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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Dear Central to Eveleigh stakeholders and list subscribers,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This is a quick update on a number of Central to Eveleigh matters to bring you up to date with current C2E issues.<u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">UG ‘Thinking and Visioning’ Workshop 9 December 6pm-9pm<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UrbanGrowth is starting to talk more widely to the community and is looking for community people to be involved in a community ‘Thinking and Visioning’ workshop on the evening of the 9th December from 6pm to
9pm in the Redfern area. The plan is to bring together about 130 people, 30 about as representatives of key groups around the site, about 50 people who self-nominate through
<a href="http://urbangrowthnsw.com.au/work/central-to-eveleigh-registration.aspx" target="_blank">
register your interest </a>on the UG website and the balance to be randomly selected through a telephone call process.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This is the first UG event open to interested members of the broader public. We encourage you to
<a href="http://urbangrowthnsw.com.au/work/central-to-eveleigh-registration.aspx" target="_blank">
register your interest</a> .<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">If you cannot go on 9<sup>th</sup> December but are interested in making sure you or your organisation are advised of future consultations I suggest you communicate this to UG C2E by email
<a href="mailto:c2e@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank">C2E@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au</a>, the
<a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/work/urban-transformation-projects/central-to-eveleigh-urban-transformation-and-transport-program/contactus.aspx" target="_blank">
on line "Contact Us" form</a>, or telephone (02) 4927 7490.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UG say the workshop will build on the emerging key themes from previous engagement with the community.<u></u><u></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Housing:
</b>Consider a variety of housing types that meet the needs of a diverse community.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Employment:
</b>Build on the potential of the Sydney city centre as well as the local innovative and emerging creative, education and health precincts.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Transport and connections:</b> Create connections and permeability across the rail corridor, upgrade Redfern Station and reduce car dependency and traffic through better support for
walking and cycling.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Heritage and Culture:</b> Acknowledge, increase access to and build the strengths of the existing rich heritage and cultural assets of the area.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Sustainability and resilience:</b> Demonstrate contemporary excellence in design that is socially and environmentally sustainable.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Public Space:</b> Develop new space and revitalise existing space so it is safe and actively used by the community and contributes to a vibrant area.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Community Infrastructure:
</b>Ensure a diverse offering of community facilities to meet current and future needs and social infrastructure is planned early and continues to be a key consideration throughout the program.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">You can find out more on the <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/work/urban-transformation-projects/central-to-eveleigh-urban-transformation-and-transport-program.aspx" target="_blank">
Central2Evelegh section of the UG website</a> – When UG fix the redirection <a href="http://www.central2eveleigh.com.au" target="_blank">
www.central2eveleigh.com.au</a> should take you to this site. Documents available on the download tab include some of the work UG C2E has already undertaken.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The idea of mixing randomly selected community members, those with a self-registered interest and representatives from existing groups is UG’s new way of consulting and it will be interesting to see how it goes.
There were quite significant differences between the concerns raised by group representatives and the randomly selected groups in the mid-year concept plan discussion – see the
<a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ProjectSalesPlans/ConsultationOutcomesReport_v2.pdf" title="Consultations Outcomes Report - June 2014" target="_blank">
Consultations Outcomes Report - June 2014</a>. In part this difference was because those from resident groups wanted to have a broader conversation with C2E than simply feed-back to them on the questions put to the focus groups. There needs to be opportunities
for input on what UG is looking for feedback on as well as the opportunity to discuss the valid concerns of group representatives who have been dealing with development issues and community concerns over the last 10 years at lease in REDWatch’s case. There
also needs to be transparency in what UG are doing in their focus groups, phone polls and recruitment so that everyone can have confidence that they are not in effect push polling by the way that information is being presented. This concern has again been
raised by a report of a recent phone call recruiting for the 9 December event.<u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">UG C2E On Line Survey<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UrbanGrowth is also undertaking an Thinking and Visioning
<b><a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/survey/survey.aspx?prev=true&id=69" target="_blank">Online Survey</a>
</b>– you can see all the questions at the beginning and we encourage you to make your comments
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<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">UG Engaging Public Housing Tenants – 1<sup>st</sup> December 2:30-5:30pm<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The public housing estate at South Eveleigh is on the
<a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ourprojects/DraftConceptandKeyIssuesSummary%28June2014%29.pdf" title="Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014" target="_blank">
Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014</a> for early development within the next 5 years and yet UG had not held anything to explain what was happening to public housing tenants in the area covered by the UG proposal. Friends of Erskineville and the
Waterloo Neighbourhood Advisory Board stepped into the void to try and support South Eveleigh tenants.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UG has arranged to come to Rotary Park at South Eveleigh on Monday 1<sup>st</sup> December
<span lang="EN-US">with information on the Central to Eveleigh Corridor Concept Plan process. It will collect details of residents interested in attending the workshop on 9th of December and will answer any questions. Free ice-cream, fruit and activities for
kids will be provided to encourage involvement. For further information contact Stuart Gibb, UrbanGrowth’s Community Development Manager at
<a href="mailto:sgibb@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank">sgibb@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au</a>.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">How Should UG talk to our Diverse Community?<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Urbangrowth has been contacting some local organisations to discuss how it is best to go about community engagement. Many of the organisations that read our emails have extensive networks into parts of the community
surrounding the C2E site. If you have any suggestions about how you wish to see your networks (schools, churches, clubs, interest groups, youth groups etc) engaged in this process then contact Vanessa Gordon, the Project Communications Advisor, who is working
on this project at <a href="mailto:c2e@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank">C2E@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au</a>. Suggestions about how to best engage broadly with those not involved in local networks are especially welcome.<u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">UG Studies<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UG is currently undertaking some studies of the corridor flowing from the feedback the received on the
<a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ourprojects/DraftConceptandKeyIssuesSummary%28June2014%29.pdf" title="Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014" target="_blank">
Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014</a>. We have asked UG to make details of all studies being undertaken publically available as happened with the growth studies undertaken by the SMDA. We have also asked that the consultants briefs also be publically
released again as was done by the SMDA – see as an example <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/bep2smda/sia/120221smda" target="_blank">
Social Impact Scoping & Assessment Brief</a>. The earlier study has recently been released and it is on the REDWatch website at
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/bep2smda/sia/120511smda/view" target="_blank">Report for Social Impact Scoping and Assessment Consultation Outcomes Report May 2012</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">One of the consultants that has been appointed is GHD, which did the earlier Social Impact Scoping and Assessment for SMDA. GHD has been speaking to human service providers in the area and is undertaking a “Social
Sustainability Due Diligence Study”. Earlier this year UG C2E had an Expression of Interest (EOI) process for Urban Design Services but it has not released any information on current studies being undertaken.<u></u><u></u></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:6.0pt">Indicative Development from the Fly-throughs<u></u><u></u></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">UG C2E released a July version of the indicative development fly-through to the SMH for its article
<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-renewal-project-at-eveleigh-likely-to-be-scaled-back-20140926-10lwdp.html" title="Sydney renewal project at Eveleigh likely to be scaled back" target="_blank">
Sydney renewal project at Eveleigh likely to be scaled back</a> – you can watch the fly through from the link on the SMH website. We have extracted stills from the flythrough for the areas identified in the concept plan document so you can see what is being
shown to the industry as the indicative development for the site. You can see these stills on the REDWatch website at
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/corridor/140703ug" target="_blank">Central to Eveleigh Corridor Indicative Development July 2014</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">One area of ongoing concern to REDWatch is that around Eveleigh the indicative development is only possible if key heritage buildings are removed. If the heritage buildings stay in their existing form then the
“indicative development” is not possible. Missing in the July fly-through are: The New Locomotive Workshop, The Works Managers office, The Chief Mechanical Engineers Building, the Scientific Services Building, The Telecommunications Equipment Centre and The
Paint Shop – all of which are listed as heritage items under the earlier RWA’s Major Project SEPP! UG has responded that it is just indicative and it does not mean that heritage will be touched. However if the retention of heritage impacts on what is being
shown to government and industry as indicative development then we are very concerned that there will be pressure on these key heritage buildings down the track to help deliver the indicative development indicated.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Finally keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/corridor" target="_blank">
Central to Eveleigh Tab</a> on the REDWatch website for the latest information as we find it out. If you become aware of anything that might be of interest to us then please send it to me.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Please feel free to forward this email on to others that you think might be interested especially in making input to UG on C2E.<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>This email has been circulated to interested community stakeholders and in line with REDWatch policy it has also been copied to relevant Government stakeholders in the interest of transparency.<u></u><u></u></b></p>
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