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The Big 3.....have your say today!

admin — 2013-02-21 06:15:49 +1100

Help set our direction!

We are in the process of reviewing and updating three very important long-term strategic documents:

The Council Plan, which outlines the key projects and services that Council will focus on over the next four years to make a difference to the local community
The Moonee Valley Planning Scheme, which guides how we plan and use the land in Moonee Valley and therefore can contribute to creating healthy places
The Moonee Valley Public Health and Wellbeing Plan (or the Health Plan in short). The Health Plan identifies actions to enable people living, working and visiting Moonee Valley to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

Those three documents are closely related so any input we get on one will be fed back to the other two.

Your input makes a difference so have your say today!

How could we encourage people to rely less on their cars?

MV Administrator — 2013-02-20 10:36:02 +1100

People who walk or ride a bike to their local shops, workplace, school, park or friend’s house get some exercise and help reduce traffic congestion and parking issues. What would help you to walk more?

What would make the healthy choice the easy choice?

MV Administrator — 2013-02-20 10:35:30 +1100

What would encourage you to eat well and exercise? Thinking about different age groups and the busy lives people lead, what measures can Council take? What can other organisations do to help?

What can we do in Moonee Valley to help people feel safe and socially connected?

MV Administrator — 2013-02-20 10:34:25 +1100

Think about a place that you feel brings people together and has a strong sense of community. What is it about it that makes it so and how can we apply this to more spaces in Moonee Valley?

What would make our city more sustainable?

MV Administrator — 2013-02-20 10:33:57 +1100

What measures can we take as a community to ensure Moonee Valley’s private properties, public buildings, commercial/industrial premises and public spaces are environment-friendly and sustainable?

Where will we live?

MV Administrator — 2013-02-20 10:33:27 +1100

Our population continues to grow and change. We have no control over this fact. How do you think we can accommodate more people and different types of housing within Moonee Valley?

How can we ensure that Moonee Valley offers enough affordable housing?

Valley View - February/March 2013

MV Administrator — 2013-02-19 15:39:01 +1100

Review of the big three

At the start of each Councillor term (every four years) Council is required by law to review and update three very important long-term strategic documents.

These documents are the Council Plan, the Moonee Valley Public Health and Wellbeing Plan and the Moonee Valley Planning Scheme.

Council Plan

This plan sets out Council’s four-year strategic direction and focus. It also includes information about Council’s service delivery and advocacy agenda.

The Council Plan is informed by a range of information including:

current and future trends
challenges facing the local area
results of community and government satisfaction surveys
population, transport and housing data
community feedback that was gathered in 2012 for the development of Moonee Valley Next Generation 2035; our community vision

This plan looks at all areas of the community and Council’s service delivery including planning and building, the environment, community services, economic development, arts and culture, health and wellbeing, assets and infrastructure and sport and leisure.

It also covers how Council will operate as an organisation in line with the Local Government Act and in accordance with the law.

Moonee Valley Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

This plan outlines actions to prevent or minimise public health dangers as well as enable people living in the municipality to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

The plan helps Council engage and collaborate with local health providers and other groups to make sure everyone is working towards the same health goals for the community.

The Health Plan also ensures that all decisions and strategic work across Council takes into consideration the impact on health.

Moonee Valley Planning Scheme (MVPS)

The Moonee Valley Planning Scheme guides land use and development in the local area. It also guides Council’s decisions in relation to planning permit applications.

Council is required to review sections of the scheme every four years, in particular a document called the Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS).

The MSS guides Council’s decisions in a range of areas like:

sustainability
housing types
what buildings and homes should look like
economic development
growth of busy activity centres
social and physical infrastructure
transport and accessibility

Links between the big three

The Council Plan sits above the Health Plan and the MVPS, but all three inform every other strategy or project that Council develops or undertakes.

All three documents have related content. For example, the way a city is planned and the way the land is used have an impact on health and wellbeing. A city that has good walking and cycling paths, access to public transport, well-located open space, community facilities and sporting fields and successful businesses that provide local employment will have a much happier and healthier community compared to a city that does not have these important features.

Have your say

Council is running several rounds of consultation on these documents at similar times.

The first round, which is happening now, is about gathering ideas and information to put together a draft Council Plan, a draft Health Plan and a Review Report for the MVPS.

The second round is about consulting on those draft documents.

Input from Moonee Valley residents, services and businesses from a variety of consultations, events and forums all contribute to the development of the draft documents, and ideas or feedback received on any of the documents will inform all three.

Look out on Council's website for more specific consultation activities for each document, including how to join the online conversation.

Union Road and Racecource Road activity areas

admin — 2013-02-04 09:13:37 +1100

Over the past four years we have been developing long term planning documents to oversee the growth and change of the Union Road and Racecourse Road Activities Areas:

Your feedback makes a difference!

Add your thoughts and ideas to the conversation in the discussion topics below.
Complete an online submission form.
Visit an attended display or attend a community forum.

Get involved and help shape the Union and Racecourse Road activity areas and have your say today!

How can we improve community facilities and public spaces in the Racecourse Road Activites Area?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-31 08:47:46 +1100

What would make Racecourse Road Activities Area a better place to live work and play in?

How do we make sure the Racecourse Road Activities Area is easy to access by sustainable transport options?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-31 08:47:01 +1100

Research shows that providing more car parking encourages people to drive. In areas where there is an increasing population, if not managed properly, this can cause increased traffic congestion. Given expected population growth, the provision of additional car parking will become unsustainable. How do you think we can encourage residents, workers and visitors in the centre to use alternative means of transport?

How and where can we accommodate population growth in the Racecourse Road Activities Area?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-31 08:46:05 +1100

Moonee Valley’s population is expected to grow by 19,249 residents by 2031, reaching a total of approximately 136,000. A majority of this growth is going to happen in and around busy established areas like the Racecourse Road area. This growth is already happening and is driven by a range of factors like market demand and State Government Policy. How and where should we accommodate this growth within the Raceocurse Road Activities Area?

What types of businesses are missing from the Racecourse Road Activities Area?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-31 08:45:11 +1100

The Racecourse Road Activities Area is characterised by a predominantly retail shopping strip along Racecourse Road, with the remainder of the area containing housing and pockets of industrial activity. Would you like to see any other types of businesses in the area?

How can we improve community facilities and public spaces in the Union Road Activities Area?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-30 15:58:31 +1100

What would make Union Road Activities Area a better place to live work and play in?

How do we make sure the Union Road Activities Area is easy to access by sustainable transport options?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-30 15:57:23 +1100

How and where can we accommodate population growth in the Union Road Activities Area?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-30 15:56:51 +1100

Moonee Valley’s population is expected to grow by 19,249 residents by 2031, reaching a total of approximately 136,000. A majority of this growth is going to happen in and around busy established areas like the Union Road area. This growth is already happening and is driven by a range of factors like market demand and State Government Policy. How and where should we accommodate this growth within the Union Road Activities Area?

What types of businesses are missing from the Union Road shopping strip?

MV Administrator — 2013-01-30 15:55:31 +1100

The Union Road Activities Area is characterised by a predominantly retail shopping strip along Union Road, with the remainder of the area containing housing. Would you like to see any other types of businesses in the area?

The growth of Moonee Valley

admin — 2012-09-12 06:34:25 +1000

Melbourne is a growing city. The population of Melbourne is expected to reach 5 million by 2026. The State Government has the challenging task of working out the best way to accommodate this growth.

Population growth is occurring across Metropolitan Melbourne:

On the outskirts of the city in areas such as Cardinia and Casey in the south east, Mitchell and Hume in the north and Melton and Wyndham in the west
On old 'brownfield' sites in metropolitan Melbourne like Fishermans Bend and E-Gate, the old rail-yards land between North Melbourne station and Footscray Road
Within established inner urban areas like Moonee Valley

Watch the video on the growth of Melbourne to understand why and how our city is changing and growing.

Moonee Valley 2035... help shape the future!

admin — 2012-02-18 06:51:21 +1100

This consultation has concluded. You are however able to view all comments and access project documents from the project library.

Working together to decide on our goals and priorities and shape directions that will affect our future and the futures of our families, friends and businesses is one the most important contributions you can make to your community!

The City of Moonee Valley invites you to share your long-term vision for the city: what will make Moonee Valley the city of choice in 2035?

Help shape the Vision and have your say today Moonee Valley

Media Release: Council consults on draft municipal parking strategy

MV Administrator — 2011-09-23 17:42:45 +1000

In 2010 Council developed a draft Municipal Parking Strategy (MPS). The community had their say on this strategy and Council received some good feedback.

Council has now revised and strengthened the draft MPS in response to the feedback and would like the community to provide comments on this updated version.

Deputy Mayor of Moonee Valley, Cr James Rankin, said the draft MPS was designed to help Council and the community tackle some of the hard issues around parking in an effective and consistent way.

“Parking is an important local issue and in some areas is a limited resource,” he said.

“This trend will continue as Melbourne’s population continues to grow and as more people move into inner urban areas, where there is medium to high density development.

“The draft MPS proposes a step by step framework for managing parking restrictions as areas become busier and more densely populated.

“The strategy also proposes tools and new initiatives to effectively manage parking in narrow streets and the provision of off street parking in busy activity centres.”

Portfolio holder Traffic and Transportation, Cr Narelle Sharpe, said the draft MPS was on consultation for four weeks until 21 October.

“Although the majority of the municipality won’t really be affected by the draft strategy I want to encourage everyone to have a look at the revised document and provide feedback to Council,” she said.

“This draft strategy needs to be a bold document that looks many years into the future.

“As Moonee Valley’s population increases we will experience more medium to higher density housing in and around our busy activity centres. We need to be strategic in our planning to ensure we don’t end up with a city that is a traffic nightmare in response to this growth.

“Our challenge is to have strategies like the draft MPS in place that provides encouragement and incentives for people living in and visiting those busy high demand areas to rely more on sustainable modes of transport.

“The draft MPS also need to balance the needs of residents, while supporting a good mix of parking for businesses, workers, shoppers and visitors. This is vital for the economic development a growth of our city.”

Media Release, Wednesday 21 September 2011

Valley View article: Parking in Moonee Valley – A city in transition

MV Administrator — 2011-09-23 17:38:15 +1000

Parking is an important and complex issue for both Council and the local community. This issue will become even more complex as Moonee Valley’s population continues to grow. The population of metropolitan Melbourne is expected to reach five million by the year 2026. The State Government has a policy which encourages growth in inner Melbourne councils like Moonee Valley. This means higher density living in some areas, more people and in most cases more cars in our municipality.

At the time of printing this edition of Valley View, Council had done further work on its draft Municipal Parking Strategy. This draft strategy has already been out for one round of community consultation in 2010. Council received some good feedback, most of which has been included in the next draft.

This current draft of the strategy includes bold proposals designed to tackle some of the tough issues we face in Moonee Valley in relation to balancing parking requirements both now and into the future. For example, Council receives more requests for resident and visitor parking permits in a given street than there are spaces on the road network. This is something that will need to change. In some areas within the municipality, there is not enough on-road space for residents in households who own four or five cars to park all these cars in the street.

Council has also found that there are many households that choose to park on the street even though they have driveways and garages and choose not to use these areas to park their cars.

Council’s aim is to develop a robust and effective strategy that protects residential parking in less densely populated areas and encourages people moving into busy activity centres that are well serviced by public transport to rely less on their cars and use more sustainable modes of transport.

Council also needs a parking strategy that can help address those tough parking issues today and in the future.

Moonee Valley is a city in transition. As Melbourne grows, this area will slowly move from being a predominantly suburban municipality to a vibrant inner Melbourne precinct.

Before any decisions are made about the draft strategy, Council will consult with the community again.

Story reported in the August/ September edition of Valley View (Moonee Valley resident newsletter – distributed the week starting 25 July 2011)

Have your say about parking in Moonee Valley.

MV Administrator — 2011-06-30 10:46:27 +1000

This consultation has concluded. You are however able to view all comments and access project documents from the project library.

We're inviting you to have your say on parking in Moonee Valley. In response to community feedback, we have updated the parking strategy to include proposals for tackling more complex parking issues in Moonee
Valley, like managing parking spaces in high demand areas and in narrow streets.

Join the online conversation about the revised strategy and help shape the framework for parking in Moonee Valley for today and into the future.