welcome to tonight's meeting of the Port
Phillpi City Council the City of Port
Phillip respectfully acknowledges the
traditional owners of this land the
people of the Kulin Nations we pay
respect to their Elders past present and
emerging we acknowledge and uphold their
continued relationship to this land this
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council if we experience any technical
difficulties this evening we will
adjourn the meeting for a short time to
resolve the issue our remind attendees
that any member in the public addressing
Council must extend due courtesy and
respect to council and the processes
under which it operates and must take
direction from the chair whenever called
on to do so speakers must remain
respectful and statements or questions
must not be defamatory offensive or
objectionable aimed at embarrassing a
counselor or member of council staff or
relate to a matter outside the powers of
council the first item on tonight's
agenda is requests to attend by
electronic means I've been advised by
the CEO that we have received a request
from councelor Crawford to attend
electronically for tonight's meeting due
to work commitments we're expecting her
to arrive online around 700 p.m.
counselors I now seek a mover for the
motion that Council approves the request
to attend the meeting electronically
received from councel Crawford thank you
councelor Baxter seconded councelor
Martin I'll now put that to the vote all
those in favor that's carried unanimous
thank
you on to apologies an apology has been
received from councelor Pearl councilors
do we have any further apologies nope I
count the rest thank you onto the
minutes of the previous meeting
councilors the minutes from the council
meeting held on the 4th of October 2023
have been circulated are there any
questions regarding these minutes
if not can I have a motion to confirm
these minutes thank you Councilor Martin
who would like to second that quick with
hands thank you councelor
Bond I'll now put that motion to a vote
all those in favor that's carried
unanimous thank
you onto Declarations of Conflict of
Interests does anyone have a conflict
interest in a matter being discussed at
tonight's meeting
CEO through you Mayor I have a potential
for a perceived and a general conflict
of interest in regards to item 12.1
presentation of the annual report for
the Palais
Theatre um due to my wife's business
interests uh she works in the industry
and is sometimes a competitor to Live
Nation who is the tenant for the pet
theater I haven't been involved in the
preparation of the report and I know
that the material is publicly available
I therefore propose that I will continue
to sit in the room tonight when this
matter is discussed thank you any
further conflicts of interest councilor
Nyaguy um thank you Mayor I would like to
declare a conflict of interest in
the matter tabled on the 4th of October
council meeting being the St Kilda
Market Esplanade strategy annual report
terms of reference and recommendations
for the reference committee I think I
have a general conflict of interest in
the matter which I failed to declare
time I don't believe that conflict of
interest resulted in me acting in a
manner contrary to the public duty but I
would like to place on the record and I
aim to declare that um and other
conflicts in the future um for the
contract of context I have a close
association with one of the people who
was appointed to the reference committee
um I wasn't part of the selection
process itself but did obviously
participate in approving the
report thank you any further conflicts
of interest
no we'll move on to um the next
item a condolence motion has been added
to tonight's agenda for Kevin Donovan a
well-known local restaurenteur Community
member and philanthropist who sadly
passed away I will now refer to
councelor Bond to read a statement on
behalf of council uh thank you Madame
Mayor uh councilors we were saddened to
learn of the passing of Kevin Donovan
Kevin and his wife Gail established
their restaurant on the St Kilda foreshore
in
1997 and in their capable hands Donovans
became a much loved destination for many
for those who celebrated their special
occasions those who visited from far
away those who called it their second
home and those who took those they took
care of during the pandemic many
benefited from their warm and impeccable
hospitality Kevin greeted all guests
with a warm and happy smile and
demonstrated a great gusto for life and
all it had to offer the American born
restauranteur arrived in Australia in
1986 to open the Hyatt on Collins now
Grand Hyatt Melbourne where he was
a director of food and beverage and more
importantly where he met his wife Gail
the pair went on to manage South Yarra
restaurant Shinoa before buying the
former Jean Jacques by the Sea in St Kilda
which occupied a Beachside bathing
Pavilion dating to
1928 they renamed it the Pavilion before
giving the restaurant a very colorful
personal living room style makeover in
1997 and reopening as
Donovans the restaurant has been awarded
at least one good food guide hat every
year since opening and the two shared
the Victoria Coffee Legend award at the
Age Good Food Guide
2016 after SE serving more than 1.5
million customers over 26 years Kevin
and Gail sold Donovans on August 31st
this year Kevin and Gail were fantastic
supporters of St Kilda and participated in
many Council initiatives involving the
foreshore as well as enthusiastically
and generously engaging with councilors
and offices Kevin made a significant
contribution to St Kilda and will be
greatly missed by many councilors I move
the following motion that Council
expresses its deep regret on the passing
of Kevin Donovan pass on our
condolence to his wife Gail and many
friends and places on record its
appreciation for his service to the City
of Port Phillip
thank you councelor Bond I'll
second that
motion all right would you like you've
spoken to it but I'll just add that um
I'd really like to thank Gail and Nick
at Donovans for the lovely send off they
had yesterday with many members from the
community the CEO and I attended
it was very beautiful and we're so lucky
to have that establishment in the
area all right anybody else want to
speak to the item otherwise we'll take
to the vote all those in favor that's
carried unanimously thank
you we'll now hear all public questions
and submissions on report
items under council governance rules
questions can only be asked about items
not on the agenda therefore if you're
speaking to an agenda item tonight
please note I will not refer these to an
officer for a response however a
counselor may wish to take up the
question on your behalf when the item is
considered we will begin hearing from
our virtual speakers who have joined the
meeting via the WebEx platform speakers
as I call your name our governance team
will unmute you a popup will appear in
your end please select unmute me then
when you come on please state your name
and suburb and you'll have 2 minutes to
speak I first call upon Vicki ho
submitting a question to
council
Vicky yes Vick yeah hi I'm Vicki uh I
have got two I live in South Melbourne I
have two young kids prep and a 2 and a
half year old um my question to
councelor was has there been any
independent review on the bik lanes um
done and do they actually make it safer
for cyclist and everyone
else thank you Vicki can you clarify if
there's a certain Bike Line you're
wanting to ask about
uh the bike Lanes on Park Street Park
Street okay all right I'll refer to
Nelly
monteu to provide answer for
you through you mayor thank you for the
question uh Vicki we continue to monitor
our bike corridors including collecting
transport counts on key Ro key routes
which have shown an overall increase in
people riding bikes and cargo bikes
between winter last year and this year
we also continue to Monitor and respond
to crashes and reports from the
community about concerns um you've
mentioned Park Street um bike Corridor
there was pre and post Road Safety
audits done on that bike Corridor in
particular officers would be happy to
meet with you to understand your
concerns um and whether there are
particular treatments or locations you
would like to address thank you I call
upon Jaz Bradley from Australian karaoke
propriety limited speaking to item 10.2
increment safety Improvement project Jaz
can you hear us
Jaz can you hear
us go to the next one all right Jazz if
you can hear us we will come back to you
but I call upon Peter Holland speaking
to item 10.2 incremen safety Improvement
project
Peter Peter are you
online has he done unmute me n
yet I'm here now good I hear you now
thank
you uh look I support the recommendation
that we got to consultation on options
one and three about
incoming I don't intend to go into the
merits because you're not making a
decision tonight simply sending the
matter out for consultation but I would
like to make three quick points first of
all we're dealing with public space not
private property and so it is
appropriate to consult on what use gives
the best public benefit uh and we should
note that what may have been the best
mix 50 years ago may not be the best mix
now secondly we're Consulting on a
sensible bik infrastructure
proposal this is a major transport
Corridor linking up with the silda road
bike Network and it's the highest
priority Corridor in council's
integrated transport strategy so it's
not like the sort of random ideas that
Vick roads implemented
recently and thirdly there's significant
public support broad-based support of
Port philli residents who want to be
heard mes University
surveyed and they found that 71% of your
constituents were interested in riding a
bike uh but they had concerns about
safety and they said that they would
ride a bike if physically separated bik
lanes were provided like is proposed in
option one look go into much more of the
details later and present a whole lot of
hard data but I think at this stage it's
sufficient to say that counil should
open discussion on the best use of this
important public space thank you thank
you Peter do we have Jaz online still no
all right sorry Jazz Bradley if you
tried and we didn't get you
online uh we will do you want that
person to call you back or yes try
joining again uh Jazz if you can hear
us and we'll come back to you at the end
all right we'll now move hear from the
people who are here in person thank you
for coming the microphone here in the
middle table should be on can someone
confirm there's a red light already
officers can you
see the point is it'll be on so you
don't have to turn it on and off
yourself but when I call upon your name
please come up and state your name and
suburb and then you'll have 2 minutes to
speak I call upon Jenny what was that oh
sorry gosh H there's an alarm as was
timer here for 2 minutes it's pretty
abrupt that was the
example
um I call upon Jenny Chandler submitting
to a question to
council hi
Jenny my name is
Jenny real quick I don't know if you
need to come closer to the microphone or
might not be on I can't hear you very
well can you hear me test okay all right
my name is Jenny Chandler and I'm a
local can you say your suburb please for
the record sorry can you say your suburb
please for the record uh s Kilda West
thank you and um I've been picking up
rubbish on the silda West Beach between
the pier and the West Beach Pavilion for
the last 3 years and generally I do it
every second day um I volunteer my
services it's fine I'm quite happy to do
that and um I generally pick up between
two and three bags of rubbish and I'm
talking about Supermarket bags this size
okay and uh as I say I've been doing
this every second day and and then I had
a holiday and I was away for 5 weeks and
when I came back and went down to the
beach I was absolutely
disgusted it was smelly it had a toxic
spill in it and the rubbish was
equivalent to at least 20 bags of and
this is fine little plastic rubbish and
I generally pick up in the area that the
tractors don't necessarily go to because
I'm round the edges and I go out onto
the
um sand areas as well too so the tox
toxic mess that was there was like a
scum it was covering over the seaweed
and it was in mounds and it stunk to
high heaven and I looked around and I
realized I was the problem it was me
because I'd been picking up all this
rubbish and would have normally done
that over 5 weeks and so you know I went
down there and bingo there's the 20 b
bags of rubbish that I haven't picked up
and I thought well you know this is just
not good enough you know what what can
you do I mean I've rung um Melbourne
water because they often uh do cleanups
around the Corduroy drain that comes
down near the pier and yes they assure
me they're going to do something I've
rung the council as well too and they
refer to the tractors picking up stuff
but look it's just not good enough there
has to be more to be yeah thank you very
much for all the time you do spend
cleaning the beach but we'll have an
answer for you I refer to Simon Hill
please thank you for your question
through you Mayor sinur West Beach is
cleaned of seaweed every day bi
mechanical loader and then rate by our
beach cleaner on at least a weekly
schedule due to the Natural water
movement and Longshore drift activity
here we see a lot of seaweed and litter
deposited along this section of the
foreshore seaweed is stockpiled to allow
it to drain of excess water before it is
transported to be disposed of at an
appropriate landfill site the stockpile
is removed
daily I'm not aware of any toxic waste
in this location um but I I am happy to
investigate this should I be provided
with further information on the type of
waste referred thank
you thank you Jenny maybe if you can um
speak more to Simon during the break
that' be good thank
you no sorry we have to keep moving
thank you we're going to go back online
though to Jazz Bradley speaking to item
10.2 Jazz can you hear
us I hope you can hear me now yes thank
you sorry about that excellent I'm sorry
I don't know what happened there um look
my partner and I have owned and operated
an audiovisual hire and sales business
from our shop on incomin street for 33
years um since
1990 and our business entails loading
and unloading large PA systems and other
heavy bulky equipment directly from our
shop into client vehicles uh and this
happens all day every day of the week um
just to give you an example one of our
most popular systems is a Bose F1 PA
which consists of two speakers um they
measure almost a meter in height and
almost half a meter in width and they
weigh in at exactly 20.4 kilos each plus
two subwoofers which weigh 25.8 five
kilos each plus an addition uh an extra
heavy bag of stands and leads and
monitors and all the rest of it so
that's a total of six large heavy items
going out with every single system that
we hire on a busy Saturday we can have
up to 12 systems going out so my
concerns are that if clients are forced
to park any distance away from the
business um espe especially across the
road this could potentially cause more
accidents than Council are hoping to
prevent um by putting in the new or
proposed bike Lanes um outside our shop
if you take um our busy Saturday as an
example um those 12 systems each with a
total of six large heavy items would
involve our clients making a total of 72
Crossings of very busy incom and Street
while lugging this equipment to Vehicles
plus the same again back to our shop so
if clients are forced to try and carry
all this acrossing street through the
traffic this is really risky and it's a
clear whs issue from from my perspective
so I guess the bottom line is how can we
continue to safely run our business if
there's no longer any parking outside
our shop as has been the case for the
past 33
years thank you very much Jazz can you
say your name and subur for the record
certainly it's Jazz Bradley and I'm in
incen Street BAC clava thank you very
much
okay all right our next call upon Helen
Halliday submitting a question to
council good evening Madame mayor my
name is Helen helay and I live in BAC
claba um my question tonight relates to
um the resumption of the council control
of uh the management of the median strip
in Brighton Road in
2019 uh it was agreed and uh a proposal
was put and agreed by uh Vic GRS that 67
new trees be um planted into the medians
in Brighton Road that uh was not ever
done because the council withdrew the
agreement but I now see that Council has
resumed activity and I thank the council
for doing that because it was very
depressing going out there and seeing
all the rank grass and I noted that uh
Bay Street is now undergoing a a massive
reconstruction of of your median strip
so my question is when can we see our 67
trees and uh the work that needs to be
done on the other trees that are in the
median strip which also need maintenance
work done on them thank you mad thank
you Helen I'll refer to Siobhan Belmore
oh that's what I have here is that right
oh sorry Simon
Hill thank you for your question through
you mayor um to improve amenity outcomes
we have recently resumed grass
maintenance along Brighton Road and
other department of transport roads in
Port Phillip at this point the
arrangement does not include tree
maintenance and as such such there are
no plans uh for Council to plant new
trees along um the meeting strip in the
Brighton Road area however um we will
follow up with Department of Transport
regarding um that plan to plant uh 67
trees I'm not aware of that plan but we
will follow up with Department of
Transport and I'll um come back to um
Allen with a response thank you thank
you I can't that scares me every time
sorry bit jumpy tonight
um I call up on Hayden LaVine on behalf
of Streets Alive Glenn Ira speaking to
item 10.2 incron safety Improvement
project hi Hayden good evening Council
I'm Hayden LaVine from Carnegie in Glenn
AA so on behalf of streets live glena we
express our strong support for the
implementation of safe and protected by
CLS on income and street we encourage
council members to move forward with
Community consultation on this important
project we reate reiterate as
highlighted uh in council's own report
the majority of residents are eager to
embrace cycling if they have access to
Safe separated bike Lanes furthermore
it's worth recognizing the broad impact
of your decision by taking the lead in
creating these safe bike Lanes you can
catalyze positive change if Port philli
successfully builds these Lanes on the
incen street it will pressure Glenn Ira
to follow suit this in turn will open up
a secure East West Route for Riders
spanning from the city all the way to
danong please build a safe separated
bike lane not just for the residence of
Port philli but for the greater
Southeastern Community thank
you thank you I call upon Simon Baldwin
speaking to item 10.2 hi
Simon uh good evening mayor and
counselors um my name is Simon Baldwin
I'm from South Melbourne I'm also a
Committee Member for the port Philip bar
huses group I'm speaking in favor of
option one to be included for
consultation of the uh incent safety
program um this option provides the most
provision for safety improvements and
aligned with council's vision of
increasing walking and cycling trips
over the span of its transport scheme up
to 2028 the data provided in the report
um shows that pedestrians and bike
riders are at huge risk of being hosit
hospitalized if involved in a collision
on this road one of the most dangerous
in the council area the separated aspect
of the safety program will also link
with the almost finished Siller Road
Lanes helping to form a reliable and
continuous Network for residents and
visitors I also ask the councils
disregard option for or no change uh the
safety issues associated with this
stretch of income and Street means that
voting to continue with normal business
on this road will be negligent at best
and potentially deadly at worst please
vote for the safety of our residents for
sustainable transport and include option
one for consultation thank you thank you
salimon I call upon Matthew CAD speaking
to item
10.2 hi Matthew hi my name is Matthew
and I live in silda East uh good evening
conselor uh I'd like to speak tonight in
favor of the creation of a back Corridor
on increment Street specifically
endorsing uh the safety Centric option
one our community has made its voice
heard through extend Ive engagement and
the integrated transport strategy has
designated Inman Street as a vital
micromobility and active transport
Corridor let's address the critical
issue of safety headon the past 5 years
33 crashes on Inman Street have left a
ninous mark designated it a black lens
Street this is not just a statistic it's
a call for immediate
action safety is not a luxury it's a
fundamental to right option one with
separated Lanes protected intersections
and lower speeds is not just a choice
it's a
necessity safety however is just a
beginning option one is a holistic
investment in our invest in our
environment and quality of life it
accommodates 26 additional trees
contributing to the the tree canopy and
providing additional shade in full
alignment with Council desired
environment
outcomes this is more than just Greenery
it's a tangible step toward a
sustainable
future but let's talk about the daily
impact on our lives it's not just about
cyclists option one ensures our children
can work or ride to school safely option
one means residents can enjoy outdoor
spaces without the constant worry of
traffic
hazards option one provides a beautiful
Tre lined Street which will boost the
local economy by increasing food traffic
to
businesses parking is not the only thing
that
matters option one is an investment in a
future where our community can Thrive
economically and
socially I highlight the concerning
detail thank you very much for coming
tonight and adding your part thank you
thank you I call upon Ellen Martin
speaking to item
10.2
hi
Ellen hi good evening my name is Ellen
Martin I live in corfield North on Incan
Road um every day so two days a week I
cycle into the city to get to Melbourne
uni down incin Road and then the other 3
days a week I cycle back the other way
to go to work when I tell people that I
cycle to work I get all sorts of
reactions people tell me people are
worried people tell me I'm brave but
mostly people just tell me that they're
too too scared to do that themselves um
the reason me and my partner do it is
because we can't afford a car we're both
full-time students but we're also deeply
concerned about the environment and I
want other people to be feel the same to
feel confident to cycling on roads so
that's why I encourage Council to
consider putting option one forward for
Community consultation it increases
safety it's best practice it will create
safer streets for everyone so not just
for cyclists but for pedestrians car
users and everyone
and we know that residents here are
interested in cycling we've done the
surveys people want to cycle more but
they're scared they're going to be hit
by cars and that's why I encourage
Council to put forward option one for
Community consultation thank you thank
you I call upon Justin Halliday from
pean speaking to item
10.2 hi
Justin thank you mayor uh councilors
officers uh tonight I'm representing pan
and our member organizations speak to uh
to item 10.2 and uh voice our support
for the protected bike Lanes in incom
street as part of the incom street
safety Improvement project um installing
the proect to bikel as we've heard from
others will have significant Community
benefits especially for pedestrians and
cyclists it will increase tree canopy
cover it will promote active transport
and the health and well-being uh
benefits that go along with that and it
will lead to urban renewal along the
stretch of road
we specifically support option one in
this particular case because it will
deliver the most benefits in this area
we also specifically do not support
option four at all because this option
promotes the unnecessary storage of
private vehicles in the public realm and
it prioritizes this over the safety of
pedestrians and and cyclists who are
vulnerable Road
users um in the council report uh the uh
option one is reported that it will lead
to very high occupancy rates of parking
along Inman Street um however the report
doesn't take into account the behavioral
factors that lead to this parking
Behavior along Inc Street we've analyzed
this entire stretch ourselves and there
are only nine residences and one block
of flats that lack uh parking off street
parking along incom Street and this
includes many of the uh businesses that
we've heard from earlier as well they
have access to off street parking or
rear access that they could use instead
um when we're talking uh in other areas
such as increment Street around Aldi the
report does not uh account for the 70
car parking spaces that Aldi has
available to customers Ali customers
habitually park on the street because
it's available to them when we with the
installation of the B Clane those
people's behavior would change and they
would be encouraged to park underneath
Aldi instead of on the street
um finally there are other large
businesses in the
street thank you that have parking
available again we recommend option one
I see this on my table so what's the
color coding uh the code is red for no
parking okay uh green is they have
parking available to them and blue is
businesses okay along that stretch
thanks
for all right a call upon Julie clck
speaking to item 10.2 increments safety
Improvement project hi Julie hi Heather
um so um I'm Julie Clutterbuck from
Elwood I'm speaking on behalf of Port
Philip bicycle users group tonight um I
really welcome council's addressing this
which is the most dangerous stretch in
the city of Port Phillip um as Matthew
mentioned this is a black stretch with
33 crashes in the last 5year
period um OST roads and Vic roads have
guidance on what a road with this level
of vehicle movements which is at the
last count was
6,300 in One Direction per
day and at this speed at the moment 50k
is now but even at 40ks an hour should
have and that guidance says that it
should have a completely segregated bike
lane uh not a paint painted
buffer and this is consistent with a
safe system approach which means that we
we can't get rid of human error but we
can mean that when people do make a
mistake it's not a mistake that leads to
a serious injury or even a death um so
that means that if we have the bike
separated by a concrete buffer you know
if someone does have a moment of
inattention then a mistake that happens
won't lead to injuries and so that's
what we're commending here um only two
of the options presented actually
conform to this standard um the
situation is is at the moment with just
a painted B Lane doesn't conform to this
standard and that's what we see
reflected in this very high injury rate
so I I um welcome this going out to
public consultations and I also commend
option one to the council thank you
Julie I call upon yai
medini hi
Ai Good Day Council um
um um first of all I'm not from the area
but I empathize with my friend Ellen if
you could say name and sub that my good
start please of course uh yai Med um
Mone ponds thank you um so yeah I
empathize with the situation of my
friend Ellen who has to endure the um
the unsatisfactory bike Lanes along
Inman Road um The Proposal is of
interest to me as a cyclist and and my
view that the road is essentially a
public space that everyone should own as
someone who has been in a car accident
um as a cyclist who has been um almost
run over by an
SUV um I think with option one being
proposed here there's a benefit in
completing the cycling Network as
proposed by the the Department of
Transport um the fact that accidents
continue to happen means that people are
consciously choosing these routes
because they're conven I and direct this
is an important uh movement Corridor um
and it's a disservice to people um if
the council continues to uh on the path
of inaction and unfair as well if cars
are and cars continue to be privileged
so um with that protected uh the option
and option one of protected bike Lanes
is I think a necessity um if we're going
to avoid entrenching the idea that
cycling is simply for fearless and um
confident cyclists thank you thank you
are there any other members in the
OR visitors today in the gallery that
had wanted to speak that had registered
we
missed no and I know I have Betty J on
my list and you I've heard that you're
stuck in traffic I'm sorry about that
but hopefully you're hearing us and we
know that you did want to speak to an
item tonight so that's the end of the
speakers from the public so I'll move on
to counselors counselors do you have any
questions you'd like to raise that are
not in relation to anything on the
agenda tonight
counc thank you mayor um I hate to ask
officers questions about things I read
in the media but I was reading in this
week in s Kil over the weekend that I
think we've now resolved the marbor
street housing project issues around
getting the contracts completed I just
wanted to ask officers whether that was
the
case
sioban
Belmore thanks for the question through
you mayor uh we did achieve settlement
uh last week on mbour
Street yay that's fairly good news any
other
questions no further
questions then we'll move on to ceiling
schedule
councelors we have one item for sealing
on tonight's agenda being 17.1 amended
data settlement PCB constructions and
city of Port philli as the information
contained in this report is considered
to be confidential confidential
information in accordance with section
31e of the Local Government Act 2020
this will be considered in the
confidential council
meeting move on to petitions and Joint
letters councilors we have no petitions
or joint letters on tonight's agenda
so we'll move now to the presentation of
reports and consider the
items all right first up is
10.1 10.1 is sports grounds plane
Services
maintenance councilors are there any
questions of the officers in relation to
this
report councelor
sakov uh thank you mayor I just um like
to ask Council officers to um to confirm
or clarify that the um the sports ground
planing Services maintenance the
contract this will um this uh will
exclude uh open space and
Parks thank you
sill through you m um that is correct
it's only for our Sports grounds does
not include um General parks and Gardens
and trees
I might clarify that question too so say
he had a fence around it it's just
inside the fence all the area outside
different contract yep all right thank
you thank
you uh councelor Bon do you have a
question um this I guess motion sort
of
um has arisen out of a notice emotion I
put up 18 months ago or 12 months ago um
with regard to the condition of our
sports playing Fields um as well as a
new contractor are you able to outline
some of the other additional resources
we have put on as a council to
specifically deal with our Sports ground
maintenance um some of the
in-house um experience and knoow that
we've
bought um on the onto the team
to to deal with the condition of our
sporting
Fields three mayor um thanks for the
question yes we now have a full-time um
open space and turf management officer
who is qualified in turf management he
oversees the management and maintenance
of our Sports field so that he's a new
staff member a new EFT and we also have
a Turf irrigation officer um that works
across all of open space but include
Sports grounds and that was again an
additional EFT so we have two additional
staff
members
any other question um and in terms of uh
the new contract previously as my
understanding it was it was the
contractor that set the program of Works
to occur at each ground under the new
contract it'll be our in-house people
that will set the works to occur at each
ground but the contractor then will
carry out those works as determined by
us internally here that's the difference
between these these two contracts if we
were to nut it down to one or two
points through that is
correct thank you any further
questions if not councilors we have an
officer's recommendation would someone
like to move this or something else
councelor Martin to move or I assume
this moving this and councelor bond to
Second councelor Martin would you like
to speak to it as someone who spends all
his winter Saturdays and Sundays running
on football grounds right across our
municipality I'm probably more familiar
than most with the way the grounds have
been looked after in the last 20 years
or so that I've been running on them and
I thank councelor Bon for identifying
some of the issu that have been raised
with me long before I became on on on
Council where there was a feeling among
some of our sporting clubs that perhaps
our grounds weren't quite at the
standard that they would like and
rightly or wrongly they sometimes felt
that the uh contractors didn't quite
understand their needs now whether
that's correct or not I don't know but
that was certainly the feeling that they
got I can also assure everyone that in
the last few months this there's
certainly been a much more positive
attitude towards our Council and our
Council staff by the sports club
official than has been in recent years
and I know that our Council officers
have been taking the concerns of our
sporting clubs very very seriously hence
the motion that's in front of us tonight
I thank Council bond for the motion that
perhaps triggered this process um I
thank him for the question that he asked
which are excellent and I'm aware that
there will be a transition program so it
won't simply be a matter of the current
contractor walking out the door and the
new contractor starting the next day
cold there'll be there'll be a Handover
period which will ensure that things go
smoothly and I know that our sporting
clubs are eagerly awaiting um the ride
out of the new contractor and looking
forward to some very good summer and
winter sports seasons in
2024 thank you Council Bond would like
to speak to
it just very briefly I know this is
something Council Martin and I um been
following up on for the probably the
last 12 months we've each been walking
various sport in fields weekly or
fortnightly for um most of the time
since about this time last year um we're
probably as a council aware that the
condition of our sporting Fields hasn't
been as good as we would like it to have
been um so we have put on extra
resources we are making a change to the
to the contractor and with the aim of
getting better quality sporting fields
for our our sporting teams um there are
a lot of challenges here cuz we have
seen massive amounts of growth in sport
in our city um particularly with female
participation our grounds are being used
more than ever before with matches and
training um we also have to deal with
those couple of months when all the
sporting fields in Albert Park are not
available for use due to the Grand Prix
and a lot of those clubs look to us to
be able to provide them with temporary
sporting fields for training and matches
for the couple of months that the Grand
Prix on so our our grounds do get a very
good workout and hopefully we can uh
cater for all the all the need that he's
out there within our community for the
use of our Sports abls and keep our
Sports abls at a a very good standard
for the vast majority of them and at a
very very high standard for the for the
one or two grounds we have that are
required to play at the highest level in
the state being Northport and number one
oval down at Murphy's for the for the
premier league and vfl teams that we
have here so um May these grounds
flourish under this new contract thank
you any other councilors want to speak
to the
item I'll add quickly uh thank you to
the officers our in-house staff that U
are experts in this field and
particularly to councelor Martin
councelor Bond who really have gone out
there and done those walks and reported
back to us I appreciate your knowledge
and time on that um I'd also like to add
to CER bonds list there that we do have
schools that look to use our ovals as
well that's increased use and many dogs
and we want to continue that um shared
facilities and that requires the proper
maintenance through the contractors so I
will be supporting this let's go to the
vote all those in
favor that's carried unanimous thank you
and I recognize that councelor clerk has
joined us
online Crawford sorry sorry I'm going to
do that just can see sorry councelor
Crawford and I apologize on all right
unanimous on to 10.2 which I know
there's many in the gallery tonight
wanting to hear the outcome of this one
this is incremen safety Improvement
project are there any questions of the
officers in relation to this report
councelor
sakov thank you mayor i' would like to
ask um Council officers as part of the
community engagement will Council
consider if surrounding streets
including Westbury Street can
accommodate additional parking um
including uh by the reconfiguring of
existing parking for example by
converting um those those cars that are
uh parallel parking to perpendicular
parking David mes thank
you it might not be on if you want the
red light is that on sorry to make you
start again
apologies uh through you may um officers
can undertake a Desktop review for
Council consideration we'd be able to
provide high level findings in line with
the incen project engagement timelines
um detailed investigations and proofing
would require additional
time any further
questions no if not oh sorry councelor
Crawford I'm sorry sorry I have a couple
if I may yes please uh so when it says
around the larger parking for the
SUVs um what is the width we're
considering and and when we when you
refer to SUVs are we talking about the
really large like Rams and and Dodgers
and that which I'm not sure that we want
to encourage in our municipality because
they take up more space than the average
one so I guess my first question is is
it just the normal SUVs or is it those
really
large the pick up trucks uh so I might
answer this in two three I might answer
this in two parts so the current road
width or the parking width is about 1.9
M so the um Australian standard for
parking is 2.0 as an absolute minimum
with a recommendation of plus 2.1 to 2.3
um a medium size SUV ranges between
about 1.85 m in width to around about 2
m with larger SUVs not sort of you know
the extra large SUVs can be um around 2
m in width so that protrudes into the
existing bike
lanes and could I ask another um
question yes please
uh in going to this consult we haven't
yet made it if we were to consider um
option one we haven't made a decision on
which side the bike pass would go on and
parking be removed from have we yet or
was that would that would be part of the
assessment um with businesses and that
in a more detailed design stage should
we go there so through you m the current
um proposal is the northern side um
however that could obviously
investigated through um additional
design work but at the moment we're
proposing that that be happening on the
Northern side so that is the opposite
side to um some of the businesses that
we've heard isn't it that's the that's
the
um yeah that's that's the opposite side
to Aldi isn't it the northern side just
City through you mayor that's correct uh
the southern side is the side that Aldi
is on yeah so that not the business
we've heard from to tonight uh and could
I ask even in um I have seen in other
designs in bike lanes for if there was
to be bubble um would we be considering
in some of the detail design for future
some of those little Pathways out that
there is opportunity who do need to load
things into the car to be able to wheel
things out is that would that be part of
the design Fus uh through May currently
we've got um you know separators through
that area there's opportunities to
adjust through detailed designed to
provide additional ramping Andor access
points thank you thank
you any further
questions if not I'm looking for a
counselor to move the officer's
recommendation or something else
councelor Martin to move who would like
to Second the officer's recommendation
councelor Baxter thank you all right
councelor Martin would you like to speak
to it firstly thank you to the officers
who prepared this quite detailed report
and the numerous discussions and
briefings that officers and councils
have had as we've come to a decision as
to what is appropriate to go out to
public consultation can I thank all
those people who come along and spoken
to us this evening I mean I have I'll
explain my particular views about what I
think should happen but I think it's
important that we as councilors listen
to All Views and we've heard people
tonight speaking about concerns about
parking just as we've heard people
coming along tonight talking about
concerns about the dang of not having
separated bike Lanes by putting these
two options out to consultation we give
members of our community who've
supported both of those options a chance
to come along today and talk to us about
why they believe separated bike lanes
are very important and I'll add to that
in just a moment but also um for those
people who'd like to make a case for
additional parking and bike lanes that
are um not separated but are painted and
I thank councelor sirakov for her
question which has asked councilors to
investigate the opportunity to provide
additional parking in neighboring
streets and other areas so if there is
any parking that's going to be lost when
we Implement either of these two options
at the end of the process uh we may be
able to find some additional parking
just as we've heard today that uh Aldi
may be able to help us with taking some
of their customers off the street into
the Aldi car park so again thank you to
all who've been involved um my
particular view will be when this comes
to a debate further along I'll be
arguing very very strongly that I think
separated bike lines are by far the
safest place for bike riders like myself
but as I said I also am aware that there
are number of views in our community
with people who'd like to argue a case
to keep parking reduction to a minimum
and they're entitled to argue that case
and I'm sure we'll hear both sides of
that debate um during the consultation
process I look forward to the results of
the consultation process and uh I think
I foreshadowed what unless I'm convinced
otherwise in the consultation process
the line that I would probably be taking
at the end of the process but I'll have
to consider all the submissions that
come before the council so I think great
opportunities to find out exactly what
members of our community think about
what we should be doing with separated
bike Lanes sorry with the implementation
of bike Lanes in Incan Street whether
they be separated or painted and when
people are considering their
consultation they may wish wish to add
in as part of their wish list that the
state government get around to doing
something in the um separate section of
St Kilda Road between carile Street and
sinila Junction my vision would be that
people a to come out of their bike lane
on incomin Street onto separated bike
Lanes along silda Road and head all the
way onto the city very safely even now
navigating silda Junction in a much
safer way as we've seen in the last few
weeks and able to do in the past that's
the long-term Vision we as Council don't
have any formal say as to what happens
in St kilder Road perhaps during the
consultation process if people can help
make that case that will give us some
ammunition as a council to Lobby the
state government and as I said my vision
would be I hope to have bike Lanes all
the way through down incam street ontis
ker Road and people can H all the way
into the city whether they go through to
princess Bridge or down Park Street up
morray Street down towards Southern
Cross station so hope you all support
this motion look forward to the
consultation and no doubt there'll be a
much more significant debate when we get
the results of the consultation
in thank you councelor
bter thank you um yeah so uh I'm happy
to uh put these options out to
consultation and I really want to thank
um those members of the community that
came today to talk about the importance
of of safety um this is really what it
comes back to this is not about uh
Aesthetics this is not about um some
sort of you know wouldn't it be nice
this is actually about taking one of the
most unsafe stretches uh in our
municipality and looking at how we can
make it more safe for all Road users uh
and it's really important to consider
that all Road users uh element um
because for so long uh We've really only
designed roads with one particular Road
user uh in mind but we we at Council
have had for a a very long time a a um
strategy and a policy position to um
encourage mode shift and to try to get
people to not take as many car trips try
to get people onto alternative methods
of Transport including bikes uh as well
as walking and micromobility and public
transport and all of those sorts of
things so um this is this is a really uh
important piece uh of that puzzle um its
proximity to uh St Kilda Road and that
um you know sort of uh Avenue um through
to the city and through to the the
separated bike L there uh also makes
this a really really important um
location here
um it's it's going to be uh really good
to hear from uh the community and I
think that um that sort of feedback is
is going to help us as well as uh the
important uh evidence uh around safety
and what what works uh what makes people
safer as well as what encourages people
to um mod shift um but uh I also just
want to thank um uh Justin H for
providing uh this um uh research as well
in terms of the actual um off street
parking access for people uh in that
area this actually is the kind of that
we we're really glad to get from the
community and get that sort of uh
information so please um get involved uh
and make sure that we we hear uh
everyone's voice about the best way to
make uh this area
safe thank you councilor
sov thank you Madame mayor um um I'd
also like to support this motion but
also but with an amendment what is your
Amendment
um the amendment is uh uh for 3.2
requests officers to investigate if to
investigate if parking can be added to
to or reconfig reconfigured on streets
nearby to Inman Street to offset any
loss of parking spaces from Inman Street
um and then uh change to
3.3
uh
uh requests a subsequential report to be
tabled on at an ordinary council meeting
as soon as practical practical in 2024
for Council to consider the results of
the community engagement and to present
any findings from the work detailed in
point
3.2 uh who would like to second that if
any make councel Clark canc Clark we
will handle just the amendment right now
if you'd like to speak to it
thank thank you mayor for any proper and
genuine uh Community consultation
engagement with residents we should
provide residents with a range of
options and that includes options which
will minimize any negative impact on
their local amenity in this case we
address minimizing or I would like to
address and councilors to consider
consider addressing minimizing any loss
of car parking to our
residents families the elderly and those
with disabilities are dependent on
nearby parking and not having to walk
hundreds of meters to get to and from
and between from their cars to their
homes because of the multiple personal
needs and demands on their
lives this amendment is relevant to both
of the options in front of us both our
option one looks at at a loss of 20 car
spaces which which is significant over
1.2 km and also option three sorry
option option one looks at a loss of 116
car spaces across 1.2 km and option
three a possible massive uh also a loss
of 20 car spaces this amendment asks of
council to investigate streets nearby to
incom and Street and to and identify
where parking can be added or
reconfigured to offset any loss of car
parks on increment Street given that any
of the options given that any of these
options when it goes out to community
consultation are
supported the loss of car spaces on
incom Street will also have a flow on
effect on residents on nearby streets
with incom Street residents and visitors
searching for car Parks elsewhere off
incom
Street I ask counselors to support this
amendment as a practical solution for
our residents living on both on Incan
Street and neighboring streets to
address any loss of car parks and that
residents have not be got have not been
been forgotten en with delivery of any
bike lane developments thank you thank
you councelor Clark would you like to
speak to the
amendment uh I'll speak to the
substantive part uh issue when we come
back to that uh just to say in regards
to this amendment um I think the purpose
of this is just to reemphasize the fact
that uh with the loss of potentially 20
car spes or more if it's option one um
you know we want to make sure that uh
council do their utmost um which they
usually do but Council officers do their
utmost to identify alternative uh car
spots for those that would be lost and
also that the residents are aware that
that is a priority for us in whatever
option is chosen here to um to to
continue to find um those car spots for
your convenience and and your needs of
everyday living so I think this uh just
ads I guess further around the intent um
of this proposal that's being put to
council tonight so thank you thank you
anybody else want to speak to the mment
councelor inagi um I won't be supporting
this I think it's an epic waste of time
we um what the community probably don't
see I think we had our first briefing I
double check but it was actually in
March we've had multiple briefings on
this issue over the course of the year
um and we've discussed this issue at
length don't even know how much time
it's been now it's been a lot of time
we've talked a lot about this the aim
tonight is to actually put this out to
community consultation um I think if
Council has had issues about the various
models and trust me they do all nine of
us have prosecuted and discussed and
debated this issue all year um to ask
councils at this uh Council officers at
this stage to go and do more work in
parallel to the consultation I think is
really unhelpful um and like we're
talking about redesigning a whole
another Street potentially which I think
is just not the priority right now I
think one of the huge issues we had with
this project
would be my observation after now sort
of being involved with it for8 months as
a counselor um is that we've spent so
much time fiddling and changing and
editing and sort
of making it very very hard for our
officers to do their job because we're
constantly changing things and I think
to add another job for them to go and do
um means that all the other transport
projects that we want them to be
focusing on will be delayed further so I
um won't be supporting this thank you
I'll speak
um our community doesn't have the
benefit of being in those briefings so I
think it's really important that even
though this may not be necessary because
the council officers answered that it's
feasible to do a desktop it's really
important to signal to our community
that this is a body of work that can be
done and it helps a some fears that
might come out of this project about
losing car parks that may not see it fly
so I think it's really an important
thing even though it means maybe not a
whole great deal it does I think not
detract from it so I will be supporting
it tonight else like to speak to the
amendment councilor
Martin I understand Council serov's
intent I also pick up on Council AR's
comments most of what council sirak off
asked is asking office to do in this
motion has happened over the last few
months we've had a number of briefings
there've been a number of meetings and I
know that Council officers will continue
to work with us whether this is in the
motion or not and hence I believe it's
probably not necessary I believe the
work has been done will continue to be
done um we're pro I'm going to support
the motion I'm going to support the
amendment but in doing that I'm saying
we're probably really only adding to
council office's workload because I
believe ever since we've started work on
this project one of the key things that
we've been trying to do is to find
alternative parking to minimize the loss
of parking so I understand why Council
sovs put it up I understand that there
are people in the public who appreciate
that council's trying to do something
but can I assure them this work is
probably already been done and you at
the risk of trying to look transparent
and I'm I'm supporting it almost under
under Jess where're
really just duplicating work that's
already been done but I
suppose it does show good faith in the
council that we are we have done and
will continue to make every effort to
minimize parking lot no matter what
option is ahead but uh can I assure
people out there that this has been in
the back of our minds ever since we
started work on this project offic spent
a lot of time already and hopefully most
of the work that they've done they can
use rather than have to spend a whole
lot of additional time to address
Council serov's points again I
understand why she's put it up we're
trying to be transparent but it's
probably unnecessary but I'll support it
just for the sake of
transparency thank you anybody else
speaking to the amendment otherwise
that's take I'll take that to the vote
all those supportive of the amendment
all those in favor 1 two three four five
six all right that pass uh all those
against one two so that
passes thank you so we're going back to
the substantive I've had councel Martin
speak to it and councelor back do speak
to it so this is included um May can I
ask a question of officers now that
we've altered the recommendation yes
clarifying question um for my
understanding from the integrated
transport strategy um westrey street is
considered to be one of the priority
corridors where we to increase parking
along that Corridor which is what
council sirakov was foreshadowed as part
of the amendment would that um mean that
we then couldn't do a protected bike
line down there in the five or 10 years
time when we decide to do
that nly
monu through you mayor um as you
mentioned it is west Bri street is part
of our bike Corridor Network in the
integrated transport strategy um there
is a range of options we could look at
in that road space obviously any change
in the parking and how much space that
takes up in the the road space would
potentially limit the options we have
available to us but there are a range of
options we could explore thank you all
right so who would like to speak to the
substantive councel
clerk uh thank you
mayor so I I not in you know this
proposal and listening to the speakers
tonight uh or some of them um they come
from Glenn Ira South Melbourne corfield
North and as far away as M ponds um and
um their position you know amongst you
know there's many views in the community
that um this is important that we have
um protected bike paths uh on this
street
uh that that is a view and then there's
also the consideration of the impact on
the residents who uh live in this street
and I note that option one is the loss
of 116 car car spots and if you try to
add up 116 car spots along a road um
that's a huge number of car spots that
are potentially being lost for residents
and option uh three if uh this is
supported tonight uh results in the loss
of 20 car spots and there's option four
that's not being recommended for
consultation that has the loss of no car
Parks so um you can't ride your bike and
bring home your groceries assuming you
do a normal amount of shopping you can't
take your kids to the doctors or to
their dance classes or bring Parcels
home or use the bike if you're elderly
disabled or in infirm sorry or you just
don't want to get cold or wet so there
is um a large consideration or a large
amount of people who um for certain
tasks and for certain uh individuals
riding a bike is never going to be a
possibility for them and there's also
the convenience of you where you live
you want to be able to get out and and
park your car and walk to your uh house
or apartment with a level of convenience
it's not guaranteed that you're going to
get a car spot out the front of your
house um but it is something that we all
note and if it's your house um where you
live and your car park that's lost I
think um we can all appreciate and
understand um the impact to you
and I'm sure that if any of us in this
room were being impacted we might also
have some concerns about that so uh
there are two very different options
going out to the community um there are
safety considerations on this street and
there's things like The Pedestrian
crossings that are being considered as
part of improving uh that of the 33
crashes 13 of them uh were bikes and
pedestrians are also uh impacted as well
so um we had one speaker talk about the
impact of businesses and I think that's
important for um businesses in Inman
Street and those that may or may not be
impacted to also provide their feedback
so consultation is is going out I think
on the 19th of October or thereabouts um
and would love to hear from all the
residents about their views and use take
the opportunity to provide that uh to
council officers to help us make um an
informed decision so thank you thank you
who would like to speak to it
next canc
Bond um I look forward to hearing the
feedback we're going to receive for
these two options I think one of these
options will be a lot more controversial
than the other and the feedback we
receive on it will certainly be um loud
and strong on option one whereas option
three I think will be a bit more
palatable to to most in our community it
involves um you things like mid block
block pedestrian Crossings wack
Crossings um and and when you do put
those in there will be a loss of some
car Parks I think it was 20 estimated
for the for the full length of uh Inc
and street from one to the other if we
do Implement some mid block pedestrian
Crossings um hopefully there there is an
ability out there to offset any car loss
in the surrounding streets um probably a
little skeptical as long as I know if
there was opportunities to install more
car parks in any of those streets I have
no doubt residents would have already
contacted us with those suggestions
saying hey you could fit an extra five
cars in my street if you did X Y or z um
to the configuration so I you know
probably a bit skeptical as to exactly
how many new car parks are out there but
I hopefully we come back and we find a
lot more than just the 20 or so that are
here if there's 100 new car Parks
potentially out there we I look forward
to to implementing them um just with
regard to the need for this I know a lot
has been made of the 33 accidents along
this strip but we actually in our
briefings got a list of what those
accidents were accident by accident and
most of them occurred at the traffic
lights and were between car and car and
car and tram in some instances um in
terms of midblock accidents involving
cyclists which is the the reason you
would install a separated bike lane
between the two lots of traffic lights
there were very few midblock accidents
involving cyclists along this strip um
so the justification here for a for a
separated bike lane the full length of
in incon Street there whilst it may
appear to be the case when you talk
about the headline of 33 accidents an
analysis accident by accident shows that
a a separated bik Lane here would have
very little impact on cyclist safety in
this strip I think there may have been
one or two maybe but it certainly won't
be the 33 that that that are indicated
is tooking place here the majority of
them W will still continue um because
they were were in no way involved
anything that's going to be impacted by
a bike lane here um so I look forward to
hearing this feedback um and the next
time I'm sure we'll have a lot more
people in the crowd especially from from
Inman street I'm sure once they find out
what's potentially happening out the
front they will remobilize and
reactivate and certainly come down and
and give us their very strong feedback
on this
proposal thank you anybody else speaking
to this tonight coun
NRI thank you mayor um yeah I'm very
excited to have this finally go out to
consultation it was one of the first um
sort of cycling projects I got briefed
on when I first got elected to council
way back in the beginning of the year
and it's kind of had a number of um
briefings as I mentioned earlier and
they've been somewhat frustrating
because
um I guess there a a general um push I
think from this Council to slowly back
away from our integrated transport
strategy to slowly back away from our
commitment to protected cycling Lanes I
think I just want to remind people um
before we go out to consultation and
encourage the community to to provide
feedback but the reason that this
particular Street was chosen um is
because it connects between uh squil
Road and the jering uh Trail which goes
all the way down to dandong this was
sort of decided to be the link there's
been many different routes sort of kind
of going across this part of Melbourne
we've looked at carile Street we've
looked at elaro we've looked at princess
Highway we looked at a whole bunch of
places but ultimately after many many
years incon was always decided to be the
best option um you know which means we
don't we look at you know doing these
kind of protected Lanes elsewhere um I'm
kind of depressed in a way that we're
putting out both options tonight because
it is sort of another little way that we
are sort of slowly stepping away from
our commitment to protected lanes and I
know that the the safety outcome in
three is far far far weaker than in
option one um but that's kind of where
we are I do really encourage the
community to come and speak to us I
think there's a general um
lack of understanding among councils
about the general cost um of not having
these kind of bits of infrastructure we
talk a lot about the loss of parking we
don't talk very much about the the
general loss of not having as many
people out cycling we don't want
everyone to cycle and it's not
appropriate for everyone but we do know
that when more people do um when we have
these Lanes um that you know ultimately
that will reduce the number of parking
spots we need it will make our places
quieter and safer and um generally
better um and these lanes are also not
just for bikes we do keep calling them
that but we should also remember that e
scooter users use them we have a lot of
the sort of um Uber Eats drivers than
like we use them if you're in a Mobility
Scooter you can use them there's a lot
of other users um in our community who
can benefit from this kind of
infrastructure who will benefit from
having um some form of separation from
the main part of the road um so I look
forward to hearing what people say in
the community consultation but I do urge
our community to make it known what they
feel because um yeah our Council are not
exactly excited about protected B Lanes
they do need a bit of a
prod thank you would anybody else like
to speak to the item counc sov did you
want
to thank you mayor um I'm supportive
both these options going out because um
they do offer a varying degrees of how
much uh car spaces will be removed from
the streets and um it will give the
opportunity of all of our residents not
those who those who didn't who didn't
turn up tonight and probably are not are
not aware of what's going on Council
from fortnite to fortnite to come to
these to these meetings and to voice to
voice their positions um so I really I'm
really welcoming that when this goes out
to The Community something like 8,000
postcards will be delivered to uh the
doorsteps of everybody in the area
that's being um affected and so this
will um this will I think this is great
because it'll let them know what's going
on in their community and giv them the
opportunity to come back and give uh
feedback so we need to hear that
feedback we need to hear how it's going
to affect them how it's going to affect
their daily lives how are they going to
get get get around how how how will they
uh be able to go to and from their homes
to visit their families have families
visit them at the same time um if car
car spaces are removed and maybe 116 uh
car spaces remove is going to be too
much for them but maybe they'll settle
for uh 20 k spaces being removed and
that that'll be a good outcome because
we will still have a resheet road we
will have three um flashing light
pedestrian Crossings being um being
delivered um we will have improved uh uh
uh uh traffic light system where the uh
pedestrians and bikes take off first so
there's going to be all these other um
implemented safety
aspects um to even if we don't go with
116 car space spes being removed and we
still have 30 um only 20 car spaces
removed it will also still have a
protected uh section for bike Lanes with
a raised
yellow it's like a cheese strip down
down the side to uh to um uh warn cars
that uh there's a bike lane to your left
so um I'm really welcoming to uh hear um
what all residents will say and I'm
hoping that also with the
amendment that because they might feel
more confident by having having the
words in the amendment the council will
be going out seeking or investigating
for more car spaces this will bring
residents on board for changes and
improvements and safety of bike riders
um along Inman street thank
you thank you anybody else speaking to
it if
not I will uh so today being r to work
day I hope there were a lot of new
people who might have gotten on that
bike today those little initiatives help
get more people on their bikes it is
important and I do value it um the this
is more than a bike project and I think
it's really important that we are have
talked about that tonight that it's not
just about the bike lane issue topic
that it's more the safety improvements
across the project it's such an
opportunity to see an uplift in this
area and I'm pleased that we are getting
forward in this project it was
definitely an election issue I remember
it and don't live in this area I live up
in Port Melbourne but I remember hearing
so much about this bike lane so I know
it has a bit of a history and this is
the Nick's um part to hear what the
community has to say it's important that
the people some people have come tonight
to express what they would like to see
supported because it's important that we
put those options out and to hear that
four was not supported was really
informative to me as well even though it
wasn't you never know what we do on the
night with the Amendments right um but
this is the opportunity for people to
know you know your patch better and and
I acknowledge that this is all about
public benefit it's not only about
residents it's not only about visitors
and not only about businesses it's not
only about people passing through but
they're all important aspects to a
project like this so please have an open
mind when you're reviewing this and um
think and it maybe block by block an
improvement or a general about the
project and the
concept
the uh I think it's important when we do
speak about bicycle networks and we have
our integrated transport plan that these
bike lines do need to go somewhere so we
get a lot of people saying but not in my
street we have to look at the merits of
how it when we zoom out where these do
need to go and that there are
acknowledging many users and growing
number of users not just a traditional
cyclist but the list of who doesn't use
a bike I thought no they do they do take
their kids to doctors and to school and
bikes there's so many bikes out there
you can get multiple children on one
bike now it's pretty impressive and um
more people with lower
abilities
um and it's it is a dangerous stretch
we're acknowledging that from car park
car issues and bike issues there's a
general Improvement where bike Lanes
will hopefully continue through
intersections where those we're seeing
the more
conflicts and but I'm very pleased it's
not a hard decision tonight we have two
options um I see merits in both but of
course both have negative impacts to the
users but also just in general what
they're deliver on uh I think it's
important to give my feedback that I
think there's quite a few uh there's
quite a number of crossovers in Inman
street so I feel it's an interesting
location to see a protected B Lan based
on that to give that feedback but I also
want to make sure that the residence and
how that street operates is acknowledged
in our decision making so I will be
supporting this tonight and I very much
look forward to hearing what the
community has to
say all right would you like to close
councilor
Martin thank you mayor um when we're
going out to consultation I'd like
everyone to consider Community
safety safety of our pedestrians safety
of our local residents safety of our
cycle
Riders interesting to note there haven't
been a large number of bicycle accidents
in Inman Street having been riding up
and down incom street since I was school
at CBC in the early 60s I've got a
pretty good idea that there are many
people who'd end up with brown trousers
rather than ride their bike along and
gonr it's bloody dangerous so one of the
many reasons why there probably haven't
been so many bicycle accents there is it
simply not safe we've got two options
and when we're going out to consultation
let's consider are these options going
to make life safer for all Road
users and as well as making life safer
for all your road users will they
increase the likelihood of people
getting on two wheels whether it's on a
bike whether it's on a scooter to use
the bike lines whether it's option one
or option three and if we can find a way
of maximizing the number of people who
are getting onto two wheels reduce the
number of people who are using cars
reduce the number of emissions keeping
our people mentally and physically fit
then we should probably look at an
option that's going to do that and I'll
leave that to people in the consultation
process but again the debate just from
listening to the debate this evening um
for many people the main issue seems to
be car parking and yes car parking is
not unimportant we must consider that
and I thank Council surov for her
Amendment which highlights that we as a
council are concerned about that but
let's look at safety of everyone and
let's look at how we can maximize the
number of people who are using incam and
Street increase the number of people on
two wheels increase their safety and
hopefully get the state government to
extend whatever we do in incen Street
into a separated bike lane all the way
up to Gilder Road and right down past
the domain that would be a f fantastic
outcome so good people of port philli
and unlike councelor Clark I'd suggest
anyone who's a regular user of incom and
Street um I wouldn't suggest that my
cousin in Queensland should participate
I don't think she's ever walked in incam
street but I do think anyone who's a
regular user of that street whether they
park at Ali or ride their bike from
corfield down to silda I think anyone
who is a regular us of income Street
should let Council know what their views
are so we can as a council consider all
those use and come to an informed
decision that hopefully comes up with an
excellent
outcome thank you we will now take that
to the vote all those in
favor that's actually carried unanimous
thank you
everyone thank you you're welcome to
stay for the rest of the meeting but if
you were only here for that item you're
welcome to also go does anybody need a a
break we're nearing 8:00 P.M no we might
power
through I just wait for the gallery to
clear a little bit
I'm okay
thanks goodness this chair
is power through these be
nothing
okay we cleared the
gallery um did did they think I said
take a break because I stood up and the
CEO went okay uh just one more minute
for people online we are still live it's
just um getting everybody back into the
room but our next item will be 12.1
presentation of annual report the pet
theater year
six
um good all right we'll keep going uh
counselors do you have any questions of
the officers in relation to this
report no all right uh we have the
officer recommendation would someone
like to move
this thank you councelor Martin you're
nice and quick with the hands tonight
who would like to Second the
um officer report uh oh councelor
Crawford thank
you councelor Martin would you like to
speak to it what a fantastic R all the
wonderful things that have been
happening at the pet and all the things
that they that they've been doing with
uh I can't remember the name of the
building fund that they contribute to
but there's been some amazing work that
the lease holders have done there just
to look at the range of shows that have
gone on there the added value that the
pet theater brings to our wonderful City
I don't think you can put a price on
that that so um yeah wonderful report
look forward to further excitement
happening at the p in the coming 12
months and commend the report to you all
thank you Council Crawford would you
like to add to it no all right anybody
else speaking to this item tonight
Council nag yeah I'd agree with Council
mtin I think it's um exciting to see so
many things happening I've definitely
been there a few times myself this year
um I think it's also important to note
that we have an important role as
Council to kind of continue to manage
this contract um and make sure that um
all the commitments that um Live Nation
have made to us and that all the kind of
Maintenance and other requirements that
we need to ensure this building is
continues to deliver for our community
are done and it's good to see in this
report a lot of really great stuff is
happening and things seem to mostly be
on track which is really good so I'm
look forward to supporting this
report great anybody else if not we'll
go to the vote all those in
favor that's carried unanimous thank you
very
much all right on to 13.1 this is the
presentation of the city of Port Philip
annual report 2022 to
23 councelors do you have any questions
of the officers in relation to this
report no all right I'm looking for
someone to move this thank you councelor
Martin who would like to Second
it uh there we go councelor
sirakov okay councelor Martin would you
like to speak to it I've obviously had a
quiet week because I've got the entire
document I've gone through it again a
wonderful read mentioned that I love
reading the CEO's monthly reports this
document is far more informative it's
got a wonderful statement of our
finances list all the outstanding
programs that we've accomplished over
the over the last 12 months talks about
the direction of the council plan couple
of minor typos that I'm sure will be
picked up one references councilor Bond
um but yeah wonderful document if anyone
wants to know what's happening in the
city of Port Philip couldn't go to a
better place than the annual
report thank you counc
sakov thank you mayor um yeah I think
all the councilors have have lived this
um annual
report for the last 12 months so um yeah
it's great to see it all in print and
out there for Community to read and to
delve into a lot of areas that might
interest them thank
you thank you anybody else would like to
speak to
this I'll just add it's a not just a a
document full of all the information a
bit of a yearbook that we can look back
on and years to come as well but very
vibrant and beautifully done so thank
you to the officers and counselors
everybody who's done a great job this
year that's represented and um also put
this together uh so let's go ahead take
that to the vote all those in favor
that's carried unanimous thank
you all right this is the last um report
tonight this is 13.2 proposed
discontinuation of Road at rear to 182
to 192 and 200 claran Street South
Melbourne counselors do you have any
questions of officers in relation to
this
report I see none I'll look for a mover
thank you councelor Martin who would
like to Second this I'll second it
councelor Martin and would just speak to
it I'm on a roll very briefly um thank
you to the officers of this detailed
report this is a past of land that is
not contributing to the city of Port
Philip it's will allow us to increase
money into our the name of our fund
correctly is it the property Development
Fund officers help me please
um strategic property Reserve I should
say where I'm sure we'll be able to make
good use with the funds raised from the
SLE of this l so thank you to all the
officers who've been involved in
developing the
documentation thank you I don't need to
speak to this one anybody else would
like to if not let's go to the vote all
those in favor that's carried uh carried
unanimous thank
you all right now we're on to no motions
councils we have no no motions on
tonight's agenda so we'll go on to
councelor delegate reports councilors do
we have any reports for Del uh of
councelor delegates
tonight councelor
Martin just that housing first is
delighted that we've had settlement on
malor street and thank you councel agre
for asking that question um it's
wonderful to see um growth of our social
and affordable housing stock in the city
of Port Phillip and I look forward to
more developments I'm aware that our
three local um community housing funds
all have things in the pipeline and all
this can do is to increase the stock of
excellent social affordable housing in
Port Philip so a great outcome so thank
you to the officers and to the housing
first people for getting this
done thank you councel
nag uh last Friday as the MB delegate I
did attend the um Municipal Association
Victor State council meeting um a number
of motions were passed um probably the
one that's of most note and of most
importance to our community was our um
response across local government to the
recent housing statement by the state
government um there'll be a further
strategy and a lot of additional
conversations to be had in the coming
months but the MAV and councils across
Victoria have taken the the approach of
um trying to constructively work with
the state government to find ways to
better improve our planning system we
acknowledge that there are a lot of
opportunities and although we are quite
concerned about some of the changes and
how they might impact our communities
negatively we are very encouraged um and
excited to get involved in the process
of trying to increase our housing Supply
and improve our planning system was a
particular Focus um and note that um the
review of the planning act um is long
overdue and certainly something that
councils across Victoria very excited to
engag with the state government on and
we are firmly of the view that there are
certainly significant opportunities in
reviewing that act for for everyone
across the
community thank you I'll take the
opportunity to also recognize again
councilor Bond receiving a 10year
service award at the um MV Awards this
uh past week and it was nice to have
fellow counselors come and celebrate and
an opportunity to just speak to some of
our colleagues in the other councils as
well um I'll take the opportunity to say
that I do attend and have all year with
M9 that's the inner Metro uh councils
nine of us and it's an important group
of Mayors to discuss items that we have
in common and most recently with the
housing statement that's been um
announced how these things affect us and
how we can move forward and make the
greatest impact for our shared
experiences uh I'm also in the quick uh
response Grant panel so that one is only
a few months into the financial year and
we supported some great projects but I
always encourag more to look at that
either organizations or
individuals um anybody else want to add
tonight Council Martin has another
um another one the older person's
advisory committee has been working
closely with Council officers to get its
head around the latest Commonwealth
government initiatives in in home care
and I note that our Council officers and
OPAC are having a special meeting on
Friday of next week so when the matter
comes to the chamber we'll have a direct
uptake update a direct update from OPAC
on how the responding to the council
initiatives that will be presented to
the chamber in a couple of weeks time
and again this highlights the excellent
work that our advisory committees do and
I know that uh OPAC in this case have
had a number of meetings um on this
particular topic which is very important
one for our Council and I thank our
officers for supporting them and uh yeah
cannot speak highly enough of the work
that our advisory committees
do thank you everyone for sharing
tonight I know we do a lot of work
outside of these regular ordinary
Council meetings and given that tonight
was on the shorter side compared to some
recent meetings and the anticipated long
agendas coming up up it was a good
opportunity to hear any last calls for
delegate reports otherwise we'll move on
to the next item okay councils we have
two confidential reports listed on the
agenda being 17.1 amended data
settlement PCB constructions and City
Port philli and 17.2 South Melbourne
Town Hall design contract variations I
now call upon a council to move that the
meeting be closed to members of the
public to consider the confidential
items thank you councelor backer no
sorry sorry councelor sirakov sorry I
was reading something else councelor
sakov and councelor neogi to second that
I'll put that to the vote all those in
favor that's carried unanimous thank
you councils we now conclude the public
part of this meeting tonight has
finished early because I've got an early
start in the thanks sesa I advise
members of the public that there are no
further open items to be discussed this
will be the conclusion of the public
meeting thank you for joining us tonight
thanks
Teresa