Capital City Committee ADELAIDE

Annual Report 2003–2004

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2003–2004 ...... 1

THE ROLE OF THE CAPITAL CITY COMMITTEE...... 3

CAPITAL CITY COMMITTEE PRIORITIES...... 5 THE SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE CITY ...... 6 THE EDUCATION AND LEARNING CITY...... 7 A CITY OF CREATIVITY AND IDEAS...... 9 THE GREEN CITY PROGRAM ...... 11 CAPITAL CITY FORUM ...... 14 CAPITAL CITY FORUM ACTIVITIES...... 14 CAPITAL CITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ...... 16

CAPITAL CITY PROJECT TEAM ...... 17

APPENDIX 1...... 18 CAPITAL CITY FORUM MEMBERS 2003–2004 ...... 18 APPENDIX 2...... 19 CAPITAL CITY FORUM – TERMS OF REFERENCE ...... 19

Highlights of 2003–2004

Successful cities seem to have some things in common: they establish a strategic agenda; they get people working collaboratively, especially business, government and academic cooperation; they compete globally; they attract and retain talent; and they develop the environment that will attract people – interesting, diverse, open and confident. Adelaide is a successful city in a number of these areas but also faces some significant challenges. The Capital City Committee performs a critical role in Adelaide’s success.

The 2003–2004 financial year was an important one for the Capital City Committee with the release by the South Australian Government in March 2004 of South Australia’s Strategic Plan Creating Opportunity (www.stateplan.sa.gov.au), which reinforces the need for an integrated and cooperative approach to address the challenges Adelaide faces. Similarly, in the first half of 2004, the Adelaide City Council released its draft Strategic Management Plan 2004–2007 (www.adelaidecitycouncil.com) which contains a number of explicit connections to South Australia’s Strategic Plan and is a significant step in aligning the priorities of the State Government and the Adelaide City Council.

The Committee continued to identify the strategic requirements for the development of the city, focusing on the four priorities it had previously endorsed, namely developing Adelaide as a green city, a socially sustainable city, an education and learning city, and a city of creativity and ideas.

This year saw the first full financial year for the Green City Program, operating under the aegis of the Capital City Committee. The program confirms the importance of the green and sustainable agenda for Adelaide and receives funding from the State Government with an additional contribution from the Adelaide City Council. The program successfully delivered a range of projects to showcase initiatives across the field of sustainability during the financial year.

Adelaide’s first Thinker in Residence, Herbert Girardet, a world leading urban ecologist, author and documentary filmmaker completed his two month residency to assist with developing Adelaide as a green city. The Green City Project Team was successful in engaging partners for the residency, reinforcing the importance of collaboration and strengthened relationships with a number of government, local government and non- government organisations.

Girardet’s report Creating a Sustainable Adelaide was released in July 2003 (available from www.capcity.adelaide.sa.gov.au). In March 2004 the Premier announced that the State Government would be adopting many of Girardet’s inspirational ideas, making Adelaide a leader in environmental reforms with the Green City Program playing a large part in carrying many of the recommendations forward in collaboration with other agencies.

The year also saw the completion of the successful visit from Charles Landry, Director of Comedia UK and an expert in creative cities, as the second Thinker in Residence. Landry was invited to assist with Adelaide’s development as a creative and ideas city and his residency saw a heightened level of public debate about the role of creativity in a city’s development. In addition to two major workshops, in November 2003 Landry provided a public lecture to a capacity audience at the Adelaide Town Hall entitled What makes great cities. His final report Rethinking Adelaide – capturing imagination (available from www.capcity.adelaide.sa.gov.au) was published in April 2004 and outlines a series of potential initiatives and recommendations, many of which relate to the culture of South Australia. In May 2004 Margaret Caust took leave from her substantive position as Director of the Capital City Project to begin working fulltime on progressing the recommendations contained in the report.

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Highlights of 2003-2004 (contd)

A major project of the Capital City Committee – the North Terrace Redevelopment – commenced in May 2003 and demonstrated the successful and effective coordination of resources across Government and Adelaide City Council. The redevelopment is on track to be completed by early 2005.

The Capital City Committee continued to benefit from the vision and ideas of the Capital City Forum members who contribute feedback and advice to the Committee, giving their time, expertise and experience freely and generously to the development of the city. In this respect particular acknowledgement is due to the work of the Chair of the Forum, Ms Kate Brennan.

Charles Landry

Page No 2 The Role of the Capital City Committee

South Australia’s Capital City Committee was established by State Parliament under the City of Adelaide Act 1998 (‘the Act’) in recognition that a vital and successful capital city is critical to the overall success of the State. The Committee provides a regular opportunity for the State Government and the Adelaide City Council to consider, debate and ensure implementation of the priorities for the development of the city in a constructive way.

Until April 2004, the six member Committee comprised the Premier (Chair); the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Michael Harbison (Deputy Chair); the Minister for Urban Development and Planning ; the Minister for Tourism Jane Lomax-Smith; Councillor Judith Brine AM; and Councillor Anne Moran. Following a reallocation of Ministerial portfolios in April 2004, Minister Trish White replaced Minister Weatherill on the Committee. The Minister for Environment and Conservation John Hill attended the meetings bimonthly to speak to ‘green’ issues.

Where formal decisions are required, they are referred to Cabinet and the Council. A regular report on the outcome of Committee meetings is provided to the Adelaide City Council and an annual report is presented to Adelaide City Council and Parliament.

The Committee’s functions are set out under Section 10(1) of the Act, which states that:

‘The Capital City Committee is established as an intergovernmental body to enhance and promote the development of the City of Adelaide as the Capital City of the State and, for that purpose, may

• Identify and promote key strategic requirements for the economic, social, physical and environmental development and growth of the City of Adelaide as the primary focus for the cultural, educational, tourism, retail and commercial activities of South Australia • Promote and assist in the maximisation of opportunities for the effective coordination of public and private resources to meet the key strategic requirements identified by the Committee, and recommend priorities for joint action by the State Government and the Adelaide City Council (within established budget processes and programs) • Monitor the implementation of programs designed to promote the development of the City of Adelaide • Make provision for the publication (as appropriate) of key strategies, goals and commitments relevant to the development and growth of the City of Adelaide that have been agreed by the parties who are (or will be) required to undertake responsibility for their implementation or delivery • Collect, analyse and disseminate information about the economic, social, physical and environmental development of the City of Adelaide, with particular emphasis on assessing outcomes and identifying factors that will encourage or facilitate future development within the City of Adelaide • Take on other tasks incidental to the preceding paragraphs.’

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The Role of the Capital City Committee (contd)

The Committee held 11 meetings in the financial period 2003–2004 — seven General Committee meetings and four Green City Committee meetings.

South Australia’s Strategic Plan (March 2004, www.stateplan.sa.gov.au) reconfirms the Government’s commitment to the effective partnership between the State and the Adelaide City Council. The Plan contains a priority action to ‘align the priorities of the State and the Adelaide City Council through the Capital City Committee and the Capital City Forum to position and promote the city as a vibrant centre for the State and to help in attracting those investing, visiting or studying in the State’ (page 48). The importance of the Committee as a cooperative framework is likewise recognised by the Adelaide City Council in its draft Strategic Management Plan. Again the Committee is seen as a strategic planning body through which key projects can be coordinated.

The Committee draws on the expertise and experience of key business and community leaders through the Capital City Forum, which was chaired in 2003–2004 by Kate Brennan, Chief Executive of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust.

Page No 4 Capital City Committee Priorities

In July 2002 the Committee agreed to focus on four areas of mutual interest to the State Government and the Adelaide City Council and continued to concentrate on these priority areas throughout 2003–2004. They are:

• Developing Adelaide as a socially sustainable city • Developing Adelaide as an education and learning city • Adelaide as a city of creativity and ideas • Developing Adelaide as a green city.

By focusing on these priority areas, the Committee believes the city will grow, opportunities for the local community will expand and Adelaide’s reputation at the national and international level will be enhanced.

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Capital City Committee Priorities (contd)

The Socially Sustainable City

The South Australian Government and the Adelaide City Council both acknowledge that each has a role in supporting social sustainability. South Australia’s Strategic Plan reinforces the importance of the quality of life and wellbeing of the community and ‘to develop South Australia as a place in which people care for each other and contribute to their communities’ (Page 45). In a similar vein, the Adelaide City Council’s draft Strategic Management Plan supports the principle of providing ‘opportunities for people of different backgrounds, ages and abilities to live, work, learn and enjoy leisure in the city’ (Page 3).

This priority aims to support the diversity of the Adelaide community and to recognise the city’s role as a central gathering place where people are able to access services and accommodation.

The State Government’s Department of Human Services and the Adelaide City Council cooperate in a ‘social sustainability partnership’ designed to improve the planning and delivery of human services across the City of Adelaide, with particular attention to health, housing and social support systems.

The Social Sustainability Partnership Group meets monthly to ensure collaboration in service coordination and response for the city. Since its commencement in 2000, the Partnership has fostered the development of improved social infrastructure in the inner city and assisted in the ongoing process of dialogue with relevant community and Government stakeholders.

The city Dry Zone trial was extended for a further 12 months until 29 October 2004. A formal evaluation was carried out in 2003, which found the dry area had reduced the incidence of drinking in designated dry area locations and had also increased people's feelings of safety in the city. The Department of the Premier and Cabinet is coordinating the implementation of service responses to address issues that have arisen as a direct result of the dry area trial or that have been highlighted by it. This work is being monitored by an over-arching Dry Zone Steering Committee, which includes representation from government, Adelaide City Council, non-government and Aboriginal services. The Capital City Committee received regular reports throughout the year on the trial's progress and the activities of the Dry Zone Steering Committee.

The City Safety Working Group continued to meet every two months. The group was established in 2001, following a recommendation of the Capital City Committee, to ensure a practical approach to supporting Adelaide as a safe city. Chaired by Superintendent Neil Smith (Adelaide Local Services Area, SA Police), the group includes representatives of the Adelaide City Council, the Office of the Liquor Licensing and Gaming Commissioner, the Department for Families and Communities and the Capital City Project Team.

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Adelaide is also working to receive accreditation as an international safe community from the World Health Organisation. This application has been coordinated by Workcover Corporation and has resulted in a cross-sector, Adelaide-wide coalition of partners from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors working to promote injury prevention and safety across the City of Adelaide. This partnership has been formalised as the Adelaide Safe Community Incorporated and was chaired by Peter Dale, General Manager for Policy and Planning at the Adelaide City Council.

The Capital City Project Team invited Michael Woolcock, a leading thinker and writer in the area of social capital, to Adelaide. Michael Woolcock, who works for the World Bank and lectures at Harvard University, visited Adelaide in July 2003. He provided a seminar on Social Capital for Government and Adelaide City Council staff and Forum members and also spoke at the 2003 Festival of Ideas.

The Adelaide City Council hosted a ‘Building the Whole Picture’ workshop in May 2004. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the Adelaide City Council, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet’s Social Inclusion Unit and the City of Marion. The goal of the workshop was to showcase current work on social indicators and discuss possibilities for future ‘joined up’ approaches to developing and using social indicators in the local government environment.

The Education and Learning City

One of the key priorities shared by the Government and the Adelaide City Council is to attract more students to study in South Australia. South Australia’s Strategic Plan has set a number of ten year education targets including doubling South Australia’s share of overseas students (page 5), increasing the proportion of the South Australian labour force with non-school qualifications to 55% and exceeding the national average of participation rates in University and TAFE (page 9). Similarly, the Adelaide City Council continues to promote the city as a place to study and learn and its draft Strategic Management Plan has set a target of 66,000 students in institutional learning by 2010.

Adelaide, through the Adelaide City Council, is a board member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) and, in November 2003, Adelaide hosted a meeting of IAEC’s board. In May 2004 the Lord Mayor and the Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Stephanie Key, made a bid for Adelaide to hold the 9th International Congress of Educating Cities in Adelaide in 2006. Unfortunately the bid was unsuccessful and hosting of the Congress was awarded to Lyon.

In May 2003 Robert Lawrence of Prospect Marketing, Melbourne was commissioned to deliver a report for State Government and the Adelaide City Council on what distinguishes Adelaide as an education city, its strengths and weaknesses relative to other Australian cities and to provide a framework for positioning Adelaide as an education city, particularly in supporting the development of a conducive learning environment.

Robert Lawrence sought input from the Capital City Forum as well as other local and interstate opinion leaders. He also undertook interviews with students currently studying in Adelaide. As a result of his work, the Adelaide City Council hosted a workshop in September to identify issues and opportunities for the Adelaide City Council to meet the student population target.

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Capital City Committee Priorities (contd)

The State Government, the Adelaide City Council, the three universities and several private colleges fund Education Adelaide. The organisation markets Adelaide as a study destination for overseas students and it recently developed a ‘Study Adelaide’ brand – Adelaide: Australia’s Best Learning Environment – which will be adopted by all major education providers. The brand promotes Adelaide as a study destination based on the strengths of a quality education, an accessible city and affordability. This will make South Australia the first State to use an umbrella study destination brand for the consistent marketing of institutions across the education sector.

More than 13,000 overseas students chose to study in Adelaide in 2003, 22% more than in 2002, an increase of more than double the national average. Enrolments for 2004 are 15% up which compares favourably with the national increase of only 6%.

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A City of Creativity and Ideas

The State Government initiated the ‘Thinkers in Residence’ Program in 2002 to bring world-leading thinkers to Adelaide to work on issues that are important to South Australia. Charles Landry, Director of Comedia UK and an expert in urban development, culture and creativity was invited to help unlock the creative potential of the State and commenced as Thinker in Residence in June 2003 with his final visit in November 2003, culminating in a public lecture attended by an estimated 1100 people at the Adelaide Town Hall.

The Capital City Project Team coordinated the visit. The partners involved in the residency included:

• Capital City Committee • Adelaide City Council • Department of the Premier and Cabinet • City of Playford • Department of Business, Manufacturing and Trade • Property Council of Australia • University of South Australia • Office for the Southern Suburbs.

Charles Landry’s report Rethinking Adelaide – capturing imagination was published in April 2004 and can be downloaded from the Capital City Committee website at www.capcity.adelaide.sa.gov.au. In his report Landry considers creativity as the most important factor in economic growth and prosperity - it is the way Adelaide will also make advances in terms of attaining broader social and sustainability objectives. The report provides some of his insights about Adelaide and how it could better support a culture of creativity.

Landry recognised that there must be tangible and practical actions to achieve positive change and his report contains a number of recommendations such as:

• developing a talent strategy for Adelaide particularly targeted at maximising the potential of young people at a local level • establishing an international think tank or institute around creative thinking about cities • ensuring knowledge sector industries such as health and well being, the creative industries, the green economy, the learning sectors and advanced manufacturing are supported by world class regulations • ensuring the ‘story’ of Adelaide is better developed and strategically communicated • considering the value of a metropolitan Adelaide governance arrangement suitable to 21st century needs to make sure that decision-making across the metropolitan area is better coordinated.

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Capital City Committee Priorities (contd)

A City of Creativity and Ideas (contd)

There has been a broadly positive response to the observations and recommendations made by Charles Landry. Many of the recommendations relate to the culture of South Australia and strategies for change will need to be incremental and long term.

The residency has resulted in a heightened level of public debate about the role of creativity and the issue of culture. It promoted discussions with articles exploring this issue in The Australian, The Advertiser and The Adelaide Review. The Institute of Public Administration held a seminar in February with over 150 people to debate the themes coming out of the residency.

The importance placed on the Landry work is reflected in South Australia’s Strategic Plan, which identifies ‘Fostering Creativity’ as one of its six key objectives and the implementation of the Landry recommendations as a priority action (page 42). The Adelaide City Council’s draft Strategic Management Plan also contains the principle that the city must be culturally vibrant, generating activity, creativity and diversity to enrich the life of the city (page 2).

The partners in the residency are committed to ensuring Adelaide supports a creative, innovative and enterprising culture and the development of the talent of local people will be vital to that success. In May 2004, Margaret Caust took leave from her substantive position as Director of the Capital City Project to begin working fulltime on progressing the specific recommendations contained in the report.

This financial year saw the Marketing Adelaide Leadership Group continue to build on the key themes for marketing Adelaide. The group was established in 2002 by the Capital City Committee following recommendations made by the Capital City Forum with the aim of supporting greater consistency across the agencies responsible for marketing Adelaide.

The group is chaired by Bill Spurr (Executive Director, South Australian Tourism Commission) and comprises representatives of the Tourism Commission, Adelaide City Council, the Adelaide Convention and Tourism Authority, Arts SA, the Department of Trade and Economic Development, SA Great, Education Adelaide, the Capital City Project Team and Ron Tomlian (Director, Marketing Counsel).

The group agreed to an implementation strategy for Adelaide is…A Guide for Marketing Adelaide. The Guide targets the marketing, advertising and design industries, government agencies and the Adelaide City Council and advises how to present Adelaide in a way that will be relevant for tourists, investors and students, as well as the local community. Members of the Group hosted a series of briefings to promote the Guide as well as the thinking behind the Guide. Agencies have undertaken to align their marketing material to support the themes developed in the Guide. The Guide has been used to develop new publications from Tourism SA (such as the Hip Guide, Adelaide Secrets) and the Adelaide Convention and Tourism Authority reflecting the key messages contained within the Guide and using the photographs commissioned to support it.

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The Green City Program

The 2003–2004 year was the first full financial year for the Green City Program. The program aims to utilise the City of Adelaide as a visible example of a ‘sustainable city’ providing a core for the rest of metropolitan Adelaide.

The ambitious goal for the program is for Adelaide to be internationally renowned as a green city by 2010. This has been reiterated in South Australia’s Strategic Plan, which includes ‘Attaining Sustainability’ as one of its six interrelated objectives and Adelaide City Council’s draft Strategic Management Plan that includes environmental sustainability as one of its guiding principles.

The Program, which has three years of State Government funding through to 2006 and has received an additional contribution from the Adelaide City Council, aims to showcase initiatives across the spectrum of sustainability. Projects ranging across water management, energy efficiency, biodiversity and waste management are being developed or implemented in various ways.

All Green City activities are being undertaken with the underlying philosophy of working in collaboration with the community and across agencies in the private and government sectors. This building of partnerships is critical to create the momentous shift in culture and behaviour, which is required for the City of Adelaide to become sustainable. The Government’s Office of Sustainability was a key partner in many of the activities. A Green City Reference Group comprising representatives of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Adelaide City Council, the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Transport and Urban Planning meets monthly and has been a valuable source of advice and assistance to the program.

The Green City Program was fortunate to start with the first Thinker in Residence, Herbert Girardet and, with the benefit of his advice, an action-focused approach was taken in the first full year of operation. The approach has been to raise the profile and drive the green agenda quickly through project delivery, information, communication and engagement. The strategy had three streams with each activity aligned to one of these streams:

• Communication and Engagement • Getting the Fundamentals Right • Showcase and Innovation Projects

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Capital City Committee Priorities (contd)

The Green City Program (contd)

A fulltime project manager was appointed to assist in the delivery of this strategy and a six- month secondment for three days a fortnight was negotiated with EnergySA for a communications officer. Another officer, employed fulltime by the Office of Sustainability, acts as a liaison between the Green City Program and the Office of Sustainability and works in the Green City Program office one day per week on a jointly agreed work program.

The year has been a very productive one with many achievements and a comprehensive list can be found on the green city website at www.adelaidegreencity.com

Highlights for the year include:

• Sustainable Green Building Competition – a joint venture between the Adelaide City Council, Green City Program and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This competition is aimed at the design and construction of a multi- storey, environmentally sustainable apartment block in Whitmore Square, Adelaide. The winning designer will (subject to final consent by Adelaide City Council) be awarded a contract to develop the concept further. The Environmentally Sustainable Development principles built into the competition guidelines may be utilised in other housing developments being proposed by the Adelaide City Council.

• Visits from international icons of sustainability - such as Jaime Lerner, Hunter Lovins, Alan AtKisson, Kath Williams, Huston Eubanks and Jeremy Harris. Each one of these individuals added another dimension to the Green City Program. They readily shared their vast experiences and showed genuine interest in what Adelaide is trying to achieve.

This financial year also saw a number of significant projects implemented including:

• Building Tune Ups – a collaborative venture between State and Local Government and commercial building owners with the aim of increasing the ‘Star Rating’ of buildings in the City. Both energy and water ratings are being undertaken. This project will go over a two-year period to enable upgrades to take place and new measurements to be taken.

• BASEline – a collaborative venture between State and Local Government and 30 small business owners aimed at reducing energy consumption by 10%.

• Benny Biodiesel Bus – an existing diesel bus from the Trans Adelaide fleet, which was used to demonstrate compatibility with biodiesel. The bus participated in the World Solar Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide. At the end of the Challenge, the Green City Program co-hosted a luncheon for 100 people with Dr Christine Sloane, head of the $US2 billion Freedom Car Project.

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The Green City Program (contd)

• Solar Contract – Green City facilitated a preferred supplier contract for photovoltaic cell purchasing by Government agencies. This brought together the solar schools program, Parliament House installation and the City of Onkaparinga into one sizeable contract. Two preferred suppliers have been nominated with significant reductions in cost due to the size of the contract. Two schools in the city will be the first to receive panels and Parliament House will receive the latest sliver technology panels early in 2005.

These projects, along with presentations to various organisations, the popular networking meetings, publications and media articles have all begun to raise the profile of Adelaide as a Green City.

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Capital City Forum

Under the Act, the Capital City Committee must convene a Capital City Forum, drawn from members of the City of Adelaide community and seek advice from, or share information with, Forum members.

The Forum is a group of city stakeholders drawn from a range of areas of interest and essentially acts as a consultative and advisory body. Its purpose is to ensure that key city stakeholders are involved, kept informed and provided with an opportunity to contribute to the development of the city.

It provides a mechanism for the Committee to share information with stakeholders on issues affecting the city and plans for its future development. The Forum also provides a means for the Committee to receive feedback on its strategies and progress.

Members of the Forum are jointly appointed by the State Government and the Adelaide City Council, and volunteer their time and energy. A list of the 2003–2004 Forum members is provided at Appendix 1.

Capital City Forum Activities

During 2003–2004, the Forum continued to enhance and promote the economic, social, physical and environmental development and growth of the city.

The Chair of the Forum, Kate Brennan, attended most Capital City Committee meetings and successfully helped the Committee to understand the links between various city activities and the relationships between the city, the broader metropolitan area and the State.

In September, the Forum received a presentation by Ron Tomlian on the Adelaide is…. Guide for Marketing Adelaide produced by the Marketing Adelaide Leadership Group. The Forum supported this publication and confirmed that changing Adelaide’s image is an ongoing task and will require continuing collaboration to be successful.

The Capital City Committee met with the Forum in December to maintain effective connections between the two groups. Minister Lomax-Smith spoke to the February 2004 meeting of the Forum about trends in further education and tourism with the Minister connecting the Forum to some of the recent activities and strategies.

This year the Forum also took a lead in the Green City Program by informing their constituents and community at large on the goals and vision for the Program. In March the Forum discussed a range of matters in the context of both the Government response to the Girardet Report and the Green City Program. It was agreed that creating visibility for the Green City outcomes would support flow on benefits such as attracting investment and people to the city.

In April, the Committee and Forum held a joint meeting. The Forum expressed interest in the State Government’s Population Policy, the development of the State Housing Plan, the role of the Housing Trust and the relationship between the city centre and the wider metropolitan area.

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The terms of appointment for a number of Forum members expired in early 2004. Their contributions were very much appreciated and valued. Kate Brennan stood down as Chair of the Forum, having completed her term of appointment, and the Premier thanked her for her excellent work as Chair over the past two years.

In keeping with the principle of engaging with a variety of different people with interests in the city, potential new members are currently being considered.

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Capital City Development Program

The Capital City Development Program is a searchable database of projects and programs in the city and is available on the Capital City Committee web site at www.capcity.adelaide.sa.gov.au The site is linked to the SA Central and the Adelaide City Council websites.

It outlines the range of commitments made by the State Government and the Adelaide City Council to the development and revitalisation of the city as well as including major private sector development projects in the city. It contains more than 150 initiatives, which together involve investment of more than one billion dollars.

The Program contributes to positioning Adelaide as a vital and interesting place to live.

Page No 16 Capital City Project Team

A Project Team, jointly funded by the State Government and Adelaide City Council, supports the Capital City Committee. The team is administratively attached to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet but reports dually to the State Government and the Adelaide City Council. The team’s administrative arrangements are subject to a Memorandum of Understanding between the chief executives of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the Adelaide City Council.

A Steering Group, including the Chief Executive Officer of the Adelaide City Council Dr Mal Hemmerling and the Executive Director of the Strategic Projects Division of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Terry Tysoe, ensures that any administrative arrangements are coordinated as necessary. The former Chief Executive Officer of the Adelaide City Council, Susan Law, provided a valuable contribution to the Steering Group during her period of office.

In 2003–2004, the Project Team continued to provide executive support to the Capital City Committee as well as facilitating cooperation and coordinating activity between the Government, the Adelaide City Council and the private sector to meet the Committee’s priorities.

Staff at the beginning of the year was Margaret Caust (Director), Beatrix Mead (Project Director, Green City) John Mercer (Project Manager), Alison Dwyer (Project Manager, Green City) and Susan Grigg (Office Manager). Clare Mockler (Project Manager) was seconded to the Project Team from the Adelaide City Council in February 2004.

In May 2004 Margaret Caust was seconded to work on the recommendations from Charles Landry’s report. Chris McGowan, from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, has replaced her as Director of the Project Team for this time.

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APPENDIX 1

Capital City Forum Members 2003–2004

• Ms Sue Averay, General Manager, Regional Affairs, Royal Australian Institute of Architects (until April 2004) • Mr Darren Bilsborough, Director, Lincolne Scott Engineering • Ms Kate Brennan (Chair), Chief Executive Officer, Adelaide Festival Centre (until April 2004) • Mr Peter Burke, Manager, Magdalene Centre (until April 2004) • Mr Tony Clark, Director, Rising Sun Pictures • Dr Tony Cocchiaro, Immediate Past Chairman, SA Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs Commission (until April 2004) • Ms Georgine Duncan, Manager, Clean Energy Strategy and Communications, Origin Energy • Dr Francis Ghan, President, Chinese Medical Association (until April 2004) • Mr Simon Hackett, Technical Director, Internode Systems Pty Ltd (until April 2004) • Mr Jim Hazel, Managing Director, Equity One Limited • Mr Jim Jarvis, Director, Jarvis Marketing (until April 2004) • Mr Bernard Khut, President, Chinese Chamber of Commerce SA Inc (until April 2004) • Ms Kerrynne Liddle, Media Consultant (until June 2004) • Mr John Maitland, Principal, Energy Architecture • Professor James McWha, Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide • Dr John Montgomery, Managing Director, Urban Cultures Ltd (until May 2004) • Mr Robert Papilion, Managing Director, Alpine Constructions Pty Ltd (until April 2004) • Ms Margot Phillipson, Producer, ABC • Ms Amy Ralfs, Youth Environment Council • Mr Geoff Rohrsheim, Managing Director, Strategic Data Management Pty Ltd (until April 2004) • Mr Martin Winter, Executive Director, Adelaide Convention & Tourism Authority Ltd (until April 2004) • Mr Matthew Woodward, Executive Officer, Multi-Agency Community Housing Association

Note: Forum members are generally appointed for two-year terms with the appointments staggered so that the terms of only half of the members expire at one time.

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Capital City Forum – Terms of Reference

The following terms of reference to guide the activities of the Forum were endorsed by the Capital City Committee.

• ‘The role of the Capital City Forum is to assist the Capital City Committee to enhance and promote the economic, social, physical and environmental development and growth of the City of Adelaide, by: • Identifying factors which might facilitate or impede future development in the City of Adelaide • Assisting the Committee to understand the links between the city, the broader metropolitan area and the State • Canvassing new ideas for the economic, social, physical and environmental growth and development of the city • Provide advice to the Capital City Committee on the effectiveness of specific programs or projects designed to promote the growth and development of the City of Adelaide • Sharing information about general conditions and trends in the city • Providing advice on development opportunities, needs and potential joint State- Adelaide City Council strategic priorities • Providing regular feedback on general progress towards City development objectives.’

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