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evening

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everyone I will now declare our special

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council meeting open at 7:05

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p.m. I'd like to begin just by thinking

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about our connection to Country and

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tonight we are on the lands of the

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Bunurong  and the B people who've been

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meeting for thousands of years in ways

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just like this to come together to share

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stories and talk about Community I'd

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like to pay heartfelt respects to

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traditional custodians and Elders past

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and present and also to recognize any

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First Nations people here in the room

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tonight with us there's an ongoing and

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unbroken connection to culture and

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Country here in the city of Kingston and

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I'm so truly proud of the way that we as

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a council and a community work together

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with our first nation's

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people it's very exciting to have you

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all here in the the gallery tonight and

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it was just lovely to pop out and meet a

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few of you so thank you for taking the

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time to say

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hello  there's a few little

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formalities that I'll run through and

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then we'll get started probably one of

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the things that is really important to

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 recognize is that we are recording

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the meeting tonight and it is also being

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live streamed we  do try very hard to

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ensure that privacy is protected but it

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is important for you to know that  the

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meeting is being recorded and will be

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archived

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and also available on the council's

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website when we do have Council meetings

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one of the things that we do ask when

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you're in the gallery is that we just

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respect the space  by not filming or

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taking photos or making any disparaging

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remarks and people are speaking  out

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of respect for all of those here in the

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chamber and in the gallery we've got

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some staff who are here tonight  who

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are able to help if you've got any

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queries or concerns can I just ask the

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staff members to pop their hands up

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thank you so much and thank you for

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being here tonight to help us with our

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special council meeting and  we also

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have a staff member just there on the

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side NZ if you want to give everyone a

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wave thank you he'll be helping people

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navigate  what someone just talked

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about maybe being a little bit like

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being at the zoo so I'm glad no one's

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brought bananas to throw in to the

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counselors glad we can all have a bit of

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a giggle about that one so we are here

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tonight to hear from our community who

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have you've all elected to speak to your

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talking Kingston submission

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and this is part of the process to

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develop our draft

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20242

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budget and I really want to thank you

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from the bottom of my heart for the

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effort that you've taken in 

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undertaking that submission but also in

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being here

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tonight you represent people in our

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community who take time away from your

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family away from your work away from

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your own  well-being activities to be

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leaders and to Advocate on behalf of

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your community groups there's a few of

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you that I know and a few that just been

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having the chance to get to know and I

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want to thank you for your service to

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our city it is so truly appreciated and

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you are very deeply valued and you play

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a very big part in making Kingston I

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think one of the most livable and

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wonderful places in all of

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Australia I can tell you that the

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counselor group absolutely loved reading

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through the submissions it's probably

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the Highlight for us in being able to

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meet with the community and to hear from

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you we actually had 450

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submissions so I I have to say I am a

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little bit pleased that we don't have

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459 people it would probably be  one

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of those bring a sleeping bag and camp

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out nights  the other thing that I'm

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really pleased to note is that  our

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officers who are here in the room that

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the team that work here at Kingston the

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staff have worked really hard to review

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those submissions and they've advis that

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over 65% of the content in the

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submissions that has been provided 

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represent work that is either underway

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or will be in  in

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train so we have a significant number of

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people tonight to  that we'll be

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hearing from and there's also a few

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people have come along to support and I

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just think that's a really lovely thing

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to do I think we do have tea and coffee

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and hopefully some biscuits outside I

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know it's dinner time so I hope you're

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not too hungry  hope you all know

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where the bathrooms are  and if you do

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need anything please please just let one

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of the staff

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know

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now to make sure that the process is

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fair for everyone and we tried really

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hard to think about what that might look

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like  we have  speakers will be

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given four minutes to speak to their

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submission and in the instance that

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someone has submitted multiple times and

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I think there's one or two people here

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who may have done that  you'll receive

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one minute  for each extra

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submission  and we  have just kicked

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off our karaoke session for the night so

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I'm I'm taking

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requests  probably not a good idea I'm

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a terrible singer all right now

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something really important to let you

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know is that no decisions will be made

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Tonight Tonight is about us as a

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councilor group listening to you and 

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we will be considering all of the

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submissions received all 459 of those

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submissions regardless of whether people

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speak tonight or not  we want to make

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sure that it's fair and that we hear

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from the community we're looking to

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release a draft  202 425 budget in

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late March early April and we will keep

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you up to date and let you know when

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that's available as I mentioned we do

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have a number of our counselors here in

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the room  so I'll just ask each of the

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counselors to introduce themselves and

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their Ward and we might just start over

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on this side

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please thanks mayor jdb  councelor

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Hadi sa represen Ward which is the north

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part of our city thanks

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hadie good evening I'm councelor tamson

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Bley  representing Yama book which

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covers aspendale aspendale Gardens

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sprays side and waterways thank you

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thanks

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ton good evening everyone  councelor

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Chris Hill I'm K Ward which is the

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easiest one to explain because we're in

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it right now  thank you thanks

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Chris King hang on I'm working now 

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counselor Tracy Davies I'm award which

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has parts of Park Manon over to near

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Heatherton Road the airport and I do

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know that there are people from my ward

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talking tonight that I'm very excited to

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hear from thank you thanks

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trace and councelor Tim Cochran some the

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councel for maluk award which is

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primarily Park dial and my alic thanks

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Tim and we have our CEO Peter Bean 

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who's next to me here this is Peter our

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CEO and the rest of the people around

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the table a staff who are here to

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support  there' have been people have

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been really heavily involved and I

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really wanted to thank Mish who's just

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sitting here who's put an incredible

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amount of effort into making tonight

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possible  I know that a lot of work

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goes on  behind the scenes so thank

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you to the team for working so hard 

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we'll move into a few quick little

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formalities that we need to do being

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that it is a council meeting and so can

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I just get a check actually how many

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people have actually been to a council

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meeting before can you raise your hand

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if you've been to one

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oh wow that's exciting okay thank you

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don't forget there are council elections

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on in October and we're particularly

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Keen to try and Achieve 50-50 women

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representation this year so have a think

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if you want to talk about elections

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later  apologies have been received

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tonight from councelor Eden councelor hu

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councelor Oxley and councelor

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stacos  I've spoken with each of those

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councilors actually a few of them 

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have personal  and bement matters that

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they're dealing with and so they do send

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their most most heartfelt regards and

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thanks  and apologies that they can't

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be here tonight but as we said it is

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being recorded so they will be able to

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catch up when they return from overseas

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and there other activities  and we'll

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also be reading all of the submissions

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so I will ask for someone to thank you

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councelor Sab and someone to second the

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motion councelor

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Davies and I don't believe we  need to

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debate the item so we'll just put that

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straight to the vote all those in favor

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and that's carried unanimously thank

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you

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now Declaration of conflicts of interest

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have not been submitted to this meeting

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so we can move past that

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item and I'll just check with governance

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would you like us to move a motion to

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accept that we now move into 

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submissions and take a

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vote we don't need a

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motion we'll ask for Mo at the end

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fantastic all right that means that we

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can actually get started on hearing from

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the submission so  just a reminder

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I'll call out your name and you will

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have four minutes to speak you will come

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forward and as who's over here will let

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you through  our gate and you'll come

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and step forward there's a microphone

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there and you need to click I think it's

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the middle button and it should light up

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green because that's what happens with

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mine there'll be staff there to help if

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you get stuck and usually in Council

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meetings your time when you start

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speaking is when you start so there will

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be a timer up on here and you'll see

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your 4 minutes and you'll  get really

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good luck counselors do it fitting it

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all into four minutes so our first

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submission tonight is from UMES

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Gupta on Ronald street

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marabon thank

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you all

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right first of all  thank you for the

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opportunity to   speak here tonight

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my the submission that you might already

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have is a short statement  probably

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because I made that statement at a 

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Community fair and Clarinda but  thank

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you for the opportunity today for me to

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talk about it  good evening everyone

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my name is UMES Gupta and I stand before

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you as a concerned resident of Ronald

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Rabin in the city of Kingston today I'm

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here to advocate for a matter that

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affects the safety and well-being of a

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community particularly our children our

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street is home to young families and

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elderly and it has come to attention

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that the absence of a dedicated footpath

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poses a risk to safety of a children

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with kids walking and riding their bikes

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on the road walking their dogs coupled

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with regular traffic flow including

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career Vans and cars the potential of

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accident is high a street despite being

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a no through Road  is not exempt from

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safety concerns although the residents

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try to be careful whilst driving in and

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out of the street we can't leave this to

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chance additionally when the grass is

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thick  residents often resort to

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walking their prams on the road 

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further increasing the risk of accidents

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I have personally experienced  some

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near misses in the last year or so 

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with my daughter  here and it's my

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sincere belief that we should not wait

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for a tragic incident to occur before

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making installation of a footpath a

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prior on Ronald Street a dedicated

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footart would not only protect our kids

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but also enhance the overall safety of

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our

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neighborhood with potential construction

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to begin of six town houses opposite the

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corner of Ronald Street and Shepard

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Street which is  the address is 7 by

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11 shepher Street and six sheeper street

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is also approved to make two  town

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houses the risk further increases with

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the potential use  of the construction

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vehicles to be parked in  and the

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traffic to flow more frequently into our

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street because it's a nor through Road

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it's very safe to park there which means

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further we'll have to walk around and

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it's not safe enough to  walk

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necessarily furthermore when there are

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games at the rsca park  the Overflow

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of traffic  and the parking moves into

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our street which also further elevates

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the problem  of walking safely u in

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that  on that street so in summary a

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new footpath would provide a safe and

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designated space for children to walk

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and their bikes  for pedestrians and

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reduce the risk of accidents  with

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incoming and outgoing Vehicles acting

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now to construct a footpath is a

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preventive measure that can help avoid

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potential accidents and injuries in the

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future I urge the council to prioritize

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this matter and take necessary steps to

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ensure the safety and wellbeing of a

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residents I'm more than willing to 

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collaborate with the council attend

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Community meetings or provide any

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additional information required to

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support this request thank you for your

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time and consideration  I look forward

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to some positive steps towards making

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our neighborhood safe place for everyone

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thank

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[Music]

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you I say thank

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you thank you very much mission to also

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for your

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helper our next speaker tonight is

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Steven Adams from Parkdale Secondary

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College thank you thank you and because

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I'm a school teacher I've got some

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handouts

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hope we won't be marked on

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those like it is such a great

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opportunity

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to do I need to use the mic or it would

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be wonderful if you could we have people

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on the live stream and it does help

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thank you okay no worries okay so 

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I've got this because I think it like

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visually you'll be able to see what the

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problem is so I've highlighted in yellow

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the part that's a problem so dingley is

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over here Parkdale Secondary College is

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over there now basically if you want to

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ride your bike essentially you got to go

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through that yellow part when you look

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at alternative routes they they don't

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really work they take you too far north

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or too far south and even if you do 

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go those ways and I have tried you end

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up with main roads  and even more

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dangerous sort of places now about

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onethird I don't quite me exactly on

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that statistic  of of Park hour

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students are from dingley so there are a

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lot of students this is like if you live

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in this area  Parkdale Secondary

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College is your your Zone school okay so

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I'll move down to this next picture so

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this is basically the beginning of the

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problem so most of the most of the paths

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are really good like or excellent but

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when we get to here it's  this is

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where the problems sort of start you can

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see that this is the path going in that

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direction okay and  essentially this

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is a difficult intersection because the

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cars aren't looking for bikes okay and

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where the cars pull up it just works out

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that the the line of sight is not

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looking over in this direction for the

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path and like I I understand when I'm

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approaching that that cars aren't going

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to see me even when I'm wearing bright

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colors because they're just not looking

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that direction and park colors are like

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a dark blue as well now as you start

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traveling along you can just see like

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I've got descriptions here and all that

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sort of stuff but you can really see

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what a lot of the problems are so they

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built a lot of  when they put the path

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in there's just a whole heap of

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telephone sorry like power poles that

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are a in the middle and even when

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there's not a power power pole there's

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like gravel patches is broken and all

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that that sort of stuff this patch here

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like whoever's built this has fixed this

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they've they've done a concave and

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essentially it fills up with water and

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because it's  asheld it doesn't drain

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away okay and so what ends up happening

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is  students rather than going along

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the path because there's so many

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obstacles they ride along the road okay

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and this is a oneway road so they're

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riding against against the flow of the

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traffic the other thing to remember

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because this is going east yep  sorry

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West  the driv is going the opposite

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direction they've got the sun now myself

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as an experienced like driver I

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understand when a driver's got their 

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visor down that they're not necessarily

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 able to see and so that's that's

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another issue so it is quite dangerous

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and and even right at the end like you

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can see there like the last last page

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you got a pole in the middle  like a

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wire that sort of goes there and then

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you've also got this  zebra Crossing

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where the painting has faded now

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unfortunately I don't have a good

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solution okay if it was a good solution

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when they put in the path the first time

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they would have done it properly so it

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looks to me that somewhere along the

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line they made a decision to put the

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path in a certain width and then

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realized there's poles in the road and

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just gone well okay well there's just

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going to have to be a pole in the in the

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middle and so it's just sort of been a

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neglected part and it's just this

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missing link between  like dingley and

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Parkdale Secondary College thank you so

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much for your time and I've got my phone

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number there so if you need to contact

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me like I'm more than happy to go out

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there anytime cool thank you thank you

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Steven very much appreciate your

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presentation just before we move to our

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next submission one of my  counselors

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has given me a very helpful reminder and

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is that you are most welcome to stay and

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listen to all of the submissions but

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under no means obligated to stay for the

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entire meeting so once you have  given

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your presentation you're very welcome to

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 head about your business if you need

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to do that our next speaker is Steven

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fankhouser from Chelsea Yacht

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Club thank you very

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much

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about right  dear councilors and

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Council officers thank you very much 

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and thank you to the city of Kingston

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for the opportunity to speak to Chelsea

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yach club's Community Access and

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sustainability project submission we

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gratefully acknowledge the support from

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Council for the work already completed

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however we request the council to commit

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to finishing the job which will deliver

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significant Community benefits with a

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fit forp purpose for facility achieved

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in a lowrisk and lowcost manner when

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compared to new build projects it will

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create Equitable safe access to all

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areas within the club building it will

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also ensure the club's future viability

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by increasing our capacity to fund and

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deliver vital programs in water safety

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education and boating water safety

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education our part of the bay must be

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broader than just swimmers residents and

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visitors engage in boating kaying wind

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surfing standup par boarding and sailing

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for over 85 years we have provided the

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community with the skills and knowledge

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to minimize their likelihood of

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requiring Emergency Services however to

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operate we rely on revenue generated

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through Hospitality membership fees

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learn to sale courses and hosting

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sailing regatas we do not receive any

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external funding and generated Revenue

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funds our community programs and

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provides access to those who would

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normally not be able to either of afford

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or be able to store a boat our

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submission lists the community programs

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and groups we work with delivering these

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programs requires a building that is

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inclusive Equitable and safe it also

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requires investment in sail boats and

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Boards power safety boats petrol for the

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work boats computers and funding ongoing

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boat maintenance for an example an

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outboard engine which regularly requires

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replacing as a cost of

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$20,000 as is the cost of replacing one

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Club sailboat our Mobi access mats cost

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us

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$115,000 and our yearly electricity bill

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is just over

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$113,000 to keep our heads above water

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we require at least one external

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function hire a week a task that is now

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made Harder by the competition we Face

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from recent fit for-purpose new

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foreshore buildings we have had ongoing

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discussions with the active Kingston

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team and refurbishing the change rooms

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is needed now to to provide Equitable

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and safe access on the 16th of December

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a 16-year-old female member fell ill and

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could not be removed from the change

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rooms on a stretcher by ambulance

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officers the change rooms are

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inequitable in Access and size the

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latter constraint given our increasing

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female membership we ask the

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refurbishment and Improvement of the

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change rooms and amenities be included

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in the upcoming draft budget our

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submission also includes painting and

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building the building exterior active

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Kingston officers recently advised that

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this as well as a number of other

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maintenance tasks are now scheduled for

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the off seon however our submission

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Embraces the need to finish the job and

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deliver a fit for-purpose facility

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guaranteeing Chelsea yach club's ability

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to continue to provide vital water

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safety education and recreational

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opportunity for generations to come we

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understand that the complete stage three

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Works may not be realizable in the

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upcoming budget however we invite

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councilors to include the refurbishment

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of the change rooms now and schedule the

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additional exterior and Energy

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Efficiency Works in future Capital

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programs seek appropriate planning

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approval and seek funding opportunities

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our local state member has expressed

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support for these works this is not a

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nice to have it is integral to a modern

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fit for purpose Community foreshore

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facility thank you thank you very much

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Steven next we have Matthew Corey from

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the aspendell gardens Community Center

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in

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kindo okay thank you for having me  as

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you said I'm from the Asel Gardens

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Community Center in Kinder  we also

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operate a fairly successful 

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basketball team out of the the center as

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well  we have a in the last I'll say

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in the last 12 months we've actually had

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10 times  someone from the from the

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community well from the council

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maintenance and all that has come out 

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of which nothing actually has really

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happened much  we've got a number of

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things that we need to be done on the

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buildings  we recently went through a

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 the anr in regards to the Kinder and

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they pinpointed a number of different

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issues particularly around eyesight as

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well as the toileting are areas  the

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front doors to the community center are

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they are not accessible for people who

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have any accessibility issues they are

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manual you have to pull them if there is

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any wind at any point in time it becomes

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even more difficult for someone who is

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able to do it let alone anybody who is

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in a wheelchair or we have lots of

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obviously families and mothers who have

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prams often you need to have someone

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else to helping them to actually open

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these doors to to move them along  my

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understanding is in since the building

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has been built it has not really had any

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main maintenance had done to it there's

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been no painting the like I said the

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doors are well and truly Beyond fit for

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purpose for what the community center

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does  where we don't expect everything

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to be fixed within a very short period

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of time we're more than happy to work

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with Council to actually be able to

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bring to bring the community center the

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Kindra and the basketball area up to fit

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for purpose for what we do  and having

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a better place that is available to the

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community it means that we can bring in

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more more people to the area have more

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 more activities going on which then

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also obviously bring more funding to

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actually allow us to continue to operate

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this

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area thank you thank you very much

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Matthew

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our next speaker is Paul Luke from the

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:05.440
Highmore Tennis

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:26.015
Club Paul I'll just get you to push that

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.496
button again for me if you wouldn't mind

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thank thank you good evening my name is

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Paul bit close  I've been a facilities

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:36.375
officer at Highmore for four to five

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:39.056
years  been a member for about 40 odd

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:41.895
years Dale is here with me he's been a

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:44.456
secretary for what five years at least

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:47.480
plus  and a member for probably a bit

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:49.856
longer than me

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:52.880
 we have a clubhouse that's basically

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:56.320
50 years old and it has been refurbished

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:59.840
once about 20 2 years ago and we we are

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:03.296
in desperate need of new toilet area 

00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:05.255
it's I hate to use the phrase fit for

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:07.535
purpose but it's I'll just say it's not

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:10.559
a pleasant Place pretty much we we

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.775
probably like change rooms as well it's

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.255
nothing much just enough so we can say

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:18.279
we  meet prerequisites so we can play

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penage  because at the moment we can't

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.336
do that we have to hire out courts

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:25.655
elsewhere and it's not a cheap exercise

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:28.679
to do that  not just that it's hard to

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:31.015
get courts extremely hard we've had to

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:33.336
go to Sandringham to get them  and

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:35.895
we've tried far and wide other places

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and it's just out of our expense to do

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:40.696
that  that's pretty much it in a

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nutshell

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:45.880
 I can't really think of much else but

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:49.216
I I do know somebody is is here and

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.655
they're going to speak about pickle ball

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:53.679
and pedal tennis and to be honest not my

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.880
cup of tea but if we had the room  I'm

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:59.296
sure we' look into that because it's

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growing it's I mean like I said it's not

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:05.159
my cup of tea but I see it  I rering

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:08.416
records and just the amount of

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:10.416
information that I see it's it's

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.696
definitely there and it's a great

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.720
Gateway for kids to play on a court that

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:16.535
I presume is not as big as a tennis

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:18.696
court  and it's a good just a good

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:21.720
Gateway sport to get into and we're

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.216
right next to a primary school and

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.535
that's where most of our new members

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:27.559
come come from and we struggle to retain

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:31.736
we have a Chun rate of probably 50 to 70

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:34.216
members a year and that's part of the

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.736
reason they don't progress in the senior

00:27:36.760 --> 00:27:39.576
tennis and the toilets it's not a

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:41.416
welcoming place we're happy enough with

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.440
the clubhouse as it stands but just that

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.960
area just  I could show you photos but

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:50.135
I can't show you there's a let's just

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:52.816
call it a bit of a stifled environment

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:55.840
let's just leave it at that  and fans

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:58.880
aren't the solution it's it's it's very

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:01.960
cramped  and that's it thank

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:05.519
you thank you very much

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Paul our next speaker is Karen Clancy

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:14.559
from cyc gym

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:20.456
Sports hello my name is Karen Clancy and

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:22.296
I am the center manager of chatam youth

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:25.320
club now also known as cyc gym Sports we

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:27.936
are a not for-profit community club that

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.576
have been serving the Kingston Community

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:32.600
for 68 years providing gymnastics and

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.895
trampolining for all ages and abilities

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:37.096
18 months to adults beginners to high

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.976
performance and everything in

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:41.816
between cyc offers so much more than

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:44.495
learning handstands and cartwheels we're

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:46.535
about developing physical literacy and

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:48.096
coaching to reach

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:50.616
potential just as literacy and numeracy

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:52.655
are fundamental skills for academic

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:55.495
success physical literacy is essential

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.576
for leading a healthy and active life

00:28:57.600 --> 00:29:00.216
lifestyle plus gymnastics really is the

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:02.375
nursery to all

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:04.736
sports starting from humble beginnings

00:29:04.760 --> 00:29:07.760
in a small Community Hall in Cham cyc

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:10.456
now operates out of a 2,000 squ met

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.135
Commercial Warehouse in

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:15.159
braide we have 1,200 Plus members of

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:19.336
which 75% are female and

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:22.360
75.2% live in King we run an important

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.135
inclusion program and our facilities are

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:26.895
enjoyed by a number of local government

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.536
schools

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:29.135
[Music]

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in addition to hundreds of recreational

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:33.296
athletes we also the home to many

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:36.320
competitive athletes in 2023 we had 28

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:40.056
athletes selected to Victorian State

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:41.696
teams and seven Australian

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:43.856
Representatives at International

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.895
competitions this year we have two

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:48.416
Olympic hopefuls in gymnastics

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:50.416
Commonwealth gold medalist Kate McDonald

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:53.096
and Trampoline World age Champion Brock

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:55.816
batty after outgrowing the hall in chham

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:57.375
the club reached out to council for

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:59.736
support in moving to a larger suitable

00:29:59.760 --> 00:30:01.495
facility the first written

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:04.416
correspondence I have was from

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:06.816
1985 since then the club has reached out

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:08.696
to council and government many times and

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:10.616
it has had to move eight times due to

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.895
private commercial lease Arrangements

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:15.576
our current venue has no heating no air

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:17.375
conditioning on the gym floor and has

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:19.535
limited viewing areas and

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:21.895
parking gymnastics as a sport is

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:24.456
experiencing incredible growth in

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:26.216
addition to our large membership base we

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:29.240
have 250 children on our weit list and

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.535
and we know that lots of clubs are

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.216
facing the same the latest report from

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.775
The Institute of the Australian

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.856
Institute of sport shows gymnastics as

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.696
the second most popular sport for girls

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:41.720
to age not to 14 years cyc are one of

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.495
the only not for-profit Community clubs

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:46.696
in the area that are paying commercial

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:49.456
rental costs Monash Frankston and KNX

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.255
city councils are the latest to support

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.576
their local community gymnastics clubs

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:56.216
by creating purpose-built

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:58.655
facilities over the years we have a Hu

00:30:58.679 --> 00:31:00.495
we've seen huge investment in football

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:02.615
basketball Cricket clubs and it would be

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:04.416
amazing to see Kingston join other

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.176
councils in recognizing the importance

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:09.200
of our sport so here we are 39 years on

00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:11.856
from our original request for help and

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.535
it will probably be the most concern we

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.936
are probably in the most concerning

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.495
position we have ever been in a lease

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:20.519
that is due to end in July 2025 and a

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.576
market that could see our annual rental

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:25.600
increase by up to $100,000 per year an

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:28.015
increase that is simply not sustainable

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:31.039
for our club our biggest fear is closure

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.135
leaving 1,200 people without the sport

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:36.936
they love and 50 staff unemployed it

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:38.135
would probably also be the end of

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:40.936
trampolining in Victoria so what do we

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.976
need we need a facility that ensures a

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.895
long healthy and financially secure

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:47.135
future preferably a purpose built

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:50.135
counsel facility with long-term lease in

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.936
an area that meets the needs of our

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:54.176
members we need a higher roof for our

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:56.096
trampoline athletes as they already

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:58.176
touching the roof now and more space to

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.895
accommodate the growing interest in our

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:02.495
sport cyc are committed to providing

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:04.615
opportunities for all to experience the

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:06.296
benefits of gymnastics and are committed

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:08.655
to keeping it affordable if assistance

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:10.775
doesn't arrive cyc one of Victoria's

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.495
largest and oldest gymnastics clubs

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.696
could cease to exist leaving a void in

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:17.296
the community that has served it for

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:19.015
nearly seven

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.976
decades thank you I'd also like to say

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.216
if any counselors would like to come and

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:26.056
visit us we'd love to have you thank you

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:29.080
Karen

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:34.255
our next speaker tonight is Glenda

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:37.279
Newton on pickall courts in

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:50.120
Kingston hello my name is Glendon Newton

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.495
and I am here to plead with the council

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.775
to seriously consider providing some

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:57.799
purpose-built pickle ball I know I'm not

00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.135
the first person to lobby for pickle

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:02.296
ball courts but I am hoping to be the

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:04.736
last the latest stats from the pickle

00:33:04.760 --> 00:33:06.895
ball Australia Association states there

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:09.919
are now 85,000 members and 150 affil

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.576
Affiliated clubs and Community groups

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:16.495
Across the Nation it also estimates

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:19.015
30,000 people are playing casually

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.216
across

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:23.240
Australia in 2022 there were 40

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:26.096
tournaments Australia wide and I'm sure

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:29.120
last year the number was even greater in

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.696
2022 the Gold Coast had pickle ball

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:34.535
courts in over 36 suburbs with clubs

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:37.559
doubling in size every 1 to 2 months

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:40.255
Victoria is currently the fastest

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:43.135
growing state with 400% growth rate in

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:44.535
the last

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:47.056
year the benefits of playing pickleball

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:49.696
are numerous apart from being healthy

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.135
keeping you healthy and active it is

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:55.159
inclusive of age and gender it is social

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:58.960
competitive low impact physical and

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:02.080
great feel mental health I play with a

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:03.856
group of senior people throughout

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:06.880
Kingston u3a we currently play at

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:09.919
Springer Leisure Center in gbar on six

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:13.135
courts running in a session the need is

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.655
certainly there the only pickle ball

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.976
courts in this Shire are two Courts at

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.095
patteron lak's community center on a

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.095
dance

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.416
floor it would be possible to have

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.216
dedicated lines on established

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:27.615
basketball courts with two three courts

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.536
fitting into one basketball court going

00:34:30.560 --> 00:34:33.560
sideways this could be an option however

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:35.815
having designated pickle ball courts

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:38.256
would be preferable pickle ball can be

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.280
played indoors and Outdoors players of

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.335
all ages living in Kingston who want to

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:47.359
play pickle ball at the moment either

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.776
one have to try to book a game locally

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.895
at patteron Lakes Community Center on

00:34:52.919 --> 00:34:55.615
the two improvised courts which have a

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:58.639
closed waiting list of of 33 people and

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.960
only have two night sessions a week or

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:05.016
two travel to Hampton Somerville

00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:08.040
Mornington or gack in East Bentley all a

00:35:08.520 --> 00:35:10.616
more than 25 minutes

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:13.176
driveway the Bayside pickle ball Club

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:15.176
has recently expanded with the use of

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:18.136
the Thomas Street indoor badminton

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:21.160
stadium with Four Courts and the outdoor

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.776
net ball courts that are being

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.656
resurfaced by basa Council to Dedicated

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:27.296
pickle ball courts

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.936
membership is booming but can I stress

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.296
it is not just for oldies but for all

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:35.320
ages in 2021 the report was published by

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:38.656
the Kingston Council who commissioned

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:40.936
the bond Beach Sports Reserve master

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:43.960
plan development to provide strategic

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.575
direction for the future investment and

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.599
development of this site we did play on

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:52.376
the basketball courts for a short time

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.896
however the distance at the back of the

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:56.416
courts was insufficient and therefore

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:59.256
not compliant it would be a preference

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:01.055
to play there if this site could be

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:04.055
redeveloped with designated pickleball

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:07.079
courts in the US the major pickle balls

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:09.376
national competition last year had a

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:11.256
prize pool of $5

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:13.815
million pickle ball could be a future

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:16.256
Financial Boom for our Shire if we had

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:18.456
the facilities to cater for tournaments

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.095
both Statewide and

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:22.416
National this year the Australian picker

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.696
ball championships are being held on the

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:27.720
Gold Coast in October maybe a council

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:30.055
representative could attend and see how

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:32.815
it could be done here thank you for

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:35.839
listening to me thank you very much

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:41.119
Glenda our next speaker tonight is Jeff

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:43.575
field from the southern area concert

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.599
band thank

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:51.760
you good evening good people  Southern

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:55.319
are concert band was formed in 1971 as

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:58.400
an instead of school band  I joined it

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.760
in 1982 joined the committee in 1983 and

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:03.736
that same year the woman who became my

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:06.216
wife joined the band as well so it's a

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:08.496
fairly major social and cultural event

00:37:08.520 --> 00:37:11.520
for the band we currently field we've

00:37:11.560 --> 00:37:13.616
got three three ensembles between them

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:16.376
we field about 80 to 100 players

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:19.400
depending on the time on the time of the

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:22.599
year  most of those players are from

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.936
the city of

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:26.960
Kingston so  we're currently very

00:37:27.040 --> 00:37:28.536
lucky to be supported by the city of

00:37:28.560 --> 00:37:31.560
Kingston we we very much appreciate that

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:34.216
we're rehearsing the NG wishart Center

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:37.016
which is a pretty adequate facility

00:37:37.040 --> 00:37:38.856
particularly compared to some of them

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:41.416
I've seen over the years  there are

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.095
some

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:44.815
niggles  one of the niggles one of the

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:47.839
biggest niggles for me is  loading and

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.335
unloading our equipment we have a lot of

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:53.016
equipment we have a trailer that's 

00:37:53.040 --> 00:37:56.040
2.4 M high it's it's a big trailer it's

00:37:57.240 --> 00:38:00.216
it's like a small truck  and that's

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:02.416
currently garaged at a member's house

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:05.440
but she's going to move soon  so we

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:07.936
need to find somewhere to garage that it

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.815
would be really nice if that trailer

00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:11.976
could be garaged at the venue at the

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:15.000
rehearsal venue  the other thing is

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:16.776
getting this gear in and out of the

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:19.335
venue  at the moment the South door of

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:22.359
the venue is our only really feasible

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:26.440
exess access for moving gear

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:30.079
because it's  that the street out on

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:31.616
the getting

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:34.640
on say getting out onto NEP highway is

00:38:36.040 --> 00:38:38.896
really difficult any other way from any

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:41.815
other access that door currently has a

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:44.839
punitively heavy clo door closer on it

00:38:45.520 --> 00:38:47.856
and it opens onto a set of steps yes

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:50.095
punitively heavy in fact it's designated

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.095
an emergency exit and I don't know if

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:54.536
it's really suitable for such anymore

00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:57.560
with that heavy door opener door closer

00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:01.216
 so getting gear in and out of there

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:04.240
is  interesting to say our 32-in Tony

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:06.896
for instance barely fits through a

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:09.496
normal door and when the door closes

00:39:09.520 --> 00:39:12.136
itself hard it's very hard to get

00:39:12.160 --> 00:39:15.160
through  that's the main thing the

00:39:15.520 --> 00:39:18.055
other thing we would like is working hot

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:21.079
water in the in the piping  the the

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:24.016
hot water system has failed I do know

00:39:24.040 --> 00:39:25.815
that the facility at one stage was

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:28.616
slated for renovation with a bulldozzer

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:31.376
 if so I'd like how needs to be

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:34.400
considered for when it gets

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:37.480
rebuilt that's basically it thank you

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.800
very much

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:47.119
Jeff our next speaker tonight is Clinton

00:39:47.520 --> 00:39:50.520
chumelo  speaking on the aluca reserve

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:58.400
playground

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.815
good evening councilors thank you for

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:03.295
giving me this

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:05.976
opportunity  I'm speaking to council

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.856
about my budget submission to upgrade

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:10.856
the Alca Reserve playground which is

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.880
located very close to me  in my speech

00:40:15.040 --> 00:40:16.736
tonight I'm going to provide a bit of

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:18.776
background range of reasons why I think

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:21.055
there should be an upgrade and tie that

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:23.815
to council strategies with with some

00:40:23.839 --> 00:40:25.575
thinking about the Strategic intent of

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:27.936
the council and that

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.256
applies  for those who are unfamiliar

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:33.280
Luca Reserve is  an multi-purpose

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:37.160
facility in  in the back parts or the

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:41.016
West the Eastern parts of aspendale and

00:40:41.040 --> 00:40:43.376
it has a playground  it's got some

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:46.400
footy goals and it's got  a soccer set

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:49.776
of goals and it's also got an offleash

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:52.800
dog area where  residents can

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:57.880
attend  the the active when I put this

00:40:58.720 --> 00:41:01.720
in  some time ago active Kingston

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:03.376
correspondence rated the current

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:04.575
condition of the playground as three

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.335
which I am here to say I disagree with

00:41:07.359 --> 00:41:10.016
that  in addition there are a range of

00:41:10.040 --> 00:41:11.575
other factors which contribute to the

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:14.095
necessary upgrade in the short term

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:16.416
including what I think is in some

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:18.456
inaccuracies in the playground suburb

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:21.480
analysis in the play your way strategy

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:24.136
analysis I feel like I'm in a strong

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:26.295
position to speak to this as I was like

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.976
last year of stay-at-home dat of my one

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.295
and four-year-old daughters and I

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:33.319
regularly walked past this  facility

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.616
and it was rarely

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:39.640
used  it by  the officer's statement

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.256
in the response to it is the C the

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:46.280
playground is 24 years old  which and

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:50.000
it is rated as difficult which is 

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:53.416
very difficult for young children to use

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:56.216
 and it's old it's like you know now

00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:59.216
analogy of giving a Walkman and some

00:41:59.240 --> 00:42:01.616
cassets to a child and say Hey you know

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.696
you interested in using this and

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:05.295
wondering why they're not using it  I

00:42:05.319 --> 00:42:08.319
think it it's it is old and  when we

00:42:09.520 --> 00:42:12.216
look at the place-based strategy 

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:15.216
analysis put together by Council Aspen

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:17.575
has three play playgrounds at this point

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:20.599
in time  and it should  if we look

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:25.416
at the demographic 41% of households

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:27.256
which is the largest proportion are

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:29.976
couples with children  and this shows

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.575
the importance of playgrounds for the

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:34.936
area  there are significant numbers of

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.960
young families in the region and  what

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:40.976
I think is only two  adequate

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:44.000
playgrounds that  there needs to be an

00:42:44.520 --> 00:42:46.256
upgrade to this one in

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:49.280
particular  the  another another

00:42:51.319 --> 00:42:53.456
couple of concerns I have about it is

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:55.616
that there's no seaing with shade and

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:57.656
then in fact no playground in aspendale

00:42:57.680 --> 00:43:00.416
that really has adequate shade 

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.815
there's no barbecues and there's no

00:43:01.839 --> 00:43:03.776
toilet facilities in any playground in

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:06.656
aspendale and  if toilets were

00:43:06.680 --> 00:43:09.335
installed in  a Luca Reserve with an

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:11.456
upgraded park it would also support

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:14.480
those  offleash  users offleash dog

00:43:15.040 --> 00:43:18.040
users as well  the  current

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:21.496
playground you know isn't compliant also

00:43:21.520 --> 00:43:24.176
with a range of aspects of what I think

00:43:24.200 --> 00:43:26.295
is part of the Council Place Str Place

00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:27.815
based strategy including Equity

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:30.376
diversity inclusiveness and

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.575
sustainability because it doesn't really

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:35.535
cater for young people  and there's

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:38.559
not really  enough there for a wide

00:43:40.319 --> 00:43:43.319
range of people to use it  for reasons

00:43:43.640 --> 00:43:45.736
I've already stated we think about a

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:47.856
scope for upgrade  it's a really ideal

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:50.136
space there's plenty of room around 

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:53.160
the existing facility  the  a larger

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:56.496
playground on propos I propose a larger

00:43:56.520 --> 00:43:59.520
playground be put in  and  that

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:02.416
would cater for you know a wider range

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:05.440
of  residents in the area 

00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:10.040
currently last Point F currently in

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:13.359
aspendale there's 5 two  sorry only

00:44:13.839 --> 00:44:16.496
two parks three parks and five it should

00:44:16.520 --> 00:44:19.256
be it's rated as having five so we bit

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:22.280
short thank you Clinton very much thank

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:28.000
you our next speaker is Kathy

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:31.119
basterfield  representing access easy

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:43.216
English hi and thanks for the

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:45.376
opportunity  I'm a local business

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:47.936
owner and we have a national and an

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:50.736
international reputation for what we do

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:52.496
which is around access and inclusion

00:44:52.520 --> 00:44:53.936
which a number of presentations have

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:56.960
already  talked about but what we do

00:44:57.079 --> 00:45:00.079
is actually create access and inclusion

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:02.136
for the vulnerable people in our

00:45:02.160 --> 00:45:03.776
community who do not have the literacy

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:05.776
to manage a range of day-to-day reading

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:08.800
tasks in Australia it's 44% of our

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:11.815
Australian Community I don't need to go

00:45:11.839 --> 00:45:13.616
into the demographics of our community

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:15.896
here for you to tell you guys what who

00:45:15.920 --> 00:45:17.976
actually lives here to know that's a

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:20.736
fair proportion of the people here that

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:22.136
doesn't include people who live in

00:45:22.160 --> 00:45:24.856
institutions like nursing homes or group

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:27.295
homes if English is your second language

00:45:27.319 --> 00:45:28.736
it's 10%

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:31.216
higher and so we need to be thinking

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:33.055
about the purpose of council the

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:35.016
council's job is to communicate with the

00:45:35.040 --> 00:45:37.416
public to tell us the Fantastic things

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:40.095
that we can come to the Fantastic places

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:42.976
that we can enjoy and also to contribute

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:45.656
in sessions like this if you don't have

00:45:45.680 --> 00:45:47.616
reasonable literacy skills you will not

00:45:47.640 --> 00:45:50.535
get access to the information to even

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:53.136
consider making a submission so you guys

00:45:53.160 --> 00:45:55.456
don't hear from them when we create

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:58.016
survey phase for councils which I've

00:45:58.040 --> 00:46:00.575
given you some examples in my submission

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:03.055
those people get so overwhelmed with

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:05.416
quality information that they don't know

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:07.575
what to do with it you know there's so

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:09.896
much that they hear about that they've

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:12.496
never heard from before and I think that

00:46:12.520 --> 00:46:14.496
that's really important vulnerable

00:46:14.520 --> 00:46:16.416
people are the people who cannot read

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:19.440
and understand put that in context with

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:22.656
one in four people who are not digitally

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:24.896
included so all these things that you

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:26.496
think are going to solve Problems by

00:46:26.520 --> 00:46:28.575
putting it on the internet are actually

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:31.599
excluding them there's another 10% who

00:46:32.160 --> 00:46:34.776
only use a mobile phone imagine trying

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:37.456
to fill in a counsil form or book your

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:39.256
hard rubbish collection which I did the

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:42.280
other day using your mobile phone and

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:44.976
fingle S single finger touching that

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:46.696
also assumes that you've got internet

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:49.335
access and people who only have a mobile

00:46:49.359 --> 00:46:51.776
phone tend to be those who can't afford

00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:54.736
a full internet access they're

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.295
purchasing a card

00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:58.016
these are your vulnerable community

00:46:58.040 --> 00:47:00.416
members and if I don't speak up for them

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:03.016
you'll never hear from them but I also

00:47:03.040 --> 00:47:05.376
want you to look internally at your own

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:06.896
staff

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:09.920
ohns if we wrote Things in a way that

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:12.815
all your staff could read and understand

00:47:12.839 --> 00:47:14.176
you will see a

00:47:14.200 --> 00:47:17.200
decrease in the type of injuries that

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:19.736
potentially can happen because people

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:22.760
know how to wear safe gear they know how

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:26.559
to prepare to actually be in buildings

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:28.936
in a safe way or go under buildings in a

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:31.960
safe way contractors cleaners lots and

00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:34.936
lots of people don't read at the same

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:37.960
level as the people in the office also

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:40.856
think about  the wonderful people

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:43.416
around our Council you're also councel

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:45.095
you know you're members of our community

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:47.376
as well  and I'm sure some of you come

00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:49.535
across them and the amount of time you

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:52.496
sometimes have to help those members who

00:47:52.520 --> 00:47:54.976
actually have really low literacy skills

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:56.616
imagine if we could could actually do

00:47:56.640 --> 00:47:59.640
that  and fix that problem so thinking

00:48:00.720 --> 00:48:03.720
about where and and where to start and

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:06.256
you think about what is it that the

00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:09.280
staff spend most of their time trying to

00:48:10.640 --> 00:48:13.535
 correct so someone sends in a form

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.535
someone sends an invoice or the invoice

00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:18.295
is late and your staff are having to

00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:20.535
ring if things are written in a really

00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:23.295
simple way those sorts of solutions

00:48:23.319 --> 00:48:24.815
actually get fixed those problems

00:48:24.839 --> 00:48:27.055
actually get fixed we can actually

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:29.976
bypass and the research is really clear

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:31.656
that when you write things in a way that

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:34.136
people can understand the number of

00:48:34.160 --> 00:48:37.160
phone calls back in to your Center for

00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:40.599
help is reduced okay so it's not just

00:48:41.319 --> 00:48:43.136
thinking about Vision impairment we're

00:48:43.160 --> 00:48:44.575
not thinking about the access and

00:48:44.599 --> 00:48:46.976
inclusion which is really important 

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:49.055
in the physical space this is something

00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:51.976
else  and just acknowledging that you

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:54.295
know access inclusion for accessible

00:48:54.319 --> 00:48:56.575
information is a high priority on your

00:48:56.599 --> 00:48:58.775
strategic plan and hopefully this will

00:48:58.799 --> 00:49:01.799
get you thinking a bit more thank you

00:49:04.839 --> 00:49:07.656
Kathy our next speaker this evening is

00:49:07.680 --> 00:49:10.680
Tracy Leighton from the Chelsea Football

00:49:23.200 --> 00:49:25.616
Club hello my name is Tracy and I'm a

00:49:25.640 --> 00:49:27.176
senior player at the Chelsea Football

00:49:27.200 --> 00:49:29.136
Club and the female football coordinator

00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:32.055
soccer m one 7-year-old future Matilda

00:49:32.079 --> 00:49:34.095
 I also have Carla R president here

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:37.119
and vice president Rick for support or

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:38.976
right I'll get stuck as I got three

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:41.055
minutes and 48 seconds we currently

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:43.216
advocate for the Redevelopment of edl

00:49:43.240 --> 00:49:45.656
Common Grounds not just as an upgrade

00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:47.496
but as a pivotal step towards gender

00:49:47.520 --> 00:49:50.016
disability inclusivity and accessibility

00:49:50.040 --> 00:49:53.016
in local sports our proposal entails the

00:49:53.040 --> 00:49:54.496
establishment of a modern sports

00:49:54.520 --> 00:49:56.616
facility equipped with female friendly

00:49:56.640 --> 00:49:59.416
change rooms a secure and safe car park

00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:01.856
and seamless access for all Spectators

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:03.176
which include ramp and wheelchair

00:50:03.200 --> 00:50:05.055
friendly

00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:07.775
bathrooms our background counselors

00:50:07.799 --> 00:50:09.295
Chelsea Football Club has been at the

00:50:09.319 --> 00:50:11.216
Forefront of delivery inclusive football

00:50:11.240 --> 00:50:12.736
programs catering to diverse

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:15.760
demographics since its Inception in 2009

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:17.696
from nurturing talents as young as 5 to

00:50:17.720 --> 00:50:19.535
ensuring women and men continue to play

00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:21.496
the game they love with inclusion of

00:50:21.520 --> 00:50:24.216
popular teams as our over 35s and over

00:50:24.240 --> 00:50:26.335
45s teams

00:50:26.359 --> 00:50:28.176
moreover we have recently expanded

00:50:28.200 --> 00:50:29.936
initiatives to Encompass individuals

00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:31.976
with intellectual disabilities

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:34.936
reflecting our ongoing focus of

00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:37.736
inclusivity we have over 77% of

00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:39.535
registered players that are Kingston

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:41.616
residents who live and breathe Chelsea

00:50:41.640 --> 00:50:42.656
Football

00:50:42.680 --> 00:50:45.680
Club as a grassroot football club deeply

00:50:46.319 --> 00:50:48.416
rooted in the local community we've

00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:50.616
experienced unprecedent growth over the

00:50:50.640 --> 00:50:53.640
past 4 years with a staggering 22% Surge

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:56.760
from 22 to 23 and a predicted 177%

00:50:57.440 --> 00:51:00.440
increase this year notably our female

00:51:00.520 --> 00:51:03.176
participation has soared by 10% this

00:51:03.200 --> 00:51:05.736
year however our progress is hampered

00:51:05.760 --> 00:51:07.656
with unavailable pictures and aging

00:51:07.680 --> 00:51:10.216
facilities resulting in over 70 eager

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:12.856
children languishing on our wait list

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:14.496
Chelsea football club's mission is to

00:51:14.520 --> 00:51:16.216
grow female participation within the

00:51:16.240 --> 00:51:18.856
club we have worked with our football

00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:21.696
Victoria  development officer complete

00:51:21.720 --> 00:51:23.936
our women and girls action plan for the

00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:26.256
one star accreditation issued by foot

00:51:26.280 --> 00:51:28.656
football Australia it's a 2-year plan

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:30.815
that gives us a spe specific Direction

00:51:30.839 --> 00:51:33.176
on the actions required to ensure we

00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:36.200
advance women and girls within our club

00:51:36.640 --> 00:51:39.095
furthermore the club last year appointed

00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:41.376
myself as a fale football coordinator to

00:51:41.400 --> 00:51:44.016
ensure this mission is met female

00:51:44.040 --> 00:51:45.696
football is on the rise within our

00:51:45.720 --> 00:51:48.295
community and the number of female teams

00:51:48.319 --> 00:51:51.095
and programs we have had to say no to

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:52.616
including the numbers within our wait

00:51:52.640 --> 00:51:55.335
list are proof of this currently first

00:51:55.359 --> 00:51:56.896
season 24 there's the fly that's trying

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:59.920
to be friends with me  we have 723

00:52:00.520 --> 00:52:02.016
registered

00:52:02.040 --> 00:52:05.040
players 169 of them are female which is

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:09.119
23% and if we had the Redevelopment of

00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:11.856
the E Common Grounds we could have had a

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:14.880
potential of 763 registered players with

00:52:15.520 --> 00:52:18.520
209 female players taking it to

00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:21.416
27% we have had to say no to a third

00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:23.616
Masters women's team we've had to say no

00:52:23.640 --> 00:52:26.335
to a senior women's State 5 team

00:52:26.359 --> 00:52:28.856
we have a growing weight list of Juniors

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:30.256
not to mention the programs we are

00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:32.976
unable to run due to the accessibility

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:35.055
we've got a soccer moms program with 30

00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:36.775
to 40 women which is an all year program

00:52:36.799 --> 00:52:39.136
we can't run and a Go Girls program with

00:52:39.160 --> 00:52:41.456
40 to 60 girls which he run three times

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:44.256
a year regrettably the facilities at efl

00:52:44.280 --> 00:52:46.616
common remain grossly inadequate for the

00:52:46.640 --> 00:52:48.815
accommodating female participants

00:52:48.839 --> 00:52:50.575
something which Council officers were

00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:53.176
aware of the absence of female friendly

00:52:53.200 --> 00:52:55.256
change room possesses a significant

00:52:55.280 --> 00:52:57.016
obstacle for junior senior and master

00:52:57.040 --> 00:52:59.736
women's team furthermore the perilous

00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:01.496
condition of the car park requires

00:53:01.520 --> 00:53:03.535
volunteer traffic management by Chelsea

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:05.656
Football Club Personnel to avert

00:53:05.680 --> 00:53:08.055
potential accidents involving children

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:09.416
equally concerning is a lack of

00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:10.936
accessibility for wheelchair bound

00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:12.856
Spectators depriving them of the

00:53:12.880 --> 00:53:14.896
opportunity to support their loved ones

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:17.136
on the field despite our persistent

00:53:17.160 --> 00:53:18.736
efforts our appeals for assistance from

00:53:18.760 --> 00:53:20.456
our local counselor have largely gone

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:23.016
unanswered exerting our plight

00:53:23.040 --> 00:53:25.456
exasperating our plight we have a

00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:27.095
question for you councilors in light of

00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:28.535
the council's recent promotion of the

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:30.176
fair access policy in the sports and

00:53:30.200 --> 00:53:32.055
recreation newsletter dated 4th of

00:53:32.079 --> 00:53:34.656
September we seek Clarity and an answer

00:53:34.680 --> 00:53:36.376
on the implementation timeline of

00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:37.815
incorporating this policy into the

00:53:37.839 --> 00:53:40.456
Redevelopment plans for the edl common

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:43.216
Pavilion site as it stands the Edith

00:53:43.240 --> 00:53:45.616
Common Grounds will be non-compliant on

00:53:45.640 --> 00:53:48.456
July 1st 2004 when the fair access

00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:50.656
policy comes into effect with no filal

00:53:50.680 --> 00:53:53.176
friendly change rooms lack of disability

00:53:53.200 --> 00:53:55.136
and pites due to growth and being able

00:53:55.160 --> 00:53:57.295
able to not being able to access pitch

00:53:57.319 --> 00:53:59.896
in the dark and no wheelchair access in

00:53:59.920 --> 00:54:02.216
bathroom Tracy I just need to interrupt

00:54:02.240 --> 00:54:03.976
you I'm sorry the time is up that's okay

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:07.000
thank you very much guys F you have a

00:54:08.040 --> 00:54:11.040
nice even thank you you

00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.775
too our next speaker tonight is Caitlyn

00:54:15.799 --> 00:54:18.799
Campbell from the Southern United Hockey

00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:27.079
Club

00:54:27.640 --> 00:54:29.656
 good evening mayor Davey Burns

00:54:29.680 --> 00:54:32.680
counselors Kingston Council officers my

00:54:32.720 --> 00:54:34.416
name is Caitlyn Campbell and I'm the

00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:36.736
president of Southern United Hockey Club

00:54:36.760 --> 00:54:38.656
thank you for allowing me the time to

00:54:38.680 --> 00:54:40.256
address you here tonight at this special

00:54:40.280 --> 00:54:42.976
council meeting Southern United Hockey

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:45.535
Club is the largest Hockey Club in

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:47.295
Melbourne Southeast and one of the

00:54:47.319 --> 00:54:50.319
largest clubs in Victoria in 2023 we had

00:54:50.520 --> 00:54:53.295
close to 500 playing members and fielded

00:54:53.319 --> 00:54:55.736
over 30 teams across Junior men's

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:58.256
women's and Master's competitions our

00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:00.456
club caters for players of all ages

00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:02.656
levels and experience but we also

00:55:02.680 --> 00:55:04.936
perform strongly at the elite level

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:06.616
there are four victorians in the

00:55:06.640 --> 00:55:08.656
Australian men's and women's hockey

00:55:08.680 --> 00:55:10.696
programs and three of those four

00:55:10.720 --> 00:55:12.335
victorians are from Southern United

00:55:12.359 --> 00:55:14.736
Hockey Club all three have played at our

00:55:14.760 --> 00:55:16.416
club since they were

00:55:16.440 --> 00:55:18.775
Juniors Southern's home ground and

00:55:18.799 --> 00:55:20.976
administration facilities are located

00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:23.176
within the Kingston Heath Reserve Farm

00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:25.095
Road shelham and we've used that

00:55:25.119 --> 00:55:27.095
facility since

00:55:27.119 --> 00:55:29.856
1989 I'm here to submit to you as part

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:31.896
of your budget consideration that

00:55:31.920 --> 00:55:33.856
southern Synthetic Turf has reached its

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:36.815
end of life and requires renewal

00:55:36.839 --> 00:55:39.456
significant wear and tear are evident

00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:42.256
with particular problematic areas

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:44.535
concentrated at the North and South ends

00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:46.976
of the pitch consistent with its high

00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:48.095
use

00:55:48.119 --> 00:55:51.119
areas in late 2023 Kingston Council

00:55:52.200 --> 00:55:54.295
officers undertook remedial work to

00:55:54.319 --> 00:55:56.216
ensure the surf purp was useable for our

00:55:56.240 --> 00:55:59.176
upcoming season in 2024 and we're

00:55:59.200 --> 00:56:01.055
extremely grateful for this interim

00:56:01.079 --> 00:56:03.535
measure However unfortunately it's not a

00:56:03.559 --> 00:56:06.559
long-term solution in order to maintain

00:56:06.680 --> 00:56:08.815
the hockey pitch an existing Community

00:56:08.839 --> 00:56:11.176
an existing vital Community Asset and

00:56:11.200 --> 00:56:14.055
ensure it can be used Beyond 2024 the

00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:16.775
Synthetic Turf at Farm Road needs to be

00:56:16.799 --> 00:56:19.456
replaced look replacing synthetic

00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:22.480
pictures aren't cheap and I understand

00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:23.896
that you're going to have a lot of

00:56:23.920 --> 00:56:26.176
people asking for resources and you

00:56:26.200 --> 00:56:28.775
don't have enough to give it around to

00:56:28.799 --> 00:56:31.696
everyone we but we're here ready to

00:56:31.720 --> 00:56:34.015
contribute a significant amount towards

00:56:34.039 --> 00:56:36.216
the resurfacing of this

00:56:36.240 --> 00:56:38.376
pitch the hockey pitch was last

00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:41.400
resurfaced in 2012 and it was funded by

00:56:41.720 --> 00:56:43.496
Kingston Council and Southern United

00:56:43.520 --> 00:56:45.696
Hockey Club with our club providing a

00:56:45.720 --> 00:56:48.720
contribution of approximately

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:51.575
$250,000 the resurf surfacing of the

00:56:51.599 --> 00:56:53.496
pitch is an example of the strong and

00:56:53.520 --> 00:56:55.696
long-standing working relationship we

00:56:55.720 --> 00:56:58.095
maintain with Council and it stretches

00:56:58.119 --> 00:57:00.775
back many years as part of the lease

00:57:00.799 --> 00:57:03.616
entered into 2016 Southern and Kingston

00:57:03.640 --> 00:57:05.456
Council are required to contribute

00:57:05.480 --> 00:57:07.496
annually towards a pit replacement

00:57:07.520 --> 00:57:10.520
syncing fund we estimate that the ground

00:57:10.640 --> 00:57:13.640
replac and sying fund as at 30 June 2024

00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:17.015
will have a balance of approximately

00:57:17.039 --> 00:57:19.815
300,000 this balance is the result of

00:57:19.839 --> 00:57:22.176
annual Southern and Kingston Council

00:57:22.200 --> 00:57:24.295
contributions and the entire balance

00:57:24.319 --> 00:57:26.376
will be put towards the resurfacing of

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:28.936
this pitch we consider that this is a

00:57:28.960 --> 00:57:31.496
significant financial contribution for a

00:57:31.520 --> 00:57:33.896
community club and we'll go a long way

00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:35.936
towards funding the

00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:38.376
resurfacing I'd also like to briefly

00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:40.815
touch on Southern's urgent need for an

00:57:40.839 --> 00:57:42.936
additional pitch at Kingston Heath as

00:57:42.960 --> 00:57:45.015
supported by a sporting needs analysis

00:57:45.039 --> 00:57:47.095
and subsequent side Fe feasibility

00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:49.376
assessment undertaken by a council

00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:51.496
offices the sporting facility

00:57:51.520 --> 00:57:53.335
improvements outlined in the Kingston

00:57:53.359 --> 00:57:55.136
Heath Reserve sporting fac facility

00:57:55.160 --> 00:57:57.335
Improvement plan supported by the

00:57:57.359 --> 00:58:00.359
community and adopted by Council in 2022

00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:03.256
are urgently needed to  urgently need

00:58:03.280 --> 00:58:04.496
to proceed to

00:58:04.520 --> 00:58:06.775
implementations counselors similar to

00:58:06.799 --> 00:58:08.936
our approach to pitch res servicing our

00:58:08.960 --> 00:58:11.055
club is in a position to place to

00:58:11.079 --> 00:58:13.095
contribute a substantial Financial sum

00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:16.119
towards this project too both projects

00:58:16.200 --> 00:58:17.896
are critical to Southern in the needs of

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:20.216
the Kingston Council and align with the

00:58:20.240 --> 00:58:22.335
priorities to maintain existing vital

00:58:22.359 --> 00:58:24.095
communities and deliver any new

00:58:24.119 --> 00:58:26.095
facilities initiatives our community

00:58:26.119 --> 00:58:28.496
needs so thank you for consideration of

00:58:28.520 --> 00:58:30.775
this submission  for your  upcoming

00:58:30.799 --> 00:58:33.799
2425 budget thank you very much

00:58:38.720 --> 00:58:41.376
Caitlyn our next speaker tonight is

00:58:41.400 --> 00:58:44.400
Brian mcferson from the southern fly

00:58:53.720 --> 00:58:56.720
fishes

00:58:56.799 --> 00:58:59.575
good evening everybody thank

00:58:59.599 --> 00:59:02.335
you our club Southern flower Fishers

00:59:02.359 --> 00:59:05.216
occupies premises in Turner Road Reserve

00:59:05.240 --> 00:59:07.575
Hyatt these premises have been rented

00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:09.335
from Kingston Council and its

00:59:09.359 --> 00:59:12.359
predecessor Council for some 50 years

00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:14.656
and we share them with two fellow not

00:59:14.680 --> 00:59:17.680
for-profit Community groups the archery

00:59:17.880 --> 00:59:19.656
club and the radio

00:59:19.680 --> 00:59:22.680
club in total some 300 members use these

00:59:23.640 --> 00:59:26.640
facilities for a number of years now our

00:59:26.839 --> 00:59:28.656
premises have faced the problem of

00:59:28.680 --> 00:59:30.896
flooding this is most pronounced in

00:59:30.920 --> 00:59:33.575
winter and spring when our casting pool

00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:35.575
is full and the ground is full of

00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:38.095
moisture because there's less rainfall

00:59:38.119 --> 00:59:41.119
absorbed and the runoff is greatest the

00:59:41.960 --> 00:59:43.736
flooding is becoming more severe and

00:59:43.760 --> 00:59:45.736
frequent because the drains which

00:59:45.760 --> 00:59:48.416
service the area are now permanently

00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:51.055
blocked the position of our club rooms

00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:53.295
within the building means that we Face

00:59:53.319 --> 00:59:55.856
the greatest risk of that

00:59:55.880 --> 00:59:58.055
flooding the council's traditional

00:59:58.079 --> 00:59:59.936
response has been to send a plumber to

00:59:59.960 --> 01:00:02.960
Jet clean the drains but both their

01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:05.775
contractor and our own plumber have said

01:00:05.799 --> 01:00:08.176
this is now a worthless exercise the

01:00:08.200 --> 01:00:10.575
drains are so full of accumulated silt

01:00:10.599 --> 01:00:13.055
gravel and debris that they are now set

01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:16.079
like concrete and cannot be flushed the

01:00:16.359 --> 01:00:18.456
drains are plugged solid and water no

01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:20.575
longer flows through the drainage

01:00:20.599 --> 01:00:23.599
system given the state of the drains and

01:00:23.680 --> 01:00:25.736
the ineffectiveness of flooding of

01:00:25.760 --> 01:00:28.760
flushing the council no longer attempts

01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:31.136
to have them cleaned when there is a

01:00:31.160 --> 01:00:34.160
flooding event in February 2022 when our

01:00:35.359 --> 01:00:37.416
former lease agreement was extended with

01:00:37.440 --> 01:00:39.815
the council the council undertook in

01:00:39.839 --> 01:00:41.936
writing to attend to the problem of

01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:44.960
flooding of the premises despite this

01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:47.095
undertaking the council has not

01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:50.119
addressed the flooding in October

01:00:50.319 --> 01:00:53.055
2022 the flooding was so severe that W

01:00:53.079 --> 01:00:55.535
de seeped into our club rooms and into

01:00:55.559 --> 01:00:57.976
the clubhouse we had members there with

01:00:58.000 --> 01:01:01.000
brooms trying to prevent

01:01:02.400 --> 01:01:04.976
damage we have previously been told by

01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:07.936
Council that this is a responsibility of

01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:10.960
reactive maintenance and in 2022 after

01:01:11.319 --> 01:01:14.055
the severing severe flooding referred to

01:01:14.079 --> 01:01:16.416
and a lot of Correspondence reactive

01:01:16.440 --> 01:01:19.295
maintenance advised us as follows and I

01:01:19.319 --> 01:01:21.496
quote we are unable to provide a

01:01:21.520 --> 01:01:23.976
permanent solution aside from relief of

01:01:24.000 --> 01:01:25.376
blockages

01:01:25.400 --> 01:01:27.736
this issue will continue to reoccur

01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:29.656
until the surrounding car park is

01:01:29.680 --> 01:01:32.680
upgraded end of quote as noted

01:01:32.839 --> 01:01:35.256
previously the

01:01:35.280 --> 01:01:37.136
blockages no

01:01:37.160 --> 01:01:40.160
longer can no longer be flushed and

01:01:40.400 --> 01:01:42.136
there's no temporary

01:01:42.160 --> 01:01:45.160
relief that the council can apply with

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:47.575
the council providing no permanent

01:01:47.599 --> 01:01:49.736
solution to the state of the drains

01:01:49.760 --> 01:01:52.216
there remains a serious and ongoing risk

01:01:52.240 --> 01:01:55.095
to our club from flooding

01:01:55.119 --> 01:01:56.856
subsequent to making our submission for

01:01:56.880 --> 01:01:59.015
this meeting a council representative

01:01:59.039 --> 01:02:00.896
met me at the club rooms to better

01:02:00.920 --> 01:02:03.920
understand the problem in his previous

01:02:03.960 --> 01:02:05.815
position the representative was a

01:02:05.839 --> 01:02:07.896
registered plumber and clearly

01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:10.920
identified the problems inadequate sumps

01:02:11.680 --> 01:02:13.976
or sand traps to collect the sand and

01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:16.376
waste insufficient drainage points for

01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:18.815
the area to be drained and block drains

01:02:18.839 --> 01:02:21.839
incapable of being jetted as a club our

01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:24.015
club rooms contain valuable assets and

01:02:24.039 --> 01:02:26.575
IR replaceable memorabilia and the risk

01:02:26.599 --> 01:02:28.575
of damage is now present every time we

01:02:28.599 --> 01:02:29.656
have a

01:02:29.680 --> 01:02:32.095
rainstorm our request is therefore that

01:02:32.119 --> 01:02:33.936
the council fulfill the commitment given

01:02:33.960 --> 01:02:36.216
at the time our formal lease was

01:02:36.240 --> 01:02:38.575
extended and provides a promised

01:02:38.599 --> 01:02:40.575
permanent solution to fix the

01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:42.815
drainage on behalf of Southern flow

01:02:42.839 --> 01:02:44.736
Fishers our members and the club

01:02:44.760 --> 01:02:46.616
committee I would like to thank the

01:02:46.640 --> 01:02:48.295
council for providing us with this

01:02:48.319 --> 01:02:50.416
opportunity and

01:02:50.440 --> 01:02:53.176
appreciate having the chance to be here

01:02:53.200 --> 01:02:56.200
tonight thank you thank you very much

01:02:59.200 --> 01:03:02.200
Brian our next speaker is Robert Marino

01:03:02.559 --> 01:03:05.559
from the frad zura

01:03:19.760 --> 01:03:22.760
club evening  thank you all for your

01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:25.255
time and appreciate the Unity to

01:03:25.279 --> 01:03:27.376
represent the senior citizens of the

01:03:27.400 --> 01:03:30.400
fruta club  I'll take a moment to

01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:33.736
actually explain who they are they are a

01:03:33.760 --> 01:03:36.760
separate  organization and group from

01:03:36.839 --> 01:03:39.376
the actual freter zuda club which exists

01:03:39.400 --> 01:03:42.400
in braide the senior citizens are a

01:03:42.839 --> 01:03:45.136
group that  I think have been in

01:03:45.160 --> 01:03:48.136
existence some 40 odd years but have

01:03:48.160 --> 01:03:51.160
been a group on their own for about 25

01:03:51.440 --> 01:03:54.440
of those years so they completely fund

01:03:54.960 --> 01:03:57.896
themsel they  work within the

01:03:57.920 --> 01:04:00.575
community to  to provide opportunities

01:04:00.599 --> 01:04:03.599
for people age 60  plus to engage 

01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:06.295
we've got a couple of their

01:04:06.319 --> 01:04:08.535
representatives their president their

01:04:08.559 --> 01:04:10.496
secretary and one of their board members

01:04:10.520 --> 01:04:13.520
here tonight  and they've asked me to

01:04:13.559 --> 01:04:15.856
 to represent

01:04:15.880 --> 01:04:18.880
them  I it's also important to know 

01:04:19.760 --> 01:04:21.856
out of their 10 committee members seven

01:04:21.880 --> 01:04:24.880
of them are women  I think it's

01:04:24.920 --> 01:04:26.936
really great that a group like this

01:04:26.960 --> 01:04:29.736
exists and you know gender diversity

01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:31.656
before it even was thought of these this

01:04:31.680 --> 01:04:34.176
group was doing it  they've got a

01:04:34.200 --> 01:04:36.535
about 400 Plus members that they

01:04:36.559 --> 01:04:39.456
represent  like I said ranging of 60

01:04:39.480 --> 01:04:42.480
years plus  preco things were really

01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:46.136
interesting for them they had a lot of

01:04:46.160 --> 01:04:48.216
Engagement  obviously

01:04:48.240 --> 01:04:51.240
post the the senior age groups are the

01:04:51.799 --> 01:04:53.136
are the groups that are of the highest

01:04:53.160 --> 01:04:55.255
risk and the highest FIA

01:04:55.279 --> 01:04:58.279
postco and this initiative that was that

01:04:58.680 --> 01:05:01.680
was put in place was about trying to

01:05:01.839 --> 01:05:04.839
engage that group of people to get out

01:05:05.559 --> 01:05:07.376
of the house get in amongst the

01:05:07.400 --> 01:05:09.936
community and continue to be members of

01:05:09.960 --> 01:05:12.960
the community and so the group put their

01:05:13.640 --> 01:05:16.416
thinking caps on and and thought that a

01:05:16.440 --> 01:05:18.295
great way to do that would be through an

01:05:18.319 --> 01:05:21.319
interactive Garden space a space where

01:05:21.799 --> 01:05:23.856
young and old senior citizens you know

01:05:23.880 --> 01:05:25.936
when we talk about seniors we I don't

01:05:25.960 --> 01:05:27.736
know what we think but you know there's

01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:30.760
a 30-year age group there of people that

01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:33.055
 are going through different aspects

01:05:33.079 --> 01:05:34.575
and elements of their life at different

01:05:34.599 --> 01:05:36.176
times some are recently retired some

01:05:36.200 --> 01:05:39.015
have been retired for 20 plus years and

01:05:39.039 --> 01:05:40.696
that connectiveness between them is

01:05:40.720 --> 01:05:43.656
something that the group really works on

01:05:43.680 --> 01:05:45.656
and is is a great bond to be able to

01:05:45.680 --> 01:05:48.680
share those experiences  especially

01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:51.095
from mental health perspective we we

01:05:51.119 --> 01:05:53.136
we're in a community that people don't

01:05:53.160 --> 01:05:55.456
necessarily go looking for help when

01:05:55.480 --> 01:05:57.416
they're struggling but being part of

01:05:57.440 --> 01:05:59.095
these types of groups and being able to

01:05:59.119 --> 01:06:01.176
lean on people that are older than you

01:06:01.200 --> 01:06:02.696
and younger than you to share

01:06:02.720 --> 01:06:05.095
experiences is something that really is

01:06:05.119 --> 01:06:07.335
quite  dynamic in this group and

01:06:07.359 --> 01:06:09.216
really obvious when you sit back and

01:06:09.240 --> 01:06:11.095
watch the way they interact which I know

01:06:11.119 --> 01:06:12.936
a number of counselors have been able to

01:06:12.960 --> 01:06:15.456
do so I think it's just important for

01:06:15.480 --> 01:06:17.295
people to understand who the group is

01:06:17.319 --> 01:06:19.216
and then what they're trying to do with

01:06:19.240 --> 01:06:21.976
this facility so it's a great space for

01:06:22.000 --> 01:06:24.255
them the idea is a great space for

01:06:24.279 --> 01:06:26.335
people that aren't as mobile so they do

01:06:26.359 --> 01:06:29.136
botchy and they do do dancing but it's a

01:06:29.160 --> 01:06:31.055
space where people that aren't that

01:06:31.079 --> 01:06:32.976
agile to be able to come do some

01:06:33.000 --> 01:06:35.656
gardening and raise beds do that with

01:06:35.680 --> 01:06:38.680
you 65y old doing that with an 85y old

01:06:39.039 --> 01:06:41.136
and talking about how they do that

01:06:41.160 --> 01:06:42.456
differently and connecting and

01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:44.775
connecting into the community but then

01:06:44.799 --> 01:06:46.856
also the connection of being able to

01:06:46.880 --> 01:06:49.295
bring their grandchildren and being able

01:06:49.319 --> 01:06:51.496
to bring them into an interactive space

01:06:51.520 --> 01:06:53.976
where they can also be part of it and

01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:56.736
connect with another group of people

01:06:56.760 --> 01:06:59.376
it's it's it's a it's the idea is a

01:06:59.400 --> 01:07:02.400
dynamic space for this  once they've

01:07:03.319 --> 01:07:05.216
grown food they want to be able to cook

01:07:05.240 --> 01:07:08.240
that food on site so I hope that sort of

01:07:08.279 --> 01:07:10.456
answers some of the questions that may

01:07:10.480 --> 01:07:13.335
have come from it  but I think it's

01:07:13.359 --> 01:07:15.416
important to note that this group is its

01:07:15.440 --> 01:07:17.416
own group and very separate from the

01:07:17.440 --> 01:07:20.440
freter ortic club  who they just use

01:07:21.000 --> 01:07:23.535
the space from and share a name with but

01:07:23.559 --> 01:07:26.456
they fund and manage themsel so thank

01:07:26.480 --> 01:07:29.480
you for your time thank you very much

01:07:33.119 --> 01:07:36.119
Robert our next speaker tonight is Alex

01:07:36.599 --> 01:07:39.295
breeskin  who has multi multiple

01:07:39.319 --> 01:07:41.896
submissions so we'll be afforded 

01:07:41.920 --> 01:07:44.055
eight minutes of speaking time so that's

01:07:44.079 --> 01:07:46.376
four minutes for the first item and then

01:07:46.400 --> 01:07:49.335
one minute per secondary items after

01:07:49.359 --> 01:07:51.136
that thank you Alex fantastic thank you

01:07:51.160 --> 01:07:52.575
very much and thank you for your time

01:07:52.599 --> 01:07:54.416
counselors I brought for forward to you

01:07:54.440 --> 01:07:55.736
several submissions of which I would

01:07:55.760 --> 01:07:57.736
like to talk  talk about direct

01:07:57.760 --> 01:08:00.176
chamber for the Council budget over the

01:08:00.200 --> 01:08:01.856
course of the last year I and several

01:08:01.880 --> 01:08:04.015
volunteers have gone around Kingston and

01:08:04.039 --> 01:08:05.456
spoken to Residents and listened and

01:08:05.480 --> 01:08:07.535
noted down issues that regular residents

01:08:07.559 --> 01:08:10.216
in our city wish to have addressed these

01:08:10.240 --> 01:08:12.535
efforts have resulted in over 200 people

01:08:12.559 --> 01:08:14.335
engaging conversation by Council and

01:08:14.359 --> 01:08:16.976
Service delivery I turned council's view

01:08:17.000 --> 01:08:19.255
to my first submission regarding an

01:08:19.279 --> 01:08:21.655
accessible  shuttle for residents in

01:08:21.679 --> 01:08:24.215
modal who have now lost the donel 

01:08:24.239 --> 01:08:26.496
pool what I've heard from residents is

01:08:26.520 --> 01:08:27.936
that the lack of connecting public

01:08:27.960 --> 01:08:30.255
transport options Mak makes going to a

01:08:30.279 --> 01:08:32.576
pool challenge for them while there is

01:08:32.600 --> 01:08:34.456
overall a great deal of excitement for

01:08:34.480 --> 01:08:35.735
the new pool being constructed on

01:08:35.759 --> 01:08:38.215
Governor Road those who were near the

01:08:38.239 --> 01:08:40.135
dawn tadel especially our older

01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:41.255
residents and those who have

01:08:41.279 --> 01:08:42.856
accessibility issues have greater

01:08:42.880 --> 01:08:45.215
challenges in attending a similar venue

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:46.576
I would like to take the opportunity to

01:08:46.600 --> 01:08:48.456
thank access care for contacting me

01:08:48.480 --> 01:08:50.456
about their services and how they set up

01:08:50.480 --> 01:08:52.576
their sh service to provide them to

01:08:52.600 --> 01:08:54.616
those eligible this is incredibly

01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:56.576
important for our aging demographic as

01:08:56.600 --> 01:08:58.096
more and more of our City's residents

01:08:58.120 --> 01:09:00.695
Reach This demographic my ask to council

01:09:00.719 --> 01:09:02.096
for this submission is to consider

01:09:02.120 --> 01:09:04.496
methods of improving access to our polls

01:09:04.520 --> 01:09:06.735
along with other Ames via public

01:09:06.759 --> 01:09:08.175
transport and to advocate for

01:09:08.199 --> 01:09:10.016
establishing routes with the state

01:09:10.040 --> 01:09:12.135
government may be unwilling

01:09:12.159 --> 01:09:14.576
to I'd like to turn your attention to

01:09:14.600 --> 01:09:16.695
the second submission asking for safety

01:09:16.719 --> 01:09:19.175
Crossing at elanora preschool I was

01:09:19.199 --> 01:09:21.376
amazed to see this  just on the other

01:09:21.400 --> 01:09:23.815
end of Parkdale next to the Walter go

01:09:23.839 --> 01:09:25.775
reserve some of the things residents

01:09:25.799 --> 01:09:28.735
told me were I'm afraid that my child is

01:09:28.759 --> 01:09:30.536
going to be hit by a car crossing the

01:09:30.560 --> 01:09:31.775
street to the

01:09:31.799 --> 01:09:34.496
park the second thing was we were unable

01:09:34.520 --> 01:09:36.135
to get counsel to make it safe for our

01:09:36.159 --> 01:09:38.496
kids and the third was we wanted

01:09:38.520 --> 01:09:41.096
pedestrian Crossing having attended the

01:09:41.120 --> 01:09:42.496
site and based on the response from

01:09:42.520 --> 01:09:44.016
Council to my submission I not the

01:09:44.040 --> 01:09:46.416
zigzag stripes on the road I remain

01:09:46.440 --> 01:09:48.735
perplexed however Crossing Victoria

01:09:48.759 --> 01:09:51.056
Street and Davy Street on a band near

01:09:51.080 --> 01:09:52.936
the preschool does not appear to be a

01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:54.416
significant endeavor

01:09:54.440 --> 01:09:55.976
and I think raising some pavement with

01:09:56.000 --> 01:09:58.016
zebra Crossing is hardly an investment

01:09:58.040 --> 01:09:59.936
that would harm the budget considerably

01:09:59.960 --> 01:10:02.135
nor would the relatively sedate Road as

01:10:02.159 --> 01:10:04.536
it appears to have any real traffic

01:10:04.560 --> 01:10:06.695
implications the Improvement it has in

01:10:06.719 --> 01:10:08.936
terms of the safety of children going to

01:10:08.960 --> 01:10:11.616
and from school far outweighs that I

01:10:11.640 --> 01:10:13.215
think there's a great case to be made to

01:10:13.239 --> 01:10:15.616
improve pedestrian safety in this area

01:10:15.640 --> 01:10:18.215
before we see fatality requiring

01:10:18.239 --> 01:10:20.616
it i' would like us to now turn to

01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:22.576
submission three enabling residents in

01:10:22.600 --> 01:10:24.976
apartments to get their rubbish removed

01:10:25.000 --> 01:10:27.016
counselors as a direct result of moving

01:10:27.040 --> 01:10:29.135
to higher tensity especially in places

01:10:29.159 --> 01:10:31.695
such as gelum and H with zoning changes

01:10:31.719 --> 01:10:33.655
due to the Suburban rail Loop and with

01:10:33.679 --> 01:10:35.175
most of Kingston now having a similar

01:10:35.199 --> 01:10:37.096
scheme overlaid to increasing overall

01:10:37.120 --> 01:10:39.256
density we are seeing far more people

01:10:39.280 --> 01:10:41.536
move into Apartments bringing up that's

01:10:41.560 --> 01:10:44.256
to be expected as an apartment dweller

01:10:44.280 --> 01:10:46.376
myself I've had to pay for hard rubbish

01:10:46.400 --> 01:10:48.256
 removal from private  from a

01:10:48.280 --> 01:10:50.296
private contractor when I made my move

01:10:50.320 --> 01:10:51.936
because I was not able to do it through

01:10:51.960 --> 01:10:54.456
Council this place is far more burden on

01:10:54.480 --> 01:10:56.416
residents especially as now we have two

01:10:56.440 --> 01:10:58.016
rules that affect two different classes

01:10:58.040 --> 01:10:59.776
of residents who are able to buy early

01:10:59.800 --> 01:11:02.096
and were able to afford a detached home

01:11:02.120 --> 01:11:03.936
while those on a block are considered a

01:11:03.960 --> 01:11:06.256
growing other class the end result is

01:11:06.280 --> 01:11:07.776
more waste accumulating in people's

01:11:07.800 --> 01:11:09.576
homes and illegal dumping both in

01:11:09.600 --> 01:11:12.296
apartment blocks and on the curb because

01:11:12.320 --> 01:11:13.976
people would just expect Council to deal

01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:15.456
with this issue

01:11:15.480 --> 01:11:17.776
anyway this is a growing problem and

01:11:17.800 --> 01:11:19.576
we'll need to see Council

01:11:19.600 --> 01:11:21.936
intervene I'd like to also talk about an

01:11:21.960 --> 01:11:23.896
addenda I put onto this regarding a

01:11:23.920 --> 01:11:26.616
discount or grant for trees planting in

01:11:26.640 --> 01:11:28.936
private  property I would like to turn

01:11:28.960 --> 01:11:30.695
council's attention to its ecological

01:11:30.719 --> 01:11:32.496
and climate emergency action plan of

01:11:32.520 --> 01:11:34.056
which indicates that it will be put into

01:11:34.080 --> 01:11:35.856
play a set of incentives to increase our

01:11:35.880 --> 01:11:38.536
tree camping in the city we will not be

01:11:38.560 --> 01:11:40.456
able to do this by utilizing public land

01:11:40.480 --> 01:11:43.480
alone with the council's decision oh

01:11:44.000 --> 01:11:45.776
potentially going away from the three

01:11:45.800 --> 01:11:47.896
for one rule for tree planting and with

01:11:47.920 --> 01:11:49.615
advice I received from Council officers

01:11:49.639 --> 01:11:51.736
that incentives are yet to be determined

01:11:51.760 --> 01:11:53.695
such a scheme as I have submitted is a

01:11:53.719 --> 01:11:56.376
key if we are to address in our own way

01:11:56.400 --> 01:11:58.816
the loss of tree canopy which I remind

01:11:58.840 --> 01:12:00.936
Council has only decreased since the

01:12:00.960 --> 01:12:02.416
past 

01:12:02.440 --> 01:12:05.016
decade I would like us now to look at 

01:12:05.040 --> 01:12:06.816
submission four of which I ask Council

01:12:06.840 --> 01:12:08.936
to increase housing Supply specifically

01:12:08.960 --> 01:12:11.096
for public social or affordable housing

01:12:11.120 --> 01:12:12.135
across our

01:12:12.159 --> 01:12:14.536
municipality we are witnessing a housing

01:12:14.560 --> 01:12:16.576
crisis that is only getting worse with

01:12:16.600 --> 01:12:19.056
rents increasing at extraordinary rates

01:12:19.080 --> 01:12:20.816
and the average person's wage is just

01:12:20.840 --> 01:12:23.655
not keeping up our neighboring cities

01:12:23.679 --> 01:12:25.655
have signed up for far more housing Bill

01:12:25.679 --> 01:12:28.016
projects than we have but we are lagging

01:12:28.040 --> 01:12:30.056
behind with only six as I knows on the

01:12:30.080 --> 01:12:32.576
Homes Victoria site I would commend

01:12:32.600 --> 01:12:34.376
schemes such as the one implemented by

01:12:34.400 --> 01:12:36.816
the ARA city council to

01:12:36.840 --> 01:12:39.376
Kingston I turn to submission five which

01:12:39.400 --> 01:12:41.256
is about fast tracking the expansion of

01:12:41.280 --> 01:12:44.135
Kingston's bicycle network over the past

01:12:44.159 --> 01:12:46.456
decade I've seen the bicycle Network in

01:12:46.480 --> 01:12:48.695
Kingston get to really pick up legs

01:12:48.719 --> 01:12:50.336
certainly it's getting some parts done

01:12:50.360 --> 01:12:52.256
here and there but what residents are

01:12:52.280 --> 01:12:54.416
telling me is that it's still a long way

01:12:54.440 --> 01:12:56.976
from getting them onto their bikes

01:12:57.000 --> 01:12:58.296
turning to the council's active

01:12:58.320 --> 01:13:00.215
transport plan there are many places

01:13:00.239 --> 01:13:02.496
designated for a future path I believe

01:13:02.520 --> 01:13:04.296
we can FasTrack many of these as

01:13:04.320 --> 01:13:05.976
immediately getting a bicycle network

01:13:06.000 --> 01:13:07.695
will allow people to hit the road on a

01:13:07.719 --> 01:13:10.135
bike and out of a car the three

01:13:10.159 --> 01:13:11.936
suggestions I made in this admission

01:13:11.960 --> 01:13:13.976
such as getting bike corals and park 

01:13:14.000 --> 01:13:16.056
bike parking and fr businesses will give

01:13:16.080 --> 01:13:18.615
us the destinations but first and fost

01:13:18.639 --> 01:13:20.695
we need the infrastructure to exist so

01:13:20.719 --> 01:13:22.336
people can reach their destinations

01:13:22.360 --> 01:13:24.976
safely only then will we start to see a

01:13:25.000 --> 01:13:26.336
reduction in

01:13:26.360 --> 01:13:29.016
traffic finally I'd like to refer to a

01:13:29.040 --> 01:13:30.615
submission made by Alex gunningham last

01:13:30.639 --> 01:13:31.615
year on behalf of the Kingson

01:13:31.639 --> 01:13:33.456
resentation with regards to acquiring

01:13:33.480 --> 01:13:35.816
land for wetland and red go Forest at

01:13:35.840 --> 01:13:38.096
Dunlop and Selman Creeks this is so

01:13:38.120 --> 01:13:40.056
essential to further the Kingston Green

01:13:40.080 --> 01:13:42.096
wge management plan that  We've signed

01:13:42.120 --> 01:13:44.576
up to council I would like to thank you

01:13:44.600 --> 01:13:45.695
for your time and listening to

01:13:45.719 --> 01:13:47.016
presidents today and thank you so much

01:13:47.040 --> 01:13:50.040
for your time here thank you very much

01:13:52.360 --> 01:13:55.360
Alex

01:13:57.040 --> 01:13:59.976
do we have Brett Ferguson with us

01:14:00.000 --> 01:14:03.000
tonight Brett

01:14:03.880 --> 01:14:06.880
Ferguson do we have o young

01:14:08.000 --> 01:14:11.000
Quan o

01:14:12.120 --> 01:14:15.120
youngwan do we have Melinda

01:14:15.920 --> 01:14:18.746
Matthews Melinda Matthews

01:14:18.770 --> 01:14:21.096
[Music]

01:14:21.120 --> 01:14:23.896
present okay thank you everyone we'll

01:14:23.920 --> 01:14:26.056
just take a moment and I'll be back with

01:14:26.080 --> 01:14:29.080
you

01:14:34.440 --> 01:14:37.440
[Music]

01:14:52.280 --> 01:14:55.280
shortly

01:14:59.120 --> 01:15:02.120
thank you

01:15:14.440 --> 01:15:16.576
councilors Council as I've been advised

01:15:16.600 --> 01:15:19.256
by governance that our next step is to

01:15:19.280 --> 01:15:21.936
 move a motion  so I'll Now call for

01:15:21.960 --> 01:15:24.960
a motion  councelor Davies seconded

01:15:25.760 --> 01:15:27.135
councelor

01:15:27.159 --> 01:15:29.615
Beasley thank you  councelor Davies

01:15:29.639 --> 01:15:31.336
would you like to speak to this motion

01:15:31.360 --> 01:15:34.056
actually I would like to  just say

01:15:34.080 --> 01:15:35.536
that this has been absolutely

01:15:35.560 --> 01:15:37.695
fascinating and I do thank all the

01:15:37.719 --> 01:15:40.016
community groups that have come because

01:15:40.040 --> 01:15:42.416
I do think we all understand the

01:15:42.440 --> 01:15:44.256
competing needs but also the Urgent

01:15:44.280 --> 01:15:46.096
needs that a lot of people and Community

01:15:46.120 --> 01:15:48.655
groups have and also the individual

01:15:48.679 --> 01:15:50.256
perspectives that some residents have

01:15:50.280 --> 01:15:52.096
that aren't in the community groups that

01:15:52.120 --> 01:15:53.695
give us an idea of problems that we may

01:15:53.719 --> 01:15:55.695
not actually have been aware of so I

01:15:55.719 --> 01:15:58.016
really do want to thank everybody who

01:15:58.040 --> 01:16:00.135
turned up tonight because I recognize

01:16:00.159 --> 01:16:02.336
the amount of effort that you went into

01:16:02.360 --> 01:16:03.896
in terms of putting together your

01:16:03.920 --> 01:16:06.416
submissions and the thought behind it

01:16:06.440 --> 01:16:08.776
and pretty much every single person who

01:16:08.800 --> 01:16:10.256
spoke I went we should be doing that we

01:16:10.280 --> 01:16:13.280
should be doing that so  I I do think

01:16:13.800 --> 01:16:15.215
that it's you know it's quite a

01:16:15.239 --> 01:16:17.096
difficult Balancing Act in terms of

01:16:17.120 --> 01:16:19.615
competing  you know the pull the set

01:16:19.639 --> 01:16:21.416
pool of money there's not one thing that

01:16:21.440 --> 01:16:22.896
I heard tonight that I was really go how

01:16:22.920 --> 01:16:25.920
could drop out so  I think Bernard

01:16:26.120 --> 01:16:29.120
will have some interesting  analysis

01:16:29.600 --> 01:16:31.376
to do in terms of what comes in or out

01:16:31.400 --> 01:16:33.856
but I just really wanted to acknowledge

01:16:33.880 --> 01:16:35.576
everyone who came tonight and the

01:16:35.600 --> 01:16:37.096
tremendous effort that you all put in

01:16:37.120 --> 01:16:39.016
and I I'm sure I speak for every

01:16:39.040 --> 01:16:41.016
councelor here that it's been a really

01:16:41.040 --> 01:16:44.040
well worth  evening to be part of

01:16:44.199 --> 01:16:47.199
thank

01:16:48.440 --> 01:16:50.936
you thank you very much councelor Davies

01:16:50.960 --> 01:16:52.056
councelor

01:16:52.080 --> 01:16:54.456
Bley

01:16:54.480 --> 01:16:57.480
yes thank you  mayor jdb  it's been

01:16:58.320 --> 01:17:01.320
an enlightening evening and I think 

01:17:01.520 --> 01:17:04.175
yes so again I just reiterate thank you

01:17:04.199 --> 01:17:07.199
very much for  for all the thought and

01:17:07.960 --> 01:17:09.816
energy that has gone into these

01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:12.175
submissions  and behind that all the

01:17:12.199 --> 01:17:13.655
thought and energy that you put into

01:17:13.679 --> 01:17:15.615
your communities  and I think that's

01:17:15.639 --> 01:17:17.856
really come across tonight that 

01:17:17.880 --> 01:17:19.816
everyone's representing whether it's

01:17:19.840 --> 01:17:21.416
themselves but they're representing

01:17:21.440 --> 01:17:24.416
themselves on behalf of of  their

01:17:24.440 --> 01:17:27.440
Community  even if it isn't a a a

01:17:27.840 --> 01:17:30.296
registered group  but they may be dog

01:17:30.320 --> 01:17:33.320
workers or people who care about  

01:17:33.719 --> 01:17:36.215
the playgrounds Etc so I think we've

01:17:36.239 --> 01:17:38.615
seen a really diverse range of people

01:17:38.639 --> 01:17:40.896
standing up and saying this is how we

01:17:40.920 --> 01:17:43.920
want Kingston to spend  our money so I

01:17:44.760 --> 01:17:47.695
think that has been really valuable and

01:17:47.719 --> 01:17:49.016
I and I think there's some that we can

01:17:49.040 --> 01:17:51.536
take away and hopefully do very quickly

01:17:51.560 --> 01:17:53.215
and others that we'll need to just sit

01:17:53.239 --> 01:17:54.896
there and have a look at how how we

01:17:54.920 --> 01:17:56.936
manag to to get those across the line

01:17:56.960 --> 01:17:59.960
but I really do appreciate everyone who

01:18:00.120 --> 01:18:02.296
has spoken everyone who has supported

01:18:02.320 --> 01:18:05.320
those who have come along tonight  we

01:18:05.560 --> 01:18:07.776
really do appreciate the active role

01:18:07.800 --> 01:18:10.016
that you play in our Kingston Community

01:18:10.040 --> 01:18:13.040
thank

01:18:13.800 --> 01:18:15.896
you thank you very much councelor

01:18:15.920 --> 01:18:18.920
Beasley would any other councelor

01:18:20.159 --> 01:18:22.615
Cochran thank you I think it would be

01:18:22.639 --> 01:18:24.576
REM of me not to get up and and thank

01:18:24.600 --> 01:18:27.600
everyone for presenting tonight it was

01:18:28.800 --> 01:18:31.655
really enlightening to see such a

01:18:31.679 --> 01:18:34.679
diverse range of people present 

01:18:35.040 --> 01:18:36.336
things I'd probably never thought about

01:18:36.360 --> 01:18:37.936
or considered because we don't have that

01:18:37.960 --> 01:18:40.256
Active touch point with every single

01:18:40.280 --> 01:18:42.816
issue within the community but one thing

01:18:42.840 --> 01:18:45.215
that was really striking to me was the

01:18:45.239 --> 01:18:48.175
fact that most if not all of the

01:18:48.199 --> 01:18:50.856
submissions called for what I would say

01:18:50.880 --> 01:18:53.175
infrastructure upgrades General

01:18:53.199 --> 01:18:56.199
livability upgrades and really gets back

01:18:56.480 --> 01:18:59.096
to what I believe the basics of council

01:18:59.120 --> 01:19:01.296
is and it's just providing those

01:19:01.320 --> 01:19:03.896
services that help bring our community

01:19:03.920 --> 01:19:05.856
together so I do thank

01:19:05.880 --> 01:19:08.880
you  very much for for taking the time

01:19:09.880 --> 01:19:12.175
to come out here tonight it's been

01:19:12.199 --> 01:19:15.199
great thank you councelor

01:19:15.440 --> 01:19:18.440
Cochran councelor

01:19:18.960 --> 01:19:21.416
Hill  yeah without trying to sound

01:19:21.440 --> 01:19:23.896
like a recording  I too would like to

01:19:23.920 --> 01:19:26.920
thank everybody  for this for your 

01:19:27.760 --> 01:19:29.496
presentations tonight but also all the

01:19:29.520 --> 01:19:31.856
time and effort that's been put into the

01:19:31.880 --> 01:19:34.880
submissions also  we're going through

01:19:35.560 --> 01:19:37.816
that process at the moment we have a big

01:19:37.840 --> 01:19:40.736
strategic weekend coming up very shortly

01:19:40.760 --> 01:19:42.936
and I think the timing of this this

01:19:42.960 --> 01:19:45.056
evening has been really important

01:19:45.080 --> 01:19:46.976
because it means that we do have an

01:19:47.000 --> 01:19:50.000
opportunity and a an extra sort of lens

01:19:50.440 --> 01:19:52.976
when we're considering our budget 

01:19:53.000 --> 01:19:55.695
it's a very big budget  but at the end

01:19:55.719 --> 01:19:57.496
of the day you know we're being pull

01:19:57.520 --> 01:19:59.016
pulled from Pillar To Post to try and

01:19:59.040 --> 01:20:00.376
fund all the things we know are

01:20:00.400 --> 01:20:03.400
necessary in the community  I think

01:20:03.679 --> 01:20:05.256
one thing that will come from it as well

01:20:05.280 --> 01:20:08.280
is hopefully  hopefully you'll feel

01:20:08.639 --> 01:20:11.336
heard by having the opportunity to speak

01:20:11.360 --> 01:20:13.135
this evening and for those who weren't

01:20:13.159 --> 01:20:15.615
able to speak this evening  for the

01:20:15.639 --> 01:20:17.536
for the  submissions that you've put

01:20:17.560 --> 01:20:20.560
in also but  I think too like when we

01:20:22.280 --> 01:20:23.576
actually

01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:26.600
 have our time to debate  where the

01:20:26.760 --> 01:20:29.760
money should should be best placed 

01:20:30.320 --> 01:20:32.296
this will be a really you know like it's

01:20:32.320 --> 01:20:34.456
it's very timely that we'll only have to

01:20:34.480 --> 01:20:36.896
think back you know a couple of weeks

01:20:36.920 --> 01:20:38.816
and and think back to all the great

01:20:38.840 --> 01:20:40.096
presentations that we've heard this

01:20:40.120 --> 01:20:42.416
evening so yeah thank you and and I'd

01:20:42.440 --> 01:20:44.456
also like to thank Mish and all the

01:20:44.480 --> 01:20:47.215
officers for all the work you've done 

01:20:47.239 --> 01:20:48.816
putting this together this been a really

01:20:48.840 --> 01:20:51.695
really  beneficial exercise so thank

01:20:51.719 --> 01:20:54.175
you

01:20:54.199 --> 01:20:57.199
thank you councelor Hill councilor

01:20:57.360 --> 01:21:00.056
Sab thank you Madame mayor I wasn't

01:21:00.080 --> 01:21:02.496
going to speak I think  really tonight

01:21:02.520 --> 01:21:03.856
was just about hearing our resident

01:21:03.880 --> 01:21:04.976
speak but seeing as I'm the only

01:21:05.000 --> 01:21:06.655
counselor that hasn't I felt compelled

01:21:06.679 --> 01:21:09.679
to  just in particular I wanted to to

01:21:11.239 --> 01:21:13.416
mention I know there was a few 

01:21:13.440 --> 01:21:15.336
submissions that were from residents

01:21:15.360 --> 01:21:18.215
that were in my ward and  I mean I'll

01:21:18.239 --> 01:21:19.856
extend it to them but also extend it to

01:21:19.880 --> 01:21:21.376
everyone who has submitted and I've had

01:21:21.400 --> 01:21:22.695
a lot to deal with a lot of the

01:21:22.719 --> 01:21:25.056
submissions I know from cyc and the

01:21:25.080 --> 01:21:27.695
Chelsea yach Club as well  just to

01:21:27.719 --> 01:21:29.615
extend the opportunity that I'm really

01:21:29.639 --> 01:21:31.655
happy to I'm sure all the counselors

01:21:31.679 --> 01:21:33.096
would be as well willing to meet and

01:21:33.120 --> 01:21:34.376
discuss and see where we can best

01:21:34.400 --> 01:21:36.976
support you as well in your projects 

01:21:37.000 --> 01:21:39.296
just to also be a little bit more open

01:21:39.320 --> 01:21:41.056
that it might not be in this budget

01:21:41.080 --> 01:21:42.896
cycle it might not be in in in the next

01:21:42.920 --> 01:21:44.856
budget cycle but ideally we'd love to

01:21:44.880 --> 01:21:46.376
get these projects into some sort of

01:21:46.400 --> 01:21:47.856
project timeline if we can get that

01:21:47.880 --> 01:21:49.215
worked out I think that's what's really

01:21:49.239 --> 01:21:50.655
important so that we can support and

01:21:50.679 --> 01:21:53.615
deliver what our Community needs and

01:21:53.639 --> 01:21:55.976
what your community that represents 

01:21:56.000 --> 01:21:59.000
our residents  need  so just wanted

01:21:59.920 --> 01:22:01.376
to put that out there that my details

01:22:01.400 --> 01:22:03.256
are online but you can always give me a

01:22:03.280 --> 01:22:06.215
call or shoot a text  or an email to

01:22:06.239 --> 01:22:07.576
me and I'm I'm really happy to come and

01:22:07.600 --> 01:22:09.536
do that  I know the invitation to

01:22:09.560 --> 01:22:11.296
chelton the me Club was out there I'm

01:22:11.320 --> 01:22:12.655
really happy to come and organize a time

01:22:12.679 --> 01:22:14.856
to come down as well to do that but

01:22:14.880 --> 01:22:15.976
thank you and again thank you to our

01:22:16.000 --> 01:22:19.000
officers obviously we've got a  we're

01:22:19.480 --> 01:22:21.256
in a constrained environment in our

01:22:21.280 --> 01:22:23.296
budget coming up so it's going to be a

01:22:23.320 --> 01:22:24.655
difficult one for us to try to manage

01:22:24.679 --> 01:22:27.336
and and  mold all the other priorities

01:22:27.360 --> 01:22:28.736
that we've got the competing priorities

01:22:28.760 --> 01:22:30.856
and the competing needs into this budget

01:22:30.880 --> 01:22:32.695
cycle  but I think what's really

01:22:32.719 --> 01:22:34.376
important and I know our team is working

01:22:34.400 --> 01:22:36.736
really hard on on delivering it but a a

01:22:36.760 --> 01:22:39.016
further 5ye to 10 year plan which I

01:22:39.040 --> 01:22:41.016
think is probably we're going to see

01:22:41.040 --> 01:22:42.456
where we're going to see a lot of the

01:22:42.480 --> 01:22:45.016
need and and necessity come from 

01:22:45.040 --> 01:22:46.215
especially as we've got some really

01:22:46.239 --> 01:22:47.615
significant projects that are going to

01:22:47.639 --> 01:22:50.639
be underway  so I I know there's a bit

01:22:51.040 --> 01:22:53.536
of ahead of us but I think we've got 

01:22:53.560 --> 01:22:54.856
a lot of the ground workor a lot of the

01:22:54.880 --> 01:22:56.096
support and I know there's a lot from

01:22:56.120 --> 01:22:57.416
the community that's driving where we

01:22:57.440 --> 01:22:59.496
need to go  and as long as we continue

01:22:59.520 --> 01:23:01.376
to ensure that we are Community LED and

01:23:01.400 --> 01:23:03.576
driven I think we'll land in a good spot

01:23:03.600 --> 01:23:06.600
thank you thank you very much councilor

01:23:08.520 --> 01:23:11.056
s councilors I'll put this item to the

01:23:11.080 --> 01:23:14.080
vote  all those in

01:23:14.120 --> 01:23:17.120
favor and I declare that carried

01:23:21.480 --> 01:23:23.175
unanimously

01:23:23.199 --> 01:23:25.336
just in closing  I'll just reiterate a

01:23:25.360 --> 01:23:27.215
couple of the key points so just to

01:23:27.239 --> 01:23:28.816
remind everyone that following this

01:23:28.840 --> 01:23:30.856
meeting councilors will be considering

01:23:30.880 --> 01:23:32.655
all of the submissions received

01:23:32.679 --> 01:23:34.256
regardless of whether or not people were

01:23:34.280 --> 01:23:36.695
able to appear here in person as I

01:23:36.719 --> 01:23:38.256
mentioned at the start we are expecting

01:23:38.280 --> 01:23:41.016
to release the draft 2425 budget in late

01:23:41.040 --> 01:23:44.040
March early April of 2024 and we are

01:23:44.080 --> 01:23:45.695
going to be back in touch with everyone

01:23:45.719 --> 01:23:48.056
who submitted to let you know thank you

01:23:48.080 --> 01:23:49.856
have a wonderful evening I'll declare

01:23:49.880 --> 01:23:52.880
the meeting closed at 8:29 p.m. thank

01:24:00.120 --> 01:24:03.120
you