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MANNINGHAM CITY COUNCIL I 21 August 2007 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Select Committee on Public Land Development Submission No: 17 Received on: 'so Au ~\ld- 1-00"1 MANNINGHAM U :IDESIGNBALANCE_OPENOFSPCITYACEIOpenANDSpaeeloss2004implementationlpublielanddevelopmentenqCOUNTRY uirysu bmission .doe Enquiries to: Ms K. Jackson Telephone: 98409468 File No.: QARef: MANNINGHAM CITY COUNCIL I 21 August 2007 CITY OFFICES 699 Doneoster Rood, Doneoster, vie 3108 The Secretary Legislative Council Select Committee on Public Land Development TELEPHONE Parliament of Victoria 0398409333 Spring Street MELBOURNE VIC 3002 FACSIMILE 0398483110 Dear Secretary POSTAL ADDRESS PO Box 1, SUBMISSION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LAND Doneoster, Victoria 3 108 DEVELOPMENT AUSDOC DX 30403 Doneoster I am writing in response to the call for submissions to the Legislative Council Select Committee on Public Land Development. Manningham City Council is EMAll pleased to be able to make the following submission to the topics to be covered in [email protected] the enquiry. INTERNET www.monninghom.vie.gov.ou History of sale of public open space within Manningham City Council The former City of Doncaster and Templestowe (now Manningham City Council) ABN was one of the first municipalities to develop and implement an Open Space 61498471081 Strategy. The City of Doncaster and Templestowe's 1991 Open Space Strategy provided a guide for the strategic planning and development ofthe open space network within the municipality. The 1991 Open Space Strategy recommended that parcels of Council owned land with minimal open space value could be sold under Section 189 of the Local Government Act to fund the purchase and/or development of more strategic areas of open space. The subsequent Manningham Open Space Strategies of 1999 and 2004 have continued to endorse this approach. Since 1991, as part of the implementation of the 1991, 1999 and 2004 Open Space Strategies, Council has sold 29 parcels of surplus open space to fund the purchase and/or development of more strategic open space. These sales were motivated and endorsed as part of the delivery of strategic projects. The following land purchase projects have been funded through sale of surplus open space: • Hussey's Lane Reserve (horse cross country course); • Currawong Bush Park; (part) • Ruffey Creek Linear Park; (part) Dltf1!.!: .~r"(fi tu,' • Green Gully Linear Park; (part) • Mullum Mullum Creek Linear Park (White's Orchard);and • Doncaster Hill open space (2 properties). INVESTOR IN PEOPLE 2 MANNINGHAM BALANCE OF CITY AND COUNTRY The sale of open space has also funded capital development within Ruffey Lake Park as part of implementation of 1993 Masterplan. MANNINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Sale or alienation of public land for the purposes of private development Council's policy supports that where open space is sold or alienated for private CITY OFFICES development replacement public land of the same or increased area must be 699 Dancaster Rood, provided. Dancaster, vie 3 108 TELEPHONE In Manningham, a ratio of approximately 5: 1 of land area purchased for open 0398409333 space compared to that sold for private development has been achieved since 1991. FACSIMILE 0398483110 It is also very important that before an area of public land is approved for sale or alienation for private development that it is not suitable for an alternate POSTAL ADDRESS PO Box 1, community purpose, such as affordable housing. We would support a similar Dancasler, Victoria 3 108 level of cross-departmental assessment of any public land flagged for disposal at the State Government level. AUSDOC DX 30403 Dancaster Similarly, where it is determined that public land flagged for disposal may have EMAIL value as a community resource at the local government level, through consultation [email protected] with the relevant local government, we would advocate for that land to be transferred to that council at zero or minimal cost. INTERNET www.manningham.vic.gav.au For example, the land at 51 Reserve Road, Wonga Park has declared as surplus by ABN Melbourne Water and is proposed for sale for private development. It is a site of 61498471081 State Significance according to Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) criteria and is also part of a Nationally Significant Biosite as assessed in the Manningham Biosites Sites of (Biological) Significance Review 2004. This parcel also contains an endangered and vulnerable Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC). Under the tenets of this submission, we would suggest that the ecological value of this land should be recognised and it should be retained as a community asset either through a transfer between departments to Parks Victoria or to local government. Ongoing costs of public land management In the past, Manningham City Council has purchased a number of properties from State Government which were deemed as 'surplus' to their requirements. The most notable of these was the area of land along the Eastern Freeway Extension from Bulleen to Springvale Roads, which was transferred via a from VicRoads as a nil cost exchange and resulted in an additional 8.8 ha of open space for use by the public. However, the major issue discussed when Council resolved to support this land exchange in 2005 and which continues to be discussed today is the cost of ongoing maintenance of this land. In this particular case, the Koonung Creek _tiE: Linear Park was created by VicRoads as part of the Eastern Freeway Extension as J.l,nr.JIt"f a regional recreation facility. However, Council has had to cover the cost of the maintenance of this facility into the future. We would advocate that in developing any future policy on the transfer of land to local government that the ongoing INVESTOR IN PEOPLE ------ - -- -- - -- - - -- -- -----.- ----- - - -- - - -- ---- -- --- - -- - ---- 3 MANNINGHAM BALANCE OF CITY AND COUNTRY costs of the management of that land so that it remains a community asset be acknow ledged. MANNINGHAM Sale or alienation of public land for development and the relationship to the CITY COUNCIL Victorian Government's Melbourne 2030 policy and Green Wedges CITY OFFICES As part of the implementation of Melbourne 2030 and the Doncaster Hill 699 Doncoster Rood, Strategy, Manningham has sold four parcels of minimal open space value to fund Doncoster, vie 3 108 the purchase of private property to provide valuable open space in the Doncaster Hill precinct. TELEPHONE 0398409333 The basis for these additional land purchases was to provide sufficient open space FACSIMILE for the residents of the Doncaster Hill Primary Activity Centre. To achieve the 0398483110 provision of this additional open space, Council has had to purchase, at market rates residential land from private land owners. Council was fortunate, in this POSTAl ADDRESS PO Box 1, instance that it was able, physically and financially to make these purchases. Doneosler, Victorio 3 108 However, we would advocate that as a broader principle the State Government should become involved in the challenge of providing adequate open space to AUSDOC service the increased residential densities of its Melbourne 2030 policy through a DX 30403 Doneosler strategic assessment of its land holdings and where appropriate retain that land as EMAIL public open space. [email protected] Similarly, Manningham's Green Wedge Strategy 2004 and Open Space Strategy INTERNET 2004 recommends that private properties be identified for potential purchase for www.manningham.vie.gov.au biodiversity conservation within the Green Wedge area. It is recommended that Council land of minimal open space value is sold to fund the purchase of private ABN 61498471081 land for biodiversity conservation. The State Government, through the former Melbourne Parks and Waterways Grants Program had a fund to assist in the purchase of private land for important open space areas, such as the Green Wedges. This fund is no longer in existence and its reintroduction would be welcomed by Manningham. Summary In summary, it is Council's submission that: • Where public land in State Government ownership is flagged for disposal, that it is subject to a cross-departmental assessment for alternative community uses such as open space or affordable housing; • Where public land in State Government ownership is flagged for disposal, that consultation is conducted as a matter of course with the relevant local government to assess any possible community use or value; • Where a community use or value is identified, that land be transferred to Certified Safety Ma'\8gemllfIl:S)'$lem the relevant local government at zero or minimal cost with an acknowledgement of the ongoing costs of its maintenance as a community asset; and • Where public land in State Government ownership is assessed as suitable, that it is used to provide additional open space in Activity Centre areas as B!1M: u,,,"~,,,,1 defined by Melbourne 2030 or to support Green Wedge protection and enhancement. INVESTOR IN PEOPLE 4 MANNINGHAM BALANCE OF CITY AND COUNTRY In conclusion, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important inquiry. If you wish to discuss any points raised in Manningham's submission further, please feel free to contact Kristen Jackson, Council's Open MANNINGHAM Space Planner on 9840 9468. CITY COUNCIL CITY OFFICES Yours sincerely 699 Dancaster Rood, Dancoster, VIC 3 108 TELEPHONE ~(JJso_ 0398409333 LYDIA WILSON Chief Executive FACSIMILE 0398483110 POSTAL ADDRESS PO Box 1, Dancasler, Victoria 3 108 AUSDOC DX 30403 Dancaster EMAIL [email protected] INTERNET www.manningham.vic.gav.au ABN 61498471081 mRM2'!: U'uullurl INVESTOR IN PEOPLE.
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