PRIORITIES FOR ELWOOD

Get serious on climate 

Rapidly implement council's long-overdue Climate Emergency Action Plan 2023-28 including electrifying the city, increasing tree canopy, addressing water pollution and improving active transport. Identify progressive deadlines and update as required. 

Pull us together

Foster increased community connections and neighbourliness to help provide support in challenging times and to involve us in the shared climate work ahead.

Open sesame!

Release all modelling and other documents being used to inform policy and activities, reduce secret meetings (currently 9%), record all councillor meetings with senior officers, create a register with full details of developer meetings, and include Citizen Panels in decision-making. Include more detail on expenditure. Follow-up our issues to our satisfaction.

Reduce the cost of our lives 

Find greater efficiencies across council including project management and pass on savings to all.

Maintain our assets 

Allocate a full-time, roving Elwood Council Officer to log and ensure follow-up of maintenance such as trip hazards, blocked stormwater drains, pet management and removal of dumped rubbish.

Alleviate our parking pain

Scrap paid parking permits for residents; increase parking restrictions in Ormond Road to 2 hours to facilitate increased patronage of local business.

Engage better! 

Improve consultation around the Elwood Foreshore Plan, especially for affected elderly residents. Engage residents more effectively in major consultations e.g. only a tiny minority responded to the current Council Plan.

Create in Elwood

Recognise and support the important role that creative industries play in fostering community and social cohesion, and fund more small-scale community projects including co-working spaces.

Place pressure on the State to achieve these outcomes:

Safety first 

Restore a police presence in the Elwood Police Station, formerly located in Broadway, to help deter crime and increase safety of all residents and their property.

Up, up and away

State Government aims to increase Port Phillip density by 41% by 2041. Resist increased density in Elwood due to more parking problems, heritage, flooding risks and associated liabilities. 

Get us to work

Ensure the State’s #246 bus contract includes the need to meet the Elsternwick train and #96 tram.