ordinary meeting of council attachments · 5.3 to enrich the existing collection by maintaining its...

Ordinary Meeting of Council

Olympia, Ibbott & Hawdon Rooms

Level 4, 1 Flintoff Street, Greensborough

18 November 2019 commencing at 7.00pm

ATTACHMENTS

3.1 Supervised Children's Crossing Locations and Subsidy for 2020/21

Attachment 1. School Crossing Supervisor Subsidy - Sites for 2020/21 VicRoads submission ........................................................................... 3

3.2 Art Collection Working Group - Recommendations for Acquisition 2019/20

Attachment 1. Recommendations for Acquisition - 2019/20 - 20191011 ...................... 5

Attachment 2. Banyule Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee - BACAC - 1 October 2019 - Minutes ...................................................................... 35

Attachment 3. Art Collection Working Group Meeting - Minutes - 20191001 .............. 41

3.4 Advisory Committees' Report

Attachment 1. Banyule Disability and Inclusion Advisory Committee - Minutes of General Meeting - 16 Oct 2019.......................................... 43

Attachment 2. Banyule Arts and Culture Advsory Committee - BACAC - 1 October 2019 - Minutes ...................................................................... 47

Attachment 3. Banyule LGBTIQ+ Advisory Committee meeting MINUTES October 2019 ...................................................................................... 55

Attachment 4. Multicultural Advisory Committee meeting MINUTES October 2019 ...................................................................................... 61

Attachment 5. Banyule Environment Advisory Committee meeting notes - October 2019 - Draft ........................................................................... 67

Attachment 6. Banyule Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee - Minutes of meeting - 3 October 2019 .............................. 71

4.1 Community Emissions Reduction Plan - Community Consultation Report

Attachment 1. Community Consultation Report for the Community Emissions Reduction Plan .................................................................. 81

5.1 7a Curzon Street, Ivanhoe (Land at Rear) - Planning Scheme Amendment C124 Part 2

Attachment 1. Proposed Plan of Subdivision 813368T ............................................ 109

Ordinary Meeting of Council - 18 November 2019

5.2 Red Tape Commission Review of Planning and Building Approvals in Victoria

Attachment 1. Red Tape Review - Response to recommendations ......................... 111

5.3 22 Arden Crescent, Rosanna - Banyule Planning Scheme Amendment C152 - Ministerial Refusal

Attachment 1. Banyule Planning Scheme Amendment C152 - Letter from Planning Minister dated 27 October 2019 ......................................... 143

5.4 North East Link Project Advocacy and Financial Update

Attachment 1. NEL - Letter - NELP - BCC - 2019/10/25 - Re: North East Link - Removal of Transmission Towers in Watsonia ........................ 145

Attachment 2. NEL - List - BCC - 2019/07/17 - North East Link Advocacy - Project List (Council Meeting 5 August 2019) ................................... 149

7.3 Councillor Report on Conference Attendance

Attachment 1. Cr Langdon - report on Councillor Conference attendance ............... 155

Item: 3.1 Attachment 1: School Crossing Supervisor Subsidy - Sites for 2020/21 VicRoads submission


Item: 3.2 Attachment 1: Recommendations for Acquisition - 2019


Banyule Art Collection

SUBMISSION FOR ACQUISITION 2019-2020

Recommendations for Acquisition to the Banyule Art Collection, from the 2019 BaWorks on Paper process.

Prepared by: Banyule Art Curator, Stephanie Neoh

Recommendations prepared by Banyule Art Collection Working Group: Tuesday 1st October 2019, 4:00pm

Recommendations accepted and carried by the Banyule Arts and Culture Advisory CTuesday 1st October 2019, 6:00pm

Title of Artwork Artist Medium

1 Landscape of Waste – black Rosalind Atkins Photogravure

2 Where the Land Lies #2 & #3 Jo Scicluna Layered photographic pr

3 Kelp Dragon Wendy Black Watercolour and screenp

4 Memento Spiritum Valerie Sparks Photographic print

5 C’arn the Blues Penelope Le Petit Linocut print

6 Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg) Georgina Campbell Folded photographic prin

7 Shangri-La Anne Starling Linocut, woodblock, intaprint

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Additional items recommended for acquisition, subject to submission to Council foracquisition budget:

Title of Artwork Artist Medium

8 The Tangled Wood (Composition I)

David Frazer Etching

9 Waterworld Stefan Gevers Watercolour

10 Remember Me? I am your Son Maria Zeiss Mixed Media (drawing)

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nyule Award for

ommittee:

Price

$1,500

ints $6,400

rint $ 880

$2,400

$ 600

t $ 200

glio $2,300

TAL $14,280

additional

Price

$4,300

$10,000

$3,300

TAL $17,600

Item: 3.2 Attachment 1: Recommendations for Acquisition - 2019/20 - 20191011


SUBMISSION FOR ACQUISITION No.1:

Artist: Rosalind Atkins

Title: Landscape of Waste - black

Date of work: May 2017

Medium: Photogravure intaglio print on paper

Size: 112 x 76cm (unframed)

Condition: excellent

Price: $1500 (unframed)

Additional Expenses: framing

PRESENT OWNER: artist

SELECTED PUBLISHED REFERENCES:

BOOKS A Licence to Print, Alec Bolton and the Brindabella Press, 1993 Australian Prints, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney 1998 Dobson, Rosemary; Poems to Hold or Let Go, Ampersand Duck, 2008 Engravers, A Handbook for the Nineties, Silent Books, Cambridge 1987 Lyrebird Press Bibliography, Lyrebird Press, Townsville 1998 McDonald, Roger; The Tree in Changing Light, Knopf, Sydney 2001 Murray, Les; Idyll Wheel, Brindabella Press, Canberra 1987 Recollections, Lyre Bird Press, Melbourne 1986 Thirty Years of Contemporary Korean Prints: A Decade of Australian Printmaking, Korean Contemporary Printmakers’ Association, Seoul 1998 Women Engravers, Virago Press, London 1988

PERIODICALSGrishin, Sasha; “Multiplicity – collecting Australian prints”, Australian Art Review, Issue 13, March-June 2007, pp. 52-55. Holden, Colin; “Print traditions - sources of Australian printmaking”, Imprint, Vol. 43, No. 2, Autumn 2008, p. 11. Lee, Heather; “Rosalind Atkins and eX de Medici @ the Art Vault”, Imprint, Vol. 46, No.1, Autumn 2011, p. 29. Ramsay, Logan; “A reverence for print”, Imprint, Vol. 52, No. 4, Summer 2017, p. 22-23

REVIEWS Allen, C.; “How to see the trees for the wood”, The Australian, 30 November, 2012

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Artist Bio:

Born 1957, Terang, Victoria, Australia.

Currently represented by Australian Galleries

Printmaker Rosalind Atkins completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT. Her intricate woodblocks have been included in group exhibitions of printmaking at the Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne and Asialink touring Australia and Asia in 2000. Atkins published an artist book with Lyre Bird Press through the James Cook University in Townsville. Her work is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne and several university and regional galleries including Geelong.

The work

Ar�st’s Statement: “Landscape of waste –black is the documenta�on of the vast amount of waste paper housed on the site of the paper mills in Alphington over a three-year period.

Ini�ally drawn to the presence of these huge stacks of paper hidden behind the enormous brick wall of the mill it soon became a sense of loss for the trees that were destroyed to produce this ephemeral material that drove the crea�on of this work. The consump�on of the tonnes of material made up of cardboard packaging, adver�sing catalogues, newspapers and office waste although wai�ng to be recycled reflects the disregard we o�en have for what we consume.

The forty-six photogravure plates used to create this work, laboriously printed by hand, are the same medium used in the prin�ng of much of the waste.”

Suitability for Banyule Art Collection

This purchase would continue the tradition of acquiring works from the Works on Paper Award. Landscape of Waste – black was selected for acquisition due to its very local context, and in addressing a very topical issue. This artwork was created by the artist to capture the waste accumulated by the now-defunct Alphington Paper Mill. This artwork documents a building that many in Banyule would be familiar with, a building that no longer exists, and comments on the amount of waste generated and discarded by this facility. It acts as a document of this passing moment in time, of urban development, but also adds to the conversation around the war on waste, and our current climate emergency.

It is suitable for acquisition under the following objectives and guidelines of the Art Collection Policy:

Art Collection Policy Objectives: 5.1 To collect and selectively commission works of art which foster an understanding,

enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts among the Banyule community and members of the general public.

5.3 To enrich the existing collection by maintaining its growth and development through an ongoing program of acquisitions.

5.4 To engage with the widest possible audience within the City of Banyule and beyond through the visual arts.



One of the major motivations for developing an art collection, is to serve as a time capsule. Art Collections should reflect what is being considered by artists at the time, or indicative of current societal/cultural pre-occupations. This work is very timely, with local context.

This artwork in particular, would resonate strongly with the Banyule community, many of whom would be familiar with the site and subject of this artwork.

Acquisition Guidelines: Preference will be given to works: 7.1.1 That contribute to the ‘most recent ideas and theories’ in contemporary art practice.

- This artwork is accessible, and addresses an important issue of waste, and environmental responsibility.

7.1.2 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - Rosalind Atkins is an important local artist, who is not represented in the Banyule Art

Collection. As the Banyule Art Collection specialises in works on paper, it would be remiss not to acquire Rosalind’ artwork.

7.1.1 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist. - Print is signed and editioned by the artist.

7.1.2 Only works of quality and innovation including emerging and innovative art forms will be considered.

7.1.3 Acquisitions will be determined on the basis of budget, public safety, display, storage and transport imperatives and interpretative possibilities at the time of acquisition.

7.1.4 Acquisitions will be made in consideration of relevant laws, policies and guidelines.


Artist: Jo Scicluna



Title: Where the Land Lies #2 and #3 (diptych)

Date of work: April 2019

Medium: Layered archival inkjet prints on paper, framed in acrylic and Victorian Ash timber

Size: 90 x 60cm (x2)


Price: $6,400 (framed)

Additional Expenses: none



Recent Publications / Reviews / Interviews

2019 Interview with Jo Scicluna, Richard Watts, Smarts Arts, 3 Triple R, May 02

2016 Bob Dylan, high fashion and human folly’, Steph Harmon, The Guardian, July 21,

Where We Find Ourselves, Melissa Keys, Geelong Gallery

2015 Jo Scicluna: Where We Begin, Dan Rule, Spectrum, The Saturday Age, June 13, 2015

2014 landscapestories,net, Issue 19: Where In The World, Holy Lands, Jake Treacy, George Paton

Gallery, University of Melbourne, View From The Window, Christopher Williams-Wynn,

Edmund Pearce, July 02-19

On Paper, Wendy Garden, National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Jo Scicluna & Vivian Cooper Smith: Point Farewell, Dan Rule, Spectrum, The Age, May 10

2013 Jo Scicluna: When Our Horizons Meet, Dan Rule, Arts & Entertainment, The Age, April 13,

When Our Horizons Meet, Dr Karen Burns, Centre for Contemporary Photography

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Artist Bio:

Born Melbourne, Australia.

Jo Scicluna is a Melbourne-based artist and experienced educator across fine art and design. She has exhibited locally and internationally within gallery and public contexts. Scicluna’s photo-sculptural practice explores, magnifies and reveals subtle historical and elemental mechanisms of place. Her compulsion to discover, record and manipulate landscapes is primarily informed by autobiographical motivations and her perspective as a first-generation Australian. Scicluna engages the genre of landscape as a cross-cultural device to pose questions of identity and belonging in relation to place. Her (often) site-responsive outcomes are seen as vehicles to further the material and spatial parameters of the landscape genre and photographic practice.



In 2017 Scicluna was a finalist in the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize and the Banyule Award for Works on Paper. In 2014 Scicluna was the recipient of the Pat Corrigan AO Acquisitive Prize at the Centre for Contemporary Photography. She has been a finalist in a number of national art prizes.

Scicluna's art practice strongly informs her teaching practice in art and design. Having completed a Bachelor of Education (University of Melbourne 1991) and Master of Fine Art (RMIT University 1998) Scicluna has lectured extensively across studio practice, photographic discourse, drawing, public art, professional development, art history, and many design studio projects in interior and landscape architecture. She has been invited to discuss her art practice and the principles informing her work within the gallery and educational sectors locally and internationally.

Jo is the co-founder and coordinator of the 'practice-led' exhibiting space called 'The Other Side' situated at Paul Morgan Architect's Design Studio in Melbourne from 2012-2016, establishing a site for art and architecture dialogue and a forum for the exchange of ideas concerning spatial and site-responsive practice.

The work

Artist’s Statement:

This series of artworks, Where the Land Lies, is a site-responsive project that takes the form of a conversation between the artist and Gippsland’s Gunaikurnai community.

When Scicluna was invited to respond to the region, she set a clear goal to broaden her cultural understanding of the region by educating herself in the cultural history and presence of the Gunaikurnai. The artist initiated a series of conversations with Dr Doris Paton, a respected elder and educator within the Gunaikurnai community and followed Paton's instruction of visiting, traversing and documenting sites along the Bataluk Cultural Trail; sites formally assigned by the Gunaikurnai for the education of the Indigenous and non- Indigenous community.

Scicluna draws a correlation between the process of visiting regions assigned to her by regional galleries and her identity as an itinerant artist, with that of her migrant experience as a first-generation Australian. This project calls into question who the host of this project is and reinforces her identity as a grateful visitor.

Throughout Scicluna’s photo-sculptural practice, she addresses her experience of feeling neither settled or unsettled in her country of birth, Australia. A cultural imperative of querying the terms that define this country’s national identity, and the prospect of developing a sense of connection and belonging is embedded in her process and outcomes.






Jo Scicluna has been a finalist in the last 3 editions of the Banyule Award for Works on Paper, and the Art Collection Working Group has been interested in collecting her work since 2015. Scicluna’s



practice involves meticulous research and process, and I believe it to be vastly undervalued. She is consistently selected for exhibitions and prizes, and has created many bodies of work for regional galleries. It would be timely to collect her artwork before it increases in price.

Acquisition Guidelines: 7.1.5 That contribute to the ‘most recent ideas and theories’ in contemporary art practice.

- This work exemplifies best practice in landscape photography, and working ‘on country’, in collaboration with the local Aboriginal tribe. It showcases respectful process, relationship building and other important factors in art-making, and results in a beautifully layered artwork.

7.1.6 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - The Banyule Art Collection focusses on works on paper, with only a few pieces of

significant photographic works. This would add to our very small number of photographic artworks.

7.1.7 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist.







Artist: Wendy Black

Title: Kelp Dragon

Date of work: March 2019

Medium: Watercolour and screenprint on paper

Size: 60(W) x 80 (H) cm


Price: $880 (framed)

Additional Expenses: n/a



2015 4 Women’s Poster Collectives, Imprint magazine, Louise Mayhew,2013 Got the Message? Catalogue, Geoff Wallis

The 80’s, City of Port Phillip Collection catalogue 2010 John Leslie Art Award, catalogue, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2005 Plastered, History of Rock'n'roll Posters, The Miegunyah Press

Banyule Works on Paper Award catalogue, Banyule CC, Wendy Garden 2004 Satire by Design, catalogue Robert Smith, Counihan Gallery

Practice in Process, catalogue, Counihan Gallery, All the rage, the poster in Victoria, State Library Vic

1996 In the Picture: Framing the visual arts, Chee, Broos & Slade, OAP 1993 Poster Art in Australia, Roger Butler, National Gallery of Australia

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Artist Bio:

Born 1954, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. Currently lives in Rosanna.

Art practice is mainly painting, screenprinting & drawing. Co-Manager, 23A Art Studios Brunswick MacBlack Print Room in Macarthur contains her 40-year archive

Wendy has been printmaking since the 1970’s. She has exhibited widely. Her work is found in National, State & Regional Art Galleries, City Council & University collections. She has a pop-up shop in Macarthur, MacBlack Print Room, and a studio at 23A Art Studios, Brunswick.



She is a very highly respected printmaker, well-known especially for her 1980s political activist posters. She has exhibited widely in Australia, has completed 2 large-scale public art commissions, and her works are held at National Gallery Australia; Art Gallery of NSW; Powerhouse, Sydney; University of Tasmania; Warrnambool Art Gallery; State Library of Victoria; Port Phillip, Moreland & Portland City Councils; Mary McKillop Heritage Centre; Yunnan Province, China; Corporate and Private Collections. The Wendy Black Poster Collection is held in the State Library of Victoria.

The work:

Artist’s Statement by Wendy Black: “Whilst species extinction thresholds of land animals and birds are being measured and monitored, those species that reside underwater that aren’t part of the edible human food chain have been largely ignored.

I studied sea dragons in 2004, and have revisited them again this year. Kelp Dragons live in cold kelp forests of the Victorian coast, so are not as easily monitored as tropical species. They are quite vulnerable, and are occasionally washed up on the beach after storms at sea.

Aquariums and museums have a small number of sea dragons, but it is difficult to replicate their environment. The sole dragon in a Tasmanian aquarium was blinded by a camera flash.

I use a heavy grade rag paper for the watercolour elements of this unique state work, and have printed the kelp dragon in multicolour layers on top.”


Wendy Black is a highly regarded artist and printmaker, who lives in Banyule. She considers herself a “living Heidelberg artist”. The Banyule Art Collection currently holds one artwork by Wendy Black (acquired through the 2017 Banyule Award for Works on Paper) and this is a good opportunity to build our collection of her work.

This seemingly unassuming work belies the technical skill and accomplishment of the artist. This screenprint is derived from detailed images of the subject, which is then reduced to a mere 8-colour palette for the screenprint. The amount of detail retained through this ‘reduction’ is astonishing and indicative of Wendy’s skill.

This artwork with its soft colour palette and soft lines perfectly represent the watery environment and vulnerability of the kelp dragon.



enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts among the Banyule community and members of the general public. - Kelp Dragon is an excellent example of a screenprint, revealing the skill of the artist.

5.7 To enrich the existing collection by maintaining its growth and development through an ongoing program of acquisitions. - This acquisition will support the practice of a significant local artist, whose work the

Collection should hold more of, as a point of civic pride 5.8 To engage with the widest possible audience within the City of Banyule and beyond through

the visual arts.




- This artwork reflects the theme for the 2019 Banyule Arts & Culture Program, of a ‘threshold’ event or issue, highlighting the critical issue of global species extinction; with a local focus

- Contemporary artists are increasingly engaging with social and environmental issues in their practice, and this year’s prize showcased this trend.

7.1.12 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - Wendy is a prominent local artist, whose decades-long practice should be celebrated.

7.1.13 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist. - Original work







Artist: Valerie Sparks

Title: Memento Spiritum

Date of work: May 2019

Medium: Inkjet print on paper

Size: 114(W) x 44(H) cm





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Artist Bio: Valerie Sparks is a Melbourne-based artist who created large-scale printed works and immersive installation environments. She is interested in the history and aesthetics of immersive environments, including frescos, glasshouses, stereoscopic photographs, French scenic wallpapers from the 1800s and contemporary 3D light-based installations. In 2015, Valerie completed a Masters of Fine Art at Monash University. She also has a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Anthropology and Pacific Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Drawing.

Valerie has undertaken a number of research projects in a variety of locations including the Vienna and La Rochelle Natural History Museums, the Musee du Papier Peint in Rixheim, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, the Victoria and Albert Museum London, the Whitworth Gallery of Art, and the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Valerie has exhibited extensively with a consistent practice and process of investigation. She has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Australia Council London Residency, the French Embassy Cite Des Arts Studio in Paris, the City of Port Phillip Rupert Bunny Award, Australia Council New Work funding, and Arts Victoria International Program funding. Valerie is the winner of the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2016, and has been a finalist in the Josephine Ulrick and Win Shubert Photography Award, and the Fremantle Print Award, Tidal, and the Hutchins Art Prize. Her work is in a number of collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, and ArtBank. Valerie is currently an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Monash Immersive Visualisation Platform at the New Horizons Research Centre at Monash University.



The work


“Memento Spiritum (remember breath) was created using CT scans of plants, processed using bio-medical imaging software. Using a diagnostic tool for the human body to create a still life, a genre that explores the transience of life, draws attention to how inextricably bound we are with the life and death of plants – the respiratory system of the planet. The presence of the pomegranate is a symbol of fertility, a reminder of the resilience of nature, and a symbol of hope as we reach the threshold of what the planet can cope with, and make choices that will determine the future.”




enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts among the Banyule community and members of the general public. - Memento Spiritum is an excellent example of a photographic print, by a highly collectible artist .

5.9 To enrich the existing collection by maintaining its growth and development through an ongoing program of acquisitions. - Adds a very different contemporary artwork to the Banyule Art Collection, and

increases our holding of photographic works. 5.10 To engage with the widest possible audience within the City of Banyule and beyond through

the visual arts. Valerie Sparks is a highly regarded artist, who won the prestigious $25,000 (non-acquisitive) William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (Monash Gallery of Art) in 2016. This is a brand new series of works for Valerie – the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper was the first time this work was exhibited, and we would be the first ones to own this new work.

This artwork is technically complex, utilising different technologies not usually employed for art; showcasing experimentation in technique and process, but where the process and technologies used to create the work were not simply gimmicks but carefully considered and employed to add meaning. The resulting artwork is complex and layered, not just beautiful to look at, but invites deeper interrogation.


- This is new research process and series of artworks by this artist, this type of photographic imaging is not seen before, and is an inherent part of the artwork

7.1.18 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection - This will expand on the collection’s holding of contemporary photographic works, of

which we have very few 7.1.19 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and

numbered by the artist. - Editioned print, signed by artist







Artist: Penelope Le Petit

Title: C’arn the Blues

Date of work: November 2017

Medium: handprinted relief, linocut print

Size: 60(W) x 100(H) cm



Additional Expenses: recommended for re-framing


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Artist Bio:

Born 1959. Lives Melbourne, Australia.

http://www.penelopelepetit.com.au

Melbourne-based Australian printmaker, Penelope Le Petit produces limited edition prints for exhibition. Specialising in plate lithography, she attended Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE graduating in 2000 with a Diploma in Visual Arts and Photography; and in 2004 from the Victorian College of Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking. Since then, she has combined mark-making, photography and collage to give more depth to her artwork.

http://www.penelopelepetit.com.au/



Penelope is inspired by themes such as the migrant experience, relationships, and the courage of the human spirit. She invites the viewer to work with the abstraction and ambiguity of ther use of themes and form their own connections with her images.

Penelope has exhibited widely around Australia, and has been the recipient of a few prizes. As a trained printmaker, Penelope has her own studio and printing press, and is both the artist and printer of her work.

The work


“Perceptions from afar are not always accurate – our acceptance of the traditional Muslim faith is being challenged by new visions of radicalism resulting in once-familiar designs now evoking, for some, fear and suspicion.

In C’arn the Blues, I have created a relief image that invites the viewer to celebrate Australia’s cohesive communities. My employment in community services influences my print work, and with this image, I challenged myself to be a social commentary artist responding visually to current issues.”







This artwork by will be a wonderful acquisition for our community – representing the integration of migrant Muslim communities into Australian life. The artwork portrays strong Middle Eastern/Islamic imagery, alongside strong Australian/white European elements. The artwork invites the viewer to examine their own prejudices and invites the cultural integration it suggests.


- Exploring the issue of migration, refugees and integration into Australian culture 7.1.24 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of

representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - There is nothing like it in the Banyule Art Collection. It will be deeply appreciated and

relatable to our large community of recent migrants. 7.1.25 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and

numbered by the artist. - Unique object.





Artist: Georgina Campbell

Title: Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg)

Date of work: June 2019

Medium: Folded Archival Inkjet Print (photograph)

Size: 40(W) x 28(H) x 40(D) cm

Condition: excellent – artist to supply new for acquisition

Price: $200

Additional Expenses: investigate a custom Perspex box and stand for artwork



Recent Publications / Reviews / Interviews

alsogallery.com Interview, 2018 Icy Vistas to melt hearts, open minds. Bayside Leader, Oct.13, 2015 TV Interview, Ríkisútvarpið RUV – The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, October 2013. Square Magazine SP03 Toy Camera, March 2013. Innovative Local Artist #1, Dan Kerr, http://www.youngausskeptics.com, August 2009 Student Profile, Monash University Off Campus Connection, Issue 5, June/July 2009 Focus on the unpredictable, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Moonee Valley Community News, Sep.2, 2008 Snapping the old-fashioned way, Progress Leader, January 15, 2008 New kids on the block, Megan Backhouse, Art Gallery Guide, May / June 2007 M Preview, The Sunday Age, September 17, 2006 Jurassic technology, Metro, The Age, 2006 Views, Capture Magazine, September_October, 2006 Radio Interview, 3CR, Art Show, 2004 Plastic Photo Show, Agenda, The Age, August 15, 2004 Plastic Photo Show feature, Lomo Australia website, 2002 Photos with a fuzzy logic, Melbourne Yarra Leader, 11 November, 2002 Dark Places, Good Weekend, The Age. December 22, 2001

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Artist Bio:

Born 1978, Gosford, NSW, Australia. Lives and works in Melbourne.

Georgina Campbell is a photographic artist with an interest in exploring the photograph as a sculptural object, building her own cameras and experimenting with landscapes.

Winning Best Documentary Work at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne) in 2015, she has been a finalist in numerous art prizes in Australia including the Perth Centre for Photography CLIP Awards (2016 & 2017), MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize (2016), Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award (2014), Alice Prize (2014), and the Monash Gallery of Art Bowness Prize (2010). Internationally, Georgina has been shortlisted in various exhibitions including the Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition (UK), and the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado, USA.

Her solo exhibitions include Open Your Mind – Tread Softly, held at the Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Melbourne, in 2015 and The Grandfather Paradox, at the Queensland Centre for Photography and the C3 Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne both in 2009.

In the past, Georgina was the founder and director of the Obscurity Pictures Gallery Space in Melbourne, Australia and founded The Plastic Photo Show, an annual open entry photography exhibition for plastic lens and toy cameras, and authored The Plastic Photo Show – The Book a book celebrating the artists who had participated. She has also been a guest lecturer multiple times at universities around Melbourne, speaking about her scanner cameras and her practice as an artist. More recently, Georgina has completed a book, Strange Loop, based on her most recently body of work created at an artist residency in Iceland in 2016.

The work


This work is a test piece utilising the schoolyard divination technique of the “fortune teller”, a piece of paper folded in a specific way that can be manipulated to reach a conclusion about the user’s future. Icebergs are literally on the threshold of change as rates of melting increase and icebergs are found drifting further afield and earlier than in previous seasons. These images were taken by me in Iceland on various visits over the last several years.

Designed not to be opened, this “fortune teller” becomes a sculptural form at a large-than-usual scale. The viewer cannot actually determine an outcome but can only see hints of possible futures through the folds. The various flaps depict icebergs slowly melting in their natural habitat while the inner, unviewable layer depicts a vast dark endless ocean.








Georgina Campbell is a very accomplished artist and photographer, whose works have been widely exhibited. This artwork is very timely for the issue it addresses – global warming/climate change; and it is also very innovative and accessible. The connection between the materiality and structure of the folded form lends itself to the subject matter on many levels (shape mimicking the shape of icebergs, the folding is relatable and alludes to the uncertain and unknowable future, etc).

Most viewers will recognise the object that this artwork has been folded to look like, and instantly enjoy and understand the connotations of this object that playfully pretends to tell your fortune or future.

It should be displayed as an accessible educational piece to introduce children (and adults!) to the idea that art can be playful, while alluding to a deeper meaning. It is an alluring, engaging artwork with an interactive element (fold your own A4 version, supplied by the artist!).


- This artwork shows an artist actively interrogating their process and practice, exploring the most effective form for their message.

7.1.30 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - The Banyule Art Collection focusses on works on paper, with only a few pieces of

significant photographic works. This would add to our very small number of photographic artworks, but photography presented in a new and interesting way.

7.1.31 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist. - Edition 1/5, signed by artist.







Artist: Anne Starling

Title: Shangri-la

Date of work: February 2018

Medium: Linocut/woodblock/intaglio print on paper

Size: 89(W) x 63(H) cm (framed)

Condition: excellent, edition 3/7




SELECTED PUBLISHED REFERENCES: Intersections and Counterparts, proceedings of the IMPACT 7 International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, The Work of Art in the Age of Environmental Degradation: Exploring the Form of Contemporary Printmaking, Monash University Publishing, 2012, pgs 37 - 40 Cover / Special feature – An Unwanted Inheritance, the art practice of Anne Starling, by Karen Ball,



Imprint, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, 2012, Vol. 457 No.1, pg 14 Making Art Connections, Text Book - Chris Bates, McGraw Hill, 2010 Diversity, Exhibition review, Imprint, Print Council of Australia, Spring 2010, Vol. 45, No.3, p18 - 19 Handbook of Art, Graham Hopwood / Colleen Fry. Science Press, 2009 Exhibition Review, John Miller Galleries, Jill Stowell, Art, Newcastle Herald, 5 July and 12 July, 2003 Sydney Printmakers Profile (article), Imprint, Vol 34, No.2. A New Print Prize at Warrnambool, Imprint, Vol 33, No.1., 1998 Women of Australia, Shaping our History. Currie/Adamson. Macmillan, 1997 Catalogue, The 22nd International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1997 Exhibition Review, Art Beat, Johnson.A, Sydney morning Herald, 19 January, 1996 Exhibition Review, Heaven on a String, Arts Crafts International, No.36 Sutherland Shire Bicentennial Art Award, Imprint Vol 30, No.2 International Works on Paper Fair, Keeping up with the Paper Fair, State of the Art, Issue 13

REPORT:

Artist Bio:

Born 1967, Australia.

Anne Starling’s art practice explores human interaction with the urban and industrial landscape and focuses on the neglect that has occurred due to misuse and exploitation by industrial manufacturers. Her works are an examination of the social and ecological structures of areas surrounding Rhodes in Sydney, Fremantle in Western Australia and Port Kembla in New South Wales. Her relief and drypoint prints examine changes that occur in this environment, presenting a commentary on the degradation and pollution of land by industry and surrounding urban landscape.

She studied at the City Art Institute/UNSW College of Fine Arts, completing my Master of Art in 1994 and Master of Fine Arts by Research in 2012. Exhibiting since 1986, both in Australia and internationally, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, scholarships and residencies including; the PLC Scholarship to attend Impact 6 Conference in Bristol, England, the 2005 Geelong Acquisitive Print Award and was one of the Print Council of Australia’s Annual Print Commission artists for 2002. In 2011 and 2013 she was selected for the Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition held in Christchurch, New Zealand where she gained an Honourable Mention and in 2011, she exhibited at the Istanbul Biennale and was the Grand Prize Winner of the Silk Cut Print Award. In 2017 she was invited to exhibit in The 3rd Global Print in Duoro, Portugal. She has participated in major survey exhibitions of contemporary Australian printmaking in State and regional galleries. Her work is represented in a number of public collections including; The Art Gallery of NSW, Australian National Gallery, State Library of Victoria and various regional galleries.

Artist’s Statement: “The pictorial image of the Post-war house with its menagerie of kitsch creates a social narrative of a vanishing urban environment. In Shangri-La the suburbs meet utopia. The notion of loss and progress is highlighted through the depiction of the figure in the urban landscape. He stands in his own ‘garden of Eden’ and there is a certain comfort and familiarity in this image of the ‘Great Australian Dream’ but all is not perfect in this vision of suburbia.

The diminutive crane beyond, references impending development. The home and its owner represent the last bastion of Post-war suburbia before eventual demolition. There is a sense of authentic human attachment to the constructed environment. Both the house and the figure represent a narrative of vanishing suburbia and are a homage to the quarter acre block.”

Suitability for Banyule Art Collection It is suitable for acquisition under the following objectives and guidelines of the Art Collection Policy:







One of the major motivations for developing an art collection, is to serve as a time capsule. Art Collections should reflect what is being considered by artists at the time, or indicative of current societal/cultural pre-occupations. This work is very timely, capturing a vision of a passing era.

This artwork in particular, would resonate strongly with Australians who grew up in the suburbs on such blocks – these are passing from view and this artwork preserves this way of life for future generations to view.

Acquisition Guidelines: Preference will be given to works: 7.1.1 That contribute to the ‘most recent ideas and theories’ in contemporary art practice.

- This artwork is accessible, and addresses an important issue of urbanisation and development

7.1.2 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of representation of art forms or artists within the collection. - The Banyule Art Collection already holds one of Anne Starling’s works – this will

complement the work we already have, and shows a style of artwork, and progression of an artist’s career.

7.1.35 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist. - Print is signed and editioned by the artist.






ADDITIONAL ITEMS:


Artist: David Frazer

Title: Tangled Wood (Composition I)

Date of work: November 2018

Medium: Etching

Size: 135(W) x 96(H) cm






The Canberra Times, Sasha Grishen, 12 May 2012

The Age, Robert Nelson, 17 July 2008

Herald Sun, Jeff Makin, 25 June 2008

ABC TV “Artist at work”, 28 August 2007



Herald Sun, Jeff Makin, 19 September 2006

Overland Magazine, “the Branded Landscape”, Dr Mark Dober, ed.183 Winter 2006

Imprint, Jazmina Cininas, vol. 41, no. 2, Winter 2006

The Saturday Age, Megan Backhouse, 24 July 2004

5th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, U.K. 2003

Canberra Times, Sonia Barron, 18 March 2003

Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Allan Mann, Warrnambool Art Gallery 2001

“David Frazer”, Martin Flanagan, Australian Galleries, Melbourne 2001

“Stumped: The Art of Celebrating Conservation”, Rachel Young, Herring Island Gallery &

Environmental Sculpture Park, Melbourne 2001

Imprint Magazine, Jeff Faulkner, vol. 34, no. 3, Spring 1999

Imprint Magazine, Naomi Florence, vol. 31, no. 3, Spring 1996

REPORT:

Artist Bio:

Born, 1966, Foster, Victoria, Australia.

www.dfrazer.com

David Frazer’s intricately detailed wood engravings, etching and lithographs indicate his great command of a range of printmaking techniques, within a practice that also encompasses paintings and bronze sculpture. His work explores a sense of place and the emotions of longing, nostalgia and isolation that can accompany it – with the universal yearning to be ‘somewhere else’ a common thread throughout. Combined with this is a gentle sense of whimsy and humour. Although David’s work is typically Australian, the story is universal, drawing tensions between survival and hope, vitality and emptiness in images that are both poignant, mildly unsettling but entirely captivating. Frazer’s skill as a storyteller is always present in the strong narrative component of both his paintings and prints.

David Frazer graduated from the Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne with a Fine Art degree in painting. In 1996, he achieved an Honours degree from Monash University in Printmaking, and in 2000, gained is Master of Arts. David Frazer has held over 40 solo exhibitions in Australia, London and China. In 2007 he was the major prize winner of the 1st International Print Biennial in Guanlan China. In 2004 he won the Broken Hill Outback Art Prize. In 2013 he won the Acquisitive award at the Silk Cut Award for Linocuts and won the People’s Choice Award at the Fremantle Print Award as well as a high commendation. In that same year he won the People’s Choice Award at the Hutchins Art Prize in Tasmania. In 2014 he won an honourable mention at the International Print Biennial Exhibit held at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art.

In 2007, the ABC produced a documentary on Frazer as part of the “Artist at Work” series. His works are represented widely across Australia and overseas in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Australian War Memorial, State Library of Victoria, and Chiang Mai Contemporary Art Museum of Thailand.

The work

Artist’s Statement: “The crooked and entangled trees in this artwork dominate the composition, and become my personal metaphor for man. They carry the scars of a life buffeted by the elements, yet still they stand as weary yet upright sentinels – a lifetime of memories written upon their bark and twisted forms.”

http://www.dfrazer.com/



David Frazer’s work embodies the Australian condition. The rustic and the regional. Landscape as both historic icon and endangered environment and with every linocut mark, it’s typically Australian.

The frailties, flaws, and hopes that define the human condition are universal themes that inspire this Victorian based artist. He often creates images that feature a solitary male protagonist, set within a rural environment that is as beautiful as it is isolated. In Frazer’s prints, the landscape seems to reflect and expand upon the human narrative that it frames. Midnight hills are starkly illuminated, while twisted trees are animated with a yearning that somehow mirrors the emotion which his figures, when they appear, readily express. In recent works where figures are absent, the depiction of individual trees or tree-trunks that dominate certain compositions become the artist’s personal metaphor for man. While representational in nature, Frazer’s prints spring largely from the artist’s lyrical imaginings as he fuses human narrative with his observations of the physical world. In this exhibition Frazer again reveals his distinctive talent for imbuing images of the landscape with a melancholy beauty and emotive resonance.


This purchase would continue the tradition of acquiring works from the Works on Paper Award. Tangled Wood (Composition I) is an arresting and instantly appealing artwork from the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper Exhibition, and was highly regarded by all judging panels and the public alike. It is the most popular landscape artwork in the exhibition (by public voting), with a simple and poetic concept, beautifully executed, and very accessible to all.






It is important to collect artworks that can be easily understood and enjoyed by members of the general public, so as to enrich their experience and appreciation of visual art. Tangled Wood (Composition I) is accessible and visually appealing, while those with a more sophisticated understanding of art can appreciate it for the complexity of the imagery, the technical excellence and subtle themes.

Acquisition Guidelines: 7.1.39 That contribute to the ‘most recent ideas and theories’ in contemporary art practice. 7.1.40 That consolidate and enrich the existing collection as a whole or which expand the range of

representation of art forms or artists within the collection. 7.1.41 The Banyule Art Collection focusses on works on paper, with strong representation of

prints. David Frazer was the winner of the People’s Choice Award in the 2017 Banyule Award for Works on Paper, and is likely to be among the top 3 in the 2019 Award. David is a significant contemporary Australian printmaker, who is highly regarded in the industry and amongst his peers. It is recommended to collect several pieces by significant artists, in order to show that artist’s practice, range and skill.

7.1.42 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and numbered by the artist.



- Print is signed and editioned by the artist. 7.1.43 Only works of quality and innovation including emerging and innovative art forms will be

considered. 7.1.44 Acquisitions will be determined on the basis of budget, public safety, display, storage and

transport imperatives and interpretative possibilities at the time of acquisition. 7.1.45 Acquisitions will be made in consideration of relevant laws, policies and guidelines.




Artist: Stefan Gevers

Title: Waterworld


Medium: Watercolour

Size: 240(W) x 130(H) cm






Stamm, Semi-urban tragedy: The sad caravans of Stefan Gevers by Mila Faranov,

Danny Huppatz – Natural Order essay

Star, Melbourne, Briar Sinclair

Crafts Victoria, Melbourne, 2002, Kevin Murray

World Sculpture News, Vol.7 # 1 winter 2001, Roger Taylor.

Tctubantia, The Netherlands, 2000, Franklin Veldhuis.

Androgynic, The Netherlands,Henk Verschuren

Domain section, The Age, by Carol Nader, June 2000.

Tctubantia, The Netherlands, 5 September 2000.

Twentsche Courant, The Netherlands, June 1988.

REPORT:

Artist Bio:

Born, 1968, Netherlands, lives Melbourne, Australia.

Stefan Gevers is a Dutch born artist who is based in Melbourne, Australia. His background includes a Bachelor of Visual Arts and has exhibited widely as a solo artist and as part of collaborative exhibitions since 1990.

Stefan’s work is in the NAB collection, Artbank, The State Library of Victoria and Queensland and numerous private collections throughout Australia and Europe.



The work

Artist’s Statement: “A large crack or let’s say a wound has formed in the surface of the Earth. Its delicate layers are being peeled away by us, mainly for greed. Waterworld shows no evidence of humanity which would be the finmal outcome if we don’t start taking care and taking measures to protect our environment.

Waterworld also gives us a sense of stillness that makes us reflect on ourselves. Depicting a moment in time, present and past, and hopefully appreciate what we have now and can have in the future.”


This purchase would continue the tradition of acquiring works from the Works on Paper Award. Waterworld was awarded the “Environment Prize” in the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper. This prize was awarded for the work, on its merit as providing a strong environmental message. It is a very large work, simple and broadly appealing.






It is important to collect artworks that can be easily understood and enjoyed by members of the general public, so as to enrich their experience and appreciation of visual art. Waterworld is accessible and visually appealing.



prints. 7.1.49 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and

numbered by the artist. - Original work







Artist: Maria Zeiss

Title: Remember Me? I am your Son


Medium: Mixed Media - Drawing

Size: 103(W) x 135(H) cm





REPORT:

Artist Bio:

Born, 1946, Australia.

Painter Maria Zeiss, is a Melbourne based artist, who completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in 1997 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2010 at Monash University, where she is a lecturer in Drawing.

Zeiss was awarded a Scholarship to the New York Studio School in 1997 and a Monash University Research Grant in 2005. In 2007 she received scholarships from the Sardinian Cultural Association, The Australian Foundation for Studies in Italy and The Associazione Sarda del Queensland, Queensland University of Technology.



Zeiss has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Perth since 1995. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Monash University, Melbourne, The Dobell Drawing Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Imago Mundi Collection, Treviso, Italy, National Gallery of Victoria, Tattersalls Club, Brisbane, Deakin University, Salon des Refuses Wynne, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney. Zeiss’ work is also in various collections in Australia, England, New Zealand, New York, South Africa and Italy.

The work

Artist’s Statement: “Each family stands at the threshold of change when a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. A family has the power to gain from this experience for the be�er or drown in self-pity for the worse. In this drawing I have used gesture to explore how encounters between family and a loved one suffering from memory loss can cross the threshold from darkness into light. A small gesture can reveal so much love, grief, compassion and tenderness that words cannot.

This drawing is a social comment on the commonality of many families’ experience. I have used the �tle ‘Remember Me’ because with each touch and gesture the memories of past encounters come to the surface – be they good or bad.”


This purchase would continue the tradition of acquiring works from the Works on Paper Award. Remember Me? I am your Son was a finalist in the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper, and upon counting the People’ Choice votes on Tuesday 15 October, this artwork was the clear favourite, meaning that this artwork resonated with many members of our community.

It is a strong artwork, with an emotional message – one that clearly many viewers of the exhibition related to.






It is important to collect artworks that can be easily understood and enjoyed by members of the general public, so as to enrich their experience and appreciation of visual art.



prints. 7.1.56 Only original works will be collected or editions where these are limited, signed and

numbered by the artist. - Original work

Item: 3.2 Attachment 2: Banyule Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee - BACAC - 1 October 2019 - Minutes

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Committee Minutes

Tuesday 1 October 2019, 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Hatch Contemporary Arts Space

14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe 3079

Banyule Arts & Culture Advisory

rdinary Meeting of Council - 18 November 20
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Present

Council Officers Cr Craig Langdon, Hannes Berger, Adrian Culley

Apologies Cr Peter Castaldo, Kate Hansen (Maternity Leave), Sandra Diaz

1. Welcome and apologies

Cr Langdon declared the meeting open, acknowledged the traditional owners the Wurundjeri willam people, welcomed all present and noted apologies.

Previous Minutes The Minutes of the 6 August 2019 meeting were confirmed by the committee.

2. Celebrations Pinpoint Art In Public Spaces

The latest round of Pinpoint Art in public Space is currently being delivered. There are three projects supported through this program:

This is Who We Are by Jessie Brooks-Dowsett – Shop 48, Bell Street Mall Spirit Tree by Chloe Lee - Fred Lassett Park, Mount Street, Heidelberg Waterways by Anne Bennett (Onticity Art Projects) – Watermarc Foyer,

Greensborough

Anne Bennett spoke about her project, the experience, and positive level of engagement by the public. Hannes explained the aims of the program – to activate unusual public spaces creatively, and to encourage community to think about the city differently. He congratulated Anne on achieving both these outcomes, and encouraged committee to visit all three sites.

3. Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub

Sally Hirst (Hirst Projects) presented an update to the committee on the work her consultancy has been doing with Council, and other stakeholders – including Yarra Plenty Ranges Libraries and the ILCH Working Group – on the development of a Programming and Activation Framework for the new facility. The presentation included:

Purpose & value proposition Activation principles Market segments Activation owners, partners, collaborators and specific / shared responsibilities Activation spaces Approaches to activation: timeframes & program content Draft operating & governance model Key risks Next steps

The committee discussed the presentation at length and provided much feedback. Key points include:

A need to connect this facility with what we do right across Banyule – must be municipal asset.



Questions about how the shared community spaces at ILCH will be programmed / accessed. Nothing just happens, a lot of work needs to go on behind the scenes.

A need to manage carefully this shift in approach to how the community will become collaborators. How do we communicate / facilitate this meaningfully and sustainably?

Concern about how this framework will be resourced, implemented, delivered. Discussion about how the key to this will rely on appropriate staffing – recruiting the right people with the right skills (strategic thinkers, collaborators, etc.)

Discussion about how it will be impossible to implement this activation framework or program the venue without a commitment from Council to resource it appropriately.

Criticism that the framework (as presented) appears to be a top-down structure, lacking room for spontaneity. With Community the process can’t be bureaucratic. Recommendation to think more closely about what ‘by/for/with the community’ actually means.

Questions about how much this framework has been informed by case studies of similar facilities – what were the challenges/problems encountered? How are we mitigating these risks?

In relation to the need to facilitate collaboration with the community in activating ILCH, Hannes spoke about a series of information sessions and consultation the Arts & Culture team are currently undertaking in preparation for ILCH opening in 2020. In an attempt to commence dialogue with our community, call outs have been made to artists and Banyule’s creative community to attend info sessions covering:

Current programming strategies – as outlined in the Arts & Culture Strategic Plan (i.e. achieving Cultural Outcomes)

What this has looked like/achieved in recent years What new spaces/facilities/opportunities will be at available as part of ILCH Encouragement to artists to think about possibilities / ideas for programs / engagement Opportunities to pitch these ideas so that officers can begin incorporating these into

program planning – and demonstrate the informed desires of the community

Next steps: Incorporate feedback about the need for flexibility of approach into the framework. Further work to be done investigating the issues encountered by similar cultural facilities. Development of operational model, staffing & resourcing options. Brief Council on 21 October on framework and seek feedback on these options.

ACTION: Hannes to share link to ILCH Info sessions for artists & creatives: https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Arts-culture/Arts-and-culture-program

4. Pinpoint Working Group

The Pinpoint Working Group met on 9 September to review the current program delivery model of Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces. Having evaluated the outcomes of the program in recent years against the intended aims, as well as our capacity to deliver the program effectively, the Arts & Culture team sought feedback form the working group.

Irianna Kannellopoulou spoke on behalf of the working group about the rationale for the program review and the proposed recommendations to refresh the program.

See Appendix 1 for full report of recommendations – but in summary:

Deliver program annually rather than twice a year

Pool funding to support fewer, better resourced projects – and remunerate artists more appropriately

https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Arts-culture/Arts-and-culture-program



Extend lead-in timeframe and re-structure application process

Reconsider time of year for delivery to maximise opportunities

The Committee supported these recommendations. Arts & Culture will now implement the changes in 2020.

5. Art Collection Working Group

The Art Collection Working Group met at Hatch prior to this BACAC meeting (1 October), to view the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper Finalists’ Exhibition – and to consider, shortlist and recommend any relevant works for acquisition into the Banyule Art Collection.

The Working Group considered the 40 works in the exhibition, and through discussion and reference to the Banyule Art Collection Policy recommend the following artworks for acquisition:

Landscape of Waste – black – by Rosalind Atkins - $1,500 Where the Land Lies #2 and #2 (diptych) – by Jo Scicluna - $6,400 Kelp Dragon – by Wendy Black - $880 Memento Spiritum – by Valerie Sparks - $2,400 C’arn the Blues – by Penelope Le Petit - $600 Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg) - by Georgina Campbell - $200 Shangri-La - by Anne Starling - $2,300 TOTAL: $14,280

The BACAC committee were given the opportunity to view the exhibition, with these works highlighted. The committee then endorsed the recommendation by the Working Group that Council purchase these art works for the Banyule Art Collection.

Another outcome of the Working Group meeting, was that Cr. Langdon moved for an additional three artworks to be recommended for acquisition:

Waterworld – by Stefan Gevers - $10,000 The Tangled Wood (Composition I) – by David Frazer - $4,300 The People’s Choice Award winner (votes to be counted by 14 October) – $TBC

Purchase of these works would be subject to a Council decision to commit additional budget for this purpose. The committee endorsed this recommendation.

Further to this, Cr. Langdon also moved that a recommendation be made to Council for an ongoing Acquisition Budget increase from the current amount of $15,000. Art Curator, Steph Neoh, to prepare a report providing background on the current budget, and benchmarking for the increase. The committee endorsed this recommendation enthusiastically.

There was interest by the committee in understanding more about the Banyule Art Collection Policy – the criteria by which works are selected, are the Youth entries eligible, how/when is it reviewed. Hannes to distribute the policy.

ACTION: That a recommendation be made to Council to: Acquire the seven artworks itemised above (valued at $14,280) Consider purchasing the 2-3 additional artworks itemised above (including

People’s Choice) Consider increasing the annual acquisition budget - based on a report to be

developed by the Art Curator.

Steph Neoh to prepare Art Acquisition budget report.

Hannes to distribute Banyule Art Collection Policy.



6. Public Art Policy Update

The Draft Banyule Public Art Policy 2020 – 2024 was completed in August. Consultation included:

Eight internal departments who are involved in public art decisions and programs in Banyule. Two workshops with the BACAC Policy & Strategy Working Group Feedback from over 80 residents, artists and community members through Shaping Banyule Public Art Community Forum in March

At the BACAC meeting on 6 August, the committee recommended that Officers proceed to brief Council on the draft policy to Council. This briefing occurred on 9 September. Council responded favourably to the draft and its key directions and recommended actions. A report was then prepared for the Council meeting on 7 October, recommending Council release the draft for public exhibition on Shaping Banyule.

Next steps: 7 October – Council release draft for Public Exhibition 11 Oct – 8 November – draft available for comment on Shaping Banyule 9 Dec – Council meeting to adopt policy

ACTION: Hannes to share Shaping Banyule link, when available, for distribution.

7. Other Items

Malahang Festival – Sunday 14 November, Malahang Reserve, Heidelberg West. Programming completed – major act is ABC TV’s Dirtgirl (children’s entertainer and eco-warrior).

Olympic Park Local Histories Project – Banyule Council is currently undertaking a large scale

redevelopment of Olympic Park in Heidelberg West.

Feeding into this work the A&C team has engaged a consultant to gather and synthesize

some of the key information, stories and themes relating to the 1956 heritage of Olympic

Park in Heidelberg West – and importantly, its significance to the local community.

This work will then inform several aspects of the Olympic Park development project:

an artist brief as part of the commissioning of a major work of public art to be installed at the site

some aspects of the design of the site and/or its fixtures proposed local community celebrations coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics in July 2020

Napier Waller House Tour – Hannes is investigating a potential private tour of Napier Waller House with National Trust, as an end of year celebration for BACAC. This would be one evening in December, in addition to our meeting on 3 December.

ACTION: Hannes to confirm Napier Waller Tour

8. Meeting Close Cnr Langdon closed the meeting at 8.00pm

Next Meeting:

Next meeting 3 December



APPENDIX 1

Proposal to refresh the Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces program Background The working group agreed that the current biannual program means time to support applicants

and promote the program is limited, and that the $1000 grants mean that artists are often working for free.

The working group agreed that an annual program would allow more time to publicise the program and to support applicants. This would ensure that the community is aware of the projects and that the quality of finished projects is high. Pooling the grant funding would allow for artists to receive better remuneration and for projects to be more ambitious while still retaining the flexible nature of the program and encouraging new applicants who will receive support from the Arts and Cultural Development Officer

Proposal To make AIPS an annual rather than a bi-annual program and pool the resources so that we can

offer 3 x $2000 grants. To promote the program to potential applicants with multiple strategies including:

o At least one information session with previous successful applicants o Meeting with colleges/courses/schools to encourage young people to apply o Opportunities to discuss ideas with Arts and Cultural Development Officer prior to the

project opening o Distribution of PDF application prior to applications opening to allow applicants to

prepare with criteria and application process in mind To include a longer time period between the closing of applications and the installation of

projects. This would allow for: o Assessors to go back to applicants to ask for clarification or additional commitments

prior to final selection of projects o Additional time for support and negotiation so that artists can have additional

opportunities for mentoring and development, and projects can be given the support needed to be fully realised

o Further time for promotion of the program, including inclusion in the banner, physical posters and signage and social media updates to build interest and audiences

Proposed Timeline

Publicity, information sessions, drop-in sessions: September 2020

Applications: October 2020

Announcement of successful applicants: November 2020

Contracts, JSEAs, Comms and Officer support: December 2020-January 2021

Successful projects installed: February 2021

Next Steps Seek working group feedback on the above proposal Take proposal to an Arts and Culture team meeting for feedback

Item: 3.2 Attachment 3: Art Collection Working Group Meeting - Minutes - 20191001


APPENDIX 2 Banyule Arts & Culture Advisory Committee

- Minutes from Art Collection Working Group Meeting

Tuesday 1st October, 4-5:30pm.

Present: Cr. Langdon, Allison Beckwith, Fran Lee, Lisa Byrne, Steph Neoh Apologies: Cr. Castaldo, Sandra Diaz

Meeting started 4:15pm - Working group met at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space to view the 2019 Banyule Award for

Works on Paper Finalists’ Exhibition. - Working group considered the 40 works in the exhibition, and through discussion,

recommend the following artworks for acquisition:

o Landscape of Waste – black – by Rosalind Atkins - $1,500

o Where the Land Lies #2 and #2 (diptych) – by Jo Scicluna - $6,400

o Kelp Dragon – by Wendy Black - $880

o Memento Spiritum – by Valerie Sparks - $2,400 o C’arn the Blues – by Penelope Le Petit - $600

o Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg) - by Georgina Campbell - $200

o Shangri-La - by Anne Starling - $2,300

o TOTAL: $14,280

- Cr. Langdon moved that a further 3 artworks to be recommended, to be decided by Council, subject to budget approval:

o Waterworld – by Stefan Gevers - $10,000

o The Tangled Wood (Composition I) – by David Frazer - $4,300

o The People’s Choice Award winner (to be counted by 14 October for the Council Briefing) – TBC

- Cr. Langdon moved that we ask Council for permanent Acquisition Budget increase from current amount of $15,000 – Steph to provide background on this budget, and benchmarking for the increase.

- To provide feedback to those artists whose artworks we are interested in, but may approach at a later date for acquisition next year, or for a commission. (Yandell Walton, Mary-Jane Walker, Tania Mason and Chelle Destefano)

Item: 3.4 Attachment 1: Banyule Disability and Inclusion Advisory Committee - Minutes of General Meeting - 16 Oct 2019


Item: 3.4 Attachment 2: Banyule Arts and Culture Advsory Committee - BACAC - 1 October 2019 - Minutes

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Committee Minutes


Hatch Contemporary Arts Space

14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe 3079

Banyule Arts & Culture Advisory

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Present

Council Officers Cr Craig Langdon, Hannes Berger, Adrian Culley

Apologies Cr Peter Castaldo, Kate Hansen (Maternity Leave), Sandra Diaz


Cr Langdon declared the meeting open, acknowledged the traditional owners the Wurundjeri willam people, welcomed all present and noted apologies.

Previous Minutes The Minutes of the 6 August 2019 meeting were confirmed by the committee.

2. Celebrations Pinpoint Art In Public Spaces

The latest round of Pinpoint Art in public Space is currently being delivered. There are three projects supported through this program:

This is Who We Are by Jessie Brooks-Dowsett – Shop 48, Bell Street Mall Spirit Tree by Chloe Lee - Fred Lassett Park, Mount Street, Heidelberg Waterways by Anne Bennett (Onticity Art Projects) – Watermarc Foyer,

Greensborough

Anne Bennett spoke about her project, the experience, and positive level of engagement by the public. Hannes explained the aims of the program – to activate unusual public spaces creatively, and to encourage community to think about the city differently. He congratulated Anne on achieving both these outcomes, and encouraged committee to visit all three sites.

3. Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub

Sally Hirst (Hirst Projects) presented an update to the committee on the work her consultancy has been doing with Council, and other stakeholders – including Yarra Plenty Ranges Libraries and the ILCH Working Group – on the development of a Programming and Activation Framework for the new facility. The presentation included:

Purpose & value proposition Activation principles Market segments Activation owners, partners, collaborators and specific / shared responsibilities Activation spaces Approaches to activation: timeframes & program content Draft operating & governance model Key risks Next steps

The committee discussed the presentation at length and provided much feedback. Key points include:

A need to connect this facility with what we do right across Banyule – must be municipal asset.

Questions about how the shared community spaces at ILCH will be programmed / accessed. Nothing just happens, a lot of work needs to go on behind the scenes.



A need to manage carefully this shift in approach to how the community will become collaborators. How do we communicate / facilitate this meaningfully and sustainably?

Concern about how this framework will be resourced, implemented, delivered. Discussion about how the key to this will rely on appropriate staffing – recruiting the right people with the right skills (strategic thinkers, collaborators, etc.)

Discussion about how it will be impossible to implement this activation framework or program the venue without a commitment from Council to resource it appropriately.

Criticism that the framework (as presented) appears to be a top-down structure, lacking room for spontaneity. With Community the process can’t be bureaucratic. Recommendation to think more closely about what ‘by/for/with the community’ actually means.

Questions about how much this framework has been informed by case studies of similar facilities – what were the challenges/problems encountered? How are we mitigating these risks?

In relation to the need to facilitate collaboration with the community in activating ILCH, Hannes spoke about a series of information sessions and consultation the Arts & Culture team are currently undertaking in preparation for ILCH opening in 2020. In an attempt to commence dialogue with our community, call outs have been made to artists and Banyule’s creative community to attend info sessions covering:

Current programming strategies – as outlined in the Arts & Culture Strategic Plan (i.e. achieving Cultural Outcomes)

What this has looked like/achieved in recent years What new spaces/facilities/opportunities will be at available as part of ILCH Encouragement to artists to think about possibilities / ideas for programs / engagement Opportunities to pitch these ideas so that officers can begin incorporating these into

program planning – and demonstrate the informed desires of the community

Next steps: Incorporate feedback about the need for flexibility of approach into the framework. Further work to be done investigating the issues encountered by similar cultural facilities. Development of operational model, staffing & resourcing options. Brief Council on 21 October on framework and seek feedback on these options.

ACTION: Hannes to share link to ILCH Info sessions for artists & creatives: https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Arts-culture/Arts-and-culture-program

4. Pinpoint Working Group

The Pinpoint Working Group met on 9 September to review the current program delivery model of Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces. Having evaluated the outcomes of the program in recent years against the intended aims, as well as our capacity to deliver the program effectively, the Arts & Culture team sought feedback form the working group.

Irianna Kannellopoulou spoke on behalf of the working group about the rationale for the program review and the proposed recommendations to refresh the program.

See Appendix 1 for full report of recommendations – but in summary:

Deliver program annually rather than twice a year

Pool funding to support fewer, better resourced projects – and remunerate artists more appropriately

Extend lead-in timeframe and re-structure application process

Reconsider time of year for delivery to maximise opportunities

https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Arts-culture/Arts-and-culture-program



The Committee supported these recommendations. Arts & Culture will now implement the changes in 2020.

5. Art Collection Working Group

The Art Collection Working Group met at Hatch prior to this BACAC meeting (1 October), to view the 2019 Banyule Award for Works on Paper Finalists’ Exhibition – and to consider, shortlist and recommend any relevant works for acquisition into the Banyule Art Collection.

The Working Group considered the 40 works in the exhibition, and through discussion and reference to the Banyule Art Collection Policy recommend the following artworks for acquisition:

Landscape of Waste – black – by Rosalind Atkins - $1,500 Where the Land Lies #2 and #2 (diptych) – by Jo Scicluna - $6,400 Kelp Dragon – by Wendy Black - $880 Memento Spiritum – by Valerie Sparks - $2,400 C’arn the Blues – by Penelope Le Petit - $600 Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg) - by Georgina Campbell - $200 Shangri-La - by Anne Starling - $2,300 TOTAL: $14,280

The BACAC committee were given the opportunity to view the exhibition, with these works highlighted. The committee then endorsed the recommendation by the Working Group that Council purchase these art works for the Banyule Art Collection.

Another outcome of the Working Group meeting, was that Cr. Langdon moved for an additional three artworks to be recommended for acquisition:

Waterworld – by Stefan Gevers - $10,000 The Tangled Wood (Composition I) – by David Frazer - $4,300 The People’s Choice Award winner (votes to be counted by 14 October) – $TBC

Purchase of these works would be subject to a Council decision to commit additional budget for this purpose. The committee endorsed this recommendation.

Further to this, Cr. Langdon also moved that a recommendation be made to Council for an ongoing Acquisition Budget increase from the current amount of $15,000. Art Curator, Steph Neoh, to prepare a report providing background on the current budget, and benchmarking for the increase. The committee endorsed this recommendation enthusiastically.

There was interest by the committee in understanding more about the Banyule Art Collection Policy – the criteria by which works are selected, are the Youth entries eligible, how/when is it reviewed. Hannes to distribute the policy.

ACTION: That a recommendation be made to Council to:

Acquire the seven artworks itemised above (valued at $14,280)

Consider purchasing the 2-3 additional artworks itemised above (including People’s Choice)

Consider increasing the annual acquisition budget - based on a report to be developed by the Art Curator.

Steph Neoh to prepare Art Acquisition budget report.

Hannes to distribute Banyule Art Collection Policy.



6. Public Art Policy Update

The Draft Banyule Public Art Policy 2020 – 2024 was completed in August. Consultation included:

Eight internal departments who are involved in public art decisions and programs in Banyule. Two workshops with the BACAC Policy & Strategy Working Group Feedback from over 80 residents, artists and community members through Shaping Banyule Public Art Community Forum in March

At the BACAC meeting on 6 August, the committee recommended that Officers proceed to brief Council on the draft policy to Council. This briefing occurred on 9 September. Council responded favourably to the draft and its key directions and recommended actions. A report was then prepared for the Council meeting on 7 October, recommending Council release the draft for public exhibition on Shaping Banyule.

Next steps: 7 October – Council release draft for Public Exhibition 11 Oct – 8 November – draft available for comment on Shaping Banyule 9 Dec – Council meeting to adopt policy

ACTION: Hannes to share Shaping Banyule link, when available, for distribution.

7. Other Items

Malahang Festival – Sunday 14 November, Malahang Reserve, Heidelberg West. Programming completed – major act is ABC TV’s Dirtgirl (children’s entertainer and eco-warrior).

Olympic Park Local Histories Project – Banyule Council is currently undertaking a large scale

redevelopment of Olympic Park in Heidelberg West.

Feeding into this work the A&C team has engaged a consultant to gather and synthesize

some of the key information, stories and themes relating to the 1956 heritage of Olympic

Park in Heidelberg West – and importantly, its significance to the local community.

This work will then inform several aspects of the Olympic Park development project:

an artist brief as part of the commissioning of a major work of public art to be installed at the site

some aspects of the design of the site and/or its fixtures proposed local community celebrations coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics in July 2020

Napier Waller House Tour – Hannes is investigating a potential private tour of Napier Waller House with National Trust, as an end of year celebration for BACAC. This would be one evening in December, in addition to our meeting on 3 December.

ACTION: Hannes to confirm Napier Waller Tour

8. Meeting Close Cnr Langdon closed the meeting at 8.00pm

Next Meeting:

Next meeting 3 December



APPENDIX 1

Proposal to refresh the Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces program Background The working group agreed that the current biannual program means time to support applicants

and promote the program is limited, and that the $1000 grants mean that artists are often working for free.

The working group agreed that an annual program would allow more time to publicise the program and to support applicants. This would ensure that the community is aware of the projects and that the quality of finished projects is high. Pooling the grant funding would allow for artists to receive better remuneration and for projects to be more ambitious while still retaining the flexible nature of the program and encouraging new applicants who will receive support from the Arts and Cultural Development Officer

Proposal To make AIPS an annual rather than a bi-annual program and pool the resources so that we can

offer 3 x $2000 grants. To promote the program to potential applicants with multiple strategies including:

o At least one information session with previous successful applicants o Meeting with colleges/courses/schools to encourage young people to apply o Opportunities to discuss ideas with Arts and Cultural Development Officer prior to the

project opening o Distribution of PDF application prior to applications opening to allow applicants to

prepare with criteria and application process in mind To include a longer time period between the closing of applications and the installation of

projects. This would allow for: o Assessors to go back to applicants to ask for clarification or additional commitments

prior to final selection of projects o Additional time for support and negotiation so that artists can have additional

opportunities for mentoring and development, and projects can be given the support needed to be fully realised

o Further time for promotion of the program, including inclusion in the banner, physical posters and signage and social media updates to build interest and audiences

Proposed Timeline

Publicity, information sessions, drop-in sessions: September 2020

Applications: October 2020

Announcement of successful applicants: November 2020

Contracts, JSEAs, Comms and Officer support: December 2020-January 2021

Successful projects installed: February 2021

Next Steps Seek working group feedback on the above proposal Take proposal to an Arts and Culture team meeting for feedback



APPENDIX 2 Banyule Arts & Culture Advisory Committee

- Minutes from Art Collection Working Group Meeting

Tuesday 1st October, 4-5:30pm.

Present: Cr. Langdon, Allison Beckwith, Fran Lee, Lisa Byrne, Steph Neoh Apologies: Cr. Castaldo, Sandra Diaz

Meeting started 4:15pm - Working group met at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space to view the 2019 Banyule Award for

Works on Paper Finalists’ Exhibition. - Working group considered the 40 works in the exhibition, and through discussion,

recommend the following artworks for acquisition:

o Landscape of Waste – black – by Rosalind Atkins - $1,500

o Where the Land Lies #2 and #2 (diptych) – by Jo Scicluna - $6,400

o Kelp Dragon – by Wendy Black - $880 o Memento Spiritum – by Valerie Sparks - $2,400

o C’arn the Blues – by Penelope Le Petit - $600

o Fortune Teller #1 (Iceberg) - by Georgina Campbell - $200

o Shangri-La - by Anne Starling - $2,300

o TOTAL: $14,280

- Cr. Langdon moved that a further 3 artworks to be recommended, to be decided by Council, subject to budget approval:

o Waterworld – by Stefan Gevers - $10,000

o The Tangled Wood (Composition I) – by David Frazer - $4,300

o The People’s Choice Award winner (to be counted by 14 October for the Council Briefing) – TBC

- Cr. Langdon moved that we ask Council for permanent Acquisition Budget increase from current amount of $15,000 – Steph to provide background on this budget, and benchmarking for the increase.

- To provide feedback to those artists whose artworks we are interested in, but may approach at a later date for acquisition next year, or for a commission. (Yandell Walton, Mary-Jane Walker, Tania Mason and Chelle Destefano)

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Present

Members

Megan Burke, Lara Hunter, Jasmine Harris, Ilias Katis (Austin), Katie Larsen (Mind Australia), Michelle McNamara (TGV)

Councillors

Cr Craig Langdon

Support Staff

Allison Beckwith, Gemma Boucher, Steph Neoh

Apologies

Cr Tom Melican, Skye Lacy, Mason Jefferies, James Heaney, Lachlan Harris


The Chair opened the meeting at 6.05pm and read an acknowledgement of the traditional custodians of the land, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, and welcomed all present.

The committee were informed that Council had received notice from Kane Davis that he was stepping down from his role as a committee member due to work commitments. Council is planning to do a midterm Expression of Interest to fill the 2 vacancies in the membership in November.

2. Minutes and Actions from Previous Meeting

There were four actions outstanding from previous meetings, all of which were followed up in Agenda items in the meeting:

How to best engage with the committee on the Arts Program 2020 theme development Intersex Awareness Day Request for an Early Years Presentation to the committee Ivanhoe Hub Gender Neutral Toilets Update- Allison Beckwith, Director of Community

Programs, provided an update to the committee on the progress of the Ivanhoe Hub development. It was noted that the Architect has drafted plans for gender neutral toilets on Level 2 in the main area of the facility. Level two will be where the main Library collection is housed as well as a number of key facilities/meeting rooms. Gender neutral toilets were also planning to be included in a second area. These toilets would be a redevelopment of the existing ones closest to the Council Chambers, also on Level 2. The committee were pleased to hear the progress on this item.

Allison Beckwith also provided feedback to the committee on the Inclusive Clubs Project, and acknowledged that due to the current short staffing and acting arrangements in the Community and Social Planning team, it was identified that this project would need to be paused for the time being, in order for the responsible officer to be resourced to act in the Team Leader role. Allison was in conversations with the Leisure and Recreation team to identify an appropriate contractor that Council could engage to continue this work.



CONSULTATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Early Childhood Rainbow Tick

Zara Anderson, the Early Childhood Services Operations Coordinator at Banyule Council attended the meeting and presented to the committee and update on the outcomes of a previous consultation done with the committee and to discuss the progress of the Rainbow Tick.

Zara provided hard copies of the enrolment form Council is currently using for kinders and child care services. These are a result of a consultation done during the previous term of the LGBTIQ+ committee. Members were asked to provide advice on making the enrolment forms more LGBTIQ+ inclusive. Changes made included referring to parents and guardians rather than mothers and fathers, as well as providing more than the binary options for gender and prefixes. Zara did note that whilst they are able to be agile and make updates quickly to hard copies of the enrolment forms, they are experiencing difficulty with the electronic versions. As the software to manage the online bookings systems is bought ‘off the shelf’ and is not customized, staff have identified there is a lag in the market for a software product that either provides diverse options or allow you to edit the fields yourself. The software needed to link with other Government documentation for parents claiming child care benefits. Council is currently looking for a new software provider and as part of the scope are requesting for diverse options be available for relevant questions. They are also advocating to the Department of Education to make these options part of their processes also.

Zara then spoke about the Rainbow Tick and how the Early Years Team were planning to progress their preparations in readiness for the Audit. Staff have assigned one representative from each service area (five in total) to be on a working group for the Early Years Rainbow Tick. An initial planning meeting is scheduled in October to start mapping out the next steps in order to prepare and plan for the Audit. The Community and Social Planner LGBTIQ+ portfolio holder will also be attending this meeting and offering support and advice. Once they have started the review process it is anticipated there will be further consultation with the LGBTIQ+ Committee.

Allison, Director of Community Services noted it had been identified that the Accreditation process could be packaged up to include a number of teams, and it is now being investigated Council’s capacity to undergo the Rainbow Tick Accreditation for the whole of Children, Youth and Families services. This includes the Early Years Team, Maternal Child Health Team and the Youth Team. The committee will be kept in the loop as this progresses.

LGBTIQ+ ACTION PLAN

3. Arts and Culture Update and Theming

Steph Neoh, Arts Curator from the Arts and Culture Team provided an update to the committee on the development of the Midsumma exhibition at Hatch gallery in 2020. Steph has successfully engaged three emerging artists to participate in the exhibition which were each introduced to the committee, with a brief explanation of their arts practice, medium and examples of their work. Steph noted that they were looking for at least one more artists to be a part of the exhibition and were hoping to engage a queer person of colour. Steph received the feedback from the August Advisory Committee meeting on the working title of the exhibition, and used it to help workshop the title further with the artists involved in the exhibition. The reworked title is “Future Histories” and is reflective of the artists exploring their own histories and how they would like to help shape a more inclusive community.

Steph said that the idea for the curated exhibition is to build trust with the Banyule community that the Arts Programming at Banyule is a safe space for LGBTIQ+ artists and facilitate relationships with local artists in preparation for the IDAHOBIT exhibition. There was also scope to investigate complimentary programming at Hatch Gallery during the Midsumma exhibition. The committee provided some suggestions for complimentary programming such as writing competitions and film



screenings, shared connections to other organisations that may be appropriate as well as suggestions for other artists that could be involved in the exhibition.

Theming for the overall 2020 Arts and Culture Programming was also discussed. Steph explained that previously there has been different approaches by other committees when workshopping a theme: some have taken a direct approach, such as the Environmental Committee chose ‘water’ as their theme (water was identified as a priority topic), others have broader themes such as the Multicultural Committees: “Finding Common Ground”. Or alternatively the approach by the Youth area was to request programming for young people, rather than finding a Youth theme for existing activities and events.

Committee members were asked to consider what is important to them in terms of messaging to the broader community. Members can provide Steph with their suggestions and ideas for concepts that can be workshopped into a theme. The concept of ‘visibility’ was used as an example, given the importance of visibility for the LGBTIQ+ community.

ACTION: Committee members to send their suggestions for the Arts and Culture Theming for 2020 to Steph Neoh by Friday 25th October.

4. Inclusive Business Pack 101 Sheet

Council has been working with the committee to develop the content of the Inclusive Business Pack for the past few meetings. The committee was presented with the proposed LGBTIQ+ Fact Sheet, which mainly focuses on an introduction to terminologies.

Council has developed a draft 101 Fact Sheet that introduces people to LGBTIQ+ definitions and terminology. It was acknowledged that the list is not going to be extensive, and references the fact that our understanding human expression in the context of sex, sexuality and gender is constantly expanding, and our use of language to represent this is changing and growing. To create the content, Council has reviewed the Banyule LGBTI Plan (which included a Terminology Page), the Australian Human Rights Commission terminology, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and Victorian based organisations such as Transgender Victoria and Minus 18. Where possible, it was attempted to keep the information relevant in the context of businesses.

The committee was asked to provide feedback on the structure and content of the 101 Fact Sheet however due to the meeting running behind time, members were asked to review the 101 Sheet in their own time and provide feedback directly to the Contact Officer.

ACTION: Committee to provide feedback on the draft 101 Fact Sheet by Friday 25th

October 2019

5. Intersex Awareness Day

At the August committee meeting Council was asked to investigate acknowledging Intersex Awareness Day. Since then, Council has purchased an Intersex Pride Flag which it will fly on the day, and will be accompanied by a social media post. Council is also working with the Early Years and Maternal Child Health teams to identity opportunities to do a session on Intersex Awareness with their staff, as part of Council’s acknowledgment of this day. The Contact Officer also noted that a resident new to Banyule who is an Intersex Advocate, contacted Council to assist with Intersex Awareness Day Plans. They will be invited to present to the December committee meeting and also invited to submit an Expression of Interest for a midterm intake of Committee Members, as there are currently two positions available.



6. ‘North Is Coming Out’ Council Network Update

At the August meeting it was requested an update be provided on Council’s role in the Northern Council’s LGBTIQ+ Network Meeting. This is a group of Council’s based in the northern metro area of Melbourne, and included a core group of Council: Yarra, Moreland, Darebin and Banyule, as well as some involvement from Whittlesea and Nillumbik. Staff that attend these meetings work in the LGBTIQ+ space at their respective Councils.

The group was mainly formed to plan and manage the Council’s participation in Midsumma each year, specifically Carnival and Pride March. The group also from time to time, identify collaborative opportunities for other events or projects and share information or resources developed within Councils. Examples of previous collaborations include the development of the Find the Rainbow in the North Map, and the delivery of an LGBTIQ+ Forum for local government staff. Items that were discussed at the August meeting was:

Midsumma Carnival and Pride March planning including stall booking, theme and activity planning for stall, heat policy discussion

Review of Find the Rainbow in the North Map Feedback on IDAHOBIT activities and coordinated flag raising Census 2021 joint advocacy opportunity between Northern Councils

7. Other Business

Project/Event Short Updates

- QWere Street 2020: The entertainment has altered slightly- Handsome was no longer available so the second act will now be Rachael Marie Cox. Promotional artwork will remain the same as last year. Event is live on Facebook- please share to your networks. It was identified by a committee member that the Facebook search alters your search to Were Street results, instead of QWere Street, making the event hard to find. This feedback will be passed on to the Centre Managers at Montmorency Traders Association.

- Universal Diversity Statement: the last stage of the consultation was completed today, with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee. All feedback will now be collated, and a report written to Council recommending the statement be adopted.

- Malahang Festival: An activity sheet has been developed, based on the collective of pride flag posters created by the Youth Team. The activity will be accompanied by a Facilitators Guide, and compliments the range of activities available in the space, including the “Strand By Me” message writing. Members will receive an email shortly inviting them to volunteer on the stall during the festival- volunteers will receive a drink and meals voucher on the day.

- Aged Team Rainbow Tick: The Auditors for the Rainbow Tick Accreditation visited Council last week to review the Aged Service. Council will find out about the recommendations from the visit in the coming weeks. Special thanks to the committee member who did an interview with the Auditors.

Inclusive Jobs Program - The Chair noted that Council was currently preparing for its second round of the Inclusive

Jobs Program, formerly known as the Internship Program. A brief introduction to the program was given, and it was highlighted that in its current format, the priority cohorts for the program are Youth, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with a Disability and Culturally Diverse/Recently Arrived people. The committee asked why the LGBTIQ+ community were not considered as one of the cohorts in the program. It was explained that in previous consultations done with the LGBTIQ+ community, barriers to employment was not a theme that arose. Committee members felt this was not an accurate representation of their experience and spoke strongly about the many issues and barriers LGBTIQ+ people experienced in the work place. The Contact Officer offered to invite a member of the Social



Enterprise and Local Jobs team that manage the Inclusive Jobs Program, to the December meeting, to hear directly from members their feedback.

ACTION: Invite a member of the Social Enterprise and Local Jobs Team to the December Committee meeting.

8. Close

Cr Langdon declared the meeting closed at 7.44pm, and thanked all for their participation.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday 5th December 2019 at 6PM, Hatch Gallery, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe

Item: 3.4 Attachment 4: Multicultural Advisory Committee meeting MINUTES October 2019

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Hatch Gallery

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Present

Members

Maria Axarlis-Coulter, Uzma Rubab, Samira Liban, Hedi Azadi, Andrea Gallow, Ansam Sadik (Vic Police), Alaa Elzokm (Heidelberg Mosque), Suzanne Crellin (Olympic Adult Education)

Councillors

Cr Craig Langdon

Support Staff

Allison Beckwith, Gemma Boucher

Observers

Colin Barlow (Olympic Adult Education)

Apologies

Cr Tom Melican, Jason Xin


Cr Langdon opened the meeting at 6.05pm and read an acknowledgement of the traditional custodians of the land, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, and welcomed all present.

Members were notified that Council had received communication from Jason Xin, informing Council that he was stepping down from his role as a committee member, due to family commitments in China.

2. Minutes and Actions from Previous Meeting

There were three actions from the August meeting and one action carried over from the April meeting:

Investigate doing an NDIS presentation to the committee. Council has invited ADEC (Action on Disability in Ethnic Communities) a Preston based peak body organisation, to present to the committee in December

Members were asked to contact the Department of Human Services representative directly if they had suggestions for community groups to receive an outreach session.

Investigate if the State funding to support people exited off the Status Resolution Support Service, has been allocated and is being distributed yet. Council has shared an update with the Montmorency Asylum Seeker Support Group.

Council Officer Alison Wood was invited to the October meeting to discuss further details of CaLD related projects in the Sustainable Transport area.

CONSULTATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

3. Supporting Small Businesses

Uzma Rubab, from the Economic Development team spoke to the committee about some research they are doing. For the past few years Council has supported a program run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BoSL) called Stepping Stones. The purpose of the program is to support recently arrived and refugee/asylum seeker women by mentoring them through the process of developing and starting your own small business. It has been noted that around half of participants actually go on to



start their own business, so Council is exploring what the barriers might be for people from recently arrived backgrounds, who want to start their own business. By identifying the gaps and barriers Council can understand better the role it can play to assist recently arrived people to start a business.

Committee members were asked to assist in identifying any gaps or barriers they are aware of for people starting their own business. The committee made the following comments and suggestions:

It was identified that with Stepping Stones participants or Global Sisters (a similar program) many participants were studying English at the same time, and their level of English were still fairly low. In general low levels of English can be a barrier to people being able to start a business or run one well. It was noted a number of Registered Training Providers run English for Small Business courses, such as Olympic Adult Education.

The New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) was mentioned and whether people are fully accessing the service from the Federal Government

Some people are concerned about registering with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for a number of reasons, including concerns that the ATO will ‘know more about them’ or that having an ABN will cut off other government financial support

There is a need to provide ongoing business mentoring opportunities to match people with either similar businesses or from a similar cultural background

Provide more diverse opportunities, such as incubator or start up spaces and opportunities to share resources in order to keep the cost of a small business down

It can be difficult for recently arrived people to understand all the systems and how to navigate them. For example a common small business for recently arrived migrants is food however understanding the regulations and rules of the Health Act can be difficult

The committee were thanked for their contribution to the discussion. Uzma noted that the Economic Development team would continue researching and collecting information in order to make a decision on next steps. The committee will be notified of those next steps.

4. Sustainable Transport Projects

Council is currently working on a Cycle Strategy and is forming a working group. The Sustainable Transport Officer is currently looking for people who are interested in joining the working group, and encourages propel from diverse backgrounds to participate. If you are interested or would like more information please contact the Sustainable Transport Officer- their details will be sent in an email to committee members.

MULTICULTURAL ACTION PLAN

5. Welcome Kit Update

Council is progressing the redevelopment of the New Resident Welcome Kit. Staff from the Communications team and the Community and Social Planning team met recently to present the recommendations. These included contents, distribution methods and promotional activities, with the recommendations being shaped by advice from the Multicultural Advisory Committee. As the Communications Team manage the distribution of the Welcome Kits, it is vital they are on board and supportive of the proposed changes being made.

The Communications Team noted that they currently receive around 5-10 requests a week for a New Resident Welcome Kit. Their feedback included that most requests are currently come from Customer Service staff promoting the kits. We are currently working on ensuring the key service information that was translated by Council a few years ago now is up to date. Communications do not want to proceed with the project until we can confirm and update as required. Once this is completed Council will continue to progress this project.



6. Malahang Festival 2019 Update

A short update on the progress of the plans for Malahang Festival. Council has confirmed with the Montmorency Asylum Seeker Support Group (MASSG) and the Banyule Interfaith Network their participation in delivering an activity on the day. We have also confirmed the Human Library project and are now doing an Expression of Interest for people to volunteer as ‘books’.

We would like the committee to help us identify people to volunteer as books, and encourage members to apply if interested. An Expressing of Interest form has been developed which will be sent directly to committee members. We strongly encourage members to participate if you are able and interested, or if not your assistance to encourage your friends, family or broader network to submit a form. Expressions of Interest are due to be returned to Council by the 8th November.

7. Regional Advisory Committee Membership

For the past 2 years Council has been a member of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC), run by the Multicultural Commission which is a state government initiative. The RAC meets four times a year and its purpose is to hear directly from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) communities and organisations working with the community, about new and emerging issues. The meetings also include presentations from key services and government departments that work with the CaLD community, and is used as in information sharing network.

The current two year term that Banyule was a member for has now finished, and there is a call out for new members currently. We believe it would be valuable to identify someone from within the Banyule Multicultural Advisory Committee to continue this connection to the RAC. To help facilitate Banyule’s participation, a standing agenda item was introduced to our Multicultural Advisory Committee Agenda, asking for feedback from our members. This information was used to help our participation in the RAC, and could continue to do so moving forward.

Currently the meetings usually take place in the Darebin, Yarra or Whittlesea areas after hours from 6.30pm. Committee members were asked if anyone was interested, with two people nominating. Further information will be sent to these members.

8. Welcoming Cities Update

It has been identified previously that Banyule Council could benefit from participating in the Welcoming Cities program. During the previous term of this committee, members received a presentation about Welcoming Cities. Council agreed to investigate further into what the requirements of membership are and decide on participation.

Welcoming Cities is a national network of cities, towns and municipalities who are committed to an Australia where everyone can belong, with cultural diversity being one of the main focuses. They create a network of resources and support through four areas: Knowledge Sharing, Partnership Development, Celebrating Success and Standard and Accreditation. By becoming a member, a Council can access the first three areas. The idea being that members can progress towards meeting the Standards and going through an Accreditation process.

Council recently met with a representative of Welcoming Cities to revisit membership. As a result of this meeting, we believe there will be benefit for Banyule Council and is taking steps to sign up to the Network. Council will now be taking steps to join the network, and any relevant outcomes will be reported back to the committee.



9. Other Business

Standing Item: New and Emerging Issues - This item has been added to the agenda as a standing item, which will be discussed at each

committee meeting. Council currently has an officer as a representative on the Regional Advisory Committee for the North Melbourne region, run by the Multicultural Commission of Victoria. This committee regularly asks members to identify new and emerging issues being experienced by the culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the area. To assist in reporting to the RAC, committee members of the Banyule Multicultural Advisory Committee will be asked to put forward comments on any trends or themes appearing through their networks. At this meeting members identified the following:

Being proactive about Safety Messaging to the CaLD community as we approach the warmer months, particularly around water

Is there opportunities to have information about sugary drinks and public drinking water stations translated into other languages?

Young people from Muslim backgrounds are struggling with issues relating to their identity in Australian culture, and how to navigate between the two worlds

Where are the opportunities for people from different cultural backgrounds to come together and integrate more?

Members were thanked for their feedback, which will be passed on at the next Regional Meeting.

10. Close

Cr Langdon declared the meeting closed at 7.25 pm, and thanked all for their participation.

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 10th December 2019, Level 4, 1 Flintoff Street, GREENSBOROUGH

Item: 3.4 Attachment 5: Banyule Environment Advisory Committee meeting notes - October 2019 - Draft


Item: 3.4 Attachment 6: Banyule Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee - Minutes of meeting - 3 October 2019


Item: 4.1 Attachment 1: Community Consultation Report for the Community Emissions Reduction Plan


Item: 5.1 Attachment 1: Proposed Plan of Subdivision 813368T


Item: 5.2 Attachment 1: Red Tape Review - Response to recommendations


Theme Proposed improvements Agree? Comment

A1. Simplify planning schemes

1. Extending the Smart Planning program to further improve planning schemes

Yes – with funding - conditional

Applying plain language drafting principles is an ongoing process and currently underway with the Smart Planning process. Training in the application of plain language and highlighting examples of confusion when plain language is not used is useful in upskilling, e g PIA Training. (What to do and What not to do – Plain language course for strategic planners)

Revising the order of material in a planning scheme, i.e. the idea of listing the planning scheme in order of ‘most used’ and ‘least used’, is problematic as this would depend entirely on the proposal and location of the site – ie. Residential, commercial or industrial will have distinctively different ‘most used’ and ‘least used’ policies and decision-making guidelines.

Digital Delivery revision - Using existing tools or integrating them into the functionality of the schemes is a possibility – eg. Planning property reports via Land channel (land.vic.gov.au) has always been a starting point for planning decision making for consultants and council planners – a tool to determine property by property – which controls and permit triggers apply to a site.

Having the ability to use the planning scheme that specifically applies to your particular property – perhaps by allowing an address search function



on the planning scheme page itself, will allow for the generic user (unfamiliar with planning) to better understand how the planning scheme affects them directly.

The zones and the overlays are clearly the first point of contact for the landowner which then inform the permit triggers and the list of uses that are permitted or prohibited.

The CHMP Activities tool is a good example that currently exists in the resources available to use to determine whether a Management Plan is required- http://www.aav.nrms.net.au/aavQuestion1.aspxTaking this concept and applying it to the planning scheme for the user may be a way to make the scheme more user friendly – it is one step beyond a property report – what do you want to do? Build one house? Build more than one house? Removing any trees? and will state - is a permit required? Y/N (or talk to council for clarification)

Clear information provided upfront – about who will decide the applications outcome is more a statutory planning matter. Perhaps this refers to which external referral authorities (eg. VicRoads, Melbourne Water, etc) need to be consulted – communicating this information to the end user at the start of the preliminary enquiry process– so that they can proactively engage in this aspect of the planning process prior to an application being submitted.

Continuing the translation of the planning scheme into the integrated planning policy

http://www.aav.nrms.net.au/aavQuestion1.aspx



framework – means that the strategic planning focus for the next while will be on this extremely large project of editing, reviewing, deleting, refining, etc – and that this in itself may cause delays in the length of the decision making process itself. (Plain language translation requirements, removal of repetition, deciding where local policy will now be located and potentially in multiple locations (without repetition) is a significant task which involves significant cost and effort and in undertaking all the above it is not yet quantified as to how much time would be saved in the decision making process overall.

2. Consolidating planning scheme requirements, principles or rules that serve similar purposes (while allowing for local variation).

This appears to continue the rationale of SMART planning reforms. Local content for Councils will remain a priority in order to address specific local issues. The planning system in England and Wales is an example that has swung wildly from local to top down national policy back to localism over the last twenty years. It should provide a case study for any reforms to Victorian planning in addition to any non-Victorian analysis that has informed this review.

3. Faster policy resolution for emerging planning issues to ensure a consistent state-wide approach with clear and appropriate frameworks for local council variation.

While it is agreed that fast and clear resolution of key policy issues is a good idea – it is pointed out that in recent times, State and its consultation with Council’s has become somewhat tokenistic on several reform matters. The Smart Planning reforms of 2017, for example, revealed that Banyule and many other Council’s were concerned about the loss of local policy through the reforms, eg. ESD and Neighbourhood



Character Policy.Similarly, the Land Use Definitions Review was run through a closed discussion paper, with no opportunity for a Panel. Prior to this, the Garden Area requirements were introduced into planning schemes with limited consultation. With Council’s largely responsible for the implementation of planning schemes – the need for faster policy resolution needs to be balanced with proper engagement and response to Council issues.

4. Councils working within their regions and across Victoria to harmonise their planning policies, where possible. Recent efforts through the Planning in the Economic Growth Zone (PEGZ) program in the Latrobe Valley have shown the benefits of this collaborative approach at a regional level (see Box A1.1). The proposal in Section B4 to create regional planning hubs to support non-metropolitan councils’ strategic and statutory planning functions would complement this collaborative approach.

The concept of considered policy across regional areas seems reasonable. This beginning to potentially emerge through things like the Northern Planning Framework for Melbourne’s metropolitan Councils and City Deals. Regional planning in theory should be about coordinating major infrastructure and policy delivery – such as housing capacity work/ setting regional targets; however – this would require some very clear purpose, parameters and decision-making frameworks to make it workable.

A2. Streamline planning scheme amendments

5. Councils could be provided with a final response within 30 days of DELWP initiating a further review of an authorisation request.

Partially agree. See overview comments about planning scheme amendments

It is considered that a broader review of the PE Act 1987 and the whole system of roles and responsibilities for amendments, particularly local amendments is considered from the ground up. Tinkering just within the confines of the current system is a short-term solution.

6. DELWP’s notice templates should be rewritten in plain English (supplemented by technical language where required under legislation) and include images to show examples of what sort of changes a community

Agree



can expect to see under the amended scheme, modelled on the VPA’s approach.

7. In cases where it is clear that there will be unresolvable issues, the recommendation to proceed to a panel hearing should occur at the earliest opportunity (noting that Ministerial Direction No.15 requires councils to request a panel if necessary within 40 business days of the close of submissions).

Agree

8. Panel reports should only be embargoed by councils for seven days (rather than 28).

Disagree Where amendments and Panel reports involve complex, sensitive, political or cost implications – a Council deserves the opportunity to manage the implications of any report in a reasonable timeframe. Council Meetings are generally scheduled every three weeks or monthly. Providing 28 days allows enough time for the Panel Report to be considered and adopted at a Council Meeting.

9. The number of administrative and simple amendments could be reduced by having councils and DELWP group non-urgent matters into periodic omnibus amendments.

Disagree See overarching comments about bigger possible reform. Why does DELWP and the Minister even need to be involved in smaller matters?

Alternatively – the UK model of only reviewing planning schemes at set points in time e.g. 10 years could be implemented to avoid repetitive changes to schemes. In this context, the removal of prohibited uses would become essential to provide ongoing flexibility. In this way, Council strategic planning departments could be freed from addressing multiple planning scheme amendments (and their administrative burden) to focus on developing key local strategic policy and plans.

10. Councils should be required to make a formal decision Conditionally Transparency is important. However – again – refer to



with reasons when deciding to abandon or not exhibit a proponent’s amendment. This would ensure that both the proponent and the Minister for Planning are better informed if a proponent seeks the Minister’s intervention on an abandoned amendment.

agree the overarching comments about broader reform of the whole amendment system, including enabling private amendments to be applied for and pursued with due process and steps in place.

A3. Streamline the PSP process

11. The PSP 2.0 approach should be implemented by the VPA and, as soon as possible, applied to the PSPs in the current program to speed up the rezoning of land and maintain the government target of a 15-year land supply.

N/A

12. The 2.0 approach should be adapted to speed up the planning for the preparation of plans and precinct plans for regional cities’ strategic sites prioritised by the Victorian Government (including those led by DJPR).

N/A

13. Differing views have been expressed by stakeholders regarding the most appropriate size for a PSP. The VPA should balance the need for strategic planning over larger areas with the desirability of approving manageable-sized precincts in a planned sequence that aligns with the delivery timeframes for new public transport and school infrastructure

N/A

14. Once PSP 2.0 has been used in the development of a few PSPs, the approach should be evaluated to ensure that the process improvements are delivering reductions in delays and costs while maintaining quality outcomes.

N/A

15. Guidelines should be developed to encourage the proper sequencing of development across a PSP, including the issue of permits for the first stage of development using section 96A and combining the assessment with the process for approval of the PSP.

N/A



16. City Council’s MOU experience should be more widely utilised in growth corridor areas where the delays in bringing lots to market are a real constraint on competition and housing affordability.

N/A

A4. Escalate planning for sites of strategic importance

17. The VPA and DJPR could advise the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Priority Precincts of the pipeline of sites of strategic importance in Melbourne and regional cities after consulting with councils and other stakeholders.

Partially agree It is noted that planning for the La Trobe Precinct has largely been abandoned by the VPA despite it being an identified National Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC) - greater commitment and funding of outcomes would be needed – not just a commitment to preparing a plan.

18. The VPA, in consultation with DJPR, the Suburban Rail Loop Authority and relevant councils and stakeholders, should advise the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Priority Precincts about which of the sites could be prioritised and the best form of engagement with the council for planning to be undertaken jointly in each case.

Agree

B1. More help with applications

19. It would be useful for DELWP to provide a Planning Practice Note (PPN) and model application forms to councils about how pre-application processes can be used to identify the key issues and the information requirements. Ideally, councils should provide written advice after these meetings within a reasonable timeframe, addressing the matters discussed noting any unresolved issues.

Agree Model process could be helpful however, a number of Councils are already providing pre-application services.

20. To ensure that pre-application meetings are effective, senior planners should be involved to bring their knowledge of recent decisions made by the council and by VCAT (to promote consistency of advice). For larger proposals, these meetings could also involve other staff and decision makers, such as referral

Agree There should be opportunities for senior involvement in forming pre application positions. The thinking needs to be broader than just support at a meeting to include by correspondence and delegation panels.

There would be benefit to consistency in pre



authorities and internal referrals such as drainage engineers or heritage advisers.

application services from referral Authorities.

21. Councils could be required to offer pre-application meetings and be able to charge a reasonable fee for more complex matters. These fees could be reimbursed when a complete application is lodged, and no further information is required. The best practice guidelines should establish some benchmarks for these fees

Disagree Fees should not be set but benchmarking by the State would be useful to establish a guideline for suitable fees.

22. Difficulties later in the process would be avoided by adopting a Better Approvals approach focused on council planning and building approvals processes. This would facilitate concurrent decision making, streamline referrals and embed the concierge model as a form of case management. This would give each applicant a consistent contact with whom to discuss their issues. Ideally this contact would be maintained throughout all other stages of approval in which councils were involved, including the post-permit approvals and building approvals processes. Councils could be assisted to adopt best practices and implement relevant changes being recommended by this review.

Agree with conditions

There is merit to this and guidance and documentation could be improved with respect to approval triggers after the planning permit stage. There are limitations to the concierge model also:

Development timeframes are often greater than the tenure of planning staff.

Difficulty anticipating private building surveyor service.

B2. Ensure lodged applications are complete

23. Councils should only accept applications once they are complete. Guidelines, standard forms and checklists should be developed to help applicants prepare complete applications.


Case law undermines the confidence in this suggested practice and therefore legislation should provide greater definition.

24. To support this, the VPP should be amended to increase clarity of application requirements by:

reviewing all VPP application requirement lists for clarity, consistency and relevance;

developing standard application requirement lists and forms for common application types,



including land use, building and works, subdivision, signs, and vegetation removal; and

testing the development of application requirements lists for certain applications types

25. DELWP, through its Smart Planning program should work with councils to review the information requirements in local schedules to check whether they duplicate requirements under the VPPs and, if not, whether the additional requirements are actually necessary to enable consideration of local issues.


This scan should occur when amendments are sought or where there is opportunity as part of a broader planning scheme review.

DELWP can take a lead through review of key controls such as the VPO review.

B3. Move to online planning permit processing and tracking.

26. An achievable timeframe should be set for all councils to have their planning permit applications fully trackable online and further efforts should be made to ensure greater compatibility between the different systems. An achievable state-wide goal would be for the DELWP website to offer a direct entry point to each of the 79 councils’ planning web pages.


This functionality is supported however, for many Councils, this would rely on upgrade or replacement of corporate systems and will rely on resourcing and vendors.

An alternative is for the State Government to develop a standard online planning application and referral system (similar to SPEAR) for all application types.

27. Desirable features for council-based permit management systems should include:

development and introduction of common data standards which will help to drive greater standardisation of planning permit application requirements and allow for easier sharing of data across council systems; and

an end-to-end system for managing and tracking all aspects of council processes, with the capacity to coordinate engagement

Agree DEWLP could lend experience to the sector from its implementation.



between parties, read and compare different versions of plans, pay planning fees, and so on.

Implementing these systems should be considered in the context of other related initiatives, including:

the significant modernisation achieved by DELWP’s Smart Planning reforms in digitising planning schemes, Ministerial planning permits and the PSA process; and

the existing use of SPEAR (see Box B3.2) for managing subdivisions and the investment that authorities and private users have made in adapting their systems to SPEAR.

28. The RCTP should be extended to support initiatives that deliver online tracking and processing of planning applications for rural councils.

N/A

Improving planning resources for councils.

29. Provide additional resources for DELWP’s Regional Planning Services network to act as regional planning hubs, providing resources and facilitating training to support councils’ planning functions (see Box B4.2). This support is mainly needed in non-metropolitan areas, where councils often lack the resources to deal with complex or strategic planning issues and manage staff gaps. While the most critical role of these additional resources would be in permit approvals, these hubs could also provide additional resources and facilitate training to support councils’ strategic planning functions.

N/A

30. DELWP and PIA could develop online training packages for planners across Victoria. Peak industry

Agree



bodies could also be funded to work in partnership with DELWP to deliver training packages based on the successful development and delivery of the DELWP/UDIA training module Property Economics: A short introduction for Urban Planners dealing with Affordable Housing.

31. DELWP could encourage harmonisation between councils’ local planning requirements and processes by holding regular regional meetings between councils, referral authorities, the VPA and other relevant bodies, to facilitate communication and resolution of issues. The MAV annual regional conference is a good forum for sharing state-wide experiences and regular regional meetings could be built on this.

Agree

B5. Modernise public advertising of proposals.

32. Experience in Queensland has suggested a significant improvement in public understanding of proposals as a result of a requirement under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, which states that the notice of a permit application should include a picture of the proposal where a significant building is proposed. A similar requirement could be adopted in Victoria for applications involving a new building or larger developments. Pictures could be displayed on signs similar to real estate display boards. The cost to the applicant would be modest but there would be significant benefits, including a reduction in objections based on misunderstandings of the proposal.

Agree Agree but perhaps this is less beneficial or necessary given accessibility of planning applications on websites.

33. Formal notice should be provided on council websites, via email alerts and on social media. Formal notification by mail for affected landowners should remain a requirement. Councils could use their regular


While website publication should be a given, further alerts do not streamline notification processes for councils. Initiatives should focus on digitising ‘hard copy’ notifications to residents.



local newspaper columns and advertisements to give notice about major developments currently on display.

34. DELWP could prepare an updated PPN on ‘Best Practice’ modern notification processes for different types of applications, in consultation with MAV and VLGA.

Agree A stocktake and guidance would be beneficial. Narrowing the ‘detriment test’ would need legislative change.

B6. Stream applications according to risk.

35. The Smart Planning program should review the identified issues with current prohibited and restricted uses, to allow:

non-retail land uses that add vitality and patronage to shopping strips and centres; and

planning concessions for child care centres, aged care facilities and social housing located in residential areas.


Deeper analysis is needed however there would be concern with concessions for childcare/aged care in residential areas.

36. The proposed VicSmart Plus should enable 30-day streamlined issuing of permits for:

secondary dwellings on an existing lot; and

dwelling applications on a small lot in an established area.


There is merit to exploring this subject to:

Consolidation of third party rights.

Activation only in areas identified strategically and without specified overlay controls.

37. Following the review of the small lot code for growth areas, consider the case for amending Rescode and then dealing with siting and other issues through building permits.


Further review and detail to entertain the benefits and risks associated with this.

B7. Reduce requests for further information.

38. Where RFIs are necessary, responsiveness could be improved by having councils ‘pause the clock’ on statutory timelines for decisions, rather than reset it. This recognises that, in many cases, assessment of other aspects of an application can continue even if all relevant information is not yet present. This would also have the effect of reducing the use of RFIs as a


It is agreed the culture of responsiveness should be improved.

This could also be achieved by reducing the timeframes for councils to request RFI (as per 39). However, this would impact on the quality of preliminary review and may need to be supported by



tool to manage workload or performance reporting. The applicant would still be responsible for any time they take to respond to the RFI.

a review of ‘days to make a decision’.

39. Set a deadline to encourage prompt assessment of the need for further information and curb multiple requests – possibly based on the Queensland cut-off time of ten days.

Disagree This would require a fundamental shift in the sequencing of preliminary assessments.

Applicants would not be able to expect this feedback which would only be obtainable through pre application advice. Otherwise, it would be reviewed later in the process and this is contrary to the thrust of ‘front loading’.

40. VCAT could improve and promote the prominence, availability and turnaround times of its Short Cases List to enable an applicant to seek a prompt review of an RFI, which could, in many cases, be done on the day of the hearing.


This represents an opportunity however, the resourcing of VCAT operations and lack of digitisation initiatives should be noted.

41. DELWP could support councils to help them more accurately and efficiently assess the need for RFIs by issuing a PPN and facilitating training opportunities for councils that illustrate:

how to distinguish between further information

requirements and requests for amendments to

an application;

the type and level of information necessary to

inform common decisions (see B2);

the types of changes to applications that are

better dealt with through permit conditions

rather than asking for the change in an RFI; and

best-practice for addressing requests for

Agree



amendments to applications, including:

o using pre-application meetings to offer

applicants a choice between having councils

request and finalise changes to an

application before issuing the permit or do

so by using permit conditions;

o when requesting an amendment, being

clear that the request is for a change to the

application rather than information;

o advising the applicant as to whether a

requested amendment is a minor matter or

one which is likely to affect the applicant’s

chances of having the permit approved; and

o ensuring the applicant understands that where an amendment has been requested, the applicant has choices about how to respond (for example, the applicant may choose not to make changes and proceed with the application, and this will not necessarily jeopardise the chances of having the permit approved).

B8. Reduce response times for referrals.

42. Improving performance by having the relevant Ministers for referral authorities emphasise the importance of abiding by the expected 28-day turnaround and pausing – not resetting – the clock for RFIs, and:

giving appropriate focus and resources to the role;

better managing referrals through such actions as standardising and removing simple referrals and focusing resources on more complex referrals;

Agree



consulting on and providing up-front guidance on referral decision criteria and authority requirements; and

considering delegation of simple approvals.

43. Improving performance reporting, with the Planning Minister requiring referral authorities to regularly report under section 14A of the Planning and Environment Act:

their published guidance for applicants and councils regarding application information requirements, their decision-making criteria and policies and how they apply to their referral decisions including evidence of the consultative processes undertaken to inform this material;

their decisions including timeframes, outputs and post-permit timeframes;

the resourcing of the role and anticipated resourcing needs; and

targets for a reduction in referrals required by developing standards for less complex, matters.

Agree

44. Supporting improvements in referral authority performance, eligibility for funding through the Streamlining for Growth program which could be extended to all councils and referral authorities seeking to improve their responsiveness and decision quality and reducing unnecessary referrals.

Agree

45. Resourcing the VPA to enable it to provide continuous improvement assistance to referral authorities including:

hosting information sharing and inter-authority, authority-council and authority-industry relationship building at the regional level (many councils reported improved referral authority

Agree



performance when inter-agency relationships and communication channels were maintained);

designing standard form publications about application guidance and decision-making guidance for referral authority use; and

strategically reviewing workloads for opportunities to rationalise the type of referrals that require individual review, those that may be addressed through standard conditions, or may only require notification or other methods.

This support could be focused on identifying opportunities to improve proportionality in the work done by referral authorities and collaborating with councils and referral authorities to coordinate referrals in complex cases.

46. Referral authorities should be engaged early in the design process to ensure that their issues are properly addressed and do not arise late in the process. Subsequent referrals should check compliance with the agreed scheme in accordance with section 55(1) of Planning and Environment Act.

Agree Referral Authorities should offer a formal preliminary advice function like Melbourne Water.

47. The triggers for referral should be reviewed to enable simpler matters to be dealt with directly by a council, based on design codes issued by the referral authority.

Agree

B9. Make decisions within a reasonable time.

48. Consider a longer statutory timeframe for complex applications. Guidance on the definition of the threshold for what is ‘complex’ should be set based on the complexity of the assessment rather than just the size of the project.

Alternatively, a negotiated approach could be considered, enabling councils to enter an agreement with an applicant on the expected timeframe.


As complex matters of community interest are often given priority, this could enable a balanced approach to resourcing of applications of medium complexity.

Complexity would need to factor in extent of controls and policy considerations which will differ from Council to Council.



49. Councils should report on the time taken for applications at different stages of the assessment and decision process, so that key performance indicators can be determined for the median time and the proportion of cases exceeding a maximum limit.

Agree

50. As part of the proposal for user-focused concierge services that begin at the pre-application stage (see B1), councils should also provide users with updates throughout the assessment process, so that they are aware of any potential delays and have confidence about the expected timeframe for a decision even if that timeframe exceeds the statutory minimum.

Agree

B10. Promote best practice delegation of decisions.

51. The current status of delegation arrangements across councils could be reviewed to streamline council officer delegations and develop a model ‘deed of delegation’ which reflects best practice, helps councils to triage matters and reduces delays.

Agree

52. A model deed of delegation could be developed and supported by a general guideline that defines common criteria for which matters are suitable for determination by the council’s CEO, the director of planning, other senior staff, council or council committees for determination.

Agree

53. The frequency of councils’ planning subcommittee meetings came in for some criticism. ‘Missing a meeting’ can add a month to the final approval. Shorter, more frequent meetings (say fortnightly) may mean that the volume of approvals can be transacted without such long pauses.

Disagree Improved delegations should be explored before this as this would be resource intensive for Council meetings.

54. There is also scope for the government to review the current training given to councillors about their roles and responsibilities when making decisions within the planning framework. The proposal in the Local



Government Bill 2019 to require candidates and councillors to undertake training could support this improvement.

C1. Checking compliance with permit conditions.

55. DELWP, in consultation with the VPA, VCAT and the MAV, should formalise post-permit processes and set appropriate timeframes for granting approvals by providing a PPN and updating the Writing Planning Permits guide to consolidate and enshrine best practice principles.

Agree Benchmarking and guidance lead by DWELP would assist in setting resources and expectations and understanding whether approaches are fit for purpose.

56. These best practice principles should take into consideration the UK example, include model conditions, provide examples of unacceptable conditions and provide clear advice to planning staff so that they:

only apply planning conditions that arise directly

from the specific issues related to the permit;

only use conditions that are necessary and reasonable where existing provisions under planning and other legislation cannot more effectively or appropriately manage compliance; and

clearly communicate draft conditions to applicants before a permit is granted, to ensure that there is a common understanding.

Agree

57. DELWP together with PIA and VPELA could develop an education and guidance program aimed at promoting:

more effective and targeted use of conditions;

and

collaboration between councils to develop

consistent conditions

Agree



58. Encourage the development of a state-wide manual of standardised engineering infrastructure requirements and conditions. The manual should aim to facilitate greater consistency across councils and reduce the time taken to negotiate infrastructure contributions. An example is the Local Government Infrastructure Design Association's Infrastructure Design Manual or the VPA’s Engineering Design and Construction Manual for Melbourne’s Growth Areas.

Agree However, this does not address varied approaches to engineering infrastructure requirements for infill developments.

59. In adopting the Better Approvals approach for planning and building approvals processes (see B1), councils should consult with applicants about draft conditions before the permit is finalised – to ensure that there is a common understanding of the problem and what the condition seeks to achieve. This would be a continuation of the case management approach that this review proposes should commence in pre-application meetings.


This is good practice but contributes to greater timeframes and can leave decisions makers exposed if exploited while contributing to timeframes.

60. As part of the more comprehensive data collection and monitoring framework being proposed in this review (see Introduction), councils would collect performance data for the post-permit process (for example, the time taken by councils to review amended plans submitted to meet a permit condition).


There is benefit to this however, an upgrade of PPARS to collect and centralise this data would need to be funded. Would this be the best use of funding resources?

C2. Streamline variations to the terms of a permit.

61. VCAT’s Short Cases List could be used more often to hear secondary consent disputes quickly.

Agree

62. DELWP could develop a PPN to guide councils and permit holders about the process and assessment criteria for secondary consents. This should be based on the VCAT principles about what constitutes a reasonable secondary consent amendment. The aim


Clarity would provide certainty for all stakeholders however, this would need to be done in consultation with councils.



would be to make the principles more accessible for less frequent users and reduce the time council staff take to examine individual cases. A PPN could be clear about which matters are appropriate for secondary consents and establish expected approval times, depending on the complexity of the changes. For example, it could specify a quick turnaround for changes to plans that relate to buildings and works that are otherwise exempt from the requirement for a permit. A PPN could also provide advice on when a secondary consent is not appropriate and when a planning permit amendment is required.

63. Fees should be prescribed for secondary consents (as well as other post-permit fees), thereby replacing the various local fees charged by councils and providing consistency across Victoria. Fees could be scaled in a number of ways, for example, according to the number of changes requested or the overall cost of development. This may require amending legislation and/or regulations.

Partially agree There would be benefit to standardisation however, there is a poor track record of review and increment of statutory fees.

64. As part of the broadening of performance monitoring for planning activities, councils should be required to report the number of conditions added to permits and the time taken for post-permit decisions.

Partially agree Processing timeframes should be measured. This work is not represented in PPARS reporting, as is the case for a number of administrative requests.

65. PPN should be developed to provide guidance for councils about how to set specific timeframes that reflect the nature and complexity of a proposal, and for councils and permit applicants about the process and assessment criteria for extensions of time requests

Agree Benchmarking and guidance led by DWELP would assist in setting resources and expectations and understanding whether approaches are fit for purpose.

C3. Reduce 66. The ESC should amend the Code to include an N/A



timelines for electricity connections.

appropriate performance framework for distributors in respect of the non-standard connection. The framework would encourage continuous improvement, maintain safety standards and include consequences for non-compliance. Specific targets could be set for each stage of the non-standard connection process which are not contestable for each distributor.

67. The Civil Contractors’ Federation and Energy Safe Victoria could lead work with all five distribution businesses to develop training and support for contractors and subcontractors with the aim of decreasing construction audit failure rates

N/A

C4. Simplify payment of infrastructure contributions.

68. The VPA, developer organisations and councils should continue working towards an agreement on how to move to a simpler arrangement that can deliver an ICP for developments in a parallel timeframe to approval of a PSP.

N/A

69. Efforts to streamline the staged payment system should continue with the goal of achieving the four-week target timeframes for processing staged payment requests and a simple method to roll over SPAs when the GAIC liability has not been triggered within the financial year.

N/A

70. The VPA should be funded adequately to enable it to process in a timely way the collection of GAIC – possibly by enabling it to be reimbursed in the same way as the SRO is for its costs

N/A

71. SRO’s current work with LUV to fully integrate GAIC notices will facilitate land transfers within the electronic PEXA system and the SPEAR system used to manage subdivision plans, and the availability of an online calculator for staged payments will further

N/A



improve response times.

72. A regular meeting (at least annually) should be held with VPA, LUV and SRO senior staff and representatives of the land development industry to monitor the implementation of reforms and deal with other issues as they arise.

N/A

73. The GAIC Hardship Board should be abolished by repealing the relevant sections of the Planning and Environment Act.

N/A

Section 173 agreements

74. DELWP, councils and MAV should develop model section 173 agreements and explore the opportunity to create benchmark prices for standard infrastructure that can be applied across Victoria.

N/A

C5. Approvals by other authorities

75. Proponents need to be aware of the full range of approvals that they need, including those from other authorities. Improved pre-application processes (see B1) should enable these approvals to be identified by council planners at an early stage.

Agree This can be provided via website and pre-application advice.

76. The Minister for Planning and the Minister for Environment and Climate Change could seek direct talks with the Commonwealth to reduce the time taken for approvals under the EPBC Act by ensuring that assessments under the existing bilateral agreements are used as extensively as possible and that the potential for bilateral approvals by the Victorian Government have been pursued. This would give greater flexibility to negotiate offsets while securing viable reserves of endangered habitat.

Agree

77.Councils should ensure their heritage studies and Heritage Overlays in planning schemes are up to date and in line with current community expectations to protect buildings of local heritage significance.


This is resource intensive and competes with other strategic planning priorities.

78. DELWP, in consultation with relevant parties, should Agree



provide clearer advice and information for councils and proponents about State and local heritage responsibilities and processes, including the safety protections of the Building Act.

C6. Coordinate planning and building permit assessments.

79. Councils should use the concierge approach proposed in this review (see B1) to anticipate and address specific issues early in the approvals process and to underpin effective coordination of planning, building, engineering, heritage and other specialist staff at councils. This ‘whole of project’ customer focus would provide oversight and coordination of internal approvals, monitor timeframes to ensure responses are provided in a timely manner and assist to broker compromises or alternative solutions when necessary.

Partially agree There is merit to continuous improvement that could improve systems and workflows with a focus on the customer experience and timely provision of advice. Councils could pursue this but regulation of a preferred model would bring consistency.

80.With respect to flooding, the relevant authorities (for example, drainage authorities and catchment management authorities) should collaborate to develop a single, consolidated set of flood mapping information, with this data then made available to all parties who use and administer the system. Smart Planning could then consider integrating this information into the online portal.

Agree There is merit to making flooding data available online so that there is no need for applicant to request property information to understand if more detailed ‘report and consent’ applications are required.

81. An additional measure that could be implemented in the short term is to require the ‘building information statement’ to be provided at the time information is provided about the planning permit application requirements. It could then be considered as part of the planning approval process and provide access to any flooding information held by a council under the building regulations. This would enable building designers to incorporate this information in their planning permit application, avoiding unnecessary rework causing increased costs and delays if the

Agree As per 79.



information is discovered later.

D1. Expand the workforce of building surveyors, inspectors and fire safety engineers.

82. Establish a new class of building surveyor for low-risk building work.

Agree

83. Increasing interest in the building and engineering professions.

Agree

84.Set-up new bridging pathways for practitioners from related professions.

Agree

D2. Improve access to building records

85. A central database for Victoria that is managed by the VBA is the intention of the Victorian Government. In the longer term, the Building Activity Management System (BAMS) platform, recently introduced by the VBA to manage building permit numbers, is intended to provide a central building records database.


Despite Setting up portals for online lodgement many building surveyors (approximately one third) still insist on submitting notification material and plans in hard copy (Section 30 and 80). In these cases, payment is not being made via online channels that have been established with credit card authorisations and cheques still being used. Regulation to mandate digital and online submission should be considered.

There is merit to reviewing the benefits of back scanning of historic building files however, there is a resource implication for this. Further, regulations should clarify copyright and privacy obligations so there is confidence that plans can be released.

D3. Streamline building permit requirements for low-risk work.

86. Decks

The construction of a low-rise deck could be exempted from the requirement to obtain a building permit provided its maximum height does not exceed 800 millimetres. This height aligns with the overlooking requirements. To ensure its structural integrity, the construction of a deck would continue to be captured by Part 2 of the Building

Agree No objection to expanding the permit exemptions as outlined. The VBA will need to address the fire resistance requirements for Decks when located within 900mm of boundaries where a permit is not required



Regulations so that it is subject to the requirements of the NCC.

87. Mobility access ramps:

To ensure that all mobility access ramps are exempt from the requirement to obtain a building permit, including those that provide higher level access, exemptions could be introduced for 800 millimetres in height provided they comply with NCC and are certified on completion by a building surveyor or inspector.

Agree

88. Sheds:The existing exemption for sheds could be expanded by increasing the current 10-square-metre floor area trigger to 16 square metres. Stakeholders have advised that increasing the size to 16 square metres would ensure that enough space is available in exempt sheds to store tools and equipment for land and bushfire management.

Agree

D4. Standardise construction management plans.

88. As many of the elements included in a construction management plan draw on local laws, DELWP could also prepare a model local law in consultation with councils and MAV to further facilitate standardisation across Victoria. The model local law would encourage a standard form and application of standard requirements, which could be varied by councils in certain circumstances to suit local conditions. Councils would need to replace their existing local laws with the model laws in line with the procedure for doing so set out in the Local Government Act.

Agree

89. To accompany the model local law, a model construction management plan and guidelines for the model plan could be developed. These would support the consistent preparation and assessment of

Agree



construction management plans within Victoria. The guidelines and model plan prepared by the City of Melbourne are examples of current best practice that could guide this work.

90. Consideration could also be given to including construction management plans in the concierge model of case management in councils (see B1). The City of Greater Dandenong has been cited by stakeholders as an example of using this practice efficiently.

Agree

D5. Improve consistency of council asset protection requirements.

91. Stakeholders have recommended that a standard practice guide should be set for building-related work that could be adopted by all councils to create uniformity across Victoria.

Agree Does not directly impact upon BS role

92. To support such a practice guide and standardise the requirements for council permits and asset protection, a model local law could be developed in consultation with councils and MAV. As proposed for construction management plans, the model local law could adopt a standard form and consistent requirements, which could be varied by councils to suit local conditions. Councils could also publish enforcement policies relating to these local laws. The model local law could be adopted by councils through an amendment to their local laws using the power given to them by the Local Government Act.

Agree

93. Consideration could also be given to including asset protection requirements in the concierge model within councils.

Agree

D6. Distinguish building ‘consultants’ from

94. It is proposed that in the short term, Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) runs a communications campaign to raise consumer awareness of the role of building

Agree Agree with proposal for improvements and registration of building consultants



building surveyors. consultants compared to building surveyors, the importance of engaging a qualified person, what to look for when engaging a building consultant, the risks, the relevant laws, where to get help and how to make a complaint.

95. In the longer term, DELWP and CAV could undertake a joint review into the:

issues raised by stakeholders, such as the HIA, and the risks for building owners and consumers more generally arising from the operation of building consultants; and

measures, both regulatory and non-regulatory, to address the issues including, but not limited to, the costs and benefits of a consumer awareness campaign and a registration scheme for building consultants. A registration scheme could consider standards of practice including permitted and prohibited conduct, which may be in the form of a mandatory code of conduct.

Agree

D7. Clarify processes for enforcement.

96. Depending on the scope of the Victorian Government's recently foreshadowed review of the Building Act, that alternative models for the administration and enforcement of the building permit process be considered, including those proposed by stakeholders. Addressing the fragmentation of the enforcement processes would assist in building consumer confidence in the operation and integrity of the building permit process and the regulatory system.

Agree

97. That Recommendation 6 of the 2019 Victorian Cladding Taskforce be implemented – ‘that consideration be given to the development and implementation of a protocol between the VBA and

Agree



councils, which sets out accountabilities, mechanisms for cooperation and communication, strategic interventions and agreed procedures for referring enforcement actions.’1 .Similarly, the 2015 report by the Auditor-General noted the opportunity for the VBA and councils to establish communication and reporting protocols. Protocols were raised as an administrative approach to addressing ongoing uncertainty about responsibilities for enforcement that ‘would have significantly enhanced system-wide monitoring.’2 The development of local council building plans could also be considered to complement the protocol.

98. The State Building Surveyor should include monitoring and regular reporting on the operation and performance of the building permit process, including making recommendations to improve the process, where needed. The 2005 inquiry into housing regulation by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission and, more recently, the 2015 report by the Victorian Auditor-General, noted the need for a performance monitoring framework for the building regulatory system.

Agree State building surveyor should rely on input from the AIBS or the VMBSG.

Models which require MBS to issue inspection and occupancy permits would require a fundamental change in resourcing of Council Building departments.

99. To remove the inherent conflict, the review of the Building Act could also consider the respective roles of municipal and private building surveyors.

Agree

100. That a practice guide for building surveyors and inspectors be developed, which benchmarks the processes and the matters they must consider when

Agree

1 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; Victorian Cladding Taskforce; Report from the Co-Chairs; July 2019; p 42. 2 Victorian Auditor-General; May 2015; p 34.



inspecting each class of building. By clarifying processes and accountabilities for building inspections, a practice guide would assist with quality of work issues arising from conflicts of interest. A similar guide is in place in Queensland and proposed in New South Wales. The practice guide would be supported by templates for building surveyors and inspectors to record the details and outcomes of inspections.

101. The code of conduct being developed by the VBA would support the proposed practice guide and strengthen the conflict of interest obligations of private building surveyors and inspectors.

Agree

Additional commentary for A2.

It is questioned whether this review of red tape has been able to properly examine the Victorian planning system. While there may be delays – any reasonable focus should not just be about cost savings for developers or to a dwelling. Instead the quality of outcomes, who makes decisions (when, why) and a detailed examination of alternative approaches need to be front and centre in any review.

There is little evidence or theory explored in the report to suggest that streamlining planning scheme amendments would bring better outcomes for people or communities. For example, is the State prepared to commit to the level of supporting infrastructure necessary to support growth and change in areas such as NEICs and provide Councils comfort to bring forward strategic amendments more quickly?

In lieu of necessary public transport funding across metropolitan Melbourne – Councils are quite often reticent of fast-tracking planning process that will have a flow on effect by adding to the rising burden on Councils to address challenges such as congestion, increased expenditure on capital works and community infrastructure etc, all within a regime of rate capping and spiralling householder costs.

Similarly – the State hasn’t been able to put forward a model of developer contributions for established areas; address affordable housing delivery or environmentally sustainable design (ESD) that would properly give Councils the tools to develop good strategic plans and planning scheme amendments.

There is a raft of planning challenges across Metropolitan Melbourne, including growth areas bereft of essential infrastructure, middle and outer suburban congestion, disjointed and multiple State Government projects (e.g. Yarra Strategic Plan, Yarra Catchment Integrated Water Strategy and Metropolitan



Open Space Strategy) and whether they are truly integrated with achieving good local planning outcomes. Other examples include the North East Link and whether it is working with local Councils to deliver good urban renewal or open space opportunities. Banyule is now also facing challenges on the Level Crossing Removal Program with proposed new stations at Greensborough and Montmorency.

It is considered that the whole planning scheme amendment process needs a considerable examination. For example, to the role of the Minister for Planning and officers of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – do they need to be involved in all planning scheme amendments and key steps - from authorisation through to approving amendments?

It is noted that the Planning and Building Approvals Process Review (Draft) has not identified in Figure 11 the time it takes for the Minister and DEWLP to approve an amendment once Council has done all the requisite work. (page 25) Could this not also be a bottleneck in the approvals system to measure and potentially address?

It is considered that reviewing the role of listing ‘prohibited uses’ or Section 3 uses in planning schemes zones could be a clear starting point for any review of streamlining planning scheme amendments. It is this very simple characterisation of any use that sets in train a complex, time consuming, potentially costly and possibly inflexible planning regime. What if, for example prohibited was replaced with ‘non preferred’ - but still allowed a potential landowner to seek a planning permit rather than needing to first persuade a Council to consider a change to a planning scheme (a Council in turn has to persuade the Minister)? Every matter would then be capable of being examined on its individual merits.

There is already a mechanism in the planning scheme to allow prohibited uses of places – but only those with heritage significance (Clause 43.01-9) The schedule to this overlay specifies the heritage place as one where prohibited uses may be permitted where the use will not adversely affect the significance of the heritage place and the benefits obtained from the use can be demonstrably applied towards the conservation of the heritage place. Could this form of demonstrable assessment not also be applied for all proposed uses and developments where there is ‘non preferred’ rather than ‘prohibited’ uses, moving forward?

Other benefits might be that uses that can’t be easily characterised in a fast-changing world would no longer need to defer to the defined land use terms in planning scheme (that are defined at a fixed point in time). Alternatively – why could an individual not be able to pursue a private planning scheme amendment rather than needing to persuade a Council to consider it – as the New Zealand system allows for example (with built in time periods when a Council must action such requests)?

Why does the Minister need to determine if a Council can pursue an amendment to its planning scheme for many matters that are not of State significance?

Why does the planning system not have a built-in ability to appeal the amendment process for third parties?



Unless all these the matters and possibilities are opened for debate and consideration – it remains to be seen what purpose there is within this report if it wishes to consider improvements just within the current rigid system under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The benefits of any streamlining need to be net benefit to all stakeholders rather than just about time or cost (or profit).

There are many other examples of doing strategic planning/ planning schemes differently beyond Victoria and Australia that could lead to a hybrid or components of other systems being considered or implemented into the Victorian system. There is merit in a proper review of the whole PE Act.

Item: 5.3 Attachment 1: Banyule Planning Scheme Amendment C152 - Letter from Planning Minister dated 27 October 2019


Item: 5.4 Attachment 1: NEL - Letter - NELP - BCC - 2019/10/25 - Re: North East Link - Removal of Transmission Towers in Watsonia


Item: 5.4 Attachment 2: NEL - List - BCC - 2019/07/17 - North East Link Advocacy - Project List (Council Meeting 5 August 2019)


ADVOCACY LIST

Classification Current Status

CORE: Should be included in project Not in scope

COMPLEMENTARY:Separate State funding required

Considered for scope

In scope

EARLY WORKS:Deliver prior to primary works

Confirmed inclusion / completed

WA

TSON

IA IM

PA

CTS

Extend the NEL tunnel to the north of Watsonia Station

CORE Enhanced east-west connectivity across the North East Link: Power line easement shared use path

CORE Enhanced east-west connectivity across the North East Link: Direct road connection to Watsonia Station and Watsonia Road

CORE Enhanced east-west connectivity across the North East Link: Simplify the Watsonia Road / Greensborough Road intersection to minimise traffic and provide future land use opportunities

CORE

Upgrade Watsonia Railway Station COMPLEMENTARY Replace HV pylons with HV monopoles to enable improved urban design outcomes and community amenity Note: Refer back to UDS.

CORE Land Use and Strategic Framework plan for the Watsonia Activity Centre Note: Watsonia PCP.

CORE Watsonia public space and traffic and infrastructure improvements

COMPLEMENTARY Watsonia Shopping Centre business support

CORE



CYC

LING

CO

NN

ECTIO

NS

Upgrade Main Yarra Trail: Safe underpass at Banksia Street

COMPLEMENTARY Upgrade Main Yarra Trail: Shared use path between Banksia Street and Burke Road

COMPLEMENTARY Upgrade Main Yarra Trail: Realignment at Banyule Flats

COMPLEMENTARY Upgrade Main Yarra Trail: Upgrade from Chandler Highway to Hoddle Street

CORE Bridge over the Yarra River to link Banyule to Manningham

CORE On road bicycle route on Yarra Street, Heidelberg

CORE Shared use path between Heidelberg and Watsonia

EARLY WORKS Shared use path along the rail corridor from Greensborough Station to Eltham Station

EARLY WORKS Improve existing sections of trail in Banyule, including the Plenty River Trail and Main Yarra Trail

COMPLEMENTARY Shared use path connections to the Plenty River Trail and the Diamond Creek Trail

COMPLEMENTARY

RO

AD

NETW

OR

K

Freeway interchanges (full or limited directionally) at: a) M80 - including local toll free access for all movements b) Grimshaw Street - including public transport priority and local access c) Lower Plenty Road - important access to Latrobe Cluster d) Manningham Road / Banksia Street - important access to Latrobe Cluster e) Eastern Freeway - with primary focus to the east Note: Included in the reference design.

CORE

Greensborough Highway service road between M80 and Watsonia to cater for local use Note: Included in the reference design.

CORE



Greensborough Highway / Grimshaw Street intersection improvements Note: Included in the reference design.

CORE

Enhance the Greensborough road network to improve traffic movement and public transport operations, including: a) Grimshaw Street between Greensborough Highway and Flintoff Street b) The Circuit and Para Road including intersection improvements at The Circuit and Main Street c) Bus priority measures along Grimshaw Street

EARLY WORKS

Addressing safety issues with adverse cross fall at the Lower Plenty Road / Greensborough Highway intersection Note: Included in the reference design.

CORE

Greensborough Bypass / Diamond Creek Road improvements and grade separation of Civic Drive round-about

COMPLEMENTARY Rosanna Road improvements COMPLEMENTARY Burgundy Street improvements Note: Currently being pursued by DoT.

COMPLEMENTARY Bell-Banksia Link capacity improvements

COMPLEMENTARY Improve amenity in residential streets adjacent to NEL

COMPLEMENTARY

CO

MM

UN

ITY

Provide improved facilities for displaced sporting clubs (consistent with club EES submissions)

CORE Improved sports fields across Banyule

COMPLEMENTARY Temporarily removed community open space facilities should be replaced with improved facilities

CORE Arts and cultural development programs

COMPLEMENTARY Public art opportunities COMPLEMENTARY



Macleod precinct improvements A) Macleod Recreation and Fitness

Centre B) Additional netball courts at Nets

Stadium

COMPLEMENTARY

Community development opportunities

COMPLEMENTARY

ENV

IRO

NM

ENT

Early tree planting EARLY WORKS International threatened bird protection at Banyule Flats

COMPLEMENRARY Restoration of Banyule Billabong COMPLEMENTARY Water Sensitive Urban design treatments at local council reserves

COMPLEMENTARY Kalparrin Gardens Masterplan delivery

CORE

PU

BLIC

TRA

NSP

OR

T

Hurstbridge rail duplication stage 2 Note: Project announced.

COMPLEMENTARY Analyse and improve bus services connectivity and frequency for the North East

CORE Provide high frequency buses on North East Link e.g. Watsonia and Greensborough to Ringwood and Dandenong

CORE Skybus services from Watsonia Station to Melbourne Airport

COMPLEMENTARY Provide high frequency buses on Eastern Freeway to Doncaster and new Park & Ride at Bulleen Road.

CORE More frequent and later night and weekend feeder bus services to train stations and bus ‘park & ride’ locations

COMPLEMENTARY Future Doncaster Rail planned for and facilitated

COMPLEMENTARY

PU

BLIC

OP

EN SP

AC

E

Provide improvements at AK Lines Reserve

CORE Provide improvements to Ford Park, Bellfield consistent with the Ford Park Master Plan to offset the impacts on other recreational and sporting facilities

CORE



Upgrade the public open space at Trist Street Reserve and transfer ownership to Council

COMPLEMENTARY High quality landscaping and offset planting

CORE Increase size and number of land bridges

CORE Provide alternative regional tennis centre prior to closing Boroondara Tennis Centre

CORE

LAN

D U

SE

Relocation of the Watsonia Transmission Station located in Frensham Road

COMPLEMENTARY Review the Heidelberg Structure Plan and associated Planning Framework

COMPLEMENTARY Placemaking / Gateway marking entry into Greensborough and Heidelberg

COMPLEMENTARY Project built assets – Impact on existing assets, design input for new assets, maintenance considerations

CORE Consideration for future utility sites for Council after completion of the North East Link

COMPLEMENTARY

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