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Policies and initiatives
> Direction 6. A fairer city
> Policy 6.3
Policy 6.3 – Improve the coordination
and timing of the installation of services and infrastructure in
new development areas
The Government and its agencies, service providers
and local government need to cooperate in order to better coordinate
installation of infrastructure and services in new development areas.
Too often the delivery of infrastructure lags behind the development
it is meant to serve. Sometimes, better decisions could have been
made about which infrastructure to build first or co-locate.
Processes should be developed to involve all stakeholders
in coordinated long-term planning for infrastructure and service
delivery. The aim is to achieve better economic, social and environmental
results (see ‘The Brookside Learning Centre at Caroline Springs’).
Initiatives
| 6.3.1 |
Ensure effective working arrangements
are in place between State government agencies, non-government
service providers and local councils to ensure effective forward
planning and flexible service provision |
| 6.3.2 |
Develop better models for the growth
of schools so that new primary schools are established from
the outset in new developments, and they keep pace with the
growth in population in their catchment and range of services
needed |
| 6.3.3 |
Build on recent experiments in
joint use of facilities with private schools and local government
to fully utilise new community resources for arts and sport |
| 6.3.4 |
Develop better forward planning
models for primary and acute health services and associated
facilities for new growth areas |
| 6.3.5 |
Assess the needs for child care,
aged care and other community services and augment the capability
of existing services so that these are effectively delivered
in newly developed areas |
| 6.3.6 |
Continue the development of planning
models for justice facilities in growth areas, paying particular
attention to co-locational opportunities |
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The Brookside Learning Centre
at Caroline Springs
This centre, which opened in January 2000, is a key facility
for the growing community of Caroline Springs, located west
of metropolitan Melbourne. It exemplifies the partnership
approach to developing community facilities, as it involves:
- private developers
- the Department of Education and Training
- a major independent school
- the Catholic Education Office
- local government
- a football club
- a private child-care facility.
Funding and negotiated agreements developed for the project
include:
- special conditions on built form and time frames
- joint contributions and licensing arrangements
- developer contributions
- project management arrangements.
The centre provides lifelong learning services and other
community services as well as shops and business offices –
a mix of activities that ensures ongoing activity. It will
cater for 1,500 school students and additional adult learners.
Shared facilities include:
- an administration and gallery area
- a visual arts and technology centre
- a performing arts and music complex
- a community resource room
- a multimedia centre and a leisure centre
- a full range of recreational facilities – stadium,
club rooms, gymnasium and change rooms, an outdoor playing
space including a football oval – that attracts many
community groups outside school hours.
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