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MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY JANUARY 2015

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MONTHLY REPORTTO THE COMMUNITY

JANUARY 2015

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The Monthly Report to the Community summarises, for the information of the community and other interested stakeholders, all of the many activities of the Shire for the preceding month, ranging from policy development and implementation through to service delivery, the provision of infrastructure, and the Shire’s financial position.

Given the scope of the Shire’s wide ranging activities, there is a great deal to report. Every effort is made to provide information in a readily understandable, easy-to-read form.

Any resident, ratepayer or other stakeholder seeking further information should contact the relevant Shire manager or director, or in the first instance can contact:

Todd Trimble

Manager Communications

Ph. 5950 1200

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unit Summaries- Strategic Planning Allan Cowley 1- Statutory Planning Niall Sheehy 4- Environment Protection and Community Safety Claire Smith 6- Economic Development Shane Murphy 10- Director Sustainable Environment Stephen Chapple 12- Infrastructure Strategy Davey Smith 13- Infrastructure Maintenance Niall McDonagh 16- Infrastructure Project Management Craig Cinquegrana 19- Renewable Resources Sophia Schyschow 23- Director Sustainable Infrastructure Alison Leighton 27- Child, Youth and Family Care Robin Adams 28- Aged and Disability Services Jenny Van Riel 30- Recreation and Leisure Peter Gore 32- Libraries, Arts and Culture Geoff Carson 33- Social Planning and Community Development Jenny Macaffer 35- Director Sustainable Communities Rob Macindoe 37- Corporate Planning and Projects Tracey Limpens 38- Communications Todd Trimble 39- Team Support and Development John Rankine 41- Governance and Corporate Support Tony Beynon 42- Property & Valuation Yasmin Woods 43- Information Services Mike Foreshew 45- Finance Geoff Emberson 46

Capital Works Overview Craig Cinquegrana 47

Priority Works Overview Various 59

Priority Projects Overview Various 63

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STRATEGIC PLANNING

STRATEGIC LAND USE PLANNING

• Housing and Settlement Strategy – Council’s demographic consultant firm id. Consultants have recently provided further information on population growth and on this basis the housing projections are being reviewed.

• Implementation of the new Residential Zones. A draft report on the Birdrock Avenue investigation area (relating to potential design and development controls) has been received and is under review.

• Hastings Town Centre Structure Plan – Council adopted this Plan on 8 December. Refer alsoHastings Streetscape Design Framework.

• Dromana Township Plan – the consultant firm Hansen Partnership has been appointed for this project. An Issues Paper is expected to be available in February/March 2015.

• Rosebud Activity Centre Structure Plan, Rosebud Activity Centre Urban Design Framework and Rosebud Coastal Management Plan – these adopted policy documents are being reviewed for Council’s consideration, having regard to Council resolutions in relation to the Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre.

• Metropolitan Open Space Strategy and Metropolitan Boulevard Strategy Projects – mapping and related information has been provided to the Metropolitan Planning Authority.

COASTAL PLANNING

• Mornington Harbour Precinct Plan – Council adopted this Plan on 24 November 2014. Council also adopted the related plan for the Mornington Pier Forecourt redevelopment. Tendering of the Forecourt Plan works is due to occur February/March 2015 with construction starting in April2015. Plans are also being prepared for replacement of the bluestone toilets in conjunction with the Pier Forecourt redevelopment project.

• Safety Beach Coastal Management Plan - a Draft Plan has been prepared. A report recommending exhibition and further consultation is to be presented to Council in March 2015.

• Jetty Road (Rosebud) Precinct Master Plan – the exhibition period for public comment closed on 22 December. Submissions are being reviewed and are expected to be reported to Council in March/April 2015.

• Rye Foreshore Landscape Master Plan - Consultants have been appointed to prepare the Plan.A comprehensive community consultation program commenced in mid-January.

• Mills Beach Landscape Master Plan – construction plans for car park area, bbq, seating and beach access upgrades are nearly finalised. Stage 1 works are expected to commence in April2015.

• Hastings South Coastal Management Plan - Council adopted this Plan on 8 December and has referred the document to DEPI for approval.

• Hastings boat ramp extension and deepening - Consultants (BMT) have been appointed to undertake a feasibility study for this project.

• The Australian Coastal Councils Conference will be held on the Mornington Peninsula (at theRACV Cape Schanck Resort) on 11- 15 March.

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NATURAL SYSTEMS PLANNING

• Tootgarook Wetland Management Strategy - Draft Consultant Report on Wetland Values and Ecological Character Description (RAMSAR feasibility study) has been received and is under review as an input into the Strategy. A brief is also being developed for the preparation of an initial Management Plan for the wetland area, defining precincts and appropriate management measures. Refer also Amendment C188, which includes the proposed introduction of a new Environmental Significance Overlay, in part utilizing information from the RAMSAR feasibility study.

• Tootgarook Wetland Environmental Monitoring Project - Melbourne Water and Council have jointly commissioned the consultant firm Jacobs SKM to undertake this project.

• Mornington Peninsula Biodiversity Conservation Plan - Expressions of interest from qualified consultants have been received and are under review.

• Mornington Peninsula Biodiversity Highlights - Flora and Fauna Surveys and Research Report.A document has been prepared to provide a summary of the investigations conducted over recent years into the range and distribution of flora and fauna on the Peninsula. The draft report will be presented to Council in March.

URBAN DESIGN

• Beleura Hill Neighbourhood Character Study and Design Guidelines – Council adopted the Beleura Hill Design Guidelines (developed with assistance from planning consultant firm Tract) on 8 December 2014. Preparation of an appropriate planning scheme amendment to further implement the guidelines is in progress.

• Hastings Streetscape Design Framework for High Street – the landscape architecture firm Aspect Studios have undertaken an initial round of community consultation and are now preparing a Draft Design Framework for further engagement.

• Mornington Laneways Strategy – the consultant firm Hansen Partnership has completed a report in consultation with the Chamber of Commerce and other stakeholders, officers and the Design Advisory Panel. This report is to be presented to Council for consideration in March2015.

• The annual review meeting of the Design Advisory Panel was held in January and explored options to make design advice more widely available.

• The Local Government Designers Forum was held in Mornington on 29 January 2015 and included a Panel of Speakers who addressed the role of Design Advisory Panels and the way in which they may address the question of assessing design context and character.

HERITAGE

• Mornington Peninsula Heritage Study Review – Stage 2 (Dromana, Rosebud and Rye) – heritage consultancy firm Context has been appointed for this project. The assessment of sites of potential heritage significance is continuing.

• Rosebud Sound Shell – preliminary investigations for the preparation of a Conservation Management Plan have been completed in consultation with the National Trust. Advice is being sought about preventing access to the roof of the sound shell prior to planning modifications to restore it to a more original and attractive state. The status of the adjacent band practice building is also being investigated.

• Collins Settlement Site Management Plan (2002) - a review of the management plan has been commenced in conjunction with Parks Victoria and other relevant community stakeholder groups. Groups have been invited to provide initial comments.

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• Sorrento (Heritage) Design Guidelines – Helen Lardner and Associates have been commissioned to complete these guidelines.

• The next round of heritage grant applications have been received and assessed. Many applicants have been asked to provide additional information about the scope and detail of works proposed, so that funds can be allocated most fairly and with optimal heritage benefit.

AMENDMENTS & PLANNING SCHEME REVIEW

• Amendment C174 (part 3): Heritage items (completion of the Heritage Review for Area 1 – Mt Eliza, Mornington and Mt Martha) - Council adopted this amendment on 24 November 2014. Awaiting Minister’s decision.

• Amendment C176 Part 2: general items including re-zoning of land at 70 Mountain View Road, Mount Eliza – Council adopted the Amendment on 8 December 2014. Awaiting Minister’s decision.

• Amendment C161: Yaringa Boat Harbour – the combined amendment and planning permit application is on exhibition until 16 February 2015. A panel hearing has been scheduled for May2015.

• Amendment C184: various items – this amendment has been placed on exhibition with closing date of 9 January 2015. The items include: a rezoning of South East Water owned land in Kanya Road, Mount Eliza, for residential development and a change to the Design and Development Overlay controls for land on the north side of Bungower Road, Mornington, to facilitate a low density residential development proposal. This amendment is to be further reported to Council in March 2015

• Amendment C185 to introduce technical improvements to the scheme was approved without exhibition by the State.

• Amendment C188: including Bittern Design and Development Overlay (to recognise the low density residential edge of the Bittern township) and Tootgarook Wetland Environmental Significance Overlay. This amendment is on public exhibition until 16 March 2015.

• Quadrennial Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme Review - Council adopted the Review on15 December 2014. Awaiting Minister’s advice.

PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT REQUESTS

• There were no new planning scheme amendment requests in January.

REFERRALS AND DEMOLITION REQUESTS

• Referrals from statutory planning (January 2015) – 9 referrals were received and 8 were completed.

• Demolition requests (January 2015) – 18 requests were received and 7 were completed in terms of heritage assessment.

Financially, there is a positive variance primarily resulting from vacant positions, staff leave and lower than projected consultant costs.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (144) (104) 40 (1,096) (951) 145 (1,920) (1,911) 9

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STATUTORY PLANNINGPlanning ApplicationsCouncil received 115 planning applications and decided 173 applications in the month of January. As of the end of the month, 649 planning applications remain in hand.

Of the applications decided, 67% of applications were decided within the statutory timeframe, exceeding the Unit’s monthly target of 65% of applications to be decided in time, and exceeding the State average of 64%.

Planning SupportThe Planning Support team received a total of 3262 telephone calls in the reporting month. Of these, 88% (target is 80%) of calls were answered within twenty seconds and 99% (target is 95%) of calls were answered within two minutes. The team also serviced approximately 727 counter enquiries this month. The Planning Support team completed 97% of tasks within timeframe (target is 85%).

Planning S72 Amendment ApplicationsCouncil received 28 applications under Section 72 of the Planning and Environment Act to amend planning permits and decided 39 planning amendment applications. 99 planning amendment applications remain in hand.

Secondary Consent ApplicationsCouncil received 16 planning amendment applications and decided 20 planning amendment applications. 32 secondary consent applications remain in hand.

Subdivision ApplicationsTwelve planning permits were issued this month resulting in the creation of 41 net new lots across the Peninsula. Forty plans were certified and 29 Statements of Compliance were issued.

S ignifica nt Applica tions

P04/2936 - 1254 Nepean Highway, Mt ElizaThe amendment application proposes a 34 bed increase to the existing 90 bed aged care facility at the site (George Vowell Aged Care Facility). Advertising has concluded and no objections have been received. The delegate report is currently being drafted.

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P14/0863 – 21 Bungower Road, MorningtonThe application seeks approval for the development of a ‘satellite’ building within the middle of the car park at the Mornington Homemaker Centre. The application also includes an addition to the floor space of one of the tenancies for use as an ALDI supermarket. Amended plans have recently been received.

P14/2312 - 128-130 Wilsons Road, MorningtonThe application seeks approval for the construction of 30 dwellings (15 at ground level and 15 at first floor level) with basement car park and roof top decking. A request for additional information with significant design concerns has been sent to the applicant.

P14/2061 - Portsea Surf Life Saving ClubThis is an application for the demolition of the existing Portsea SLSC building, and the redevelopment of a new building essentially within the existing building footprint.

Proposed Development Plans – RACV Cape Schanck ResortUpdate: a consultation meeting has been scheduled for 24 February 2015. This meeting is to provide the opportunity for submitters to be heard, and for the proponents to respond where practical.

P15/0013 - 10 McCombe Street, RosebudThis is an application for the development of a four storey (five level) building, and for the use as two ground floor shops, and 23 residential apartments. A request for further information has been issued to the applicant.

P14/1202 - 92 Elizabeth Avenue, Rosebud WestThis is an application for a 99 lot subdivision of land that abuts the Tootgarook wetlands.Update: the advertising period has been completed and 91 objections have been received to date.

P14/1901 - 92 Elizabeth Avenue, Rosebud WestThis is an application for the development and use of the land as a residential village and the removal of native vegetation and associated works. The application has not yet been advertised and discussions between the applicant and officers continue. 34 objections have been received to date.

VC AT Heari ngs

P13/1830 - 3080 Point Nepean Road, SorrentoThis is an application for review against conditions for the development of the land for a dwelling, vegetation removal and associated works. One of the key matters in dispute involves how the viewing cone from the Eastern Sister lookout is to be defined.

A Practice Day hearing was held on 30 January 2015 and the two proceedings involving conditions of permit will be heard concurrently at a two day hearing (dates to be set).

Fi nanci all y

The unit has a favourable variance this month. This is mainly attributed to favourable variances in the use of external consultants and legal fees and charges.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (299) (389) (90) (2,477) (2,377) 99 (4,145) (4,108) 36

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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY

FIRE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

On 3 January 2015 a fire started in a property to the north of Warringine Park in Hastings. Due to the extreme fire danger conditions and the fire entering a large bushland reserve, it took more than250 firefighters to control the blaze. An Emergency Relief Centre (ERC) was opened at Graham Myers Reserve Bittern for affected residents and a Municipal Emergency Coordination Centre (MECC) was activated.

Shire officers and personal support teams from Red Cross and the Victorian Council of Churches visited over 100 properties to provide outreach to those who were, or may have been, impacted by the fire.

Picture right: An aerial view of the fire affected area.

On 7 January 2015 a localised significant storm event affected parts of Somerville and Tyabb, bringing down trees and power lines which left areas of the townships without power for a number of days. Crews from State Emergency Services (SES), Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria Police and United Energy were activated immediately to assist in the storm clean up, traffic management and power restoration.

A drop-in centre was activated at the Somerville Recreation Centre to provide support and information to residents who were affected by the storm.

Picture left: The aftermath of the storm event.

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SHIRE RANGERS

The beach patrol program has been implemented differently this year by using a portable computer device to capture the officers’ visits and data relating to dogs on beaches outside of the allowed times. Proactive patrols are also conducted across leash free areas on the Peninsula.

This year sees the introduction of a computer program called ‘Merit Traveller’ to the beach patrol team. The benefit of using this program in the field has been extraordinary as it has captured areas inspected by officers, what they have seen and the temperature for that day. The program also allows for photos to be taken out in the field in real time, which has assisted with signage issues relating to graffiti and faded signs needing replacement.

The Shire Ranger Team dealt with 1195 service request cases over the past month. The majority of these cases were animal related.

COMMUNITY ANIMAL SHELTER

One hundred and sixty-eight dogs were impounded, each of them with their own unique story of how they LOST their owners. Once again we had a great reuniting success rate with 134 being reclaimed, usually within 12 to 36 hours. Sixty-three cats were impounded and, whilst 15 were de- sexed and 11 microchipped, only six were reclaimed.

The Community Animal Shelter has regular volunteers who assist with socialisation and exercising of our ‘temporary’ residents and it is a rewarding experience for both parties. The dogs may get an extra walk and/or the cats may get some extra attention.

The direct adoption program proved a success with three dogs and 11 cats adopted in January. The Rescue Groups who came to their aid were Staffords in Need, Luv a Lab, Forever Friends, Australian Working Dog Rescue, Rescue-a-Cat, Paw Prints, The Cat Corner, Homeless Hounds and the Australian Animal Protection Society, Keysborough. The RSPCA and our local Mornington Vet Clinic also took on a few pets for hopeful adoption.

The Community Animal Shelter together with the Shire’s Communications Team issued the Shire’s first ever animal related 'tweet' on Friday 9 January, warning pet owners to keep their pets safe over the stormy days of the weekend. It was really great to see that Balnarring News had “re- tweeted” it to their followers.

The Community Animal Shelter is excited to watch this form of multimedia catch on and grow.

STATUTORY BUILDING

January has kicked off 2015 at a very busy pace for the Statutory Building Team. We have assessed a number of properties post the fire in Hastings and storm event in Somerville and Tyabb. The team also attended to incidents where vehicles have impacted into buildings causing

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significant structural damage.

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Applications for Report and Consent were double that for January 2014, reflecting the continued trend of a high level of building activity on the Peninsula, contrary to the balance of the State of Victoria.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Invitations for renewal of registration for the 2015 registration period have been issued. Twenty- two of the 1566 premises have not returned their renewals to date. The Environmental Health Team are following up with these businesses.

The Shire received 15 complaints from the public in relation to food or the condition of a food business. These complaints have been or are currently under investigation. The complaints were primarily about dirty premises, poor food handling practices, food poisoning and gastrointestinal illness outbreaks.

The Environmental Health Team responded to one food recall this month. The recall notice was forHomebrand Black Olives Sliced 430g, due to the presence of glass.

Thirty-three food safety assessments of fixed food businesses and 21 assessments of temporary food businesses were undertaken. The Team has also processed 21 applications and 308Statements of Trade via the online registering system known as Streatrader.

PLANNING COMPLIANCE

The Planning Compliance Team was required to seek an Interim Enforcement Order at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) in relation to a property in Sorrento. The vacant land was being used by its owners to camp on over the summer period. This was further complicated by the heritage significance of the area and an approved building envelope on the title. There were also issues with grey water discharge from toilet and shower facilities on the site.

As there were multiple offences occurring on the land and the landowners had been penalised for this offence last year, VCAT action was commenced. The order was granted by the tribunal, causing the camping to cease and the structures to be removed.

The Planning Compliance Team has been liaising with Rye traders and community members over the summer period in relation to the food truck park in Rye. One local trader has lodged an application for an Enforcement Order at VCAT for the use to cease. The Shire is actively involved in this proceeding, as the responsible authority. The Shire is continuing to communicate closely

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with all the parties involved.

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Financially, the favourable year to date is due to greater than predicted income. The month variance is related to the phasing of income and salary expenditure.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (272) (307) (35) (2,624) (2,403) 221 (5,339) (5,259) 80

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTTOURISM

Visitation TrendsTourism operators report that online channels, such as Wotif and Booking.com, are providing them with an increased percentage of bookings this summer. As a result, accommodation bookings generated by MPT’s visitor centre were 30% less than for January 2014. However, visitors are spending more this year – average spend per night on bookings increased from $231 to $252.

Find Your Way Mornington PeninsulaThe new Find Your Way Mornington Peninsula campaign is generating a lot of interest via social media. Facebook engagement with the campaign has increased by 400%. This is due to a more planned, professional approach to posting and post-boosting on social media Instagram and Twitter have also shown positive growth in followers and engagement.

Wine Food Farmgate Advisory GroupThe Regional Tourism Board is seeking expressions of interest from campaign participants to sit on a new Wine Food Farmgate Advisory Group. The Group will meet three times a year, for two hours, to assist with the development of plans for future campaign activity.

Tourism DisplaysLarge scale tourism signage displays encouraging visitor dispersal have been installed at three locations in Rosebud. These displays are funded by the 49 participating businesses and feature mapping, QR codes and Wine Food Farmgate and Find Your Way regional tourism campaigns.

Business Events Mornington PeninsulaThe new Mornington Peninsula Meeting Planner Guide publication featuring 30 local business events operators is complete. The 36 page guide will be a valuable tool for conference organisers seeking locations for meetings and conferences. Printed copies will be widely distributed during February 2015 at the Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME), where suppliers and buyers in the business events industry meet.

Ambassadors’ Familiarisation TourTwelve volunteer Ambassadors attended a training familiarisation this month with MoonrakerDolphin Swims on their new 40 seater luxury sightseeing vessel. This new tour offers a shorter,‘sight see only’ experience and is available year round.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Small Business Mentoring SessionsThe Small Business Mentoring Clinic (SBMC) is designed to provide a central point where individual businesses can meet with an experienced Mentor in a private session to gain information that assists them in setting up a business, or for established businesses to gain assistance in working through issues they may be dealing with. Additional sessions have been organized this year due to popular demand, with the first session on 10 March concluding 29 October 2015.

Small Rural Landholder Network (SRLN)A strategic planning meeting was held with the ‘Demonstrating Sustainable Farm Practices” project team to identify a calendar of key activities that will form the focus for technical learning activities in2015. Themes include soils, weeds, fodder production, pasture improvement, agribusiness farm planning, marketing and branding, niche business opportunities and MP Farmer discussion groupmeetings.

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Food Industry Advisory Body (FIAB)FIAB awaits feedback from the ACCC on the Certified Trade Mark (CTM) lodged in December. Decisions on Mornington Peninsula Produce (MPP) membership arrangements, marketing strategies and media kits formed the basis of discussion and agreement at the January meeting.

Technical Fact Sheet seriesA rural land use focused fact sheet series has been designed and technical content is currently being written by local agricultural consultants. Titles for the initial fact sheet series will include technical information on:

1. Mornington Peninsula Shire overview - climate, soils, landscape, green wedge, land suitability

2. Water – bore, tank and mains water – determining allocation for farm use and positioning watering points

3. Land management, stewardship and sustainability (with particular reference to equine properties)

4. Fencing (with a focus on protecting waterways and revegetation from livestock access), as well as the legal obligations of containing livestock & biosecurity issues

5. Pest control – rights and responsibilities6. I’ve bought a property – now what?7. Vegetation, overgrazing and livestock toxicity – e.g. natives and livestock browsing

inappropriate species - liver damage8. Integrated weed control to maintain/adequately replace native fauna habitat9. Animal welfare and the environment10. Soils – animal nutrition, land use, approach (e.g. organic, biodynamic, conventional,

sustainable)11. Pastures - selection and integrating natives pastures for different classes of livestock12. Fodder production (including hay, silage, fodder crops) and suitability for different

livestock classes (as per pastures)

Nursery Industry AuditProgress on this project has included completion of a REMPLAN analysis and liaison with theAustralian Bureau of Statistics to extract relevant industry data sets.

Financially, the Economic Development Unit is on track to meet EOY forecast.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (142) (134) 8 (959) (941) 18 (1,690) (1,674) 16

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DIRECTOR - SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

In early January 2015 two significant emergencies occurred on the Mornington Peninsula. A fire started in a property north of Warringine Park, Hastings. Due to the extreme fire danger conditions and the significance of the fire, 250 firefighters were deployed to control the blaze. The Shire opened an Emergency Relief Centre at Graham Myers Reserve, Bitten for residents and a Municipal Emergency Co-ordination Centre was activated.

On 7 January a localised significant storm event affected parts of Somerville and Tyabb. Significant vegetation (very large trees) fell, as did numerous powerlines in the area, and residents were left without power for several days. The SES, VicPol, United Energy and the Shire all responded to assist the local communities in the storm clean up, traffic management and power restoration.

Congratulations to all the agencies and volunteers who contributed over this challenging period.

Shire Rangers dealt with 1195 service request cases over this month – the majority of these caseswere animal related.

The new Find Your Way Mornington Peninsula campaign is generating significant interest via social media, with the Facebook engagement campaign increased by 400 per cent.

Themes for the 2015 Small Rural Landholder Network (SRLN) will include soils, weeds, fodder production, pasture improvement, agribusiness farm planning, marketing and branding, niche business opportunities and farmer discussion group meetings.

Council received 115 planning applications and decided 173 planning applications this month. Of the applications decided, 67% were decided in the statutory timeframe, exceeding the unit’s monthly target of 65% of applications to be decided in time. 11% of applications were decided in 61- 80 days, 10% of applications decided in 81-100 days and 12% of applications decided in 101 days plus.

Council also received significant applications that related to aged care facilities, a proposed supermarket, and a variety of residential buildings.

Several coastal planning master plans will shortly be presented to Council for public exhibition, including the Safety Beach Coastal Management Plan. Last month Council adopted the Beleura Hill Neighbourhood Character Study and Design Guidelines.

Heritage consultant Context has been engaged to undertake the Mornington Peninsula HeritageStudy Review – Stage 2 (Dromana, Rosebud and Rye).

Financially, the Sustainable Environment Group budget is tracking to forecast.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (36) (31) 5 (273) (257) 17 (471) (471) 0

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INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGYINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND POLICY

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

PenBus

Submissions continue to be received in support of PenBus. Users, family members and community members see the value in advocating for ongoing funding for this valuable service which halves the time taken for passengers to reach tertiary institutions from the Peninsula.

Evidence shows that long distances, the high cost of travel and the need to move away from home are key barriers to student uptakes in university offers. Our region continues to experience below average uptakes in university places, although in the last two years these levels have risen. Whilst we do not suggest that the PenBus service is solely responsible for this improvement, we would like to think that perhaps it has contributed.

The bus begins operating for 2015 on the 23rd February, with many new applications being received daily. #savepenbus will be our catchcry soon! Feel free to begin the campaign now.

Footpath Construction Strategy

Keogh Street, Rosebud1.5m Exposed Aggregate concrete footpath works have begun in Keogh Street in Rosebud. The path will provide a link to the existing Exposed Aggregate on Jetty Road to Woonton Crescent andis expected to be completed by April 2015.

TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY

Tourism Signage Works

The Traffic and Road Safety Team receives many requests for tourism and directional signage from local tourism businesses. The requests are reviewed and the team works with the customers to determine the most appropriate signage design and location. One project that the team worked on during January was improving signage for one of the largest tourism businesses on the Peninsula. The Peninsula Hot Springs is located on Springs Lane in Rye. The access to Springs Lane from Browns Road, a high speed local rural road, was not easily recognised, and so the team took the initiative to combine better signage for the road, as well as for the Peninsula Hot Springs.

Event Traffic Management

Throughout January, the Traffic and Road Safety Team have been working together with the Shire’s Events Team to review and approve many traffic management plans for Events that are running throughout the Shire over the January to March period. This is a very busy time for both teams ensuring that events (such as those on the Australia Day Weekend) are managed safely and efficiently and that the impact on the community is minimised. There will be two significant events in February, for which traffic management is important, that the team has been working on. They are the Herald Sun Tour Bike Race on Sunday 8th February and the management of buses in Mornington Harbour area when a cruise ship visits Mornington township for the first time in mid- February.

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Mornington North Community Project – Place Making & Peninsula SaferSpeeds

The Traffic & Road Safety Team is currently working with a number of other Shire Officers and community members in the Mornington North area on a significant place making project. The project has a number of aspects that are being coordinated by different Shire Teams. Three of the Shire Officers involved met in early January with representatives from DHS and the local Mornington Police, who have also agreed to work together with the Shire on a number of initiatives around improving community safety. As part of the place making, the Shire was interested in running an event in the area. Fortuitously, there is a group of proactive community members who were already planning on holding a significant community event in the area this year.

The Shire met with representatives of this group in January to determine how the Shire can participate in and support the event. The date for the event has now been selected, and planning is well underway. Thetheme of the event is “pay it forward”. This theme encompasses encouraging community members to help each other, work together, recognise good neighbours and community members and to generally develop and enhance the sense of community in the area. The goals of the day are closely related to place making and as such, it is a perfect event for the Shire to be a big part of. Posters about the event will be distributed around Mornington North in the coming week. Community members can also volunteer to be part of the day and “like” Pay It Forward Mornington on Facebook!

Rye Traffic Management – SMART Roads Assessment

The Shire’s Traffic & Road Safety Team is currently working with Vic Roads to undertake some analysis of the traffic in the Rye Township. Together Vic Roads and the Shire will examine who the priority road users are at different times of the day and year.

To aid in the assessment, the Traffic & Road Safety team spent two days in January counting the pedestrian and cyclist activity along Point Nepean Road in Rye Township.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Asset Management Activities

The Asset Management Team has been involved in a variety of projects over the month ofJanuary.Some of these include:

• Commencing the community consultation phase of the review of the Shire’s AssetManagement Policy and Strategy.

• Project managing footpath and kerb condition assessments, which will commence in lateFebruary and June respectively.

• Developing for the first time a “State of the Shire’s Assets” report. This will provide a summary of the various infrastructure assets that the Shire controls, including quantities, physical condition and renewal expenditure requirements over the next 10 years.

• Identifying and validating infrastructure assets on coastal Crown land within the Shire where Committees of Management are in place. The survey is almost complete along the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay and will commence shortly in the Westernport precinct.

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Financially, year to date the budget is on target, with nothing significant to report. In the mid year review, some salary changes are made to more properly reflect work locations with in the team, with no bottom line effects. This will be reported in February.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (182) (110) 71 (1,420) (1,405) 16 (2,470) (2,527) (57)

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INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE

Mini Tornado Hits Somerville

During January there was a storm event localised to Somerville that made State TV News noting multiple storm cells converging to create a localised storm of this intensity. The high winds (over150km/hr) and forked lightning storm ran for 10 minutes. 12 power poles were snapped andunprecedented damage was dealt to mature trees. Unfortunately some of the most significant trees in Somerville that were 150 years old, to the rear of Annie Sage Reserve on Blackscamp Road, were damaged as well. The Park and Roadsides team were active all through the night clearing roads and there has been a month of clean up works after the event.

The Shire removed enormous amounts of Green Waste predominantly large Cypress trees fallen from front yards across the roads and bringing down powerlines. Residents were able to take Green Waste free of charge to the Tyabb Transfer Station by obtaining an authorisation letter.

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The storm of 7 January 2015 peeled off the roof of the original Mechanics Institute Hall which was built circa 1890. Fortunately, the front rooms housing the Historical Society collection were not impacted. Similarly, the kitchen and rear rooms were not affected.

Contractors commenced on-site immediately after the storm to remove the building debris and make the remaining structure safe. Tarps were placed over the timber floor for interim protection. Temporary fencing now secures the facility. A conservation and heritage architect will attend the site on behalf of the insurers to consider any heritage implications as part of the re-build of the hall. Temporary roofing has been installed to protect the remaining building in lieu of the tarps. The insurers have commenced their planning for rectification works which is being overseen by the Shire. Regular tenants of the hall have been relocated to alternative arrangements following consultation with the Shire’s Hall Booking team.

Foreshore Camping Peak Season 2014/15With the passing of Christmas the Foreshore Camping Season was now well and truly underway. To provide the daily double cleans in all 27 Camping Amenity Blocks 7 days per week along the foreshore, 13 cleaners were trained up and kitted out with all that was needed to make the campers stay as comfortable as possible. New cleaning materials and systems were implemented this season in response to requested improvements from last season. The combination of well-trained diligent staff and new cleaning materials seems to have worked with many positive verbal comments received by Nepean Waste and Rangers alike. The foreshore Rangers have provided similar feedback on what they have seen firsthand also. This positive approach to the cleaning of the amenity bocks will continue for the remaining 3 months of the Campers season.

The other peak season activity that is very noticeable by all who visit the Mornington Peninsula are the Hi Viz / Street Presence people. 16 Townships across the Peninsula receive additional cleaning over this peak period from our people. The core focus for our people in the townships is to manage waste, keep bins & surrounds clean and presentable, and be ambassadors for the Mornington Peninsula Shire. Again this season the efforts of these dedicated people have shown has been well regarded with a number of positive comments and written feedback to Council attesting to the success of this project.

These peak season works provide job opportunities to a number of Mornington Peninsula residents who previously were either unemployed or underemployed. The high performers from these annual projects also have the potential opportunity to be offered longer term employment in the future; a real win win for the community of the Mornington Peninsula.

Bushfire Warringine Park – Bittern Coastal WetlandsThe Hastings Fire at Warringine Park on Saturday 3rd January burnt about half the 150 hectares of the coastal section of the Park. The hot, windy weather saw the fire risk rated at Extreme. The Shire has Fire Patrols on key fire risk days and on this day the patrol team played an integral role in support to the CFA and other agencies in and around the fire, whilst managing road blocks and other support services to protect the public during this event.

Since the fire, the Shire’s teams have been leading the recovery activities post fire within theWarringine Park.

The activities include;• The assessment and removal of fire damaged trees where they may pose an issue to

neighbouring properties and walking tracks.• Removal, storage, testing and disposal of the 800m of burnt treated pine boardwalk ash

which is classified Hazardous Industrial Waste.• Erecting signage and temporarily securing internal infrastructure to ensure the public is

aware of the dangers of present on site.

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• Assessment of the burn site for injured fauna and commissioned a report for recommendations for fauna management across the site.

• The assessment of all damaged infrastructure with a view to and insurance claim for their replacement.

• Using a drone for high resolution aerial photography of the area affected by fire.• Attending 3 CFA Fire Ready Victoria meetings to in the local area to assist with questions

regarding the fire, reserve and other Shire related queries.• Opening gates for the local community to gain access to commence reparation of

damaged assets on their private properties.• Planning for general Park Clean up with Work for the Dole, Green Army and the Friends

of Warringine Park.• Mapping out and planning Vegetation Management Recovery Works across the Park with

detailed site specific assessments to follow.• Engaging the assistance of Fire Scientists to assess the fire behaviour in relation to

vegetation/fuel loads and the effectiveness of the Fuel Management Zones during the fire and making recommendation for future Fire Management measures.

• Commencing a Cultural Heritage management site assessment.• Holding formal and informal meetings with residents to discuss the fire, park management

and the future of Warringine Park.• Working with CFA to undertake de-brief activities.• Liaising with the Pipeline Management companies where pipelines run through the Park

to ensure all the pipeline assets with the reserve are assessed and made safe for future inspections.

• Undertaking recovery action analysis to prioritise recovery activities and attempt to recover costs involved undertaking the post fire recovery effort.

Green ArmyThe Green Army program is a Federal Government initiative, providing young people with on the job training and employment pathways while they improve the local environment. The Shire sponsors several Green Army programs, connecting the teams with the community, developing work plans and identifying work areas.

The Green Army Linear Reserves and Access and Fuel Management Project began in Mount Eliza during December. The team have been very productive, removing lots of woody and scrambling weeds at several locations in Mount Eliza Regional Park and Mount Eliza Foreshore Reserve. The team of young people work alongside the Shire’s bushland management service providers, learning new skills while reducing fuel loads and improving biodiversity in our bushland reserves. Other activities that the Green Army team will be involved in over the next six months include indigenous seed collection fauna and flora surveys, historical research and interpretation, garden design and construction, nursery work and erosion control.

Another Green Army team will begin work in the Westernport region in late February. They will be engaging with various community groups, working on weed control and minor infrastructure projects. The Westernport Green Army will also regularly undertake post-fire work in Warringine Park alongside the Shire’s Bushland Management Team.

Financially,The year to date position for the Infrastructure Maintenance Unit remains on target with no significant variance to report.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (3,806) (3,658) 148 (23,721) (23,416) 305 (42,834) (42,821) 12

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INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Bentons Square pre-school additionsThe construction of the Bentons Square pre-school building additions has reached practical completion. The new pre-school classroom will accommodate an additional 33 student places and has been designed with natural lighting, stimulating colours and functionality in mind.The landscaping of the playground area provides multiple interesting play activities, including sandpits, arubber riding track, staged steps/seating, an indigenous-inspired dry river bed and mulched areas for play equipment.

Internal view of new classroom building View of refurbished playground area

View of new playground area

Mount Martha Life Saving Club building redevelopmentThe redevelopment of the Mount Martha Life Saving Club building is nearing practical completion. Works completed to date include the main construction of the new building, the majority of services are installed, wall and floor lining installation has commenced and the lift installation has begun. Other works completed to date include the fit-out of the new public toilet facility and external showers.Handover of the new building is expected during February.

External view from public carpark Internal view – lower level storage area

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Internal view – upper level social space

Mornington Youth Resource Centre / Mornington Men’s Shed developmentWorks for the new Mornington Youth Resource Centre which will incorporate a second home for the Mornington Men’s Shed have commenced. The former classroom buildings located at Wilsons Road in Mornington, next to the Peninsula Community Theatre and 3RPP radio station, will be refurbished to accommodate the two community functions.Works will include demolition and making good of the existing structure, rebuilding of several rooms, and the new construction of an extra activities space for the Youth Centre.Demolition works are well progressed.It is anticipated that the new facility will be open and operational by July / August 2015.

External view of partially demolished former classroom buildings

Fruit Growers Reserve, Somerville – Pavilion StrategyConstruction works for the Fruitgrowers Sports Pavilion continues to progressThe roof is on and works on the external brickwork and cladding have commenced.The new facility is being upgraded to include unisex change and toilet facilities, umpires change room, store rooms, internal disabled toilet, external public toilets, first aid room, disabled access, new kitchen, social areas, new energy efficient lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling systems, insulation, water saving fixtures and water tanks for capture of roof water for toilet flushing.Works are anticipated to be completed by May 2015.

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External view the pavilion from oval

Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion, Mount MarthaJoven building Services has been contracted to construct the Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion.The new facility is being upgraded to include social room, multipurpose change rooms, toilet and shower facilities, office store room, kitchen/kiosk first aid room, internal/external public disabled toilet.The existing pavilion will be demolished and rebuilt as a stand-alone covered viewing area within the new development. Heritage Victoria supports the reuse of the existing pavilion as its form will be retained and clearly distinguished from the new building.Works are anticipated to be completed November 2015.

Architect’s perspective of new Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion

Sewering the Southern Peninsula

South East Water are in the progress of delivering the Southern Peninsula ECO Project, providing 16,200lots in Tootgarook, Rye, Blairgowrie, St Andrews Beach, Sorrento and Portsea with sewer connection points. The project will cost $357M and will involve the installation of 230km of pipe. The project will be accelerated from the 16 year program to be delivered in 30 months and has been tendered as four separate packages.

P a c k age A – P o r t s ea, S o r r ento & S t A nd r e w s B e a c h The contract was awarded to Zinfra to install 80km of pipe.

Works have been completed.

P a c k age B – R y e & T ootg a r ook The contract has been awarded to Interflow to install 98km of pipe. Works are scheduled for completion inJune 2015.

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Works in Tootgarook have been completed. Works in Rye are approximately 80% complete.

P a c k age C – B l a i r go w ri e The contract has been awarded to Zinfra to install 55km of pipe. Works are scheduled for completion June2015.

Works have recently commenced.

T r an s f er S y s tem The contract has been awarded to Fulton Hogan to install the transfer main linking Portsea to the Boneotreatment plant along with associated pump stations.

Of the 15.5km long transfer pipe, 13km have been completed linking Dundas Street to the Boneo TreatmentPlant. Works have recently recommence follow a summer shut down in the Pasadena Street area of Rye.

Financially,Much of the variance during this period relates to salaries and casual staff where permanent staff taking long service leave are being backfilled by casual support and there is a little lag before these savings and costs balance out. There is no expected impact on year end.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (93) (46) 47 (769) (722) 47 (1,374) (1,365) 9

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RENEWABLE RESOURCES

ECO LIVING DISPLAY CENTRE

WorkshopsThe Centre has been very busy over the summer holidays with a series of eight workshops and activities for both adults and children.

On Saturday 17th January, fifteen people attended a Pickling workshop to learn how to minimise food waste by preserving food.

Peter Sullivan demonstrates pickling methods

Our staff and volunteers ran advice sessions on energy saving on the 7th and 23rd January and on composting on 3rd and 14th January during our normal opening hours. These were very well attended and these information sessions will become a regular feature of our program in the future.

Workshop participants learnt how to save energy at home

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Children’s ActivitiesThe Gould League ran two environmental education activities for children on the 20th and 22nd

January attracting over thirty participants. Both of these activities, Gardens Alive and Compost Capers, used hands-on activities and role play to teach children the importance of composting and how to compost at home. Several parents and grandparents attending the workshops toured the Centre after the activities and booked in for our free energy efficiency consultations as a result of their visit.

All generations learnt new composting skills at the Gould League activities

The program for autumn 2015 will expand our series of hands-on sustainability workshop offering twenty-four workshop sessions over three months.

Climate ReadyThe Shire is leading a partnership project with Kingston and Bayside Councils to develop a climate change adaption website and community engagement program. The Climate Ready project will assist residents to plan for the impacts of climate change through developing a thorough understanding of their climate change risks and through the development of individualised Action Plans.

This month the progress on the Climate ready project included completion of the Community Survey and release of the Survey Report detailing community understanding of climate change issues, demographics and willingness to engage in climate change adaption; and. release of updated Climate Ready Community Engagement Plan.

WATER MANAGEMENT

Stormwater Quality - Mt Eliza, Mornington and Rosebud WestThis new project is about to commence business engagement with a small group of Main Street, Mornington food premises. Education materials will be developed with their feedback and discussions regarding best practice waste water management undertaken. Proposals for benchmark sampling are being developed and will provide more information regarding the key contaminants of concern.

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WASTE MANAGEMENT

Summer Holiday Kerbside Collections.The Shire’s new service provider Solo Resource Recovery faced their first summer holiday collection period after commencing operations in July 2014. A significant level of planning took place leading up this period. Overall the kerbside collection service through the summer holiday period was a resounding success.

There were approximately 590,200 scheduled kerbside garbage and recycling collections forJanuary.

Somerville Area – Storm EventFollowing the significant storm event that went through the Somerville area on the 7 January theShire assisted residents with the disposal of green waste at no charge. To date approximately1,280 cubic metres of green waste has been received from residents.

Hastings – FireAssistance was provided to Hasting residents to dispose of damaged fencing etc. as a result of the significant fire event.

Waste Management StrategyThe draft business case has been finalised and will be distributed to Councillors for comment in the near future. In the meantime, work is continuing on the draft strategy, which is expected go to the Council meeting on 23 March, 2015. Officers also met with the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group during the month to discuss the business case.

Geothermal InvestigationsOfficers met with small businesses involved with the development of geothermal water in the area and in other States. Further follow up will be undertaken with Southern Rural Water to understand the approvals requirements for a test bore licence and a bore licence, with re- injection of the bore water. Until a specific site is nominated, no further physical work can be undertaken.

National Computer and Television Recycling Scheme – Operational ReviewThe National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS) was established in 2011 to ensure a shared approach by commonwealth, state and territory governments and industry for e- waste management in Australia. After three years of operation, the Department of Environment is undertaking an operational review of the scheme. The Shire has participated in the NTCRS since its inception and continues to have e-waste collected from the Resource Recovery Centres recycled through the scheme.

The Shire has provided a submission to the review, supporting the ongoing implementation of the scheme and making comment on the key findings and recommendations of the review.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Appliance Timer ProjectImplementation of an ongoing energy saving project where mains power timers are to be installed on appliances such as hot water boilers has continued throughout January. It is estimated that 19.5 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions has been prevented annually as a result of the program so far. Implementation will continue as more opportunities are identified.

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Voltage OptimisationAssessments for the installation of voltage optimisation (VO) units at the Rosebud office, Mornington office and Pelican Park were initiated in January. VO has the potential to save up to15% of electricity use at each site as well as reduce harmonics, deliver the correct voltage to equipment and appliances to optimise efficiency and extend life expectancy and improve thesites power factor.

Financially,Income from Resource Recovery Centres is currently higher than forecast over the summer period – this will be re-assessed at the end of the third quarter to check whether there has been a commensurate reduction in income during the third quarter. Green waste income is higher by$85k which is offset somewhat by processing costs.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (1,369) (1,198) 171 (5,106) (4,276) 829 (14,862) (14,854) 8

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DIRECTOR – SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

The month of January presented some challenging issues for the Infrastructure Directorate, with early January seeing both a significant fire event in the Hastings / Crib Point area and a severe storm event in the Somerville and Tyabb townships.

Responding to the immediate aftermath and supporting the recovery of these two events has been a very significant focus for the team throughout January, and particularly for our Infrastructure Maintenance Unit and the Shire’s Service Providers. A summary of the impacts of these two events and the Shire’s response are further detailed in the Infrastructure Maintenance section of this report.

Other activities of interest throughout January include:- Commencement of the Green Army program within our Natural Systems team.- Traffic, pedestrian and cycling ‘counting’ activities in the Rye Township during the peak

summer period to inform the development of the ‘Rye Smart Roads’ project.- Increasing advocacy for the continuation of PenBus funding also involving the Mornington

Peninsula Shire Mayor, CEO and other key stakeholders.- Commencement of civil works at the Mornington Youth Resource Centre.- Delivery of several very well attended workshops at the Shire’s Eco-Living Display Centre

at The Briars.- Continued progress in the development of the next Municipal Waste Management Strategy.

Financially, there is a slight variation between the forecast and actual budget results for the month due to the transition process relating to the retirement of the former Director. It is not expected that this will materially impact the year end result.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (43) (55) (11) (328) (410) (82) (566) (564) 2

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CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY CARE

EARLY YEARS

In January both the Baxter and Bentons Square Preschool capital projects were given certificates of occupancy and licensed by State Government for operation. Children started in both facilities on the first day of term with extremely positive feedback from the educators, families and the children enjoying the new rooms.

YOUTH STRATEGIC OUTCOMES

Communities That Care (CTC)The CTC Team during January commenced the drafting of the six Local CTC Groups’ newCommunity Action Plans. All six groups have prioritised addressing the incidence of depression amongst young people throughout the Shire. The team also continued its work with Deakin University in preparation for a Workshop on Depression in February.

School Focused Youth Services (SFYS)For the past 16 years, SFYS has facilitated the Mornington Peninsula Youth Services Network, (MPYSN). MPYSN brings together representatives from Police, all services/agencies/ organisations working with young people and schools within the Shire.

MPYSN was established in response to a need for information sharing between all stakeholders to identify common issues, share what activities each agency is doing, to avoid duplication and assist in referral processes. The network has generated a great deal of collaboration between services and a number of partnership projects. The network meets bi-monthly in the Council Chambers at the Mornington office and has a regular attendance of 25 representatives.

During January it was decided to merge the Student Wellbeing Co-ordinator’s Association with MPYSN. Previously the Association had been facilitated by the Frankston Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment Network, (FMPLLEN). The cuts to LLEN funding nationally have resulted in the LLEN no longer being able to support the Association. The merger will fill this void while creating very little additional work for SFYS.

It is expected that the inclusion of the Association into MPYSN meetings will add an additional 25-30 representatives to each bi-monthly meeting.

CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH

Responding to High Fire Danger community concerns Immunisation sessions have relocated from Blairgowrie and Red Hill venues. To compensate additional sessions have been added to the timetable on the Southern Peninsula. Also the Southern Peninsula evening session has relocated from the Rosebud Shire Offices to a more child friendly environment at Seawinds Community Hub.

EDUCATION AND CARE

Two of the three School Holiday Programs operated from new venues in January. The Mornington program returned to the Civic Centre after their refurbishment and the Hastings program has been relocated to the Hastings Hub.

As part of the Shires commitment to ensuring that all services operate effectively and efficiently theFamily Day Care program underwent an extensive and rigorous audit via the audit team.

Kindergarten Central Registration has been busy over January as the kindergarten year commences this month. There are many excited children beginning their education journey in 2015

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Financially, Favourable YTD and monthly variance is primarily due to unexpended Community Grants and increased external grant income received. This is in part off set by additional expenditure due to the closure of three After School Programs and reduced income in relation to other Child Care programs. The year-end impact of these reductions is likely to be a year end adverse variation as indicated.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (501) (431) 70 (3,478) (3,298) 180 (5,358) (5,478) (120)

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AGED & DISABILITY SERVICES

A GREAT VOLUNTEERING EFFORT

During January a much valued Meals on Wheels volunteer hung up her basket for the very last time after 13 years and an amazing total of more than 2,000 runs and some 22,000 meals delivered personally. Heather said, “she would like to leave volunteering on a high note and whilst the going was good”. Staff and fellow volunteers gathered to say farewell and thank you to Heather, on behalf of Council and our community, for her amazing contributions.

Heather front and centre, with a meal ready for her final delivery

Poem from a Client - Dial a Bus Christmas comes – in a day it’s gone, You have to accept it can’t go on.So, what is left? No need to fuss, We’ve still all got our little bus! There’s so much I could say about it, Whatever would we do without it?I love the way we are collected –The welcomes, the greetings, the unexpected. A bunch of nice ladies, not young any more, Who jump at the chance to go door-to-door, Laughing and talking, ten to the dozen; Questions, answers, the little bus buzzin’.I see you aboard; I’m not short sighted – But that’s when I get quite excitedAnd I feel happy – I’ve had funThinking of the things we’ve done. That little bus is my good friend: Things get broke – the bus will mend.It’s a welcome sight – my little go-get-her, It just – well – just makes me feel better!

WHAT WE DID IN JANUARY

Abridged version printed above, for full copy contact Aged & Disability Services on 5950 1617

During the month the 264 employees and 160 volunteers of the Aged & Disability Services team delivered the following services to support 5,000 older people and people with a disability to stay living at home safely, actively and independently:

• 13,468 hours of home/personal/respite care.• 6,332 Meals on Wheels.• 822 hours of living at home assessment and care coordination.• 289 hours of home maintenance/modifications.• 700 Dial a Bus passenger trips.• 334 hours of Activity Program.

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Financially, the year to date unfavourable variance is primarily due to increased expenditure in General Home Care salaries & wages, to meet increasing demand for support from an ageing and much older than average population. The predicted year end unfavourable variance has been referred to mid-year budget review for consideration.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (340) (324) 16 (3,474) (3,693) (219) (5,562) (5,562) (0)

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RECREATION AND LEISURE

COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENTS

• There were 41 events and 25 weddings held on the Peninsula during January, with an estimated 77,914 event participants in attendance.

• The Shire funded 17 events in January which included 7 community events and the 10Australia Day events in seven townships across the Shire, which are coordinated by theShire’s Community and Special Events team in partnership with community programming committees, volunteers and sponsors.

• Australia Day events were held in Mornington, Rosebud, Mount Eliza, Hastings, Rye, Sorrento, and Dromana with a record number of approximately 40,000 enjoying the 10.

• Online marketing increased community access to information on the event which included over 30,000 views of the Australia Day pages on the Shire’s website in January, over 90 different community photos uploaded on Instagram from the Australia Day events and a record breaking spike of 11,809 views of the Australia Day event page on the event day.

RECREATION PLANNING

• The new Flinders Park play space has been completed.• The draft Red Hill Station Reserve and Balnarring Civic Reserve Master Plans are currently

on public exhibition.

SPORT AND LEISURE

Mount Martha Public Golf CourseDuring January the course hosted a large number of repeat social golfers, foreshore campers and school holiday families which all contributed to the 4,315 rounds of golf played (better than forecast). Therefore trade for the month was mainly visiting golfers and local holiday makers.

RECREATION COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Pavilion Strategy• Fruitgrowers Recreation Reserve Pavilion (Jones Road, Somerville) – Construction

progressing well, approaching lock up stage.• Somerville Netball Pavilion – Concept Design presented to Clubs, review underway,

amended concepts to be provided.• Sorrento Tennis Pavilion – Concept Design presented to Clubs, review underway,

amended concepts to be provided.

Community Halls• On Australia Day, Community Halls were used as a base for the Australia Day Sub-

Committees. The annual Australia Day Citizenships awards were held at the Rosebud Memorial Hall.

• The Booking Officers are busy with phone and email enquiries from potential hirers looking for regular spaces in the Community Halls and Meeting rooms in 2015. This year there has been a lot of interest in bookings for exercise, training, yoga, dance and art groups.

Financially, year to date results is tracking to budget, variances relate largely to positive cashflows in a range of expenditure items across Sport & Leisure, these are unlikely to translate to year end savings.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (639) (710) (71) (2,331) (2,072) 259 (5,439) (5,420) 19

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LIBRARIES, ARTS AND CULTURE

LIBRARY SERVICES

Community Engagement and Programs• Summer Holiday Program - Our Summer Holiday Program was based upon the theme

"Paws for Reading" this year, with a wealth of animal-related story times, activities, movies and performances throughout the school holiday period. There were activities for all ages, with treasure hunts in each library, preschool and tiny tot story times, and craft activities for school aged children.

• The Flying Bookworm Theatre Company provided much enjoyment and laughs, as they performed their favourite stories in The Magic Journey. Over 200 children and adults attended the sessions across all the libraries.

• Various programs for teenagers were held at our libraries encouraging them to take time out and watch a movie, or attend a drawing workshop to unleash the artist within.

• Our Summer Reading Club smashed the previous year’s records of 1459, where 1630 children registered. This popular program is aimed at encouraging children to read. Children receive a Reading Record, borrow and read as many books as they like and receive prizes for achievement.

• Our Library participated in The Summer Read, an initiative by The State Library to promote reading as a form of relaxation and recharge for adults. 10 books either written about Victoria or by a Victorian are chosen each year and library members are encouraged to read these titles and discuss their favourites. Library members have a chance to win books from The State Library either by registering books from the list that they've read, or recommending books for the next Summer Read.

ARTS AND CULTURE

• Thanks to a partnership between the Arts and Culture team and the Peninsula Chamber Musicians, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud Libraries each hosted an overwhelmingly popular performance of Peter and the Wolf. A total of 550 audience members attending across three libraries heard the Peninsula Chamber Musicians Wind Quintet's telling of the story, with an Auslan interpreter narrating for those with hearing impairments.

• The Mornington Library Foyer Exhibition Space is showing the oil paintings of Rosebud artist Mara Santander from 16 January to 13 February.

• The Shire’s Artsblog ww w . a rt son t hepen i nsu l a . c o m promoted 25 Peninsula arts and cultural events. Subscribers to the blog have risen from 479 to 494 in the last month.

• Eleven groups have received funding through the Shire’s 2014-15 Creative CommunityGrants Program.

LOCAL HISTORY

• The Postcards - Stories from the Mornington Peninsula, a travelling exhibition developed by the Local History Coordinator and the Mornington Peninsula Local History Network, was shown at the Coolart Wetlands in Somers from22 November 2014 to 25 January 2015.

• The Nepean Historical Society’s oversized maps and rare photograph collection have been scanned.

• Local newspapers, including the Peninsula Post, Frankston Post and Mornington Post have been scanned into 395 searchable PDF documents.

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MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY (MPRG)

Exhibitions and Public ProgramsSummer visitors to MPRG have enjoyed three diverse exhibitions including:

• Arthur Boyd: An active witness (A Bundanon Trust touring exhibition).• Richard and Famous (photographs of some of the world's most famous faces).• Walking by water: Ken Smith (local Mornington Peninsula artist).

Many children and their families were introduced to the gallery when they visited Express Yourself! Kids on Tour from the National Gallery of Victoria. Activities included making necklaces and beards, temporary tattoos and a special Romance Was Born activity book.

STATISTICS AND REPORTING

KPI This month Last Month 2014Library Membership 78,222* 78,222* 79,012*

Library Loans 119,391 104,626 120,876eBook Loans 2,047 1,810 1,350

eTalking Book Loans 711 580 331eMagazine Loans 1,948 1,649 NA

Home Library Service Loans 1,772 1,517 990Library Visits 61,058 49,275 61,856

Public PC Usage Hours 6,346 6,045 6,111Library Website Visits 20,006 16,881 18,816

Library Website Unique Visitors 11,964 10,099 8,929Library Enquiries 4,599 3,511 4,623

Community Engagement Events 65 46 37Community Engagement Attendance 3,820 923 678

Gallery Attendance 6,612 1,050 3,896*static figure as at Oct 2014– membership database currently undergoing audit and review

Financially, Libraries, Arts and Culture Unit income and expenditure for the month of January and year to date continues to track closely to target. At this stage, there are no anticipated material variations that should impact our expected year-end surplus of approximately $40k.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (516) (420) 96 (2,814) (2,645) 169 (5,548) (5,588) (40)

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SOCIAL PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management PlansThe Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Officer (ACHO) is finalising a number of CHMPs (Cultural Heritage Management Plans) for the Shire including one undertaken along the Rosebud Foreshore which revealed a number of artefacts for registration with Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (AAV).

Aboriginal Social SupportThe Shire’s Aboriginal Support and Development team has produced a health and wellbeing DVD based on the recent successful Briars health camp. The DVD will provide a tool to advocate for continued funding for similar activities for the Aboriginal community and will help to link the youth, family and elders to the Iron Bar (gym membership and healthy lifestyle) fitness program.

Warringine ParkSocial Planning and Community Development staff took a guided walk with Ranger, Gerard Cooke, to understand the damage that had occurred to the park and neighbouring areas from the recent fire. Plans are underway for a community day at Warringine Park to provide an opportunity for locals to engage with the Park through Clean Up Australia Day, a community art activity and Aboriginal healing.

Mornington Park Action PlanA comprehensive community action plan was endorsed by the Mornington North Resident’s Group that includes activities with youth, kindergartens and parents, establishing free counselling services through Mornington Community Contact at the Maternal and Child Health office at the Currawong Centre; “Pay it Forward” community celebration in April 2015 and community relationship building with Victorian Police.

Rosebud West Action GroupThe Rosebud West Action group is currently working on Neighbour Day (22 March) andTootgarook Wetlands Reserve Upgrade with Hands on Learning Australia.

Volunteering – Have your SayA Volunteering on the Mornington Peninsula Report 2015 is being developed to identify current levels of community participation in volunteering on the Mornington Peninsula and will inform the development of a MPS Volunteering Strategy. According to the 2011 ABS data, approximately30,000 Mornington Peninsula residents actively participate in community life through a variety of formal or informal volunteer roles. Anecdotally, many older volunteers spend more than four hours per week in a volunteer role, and many have done so for 10, 20 or 30 years. Recently retired people appear to prefer short-term/flexible volunteering opportunities, and younger people are also involved in volunteering, but in informal ways, usually for a cause or event of interest.

Disability and Social Inclusion• A new MPS MetroAccess email bulletin has been developed combining local, state and

national news related to disability access and inclusion. Membership has grown from 70 to225 between November 2014 and January 2015.

• The Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula held another successful event on Saturday, 17 January, with 61 surfers and 233 volunteers turning up for a big day of surf. The Shire has proudly supported this event through providing disability awareness training to the DSVMP committee, part-funding a portable hoist and sling to assist with wheelchair transfers, assisting with the purchase of beach wheelchairs, and funding an asphalt path to the Life Saving Club through a Community Partnerships Grant.

• A beach wheelchair is available to hire from the Point Leo Lifesaving Club, and has already been booked out 11 times this Summer. See the Shire’s website for details on how to hire and locations of other beach wheelchairs: http: // ww w . m o r npen . vi c . g o v . a u/ S e rv i c e s _ F o r _ Y ou / P e op l e _ w i th _ D i s a b i l i t i e s /D i s a b i l i t y _ R e cr eat i o n .

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• Library staff responsible for website development and marketing received a short training session on accessibility for people with low vision and/or other disabilities such as dyslexia and colour blindness, who may have difficulty with online and visual information.

• New scooter recharge point: Terry White Chemist in Rosebud. This takes the total number of RECHARGES sites on the Peninsula to 21, with more sites to come in the near future.

Drug and Alcohol PreventionThe Shire has partnered with renowned Australian actor, Steve Bastoni and the Peninsula Short Film Festival and the YMCA in the development of a local film about young people and alcohol. The short film called, “The Decision” focuses on consequences that follow the impaired decision making of a young male. The film was shot and produced locally and local young people were involved in all aspects of filmmaking from script to acting to filming and pre-production. The short film, seeks to educate youth on the subject of alcohol and the risks drinking too much can bring. The film will be premiered at the Peninsula Short Film Fest on Saturday, 7 February 2015.

Food AccessThe Shire is also presently working with Monash University regarding the cost of food on the Mornington Peninsula. The Shire has been collecting Victorian Healthy Food Basket survey data annually since 2007. The Victorian Healthy Food Basket (VHFB) assesses the cost of food for four different family types: a “typical family” (44 year old male and female both unemployed, 18 year old female and 8 year old male), “single parent family” (44 year old female unemployed, 18 year old female and 8 year old male), “elderly pensioner” (71 year old female) and a single adult (adult male>31 years, unemployed). Data on food cost and affordability can assist in direction policy and practice for the area.

Prevention of Family ViolenceThe Mayor has officially signed the Mornington Peninsula Shire Statement of Commitment for the Prevention of Family Violence, in the presence of Rosie Batty and Senior Sergeant Dean Clinton. The statement articulates the Shire’s commitment to take a proactive stance towards supporting those who are experiencing family violence. To support the commitment, the Shire is developing a three-year prevention implementation plan as part of a broader Community Harms Prevention Strategy. The implementation plan will provide a framework for the Shire to work in partnership with relevant support agencies to assist in the prevention of family violence.

Community GardensThe proposed community garden for the Dromana Reserve is currently out on public exhibition for comment. Anyone wishing to comment on the development can do so by contacting Lisa Gray, Health and Wellbeing Team Leader on 59501685.

Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs) on the PeninsulaThe Shire attended the Victorian Commission for Gaming and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) hearing for the increase of 9 gaming machines at the Dromana Hotel on 29 January and is awaiting the outcome of the case. A further application has been received by the Shire for the Tanti Park Hotel to increase the number of machines from 23 to 40. The Shire will assess the socio-economic impact of the application as part of its submission.

Police Point Respite HousesTwo carer families were given permission to use Cottages 2 and 3 on a trial basis, on condition they provided feedback on what was required to make the cottages ready for occupancy. They provided valuable feedback and their experience was extremely positive.

The Woodworkers of the Southern Peninsula commenced the restoration of the heritage shed in the respite precinct. This shed is critical to the operation of the project. Through a Community Governance Agreement, the Shire provides materials and woodworkers the labour. Their contribution will amount to approximately $8,000 - $10,000.

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DIRECTOR – SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Very successful Australia Day events were held in Mornington, Rosebud, Mount Eliza, Hastings, Rye, Sorrento and Dromana with approximately 40,000 people enjoying the events across the Shire. Evaluation surveys were conducted at four of the key sites with very good and useful feedback in the areas of events, staff, the layout of the event sites , music and entertainment.

The Flinders play space has been completed in line with the revised playground/playspace principles and planning is currently underway for Red Hill Station Reserve.

Residents have enjoyed many programs through Library Services this summer, including the Summer Holiday Program, Summer Reading Club and the Summer Read. The latter is an initiative by the State Library to promote reading as a form of relaxation for adults. Ten books about Victoria or by Victorians were chosen and Library members were encouraged to read them and discuss their favourites.

The Arts and Culture team and the Peninsula Chamber Musicians, in partnership, arranged an overwhelmingly popular performance (by Peninsula Chamber Musicians Wind Quintet) of Peter and the Wolf at Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud Libraries. There was an audience of 550 people across the three sites and an Auslan interpreter narrated for those with hearing impairments.

The Mornington Peninsula Shire Gallery introduced parents and children to Express Yourself! Kids on Tour, an interactive exhibition from the National Gallery of Victoria. Activities included making necklaces, temporary tattoos and a special activity book.

The Communities That Care Team (CTC) have commenced the drafting of Community Action Plans in conjunction with the six Local CTC Groups. All six groups have priorities addressing the incidence of depression amongst young people.

Two carer families “trialled” Cottages 2 and 3 (Respite Houses) at Police Point Park on the Southern Peninsula and provided valuable feedback on what is required to make the cottages ready for occupancy. Their experience was extremely positive and will feed into future operations.

The Shire’s Aboriginal Support and Development team have produced a health and well being DVD on their recent Briar’s Health Camp. This DVD will be able to be used as a tool seeking funding for similar activities for the Aboriginal community and will help to link youth, family and elders to the Iron Bar Fitness Program.

Financially, the unfavourable amount is due to timing of income and expenditure for Rosebud West Community Renewal relating to last year; combined with less cost recovered received for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage. The mid-year forecast will be adjusted accordingly.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (112) (68) 44 (839) (1,040) (201) (1,529) (1,550) (22)

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CORPORATE PLANNING AND PROJECTS

Local Government Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF)During December, the Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) met with officers involved in the framework as part of their interim review. Corporate Planning and Projects, Finance, EPAC’s, Recreation and Leisure, Statutory Planning & Renewable Resources were all interviewed by VAGO, with specific focus on examining data extraction and verification processes on all auditable measures within these services.

The sharing of LGPRF data from Q1 with other Interface Councils has continued to identify efficiencies and variations in data collection methods.

Financially, Corporate Planning & Projects has a favourable monthly outcome due to temporaryFTE adjustment.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (55) (32) 23 (377) (364) 13 (657) (637) 21

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COMMUNICATIONSThe Communications Team played an important role during the Shire’s response to two major emergency incidents in early January – the bushfire in Hastings and storm event in Somerville.

Communications team members were actively involved in the Municipal Emergency Coordination Centre (MECC) during both incidents, helping to relay important information to impacted communities. Team members also helped to promote follow-up Shire support services, including a free waste disposal offer for residents impacted by the storm event.

Communications also played a key role in this year’s Australia Day activities, helping to promote the broad range of events across the Peninsula and providing speech notes for Councillors on the day.

Other activities of the Communications team for the month included:

Peni nsul a-Wi de

The February edition of Peninsula-Wide is underway, and scheduled for distribution from lateFebruary. Initial planning has begun for the May edition.

M ed i a & N e w s A number of media releases and web news items were issued throughout January, including:

• Asset Management Policy – Have Your Say• Australia Day on the Mornington Peninsula• Australia Day Award Winners• Assistance available for fire clean up• Grants available to kickstart community projects• Have your say Shire budget 15-16• Mayor welcomes top horse event to the peninsula• Somerville Storm Update• Media Statement Hastings Fire Response• Media Statement Storm Activity in Somerville and Tyabb 1• Media Statement Storm Activity in Somerville and Tyabb 2• Free Yoga sessions• Shire’s commitment to the prevention of family violence

Media Enquiries were received on a number of topics, including:• Beluera Cliff pathway• Hastings Fire• Somerville Storm• Rosie Batty Award• Tootgarook wetlands• Real Estate Boards• Restricted Dog Breeds• Local Law – Recreational Vehicles• Green waste• Dog attack statistics• Cruise Ship Mornington

C ommun i c a ti ons sup p ort In January the team provided communications assistance to:

• Festival of Tennis• Clean Up Australia Day

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• PenBus• New Year’s Eve• Australia Day• Angel Archers Event Speech• International Women’s Day• Emergency Management• Facility Openings• WHOS

P ho t ography & V i deo • Fireworks & pets• Visit from State Minister Jane Garrett – Cr Colomb, Cr Garnock & CEO• Boneo Classic Promo – Cr Colomb• General Peninsula stock photos• MPS Family Violence commitment – Cr Colomb• Emergency Services Photo – Cr Garnock• New Rye Township signage – Cr Fraser, Cr Rodgers• Australia Day Award Winners – Cr Colomb• Clean Up Australia Day Promo - Cr Colomb, Cr Garnock• New MPYS Location – Cr Colomb• Roy Francis Letter Under Seal – Cr Colomb, Cr Shaw, Cr Dixon• PenBus Photo• New Wal Morrison Trainees• Briars Presentation Video

G rap h i c de s i gn & I ma g es Design projects and support throughout January included

• Various Emergency Recovery Response Bulletins• MPPS Booklet In House Updates• Community Placemaking Grants Flyer/Poster

Ext ernal w ebsi te

External website stats for January 2015 - Visits: 122,144 and Page Views: 300,944 Mobile is 44%of visits and tablet 17.7%

Large spike on the website on Australia Day – 29,339 views.

Top content was Home, Search, Australia Day and Australia Day program pages (29,339 views), Markets, Lost Pets, Events, contact us, Rye & Sorrento Camping and Book a Campsite.

Twitter over summer large views for #vicfires and #vicstorms retweeted by the CFA Updates twice.20,099 views – currently 278 followers. Australia Day info was retweeted and favourited 33 times including by the Victorian Australia Day official Twitter.

Financially, the variance reflects a timing issue with the production, delivery and payment ofPeninsula Wide, and is not expected to impact on year-end forecasts.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (147) (46) 101 (673) (658) 15 (1,154) (1,148) 6

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TEAM SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT

Occupational Health and SafetyThe Shire has a suite of occupational health & safety policies in place to manage risk and prevent injury to staff. In January the Safe Driving Policy was implemented, to help manage the risk of staff injuries and the costs of incidents, accident repairs and insurance premiums related to motor vehicles. The policy increases the standards required of drivers of Shire vehicles beyond the standards required by state legislation. The Shire is a registered bus operator and the specific policy reference to a zero alcohol and drug level for bus drivers has been confirmed. OHS is a diverse area, for example the next policy in development is on Electrical Safety.

RecruitmentFive positions were advertised in January and all received good responses. Of note is the continuing string responses to roles that requires tertiary qualifications, particularly in Community Care and Engineering. There have been shortages of qualified staff in many of these areas in recent times so it is pleasing to see good responses to the current vacancies.

Best PracticeThe opportunity for performance improvement in recruitment has arisen with a software update to the recruitment system used by the Shire. The update will further improve the ‘candidate experience’ and streamline the administration of recruitment and the management of staff records. The new software will be online in 12 weeks.

Financially, the favourable variances of $70K in OHS training, $55K in parental & long term leave and $75K in project implementation are due to payment timing and won’t be sustained to year end. Unfavourable variance of $11K in training reimbursement and $34K in rehabilitation programs will be addressed.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (191) (137) 54 (790) (647) 142 (1,766) (1,710) 55

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GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SUPPORTGOVERNANCE

Australia Day Citizenship CeremonyThe Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony was held at the Rosebud Memorial Hall and was attended by 200 people approximately, which included 53 new Australian citizens from 10 different countries, their guests, Councillors and local Members of Parliament. Around Australia, almost16,000 people from 152 countries became Australian citizens at 333 similar ceremonies.

2015 Australia Day Local AwardsAs part of the Citizenship Ceremony proceedings, the Mayor publicly announced the winners of the2015 Australia Day Local Awards.

Tim Nolan was awarded Citizen of the Year for his work with the Teenage Road Accident Group (TRAG), Young Citizen of the Year was presented to Sarah Berry for her work in sending 33,000 children’s books to schools in Cambodia and the Mornington Yacht Club received the Community Event of the Year for hosting the “2014 International Optimist Australian and Open Championships”– a sailing event attended by young sailors aged between 9-15 years from all over Australia and overseas.

Freedom of InformationRequests in progress at the start of the month 6New requests during the month 3Withdrawn Requests 0Non valid requests 0Requests resolved 4Requests in progress at the end of month 5

MAYOR AND COUNCILLOR SUPPORT

The Mayor and Councillor Support Team, with assistance from the Shire’s Events Team, successfully co-ordinated Australia Day arrangements for all Councillors on 26 January. Activities included various Flag raising events across the Shire, Australia Day luncheon in Rye with guests of honour being the Australia Day Local Awards winners, Citizenship Ceremony in Rosebud, and Australia Day Parade in Mornington.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

January was a busy month with the influx of visitors to the Peninsula for the Christmas/New Year holiday period. The Customer Service team responded to many calls relating to parking issues, fireworks concerns and lost dogs. In addition, the significant storm event in Somerville/Tyabb and the fire in Hastings created heavy phone demand together with greater attendances at the Somerville and Hastings customer service offices for affected residents to obtain authorities for free waste disposal at waste centres. Many customers expressed their appreciation for the Shire response during this period.

The increased demand was reflected in the number of calls received during January which totalled25,794 compared to December of 23,933, an increase of 1,861. Service requests raised duringJanuary were 9,458 compared with 7,355 in December, an increase of 2,103 or 29%.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (441) (379) 62 (3,838) (3,780) 57 (5,353) (5,314) 38

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PROPERTY AND VALUATIONS

Mornington Yacht ClubMornington Yacht Club’s current lease expires in 2018. To assist with their future plans, a request has been received to grant a new 21 year lease. A report will be brought to Council shortly to consider their request.

Safety Beach – Dromana Men’s ShedA site in Marna Street, Dromana has been identified as suitable for the construction of a men’s shed. A report will be presented to Council in late February seeking Council approval for a lease to the men’s shed group.

Peninsula Pistol Club

Coles Car Park, HastingsA request has been received from Coles to renew their right to use the Council owned land for car parking purposes. It has been some time since their occupancy has been considered so a review of the operation is underway and a report will be presented to Council in due course.

Roundabout Project – Cnr Bungower and Tyabb-Tooradin Roads

Council has been successful in attracting funding from the Federal Government through a “Roads to Recovery” Funding Scheme to install a new roundabout at this intersection to reduce the recurrence of accidents at this dangerous location. Preliminary works are scheduled to commence prior to Easter 2015 with an approximate 6 month construction period anticipated.

Council needs to acquire road splays from private property owners and negotiations are underway with the 4 affected registered proprietors. The process governing the acquisition is outlined by the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986.

VALUATIONS

General Valuation 2016• Stage 1 of the 2016 General Revaluation was lodged with the Valuer General Victoria in

early January and has now been approved.• Stage 2 of the program has commenced.

Supplementary ValuationsThe Valuation Officers completed 228 supplementary valuations during January 2015. At the time of this report there are 5 supplementary valuations more than 90 days old and 28 supplementary valuations that are more than 60 days old yet to be completed.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Valuation ObjectionsTo date, 134 formal valuation objections have been lodged for the 2014/2015 rating year. This number included 13 objections from the Hastings Shopping Centre complex and 68 assessments for the Rosebud Plaza Shopping Centre. There are currently 92 objections to be resolved (this includes 68 assessments for the Rosebud Plaza Shopping Centre). Contact has been made to each objector. Valuers are working with each objector towards resolving their objections.

State Revenue Office Objections – Land TaxLand Tax notices for 2015 commenced being issued by SRO on 16 January 2015 and will be issued in weekly batches until 13 March 2015. No queries or valuation objections have been received to date.

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Shire AppealsTo date, there has been one objection lodged as an Appeal with VCAT. The property is a residential assessment in Rosebud. Advice has been received from VCAT during January that this Appeal has in fact been struck out, requiring no further action to be taken.

Financially, the year to date budget is favourable by $216k which mainly comprises of extra revenue received from the sale of valuation data to South East Water and the State Revenue Office ($30k), a saving of $50k as a result of a delay in recruiting two replacement staff in the Valuation team and some phasing issues in the areas of building maintenance and payment of the fire services property levy. Any year end impacts will be identified in the mid-year budget review.

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) 349 474 125 3,402 3,618 216 4,814 4,838 24

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INFORMATION SERVICESInformation Technology

- Implemented customer satisfaction feedback survey into IS helpdesk processes. This is part of revised LPI’s for the IS team with Customer Satisfaction KPI target being 4 (on a scale of 1-5). The result for January was 4.5. The reporting of the data will be further refined.

- Finalised discussions with Telstra to implement a more cost effective data usage arrangement for the Shire’s mobile/smart phone fleet. Updated usage plan will be implemented over February with full effect realised in March 2015.

- Negotiated a delay in increases in price of PC’s with Dell. Dell had wanted to increase the price by 7.5% from mid-January 2015. This was negotiated to April 14th, 2015. In the intervening time, IS will review the configuration of the equipment and available suppliers to determine direction forward.

- Negotiated an extension for phone system support. The provider of the current phone system had originally intended to drop support for our phone system from April 1st, 2015. This has been negotiated and the result is an extension to 31st December 2015. In the intervening time, IS will seek to procure and implement an updated phone system via Capital Projects process.

GIS

- Nothing to report

Records Management

- Developed correspondence management status reporting to provide increased visibility of Shire performance in meeting community service levels in regards to correspondence. Reporting will be introduced in February and then refined as part of the continuous improvement process.

Financially, variances are due primarily to phasing of lease repayments on PC replacement program which have been delayed. Telstra invoices for January not received and processed.

$'000ForecastMonth

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (29) 14 43 (1,700) (1,781) (81) (2,856) (2,784) 73

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FINANCE

Revenue ManagementDuring January, preparation for the third rate instalment reminder notices due 2nd March was completed and notices will be mailed in early February.

New owner courtesy letters (letters sent to purchasers of properties where the rates were not paid at settlement) were sent this month.

This is the second year of the fire service property levy appearing on the rate notice, however there are still a high number of ratepayers omitting the fire levy component from their rate payments.

Accounting ServicesThe mid-year review of the 2014/15 Budget has been completed. Our challenge is always to accommodate the range issues/adjustments impacting on the Shire’s budget whilst forecasting a positive result to our overall ‘bottom line’.

A report titled “Mid-year 2014/15 Budget Review” is scheduled to be presented to Council at its meeting 23 February 2015.

As part of next year’s budget process the community has been invited to provide input into the development of the draft 2015/16 Annual Budget. Written submissions will be accepted for consideration prior to a community meeting to be held on Wednesday, 11 February 2015. The meeting is an opportunity for interested persons to make verbal presentations in support of written submissions.

Financially, the year to date unfavourable variance of $187k is primarily due to the timing of employee overhead expenses and will have no impact on the year end result.

$'000ForecastMonth

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Operating Surplus / (Deficit) (232) (1,333) (1,101) (989) (1,176) (187) (2,440) (2,432) 8

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CAPITAL WORKS OVERVIEW

Mothers Beach Toilet and Change facilities, MorningtonWorks have commenced for the construction of a new toilet block and change facilities at Mothers Beach. The work will include 6 unisex disabled toilets and with change facilities and baby change tables. One unisex ambulant toilet and 6 outside showers and 1 drinking fountainThe works are expected to be completed by April and are being undertaken by Joven BuildingServices from Mt Martha

Architects view of facilities

Tyabb ToiletA contractor has been appointed for the construction of a new toilet facility in the Council Reserve at the corner of Frankston-Flinders road and Mornington Tyabb Rd, Tyabb. The style and colour chosen is to compliment the sounding buildings and heritage of the area.The project consists of one unisex disabled and one ambulant toiletStaff Building & Contracting Pty Ltd from Hastings have been appointed for the constructionand the work is expected to take up to 4 months allowing for South Water to bring the sewer to the site and United Energy to construct a pit for the underground power

Style of the toilets

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Octavia St Toilet block (near Barkly Street) in MorningtonTenders have closed for the refurbishment of the Octavia St Toilet blockWorks will include new disabled toilet and re-roofing with new steel support structure resealing of the floor and new windows

Sorrento Park Toilet Block, SorrentoTenders have closed for the refurbishment of the Sorrento Park Toilet BlockWorks will include new disabled toilet, sealed flooring and up grading of facilities

Alfred Street, Hastings – Streetscape Works Stage 1Civil works are now completed for the streetscaping of Alfred Street, Hastings. The works incorporate exposed aggregate concrete paving, to match existing treatment on High Street, this has created continuity with the surrounding public space in Hastings while forming a contrasting effect with the paved fingers. The paved fingers have been finished in 3 varying shades, arranged to resemble the ephemeral tidal movements of Western Port, with planting to provide for an enclosed green space. Public lighting has also been provided, allowing for continual illumination throughout the public space. A contract was undertaken by A & V Creative Concrete Pty Ltd.

Feature undersetting lighting Special spot images

Millbank Drive Drainage Upgrade, Mount ElizaCivil works are now completed for the drainage upgrade works to alleviate current flooding issues associated with eighteen properties located within Millbank Drive and Bellbird Road, Mount Eliza. The works have provided for the upgrade of the existing drainage system, by duplicating the current pipe network and providing a surcharge path through the Council Reserve located within Millbank Drive to Kackeraboite Creek.

The proposed drainage improvements include the following:• Installation of a new, high flow pipe network including pipes and pits• Upgrade of existing pipes• Replacement of road pavement• Concrete kerb & channel• Re-grading of driveways• Rock outfall, and• Other associated works

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New high overflow path

Road Reconstruction Works, Shands Road, Main RidgeWorks are now completed for the construction for the reconstruction of Shands Road, from Mornington-Flinders Road to Shoreham Road, Main Ridge. The works have provided improved safety by sealing 2.0km of roadway.

The works where funded by the Federal Government through the National Black Spot Program through VicRoads and under the Safer Local Roads contract with Downer Edi.

New constructed roadway

Road Safety Improvements, Marine Parade, HastingsCivil works are have commenced for the construction of a new roundabout at the intersection of Hodgins Road and Marine Parade, Hastings. These works are being funded by the Federal Government through the National Black Spot Program through VicRoads. A contract has been awarded to Maw Civil Pty Ltd.

Over a five year period there have been 11 reported crashes over a 3.0 km section of MarineParade.

McLeod Road Group, Road and Drainage Construction, Mount Martha

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A contract has been awarded to Maw Civil Pty Ltd for the road construction of McLeod Road, HallStreet, Stiles Street, Hender Street, Barrow Street and Spencer Street, Mount Martha

The objective of the works is to improve access, safety, residential amenity and to reduce the impacts of storm water runoff and maintenance costs. The Shire has been successful in establishing a Special Charge Scheme agreement with the residents of McLeod Road Group, Mount Martha.

The contract works involve the construction of McLeod Road, Hall Street, Stiles Street, HenderStreet, Barrow Street and Spencer Street, for a total length of 2 kilometres.

The proposed new road reconstruction includes the following key elements:• 5.5m wide road (back of kerb to back of kerb) for all roads• At least five Raised Platforms with 50km/hr speed limit throughout the whole length• Slow points with narrowing of road pavement• Threshold treatments at road intersections• Kerb and Channel on both sides• Drainage networks improvements and• Water sensitive urban design for stormwater discharge into Sunshine Creek

McLeod Road Group property owners together with Council will pay for the cost of these works under the provisions of McLeod Road Group Special Charge Scheme. Council will contribute 34% of the cost of works and property owners the other 66%.Council resolved to declare the special charge at its meeting on 10th October 2011.

There has been extensive community consultation through the development of the McLeod Road Group Special Charge Scheme, including posting of notices under the relevant statutory processes.

New constructed roadway

Shands Road and Main Creek Road, Roundabout, Main RidgeA contract has been awarded to Maw Civil Pty Ltd for the construction of roundabout at the intersection of Shands Road and Main Creek Road, Main Ridge. The project is being funded via VicRoads through the National Blackspot program.

The upgrade will provide for improved safety to motorists and pedestrians, and will include the following key components:

• Central island construction• Kerb and channel returns• Splitter Islands with pedestrian refuges• Pavement widening• Drainage improvements

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• Removal of trees• Relocation of existing bus stop, and• Other associated works

Asphalt works being placed

Benton’s Square pre-school additionsThe construction of the Benton’s Square pre-school building additions has reached practical completion. The new pre-school classroom will accommodate an additional 33 student places and has been designed with natural lighting, stimulating colours and functionality in mind.The landscaping of the playground area provides multiple interesting play activities, including sandpits, arubber riding track, staged steps/seating, an indigenous-inspired dry river bed and mulched areas for play equipment.

Internal view of new classroom building View of refurbished playground area

View of new playground area

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Mount Martha Life Saving Club building redevelopmentThe redevelopment of the Mount Martha Life Saving Club building is nearing practical completion. Works completed to date include the main construction of the new building, the majority of services are installed, wall and floor lining installation has commenced and the lift installation has begun. Other works completed to date include the fit-out of the new public toilet facility and external showers.Handover of the new building is expected during February.

External view from public carpark Internal view – lower level storage area

Internal view – upper level social space

Mornington Youth Resource Centre / Mornington Men’s Shed developmentWorks for the new Mornington Youth Resource Centre which will incorporate a second home for the Mornington Men’s Shed have commenced. The former classroom buildings located at Wilsons Road in Mornington, next to the Peninsula Community Theatre and 3RPP radio station, will be refurbished to accommodate the two community functions.Works will include demolition and make good of the existing structure, rebuilding of several rooms, and the new construction of an extra activities space for the Youth Centre.Demolition works are well progressed.It is anticipated that the new facility will be open and operational by July / August 2015.

External view of partially demolished former classroom buildings

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Fruit Growers Reserve, Somerville – Pavilion StrategyConstruction works for the Fruitgrowers Sports Pavilion continue to progressThe roof is on and works on the external brickwork and cladding have commenced.The new facility is being upgraded to include unisex change and toilet facilities, umpires change room, store rooms, internal disabled toilet, external public toilets, first aid room, disabled access, new kitchen, social areas, new energy efficient lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling systems, insulation, water saving fixtures and water tanks for capture of roof water for toilet flushing.Works are anticipated to be completed by May 2015.

External view the pavilion from oval

Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion, Mount MarthaJoven building Services have been contracted to construct Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion.The new facility is being upgraded to include social room, multipurpose change rooms, toilet and shower facilities, office store room, kitchen/kiosk first aid room, internal/external public disabled toiletThe existing pavilion will be demolished and rebuilt as a stand-alone covered viewing area within the new development. Heritage Victoria supports the reuse of the existing pavilion as its form will be retained and clearly distinguished from the new building.Works are anticipated to be completed November 2015.

Architect’s perspective of new Mount Martha Tennis Pavilion

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Financially, The Mid Year Review is currently underway and changes will be reported in the MidYear Financial Management Report which will be reported to Council separately.

Standard Statement of Capital WorksFor the period ending January 2015

ForecastMonth

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VarianceMonth

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Capital Works Area$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

Land 0 1 (1) 0 93 (93) 350 350 0Buildings 398 236 162 6,157 7,022 (865) 10,128 14,575 (4,447) Infrastructure - Roads 345 647 (302) 7,161 7,291 (130) 12,872 21,110 (8,237) Infrastructure - Drainage 23 77 (53) 2,489 2,510 (21) 3,760 4,707 (947) Infrastructure - Other 138 252 (115) 1,961 1,705 256 3,845 5,970 (2,125) Plant 0 0 0 75 76 (1) 268 474 (206) Furniture and Equipment 0 4 (4) 98 81 16 195 273 (78) Information Technology 0 0 0 17 39 (22) 0 17 (17) Artworks 0 0 0 7 38 (32) 13 13 0Library Bookstock 193 68 125 913 690 223 1,300 1,504 (204)

Total Capital Works 1,096 1,285 (189) 18,878 19,546 (669) 32,731 48,993 (16,262)

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Capital Works

Program ForecastY.T.D

ActualY.T.D.

VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

ForecastV Y.E.

ariance Y.E.

17010. Plant & Equipment Replacement 75,250 75,995 (745) 268,000 474,000 (206,000)17012. Acquisition (splays, easements & sm 0 15,042 (15,042) 350,000 350,000 017016. Oval Rehab - Drainage & Sprinklers 100,750 38,442 62,308 135,000 202,000 (67,000)17027. Implementation of Toilet Strategy 250,000 246 249,754 1,000,000 1,000,000 017031. Provision of Library Books/Material 913,223 689,810 223,413 1,300,000 1,504,000 (204,000)17032. Acquisitions - M'ton Pen Reg Galler 6,500 38,481 (31,981) 13,000 13,000 017038. Traffic Mgt Treatments 127,300 179,699 (52,399) 150,000 203,100 (53,100)17050. Rehab - Walkways/bike paths/footpat 675,000 572,014 102,986 1,210,000 1,263,800 (53,800)17053. Drainage Rehabilitation 475,000 418,914 56,086 700,000 700,000 017054. Drainage Upgrades 250,000 196,844 53,156 500,000 500,000 017062. Signage - Traffic/Parking Areas 20,000 25,600 (5,600) 40,000 40,000 017063. Signage - General 50,000 52,035 (2,035) 100,000 100,000 017082. Sale of Roads 0 4,113 (4,113) 0 0 017260. Playground developments 230,000 374,117 (144,117) 300,000 505,500 (205,500)17263. Implementation of Recreation Master 479,450 334,645 144,805 1,020,000 1,852,300 (832,300)17272. Hall Improvements Asset Replacement 25,000 25,287 (287) 50,000 50,000 017273. Reserve Improvements/ Asset Replace 45,000 0 45,000 90,000 90,000 017313. Equestrian Strategy Implementation 100,000 9,890 90,110 200,000 200,000 017362. Footpath Strategy - Impl 652,654 616,726 35,928 956,215 2,897,635 (1,941,420)17363. Photocopier Replacement 0 0 0 0 20,000 (20,000)17368. Sorrento Strategy - Boardwalk 0 460 (460) 0 0 017371. Portsea Strategy - Impl Stage 1 350,000 283,526 66,474 0 350,000 (350,000)17400. BBQ Upgrade Program 15,000 11,804 3,196 30,000 30,000 017401. Building Renovations - Major Build 2,513,680 4,210,195 (1,696,515) 1,693,000 3,972,680 (2,279,680)17402. Recreation Building Imp 84,000 70,355 13,645 120,000 178,000 (58,000)17444. Hastings Com Area Parking & TMT Imp 130,800 82,024 48,776 0 130,800 (130,800)17465. LT - Coastal Mgt/Master Plan Impl 75,800 75,735 65 0 75,800 (75,800)17482. Safer Local Roads Program 0 0 0 4,000,000 4,000,000 017483. Signage Directional 0 (900) 900 0 0 017486. Southern Peninsula Aquatic Recreati 200,000 203,483 (3,483) 1,600,000 1,600,000 0

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Program ForecastY.T.D

ActualY.T.D.

VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

ForecastV Y.E.

ariance Y.E.

17489. Rye Traffic Man Strategy Implementa 0 4,910 (4,910) 0 46,500 (46,500)17522. Enterprise Content Management Syste 17,000 39,166 (22,166) 0 17,000 (17,000)17549. Bicycle Strategy 320,000 161,992 158,008 300,000 557,000 (257,000)17552. Blackspot Program (Council contribu 112,500 75,915 36,585 225,000 225,000 017554. Skate & BMX Strategy 110,000 47,396 62,604 270,000 320,000 (50,000)17556. Soccer Strategy - Implementation 0 0 0 150,000 359,000 (209,000)17558. Kerb and Channel - Rehabilitation 160,000 179,717 (19,717) 300,000 300,000 017584. Activity Centre Structure Plan - Im 330,000 158,121 171,879 400,000 808,000 (408,000)17593. Integrated Flood Management and Dra 1,749,071 1,895,389 (146,318) 2,500,000 3,447,000 (947,000)17606. B/Spot Tyabb Tooradin Rd Bungower 50,000 600,144 (550,144) 0 50,000 (50,000)17622. R2R 3 Hodgins Road Frankston Flinde 517,200 595,903 (78,703) 0 517,200 (517,200)17626. Foreshore Camping Areas - Amenity B 175,000 185,593 (10,593) 350,000 350,000 017629. Safety Beach CC - Path to Lift Acce 0 24,464 (24,464) 0 23,000 (23,000)17630. Peninsula DriveSafe 0 6,450 (6,450) 0 20,800 (20,800)17657. M'ton Youth Hub-Former Sec/College 0 36,793 (36,793) 0 36,000 (36,000)17659. Urban Rd Contibutory Scheme Strateg 1,248,850 1,670,302 (421,452) 727,000 1,863,300 (1,136,300)17660. Pavillion Strategy Implementation 859,500 197,933 661,567 3,209,000 3,209,000 017665. B/Spot Shands- Mton Flind Shoreham 270,000 145,279 124,721 0 764,000 (764,000)17667. Sorrento Seawall 50,000 7,153 42,848 0 126,200 (126,200)17668. Mount Martha Park Viewing Tower 0 0 0 0 36,000 (36,000)17671. Sorrento Policemans Point Strategy 72,500 154,771 (82,271) 145,000 170,000 (25,000)17672. Neighbourhood Activity Centre Struc 192,250 180,624 11,626 100,000 236,000 (136,000)17673. Sporting Facilities Lighting Progra 50,000 63,398 (13,398) 100,000 116,000 (16,000)17674. Ticketing System Foreshore B/Ramp 0 932 (932) 0 9,200 (9,200)17675. Tennis Strategy 50,000 32,001 17,999 100,000 188,000 (88,000)17676. Netball Strategy 100,000 21,597 78,403 200,000 235,000 (35,000)17677. BSpot Melb Rd (Canterbury Jetty Rd) 0 43,347 (43,347) 0 160,000 (160,000)17678. BSpot Browns Rd/Boneo Rd-Flders Rd 0 3,391 (3,391) 0 45,300 (45,300)17679. BSpot Marine Pd/Western Port/Skinne 577,500 477,998 99,502 0 577,500 (577,500)17681. Safety Beach - Buckley's Rest 0 0 0 0 20,000 (20,000)

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Program ForecastY.T.D

ActualY.T.D.

VarianceY.T.D

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ariance Y.E.

17684. Bay Trail Path 0 85,175 (85,175) 0 77,000 (77,000)17686. SCS - Shire Road - Dromana 0 0 0 0 100,000 (100,000)17690. Sorrento Early Leaning Facility 0 76,573 (76,573) 0 13,300 (13,300)17692. Bentons Square Preschool Additions 0 592,266 (592,266) 0 342,500 (342,500)17695. RTR - Bungower Rd / Tyabb-Tooradin 0 16,001 (16,001) 0 0 017696. Hastings Activity Centre Structure 87,500 3,970 83,530 350,000 428,300 (78,300)17697. Rosebud Activity Centre Structure P 50,000 17,093 32,907 200,000 298,000 (98,000)17699. Unmade Carpark Construction Strateg 10,000 19,329 (9,329) 0 59,100 (59,100)17701. Active Sports Strategy - Impl 0 0 0 50,000 100,000 (50,000)17705. Alfred Street Roundabout 100,000 149,370 (49,370) 0 100,000 (100,000)17706. Alfred Street Streetscape Works 176,000 450,437 (274,437) 0 176,000 (176,000)17708. BSpot Shands/Main Creek Roundabout 200,000 372,077 (172,077) 0 743,000 (743,000)17709. BSpot Jetty/McDowell Signals 0 5,860 (5,860) 0 313,000 (313,000)17710. BSpot Sandy Road Fingal 72,000 31,551 40,449 0 72,000 (72,000)17712. West Park Open Space 50,500 47,800 2,700 0 50,500 (50,500)17714. Mt Martha Life Saving Club 1,400,000 1,332,943 67,057 0 1,610,500 (1,610,500)17715. Mens Shed Somerville 85,000 100,685 (15,685) 0 85,000 (85,000)17716. Mens Shed Mornington 0 0 0 0 60,000 (60,000)17718. Timber Structures Renewal 100,000 157,335 (57,335) 200,000 200,000 017719. Marine Structures Renewal 75,000 91,628 (16,628) 150,000 150,000 017720. Road/Bridges & Culvert Renewal 12,500 6,080 6,420 50,000 50,000 017721. Residential Dwellings 68,000 66,674 1,326 68,000 68,000 017722. Somerville Pedestrain Strategy 50,000 10,526 39,474 100,000 100,000 017723. Furniture and Equipment Replacement 72,500 56,070 16,430 145,000 145,000 017724. Public Transport Facility Imp 15,000 11,410 3,590 30,000 30,000 017725. Guardrail Renewal Program 8,750 0 8,750 35,000 35,000 017726. David Collings Lesirue Centre 330,234 0 330,234 1,320,938 1,320,938 017727. Storm Water Quality Program 15,000 0 15,000 60,000 60,000 017728. Mills Beach Master Plan Implementat 50,000 1,915 48,085 200,000 200,000 017730. B/spot - Mt Eliza Way 223,500 49,919 173,581 767,000 767,000 0

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ActualY.T.D.

VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

ForecastY.E.

Variance Y.E.

17731. B/spot - Graydens road/Boes 30,000 11,042 18,958 1,480,000 1,480,000 017732. B/spot - Loders Road - Moorooduc 303,000 43,840 259,160 1,046,000 1,046,000 017733. B/spot - Browns Road - Rosebud 40,000 2,979 37,021 400,000 400,000 017734. B/spot - Eastbourne Road - Rosebud 149,000 20,791 128,209 298,000 298,000 017735. Somerville Tennis Club 16,500 3,349 13,151 33,000 33,000 017736. Red Hill Tennis Club 15,000 2,091 12,909 30,000 30,000 017737. Mornington Youth Hub 191,750 0 191,750 767,000 767,000 017742. Pedestrian Treatments 25,000 20,648 4,352 50,000 50,000 017743. Land Acq - 13 Ninth Avenue, Rosebud 0 73,656 (73,656) 0 0 0

18,877,512 19,546,341 (668,829) 32,731,153 48,992,753 (16,261,600)

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PRIORITY WORKS OVERVIEW

Financially, The Mid Year Review is currently underway and changes will be reported in the MidYear Financial Management Report which will be reported to Council separately.

ProgramForecast Actual Variance Budget Forecast Variance

Y.T.D Y.T.D. Y.T.D Y.E. Y.E. Y.E.3,068 1,550 1,519 3,034 4,721 (1,688)

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Priority Works

Program ForecastY.T.D

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56001. Installation of New Fire Plugs. 25,000 1,638 23,363 50,000 50,000 056002. Resurfacing of Cricket Pitches. 7,500 13,604 (6,104) 15,000 15,000 056003. Developer Wks - Drainage Upgrades. 0 23,429 (23,429) 0 0 056007. N/Ball Crt Resurf (Sport Club Fund) 25,000 36,006 (11,006) 50,000 50,000 056009. Conservation Works-MPRG. 13,750 17,207 (3,457) 27,500 27,500 056012. Building Demolition. 26,250 87,187 (60,937) 35,000 35,000 056013. Street Lighting Improvements. 32,500 18,343 14,157 65,000 65,000 056015. Half Cost Fencing 51,000 23,205 27,795 20,000 61,000 (41,000)56015. Half Cost Fencing (Inc) 0 (1,590) 1,590 0 0 056026. Sewerage Connection Council Building 10,000 0 10,000 20,000 20,000 056030. Implement Dog free & leash areas 15,000 0 15,000 30,000 30,000 056039. Disabled Facilities Council Buildin 45,000 10,299 34,701 0 45,000 (45,000)56044. Dredging of Boatramp at Hastings 31,900 3,900 28,000 0 31,900 (31,900)56064. Minor Streetscape Works- Commer Cnt 60,000 45,334 14,666 120,000 120,000 056065. Sewerage Connection- Council Buildi 0 23,200 (23,200) 0 0 056067. Coastal Reserves Biodiversity Cons. 6,000 72,756 (66,756) 0 6,000 (6,000)56067. Coastal Reserves Biodiversity Cons. (Inc) 0 (57,540) 57,540 0 0 056105. Tree Removal Program 25,000 29,167 (4,167) 50,000 50,000 056107. Building Renovations Misc. 153,500 170,427 (16,927) 251,000 279,000 (28,000)56109. Minor Traffic Improvements. 37,500 41,111 (3,611) 75,000 75,000 056112. Risk Mgt Initiatives former Landfil 277,000 140,986 136,014 564,000 564,000 056123. Sustainable Energy Funds Initiative 0 27,134 (27,134) 0 0 056123. Sustainable Energy Funds Initiative (Inc) 0 (27,793) 27,793 0 0 056146. Infrastructure Upgrades - Landfills 100,000 20,597 79,403 100,000 150,000 (50,000)56152. Parks & Reserves (Passive) Rehab Pr 9,600 29,167 (19,567) 0 9,600 (9,600)56170. Open Space Strategy - Implmentation 10,000 44,088 (34,088) 0 10,000 (10,000)56171. IT Systems Upgrades and Development 292,555 141,534 151,021 134,000 316,400 (182,400)56226. Landfill Cell Capping Provision 200,000 200,000 0 200,000 200,000 0

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56228. Corporate Water Conservation Progra 535,100 94,213 440,887 100,000 624,100 (524,100)56230. Rosebud Foreshore Camp Site Markers 9,700 0 9,700 0 9,700 (9,700)56261. Telecommunications Tower Projects 0 10,450 (10,450) 0 0 056274. Net Gain-Bungower Rd/The Eyrei/Art 41,176 82,350 (41,174) 82,350 82,350 056275. Long Term Coastal Management Master 401,400 136,725 264,675 475,000 732,400 (257,400)56275. Long Term Coastal Management Master (Inc) 0 (98,976) 98,976 0 0 056278. Investigation of catchments 260,000 323,846 (63,846) 300,000 300,000 056281. Hall Works 0 5,602 (5,602) 0 0 056281. Hall Works (Inc) 0 1,733 (1,733) 0 0 056297. Somerville Township-Amentity Works 6,400 0 6,400 0 6,400 (6,400)56299. Tyabb Township - Amentity Wks 10,400 0 10,400 0 10,400 (10,400)58304. St Mitchell Circuit Retarding Basin 0 (1,811) 1,811 0 0 058308. The Briars Fera Exlcusion Fence 19,600 6,632 12,968 0 19,600 (19,600)58315. Somerville Cenotaph 13,900 3,045 10,855 0 13,900 (13,900)58315. Somerville Cenotaph (Inc) 0 (9,091) 9,091 0 0 058316. Police Point Conservation & Rec Pla 54,700 12,907 41,794 0 54,700 (54,700)58317. Marine Drive Safety Beach 70,000 11,570 58,430 0 321,000 (321,000)58324. Place Making - Minor Works 50,000 6,659 43,341 100,000 100,000 058325. Foreshore Facilites Rehab. - Boat 15,000 0 15,000 30,000 30,000 058327. Tyabb Cricket Club 10,000 20,000 (10,000) 20,000 20,000 058328. Somerville/Tyabb District Heritage 15,000 1,808 13,193 30,000 30,000 058329. Boundary Fence Repair SIMS2 45,000 0 45,000 90,000 90,000 058330. ANZAC Centenary Mornington (Inc) 0 (7,195) 7,195 0 0 058331. CCTV Projects 56,955 81,030 (24,075) 0 66,500 (66,500)58331. CCTV Projects (Inc) 0 (233,255) 233,255 0 0 058332. Mt Eliza Bowls Club - Lighting (Inc) 0 (22,500) 22,500 0 0 058333. Petanque Piste Red Hill Bowls (Inc) 0 (18,900) 18,900 0 0 058336. Bike Safe Investigations - Minor 0 9,539 (9,539) 0 0 0

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Program

Priority Works

Forecast Actual Variance Budget Forecast VarianceY.T.D Y.T.D. Y.T.D Y.E. Y.E. Y.E.

3,068,386 1,549,776 1,518,610 3,033,850 4,721,450 (1,687,600)

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PRIORITY PROJECTS OVERVIEW

Financially, The Mid Year Review is currently underway and changes will be reported in the MidYear Financial Management Report which will be reported to Council separately.

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Priority Projects 1,417 571 846 2,319 4,505 (2,186)

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Priority Projects

Program ForecastY.T.D

ActualY.T.D.

VarianceY.T.D

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6459. Hastings Promotional Fund (Inc) 0 (51,810) 51,810 0 0 06581. Events (Inc) 0 (2,750) 2,750 0 0 06615. Tobacco Education (Inc) 0 180 (180) 0 (20,000) 20,0006679. Rosebud Promotional Fund (Inc) 0 434 (434) 0 0 06680. Mt Eliza Promotional Fund (Inc) 0 (55,292) 55,292 0 0 06736. Careers Expo (Inc) 0 (3,007) 3,007 0 0 08641. Road Safety Program Shire Wide (Inc) 0 (2,000) 2,000 0 0 08642. Sorrento Promotional Fund SCS (Inc) 0 3,662 (3,662) 0 0 08732. Climate Change Community Engagement (Inc) 0 (138) 138 0 0 08755. Mornington S/Centre Promotional Sch (Inc) 0 (108,570) 108,570 0 0 08803. WOL FREEZA (D&A Free Entertainment) (Inc) 0 (27,031) 27,031 0 0 08829. WOL Local Landcare Facil Initiative (Inc) 0 (35,675) 35,675 0 0 08847. Peninsula Planning Statement (Inc) (25,000) (15,000) (10,000) 0 (25,000) 25,0008877. WOL Smalltalk Program (Inc) 0 (5,260) 5,260 0 0 08878. WOL Willum Warrain (Inc) (52,808) (103,356) 50,548 0 (52,808) 52,8088882. Road Safety Initiative Research an (Inc) 0 (500) 500 0 0 08885. Archibald Prize Exhibition (Inc) 0 (428,664) 428,664 0 0 08899. WOL Schoolies Week Project (Inc) 0 (11,400) 11,400 0 0 08913. Prevention of Violence Charter & AP (Inc) 0 (1,545) 1,545 0 0 08950. WOL Tourism Brochure Development (Inc) (21,000) (20,830) (170) 0 (21,000) 21,0008951. WOL Tourism Public Relations (Inc) (4,500) (4,500) (0) 0 (4,500) 4,5008952. WOL Tourism Exhibitions & TS (Inc) (3,000) (3,819) 819 0 (3,000) 3,0008954. WOL Tourism Design & Artwork (Inc) (30,000) (59,191) 29,191 0 (30,000) 30,0008955. WOL Tourism Advertising (Inc) 0 (8,309) 8,309 0 0 08956. WOL MPT Industry (Inc) (337,000) (313,590) (23,410) 0 (337,000) 337,0008957. WOL Tourism Directional Signage App (Inc) 0 (125) 125 0 0 08959. WOL Destination Mornington Peninsul (Inc) 0 (164,317) 164,317 0 0 0

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ProgramForecast

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BudgetY.E.

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VarianceY.E.

8960. Low Income Energy Efficiency Prgm (Inc) (24,000) (33,858) 9,858 0 (30,000) 30,0008961. WOL Adopt A Hot Spot - Hastings (Inc) 0 3,984 (3,984) 0 0 08965. WOL Are You Ready? (Inc) (110,000) (110,000) 0 0 (110,000) 110,0008966. WOL EPA Research Dumping (Inc) 0 (7,149) 7,149 0 0 08989. Election Red Hill Ward (Inc) 0 (2,574) 2,574 0 0 08991. WOL Villages of the Mornington Peni (Inc) (5,000) (5,161) 161 0 (5,000) 5,0008992. WOL - A Place to Call Home (Inc) 0 (20,000) 20,000 0 0 08993. Tjaegan Wilson-Blow Reconcil Award (Inc) 0 (1,856) 1,856 0 0 06459. Hastings Promotional Fund 0 11,540 (11,540) 0 0 06482. Rosebud Activity Centre Struct Plan 12,975 0 12,975 0 51,900 (51,900)6483. Hasting Activity Centre Struct Plan 16,500 43,950 (27,450) 50,000 52,400 (2,400)6496. Business Development Plan for Morni 0 0 0 0 11,000 (11,000)6502. Community Partnerships 0 0 0 65,000 0 65,0006581. Events 65,000 52,720 12,280 130,000 130,000 06615. Tobacco Education 11,853 12 11,841 0 28,900 (28,900)6672. Responsible Gaming Strategy 5,000 1,048 3,952 25,000 22,500 2,5006679. Rosebud Promotional Fund 0 65,571 (65,571) 0 0 06680. Mt Eliza Promotional Fund 0 38,096 (38,096) 0 0 06718. Green Wedge Action Plan 0 0 0 0 15,400 (15,400)6736. Careers Expo 0 3,733 (3,733) 30,000 30,000 06766. Geotechnical Investigations 5,900 23,235 (17,335) 0 11,800 (11,800)6911. Somerville Community Needs Assessme 4,000 0 4,000 0 8,100 (8,100)6915. Men's Shed 10,000 7,122 2,878 28,000 28,000 06923. Red Hill Character Assessment and D 20,500 0 20,500 0 41,000 (41,000)6926. Parking Precinct Plans 18,250 0 18,250 0 36,500 (36,500)6927. Port Phillip Urban Design Framework 17,350 0 17,350 0 34,700 (34,700)6930. Stream Watch/Water Watch Program 4,750 852 3,898 0 9,500 (9,500)6938. WOL Comty Arts-Metro Access Project 2,000 922 1,078 0 3,700 (3,700)8603. Local Housing and Settlement Strate 40,100 22,263 17,837 0 80,200 (80,200)

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ProgramForecast

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VarianceY.E.

8606. Character Assessment and Design Gui 23,700 0 23,700 0 47,400 (47,400)8641. Road Safety Program Shire Wide 2,600 9,692 (7,092) 0 5,200 (5,200)8642. Sorrento Promotional Fund SCS 0 63,079 (63,079) 0 0 08646. Provision - Matching Grant Applicat 75,000 0 75,000 150,000 150,000 08649. Parking Precinct Plan Mornington To 13,000 5,950 7,050 0 26,000 (26,000)8654. Early Home Learning P'ship (PRC) 3,250 0 3,250 0 6,500 (6,500)8669. Spatial Employment Strategy 20,000 0 20,000 0 40,000 (40,000)8670. Mount Eliza Town Centre Plan 0 0 0 0 30,000 (30,000)8671. Somerville Town Centre Plan 1,000 0 1,000 0 2,000 (2,000)8674. Biodiversity Action Plan Modelling 26,000 0 26,000 30,000 52,000 (22,000)8675. Stony Point Coastal Management/Fram 5,000 0 5,000 0 10,000 (10,000)8676. Hastings Port Land Use and Transpor 0 0 0 0 15,000 (15,000)8678. Township Design Guideline Brochures 7,500 0 7,500 0 14,900 (14,900)8679. Heritage Review - Area 2 30,000 9,018 20,983 0 104,000 (104,000)8706. Land Management Overlay Implementat 0 0 0 0 15,000 (15,000)8724. Public Recreation Space Strategy 0 0 0 0 60,000 (60,000)8726. Dromana Activity Centre Structure P 25,000 0 25,000 0 50,000 (50,000)8731. Local Coastal Vulnerability Assessm 5,000 0 5,000 0 10,000 (10,000)8732. Climate Change Community Engagement 7,000 7,240 (240) 0 7,000 (7,000)8742. Community Engagement Policy & Guide 2,500 0 2,500 0 5,000 (5,000)8751. WOL Rosebud West Family Access Proj 80,000 0 80,000 0 161,900 (161,900)8755. Mornington S/Centre Promotional Sch 0 79,872 (79,872) 0 0 08757. WOL Iron Bar Project 1,900 1,009 891 0 1,900 (1,900)8759. WOL Equipment Pilot 7,200 1,213 5,987 0 14,400 (14,400)8760. Visitor Information Ctre Staffing 30,000 60,000 (30,000) 60,000 60,000 08761. M/ton Peninsula Branded Produce 1,000 5,776 (4,776) 0 40,000 (40,000)8762. Police Point Houses 33,000 34,075 (1,075) 28,000 33,000 (5,000)8764. Mobility Maps 11,500 1,271 10,229 37,000 33,300 3,7008767. Review Ticket Machines 9,900 7,605 2,295 0 9,900 (9,900)

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ProgramForecast

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VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

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VarianceY.E.

8768. Implementation Positive Ageing 43,500 49,105 (5,605) 87,000 87,000 08777. Arts & Culture Strat Project 10,040 11,463 (1,423) 40,000 44,300 (4,300)8778. Literacy Villages Project 25,351 17,292 8,059 64,000 72,400 (8,400)8780. Local History Digitisation Project 16,527 23,981 (7,454) 40,000 37,200 2,8008782. Reconciliation Action Plan 6,075 2,045 4,030 15,000 17,300 (2,300)8783. Food Access Plan 10,500 11,908 (1,408) 25,000 20,000 5,0008789. Biodiversity Action Plan 30,000 0 30,000 0 60,000 (60,000)8790. Music Bursary Program 12,500 17,764 (5,264) 25,000 25,000 08793. Land Subject to Inundations Overlay 0 0 0 0 15,000 (15,000)8795. Heart of R/Bud Precinct Plan 0 0 0 0 45,000 (45,000)8799. Ranelagh Conservation Man Plan Impl 0 0 0 0 18,000 (18,000)8802. External Website 10,000 4,379 5,621 0 20,900 (20,900)8803. WOL FREEZA (D&A Free Entertainment) 18,500 20,971 (2,471) 0 37,000 (37,000)8805. Youth Services Replace Internet 3,450 654 2,796 0 6,900 (6,900)8806. Community Grant-ArtsStream 0 0 0 40,000 0 40,0008809. Marketing MPS to Nat Conference 26,900 25,418 1,482 50,000 111,700 (61,700)8810. WOL Bushfire Planning Provision 0 0 0 0 6,300 (6,300)8811. WOL Universal Access Planning & Cha 6,250 8,388 (2,138) 0 12,500 (12,500)8818. WDF - Nepean - Cr H.Fraser 0 (1,500) 1,500 0 0 08822. WDF - Nepean - Cr T.Rodgers 0 (1,500) 1,500 0 0 08825. WOL Koories in the Kitchen 2,000 940 1,060 0 3,500 (3,500)8828. Smart Phone App 9,000 14,000 (5,000) 0 18,000 (18,000)8829. WOL Local Landcare Facil Initiative 5,750 35,417 (29,667) 0 11,500 (11,500)8842. Olympic Park Master Plan 5,000 780 4,220 0 10,500 (10,500)8845. WOL History of Rosebud West 5,000 0 5,000 0 16,200 (16,200)8847. Peninsula Planning Statement 25,800 4,075 21,725 0 51,600 (51,600)8848. Port Strategy Implications Study 0 0 0 0 27,800 (27,800)8849. Tootgarook Wetland Management Plan 44,900 28,157 16,743 50,000 89,800 (39,800)8852. Coastal Geotechnical Risk Assessmen 3,000 3,122 (122) 0 40,000 (40,000)

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ProgramForecast

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VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

ForecastY.E.

VarianceY.E.

8857. Bushland Contracts Review 26,400 0 26,400 0 52,800 (52,800)8858. Tidy Town Awards - Gala Dinner 3,000 2,186 814 0 3,000 (3,000)8860. Mayoral Sustainability Awards 5,000 5,000 0 0 5,000 (5,000)8863. Climate Adaption Plan Priorities 42,250 3,195 39,055 40,000 84,500 (44,500)8867. Ten Year Kindergarten Strategy 2,000 1,392 608 0 4,000 (4,000)8869. Indigenous Artefacts Assessment Pro 4,300 801 3,499 0 14,300 (14,300)8870. Human Rights Arts & Film Festival 5,000 988 4,012 10,000 10,000 08871. Sus Communities Planning Framework 3,500 0 3,500 0 10,700 (10,700)8877. WOL Smalltalk Program 2,000 0 2,000 0 4,600 (4,600)8878. WOL Willum Warrain 64,000 82,301 (18,301) 0 180,808 (180,808)8881. Packaged Liquor Licences Research 5,000 4,904 96 10,000 10,000 08882. Road Safety Initiative Research an 25,000 22,781 2,219 50,000 50,000 08885. Archibald Prize Exhibition 0 371,644 (371,644) 0 0 08886. Econ Benefits - Port of Hastings 2,200 2,523 (323) 0 2,200 (2,200)8892. WOL Metro Access Inclusive Respite 1,550 913 637 0 3,100 (3,100)8893. WOL Equine Industry Study 1,600 989 611 0 1,600 (1,600)8894. WOL MP Food Industry Reference Grp 900 2,221 (1,321) 0 13,900 (13,900)8895. WOL Indigenous Health and Wellbeing 7,500 14,506 (7,006) 0 15,000 (15,000)8896. WOL - Mornington Beach Water Assess 6,350 7,210 (860) 0 12,700 (12,700)8897. Climate Discussion Presentation 12,022 26,116 (14,094) 20,000 21,400 (1,400)8899. WOL Schoolies Week Project 2,000 7,370 (5,370) 0 3,300 (3,300)8900. Oral History Preservation Project 5,000 0 5,000 15,000 15,000 08901. Mornington Structure Plan 0 0 0 0 80,000 (80,000)8902. Tyabb Airfield Precinct Plan 7,500 0 7,500 0 30,000 (30,000)8903. Heritage Review - Area 3 0 0 0 30,000 0 30,0008905. David Collings LC Business Plan 4,000 7,000 (3,000) 0 9,500 (9,500)8906. Slope Stability Inclinometers 0 0 0 0 20,000 (20,000)8907. Management of Closed Landfills 35,000 7,429 27,571 0 100,000 (100,000)8908. Green Innovations 5,200 5,200 0 0 5,200 (5,200)

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ProgramForecast

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VarianceY.T.D

BudgetY.E.

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VarianceY.E.

8909. Bay Trail Missing Links 28,845 12,583 16,262 50,000 50,000 08910. Safety Beach CMP - Stage 2 12,500 17,500 (5,000) 0 25,000 (25,000)8911. Relief & Recovery Centre Plan 23,000 3,122 19,878 30,000 30,000 08912. Mton Park Local Area Traffic Strate 9,850 3,283 6,567 0 19,700 (19,700)8913. Prevention of Violence Charter & AP 2,000 1,210 790 0 4,300 (4,300)8914. Place Planning 41,500 52,001 (10,501) 120,000 120,000 08915. Let's Talk About Alcohol 2,000 0 2,000 0 4,300 (4,300)8916. Heritage Postcards Travelling Exhib 1,609 750 859 5,000 5,000 08917. Emergency Management Training 19,000 5,925 13,075 0 23,000 (23,000)8918. Community Playgroup Initiative 6,800 0 6,800 0 13,600 (13,600)8919. Southern Peninsula Arts Project 37,146 33,265 3,881 0 75,100 (75,100)8920. Access & Equity Policy Implementati 6,000 3,336 2,664 18,000 16,200 1,8008921. ANZAC Commemorative Naming Project 950 150 800 0 1,900 (1,900)8950. WOL Tourism Brochure Development 11,000 20,043 (9,043) 0 21,000 (21,000)8951. WOL Tourism Public Relations 20,000 19,207 793 0 29,500 (29,500)8952. WOL Tourism Exhibitions & TS 16,960 6,259 10,701 0 28,000 (28,000)8954. WOL Tourism Design & Artwork 27,000 38,067 (11,067) 0 69,000 (69,000)8955. WOL Tourism Advertising 46,000 55,071 (9,071) 0 92,000 (92,000)8956. WOL MPT Industry 55,000 42,874 12,126 0 339,005 (339,005)8957. WOL Tourism Directional Signage App 8,000 0 8,000 0 16,000 (16,000)8958. WOL Tourism Brochure Freight & Dist 8,000 17,529 (9,529) 0 16,045 (16,045)8959. WOL Destination Mornington Peninsul 50,000 147,926 (97,926) 0 52,000 (52,000)8960. Low Income Energy Efficiency Prgm 19,000 29,730 (10,730) 0 30,000 (30,000)8961. WOL Adopt A Hot Spot - Hastings 2,900 1,848 1,052 0 5,800 (5,800)8962. WOL Walk To School 6,000 4,713 1,287 0 12,100 (12,100)8964. WOL Smoking Bans Childrens Playgrou 2,750 0 2,750 0 5,500 (5,500)8965. WOL Are You Ready? 133,750 136,000 (2,250) 0 133,750 (133,750)8966. WOL EPA Research Dumping 8,000 830 7,170 0 16,000 (16,000)8967. Forshore Community Engagement Revie 0 0 0 30,000 30,000 0

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8968. Conservation Management Plans 10,000 0 10,000 20,000 20,000 08969. Road Asset Improvement Project 0 0 0 65,000 0 65,0008970. Sustainability Festival at Briars 30,000 20,000 10,000 60,000 60,000 08971. F/shore Srvc & All Abilities Access 0 0 0 40,000 40,000 08972. Rye Foreshore Landscape Plan 20,000 3,250 16,750 40,000 40,000 08973. Sthn Peninsula Arts Project 15,000 0 15,000 60,000 0 60,0008974. C/Parks & Movable Dwellings Complia 20,000 0 20,000 40,000 40,000 08975. Training for CTC Groups & Committee 5,000 0 5,000 10,000 10,000 08976. L2P Vehicle for Briars Ward 5,000 0 5,000 10,000 10,000 08977. Community Harms Prevention Strategy 11,875 1,024 10,851 25,000 22,500 2,5008978. Human Services Integrated Planning 5,000 0 5,000 10,000 10,000 08979. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Dating 6,000 0 6,000 12,000 12,000 08980. Development of Events Strategy 5,000 0 5,000 10,000 10,000 08981. Chisholm SMP Connect Contribution 12,500 25,000 (12,500) 25,000 25,000 08982. Agricultural Land Use Fact Sheets 15,000 2,072 12,928 30,000 30,000 08983. Arts & Culture Strategy Facilitator 13,838 2,706 11,132 43,000 40,000 3,0008984. Mobile Visitor Information Vehicle 10,000 0 10,000 20,000 20,000 08985. Intl. Festival of Tennis Tournament 0 0 0 30,000 30,000 08986. Peninsula Explorer Bus 25,000 22,727 2,273 25,000 25,000 08987. Infrastructure Strategy OHS Plan 12,500 0 12,500 25,000 25,000 08988. Community Capital Projects Assistan 12,500 23,967 (11,467) 25,000 25,000 08989. Election Red Hill Ward 43,462 86,528 (43,066) 86,923 86,923 08990. Place Making Grants 0 11,755 (11,755) 110,000 0 110,0008991. WOL Villages of the Mornington Peni 10,000 9,034 966 0 10,000 (10,000)