Next Meeting: 7.00pm, Wednesday, September 10th at 33 Dean Street, Preston.
Agenda includes: Awards,
Following Meeting: Wednesday 8th of October at 33 Dean Street, Preston. Regular issues.
Darebin Appropriate Development Association
Protect our community
Dear DADA folk,
Please find attached the meeting noted from last weeks DADA meeting.
Happy reading! Maria
DADA
Meeting Notes: August 13th, 2014
Present: Laara Eames, James Dodson, Marion Coffey, Keith Coffey, Craig Walters, Chris Erlandson, Maria Poletti, Sally Mendes, Nola Martin
1. Business Arising:
a. Ask for a report of the expenditure of the developers contribution levy.
Action: Bo will ask a question at council.
b. Action: Craig, Robin Scott letter to ask question in parliament.
c. Action: Reminder to push for a much better planning register. When budget time comes up we should go in and bat on behalf of the planning department.
d. Darebin Planning Dept’s proposed Governance Charter.
Action: for Maria to follow up on research.
e. Trees, signs on trees in Carlton gardens showing their cost value over life-time,
Action: Maria to do same for street trees. Done Sending Robin Scott the panel submissions for information. Action: Maria
f. New Zoning wash-up:
Action: Follow up on the Planning Panels Victoria and Standing Committee reports. Go to council meeting, and ask a question, 21st of July. Chris, Craig and Keith to formulate and put question. Action: Ask Keith and Marion to ask Darren Rudd where the reports, Maria to call Keith and Marion. Visit to Robin Scott, Craig, Chris and Keith and Marion if available. Keith to call and organize. Early in the morning or late afternoon meeting time suits best. Discussing rezoning and schools for Preston and problems created by over development.
g. Preston Market redevelopment: Action: Maria to attend meeting and report. Done
Action: Preston Market redevelopment: next meeting scheduled Monday 18th. Manifesto circulated. Working in parallel but keep independent and having our own voice. Still a representative on the committee. Maria to go to Monday night meeting. Craig to do a graphic showing the size comparison’s, send to Maria for website. Look out for the consultation process for the next 2 months.
h. New Business:
i. Correspondence:
a. A number of folk responded re: Preston Market- circulated
b. People for Preston Market charter – circulated
c. SOS updates – circulated
j. Council Report:
k. Other:
a. Melaleucas, East Preston residents have been sent letters from Bryce Newstead, Coordinator Urban Tree Management, Culture Leisure & Works, outlining the trees to be removed and asking for feedback on options for replanting presented. Materials circulated.
b. Golden Guys seem a popular idea, need somebody to run with it.
Discussed ideas and parameters: A trophy at council and a virtual on the website. Any completed or unfinished development. Could only win once based on its monstrosity, lack of sustainability, sympathetic to neighbourhood character, outdoor space issues, noise
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issues. Two awards, one for a good example and one we want to give a raspberry.
Dirty/Disgraceful/Disastrous/Diabolical Darebin Approporaite Development Award (DADA)
and the Dishy/Deserving/ DADA. On-line voting on the website. Looking for someone to
drive it. Folk could award points under a number of key criteria. Think about it more for
next meeting.
c. 40 hour famine- Clancy looking for sponsors, look on-line at
40hf2014.everydayhero.com.au/Clancy-4
d. Maria to ask Brian if he can tell us how many hits we get on the website
e. The death of the American Mall, add website.
f. Nola reminded us of the 2% rate rise to find 2 million for infrastructure for this financial
year. We need to watch what happens next year and if the rate rise is still there and for
what purposes.
g. Jury of 47 decided on an East Preston Neighbourhood House. Also 3 adult green gyms.
l. Press:
a. People for Preston Market this week’s Leader.
m. Objector Updates:
a. On 2014-07-16 14:07, Fiona Park wrote: Just to let you know that I presented at Darebin
council chambers on Monday night and they accepted the plans for 34 Miller St Preston.
Three, double storey, three bedroom town houses with three double garages at the rear
from right of way. We are disappointed with the outcome.
b. 112 Collins Street, is back, increase site coverage, lots of same issues as last time. Lower
heights than last time. Some increase in open space. The point made that the bigger
dwellings with more bedrooms could be used for illegal rooming houses.
n. Strategy Ideas
a. Presenting Council with a bill for work done by objectors that should have been covered by
planning department
b. DADA awards for the ‘best’ Darebin planning decisions, the Golden Guy award for
development monstrosities in Darebin 2014. Start collecting photos of nominations now.
c. Suggest we start thinking strategically about the state election and making links with the
ALP shadow minister for planning Brian Tee, MLC.
Phone 03 9850 8600
Email Address: brian.tee@parliament.vic.gov.au
d. Suggested we keep a list of issues of incompetence by council planning officers. Maybe
something on the website that people fill in and at budget time we send it to the CEO.
Next Meeting: 7.00pm, Wednesday, September 10th at 33 Dean Street, Preston. | Post
Agenda includes: Awards,
Following Meeting: Wednesday 8th of October at 33 Dean Street, Preston. Regular issues.
7.00pm
Wednesday,
August 13th
at
33 Dean Street, Preston.
Darebin Appropriate Development Association (DADA)
Dear DADA folk,
We met last week and mostly discussed the new development proposals for Preston Market. The notes are attached.
On Monday night, I met with a group, People for Preston Market, to discuss how we can have a say in what is built on that site.
We could agree that we did not want to see 2 x 28 story buildings taking up most of the current market precinct and that we, like many of you want to see the soul of the market maintained.
What is important to the ‘soul’ of Preston Market, that thing we want most to preserve? Please send me you ideas.
Happy reading!
Cheers,
Maria
DADA
Meeting Notes: July 9, 2014
Present: Stuart Midgley, Marion Coffey, Keith Coffey, Craig Walters, Chris Erlandson, Maria Poletti, Apologies: Sally Mendes, Laara Eames, James Dodson, Nola Martin
1. Business Arising:
a. Ask for a report of the expenditure of the developers contribution levy.
Action: Bo will ask a question at council.
b. Action: Craig, Robin Scott letter to ask question in parliament.
c. Action: Reminder to push for a much better planning register. When budget time comes up we should go in and bat on behalf of the planning department.
d. Darebin Planning Dept‟s proposed Governance Charter.
Action: for Maria to follow up on research.
e. Trees, signs on trees in Carlton gardens showing their cost value over life-time,
Action: Maria to do same for street trees. Done but not hung.
f. Sending Robin Scott the panel submissions for information. Action: Maria
2. New Business:
a. Preston Market redevelopment: invitation to a meeting on Monday night with Mark Tregonning
and Jim Buckell who are concerned about the 28 storey‟s. Documents indicate concepts of over-development and super-development. Misleading statements about these super developments taking the pressure off development in the suburban streets. Noted that this development was not mentioned in any way at the Planning Panels Victoria hearings. Parking and congestion problems, especially on the supermarket side with the new development there. What we need is a master plan rather than seeing these developments in separate bits. Action: Maria to attend meeting and bring back information.
b. New Zoning wash-up: Darebin will have a direct translation from old to new which will amount to approx 30% NRZ as long as the caveated land is protected. If not probably approx 15% NRZ.
Action: Follow up on the Planning Panels Victoria and Standing Committee reports. Go to council meeting, and ask a question, 21st of July. Chris, Craig and Keith to formulate and put question.
3. Correspondence:
a. Reply from Mayor regarding our meeting on planning committee governance (see attachment)
b. Kelvin Thompson: application form for membership to Victoria First and copy of speech “Must Melbourne Keep Growing?” No action.
4. Council Report:
a. Council Meeting 16th of June, Item 903 amendments regarding participation in the standing committee on zoning. Also amendments on the Preston Market redevelopment.
5. Other:
a. Concern again about the removal of asbestos without the proper precautions, in houses being demolished.
6. Press:
a. Age article on new zones, emailed to contact list
b. Age: Re Preston Market redevelopment
c. The Leader: Preston Market redevelopment: Tuesday July 8th
7. Objector Updates:
a. 22 Sylvester Grove, Preston, granted by council, no further action.
b. On Plenty Road a new development with no little parking opposite Rene Street.
c. New development, overdevelopment, of old target site at Summerhill.
d. Gregory Grove, poring slab on what looks like a 3 dwelling development.
e. Darebin Boulevard: questions asked about concrete slabs against trees that were supposed to be protected.
8. Strategy Ideas;
a. Presenting Council with a bill for work done by objectors that should have been covered by
planning department
b. DADA awards for the „best‟ Darebin planning decisions, the Golden Guy award for development
monstrosities in Darebin 2014. Start collecting photos of nominations now.
c. Suggest we start thinking strategically about the state election and making links with the ALP shadow planning spokes person Tees.
9. Next Meeting:
7.00pm, Wednesday, August 13th at 33 Dean Street, Preston | Post
Next DADA meeting, Wednesday, July 9th, 7pm, 33 Dean Street, PRESTON
Dear DADA Folk,
The next DADA meeting is listed above. Hope to see you there.
Possible issues for discussion: New zoning legislation, Plans for Preston Market and objector news.
If you are interested in what is planned for Preston Market hers is a link:
https://urbanmelbourne.info/planning/2014/06/30/preston-market-set-for-100-metre-towers
I would love your comments on the Preston Market plans because the papers have been asking me for comment and as yet we haven’t talked much about it at meetings.
The Age asked me for my views on the new zoning legislation, here is what they printed:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/plan-melbourne-series-winners-and-losers-20140621-3al86.html
I have also attached the Guy press release if you want to know what has been decided for Darebin.
Happy reading
Maria DADA