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We met 7 May - some highlights and updates:

Click here for unconfirmed minutes of 7 May meeting

Council draft budget for 2012-2013: The City of Melbourne draft budget proposes funds to complete a heritage review for Kensington.  We would expect that this will be approved.  We pressed for this review.  The review will have most significance to the 'flat bit', in particular, where potential heritage sites adjoin the urban renewal areas facing Stubbs and Macaulay.

East west tollway: The Federal budget did not include any funds for the tollway project.  This is likely to delay it.  Our concern is for impacts on the amenity of Kensington and other inner suburbs.  Until we see a detailed route and construction plan, we won't know what the impacts may be.  Meanwhile the City of Melbourne is expected to re-affirm it's opposition to any impact on parks (see East-west tollway 2, below).

Community garden plots: We now have confirmation that the City of Melbourne will move towards a code of practice for the garden, allowing for more plots to be available.  Our Association rep, Clive, has spent many hours working towards this outcome.

Disability ('better access') Project: Our project leaders, Rilke and Mary, will commence visiting agencies and traders soon, with information about making premises more disability friendly.  (See below for free pdf brochures.) Meanwhile, we are looking for more disability-friendly premises for our meetings.

Elections: We will assist the community in the forthcoming elections: the by-election for the State seat of Melbourne (could be in a few weeks time) and the forthcoming Council election (27 October).  We'll ask candidates to complete a questionnaire (the replies to which will be posted on our website) and arrange a 'Meet the candidates' public event for each election.

Website redesign: We approved a project to redesign our website, including links to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and ability to make online payments.  If you have suggestions, please send them now.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bronwyn Pike resigns from State seat of Melbourne

The Association thanks and appreciates Bronwyn for all the work she has done over the years, especially in contributing to the Kensington community.  Our tribute said in part:

"On the occasion of your resignation from the seat of Melbourne, which you have occupied with such distinction over the years, we pay tribute to your contribution in public life.  Yours has been a long and distinguished parliamentary career.  We extend our thanks and appreciation for all you have done for the people of Melbourne, and especially for Kensington.  We particularly appreciate the assistance you gave on a number of critical occasions when the trend of events appeared to be going against Kensington.  We have in mind especially the municipal boundary issue, which resulted in the eventual reunification of Kensington, and the threat to JJ Holland Park from the proposed Eddington road tunnel, and the eventual outcome where your government promised that the park would not be used for a staging or construction site.  We wish you the very best in whatever course you select for your life in the future, and hope to see you from time to time in our community of Kensington."

East-West tollway 1:  Baillieu will fund planning study for East-West tollway

The State budget  allocated $15 million for planning and a business case for the proposed East-West tollway.  No funds were offered in the Federal budget.

If this project goes ahead, we urge the State Government to protect the unique character of Melbourne's inner suburbs.

Click here for Government press release

Extract from the press release:

Roads and Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder said $15 million would be used to prepare a business case and commence planning work for the eastern section of the East West Link.  "The money set aside in this year's Budget will be used to help us understand how much the project will cost and how we can achieve the best result for the community," Mr Mulder said.  Preliminary work on the East-West Link is set to begin within weeks, with early geotechnical drilling, engineering and flora and fauna surveys to be undertaken along the corridor to obtain valuable information to help develop the project.  "We will work closely with the community to plan out a project that responds to local concerns and delivers the cross city alternative to alleviate congestion and ensure travel time reliability for families and freight," said Mr Mulder.

Click here for item in The Age 31 March quoting variety of views

Click here for item in The Age 1 May

Click here for Ken Davidson's view

Click here for Herald Sun report and animation (you'll need to register for online pass, currently free)

Click here for item in Herald Sun 6 May (you'll need to register for online pass, currently free) Keep alert when reading this item - it is about the 2008 Eddington plan, not any new plan.  Hence the statement 'The tunnel would have no city exits or entrances between Hoddle St and the CityLink off-ramp at Flemington.' Almost certainly will not be true of a new plan.  Without exits into the CBD, it just won't pay for itself. And it may not primarily be a tunnel! See next item:

East-West tollway 2:  City of Melbourne re-affirms its policy

The Future Melbourne Committee has unanimously passed the following:

"Priority Action: Consider the Government’s proposed East West Link when details are known to make sure that it achieves the City of Melbourne’s transport and urban development objectives, and is consistent with council's resolution of June 2008 opposing the use of any parkland for the purposes of any road works or associated activities."

East-West tollway 3:  Now it's said it may not be a tunnel

The East-West tollway is intended to link the end of the Eastern freeway in the east with the Westgate freeway in the west.  Along the way, it could come under, or even emerge, in Kensington.  Recent media reports present a series of maybe's, could be's and rumours.  One suggestion is that the link from the Eastern freeway could proceed on the surface along Alexandra Parade, or even be an elevated roadway, like CityLink.  Both a surface tollway and an elevated tollway would be cheaper than a tunnel.  Either surface or elevated tollways would destroy the amenity of large parts of Fitzroy, Collingwood and Carlton.  Further it is suggested there need to be on and off ramps into the City.  Furthermore, whether or not the ramps connect with a surface tollway, an elevated tollway or a tollway in a tunnel, they would also destroy amenity.

If this project goes ahead, we urge the State Government to protect the unique character of Melbourne's inner suburbs.

East-West tollway 4:  Our policy

Governments are elected to govern and the State Government is apparently determined to build the tollway if they can get the funds.  Our focus will be on ensuring that there is no adverse impact on our, or neighbouring, suburbs.

What will the impact be on Kensington and other inner suburbs?  Until we get to see a detailed plan, including the route and construction methods, we can't yet predict the impact.  If the State Government is determined to build the tollway, it must act responsibly.  It is unacceptable to destroy the amenity of historic communities simply to alleviate traffic congestion.  Citizens will not thank any government that presided over the destruction of the amenity of Collingwood, Fitzroy, Carlton, Parkville, Flemington or Kensington.

Our policy is:

"Hands off Kensington community.   Hands off all communities."

East-West tollway 5:  Want to do something now?

You are a citizen and have the right and the opportunity to make your views known anytime you want.  Here are some contacts:  Our local Federal member, Adam Bandt , our State member, Bronwyn Pike and our Council.   We also invite you to join the Association and encourage others to do so (see below).  That way, if there is a crisis, we'll all be in the best position to act.

'Better access for everyone'- a brochure for residents and a brochure for traders

This year we took up a project in the area of disabilities, or 'better access'.  With generous support from the City of Melbourne we have produced two printed brochures which show how each of us can, often with little effort, make our premises and the suburb more disability friendly.

Click here for pdf of residents' brochure

Click here for pdf of traders' brochure

Further about disability issues, experts in the field recently completed a pilot study of how the mobility of a suburb could be measured, and they trialled their method in Kensington.

Click here for summary of their report

Carve out Kensington's future with us: send fifteen bucks!

Someone is going to carve out Kensington's future.  People are at work right now with policies, plans, developments and initiatives.  Might as well be Kensington residents who are doing some carving! The Association will carve it out on behalf of all residents.  If you are happy with what we do, simply send $15 (or $10 or $5, depending on your circumstances) and we will keep carving.  And if you are not happy with what we do, every August you have the chance to kick us out at the AGM!  Meanwhile, here is some carving we did:

*  The Broadmeadows Line was going to be used for the Airport Rail service - then the government said no.  
*  The reunification of Kensington under one Council was not going to happen - then the government said yes.  
*  The Eddington Report said that JJ Holland Park was going to be dug up - then the government said no.

For details about membership, click here

'Don't talk back'? No, do talk back!

Websites and emails are useful but they are essentially one way.  To supplement them, we now have Facebook, which enables people to carry on a public conversation.  You can read what people have said, and, if you have a Facebook account (if you haven't you can get one free), you can add your say.  Check it out:

Click here for our Facebook page

Planning Scheme Amendment C190 proposed for Kensington

Might sound boring, but it won't be if you wake up one morning with a 3-storey apartment block right next to you!  Wide areas of Kensington's 'flat bit' will be rezoned so that instead of industry/warehouses, apartments and retail will be permitted.  If you live in the 'flat bit', better check this out.  The Council has asked the Minister to appoint an Expert Panel and put the amendment up for public exhibition.  If the Minister agrees, residents will be able to make further submissions and appear before an Expert Panel.

Click here for proposed Planning Scheme Amendment C190

Panel Report on Municipal Strategic Statement C162 (MSS) is now available

It's hard to get one's head around 'MSS', 'Structure Plan' and 'Planning Scheme Amendment'.  In brief, the MSS is the strategic document that gives a context for the Structure Plan and the Amendment.  We are digesting the Panel Report and will comment soon.  In summary, many changes have been proposed but it appears that C190 will not be much affected.  Meanwhile for all the documentation re. C162:

Click here for C162 documents

Melbourne City Council representation review

The Victorian Electoral Commission has released its Final Report.  It recommends an unsubdivided municipality of 9 Councillors (2 more than at present) plus the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor.  Click here for reports

Click here for the Association's submission

Councillors abandon proposal for 12-storey apartment tower for Younghusband site

In a historic decision, Councillors declined to entertain a developer's proposal to rezone the Younghusband site to allow for 300+ apartments, including a 12 storey tower.  Instead they voted to abandon the proposal.  The resolution to abandon the proposal was moved by Lord Mayor Cr Robert Doyle, seconded by Cr Jennifer Kanis and passed unanimously.

Click here for oustanding YouTube clip by Younghusband tenants

More about the East-West tollway

Our policy on the E-W road tollway is 'Hands off Kensington community.  Hands off all communities".

The revived plan is for an 18 km inner urban tollway connecting the Eastern Freeway at Hoddle Street to City Link and from there to the Port of Melbourne.  There appear to be plenty of grounds for skepticism as to whether this is a viable project, and any citizen might wonder about the following:

Is an East-West road tollway needed?  Should there be public funding?  Would the money be better spent on public transport?

The answers to these questions are beyond the expertise or scope of the Kensington Association, whose mission is to 'protect and enhance the amenity of Kensington on behalf of all residents'.

Therefore our primary focus is on any potential impact on the amenity of Kensington and other inner suburbs.

We would also condemn any destruction of amenity in other suburbs likely to be affected, such as Flemington, Parkville, Carlton, Collingwood and Fitzroy.

In the previous plan, a tunnel passed beneath  Kensington then burst out from a portal into an open 4-lane trench across JJ Holland Park, that is, 'cut and no cover'!

JJ Holland Park is a major recreation facility, not just for Kensington, but for the entire Western region of Melbourne.  As well as the impact on the Park, the tunnel/trench would have brought 24 hr noise and pollution right into Kensington.  Furthermore, the Park was to be used as a staging and construction site for many years.

If a threat develops, we will again provide leadership to Kensington and we will deal with it.  We will keep you informed.  Meanwhile we invite you to join the Association, if not already a member, and encourage others to do so.

Meanwhile, this is what a 'cut and cover' portal could look like in the construction phase (Dublin Port Tunnel, drawn to our attention by J Bell).  For more photos of the 'cut and cover' phase of the Dublin project (which is only 2 lanes, not 4):

Click here

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Some of the 620 local residents who attended a protest rally in June 2008 opposing the use of JJ Holland Park as a staging and construction site for the proposal East-West Road Tunnel.

Metro Rail - is this project a problem for Kensington?

The Melbourne Metro Rail proposes a dedicated rail service from Footscray to Domain, via North Melbourne and Parkville, another project being put forward for Commonwealth funding by the Baillieu Governement.  From what we can see of the plans, the bit that could involve Kensington involves laying a pair of tracks parallel to the existing rail lines beside Childers Street and JJ Holland Park.  At some point between Kensington Road and South Kensington Station,  the lines appear to 'dive' underground and head towards North Melbourne and beyond to Parkville.  Early indications are that only Childers Street and its parking will be disrupted during construction, with minimal impact on JJ Holland Park.  However at this stage, without more details, one cannot assess the amount of disruption.

Press release re. budget allocation for planning of Melbourne Metro:

Mr Mulder said this year's Budget also allocated $49.7 million to the Melbourne Metro project to protect the corridor for the proposed nine-kilometre rail tunnel and five new underground stations.  "Melbourne Metro will strengthen and expand the inner core of the rail network and provide extra capacity to increase services and improve public transport across Melbourne," Mr Mulder said.  "The Coalition Government is pushing ahead to obtain planning approvals to protect the corridor so the project can proceed quickly when it receives Commonwealth funding," Mr Mulder said.  Mr Mulder said the Melbourne Metro project was a key part of the Coalition Government's strategy to untangle the rail network and unlock capacity.

A Kensington resident has applied to participate in the community consultation group who, if he is appointed, we expect would keep us fully informed.  


Safety on Epsom Road

Residents are concerned at the apparent prevalence of speeding in the 40 kph zone adjacent to Kensington Primary School and its playground.  A recent traffic survey has confirmed a high incidence of cars exceeding the speed limit.  Councillor Kevin Louey has agreed to call a round table meeting of interested parties to plan for future traffic calming measures on Epsom Road.  Meanwhile the Council has completed some interim safety measures, including pavement warnings and has obtained approval from VicRoads to install illuminated 40 kph signs.  It is likely that this and other measures will be postponed until the Coronial inquiry into a recent tragic incident at the school crossing has reported.

The Kensington Association supports good-quality, appropriate development

We are not opposed to development.  If we were, we would have tried to kill off the Structure Plan.  We acknowledge that people need to live somewhere; there is a case for more intensive development and Kensington is one possible place.  But what is 'appropriate?  Sure, it's a matter of interpretation, but it's not subtle.  Most recent proposals that we assessed as 'inappropriate' are grossly inappropriate ----   Like the Younghusband 12-storey tower proposal where the draft Structure Plan suggests 6.  (Fortunately our Councillors unanimously rejected that one.)  Like the Rankins Road 4-storey block of 27 flats where most nearby houses are 1 or 2 storey.  (Fortunately that one got defeated at VCAT.)   Like the Lambeth Street apartments with no off-street parking whatsover!  (Unfortunately, we lost at VCAT on that one.)

The forthcoming Planning Scheme Amendment C190 may stem the flow of inappropriate proposals.  Otherwise, the problem as we see it is that planning laws give far too wide a latitude to developers and too little protection for existing residents.  Hence residents often lose objections that go to VCAT.  We have made a submission to the current review of the planning process making just those points:

Click here for our submission

Sometimes we do relax

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The famous Bellair Street coffee strip.  Kensington locals often seen here, drinking lattes and chardonnay, naturally!  (Photo by James Torrington)

Get your free guide here

ksgAssisted by a grant from the City of Melbourne, the Association has produced a Kensington Community Services Guide.  Printed copies have been distributed widely, but you can ask for one to be sent to you.  Email us at:   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For pdf, click here

Underpass for train line?

You might be surprised to hear that we oppose it. Yes, it's annoying being held up at the Macaulay or Kensington crossings, and many of us have thought 'what about an underpass for the trains?'  The problem is, any measure to help traffic flows simply attracts more through traffic. No matter what happens, through traffic on Kensington, Epsom and Macaulay roads is likely to increase.  We definitely don't want to encourage it.  Helping through traffic does not help Kensington motorists.  In our view, the more obstructions to through traffic, the better.  Rather than expensive measures that allow even more through trafffic, we think it's better that Macaulay Road gets the reputation among motorists of being a disaster area, best avoided.

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Join us - it makes a difference

We cordially invite you to put your weight behind the Association in its work in preserving and enhancing the amenity of Kensington.  Simply by being a paid-up member, you make a difference, no need to attend meetings or do anything else.  (If you are puzzled why simply joining makes a difference - and it's not about the money - email us and we will explain - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

For details about membership, click here.

'Welcome to Kensington' kits -- they are free!

Kits have been updated with 2012 information, and are available from schools, real estate agents and the Kensington Community House, McCracken Street, or email us and we'll deliver one to you:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it