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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (28 November) . . Page.. 3308 ..

MR SMYTH (continuing):

leases granted for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 September 2000. I have also tabled two other schedules relating to variations approved and change of use charges for the same period.

In September 1997 my colleague the Chief Minister, the then Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, tabled a disallowable instrument, No 228 of 1997, for the direct grant of land for any or all of commercial, residential, industrial and tourism purposes. In the tabling statement, Mr Humphries indicated that a copy of the lease and a statement setting out why the lease was sold would be tabled in the Assembly.

I wish to table for the benefit of members copies of three leases granted under disallowable instrument No 228 of 1997. The first lease was granted to the Deakin Croatia Football Club Inc. It is part of a comprehensive redevelopment proposal of the local area to upgrade the existing oval and car park, create new accessible public open space facilities and new residential accommodation.

To implement the redevelopment, the club was required to surrender its existing lease over block 5, section 36, Deakin in favour of a new lease over a smaller parcel of land to accommodate the new oval facilities and car park. The residue of the existing block is to become public open space which has been designed with consultation with the Deakin community, with the remainder being for residential use, subject to a Territory Plan variation, now known as block 15, section 36, Deakin.

The proposal has been agreed by the government as part of a holistic redevelopment package. It includes the club surrendering its existing lease and being granted a new lease for the oval and adjoining car park; appropriate compensation being paid to the club for its improvements on its existing lease; construction of a new oval, with lighting, adjacent to the existing car park, for use by soccer teams from across Canberra; release of part of the club's lease for public open space, to be developed at public expense, with ongoing management and maintenance by the territory; and improved pedestrian and bicycle access from Newdegate Street to the Deakin shops. It also includes creation of a larger public precinct around the Deakin anticline, as well as the provision of 96 overflow car parking facilities for use by customers of the Deakin shop and the direct sale of land of section 33 and block 15, section 36 to the club for development of 52 dwelling units. The release of block 15, section 36 for residential development will be subject to a variation to the Territory Plan.

Block 2, section 33, Deakin has been sold at market value. The Australian Valuation Office has determined the value of the land at $2.5 million. The Burley Griffin LAPAC has supported the total redevelopment package, including the direct sale of block 2, section 33, Deakin and-on variation to the Territory Plan-block 15, section 36, Deakin to the club.

Public consultation involving the LAPAC in the community was extensive. Substantial changes to the initial development proposal were agreed by the club in response to this community consultation. The club has responded to all issues raised, and the final planning for the overall area is seen as a win/win for the club, the government and the community.

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