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MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 5. That the City ADVERTISE for 'Expressions of Interest' from local and nonlocal community groups in order to provide a more consistent and diverse usage of the centre. 6. That the public toilets that form part of the Maureen Grierson Centre be MAINTAINED to provide a usable facility all year round. As part of the process of maintaining these facilities, a strategy be developed to provide 'best practise' for maintenance on the City's public toilet facilities.” The original Notice of Motion sought to retain the Maureen Grierson Centre by refurbishing the building. This is not in keeping with the adopted Scarborough Beach Urban Design Master Plan which indicates demolition of the building and replacement with a street level building or buildings that would create activity along The Esplanade. The Master Plan generated wide community support and has since been endorsed by the Western Australia Planning Commission. The City is actively seeking funding for the proposed infrastructure through the State and Federal Government and proposing fundamental changes to the plan so soon after its adoption has the potential to create doubt about the project and its support in Council. Recommendation 1 seeks to initiate a community art project to produce a mural on the building to improve the appearance of the façade. This project has been funded through Councillors discretionary funding at a cost of $27,000 and has recently been completed. Recommendation 2 recommends writing to the Minister for Tourism to seek a partnership to establish a Visitor Centre in the building for six months of the year. The original report highlighted that Tourism Western Australia does not fund local Visitor Centres. Follow up enquiry to staff at Tourism Western Australia indicates that they only fund the Western Australian Visitor Centre located in Perth. Tourism Western Australia has restructured and shifted its emphasis and confirms that there is no opportunity to achieve funding for such a partnership. Writing to the Minister on the subject would not be a worthwhile exercise. Recommendation 3 seeks to encourage artists and musicians to use the roof of the building as a performance space. Advice received from the City’s Marketing Business Unit on the potential use of the roof of Maureen Grierson Centre is set out below:- “The Cultural Services unit has already committed this financial year budget to a range of events held around the City including a number at Scarborough Beach. Unfortunately due to extremely limited resources, financial implications and safety issues, the roof of Maureen Grierson can not be utilised for the purpose of promoting local artists in 2012/2013. If additional resources and budget are allocated in 2013/2014, the Maureen Grierson Centre may be considered a venue as part of the Buskers Competition in 2014. The suitability and safety of the venue will also need to be assessed by an external resource.” Recommendation 4 refers to writing to the Minister for Lands seeking power to lease the Maureen Grierson building and to provide a report back to Council on the outcomes. 162
MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL 18 SEPTEMBER 2012 The Master Plan envisages redevelopment of the site to provide up to three commercial sites in the same general area as the Maureen Grierson Centre. City staff have met with staff from the Department of Lands to commence these negotiations based on the adopted Master Plan. The action of writing to seek power to lease the current building would create some confusion in the negotiation process. It would also impact upon current users of the centre as the end result of seeking power to lease would be seeking interest from potential lessees. The leasing activity would mean the building would be unavailable for any current or future community uses between now and proposed demolition. When this matter was considered at the Planning and Development Committee a deputation was made by the C3 Church Scarborough seeking Council support for their continued use of the facility to hold services and offer community programmes. This recommendation is not consistent with the current community use of the building or the future redevelopment of the site. Recommendation 5 would seem to flow on from Recommendation 4 in that it stipulates that local and non local groups be canvassed to use the building and hence create more activity in Scarborough. It is not clear if this is aimed at simply generating additional uses or possibly entering into a lease. The latter is likely to involve exclusive use of the facility by one group or commercial entity and hence would impact on current users by excluding them from using the centre. If the aim of the alternative Recommendation 4 is to lease the centre out then seeking a wider range of users would actually complicate that process. Recommendation 5 would seem to contradict recommendation 4. Recommendation 6 relates to the maintenance of toilet facilities attached to Maureen Grierson Centre. Advice received from the City Buildings and Waste and Fleet Business Units on the maintenance of toilet facilities at the Maureen Grierson Centre is set out below: Waste and Fleet advise that:- “the City currently cleans public toilets along the costal strip Monday to Sunday, between 5.00am and 7.00am, including the Maureen Grierson Centre. The beach crew monitor the cleanliness throughout the remainder of the day. The Waste Business Unit has an existing procedure for the cleaning of toilets that, along with all activities within the Waste and Fleet Business Unit, is currently being reviewed to maintain/meet best practice and will include a Safe Work Method Statement evaluation. Public perception regarding the effectiveness of toilet cleaning is diminished when the toilet facility is in need of general maintenance.” City Buildings Business Unit advise that the Maureen Grierson Centre is an aging facility and they are in the process of upgrading these toilets at a cost of approximately $100,000. This upgrade is likely to change the community perception of the toilet facility and its cleanliness for its remaining lifespan. This additional information provides feedback to Councillors on the proposed alternative recommendation and its potential impact on existing users of the facility. Some of the items recommended have been or are being actioned already (Recommendations 1 and 6). Feedback from Tourism WA has been received several times to indicate that no funding is available to establish any tourist visitor centres other than the Perth Tourist Information Centre (Recommendation 2). The City’s Events team has no further budget or resources to provide additional activities at Scarborough during 2012/13 (Recommendation 3). Seeking power to lease and advertising for Expressions of Interest would impact on current users and could confuse the process required to implement the Scarborough Beach Urban Design Master Plan (Recommendations 4 and 5). Action is being taken by City Building to upgrade the existing toilet and Waste and Fleet to review the toilet cleaning procedure would address Recommendation 6. The original officer recommendation is therefore reaffirmed. 163
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