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Question 1: In suppling a garden waste bin, the volume of waste that the City could remove from a residential property every fortnight increased from 960ltr/fortnight to 1,000lts/fortnight. Given that the current fortnightly participation rate for the garden waste bin is still only 50%, it is unlikely that the service will be increased to weekly.

Residents have 7 options if they have large quantities of garden waste. 

1. Place the excess garden waste in the red top bin, 
2. Stockpile the material on your property and spread the garden waste over the available space in the lime or red top bin in successive weeks.
3. Use short or long handle secateurs to cut the branches smaller and compact, so that more material fits into the red top or the lime green lid bins (70kgs Maximum) 
4. Get to know your neighbour and ask if they have are using their garden waste bin this fortnight, or if they have any available space. 
5. Compost your leaves and lawn clipping from the garden waste bin and the food scraps from your red lid bin to create more space in both bins.
6. Time your larger garden clean-ups with the bulk, greenwaste, verge, collection your area. 
7. Use the CoC Trailer Passes to deliver the material to Henderson Waste Recovery Park. 

Question 2:
There is an existing footpath and on road cycle line along Berrigan Drive. The missing link on the south site of road between #50 Berrigan Dr and Colgrave Mews will be listed as a high priority for investigation and consideration during the 2019/20 financial year budget deliberation. This project will be assessed against other budget requests, requirements and priorities having regarded to budget funding limitations and once a determination is made, residents  will be advised of the outcome.

There is not any proposal by the Council to close Healy Road. For your information, traffic data collected on Healy Rd when the City conducted a traffic survey in February 2019, the average weekday traffic was recorded 860 vehicles and the 85th percentile speed (refers to a speed at or below which 85% of the traffic is travelling at that location) was recorded as 57km/hr, which is less than 10km/h over the speed limit, and the average speed as 47km/h.

The City will continue monitoring the speed behaviour within this road and undertake the appropriate actions to reduce speeding if appropriate.

The City has an ongoing rehabilitation program for its bushland reserves in accordance with the Natural Area Management strategy.

The reason for a delay in footpath construction is high water level which is significant around this area. All possible sites for the footpath construction have been completed now.  

There is not any proposal by the Council to close Healy Road. For your information, traffic data collected on Healy Rd when the City conducted a traffic survey in February 2019, the average weekday traffic was recorded 860 vehicles and the 85th percentile speed (refers to a speed at or below which 85% of the traffic is travelling at that location) was recorded as 57km/hr, which is less than 10km/h over the speed limit, and the average speed as 47km/h.

The city will continue monitoring the speed behaviour within this road and undertake the appropriate actions to reduce speeding.

The City has undertaken suburb specific revitalisation strategies since 2009. These strategies consider opportunities for greater housing diversity alongside the necessary upgrades to accommodate population and housing growth. Our strategies to date (Phoenix, Hamilton Hill, Coolbellup and the Lakes) include recommendations for streetscape and park upgrades and in certain instances recommendations for local centres. Recommendations also include necessary infrastructure upgrades including underground power, better cycle ways and footpaths for example. A number of the recommendations in our strategies have been delivered. Further details on completed projects can be found on our revitalisation strategy webpages - https://www.cockburn.wa.gov.au/Building-and-Development/Town-Planning-and-Development/Suburb-Revitalisation

The City also recognises the importance of reviewing policy to guide infill development and as a result as each subsequent strategy is prepared the City has developed and further amended the City’s Local Planning Policy 1.2 Residential Design. This policy seeks to promote quality design of dwellings and lots. The City is very excited however that as of last week the State Governments Design WA suite of policies became operational including a State Planning Policy 7 – Design of the Built Environment which sets 10 principles to establish a definition of good design to inform the review of decision making processes in the built environment. The suite also includes a new set of policy requirements for multiple dwellings. Further information can be found here - https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/designwa

Recognising policy is only one influencing element of built form outcomes the City also acknowledges there is a leadership role to play to encourage greater housing diversity within our suburbs that reflect the needs of our current and future residents. Working towards this objective the City is undertaking the ‘My Best Home’ project with residents 50+. The “My Best Home” project aims to build on the success of the revitalisation strategies by undertaking a further level of research to understand and promote the housing needs of people aged 50+. This is important to our oldest, most established suburbs of which will continue to see a significant increase of older households in the future. Further information can be found here - www.cockburn.wa.gov.au/mybesthome

The City can be somewhat limited in influencing home owners how to construct particularly when it comes to materials and some specific design elements however the City is committed to further explore how we can promote good design both through our local planning framework and also through targeted research and community engagement projects such as the My Best Home project.

The City continues to invest in streetscapes in accordance with the road hierarchy identified in the Public Open Space Strategy, which has been allocated $220k funding in the 2019-20 budget. 

The City also has an annual street tree planting program which has been allocated $300k funding in the 2019-20 budget.  

The City is working with the key stakeholders of the precinct, including the scouts, to deliver the project objectives identified in the Developer Contribution Plan (DCP13). Each stakeholder, including the scouts, is aware of the project goals and the funding available.

The City’s Vision and objectives are to provide an efficient and high connected movement network for pedestrians and cyclists that is safe and efficient. Each financial year the Council approved more than $2M for renewal of existing and construction new footpath links. I can confirm that  this footpath/site will be listed as a high priority for investigation and consideration during the 2019/20 financial year budget deliberation. 

This project will be assessed against other budget requests, requirements and priorities having regarded to budget funding limitations and once a determination is made, residents  will be advised of the outcome.

The Cockburn Wildlife Corridor is not an identified program or project residing within the City’s various strategies. The corridor program is being led by the community and is an aspirational vision for the rehabilitating the area of land which incorporates the Roe 8 & Roe 9 land allotments and other parcels of land west of Cockburn Rd.