ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GREATER GEELONG
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GREATER GEELONG
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GREATER GEELONG
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Delivering on our Commitments: <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong> Annual Business Plan Action Update<br />
<strong>CITY</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>GREATER</strong> <strong>GEELONG</strong> <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Pillar : Health and Wellbeing<br />
Physical Health<br />
Donation to United Way to assist various welfare agencies<br />
Improve disability access to buildings across the municipality<br />
Kids Go For Your Life Program - healthy eating and physical activity behaviours with<br />
local childhood services<br />
Healthy Environment<br />
Saleyards building upgrade addressing environmental health legislation<br />
Status<br />
Streetscape Works: Hughes St (Bell Park) and Beaford Ave (Bell Post Hill) shopping strips ><br />
Streetscape Works: Shannon Avenue Shopping Centre<br />
✓<br />
Streetscape Works: Hitchcock Avenue, Barwon Heads<br />
✓<br />
Streetscape Works: Portarlington / Drysdale beautification program<br />
✓<br />
Mosquito control activities including helicopter application<br />
<br />
Life Stages Support<br />
School Holiday Programs incl Leopold/Ocean Grove/Belmont/Newtown<br />
Develop the Maternal and Child Health Service Capital Infrastructure Development Plan ><br />
Barwon Inclusion Support Agency - Providing support to child care services to promote the<br />
inclusion of all children including those with additional needs into eligible Commonwealth<br />
funded approved childcare<br />
Grants to assist Senior Citizens month activities<br />
Cloverdale Community Centre Upgrade - design ><br />
Sponsorship of Youth Administration Young Achievers Award<br />
<br />
Lara Youth Centre - program development for young people<br />
<br />
Support the Youthcan Van - Info Deli Team<br />
<br />
Youth Activities:Waterfront Program ><br />
Youth Activities:Ocean Grove/Drysdale Programs<br />
<br />
Youth Activities:General<br />
<br />
Life Education Van donation<br />
<br />
Contribution to Community Market and Carols by Candlelight at Windsor Park<br />
<br />
Playground under surfacing program<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
✓<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Life Stages Support (cont’d)<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Ruthven Street Playgroup Upgrade<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Corio Kindergarten heating<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: St Leonards community facility<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Belmont Senior Citizens Centre - air conditioning<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Fyans Park Kindergarten upgrade ><br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Normanby Street Pre School<br />
✓<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Ocean Grove Community Hall - access improvements ✓<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade: Belmont City Learning and Care refurbishment, Norlane<br />
West Kindergarten fencing<br />
Community Facilities Upgrade - Centenary Hall (air conditioning) / Geelong West Town Hall<br />
improvements / South Barwon Civic Centre improvements ><br />
Playground development program: Kingston Estate<br />
✓<br />
Playground development program<br />
<br />
Playgroup and parent support group activities targeted to disadvantaged groups and families <br />
Family Relationship Service Partnership program - providing support to separated parents <br />
Implement Leopold youth activities (Leopold Youth Action Team - The Outfit)<br />
<br />
Contribution to <strong>2007</strong> Youth Awareness Day<br />
✓<br />
Contribution towards production of Piercing Truth quarterly magazine - produced by and<br />
for young people<br />
Outreach preparation for parenting and Indigenous Innovations programs<br />
Youth Participation and Access Program<br />
Connected and Engaged Community<br />
Community infrastructure planning for Developer Contribution Plans ><br />
Redevelopment of Connections Park Corio - includes playground and path renewal ><br />
Conduct Community Building events (Grovedale Community Centre)<br />
Portarlington Community Building Initiative ><br />
Community Renewal: Whittington Renewal Project ><br />
✓<br />
✓<br />
✓<br />
✓<br />
✓<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
✓<br />
Key to status symbols (✓)Completed / Achieved () Completed for <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong>/repeated annually (>) In progress - To be completed in <strong>2008</strong>-2009 (❖) On hold will determine future action<br />
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