Print full document Table of contents Content Major achievement Strategic objectiveThe environment is considered in all decision making. Major initiative 3.5Protect Gardiners Creek now and into the future through the development and adoption of a master plan for Gardiners Creek, considering recreational, active transport, biodiversity, and environmental initiatives. Gardiners Creek Master PlanGardiners Creek is a significant urban green corridor in Boroondara spanning the suburbs of Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Glen Iris and Ashburton. Many public spaces run alongside the creek in our local area.To ensure Gardiners Creek continues to be protected, cared for, and enhanced for future generations to enjoy, we’ve developed a master plan to guide planning in the area over the next 10 years. The master plan was shaped through extensive research and community consultation to balance the needs of Gardiners Creek’s various users.Our vision is to create a more sustainable, cleaner and safer Gardiners Creek catchment by: improving the entry points, access and safety enhancing the rich and biodiverse area managing water and drainage with careful urban design improving water quality improving signage and how people get around the area recognising and celebrating Aboriginal histories and cultures. Our councillors unanimously endorsed the Gardiners Creek (Kooyongkoot) Master Plan in October 2022.In April 2023, we celebrated the official launch of the Gardiners Creek (Kooyongkoot) Regional Collaboration. We are working together with 15 other organisations, including Melbourne Water and Bicycle Network, to improve the cultural, amenity, and environmental value of the Gardiners Creek catchment.Highlights you can expect to see in coming years include:improved connections to Toorak Road by building a shared pedestrian link/bridge at Back Creek Reserveupgrading the 4 bridges between Nettleton Park and Dorothy Laver Reserve West to meet Australian standardsadvocating for improvements to the Toorak Road underpass in Hawthorn, so it becomes less prone to flooding and silt build-up.Theme 3 performanceThis is a breakdown of the strategic indicators, progress of initiatives and other service performance indicators for this theme. You can find out more detail about these indicators and previous year’s results in the full report.You can also read through our continuous improvement initiatives, community engagement, and benchmarking activities for this theme in the full report.Strategic indicatorsMany of our strategic indicators saw consistent or improved results in FY2022-23. The strategic indicators that met or exceeded the forecast include the following. Kerbside collection waste diverted from landfill (percentage of garbage, recyclables and green organics collected from kerbside bins that is diverted from landfill)Forecast: 72% to 73%2022-23 result: 72% Layout variant Gutter Percentage reduction of Council CO2 emissions compared with 2007-08 emissionsForecast: 82% to 85%2022-23 result: 100% Area of land actively managed for biodiversityForecast: 63 to 64 hectares2022-23 result: 63 hectares Satisfaction with waste managementForecast: 71 to 74 (out of 100)2022-23 result: 71 (out of 100) Some indicators did not meet our forecast this year: Volume of harvested water (rain and stormwater) re-used within council buildings and open space irrigationForecast: 15mL to 16mL2022-23 result: 6.7mLThis volume was lower than expected due to the delay in the completion of capital projects and requirements for unscheduled maintenance of key systems. Layout variant Gutter Percentage reduction of community emissions compared with 2020 emissionsForecast: 14% to 18%2022-23 result: 10%We are providing education and programs from the Climate Action Plan to support our community to achieve this aspirational community target. Satisfaction with environmental sustainabilityForecast: 67 to 69 (out of 100)2022-23 result: 64 (out of 100)We became net-carbon neutral during 2022-23 and continued to deliver an extensive environmental sustainability education program. This result was on par with 2022 and above both state and metro averages. Progress of initiatives in the BudgetInitiatives that were completed in FY2022-23:Progress towards the targets to reduce Council and community emissions established in the Climate Action Plan by implementing the actions detailed in the Implementation Plan for 2022-23.Enable monitoring of community progress towards the community emissions targets in the Climate Action Plan through the implementation of a community emissions measurement model.Improve the green canopy coverage in our urban spaces for the enjoyment of future generations by implementing a targeted program to increase the planting of trees on local streets by 1,000 per year.Improve the community’s ability to access biodiversity and indigenous vegetation now and into the future by ensuring information on the location and size of biodiversity areas are accurately recorded.Protect the Gardiners Creek now and into the future through the development and adoption of a master plan for the Gardiners Creek considering recreational, active transport, biodiversity and environmental initiatives.Create an Urban Greening Strategy to protect and enhance our landscapes, trees and green cover in response to the challenges of climate, urban heating and urban densification.Reduce the volume of materials going to landfill by using a minimum of 20% of recycled materials including glass, plastics and toners in our asphalt products to resurface roads.Provide the community with more options to divert polystyrene from landfill by identifying new partnerships for the disposal of expanded polystyrene.Commence gradual bin lid replacement to meet Victorian Government requirement to comply with standard bin colours by 2030.Other service performance indicatorsThe following other service performance indicators and measures are based on the FY2022-23, unless stated otherwise. For more detail, including supporting commentary and how these results were calculated, see the full annual report PDF.Waste collection Kerbside bin collection requestsFY2022-23: 188 requests per 1,000 kerbside bin collection householdsFY2021-22: 175 requests per 1,000 kerbside bin collection households Layout variant Gutter Kerbside collection bins missedFY2022-23: 9 missed bins per 10,000 scheduled kerbside collection bin liftsFY2021-22: 5 missed bins per 10,000 scheduled kerbside collection bin lifts Cost of kerbside garbage bin collection serviceFY2022-23: $127 per kerbside garbage collection binFY2021-22: $114 per kerbside garbage collection bin Cost of kerbside recyclables bin collection serviceFY2022-23: $94 per kerbside recyclables collection binFY2021-22: $86 per kerbside recyclables collection bin Layout variant Gutter Kerbside collection waste diverted from landfillFY2022-23: 72%FY2021-22: 72% Pagination links Theme 2: Parks and green spaces Annual Report 2022-23 Theme 4: Neighbourhood character and heritage
