{"id":1584,"date":"2014-10-05T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sos.asn.au\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2014-12-01T21:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T11:27:46","slug":"sos-eupdate-2014-oct-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sos.asn.au\/vic\/2014\/10\/05\/sos-eupdate-2014-oct-4\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS eUpdate, 2014 Oct 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOS<\/em><\/b>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Members\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Planning\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Update\u00a0\u2013 4\u00a0<\/em><\/b>October 2014<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read on for these hot topics<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(1)The latest from Save Our Suburbs: <\/strong>SOS Candidates’ Survey for Election 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2)Reminder – RACV Board Election –\u00a0Last-minute call for RACV members to vote\u00a0before this\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday\u00a0Oct, 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n

(3)Reminder\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>The Great Population Debate<\/strong>,\u00a05.30 \u2013 7pm, October 13, Deakin Edge, Fed.Square<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(4)<\/strong>Rally\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<\/strong>Future of Public Transport in Victoria,\u00a0<\/strong>Thurs 16 Oct. 12:45\/1 pm start, Parliament steps<\/b><\/p>\n

(5)East-West Link Updates: <\/strong>From campaigner Andrew Herington<\/p>\n

(6)High-rise apartment\u00a0design standards \u201ccoming\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(1)The latest from Save Our Suburbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOS Candidates’ Survey for Election 2014:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are about to send out a Candidates’ Survey on planning issues.\u00a0Each party and independent candidate will be asked to complete the comprehensive survey online via SurveyMonkey, which will do most of the analysis of the responses for us. The results will be publicised a few weeks before the election.<\/p>\n

Community groups are invited to publicly support the survey and share the detailed results. \u00a0The more groups that support the survey, the more likely the candidates and the media are to respond.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact President Ian\u00a0Wood \u00a00424 104 274 or Vice-President Ann Birrell \u00a00419 550 538<\/p>\n

SOS Newsletter #31:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>members will have recently received a copy by post\u00a0& now the online version is here : SOS Newsletter Residents Voice 2014-09-30 September<\/a><\/p>\n

STOP PRESS \u2013 VCAT fee hike cuts appeals<\/em><\/p>\n

Help with Rescode for Residents at VCAT<\/em><\/p>\n

Beware s89 appeals!<\/em><\/p>\n

Avoid Dual Occupancy by Stealth\u00a0<\/i>\u2013<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>and more\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

(2)Reminder – RACV Board Election –\u00a0Last-minute call for RACV members to vote\u00a0before this\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday\u00a07th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trent\u00a0McCarthy and Amanda Stone are standing for the RACV Board Election as a voice for sustainable, integrated transport planning in Victoria. \u00a0Amanda is an educator, former mayor and current Yarra councillor. Trent is a communications specialist and Darebin councillor.\u00a0Together, they intend to advocate for the many RACV members who want increased transport spending on cycling infrastructure, public transport, and other more sustainable modes of transport, as well as safer roads for all users. They do not support the expensive, unsustainable East West Link.<\/p>\n

This election is important because the\u00a0RACV is a key supporter of the East West Link. \u00a0RACV is also Victoria\u2019s largest membership organisation, with over two million members. Around 1.4 million members are entitled to vote in the annual RACV Board election, but less than 10% usually do.<\/p>\n

With your support, Amanda and Trent hope to send a powerful message to the Government and the Opposition to ditch the economically irresponsible and environmentally destructive East West toll road and instead to invest in better\u00a0public transport and\u00a0cycling infrastructure, and thus safer and less congested roads for all.<\/p>\n

(3)Reminder\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>The Great Population Debate<\/strong>,\u00a05.30 \u2013 7pm, October 13, Deakin Edge, Fed.Square<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Population growth, like climate change, exacerbates most things about planning, especially traffic congestion, unemployment,\u00a0the need for\u00a0extra housing &\u00a0infrastructure, and sustainability generally. \u00a0Can we cope? \u00a0Come and hear\u00a0Kelvin Thomson (MHR Wills)\u00a0<\/strong>vs\u00a0Lord Mayor Robert Doyle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For more information contact Mary Drost at Planning Backlash, 0401 834 899 \u00a0 drostmary@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(4)<\/strong>Rally\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<\/strong>Future of Public Transport in Victoria,\u00a0<\/strong>Thurs 16 Oct. 12:45\/1 pm start, Parliament steps<\/b><\/p>\n

This is the last day of the\u00a0term of the 57th Victorian Parliament before the November election, so our elected parliamentary representatives will be asked to declare their hand on the future of public transport and the East West Link Toll Road. \u00a0The\u00a0rally\u00a0will launch a\u00a0“Charter on\u00a0Public Transport”<\/strong>\u00a0with a list of demands, including that\u00a0the East West Link\u00a0project be\u00a0abandoned. The PT Charter is here PPL PT Charter<\/a><\/p>\n

Speakers will include the Mayors of Yarra and Moreland, ALP and Greens\u00a0MPs\u00a0and the\u00a0president\u00a0of the Public Transport Users Association, as well as \u00a0representatives of community groups.<\/p>\n

For more information contact\u00a0Julianne Bell, Secretary,\u00a0Protectors of\u00a0\u00a0Public Lands\u00a0VIC. Mobile: 0408 022 408\u00a0\u00a0jbell5@bigpond.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(5)East-West Link Updates:<\/strong>From campaigner Andrew Herington:<\/p>\n

(a)<\/strong>Oct. 3: \u00a0Planning Minister Guy has sneakily gazetted additions to the project area including large parts of Royal Park, Essendon Community Gardens,* areas at Dights Falls and extra land at various interchanges and adjacent roads.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

He has also revoked 15 of the Performance Requirements he approved in June, further distancing himself from the independent Assessment Committee’s recommendations.<\/em><\/p>\n

He has made further unspecified changes in relation to open space but t<\/em>he actual changes are being kept secret.<\/em><\/p>\n

Requests for details to the Linking Melbourne Authority were rejected because “people will be briefed in the coming weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n

*\u00a0See article by Clay Lucas, 2 October 2014:\u00a0http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/gardeners-near-tullamarine-freeway-uprooted-then-rebooted-amid-east-west-link-confusion-20141002-10pfah.html<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

(b)<\/strong>Courts again find against the Government:<\/em><\/p>\n

Moreland and Yarra\u00a0<\/em>Councils had a<\/em>nother Court win on\u00a0<\/em>Sept.24<\/em>\u00a0in their case against the Planning Minister’s idiosyncratic application\u00a0of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act.\u00a0<\/em>They’ve won discovery of all the documents considered or in the possession of the Minister in making his decision, backdated to October 2013. \u00a0<\/em>They’ve also won most of the costs.<\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.yarracity.vic.gov.au\/hot-topics\/supreme-court-supports-councils-document-request<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, both major political parties are continuing to try and out-do each other with misleading and sometimes empty promises:\u00a0http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/victoria-state-election-2014\/liberal-public-transport-campaign-questioned-by-ptua-labor-20141002-10pgsn.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Analysis\u00a0by the PTUA\u00a0of Liberal Party claims about public transport shows that only 1 out of 8 statements is correct:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ptua.org.au\/2014\/10\/02\/myrailline-ptua-assessment<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

PTUA is now analysing Labour’s claims\u00a0\u2013\u00a0watch this space!<\/p>\n

More roads are not the answer to\u00a0traffic congestion \u2013 history shows time and again that new freeways eventually attract more traffic, leading to worse traffic problems, more air pollution, greater dependence on cars and down-grading of public transport. This is well-illustrated by the Downs-Thompson Paradox which explains that instead,\u00a0building rail links in parallel with freeways can attract commuters back to rail, lower rail costs\/head and permanently free up arterial roads for those who need to use them – trucks, commercial vehicles and multi-destination vehicles.<\/p>\n

See: \u00a0<\/em>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Downs-Thomson_paradox<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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(6)High-rise apartment\u00a0design standards \u201ccoming\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n

State architect Geoffrey London’s office has worked up a draft set of minimum design standards for high-rise apartment buildings but London has just resigned, with\u00a0these long-awaited rules remaining incomplete.<\/p>\n

At a\u00a0Deakin Edge forum on 4 August run by\u00a0the Inner Melbourne Planning Alliance, London\u00a0stated that he was ‘now a believer’ in mandatory design rules for apartments to ensure minimum amenity standards for what is the single fastest-growing housing type in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

However, Minister Guy continues to approve unprecedented numbers of new tower\u00a0applications with no sign yet of the introduction of any new design rules for apartments\u2026\u2026\u00a0maybe\u00a0just a few weeks before the election??<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/strict-design-standards-needed-now-for-melbourne-highrises-architects-20140727-zxf1n.html<\/a><\/p>\n

——–<\/p>\n

Ian Wood<\/p>\n

President,\u00a0Save Our Suburbs Inc. (Vic)<\/p>\n

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