Project Finder

<p>Council has obtained funding to investigate a possible shared path along Station Road in Foster between Pearl Park and the Great Southern Rail Trail to help people walking and cycling in the area. Your feedback will help inform the development of concept designs that will improve safety, security and amenity for pedestrians and cyclists whilst also considering current and future demand.</p><p>This location has been selected because it provides a direct connection between the Great Southern Rail Trail and the centre of Foster, as well as providing opportunities to connect with other important locations within the town.</p><p>This project is being funded by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) as part of the local government grants program. Improvements identified during this consultation may be subject to further funding and approval by Council and the TAC.</p><p>When the design process is being undertaken, the following will be taken into consideration:</p><ul><li>Accessibility.</li><li>Improved pedestrian and cycle networks.</li><li>Well-designed and located facilities.</li><li>Improved road safety.</li></ul><p>This project supports objectives in our <em>Road Safety Strategy 2019 - 2023</em> which notes that supporting safe walking and cycling is important for a healthy and sustainable community.</p><p>To ensure you have your say, please let us know your thoughts below. The survey should only take a few minutes, but choose the method that speaks to you most. You also have the option of suggesting additional destinations on the map below. To access the map, click the &#39;Map&#39; button.</p><p>Feedback closes <strong>Sunday 11 September 11.59pm</strong>.</p>

Foster Shared Path

<p><strong>Thank you for your feedback. The consultation period has now concluded. Come back later for more updates.</strong></p><hr><p>The Draft Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan is open for feedback until <strong>5.00pm Sunday 7 August</strong>.</p><p>This draft Plan aims to be used by Council and organisations that work closely with us to support improving the health and wellbeing of our community.</p><p>The Plan brings together community priorities for health and wellbeing, the work of Council and local organisations, and local health and wellbeing data to identify priorities and strategies for the next three years.</p><p>During the engagement for our Community Vision and Council Plan, we heard loud and clear how important health and wellbeing is to our community, so we are glad to have a draft ready for your feedback.</p><h3><strong>What&#39;s In the Plan?</strong></h3><ul><li>Five priorities - all of which align with the Victorian Health and Wellbeing Plan, and local organisation strategic and work plans.</li><li>A range of strategies to guide how organisations will work to improve health and wellbeing over the course of the plan.</li><li>A localised population focus with some strategies providing additional focus on some population groups experiencing greater inequity in health.</li></ul>

Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

<p>In South Gippsland Shire, over 1,000 households are in housing stress. They pay more than 30 per cent of their household income on housing leaving limited income for other expenses like food, transport, health, education and utilities.</p><p>To help support South Gippslanders who find themselves in need of social or affordable housing, Council have created a draft Social and Affordable Housing Strategy. This strategy highlights the opportunities we have at Council to support more social and affordable housing, including advocating for services and supporting providers of social and affordable housing to invest in South Gippsland.</p><p>So far, we have engaged with:</p><ul><li>Key stakeholders such as regional service providers, State Government agencies and other local governments.</li><li>People with lived experience of housing stress and risk of homelessness.</li><li>Organisations with land and interest in offering affordable housing.</li><li>Extensive community consultation as part of the Integrated Plan engagement.</li></ul><hr><p>Feedback for this strategy has now closed. Please check back regularly for updates.</p><hr><p><br></p>

Social and Affordable Housing Strategy

<p style="margin-left: 20px;"><strong>The opportunity for feedback has now closed. Thank you all so much for helping to shape South Gippsland. <br></strong></p><hr><p style="margin-left: 20px;">Council sought feedback on key plans for South Gippsland to ensure they accurately reflected the needs of our community.<br>These plans have now been adopted and will influence how we provide services and facilities, both now and in the future.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">Significant consultation was undertaken before the plans were adopted, including:</p><ul style="margin-left: 20px ;"><li>The most extensive community engagement period from 21 April 2022 to 15 May 2022.</li><li>Engagement with over 928 people between December to January</li><li>Community survey that received over 2,000 responses.</li></ul><p style="margin-left: 20px;">To view the adopted plans, please click on the relevant document on the right-hand side of this page.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">You can also view an Engagement Summary Report that details the results from the April/May 2022 engagement period.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">View the video below to hear the reflections from our Councillors on this engagement.<em><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-rv fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/725082518" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></em></p>

Provide Plan Feedback

<p>Council&#39;s Playground Replacement Program helps to keep South Gippsland play equipment in good condition and reduce ongoing maintenance and safety concerns. As part of our Program we are now seeking feedback on different playground equipment options for Ellen Lyndon Park.<strong><br></strong></p><hr><p><strong>The survey has now closed.</strong></p><hr><p><br></p>

Ellen Lyndon Park - Playground Survey

<p><strong>Feedback on this Plan has now closed.</strong></p><hr><div class="fr-img-space-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-draggable fr-fil fr-dii" draggable="false" style="width: 340px;"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/downloads/file/4212/great_southern_rail_trail_visitor_experience_and_marketing_plan_2022_-_2031" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-australia/23c884ab18a79cf299faa664808931141ed68d4e/original/1652859827/a67278699e25d8e554ce5105e060feb9_GSRT_Plan.JPG?1652859827"><span class="fr-inner"></span></a></span></span>Thank you for providing your feedback to the Great Southern Rail Trail (GSRT) Visitor Experience and Marketing Plan.</div><p>The Plan sets a direction to help elevate the GSRT from an important community asset, to a key visitor experience of the region. It includes projects and activities that are designed to improve visitor and trail user experience today and into the future.</p><p>Findings from the submissions, key themes identified and changes to the GSRT Visitor Experience and Marketing Plan are outlined in the 29 June Ordinary Council Meeting report, <a href="https://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/meetings" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">click here to view</a>.</p>

Great Southern Rail Trail - Visitation and Marketing Plan

<p>We need your help to design the new Venus Bay Skatepark!</p><p>Planning for the next stage in the redevelopment of Jupiter Boulevard Park in Venus Bay is underway with concept designs for a skate park and new basketball area being released.</p><p>The concept designs were prepared by leading skate park designers Convic, who are seeking feedback to help further refine the design.</p><p><strong>You can have your say on the plans via the survey below until 14 March.</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/venusbayskatepark"><button class="homepage_button" id="register" type="button">Complete the Survey!</button></a></p><p><img src="https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ehq-production-australia/c50e4609c30034e0a67a796a4f501e90c54f55db/original/1645667792/1745f24da005a9ae456a1dbb052d9e39_VB_Concept_Plan.jpg?1645667792" style="width: 931px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></p><style type="text/css">
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Venus Bay Skatepark

<div data-block="true" data-editor="8ot5l" data-offset-key="6vrn1-0-0"><p>Council has undertaken a community survey to help us gain an in-time snapshot of our community&rsquo;s priorities, likes and challenges <a href="#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_1"></a>. We wanted to hear about your current experience in South Gippsland.</p><p>The survey results will help create a regional profile that will be used by Councillors and Council staff. This will guide policy, future planning, decision making, and strategy and program development.</p><p>To ensure a wide range of views are received, 7,800 households were randomly selected from across the region and sent a survey invite to participate in this research. Those without a direct invite were still encouraged to participate as well.<a href="#_msocom_2" id="_anchor_2" language="JavaScript" name="_msoanchor_2"></a></p><p>We urged you to participate as a large number of people have moved to our region in the last two years and information from the 2021 Australian Census won&rsquo;t be available until late 2022 &ndash; We&rsquo;d like to start planning now and this survey will help us get a head start on understanding and planning for community needs in light of the recently changing community profile.</p><p><style type="text/css"> .homepage_button { color: white; border-radius: 4px; padding: 8px 20px; display: inline-block; text-align: center; margin: 10px 2px 0px; font-weight: 400; } #register { background: #142F53; border: 1px solid #142F53; } #register:hover { color: #142F53; background: white } @media (max-width: 400px) { .homepage_button { font-size: 16px; padding: 6px; } } </style></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="8ot5l" data-offset-key="7vs3m-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7vs3m-0-0"><em>This survey was run on behalf of Council by ASDF Research. All survey responses are anonymous and the results are combined so that no individual response can be identified. Visit their website to view the </em><a href="https://asdfresearch.com.au/collection"><em>researcher&#39;s collection statement</em></a><em>.</em></div></div><p></p></div>

South Gippsland Regional Profile

<p>The Great Southern Rail Trail Projects include the:</p><ul><li>Leongatha to Korumburra link</li><li>Korumburra to Nyora extension and beyond</li><li>Welshpool to Alberton link</li></ul><p>Since the complete closure of the rail line between Dandenong and Port Albert in 1994 various sections have been developed into a rail trail. At present the Great Southern Rail Trail stretches 71 kilometres from Leongatha to Port Welshpool. The trail is an important contributor to the local and regional economy, attracting a large number of tourists.</p>

Great Southern Rail Trail Projects

<h2>What do you want South Gippsland to be like in 20 years? Have Your Say!</h2><h3>Have Your Say on the Draft</h3><p>The time has come! You can read the full draft Community Vision 2040 and provide your feedback via a survey <a href="https://yoursay.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/provide-plan-feedback">here</a>.</p><p>Submissions close 15 May 2022.</p><hr><h3>Feedback on Draft Community Vision</h3><p>An online survey and pop-ups to have your say on the draft is coming soon in April and May. Stay tuned for more details.</p><hr><h3>Community Panel</h3><p><em>Registrations closed 12 December. Thank you to those who registered.</em></p><p>The Community Panel will involve 25 randomly-selected community members to create a cross-section of South Gippslanders. <span data-offset-key="4bubn-1-0"><span data-text="true">Recruitment for the Panel is being undertaken by an independent organisation, </span></span><span class="adverb"><span data-offset-key="4bubn-2-0"><span data-text="true">Deliberately</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="4bubn-3-0"><span data-text="true"> Engaging.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="4bubn-3-0"><span data-text="true">To find out more please visit the </span></span><a href="https://yoursay.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/71315/widgets/363640/documents/224807"><span data-offset-key="4bubn-3-0"><span data-text="true">Frequently Asked Questions</span></span></a><span data-offset-key="4bubn-3-0"><span data-text="true"> for more details.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="4bubn-3-0"><span data-text="true"><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-rv fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PeKd2nH0weU?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable" width="516" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></span><br></p><hr><h3>Online Forum</h3><div data-block="true" data-editor="f0fna" data-offset-key="botgr-0-0"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="botgr-0-0">Thank you to those who participated in the online forum on 2 February.</div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="botgr-0-0"><br></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="botgr-0-0">The Panel will meet over February to review all feedback received. Feedback on the Draft Community Vision will be invited in April.</div></div><style type="text/css"> .homepage_button { color: white; border-radius: 4px; padding: 8px 20px; display: inline-block; text-align: center; margin: 10px 2px 0px; font-weight: 400; } #register { background: #142F53; border: 1px solid #142F53; } #register:hover { color: #142F53; background: white } @media (max-width: 400px) { .homepage_button { font-size: 16px; padding: 6px; } } </style><hr><h3>Online Survey</h3><p>Our online survey closed on 11 January. Thank you for participating.</p><hr><h3>Community Pop-Ups</h3><p>The Conversation Caravan will be out and about in South Gippsland during December and January. Feedback from these pop-ups will be provided to the Community Panel to help inform the Community Vision.</p><p>See the timeline for details!</p>

Our Community Vision

<p>Your Say South Gippsland is designed to provide one place where community members share their ideas and feedback on Council projects and initiatives.</p><p>While the platform is new and more features will be come available - we would like to hear about your experience so far and ways to improve.</p><p><strong>Share your experience and feedback below by completing our quick survey!</strong></p>

How Can We Improve Your Say South Gippsland?

<p>Your Say South Gippsland gives you the opportunity to shape Council projects/services. Your feedback will make an impact on our region.</p><h2>Why Register?</h2><p>Register with Your Say South Gippsland for full access to all engagement projects. We will notify you when new opportunities become available.<br><a href="/register"><button class="homepage_button" id="register" type="button">Click here to register</button></a><br><br></p><style type="text/css">
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</style><h2>Our Commitment</h2><p><strong><em>As a Council we believe that our decisions are improved through the process of community engagement with the South Gippsland community. We respect the ongoing nature of community engagement and in turn the opportunities we have to build partnerships with our community. We are committed to using these opportunities to stay firmly grounded in community perspectives.</em></strong></p><p>This platform will compliment other feedback opportunities. Other methods could include face-to-face sessions and community meetings.</p><p>Council&#39;s Community Engagement Framework guides each project/initiative. This includes our Community Engagement Policy and Community Engagement Strategy 2020-2024.</p>