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CITY OF PORT PHILLIP MAGAZINE - ISSUE 99 JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2019 Many faces of youth Funding pledges Tackling tagging 1 Albert Park College Peer Resilience trainers Will Hurley, Mellisand Box and Oscar Pearce with Mayor Cr Dick Gross. Photographed by fellow trainer and student Charlotte Hewitson for our youth edition. Building for today and tomorrow The exciting thing about serving on Melbourne Life Saving Club Council is overseeing the provision redevelopment and the JL Murphy of infrastructure for the community Reserve Pavilion upgrade. Council to use and enjoy. will also complete the foreshore lighting upgrades between Station In recent times we have built, Mayor Pier and Kerferd Road, as well as often with help from the State Cr Dick Gross the St Vincent Garden and Point government, the Peanut Farm Youth make art Ormond Park playspace upgrades. Pavilion and the St Kilda Life Saving Even more will be spent repairing Semi and Jillian are making great Club. The arts have also been well footpaths, roads and the South art with other young people. served with the amazing Palais Melbourne Town Hall. revival, the rescue and renovation of Linden and the refit of Gasworks. In future budgets, I hope we can turn our minds to all sorts of new We have boosted the environment infrastructure for the community, by installing huge tanks in Alma cover story including a reimagining of the Park to capture and store millions of Elwood foreshore collection of life litres of water and built a whole new Many faces of youth saving and sports clubs. park in Fishermans Bend. There are Ed, Meagan and Nina help plenty of road repairs and A council’s infrastructure work is Council understand youth issues upgrades. It is an imposing list. never done. We are going to build as part of the Youth Advisory like there is no tomorrow in 2019/20 Committee. Read more about Our Bob the Builder attitude is because there is actually a Music for locals their ideas on page six. replicated in this year’s Council tomorrow and the future needs our Catch Kee’ahn and many others budget. We will finish the South investment. during Live N Local from 26 August. 2 Street art 4 replaces tags contacts www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/ contact_us.htm ASSIST 03 9209 6777 [email protected] www.relayservice.gov.au Please contact ASSIST on 03 9209 6777 Building for today if you require a large print version. 7 Audio recordings of Divercity are 9 available on the City of Port Phillip and tomorrow website and on CD at libraries. Youth make art Spencer at Gasworks Divercity 99 - July to September 2019 Semi and Jillian are making great A new comedy about a Editor Greg Day - [email protected] art with other young people. dysfunctional family. Story suggestions are welcome Next deadline Friday 9 August 14 15 Information included in this magazine is accurate at the time of publishing but may be subject to change. Womin djeka Council respectfully acknowledges the Yaluk-ut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung. We pay our respect to Music for locals Netball under lights their Elders, both past and present. We acknowledge and uphold their Catch Kee’ahn and many others St Kilda City are now using new continuing relationship to this land. during Live N Local from 26 August. courts with lights at Peanut Farm. 3 Divercity Revised_FINAL.indd 9 23/10/2018 2:45:59 PM Holli, Council's Graffiti Management Officer, with street art by Creature Creature on Second life utility assets along for historic Fitzroy Street. pier decking Timber decking salvaged from the Kerferd Road Pier is being reused as palings for a new fence in Alma Park. The pier was built between 1887 and 1889 using untreated hardwood, most likely spotted gum or yellow box. The timber, which has amazing character, will live on in this popular park. Knick knacks and other treasures Street art replaces tagging Council has teamed up with The Fitzroy Street effort is the CitiPower and VicRoads to replace first step in a renewed Council tagging with street art on utility program to systematically reduce owned cabinets at the south end of and remove graffiti by targeting Fitzroy Street and beyond. hot spots, restoring pride to neglected spaces and speeding Holli Taylor, Council's Graffiti up removal. Management Officer, said that Read the Graffiti Here’s a chance to show off Council has teamed up with removing tagging from publicly residents to create a wildlife owned assets required coordination Management Plan 2019-24 your treasured miniatures, ornaments and knick knacks in corridor along the wide median with the numerous agencies portphillip.vic.gov.au strip of Danks Street in Albert Park. responsible for the sites. a community exhibition during Seniors Festival. With 122 new native trees, Your items will be lovingly 600 new indigenous plants and Federal election pledges for local projects displayed at the Emerald Hill shrubs, and 32 nesting boxes, Library and Heritage Centre Several spending announcements Liberal Party local pledges alongside other mini marvels. for Port Phillip were made by over $1.5 m the Liberal Party during Scott Show your stuff Lakeside Stadium Morrison’s federal election portphillip.vic.gov.au upgrade $15 m campaign. With the return of the 9209 6416 Morrison government, it is hoped 500 space commuter Applications close that the projects will be delivered carpark at Thursday 12 September over the next three years. Balaclava Station $15 m Winter has come Local organisations Wear for South Melbourne Success, Port Phillip Men’s Shed Town Hall restoration $12.5 m Register for free practical Association, Middle Park Bowling draught prevention workshops Club and St Kilda RSL will receive Albert Park’s Power and stop throwing your money support, as will the Middle Park House redevelopment $5 m out the window. Primary School, which was North Port Oval Free promised $500,000 towards redevelopment $1.5 m Stage 1 of its redevelopment. sustainableportphillip.com 4 Albert Park College teachers Rebecca Seel Outdoor classroom and Steven Stanecki with students from for wildlife the APC Enviro Club. Council has teamed up with the corridor will provide new research project to monitor residents to create a wildlife opportunities for a variety of animal populations and native corridor along the wide median species, including lorikeets, vegetation. strip of Danks Street in Albert Park. rosellas and microbats. Council hopes this project will With 122 new native trees, Albert Park College students become part of a future network of 600 new indigenous plants and will use the corridor as an wildlife corridors across Port Phillip. shrubs, and 32 nesting boxes, outdoor classroom and living Help shape your Domain Big projects nearing the finish line The draft Public Realm Masterplan Many Council projects are set Projects near completion for the Domain Precinct proposes for completion later this year as improvements to public spaces South Melbourne LSC $7.5 m the local infrastructure blitz such as Park Street Link, Kings Way continues. JL Murphy pavilion $4.2 m Reserve, Millers Lane / Kings Place Plaza and improved streetscapes. Beach goers will soon be Foreshore lighting enjoying the new South Your feedback is invited via Have between Station Pier Your Say from Thursday 18 July to Melbourne Life Saving Club and Kerford Road $1.2 m pavilion. At the JL Murphy Wednesday 14 August. Reserve, a wide range of sports South Melbourne will have upgraded facilities. Market solar panels $0.7 m More solar panels on the South Melbourne Market roof will boost our efforts against climate change. 5 #city4youth Meagan, Ed and Nina are involved in Council’s Youth Advisory Committee. Divercity asked the trio to share in their own words why they got involved and - for a bit of fun - to nominate in just five words a problem they’d solve if they had superpowers. Meagan Doyle, Year 11 Albert Park Ed Krutsch, former St Michael’s Nina Jenney, former PCW student, College student, enjoys debating Grammar student, who is dedicating is enjoying a gap year combining and is active in her school his gap year to environmental work and activism. community. activism. What most motivates you to be What most motivates you to be What most motivates you to be involved? involved? involved? Giving the youth in this local area The feeling of helplessness I have The passion I have for my local area, a voice is what drives me. Also, the when I’m not contributing to my paired with the deep desire to see importance of those voices in such community. There are so many community led positive change on an adult dominated space such as things I care about; being engaged the many important issues that local council further encourages me helps me act on those passions. matter to the community. to make a difference. If you had the power, what problem If you had the power, what problem If you had the power, what problem would you solve first? would you solve first? would you solve first? The lack of equity in society. All of them, but primarily, injustice Corruption in politics. associated with climate change. Get involved People aged 15 to 22 years who Find out how live, work, study or play in Port Lisa.Lorenz@portphillip. Phillip are invited to be part of the vic.gov.au now committee and it's initiatives. 6 Semi and Jillian at PCYC in St Kilda where their skate decks are on display. Meagan, Ed and Nina are involved in Council’s Youth Advisory Committee. Divercity asked the trio to share in their own words why they got involved and - for a bit of fun - to nominate in just five words a problem they’d solve if they had superpowers.