NEWS DESK
Character vs population
Have Your Say A safe cycling network for the Peninsula Mornington Peninsula Shire is inviting the community to provide their thoughts on its draft RideSafe Strategy 2020. The draft Strategy aims to encourage more people to cycle on the Peninsula for transport and recreation, by providing a safe, low stress, integrated and connected cycling network focusing on the user experience. The four main objectives are : • Improve cycling infrastructure to reduce risk to users. • Develop a connected cycling network to ensure most areas of the Peninsula can be accessed by bicycle. • Enhance the user experience to encourage more people to cycle. • Educate road and trail users and promote cycling on the Peninsula.
How to Have Your Say Community consultation closes 5pm Friday 11 September 2020 Online
mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay
Email with the subject line ‘RideSafe Strategy 2020’ to:
haveyoursay@mornpen.vic.gov.au
Hard copy consultation forms are available to be posted upon request by phoning Customer Service on
1300 850 600
Post Attn: ‘Traffic and Transport Team’ Re: RideSafe Strategy 2020 Mornington Peninsula Shire
Private Bag 1000, Rosebud, Victoria, 3939
To have your say visit:
mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay
A STRATEGY to determine how the Mornington Peninsula handles housing and population growth over the next 16 years – while ensuring the peninsula’s special values and character are protected – was adopted by council last week. The Mornington Peninsula Housing and Settlement Strategy: Refresh 2020-2036 comes as the state government projects the shire’s population will increase from 161,520 at the time of the 2016 census to 200,360 in 2036 – an increase of more than 38,800. The planning services committee meeting on Monday 20 July resolved to start the process of amending planning controls to ensure development better respects the peninsula’s valued neighbourhood character and makes it easier to build a new home or extend an existing one. The mayor Cr Sam Hearn said adoption of the strategy was “one of the [council’s] biggest achievements of the past four years”. “As a local council we have a significant role
in managing the demand for housing and population growth on the peninsula, as well as ensuring the unique characteristics of the peninsula are safeguarded,” he said. “However, our role is to also make sure our residents have the ability to stay in the townships they love for longer. As such, we’ve worked to improve the process of building or extending … to make it more streamlined for residents.” The council’s next step is to seek authorisation from planning minister Richard Wynne to prepare a planning scheme amendment to formally introduce the proposed changes into the planning scheme. Planning committee chair Cr Antonella Celi said: “A key part of this will be engagement … to ensure the proposed changes are understood by the community and enable the community to have their say.”
Yawa: first a name, now a manager THE manager of the still to be completed Yawa Aquatic Centre at Rosebud is Dan Andrews. Mornington Peninsula Shire says Mr Andrews has “an extensive background in health and fitness” that will enable him to “bring a great wealth of experience and knowledge to the new centre”. As centre manager of the $50 million aquatic centre taking shape in Boneo Road, Mr Andrews will be responsible for “maintaining a strong relationship with council and leading a highperformance community minded culture where all visitors feel welcome”. “This role is integral to the smooth operation and success of this Shire facility and we think
Dan is a great fit,” the mayor Cr Sam Hearn said. While construction of the aquatic centre has progressed, marketing and branding have been delayed by councillors insisting on community feedback about its name (“Yawa ‘milestone’ for aquatic centre” The News 4/8/20). Finally adopted as Yawa, more controversy has now been raised about the meaning of the word. The shire says it means “swim” or “to swim”, but evidence is now being produced claiming it means “journey” (see Letters Page 10). To keep up to date with progress of the aquatic centre visit mornpen.vic.gov.au/aquaticcentre Keith Platt
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Southern Peninsula News 12 August 2020