CITY OF MELBOURNE Future Melbourne Committee MINUTES Meeting Number 14 Tuesday 11 June 2013 5:30pm Council Meeting Room Level 2 Melbourne Town Hall PRESENT Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley Councillor Richard Foster Councillor Rohan Leppert Councillor Kevin Louey Councillor Cathy Oke Councillor Ken Ong Councillor Stephen Mayne Councillor Beverley Pinder-Mortimer Councillor Jackie Watts Councillor Arron Wood Confirmed at the meeting of the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on Tuesday 9 July 2013 1. COMMENCEMENT OF MEETING AND APOLOGIES The meeting commenced at 5.30pm. The Chair, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, advised that: • the meeting was being recorded and will be made available on the City of Melbourne website before close of business tomorrow; • the agenda comprised eight Reports from Management, one of which was confidential; • one item of General Business; and • no apologies had been received. 2. DISCLOSURES OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The Chair, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, advised that conflicts of interest would be disclosed as they arose. 3. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING Moved: Cr Wood That the minutes of meeting No 12, held on Tuesday 14 May 2013, be confirmed. Seconded: Cr Foster The motion was put and carried unanimously with the following Councillors present: The Chair, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, Councillors Foster, Leppert, Louey, Oke, Ong, Mayne, Pinder- Mortimer, Watts and Wood. 4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING There were no matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting. 5. PUBLIC QUESTIONS The Chair, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle invited members of the public to ask questions of the Committee. Anthony van der Greats, resident, asked a question in relation to the Minister for Planning's changes to the Victorian Planning Scheme In response the Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, advised that he believed this was the same question asked by Mr van der Greats at a previous meeting and had been answered by the Director of City Planning and Infrastructure. 6. REPORTS FROM MANAGEMENT SUBMISSIONS/CORRESPONDENCE • The Chair, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, advised that as at 3pm the following submissions had been received in accordance with the Council's Conduct of Meetings Local Law 2010. In relation to Agenda Item 6.3, "Domestic Animal Management Plan 201347" Item of Correspondence: • Rheya Linden, Campaign Director, Animal Active Australia Inc. and National Wildlife Representative, Animal Australia. Future Melbourne Committee — Tuesday 11 June 2013 2 In relation to Agenda Item 6.7, "Proposed Travel by Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle to Deliver Keynote Address at the Policing Global Cities Conference, London in July 2013" Request to Speak: • Anthony van der Craats, resident. PLANNING PORTFOLIO Cr Ong assumed the role of Chair to present the one item for consideration in relation to the Planning Portfolio. 6.1 Ministerial Planning Referral TPM-2012-2: 212-222 La Trobe Street, Melbourne The purpose of this report was to advise the Committee on a planning application which was originally referred to the City of Melbourne by the Department of Planning and Community Development, now the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure, on 18 January 2012. The Executive Officer Planning, Martin Williams, provided a presentation to the Committee making the following key comments: • the application was received in early 2012; • in August 2012 a letter was sent to the Department of Planning objecting to the application; • there are two separate sites in this area - 500 square metres and 430 square metres; • the bridge between the properties is believed to have originated from a license issued many years ago; • the lane was discontinued in 1992; • a draft permit has been received via the Department of Planning from the Minister for Planning's office; • there are some concessions in the draft permit but do not believe it goes anywhere near justifying the grant of a permit; • there are built form issues and concerns about the level of internal amenity that will be created by this design; • _ the lane is only five metres wide and the plans show windows on either side; • concerned about the 140 metre high building being straight off Little La Trobe Street; and • the site of the seven storey car park has been sold and it is expected there will be a large development in the future. Moved: Cr Ong 1. That the Future Melbourne Committee advise the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure that the Council's original position stands and that the application is not supported on the following grounds: 1.1. the proposal by virtue of its height, lack of setbacks and poor architectural expression detracts from surrounding properties and would be contrary to the Melbourne Planning Scheme: 1.1.1. Clause 22.01 (Urban Design Within the Capital City Zone); 1.1.2. the Decision Guidelines of the Capital City Zone Schedule 1; and 1.1.3. the Design Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development; and 1.2. the proposal is an overdevelopment of the site, which fails to meet significant requirements of Clause 22.01 and the Higher Density Residential Guidelines in the scheme; 1.3. the bridge projecting above Corporation Lane112 is an imposing and excessive structure contrary to on site's surrounds, pedestrian amenity and Council would not support use of the air space above the Lane in this way; 1.4. the proposal offers inadequate levels of onsite amenity; and ' 1.5. the proposal fails to provide adequate active street frontage, particularly to Little La Trobe Street. Seconded Cr Mayne Future Melbourne Committee — Tuesday 11 June 2013 3 Cr Ong made the following key comments: • there are not sufficient concessions to support the application; • the development will be over 25,000 square metres, which on two small sites is excessive; and • need to make it clear to the Minister and his office that not everything gets approved in the city. Cr Mayne made the following key comments: • this reflects the new system of any application over 25,000 square metres being heard at the Future Melbourne Committee; • this ensures that the professional views of the officers are on the public record; • sends a clear message that Council does not believe it should proceed; • this report, along with all reports for the past five years where the Minister has been the Responsible Authority will be available on the City of Melbourne's website within the next month; and • will be attending a meeting with a representative from the Department of Planning with this item on the agenda. Cr Watts made the following key comments: • believe this has been discussed previously; • believe that the Sydney minimum standard is higher than ours; and • this should be stated in a clear letter back to the Minister. In response to a point made by Cr Watts, the Executive Officer Planning, Martin Williams, advised there is no minimum standard in the Melbourne Planning Scheme. In response to questions raised by Committee, the Director City Planning and Infrastructure, Geoff Lawler, made the following key comments: • believe Cr Watts was referring to the Committee's recently released discussion paper on housing; • suggest that an option might be to follow the direction of the NSW Government in establishing standards; and • at this point this is purely a discussion paper for feedback from the community, not part of the planning policy. Cr Leppert made the following key comments: • noted that Committee has heard about future policy consideration, about disclosure of the City of Melbourne versus the Minister's opinion and about future policy contribution about amenity and size of apartments; • agree with these comments, however the question before us is one of what a referral authority needs to consider; and • the amenity of the apartments alone are enough grounds for the Minister to refuse. The motion was put and carried unanimously with the following Councillors present: The Chair, Councillor Ong, Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, Deputy Lord Mayor, Susan Riley, Councillors Foster, Leppert, Louey, Mayne, Oke, Pinder-Mortimer, Watts and Wood. ARTS AND CULTURE PORTFOLIO Cr Leppert assumed the role of Chair to present the one item for consideration in relation to the Arts and Culture Portfolio. 6.2 Music Strategy Advisory Committee — Terms of Reference The purpose of this report was to seek endorsement of the Music Strategy Advisory Committee (MAC) terms of reference (refer to Attachment 2 of the report from management) and of the planned Expression of Interest (E0I) process to recruit members to the MAC. Moved: Cr Oke 1. That the Future Melbourne Committee: 1.1 endorses the Terms of Reference for the Music Strategy Advisory Committee (MAC) as attached to the report from management but with the reference to "Future Melbourne (Economic Development) Committee" in section 11 replaced with "Future Melbourne (Arts and Culture) Committee"; Future Melbourne Committee — Tuesday 11 June 2013 4 1.2 endorses the commencement of an EOI process to recruit members to the committee; and 1.3 requests a report on the results of the E01 process for the MAC in August 2013. Seconded: Cr Watts Cr Oke made the following key comments: • big supporter of music and its development in the city; • the city has been a strong supporter of the music industry; • important to recognise the economic contribution and artistic and cultural development; since the development of the Strategy in 2010 there has been Melbourne Music Week and the Lord Mayor has hosted an industry round table; and it is clear we need to work strongly and closely with industry and develop our Music strategy accordingly. Cr Watts made the following key comments: • pleased to see this move forward; and • clearly the case is made that this is an economic and artistic benefit to the city.