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council

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meeting whether you're here in the

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chamber or watching online it's great to

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have you with us on behalf of Monash Council

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of

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the land that makes up Monash Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung 

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and Bunurung People and recognize their

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continuing connection to the land and

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waterways

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i pay my respects to the Elders past

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present and emerging and extend that

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respect to all Aboriginal and Torres

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Strait Islander

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people over the past month I have been

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pleased to recognize the outstanding

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work of our Monash team on the early years

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infrastructure projects delivered in

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partnership with the state government

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these include Ashwood Memorial

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Kindergarten Dorrington Child and Family

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Hub Dover Street Preschool Ward Avenue

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Kindergarten these projects make a real

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difference in the lives of Monash families

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our youngest community members my

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sincere thanks to everyone involved in

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bringing them to

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fruition tonight council will consider

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its draft community vision council plan

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health and well-being plan asset plan

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and rating and revenue plan to go out 

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 for further community

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consultation

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i want to acknowledge the members of our

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deliberative panel and the broader

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community who have contributed to these

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draft plans so far if endorsed tonight I

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encourage our community to take the time

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to review and provide

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feedback council also committed last

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year to  a review of parking 

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and that work is well underway we look

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forward to considering it at an upcoming

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meeting on another important note March

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25th is a deeply significant day for the

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Greek community marking both Greek

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Independence Day and the Feast of the

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Enunciation it commemorates the

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beginning of the Greek War of

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Independence in 1821 a time immense of

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immense courage and sacrifice that led

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to Greece's liberation after nearly 400

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years of Ottoman rule this day is a

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powerful symbol of freedom resilience

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and national pride honoring those who

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fought for Greece's

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independence yesterday I had the

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privilege of joining Premier Jacinta

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Allen along with Minister Steven

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Demopoulos and Nick Stacos the Greek

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ambassador to Australia the Greek

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Constant General and other prominent

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Greek Australians at the Helenic Club to

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celebrate the importance of this day to

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Greeks everywhere it was a wonderful

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gathering that reinforced the deep

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cultural and historical ties that unite

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Greek communities around the world with

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that let's get started on tonight's

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agenda  we have no apologies councelor

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James will be zooming in he tells me so

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he's running a little bit  councilors

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do we have any disclosure of

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interest no disclosure of

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interest confirmation of meeting so

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sorry disclosure yeah  during the

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confidential item I might step out which

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item is that the confidential business

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okay thank you  we'll make a note of

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that disclosure of interest sorry we've

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done that  confirmation of minutes can

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I have a mover councilor Little i'll

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second it any discussion on those

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minutes none we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is

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carried  reception reading of

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petitions joint letters and memorials do

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we have any

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councilors none okay we go on to public

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question time we've received a number of

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questions tonight in total six okay we

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begin with question one is Mr Fernandez

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in the

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gallery nope he's not okay we'll get his

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answer out to him question two submitter

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Anthony Manares

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Anthony in the

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chamber

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nope question three Walter Vice is

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Walter with us tonight Walter good

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evening sir you want to come forward

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please and ask your

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question just press the button Walter

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there you'll see the little button there

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thank you
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yall right so first that's quite

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loud first question so the owners

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corporation of Amara Estate which is

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located at Tennel Venus Street in Oakleigh

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South are being charged rates by Monash

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council which we understand include

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waste management services however

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despite paying for these services our

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estate does not receive them forcing us

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to spend roughly $50,000 annually on

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private waste

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collection the minister's good practice

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guidelines from December 2023 require

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transparency in service rights and

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charges the local government act also

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requires service rights to reflect the

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actual services provided and Australian

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consumer law prohibits charging for

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services that are not provided how does

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Monash City Council justify this

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practice and what immediate steps will

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be taken to either a provide full waste

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management services to the

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estate or  amend our rates to exclude

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the waste charges and compensate

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residents for the undue financial burden

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imposed over the last few years both

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options are supported in other local

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government areas and the option of Monash

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council providing services would be

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preferred thank you Walter for your

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question  council currently does not

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have a fee for service full cost

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recovery waste charge we introduced a

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waste and recycling charge flat fee

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across all rate payers in 2018 to cover

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the additional cost of recycling

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private waste management is also a

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condition of the permit for the

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development of Amara

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Estate council met with the residents of

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Amara Estate in May 2024 to discuss the

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current waste and recycling levy and

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absence of a separate waste charge

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during the meeting we provided a full

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overview of council practices and shared

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the information with the owners

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corporation which we believe was then

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communicated to all the residents a

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review of the waste management plan will

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not be undertaken at this time and there

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will be no reimbursement of the cost of

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your private bin collection i appreciate

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that this is not the outcome you're

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seeking the recycling and waste levy

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will be reviewed in the future which

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will allow residents to participate and

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provide feedback as part of that process

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thank you Walter

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 you can stay there please and

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ask your next question

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so the second option or the second

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question rather relates to security and

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public access of the estate so there is

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a walk west walk which connects the

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Amara circuit to Scotsburn Avenue which

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is private property owned and maintained

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by the Amara Estate Owners Corporation

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 council has informally advised that

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restricting access to this is not

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permitted during due to historical

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public access use before the estate was

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built though given that ?

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Ranger Walk is not a public asset road

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or reserve the owner's corporation has a

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legal duty to protect this as common

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property and the ongoing security risks

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that we've experienced significantly

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impacting residents can council provide

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clear legal basis for why security

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measures such as gating or restricting

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access are not permitted additionally

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what formal processes can the owners

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corporation undertake to restrict access

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and improve security while remaining

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compliant with council's regulations

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thank you

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? Walk is common property on the

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plan of subdivision it is a private road

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not managed by council but is still

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considered a public highway at at common

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law due to the passage of time and its

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use for many decades as a walkway

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between Alvina Street and Scotsburn

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Avenue this link was also identified in

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the approved development plan as a

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connection between the two streets you

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may want to seek your own advice on this

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matter and what options are available to

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you thank you walter is Miss or Mr or Ms

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wang in the audience tonight in the

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chamber no okay we'll send them their

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response  Mr Nicholas Piperis thank

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you

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Nicholas okay

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council continues to justify its

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decisions regarding facility grading and

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ground allocation through the active Mon

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sports framework and fair access policy

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however these frameworks cannot excuse

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poor

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decision-m or the repeated dismissal of

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serious conse community concerns

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on the 4th of March a formal complaint

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was submitted regarding water quality

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concerns at Mel Park Reserve a response

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was received on the 7th of

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March dismissing dismissing the matter

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without

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investigation as a result a water sample

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was taken by members of the community

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and on 8th of March an independently

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tested confirming poor quality quality

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and discolorization

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concerns have been raised previously

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about the external steps leading to the

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player races which council claims were

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addressed in reality a minimal and

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inadequate fix was applied to one side

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while the other remains

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unresolved these issues along with

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ongoing sewer backflow have been raised

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repeatedly by local residents and

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community clubs

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despite this council continues to

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maintain that May Fuel Park is a

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fitfor-purpose C-grade facility

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given this how can council justify not

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only that the graining and and the

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continued allocation of Mayfield Park

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but also its ongoing dismissal of clear

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community concerns and what

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accountability exists to ensure council

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own decisions own decisions meet the

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standard it applies to others

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[Music]

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thank you officers have confirmed a

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problem with the water quality reserve

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in response to your correspondence on on

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the 4th of March  I did receive your

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text over the weekend for our officers

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sorry sorry Nicholas  officers have

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confirmed the problems with the water

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quality at Mayfield Reserve in response

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to your correspondence of on the 4th of

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March and I did also receive your text

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and I thank you for that and I have

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forwarded that to the to our team works

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including the replacement of existing

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galvanized piping as well as a drinking

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fountain between the car park and the

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building will be complete completed as

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as a priority the sewer issue reported

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several months ago was attended to by

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plbers at the time who cut through

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tree roots in the sewer system and

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cleared the

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line those same plbers were on site

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yesterday and confirmed that there is no

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current sor issue step warning markers

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will also be arranged for the steps at

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the northern end of the pavilion the

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ground allocation process considers the

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relative standard and availability of

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council reserves and pavilion plus the

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number and grading of teams that each

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club has and distributes these limited

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resources accordingly council is

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confident that this is an appropriate

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process thank you Nicholas

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okay that concludes public question time

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although I have been informed by my

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officer that we did have one further

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question that has been

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disallowed okay we're moving on to

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officers report city development 7.1.1

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town planning schedule a mover

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please council law a second council

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Brian Little any question on this please

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any sorry questions or remarks no okay

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we'll go to the vote all those in

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favor that is carried 7.1.2

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TPA42034/B 18A Thomas Street Clayton

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Victoria this is an extension of time a

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mover council law a second council

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Little any discussion

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council no we got to the vote all those

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in favor that is carried 7.1.3

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Huntingale precinct plan amendment C173

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adoption do we have a mover councelor

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Little a seconder council law any

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discussion council little

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just to note that the due process has

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gone its full extent on this item so

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with the Huntingdale precinct

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plan we went to the we went to the

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community we got a lot of very valuable

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feedback some of that feedback was

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negative so we went to a minister's

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panel to get an adjudication and a

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neutral view the panel came back to us

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and said "Mes you've done a great job

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you've identified areas within the

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Huntingdale precinct that should remain

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in particular should remain as

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industrial  Huntingdale is seen as a

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valuable industrial site in in a number

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of

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places  and with a few few changes we

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will now be adopting that the

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Huntingdale precinct plan and we will be

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going that sending that back to the

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minister for for official sign off it's

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taken quite a long time but I think what

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we've seen here is Mish's ability to go

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to the the community to accept the fact

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that there are people out there who

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perhaps would like to see in this

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particular case we'd like to have seen

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some of the industrial

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zones reszone to to residential but

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we've identified where industrial zones

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are actually of some importance to us 

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we got that backed up by the by the

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minister's panel we now see that go full

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circle  I commend this to council 

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it will be a valuable docent going

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forward and seeing Huntingdale treated

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as one of the

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most slightly underdeveloped areas of

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MES it needs some love and care  and I

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sure perhaps the one or two of the new

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councilors involved now might might

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deliver something in that regard so I do

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commend this to

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council any other contributions

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council none we'll go to the vote then

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all those in favor that is carried thank

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you 7.1.4 planning controls for

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waterways a mover councelor Patterson

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councelor Silva i think you second thank

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you councelor any discussion councelor

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Dva

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 thanks mayor i wanted to briefly 

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speak to this because it is in my ward

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as a gardener creek  ward counselor

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but also because it I think  relates

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quite closely to the broader context of

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some of the planning controls that are

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being brought in at a state government

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 level i note that officers have said

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in the report that there is broad

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agreement with  the intention behind

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some of the permit triggers  that make

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up part of this amendment but have noted

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concerns around how the consultation

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process  was run and what information

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they were provided as part of that and

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including what information more

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importantly  residents and members of

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the community were provided as part of

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that process including on  the

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relevant

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website it's really significant that

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some of the planning  changes that are

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being proposed are being proposed i have

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had multiple constituents contact me

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about their concerns  for what this

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will mean for their neighborhoods

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particularly those constituents living

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in and around our beautiful waterways 

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which add so much amenity to the whole

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of me and which is such a draw card for

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people to live here  and I think

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that it is part of my duty to say as a

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ward counselor

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 in a ward that encompasses one of

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those waterways  that it is really

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important going forward that some of

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these concerns around consultation

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around information provision

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transparency and accountability to

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residents  really be thought about

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seriously particularly in the context of

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these broader changes that are being

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proposed

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people are nervous and I think rightly

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so  and given that that's the case

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provision for transparency and

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accountability is even more important in

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these planning processes than they have

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been before thanks

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thank you councelor Dilva any other

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contributions yep councelor Fergus

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 thank you Mayor look I'll just add

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very briefly to that that I have a

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concern about the permit trigger  as

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as do officers  the around the removal

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of native vegetation obviously that's a

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good thing and officers in the report

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have agreed with the intent of the

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permit trigger as do I however officers

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have also rightly pointed out that

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non-native vegetation still contributes

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to the overall tree character and

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environmental values of the creek  not

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only that  both the state and we here

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at MES have goals for  canopy

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vegetation cover so

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 particularly in such sensitive

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environmental areas it should be of

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great concern if we're suggesting that

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people will be able to remove trees 

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alongside  on land that those creek

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environments  without any permit 

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unless that tree is native obviously we

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want to be  preferring native

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vegetation but the fact is  along a

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creek  as large as Gardener's Creek

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there are many areas where there are

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many non-natives and they are still

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extremely valuable to biodiversity to

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the health of the creek  to  climate

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change mitigation  and all the things

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we're trying to achieve with our canopy

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cover so  I thank officers for their

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report and  I'm going to be supporting

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this recommendation

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thank you Councelor Fergus any other

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contributions before we go to the vote

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council none okay we got the vote all

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those in favor that is carried thank you

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moving along to 7.2 community services

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7.2.1 advisory committees appointment of

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new members i'll I'll move that second

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Council Lee any discussion council Lee

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welcome yep

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thank you Mayor my pa purpose on council

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is to build a more inclusive MES council

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one that truly celebrates diversity and

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ensures equitable access to information

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and services for everybody one way I do

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this is by  chairing the multicultural

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advisory committee or MAC  and MES

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takes community consultation very

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seriously and  our many advisory

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committees are one aspect of that i want

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to highlight that there were 72

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applications for the six appointments we

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made to MAC  and while it's not a

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numbers game  this phenomenal vole

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of interest really demonstrates the 

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role that  the multicultural advisory

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committee amongst other advisory

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committee plays and the interest from

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our me community and as councelor

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Patterson also shared with me recently

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many women applicants from the gender

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equity advisory committee sought more

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avenues for engagement as women of color

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experiencing intersectional

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barriers  so I'm really excited to

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work with our committee members  and

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our broader community as well as our

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officers to you know explore more ways

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to engage our culturally linguistically

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and racially diverse community and

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ensure that our council policies and

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programs are inclusive and equitable

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thank you

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thank you Council Lee  any other

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comments contributions council Maskky

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thanks and through you Mayor  I'm glad

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councelor Lee  spoke on this matter as

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I was going to anyway but  I I I think

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it's great that we've got to acknowledge

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so many people that have given so much

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of their time and effort some over an

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extended period of time on various

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committees and I had the good fortune to

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sit on most of the committees mentioned

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and  worked with  all those people

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that are outgoing so I just I just

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didn't want it to pass as another agenda

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item i want actually these people to be

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recognized in some way that  their

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contribution has been valued and

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appreciated not only by  us and the

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people around this table by the

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community generally and the people that

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sit on the committees with those people

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their colleagues if you like and in

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doing so in thanking those outgoing

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members I'd also like to welcome the

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incoming members because as council

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pointed out there's many  people are

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now showing interest in having a a

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conversation with the community through

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council and having a say in how we shape

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different things like the plans that are

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on on  the agenda item tonight so 

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thank you for those people that are

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leaving  a big warm welcome to those

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people that are joining us and all the

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various committees and  I guess a

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collective vote of thanks to all those

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people thanks Mayor

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thank you Council McCcluskey any

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contributions councelor Little just a

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very quick one

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 for the environ environmental

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advisory committee  we we had an

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extraordinary number of amazing 

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entries applications that was whittleled

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down to a short list of 40 it took three

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rounds of interviews to get that down to

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the 10 or so that we recommending in

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this this thing  just extraordinary

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the enthusiasm we witnessed in the Mish

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community for environmental issues and

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really concerns about their local

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environment as much as anything else 

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again I commend this to council

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thank you council little any other

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contributions council before we go to

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the vote okay we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is carried 7.2.22 2

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2425 me quick response grant program

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recipients for January and February i

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move it councelor Lee will move it

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second that council little any

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discussion no we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is carried thank you

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7.2.3 M foundation travel grant a mover

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councelor McCluskey councelor Lee will

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second it any

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discussion no we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is carried thank you

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7.3 corporate services 7.3.1 draft

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integrated council plans a move please

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council Patterson second council law any

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discussion no we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is

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carried where are we here 7.3.2 to

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informal meeting of council's records a

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mover council little will move it 

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councelor Lee will second it any

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discussion no go to the vote all those

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in favor that is carried 7.3 me internal

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resolution procedure a mover please

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councilor McCcluskey second councelor

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Little any

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discussion no we'll go to the vote all

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those in favor that is carried moving

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along 7.4 for city services

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7.4.1

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2021 1 090 Paul plant maintenance

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service council variation reports a

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mouthful a mover council Patterson

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second council law any

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discussion oh got the vote all those in

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favor that is carried 7.4.2 2

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202523 segmental paving and minor works

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report a move please have I jp one no

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I don't think so

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we're 7.2 four four yep okay I'll move

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it to get the ball rolling council Lee a

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law will second it sorry any

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discussion none with a vote all those in

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favor that is carried 7.4.3 4.3

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2025054 cycling connection between

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Scotchbins Creek Trail to Jering Trail a

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mover councelor Fergus the second

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council dila any discussion on this one

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council council

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little yeah it's been great to see this

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 project progressing I just want to

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say about the importance of this link

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right so we have two really major

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cycling paths in Mish area we have the

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Jering trail that runs along the Danong

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line runs all the way from Corfield out

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to Noble Park and we have the

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Scotchman's Creek Trail which links up

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with the Gardener Creek Trail which

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links up with the Yara trail goes all

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the way into the city and all the way

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out to Gels Park and if you go north

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goes all the way out to Q and beyond

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there's no link between the two paths at

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the moment there's no easy way that you

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can get from say somebody traveling from

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Oakleigh to let's say Q there's no easy

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way they can get from the Jaring to the

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Scotchman's Creek or Gardens Creek Trail

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this is the link this is why this is an

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important project  we've had we've

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been looking at trying to achieve this

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now for I think probably well over 3

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years it's a difficult thing to achieve

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it means running along Atkinson Street

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and and down through Oakleigh  not an

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easy project to to have been there to

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see this now coming to council with a

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dollar sign and a tick off and we can

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start works on this is I think one of

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the s really breakthrough moment 

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motions for the cycling in the Mish area

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so I do commend this to council

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thank you councel little any other

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discussion nope okay we'll go to the

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vote then all those in favor that is

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carried

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7.4.4

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202418 pavement and line marking

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services a mover please council law i

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second the council little any

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discussion no okay we go to the vote all

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those in favor that is carried 7.5 move

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along chief executive officer report

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7.5.1 planning authorizations and

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building infringements a movement please

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okay I'll move it second the council law

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any discussion on

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this no we'll go to the vote all those

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in favor that is carried notice of

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motion 8.1 notice motion appointment as

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me representatives to Victorian Local

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Government Association and Gambling

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Committee which I'll move seconded by

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Council Little any

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discussion no discussion we'll go to the

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vote all those in favor that is carried

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8.2 notice of motion council

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discretionary expenditure fund

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applications March

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2025 if I can just open that please so

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we

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have two here for consideration council

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 do we have a mover please sorry lost

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track council little second council law

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any

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discussion no discussion okay we'll go

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to the vote all those in favor that is

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carried just bear with me now

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okay urgent business council moving

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along do we have any urgent business

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none that I can recall consideration of

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written reports of committees item

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10 no any personal

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explanations didn't think so any council

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reports none this

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time confidential business

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mayor I move that council having

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reviewed and considered the certificate

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in relation to the matter listed for

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business and being satisfied that it is

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appropriate and necessary to consider

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this matter at a closed meeting resolves

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to close the meeting to the public in

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accordance with section 662A of the

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local government act 2020 for the

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reasons specified in the certificate

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thank you councelor i'll move that a

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second council law all those in favor

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that is carried we go into confidential

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business thank you