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| Trader,Steve, participating in People's Panel discussion. |
The City of Melbourne considered the QVM People's Panel report at a Council meeting on Monday night and came up with the following resolution -
Resolutions of the Future Melbourne Committee meeting held on Monday 10
December 2018
Agenda
item 6.1
Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal Program –
People’s Panel Final Report
Resolved:
1.
That
the Future Melbourne Committee:
1.1.
Receives
the Queen Victoria Market People’s Panel Report and thanks all panel
participants for their commitment to the process.
1.2.
Agrees
with seven (7) recommendations and requests management to immediately progress,
namely:
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Recommendation 1
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Review of
Infrastructure for traders (storage and amenities)
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Recommendation 2
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Restore heritage
fabric whilst preserving and enhancing tangible and intangible cultural
heritage significance of the market
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Recommendation 6
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Improve
infrastructure and amenities in the Food Court
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Recommendation 8
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Provide appropriate
and planned recreational space in Queen Street between upper and lower market
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Recommendation 9
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Develop creative
spaces throughout the market to attract and retain families and better engage
customers
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Recommendation 12
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Weather proofing of
Sheds
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Recommendation 14
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Southern
Development Site
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1.3.
Agrees
in principle with six (6) of the other seven (7)
recommendations and requests management to undertake further analysis of three
(3) recommendations, namely:
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Recommendation 4
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Allow for car
parking spaces for vans, buses and large vehicles
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Recommendation 5
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Develop G Shed for
various infrastructure improvements
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Recommendation 7
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Dedicated recycling
stations ground level or below G Shed
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And requests
management to refer three (3) recommendations to the Board of the Queen
Victoria Market Pty Ltd for its consideration, namely:
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Recommendation 10
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Increased customer focus for the
market
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Recommendation 11
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Access of customers around the
market and facilities
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Recommendation 13
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Guarantee security of tenure for
traders
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1.4.
Requests
management to:
1.4.1.
In
addition to the 500 car parks in Munro, investigate an additional 500 car parks
in the precinct with the current at grade car park to become an open space once
transitional parking there is no longer required.
1.4.2.
Investigate
the minority report.
1.4.3.
Provide
a report in the first quarter of 2019 on the further analysis of three
recommendations outlined in 1.3 and investigations into the minority report,
including the overall impact of these recommendations on the business case and
implementation strategy.
1.4.4.
Make
public the revised business case and makes public the revised gross costs of
the total project (sunk costs not net budget) incorporating any new options.