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Urgent Council Report 12 September 2018 1
DCI38/18 MORELAND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT STRATEGY - PUBLIC
CONSULTATION FORUM (D18/341944)
Director City Infrastructure Strategic Transport and
Compliance
Executive Summary At the July 2018 Council meeting (DCI18/18),
Council resolved to approve the draft Moreland Integrated Transport
Strategy (MITS) for a further round of public consultation. The
draft MITS also included proposed changes to the Moreland Parking
Strategy, which included a widespread introduction of parking
restrictions within a 400 metre catchment of the Brunswick, Coburg
and Glenroy Major Activity Centres. As a consequence, notifications
were mailed to approximately 40,000 properties. Consultation closed
on Friday 31 August 2018, drawing over 800 online submissions and
21 separate submissions received as emails and hard copies. Of
these submissions, 156 submitters have indicated they wish to speak
at public forum in support of their submission. Actions relating to
parking had the highest response rate (70% of respondents),
followed by public transport (36%) and cycling (36%). The highest
numbers of submissions were drawn from the southern-most suburbs.
The public consultation has drawn active and lively interest from
the community to the extent that the large number of people (156)
wishing to speak publicly presents a logistical challenge. As part
of the July 2018 Council meeting resolution, Council resolved to
hear people speak in support of submissions on 19 September 2018.
Given the high number of respondents who have indicated they wish
to speak, the forum will need to extend beyond this date.
Furthermore, the style of forum will need to be refined to ensure
that all members of the public are accorded fair opportunity to be
heard.
Officer Recommendation That Council: 1. Notes 156 people have
indicated they would like to speak in support of their
submission to the draft Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy
and draft Parking Strategy at a hearing of submissions committee
meeting and that this number of people cannot be accommodated at
the established time and date for the committee to meet; and
2. Authorises the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with
the Mayor, to establish new dates and times for the community
members to be heard.
3. Cancels the Hearing of Submissions Committee meeting
scheduled to be held on 19 September 2018 and advises community
members of the new dates and times set.
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REPORT
1. Policy Context This issue relates to the review of the
Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy 2010-2019 (MITS).
2. Background At the July 2018 Council meeting, Council
resolved: That Council: 1. Endorses the Draft Moreland Integrated
Transport Strategy and Draft Parking
Strategy at Attachments 1 and 2 to this report, for feedback
from the community and other stakeholders, with the following
changes:
• Deletes section 3.1.1;
• Makes adjustment to the document to reflect these changes.
2. Gives notice of the public feedback process for the Draft
Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy and Draft Parking Strategy
in the Moreland and Northern Leader newspapers and on Council’s
website and invites written feedback until 17 August 2018.
3. Appoints all Councillors to a committee to hear from
community members and stakeholders requesting to be heard in
support of their written feedback and sets 6 pm 1 September 2018 as
the time and date for the hearing, to be held in Council Chamber at
the Moreland Civic Centre, 90 Bell Street, Coburg.
4. Receives a further report with a final version of the
Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy and Parking Strategy
following the completion of the consultation process.
5. Endorses the public exhibition plan at Attachment 3 to this
report, for the planning scheme amendment planned for mid-2019 to
implement the Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy and Parking
Strategy into the Moreland Planning Scheme, following adoption of
these strategies.
At its August meeting Council resolved to correct the 1
September 2018 date to 19 September 2018 as was intended. The
public consultation period was extended to 31 August 2018, with the
hearing of submissions set for 19 September 2018 at the August 2018
Council meeting. This date was moved to accommodate an extension to
the consultation period, partly due to the scale of the mail out.
The next proposed step in the process was to stage a forum event to
enable any submitter who indicated they wished to speak to their
submission an opportunity to do so. The date proposed for this
forum is 19 September 2018. There has been over 800 online
submissions and 21 separate submissions received as emails and hard
copies to the draft MITS. Of these submissions, 156 submitters have
indicated they wish to speak at public forum in support of their
submission.
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3. Issues The key issues relate to managing the large number of
submitters (156) who have indicated they wish to speak at a public
forum. Logistically, according 156 speakers a 3 minute speaking
opportunity with breaks, and introductions may require as many as 3
evening sessions, or a full day and evening session. This is
significantly more than the original proposal to allot a single
evening (19 September 2019) to hear from the community.
Human Rights Consideration The implications of this report have
been assessed in accordance with the requirements of the Charter of
Human Rights and Responsibilities.
4. Consultation This has been the subject of a mail out to
40,000 property owners.
5. Officer Declaration of Conflict of Interest Council officers
involved in the preparation of this report have no conflict of
interest in this matter.
6. Financial and Resources Implications The financial
implications are relatively minor in event staging, as Council
owned venues, and existing Council officer resources are deployed.
The risks associated with streamlining or culling the number of
presenter is to incur public criticism of not being sufficiently
inclusive.
7. Implementation Advice has been sought from Capire Consulting,
the communication consultancy firm who conducted earlier public
fora and consultation workshops regarding the transport strategy
review. Capire has provided preliminary advice regarding options
for different styles of conducting public fora in a manner that
ensures all members of the community who wish to speak are provided
with that opportunity in the most expedient and meaningful way. An
extract of the advice is at Attachment 1. It is proposed that the
Chief Executive Officer be delegation to convene the necessary
number and location of meetings to appropriately hear all public
presenters.
Attachment/s 1 Extract - Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy
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Meeting Item D18/341117
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Extract - Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy - Urgent
Council Meeting Item
Attachment 1
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Extract - Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy - Urgent
Council Meeting Item
Attachment 1
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Extract - Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy - Urgent
Council Meeting Item
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Executive SummaryOfficer RecommendationREPORT1. Policy Context2.
Background3. IssuesHuman Rights Consideration
4. Consultation5. Officer Declaration of Conflict of Interest6.
Financial and Resources Implications7.
ImplementationAttachment/s