During July and August, Monsh Council invited community feedback on a proposal to build a new library and community hub on Council's existing Glen Waverley library site.
We heard from over 600 people via our Shape Monash engagement platform, and 800 residents from across Monash via a phone survey. This provided close to 1,500 pieces of community feedback for Council to consider. Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide their thoughts.
At their meeting in September, Councillors resolved to continue work on the project that was presented to the community. This work will include:
- Reviewing the design in response to feedback received in the consultation, ensuring community events spaces and meeting spaces are flexible and highly configurable for a range of purposes, reviewing and revising the design so the form and architectural features are simplified and sympathetic to the existing Harry Seidler designed Civic Centre building, and seeking opportunities for increased landscaping and greenery and maximising opportunities for canopy trees and water sensitive urban design.
- Assessing opportunities within the current design to reduce costs while maintaining the functions that were outlined to the community during consultation
- Completing further detailed design, construction drawings and tender documentation.
Learn more about the project and see schematic designs
In proceeding, Council reiterated its previous resolution that the cost of the project will be entirely funded through:
- the compensation to be paid to Council by the State Government for its compulsory acquisition of Council land in Glen Waverley for the Suburban Rail Loop project
- the sale of Council's Central Cark Park in Glen Waverley.
Any surplus funds remaining from the land sales after project costs will be allocated to a reserve for the acquisition of public open space.
Council will now:
- Commence the process to excise a lot of approximately 1,000sqm from the Central Car Park site for a future public plaza
- Commence the process to sell the remaining land of the Central Car Park in Glen Waverley (281 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley)
- Progress detailed design work as outlined above over the current and the next financial year.
The sale of the Central Car Park will involve a community engagement process, a commencement date for this has not yet been determined.
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