WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.016 Welcome councilors, officers, members of 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:04.775 the gallery to tonight's council 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:07.016 meeting. I'm councelor Paige Kennettt and 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:08.456 I have the privilege of being the Mayor 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:10.776 of Knox City Council. Council 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:12.856 acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurung and 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:14.936 Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation as 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.656 traditional custodians of the land. 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:19.496 Today we meet on the traditional lands 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:21.816 of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurung People and pay 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:23.816 our respects to Elders both past and 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:25.495 present. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.736 Our statement of commitment. The Knox way 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.056 is characterized by service integrity, 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:32.296 community participation, accountability, 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.695 and good governance. Council is 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:36.296 committed to being responsive to the 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.296 community and advocating to other 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:40.136 governments and agencies on their 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:42.936 behalf. We recognize the importance of 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:44.776 local democracy and council's 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:47.800 responsibility to govern well for all. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.136 Our history is rich and in the spirit of 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:51.896 the Nox tradition, let us move and 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.375 prosper. 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:56.375 We're conducting tonight's meeting in a 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.096 hybrid format as usual. However, we have 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:02.120 all counselors in the chamber with us 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:04.936 this evening. I'll start by introducing 00:01:04.960 --> 00:01:06.856 my colleagues and ask counselors to give 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:09.095 a bit of a wave as I call their names. 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:11.415 Councilors in attendance tonight are 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:13.496 councelor Susan Pearce representing 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:16.056 Taylor Ward, councelor Robert Williams 00:01:16.080 --> 00:01:18.376 representing Dinsdale ward, councelor 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.616 Glen Atwell representing to Tirhatuan 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.256 Ward, councelor Parisa Considine 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.056 representing Friberg Ward, councelor 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:29.080 Peter Lockwood representing Baird Ward, 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.656 Deputy Mayor Councelor Chris Duncan 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:33.896 representing Collier Ward, Councelor 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.920 Lisa Cooper representing Scott Ward and 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:38.936 Councelor Meagan Baker representing 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:41.960 Dobson Ward. 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:46.280 Joining us in the chamber is our 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.040 chief executive officer Bruce Dobson, 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.775 director infrastructure Grant Thorn, 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:55.016 director connected communities Judy 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.040 Chalkley, interim director city livability 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:01.016 Jonathan McNelly, acting director 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.496 customer and performance Debbie Shaw. 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:06.296 Chief Financial Officer Yvette Lawkin, 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:08.215 Manager Governance and Risk Andrew 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:10.776 Dowling, Head of Governance Saskia 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:12.935 Weirheim, and other members of our 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:15.736 governance team. I also acknowledge 00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:17.736 tonight we have former Mayor and 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:19.416 counselor Tony Holland in the chamber 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:22.440 with us this evening. 00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:25.575 Live streaming and conduct. Please note 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:27.416 this meeting is recorded and streamed 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:29.336 live on our website in accordance with 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:31.416 our live streaming of public meetings 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:33.896 policy. And so council does not permit 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:36.295 additional recordings of the meeting. 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:37.896 Members of the gallery should note that 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:39.575 you may be visible in the background of 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.295 the live stream vision. Live streaming 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:44.456 and recording will be suspended if this 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:46.376 meeting is closed to the public to 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.136 consider confidential business in 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.096 accordance with section 66 of the local 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.120 government act 2020. I remind everyone 00:02:54.239 --> 00:02:56.215 that opinions expressed and statements 00:02:56.239 --> 00:02:58.056 made during this meeting are those of 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.136 the individuals making them and not 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:02.376 those of council unless set out in a 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:05.400 resolution passed by council. 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:07.575 Council accepts no liability for any 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.575 defamatory remarks made during a 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:11.816 meeting. You are responsible for your 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:13.495 own comments and therefore may be 00:03:13.519 --> 00:03:15.656 personally liable for any loss or damage 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.295 they may cause. I would also ask 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.295 everyone present to remain quiet when 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.295 others are addressing the meeting and 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:23.896 remind the gallery that this is a 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:25.656 meeting of council and there is no 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:27.575 opportunity for members of the gallery 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.295 to participate in debate during the 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:31.976 meeting and that questions only 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.000 permissible during public question time. 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:37.736 Moving on to our order of business. The 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:39.656 first item is apologies and requests for 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.056 leaves of absence. We have no apologies 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:44.696 this evening does any counselor 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:47.720 wish to request a leave of absence? 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.855 No. Thank you, councilors. Our next item 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.775 is declarations of conflicts of 00:03:52.799 --> 00:03:55.495 interest. If there are any conflicts of 00:03:55.519 --> 00:03:57.415 interest to declare tonight, now is an 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.656 opportunity to foreshadow that conflict. 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.495 I'll also ask that you declare your 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:03.976 conflict of interest in full later in 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.215 the meeting immediately before the item 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:08.616 is considered. Are there any such 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:11.016 declarations? Yes, councelor Baker. 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:13.656 Thank you, Mayor Kennett. I don't have a 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:15.096 conflict but I would like to make a 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.976 transparency statement for item 6.1. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.775 Thank you. Thank you councelor Baker and 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:21.895 CEO. 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:23.895 More just flagging I'll be declaring a 00:04:23.919 --> 00:04:25.895 conflict of interest in relation to item 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:28.919 8.7 and 13.1 on the agenda. 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:32.455 Thank you. Any other councilors with 00:04:32.479 --> 00:04:35.479 conflicts of interest? 00:04:35.919 --> 00:04:37.816 Thank you very much. Item three is 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:40.696 confirmation of minutes. Is there 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:42.776 any opposition to the minutes of council 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.800 meeting held on Monday the 27th of April 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:48.696 2026? 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:50.936 There being no opposition, I can declare 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:53.656 the minutes to be confirmed. Next on our 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.136 agenda is presentations, petitions, and 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.615 memorials, there are no presentations 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.639 this evening. We have one petition 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:03.735 tonight that will be presented by 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.735 councelor Baker. Councelor Baker, would 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:07.096 you like to speak to the petition 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.136 received by council? 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.376 Thank you. through Mayor Kennett. Council 00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:12.455 has received a petition with 14 00:05:12.479 --> 00:05:15.479 signatures as at the 25th of May 2026 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:18.696 seeking for parking issues on Shannon 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.256 Avenue and Ferntree Gully to be rectified. 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:23.416 The petition has been circulated to all 00:05:23.440 --> 00:05:25.256 councilors and is presented tonight for 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:27.816 noting. In submitting this petition, the 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:30.536 LER petitioner argues for council to 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.776 consider introducing resident parking 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.656 permits, designated parking bays, and 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:37.496 converting Shannon Avenue for entry 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:40.520 gully to a one-way street. We also 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:42.455 understand that the petitioners are 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:44.455 still actively collecting signatures, 00:05:44.479 --> 00:05:46.296 and updates to the petition may yet be 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:47.895 received. 00:05:47.919 --> 00:05:49.816 I note that the petition does not raise 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:52.296 any matters which can be considered as 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:54.056 items of urgent business on tonight's 00:05:54.080 --> 00:05:56.696 agenda. The petition will be referred to 00:05:56.720 --> 00:05:58.056 the director of infrastructure and 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:01.080 interim director city of city livability 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:03.175 who will provide a response to the lead 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.199 petitioner in due course. Thank you. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.175 Thank you councelor Baker. 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:11.175 councilors are there any memorials 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.199 this evening? 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:16.936 No. Thank you. We'll move on to the next 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:18.776 item on the agenda. Reports by 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.615 councilors regarding their activities 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.496 since our last council meeting. Um I 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:26.295 will start to my right on this time 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.319 with councelor Baker. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.759 Can start with that I attended um the 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:40.360 nox active aging committee. I also 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:43.336 attended the Canara community house 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.360 AGM. 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:52.615 last week was also the volunteer for 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.639 NOX event that we held here at at 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.759 council for our volunteers and I am very 00:06:59.039 --> 00:07:01.575 proud that Richard Farrager from Knox 00:07:01.599 --> 00:07:03.656 Environmental Society was our volunteer 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.680 of the year and also to the 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:10.856 Foothills Community Care that was 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:13.336 also the volunteer organization of 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.336 the year. So I would also like to 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.096 congratulate all the people that were 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.120 nominated and participated. we 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.560 have several a lot of people in Knox 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.295 that have volunteered over the years 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.256 and this year is no no different so 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:30.856 congratulations to all those who 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:33.880 nominated our 10, 15, 20, 40 years 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:37.735 people who had continual service it 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.336 is a real tribute to those people that 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:41.336 are have volunteered in our 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.816 community and congratulations to all 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:46.840 those and I think that is all there. Oh 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:51.960 also the the country news they had 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.256 their 100th edition held at the hut 00:07:55.280 --> 00:07:58.216 gallery earlier this month um of 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:01.096 which 99 out of those 100 editions 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.120 Barbara the photographer um had the um 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:07.336 her her photos on display and I had a 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:08.855 great pleasure in attending that with 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.175 Mayor Kennett as well. So congratulations 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.199 to Barbara from Ferntree Gully News and 00:08:14.400 --> 00:08:16.536 I'll also oh volunteer for Knox I also 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.536 attended and that was well attended last 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:21.416 just over a week ago now. 43 not for 00:08:21.440 --> 00:08:24.376 profofits with about 550 people in 00:08:24.400 --> 00:08:27.175 attendance to here at Knox Council. So 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.199 it was a great day and again very 00:08:30.479 --> 00:08:32.776 rewarding to see that we have a a great 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:34.296 community who volunteer in our 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.216 community. So thank you. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.976 Thank you councelor Baker. Councelor 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.000 Cooper. Thank you, Mayor Kennett I 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.096 will also extend my congratulations to 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:45.656 all volunteers the nominees the 00:08:45.680 --> 00:08:48.136 winners, and just all volunteers in 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:49.896 general. We have such a wonderful 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:52.216 community of volunteers here in Knox, 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.856 and it's impossible to recognize 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:56.616 every single one of them every year at 00:08:56.640 --> 00:08:58.856 our awards, but we do try over the 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:00.536 years, and we've um got some wonderful 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:02.536 people in the community. A couple of 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:04.296 issues in relation to the Scott Ward 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:07.320 this month which have surfaced is we 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.416 have some constituent inquiries about 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.976 people driving too fast down Wallace 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:14.536 Road. Um and to which we actually have 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:17.016 really great news of there being some 00:09:17.040 --> 00:09:19.176 funding allocated in the draft budget 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:22.200 for 2026 27 to begin engagement and 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:25.416 design of speed humps for Wallace Road 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.440 and with construction in the 2728 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.056 budget subject to obviously um 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:33.736 engagement outcomes and budget 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:35.336 endorsement. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.656 Um I've also met with a number of 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:39.495 residents. I think I may have mentioned 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.576 this last month um the Bonnet Road 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.056 residence in relation to the upgrades 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.776 which are happening there at the park 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:49.800 and um they they have currently got one 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:52.375 concern and that is that the slide at 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.856 the park is actually coming out and 00:09:54.880 --> 00:09:56.935 there isn't a new replacement slide 00:09:56.959 --> 00:09:59.896 going in. So I am actually actively 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:02.776 working with the group um to navigate to 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:05.800 council forest slide in its um 00:10:05.839 --> 00:10:07.495 replacement. 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.216 Um that's probably all in relation to 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.616 news from me this evening. Thank you 00:10:12.640 --> 00:10:15.640 Mecca. Thank you councelor Cooper deputy 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:16.776 Mayor. 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:18.375 thank you Mayor. Yeah it's been a 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.375 busy one. Um I will submit a report but 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.576 just a couple of things I wanted to 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.976 highlight for my fellow counselors. 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.656 yourself, myself and the CEO attended 00:10:25.680 --> 00:10:28.536 the ERG meeting earlier in the month. 00:10:28.560 --> 00:10:30.536 Um we continued the discussion about the 00:10:30.560 --> 00:10:33.560 joint advocacy around the um push back 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:35.255 against the purple glass bin. I think 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:38.279 there's 35 maybe 37 councils um that 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:40.136 have signed up to that. You'll see a lot 00:10:40.160 --> 00:10:41.736 of that coming up in the media over the 00:10:41.760 --> 00:10:44.536 coming weeks. Um excuse me. also 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:45.815 attended the transformation and 00:10:45.839 --> 00:10:47.576 governance committee and I just 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.600 wanted to extend a really warm thanks to 00:10:50.800 --> 00:10:53.576 Alistister Lloyd Philip Lee and Ruth 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.495 Lewis. Ruth was the current chair. 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.736 Their term has now finished. and 00:10:57.760 --> 00:10:59.096 wanted to thank them for the good work 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.176 that they've done. Um I think it's two 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.696 years on on the committee at least the 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:03.896 year and a half that I've been on there. 00:11:03.920 --> 00:11:06.216 I've thoroughly enjoyed it. and also 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.456 I was at the Nox Community Awards 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.776 with my fellow counselors. I think we 00:11:10.800 --> 00:11:12.536 did a calculation on the night Bruce. I 00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:13.976 think you mentioned it's approximately 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.375 2,000 years of volunteering service 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.935 within the room on on the night just 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:21.096 with the people in attendance. So, it's 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.416 it's a great testament to our 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.656 community. and also the citizenship 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:27.495 ceremonies that were held last Friday 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.136 that I attended with yourself and 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:33.160 councelor Lowood. we had 180 new 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:36.440 Australians welcomed into Knox. , 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.456 and during the break between the two, 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.935 , yourself, Mayor, and and and myself 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:43.016 had a really good one-on-one chat with 00:11:43.040 --> 00:11:45.336 Uncle Tony Garvey. We're talking about 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:47.815 our reconciliation action plan and what 00:11:47.839 --> 00:11:50.216 things he'd like to see happen with that 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.055 and and had nothing but praise to say 00:11:52.079 --> 00:11:53.896 where we were at and and how we were 00:11:53.920 --> 00:11:56.136 light years ahead of other councils. So, 00:11:56.160 --> 00:11:57.736 thought I would mention that. And the 00:11:57.760 --> 00:11:59.656 remainder, I will submit a report. Thank 00:11:59.680 --> 00:12:00.456 you. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.216 Thank you, Councelor Duncan. Councelor 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.296 Loid. 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.320 Thank you, Mayor Paige. Um most two 00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:09.736 significant things I highlight will be 00:12:09.760 --> 00:12:11.576 the launch of the etc state election 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.600 manifesto last Wednesday. Um for NOX 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:16.776 we included all our priorities that are 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:18.696 regionally significant like mountain 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.856 highway bus service park to bazewater 00:12:20.880 --> 00:12:23.656 service increased frequency of the 737 00:12:23.680 --> 00:12:26.456 bus way for roal which is corfield roal 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.480 trackless rapid transit TRT 75 tram 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.456 extension mountain highway shared path 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.176 Fernie Creek Trail Heath Montgrave rail 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:38.136 trail the Liverpool shared path to the 00:12:38.160 --> 00:12:40.216 border connecting the rail trail at 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.456 Fernter Gully Ped signals at scoresby 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:45.016 road Kent Street Ed signals a stud road, 00:12:45.040 --> 00:12:47.336 Rosa Street, Bwood Highway and Cathy's 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:49.495 Lane intersection upgrade, Fry Gy Road, 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:51.416 Rushdale Street intersection upgrade, 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.976 High Street Road and MRA Drive upgrade, 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:55.896 more familiar with that intersection, 00:12:55.920 --> 00:12:57.815 improved safety for commuters, more 00:12:57.839 --> 00:13:00.839 frequent services and safety hotspots. 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.656 Now we had the me member for Monopoly 00:13:03.680 --> 00:13:05.255 Dimatino. 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:07.176 Part of the reason we do these things is 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.815 to impress the state government. we 00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:11.656 got three Liberal candidates. The one is 00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:14.216 familiar to us and Deandri Darmonty 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.815 who's a council of Manningham. Others 00:13:15.839 --> 00:13:18.375 were Max Williams and Sally Hooert. The 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.055 other highlight was the citizenship 00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:22.456 ceremony just mentioned. Um I love these 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.296 all these people who just love becoming 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.296 citizens of those who have been here for 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:27.656 decades and those who have made it 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:30.375 through their four years which which one 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.976 must have been with PR permanent 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.776 residency. Now my wife received a PR in 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:37.800 1970 became a citizen in 1987. 17 years. 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:40.856 No rush. No rush. But it's concerning to 00:13:40.880 --> 00:13:42.375 me to have a political party that would 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.016 isolate people like my wife in their PR 00:13:45.040 --> 00:13:46.935 without any Australian benefits. 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:49.176 Australia is not full nonsense to say 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:52.055 so. Now I love the color, the costumes, 00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:53.815 the enthusiasm and the kids who dress up 00:13:53.839 --> 00:13:56.696 to the nines is really just such a happy 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:58.696 and joyous occasion. Young there's a 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.536 young kid in a suit and bow tie. Of 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:02.136 course, many are laidback and come in 00:14:02.160 --> 00:14:04.615 smart casual. No, I love them all. Now, 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.536 as an aside, not really council stuff, 00:14:06.560 --> 00:14:08.456 but I participated in the distinguished 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.096 gentleman's ride. Unusual for me, I 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:13.175 guess, be a gentleman. A large group of 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:15.495 motorbike riders rode for men's health 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:17.576 sui suicide prevention, help with 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.375 depression, and anxiety. We had 417 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.399 participants and raised $51,700. 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.856 also celebrated the 50th anniversary of 00:14:26.880 --> 00:14:28.856 the VPFMA. 00:14:28.880 --> 00:14:30.776 The Victorian Parliament Former Members 00:14:30.800 --> 00:14:33.096 Association Government House hosted by 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.175 the Governor of Victoria, Herexy, 00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:37.255 Professor the Honorable Margaret 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.055 Gardner, AC. And coming up this 00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:42.375 Wednesday is our keeping knock safer 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:45.096 roundt. Hopefully we can um gain some 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.055 insights into what we can do um find 00:14:48.079 --> 00:14:50.296 some solutions in terms of safety within 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:52.696 our city. Thank you. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.016 Thank you councel Lquid. council 00:14:55.040 --> 00:14:57.336 considing 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.576 thank you through you madame may I 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:02.375 briefly go through my report. I attended 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.216 the early years advisory committee with 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:07.240 yourself man. also attended the 00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:11.160 regional inter council treaty form with 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:15.399 the Mayor Kennett with yourself. Um 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:18.935 councelor Pierce Council Williams deputy 00:15:18.959 --> 00:15:21.959 Mayor Duncan Mayor Kennett and our CEO 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.120 Mr. Dobson alongside um Michael Galab 00:15:27.839 --> 00:15:30.839 MP and Lee Tamus MP attended official 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:34.519 opening of the Nox um skate park 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.255 extension. Thank you to both the state 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:39.336 government and council for their 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:42.136 valuable contributions to this wonderful 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:45.160 community project which will provide a 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.055 fantastic space for people and families 00:15:48.079 --> 00:15:49.815 to enjoy. 00:15:49.839 --> 00:15:52.456 On the same day, , Councelor Williams 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.480 and I attended the Nox Baseball Club's 00:15:55.839 --> 00:15:58.615 50th season celebration in support of 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:01.639 Breast Cancer Network Australia. It was 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:05.000 a beautiful event filled with wonderful 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.656 community spirit and support for an 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:10.680 important cause. I also attended the 00:16:11.199 --> 00:16:13.976 volunteering expo with Mayor Kennett, 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.216 Councelor Baker, and Councelor Williams. 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.240 To every volunteer who generously gives 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:22.856 their time to support others, I just 00:16:22.880 --> 00:16:24.856 want to say thank you very much and we 00:16:24.880 --> 00:16:27.096 are very grateful for all that you do 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:30.120 for our community. I attended the 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.615 citizenship ceremony with Mayor 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:35.255 Kennett councelor Lockport and Mr. 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.279 Dobson deputy Mayor Duncan 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.720 Jackson Taylor MP and Daniela de Martin 00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:46.856 MP. It's it's always a special 00:16:46.880 --> 00:16:49.096 privilege to welcome new citizen to our 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.896 community. I also had several meetings 00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:54.375 with residents and appreciated the 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.696 opportunity to listen to their thoughts 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.336 thoughts concerns and ideas. Thank 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.456 you so much. 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:02.456 Thank you councelor Conserine Councelor 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:04.616 Atwell. 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.216 thank you Mayor. And I'll start on 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.136 one that's been mentioned a couple of 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.376 times but deserves a repeating. I I 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.096 attended the um Knox Community Awards um 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:15.496 2026 on Wednesday night. it's in its 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:18.216 third year now I think and and a a 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.015 fantastic night on which we um recognize 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.256 all incredible volunteers that put their 00:17:23.280 --> 00:17:25.655 names forward. this year drew 33 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:27.655 individual nominees and nine 00:17:27.679 --> 00:17:29.655 organizations and a further 40 residents 00:17:29.679 --> 00:17:31.336 were recognized for their years of 00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:33.496 service 10 of them for contributing 00:17:33.520 --> 00:17:35.655 more than 40 years which we've heard. 00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:37.736 I sat on the assessment panel alongside 00:17:37.760 --> 00:17:40.216 councelor Williams and and we joined 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.775 five um award recipients from last year. 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.799 Um so we had a yes a front row look 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.136 at the high caliber of um application 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.136 that was received and it made it made 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:52.856 judging and deciding very difficult. Um 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:54.535 Richard Farrager was named volunteer of 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:56.456 the year recognizing more than 25 years 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:59.416 protecting NOx's natural environment. 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.936 Foothills Community Care was named 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.456 organization of the year for its work 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.816 supporting residents facing food 00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:06.296 insecurity, homelessness, isolation, and 00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:08.616 financial hardship. And the panel also 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.640 awarded five special honors awards 00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:13.976 recognizing volunteers that spanned 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:16.376 chess, music, netball, mahong and 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:18.136 emergency services. So my 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:20.296 congratulations to every recipient 00:18:20.320 --> 00:18:22.456 and and also thanks to the officers who 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.856 prepared the evaluation material for 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.696 the panel. We found it a very 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.376 professional and thorough process as it 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:30.136 is every year but particularly so 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.616 this year. We enjoyed the process. 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:34.216 on the 30th of April, I attended the 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.136 your library board meeting as deputy 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:38.936 chair of the your library board. Um 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.616 we're continuing our work on governance 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.616 and planning for the the year ahead and 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:44.856 the years ahead. Um I just thought I'd 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.736 record my attendance this evening and 00:18:47.760 --> 00:18:49.976 some local issues I'm picking up. Um 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.576 I've had some correspondence quite 00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:53.655 recently about traffic and parking 00:18:53.679 --> 00:18:55.496 around Roville Primary School and 00:18:55.520 --> 00:18:57.976 Scoresville Scoresby Primary Schools um 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.056 particularly at drop off and pickup time 00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:01.336 which I intend to raise with the 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:03.096 relevant officers. And I've also had 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:05.015 some correspondence about the some of 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:07.256 the older footpaths that are surrounding 00:19:07.280 --> 00:19:09.416 and inside the Stud Park Shopping Center 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:12.440 which is um a mobility issue um for some 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:15.496 of the residents at Peppet Retirement 00:19:15.520 --> 00:19:17.015 Village there next to Stud Park. So, 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.496 I'll be raising that one too and 00:19:19.520 --> 00:19:21.496 we'll keep those residents updated as 00:19:21.520 --> 00:19:23.976 I go. And that's all I just to quickly 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:26.296 note, sorry, Mayor, before I wrap. Um 00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:28.936 just to note the the correspondence from 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.856 um residents in Grayson Drive and 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.176 surrounding streets in Scoresby. Um the 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.496 correspondence has been received um some 00:19:35.520 --> 00:19:37.576 this week and and in previous weeks and 00:19:37.600 --> 00:19:38.856 months as well. and just wanted to thank 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.775 the residents for the time they've taken 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.296 to write very respectfully and with 00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:44.296 thorough insight to their lived 00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:46.056 experience and and the views that you've 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:48.216 shared have have helped inform the 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.736 position I'm taking on that application 00:19:49.760 --> 00:19:51.096 tonight. So I just wanted to acknowledge 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.775 that too. Thank you may 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.655 thank you councelor Councelor Williams. 00:19:55.679 --> 00:19:57.496 Thank you through you may um another 00:19:57.520 --> 00:20:00.056 busy month in Dinstall. Um councelor 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:02.296 Duncan and myself have got yak coming up 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.816 this or the youth advisory committee 00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:05.096 coming up this Wednesday which should be 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:07.976 exciting. Um I know may yourself and 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:10.456 myself are heading off to the um feed 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.216 one feed all lunch coming up this week 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.240 as well. Um, as every council has 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.336 mentioned, we're all here at the , 00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:19.655 community wards last Wednesday and and 00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:21.416 councelor Ratwell and myself as 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:24.056 councelor well mentioned um, chaired the 00:20:24.080 --> 00:20:25.816 , the meeting and it was yeah, it was 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:27.816 a tough one to um, to be able to make 00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:29.816 the call but we we've got so many great 00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:31.816 volunteers here in Knox and I'm glad we 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:34.456 also had the distinguished um, awards as 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.696 well that um, you know , sort of 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.696 covered off other areas that perhaps 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:41.096 didn't win the the top spots. So, um, 00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:43.256 councelor Atwell and myself had a a big 00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:45.096 task in making sure that all came 00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:47.256 together and also thanks to the amazing 00:20:47.280 --> 00:20:49.416 volunteer panel that, , assisted us 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.775 throughout that process. That was a 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:53.496 great, um, great week in the leadup of 00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:55.416 reading the reports and then, um, a 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.576 great night. I think we, , came to the 00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:59.096 right conclusions with the fantastic 00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.696 winners with Richard and Foothills. So, 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.256 well done. Um lately I've been meeting 00:21:03.280 --> 00:21:05.895 with residents around bike pass and 00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:07.736 um one of the residents has visited me 00:21:07.760 --> 00:21:10.135 and also mentioned about bike pass at 00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:12.775 night and the lighting around um our 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.616 bike pass at night both from cars and 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:17.176 traffic um and also um just the 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.775 conditions of our bike tracks at night. 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:20.696 So that was something that I sort of 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:22.775 hadn't opened my eyes up to before. I'd 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.616 always seen I guess a bike tracker 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.296 riding during the day. 00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:28.056 um riding through the night. Um he 00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:29.976 shared with me some photos and and some 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.256 concerns and that's being addressed with 00:21:31.280 --> 00:21:34.056 the team here which is great. Um as a 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.496 few have mentioned we're at the no skate 00:21:35.520 --> 00:21:37.096 park and we did the opening with 00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:40.120 yourself Mayor um deputy Mayor um 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.015 councelor Duncan councelor Conine and 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.696 cancer councelor Pierce were all in 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.616 attendance and that was a great event 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:49.096 opening up the Nox skate park. Um and 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:51.576 after that event um Cancel Considine and 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:53.256 myself went to the Knox Falcons baseball 00:21:53.280 --> 00:21:56.280 club and um that was a great um great 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:59.736 day. was their pink day which was um 00:21:59.760 --> 00:22:02.296 yeah wonderful to see so many people um 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:05.320 donating to a great cause. Um I've had 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:08.135 um an upgrade thanks to um director 00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:11.096 Thorne um in regards to McCory Place. So 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:13.336 we've had some speed humps and um the 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:15.256 pedestrian area around there all 00:22:15.280 --> 00:22:17.496 upgraded. It's been a ongoing concern 00:22:17.520 --> 00:22:19.816 for residents um and there has been a 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:21.015 few near misses when it comes to 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:23.176 accidents down that um street in McCory 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:25.015 Place. So, I'm glad to see that's 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.216 completed and it looks really nice. So, 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.976 if you haven't been down there yet to 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:29.976 see what's been done, it's um well worth 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:33.000 a visit. And um thanks to um Director 00:22:33.760 --> 00:22:35.736 Chalkley and the team. Um we've also had 00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:38.296 library signage um additional library 00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:40.056 signage put in for the Bazewater Library 00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:41.496 and that's on Mountain Highway. So, a 00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:43.895 bit more directed signage so people know 00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:45.895 where the new library is and I know 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:47.816 there's more to come within the Mountain 00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:50.135 High Shopping Center area and there's 00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.336 discussions going on there. So, thank 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:53.976 you to the team. Um, a couple of the key 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.576 things for us coming back are obviously 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.736 potholes um and also crime in the area. 00:22:57.760 --> 00:22:59.895 There's quite a fair bit of both um 00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:02.296 sadly in in um Bazewater and also I'm 00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:04.616 sure throughout Nox. Um but something 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:07.576 that we're continuing to keep an eye on. 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:10.600 Um I would like to um also mention we've 00:23:11.280 --> 00:23:12.936 some residents and some shopkeepers have 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:15.096 raised some concerns around McCauley 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:16.856 Place and the the rubbish and that's 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:19.096 been passed on to the team. Um we have 00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.696 done some improvements over the last 12 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.056 months or so as those complaints have 00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:24.216 been coming in to fixing some of 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.296 those conditions up but unfortunately 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:27.576 there's probably still something that 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:29.096 needs to be addressed there and we're 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:30.535 looking at that and seeing what we can 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.176 do. recently met with David 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:36.200 Kitchen who's the um incoming um Liberal 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:39.176 um candidate for Basswater um just to 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.696 hear their thoughts and obviously 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.135 congratulations both to Liberal and 00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:44.056 Labour who have now got a candidate in 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.736 Bazewater and they're hitting the ground 00:23:45.760 --> 00:23:47.416 running to um see what they can do for 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:50.440 our local community. Um and lucky last I 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:52.456 met with Cla from the Salvation Army 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.336 last week in regards to um homeless and 00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:57.576 youth homeless within Knox and um and 00:23:57.600 --> 00:24:00.056 just seeing what's going on there. Um 00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:01.576 and definitely some conversations to 00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:03.416 have with the team. following on from 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.496 that just around some of the concerns 00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:07.496 that are happening obviously within NOX 00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:09.816 that our team is aware of um both with 00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:12.616 youth homeless and also the homeless 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:14.456 around our area and I know our budget 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:16.616 also sort of stretches into some 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:19.015 opportunities to assist with both of 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:21.655 those programs as well. So um been some 00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:23.336 pretty big activity in Dinstown. That's 00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:25.576 about it from me. 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:27.895 Thank you councelor Williams. Council 00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:29.895 peers. 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:32.056 Good evening, Mayor, deputy Mayor, 00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:34.216 fellow counselors, 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.775 members of the community. It has been a 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.936 busy and rewarding month in Taylor and 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.936 I'm pleased to share some of the 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.655 highlights with you today. On the 29th 00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:45.496 of April, I attended the Lististerfield 00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:48.456 Quarry meeting as an observer. It was an 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.480 informative session that brought light 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.895 to light general concerns from the 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:56.296 local residents, concerns that I will be 00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:58.456 following up closely. 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:01.480 The following day, I enjoyed the I 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:03.976 joined the active aging meeting with 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:07.000 councelor Baker. It was an open and 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:09.416 energetic discussion with members freely 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.976 sharing ideas and raising important 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.376 issues that are affecting our older 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:16.376 community members. I'm not going to call 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:19.096 them seniors. They're older. 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:21.576 On the 9th of May, I had the pleasure of 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:23.336 attending the official opening of the 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:26.360 Knox skate park and BMX Park along with 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:30.216 Mayor Kennett, Deputy Mayor Chris Duncan, 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:33.240 Robert Williams, and Parisa Considine. 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.056 It was wonderful to see so many 00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:38.775 residents, young and not so young, 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.376 enjoying the new facility and the 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:42.056 beautiful weather. 00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:44.056 This is exactly the kind of investment 00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:46.456 our community deserves. 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:49.480 On the same day, I attended a very 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:51.576 exciting announcement about Sue 00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:54.600 Bagfield, home of the Roville Hawks. 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:59.559 State MP Michael Galia and Lee, I'm 00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:01.496 sorry, I'm going to mispronounce your 00:26:01.520 --> 00:26:02.535 name. 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.416 Talis, 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:05.976 thank you. Tamales. 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:08.936 Tlamas announced the state government in 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.960 the budget allocation is allocating 00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:14.616 375,000 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:17.015 for lighting and drainage upgrades to 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.736 CBEC oval number two 00:26:19.760 --> 00:26:22.696 known to many of us as Rival Lake. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.775 Congratulations to Richard Rego 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.696 president and the entire committee for 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:29.336 their tireless advocacy. 00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:31.255 And thank you to Michael and Lee for 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:33.336 listening and acting so quick so 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:36.360 swiftly. Go Hawks. On the 19th of May, I 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:39.816 attended the volunt the volunteer 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:42.840 volunteers recognition lunch at RB Cares 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:45.496 the Roville Baptist Church. 00:26:45.520 --> 00:26:48.520 What a truly fantastic group of people. 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:51.176 The combined years of service on display 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.816 was extraordinary. 00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:56.840 RB Care or the well is a remarkable 00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:59.816 organization that provides food relief 00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:02.216 with real dignity. 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:04.696 Recipients hand over shopping lists and 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:07.176 while they're being their shopping is 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.936 prepare being prepared, they are 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:11.496 welcomed with a hot drink, a biscuit and 00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:13.336 a conversation. 00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:15.496 The human touch makes it all the 00:27:15.520 --> 00:27:18.520 difference. It gives them dignity. 00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:22.535 On the 20th of May, we held preliminary 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:25.559 discussions with Mayor Kennett, Murray 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:28.600 Wilson, and Dr. Daryl Morgan from the 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.416 Rotary Club in Roville regarding a war 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:34.056 memorial at Roville. 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:37.015 I thank the Mayor foril facilitating an 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:39.416 important conversation. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:42.216 I'm actively working towards progressing 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.240 this issue. Um and hopefully we can 00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:48.520 organize a war memorial in Roville. 00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:51.576 Beyond the beyond these events, I've 00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:53.416 also met individually with residents on 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:55.015 a range of local matters including 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:57.736 trees, footpaths, planning issues. I 00:27:57.760 --> 00:27:59.895 appreciate everyone who takes the time 00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:02.456 to reach out. 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.375 That is my report for Taylor Wer this 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:07.096 month. Thank you very much. 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:09.976 Thank you, Councelor Pierce. I will 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.056 submit a report for the for the events 00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:15.080 that I attended. Um, but I did want to 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:17.895 let our residents and fellow counselors 00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:20.375 know about correspondence that went out 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:23.096 in the last month. Um, and these align 00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.936 with some of the items that we've raised 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:27.895 previously at other council meetings or 00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:30.535 um, aligning with our advocacy. 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.559 we did send letters out on the 00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:36.856 proposed glass only curbside collection 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:39.880 services to our state members and also 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:43.255 to all councils that are also in 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:46.056 agreement about pausing the proposed 00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:49.080 glass only curbside collection services. 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:51.416 Um and the response has been quite 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.496 positive so far. So we will continue to 00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:56.456 keep you updated. We have sent letters 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:59.015 out for rooming house regulation and 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.255 system improvements in accordance with 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:04.279 um council's notice of motion. We sent 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:07.720 out letters on the Medicare rebates for 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.655 registered counselors and 00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:11.736 psychotherapists in accordance with the 00:29:11.760 --> 00:29:14.760 endorsed um notice of motion position 00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:18.679 by council and also letters of 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:21.895 advocacy on the impact of planning 00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:24.135 reforms which you would have 00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:26.775 undoubtedly heard councilor speak 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:29.799 about during our planning items. Um we 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:32.216 also met with the planning minister to 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:34.535 speak about the issues that have been 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.696 raised of late with some of the planning 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:39.720 items that have been coming through 00:29:39.760 --> 00:29:42.760 for council decision and um the impact 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:46.440 that the state planning changes have 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.496 been having at a local level. It's 00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:51.176 important for us to be able to advocate 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:53.655 on your behalf and which we will 00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:56.679 continue to do. Um, finally, I'd like to 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:59.096 thank all volunteers in Knox and the 00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:01.416 contribution that you make to our city. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:04.296 Um, our city wouldn't be the kind and 00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:06.856 generous place that it is without each 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.616 and every one of you. And we have over 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.216 24,000 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:13.240 volunteers in our city. So, um, , 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:15.895 my deep gratitude to each and every one 00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:18.919 of you. And if any resident is 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:22.039 interested in volunteering in Knox, Knox 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.616 does fund an organization called 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.775 Volunteer for Knox and they provide a 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.696 matchmaking service. So if you're 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.616 interested in being matched with a 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.640 volunteer organization in Knox and 00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:36.056 making our city a better place, I would 00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.816 um encourage you to get in contact with 00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:40.840 them and they will absolutely help you. 00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:44.840 Um, moving on to our next agenda item. 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:48.056 May pay if I may. Um, I just like to 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.895 bring to the attention of my colleagues 00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:52.775 that I notice others people seem to 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.255 speak to the gallery, but all all 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:57.736 discussion in the chamber is directed to 00:30:57.760 --> 00:31:00.135 you. Um, so we don't speak to the 00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:02.856 gallery or to anybody else. Um, even 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:05.255 questions all go to the Mayor. So when 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.696 we're speaking, if you say something, 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:09.336 it's it's too about the Mayor. So just 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:11.096 thought I' I'd raise that not about 00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:13.015 anything or anybody in particular just 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.535 I've just noticed a pattern over the 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.816 past couple of months where people have 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:18.135 been speaking to others other than 00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:21.159 yourself. So comments go to the Mayor. 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.576 Okay. Thank you councelor Lockwood. I 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:25.496 think it's um important to also 00:31:25.520 --> 00:31:27.416 acknowledge that we have people in the 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:29.976 in the gallery with us this evening and 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:33.000 um yes thank you. Um moving on to item 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:37.000 six planning matters. Item 6.1 is report 00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:40.056 of planning applications decided under 00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:43.080 delegation 1st of April 2026 to 30 April 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:47.176 2026. Would the council like to move a 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:49.576 motion? 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:51.895 Oh yes please. Thank you councelor 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:54.535 Baker. Thank you. very briefly. Um I 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.616 just like would like to be transparent 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:59.176 um and that a family member resides in a 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.336 street mentioned in this report but 00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:03.096 given that this the applications 00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:05.416 outlined in this report were decided 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:07.255 under delegation and it's for noting 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.176 only that I do not have a conflict of 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:11.255 interest. Thank you councelor Baker. 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.976 Apologies for for skipping over that. 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.736 now would a council like to move a 00:32:15.760 --> 00:32:18.760 motion? Yes, councelor Pierce and a 00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:23.015 seconder councelor Atwell. Thank you. 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.216 Councelor Pierce, would you like to 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.576 speak to the motion? 00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:27.495 I reserve my right. Thanks, madam. 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.015 Thank you. And just to confirm, that's 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:31.655 the officer's recommendation is printed. 00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:33.736 Thank you, councelor Pierce. Councelor 00:32:33.760 --> 00:32:35.576 Atwell. 00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:37.895 Now, just very briefly, Mayor, um 48 00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:39.895 applications that have come up to us 00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:42.775 this month for noting. Um most of them 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.015 are relate to tree removal and singled 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.416 ma matters. no issues to raise and 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.856 happy to second it and support it. Thank 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.255 you. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:51.015 Thank you, councelor. Would any other 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:53.816 council like to speak to the motion? 00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:55.655 I'll now put the motion. All those in 00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:57.336 favor? 00:32:57.360 --> 00:33:00.135 That motion is carried unanimously. 00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:01.816 Thank you. 00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:04.775 The next item on the agenda is item 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:06.296 6.279 00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:09.320 Grayson Drive, Scoresby. 00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:13.399 Would a counselor like to move a motion? 00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:21.816 , I have alternate motion um draft in 00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:24.840 my name that I'm happy to move. Mayor, 00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:28.535 thank you councelor Atwell. Is there a 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:31.559 seconder for that alternate motion? 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.216 Thank you, councelor Williams. We'll 00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:39.096 bring that al alternate up on the 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.616 screen. And while we're waiting for 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.535 that, councelor Atwell, would you mind 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.375 reading? 00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.416 , yes, of course. 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.775 Alternate motion, please. 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:49.655 , alternate motion item 6.2 00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:51.495 requested by councelor Glenn Atwell for 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:54.296 79 Grayson Drive, Scoresby, that council 00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:56.296 issue a notice of refusal to grant a 00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:57.576 planning permit for the use and 00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:59.416 development of a rooming house at 79 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.895 Grayson Drive, Scoresby, subject to the 00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:04.296 following refusal grounds. One, the 00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:06.216 proposal is contrary to the directions, 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.736 objectives, and strategies of the 00:34:07.760 --> 00:34:09.335 municipal planning strategy and the 00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:11.575 planning policy framework, particularly 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:14.456 clause 02.03-4, 00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.936 built environment and heritage. Clause 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:19.335 02.03-5, 00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:20.936 housing 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.960 clause 1.01-1L, 00:34:25.040 --> 00:34:28.040 settlement clause 15.01-4L, 00:34:29.040 --> 00:34:31.335 healthy healthy neighborhoods. Clause 00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:34.359 15.01-5, 01-5L neighborhood character 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.960 and clause 16.01-1L 00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:40.375 housing supply of the Knox planning 00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:43.016 scheme. , point two, the proposal is 00:34:43.040 --> 00:34:45.256 inconsistent with the purpose of clause 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:47.976 32.09, neighborhood residential schedule 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:51.000 4 of the Knox planning scheme. , point 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.696 three, the proposal will result in 00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:54.456 unreasonable impacts on the on the 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:57.095 amenity of the area. And point four, the 00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.936 proposal fails to comply with the 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.896 objective and standard B3-7 at clause 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.216 55.03-7, 00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:06.136 functional layout and objective and 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:09.160 standard B5-4 at clause 55.05-4, 00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:12.536 solar protection to new north facing 00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:15.560 windows of the NOx planning scheme. 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.216 Thank you, councel. 00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.575 Take a breath after that, Mayor. Thank 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:21.335 you. 00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:22.536 Would you like to speak to 00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:24.376 Yes. Yes, please. And if I'm able to get 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.896 that out, I'm should be able to get my 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.136 remarks that follow out as well. Um 00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:31.095 thank you, Mayor. Um before I get to 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.896 the substance of the proposal that's 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.815 before it tonight, I just I want to be 00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:37.575 clear about where I stand on on the 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:39.575 bigger issue of the housing demands that 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:42.296 um Knox and every other council in Metro 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:44.296 Melbourne and beyond face. Um we know we 00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.896 have real work ahead of us when it comes 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.136 to housing. we need more homes. We 00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:50.616 need more types of homes in more 00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:53.095 places. that's not something um I shy 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:55.496 away from. Um I have a responsibility as 00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:57.256 a counselor. Council has a 00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:00.280 responsibility um to to bring effect 00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:02.856 to that as well. So um rooming houses 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.616 are a particularly I think important 00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:06.536 part of that picture. They are a 00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:08.696 legitimate form of housing and 00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:11.016 increasingly a very important one as we 00:36:11.040 --> 00:36:14.040 um as we learn from our um relief 00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:16.055 partners on a daily basis. So I 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.815 certainly support rooming houses. I 00:36:17.839 --> 00:36:19.815 would expect to see more of them across 00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:22.216 Knox and I will back them when they 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:24.536 are in the right place and done the 00:36:24.560 --> 00:36:27.560 right way. Um so my concern tonight is 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:29.815 not with um a particular kind of 00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:32.456 housing. Um it's with this proposal as 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:35.335 it relates to this particular site. Um 00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:37.176 and this is very much a discretionary 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:39.335 planning matter. the application was 00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:42.359 advertised. Um it drew 94 objections. Um 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:45.016 it went to a planning consultative 00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:47.176 committee meeting in March which the 00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:49.095 Mayor and I attended with councelor 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.335 Duncan from memory. and we had very 00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.856 robust discussion about the merits of 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:55.736 the application. Um and it's before us 00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.976 tonight because it's a matter of um 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:00.296 genuine planning judgment. Um and it's 00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:03.320 it's ours to make. Um it is worth noting 00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:07.640 that this um same block um carries a 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:10.136 permit already that was granted um back 00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:12.055 at our March council meeting. I noted it 00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:13.896 noted it in the previous planning 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.920 item, our standard monthly item um which 00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:19.656 was um for two dwellings and that was 00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:21.575 processed in a in a straightforward code 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:24.599 assessed process. So the site has um 00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:27.656 a permit um already for for two 00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:30.055 dwellings. Um and I think that tells us 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:32.776 something that that speaks to what 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:35.176 this site can comfortably take. Um and 00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:36.936 that what's before us in this report, 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.176 the proposal for the rooming house, um 00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.936 is is something very different in scale 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.256 and in kind to the permits that the site 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:46.280 already has. Um and on the planning 00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:49.016 merits that I outlined as part of my 00:37:49.040 --> 00:37:51.016 alternate to refuse this, I can't 00:37:51.040 --> 00:37:54.040 support it um as it is um outlined 00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:56.616 for for support tonight. I can't support 00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:58.055 the officer recommendation on this 00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:00.616 occasion. so some reasons why it's a 00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:03.640 single suburban aotment. it's 70 731 00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:06.456 square meters. it's an established 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:08.456 garden suburb street. the proposal 00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.976 seeks to place two rooming house 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.616 buildings on that one block. And if you 00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:15.256 know Grayson Drive or take a drive 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.776 down there, you will know that um that 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:18.456 does not sit with the deta detached 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:21.480 lowscale character of Grayson. Um, I 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.936 believe it runs against the purpose of 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:25.016 the neighborhood residential zone which 00:38:25.040 --> 00:38:27.656 exists to manage the level and pace of 00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:30.055 of change as we meet that housing demand 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:33.079 in streets exactly like this one. Um, 00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:36.839 our strategic framework directs housing 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.880 of this nature to um genuinely well 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:43.320 serviced locations and I see this as a a 00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:46.136 a very quiet established pocket of 00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:48.376 interior scores and I don't believe that 00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:51.400 it meets that location. um requirement 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.296 um and it and it can be true that the 00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:56.456 right kind of housing can still be the 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:58.376 wrong fit for a particular street and I 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.055 think both things hold true in this 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.896 instance. Um I do want to thank the 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.575 planning officers for their work. Um 00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.335 it's been thorough. the conditions 00:39:05.359 --> 00:39:07.095 that are in the officer recommendation 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:10.119 which seek to reduce the bedrooms. 00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.856 they remove the in room 00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:15.416 kitchenets. I did think they were um 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:18.440 very positive um conditions. so I 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.856 thought there was a very genuine effort 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:22.936 to bring this into line but the 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.536 continue the the conditions I thought 00:39:24.560 --> 00:39:27.335 can only do so much um and and my 00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.776 ultimate assessment was they can't 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:30.776 resolve that um issue of fundamental fit 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.416 for this area. Um I want to thank the 00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:35.656 residents of Grayson Drive through 00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:37.335 you madame Mayor I believe several are 00:39:37.359 --> 00:39:39.256 in the gallery with us tonight and 00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:41.095 the surrounding streets for the planning 00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:43.335 consolidative committee conversation 00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:44.936 for the conversations for the 00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.575 correspondence. Um the the engagement 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:49.575 has been very respectful and and 00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.815 polite and you have certainly been 00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:54.136 heard through the process. and just 00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:56.376 one brief piece of context before I wrap 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:58.296 um there if I've still got some time. Um 00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:00.055 as we sit here tonight, the property um 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:02.136 is for sale. 00:40:02.160 --> 00:40:04.136 Um there's a for sale sign in the front 00:40:04.160 --> 00:40:07.016 yard. Um it's marketed as a single 00:40:07.040 --> 00:40:10.040 home um not a dual or a dual occupancy. 00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:13.095 Um, so I note that it's I I appreciate 00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:15.095 it's not a a planning consideration and 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:17.496 I'm not treating it as one, but it has 00:40:17.520 --> 00:40:20.055 compounded a a real uncertainty in the 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:22.136 community for the residents who are 00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:25.160 asked to trust a planning process um and 00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:26.696 at the same time have the ground 00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:28.296 shifting beneath them and the goalposts 00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:30.456 moving um as properties come on and off 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.776 the market. So, um, as the ward 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:34.936 counselor and as a Knox counselor, I 00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:37.416 can't, , , support this in its 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.256 current form, , and in the current 00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.815 location, , I've moved an alternate 00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:44.456 motion to refuse, , to grant a 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:46.456 planning permit. And I would, , urge 00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.055 my colleagues to weigh the character of 00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:50.055 this street. We would all have one like 00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:53.079 this in our ward. And, um, I would, um, 00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:54.616 ask you to think about the fit of this 00:40:54.640 --> 00:40:56.456 proposal and, , support the refusal 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.575 tonight. Thank you, Mayor. 00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.256 Thank you, councelor. Well, councelor 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.856 Williams is second. would you like to 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.815 speak? 00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:03.496 Thank you through you, May. Um firstly 00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:04.936 like to thank councelor Atwell for the 00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:07.496 homework he's um he's done on this 00:41:07.520 --> 00:41:09.176 particular alternative and also the 00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:11.176 consultation with fellow counselors 00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:13.896 in keeping us fully informed of this. Um 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.736 as councelor Atwell mentioned 94 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:18.456 objections which is quite high um and 00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:21.480 also um noting that 32 objectors 00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:23.736 attended the um planning consultative 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:25.736 committee the PCC on the 24th of March 00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:28.760 online and raising 3.4 four of um 00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:31.656 Cancer Ratwell's alternate motion in 00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:33.496 regards to the functional layout being 00:41:33.520 --> 00:41:35.016 you know the living area being too small 00:41:35.040 --> 00:41:36.376 and not separate from the kitchen and 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:38.536 also the solar protection um with the 00:41:38.560 --> 00:41:40.776 north facing window in bedroom five that 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.696 lacks a bit of shade. Um there's a few 00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.976 things there that do raise a bit of 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:46.936 concern as well as the character um and 00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.295 um many other things that councelor 00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.656 Rwell mentioned but I think councelor 00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:52.680 Rwell um has eloquently put his position 00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.616 on that and I fully support him um for 00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:56.536 doing so as well. 00:41:56.560 --> 00:41:58.216 Thank you councelor Williams. Would any 00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:59.736 other council like to speak to the 00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:01.016 motion? 00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:03.335 I'd like to speak against the motion. 00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:05.016 Um, which is what's normal. Two in 00:42:05.040 --> 00:42:06.456 favor, two against, although it probably 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:09.480 only going to be me. Um, we talked about 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:13.016 it. It's it's its location in there in 00:42:13.040 --> 00:42:15.256 Scorsesby. That's a that's a um I guess 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:17.016 a niche part of schools. It's one I'm 00:42:17.040 --> 00:42:19.815 well familiar with. that the the 00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:21.335 public transport connections are 00:42:21.359 --> 00:42:23.976 actually quite good. um 10 to 12 minute 00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.815 walk to stud road to the bus stop for 00:42:25.839 --> 00:42:28.839 the 901 smart bus. The 753 runs from 00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:32.216 runs through there along an road 00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:34.376 connecting to Bazewater, Glen Wavely, M 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.400 Bronia mainly um and Nox and um and 00:42:38.560 --> 00:42:41.560 Fernter Gully um uses you know and Rose 00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:45.160 Street, Roseill Street. the 693 is on 00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:47.095 Fry Gali Road, Oakley to Belgrave via 00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:49.976 Fry Gali Road connects Skby Fully Gully 00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:52.536 station um Mountain Gate upper GI 00:42:52.560 --> 00:42:55.560 station Belgrave um 758 Knoxville shops 00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:58.696 and no city via Okconor Road which is 00:42:58.720 --> 00:43:01.720 just almost there at Grayson Drive. So 00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:03.976 that there's actually transport there 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.736 for people cuz most people in boarding 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:07.656 houses don't have transport. They don't 00:43:07.680 --> 00:43:10.680 they don't tend not to have cars. Um 00:43:10.720 --> 00:43:13.656 it's not it's not a big shopping area. 00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:15.575 So in in Grayson Drive, it's a 00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:17.656 residential area. This is a residential 00:43:17.680 --> 00:43:19.736 development. Um residential development 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:22.760 for for a group of people. Um and 00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:25.416 housing is short. Boarding houses meet a 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:27.496 need as you said. Um we have an increase 00:43:27.520 --> 00:43:30.376 in homelessness and we have a a dire 00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:33.095 shortage of housing at the moment. Um 00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:35.016 slightly coming off. So around 30% of 00:43:35.040 --> 00:43:37.176 our residents are doing doing it tough 00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:38.856 on rent. Rent's a real struggle for 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.456 them. About the same percentage are 00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:43.016 struggling with their mortgage. Um 00:43:43.040 --> 00:43:44.856 people in boarding houses tend to to 00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:46.616 have lost their accommodation or they've 00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:48.616 become homeless. And there are many more 00:43:48.640 --> 00:43:50.136 people now who are suddenly surprised 00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:52.136 that they have a job but can't pay the 00:43:52.160 --> 00:43:54.055 rent. Um or they can't pay the rent, 00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:57.079 can't buy food. So um the people you see 00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:59.256 in boarding houses, not what you expect. 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.496 I think a lot of it is prejudice about 00:44:01.520 --> 00:44:04.520 boarding houses and not reality. Um 00:44:04.720 --> 00:44:06.776 normal people use boarding houses and 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:08.376 this kind of development is really good. 00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:10.216 The on suite is great. Solves a lot of 00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:12.055 problems. It's a pity they can't have 00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:13.736 that the kitchenet that might make it an 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:15.976 apartment building. So anyway, that that 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:18.055 conflict happens in the kitchen mainly. 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.295 So a fridge in that room will be great. 00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:23.016 However, and it's a great response to a 00:44:23.040 --> 00:44:25.416 real need in our community. Um we need 00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:28.440 to welcome people who need shelter. Um 00:44:28.560 --> 00:44:30.376 it's close to schoolsby village. It's 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.936 close to Knoxville shops. Um the scale 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:35.335 actually suits the other the area. It it 00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:37.575 matches what's in Knox right across 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:40.599 across the land. And um if it's for sale 00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:43.095 now, yeah, well, it has to advertise as 00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:45.095 a single building or a dual lock, 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:46.295 doesn't matter. That's what you see on 00:44:46.319 --> 00:44:48.136 blocks like that. No matter how they 00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:49.656 sometimes there's potential for large 00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:51.656 development, but there isn't that here. 00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:54.680 Um and the conditions fix the concerns. 00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:56.936 Um 00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:59.416 I would just say um this this kind of 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:01.256 development is needed in Knox. We need 00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:03.176 we need to house more people. We need to 00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:04.856 get people out of strife and into 00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:06.936 accommodation so they can get to work 00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:09.896 and live a live a decent life. Um that's 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:12.920 that's all I want to say on this one. 00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:15.815 Thank you councelor Lockwood. Any other 00:45:15.839 --> 00:45:17.736 council like to speak to the motion? 00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:20.760 Yes, councelor Pierce. 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:23.496 I'd like to commend um councelor Atwell 00:45:23.520 --> 00:45:25.736 for all the information he's provided to 00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:28.760 us and keeping us up to date. I'm 00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:31.176 supporting the alternate. The reason 00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:33.815 being is it's pretty well known what my 00:45:33.839 --> 00:45:36.055 feelings are about the planning scheme 00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:38.696 and the state government's rules. 00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:41.720 Um that's pretty much what I'm 00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:45.000 considering and what I'm considering is 00:45:45.200 --> 00:45:48.200 that I think that when you've got 00:45:48.560 --> 00:45:50.055 streets 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.295 sometimes you've got to think about what 00:45:52.319 --> 00:45:53.815 the development's going to do to that 00:45:53.839 --> 00:45:56.696 area as well. And it's not that I have 00:45:56.720 --> 00:45:58.136 anything against rooming houses. I 00:45:58.160 --> 00:46:00.536 don't. I think they are necessary for 00:46:00.560 --> 00:46:03.016 what for residents especially to get 00:46:03.040 --> 00:46:04.776 them on their feet and get them started 00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:07.496 in life. Giving them a second chance I 00:46:07.520 --> 00:46:10.216 think it's a great idea but sometimes we 00:46:10.240 --> 00:46:12.055 need to think of the development and 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:15.079 where it fits in to the areas 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:18.760 and what our residents want and why they 00:46:19.520 --> 00:46:21.335 have bought into an area. They might 00:46:21.359 --> 00:46:23.176 have bought into an area because it's 00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:26.200 nice street with treelined, kids playing 00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:28.936 around, everything. 00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:31.896 They don't, some of them don't want big 00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:34.295 developments next door. 00:46:34.319 --> 00:46:37.319 So, that's my viewpoint. Um, 00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:39.496 I'm going to support the alternate. 00:46:39.520 --> 00:46:40.776 Thank you, Madame May. 00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:42.456 Thank you, councelor Pierce. Would any 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:43.896 other counselor like to speak to the 00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.055 motion? 00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.656 Councelor Duncan. 00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:49.896 Thank you and through you, Mayor. Um, I 00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:52.295 agree with councelor Lowood on on this 00:46:52.319 --> 00:46:54.776 one. I have no problem with rooming 00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.575 houses. They serve a purpose. However, 00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:59.815 in this situation, I believe there are 00:46:59.839 --> 00:47:01.815 far better locations in Knox where this 00:47:01.839 --> 00:47:04.055 would be more appropriate. Um, 00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:06.456 councilwell, I was at the PCC with you. 00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:08.456 32 residents attending that, which was a 00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.976 great turnout. Heard all of their 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:12.536 concerns. I did go into this worried 00:47:12.560 --> 00:47:14.936 that we wouldn't have the option to to 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:17.656 refuse this in this area. However, this 00:47:17.680 --> 00:47:19.496 is a completely different scenario to 00:47:19.520 --> 00:47:20.936 what we were faced with with Margo 00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:23.095 Street a couple of months ago. That was 00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:25.256 a a deemed to comply because it was 00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:28.055 under the standards. We had no reason to 00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:30.456 refuse. However, with this one, it's 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:32.055 actually great to see that this is a 00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:33.416 planning application that's coming to 00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:35.176 council where we can actually exercise 00:47:35.200 --> 00:47:37.016 some discretion and take into 00:47:37.040 --> 00:47:38.696 consideration what our residents want 00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:41.176 and protecting the amenity of the area. 00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:44.200 Um I I the build form I'm not overly 00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:46.856 sold on it being too big for the area. 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:48.776 It is what is happening for a majority 00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:51.800 of those blocks in that space. Um 00:47:52.640 --> 00:47:54.616 however I I do believe there are far 00:47:54.640 --> 00:47:56.776 better locations around our activity 00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:58.856 centers and our heavy rail closer to the 00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:01.575 shops. It is it is a decent walk across 00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:03.815 Stud Road to get to the the Studfield 00:48:03.839 --> 00:48:06.839 shops. Um, so I do agree somewhat with 00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:09.176 what councelor Lockwood said about 00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:12.200 there is buses and so forth there. Um, I 00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:15.335 am happy to approve this alternate and 00:48:15.359 --> 00:48:16.936 it's actually good to see that we're as 00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:19.496 I said we're getting the discretion back 00:48:19.520 --> 00:48:21.736 to to vote for what our residents are 00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:23.176 calling for us to do. So I will be 00:48:23.200 --> 00:48:24.456 supporting your alternate this evening. 00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:26.055 Councelor, 00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:27.656 thank you councelor Duncan. Would any 00:48:27.680 --> 00:48:29.335 other counselor like to speak? Yes, 00:48:29.359 --> 00:48:30.376 councelor Baker. 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:33.176 Thank you. very briefly. Um I'll commend 00:48:33.200 --> 00:48:35.416 councelor Atwell for bringing this to 00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:38.295 the table today for consideration. Um 00:48:38.319 --> 00:48:41.016 I've also heard feedback from residents 00:48:41.040 --> 00:48:42.936 in relation to this and I've considered 00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:45.496 all the feedback and certainly have read 00:48:45.520 --> 00:48:47.176 through the application in detail as 00:48:47.200 --> 00:48:50.200 well. Um and similarly I agree that 00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:54.280 housing diversity we need to consider 00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:56.696 but I do agree with the commentary that 00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:58.696 we need to in this application it needs 00:48:58.720 --> 00:49:01.720 to be a fit for the right area. So I'm 00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:03.736 in support of council at wall's 00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:06.456 alternative. Thank you. Thank you 00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.776 councelor Baker. Would any other 00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:11.800 counselor like to speak? 00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:14.920 No. Um, I will just thank councelor for 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:17.656 his work in bringing this alternate 00:49:17.680 --> 00:49:20.216 motion to council and I also want to 00:49:20.240 --> 00:49:22.856 sincerely thank all residents for the 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.095 way that they have provided their 00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:27.416 feedback through to council and also 00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:30.440 attendants in the PCC which helped 00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:34.456 council councilors that were in 00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:36.776 attendance understand your concerns and 00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:39.656 be able to um converse with the 00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:42.535 developer at the same time. So he was 00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:45.416 also able to hear firsthand what your 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:48.055 concerns were. So thank you very much to 00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:50.136 the residents that participated through 00:49:50.160 --> 00:49:51.896 that process. 00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:54.616 Um I'll pass back to councelor for his 00:49:54.640 --> 00:49:55.656 right of reply. 00:49:55.680 --> 00:49:57.815 thank you may and I appreciate the 00:49:57.839 --> 00:49:59.896 the discussion and the debate and I 00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:01.496 agree wholeheartedly with councelor 00:50:01.520 --> 00:50:04.216 Lockwood when he says that we need 00:50:04.240 --> 00:50:06.616 more rooming houses. That is um 00:50:06.640 --> 00:50:09.335 inarguable. Um we need to be 00:50:09.359 --> 00:50:11.896 welcoming more housing. and we should 00:50:11.920 --> 00:50:14.776 and we will. Um the question for me 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.856 tonight is whether this proposal, which 00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:19.880 is two rooming houses on a typical to 00:50:20.240 --> 00:50:22.936 small suburban block, um is the right 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:25.960 fit. Um and on planning merits, I 00:50:26.240 --> 00:50:28.456 don't believe it is. So, the resident 00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.376 the residents had asked us to to weigh 00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:32.856 this in in however we were able to. I 00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:34.856 think to councelor Duncan's point and 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:36.456 councelor Pierce, we spend a lot of time 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:37.815 talking about where the planning scheme 00:50:37.839 --> 00:50:40.136 is moving and we it doesn't sit 00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:41.815 comfortably with us for lots of 00:50:41.839 --> 00:50:44.136 different reasons, but when one presents 00:50:44.160 --> 00:50:45.815 where we can consider the grounds 00:50:45.839 --> 00:50:48.055 that are before us tonight, I think um 00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:51.016 we should while we still can. Um so, 00:50:51.040 --> 00:50:54.040 thank you. Um just to echo you Mayor, 00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:56.216 thank you to the the residents of 00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:57.656 Grayson Street and the community there 00:50:57.680 --> 00:50:59.256 in Scorsesby. They're a tight-knit bunch 00:50:59.280 --> 00:51:01.496 and I've appreciated the way their 00:51:01.520 --> 00:51:03.335 their feedback was put forward and I 00:51:03.359 --> 00:51:04.776 also appreciate the engagement of the 00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:06.535 applicant too. It must be said they were 00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:08.216 very professional and forthcoming with 00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:09.176 information through all the 00:51:09.200 --> 00:51:12.200 conversation. So let's see how the 00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:14.456 vote goes. Thank you ma'am. 00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:17.480 Thank you councelor. I'll now put the 00:51:17.839 --> 00:51:20.839 alternate motion. All those in favor? 00:51:22.720 --> 00:51:24.936 All those against. 00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:27.496 That motion is carried. 00:51:27.520 --> 00:51:30.055 Thank you. 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:33.079 moving on to item 6.3 00:51:33.359 --> 00:51:36.359 466 Bwood Highway One Turner South. 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:41.736 Thank you. Councelor Councelor Cooper is 00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:44.376 moving the officer's recommendation and 00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:46.616 a second. 00:51:46.640 --> 00:51:49.496 yes, councelor Pet. Thank you, 00:51:49.520 --> 00:51:51.896 Councelor Cooper. Thank you, Mayor 00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:54.535 Kennett. this application or this um 00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:56.376 sorry this report is very very different 00:51:56.400 --> 00:51:59.095 to the previous one v for two reasons 00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:01.095 number one it's in the nox activity 00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:04.119 center and two it's a retirement village 00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:06.616 so the statutory policy framework is 00:52:06.640 --> 00:52:09.016 very different um the application 00:52:09.040 --> 00:52:11.095 relates to the redevelopment of part of 00:52:11.119 --> 00:52:14.119 the existing leav no retirement village 00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:17.480 at one south located at 466 Burwood 00:52:18.160 --> 00:52:21.160 highway um as I said within the activity 00:52:21.200 --> 00:52:23.976 center and just opposite Westfield. 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:26.936 The site is approximately 6.47 hectares 00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:29.960 and currently has 204 singlestory 00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:33.079 independent living units and a central 00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:36.119 community facility. The proposal focuses 00:52:36.160 --> 00:52:38.456 on the northwestern portion of the site 00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:41.480 which um has 28 existing units and the 00:52:42.160 --> 00:52:44.776 current communal facility and that would 00:52:44.800 --> 00:52:46.616 be demolished and replaced with a more 00:52:46.640 --> 00:52:48.696 contemporary highdensity retirement 00:52:48.720 --> 00:52:50.936 village outcome. 00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:53.335 The application seeks approval for two 00:52:53.359 --> 00:52:56.136 apartment style buildings over a shared 00:52:56.160 --> 00:52:59.160 basement delivering 172 new independent 00:53:00.640 --> 00:53:03.416 living units along with the replacement 00:53:03.440 --> 00:53:05.896 of the community facility. 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:08.920 Building one would be part of six and 00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:11.960 seven stories fronting Burwood 00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:14.535 Highway while building two would be six 00:53:14.559 --> 00:53:17.176 stories further south. Together, the 00:53:17.200 --> 00:53:19.496 development would provide a mix of one 00:53:19.520 --> 00:53:21.896 and two and threebedroom units designed 00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:24.616 to support aging in place and increase 00:53:24.640 --> 00:53:26.696 housing diversity within the activity 00:53:26.720 --> 00:53:29.496 center of Knox. The proposal also 00:53:29.520 --> 00:53:31.976 includes a substantial new resident hub 00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:34.616 featuring a cafe, gym, wellness 00:53:34.640 --> 00:53:37.016 facilities, games room, pool, sauna, and 00:53:37.040 --> 00:53:39.016 social spaces. 00:53:39.040 --> 00:53:41.575 and vehicle access would continue via 00:53:41.599 --> 00:53:44.535 the existing internal road network with 00:53:44.559 --> 00:53:47.559 227 basement car parking spaces proposed 00:53:48.640 --> 00:53:51.575 exceeding the statutory requirements of 00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:54.055 172 spaces. 00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:57.079 Um seven trees are proposed for removal 00:53:57.520 --> 00:54:00.456 which have been um supported by council 00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:03.016 council's arborist. The application 00:54:03.040 --> 00:54:05.496 received 15 objections and four letters 00:54:05.520 --> 00:54:08.520 of support. 88% of the village residents 00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:11.095 support the proposal and the key 00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:13.736 concerns raised included building 00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:15.815 height and scale, overshadowing, 00:54:15.839 --> 00:54:18.696 privacy, traffic, parking, vegetation 00:54:18.720 --> 00:54:21.720 removal and construction impacts. 00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:24.616 Um councilors have also received 00:54:24.640 --> 00:54:26.696 correspondence in the form of 14 00:54:26.720 --> 00:54:28.936 objections from a combination of village 00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:31.416 residents and neighboring residents 00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:34.216 which noted the following concerns. The 00:54:34.240 --> 00:54:35.976 concerns about the scale and the height 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:37.976 of the proposed six to sevenstory 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:40.696 development as mentioned overlooking 00:54:40.720 --> 00:54:43.720 privacy loss overshadowing visual bulk 00:54:43.839 --> 00:54:46.535 and inadequate transition to surrounding 00:54:46.559 --> 00:54:49.176 homes impacts on traffic parking 00:54:49.200 --> 00:54:52.200 spillover into Morris Court noise, wind 00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:54.696 and construction impacts. And the 00:54:54.720 --> 00:54:56.696 residents believe the proposal conflicts 00:54:56.720 --> 00:54:58.136 with neighborhood character and 00:54:58.160 --> 00:55:00.295 landscape expectations, including 00:55:00.319 --> 00:55:03.319 impacts on views and canopy character. 00:55:03.839 --> 00:55:05.976 under the Victorian planning scheme 00:55:06.000 --> 00:55:08.456 framework. Some of these cons concerns 00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:10.616 do have planning merit and so I'm going 00:55:10.640 --> 00:55:13.640 to outline what those ones I feel are. 00:55:14.319 --> 00:55:16.136 The following concerns that which I 00:55:16.160 --> 00:55:17.736 believe have the strongest potential 00:55:17.760 --> 00:55:20.616 planning merit is overlooking privacy 00:55:20.640 --> 00:55:23.176 loss and visual bulk are legitimate amen 00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:25.815 amenity considerations under clause 15 00:55:25.839 --> 00:55:28.839 and 65 particularly at lowercale 00:55:29.119 --> 00:55:31.335 residential interfaces. 00:55:31.359 --> 00:55:33.736 However, the report includes acceptable 00:55:33.760 --> 00:55:35.736 setbacks, building separation, 00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:37.656 articulation, and landscaping to 00:55:37.680 --> 00:55:40.680 maintain reasonable amenity outcomes. 00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:43.095 The proposal acknowledges some change to 00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:46.055 outlook and privacy, but impacts which 00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:47.896 are generally considered acceptable 00:55:47.920 --> 00:55:50.775 within a major activity center, which 00:55:50.799 --> 00:55:53.416 has been identified for higher density 00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:55.256 developments. 00:55:55.280 --> 00:55:57.575 Inadequate transition to adjoining 00:55:57.599 --> 00:55:59.736 residential areas is potentially the 00:55:59.760 --> 00:56:02.055 strongest strategic concern in in my 00:56:02.079 --> 00:56:03.815 opinion requiring an appropriate 00:56:03.839 --> 00:56:06.775 interface with lower scale housing. The 00:56:06.799 --> 00:56:08.775 application you'll see argues that the 00:56:08.799 --> 00:56:10.616 proposal provides an appropriate 00:56:10.640 --> 00:56:12.775 interface to surrounding lower scale 00:56:12.799 --> 00:56:15.799 areas through 9 meter western setbacks, 00:56:16.240 --> 00:56:18.616 separation distances, upper level 00:56:18.640 --> 00:56:21.335 recessing, landscaping and modulation of 00:56:21.359 --> 00:56:24.359 built form. It states that design 00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:26.775 achieves a reasonable transition to 00:56:26.799 --> 00:56:29.416 adjoining neighborhood residential zone 00:56:29.440 --> 00:56:30.936 land. 00:56:30.960 --> 00:56:33.416 It's also very important to acknowledge 00:56:33.440 --> 00:56:35.736 that the application is also exempt from 00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:38.456 clause 55 of the residential development 00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:41.480 standards. However, if it wasn't exempt, 00:56:41.520 --> 00:56:43.256 it would actually be compliant in 00:56:43.280 --> 00:56:45.736 itself. Further, there are no other 00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:47.815 controls which apply to this type of 00:56:47.839 --> 00:56:50.616 development and it is compliant with 00:56:50.640 --> 00:56:53.640 clause 58 which is relevant to apartment 00:56:53.920 --> 00:56:56.920 buildings. overshadowing was raised. 00:56:57.520 --> 00:56:59.256 The application acknowledges some 00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:02.055 overshadowing overshadowing will occur 00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:04.856 but states impacts are limited um with 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:07.176 properties retaining reasonable sunlight 00:57:07.200 --> 00:57:10.200 across for part of the day. um 00:57:10.880 --> 00:57:12.856 overshadowing diagrams assessed 00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:15.880 acceptable outcomes um consistent with 00:57:16.160 --> 00:57:18.456 strategic policy expectations and 00:57:18.480 --> 00:57:19.815 increased density. 00:57:19.839 --> 00:57:22.376 Councelor Cooper, you're at time. Would 00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:25.400 you like an extension? Yes. Extension 00:57:26.160 --> 00:57:28.856 moved by councelor Baker and seconded by 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:31.880 councelor Duncan. All those in favor? 00:57:32.079 --> 00:57:33.256 Thank you. Please continue. 00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:35.976 Thank you councilors. Um there was 00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:39.000 concerns raised from about noise from 00:57:39.040 --> 00:57:41.256 plant servicing plant from the plant 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:44.055 servicing and communal areas. Um and 00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:46.456 that is a valid consideration as well. 00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:48.856 The application which you'll see in 00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:51.016 the report tonight includes an acoustic 00:57:51.040 --> 00:57:53.016 report prepared independently by 00:57:53.040 --> 00:57:55.656 Marshall Day Acoustics identifying 00:57:55.680 --> 00:57:58.456 potential impacts from plant um music 00:57:58.480 --> 00:58:00.696 and communal activities. The report 00:58:00.720 --> 00:58:03.095 recommends mitigation measures and the 00:58:03.119 --> 00:58:05.016 application states permit conditions 00:58:05.040 --> 00:58:07.016 would require these acoustic treatments 00:58:07.040 --> 00:58:10.040 to be implemented to protect a joining 00:58:10.240 --> 00:58:12.936 amenity. Um obviously there were 00:58:12.960 --> 00:58:14.856 concerns raised about traffic and 00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:17.880 parking. in relation to the parking I 00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:20.535 did mention earlier that the application 00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:23.176 actually exceeds the minimum requirement 00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:26.200 of 172 and 227 00:58:26.319 --> 00:58:29.319 car parking spaces are being provided. 00:58:29.520 --> 00:58:32.216 Um there was also mention of 00:58:32.240 --> 00:58:34.856 neighborhood landscape neighborhood and 00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:37.880 landscape character. Um but that's less 00:58:38.319 --> 00:58:41.256 determinative in a um major activity 00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:43.496 center. So I'm not sure that that would 00:58:43.520 --> 00:58:46.520 be strong enough to uphold um a 00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:49.960 rejection on its own. Um so while I 00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:53.575 acknowledge and understand the concerns 00:58:53.599 --> 00:58:56.599 of residents um and objectors, I do 00:58:57.440 --> 00:59:00.440 appreciate um that this proposal is very 00:59:01.200 --> 00:59:03.256 important to nearby residents and 00:59:03.280 --> 00:59:05.575 many of the issues raised are legitimate 00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:07.095 considerations. 00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:09.656 However, after assessing the application 00:59:09.680 --> 00:59:12.055 against the planning scheme, the 00:59:12.079 --> 00:59:14.295 identified impacts are considered to 00:59:14.319 --> 00:59:17.016 fall with within acceptable planning 00:59:17.040 --> 00:59:18.696 tolerances 00:59:18.720 --> 00:59:21.256 and are um appropriately addressed 00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:23.896 through design responses and mitigation 00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:26.696 measures. So overall for me, the 00:59:26.720 --> 00:59:29.176 proposal represents a high quality 00:59:29.200 --> 00:59:31.416 development outcome that aligns with 00:59:31.440 --> 00:59:33.496 strategic vision for the NOX central 00:59:33.520 --> 00:59:36.136 activity center. It will provide 00:59:36.160 --> 00:59:39.160 significant benefits for aging in place. 00:59:39.359 --> 00:59:41.575 Delivering modern housing options and 00:59:41.599 --> 00:59:44.055 highquality community amenities that 00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:45.416 will enhance the well-being, 00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:48.055 independence, and social connection of 00:59:48.079 --> 00:59:51.079 aging residents within the village. So, 00:59:51.359 --> 00:59:53.095 I will be supporting the office's 00:59:53.119 --> 00:59:56.055 recommendation tonight. Um, and I thank 00:59:56.079 --> 00:59:58.216 um councilors for their consideration. 00:59:58.240 --> 00:59:58.535 Thank you. 00:59:58.559 --> 01:00:00.456 Thank you, councelor Cooper. Councelor 01:00:00.480 --> 01:00:02.055 Pierce is second. Would you like to 01:00:02.079 --> 01:00:05.079 speak? Yes, Madame Mayor. I support the 01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:07.256 office's recommendation to issue a 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:09.656 notice of decision to grant the planning 01:00:09.680 --> 01:00:11.575 permit for the redevelopment, and I'm 01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:14.136 going to mispronounce it. I apologize, 01:00:14.160 --> 01:00:16.216 Lavvada 01:00:16.240 --> 01:00:19.240 Knox retirement village at 466 Burwood 01:00:19.680 --> 01:00:22.456 Highway One in the South. I acknowledge 01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:25.095 the 15 objections received and I want to 01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:26.936 say directly to those residents and 01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:28.936 neighbors, your concerns have been 01:00:28.960 --> 01:00:31.256 heard. They've been carefully 01:00:31.280 --> 01:00:32.856 considered. 01:00:32.880 --> 01:00:35.335 and me many of them have shaped the 01:00:35.359 --> 01:00:37.896 detailed conditions attached to this 01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:40.456 decision. But after reviewing this in 01:00:40.480 --> 01:00:42.856 application thoroughly, I am satisfied 01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:45.880 with the right outcome for Knox. This is 01:00:46.160 --> 01:00:47.575 the right outcome for Knox. And I want 01:00:47.599 --> 01:00:49.656 to explain why 01:00:49.680 --> 01:00:52.680 Knox is aging. Our m municipal planning 01:00:54.160 --> 01:00:56.696 strategy tells us clearly the 01:00:56.720 --> 01:00:59.720 residential population is for forecasted 01:00:59.839 --> 01:01:01.815 to grow significantly and our current 01:01:01.839 --> 01:01:04.216 housing stock is inadequate to meet 01:01:04.240 --> 01:01:06.456 demand for small more diverse and 01:01:06.480 --> 01:01:09.256 accessible detailings particularly as 01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:12.280 our community ages and diversifies. 01:01:13.119 --> 01:01:16.119 right now older residents who want to 01:01:16.960 --> 01:01:19.815 stay in this in theiru communities close 01:01:19.839 --> 01:01:22.456 to family close to to Westfield Knox 01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:25.480 close to services but cannot find 01:01:25.920 --> 01:01:28.696 suitable housing to do so. 01:01:28.720 --> 01:01:31.720 The 172 new independent living units 01:01:33.359 --> 01:01:35.575 proposed here with one, two, and 01:01:35.599 --> 01:01:38.599 threebedroom options, a new gym, pool, 01:01:38.880 --> 01:01:41.416 community lounge, health facilities 01:01:41.440 --> 01:01:44.440 directly address this, this shortage. 01:01:44.880 --> 01:01:47.496 This is not a private development. This 01:01:47.520 --> 01:01:50.136 is aging in place infrastructure for our 01:01:50.160 --> 01:01:53.160 community and we need more and not less. 01:01:54.720 --> 01:01:57.176 If not here where the site is directly 01:01:57.200 --> 01:01:59.496 opposite Westfield shopping center it's 01:01:59.520 --> 01:02:02.216 within the nox central m majority 01:02:02.240 --> 01:02:05.240 activity center precinct our own 01:02:05.760 --> 01:02:07.575 planning scheme designates for 01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:09.335 substantial residential growth and 01:02:09.359 --> 01:02:11.575 highdensity buildings to be formed 01:02:11.599 --> 01:02:13.256 there. 01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:15.736 It services m it serves by multiple bus 01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:18.216 routes precisely 01:02:18.240 --> 01:02:20.856 kind of well-connected walkable location 01:02:20.880 --> 01:02:22.456 where we should be accommodating 01:02:22.480 --> 01:02:24.295 density. 01:02:24.319 --> 01:02:27.319 The design and development overlay for 01:02:27.680 --> 01:02:30.456 this corridor is specifically amended 01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:32.775 following the public panel process to 01:02:32.799 --> 01:02:35.256 include this site and enable development 01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:38.136 of this character. The planning controls 01:02:38.160 --> 01:02:40.376 we have put in place contemplate 01:02:40.400 --> 01:02:42.856 building up to 24 meters in this 01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:44.456 location. 01:02:44.480 --> 01:02:47.416 Building one reaches exactly the height 01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:50.440 that height. The proposal is not a 01:02:50.799 --> 01:02:53.016 departure from our planning f 01:02:53.040 --> 01:02:55.736 framework is a planning framework 01:02:55.760 --> 01:02:58.696 working exactly as intended. 01:02:58.720 --> 01:03:00.936 I want to address the ski the concerns 01:03:00.960 --> 01:03:03.960 over noise light spill light spill trees 01:03:05.040 --> 01:03:07.416 construction directly 01:03:07.440 --> 01:03:10.136 because councelor pier a time did you 01:03:10.160 --> 01:03:11.176 want any extension 01:03:11.200 --> 01:03:13.095 yes please just short 01:03:13.119 --> 01:03:15.335 moved by councelor williams 01:03:15.359 --> 01:03:17.496 seconded by councelor atwell all those 01:03:17.520 --> 01:03:19.736 in favor 01:03:19.760 --> 01:03:22.760 thank you thank you councelor 01:03:23.839 --> 01:03:26.216 the 33 conditions attached to this 01:03:26.240 --> 01:03:28.856 permit are not token gestures 01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:31.256 They are specific, technical and 01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:32.775 enforcable. 01:03:32.799 --> 01:03:35.256 The acoustic conditions specified 01:03:35.280 --> 01:03:37.176 exactly glaze standards for every 01:03:37.200 --> 01:03:40.200 elevation of both buildings informed by 01:03:40.319 --> 01:03:43.319 independent autistic or 01:03:44.240 --> 01:03:46.775 thank you acoustic report. I knew what I 01:03:46.799 --> 01:03:48.136 was going to say, but I just got mucked 01:03:48.160 --> 01:03:50.535 up 01:03:50.559 --> 01:03:53.559 from Marshall Day Acoustics. The outdoor 01:03:54.000 --> 01:03:56.055 communal areas cannot be used between 01:03:56.079 --> 01:03:58.775 1000 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. A detailed 01:03:58.799 --> 01:04:00.936 lighting plan must be approved before 01:04:00.960 --> 01:04:03.575 con construction commences. A tree 01:04:03.599 --> 01:04:05.736 management plan is required to protect 01:04:05.760 --> 01:04:08.760 the mature canopy along Burwood Highway 01:04:09.119 --> 01:04:10.696 throughout the building. The 01:04:10.720 --> 01:04:13.256 construction management plan, including 01:04:13.280 --> 01:04:16.280 24 emergency contact, must be in place 01:04:16.799 --> 01:04:19.799 before a single sod is turned. 01:04:20.160 --> 01:04:23.095 These are real protections and the 01:04:23.119 --> 01:04:26.119 applicant is bound by every one of them. 01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:28.535 Every referral authority, Transport 01:04:28.559 --> 01:04:30.535 Victoria, 01:04:30.559 --> 01:04:32.856 our own traffic engineers, our Arbor 01:04:32.880 --> 01:04:35.880 Storm water tree team have reviewed this 01:04:36.079 --> 01:04:38.936 application and raised no fundamental 01:04:38.960 --> 01:04:40.535 objections. 01:04:40.559 --> 01:04:43.015 The office's assessment is thorough, 01:04:43.039 --> 01:04:46.039 honest, and technically sound. 01:04:46.079 --> 01:04:48.216 Knox is a city that must plan for the 01:04:48.240 --> 01:04:51.240 future, not just protect its past. Our 01:04:51.359 --> 01:04:54.055 older residents deserve modern, 01:04:54.079 --> 01:04:57.015 accessible, communally connected homes 01:04:57.039 --> 01:04:59.575 in the heart of activity centers they 01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:02.599 have lived near for decades. This 01:05:02.720 --> 01:05:05.335 development delivers that. I commend the 01:05:05.359 --> 01:05:08.359 offic's report and councelor Cooper for 01:05:08.640 --> 01:05:11.640 her work on this matter and I urge my 01:05:11.760 --> 01:05:14.376 fellow councilors to support the offic's 01:05:14.400 --> 01:05:15.976 recommendations. 01:05:16.000 --> 01:05:17.496 Thank you councelor Pierce. Would any 01:05:17.520 --> 01:05:19.015 other council like to speak? Yes, 01:05:19.039 --> 01:05:20.616 councelor Williams. 01:05:20.640 --> 01:05:22.535 Thank you through madame Mayor. I've 01:05:22.559 --> 01:05:23.896 actually got a couple of questions if I 01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:26.376 can. those questions um probably more 01:05:26.400 --> 01:05:29.015 directed for um director McNell. the 01:05:29.039 --> 01:05:31.896 first question I do have um probably 01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:33.575 more an explanation for our community 01:05:33.599 --> 01:05:35.335 but also just to put it on record but 01:05:35.359 --> 01:05:38.136 what is the Nox Central Activity Center 01:05:38.160 --> 01:05:39.815 and what does the definition of that 01:05:39.839 --> 01:05:41.496 mean in terms of planning permits and 01:05:41.520 --> 01:05:42.936 what we're doing around here? 01:05:42.960 --> 01:05:44.295 Thank you councelor Williams. I'll 01:05:44.319 --> 01:05:47.319 direct that question to director. 01:05:47.920 --> 01:05:50.856 Thank you and through you may. Um so 01:05:50.880 --> 01:05:53.496 in terms of the the NOx central activity 01:05:53.520 --> 01:05:55.896 center that that is the the land in 01:05:55.920 --> 01:05:58.216 and around um the precinct that we sit 01:05:58.240 --> 01:06:01.176 in now um with the main spine being 01:06:01.200 --> 01:06:04.200 along Burwood Highway. Um and the the 01:06:04.480 --> 01:06:07.176 requirement of planning controls within 01:06:07.200 --> 01:06:10.136 that area encourage um higher density 01:06:10.160 --> 01:06:12.775 forms of development um in particular 01:06:12.799 --> 01:06:14.775 sort of apartment buildings and the like 01:06:14.799 --> 01:06:17.799 um along Bird Highway. um as a way to to 01:06:18.720 --> 01:06:20.775 get additional housing into locations 01:06:20.799 --> 01:06:23.095 that are considered to be well served by 01:06:23.119 --> 01:06:25.015 existing infrastructure and facilities. 01:06:25.039 --> 01:06:27.496 So in this case know the bus transport 01:06:27.520 --> 01:06:29.256 interchange and the shopping center in 01:06:29.280 --> 01:06:31.256 particular as well as the the civic 01:06:31.280 --> 01:06:34.280 precinct here that we sit in today. 01:06:34.640 --> 01:06:37.640 Thank you Director McNel Williams. Thank 01:06:37.680 --> 01:06:40.535 you through me. U my second question is 01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:43.559 um and and just sort of listening to um 01:06:43.920 --> 01:06:46.295 previous um council meetings where the 01:06:46.319 --> 01:06:47.736 same question is asked and I'll ask the 01:06:47.760 --> 01:06:50.760 same question again. If this was to be 01:06:51.200 --> 01:06:53.815 refused rather than um permitted and 01:06:53.839 --> 01:06:56.839 went to VCAT, um I asked what our 01:06:56.960 --> 01:06:59.095 council's chances are of firstly 01:06:59.119 --> 01:07:01.176 potentially winning a VCAT case should 01:07:01.200 --> 01:07:03.896 that go to VCAT and if it was to go to 01:07:03.920 --> 01:07:06.136 VCAT, what cost would actually be out of 01:07:06.160 --> 01:07:07.976 pocket for to make it go to VCAT and 01:07:08.000 --> 01:07:10.295 therefore will we win or we will we lose 01:07:10.319 --> 01:07:11.815 and what sort of cost will that be to 01:07:11.839 --> 01:07:12.936 our rate payers? 01:07:12.960 --> 01:07:15.960 Thank you councelor WS. Director McN. 01:07:16.160 --> 01:07:19.160 Thank you. Through you, Mayor. Um, in 01:07:19.520 --> 01:07:22.055 terms of the likelihood of a refusal 01:07:22.079 --> 01:07:24.216 being upheld through VCAT, it probably 01:07:24.240 --> 01:07:26.456 wouldn't be particularly high given um, 01:07:26.480 --> 01:07:28.456 as as has been discussed by councilors 01:07:28.480 --> 01:07:30.216 this evening, the planning controls that 01:07:30.240 --> 01:07:33.015 apply to this site in this location. Um, 01:07:33.039 --> 01:07:35.176 in terms of the cost, it's likely that 01:07:35.200 --> 01:07:37.095 we would get a consultant or a lawyer to 01:07:37.119 --> 01:07:38.696 represent council. So, the cost would be 01:07:38.720 --> 01:07:40.775 somewhere in the vicinity of around um, 01:07:40.799 --> 01:07:43.496 $20,000. 01:07:43.520 --> 01:07:45.335 Thank you, Director Alley. Council 01:07:45.359 --> 01:07:47.015 Williams, 01:07:47.039 --> 01:07:49.176 did you want to speak to the motion now? 01:07:49.200 --> 01:07:51.416 , yeah. Look, thank you, Mayor. Um, 01:07:51.440 --> 01:07:53.656 based on um those answers to the 01:07:53.680 --> 01:07:54.936 questions and definitely discussions 01:07:54.960 --> 01:07:57.960 with fellow counselors, um I've got 01:07:58.079 --> 01:07:59.335 nothing more to say, but I'm fully 01:07:59.359 --> 01:08:00.535 supportive of the officer's 01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:01.736 recommendation as is. 01:08:01.760 --> 01:08:03.335 Thank you, Council Williams. Would any 01:08:03.359 --> 01:08:04.775 other council like to speak to the 01:08:04.799 --> 01:08:07.015 motion? 01:08:07.039 --> 01:08:10.039 Oh, councelor D councelor Baker 01:08:11.200 --> 01:08:13.176 first and then I'll move up the table. 01:08:13.200 --> 01:08:15.416 Thank you. Thank you, Mayor Kennett. Very 01:08:15.440 --> 01:08:18.440 briefly, um, as I already outlined, this 01:08:18.719 --> 01:08:21.335 planning application is a NOX activity 01:08:21.359 --> 01:08:23.815 center in complete support of this 01:08:23.839 --> 01:08:26.775 application and I believe it provides an 01:08:26.799 --> 01:08:29.016 opportunity for NOX residents who may 01:08:29.040 --> 01:08:32.040 want to downsize um, or other retirees 01:08:32.319 --> 01:08:34.536 that may want to move into Knox and age 01:08:34.560 --> 01:08:36.135 in place. 01:08:36.159 --> 01:08:37.976 I do agree it's obviously the 01:08:38.000 --> 01:08:39.416 application's very close to public 01:08:39.440 --> 01:08:42.135 transport amenities and Westfield so 01:08:42.159 --> 01:08:44.536 it's very close um even you know the 01:08:44.560 --> 01:08:46.775 Knox library for example so 01:08:46.799 --> 01:08:49.255 accessibility from this application I 01:08:49.279 --> 01:08:52.135 think is really ideal um and it also I 01:08:52.159 --> 01:08:53.576 believe it provides an opportunity for 01:08:53.600 --> 01:08:56.536 retirees um to increase their social 01:08:56.560 --> 01:08:59.560 connections with the um availability 01:09:01.040 --> 01:09:03.096 of the numbers that are are planning 01:09:03.120 --> 01:09:06.120 here for the the units to be built. 01:09:06.400 --> 01:09:08.135 So, I'm in complete support of this 01:09:08.159 --> 01:09:09.896 planning application. Thank you. 01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:11.576 Thank you, Councelor Baker. Councelor 01:09:11.600 --> 01:09:12.775 Duncan. 01:09:12.799 --> 01:09:14.695 , yes. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'd 01:09:14.719 --> 01:09:16.295 actually like to speak in strong support 01:09:16.319 --> 01:09:19.096 of this proposed development. , 01:09:19.120 --> 01:09:20.775 first and foremost, it's important to 01:09:20.799 --> 01:09:22.856 recognize that this not a proposal in a 01:09:22.880 --> 01:09:24.695 quiet residential street. This is the 01:09:24.719 --> 01:09:26.295 exact kind of development that belongs 01:09:26.319 --> 01:09:28.775 in an activity center. these 01:09:28.799 --> 01:09:30.536 locations are specifically intended for 01:09:30.560 --> 01:09:32.376 higher density living closer to 01:09:32.400 --> 01:09:33.976 services, transport and community 01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:36.295 facilities and in that context this 01:09:36.319 --> 01:09:38.536 proposal not is not only appropriate but 01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:40.856 I believe it's ideal for this location. 01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:42.376 It's the right development in the right 01:09:42.400 --> 01:09:44.215 place and the perfect fit for Nox 01:09:44.239 --> 01:09:46.295 Central. The design thoughtfully 01:09:46.319 --> 01:09:48.056 balances increased density and 01:09:48.080 --> 01:09:49.976 complimentary landscaping creating an 01:09:50.000 --> 01:09:51.496 outcome that is both functional and 01:09:51.520 --> 01:09:53.655 respectful of the surroundings. He 01:09:53.679 --> 01:09:55.736 contributes positively to the area's 01:09:55.760 --> 01:09:58.760 center and plays a role as a vibrant 01:09:59.040 --> 01:10:01.256 and accessible hub and I hope it's ends 01:10:01.280 --> 01:10:02.776 up somewhere like the artist's 01:10:02.800 --> 01:10:04.296 impression that we've seen within our 01:10:04.320 --> 01:10:07.096 papers. We've heard concerns raised by 01:10:07.120 --> 01:10:08.936 some residents and those views are 01:10:08.960 --> 01:10:11.175 important to us. However, on balance, 01:10:11.199 --> 01:10:13.096 this is a strong and well-considered 01:10:13.120 --> 01:10:14.936 proposal that delivers clear community 01:10:14.960 --> 01:10:17.256 benefit and aligns with our long-term 01:10:17.280 --> 01:10:19.736 vision for the area of Nox Central. 01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:21.896 Importantly, it also supports the aging 01:10:21.920 --> 01:10:23.416 in place as many of you have already 01:10:23.440 --> 01:10:25.256 spoken about, allowing older residents 01:10:25.280 --> 01:10:27.416 to remain within their community, 01:10:27.440 --> 01:10:29.496 maintaining their connections and ex 01:10:29.520 --> 01:10:31.336 access to essential services in a 01:10:31.360 --> 01:10:32.536 setting that's been designed 01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:35.416 specifically for their needs. Overall, I 01:10:35.440 --> 01:10:36.856 believe this is a positive outcome for 01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:39.096 Nox. It meets our future housing needs 01:10:39.120 --> 01:10:41.096 in the right location while enhancing 01:10:41.120 --> 01:10:42.936 the activity center as a whole. And I 01:10:42.960 --> 01:10:45.256 strongly encourage them councilors to 01:10:45.280 --> 01:10:46.776 support this proposal. 01:10:46.800 --> 01:10:48.456 Thank you, Councelor Duncan. Council 01:10:48.480 --> 01:10:50.296 Lockwood, 01:10:50.320 --> 01:10:52.056 far be it for me to say anything 01:10:52.080 --> 01:10:54.936 different. Um, so I won't. , I was 01:10:54.960 --> 01:10:56.776 part of the original NOx central 01:10:56.800 --> 01:10:59.016 committee that discussed this over a 01:10:59.040 --> 01:11:02.040 number of years. um and oversaw 01:11:02.719 --> 01:11:04.376 the the planning scheme as it was 01:11:04.400 --> 01:11:06.936 amended and updated to include goes all 01:11:06.960 --> 01:11:09.096 the way up to Schoolsby Road um from 01:11:09.120 --> 01:11:12.120 from Stud Road, includes Swinburn um 01:11:12.159 --> 01:11:14.215 both sides of Bwood Highway, goes up 01:11:14.239 --> 01:11:17.096 goes through Lewis Road um although 01:11:17.120 --> 01:11:18.695 that'll be a long way off and and this 01:11:18.719 --> 01:11:20.376 is exactly the kind of development that 01:11:20.400 --> 01:11:23.336 was foreseen that we wanted high density 01:11:23.360 --> 01:11:25.655 development close to Build Highway. um 01:11:25.679 --> 01:11:28.679 the further back you go that that um 01:11:28.719 --> 01:11:30.936 slopes down if you like the cascades 01:11:30.960 --> 01:11:33.576 down. Um and that was that was exact 01:11:33.600 --> 01:11:36.600 exactly what what we saw in years ago in 01:11:37.040 --> 01:11:39.416 what we wanted for the future. Um higher 01:11:39.440 --> 01:11:41.896 density around around Westfield Shopping 01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:44.856 Center, Knox City and a lower density 01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:47.256 out in the in the suburbs. Um, so we we 01:11:47.280 --> 01:11:49.896 we encourage the higher density here and 01:11:49.920 --> 01:11:52.856 then we make this make this place around 01:11:52.880 --> 01:11:55.880 Nox Central a destination to encourage 01:11:56.080 --> 01:11:58.536 the extension of things like tram lines 01:11:58.560 --> 01:12:01.560 out to out to Knox. Thank you. 01:12:01.920 --> 01:12:03.736 Thank you. Councelor Lockwood, would any 01:12:03.760 --> 01:12:06.760 other counselor like to speak? 01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:09.016 Councelor Cooper, would you like your 01:12:09.040 --> 01:12:10.776 right of reply? 01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:13.016 Yes. Thank you, Mayor Kennett. Um, thank 01:12:13.040 --> 01:12:15.016 you councilors for your contribution to 01:12:15.040 --> 01:12:18.040 the debate this evening. Um, I also 01:12:18.480 --> 01:12:20.776 agree it is a great development. Um, but 01:12:20.800 --> 01:12:22.456 it is with a heavy heart and I'll say 01:12:22.480 --> 01:12:25.016 again that I do acknowledge um and 01:12:25.040 --> 01:12:27.416 understand the concerns raised by the 15 01:12:27.440 --> 01:12:30.296 objectors and I appreciate that this 01:12:30.320 --> 01:12:33.320 proposal is um deeply important to 01:12:33.600 --> 01:12:36.600 nearby residents. Um I will reiterate 01:12:36.880 --> 01:12:39.256 that I have assessed the application 01:12:39.280 --> 01:12:41.576 against the planning scheme and I have 01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.600 identified that the impacts um 01:12:44.640 --> 01:12:47.016 considered to fall within acceptable 01:12:47.040 --> 01:12:48.536 planning tolerances and are 01:12:48.560 --> 01:12:50.776 appropriately addressed through the 01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:52.856 design responses and mitigation measures 01:12:52.880 --> 01:12:54.376 which are met in the report this 01:12:54.400 --> 01:12:56.296 evening. So I think we have an 01:12:56.320 --> 01:12:59.175 obligation to support the office's 01:12:59.199 --> 01:13:02.199 recommendation tonight and um and move 01:13:02.239 --> 01:13:04.536 forward. Thank you. 01:13:04.560 --> 01:13:06.135 Thank you, councelor Cooper. I'll now 01:13:06.159 --> 01:13:09.159 put the motion. All those in favor? 01:13:09.760 --> 01:13:12.760 That motion is carried unanimously. 01:13:13.679 --> 01:13:16.536 The next item on the agenda is item 6.4, 01:13:16.560 --> 01:13:19.560 Kingston Links Bankside, revised section 01:13:19.679 --> 01:13:22.135 173 agreement. Before I call for a 01:13:22.159 --> 01:13:23.896 mover, I'll remind councilors that we 01:13:23.920 --> 01:13:25.416 may need to close the meeting if there 01:13:25.440 --> 01:13:27.256 are detailed questions or debate about 01:13:27.280 --> 01:13:28.936 matters set out in the confidential 01:13:28.960 --> 01:13:31.655 attachments for this report. I'd also 01:13:31.679 --> 01:13:33.256 like to note councilors have been 01:13:33.280 --> 01:13:36.280 alerted to a small error on page 127 of 01:13:37.520 --> 01:13:39.416 the agenda. At the bottom of the page, 01:13:39.440 --> 01:13:41.336 the report refers to a decision of 01:13:41.360 --> 01:13:44.056 council which was a decision made last 01:13:44.080 --> 01:13:47.080 year on the 24th of November 2025, not 01:13:47.920 --> 01:13:50.920 November 2026 as it says in the report. 01:13:51.120 --> 01:13:53.655 Would a counselor like to move a motion? 01:13:53.679 --> 01:13:56.215 Ask a question first. 01:13:56.239 --> 01:13:57.576 yes, councelor. 01:13:57.600 --> 01:13:59.816 Um you pointed to an error at page 127. 01:13:59.840 --> 01:14:01.976 On page 2028, 01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:04.056 there's 2, three, and four. Is there a 01:14:04.080 --> 01:14:06.376 one? 01:14:06.400 --> 01:14:09.400 Page 128. Just 01:14:09.840 --> 01:14:11.896 Yes. Our CEO can answer your question 01:14:11.920 --> 01:14:13.816 there, Council Lockwood. 01:14:13.840 --> 01:14:16.840 Through you, Mayor. Um, 01:14:17.280 --> 01:14:19.416 just find us again. Yeah. So, at the 01:14:19.440 --> 01:14:21.496 bottom of page 127, it says, it's 01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:23.655 referring to the 24th November 2025 01:14:23.679 --> 01:14:25.256 council resolution. and it says council 01:14:25.280 --> 01:14:27.736 resolve that is in part and then it's 01:14:27.760 --> 01:14:29.256 got the relevant parts of that 01:14:29.280 --> 01:14:31.096 resolution which are two to four being 01:14:31.120 --> 01:14:34.120 part of the resolution. 01:14:34.640 --> 01:14:37.576 Okay, thank you. I will ask again 01:14:37.600 --> 01:14:40.215 would a council like to move a motion? 01:14:40.239 --> 01:14:42.135 Thank you councelor Atwell. Is there a 01:14:42.159 --> 01:14:45.159 second for that motion? 01:14:45.920 --> 01:14:47.496 Thank you. And just to confirm that's 01:14:47.520 --> 01:14:49.576 the officer's recommendation, councelor. 01:14:49.600 --> 01:14:50.936 Thank you. Would you like to speak to 01:14:50.960 --> 01:14:51.576 the motion? 01:14:51.600 --> 01:14:53.016 just briefly, ma'am. Um 01:14:53.040 --> 01:14:54.856 thank you. As the report outlines, this 01:14:54.880 --> 01:14:57.336 is a longunning piece of work. Um, so 01:14:57.360 --> 01:15:00.135 we've got some years and dates. Um, it's 01:15:00.159 --> 01:15:01.496 definitely come to council at least a 01:15:01.520 --> 01:15:04.215 couple of times since, um, this council 01:15:04.239 --> 01:15:07.096 was elected. So, um, , there's, yeah, 01:15:07.120 --> 01:15:09.256 I think this is fairly straightforward. 01:15:09.280 --> 01:15:12.280 It's really asking us to, um, stick with 01:15:12.320 --> 01:15:13.816 the decisions we've already made around 01:15:13.840 --> 01:15:15.896 the sale terms, the development 01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:18.920 contributions, and, um, protecting the 01:15:19.040 --> 01:15:21.736 delivery triggers. and we're giving 01:15:21.760 --> 01:15:24.760 the CEO some flexibility to make sure 01:15:24.800 --> 01:15:27.016 um we have the capacity to complete a 01:15:27.040 --> 01:15:29.175 transaction inside the financial year 01:15:29.199 --> 01:15:31.576 because that does relate to our 01:15:31.600 --> 01:15:33.896 budgeted capital program. Um so we need 01:15:33.920 --> 01:15:36.456 to make sure those timings work. I 01:15:36.480 --> 01:15:38.376 think it's this is all a balancing act 01:15:38.400 --> 01:15:41.096 but I think this is um um this is 01:15:41.120 --> 01:15:43.496 something I can support at this time. So 01:15:43.520 --> 01:15:45.256 um happy to move the recommendation as 01:15:45.280 --> 01:15:46.376 printed. Thank you Mayor. 01:15:46.400 --> 01:15:49.256 Thank you councel or councelor Baker. 01:15:49.280 --> 01:15:51.175 just briefly and agree this is just 01:15:51.199 --> 01:15:53.416 providing the CEO the opportunity to 01:15:53.440 --> 01:15:55.496 proceed with timing um as information 01:15:55.520 --> 01:15:57.256 outlined the report and I'm supportive 01:15:57.280 --> 01:15:59.336 of it. Thank you. Thank you. Would any 01:15:59.360 --> 01:16:00.776 other council like to speak to the 01:16:00.800 --> 01:16:03.800 motion? 01:16:04.800 --> 01:16:06.695 I'll now put the motion. All those in 01:16:06.719 --> 01:16:08.376 favor 01:16:08.400 --> 01:16:11.400 that motion is carried unanimously. 01:16:15.360 --> 01:16:17.655 We'll now move on to our next item. Item 01:16:17.679 --> 01:16:19.976 seven, public question time. Council 01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:21.816 allocates 30 minutes to consider 01:16:21.840 --> 01:16:23.976 questions from the community. I'd like 01:16:24.000 --> 01:16:25.496 to take this opportunity to remind 01:16:25.520 --> 01:16:27.016 everyone that public question time is 01:16:27.040 --> 01:16:29.096 not your only opportunity to engage with 01:16:29.120 --> 01:16:31.496 council. If you have questions, I 01:16:31.520 --> 01:16:33.256 encourage you to consider contacting 01:16:33.280 --> 01:16:35.256 council through our usual channels, 01:16:35.280 --> 01:16:36.936 including through our customer service 01:16:36.960 --> 01:16:39.576 team or via our website. I would also 01:16:39.600 --> 01:16:42.296 encourage everyone to make use of our 01:16:42.320 --> 01:16:44.215 have your save page to access 01:16:44.239 --> 01:16:46.135 information about current projects and 01:16:46.159 --> 01:16:49.016 to submit questions or provide feedback 01:16:49.040 --> 01:16:51.416 on them. Our protocols for submitting 01:16:51.440 --> 01:16:53.496 and considering public questions are set 01:16:53.520 --> 01:16:55.976 out in council's governance rules which 01:16:56.000 --> 01:16:57.736 include an opportunity for submitters to 01:16:57.760 --> 01:17:00.376 lodge a maximum of two questions and for 01:17:00.400 --> 01:17:02.456 submitters to m to speak to their 01:17:02.480 --> 01:17:05.016 question for up to two minutes. Before 01:17:05.040 --> 01:17:06.776 we move to questions, I'll note for 01:17:06.800 --> 01:17:08.695 submitters that copies of your questions 01:17:08.719 --> 01:17:11.016 as submitted have been circulated to 01:17:11.040 --> 01:17:13.816 counselors in full, inclusive of any 01:17:13.840 --> 01:17:15.576 commentary or background material 01:17:15.600 --> 01:17:17.976 provided. I'll remind submitters too 01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:19.976 that this is an opportunity to introduce 01:17:20.000 --> 01:17:22.695 your question you have already submitted 01:17:22.719 --> 01:17:25.016 and not an opportunity to participate in 01:17:25.040 --> 01:17:27.416 debate or an opportunity to change or 01:17:27.440 --> 01:17:29.096 add to the questions you have already 01:17:29.120 --> 01:17:31.896 submitted. By choosing to participate, 01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:33.816 submitters acknowledge that your name, 01:17:33.840 --> 01:17:35.896 submissions, and your images are being 01:17:35.920 --> 01:17:37.736 captured and may be broadcast on the 01:17:37.760 --> 01:17:40.376 live stream and recording. I also remind 01:17:40.400 --> 01:17:42.056 you that you are personally responsible 01:17:42.080 --> 01:17:44.376 for your own comments and therefore may 01:17:44.400 --> 01:17:46.296 be personally liable for any loss or 01:17:46.320 --> 01:17:49.256 damage they may cause. I would also like 01:17:49.280 --> 01:17:51.256 ask 01:17:51.280 --> 01:17:53.016 sorry, I'll start again. I would also 01:17:53.040 --> 01:17:55.016 ask that respect be afforded to all 01:17:55.040 --> 01:17:56.856 participants and that the galleria 01:17:56.880 --> 01:17:58.856 remain silent while while people are 01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:00.456 speaking. 01:18:00.480 --> 01:18:03.480 We'll now move on to our questions. 01:18:25.600 --> 01:18:28.600 Okay. , we've got question one from 01:18:28.800 --> 01:18:31.800 Jason. If Jason is in the gallery, you 01:18:32.880 --> 01:18:35.096 can come up to the lect turn. Thank you. 01:18:35.120 --> 01:18:37.416 I appreciate that council has made a 01:18:37.440 --> 01:18:40.215 decision on an item earlier in the 01:18:40.239 --> 01:18:43.239 evening. Um, and that decision perhaps 01:18:43.360 --> 01:18:44.856 isn't the one that you were looking for, 01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:46.856 but I remind you that public question 01:18:46.880 --> 01:18:49.576 time is not an opportunity for debate of 01:18:49.600 --> 01:18:52.056 council's decision, but to ask and speak 01:18:52.080 --> 01:18:55.080 to your question. Um, I can read your 01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:56.616 question and then your two minutes can 01:18:56.640 --> 01:18:57.816 start from there if you're happy with 01:18:57.840 --> 01:18:58.695 that. 01:18:58.719 --> 01:19:01.256 Yes. 01:19:01.280 --> 01:19:03.496 Thank you, Jason. We have objected to 01:19:03.520 --> 01:19:05.416 this development and sent letters to 01:19:05.440 --> 01:19:07.336 both councelor Cooper with no response 01:19:07.360 --> 01:19:09.736 and councelor Williams who did respond. 01:19:09.760 --> 01:19:11.896 Also, notifications were sent to all 01:19:11.920 --> 01:19:13.976 local politicians and members of the 01:19:14.000 --> 01:19:16.376 area seeking support for residents 01:19:16.400 --> 01:19:18.456 against the height of this development. 01:19:18.480 --> 01:19:20.695 We are not against developing areas but 01:19:20.719 --> 01:19:23.256 a seven stories against the backdrop of 01:19:23.280 --> 01:19:25.896 residential areas and parks. This should 01:19:25.920 --> 01:19:28.920 be limited to fourstory so far back off 01:19:30.480 --> 01:19:33.480 build highway. 01:19:33.760 --> 01:19:36.760 If the proposed development of 466 build 01:19:37.360 --> 01:19:39.576 highway is granted at its sevenstory 01:19:39.600 --> 01:19:42.376 height, what guarantees will the council 01:19:42.400 --> 01:19:44.695 enforce to ensure the privacy of me and 01:19:44.719 --> 01:19:47.416 my family of five living next door at 01:19:47.440 --> 01:19:49.096 that height? We will not be given any 01:19:49.120 --> 01:19:50.936 privacy in our backyard or bedrooms 01:19:50.960 --> 01:19:53.416 facing the development. Jason, you have 01:19:53.440 --> 01:19:56.440 two minutes. Yeah, I just want to um 01:19:56.880 --> 01:19:59.736 obviously obtain what the council's 01:19:59.760 --> 01:20:02.760 position is to guarantee our privacy at 01:20:02.800 --> 01:20:04.695 our property at number one Morris Court. 01:20:04.719 --> 01:20:07.016 this sevenstory and six story 01:20:07.040 --> 01:20:09.576 building will be overseeing our backyard 01:20:09.600 --> 01:20:12.600 and our bedrooms to the western side of 01:20:12.880 --> 01:20:15.416 our property. So our privacy for our 01:20:15.440 --> 01:20:17.736 young family is diminished because of 01:20:17.760 --> 01:20:20.760 this development. I understand 01:20:20.800 --> 01:20:22.776 you need more housing in the area and I 01:20:22.800 --> 01:20:25.256 I totally agree with that. But at six 01:20:25.280 --> 01:20:26.856 and seven stories high, I think that's 01:20:26.880 --> 01:20:28.936 out of character for the area. Four 01:20:28.960 --> 01:20:31.816 stories would have been perfectly fine. 01:20:31.840 --> 01:20:34.536 Um, if you can give us some kind of 01:20:34.560 --> 01:20:36.296 guarantee that that privacy is going to 01:20:36.320 --> 01:20:39.016 be maintained, that'd be great, but I 01:20:39.040 --> 01:20:40.936 can't see it at seven stories or six 01:20:40.960 --> 01:20:43.816 stories. 01:20:43.840 --> 01:20:45.496 Okay. Are you happy for me to direct 01:20:45.520 --> 01:20:47.256 your question now, Jason? Yeah. Thank 01:20:47.280 --> 01:20:48.936 you. I'll direct your question to 01:20:48.960 --> 01:20:51.960 Director McNell, please. 01:20:52.080 --> 01:20:54.616 Thank you. And through you, Mayor. Um, 01:20:54.640 --> 01:20:56.936 thanks for your question, Jason. Um, as 01:20:56.960 --> 01:20:58.296 you'll be aware, the application has 01:20:58.320 --> 01:20:59.896 been considered by council this evening 01:20:59.920 --> 01:21:02.536 where it was determined to support 01:21:02.560 --> 01:21:05.336 the officer recommendation that a 01:21:05.360 --> 01:21:07.016 notice of decision to grant a planning 01:21:07.040 --> 01:21:09.336 permit should be issued. Um, your 01:21:09.360 --> 01:21:10.776 concerns regarding the height of the 01:21:10.800 --> 01:21:12.536 development were considered by council 01:21:12.560 --> 01:21:14.776 when the application was determined. Um 01:21:14.800 --> 01:21:16.536 the officer report on the application 01:21:16.560 --> 01:21:18.695 contained within council's agenda 01:21:18.719 --> 01:21:21.016 provides a thorough assessment of the 01:21:21.040 --> 01:21:22.936 proposal against the relevant provisions 01:21:22.960 --> 01:21:25.496 of the NOX planning scheme and includes 01:21:25.520 --> 01:21:27.896 responses to objections. It's considered 01:21:27.920 --> 01:21:30.135 that the proposal achieves an acceptable 01:21:30.159 --> 01:21:32.215 balance between enabling highdensity 01:21:32.239 --> 01:21:35.016 residential development um in accordance 01:21:35.040 --> 01:21:36.936 with strategic planning directions and 01:21:36.960 --> 01:21:39.096 maintaining reasonable levels of amenity 01:21:39.120 --> 01:21:41.576 for adjoining residents. any 01:21:41.600 --> 01:21:43.736 perceived loss of privacy or outlook is 01:21:43.760 --> 01:21:45.496 not considered unreasonable in the 01:21:45.520 --> 01:21:47.496 context of the planning framework that 01:21:47.520 --> 01:21:50.456 applies to the site. Um I would note 01:21:50.480 --> 01:21:53.175 that um if you are dissatisfied with the 01:21:53.199 --> 01:21:55.576 council decision on the application, I'd 01:21:55.600 --> 01:21:57.256 encourage you to consider your right to 01:21:57.280 --> 01:21:59.175 lodge an appeal against the decision at 01:21:59.199 --> 01:22:00.856 the Victorian Civil and Administrative 01:22:00.880 --> 01:22:03.016 Tribunal. 01:22:03.040 --> 01:22:05.175 Thank you, Director McNell. Um Councelor 01:22:05.199 --> 01:22:08.199 Cooper would also like to respond. Yes. 01:22:08.239 --> 01:22:10.215 Thank you. Thank you. Um, nice to meet 01:22:10.239 --> 01:22:13.239 you, Mr. Bey. Um, I just wanted to clear 01:22:13.360 --> 01:22:15.816 up some confusion in relation to not 01:22:15.840 --> 01:22:18.296 responding, um, which you mentioned 01:22:18.320 --> 01:22:21.320 here. Um, when you emailed both myself 01:22:21.679 --> 01:22:24.056 and councelor Williams, we both reached 01:22:24.080 --> 01:22:26.376 out to the planning department here and 01:22:26.400 --> 01:22:28.695 received the same response and I believe 01:22:28.719 --> 01:22:31.416 that councelor Williams sent um, some 01:22:31.440 --> 01:22:34.296 information back to you. Um, on Friday 01:22:34.320 --> 01:22:35.976 last week, he made me aware that you 01:22:36.000 --> 01:22:37.896 were still expecting to hear from me. 01:22:37.920 --> 01:22:39.976 So, I did email you over the weekend. 01:22:40.000 --> 01:22:42.776 I'm not sure if you have that. Um, and 01:22:42.800 --> 01:22:44.695 I'm not sure when you submitted your 01:22:44.719 --> 01:22:46.135 question, but I just wanted you to be 01:22:46.159 --> 01:22:48.056 aware that I did return your email over 01:22:48.080 --> 01:22:51.080 the weekend. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. 01:22:51.440 --> 01:22:54.440 Um, question to Jason. I'll read this 01:22:54.719 --> 01:22:55.896 out and then you'll have another two 01:22:55.920 --> 01:22:58.135 minutes to speak to your question. Why 01:22:58.159 --> 01:22:59.655 does the development need to be 01:22:59.679 --> 01:23:01.976 constructed to sevenstory at the rear of 01:23:02.000 --> 01:23:03.976 the development which is over the 01:23:04.000 --> 01:23:07.000 proposed 18 m restrictions for the zoned 01:23:07.040 --> 01:23:09.256 area? Four stories would be more 01:23:09.280 --> 01:23:12.280 suitable for the residential area. 01:23:13.679 --> 01:23:15.576 I don't think I have anything else to 01:23:15.600 --> 01:23:16.615 add to that question. It's pretty 01:23:16.639 --> 01:23:17.416 straightforward. 01:23:17.440 --> 01:23:20.440 Okay. Thank you. Um Director McNell. 01:23:23.920 --> 01:23:26.215 thank you Jason and through you may 01:23:26.239 --> 01:23:29.239 um as with your previous question I 01:23:30.239 --> 01:23:31.736 note that your concerns regarding the 01:23:31.760 --> 01:23:33.016 height of the development were 01:23:33.040 --> 01:23:35.096 considered by council. Um and in 01:23:35.120 --> 01:23:37.175 particular I think it's worthwhile um 01:23:37.199 --> 01:23:39.896 looking at um the the content that's in 01:23:39.920 --> 01:23:41.576 the officer report that relates to the 01:23:41.600 --> 01:23:43.976 height of the building. So although 01:23:44.000 --> 01:23:45.655 building one will have a maximum height 01:23:45.679 --> 01:23:48.679 of 24 m um all levels above the fifth 01:23:48.960 --> 01:23:51.416 and sixth story or 16 m in height are 01:23:51.440 --> 01:23:53.976 recessed um away from both the northern 01:23:54.000 --> 01:23:56.376 and western elevations to reduce the 01:23:56.400 --> 01:23:57.816 visual prominence of the additional 01:23:57.840 --> 01:24:00.135 height. Um so the intention of that is 01:24:00.159 --> 01:24:02.135 to ensure that the upper levels have a 01:24:02.159 --> 01:24:05.159 reduced impact. Um in this way the 01:24:05.520 --> 01:24:06.856 development has been designed to 01:24:06.880 --> 01:24:09.336 minimize visual bulk overshadowing and 01:24:09.360 --> 01:24:11.336 overlooking impacts to adjoining 01:24:11.360 --> 01:24:13.096 properties that may have arisen as a 01:24:13.120 --> 01:24:15.016 result of the height above the preferred 01:24:15.040 --> 01:24:18.040 18 m. Um finally I note that council 01:24:18.480 --> 01:24:20.456 must consider planning applications as 01:24:20.480 --> 01:24:23.480 applied for. Um in this case the 01:24:24.080 --> 01:24:25.736 applicant has sought a planning permit 01:24:25.760 --> 01:24:27.736 for two sevenstory buildings and that is 01:24:27.760 --> 01:24:30.536 the proposal that must be considered by 01:24:30.560 --> 01:24:33.560 by council. Whilst there may be a pref 01:24:33.679 --> 01:24:35.336 preference for some lower buildings, 01:24:35.360 --> 01:24:37.576 council must consider the application in 01:24:37.600 --> 01:24:40.456 front of it. Um, as noted above, the 01:24:40.480 --> 01:24:41.976 application has been determined by 01:24:42.000 --> 01:24:44.376 council which resolved in the issue of a 01:24:44.400 --> 01:24:46.135 notice of decision to grant a planning 01:24:46.159 --> 01:24:48.695 permit at the proposed seven stories in 01:24:48.719 --> 01:24:50.695 height. 01:24:50.719 --> 01:24:52.695 Thank you, Director McN. Thank you, 01:24:52.719 --> 01:24:55.576 Jason, for your two questions. 01:24:55.600 --> 01:24:58.600 , question three is Malcolm in 01:25:00.239 --> 01:25:03.239 not very good at this. 01:25:03.440 --> 01:25:06.440 I can read your question for you and if 01:25:06.560 --> 01:25:08.215 you'd like to speak to it for 2 minutes, 01:25:08.239 --> 01:25:09.816 I invite you to come up to the lect 01:25:09.840 --> 01:25:10.615 turn. 01:25:10.639 --> 01:25:12.936 Not sure what I'll do. 01:25:12.960 --> 01:25:15.336 That's okay. We'll help you. For the 01:25:15.360 --> 01:25:17.816 Levande Knox retirement village 01:25:17.840 --> 01:25:20.296 redevelopment, the agenda quotes that 15 01:25:20.320 --> 01:25:22.456 objections to this development have been 01:25:22.480 --> 01:25:24.776 received. Will these be taken into 01:25:24.800 --> 01:25:26.856 consideration at the meeting on Monday 01:25:26.880 --> 01:25:29.880 25th of May 2026 due to the fact that 01:25:30.159 --> 01:25:32.215 this redevelopment will cause lots of 01:25:32.239 --> 01:25:34.135 problems for all residents of this 01:25:34.159 --> 01:25:36.856 village? Malcolm, you can speak for 2 01:25:36.880 --> 01:25:39.496 minutes if you I don't know where to 01:25:39.520 --> 01:25:42.520 begin. So a lot of what we were told in 01:25:43.040 --> 01:25:45.336 the beginning has been altered. They 01:25:45.360 --> 01:25:48.360 were supposed to be four stories only. 01:25:49.199 --> 01:25:52.199 Now, regardless of all that, and I know 01:25:52.400 --> 01:25:54.776 nothing can be changed, I've been 01:25:54.800 --> 01:25:57.800 talking to government departments, 01:25:58.000 --> 01:26:00.056 I consider 01:26:00.080 --> 01:26:02.536 a rather nasty case of what I would 01:26:02.560 --> 01:26:05.256 consider to be elder abuse. 01:26:05.280 --> 01:26:07.096 Um, 01:26:07.120 --> 01:26:09.096 ALI 01:26:09.120 --> 01:26:11.496 put it down. Now, I don't care what 01:26:11.520 --> 01:26:14.520 anybody says about it. AI in the past 01:26:15.040 --> 01:26:16.856 two weeks has been saying that no city 01:26:16.880 --> 01:26:19.256 council rejected it and that it's going 01:26:19.280 --> 01:26:21.256 to go to VCAT. 01:26:21.280 --> 01:26:23.896 I believe that even one member of the 01:26:23.920 --> 01:26:26.920 staff told people that that you had 01:26:28.239 --> 01:26:31.239 already rejected it. Right. This was on 01:26:31.280 --> 01:26:33.416 your website over the past two weeks 01:26:33.440 --> 01:26:36.440 during business hours. Now, because of 01:26:36.639 --> 01:26:39.639 that, Leande are starting to move a few 01:26:40.159 --> 01:26:42.456 people willy-nilly. 01:26:42.480 --> 01:26:45.480 And my next door neighbor, some of her 01:26:46.080 --> 01:26:49.080 furniture was moved on Friday. 01:26:49.440 --> 01:26:52.440 She's doing some herself today. I don't 01:26:52.639 --> 01:26:55.175 even think half her furniture's gone. 01:26:55.199 --> 01:26:57.816 She is 95 years old and she shouldn't 01:26:57.840 --> 01:27:00.840 have to be moved out of her unit at that 01:27:01.679 --> 01:27:04.679 age of life. And there's too many issues 01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:08.456 with this whole mess. 01:27:08.480 --> 01:27:11.480 Even to the point that behind the main 01:27:12.960 --> 01:27:15.960 building that they want to demolish, 01:27:17.040 --> 01:27:20.040 there are units that are having their 01:27:20.320 --> 01:27:23.256 leases. People are buying into these. By 01:27:23.280 --> 01:27:25.736 the way, we don't own anything. We own a 01:27:25.760 --> 01:27:27.336 silly piece of paper. 01:27:27.360 --> 01:27:27.816 Mhm. 01:27:27.840 --> 01:27:30.695 That's all we own. $490 for a piece of 01:27:30.719 --> 01:27:33.719 paper now. I can only do this by 01:27:33.840 --> 01:27:36.840 demonstration. 01:27:36.880 --> 01:27:39.880 The fence will be approximately here and 01:27:41.280 --> 01:27:44.135 building is there with somebody living 01:27:44.159 --> 01:27:47.159 in it. I mean what 01:27:47.840 --> 01:27:50.296 I can't see what sense there is in this. 01:27:50.320 --> 01:27:51.496 I think that's all I've got to say 01:27:51.520 --> 01:27:53.736 because unfortunately I've gone through 01:27:53.760 --> 01:27:55.816 every government department and nobody 01:27:55.840 --> 01:27:58.695 is listening. Thank you for your time. I 01:27:58.719 --> 01:28:01.016 can't hear. 01:28:01.040 --> 01:28:03.416 Thank you for your question, Malcolm. 01:28:03.440 --> 01:28:05.736 Um, Director McNell, could you please 01:28:05.760 --> 01:28:07.016 respond to the question? 01:28:07.040 --> 01:28:08.695 Thank you and through you, Mayor. Um, 01:28:08.719 --> 01:28:10.615 thank you for taking the time to come 01:28:10.639 --> 01:28:12.695 this evening, Malcolm. We certainly do 01:28:12.719 --> 01:28:13.976 appreciate the effort that you've put 01:28:14.000 --> 01:28:16.536 into coming and hearing us tonight and 01:28:16.560 --> 01:28:19.560 also for putting your question to us. 01:28:19.679 --> 01:28:22.679 Um, as you would be aware, the the 01:28:22.719 --> 01:28:24.456 application has been considered by 01:28:24.480 --> 01:28:27.096 council this evening. Um, prior to this 01:28:27.120 --> 01:28:29.336 evening, the applicant had not been 01:28:29.360 --> 01:28:32.360 previously determined. Um, and that's 01:28:32.400 --> 01:28:34.776 regardless of any AI advice that that 01:28:34.800 --> 01:28:37.016 might have been noted in your question. 01:28:37.040 --> 01:28:38.856 Council is confident that all the 01:28:38.880 --> 01:28:41.880 information provided to council and 01:28:42.239 --> 01:28:44.215 to the community in response to this 01:28:44.239 --> 01:28:47.096 application has been accurate. Um, as 01:28:47.120 --> 01:28:48.856 I'm sure you would be aware, council has 01:28:48.880 --> 01:28:51.175 no control over the content generated by 01:28:51.199 --> 01:28:53.256 AI, and council would always encourage 01:28:53.280 --> 01:28:55.096 community members to ensure they're 01:28:55.120 --> 01:28:56.936 seeking information through reliable 01:28:56.960 --> 01:28:59.096 channels to ensure they're receiving 01:28:59.120 --> 01:29:01.096 accurate information. 01:29:01.120 --> 01:29:03.175 The officer report on the application 01:29:03.199 --> 01:29:05.256 contained in the council agenda provides 01:29:05.280 --> 01:29:07.016 a thorough assessment of the proposal 01:29:07.040 --> 01:29:08.856 against the relevant provisions of the 01:29:08.880 --> 01:29:11.256 planning scheme and includes responses 01:29:11.280 --> 01:29:13.576 to the 15 objections received in order 01:29:13.600 --> 01:29:16.135 to enable council to make its decision 01:29:16.159 --> 01:29:18.376 this evening. 01:29:18.400 --> 01:29:19.576 Might leave it at that. 01:29:19.600 --> 01:29:22.056 Okay. Thank you, Director McNell. 01:29:22.080 --> 01:29:23.816 Malcolm, you have another question. I'll 01:29:23.840 --> 01:29:25.336 read your question. You still have 01:29:25.360 --> 01:29:26.856 another two minutes if you'd like to 01:29:26.880 --> 01:29:28.456 speak to the old question. If you choose 01:29:28.480 --> 01:29:31.175 not to, I can. 01:29:31.199 --> 01:29:32.936 That's okay. Let me read your question 01:29:32.960 --> 01:29:35.416 first. There is a lot of confusion and 01:29:35.440 --> 01:29:37.016 misinformation involved in this 01:29:37.040 --> 01:29:39.175 development. Why is no one listening to 01:29:39.199 --> 01:29:41.816 these major concerns? Lots of residents 01:29:41.840 --> 01:29:44.376 are frightened and feel unsafe because 01:29:44.400 --> 01:29:46.536 this has now been going on for almost 2 01:29:46.560 --> 01:29:48.615 years now. Malcolm, you have another 2 01:29:48.639 --> 01:29:49.496 minutes. 01:29:49.520 --> 01:29:51.655 That's pretty much what I just said a 01:29:51.679 --> 01:29:54.679 minute ago. And yes, 01:29:54.800 --> 01:29:57.175 you move into these places, you're 01:29:57.199 --> 01:29:59.896 supposed to feel safe and secure. And I 01:29:59.920 --> 01:30:02.776 can think of at least 10 elderly women 01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:05.800 who are petrified at the moment. Now, 01:30:06.480 --> 01:30:09.480 there's um what do they call it? The 01:30:09.920 --> 01:30:11.816 elder rights commissions. There's all 01:30:11.840 --> 01:30:13.655 these things. 01:30:13.679 --> 01:30:16.679 And the same as tonight, my answer to my 01:30:17.040 --> 01:30:19.655 question basically, 01:30:19.679 --> 01:30:22.679 it doesn't mean anything because 01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:26.520 You're saying that it's all correct, but 01:30:26.560 --> 01:30:29.175 we the residents 01:30:29.199 --> 01:30:32.199 were only way to put it, horrible to 01:30:32.639 --> 01:30:35.639 say, but we weren't told the truth from 01:30:36.000 --> 01:30:39.000 the beginning. Now, you nobody can do 01:30:39.280 --> 01:30:41.496 anything about it because this is a 01:30:41.520 --> 01:30:44.520 major private company that owns possibly 01:30:44.800 --> 01:30:46.856 most of the retirement villages in this 01:30:46.880 --> 01:30:49.496 country. Now, this isn't just this 01:30:49.520 --> 01:30:52.215 village. Every village they own, they 01:30:52.239 --> 01:30:55.239 are doing this to. As these buildings, 01:30:56.080 --> 01:30:57.336 by the way, you say they're for 01:30:57.360 --> 01:30:59.256 resident, they're going to be there. 01:30:59.280 --> 01:31:02.280 They're not. These are for rich people. 01:31:02.800 --> 01:31:05.800 Each unit, the minimum cost to buy your 01:31:06.000 --> 01:31:07.816 lease is going to be at least a million 01:31:07.840 --> 01:31:10.840 dollars. And they're not for us. We're 01:31:11.520 --> 01:31:13.336 still going to be well, we're being 01:31:13.360 --> 01:31:16.296 dumped in substandard stuff. They want 01:31:16.320 --> 01:31:18.936 to do this. Why not go the whole 01:31:18.960 --> 01:31:21.896 distance, remove all of us and demolish 01:31:21.920 --> 01:31:24.296 the lot and do it? This is a human's 01:31:24.320 --> 01:31:27.175 rights issue and nobody nobody's taking 01:31:27.199 --> 01:31:30.135 an interest. The decisions being made 01:31:30.159 --> 01:31:32.536 after what I've been going through today 01:31:32.560 --> 01:31:33.896 um with the officeman and everybody 01:31:33.920 --> 01:31:35.816 else, oh, go here, go there. I've had 01:31:35.840 --> 01:31:38.840 enough. It's governments are not really 01:31:41.199 --> 01:31:43.736 working for the general people. I'm 01:31:43.760 --> 01:31:46.695 sorry, but this was a bigger issue than 01:31:46.719 --> 01:31:49.719 any of you really understand. I hope 01:31:50.000 --> 01:31:53.000 none of you ever have to deal with this 01:31:53.360 --> 01:31:55.416 kind of situation 01:31:55.440 --> 01:31:57.576 because it's not nice. 01:31:57.600 --> 01:31:59.416 Anyone, especially any of you that are 01:31:59.440 --> 01:32:01.416 older, 01:32:01.440 --> 01:32:04.215 don't well blow you. Don't go into 01:32:04.239 --> 01:32:07.239 retirement village ever. And as for age 01:32:07.920 --> 01:32:10.920 care, it's the same deal. 01:32:11.840 --> 01:32:13.655 Thank you. As we get older, nobody 01:32:13.679 --> 01:32:16.679 cares. You're just left there. 01:32:17.679 --> 01:32:20.679 And just one last thing, Bonnet, not to 01:32:20.800 --> 01:32:23.576 do this, age care. 01:32:23.600 --> 01:32:26.600 Highrise age care. 01:32:27.760 --> 01:32:30.760 Years ago, age care would be on a level. 01:32:31.520 --> 01:32:33.256 Now, you want to put everybody up in 01:32:33.280 --> 01:32:36.280 highrise. People stuck in wheelchairs 01:32:36.639 --> 01:32:39.336 that can't get out. they're going to be, 01:32:39.360 --> 01:32:41.256 "Oh, oh, there's a ground down there 01:32:41.280 --> 01:32:43.736 somewhere." Whereas before it was, "Oh, 01:32:43.760 --> 01:32:46.536 there's a ground there." Shoving old 01:32:46.560 --> 01:32:49.560 people into those kind of places is 01:32:50.320 --> 01:32:51.896 inhumane. 01:32:51.920 --> 01:32:54.695 And so that's all I don't even care for 01:32:54.719 --> 01:32:57.016 an answer. I really I don't understand 01:32:57.040 --> 01:32:59.175 how governments work anymore. 01:32:59.199 --> 01:33:01.175 Thank you. Thank you, Malcolm. I 01:33:01.199 --> 01:33:03.096 appreciate your question. I will direct 01:33:03.120 --> 01:33:04.856 your question to Director McNell to 01:33:04.880 --> 01:33:07.880 respond to, please. 01:33:07.920 --> 01:33:10.135 thank you Malcolm and again through 01:33:10.159 --> 01:33:13.096 you there. Um I'd like to I guess 01:33:13.120 --> 01:33:14.936 acknowledge um what you've what you've 01:33:14.960 --> 01:33:17.416 been speaking to there Malcolm. Um and 01:33:17.440 --> 01:33:19.976 certainly it's worth noting that while 01:33:20.000 --> 01:33:21.976 we understand that there's been some 01:33:22.000 --> 01:33:23.416 awareness of this development 01:33:23.440 --> 01:33:24.776 particularly for residents of the 01:33:24.800 --> 01:33:27.655 retirement village. Um the planning 01:33:27.679 --> 01:33:29.655 application itself was lodged with 01:33:29.679 --> 01:33:32.679 council in November of last year. Um and 01:33:33.600 --> 01:33:35.655 has progressed to this evening's 01:33:35.679 --> 01:33:38.615 decision in a relatively timely 01:33:38.639 --> 01:33:41.639 manner. Um but I think it's worth noting 01:33:42.159 --> 01:33:43.655 the comments that you've made. Thank 01:33:43.679 --> 01:33:45.336 you. 01:33:45.360 --> 01:33:48.360 Thank you, Director Mali. um as that 01:33:48.480 --> 01:33:50.936 finalizes all of our public questions. 01:33:50.960 --> 01:33:53.960 Thank you to our public question um 01:33:54.159 --> 01:33:56.215 submitters for their questions this 01:33:56.239 --> 01:33:58.856 evening. As we have been going for an 01:33:58.880 --> 01:34:00.456 hour and a half, I'm going to propose a 01:34:00.480 --> 01:34:03.416 10-minute break. do I have a mover? 01:34:03.440 --> 01:34:04.856 Thank you, Councelor Cooper and a 01:34:04.880 --> 01:34:07.880 seconder for Council Baker. All those 01:34:07.920 --> 01:34:10.920 in favor? 01:34:11.040 --> 01:34:14.040 That is um yes. Okay. Thank you. That's 01:34:15.440 --> 01:34:18.056 a 10-minute break. We will be back in 10 01:34:18.080 --> 01:34:21.080 minutes. Thank you. 01:34:21.920 --> 01:34:23.736 Thank you, counselors, officers, and 01:34:23.760 --> 01:34:26.760 members of the gallery. , moving on to 01:34:27.520 --> 01:34:30.520 officer reports. Item 8.1, 01:34:30.880 --> 01:34:32.856 sustainable building and infrastructure 01:34:32.880 --> 01:34:34.856 policy. Would a councelor like to move a 01:34:34.880 --> 01:34:37.880 motion? 01:34:40.880 --> 01:34:42.936 Thank you, councelor Baker. Is there a 01:34:42.960 --> 01:34:45.576 second for that motion? 01:34:45.600 --> 01:34:47.896 Thank you, councelor Coning. Councelor 01:34:47.920 --> 01:34:49.016 Baker. Okay. 01:34:49.040 --> 01:34:51.256 Thank you. this is I'll keep it very 01:34:51.280 --> 01:34:53.655 brief. This report is about updating our 01:34:53.679 --> 01:34:55.976 sustainable buildings and infrastructure 01:34:56.000 --> 01:34:59.000 policy to replace the 2019 version 01:34:59.120 --> 01:35:00.215 with something that's a little bit more 01:35:00.239 --> 01:35:02.615 pract practical and upto-date. the 01:35:02.639 --> 01:35:04.215 revised policy simplifies how 01:35:04.239 --> 01:35:05.816 sustainability is applied across the 01:35:05.840 --> 01:35:07.416 projects by introducing clearer 01:35:07.440 --> 01:35:10.376 categories and cost thresh thresholds 01:35:10.400 --> 01:35:11.736 making it easy to implement 01:35:11.760 --> 01:35:14.215 consistently. it also recognizes that 01:35:14.239 --> 01:35:15.896 sustainable design is now standard 01:35:15.920 --> 01:35:18.376 practice. So approach is less 01:35:18.400 --> 01:35:19.816 prescriptive but more focused on 01:35:19.840 --> 01:35:22.695 practical practical delivery. Um it also 01:35:22.719 --> 01:35:24.215 explains its scope to include 01:35:24.239 --> 01:35:25.976 biodiversity and provide stronger 01:35:26.000 --> 01:35:28.296 guidance for civil infrastructure and 01:35:28.320 --> 01:35:31.320 open space projects. Um 01:35:32.000 --> 01:35:34.615 and overall I think it's a nonbalanced 01:35:34.639 --> 01:35:36.376 report and I'm happy to support it. 01:35:36.400 --> 01:35:37.175 Thank you. 01:35:37.199 --> 01:35:38.615 Thank you councelor Baker. Councelor 01:35:38.639 --> 01:35:39.816 Cony. 01:35:39.840 --> 01:35:42.215 Thank you and I reserve my my right. 01:35:42.239 --> 01:35:43.096 Thank you. 01:35:43.120 --> 01:35:44.695 Thank you. Would any other counselor 01:35:44.719 --> 01:35:47.719 like to speak to the motion? 01:35:48.239 --> 01:35:49.336 Two questions. 01:35:49.360 --> 01:35:51.416 Yes, councelor Pierce. 01:35:51.440 --> 01:35:54.376 Thank you, Madame May. Um the audit 01:35:54.400 --> 01:35:56.615 review mechanism, you know how I love 01:35:56.639 --> 01:35:59.639 those. Um will apply to in-house ESD 01:36:00.719 --> 01:36:03.576 assessments and it's between 2 million 01:36:03.600 --> 01:36:06.600 and 20 million. That is a huge gap. Is 01:36:06.719 --> 01:36:08.776 there any reason why we've shifted from 01:36:08.800 --> 01:36:11.800 2 million to 20 million? 01:36:11.840 --> 01:36:13.576 I'll direct that question to director 01:36:13.600 --> 01:36:16.056 McN. Thank you. 01:36:16.080 --> 01:36:18.456 yes. So the the the change in 01:36:18.480 --> 01:36:20.776 threshold is really reflective of the 01:36:20.800 --> 01:36:23.800 cost of delivering um delivering 01:36:23.920 --> 01:36:25.736 projects more than more than anything 01:36:25.760 --> 01:36:27.896 else and there's been quite significant 01:36:27.920 --> 01:36:29.816 change in the costing of projects 01:36:29.840 --> 01:36:31.976 particularly since the policy was last 01:36:32.000 --> 01:36:35.000 um visited which was pre-COVID. 01:36:35.520 --> 01:36:38.520 Thank you. Yes councelor Peace. 01:36:38.880 --> 01:36:40.296 Thank you madame Mayor. The second 01:36:40.320 --> 01:36:42.135 question is how will the sustainable 01:36:42.159 --> 01:36:44.856 futures team's capacity be managed if 01:36:44.880 --> 01:36:47.880 demand for in-house ESD advice increases 01:36:48.960 --> 01:36:51.960 significantly as a result of this policy 01:36:53.440 --> 01:36:54.856 director 01:36:54.880 --> 01:36:57.736 through you may um so we have already 01:36:57.760 --> 01:37:00.760 we have already seen an increase in um 01:37:01.119 --> 01:37:03.416 in ASD advice being provided by that 01:37:03.440 --> 01:37:06.056 team they've factored that into um I 01:37:06.080 --> 01:37:08.215 guess their their service plan so that 01:37:08.239 --> 01:37:09.655 they can be available to provide provide 01:37:09.679 --> 01:37:12.615 advice for these projects. 01:37:12.639 --> 01:37:14.695 Thank you. Councelor Pierce, would you 01:37:14.719 --> 01:37:17.719 like to speak to the motion? No. Would 01:37:18.000 --> 01:37:19.655 any other counselor like to speak to the 01:37:19.679 --> 01:37:22.679 motion? 01:37:23.840 --> 01:37:25.576 No. I'll now put the motion. All those 01:37:25.600 --> 01:37:27.496 in favor? 01:37:27.520 --> 01:37:30.456 That motion is carried unanimously. 01:37:30.480 --> 01:37:33.175 item 8.2, quarterly performance 01:37:33.199 --> 01:37:35.976 report for the period ending 31st of 01:37:36.000 --> 01:37:38.135 March, 2026. Would the council like to 01:37:38.159 --> 01:37:41.159 move a motion? 01:37:41.360 --> 01:37:43.416 Oh, thank you, councelor Baker. That's 01:37:43.440 --> 01:37:46.296 the officer's recommendation and 01:37:46.320 --> 01:37:49.016 seconded by councelor Pierce. Thank you, 01:37:49.040 --> 01:37:50.135 councelor Baker. 01:37:50.159 --> 01:37:52.215 Thank you. This is obviously a quarterly 01:37:52.239 --> 01:37:54.135 report that comes before council. Very 01:37:54.159 --> 01:37:57.159 insightful. Um and it goes over um how 01:37:57.360 --> 01:37:59.655 we are tracking against our health and 01:37:59.679 --> 01:38:02.679 well-being plan um our financials 01:38:03.040 --> 01:38:06.040 um and also where um rate money has been 01:38:06.480 --> 01:38:09.480 spent. across the municipality. Um so 01:38:10.159 --> 01:38:13.159 it's a really detailed report. So far we 01:38:14.159 --> 01:38:17.016 are tracking there are 45 actions to 01:38:17.040 --> 01:38:19.896 be delivered and nine of these have been 01:38:19.920 --> 01:38:22.920 completed. 35 actions are on schedule 01:38:22.960 --> 01:38:25.960 and only one is behind and that's the 01:38:26.320 --> 01:38:28.536 undertaking the NOX aquatics feasibility 01:38:28.560 --> 01:38:30.776 study. um also includes the financial 01:38:30.800 --> 01:38:33.256 performance as I've mentioned um and 01:38:33.280 --> 01:38:36.280 also includes financial expenditure um 01:38:36.320 --> 01:38:39.095 for the quarter um so very supportive of 01:38:39.119 --> 01:38:42.119 this report um and rather detailed as to 01:38:42.159 --> 01:38:44.856 where money has been spent um across the 01:38:44.880 --> 01:38:46.615 municipality. Thank you. 01:38:46.639 --> 01:38:48.135 Thank you councelor Baker. Councelor 01:38:48.159 --> 01:38:50.615 Pierce. 01:38:50.639 --> 01:38:53.336 Thank you Madame Mayor Mayor and fellow 01:38:53.360 --> 01:38:54.936 counselors. I want to start by 01:38:54.960 --> 01:38:56.695 acknowledging the work that goes into 01:38:56.719 --> 01:38:58.856 produce these quarterly reports. They 01:38:58.880 --> 01:39:00.695 are detailed. They're largely 01:39:00.719 --> 01:39:02.615 transparent. They're supporting the 01:39:02.639 --> 01:39:05.256 officer's recommendation. Note for all 01:39:05.280 --> 01:39:08.280 four attachments tonight, but noting the 01:39:08.560 --> 01:39:09.816 report is not the same as being 01:39:09.840 --> 01:39:12.695 satisfied with everything in it. And 01:39:12.719 --> 01:39:14.856 there are four things I think the 01:39:14.880 --> 01:39:17.880 chamber needs to sit with. The headline 01:39:18.000 --> 01:39:21.000 figure 60.987 01:39:21.040 --> 01:39:23.336 million sounds impressive and the 01:39:23.360 --> 01:39:25.896 officers deserve credit for a 01:39:25.920 --> 01:39:28.135 well-managed budget. 01:39:28.159 --> 01:39:30.536 But roughly 13 million of the favorable 01:39:30.560 --> 01:39:33.560 variances are oneoff windfalls from 01:39:33.679 --> 01:39:36.135 Kingston Link's property transaction or 01:39:36.159 --> 01:39:38.776 money that simply hasn't been spent yet. 01:39:38.800 --> 01:39:41.800 Timing, not savings. 01:39:41.920 --> 01:39:43.896 The underlying operating performance of 01:39:43.920 --> 01:39:46.135 this council's absence of those figures 01:39:46.159 --> 01:39:49.159 is thinner than the headline suggests. 01:39:49.520 --> 01:39:52.376 I'm not saying that's a crisis. I'm not 01:39:52.400 --> 01:39:53.816 saying it shouldn't congratulate 01:39:53.840 --> 01:39:56.840 ourselves on the number 01:39:56.880 --> 01:39:59.336 that I it's the fact that that number 01:39:59.360 --> 01:40:02.296 won't look the same next year. 01:40:02.320 --> 01:40:05.320 Two, capital works delivery. 01:40:06.320 --> 01:40:09.320 There is one that sorry this is one that 01:40:11.520 --> 01:40:14.520 concerns me the most. 01:40:14.800 --> 01:40:17.800 We have 12.3 million behind on our 01:40:18.719 --> 01:40:21.655 capital budget at three quarters of the 01:40:21.679 --> 01:40:24.536 year. We've already carried forward 5 01:40:24.560 --> 01:40:27.560 million into next financial year 01:40:27.600 --> 01:40:30.600 and that's on top of 18.9 million we 01:40:31.440 --> 01:40:33.976 carried forward into the year into this 01:40:34.000 --> 01:40:37.000 year from the issue from before. 01:40:37.280 --> 01:40:39.976 I wanted to recue to those chronic care 01:40:40.000 --> 01:40:43.000 force stop being timing issues and start 01:40:43.760 --> 01:40:45.736 being systematic failures in this 01:40:45.760 --> 01:40:47.416 program. 01:40:47.440 --> 01:40:49.816 Maybe our infrastructures need some more 01:40:49.840 --> 01:40:52.840 people or some more help. 01:40:53.280 --> 01:40:55.016 Our residents are waiting on roads, 01:40:55.040 --> 01:40:57.175 pavilions, drainage works and 01:40:57.199 --> 01:40:59.416 playgrounds. They've been budgeted, 01:40:59.440 --> 01:41:02.440 promised, and deferred year after year. 01:41:03.760 --> 01:41:05.976 I'd like the officers bring bring this 01:41:06.000 --> 01:41:09.000 specific report to the chamber on on the 01:41:09.199 --> 01:41:11.336 structural reforms being made to the 01:41:11.360 --> 01:41:13.816 capital works program delivery so that 01:41:13.840 --> 01:41:16.296 we can fasten things up and get things 01:41:16.320 --> 01:41:18.376 done so we're not carrying forward lot 01:41:18.400 --> 01:41:21.400 carrying it from year to year to year. 01:41:21.760 --> 01:41:24.760 My third point is raeries are growing. 01:41:26.080 --> 01:41:29.080 Prior years is prior years are now 11.4 01:41:30.320 --> 01:41:33.016 million and growing. Our collection rate 01:41:33.040 --> 01:41:35.896 is declining in the three years running 01:41:35.920 --> 01:41:38.920 compared to 2022 and 2023 B benchmarks. 01:41:41.600 --> 01:41:44.600 A continual focus is not a plan. I'd 01:41:44.880 --> 01:41:47.496 like to see concrete recovery strategy 01:41:47.520 --> 01:41:50.135 brought back to the chamber saying how 01:41:50.159 --> 01:41:53.159 we're going to get this money in. 01:41:53.440 --> 01:41:56.440 Point four, the inox aquatic. 01:41:57.199 --> 01:41:59.976 The one action behind schedule in the 01:42:00.000 --> 01:42:02.456 health and well-being act is a no is the 01:42:02.480 --> 01:42:05.480 Nox aquatics visibility study. 01:42:05.840 --> 01:42:08.215 That study has a significant budget 01:42:08.239 --> 01:42:10.615 implications downstream. 01:42:10.639 --> 01:42:13.095 We're potentially talking between 40 to 01:42:13.119 --> 01:42:16.119 $60 million of capital commitment. 01:42:17.040 --> 01:42:19.256 The community deserves to know why it's 01:42:19.280 --> 01:42:22.135 delayed and what is the revised timeline 01:42:22.159 --> 01:42:23.896 looks like. 01:42:23.920 --> 01:42:26.695 In closing, I support tonight's 01:42:26.719 --> 01:42:28.856 recommendations, but I ask the officers 01:42:28.880 --> 01:42:31.416 to bring back responses to the capital 01:42:31.440 --> 01:42:34.296 program reforms, rate recovery, and 01:42:34.320 --> 01:42:36.936 quartic study timeline at the next 01:42:36.960 --> 01:42:39.576 opportunity. I commend this report to 01:42:39.600 --> 01:42:42.135 the chamber. Thank you. 01:42:42.159 --> 01:42:43.736 Thank you, councelor Pierce. Would any 01:42:43.760 --> 01:42:46.760 other council like speak to the motion? 01:42:48.800 --> 01:42:49.175 Council 01:42:49.199 --> 01:42:51.416 Lockwood. 01:42:51.440 --> 01:42:54.056 I um if anybody read the federal budget, 01:42:54.080 --> 01:42:55.416 you would see that the financial 01:42:55.440 --> 01:42:57.736 assistance grants will go undergo the 01:42:57.760 --> 01:43:00.135 same treatment again this year. We get 01:43:00.159 --> 01:43:01.976 some paid this financial year and the 01:43:02.000 --> 01:43:04.456 rest paid next financial year. So I get 01:43:04.480 --> 01:43:07.480 the same bounce in the budget again. Um 01:43:08.320 --> 01:43:11.320 the staff produce a good budget. Um of 01:43:12.400 --> 01:43:14.936 course we we require them to and we make 01:43:14.960 --> 01:43:16.856 it look as make everything dollar 01:43:16.880 --> 01:43:19.655 stretch and make it last as much make it 01:43:19.679 --> 01:43:21.896 look as good as we can. But underlying 01:43:21.920 --> 01:43:24.296 that, we're we're going to be behind CPI 01:43:24.320 --> 01:43:27.320 again. Um, our rate cap is 2.75 for the 01:43:27.920 --> 01:43:30.376 coming year. Um, inflation's predicted 01:43:30.400 --> 01:43:33.400 to go to five. It's already at 3.6. 01:43:33.679 --> 01:43:36.456 So, we're behind in terms of um, our 01:43:36.480 --> 01:43:38.936 spending ability. It'll decline. And 01:43:38.960 --> 01:43:41.576 that's just normal CPI without council 01:43:41.600 --> 01:43:44.536 CPI. So, I think we're stuck with normal 01:43:44.560 --> 01:43:46.456 CPI. 01:43:46.480 --> 01:43:47.816 And I think we're going to struggle to 01:43:47.840 --> 01:43:50.376 to get things done in the next couple of 01:43:50.400 --> 01:43:53.256 years because of our because of the 01:43:53.280 --> 01:43:55.416 um poor treatment by the state 01:43:55.440 --> 01:43:56.856 government of the local government 01:43:56.880 --> 01:43:59.655 sector. Um we need better finances. We 01:43:59.679 --> 01:44:02.456 need guaranteed finances to um put our 01:44:02.480 --> 01:44:05.016 budgets in a sustainable position. Um 01:44:05.040 --> 01:44:06.856 every council's got sustainability 01:44:06.880 --> 01:44:09.880 challenges and we work hard, our staff 01:44:09.920 --> 01:44:12.215 work hard to come up with ways to keep 01:44:12.239 --> 01:44:15.239 going as we inevitably must. um we 01:44:15.360 --> 01:44:18.360 can't can't just take a hit and sit and 01:44:18.560 --> 01:44:19.976 worry about it. We've got to keep 01:44:20.000 --> 01:44:22.456 looking for ways to save and fit within 01:44:22.480 --> 01:44:25.480 the income as it declines. You 01:44:26.320 --> 01:44:28.695 thank you councelor Lockwood. Would any 01:44:28.719 --> 01:44:30.135 other council like to speak to the 01:44:30.159 --> 01:44:33.159 motion? 01:44:34.560 --> 01:44:37.016 No. Councelor Baker. No. I'll now put 01:44:37.040 --> 01:44:40.040 the motion. All those in favor? 01:44:40.239 --> 01:44:42.536 That motion is carried unanimously. 01:44:42.560 --> 01:44:45.560 Thank you. moving on to item 8.3, 01:44:45.840 --> 01:44:48.536 dementia friendly community statement of 01:44:48.560 --> 01:44:51.175 commitment. What? 01:44:51.199 --> 01:44:53.095 Thank you. Councelor Baker is moving the 01:44:53.119 --> 01:44:54.776 officer's recommendation. Is there a 01:44:54.800 --> 01:44:56.776 second? Thank you, councelor. Well, 01:44:56.800 --> 01:44:59.496 councelor Baker. Thank you. And I've 01:44:59.520 --> 01:45:00.856 really looked forward to this report 01:45:00.880 --> 01:45:03.880 coming to council. Um it is it reflects 01:45:04.639 --> 01:45:06.695 a commitment to supporting people with 01:45:06.719 --> 01:45:08.776 dementia, their carers, and our broader 01:45:08.800 --> 01:45:11.416 community across Knox. Dementia is one 01:45:11.440 --> 01:45:12.856 of the most significant health and 01:45:12.880 --> 01:45:15.095 social challenges facing Australia. And 01:45:15.119 --> 01:45:17.175 right now, nearly 3,000 people in Knox 01:45:17.199 --> 01:45:18.936 are living with dementia. And that 01:45:18.960 --> 01:45:21.960 number is expected to be doubled by 204. 01:45:22.080 --> 01:45:23.816 Behind every one of these numbers is a 01:45:23.840 --> 01:45:26.456 person, a family, and a story. People 01:45:26.480 --> 01:45:29.095 who want to remain connected, included, 01:45:29.119 --> 01:45:30.856 and able to participate in community 01:45:30.880 --> 01:45:33.496 life for as long as possible. And this 01:45:33.520 --> 01:45:35.896 is exactly what this work is all about. 01:45:35.920 --> 01:45:38.456 In 2023, council achieved recognition as 01:45:38.480 --> 01:45:40.456 a dementia friendly organization through 01:45:40.480 --> 01:45:42.536 Dementia Australia, a significant 01:45:42.560 --> 01:45:44.296 milestone that demonstrated leadership 01:45:44.320 --> 01:45:46.615 in inclusion, accessibility, and healthy 01:45:46.639 --> 01:45:49.576 aging. Since then, council has embedded 01:45:49.600 --> 01:45:51.976 key principles into the way we plan, 01:45:52.000 --> 01:45:54.536 design services, train staff, and 01:45:54.560 --> 01:45:56.695 encourage with our and engage with our 01:45:56.719 --> 01:45:58.695 community. And this is why this annual 01:45:58.719 --> 01:46:01.496 recognition process matters. Seeking 01:46:01.520 --> 01:46:03.175 recognition every year is not just a 01:46:03.199 --> 01:46:04.856 formality. It's a clear statement that 01:46:04.880 --> 01:46:06.135 we are committed to continuous 01:46:06.159 --> 01:46:08.056 improvement, that we are listening to 01:46:08.080 --> 01:46:09.655 our community, and that we are willing 01:46:09.679 --> 01:46:11.095 to be measured against a national 01:46:11.119 --> 01:46:13.655 standard. Importantly, it also sends a 01:46:13.679 --> 01:46:14.936 strong message to our community that 01:46:14.960 --> 01:46:17.016 Knox is a place where pe people living 01:46:17.040 --> 01:46:20.040 with dementia are understood, respected, 01:46:20.080 --> 01:46:21.896 and supported. 01:46:21.920 --> 01:46:23.736 I would also like to acknowledge the 01:46:23.760 --> 01:46:25.816 recent highlights outlined in the report 01:46:25.840 --> 01:46:27.655 that include the NOx sensory gardens 01:46:27.679 --> 01:46:30.056 located at the Nox community gardens 01:46:30.080 --> 01:46:31.816 that assist with engaging in social 01:46:31.840 --> 01:46:33.976 interactions and conversations while 01:46:34.000 --> 01:46:35.655 providing a supportive environment for 01:46:35.679 --> 01:46:37.256 individuals living with dementia and 01:46:37.280 --> 01:46:39.976 their families. The dementia choir has 01:46:40.000 --> 01:46:41.576 played a significant role in creating 01:46:41.600 --> 01:46:43.416 social participation for people living 01:46:43.440 --> 01:46:45.816 with dementia through the haven choir 01:46:45.840 --> 01:46:47.816 that provides a restbite social 01:46:47.840 --> 01:46:50.695 connection and stimul and stimulation 01:46:50.719 --> 01:46:52.615 programs for people living with memory 01:46:52.639 --> 01:46:55.336 loss. I'm very pleased to support this 01:46:55.360 --> 01:46:57.416 recommendation in the report outlined 01:46:57.440 --> 01:46:59.896 here as it ensures that this continued 01:46:59.920 --> 01:47:02.536 work and important work um continues 01:47:02.560 --> 01:47:04.856 through across Knox and reaffirm our 01:47:04.880 --> 01:47:06.456 commitment through dementia friendly 01:47:06.480 --> 01:47:07.896 statements of commitment for Knox 01:47:07.920 --> 01:47:09.816 residents and I'd also like to 01:47:09.840 --> 01:47:11.256 acknowledge the officers for their 01:47:11.280 --> 01:47:13.336 contributions, hard work and work in 01:47:13.360 --> 01:47:15.256 this space to deliver this project. So, 01:47:15.280 --> 01:47:16.296 thank you. 01:47:16.320 --> 01:47:17.976 Thank you, Councelor Baker. Councelor 01:47:18.000 --> 01:47:19.256 Atwell. 01:47:19.280 --> 01:47:21.336 thank you, Mayor. Um well said, 01:47:21.360 --> 01:47:24.360 councelor Baker. I would just um 01:47:25.199 --> 01:47:27.256 there was some yeah some stark numbers 01:47:27.280 --> 01:47:30.280 on page 234 in Knox. Approximately 2,800 01:47:31.199 --> 01:47:32.615 of our residents are currently living 01:47:32.639 --> 01:47:34.056 with dementia and that number is 01:47:34.080 --> 01:47:37.080 projected to double to 5 a half thousand 01:47:37.199 --> 01:47:40.199 or close to by 2054. So this is um 01:47:41.199 --> 01:47:42.695 something that um should matter to us 01:47:42.719 --> 01:47:45.576 and it does. And in the same way we um 01:47:45.600 --> 01:47:48.600 look closely at you know in inclusive um 01:47:48.639 --> 01:47:51.639 public spaces and accessible um physical 01:47:52.639 --> 01:47:54.936 treatments being dementia friendly um in 01:47:54.960 --> 01:47:57.336 our community is just as important. So, 01:47:57.360 --> 01:47:59.736 , I'm a member of the disability, , 01:47:59.760 --> 01:48:01.336 advisory committee, as is councelor 01:48:01.360 --> 01:48:03.496 Baker. And, um, we know this is 01:48:03.520 --> 01:48:05.336 something that matters to one of our 01:48:05.360 --> 01:48:07.416 council committees in a very close way. 01:48:07.440 --> 01:48:09.416 And, , I think this sort of annual 01:48:09.440 --> 01:48:11.095 recognition and being externally 01:48:11.119 --> 01:48:13.496 accountable for our activity is really 01:48:13.520 --> 01:48:15.976 important. So, I'm very happy to to sign 01:48:16.000 --> 01:48:17.416 on to the community statement of 01:48:17.440 --> 01:48:19.576 commitment every year. Thank you. 01:48:19.600 --> 01:48:21.655 Thank you, councelor. Oh, does any other 01:48:21.679 --> 01:48:24.679 counselor wish to speak to the motion? 01:48:25.600 --> 01:48:28.600 Oh, councelor Williams. 01:48:28.719 --> 01:48:30.536 Thank you through you, Mayor. Thanks, 01:48:30.560 --> 01:48:32.135 Councelor Baker and councelor Ratwell 01:48:32.159 --> 01:48:34.776 for um speaking to that. Agreed. I think 01:48:34.800 --> 01:48:36.615 we've all been touched or impacted by 01:48:36.639 --> 01:48:38.615 someone with dementia um throughout our 01:48:38.639 --> 01:48:40.615 lives. And if not, we will be at some 01:48:40.639 --> 01:48:42.695 point. That's for sure. And um those 01:48:42.719 --> 01:48:45.175 stats definitely showed that. Um I would 01:48:45.199 --> 01:48:46.856 like to also acknowledge councelor Baker 01:48:46.880 --> 01:48:48.536 mentioned about the no sensory gardens 01:48:48.560 --> 01:48:50.296 and um acknowledge that their opening is 01:48:50.320 --> 01:48:52.056 on the 10th of June for that. And I'm 01:48:52.080 --> 01:48:54.456 excited to be part of that. um coming up 01:48:54.480 --> 01:48:57.480 ahead. Um the only sort of I don't know 01:48:57.679 --> 01:49:00.215 if you'd call it an amendment or um a 01:49:00.239 --> 01:49:02.296 potential request, but I think it is 01:49:02.320 --> 01:49:03.655 something that will touch us all at some 01:49:03.679 --> 01:49:05.976 point in time. And I know the usual 01:49:06.000 --> 01:49:08.056 standard process is the the CEO and the 01:49:08.080 --> 01:49:09.576 Mayor generally sign off on things. But 01:49:09.600 --> 01:49:11.416 I I wonder if we can go that little bit 01:49:11.440 --> 01:49:14.440 further and ask that all counselors also 01:49:14.480 --> 01:49:16.695 um sign their statement of 01:49:16.719 --> 01:49:17.976 commitment. I think it's it's something 01:49:18.000 --> 01:49:19.336 that is important to our residents here 01:49:19.360 --> 01:49:21.576 in Knox and definitely something that's 01:49:21.600 --> 01:49:23.896 um I know we're all fully supportive of. 01:49:23.920 --> 01:49:24.856 So, I don't know if that is a 01:49:24.880 --> 01:49:26.376 possibility, but I just thought I'd 01:49:26.400 --> 01:49:27.816 throw that out there for counselors to 01:49:27.840 --> 01:49:30.840 consider. 01:49:30.960 --> 01:49:32.376 Thank you, Council Williams. Councelor 01:49:32.400 --> 01:49:35.016 Pierce, 01:49:35.040 --> 01:49:38.040 this really hit home for me. Um my 01:49:38.239 --> 01:49:41.175 mother-in-law has dementia. I've also 01:49:41.199 --> 01:49:44.199 got a friend with early onset dementia. 01:49:45.920 --> 01:49:48.856 The population is aging. We're all 01:49:48.880 --> 01:49:51.336 getting older. This is going to become 01:49:51.360 --> 01:49:53.896 something where we've got more and more 01:49:53.920 --> 01:49:56.615 people with dementia. They say it's the 01:49:56.639 --> 01:49:58.615 long goodbye 01:49:58.639 --> 01:50:01.639 and by help Christ it is. Sorry. Um for 01:50:03.199 --> 01:50:06.199 saying that, but it is a long goodbye. I 01:50:06.719 --> 01:50:09.655 am so pleased that NOX it has this 01:50:09.679 --> 01:50:12.135 policy and this report being brought 01:50:12.159 --> 01:50:14.695 before us and I really hope that all of 01:50:14.719 --> 01:50:16.376 the councilors 01:50:16.400 --> 01:50:19.400 um can commend this report. Thank you. 01:50:20.960 --> 01:50:22.456 Thank you councelor Pierce. Would any 01:50:22.480 --> 01:50:23.816 other counselor like to speak to the 01:50:23.840 --> 01:50:24.615 motion? 01:50:24.639 --> 01:50:26.135 Yes, councelor Duncan. 01:50:26.159 --> 01:50:28.215 thank you Mayor Kennett. Um, our 01:50:28.239 --> 01:50:30.056 decision to embed dementia friendly 01:50:30.080 --> 01:50:32.135 practices into our everyday operations I 01:50:32.159 --> 01:50:34.135 believe is fantastic and a progressive 01:50:34.159 --> 01:50:36.215 step forward. Rather than treating 01:50:36.239 --> 01:50:38.376 inclusion as a separate initiative, this 01:50:38.400 --> 01:50:39.896 approach ensures that awareness, 01:50:39.920 --> 01:50:42.456 accessibility, and empathy are now part 01:50:42.480 --> 01:50:44.376 of how the organization works every 01:50:44.400 --> 01:50:46.695 single day. It means that that 01:50:46.719 --> 01:50:48.376 supporting people living with dementia 01:50:48.400 --> 01:50:50.456 is no longer a standalone goal of ours, 01:50:50.480 --> 01:50:52.215 but it is naturally built into the way 01:50:52.239 --> 01:50:54.215 we our services are designed, delivered, 01:50:54.239 --> 01:50:57.016 and experienced by all residents. This 01:50:57.040 --> 01:50:59.256 shift is especially powerful because it 01:50:59.280 --> 01:51:01.976 creates lasting sustainable change. When 01:51:02.000 --> 01:51:03.976 practices like this are embedded into 01:51:04.000 --> 01:51:05.816 our culture, they become consistent, 01:51:05.840 --> 01:51:08.296 visible, and part of the organization as 01:51:08.320 --> 01:51:10.856 a as a whole. I completely support the 01:51:10.880 --> 01:51:12.695 resigning of the council's dementia 01:51:12.719 --> 01:51:14.056 friendly community statement of 01:51:14.080 --> 01:51:16.776 commitment on an annual basis as ongoing 01:51:16.800 --> 01:51:18.695 reinforcement ensures that these values 01:51:18.719 --> 01:51:21.336 remain front of mind, evolve with best 01:51:21.360 --> 01:51:22.856 practices, and continue to be 01:51:22.880 --> 01:51:24.376 strengthened across all levels of the 01:51:24.400 --> 01:51:26.936 organization. I also strongly support 01:51:26.960 --> 01:51:28.615 council in continuing to pursue the 01:51:28.639 --> 01:51:30.456 formal recogn recognition through 01:51:30.480 --> 01:51:32.695 dementia Australia. Achieving and 01:51:32.719 --> 01:51:34.296 maintaining this recognition not only 01:51:34.320 --> 01:51:35.896 validates the important work that's 01:51:35.920 --> 01:51:37.976 already been done, but it also holds the 01:51:38.000 --> 01:51:40.215 organization to a high standard, 01:51:40.239 --> 01:51:42.296 encouraging continuous improvement and 01:51:42.320 --> 01:51:45.256 leadership within this space. In doing 01:51:45.280 --> 01:51:47.016 this, we're leading the way and we're 01:51:47.040 --> 01:51:49.416 setting an example for other councils, 01:51:49.440 --> 01:51:51.175 showing that true inclusion isn't just 01:51:51.199 --> 01:51:53.496 an add-on or something that we say, but 01:51:53.520 --> 01:51:54.776 it's something that lives and grows 01:51:54.800 --> 01:51:57.336 within everything that we do, making our 01:51:57.360 --> 01:51:59.575 community more supportive, 01:51:59.599 --> 01:52:01.655 respectful, and connected for everybody. 01:52:01.679 --> 01:52:04.679 So, I will be supporting it. Thank you. 01:52:04.800 --> 01:52:06.376 Thank you, Councelor Duncan. Would any 01:52:06.400 --> 01:52:09.400 other council like to speak? 01:52:09.599 --> 01:52:12.135 Yes, councelor Lockwood. 01:52:12.159 --> 01:52:15.159 As the oldest person here, I say you've 01:52:15.360 --> 01:52:17.896 all done very well. 01:52:17.920 --> 01:52:19.736 Thank you. Would any other counselor 01:52:19.760 --> 01:52:21.736 like to speak? 01:52:21.760 --> 01:52:24.760 No. Um, councelor Williams has suggested 01:52:25.199 --> 01:52:26.936 that all counselors be offered an 01:52:26.960 --> 01:52:29.016 opportunity to sign on to the 01:52:29.040 --> 01:52:30.536 commitment, but this hasn't been moved 01:52:30.560 --> 01:52:32.695 as an amendment. Would someone like to 01:52:32.719 --> 01:52:35.416 formally propose such an amendment? 01:52:35.440 --> 01:52:36.856 Thank you. Through you, Mayor. I 01:52:36.880 --> 01:52:39.880 would like to um formally put this 01:52:39.920 --> 01:52:42.296 through um with the the mover of support 01:52:42.320 --> 01:52:43.816 um that we make a point three that all 01:52:43.840 --> 01:52:46.215 councilors sign on on board um to this 01:52:46.239 --> 01:52:48.936 statement of 01:52:48.960 --> 01:52:51.175 governance has just put an 01:52:51.199 --> 01:52:53.336 amendment up on the screen. So for the 01:52:53.360 --> 01:52:56.360 benefit of those at home, we've added 01:52:56.480 --> 01:52:59.016 three onto the recommendation that 01:52:59.040 --> 01:53:01.736 states offer all other counselors the 01:53:01.760 --> 01:53:03.336 opportunity to sign the dementia 01:53:03.360 --> 01:53:04.936 friendly community statement of 01:53:04.960 --> 01:53:07.960 commitment annually. 01:53:11.040 --> 01:53:13.496 Is that acceptable to the mover and 01:53:13.520 --> 01:53:13.896 second? 01:53:13.920 --> 01:53:15.736 I'm happy with that. Thank you. 01:53:15.760 --> 01:53:16.215 Thank you. 01:53:16.239 --> 01:53:18.376 I think we'll need an extra large piece 01:53:18.400 --> 01:53:19.736 of paper to get all those on, but I 01:53:19.760 --> 01:53:20.936 think it's a great idea. Thank you, 01:53:20.960 --> 01:53:22.856 Councelor Williams. 01:53:22.880 --> 01:53:25.880 Thank you. Um and that amendment needed 01:53:26.159 --> 01:53:28.536 to be moved and seconded. No, we're okay 01:53:28.560 --> 01:53:31.496 with just the the mover and the second 01:53:31.520 --> 01:53:34.520 um approving that change. So um I can 01:53:35.440 --> 01:53:38.440 now put the Well, I'll ask for your 01:53:39.199 --> 01:53:40.215 right of reply first. 01:53:40.239 --> 01:53:41.655 Oh, very briefly. Thank you. I just want 01:53:41.679 --> 01:53:43.496 to thank the councilors for your support 01:53:43.520 --> 01:53:45.575 and commentary. I think this is really 01:53:45.599 --> 01:53:48.376 important work and very supportive that 01:53:48.400 --> 01:53:50.615 we demonstrate to our community that we 01:53:50.639 --> 01:53:53.639 are looking out for our community 01:53:53.679 --> 01:53:55.736 members um who just need that little 01:53:55.760 --> 01:53:58.215 extra bit of support. So, thank you. 01:53:58.239 --> 01:54:00.695 Thank you, Councelor Baker. I'll now put 01:54:00.719 --> 01:54:03.719 the motion. All those in favor? 01:54:03.840 --> 01:54:06.296 That motion is carried unanimously. 01:54:06.320 --> 01:54:09.320 Thank you. Thank you, Governance. 01:54:10.000 --> 01:54:12.296 moving on to item 8.4, for 01:54:12.320 --> 01:54:14.456 Commonwealth Home Support Program 01:54:14.480 --> 01:54:16.936 Services by annual report. Before I call 01:54:16.960 --> 01:54:18.776 for a mover, I'll remind councilors that 01:54:18.800 --> 01:54:20.376 we may need to close the meeting if 01:54:20.400 --> 01:54:22.056 there are detailed questions or debate 01:54:22.080 --> 01:54:23.575 about matters set out in the 01:54:23.599 --> 01:54:25.896 confidential attachments for this 01:54:25.920 --> 01:54:28.376 report. Would a counselor like to move a 01:54:28.400 --> 01:54:30.296 motion? 01:54:30.320 --> 01:54:32.856 Councelor Pierce. Thank you. Is that the 01:54:32.880 --> 01:54:35.175 officer's recommendation is printed? 01:54:35.199 --> 01:54:36.936 Thank you. Is there a second for that 01:54:36.960 --> 01:54:38.776 motion? Thank you, Councelor Baker. 01:54:38.800 --> 01:54:41.800 Councelor Pierce. 01:54:42.080 --> 01:54:43.736 Thank you, Madame May. I want to 01:54:43.760 --> 01:54:46.056 compliment the staff who prepared this 01:54:46.080 --> 01:54:49.080 report. I found it really easy to read 01:54:49.119 --> 01:54:51.095 and give it giving fantastic 01:54:51.119 --> 01:54:54.119 information. Um, this is a vital piece 01:54:56.080 --> 01:54:59.080 of work because it governs over so much 01:54:59.440 --> 01:55:02.440 of the age care reforms 01:55:03.360 --> 01:55:06.360 um and also the it analyzes and updates 01:55:09.119 --> 01:55:11.256 everything. So it's all up and up and 01:55:11.280 --> 01:55:14.280 ready to go. So I think it's a really 01:55:14.480 --> 01:55:17.256 good report and should be noted. Thank 01:55:17.280 --> 01:55:17.496 you. 01:55:17.520 --> 01:55:19.256 Okay. Thank you councelor Pierce. 01:55:19.280 --> 01:55:21.976 Councelor Baker. Thank you. Um this 01:55:22.000 --> 01:55:24.056 reports just highlighting a major shift 01:55:24.080 --> 01:55:26.936 in age care with the introduction of 01:55:26.960 --> 01:55:29.736 age care act from last year now in 01:55:29.760 --> 01:55:32.760 effect. Um these reform raises 01:55:32.960 --> 01:55:35.496 expectations on government governance 01:55:35.520 --> 01:55:37.336 accountability and service quality and 01:55:37.360 --> 01:55:39.816 importantly changes our roles. For 01:55:39.840 --> 01:55:41.256 the first time, councilors are 01:55:41.280 --> 01:55:43.416 recognized in this act as responsible 01:55:43.440 --> 01:55:46.135 persons. Um so since this act has 01:55:46.159 --> 01:55:47.416 commenced, officers have also 01:55:47.440 --> 01:55:49.016 strengthened governance, improved 01:55:49.040 --> 01:55:51.256 reporting, trained staff and volunteers 01:55:51.280 --> 01:55:53.575 and upgraded case systems um to meet 01:55:53.599 --> 01:55:56.599 compliance requirements. Um 01:55:57.920 --> 01:56:00.856 and with this the services we deliver 01:56:00.880 --> 01:56:03.095 with this community home support 01:56:03.119 --> 01:56:05.416 program we deliver meals on wheels home 01:56:05.440 --> 01:56:07.976 maintenance um and occupational therapy 01:56:08.000 --> 01:56:09.736 is my understanding to support people to 01:56:09.760 --> 01:56:11.816 stay independent connected and living 01:56:11.840 --> 01:56:13.496 with dignity in their own homes and this 01:56:13.520 --> 01:56:16.456 is a real impact. Um a key improvement 01:56:16.480 --> 01:56:18.296 in this report is the introduction of 01:56:18.320 --> 01:56:20.936 banual reporting giving clear visibility 01:56:20.960 --> 01:56:23.816 over performance risk and compliance and 01:56:23.840 --> 01:56:25.736 this strengthens our oversight ensures 01:56:25.760 --> 01:56:28.760 that we will remain accountable. Um and 01:56:28.880 --> 01:56:30.296 likewise as councelor Pierce 01:56:30.320 --> 01:56:32.776 acknowledged also that the hard work of 01:56:32.800 --> 01:56:35.175 the officers in navigating these reforms 01:56:35.199 --> 01:56:37.496 and supporting both staffs and 01:56:37.520 --> 01:56:40.520 service providers in this realm. Um, in 01:56:40.639 --> 01:56:43.256 closing, um, gives great confidence and 01:56:43.280 --> 01:56:44.615 understanding of our responsibilities 01:56:44.639 --> 01:56:46.936 that we are prepared, um, and that we 01:56:46.960 --> 01:56:48.536 are delivering safe, highquality 01:56:48.560 --> 01:56:50.215 services to our community, and I'm 01:56:50.239 --> 01:56:52.135 pleased to support this report. Thank 01:56:52.159 --> 01:56:54.135 you. Thank you, Councelor Baker. Would 01:56:54.159 --> 01:56:55.736 any other council like to speak to the 01:56:55.760 --> 01:56:58.456 motion? 01:56:58.480 --> 01:57:00.376 I'll now put the motion. All those in 01:57:00.400 --> 01:57:02.376 favor? 01:57:02.400 --> 01:57:05.400 That motion is carried unanimously. 01:57:05.760 --> 01:57:08.056 Moving on to item 8.5, council 01:57:08.080 --> 01:57:10.615 resolutions progress report January to 01:57:10.639 --> 01:57:13.496 March 2026. Would a council like to move 01:57:13.520 --> 01:57:15.976 a motion? Thank you, councelor Cooper, 01:57:16.000 --> 01:57:18.135 seconded by councelor Duncan. Councelor 01:57:18.159 --> 01:57:21.095 Cooper. Thank you, Mayor Kennett. Um, as 01:57:21.119 --> 01:57:23.016 we know, this is something new of this 01:57:23.040 --> 01:57:26.040 term of council and um, it's a report 01:57:26.080 --> 01:57:29.080 that I do highly value. Um it provides 01:57:29.599 --> 01:57:31.416 council with an update on the 01:57:31.440 --> 01:57:34.215 implementation of the council 01:57:34.239 --> 01:57:37.016 resolutions from January to March 01:57:37.040 --> 01:57:38.615 along with an update on other 01:57:38.639 --> 01:57:41.639 resolutions in progress. Um and it it 01:57:42.800 --> 01:57:45.095 provides council with a clear overview 01:57:45.119 --> 01:57:46.856 on the progress of decisions that we've 01:57:46.880 --> 01:57:48.536 made along the way which is very very 01:57:48.560 --> 01:57:51.560 helpful. Um and in the process of doing 01:57:51.679 --> 01:57:54.679 that, it's supporting um transparency 01:57:54.880 --> 01:57:56.936 and accountability for our council to 01:57:56.960 --> 01:57:59.256 our community as well. So highly valued 01:57:59.280 --> 01:58:01.175 and highly supported. Thank you. 01:58:01.199 --> 01:58:02.776 Thank you, Councelor Cooper. Councelor 01:58:02.800 --> 01:58:04.056 Duncan. 01:58:04.080 --> 01:58:06.056 yes, thank you, Mayor Kennett. 01:58:06.080 --> 01:58:08.936 again, spot on, councelor Cooper. Um 01:58:08.960 --> 01:58:10.936 this is a great report. I believe this 01:58:10.960 --> 01:58:12.856 was one of your initiatives, Mayor, to 01:58:12.880 --> 01:58:15.736 bring in a resolutions register so we 01:58:15.760 --> 01:58:17.655 could track where we're where we're at 01:58:17.679 --> 01:58:20.135 with decisions that are made by council. 01:58:20.159 --> 01:58:22.376 Um I do have a question through you 01:58:22.400 --> 01:58:24.456 though, if that's okay. The the 01:58:24.480 --> 01:58:27.480 report goes back to about mid 2025, 01:58:27.920 --> 01:58:29.976 which was after the start of our term, 01:58:30.000 --> 01:58:31.416 which I think is about the time that 01:58:31.440 --> 01:58:34.440 this this resolution came up. Um, I'm 01:58:34.560 --> 01:58:36.215 wondering does that mean that all the 01:58:36.239 --> 01:58:37.976 resolutions that were made by council 01:58:38.000 --> 01:58:40.135 prior to this report have all been 01:58:40.159 --> 01:58:42.215 actioned or are there still resolutions 01:58:42.239 --> 01:58:45.239 of previous councils that have not yet 01:58:45.360 --> 01:58:47.736 been completed and could they be 01:58:47.760 --> 01:58:49.655 included in this report? 01:58:49.679 --> 01:58:51.655 Thank you for your question, Councelor 01:58:51.679 --> 01:58:54.679 Duncan. Just 01:59:09.040 --> 01:59:11.095 , I'll have the CEO answer that 01:59:11.119 --> 01:59:12.776 question for you. Councelor Duncan 01:59:12.800 --> 01:59:14.615 through you, Mayor. I think I got most 01:59:14.639 --> 01:59:17.016 of the question. Councelor Duncan. Um so 01:59:17.040 --> 01:59:20.040 I guess we um yeah have prepared this 01:59:20.400 --> 01:59:22.776 report um to be able to bring to council 01:59:22.800 --> 01:59:25.416 prospectively if you like and have made 01:59:25.440 --> 01:59:28.056 sure that we've gone back and covered um 01:59:28.080 --> 01:59:30.615 the items that are within sort of the 01:59:30.639 --> 01:59:33.639 term of the council. Um 01:59:33.760 --> 01:59:36.135 we haven't um we haven't gone back 01:59:36.159 --> 01:59:37.976 sort of to previous councils and 01:59:38.000 --> 01:59:41.000 previous resolutions and I guess um 01:59:41.679 --> 01:59:43.175 you know draw a line in the sand if you 01:59:43.199 --> 01:59:44.456 like at a point in time. And that's not 01:59:44.480 --> 01:59:45.896 to say the previous resolutions haven't 01:59:45.920 --> 01:59:47.256 been acted. We're confident they have, 01:59:47.280 --> 01:59:49.016 but we we haven't gone back and done 01:59:49.040 --> 01:59:51.095 that work to be able to, you know, put 01:59:51.119 --> 01:59:52.856 that in a detailed schedule to bring to 01:59:52.880 --> 01:59:55.880 the councils. Um, , it's something we 01:59:56.400 --> 01:59:57.496 could talk about with the governance 01:59:57.520 --> 01:59:59.336 team about, you know, what might be 01:59:59.360 --> 02:00:00.856 possible, but we've certainly approached 02:00:00.880 --> 02:00:03.256 it to keep a forward-looking view from 02:00:03.280 --> 02:00:06.280 the point in time it was introduced. 02:00:07.920 --> 02:00:10.615 Thank you, CEO. Councelor Duncan, did 02:00:10.639 --> 02:00:13.575 you want to speak to the motion? Ju just 02:00:13.599 --> 02:00:16.056 on on back on the back of that question, 02:00:16.080 --> 02:00:17.976 would that be something that would 02:00:18.000 --> 02:00:19.575 require a notice of motion by our 02:00:19.599 --> 02:00:22.456 councelor to request officers to go back 02:00:22.480 --> 02:00:24.135 further or is that something that 02:00:24.159 --> 02:00:27.159 governance or the organization can do 02:00:27.679 --> 02:00:29.976 automatically? 02:00:30.000 --> 02:00:31.175 Let us have a look at it and we can 02:00:31.199 --> 02:00:32.856 bring some information to councilors on 02:00:32.880 --> 02:00:35.880 what work might be involved. 02:00:37.119 --> 02:00:39.416 Thank you. would any other counselor 02:00:39.440 --> 02:00:42.440 like to speak to the motion? 02:00:44.239 --> 02:00:46.776 No. , councelor Cooper. Okay, I'll now 02:00:46.800 --> 02:00:49.800 put the motion. All those in favor. 02:00:49.920 --> 02:00:52.920 That motion is carried unanimously. 02:00:53.119 --> 02:00:56.119 Moving on to item 8.6, policy reviews, 02:00:56.159 --> 02:00:58.456 advocacy statements, and events and 02:00:58.480 --> 02:01:00.615 councelor representation on external 02:01:00.639 --> 02:01:02.856 bodies. Would a counselor like to move a 02:01:02.880 --> 02:01:05.336 motion? Thank you, councelor. Thank you, 02:01:05.360 --> 02:01:07.016 councelor Baker. Moving the officer's 02:01:07.040 --> 02:01:10.040 recommendation. Is there a second? 02:01:10.159 --> 02:01:12.056 Thank you councelor Atwell. Councelor 02:01:12.080 --> 02:01:12.936 Baker. 02:01:12.960 --> 02:01:15.575 Thank you. Just very briefly, this is 02:01:15.599 --> 02:01:18.376 report seeking us to rescend two 02:01:18.400 --> 02:01:21.016 previous policies which are the advocacy 02:01:21.040 --> 02:01:23.336 statements and events policy and the 02:01:23.360 --> 02:01:25.655 council representational external pol 02:01:25.679 --> 02:01:28.679 body bodies policy. Um these were 02:01:29.199 --> 02:01:32.199 previously um 02:01:32.560 --> 02:01:35.560 um reports that were um brought before 02:01:36.000 --> 02:01:38.536 council. Um but since then there's been 02:01:38.560 --> 02:01:41.256 changes with model code council code 02:01:41.280 --> 02:01:43.896 of conducts and other council 02:01:43.920 --> 02:01:46.920 policies um and consequence consequently 02:01:46.960 --> 02:01:48.615 because the these two reports are 02:01:48.639 --> 02:01:51.496 covered in other aspects of policies and 02:01:51.520 --> 02:01:54.296 the council code of conduct for example 02:01:54.320 --> 02:01:56.536 um they're bit superolous now so I'm 02:01:56.560 --> 02:01:59.560 happy to resend those um and satisfied 02:02:00.560 --> 02:02:01.816 with the office of recommendation 02:02:01.840 --> 02:02:03.575 information provided. Thank you. 02:02:03.599 --> 02:02:05.095 Thank you councelor Baker councelor 02:02:05.119 --> 02:02:07.655 Atwell. thank you Mayor. I agree the 02:02:07.679 --> 02:02:09.976 the model code carries um the weight now 02:02:10.000 --> 02:02:12.135 and does the heavy lifting with 02:02:12.159 --> 02:02:13.655 respect to some of our other policies 02:02:13.679 --> 02:02:15.736 and I think in looking at duplication 02:02:15.760 --> 02:02:18.456 and overlap I'm comfortable to see these 02:02:18.480 --> 02:02:21.095 rescended and um lean on the legislation 02:02:21.119 --> 02:02:23.095 for our guidance in this area. 02:02:23.119 --> 02:02:24.215 Thank you. 02:02:24.239 --> 02:02:25.816 Thank you councelor Atwell. Would any 02:02:25.840 --> 02:02:27.416 other council like to speak to the 02:02:27.440 --> 02:02:30.376 motion? 02:02:30.400 --> 02:02:32.135 I'll now put the motion. All those in 02:02:32.159 --> 02:02:33.655 favor. 02:02:33.679 --> 02:02:36.615 That motion is carried unanimously. 02:02:36.639 --> 02:02:39.639 Moving on to item 8.7 CEO employment 02:02:40.159 --> 02:02:42.056 renumeration committee appointment of 02:02:42.080 --> 02:02:44.296 independent member. Um there's a 02:02:44.320 --> 02:02:47.320 conflict of interest with the CEO. 02:02:47.440 --> 02:02:49.976 Thank you Mayor through just declare a 02:02:50.000 --> 02:02:51.175 conflict of interest. This report 02:02:51.199 --> 02:02:52.776 relates to the appointment of an 02:02:52.800 --> 02:02:54.456 independent adviser to assist and in 02:02:54.480 --> 02:02:57.095 fact form part of the CEO employment and 02:02:57.119 --> 02:02:58.936 remuneration committee. that 02:02:58.960 --> 02:03:00.456 committee among other things makes 02:03:00.480 --> 02:03:01.976 recommendations to council on my 02:03:02.000 --> 02:03:04.536 performance criteria monitoring 02:03:04.560 --> 02:03:06.695 performance and my remuneration. I 02:03:06.719 --> 02:03:08.135 haven't had any part in the preparation 02:03:08.159 --> 02:03:09.496 of this report but we'll leave the 02:03:09.520 --> 02:03:10.936 chamber while it's considered by 02:03:10.960 --> 02:03:13.175 council. 02:03:13.199 --> 02:03:16.199 Thank you. Before 02:03:23.840 --> 02:03:25.575 I call for a mover, I'll remind 02:03:25.599 --> 02:03:27.256 councilors that we may need to close the 02:03:27.280 --> 02:03:28.856 meeting if there are detailed questions 02:03:28.880 --> 02:03:30.856 or debate about matters set out in the 02:03:30.880 --> 02:03:33.175 confidential attachments for this 02:03:33.199 --> 02:03:36.199 report. would a council like to move 02:03:36.719 --> 02:03:39.256 a motion? Yes. Councelor Duncan is 02:03:39.280 --> 02:03:41.256 moving the officer's recommendation. 02:03:41.280 --> 02:03:43.816 Yes. And councelor Cooper as seconder. 02:03:43.840 --> 02:03:45.416 Councelor Duncan. 02:03:45.440 --> 02:03:46.936 Oh, yes. Thank you, Mayor. I think the 02:03:46.960 --> 02:03:49.336 CEO summed up everything that I was 02:03:49.360 --> 02:03:51.655 going to say. Basically, um there's not 02:03:51.679 --> 02:03:53.095 a lot we can talk about this due to the 02:03:53.119 --> 02:03:55.416 confidential nature. however, I 02:03:55.440 --> 02:03:58.296 believe all almost all US counselors are 02:03:58.320 --> 02:04:00.856 on this committee and are privy to 02:04:00.880 --> 02:04:02.856 the to the recommendation that was 02:04:02.880 --> 02:04:05.655 put forward. Um the Mayor and myself 02:04:05.679 --> 02:04:08.679 conducted the interviews with um 02:04:09.920 --> 02:04:11.976 officers in in attendance, put forward 02:04:12.000 --> 02:04:14.456 our our scorecards, and you've seen the 02:04:14.480 --> 02:04:17.016 recommendation in the report. Um and I'm 02:04:17.040 --> 02:04:19.416 I'm happy to support the recommendation 02:04:19.440 --> 02:04:21.496 as it is laid out in the papers for us 02:04:21.520 --> 02:04:22.296 today. 02:04:22.320 --> 02:04:23.816 Thank you, Councelor Duncan. Councelor 02:04:23.840 --> 02:04:24.536 Cooper. 02:04:24.560 --> 02:04:26.536 Yes, thank you, Mayor. Um, like has 02:04:26.560 --> 02:04:27.896 already been said, the local government 02:04:27.920 --> 02:04:30.296 act requires us um to engage an 02:04:30.320 --> 02:04:33.320 independent advisor to the committee. 02:04:33.599 --> 02:04:36.599 Um, and I'm happy to support um the 02:04:37.520 --> 02:04:39.416 preferred candidate in the confidential 02:04:39.440 --> 02:04:42.135 attachment. Um, I wanted to thank 02:04:42.159 --> 02:04:44.615 yourself and the deputy Mayor for um the 02:04:44.639 --> 02:04:46.456 recruitment process and the information 02:04:46.480 --> 02:04:49.016 which you um obviously circulated back 02:04:49.040 --> 02:04:50.776 to councilors in the leadup to making 02:04:50.800 --> 02:04:53.095 this decision. And I also just want to 02:04:53.119 --> 02:04:55.496 acknowledge um Mr. Dr. Phil Shanahan for 02:04:55.520 --> 02:04:57.256 his contribution as the independent 02:04:57.280 --> 02:05:00.280 member over the last five years. Um 02:05:00.480 --> 02:05:03.256 two of those five years I um had the 02:05:03.280 --> 02:05:04.856 privilege of being the Mayor during that 02:05:04.880 --> 02:05:07.416 time and and did work closely with u Mr. 02:05:07.440 --> 02:05:09.736 Shanahan and I have always found him to 02:05:09.760 --> 02:05:12.135 be really down to earth and practical 02:05:12.159 --> 02:05:15.159 and his advice has been fantastic. So I 02:05:15.199 --> 02:05:16.936 do wish him well and thank him very much 02:05:16.960 --> 02:05:19.175 for the past five years support on this 02:05:19.199 --> 02:05:21.736 council and um look forward to meeting 02:05:21.760 --> 02:05:24.296 our um our next independent member. 02:05:24.320 --> 02:05:26.536 Thank you. Thank you councelor Cooper. 02:05:26.560 --> 02:05:29.560 Would any other counselor like to speak? 02:05:30.239 --> 02:05:32.376 Okay, I'll now put the motion. All those 02:05:32.400 --> 02:05:34.936 in favor 02:05:34.960 --> 02:05:37.175 that motion is carried unanimously. 02:05:37.199 --> 02:05:40.199 Thank you. Can someone please um get 02:05:40.719 --> 02:05:43.095 Bruce to come back in? 02:05:43.119 --> 02:05:46.119 Moving 02:05:57.840 --> 02:06:00.135 on to item nine, supplementary items. 02:06:00.159 --> 02:06:01.816 There are no supplementary items this 02:06:01.840 --> 02:06:04.840 evening, so we'll move on to item 10, 02:06:04.960 --> 02:06:07.960 notices of motion. item 10.1, notice 02:06:10.239 --> 02:06:13.239 of motion number 94. 02:06:14.159 --> 02:06:16.296 Is it 94? 02:06:16.320 --> 02:06:19.320 194 proposed outdoor dining parklet 02:06:19.440 --> 02:06:22.296 policy. Thank you. councelor 02:06:22.320 --> 02:06:23.816 Williams, would you like to move your 02:06:23.840 --> 02:06:26.296 notice of motion? 02:06:26.320 --> 02:06:27.976 I would. Would you like me to read that 02:06:28.000 --> 02:06:29.095 out? 02:06:29.119 --> 02:06:31.256 No, it's in the agenda, so that's okay. 02:06:31.280 --> 02:06:31.655 Thank you. 02:06:31.679 --> 02:06:33.655 is there a second for this notice of 02:06:33.679 --> 02:06:36.135 motion? Councelor Pierce. Thank you, 02:06:36.159 --> 02:06:37.816 councelor Williams. As mover, would you 02:06:37.840 --> 02:06:39.175 like to speak? 02:06:39.199 --> 02:06:40.856 I would. Thank you. Through you, Mayor. 02:06:40.880 --> 02:06:42.376 Um 02:06:42.400 --> 02:06:44.695 the intention of this motion is to 02:06:44.719 --> 02:06:46.936 just provide some clarity and some um 02:06:46.960 --> 02:06:49.095 closure to what was discussed at the 02:06:49.119 --> 02:06:50.695 last council meeting on the 27th of 02:06:50.719 --> 02:06:53.256 April. And for something that we made a 02:06:53.280 --> 02:06:55.496 decision or a resolution on the 27th of 02:06:55.520 --> 02:06:58.520 October to prepare um some homework 02:06:58.719 --> 02:07:01.655 in regards to our outdoor dining policy. 02:07:01.679 --> 02:07:03.496 Um I believe this sort of gives a 02:07:03.520 --> 02:07:05.175 balanced approach. We had three options 02:07:05.199 --> 02:07:07.175 presented to us and this um is option 02:07:07.199 --> 02:07:10.199 two out of the options three. um gives 02:07:10.880 --> 02:07:13.575 us a pretty balanced approach to keep a 02:07:13.599 --> 02:07:16.599 um and and finalize and updated um I 02:07:17.440 --> 02:07:19.575 guess resolution or policy around our 02:07:19.599 --> 02:07:22.135 outdoor dining um including parklets 02:07:22.159 --> 02:07:24.695 which has been heavily used in NOx um 02:07:24.719 --> 02:07:26.456 especially during co and was quite well 02:07:26.480 --> 02:07:28.695 received for quite some time and as we 02:07:28.719 --> 02:07:31.719 all know um with subsequent um meetings 02:07:31.760 --> 02:07:33.016 we've had to remove a lot of those 02:07:33.040 --> 02:07:35.336 parklets over the time however some 02:07:35.360 --> 02:07:37.095 shopkeepers within Nox have still made 02:07:37.119 --> 02:07:39.175 inquiries around what their ability is 02:07:39.199 --> 02:07:42.135 to potentially look at um parkletits in 02:07:42.159 --> 02:07:44.536 the near future. And um I believe this 02:07:44.560 --> 02:07:47.256 policy will allow um our team to be able 02:07:47.280 --> 02:07:49.896 to relay that information on to the 02:07:49.920 --> 02:07:52.536 shopkeepers that may be interested in um 02:07:52.560 --> 02:07:54.376 having this. We understand that there 02:07:54.400 --> 02:07:55.496 are some costs involved for our 02:07:55.520 --> 02:07:56.776 shopkeepers to be able to do something 02:07:56.800 --> 02:07:58.695 like this. But again, it sets out a bit 02:07:58.719 --> 02:08:01.016 of a policy on behalf of council as to 02:08:01.040 --> 02:08:03.896 what we would expect um and what our 02:08:03.920 --> 02:08:05.896 intention is around any of that. We 02:08:05.920 --> 02:08:08.376 don't have that currently in any policy 02:08:08.400 --> 02:08:11.095 to date. Um we we have three options 02:08:11.119 --> 02:08:12.615 that were presented to us last month and 02:08:12.639 --> 02:08:14.536 that was option one is to stay as is and 02:08:14.560 --> 02:08:16.376 leave that current policy as is which 02:08:16.400 --> 02:08:18.695 doesn't include a um outdoor dining 02:08:18.719 --> 02:08:21.336 parklet policy. or option three was 02:08:21.360 --> 02:08:23.655 to do quite some heavier research but 02:08:23.679 --> 02:08:26.215 also incur roughly up to about $20,000 02:08:26.239 --> 02:08:28.936 worth of costs um to be able to do that. 02:08:28.960 --> 02:08:31.016 Um in this occasion, oh sorry actually 02:08:31.040 --> 02:08:34.040 it's 48,000 I should say. Um however on 02:08:34.560 --> 02:08:36.135 this occasion with option two I think 02:08:36.159 --> 02:08:37.736 that finds that balance in between where 02:08:37.760 --> 02:08:39.575 we've already invested time and money um 02:08:39.599 --> 02:08:42.055 and and staff's time um to be able to 02:08:42.079 --> 02:08:44.135 prepare um some of the homework and 02:08:44.159 --> 02:08:45.736 research behind this to be able to move 02:08:45.760 --> 02:08:48.135 forward and gives us as I saying that 02:08:48.159 --> 02:08:49.976 balanced approach without a big spend on 02:08:50.000 --> 02:08:52.376 behalf of council to prepare a policy um 02:08:52.400 --> 02:08:54.856 so that anyone that is interested in any 02:08:54.880 --> 02:08:57.175 potential outdoor dining um parklet 02:08:57.199 --> 02:08:59.175 policy would know where the council sits 02:08:59.199 --> 02:09:01.655 and what we um should or shouldn't do or 02:09:01.679 --> 02:09:03.016 what they can and can't do. I should 02:09:03.040 --> 02:09:05.416 say. Um, so I'm presenting this motion 02:09:05.440 --> 02:09:07.336 um and hoping that I'd get support of my 02:09:07.360 --> 02:09:09.095 fellow counselors tonight that we just 02:09:09.119 --> 02:09:10.456 have this balance approached and put 02:09:10.480 --> 02:09:13.336 this into um and finalize the matter 02:09:13.360 --> 02:09:15.575 from from here. 02:09:15.599 --> 02:09:17.256 Thank you, Councelor Williams. Councelor 02:09:17.280 --> 02:09:18.695 Pierce. 02:09:18.719 --> 02:09:21.719 Thank you, Madame May. Um, tonight I'm 02:09:21.920 --> 02:09:24.920 Is it seconding or is that not a word? 02:09:25.280 --> 02:09:28.280 um there's no motion to take take a 02:09:29.040 --> 02:09:31.175 practical and timely step forward in our 02:09:31.199 --> 02:09:34.199 outdoor dining parklets and I said park 02:09:34.880 --> 02:09:37.655 parklets not plets 02:09:37.679 --> 02:09:40.679 across NOx at our April meeting officers 02:09:41.040 --> 02:09:44.040 presented three options the potential 02:09:44.079 --> 02:09:45.816 municipalwide 02:09:45.840 --> 02:09:48.840 outsour dining policy council noted that 02:09:49.040 --> 02:09:51.816 these options noticed these options 02:09:51.840 --> 02:09:53.816 and importantly identified that option 02:09:53.840 --> 02:09:56.296 two the standalone outdoor dining 02:09:56.320 --> 02:09:59.320 dawning parklet policy 02:10:00.000 --> 02:10:03.000 building on the recent learnings as the 02:10:03.520 --> 02:10:06.520 most pragmatic path to go along. Right 02:10:06.960 --> 02:10:09.960 now, Knox has no clear consistent policy 02:10:10.320 --> 02:10:12.776 framework for these parklets 02:10:12.800 --> 02:10:15.800 without one business what with sorry 02:10:16.719 --> 02:10:18.936 without one businesses facing 02:10:18.960 --> 02:10:21.960 uncertainty and ad hoc decision-m 02:10:22.159 --> 02:10:25.159 officers have told us clearly that the 02:10:25.440 --> 02:10:27.575 absence of offer policy makes it 02:10:27.599 --> 02:10:30.215 difficult to give consistent advice and 02:10:30.239 --> 02:10:32.215 leave applicants unclear on whether 02:10:32.239 --> 02:10:35.239 investment is viable before they pay a 02:10:36.320 --> 02:10:39.175 nonrefundable fee. 02:10:39.199 --> 02:10:42.199 Our businesses deserve better than that. 02:10:42.639 --> 02:10:44.615 The motion requests officers to bring 02:10:44.639 --> 02:10:47.336 back a proposal for the outsour dialing 02:10:47.360 --> 02:10:49.816 partlets policy developed in line with 02:10:49.840 --> 02:10:52.840 option two before November 20 26. Option 02:10:54.800 --> 02:10:57.416 two is low cost, uses in-house 02:10:57.440 --> 02:11:00.440 resources, incorporates lessons from 02:11:00.480 --> 02:11:03.175 existing parklets and is critically 02:11:03.199 --> 02:11:06.135 removes the administrative complexity of 02:11:06.159 --> 02:11:09.159 DTP owned land from the equation. 02:11:10.800 --> 02:11:13.800 This is a sensual and proportional step. 02:11:14.079 --> 02:11:16.456 It gives our community clear policy, 02:11:16.480 --> 02:11:18.936 give businesses confidence and gives 02:11:18.960 --> 02:11:21.256 council the proper framework. I commend 02:11:21.280 --> 02:11:23.816 this to the chamber. 02:11:23.840 --> 02:11:25.736 Thank you, councelor Pierce. Would any 02:11:25.760 --> 02:11:27.256 other council like to speak to the 02:11:27.280 --> 02:11:29.575 motion? Yes. Councelor Dun. 02:11:29.599 --> 02:11:32.456 Um, question through you, Mayor. Option 02:11:32.480 --> 02:11:34.776 one, I believe, was to do nothing. I'm 02:11:34.800 --> 02:11:37.800 wondering if there is the ability for 02:11:37.920 --> 02:11:40.135 our businesses to apply for a parklet 02:11:40.159 --> 02:11:42.215 under option one without having to have 02:11:42.239 --> 02:11:44.536 option two. And the second part of the 02:11:44.560 --> 02:11:46.215 question is, what are the actual costs 02:11:46.239 --> 02:11:48.536 to implement option two that councelor 02:11:48.560 --> 02:11:50.936 Williams is proposing? 02:11:50.960 --> 02:11:53.175 I'll direct that question to director 02:11:53.199 --> 02:11:56.199 McN. Oh, busy tonight. I am. 02:11:56.719 --> 02:11:58.135 , thank you for that question, 02:11:58.159 --> 02:11:59.416 councelor Duncan, and through you, 02:11:59.440 --> 02:12:02.440 Mayor. Um, so the intention with option 02:12:02.480 --> 02:12:04.936 two is to take we've we've got two, I 02:12:04.960 --> 02:12:07.736 guess, um, current programs that we 02:12:07.760 --> 02:12:10.376 utilize for um, footpath trading or 02:12:10.400 --> 02:12:12.776 outdoor dining. Um so one of those is a 02:12:12.800 --> 02:12:14.856 permit program under our local law and 02:12:14.880 --> 02:12:17.256 the other is um where a business might 02:12:17.280 --> 02:12:18.936 like to secure a parcel of land. They 02:12:18.960 --> 02:12:20.695 can go through the leasing licensing 02:12:20.719 --> 02:12:23.336 process to to secure that parcel of land 02:12:23.360 --> 02:12:25.816 to use. Um 02:12:25.840 --> 02:12:28.840 clearly the parklets as they were prior 02:12:29.199 --> 02:12:32.199 to their removal last month um 02:12:33.760 --> 02:12:35.976 have gone through quite a long process 02:12:36.000 --> 02:12:37.736 and they've been before council a 02:12:37.760 --> 02:12:39.736 significant number of times. Um there's 02:12:39.760 --> 02:12:41.416 been a lot of officer effort that has 02:12:41.440 --> 02:12:43.256 been put into parklets during that 02:12:43.280 --> 02:12:45.175 period. Um and there's a lot of lessons 02:12:45.199 --> 02:12:48.135 that we've learned already. Um so to 02:12:48.159 --> 02:12:50.456 develop a policy under option two would 02:12:50.480 --> 02:12:52.776 be to consolidate all of those learnings 02:12:52.800 --> 02:12:55.416 and and tie it in with the existing 02:12:55.440 --> 02:12:57.416 leasing and licensing program and the 02:12:57.440 --> 02:13:00.376 and the local law. Um so the expectation 02:13:00.400 --> 02:13:02.856 is that um although the notice of motion 02:13:02.880 --> 02:13:04.615 provides quite a bit of time for for 02:13:04.639 --> 02:13:06.215 officers to do that that's just so that 02:13:06.239 --> 02:13:07.736 they can fit the work in around their 02:13:07.760 --> 02:13:10.760 existing workload um it's not expected 02:13:11.760 --> 02:13:13.896 that there's um a significant amount of 02:13:13.920 --> 02:13:16.135 officer effort in order to pull those 02:13:16.159 --> 02:13:18.215 learnings together. Indeed quite a bit 02:13:18.239 --> 02:13:21.016 of it was in the um the officers um 02:13:21.040 --> 02:13:22.776 report that was tabled at last month's 02:13:22.800 --> 02:13:25.800 council council meeting. 02:13:28.000 --> 02:13:31.000 Um so essentially there's it's business 02:13:31.360 --> 02:13:33.256 as usual to create this which will give 02:13:33.280 --> 02:13:36.280 some clarity. Um I I am supportive of 02:13:36.719 --> 02:13:38.856 that. We've already basically done done 02:13:38.880 --> 02:13:40.615 the work. We're now cementing it into a 02:13:40.639 --> 02:13:43.639 policy. Um however we had very very 02:13:44.320 --> 02:13:47.320 little actually zero uptake on keeping 02:13:47.520 --> 02:13:50.520 the existing parklets that we had. So um 02:13:51.280 --> 02:13:53.016 while there's minimal cost, we've 02:13:53.040 --> 02:13:54.456 learned a lot of things. We'll put that 02:13:54.480 --> 02:13:56.296 into a policy. I'm wondering how 02:13:56.320 --> 02:13:59.175 relevant it will be. Um the general 02:13:59.199 --> 02:14:00.936 conversations we had around the parklets 02:14:00.960 --> 02:14:02.296 was people loved them because they 02:14:02.320 --> 02:14:03.736 didn't have to pay for them, but as soon 02:14:03.760 --> 02:14:06.055 as the option was there that the the 02:14:06.079 --> 02:14:08.055 onus would go on to the the people that 02:14:08.079 --> 02:14:09.496 were benefiting from them or the shops 02:14:09.520 --> 02:14:11.896 that wanted to have them um Patty's 02:14:11.920 --> 02:14:14.856 Tavern, Chocolard, um the one down in 02:14:14.880 --> 02:14:17.095 near McCauley Place, etc. They 02:14:17.119 --> 02:14:18.615 Spices, sorry. 02:14:18.639 --> 02:14:21.496 Um they all decided not to not to 02:14:21.520 --> 02:14:24.520 continue with them. So, I I I I support 02:14:25.440 --> 02:14:27.336 putting the work that's been done into a 02:14:27.360 --> 02:14:30.360 policy. I'm just not overly sure how 02:14:30.880 --> 02:14:32.536 successful it will be moving forward, 02:14:32.560 --> 02:14:34.296 but I am supportive of your motion, 02:14:34.320 --> 02:14:36.296 Council Williams. 02:14:36.320 --> 02:14:39.320 Thank you, Councelor Duncan. 02:14:40.239 --> 02:14:41.655 Councelor Lockwood, 02:14:41.679 --> 02:14:43.256 thank you. Yeah, likewise. I mean, it's 02:14:43.280 --> 02:14:45.816 good to capture the learnings. Um, we 02:14:45.840 --> 02:14:47.256 went through a lot of the be pity let 02:14:47.280 --> 02:14:49.816 that um be lost. So, yeah, let's capture 02:14:49.840 --> 02:14:52.055 that. So I I support sort of in that 02:14:52.079 --> 02:14:54.776 respect. But I but I share the doubts um 02:14:54.800 --> 02:14:56.776 expressed by councelor Duncan there was 02:14:56.800 --> 02:14:59.800 zero take up and when when um when I 02:15:00.800 --> 02:15:02.776 looked at the parklets in Cber to 02:15:02.800 --> 02:15:04.856 display you pre um pre pre-built 02:15:04.880 --> 02:15:07.256 parklets if you like um modern methods 02:15:07.280 --> 02:15:09.175 of construction was formerly called 02:15:09.199 --> 02:15:12.199 modular. Um they range from $20,000 to 02:15:13.440 --> 02:15:15.416 $50,000. You can pitch up a parklet for 02:15:15.440 --> 02:15:17.416 less, but you wouldn't go for a proper 02:15:17.440 --> 02:15:19.896 parklet without about $20,000, which 02:15:19.920 --> 02:15:21.336 would have to be paid by the business, 02:15:21.360 --> 02:15:24.135 plus all the all the permit costs. Um, I 02:15:24.159 --> 02:15:26.536 don't see how it cuts DTP out. We might 02:15:26.560 --> 02:15:28.695 have a policy, but if we're on DTP land, 02:15:28.719 --> 02:15:30.376 we still got to go through their process 02:15:30.400 --> 02:15:33.175 whether we have a policy or not. So, um, 02:15:33.199 --> 02:15:35.175 I seriously can't see businesses taking 02:15:35.199 --> 02:15:37.336 it up, but I do support capturing the 02:15:37.360 --> 02:15:39.496 learnings and formulating a policy in 02:15:39.520 --> 02:15:41.416 case it ever does come up in the future. 02:15:41.440 --> 02:15:42.055 Thank you. 02:15:42.079 --> 02:15:43.655 Thank you, Councelor Lockwood. Would any 02:15:43.679 --> 02:15:46.679 other council like to speak? 02:15:47.040 --> 02:15:48.376 Yes, council speaker. 02:15:48.400 --> 02:15:51.095 Thank you. Um, very briefly, um, I'm 02:15:51.119 --> 02:15:53.816 tending to agree. Yes, we've had 02:15:53.840 --> 02:15:55.336 learnings from that and I appreciate 02:15:55.360 --> 02:15:57.095 that. No doubt the officers have taken 02:15:57.119 --> 02:16:00.119 that that feedback. um you know from the 02:16:00.960 --> 02:16:03.575 the learnings from this that there and I 02:16:03.599 --> 02:16:06.055 agree there was no uptake for this 02:16:06.079 --> 02:16:08.055 and what I'm understanding from director 02:16:08.079 --> 02:16:11.079 McNell's commentary um is that there 02:16:11.599 --> 02:16:14.599 is still an option for people to apply 02:16:14.800 --> 02:16:17.800 through a permitting process um if they 02:16:18.000 --> 02:16:21.000 would wish to do this um so while I 02:16:22.239 --> 02:16:25.239 understand the intent um it's not that 02:16:25.360 --> 02:16:28.135 the businesses don't have an opportunity 02:16:28.159 --> 02:16:30.376 to follow through as we do now to apply 02:16:30.400 --> 02:16:33.256 for permitting processes. So I I'm 02:16:33.280 --> 02:16:36.280 concerned about putting work into this 02:16:36.319 --> 02:16:38.936 when there hasn't been any um uptake 02:16:38.960 --> 02:16:41.096 from our previous discussions. Thank 02:16:41.120 --> 02:16:42.615 you. 02:16:42.639 --> 02:16:44.455 Thank you councelor Baker. Would any 02:16:44.479 --> 02:16:46.455 other council like to speak? Thank you 02:16:46.479 --> 02:16:47.176 councel. Well 02:16:47.200 --> 02:16:48.936 I just have a question. yes. 02:16:48.960 --> 02:16:51.655 Um just referencing the decision of 02:16:51.679 --> 02:16:54.679 council on the 27th of April. O point to 02:16:54.719 --> 02:16:57.719 that um option three we would commence 02:16:57.840 --> 02:16:59.495 that work in the second half of this 02:16:59.519 --> 02:17:02.056 year with an estimated budget with this 02:17:02.080 --> 02:17:04.375 this notice of motion now narrows us 02:17:04.399 --> 02:17:07.256 through option two. So my question is if 02:17:07.280 --> 02:17:09.176 we adopt this notice of motion tonight 02:17:09.200 --> 02:17:10.936 does that mean we won't be won't be 02:17:10.960 --> 02:17:13.495 proceeding with the work that's noted 02:17:13.519 --> 02:17:16.216 under point 2 of our previous council 02:17:16.240 --> 02:17:18.936 decision? Thank you, councelor. Well, 02:17:18.960 --> 02:17:21.415 I'll direct that question to director 02:17:21.439 --> 02:17:24.439 McNell. 02:17:24.559 --> 02:17:27.559 Um through you, Mayor. So, um I'm just 02:17:27.599 --> 02:17:30.599 scrolling back through the um 02:17:30.880 --> 02:17:33.880 the recommendation for um 02:17:34.800 --> 02:17:37.800 last month's council meeting. So, um 02:17:38.479 --> 02:17:40.936 recommendations one and two were both 02:17:40.960 --> 02:17:42.936 for noting. So they didn't give officers 02:17:42.960 --> 02:17:45.176 any direction to commence any work in 02:17:45.200 --> 02:17:46.936 relation to an outdoor dining park 02:17:46.960 --> 02:17:49.736 policy. 02:17:49.760 --> 02:17:51.096 Thank you. 02:17:51.120 --> 02:17:53.736 Um thank you. That's the the operative 02:17:53.760 --> 02:17:55.896 word that I missed um there and I can 02:17:55.920 --> 02:17:58.920 understand why then we arrive at um um 02:17:59.840 --> 02:18:01.575 councelor Williams suggestion tonight. I 02:18:01.599 --> 02:18:03.016 mean I'm supportive of it. I would 02:18:03.040 --> 02:18:05.816 rather pursue option two um as a more 02:18:05.840 --> 02:18:08.615 middle ground than um go with option 02:18:08.639 --> 02:18:10.776 three at some point and allocate 02:18:10.800 --> 02:18:13.256 approximately $48,000 for that work 02:18:13.280 --> 02:18:15.976 given I too I'm unsure about the the 02:18:16.000 --> 02:18:19.000 need and appetite for these um just 02:18:19.439 --> 02:18:21.736 at this point. So I think this is a 02:18:21.760 --> 02:18:23.655 reasonable way to move that from from 02:18:23.679 --> 02:18:25.896 noting only to actually making a move on 02:18:25.920 --> 02:18:27.495 it. and there's plenty of time between 02:18:27.519 --> 02:18:29.335 now and November and it's coming back as 02:18:29.359 --> 02:18:32.136 a as a report um for us to consider 02:18:32.160 --> 02:18:34.136 further. So I'm supportive at this 02:18:34.160 --> 02:18:35.176 point. Thank you. 02:18:35.200 --> 02:18:37.256 Thank you councel. Well, would any other 02:18:37.280 --> 02:18:40.280 council like to speak? 02:18:40.399 --> 02:18:42.136 Councelor Williams, would you like your 02:18:42.160 --> 02:18:43.415 ride for a play? 02:18:43.439 --> 02:18:46.136 Thank you through me. Yes. Um, look, as 02:18:46.160 --> 02:18:47.736 we've spoken about tonight, definitely a 02:18:47.760 --> 02:18:49.896 lot of work has gone into getting us to 02:18:49.920 --> 02:18:52.056 this particular point and I think once 02:18:52.080 --> 02:18:54.375 again gives us that balanced approach to 02:18:54.399 --> 02:18:55.976 not having to spend any extra money and 02:18:56.000 --> 02:18:58.056 48,000 scared me as much as I'm sure it 02:18:58.080 --> 02:19:00.056 would scare us all um spending on a 02:19:00.080 --> 02:19:02.375 policy. We have done the homework and as 02:19:02.399 --> 02:19:03.896 director McNell has mentioned, we've 02:19:03.920 --> 02:19:05.816 done the effort and um a lot of research 02:19:05.840 --> 02:19:07.976 and a lot of homework behind that. Um, 02:19:08.000 --> 02:19:09.495 and I think it's a matter of putting all 02:19:09.519 --> 02:19:11.655 those lessons learned consolidated and 02:19:11.679 --> 02:19:14.615 put it into a clear policy. Um I do note 02:19:14.639 --> 02:19:17.096 that um it's been mentioned a couple of 02:19:17.120 --> 02:19:20.120 times tonight that perhaps some um 02:19:20.559 --> 02:19:23.256 shopkeepers weren't didn't do the 02:19:23.280 --> 02:19:25.415 uptake. Unfortunately, when we presented 02:19:25.439 --> 02:19:27.495 those um options to them, we still had a 02:19:27.519 --> 02:19:29.976 very in my view only had a very 02:19:30.000 --> 02:19:32.056 convoluted sort of policy around what we 02:19:32.080 --> 02:19:34.056 could and couldn't do and DTP and a few 02:19:34.080 --> 02:19:35.816 other things caused some pretty major 02:19:35.840 --> 02:19:37.575 concerns there for some other um 02:19:37.599 --> 02:19:40.056 shopkeepers. Noting also Shakalad um 02:19:40.080 --> 02:19:41.816 sold their business during that time um 02:19:41.840 --> 02:19:43.256 and therefore wasn't interested in 02:19:43.280 --> 02:19:45.176 moving forward. But I do note that we 02:19:45.200 --> 02:19:47.655 did receive an um an email from the um 02:19:47.679 --> 02:19:49.415 Indian restaurant that is based at um 02:19:49.439 --> 02:19:50.856 Mount High Shopping Center. 02:19:50.880 --> 02:19:52.455 Unfortunately, I think it was about a 02:19:52.479 --> 02:19:55.479 week after the fact um of the closure 02:19:55.680 --> 02:19:58.455 and they were very keen on continuing um 02:19:58.479 --> 02:19:59.976 to be able to do it but at that stage 02:20:00.000 --> 02:20:02.136 due to our policy they were unable to. 02:20:02.160 --> 02:20:05.160 this now gives them a clear light um and 02:20:05.280 --> 02:20:07.415 you know talking to um people at 02:20:07.439 --> 02:20:08.856 Chocolard and and everything like that 02:20:08.880 --> 02:20:11.096 and also the Indian restaurant um gives 02:20:11.120 --> 02:20:13.415 some um opening for them to have a 02:20:13.439 --> 02:20:16.439 policy that completes and tells them 02:20:16.640 --> 02:20:18.136 the story and what they can and can't do 02:20:18.160 --> 02:20:20.536 from here. So I think based on on the 02:20:20.560 --> 02:20:21.976 homework that has been done, I'd hate to 02:20:22.000 --> 02:20:25.000 see that go to waste and um I'm mindful 02:20:25.280 --> 02:20:27.176 that I just want to see this completed 02:20:27.200 --> 02:20:29.415 and as director McNell mentioned option 02:20:29.439 --> 02:20:31.335 one and two were presented for noting 02:20:31.359 --> 02:20:33.096 but there has been no action. So this 02:20:33.120 --> 02:20:35.576 for me just completes the puzzle um at 02:20:35.600 --> 02:20:38.295 the end of it and um provides anyone 02:20:38.319 --> 02:20:40.136 that is interested in the entire 02:20:40.160 --> 02:20:42.936 municipality of Knox an option to 02:20:42.960 --> 02:20:45.576 perhaps have a outdoor dining um park 02:20:45.600 --> 02:20:47.256 lit should they choose to. And then 02:20:47.280 --> 02:20:49.415 we've got a guideline as to what they're 02:20:49.439 --> 02:20:51.335 able and what they're not able to do um 02:20:51.359 --> 02:20:53.256 moving forward rather than having to go 02:20:53.280 --> 02:20:54.696 through and bring this back to council 02:20:54.720 --> 02:20:56.856 again at some point in time where there 02:20:56.880 --> 02:20:59.096 might be disputes or any um problems 02:20:59.120 --> 02:21:02.056 with that. Um I say our current policy 02:21:02.080 --> 02:21:05.080 that doesn't in real terms have a real 02:21:05.200 --> 02:21:07.656 clear policy around um what those 02:21:07.680 --> 02:21:10.680 outdoor dining parklet um considerations 02:21:11.040 --> 02:21:13.415 are like. So I do ask for um 02:21:13.439 --> 02:21:14.936 consideration. 02:21:14.960 --> 02:21:17.176 Thank you, Councelor Williams. I'll now 02:21:17.200 --> 02:21:20.200 put the motion. All those in favor. 02:21:20.800 --> 02:21:23.800 That motion is carried unanimously. 02:21:26.160 --> 02:21:28.696 Moving on to item 11, urgent business, 02:21:28.720 --> 02:21:30.776 does any counselor wish to raise a 02:21:30.800 --> 02:21:33.736 matter of urgent business? 02:21:33.760 --> 02:21:35.816 No. There being no urgent business, 02:21:35.840 --> 02:21:38.136 we'll move on to questions through the 02:21:38.160 --> 02:21:41.016 chair. Does any council wish to raise a 02:21:41.040 --> 02:21:44.040 question through the chair? 02:21:45.520 --> 02:21:47.896 No, thank you. Item 13, confidential 02:21:47.920 --> 02:21:50.536 items. There is one item of confidential 02:21:50.560 --> 02:21:52.455 business on the agenda this evening. 02:21:52.479 --> 02:21:55.479 Item 13.1, CEO employment and 02:21:55.600 --> 02:21:58.600 renumeration report. CEO, your 02:21:59.200 --> 02:22:00.375 conflict of interest. 02:22:00.399 --> 02:22:02.776 Three, may just um again I've not had 02:22:02.800 --> 02:22:05.016 any prep part in the preparation of this 02:22:05.040 --> 02:22:07.496 report. but it does relate to matters 02:22:07.520 --> 02:22:09.335 associated with the CEO employment and 02:22:09.359 --> 02:22:11.496 remuneration committee and according 02:22:11.520 --> 02:22:13.415 accordingly I will declare a conflict of 02:22:13.439 --> 02:22:15.335 interest and leave the chamber while the 02:22:15.359 --> 02:22:18.359 report is considered by council. 02:22:29.200 --> 02:22:32.200 Thank you. 02:22:41.520 --> 02:22:44.520 02:22:52.479 --> 02:22:54.136 councelor Duncan, you said that you 02:22:54.160 --> 02:22:55.816 were prepared to move a motion that we 02:22:55.840 --> 02:22:57.256 close the meeting to the public in 02:22:57.280 --> 02:22:59.496 accordance with section 66 of the Local 02:22:59.520 --> 02:23:01.576 Government Act 2020 as shown on the 02:23:01.600 --> 02:23:01.976 screen. 02:23:02.000 --> 02:23:03.576 That is correct. 02:23:03.600 --> 02:23:05.656 Thank you. And councelor Cooper to 02:23:05.680 --> 02:23:07.576 second. I'll now put the motion. All 02:23:07.600 --> 02:23:09.976 those in favor. 02:23:10.000 --> 02:23:13.000 Thank you. That motion is carried. 02:23:13.200 --> 02:23:14.536 We are now going to move into 02:23:14.560 --> 02:23:16.856 confidential business as this is the 02:23:16.880 --> 02:23:19.016 last item on the agenda. We will not be 02:23:19.040 --> 02:23:21.576 reopening the meeting. Thank you to the 02:23:21.600 --> 02:23:23.816 members of the gallery that um came 02:23:23.840 --> 02:23:26.840 tonight and all those joining us 02:23:27.520 --> 02:23:29.415 joining the meeting online. Thank you 02:23:29.439 --> 02:23:32.439 and good night.