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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2547 ..

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CITY SERVICES ALSO HAS A REGISTER OF 20 ART FACILITATORS AND I BELIEVE THAT THEIR COMBINED EXPERIENCE WILL ENABLE US TO FACILITATE MORE PROJECTS THAN COULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY A SINGLE OUTREACH OFFICER. AS TO ALLOWING INPUT, THE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM WELCOMES ALL APPROACHES. IF INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WISH TO CREATE A LEGAL WORK, FACILITATION AND TECHNICAL ADVICE IS GIVEN AS A MATTER OF COURSE.

WITH REGARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING A CO-ORDINATED APPROACH TO THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACE, I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS INITIATIVE WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRIOR TO THE LAST BUDGET. CITY SERVICES IS PROVIDING THE APPROACH RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE PRECINCT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. WITHIN THIS STRATEGY PRECINCT COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE PROGRESSIVELY BEING DEVELOPED IN A PRACTICAL AND ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT MANNER.

THE GRAFFITI CLEANUP SQUAD, THE "CAN IT" SQUAD, HAS SPENT

ALMOST SPENT 3,000 HOURS ON SITE REMOVING GRAFFITI-

VANDALISM, AND HAS REDUCED THE TOTAL OF REPORTED SITES BY

HALF. I WAS INTERESTED TO NOTE THAT 60 PER CENT OF THE SITES

CLEANED WERE PLAYGROUNDS, LOCATED AT FRASER,

YARRALUMLA, OAKS ESTATE, KOWEN FOREST AND BANKS. THIS

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