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Issue 56 March 2020 “Rock Base” by artist Jason Maxlow, 2016. Photo by Miles Noel In This Issue New Year — Fresh Start Help us Putting the ARIS back What's on Our 2020 Vision Releaf Melville into our reserves in Melville page 3 page 6 page 13 page 15 In this issue 'At Canning Bridge' update 5 Keeping it 'Real Girls' 12 Bin tagging update 7 Melville's Highway to Hell 14 A day in the life of a ranger 10 Stone to Art coming to Attadale Reserve 17 Cover Rocking out at Highway to Hell. Top L-R Zavier & Indiana Walker, Elise Norman. Bottom L-R Bailey Walker, Cayden Norman Mayor’s Message Welcome to the March to Council. More information on this looking forward to talking about what issue of Mosaic initiative will be released soon. is important to you and your thoughts for the future. We have fortnightly It is my pleasure to introduce the In our efforts to provide outstanding sessions at various locations, dates first Mosaic of 2020 which marks the customer service to all our and times across the City to suit you. start of a new decade and an exciting customers, we have recently trialled opportunity for us to move forward a concierge at our Civic Centre as a We hope you enjoy this issue. and continue to work together to first point of contact for those visiting Please feel free to share your New Year - Fresh Start achieve great community outcomes our Booragoon office. Our concierge thoughts and comments via email at now and into the future. can assist you with questions or [email protected] requests and help point you in the This issue covers many exciting Hon George Gear JP right direction. OUR 2020 VISION upcoming projects including the Mayor Westfield Booragoon Shopping Partnering with the Southern City of Melville Centre development and new Metropolitan Regional Council, our Cultural Centre, the Shirley Strickland 3-bin tagging program has been Reserve redevelopment and the launched to help further assist and Webber Reserve change rooms provide personalised feedback about upgrade. recycling to a random sample of nearly 4,000 households across the In the coming weeks we will begin City. engagement on our Strategic Community Plan 2020-2030. I On a different note, it was great to encourage you all to get involved hear that City staff raised more than and have your say to help shape $3,000 in 2019 through free dress your City’s direction and priorities days and various other activities and for the next 10 years. Also consider events which went towards nine joining our Community Feedback different charities across Australia. Panel, who will provide feedback to If you haven’t yet booked to attend the City on projects, strategies and one of my Conversations with the policies before they progress through Mayor events then please do so. I am Copies of this document are available in an alternative format upon request. Please call 1300 635 845 | 9364 0666 and quote Mosaic. Street Address Stay up-to-date by subscribing 10 Almondbury Road, Booragoon WA 6154 to our eNews www.melvillecity.com.au/enews Postal Address Join the conversation... Locked Bag 1, Booragoon WA 6954 National Relay Service Visit our online engagement (hearing/speech impaired) [email protected] platform! 133 677 (TTY) www.melvillecity.com.au www.melvillecity.com.au/melvilletalks 1300 555 727 (speech relay) Find us on $tfy www.relayservice.gov.au Page 2 | MOSAIC Issue 56 New Year - Fresh Start OUR 2020 VISION yby We are looking to the future with a new If you can’t make it for coffee, then you can still have Mayor and Councillors providing a fresh your say and post your questions and comments at outlook for our City and community. www.melvillecity.com.au/conversationhub 2020 marks the start of a new decade and an exciting Community Feedback Panel opportunity for us to move forward and enhance our We will soon be launcing Expressions of Interest to approach to community engagement, communications join our new community feedback panel. This group of and complaints management while strengthening our diverse individuals from across the community will come partnerships with state and federal governments and together to discuss key City projects and policies and agencies. effectively be a sounding board to measure community sentiment of new initiatives before they are then Have your say progressed through to Council. We are providing more opportunities for people to have their say on topics and projects which are important to Strategic Community Plan Review them. There are many ways you can provide feedback, Our strategic community plan is our principle guiding from face-to-face discussions, email, phone, website, live document that reflects our community’s long-term chat and interactive tools on our engagement hub which vision, values, aspirations and priorities. The plan is has now been fully integrated into our main website at due for review this year so we will soon be launching www.melvillecity.com.au/melvilletalks City-wide engagement to check in with you and make sure we are on the right track. For more information Conversations with the Mayor and how you can get involved with the plan review, visit The first two Conversations with the Mayor coffee www.melvillecity.com.au/communityplan catch-ups saw residents come along and discuss what Feedback from the review of the plan is then they love about our City, what they would like to see incorporated into our corporate business plan, long term change and what they would like to see us stop doing. Join the conversation... financial plan and asset management plans, which are We would love to see you at our upcoming fortnightly Visit our online engagement critical documents to ensure that what we do is in line sessions at various locations, dates and times across the platform! with community expectations and your vision for our City City, we simply ask you register for catering purposes at now and into the future. www.melvillecity.com.au/melvilletalks www.melvillecity.com.au/conversations Page 2 | MOSAIC Issue 56 Page 3 | MOSAIC Issue 56 Melville’s future vision of a civic and cultural heart We have a bold vision of a future The proposed new library and An important project related to the Melville City Centre that will see our cultural centre at the heart of the future City Centre is a redevelopment current civic library site transformed new centre will respond to our of Westfield Booragoon. As a key into an exciting new cultural centre. community’s aspirations, identified in shoppertainment destination, The future Melville City Centre will our Strategic Community Plan 2016- Westfield Booragoon could connect be a place for people to gather and 2020, and will contribute significantly to the future library and cultural connect, experience culture, arts, to Melville’s cultural vitality, giving centre and surrounds, to become an events, entertainment and excellent our community a stronger sense of essential part of the vibrant heart and dining, and will be a place to enjoy place and belonging and a cultural centre of our community and City. and celebrate with friends and identity that will be unique to family. Melville. For more information, visit www.melvillecity.com.au/MCC Westfield Booragoon In late 2019, we welcomed an announcement by Scentre Group of their 50% interest acquisition in the former Garden City Shopping Centre, which they quickly rebranded Westfield Booragoon. More information is available at www.westfield.com.au/booragoon MERGE Festival marks start of community engagement In 2017, more than 16,000 people The community generated more than came along to our MERGE festival, a 2,100 ideas about what they would family-friendly festival of possibilities like to see in the future City Centre, which marked the start of extensive with the proposed library and cultural engagement on the new Melville City centre becoming a key catalyst in Centre. our cultural plan, Creative Melville 2018-2022. L-R City of Melville councillors Karen Wheatland and Nicole Robins. Page 4 | MOSAIC Issue 56 GROWTH AND PROSPERITY 'At Canning Bridge' update Following feedback and some In November 2019, the Council management, parking, buildings, community concerns about building resolved to introduce an upper land uses, protection of amenity and heights in the Canning Bridge height limit of 13 storeys in the M10 enhancing public spaces. precinct, Council are working zone and 20 storeys in the M15 Current processes relating to the towards reviewing the Canning zone. These suggested changes awarding of additional building Bridge Activity Centre Plan (CBACP) to the CBACP have been sent to height in exchange for community to ensure it responds to current the Western Australian Planning benefits will also be reviewed. Our and future community needs and Commission, who are expected to priority is to involve the community in expectations and while continuing consider the height limit proposal in revisiting the vision and aspirations to assist with meeting State March 2020. for the precinct, with initial Government objectives. The next stage of the review of community engagement expected The first stage of this review aims to the CBACP will examine other to start mid-2020 and continue provide additional certainty about challenges and opportunities throughout the year. building height and has proposed the for the precinct. The review will introduction of building height limits make recommendations on a wide in the M10 and M15 zones. variety of matters such as traffic For more information and to keep up-to-date with the latest information on the Canning Bridge Precinct, visit www.melvillecity.com.au/canningbridge Our business events 2020 We work with many business the Melville-Cockburn Chamber of partners and agencies to bring our Commerce, Business Foundations, local businesses a variety of events, the City of Canning and our very own workshops, business advisory local business experts to organise opportunities and forums.