Trends and Melbourne September 2014
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- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE Communications and free wi-fi
- Community Infrastructure
- CITY GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION
- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE Public Participation
- Health and wellbeing responsibilities
- Local Government regulation
- Government funding and cost shifting
- Local Government workforce
INFRASTRUCTURE INTRODUCTION The municipality is increasingly becoming a residential city, but currently it is still a hub for work and cultural activity. Transport is critical in maintaining connections in and out of the area. The ability to maintain physical connections and networking benefits will come under pressure from population growth, carbon costs and ageing infrastructure. Ensuring infrastructure meets the needs of our future population will be a major challenge. The State Government recently released its Plan Melbourne, Metropolitan Planning Strategy, which has major implications for future planning in the central city area. Future communication infrastructure means both opportunity and risk (see the Education and Governance sections).
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE? Communications and free wi-fi A national infrastructure project, the National Broadband Network (NBN), is under construction which will increase the accessibility of broadband internet and provide higher internet speeds. Service is available in Docklands and the north of Parkville. It is under construction in parts of Southbank and construction, which will continue to involve City of Melbourne, is due to start in Carlton in 2014. In March 2014, the State Government announced free public wi-fi will be rolled out in Melbourne next year. The experience of other Australian cities, for example Perth and Sydney is that terms of use of free wi-fi specify that services can be used for basic browsing or social networking, sometimes including session limits on downloads or hours. This service will be most helpful for both domestic and international tourists, but may also be of some use to students and day-trippers.
An important part of Plan Melbourne is the concept of a 20 minute neighbourhood. The 20 minute neighbourhood is about planning and developing local areas to so that people can access a range of local services and facilities, ideally within 20 minutes of home and it is likely to become an increasingly important consideration for strategic planners. East West Link The State Government is planning an 18 kilometre cross-city road, extending across Melbourne from the Eastern Freeway to the Western Ring Road. The Minister for Planning has approved the first stage of the East West Link, a six kilometre section with a tunnel connecting the Eastern Freeway with City Link. Construction is due to commence in late 2014 and be completed in 2019. Detailed planning on the Western Section will begin in 2014, including site investigations, design work, community engagement and a planning approvals process. Construction of the Western Section is expected to start by the end of 2015. The connecting section, along the alignment of the Moonee Ponds Creek (known as Stage 1B) is subject to further planning approval by the Minister for Planning. Uncertainty on Stage 1B has caused the City of Melbourne’s urban renewal planning for the Arden Macaulay precinct to be put on hold. Efficient Transport City of Melbourne’s biggest transport challenge is influencing development of a public transport system to move increasing numbers of people into and around the city and to expand the system to serve growth areas within the municipality. While the municipality is becoming a 24-hour city it still needs a public transport system that is flexible enough, especially in the peak commuting times of day, to manage demand. Demand for sustainable modes of transport including public transport and active travel (cycling and walking) are increasing and capacity is inadequate to meet future demand. Overcrowding on public transport services may reduce the attractiveness of the municipality to business and employees and suppress job growth. Expected large increases in pedestrian numbers by 2030 mean City of Melbourne will be challenged to ensure the quality of the pedestrian network and open spaces and find new ways to fund new and improved public transport infrastructure to move people around. For a transport network to be a viable alternative to the car, pedestrian and cycle paths need to be integrated with public transport systems. Integrating public transport with cycling and walking has implications for employment options, business competitiveness, access to services, health, activity and social connection, creating an attractive, people-oriented city, increased safety, reducing the cost of transport to the community, reduced traffic congestion, efficient space use, reduced pollution and sustainability.
Increases in the numbers of vehicles used for freight transport over the next 15 years are expected. The large number of freight transport vehicles entering the Central Business District daily can be expected to increase and this will impact the amenity of the city centre as a recreational and retail destination as well as residential area. For data sources and references see the accompanying document (DM#8417055) For more detailed information and data about health trends and priorities see DM#7441302 CITY GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION The scope of local government activities continues to expand with increasing population growth and rising community expectations of their local Council, for example rising community expectations/challenges/issues, State/Federal deficits plus modest rate rises, citizens want more influence as social media platforms empower them, digital government will change the business model, there is a need to improve performance reporting, and a large percentage of the local government workforce will retire in the next 10 years. DID YOU KNOW?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE? Public Participation The ways in which people participate in citizen engagement are many and varied. Expectations of government decision-making and the citizens’ role in it will continue to develop over the coming years. The consequences of the trend toward increasing participatory government include when City of Melbourne engage the public during a Council term, how engagements are timed and planned for each new project, the provision of information, managing expectations and the conduct of engagement, methods used and diversity of stakeholders engaged for their contributions. City of Melbourne’s most recent community engagement initiative is establishing a Citizens’ Panel to obtain informed and in depth community input on major decisions. Digital Government The digital age is transforming the way some people engage with Council. Participate Melbourne is another recent City of Melbourne approach. It is an online dialogue and collaboration space providing a place to learn about the projects City of Melbourne is currently seeking input on and it gives the community a place to submit ideas and exchange views. While it has potential to help engage some in the Melbourne community in decision making it cannot replace more traditional, forms of public participation. CityLab CityLab, located at Melbourne Town Hall, provides physical and virtual space and tools to enable City of Melbourne to collaborate with the community to solve urban challenges. Its purpose is to influence decision making, planning and implementation to solve identified urban issues and to create innovative projects that generate measurable short term change, new learning, connections, and opportunities. Online Open data A commitment to open government has become a feature of many governments around the world, including in Australia. Openness has become internationally regarded as a precondition for good, democratic governance. Internet offers new opportunities for sharing government information and data with citizens on a larger scale ever before. Although Open Government is not limited to using the Internet to govern, the term is commonly associated, or used synonymously with the terms ‘e-government’, ‘government 2.0’ and ‘digital government’. In 2014 City of Melbourne developed an open data policy, created an open data portal and began uploading suitable data sets on that portal for public access. Performance Reporting In 2012 the Victorian Auditor General identified performance reporting in Local Government has a number of limitations. Victorian Councils are now mandated to report progress against their Council Plan objectives, annually and the State Government is applying a Performance Reporting Framework statewide to help ensure quality and consistency in Local Government reporting. City of Melbourne is piloting the framework. Health and wellbeing responsibilities Local government has a role in disease prevention, prolonging life and promoting public health and wellbeing, as outlined under Section 28 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008. Key roles in this space are to create a physical environment which promotes and supports health and wellbeing, health promotion for healthy lifestyles, support services, community development, planning, advocacy, research and regulation. Local Government regulation The Victorian Government released a report concluding Local Government regulatory activities must better respond to strong economic and population growth in Victoria and the State Government’s priorities. This implies an expectation that council’s accept the objectives of a State Government and administer state planning regulations in a way consistent with its objectives. City of Melbourne’s land use planning and planning and building regulation, continuous improvement agenda and procurement will all be influenced. Government funding and cost shifting Tight State and Federal budgets and modest rate rises will mean fewer resources available to deliver services and infrastructure with implications for the City of Melbourne’s capital works budget in the future. At the same time other tiers of government shift costs by placing more responsibility on Local Government. The number and diversity of responsibilities accepted by Local Government may increase, creating an environment in which City of Melbourne must do more with less. Local Government workforce A large percentage of the local government workforce will retire in the next 10 years, taking knowledge with them and requiring Local Government’s to tackle additional costs associated with recruitment and funding payouts to employees on retirement (for example, paying out unused leave). For data sources and references see the accompanying document (DM#8417055) For more detailed information and data about health trends and priorities see DM#7441302 
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