NCCC Meeting 21 May 25

Agenda: General Meeting 7pm 21 May 2025

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Presentations:

1 Thriving Canberra 2024: Better and Fairer Utilisation of Community Facility Zoned (CFZ) Land in Canberra Centre For A Better Canberra [*Report link below]
Guest Speaker: Professor Chris Wallace, Academic Director. 
“Our research has uncovered widespread underutilisation of already allocated CFZ land. Through adjustments to policy settings, those lands could host new and better facilities and cater to a broader range of users,”
2 NCCC Key Themes 2025:
  • a) Effective Community Engagement in Planning, and Development, and
  • b) Public and Affordable Housing

Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Lee MLA, ACT Liberal Party, representing the seat of Kurrajong.

General Business:

  1. Deputy Chair’s Report [Jochen Zeil, NCCC]
  2. Treasurer’s report

Engage by attending or send your ideas/questions to info@northcanberra.org.au

Questions so far:
Why aren’t houses affordable?
How important is community engagement?
Is there a process to assess the need for community facilities in a suburb that involves residents?

Link to report:
https://www.canberra.edu.au/content/dam/uc/documents/about-uc/fab-cbr/Thriving%20Canberra%202024%20Better%20and%20Fairer%20Utilisation%20of%20Community%20Facility%20Zoned%20Land%20in%20Canberra%20FINAL.pdf

The next meetings are 21/6/2025 Committee Meeting, 18/7/2025 General Meeting (proposed topic: NCCC Key Themes 2025: Kurrajong Representative)

STREET ADDRESS 91a Wakefield Gardens AINSLIE
AN IMAGINED PROPOSAL:
‘COMMUNITY FRONT ROOM’ –
VERTICALCOMMUNITY CENTRE
A 24-hour facility demonstrating diverse uses that relate to the evolving community and augment the adjacent suburban shops. Possible functions/activities to include
  • :Indoor: community ‘living rooms’, community kitchens, night-hub (library, theatrette, bar, games inc. e-gaming), maker spaces and innovations labs, community ‘tool’ library and community co-working spaces.
  • Outdoor: fitness station (multi-generational classes), urban agri-garden (produce), site for mobile services (learning, healthcare) and play space (accessible)
  • Thriving Canberra 2024: Better and Fairer Utilisation of Community Facility Zoned (CFZ) Land in Canberra p30