Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...

While it is appropriate for responsibility for transport planning to be transferred toSustainable Development, there will need to be an ongoing and close working relationshipbetween that Directorate and Roads ACT to ensure the practical implications of delivery ofplanned infrastructure are taken in to account.Veterinarians BoardThe ACT Veterinary Surgeons Board is established under the Health Professionals Act(2004). As part of the review of all ACT Government boards and committees proposed inChapter 3, responsibility for this body, should it be determined that it is necessary for it tocontinue, as between Health and TAMS should be settled.The ArboretumThe Review notes suggestions that responsibility for the Arboretum be transferred fromLAPS to TAMS. While this might be the appropriate location once the Arboretum isproperly established, the Review considers that a transfer of responsibility at this stage isunnecessary and would risk continuing focus on delivery of that project. It should remain theresponsibility of the Coordinator-General.Parking OperationsIt was suggested in consultations that parking operations (i.e. inspection and issuing ofinfringement notices) constitute municipal functions that should be in TAMS and not ORS.The Review is not convinced by these arguments, many of which are predicated on a modelintegrating all aspects of transport in a single agency. For reasons advanced elsewhere, theReview is not proposing such a model.Furthermore, the costs of any reallocation of responsibility in this area are likely tosignificantly outweigh any benefit. The Review considers this to be one area where analignment of functions in a way that makes sense for the ACTPS is more important than whomight play the same role in Queanbeyan.Non-Urban ParksArguments were advanced in consultations that management of non-urban parks (e.g.Namadgi National Park) is not a municipal function and should be transferred elsewhere ingovernment. Parks Conservation and Lands (PCL) manages more than 73 per cent of theACT’s total area including one wilderness area, one national park, three major watercatchments, 1,325 urban open spaces, 12 lakes and ponds and 33 sites that make up theCanberra Nature Park. In addition to parks and reserves, PCL also manages more than630,000 urban trees, 84 shopping centres, 21 buildings, two visitor centres, 50 picnic areas,189 barbecues, 115 toilets, 452 playgrounds, 188 Aboriginal heritage sites, 121 Europeanheritage sites and 40 natural heritage sites.Administrative Arrangements Changes: 173