Cann Valley District Community Plan 2019 Community Vision: We want our district to be a thriving, buzzing place which is inviting to locals, tourists and future economic opportunities and optimises the health, wellbeing and productivity of our beautiful paradise. Buldah Cann River Chandlers Creek Club Terrace Combienbar Noorinbee Noorinbee North Tamboon Tonghi Creek Wingan River eastgippsland.vic.gov.au Acknowledgements Contents East Gippsland Shire Council Council officers from the Key Terms: Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: and the community of the Cann Community Planning team Development of Community Profile Implementing Valley District acknowledges the and across a range of other ABS: Cann Valley The Plan Gunaikurnai, Monero and the departments have supported the Australian Bureau of Statistics Community Plan 05 10 28 Bidawel people as the Traditional place-based planning approach CFA: Custodians of the land that including the facilitation of Country Fire Authority A guide to reading this plan 04 Vision & Values 10 Future Challenges & encompasses East Gippsland workshops and providing Opportunities 29 Shire, and their enduring information to community. Council - East Gippsland Shire Introduction: The District 11 relationship with country. The Council Purpose 06 Outcomes and Priorities: Traditional Custodians have cared Minds@Work, an independent District Map 12 DCRG: Healthy & Sustainable and nurtured East Gippsland for consultancy group, facilitated Place Planning 06 1 District Community Representative Environments 30 tens of thousands of years . We sessions and skilled up staff and District Assets 13 pay our respects to all Aboriginal community around the IDEA model. Group Process & IDEA Model 07 Thriving Economy 31 and Torres Strait Islander people DELWP: People 14 living in East Gippsland, their The importance of our partner Department of Environment, Land, How the Plan was Created 08 Safe & Healthy Communities 32 Elders past and present. agencies and local service Water & Planning Healthy & providers in being involved in Sustainable Environments 16 Resilient & Connected The community members of the the process and the delivery of DET Communities 32 Cann Valley District have made information workshops has been Department of Education & Thriving Economy 17 a significant contribution in the critical in understanding how we Training Ideas Bank 34 development of this plan in terms are and can all ‘work in place’. Safe & Healthy of time and kilometres travelled DHHS: Communities 20 District Community 35 to meetings, in addition to the The One Place One Plan Project Department of Health & Human Representative Group completion of the community was funded by the Australian Services Resilient & survey. The commitment of the Government through the Building Connected Communities 24 community to the process is Better Regions Fund and has been ORH: testament to their passion for the run across the Cann Valley District, Orbost Regional Health future of the District. Errinundra to Snowy District and RRV: Twin Rivers District. Regional Roads Victoria Place Planning is a major initiative within the East Gippsland Shire SES: Council Plan 2017 – 20212. State Emergency Service Resources were committed to undertake a pilot of the place- based planning approach. Other Visual Community Action Plan Summary Toolkit of the District documents Community Plan References: 1 East Gippsland Shire Council Reconciliation Action Plan related to 2015 – 2018 Kuark Forest in Spring 2 East Gippsland Shire Council Plan (Photo: Judy Deland) 2017 – 2021 this plan: 02 03 A Guide to Reading Section 1: this Plan Development of the Cann Valley District Community Plan This is the first District Community Plan (the Plan) for the Cann Valley District. The Plan provides a strategic direction “Community “Unity” “More for the people living and working in this community and cohesion, Local Resident cohesive the agencies that support them. A separate Action Plan will students village” accompany this document and be updated to reflect the empowered Local Resident achievements and changes that occur over time. in the “Cohesion community” with belief Local Resident in a positive Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: future” Local Resident Introduces community and place Provides a detailed community Focuses on the implementation planning and the purpose of this profile of the people living in of the Plan and how this will be community plan in this district. It this community, drawing on undertaken. It does not have provides details about the timeline demographic data and the specific details about each of the project, engagement findings from the community priority and timeframe, this will activities and community survey and community workshops. be captured in the Action Plan participation in the journey to The history and geographical that will be developed by the develop the Plan. It includes an location of the district is explored community and agencies. It will be overview of the process used to providing context to the key assets reviewed and refined regularly to develop the Plan and the IDEA that were mapped in the district. implement this District Community model used to support community The community profile provides Plan. The future challenges and thinking from ideas to actions. insight into the people that live in opportunities for each of the four the district and what is important outcome areas are explored. to them. Four outcome areas are (see pages 30 to 33). Through identified and discussed in detail the workshops, the community with the support of data gathered prioritised the 82 ideas from through the community survey: their Ideas Bank (see page 34) to six ideas that were worthy of 1. Healthy & Sustainable further development. These are Environments highlighted and outlined in this 2. Thriving Economy section. Described as priority 3. Safe & Healthy Communities ideas, the role of the community, 4. Resilient & Connected Council and partner agencies is Communities included for each. It outlines the formation and role of a District Community Representative Group (DCRG) in monitoring and implementing the Plan. Developing the Plan at the Making it Happen workshop 04 05 The IDEA Model is a way of helping people to think through Introduction Process & IDEA Model their ideas and develop something from an idea into well thought out and planned actions. Purpose of the District Separate documents accompany exchange ideas that will enable Community Plan the Plan including an action plan informed decision making about To provide a comprehensive insight that will be revisited by community, how best to meet identified needs. into the community of the Cann Council and partners on an annual ........ Valley District, and the people basis (the Annual Action Plan), and Developing a comprehensive ........ who call this ‘place’ home. It a toolkit with a range of resources understanding of the needs of will give community members, and information to support the people that live in the district East Gippsland Shire Council community, Council and partner is central to Place Planning. The Research Imagine Develop (Council) and partner agencies an agencies in implementing the Plan. District Community Plan brings • Collect evidence of what is • Create the Ideas Bank • Sort the Ideas Bank - understanding of: together detailed demographic happening and where the • Gather as many ideas as identify priority and This district now has a District information about who the people community wants to be possible popular ideas within the • The people who live in the Community Representative Group are that make up the district, why • Understand the issues the Any idea can go in the community district and their needs (DCRG) to work together on the they live where they live, what community is facing Ideas Bank - a idea is never • The vision the community has priorities within the Plan on behalf is important to them, their future • Design the idea • Map the assets blocked or removed for itself and what it values of all people in the district. The aspiration for their communities • Look into the feasibility • Understand the • How the community currently DCRG enables the community and how they will work together of multiple ideas for each opportunities the community operates and supports services to coordinate and cooperate and with key stakeholders to issue (leave the options can leverage • The assets, resources and to achieve their outcomes and achieve their outcomes. open) strengths available in this provide a means for Council and • Look at existing plans and community agencies to engage with and The priorities within the Plan are activities and consider if • The top priorities the community work alongside a group that is not a ‘wish list’, they are ideas that they are still relevant. wants to work on representative of this district. were identified by the community Process & IDEA Model • The roles and responsibilities that have been prioritised using of community, Council, and Place Planning the ‘IDEA’ Model, which is outlined partner agencies in making the Some, but not all communities further on page 7. Prioritisation is plan happen in East Gippsland have had based on the evidence gathered • An Ideas Bank, that community Community Plans for nearly a around the issues, challenges and can draw on throughout the life decade. A review of the previous opportunities within the district. of the District Community Plan Community Plans identified the need to change the way Council The process of creating the This plan provides a new direction works with the community. This Plan has focused on building for how community, Council new approach is called Place relationships and trust between Act Evaluate and partner agencies can work Planning. Twelve districts were community members and groups, together to achieve positive identified across East Gippsland, Council and other key agencies. • Set the timeframe to achieve the idea in full • Evaluate the ideas against each other outcomes for the people who have each with its own distinctive It outlines how the community will • Break it down into bite sized pieces • Consider the current capacity of community, if chosen this district as their home.