Victorian Budget 2016/17 Action Plan Implementation Public realm improvements (e.g. Green Spine) $2.8m $5.5m Convention centre market demand, business case and precinct masterplan $0.5m Action Plan general actions $1.7m Geelong Authority and Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership $0.5m Victorian Budget Special Projects Allocations Geelong Tech School and Gordon Institute improvements $20m $161.2m Geelong Performing Arts Centre $33.2m Royal Geelong Yacht Club Safe Harbour $4m Kardinia Park Stage 4 $75m Barwon Water Headquarters $29m Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Major Project Approvals one stop shop $0.2m $1.07m Moolap Coastal Strategic Land Use Plan $0.87m Geelong Revitalisation Funds Announced July 2015 Public realm improvements (Green Spine) $2m $3.6m Public realm improvements (Johnstone Park) $1.6m Regional Development Victoria Public realm improvements (Green Spine) $3m $3.5m Convention centre market demand, business case and precinct masterplan $0.5m $174.87m The Geelong Authority The Victorian Government created the Geelong Authority to advise the Minister for Planning on strategies to attract investment to central Geelong and on major planning applications to help create jobs and drive growth. Using its local knowledge and industry expertise, the Authority has played a leading role in developing and advising on this plan. The Authority will continue to advise the Minister for Planning on opportunities to deliver new jobs, homes and services to revitalise Geelong. Vision 2 The Revitalising Central Geelong Action Plan builds on the work of Vision 2, a 20-year strategy developed in 2013 by Deakin University, the Committee for Geelong, the City of Greater Geelong and the Victorian Government. The goal of Vision 2 was to create: A thriving economy and a vibrant city centre … it is about establishing what will make it a dynamic environment to do business in, to invest in, to live in and to visit.’ Vision 2 identified six key projects, or catalysts, to transform central Geelong:
OUTCOME An active city that is a great place to live. KEY ACTIONS 2016/17 • Construct new city housing and community facilities. • Plan for the new community infrastructure needed in central Geelong to support an increased population. • Construct Stage 1 of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club Masterplan to provide safe harbour facilities and improve public accessibility. • Construct Stage 4 of the Kardinia Park stadium redevelopment. • Support key events – including the Festival of Sails and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. ACTIONS ACTION ACCOUNTABILITY SHORT TERM (2016-2017) City Housing Support opportunities to develop new city housing. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Community Infrastructure Identify community infrastructure requirements (facilities and services) to support projected central city population targets. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Prepare a ten-year community infrastructure plan to deliver the required facilities and services to support projected central city population targets. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Review the network of public open spaces in central Geelong and the quality of the connections between those spaces. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Identify opportunities to improve the amenity of key public open spaces and the associated connections between these. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Safe Harbour Commence construction of Stage 1 of the Geelong Safe Harbour Project, subject to securing Commonwealth funding. DELWP Kardinia Park Construct Stage 4 of the Kardinia Park stadium redevelopment. SRV Events Support events in central Geelong including the Festival of Sails and the Cadel Evans Ride. SRV – City Housing Develop a suite of initiatives to encourage and support the conversion of existing office or vacant building stock for residential use. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership
Health and Education Commence working with Barwon Health, St John of God, Deakin University and Gordon Institute of TAFE to identify future expansion and facility requirements over the next decade. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Cultural Precinct Commence construction of Stage 2 of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre redevelopment. Creative Victoria Prepare a masterplan to achieve an integrated design outcome for facilities within the cultural precinct. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership MEDIUM – LONG TERM (2018-2026) Health and Education Identify opportunities to support the funding and delivery of future facility requirements for Barwon Health, St John of God, Deakin University and Gordon Institute of TAFE through strategic development and investment partnerships. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Cultural Precinct Finalise the design and implementation strategy for Stage 3 of the Geelong Performing Arts Centre redevelopment, subject to funding approval. Creative Victoria Prepare a design and implementation strategy for the Geelong Gallery redevelopment, subject to funding approval. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership Implement the masterplan to achieve an integrated design outcome for facilities within the cultural precinct, subject to funding approval. Revitalising Central Geelong Partnership GETTING AROUND OUTCOME Geelong Station precinct is a major arrival point and activity hub KEY ACTIONS 2016/17 • Develop a transport plan that makes it easier for people to come to the city. • Prepare a land use and development strategy for the Geelong Station precinct that supports development and improves connections with the city centre. • Create better streetscapes and ‘arrival’ indicators on major roads. Actions ACTION ACCOUNTABILITY