Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 Contents 04 05 06 07 Bo undary Rd Boundary Rd d R t i e n y r w a F T s ce d Harrison n ri We R P t rribee Rive Sayers Rd u m i r r e D r Hogans Rd d R s i r r o M y Iramoo Hw S d haws Rd Princes R d k R o o s t y t C e t k n i Point Cook c o Princes Fw a P Homestead Rd H We rribee River Aviation Rd y w s F ce rin P Your Councillors Message from Ward Map Wyndham City the Mayor & CEO Profile Towards Wyndham 2040: 08 12 17 20 City Plan 2017-2021 A place for people Wyndham City acknowledges that Aboriginal people have lived in this area Community Our Vision for Our Vision for Our Vision for for over 60,000 years. The Werribee River has been a significant meeting Engagement People and Places and Spaces Earning and place for its first custodians, the peoples of the Kulin Nation. Community Learning 24 28 29 30 For a diversity of Aboriginal peoples who have moved here from around Australia, it is a centre of economic activity and a place to build community. In this way Wyndham has always been a place for people. The Wyndham To see an interactive digital City Statement of Commitment provides a set of principles that underscore version of this Plan visit: how Council commits to work with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/ Our Vision for Council’s Planning Council’s Reporting Endnotes Leadership and Framework Framework the context of Reconciliation. cityplan Participation Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 3 Your Councillors Message CHAFFEY WARD from Mayor and CEO Cr Henry Barlow, Mayor Kelly Grigsby, Chief Executive Officer Wyndham is a wonderfully diverse city and Every day, the world we live in is becoming more and community that shares a vision of a vibrant future more connected. It is a global community shaped by Cr Henry Barlow (Mayor) Cr John Gibbons Cr Josh Gilligan Cr Walter Villagonzalo where all residents and visitors feel welcomed, shifting economies and centres of industry, advances in M: 0428 747 839 M: 0428 995 849 M: 0429 078 039 M: 0429 641 233 connected and engaged. As metropolitan technology and changes in our environment. These are E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Melbourne grows, Wyndham is at the forefront of big picture issues with local implications. Our vision for this growth and, in order to respond to this in the a healthy, liveable city is a place that: HARRISON WARD most effective and sustainable manner, we must • Is future focussed and plans for sustainable all embrace the inevitable change and carefully development balance the benefits of growth with the needs and desires of residents, • Embraces diversity and is welcoming and inclusive businesses, organisations and partners. Since 1966, I have been immensely • Consists of connected, vibrant neighbourhoods that provide for the cultural proud to call Wyndham home. As Mayor, I am equally proud to lead the city’s social, economic and recreational needs of the community Council and work together with the elected members, staff and volunteers • Encourages a healthy and active lifestyle to achieve the goals, deliver the initiatives and build the projects that are • Supports the diverse educational needs of the community important to our community. • Empowers the community to lead Cr Aaron An Cr Tony Hooper Cr Intaj Khan Cr Kim McAliney (Deputy Mayor) M: 0419 297 931 M: 0428 979 358 M: 0408 564 439 M: 0429 943 623 Divided into themes, The Wyndham City Plan sets out the priorities which Through these goals we strive to guarantee the health, wellbeing and safety of E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] will guide the work done by Council over the next four years. These themes, our community. Ensuring that all individual efforts support one another is central IRAMOO WARD strategies and initiatives provide a road-map for Council’s Annual Integrated to this, and those combined efforts serve a shared vision of our community first. Plan and Budget, and it’s against these that we also measure how well we’re We must also recognise that we are in a period of accelerated change occurring achieving our targets. The City Plan 2017-2021 is Wyndham’s first to be globally and locally simultaneously. This accelerated change indeed raises many founded on the Wyndham 2040 Community Vision, as well as the District challenges; however, instead of seeing these as barriers to success we should Plans and the work of the District Advisory Committees. Community members’ see them as important reminders of the one core truth of our work as a local vision for the municipality are central to the entire planning process and set the government: that our work can never be ‘done’. We must recognise that sticking to expectation for what Council will seek to achieve. current practices will not transform Wyndham into a liveable, sustainable city for the future. So we must be dynamic and continually change, plan responsively and This will also be the first time that the Community Health, Wellbeing and foster a culture of flexibility and adaptability. Ultimately, we must put the community Cr Heather Marcus Cr Peter Maynard Cr Mia Shaw Safety Plan will be integrated into the City Plan. The amalgamation of these M: 0400 533 371 M: 0429 087 527 M: 0429 675 298 at the heart of everything we do so that we can understand what is required of us. two plans represents a whole-of-Council commitment, across every service E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] This is central to our Wyndham 2040 Vision. area and function at Council, to improve the health, wellbeing and safety 4 Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 outcomes of the community. Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 5 Wyndham City Ward Map Wyndham City Bo undary Rd Boundary Rd Wyndham d R t i e n y r w a F T s City Profile ce d Harrison n ri We R P t rribee Rive Sayers Rd u m i The City of Wyndham is located on the western edge r Sustained population growth places significant pressure r e D of Melbourne, between the metropolitan area and on Wyndham’s liveability. Important elements of r Hogans Rd d Geelong. Wyndham covers an area of 542km and liveability include strong communities, good planning R s i r features 27.4km of coastline bordering Port Phillip to the r and urban design, community infrastructure, accessible o M east. As a meeting place for people of the Kulin nations, and efficient transport and a healthy environment. y Iramoo Hw Wyndham City has a rich and diverse Aboriginal Council is vigilant in striving to match its actions to meet S d haws Rd Princes cultural heritage. the changing needs of the community and to maintain R d k R o that liveability. o The City of Wyndham is divided into s t y t C The City of Wyndham has an estimated population of e t k n i Point Cook c three wards. Harrison and Chaffey o Princes Fw a 222,656 for 2016. As the largest growing municipality Wyndham is experiencing growth across all age P Homestead Rd H 1 We Wards are represented by four Victoria wide (5.7% and 12,106 persons) , Wyndham is groups. Children and young people form the largest rribee River Aviat ion Rd democratically elected Councillors characterised by its strategically placed location with population group in Wyndham with 50,638 people under excellent logistic connections to air and sea ports. The the age of 15 years2 . In 2016, 4,518 babies3 were born y and Iramoo has three. These people w City also offers intensive agriculture at Werribee South, to Wyndham parents, which is around 86 babies born s F ce rin are your community representatives major retail precincts and the Werribee Park tourism P every week. Although residents over 65 years of age and can be contacted about issues precinct - one of the largest and most frequently visited currently form a relatively modest part of the Wyndham in your ward. tourism destinations in metropolitan Melbourne. population, they are forecast to be the fastest growing age group in Wyndham between 2016 and 20364. 6 Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 Wyndham City Plan 2017-21 7 Community Engagement - What we heard from our community Through the Wyndham 2040 Community Vision, the • Improving road, rail and active transport, and limiting Integrating the Health, Wellbeing and District Advisory Committees, and a range of other congestion Safety Plan into the City Plan engagement mechanisms, community members and • Offering better access to local services and facilities leaders have been involved in a progressive process • Providing education opportunities for all ages Recognising the critical influence local governments of engagement with Council over the past two years. can have on health at different life-stages, through In 2015 a team of Council staff and • Creating opportunities for local employment and In preparation for the integration of the Wyndham City supporting the development of healthy places, business development volunteers collected 2,040 stories Health, Wellbeing and Safety Plan into the City Plan environments, education and services, the Public for 2017-21, key stakeholder workshops were also held These community driven priorities are embedded in the Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 mandates that each from the Wyndham community for organisational and departmental representatives of strategic objectives, goals and strategies of this City Council to develop a Municipal Public Health and health and social services in Wyndham.