North Hobart Community Association
Position 2021
Background
The North Hobart Community Association formed in early 2020 to provide a voice for residents and others who engage with the precinct. This voice was specifically needed to contribute to the City of Hobart's North Hobart Place Vision and Access & Parking Plan project, through which Council was exploring options for the North Hobart retail and entertainment precinct.
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Some 735 people contributed to the City of Hobart project in early 2020 through surveys, workshops and interviews.
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Consultations involved: residents, traders, visitors, Metro Tasmania, Bicycle Network, RACT, Housing Tasmania, the Italian and Greek communities, the Chinese Community Association, and other groups.
Results are contained in these reports:
• Engagement Report (Village Well)
• Place Vision Framework (Village Well)
• Access & Parking Plan (MRCagney)
• Condell Place Recommendations (MRCagney)
• Condell Place EOI Scoping and Information Paper (MRCagney).
(Click here to see the Document Library for the project and read the reports)
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The Council committed to 'in-depth community consultation around the published reports ... ', and our Association continues to engage in that process.
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Our position
✓ We support the consultation process.
✓ We consider the consultants' reports to be comprehensive and readable, providing a benchmark for discussion and planning.
✓ We support the creation of a Precinct Plan (a recommendation of the Place Vision report) to guide integrated development.
✓ We also believe the reports offered Council some 'quick wins' before the Precinct Plan is finalised - actions that could improve conditions and address some of the
smaller issues.
✓ We regard Condell Place as a highly valuable public asset - open space in the inner-city. There appears to be a push to fast track commercial development here, so it's in the community's interest to stay engaged. We agree with report recommendations that Condell Place not be changed until the long-term vision is clear.