:03:40.319 --> 01:03:42.376
Stoton.

01:03:42.400 --> 01:03:45.015
Thank you, Council St. All right. So,

01:03:45.039 --> 01:03:47.736
councilors, um so we've got a copy

01:03:47.760 --> 01:03:49.416
that's been tabled. I now move to

01:03:49.440 --> 01:03:51.256
tableabling petitions and joint letters.

01:03:51.280 --> 01:03:53.176
Councelor Davis, you have a petition to

01:03:53.200 --> 01:03:56.200
table. I recently tableabling a petition

01:03:56.799 --> 01:03:58.696
about restricted parking in Claremont

01:03:58.720 --> 01:04:00.535
Avenue. We the residents of Claremont

01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:02.535
Avenue request that 2-hour parking

01:04:02.559 --> 01:04:05.015
restrictions, Here we go again, be added

01:04:05.039 --> 01:04:06.856
to the north side of Claremont Avenue

01:04:06.880 --> 01:04:09.656
between Glundyard Grove and Tonga Road.

01:04:09.680 --> 01:04:11.256
This would make the restrictions on

01:04:11.280 --> 01:04:13.176
Claremont Avenue consistent for the

01:04:13.200 --> 01:04:15.656
whole street.  so we've got six

01:04:15.680 --> 01:04:18.680
signatures. I've initialed um the sign

01:04:18.880 --> 01:04:20.775
signatures and they provided their

01:04:20.799 --> 01:04:22.055
addresses.

01:04:22.079 --> 01:04:24.055
Thank you. So, it's a compliant

01:04:24.079 --> 01:04:24.856
petition.

01:04:24.880 --> 01:04:25.896
Compant petition.

01:04:25.920 --> 01:04:27.335
Can the ward counselor be informed of

01:04:27.359 --> 01:04:28.535
the petition?

01:04:28.559 --> 01:04:30.775
Yes, you may, Council Stefanopoulos, as

01:04:30.799 --> 01:04:32.456
the ward counselor.

01:04:32.480 --> 01:04:33.656
That's mine.

01:04:33.680 --> 01:04:35.416
No, it's not.

01:04:35.440 --> 01:04:38.440
I have to blame the staff. They go to

01:04:38.799 --> 01:04:40.775
All right. So, now I need um I'm going

01:04:40.799 --> 01:04:42.376
to put it to the vote to receive the

01:04:42.400 --> 01:04:44.936
petition. But just to note for those

01:04:44.960 --> 01:04:47.896
that um that provided signatures to the

01:04:47.920 --> 01:04:49.736
petition that we're not by receiving it

01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:51.335
we're not indicating our support of the

01:04:51.359 --> 01:04:53.015
petition but rather it should be allowed

01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:54.616
to be considered to our council office

01:04:54.640 --> 01:04:57.015
for response. So can I have a mover in a

01:04:57.039 --> 01:04:59.176
second to receive the petition? Move

01:04:59.200 --> 01:05:01.815
seconded. Um any objections? I'll now

01:05:01.839 --> 01:05:04.535
put it to the vote. Unanimous support.

01:05:04.559 --> 01:05:06.136
Thank you councilors. Um that's been

01:05:06.160 --> 01:05:08.696
received. Um being that there's no

01:05:08.720 --> 01:05:11.720
notices of motion councilors. Um are

01:05:11.920 --> 01:05:14.920
there any let's move to the next item.

01:05:15.520 --> 01:05:18.055
Do we have a reports from councilors? Oh

01:05:18.079 --> 01:05:19.496
firstly there's the record of the

01:05:19.520 --> 01:05:21.095
briefing session

01:05:21.119 --> 01:05:24.119
that occurred

01:05:24.160 --> 01:05:24.856
was the date

01:05:24.880 --> 01:05:25.496
second of February.

01:05:25.520 --> 01:05:26.936
2nd of February. Thank you councelor

01:05:26.960 --> 01:05:27.896
Stefanopoulos.

01:05:27.920 --> 01:05:28.456
So moved.

01:05:28.480 --> 01:05:30.936
 thank you. And assuming there's no

01:05:30.960 --> 01:05:32.376
questions for that record of briefing.

01:05:32.400 --> 01:05:35.400
Do I have a seconder? Thank you. Um so I

01:05:36.240 --> 01:05:38.456
now put all those in favor as um

01:05:38.480 --> 01:05:41.416
carrying adopting that um report. Thank

01:05:41.440 --> 01:05:44.376
you. And we now move to questions to

01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:46.856
council officers.

01:05:46.880 --> 01:05:48.376
All right. Council Stephen Council

01:05:48.400 --> 01:05:48.856
Humphre.

01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:51.256
 two questions. Well, one one I'll

01:05:51.280 --> 01:05:54.055
preface with a very long question to say

01:05:54.079 --> 01:05:56.456
it was delightful to see the Australian

01:05:56.480 --> 01:05:58.775
flag banners on the town hall again, Mr.

01:05:58.799 --> 01:06:01.256
CEO and could I suggest that maybe we

01:06:01.280 --> 01:06:03.095
look at the possibility of of erecting

01:06:03.119 --> 01:06:06.119
them on Anzac Day um and also on

01:06:06.720 --> 01:06:09.335
Remembrance Day, not just for the day,

01:06:09.359 --> 01:06:11.416
maybe a few days beforehand would be

01:06:11.440 --> 01:06:12.535
greatly appreciated.

01:06:12.559 --> 01:06:13.496
On notice

01:06:13.520 --> 01:06:15.896
um CEO will take that on notice.

01:06:15.920 --> 01:06:18.920
Wonderful. The next one is um to Mr.

01:06:19.200 --> 01:06:22.200
Holay with regards to the um what I'm

01:06:22.559 --> 01:06:24.856
now calling the Graten Gardens extension

01:06:24.880 --> 01:06:27.335
to Is it street? I'm wondering when that

01:06:27.359 --> 01:06:29.815
fence will come down before a counselor

01:06:29.839 --> 01:06:32.216
will come with a chainsaw and take it

01:06:32.240 --> 01:06:34.616
down themselves.

01:06:34.640 --> 01:06:36.936
I'm I'm looking for and in all serious

01:06:36.960 --> 01:06:38.295
assistance to see I'm looking for a

01:06:38.319 --> 01:06:40.456
date. May not come today.

01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:42.216
I'm looking for a date when that fence

01:06:42.240 --> 01:06:44.775
will come down.

01:06:44.799 --> 01:06:46.216
All right. We're taking that on notice.

01:06:46.240 --> 01:06:46.856
Certainly.

01:06:46.880 --> 01:06:49.575
Okay. All right. Um we're staying on top

01:06:49.599 --> 01:06:51.656
of that. Great.

01:06:51.680 --> 01:06:53.416
You um council Humphre you have

01:06:53.440 --> 01:06:53.976
questions?

01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:56.936
Thank you.  mine's for the CEO and 

01:06:56.960 --> 01:06:59.815
CFO. Um as we're all aware, we have a

01:06:59.839 --> 01:07:01.976
responsibility to the entire municipal

01:07:02.000 --> 01:07:03.575
community.

01:07:03.599 --> 01:07:06.599
 is the CFO able to prepare a report

01:07:06.960 --> 01:07:08.775
regarding capital expenditure over the

01:07:08.799 --> 01:07:11.799
last 10 financial years dividing up the

01:07:11.839 --> 01:07:14.839
City into three quarters into 3/3 west

01:07:15.200 --> 01:07:18.055
of Williams Road and east of Tonga Road

01:07:18.079 --> 01:07:20.055
totaling expenditure in each of those

01:07:20.079 --> 01:07:22.616
three quadrants.

01:07:22.640 --> 01:07:24.775
M point of order. I don't know if it's

01:07:24.799 --> 01:07:26.696
appropriate for councils to request one

01:07:26.720 --> 01:07:29.335
of such significant nature that hasn't

01:07:29.359 --> 01:07:32.359
come to a vote or decision of the CEO

01:07:32.400 --> 01:07:33.815
and the big concern if that might be

01:07:33.839 --> 01:07:35.896
directly offices.

01:07:35.920 --> 01:07:38.775
Yeah, I'll just ask um what um point of

01:07:38.799 --> 01:07:40.616
order you're referring to. I'm just

01:07:40.640 --> 01:07:43.640
having a look here. It doesn't sound

01:07:52.880 --> 01:07:54.376
the officers don't have to prepare at

01:07:54.400 --> 01:07:55.896
this site. They can take a couple of

01:07:55.920 --> 01:07:57.095
weeks.

01:07:57.119 --> 01:07:58.696
That's not their point of order.

01:07:58.720 --> 01:08:01.256
Council can't direct officers down

01:08:01.280 --> 01:08:03.176
there.

01:08:03.200 --> 01:08:04.936
Yeah. I'm just trying to find which

01:08:04.960 --> 01:08:07.960
section in the points of order. Um I

01:08:08.079 --> 01:08:10.775
think it's outside the power outside the

01:08:10.799 --> 01:08:11.335
power of

01:08:11.359 --> 01:08:12.535
the response anyway. I'll just take it

01:08:12.559 --> 01:08:14.295
on notice for now.

01:08:14.319 --> 01:08:14.696
Um

01:08:14.720 --> 01:08:16.536
happy to withdraw.

01:08:16.560 --> 01:08:19.416
Yeah. Thank you. Point

01:08:19.440 --> 01:08:20.135
things like that.

01:08:20.159 --> 01:08:22.456
Yep. And that's been raised previously.

01:08:22.480 --> 01:08:24.376
Thank you. All right. Any other

01:08:24.400 --> 01:08:26.456
questions? Is that your only question?

01:08:26.480 --> 01:08:28.215
Thank you. Any other questions to

01:08:28.239 --> 01:08:29.496
council officers this evening,

01:08:29.520 --> 01:08:31.896
councilors? Any items of urgent

01:08:31.920 --> 01:08:34.616
business? Any items of general business?

01:08:34.640 --> 01:08:35.576
Yes, ma'am.

01:08:35.600 --> 01:08:37.255
All right. I think councelor Davis

01:08:37.279 --> 01:08:38.135
she was

01:08:38.159 --> 01:08:40.856
she was second third. All right.

01:08:40.880 --> 01:08:43.815
Councelor Davis.

01:08:43.839 --> 01:08:45.815
Um

01:08:45.839 --> 01:08:48.456
I attended a social function last week

01:08:48.480 --> 01:08:51.480
which was also attended by several old

01:08:51.679 --> 01:08:53.496
school friends of mine. Yes, we've known

01:08:53.520 --> 01:08:55.896
each other a long time.

01:08:55.920 --> 01:08:58.856
 most of the Stonnington residents who

01:08:58.880 --> 01:09:00.775
told me how disappointed they were that

01:09:00.799 --> 01:09:02.936
the manora was placed above George's

01:09:02.960 --> 01:09:05.255
restaurant and not the Malvern Town Hall

01:09:05.279 --> 01:09:07.175
as our original notes of motion

01:09:07.199 --> 01:09:09.655
stipulated. That is the notice of motion

01:09:09.679 --> 01:09:12.679
councelor

01:09:12.880 --> 01:09:15.880
Humphre Councelor

01:09:16.960 --> 01:09:17.735
Council Healey

01:09:17.759 --> 01:09:20.759
and Council and myself. Thank you. Been

01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:24.215
a busy week. Um other Jewish friends who

01:09:24.239 --> 01:09:26.775
lived in Glenara could not comprehend

01:09:26.799 --> 01:09:29.416
quote why the manora was placed above a

01:09:29.440 --> 01:09:31.976
restaurant unquote and reminded me that

01:09:32.000 --> 01:09:33.896
last year Glenara Council featured a

01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:36.376
manora and a Christmas tree at the main

01:09:36.400 --> 01:09:39.400
town hall. Since last December, I tried

01:09:39.440 --> 01:09:41.335
to explain to constituents that it was

01:09:41.359 --> 01:09:43.416
not deemed practical to place the monora

01:09:43.440 --> 01:09:45.496
on the town hall as that was the advice

01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:47.416
I was given and that council is the

01:09:47.440 --> 01:09:49.416
landlord of Giorgio's and it's within

01:09:49.440 --> 01:09:51.416
the town hall precinct. But it was

01:09:51.440 --> 01:09:53.255
futile trying to explain this to my

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Jewish friends last week, especially as

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Glenra has already announced its

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significant well-being and cultural

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dates for 2026. And on on the first day

01:10:02.239 --> 01:10:04.695
of Hanukkah, December 4 this year, there

01:10:04.719 --> 01:10:06.776
will be a nightly lighting of the monora

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until the final day of Hanukkah on

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December 12th. So I'm raising this

01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:12.376
matter tonight on behalf of Jewish

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residents who live in Stonnington, which

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has the second largest Jewish population

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in Victoria. It is my wish that the CEO

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will commission a brief report to

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determine how council can ensure the

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manora will be installed on the

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Melbourne town hall for the 8 days of

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Hanukkah from the 4th to the 12th of

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December this year. and beyond. I was

01:10:32.320 --> 01:10:34.215
reminded last week about the generosity

01:10:34.239 --> 01:10:35.976
of the Stonnington Jewish community when

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we took our daughter-in-law Sophie to

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Cababrini's emergency department. Sophie

01:10:40.400 --> 01:10:42.536
stayed overnight in the Gandal wing as

01:10:42.560 --> 01:10:44.536
she and my son live in CRA. Sophie

01:10:44.560 --> 01:10:46.056
wasn't aware of John and Pauline

01:10:46.080 --> 01:10:48.376
Gandle's generous philanthropy of which

01:10:48.400 --> 01:10:51.016
Cababrini is just one beneficiary. The

01:10:51.040 --> 01:10:52.936
Jewish culture of giving is described as

01:10:52.960 --> 01:10:55.256
a religious and communal obligation to

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create a positive lasting impact on the

01:10:57.920 --> 01:10:59.816
quality of life particularly for the

01:10:59.840 --> 01:11:02.135
vulnerable. I recently discovered a long

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list of Jewish families who contribute

01:11:03.840 --> 01:11:06.215
so much to the Stonnington community and

01:11:06.239 --> 01:11:08.296
many just don't seek accolades for their

01:11:08.320 --> 01:11:10.296
commitment so their names would not be

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familiar. In conclusion, I believe it is

01:11:13.280 --> 01:11:14.936
appropriate Stonnington recognizes

01:11:14.960 --> 01:11:17.416
Hanukkah with the dignity it deserves by

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placing the manora on the town hall and

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not above a restaurant. Thank you.

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Here.

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Thank you, Council Stefanopoulos.

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Oh, thank you. Um I represented the City

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of Sto Engel at the Thanksgiving service

01:11:29.679 --> 01:11:31.655
of um Professor Katie Allen the other

01:11:31.679 --> 01:11:34.135
week at um the cathedral. It was a

01:11:34.159 --> 01:11:37.159
lovely service. her children spoke, her

01:11:37.679 --> 01:11:40.679
husband spoke, and um it was quite an

01:11:41.440 --> 01:11:43.336
uplifting service for a woman who

01:11:43.360 --> 01:11:44.856
contributed was here for such a short

01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:46.536
period of time but contributed a hell of

01:11:46.560 --> 01:11:48.695
a lot. Um I think she was the local

01:11:48.719 --> 01:11:49.816
member when I was the Mayor at

01:11:49.840 --> 01:11:52.840
Stonnington. So um I'm going to um pass

01:11:53.520 --> 01:11:55.496
this um order of service on to this

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history center so that we have a record

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of it in perpetuity. But she was an

01:11:58.800 --> 01:12:01.496
amazing woman. So sadly missed and and

01:12:01.520 --> 01:12:04.520
and can I say what the Liberal Party

01:12:04.719 --> 01:12:07.336
should be aspiring to be. This is the

01:12:07.360 --> 01:12:09.655
woman who should be leading that Liberal

01:12:09.679 --> 01:12:12.679
Party. Someone who is progressive, who

01:12:12.719 --> 01:12:14.695
knows their community, who's not

01:12:14.719 --> 01:12:16.536
conservative, and who can bring people

01:12:16.560 --> 01:12:18.856
along with her.

01:12:18.880 --> 01:12:21.816
Absolutely extraordinary woman. I'm sure

01:12:21.840 --> 01:12:22.695
appreciate it.

01:12:22.719 --> 01:12:24.056
Thank you, Council Stefanopoulos.

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Councelor Humphre.

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Thank you. 

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While Minister Stockos's goal to make

01:12:31.600 --> 01:12:33.576
rate payments more accessible is noble

01:12:33.600 --> 01:12:35.976
in theory, it does put Stonnington in a

01:12:36.000 --> 01:12:38.215
difficult position given the economic

01:12:38.239 --> 01:12:40.936
horror show this council inherited.

01:12:40.960 --> 01:12:42.456
Stonnington's finances have been under

01:12:42.480 --> 01:12:44.536
siege for years due to the appalling

01:12:44.560 --> 01:12:47.560
mismanagement by the previous council.

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The last council left this council with

01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:52.760
over $70 million in debt and negative

01:12:52.960 --> 01:12:54.695
unrestricted cash balance of $30

01:12:54.719 --> 01:12:56.536
million.

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Meaning this council started over $100

01:12:58.480 --> 01:13:01.480
million in the hole.

01:13:01.760 --> 01:13:03.736
The last council spent a staggering $50

01:13:03.760 --> 01:13:06.296
million on the Stonnington sports stadium

01:13:06.320 --> 01:13:08.776
for just four nets,

01:13:08.800 --> 01:13:11.800
prioritizing flash over function.

01:13:11.920 --> 01:13:14.776
Son Stonnington should have gotten 12 net

01:13:14.800 --> 01:13:16.695
courts and five multi-purpose sports

01:13:16.719 --> 01:13:19.576
pavilions for the same price today.

01:13:19.600 --> 01:13:20.456
The last council,

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Council Humphre, I'm actually going to

01:13:21.600 --> 01:13:24.296
stop you there. General business. Only

01:13:24.320 --> 01:13:26.616
business of a minor or a routine nature

01:13:26.640 --> 01:13:28.856
should be admitted as general business.

01:13:28.880 --> 01:13:31.880
This is not a minor or a routine nature.

01:13:32.480 --> 01:13:35.480
It's not minor. It's my call. Please sit

01:13:35.520 --> 01:13:37.736
down. Um I think you're abusing the

01:13:37.760 --> 01:13:39.576
general business process. Please sit

01:13:39.600 --> 01:13:41.496
down and I'm I'm not I'm not allowing

01:13:41.520 --> 01:13:43.096
you to proceed with what you're going

01:13:43.120 --> 01:13:46.056
through. It does not qualify with our

01:13:46.080 --> 01:13:49.016
governance rules. And um as I said, it's

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not minor and it's not routine.

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So, councilors, are there any other

01:13:55.199 --> 01:13:58.199
items of general business?

01:13:58.400 --> 01:13:59.655
There being none, there's no

01:13:59.679 --> 01:14:01.816
confidential business, and I will now

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close tonight's meeting at exactly 8:16

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p.m. Thank you to all those councils

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that and those online and those in the

01:14:09.600 --> 01:14:11.496
gallery that have joined us tonight and

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wishing you a wonderful week ahead.

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Thank you very much.