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Neighbourhood Plans A collection of community thoughts and ideas about your neighbourhood and its future. Working together, to achieve community wellbeing, for today and tomorrow
Message from the Mayor In the City's Strategic Community Plan: People, On behalf of all Elected Members, I would like to Places Participation 2007-2017 we made a thank the many people who have contributed to the commitment to neighbourhood planning. So in successful way in which the Neighbourhood Plans 2009 we set about inviting you, the community, to have been implemented; it has been wonderful participate in developing our first Neighbourhood to see the City and the community working in Plans through workshops, forums and surveys. partnership to respond to the identified priorities. The information gathered resulted in a collection As the City's officers continue to plan and deliver of community aspirations, information on local activities and services that meet your aspirations, history and demographics that formed our first I look forward to a collaborative spirit of involvement Neighbourhood Plans, and that identified our to achieve our mutual goal – working together to priorities for the first four years. achieve community wellbeing for today and tomorrow. During the process of developing the plans, it became clear that each neighbourhood has its own character and uniqueness – culturally, physically and demographically – which helped Russell Aubrey us plan activities and events, as well as consider City of Melville Mayor specific priorities identified by local people for their December 2013 own neighbourhood. We also found that common themes emerged across all the neighbourhoods such as ensuring there are services and facilities for diverse groups. This booklet describes what we – the City of Melville and the people who live, work, learn, play and invest here – have achieved together over the past four years. It also includes Stories from the Neighbourhood that capture the way we have been working and how we intend to continue to work together over the next three years. lan: mmunity P g the Strategic Co -2022 Launchin 12 ipation 20 ces Partic People Pla
1 Contents Working together, to achieve community 2 North West Neighbourhood 26 Community Aspiration - How can we 38 wellbeing, for today and tomorrow provide an appropriate type of housing North West Neighbourhood Community Profile Our Neighbourhoods 4 mix and amenity for the future? A Story from the Neighbourhood - 25 A Common Theme 6 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 39 Palmyra Together Snap Your City Competition Community Aspiration - Traffic and movement 6 Community Aspiration - How do we provide 29 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 40 Community Aspiration - Retaining the beauty 8 more community facilities and events that Canning River Foreshore Art Trail of our natural environment add value to our neighbourhood? Community Aspiration - How can we make 42 Community Aspiration - Ensure that there are 10 A Story from the Neighbourhood - Murdoch 30 our shopping centres more attractive services and facilities for diverse groups University Volunteers to help Volunteer Groups and welcoming? Community Aspiration - A safe and 14 Community Aspiration - How can we 31 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 43 secure community communicate more effectively Walk the Bridges with each other (including communication South West Neighbourhood 16 between residents, community organisations South East Neighbourhood 44 South West Neighbourhood Community Profile and the City of Melville)? South East Neighbourhood Community Profile Community Aspiration - How can we further 18 Community Aspiration - How do we make 32 public open space more accessible and include A Story from the Neighbourhood - 46 our parks into family-centred places for all amenities that suit residents and visitors? Clean Up Australia Day in John Creaney Reserve age groups? A Story from the Neighbourhood - 33 Community Aspiration - How can we 47 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 20 Bicton Park Saved! enhance and increase the use of Harmony in Willagee community facilities? Community Aspiration - How can we further 21 Community Aspiration - How can we be 33 prepared and ready for future emegencies? A Story from the Neighbourhood - 48 integrate community and commercial Celebrate Leeming environments to better support our neighbourhood? North East Neighbourhood 34 Community Aspiration - How do we 49 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 22 North East Neighbourhood Community Profile build the economic resilience of the Hip Hop neighbourhood and its shopping centres? Community Aspiration - How can we beautify 23 Community Aspiration - How can we 36 the places in which we live and promote optimise the use and effectiveness of community wellbeing? community facilities? A Story from the Neighbourhood - 24 A Story from the Neighbourhood - 37 Get On Board Project Robin Hood A Story from the Neighbourhood - 25 Community Care Project
2 Working together, to achieve community wellbeing, for today and tomorrow 'Working together, to achieve community wellbeing, for today and tomorrow' How are we going to do this? • Use placemaking – a versatile approach to the planning, design and management of public Continue to: spaces. Making the most of a community’s • Use the Asset Based Community Development assets, inspiration, and potential, to create (ABCD) approach – building on what our good public spaces that promote the health, communities have and focusing on the positives happiness, and wellbeing of our community. and strengths of each community by: For example, Project Robin Hood – a pilot for o Regularly meeting with community groups, the City of Melville and the first of its kind in agencies and schools and building strong Western Australia. With $100,000 available relationships to the whole community, the project explored ‘participatory budgeting’, an approach that o Getting to know and understand our different encourages community ownership of projects neighbourhoods by returning decision making and responsibility • Develop our community hubs – the Willagee, to the community and asking the community for Bull Creek and Blue Gum Community Centres ideas to improve their community. connect the community through vibrant, inclusive community-based activities. They • Ask you to Have Your Say Melville....We're provide opportunities for volunteer involvement, Listening! – we are keen to hear from everyone for mutual support and sharing of skills and who lives, works, plays, learns or invests in our resources, for celebrations and special events, City. Providing over 200 products and services, and are meeting places for all local residents and the City of Melville relies on input from the public groups to come together informally in a relaxed to continually improve the way we do things. welcoming environment. One of the tools we use to hear from you is our online forums, and we appreciate your time in providing comments and feedback on things that matter to you. We also want to know about how we might improve things in Melville and welcome your suggestions. Visit www.werelisteningmelville.com.au.
Neighbourhood Plans 3 • Provide Community Partnership Funding – the • Link Neighbourhood Development actions to • Conduct the biannual Community Wellbeing City of Melville offers a number of grants that Community Development Plans, including: Survey to help evaluate how well the community aim to encourage and develop local community o Strategic Community Plan: People, feel the City is progressing towards community projects, and to support community groups that Places, Participation values and aspirations and whether or not the make a positive contribution to community and council is the agency responsible for delivering o Cultural Vitality Plan cultural life in the City of Melville. them. This survey forms part of a larger project o Age-Friendly Melville: Directions from Seniors to produce a Community Wellbeing Scorecard The levels of funding available are: o Directions from Young People that will provide us with a snapshot of wellbeing o Level One – for requests from $5,001 to o Safer Melville – Community Safety and Crime in the City of Melville today. $10,000 Prevention Plan • Provide excellent customer service to our o Level Two – for requests from $1,001 to o Disability Access and Inclusion Plan residents. The City of Melville is very proud of $5,000 o Reconciliation Action Plan what it has achieved to date, and in our quest to o Level Three – for requests up to $1,000 “delight our customers” has made many positive o Future Plan for Libraries, Museums and o Youth Development Funding – for youth contributions to the community. Local History requests up to $500 Placemaking in our community... y t Part ross Stree Stre Ard et A Ardross rt K Street Pa tre ids rty Invite y Cen Risele
4 Our Neighbourhoods Our Neighbourhoods Attadale Bicton Melville Applecross Palmyra Mt Pleasant Ardross North West Neighbourhood Alfred Cove Attadale • Bicton • Melville • Palmyra Booragoon Myaree Brentwood North East Neighbourhood Alfred Cove • Applecross • Ardross • Booragoon Brentwood • Mount Pleasant • Myaree
Neighbourhood Plans 5 Willagee Winthrop Kardinya Murdoch South West Neighbourhood Bateman Bull Creek Kardinya • Murdoch • Willagee • Winthrop Leeming South East Neighbourhood Batemen • Bull Creek • Leeming
6 A Common Theme "...common themes emerged across the neighbourhoods" – Mayor Russell Aubrey A Common Theme • Promote and maintain the City’s Shared Path Upgrade Program to the community. Community Aspiration: • Involve the community to review and update the How can we improve traffic and City’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. movement in our neighbourhoods? • Have a City representative on the Fiona Stanley Community and Consumer Advisory Committee. • Contribute to the development of a regional All four neighbourhoods identified traffic and integrated transport plan in conjunction with the movement as a challenge that if addressed, South West Regional Group. would enhance the already great places in • Have a City of Melville representative participate which we live, work and play. in the Department of Transport Disability • Advocate for continual improvement in accessible Network Group. transport, pedestrian access, bus shelters and • Provide TravelSmart maps at the City's Libraries services to the Department of Transport. and the Civic Centre. • Implement TravelSmart and RoadWise initiatives • Contract a local agency to manage the City’s to help promote travel alternatives that are community buses and local transport services. sustainable and healthy and to reduce car use. • Improve traffic management and Black Spot • Hold Seniors TravelSmart excursions using locations. buses and trains. • Enhance accessibility and public transport • Link the City of Melville’s website to the through strategic urban planning. Department of Transport, which includes information on Kidsafe, walking and cycling • Commit to the Safe Speed Promise. access and public transport. • Provide feedback to the Main Roads Department • Hold more local events that the community can on impacts to vulnerable road users. walk to, such as open air film nights in local • Maintain the foreshore shared paths. parks and the Little Hands Festival. • Work with Main Roads to implement Smart • Ensure events are accessible by local transport Roads, Safe Journeys - Moving people and or provide transport in special cases. freight safely, reliably and efficiently on WA roads.
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8 A Common Theme A Common Theme • Rangers regularly monitor and respond to community concerns about animals and the Community Aspiration: environment. How can we retain the beauty of our natural • Ensure that Conservation Plans are in place for environment in our neighbourhoods? heritage listed buildings in the City. • Implement the Street Tree Policy – committed to planting 500 street trees annually. The two neighbourhoods that border the river • Support Friends Of groups in your local area. (North West and North East) identified retaining the beauty of our natural environment as well • Participate in Pally Patch community garden as maximising the potential of the river and activities at Palmyra Primary School. foreshore as a challenge that if addressed, • Prohibit dinghy storage along the foreshore. would enhance the already great places in which we live, work and play. • Take into account the retention of the natural environment as part of strategic urban planning. • Actively manage the natural environment in order to protect and enhance. • Provide community engagement opportunities regarding the replacement of the Deep Water • Worked with a local community group to Point Jetty, the Deep Water Point Draft redevelop the old Melville Primary School site to Concept Plan and the Draft Canning Bridge create Kadidjiny Park and Kadidjiny Hall. Precinct Vision. • Install underground power in Attadale. • Hold the annual Art Awards at the City of Melville • Report graffiti on the Graffiti Hotline to ensure Civic Centre and annual Sculpture Walk at Deep rapid removal. Water Point. • Paint a bus shelter as part of the Adopt-a-Stop • Installation of permanent artwork along the bus shelter community art program. foreshore. • Implement the Natural Areas Asset • Encouraging community events, such as the Management Strategy. Jacaranda Festival, River Kitefest, Zimfest and Film Nights. • Engage with local Aboriginal Elders regarding the Point Walter restoration and other signage projects.
Neighbourhood Plans 9 • Involve young people in the Deep Water Point Café Mural through the SLAM project, completed with funding from the Office of Crime Prevention. • Encourage use of the outdoor exercise equipment at Mount Henry Bridge. • Upgrade to the shared paths along Mount Pleasant foreshore. tty lter Je Pt Wa Friend s of Wir eless H ill Bicton Planting ra Palmy Marmion St, Art – Public
10 A Common Theme A Common Theme • Provide Community Partnership Funding to community groups to celebrate their diversity, Community Aspiration: such as Harmony Week Grants. How can we ensure that there are • Encourage and support volunteering and services and facilities for diverse groups in participation through the Melville Volunteer our neighbourhoods? Resource Centre. • Organise bus trips targeted at those who may be socially isolated. Three neighbourhoods (South West, South East • Promote the Living Longer Living Stronger and North East) identified the importance of program for seniors. developing and catering for young people, seniors, people with a disability and people from a Culturally • Provide a Seniors Assistance Fund for seniors to and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background. access essential services that would otherwise cause financial hardship. • Continue to build connections with agencies, local churches, community groups and other • Provide a Seniors Directory in both hard copy service providers to promote services, facilities and online. and activities within the community. • Provide six seniors forums annually. • Implement actions from Directions from Young • Work with the Department for Housing and People, Cultural Vitality Plan and Age-Friendly other local agencies to promote the Disruptive Melville: Directions from Seniors. Behaviour Policy. • Support, program or partner to deliver annual • Implement actions from the City’s first events such as the Art Awards, Sculpture Reconciliation Action Plan. Walk, Seniors Week activities, Jacaranda • Employment of a full time Aboriginal Festival, International Day of People with a Engagement Officer. Disability, Harmony Week, Little Hands Festival, Neighbourhood Stars Volunteer Recognition • Conduct Australian Citizenship Ceremonies Event, Mayor's Valued Citizen Awards for every two months at the City of Melvlle volunteers, NAIDOC, Reconciliation Week bus Civic Centre. tour and movie nights, Grandparents’ Day, • Provide Activelink and Kidsport funding to Limestone Concerts, Australia Day Celebrations, assist people overcome barriers to participate in and the Wildflower and Six Seasons Walks at community life. Piney Lakes.
Neighbourhood Plans 11 • Support the REACH after school program for • Held a youth expo at the City of Melville Civic primary school aged children. Centre to promote youth programs and services to young people. • Have the Youth Advisory Council facilitate all ages music events for young people. • Provide safety forums for parents and young people on topics like cyber bullying and • Provide PHAZE, an urban art youth program, party safe. held at a local skate parks on the last Sunday of the month between September and May. • Continue to map accessible facilities for residents and visitors to the City through the • Provide, in partnership with agencies, support You’re Welcome Project. services for young people such as the Open Door pop-up youth information and referral • Libraries offer book clubs, Storytime, Better service and the Freo Street Doctor. Beginnings, Social English classes, school holiday activities, special subscriptions to online • Create life skill/educational resources such as novels, free WiFi, study space, young adult The Gathering, The Writing’s on the Wall, and reading resources, e-magazines, e-audio, help 6 which are available to young people through with homework through Your Tutor, computers their local high school. with internet access and free tax help sessions. • Support youth chaplains through annual funding, • Living Libraries have been held in local libraries and communicate with youth chaplains and and at Murdoch University. principals through principals forums and • Promote a free translating and interpreting school visits. services available for City of Melville residents • Hold forums such as the Interschool Youth through the Department of Immigration Forum to identify needs and celebrate young and Citizenship. people. • Provide urban art youth projects such as the Bull Creek Train Station and Booragoon Bus Station Adopt-a-Stop bus shelter community art program. • Facilitated a young men’s program in partnership with Headspace at Corpus Christi, Melville and Applecross Senior High Schools.
12 A Common Theme A Common Theme South West Neighbourhood • Willagee residents can access the Where in Community Aspiration: Willagee publication to find out about their suburb. How can we ensure that there are • Free financial counselling/emergency relief services and facilities for diverse groups service at Willagee Community Centre. at a more local level? • Freo Street Doctor is available in the Willagee Library car park on Monday mornings. • The Southern Districts Seniors Citizens Centre in Willagee offers activities including bowling, North East Neighbourhood bingo, exercise classes and excursions. • Program events such as the PHAZE urban art • Free and low cost school holiday programs at youth program, seniors forums and mall walking Willagee Community Centre, City of Melville at Garden City Shopping Centre. Libraries and Piney Lakes Environmental and • Partner with local groups to host events such Education Centre. as the Applecross Rotary and Mount Pleasant • Developed the Bidi Katitjiny Women’s Trail at Neighbourhood Watch Canning Bridge Piney Lakes, offering walks and educational talks. Community Day and Walk the Bridges event. • Created an accessible community garden at • Support the Canning Bridge Seniors Centre to Willagee Community Centre. deliver program and activities. • Support the Japanese Playgroup at Willagee, • Partnered with Applecross Senior High School the Aboriginal Playgroup at Caralee Community for an eight week mentorship program. School and the Walyalup Reconciliation Community Group’s events and activities. • Participate in placemaking activities such as the Celebrate Canning Bridge open day which • Provide free financial counselling and emergency included a barbecue and entertainment. relief for the whole community from the Willagee Community Centre. • Partner with the Freo Street Doctor to be based at the City of Melville Civic Centre Amphitheatre. • Provide free or low cost activities for young people after school such as the urban dance hip • Provide free or low cost computer classes for hop classes at Willagee Community Centre. the whole community through the Digital Hub at Canning Bridge Library Lounge.
Neighbourhood Plans 13 South East Neighbourhood • Supported local clubs to obtain Community Partnership Funding, such as All Saints College to hold their annual Literature Festival and the Southside BMX Club. Involving our Elde rs at NAID OC Cele brations d f Fun ens Relie iz ard H ill le Cit Melvil - Cr Rich ram Prog n Counts alia Austr Every gee r in Willa o Street Docto Fre Seniors W eek celebrati ons Three sk ate parks in the Cit y
14 A Common Theme A Common Theme • Participate in a public art project that targets graffiti hotspots, such as the Willagee Shopping Community Aspiration: Centre wall, Adopt-a-Stop bus shelter community art program and youth art project How can we create a safe and secure Willagee Legals. community in our neighbourhoods? • Contact your local Neighbourhood Watch and invite them to your event or activities. Two neighbourhoods (South West and South • Attend your local City of Melville Library where East) wanted to create comfortable, safe and early intervention programs such as Constable secure neighbourhoods. Care and Safety and Sirens activities are held. • Share stories on reducing crime in the Willagee • Attend a Safety Week event brought to you by Alive Newsletter. the City of Melville in partnership with the Injury Control Council WA (ICCWA). • Promote the Safety Scoop campaign – practical advice and tips to help actively reduce the • Complete a Community Safety Survey. incidence of crime and make life safer and • Expansion of the Eye’s on the Street program. more relaxed. • Provide the Safer Melville webpage on the • Enjoy a barbecue with your neighbours by City’s website hiring the free Friendly Neighbourhoods Community Trailer. • Read local newspapers and City publications for up-to-date information on community safety and • Provide speed trailers in local streets. crime prevention. • Safe Speed Promise – pledge to the 50km/h • Continue to hold regular meetings between the local speed limit. City’s Community Safety Service (CSS), the WA • Share cycle and walk paths – now called Police and Neighbourhood Watch to identify ‘shared paths’. hotspots. • Attend a Designing Out Crime (DOC) community • Provide Community Safety Service (CSS) patrols education forum or refer to the DOC Checklist. 24 hours a day, seven days a week for advice and assistance. • Attend a community safety forum – topics have included women’s safety, party safe, home • Report graffiti – this has reduced graffiti by 65% security, senior’s safety, cyber bullying, school and achieved a 70% reduction in the cost of leavers and support your teenager. graffiti removal since 2008.
Neighbourhood Plans 15 • Use the City’s Online Complaints, Compliments and Suggestions service. • Hold community events, incorporating a safety message – such as the popular Celebrate Leeming event. Saf ety and Sire ns Safer M elville c ommit tment Seniors Safety Forum DVD thering The Ga
16 South West Neighbourhood "...each neighbourhood has it's own character and uniqueness – culturally, physically and demographically" – Mayor Russell Aubrey South West Neighbourhood Kardinya • Murdoch • Willagee • Winthrop South West Neighbourhood Community Profile: This information is from the Australian Bureeau of Statistics (ABS) 2006 and 2011 Census *Playground Improvement Program data Look how your Neighbourhood has changed over the past five years Highest percentage of residents Total houses 20 to 24 year old 2006 2011 age group for males and females 8,523 9,066 Number of residents living in Dwelling type: South West Neighbourhood High density 2006 2011 2006 2011 22,657 23,056 15 129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Arrived in Australia between Island population Australian born 2006 and 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 268 301 12,939 13,329 2,040
Neighbourhood Plans 17 Arrived in Australia between Need for assistance (severe Residents who volunteer for Employed full time 2006 and 2011 or profound disability) an organisation or group 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 - 2040 702 783 3,217 3,550 6,354 6,691 Employed part time Looking for full time work 2006 2011 2006 2011 Willagee Winthrop 4,133 4,610 206 179 Dwelling type: Dwelling type: Looking for part time work Separate house Medium density 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 229 424 7,530 7,506 937 1,421 Kardinya Murdoch Mortgage 2006 2011 2,666 2,622 Speaks a language other Households with Renting Households without a car than English at home Australian Citizens internet connection 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 5,500 5,867 18,030 18,650 5,572 6,724 1,569 1,951 459 553 Renting social housing *Playgrounds as of 2012 *Parks as of 2012 2006 2011 443 516 41 47
18 South West Neighbourhood Community Aspiration How can we further develop our parks into family-centred places for all age groups? • Continue to hold Parties in the Park, Carols by • Hold the Little Hands Festival in local parks. Candlelight, markets, Harmony Week events • New residents in Willagee can pick up a copy and Easter fairs with support from Community of Where in Willagee which details local parks Partnership Funding. and facilities, a publication partnership between • Continue to partner with the City of Fremantle to Willagee Alive and the City of Melville’s Safer deliver Buster the Fun Bus, a mobile playgroup Melville Advisory Committee. that visits local parks across the City. • Celebrate Seniors Week by holding events in • Hold free family outdoor film nights using the local parks, such as the popular Go Wild In Movie Screening Guide for schools to hold Willagee Seniors Week event. outdoor movie nights in their neighbourhood. • Partner with Neighbourhood Watch for local • Use the free outdoor fitness equipment at John events, such as the Winthrop Residents Group Connell Reserve in Kardinya. who hosted a clean up day and installed extra • Book a tour, walk or educational talk along the seating in Robert Smith Park, Winthrop. Bidi Katitjiny Aboriginal Women’s Trail in Piney • Enjoy a barbecue with your neighbours by Lakes, Winthrop. hiring the free Friendly Neighbourhoods • Enjoy the public art along the Sculpture Walk in Community Trailer. Piney Lakes, Winthrop. • Participate in community activities to create • Participate in redevelopment of Carawatha a mentally healthy community – Act-Belong- public open space in Willagee. Commit. • Continue to map accessible facilities for • The City will continue to ensure our parks are residents and visitors to the City through the well maintained through the Capital Works You’re Welcome Project. Upgrade Program which includes irrigation, barbecues, playgrounds, benches, sporting • Implement the Playground Improvement equipment and shade. Program.
Neighbourhood Plans 19 t Party in nigh the Pa r movie rk - Willa oo gee Outd Harm ony D ay fu n Piney Lake s il men's Tra s Aboriginal Wo ke Piney La
20 South West Neighbourhood A Story from the Neighbourhood Harmony in Willagee To celebrate Harmony Week 2011, the City of Melville, Caralee Community School, Willagee Community Centre and Willagee Alive partnered to put on a free family outdoor film night to promote the message of Harmony Week: Everyone Belongs. The event was on the Caralee Community School Oval and local groups were able to access small grants, from the City of Melville’s Community Partnership Fund, to encourage them to participate teers e Volun ee Aliv on the night. There was a fantastic response Willag from local groups and local agencies, such as the Department for Housing who sponsored the Rhythm Fix Drumming Activity, the South Metropolitan Public Health Unit provided healthy fruit platters, the City sponsored the Capoeira workshop, local businesses and the local church provided raffle prizes, Murdoch University provided the free sausage sizzle, Captain Clean Up popped in and Willagee Alive promoted future Friends an opportunities to alert people to local happenings d family en joying the film nigh in their newsletter. t. Just before the movie started, Mayor Russell Aubrey gave away over 20 raffle prizes and as the sun set, around 400 mums, dads, grandparents, kids and friends from Willagee and the surrounding community settled in for a screening of Marmaduke. This was a great event that brought the whole community together and as a result, more of these movie nights are being planned by the local community. s lm start y before the fi vit ing acti Drumm
Neighbourhood Plans 21 Community Aspiration How can we further integrate community and commercial environments to better support our neighbourhood? • An upgraded Willagee shopping precinct with new seating, trees, access and paving in consultation with the local community and shop owners. • Facilitate the Look Up A Local publication for Willagee home based businesses. • Invite local businesses to be involved in local events and activities such as Kardinya Outdoor Movie Night and Willagee Alive Newsletter. • Participate in community meetings for the Murdoch Activity Centre. • Support the Fringe Gallery and Willagee Shop Wall Mural Project. • Foster relationships with the Melville Cockburn Loc al sh Chamber of Commerce. ops • Participate in the development of the Willagee Structure Plan. • Have a City representative attend the Fiona Stanley Community and Consumer Advisory Committee. • Support the Rotary Sunday Markets at Kardinya Shopping Centre. • Integrate diversity of uses (housing/business) through strategic urban planning. inct g prec 's shoppin ee Willag de to Upgra
22 South West Neighbourhood A Story from the Neighbourhood Hip Hop The Caralee Community School’s Chaplain, the local community and the City’s Aboriginal Engagement Officer identified that more activities were needed in the Willagee area for nine to 12 year olds to keep them engaged positively. Together, they discussed what activity would be suitable and after all the information was gathered, decided that Boys urban a girls urban dance group that incorporated a health danc e gro up session would be something of interest to girls in this age range. The girls dance group commenced in June 2012 and was made available to students at Caralee Primary School through selection by the Chaplain and Aboriginal Engagement Officer. Students were selected to register for the program by school staff based on their interest in urban dance and how participating may benefit their health, confidence, self esteem and improve their attendance at school. Feedback from the school was extremely positive, roup nce g with observed positive changes in behaviour from urban da Girls students who took part in the sessions. A boys program commenced in August 2012 in response to the community indicating they would like boys to be given a similar opportunity. Funding was received from the Office of Crime Prevention to continue the program for another year in 2013 for both boys and girls, and it has expanded to include school holidays. Boy s ur ban dan ce g rou p
Neighbourhood Plans 23 Community Aspiration • Replace playground and barbecue equipment. • Installed outdoor exercise equipment in How can we beautify the places in which we live and promote Kardinya. community wellbeing? • Connect the community and build community spirit by mapping all community groups, sporting groups and facilities in the neighbourhood. • Support Friends of Groups in Winthrop and • Implment the You’re Welcome Project – maps • Make available and promote Community Kardinya. accessible facilities for residents and visitors to Partnership Funding to community groups. the City. • Assisted Willagee Alive’s Community Care • Develop and implement the Natural Areas Asset Project with Community Partnership Funding. • Publish a Community Events Calendar in the Management Plan. City’s community newsletter Mosaic. • Hold Keep Australia Beautiful activities in • Provide verge collections and monitor illegal local parks. • Install public artworks in public open spaces. dumping of rubbish. • Support Willagee Alive’s Tool Library at Willagee • Implement the Playground Improvement • Facilitate Piney Lakes Environmental Education Community Centre. Program. Centre activities and programs. • Facilitate community mural projects including • Participate in placemaking projects such as the Adopt-a-Stop bus shelter community Project Robin Hood. art program. • Facilitate and encourage streetscape • Completed the community mosaic project at enhancements through strategic urban planning. George Humes Park in Willagee. • Promote Design Out Crime principals through • Support the Kardinya, Winthrop/Murdoch and community education, resources, information Willagee resident groups. and advice. • Support the Rotary Club to hold weekly Rotary • Replace and maintain bus shelters. Markets in Kardinya. • Engage with the local community, including al • Take care of community gardens at Willagee young people, on the design of the Carawatha estiv ands F eH Community Centre and Piney Lakes Public Open Space. Littl Environmental Education Centre. • Hold the annual Sculpture Walk in local parks Pub • Use local media and City publications to and along the foreshore. lic a rt m ural advise the community of maintenance and at W • Hold the annual Little Hands Festival in illag ee C works activities. omm local parks. unit y Cen tre
24 South West Neighbourhood A Story from the Neighbourhood Get On Board Hands on educational public transport sessions were held for seniors who were transitioning to public transport through choice or necessity. A practical guided journey was provided, including how to get on board the bus from the bus port, catching a train and connecting in between. The seniors were asked to meet at Miss Maud’s Café (in Garden City) where they were given bus a voucher to purchase morning tea. A brief nsperth g the Tra presentation was given to them by the City of Catchin Melville’s Community Safety Coordinator. Participants were requested to bring their Seniors Card as this acts as a Smart Rider for free senior travel. The group was then taken to the Garden City bus port where they proceeded to start their journey to the City via the Bull Creek Train Station. At the end of the journey, seniors were asked to complete a survey on their experience. Feedback Tagg ing o n at t he st included things like the bus port was hard to ation find and improved signage was needed. The seniors appreciated the small group and hands on approach which enabled them to ask questions and after participating in the session, were confident to catch the bus and train in the future. ables e timet out th king Chec
Neighbourhood Plans 25 A Story from the Neighbourhood The tool library, based at the Willagee Community Centre, has been popular and continues to increase Community Care Project in usage, and the Department of Housing will Willagee Alive, a local resident group, successfully be promoting the availability of this service to applied for Community Partnership Funding from their tenants. the City of Melville to help Willagee residents keep their park or back/front gardens tidy, to create a ‘tool library’ and to support community clean ups and action days, along with creating a sense of community energy and action. The Community Care Project saw over 25 residents assisted with various jobs in their gardens – including lawn mowing, old wood removal, rose pruning, tree lopping, rubbish removal, skip bins, garden bags, setting up the tool library, community celebrations, new partnerships and connections with local businesses with lots of community energy. Volu ntee rs re ady One major project featured on the front page of the for a Ga rden Blitz local newspaper. Partnerships were formed with a local church, the Disability Services Commission, the Department of Housing (who were so impressed with the project they offered to support the tool library with equipment) and local small businesses. In a new partnership, Bunnings in O’Connor were very excited to help out with donations, gift cards for volunteers, plants, expertise and ongoing support for the Willagee community. As demand for skip bins was far greater than expected, ideas are being sought as to how the City of Melville can offer a ‘sharing of skip bins’ service After the Blitz in Willagee, with the Department of Housing also interested in supporting this idea.
26 North West Neighbourhood "...each neighbourhood has it's own character and uniqueness – culturally, physically and demographically" – Mayor Russell Aubrey North West Neighbourhood Attadale • Bicton • Melville • Palmyra North West Neighbourhood Community Profile: This information is from the Australian Bureeau of Statistics (ABS) 2006 and 2011 Census *Playground Improvement Program data Look how your Neighbourhood has changed over the past five years Highest percentage Highest percentage of residents of residents Total houses 20 to 24 year old 55 to 59 year old 2006 2011 age group for males age group for males and females 10,681 11,067 Number of residents living in North West Neighbourhood 2006 2011 22,876 24,281 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Arrived in Australia between Island population Australian born 2006 and 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 138 120 15,948 16,877 1,246
Neighbourhood Plans 27 Need for assistance (severe Residents who volunteer for Employed full time or profound disability) an organisation or group 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 929 952 3,164 3,378 6,829 7,597 Employed part time Looking for full time work Attadale 2006 2011 2006 2011 Bicton 4,039 4,771 136 154 Dwelling type: Dwelling type: Looking for part time work Separate house Medium density 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 Melville 147 171 6,524 6,473 757 908 Palmyra Dwelling type: Mortgage High density 2006 2011 2006 2011 0 0 3,152 3,268 Speaks a language other Households with Renting Households without a car than English at home Australian Citizens internet connection 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 1,763 2,310 20,028 21,097 5,204 5,981 2,281 2,485 254 263 Renting social housing *Playgrounds as of 2012 *Parks as of 2012 2006 2011 249 255 27 51
28 North West Neighbourhood A Story from the Neighbourhood The group supported the Palmyra Primary School Fair by sponsoring an activity and using the day to Palmyra Together recruit new members. The City of Melville’s Outdoor The Palmyra community was invited by the City Film Festival held in Palmyra was a popular event of Melville’s Neighbourhood Development team to held in partnership with Palmyra Together. attend a bus trip to visit local community assets, Palmyra Together, in partnership with year five the idea being to learn about the history of students, started the production of a community significant sites and places in Palmyra and bring newsletter. Palmyra Together set up the community champions together. sponsorship, printing and delivery of the newsletter During the bus trip we visited local churches, with support from local business the Senior Citizen Centre, the Melville Theatre Palmyra Together facilitated the design and painting Company, the Melville Historical Society (Miller of a bus shelter on Marmion Street in Palmyra. A Bakehouse), Palmyra Primary School, group local artist worked with students from the primary homes, sporting facilities, Melville Cares and school to create a mural celebrating living in local parks. Palmyra. The project was funded by the City of As a result of the bus trip, local resident group Melville Community Partnership Funding Program. Palmyra Together was formed with three major priorities: communication, history and linking local groups and businesses to each other and the community. The group identified the Palmyra Primary School Library as their home base and through a City of Melville Community Partnership Funding grant developed a logo, website, information flyer and had t-shirts printed. Palmyra B us Tour in Through improved communication, Palmyra vitation Together has increased local knowledge and awareness of community groups and activities in Palmyra, as well as supported local community groups such as the Seniors Centre, local churches, Melville History Society, Palmyra Primary School P & C, the Pally Patch (community garden) and Farmers’ Market. News Together Palmyra
Neighbourhood Plans 29 Community Aspiration How do we provide more community facilities and events that add value to our neighbourhood? • Promote and support local groups with • Build a community hub model of multi user, Community Partnership Funding to deliver shared use facilities. events or activities such as Kadidjiny Park Music • Map community groups, schools, churches, on McLean, Palmyra Together School Fair, Bus venues and facilities to help connect groups. Shelter Project, Carols by Candlelight, Broome to Bicton Concert and outdoor movie nights. • Engage with Aboriginal people in local projects such as the Point Walter Restoration project. Har • Partner with local agencies and other local mo ny D governments to deliver events and activities. • Develop historical and environmental signage at ay C eleb rati Kadidjiny Park. ons • Support Melville Wood Turners at LeisureFit Me lville Melville (formerly Melville Recreation Centre). • Support the Melville Historical Society/Miller Bakehouse Museum. • Support the Bicton Men’s Shed. • Improve the Events Bookings Guide for residents • Hold the annual Point Walter Concert in Bicton. planning events in the City. • Support the village style farmers market at • Hold the annual Sculpture Walk in local parks, Palmyra Primary School. such as Kadidjiny Park. • Support the Rotary Club of Melville to hold • Partner with the City of Fremantle to deliver ton the weekly Rotary Markets at Melville Plaza ert, Bic Buster the Fun Bus, a mobile playgroup, Walter Conc Shopping Centre. Point to local parks. • Support the Melville Theatre Company season • Acknowledge volunteers at the annual with promotion. Neighbourhood Stars Volunteer Recognition • Support community run toy libraries. event, which includes the Mayor’s Valued Citizen Award. • Support the Stock Road Senior Citizens Centre in Palmyra who provide activities and events for • Provide libraries that offer information sessions Me local seniors. on a variety of topics and author talks. n's She dP alm yra
30 North West Neighbourhood A Story from the Neighbourhood Murdoch University Volunteers to help Volunteer Groups Melville Volunteer Resource Centre (MVRC) seeks to increase the capacity of local not-for-profit organisations to attract and recruit volunteers and provide accessible, relevant and recent information about volunteering and how to get involved. MVRC successfully facilitated a partnership between Murdoch University students and several local not-for-profit organisations, with wide-ranging benefits for the whole community. Pine y La kes Third year Murdoch University students from the /M urd och Interactive Digital Design course designed or Ma rket ing developed a website for each group. Developing a web presence is a cost effective means of reaching a wider audience and providing timely information about services to clients, potential clients, sponsors and potential volunteers and residents. Murdoch University students benefited from working with real clients, learning how to build a website, learning to set up meetings, managing agaz ine saic M client expectations and deadlines, and a genuine Mo understanding of how a website is developed to achieve specific outcomes. Two local organisations were involved, Friends of Wireless Hill and Friends of Attadale Foreshore. We’ re L isten ing Mel ville d obin Hoo Project R
Neighbourhood Plans 31 • Include a monthly Safety Scoop advertisement Community Aspiration in the local paper that provides practical advice and tips to help actively reduce the incidence How can we communicate more effectively with each other (including communication of crime. between residents, community organisations and the City of Melville)? • Maintain the City of Melville’s events page on the website. • Build relationships with community groups, • Support the City of Melville Youth Advisory • Included a weekly About Melville advertisement schools, churches, venues and facilities to Council. in the local newspaper. increase shared communication. • Survey participants at major events, concerts, • Continue to support Palmyra Together to share • Improve the City of Melville website. seniors forums and community centres. and communicate local information through the Palmyra Together website and newsletter. • Meet with local community groups and agencies • Provide an updated list of all facilities and venues regularly to build strong relationships. on the City of Melville website. • Support the Murdoch Students Campaign Management project. Past projects have • Provide online engagement opportunities • Introduced the You’re Welcome Project – included Miller Bakehouse (Melville Historical through We’re Listening, such as the Bigger is mapping disabled facilities for residents and Society) and Palmyra Together. Better recycled bin trial, Cultural Vitality Plan, visitors to the City. Strategic Community Plan: People, Places, • Coordinate the Community Information Centre • Communicate and showcase the community in Participation review, Community Wellbeing run by volunteers at Garden City Shopping the City’s community newsletter Mosaic. Survey, Canning Highway Banners and Centre. Community Planning Schemes. • Provide up-to-date directories such as the • Subscribe to the Libraries and Museums Disability Services Directory, Seniors Services • Facilitate bimonthly meetings for Melville Aged eNewsletter. Directory and the Children and Families Services Network of Senior Services providers Directory. • Neighbourhood Watch communicate with local and community groups. police and share information with the community • Ensure seniors events are promoted through • Facilitate bimonthly network meetings of Youth through stalls, information sessions and local newspapers, as this medium identified as a Officers from the Cities of Melville, Cockburn and community barbecues. preferred method of communication for seniors. Fremantle. • Communicate with your neighbours by hosting • Maintain and install new signage in the City’s • Attend network meetings with service provides a local barbecue using the free Friendly parks and reserves. and the Cities of Cockburn and Fremantle for Neighbourhoods Community Trailer. the early years, families and children. • Provide a detailed walk and cycle map for each neighbourhood, including access information. • Build strong relationships and partnerships with local police and agencies, including the Safer Melville Advisory Committee.
32 North West Neighbourhood Community Aspiration How do we make public open space more accessible and include amenities that suit residents and visitors? • Installed accessible toilets at Bicton Quarantine • Ensure community events and activities are Park in response to the City’s Disability Access accessible using the Disability Access and and Inclusion Plan. Inclusion Plan guidelines. • Provide walk and cycle maps with access information available to the community. • Upgrade, replace and maintain parks, playgrounds, barbecues, reticulation and sporting facilities. • Install outdoor exercise equipment on Attadale Foreshore for use by the whole community. • Develop Kadidjiny Park in Melville with accessible paths, playground and toilets. • Implement actions from the City’s Disability Swing Access and Inclusion Plan. Liberty • Worked with a local community group to develop Kadidjiny Hall – a new, accessible Kad idjiny Play community space in Kadidjiny Park. grou nd • Participate in development of the You’re Welcome Project – promoting access on the foreshore. • Complete the Point Walter Restoration Project. • A Liberty Swing, located at Wireless Hill, is available for the whole community to access. ct storation Proje Point Walter Re
Neighbourhood Plans 33 A Story from the Neighbourhood Bicton Park Saved! In August 2012, the City of Melville Council voted to keep Bicton Park, between Fifth Street and Murray Road, as a public open space by purchasing the land outright from Western Power. With significant interest to keep the site as a public park, the decision by the Council was a positive outcome for the community and the future of Bicton Park, which will remain as a recreational and leisure area for local residents and visitors to enjoy. The purchase of the 3.3 hectare site supports the City’s ongoing commitment to providing high quality public places, parks and reserves and recognises the benefits of public open areas. Western Power was cooperative in helping to achieve this outcome, and the collaborative work has ensured the Park will continue to be enjoyed by the community for many years to come. Park saved Bicton Community Aspiration How can we be prepared and ready for future emergencies? • Have State Emergency Service (SES) located at the City of Melville Operations Centre in Murdoch. • Meet regularly with the Local Emergency Management Committee. • Carry out a planned program to prune under power lines. SES spon Re • Provide local knowledge and information to ding Emergency Management Committee. • Promote Storm Safe to the local community on the City website and community newsletter Mosaic. rters qua Head SES
34 North East Neighbourhood "...each neighbourhood has it's own character and uniqueness – culturally, physically and demographically" – Mayor Russell Aubrey North East Neighbourhood Alfred Cove • Applecross • Ardross • Booragoon Brentwood • Mount Pleasant • Myaree North East Neighbourhood Community Profile: This information is from the Australian Bureeau Look how your Neighbourhood of Statistics (ABS) 2006 and 2011 Census *Playground Improvement Program data has changed over the past five years Number of residents living in Highest percentage North East Neighbourhood Total houses of residents 2006 2011 2006 2011 15 to 19 year old 27,272 28,628 12,193 12,578 age group for males Highest percentage Highest percentage of residents of residents 20 to 24 year old 40 to 60 year old age group for females age group for males and females Aboriginal and Torres Strait Arrived in Australia between Island population Australian born 2006 and 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 76 94 16,779 16,937 2,268
Neighbourhood Plans 35 Need for assistance (severe Residents who volunteer for Employed full time or profound disability) an organisation or group 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 891 931 4,518 4,876 7,953 8,542 Employed part time Looking for full time work Applecross 2006 2011 2006 2011 4,865 5,366 206 204 Mt Dwelling type: Dwelling type: Pleasant Looking for part time work Separate house Medium density Ardross 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 210 230 9,044 9,886 2,790 2,330 Alfred Cove Dwelling type: Mortgage High density Booragoon Myaree 2006 2011 2006 2011 Brentwood 331 335 3,183 3,242 Speaks a language other Households with than English at home Australian Citizens Renting Households without a car internet connection 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 2006 2011 3,859 4,876 22,841 23,336 7,504 9,036 2,445 2,735 717 613 Renting social housing *Playgrounds as of 2012 *Parks as of 2012 2006 2011 151 173 35 54
36 North East Neighbourhood Community Aspiration How can we optimise the use and effectiveness of community facilities? • Installed accessible toilets on Applecross Foreshore. • Supported Canning Bridge Rotary to establish the Canning Bridge Arts Market on Sundays in the local • Upgrade of Wireless Hill Park and shopping precinct. Telecommunication Museum as part of the Wireless Hill Vision 2020. • Continue partnering with Council on the Ageing (COTA) to provide services and activities for seniors • Facilitate urban art projects in Booragoon as part such as the mall walking program at Garden City of the Adopt-a-Stop bus shelter community art Shopping Centre. program. • Maintain Heathcote • Renovated The SCENE at the City of Melville Reserve and playground. Civic Centre. • Deliver free computer and • Refurbished Canning Bridge Library into a internet classes from the Library Lounge. Melville Digital Hub at the • Implement the You’re Welcome Project – mapping Canning Bridge Library accessible facilities for residents and visitors to Lounge. the City. • Continue to review all City community buildings with a view to optimise use. • Provided a space and activities for young people at The Vault Youth Space (now The SCENE). • Provide the Freo Street Doctor service at the City of Melville Civic Centre Amphitheatre. Digital Hub Ca nning B ridge L • Support Canning Bridge Seniors’ Centre to ibrary L ounge encourage residents to participate in their activities and events. atre oli The • Provide a multi-arts and cultural museum and lecross - Tiv ct App gallery in the Heathcote Museum and Gallery. Precin ing Bridge Cann
Neighbourhood Plans 37 A Story from the Neighbourhood of table will last 50 years and entertain the future (2) Inspiration for other ideas of place making; and generations to come. The price is a bit higher as Project Robin Hood (3) A starting point for working with the City of Melville the table needs to be imported. Our parents in the to improve the amenity for after dark access. The Project Robin Hood, led by the Youth Advisory community have organised transport and instalment range of skills required will be provided by residents Council (YAC), is a pilot for the City of Melville themselves.” Total cost of project: $6,000. of the street and this will enhance our knowledge of and the first of its kind in Western Australia. With "We are a mixed group of residents in Hewison neighbours." Total cost of project: $350. $100,000 available to the whole community, the Street, Leeming who all know and look out for each project explores 'participatory budgeting', an other. For the last two years one family has invited approach that encourages community ownership neighbours to gather in their front yard at Christmas of projects by returning decision making and time with everyone bringing some food and drink. responsibility to the community. This has proven very popular. People are often seen Over 50 project ideas for local community in their front yards or coming or going to work or improvements were received from residents, school. A sense of community is engendered by businesses and groups. 1,379 people voted using neighbours greeting each other, stopping to chat an online voting tool, Bang the Table, and their and generally just being considerate. There are votes determined which projects were to be funded three walk ways in the immediate area that are by Project Robin Hood. used by people to get to places such as shopping centres, medical practices, and other businesses or Here are two examples of project applications Proje ct Ro public transport and for just checking out a different bin H that were successful in receiving funding from ood area when walking for recreation. At present these Project Robin Hood: are grey concrete paths that don't create any sense “We, the kids and teens from Roy Neal Reserve of wellbeing or interest. Only one has some lighting in "The Gee" love table tennis. Two people or ten, so the others become unwelcoming when dusk or more it doesn't matter! All the generations. Our arrives. Imagine your mood being lifted by colourful community will get great use and fun out of this images as you rush down the path to the bus sturdy concrete ping pong table. Fifteen teenagers bounding along with a kangaroo. Instead of taking and 32 kids aged between two and 12, who are the car, walking to the shops may even put a smile living in the neighbourhood have been using Roy on your face. Who could resist hopscotch squares Neal Reserve frequently. We bring friends along when no one is looking? The walk way project and our parents. What a fantastic attraction would would provide: a permanent table tennis be! Imagine when it comes to birthday parties, picnics, barbecues, the (1) A colourful Australiana theme with hopscotch usual 'kids go to the park' afternoon or the annual squares to revive good childhood memories ients Christmas cricket match.. Imagine the little kids and thoughts about what made other ecip nding r fu neighbourhoods a good place to live; ood are on the playground and everybody who is tall Rob in H ct enough can have a ping pong match! This type Proje
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