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28 November 2014 Attachment 4
Report prepared by Elissa McElroy IMAP Executive Officer
IMAP Implementation Committee Business Arising
28 November 2014
A IMAP Implementation Committee (18 November 2011)
Responsibility Action Due Progress 16 Action 5.2 Housing
IMAP Executive Officer and Action 5.2 project team
Action 5.2 Project team to: Brief City of Maribyrnong
representatives on
Housing overlay and CLT research
TBA
On Hold: To be undertaken as part of Stage 2 CLT project
B IMAP Implementation Committee (25 May 2012) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 15 Action 6.3
IMAP Executive Officer
Arrange preparation of a submission to the Department of Justice
on changes to the definitions; meeting with the Minister
July 2012 In Progress: met with VCGLR 3 May & 18 October
2012
C IMAP Implementation Committee (1 March 2013) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 5 Bus Arising
IMAP Committee IMAP members to consider the proposal to
undertake a Capacity Audit of inner Melbourne’s social and built
infrastructure.
TBA
Referred to IMAP Review process
D IMAP Implementation Committee (30 August 2013) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 5. Comms & Governance
Executive Officer
Investigate amendments to the Operational Protocol (i.e. Section
11.1a. Unanimous votes and b. Majority votes) and Procurement
Strategy (legislative changes) and arrange for final approval
Sept 2013
In Progress – being finalised
9. Progress Report
Executive Officer
Approach VicRoads to see if their network operating plans could
be brought together for the IMAP Councils
Nov 2013
10. Action 11 Map
Executive Officer Follow up changes to the IMAP map MoU to
include Maribyrnong City Council
Oct 2013 In Progress – seeking legal comment on changes
E IMAP Implementation Committee (28 February 2014)
Responsibility Action Due Progress 9. Comms & Governance
Executive Officer Executive Officer to forward information
regarding the WSUD planning amendment to the Maribyrnong City
Council for consideration
March 2014
11. Action 3.5 Thru traffic
Ms Liew, VicRoads
Ms Liew to look at what extension/wider insights could be
achieved from the freight Origin & Destination study and report
back.
TBA
11. Action 3.5 Thru traffic
Mr Haining/Ms Dallas MaribyrnongCC
Mr Haining/Ms Dallas MaribyrnongCC to convene technical experts
from across the IMAP Councils to investigate extensions to current
freight studies and report back.
TBA
F IMAP Implementation Committee (30 May 2014) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 9 Action 3.5 Thru traffic
Action 3.5 Project team
Action 3.5 project team to: a. arrange amendments to the Final
Report
with JACOBS Consultants (formerly Sinclair Knight Merz Pty
Ltd);
b. refer actions to the relevant authority and to the IMAP
Review process as indicated by the IMAP Committee;
c. arrange for a Word version of the Final Report for IMAP
records;
d. arrange for all data modelling to be supplied by the
consultants in the required digital formats to the IMAP Councils
and the IMAP Executive Officer for inclusion on the IMAP GIS and
website.
July 2014 In progress
13 Other Bus
CoM - Manager City Research (Austin Ley)
Convene a Working Group of the IMAP Councils with City of
Melbourne’s Manager City Research (Austin Ley) to examine sharing
the costs and benefits of establishing an IMAP CLUE
ASAP
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28 November 2014 Attachment 4
Report prepared by Elissa McElroy IMAP Executive Officer
G IMAP Implementation Committee (29 August 2014) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 4 RMF projects
Executive officer
RMF to be advised of the decision to support and fund the 2
projects over 2 years, subject to funding being matched by the
state government
Sept 2014
Completed
6. Bus Arising
Executive officer/RMF officer
Executive Officer to advise Dr Butterworth that the group
working on the RMF project could be interested in a
presentation
Sept 2014
Completed
8. AR
Executive officer Annual report to be finalised and distributed
ASAP In progress
9 Comms & Gov
Executive officer Meeting dates for 2015 to be confirmed with
IMAP members after mayoral elections
Nov 2014 Completed
11 Dist Energy map
Adam Zaborszczyk, CoM
Mr Adam Zaborszczyk to provide clarification to Cr Stubbs
regarding Chadstone results. Project team to prepare Action Plan
for the next meeting
Nov 2014 Deferred until Feb meeting
14 Urban Manuf’g
Austin Ley, CoM Urban Manufacturing steering group to report
back on scope and funding of the project.
Nov 2014 Refer Item 12 Attachment 9
17. IMAP rev
Executive officer IMAP Executive Officer to circulate findings
from the IMAP Review workshops
Sept 2014 Completed
H IMAP Executive Forum # 15 (10 September 2014) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 2. IMAP Review Executive Officer • Include
Sustainability on its own as a priority
Outcome. • Need an Advocacy framework which
requires further discussion and scope. • Need to review the
Vision and emphasise
liveability, sustainability etc. • Need to reword the Outcomes,
still a bit
generic. Outcomes which could differentiate us e.g. global
significance of our economy is strongly relevant, diverse vibrant
inclusive communities
• Need to amend the organisation diagram - bring the 2 MPA
circles together, as one organisation.
• Reframe the Vision with the PCG and come back to the next
meeting to review.
TBA Completed In progress Redrafted Redrafted Referred to
consultant for noting Redrafted.
3. IMAP Review – Consultation and Approval process
Executive Officer • Executive officer to report back to the IMAP
Exec Forum on reviewed process and dates for the IMAP Review
• Include on-line public consultation in the IMAP Review
timeline during the Council consultation phase.
TBA Completed. Refer Item 11 Attachment 8 Completed. Noted for
timeline
4. RMF Projects
IMAP CEOs IMAP Council CEOs to have further discussions with the
RMF on the implementation and funding of the 2 projects
TBA Completed Refer item 13 Attachment 10
I IMAP Executive Forum # 16 (14 November 2014) Responsibility
Action Due Progress 3. IMAP Review Executive Officer • Email to
CEOs any changes to the Vision for
comment • Incorporate or identify whether there are
synergies in community planning and add in work being done on
social services and community building into this Review.
• Refocus the strategic statements so they take us
somewhere.
• MW plus 5 representatives (and Community Services GM input
into one of the existing strategies) will work together on the
draft, to broaden the capacity of IMAP; to infiltrate organisations
and be relevant – and to report back for feedback from the wider
group.
• Need to rework the work plan going forward. • The timeframe
needs to be set and the next
Executive Forum meeting identified.
Refer item 11, Attachment 8
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28 November 2014 Attachment 4
Report prepared by Elissa McElroy IMAP Executive Officer
• The Forum on the 19 November is to be cancelled due to the
reworking of the plan.
• All dates will change. • Update Councillors on the time frame
for
delivery so they are aware of what is happening.
Completed Refer item 11 Att 8
Correspondence
From
Regarding
4a Email U Meier, City Research, City of Melbourne Knowledge
City Strategy 4b Email K Coster, Moreland City Council Review of
Moreland’s Industrial land 4c Emails (2) D Burgess, Arborist
Article “Contract tree growing for Councils is a Win-Win” 4d Emails
(2) Cheryl Hardy, DSDBI Registering for dot Melbourne domain names
4e Letter J Arena, CEO Procurement Australia Member services 4f
Email A Zaborszczyk, City of Melbourne Renewable Energy Purchasing
Group
Recommendation: That the IMAP Implementation Committee resolves
to note the actions undertaken in response to business arising from
the previous minutes.
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From: Urs Meier [[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday,
19 November 2014 11:48 AMTo: Elissa McElroySubject: RELEASE OF THE
CITY OF MELBOURNE KNOWLEDGE CITY STRATEGY
Dear Elissa,
RELEASE OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE KNOWLEDGE CITY STRATEGY
In July, the City of Melbourne invited you to provide input into
the development of its Knowledge City strategy. A high response
rate to the survey of knowledge sector individuals and
organisations has allowed us to develop a well-informed strategy,
available now for your review here.
The strategy is an articulation of the City of Melbourne’s role
in supporting and promoting the knowledge sector. It identifies 18
action areas we will complete over the four years of the strategy.
Its subtitle, “Strengthening Melbourne’s knowledge sector through
collaboration” is a reflection of our strong interest in working
with our partners to further these actions.
We look forward to the opportunity of working together and I
welcome your contact at any time to discuss this possibility.
Kind regards,
Urs
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Elissa McElroyExecutive OfficerInner Melbourne Action Plan
(IMAP)PO Box 21PRAHRAN VIC 3181
Dear Ms McElroy
REVIEW OF MORELAND'S INDUSTRIAL LAND
Moreland City CouncilMunicipal Offices9 0 Bell
StreetCoburgVictoria 3058
Postal AddressLocked Bag 10MorelandVictoria 3058Telephone: 9 2 4
0 1111Facsimile: 9 2 9 0 1212
CRS No. N/AKral: 014/291723Doc. No. 014/294886Eng: Kate
ShearerTel: 9240 1260
I am writing to advise you that the Moreland Industrial Land Use
Strategy (MILUS) is beingreviewed, and to invite your organisations
participation in the review. Both themanufacturing sector and
aspects of the supporting land use planning framework haveundergone
significant change over the last ten years, and it is appropriate
to review andupdate MILUS in light of this.
What is the Moreland Industrial Land Use Strategy (MILUS)
The MILUS is a planning strategy that guides the future use and
development of industrialland in Moreland.
The MILUS is being reviewed to ensure it continues to support
industry and employmentopportunities in Moreland.
Review of the MILUS
Council is currently undertaking research, and consulting with
landowners, businessoperators and stakeholders to understand:
• the needs of Moreland's industries and related businesses and
plans for the future,• the advantages and disadvantages of doing
business in Moreland,• what Council can do to improve the situation
for existing businesses, and• the future intentions of property
owners who lease their property to business.
Submissions
Council invites you to provide a written submission that
outlines the issues you considerthe MILUS review should cover. I
encourage you to contribute your views as it is importantCouncil
hears from the range of stakeholders likely to be affected.Please
email or post a submission to:
Email submissions: industrialreviewamoreland vic ciov.au
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Post submissions' MILUS ReviewStrategic Planning UnitMoreland
City CouncilLocked Bag 10MORELAND VIC 3058
The closing date for submission is 17 October 2014. If you
require further time pleasecontact Council.
Please be aware that Council or Council's Consultant may contact
you directly to discussspecific issues as the project progresses.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Further Information
Visit Council's website
athttp://www.moreland.vic.uov.au/buildinq−and−planninq/planninq−policy/industrial−land−use−stratectv.htmlfor
further information on the MILUS review project,
including stages and timing, and to register your interest in
the review to receive regularupdates.
If you have any queries in relation to the review of Moreland's
industrial land, please don'thesitate to contact Council's
Strategic Planning Unit on 9240 1111 or via email
onindustrialreviewmoreland.vic qov.au
Yours sincerely
Ktrsten CosterDIRECTOR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
01 / 10 / 2014
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Elissa McElroy
Subject: FW: tree planting contractsAttachments: Contract Tree
Growing for Councils is a 'Win Win'.pdf
From: Damien Burgess [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 3 October 2014 1:36 PM To: Elissa McElroy;
'Procurement - Joe Arena'
Subject: tree planting contracts
Hi Elissa & Joe,
As discussed (with Elissa) please find attached a copy of an
article I’ve written which will be published in an
upcoming issue of Groundswell, the Nursery Industry’s magazine.
Copy to you guys as a courtesy as your
organisations get a mention.
I did send you an email a while back Joe but haven’t heard
anything.
Cheers
Damien.
phone: 0422 999 754
email: [email protected]
web: www.dbhorticulture.com
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From: Damien Burgess [[email protected]]Sent: Monday, 15
September 2014 9:51 PMTo: Elissa McElroySubject: tree planting
Hi Elissa,
My name is Damien Burgess. I’m a consulting
Arborist/horticulturist and am conducting some independent
research
around street tree planting across greater Melbourne Councils. I
have had some involvement in IMAP issues in my
previous roles with the City of Port Phillip as Manager Parks
& Open Space and Manager Infrastructure Services a
few years back.
Are you able to tell me if there is anything happening under the
IMAP banner in relation to street tree planting. Eg:
Are there any joint initiatives to plant more trees between the
member Councils, any collaborating on areas which
border member councils like St Kilda Road or Victoria Parade,
Punt Rd etc..? Any targets for the member councils in
their totality?
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Damien.
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Contract Tree Growing for Councils is a ‘Win-Win’
By Damien Burgess
The development of Capital works programs for Councils is an
annual event and although many
projects require staged planning over several years before they
can be implemented, the funding
required for each stage is never guaranteed. As each year’s
capital works wish-list gets refined,
projects inevitably get culled or scaled down to meet budget
allocations. Thankfully, one area that
seems to always get a healthy funding allocation is street tree
planting. Whenever communities are
surveyed, you can bet that ‘more trees’ will be somewhere near
the top of their wish list. This is
particularly so for inner-urban Councils, which are also often
the ones with the healthiest budgets
and the most advanced in their vision and planning for the urban
forest.
Most metropolitan Councils have precinct-based plans and a
palette of preferred tree species,
closely linked to Neighbourhood character studies. Combined with
a well maintained data-base to
tell them what trees should be replaced; and when, almost
everything is in place for Councils to
deliver a strategic, long-term succession plan for their
trees.
Why then are there so few long-term tree growing contracts in
place between Councils and
commercial tree nurseries?
Each year Councils provide their contractors with a stock list
of trees for the coming planting season.
This could occur in January or as late as April and may still be
getting refined right up to June. In the
meantime the contractor is making lots of phone calls to
nurseries, travelling around the countryside
to look at stock and scrambling to meet the quality, quantities
and contractually agreed price of their
client(s). If they compromise on quality and the stock fails,
they carry the responsibility of replacing
it at their own cost and to the potential detriment of their
reputation. They are often working
against the clock to get trees planted before the onset of
summer, knowing that the later they plant,
the higher the resource required to establish new trees and the
higher the risk of failure.
Elsewhere, nurserymen are fielding a flurry of calls from
contractors and plant brokers, attempting
to predict the future needs of Councils and trying to deliver a
quality product which is established
enough to leave the nursery, ready for the rigours of our harsh
urban environments.
This is not an ideal scenario for any of the stakeholders
involved. There has to be a better way.
This year the City of Melbourne awarded a new 5-year contract
for Tree Planting. The contract
specification is very comprehensive in regard to the quality of
the tree stock to be supplied, planting
technique and maintenance requirements for the first two years.
One of the key changes to this
contract from the previous specification is that the trees must
now conform to NATSPEC
requirements. NATSPEC is based on ‘Specifying Trees, A Guide to
Assessment of Tree Quality’ by
Ross Clark (2003). Whilst this is clearly a comprehensive guide
to growing high quality trees, it is
seen by many experienced and reputable nurserymen in Victoria as
overly prescriptive and not
taking into consideration the variable habit and form of some
species, which can be quite different
when grown in different parts of Australia. The nursery industry
does however support a national
standard as the way of the future and Standards Australia is
close to finalising a national standard for
tree stock for landscape use. NATSPEC is more established in New
South Wales and Queensland and
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although Victorian Nurseries are considered by many to produce
the best quality trees in Australia,
none are actually able to tick all of the boxes required by
NATSPEC.
Based on this, there is a fair chance that the City of Melbourne
will either have to be prepared to
plant less trees than it would like, over the next few years or
it will have to be prepared to plant
trees that, whilst of high quality, will not necessarily comply
with NATSPEC.
The City of Melbourne has invested heavily in its ‘Urban Forest
Strategy 2012 – 2032’. This document
provides an excellent vision and framework for the future and
includes an ‘Implementation
Framework’ and ‘Priority Implementation Actions’ however neither
of these sections mention long-
term planting plans or the establishment of growing contracts to
ensure availability of the stock it
needs. The absence of a long-term supply and planting plan could
hamper the City’s efforts towards
its desired outcome which is to ‘increase the tree canopy
coverage in the municipality from 22 per
cent to 40 per cent by 2040.’
In 2005, Melbourne City, along with the Cities of Stonnington,
Yarra and Port Phillip formed the
Inner-Melbourne Action Plan, known as IMAP. In 2013, the City of
Maribyrnong also joined IMAP.
The agenda of IMAP is to make inner-Melbourne more livable with
a focus on things like open space,
transport, public environment and urban infrastructure. To this
point IMAP as a group has never
entered into the area of tree planting. This is a shame, as the
urban forest of inner-Melbourne is
essentially the collective tree population of all of these
municipalities. In IMAP, these Councils have a
framework already in place to take a regional approach to tree
planting and could achieve significant
economies of scale by working in a coordinated way. Most
Councils plant and maintain their trees to
a very similar, almost identical contract specification and
plant many of the same, popular species. In
fact many of the IMAP Councils share the same service providers
too.
If long-term tree growing contracts were established by the IMAP
member Councils, either
individually or as an entity, the other big winners would be the
commercial tree nurseries and the
service providers. Win, Win!
The IMAP member Councils have been discussed in some detail
here, but this is an opportunity for
all Councils, not just the inner-city ones. Councils, tree
growers and tree planting contractors would
achieve much better outcomes for their communities in the
long-term and a national standard will
go a long way to getting a shared understanding by all
stakeholders of what makes a quality tree.
Growing contracts would provide a big boost to nursery
operations, in regard to long-term certainty,
resource needs and supply requirements. Contracts would also
encourage investment into research
and development, improved nursery techniques and trialing of new
species. Improved efficiency,
potentially better prices and ultimately better quality trees
would benefit everyone.
Like most worthwhile ventures, this is not an easy, straight
forward task. There are issues to
overcome, but none of these are insurmountable. To get this up
and running requires some
initiative, some coordinated communication and a bit of hard
work up-front to get started.
Procurement Australia could also play a major role in
establishing contracts that all Councils could
tap into. Contract tree growing makes a lot of sense, but it has
been assigned to the ‘too-hard’
basket for too long. It’s time for local government to take the
first step and make this happen.
As the old Chinese proverb says: ’The best time to plant a tree
was 20 years ago, the second best
time is now’.
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Damien Burgess is a Director and Consulting Arborist of DB
Horticulture Pty Ltd, providing consultancy
services to Councils, commercial and domestic clients. Prior to
establishing his business, Damien worked for
the City of Port Phillip for 13 years, in several roles,
including Street Tree Coordinator, Manager of
Infrastructure Services and Manager of Parks & Open Space.
Before that he spent 12 years at the City of
Melbourne, where he held the role of City Arboriculturist and
managed several commercial contracts for the
growing of Elm Trees. Damien does not represent any of the
stakeholder groups referred to in this article,
he’s just passionate about seeing good quality trees planted in
the public realm, and lots of them!
Contact: [email protected] www.dbhorticulture.com
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From: Domain Account [[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, 1
October 2014 3:23 PMTo: Elissa McElroySubject: .melbourne
government Expression of Interest – process now complete
Dear Elissa The .melbourne government Expression of Interest
process is complete. This also covers any uncompleted .melbourne
domain EOI registrations. During the EOI process, government
departments and entities requested more than 300 .melbourne domain
names, an excellent response. ARI Registry Services, which is
managing the .melbourne launch and roll-out on behalf of the
Victorian Government, will shortly be contacting all of the
agencies that registered their claims. As part of this
notification, ARI Registry will provide successful claimants (you)
with a: - list of accredited .melbourne registrars to contact in
order to register and pay for the .melbourne domain/s claimed; and
- unique identifier token(s), that must be provided to the
registrar when making a claim for your approved .melbourne
domain(s). You should present the token(s) to an accredited
registrar with a request for registration prior to 31 October 2014.
Claims that appear on the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names
and Numbers’ (ICANN) Collision Names List cannot be assigned at the
moment. ARI Registry Services is working with ICANN on releasing
these names and will notify claimants as soon as they become
available. These claims retain priority throughout this period. The
new .melbourne domain enters a public auction period in October
(“Landrush”) before public launch in November. These periods
provide further opportunity to register domains of your choice. Our
congratulations and thanks to all of the successful claimants.
Regards Cheryl Hardy Victorian Government Domain Provider
Department of State Development, Business and Innovation
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From: [email protected]: Thursday, 4 September
2014 10:42 AMTo: Cheryl Hardy/MMV/DSDSubject: .melbourne Government
EOI closing soon....
Less than two weeks remain for government departments, local
government and their entities to make a claim for a .melbourne
domain. There are currently over 79 registrations from government
for .melbourne domains.
The .melbourne domain is at the forefront of a world-wide
internet revolution in domain names. A year ago, there were only 22
top level domains, such as .com, .gov, .org. Now there are more
than 270. Other international cities such as New York, Berlin,
Montreal, Tokyo are already available and being used. So too are
other new domains such as .shop, .car, .money.
.melbourne is on track to be launched to the general public in
October. The government EOI provides you with an opportunity to get
in first and stake a claim to a .melbourne domain now.
To find out more, or to make an EOI claim go to:
http://digital.vic.gov.au/dotmelbourne/
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Cheryl
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Friday, 17th
, October 2014
Ms Elissa McElroy
IMAP Executive Officer
City of Stonnington
PO Box 21
Prahran VIC 3181
Procurement Australia
AB N 45 058 335 363
t: 03 9810 8600 f: 03 9810 8699
e: enquiries@paltd,com.au www.procurementaustralia.com.au
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Dear Elissa
Procurement Australia
Thank you for your time in meeting with me, and further to our
conversation, I have outlined some
information about Procurement Australia and our role aggregating
spend on behalf of Local
Government and Not for Profits.
Procurement Australia was created by government for government
almost thirty years ago by the
City of Melbourne and a group of surrounding councils to
aggregate their spend, Procurement
Australia is now one of the nation's largest buying groups,
helping over 700 members to purchase
common-use goods and services. Our members consist of:
• Local Government
• Cemetery Trusts
• Water Corporations
• University and TAFE's
• Not For Profits
By aggregating the buying power of our members, Procurement
Australia can attain best value and
create collaborative purchasing arrangements. As an 1509001
accredited organisation, audited by
Procurement Australia is a leader in negotiating and
facilitating procurement contracts, working in
partnership with buyers and suppliers to seek innovative
purchasing solutions.
Procurement Australia processes have evolved to meet the needs
of its members, encouraging new
thinking and working collaboratively with our members to achieve
innovative and solutions
focussed outcomes.
I would like the opportunity to present to the IMAP Group to
outline how Procurement Australia can
partner with your members to deliver best practice aggregation
solutions
Yours Faithfully,
Joe Arena
Chief Executive Officer
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From: Adam Zaborszczyk
[[email protected]]Sent: Friday, 21 November
2014 12:04 PMTo: Elissa McElroySubject: Renewable Energy Purchasing
Group
Dear Elissa, The City of Melbourne released an initiative on
Wednesday to drive investment in renewable energy projects in the
grid outside the municipality.
We established a group of large energy users that have signalled
their interest in testing a new approach to drive investment in
renewable energy. The group includes the Cities of Yarra and
Maribyrnong.
We are running a Request for Information process which will
demonstrate the business case for this approach and enable the
partner organisations to proceed to tender.
We envisage that there will be opportunities for other
organisations to replicate this approach and possibly to join in a
tender process following the RFI stage.
I have attached for your information the City of Melbourne’s
media release as well as links to articles which appeared in the
Guardian and the Fifth estate during the week. Media release:
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutCouncil/MediaReleases/Pages/Melbournetestsnewmodelforrenewableenergy.aspx
Project Page:
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutCouncil/MediaReleases/Pages/Melbournetestsnewmodelforrenewableenergy.aspx
The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/18/melbourne-councils-band-together-to-buy-100gw-of-clean-energy-direct
Firth Estate:
http://www.thefifthestate.com.au/politics/local-government/melbourne-councils-and-businesses-take-charge-in-huge-renewables-program/69764
Regards Adam.
Adam Zaborszczyk | Senior Sustainability Officer – Sustainable
Energy| City Planning and Infrastructure
City of Melbourne | Council House 2, 240 Little Collins Street
Melbourne 3000 | GPO Box 1603 Melbourne 3001
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Melbourne tests new model for renewable energy
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
The City of Melbourne has established a group of large energy
users that have signalled their interest in testing a new approach
to drive
investment in renewable energy.
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the City of Melbourne must lead the
way to meet our goal of zero net emissions by 2020.
“The City of Melbourne has united other like-minded local
governments and businesses to challenge the market to supply us
with the right
energy at the right price,” the Lord Mayor said.
“We have launched a Request for Information Process to combine
our purchasing power and signal our interest in securing a
competitive price
for a long term electricity supply from renewable sources.
“We hope this scale of demand will stimulate investment in a new
renewable energy project that is shovel-ready and has planning
approvals in
place.”
The group has a collective energy consumption of around 100 GWh
worth of energy, which under current market conditions is
equivalent to
around 250,000 solar panels or 15 wind turbines.
Chair of Council’s Environment Portfolio, Councillor Arron Wood,
said the City of Melbourne has a target of sourcing 25 per cent of
the
municipality’s electricity from renewables by 2018.
“Goals are easy to set but harder to meet. Achieving this
ambitious target requires substantial structural, economic and
policy changes in
Melbourne to help decrease our reliance on carbon intensive fuel
sources,” Cr Wood said.
“The target cannot be achieved through council actions alone and
we can’t currently access the level of renewable energy we require
from
within the municipality of Melbourne,” Cr Wood said.
“What we are proposing is a new model for securing renewable
energy. If it works we would encourage other organisations to adopt
a similar
model.”
Partners involved in the group are:
City of Maribyrnong
City of Yarra
Federation Square
NEXTDC
Mirvac
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will be asked if they can provide councils with
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A group of Melbourne councils are banding together to bypass the
renewable
policies of the state and federal governments and directly
appeal to clean-energy
providers.
In what could evolve into a national initiative to directly
boost renewable energy
uptake, the City of Melbourne, City of Maribyrnong and City Of
Yarra will open a
dialogue with clean energy producers ahead of a potential full
tender process.
The trio of councils have partnered with businesses including
Mirvac and
Federation Square for the project. Renewable providers, such as
solar and wind
farms, will be asked whether they can supply the group’s
combined 100GWh
worth of energy at similar or lower cost than fossil fuel
providers.
This 100GWh is the equivalent to around 250,000 solar panels or
15 wind
turbines.
The consortium hopes to .nd renewable energy projects that are
ready to proceed
but have been hindered by uncertainty over the renewable energy
target, which
has seen investment in the sector grind to a virtual halt.
Victoria’s renewable energy industry has also been hit by severe
restrictions on
new wind farm developments, allowing states such as South
Australia surge
ahead of it in terms of clean energy.
By joining together, councils and businesses can o1er a reliable
demand for
renewable providers to allow their projects to proceed, while at
the same time
potentially driving down the cost for users.
The City of Melbourne has a goal of zero net emissions by 2020.
This target is
supplemented by a goal of sourcing 25% of electricity from
renewable sources by
2018. Just 5% of this target has been achieved via rooftop solar
panels in
Melbourne’s CBD, prompting the council to look to large-scale
renewable projects
in other parts of the state.
City of Melbourne councillor Arron Wood said the
new approach will help counteract the
“worrying” renewable energy policies of both
state and federal governments.
“We are literally going out to test the market and
.nd out what the price is,” he told Guardian
Australia. “Our hope is that they will be on a par
with fossil fuels or cheaper, because then the
business case becomes a no brainer because
renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels in the
long-term.
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“There are certainly some worrying signs over the state
government’s attitude to
renewable energy. There are genuine business opportunities for
the state and
we’re saying we’re open for business for renewable energy.
“There’s been the removal of the carbon price and uncertainty
over the RET,
meaning that in quick time a $1bn industry has ground to a halt.
We can
demonstrate a model that isn’t just a purchase of green energy,
it can drive
investment in new renewable energy.”
Wood said he expected other councils in Melbourne and across
Australia to look
closely at the concept in order to bolster renewable uptake. The
City of Sydney,
for example, has a 30% renewable energy target by 2030.
“Most metropolitan councils in Australia have a renewable energy
target,” he said.
“Cities are well set-up to band together for large-scale
renewable generation. I feel
many of them would be interested in this.”
WestWind, a German wind farm developer that has two approved
projects in
western Victoria, said it welcomed the initiative.
Tobi Geiger, managing director of WestWind, said there should be
plenty of
interest from solar and wind providers.
“I’d say there are around 10 projects in Victoria that would go
for it,
predominantly wind because we are blessed with wind all year
round in Victoria,”
he told Guardian Australia.
“We’ve had to wind back activities quite dramatically because of
uncertainty over
the future of the RET. We’ve been Abbott-proo.ng our company by
looking at
opportunities in renewable energy that don’t require government
support.
“I think this kind of partnership will do well as long as we
have a recalcitrant
government. There’s a lack of government leadership so councils
are stepping into
the vacuum. The more Neanderthals that go back to fossil fuels,
the more of these
things we’ll see.”
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