Page 3195 - Week 08 - Thursday, 16 August 2018
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The meeting room and function room space at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre is available to tenants of the facility. In recent months, the number of tenant organisations leasing space at the centre has risen from 17 to 24 – a 41 per cent increase. Under lease agreements issued to new tenants, a clause has been included limiting free use of the function room and meeting rooms to 24 and 104, respectively, per calendar year. This is to ensure parity of use for all tenants. Lease agreements are reviewed, and re-signed when organisations are offered the option of continuing their tenancies, on 31 December each year.
(b) The cost of meeting room hire for non-tenants not-for-profit community organisations is $40 per hour, for the function room the cost is $180 per session (three hours). These spaces are also available to hire by for-profit organisations at a cost of $40 per hour for meeting rooms, and $200 per session (three hours) for the function room. The government rate to hire meeting rooms is also $40 per hour and $250 per session (three hours) for the function room.
The Child and Family Centres allow access for community/community organisations to meeting rooms and activity room/gym spaces at each of the centres both within core working hours and outside core working hours, including weekends at no cost.
The agreement for use of space is set out in the Shared Room Bookings at the Child and Family Centres Procedures. Community members and community organisations are able to request use of space by completing the Child and Family Centre Room Booking Form.
Environmental Planning and Sustainability Development Directorate (EPSDD)
The Renewables Innovation Hub (the Hub) is a co-working space that is rented by the ACT Government. There are no ACT Government employees working from this space. It is managed by a third party, Entry 29, through a contract with ACT Government. Office space is made available to businesses, academics, community organisations and the public, including outside of hours, through paid memberships.
Wildcare NSW regularly run caring sessions from the London Bridge Woolshed area within the Parks and Conservation Services (PCS) Googong precinct. ACT Wildlife occasionally use the Mitchell depot meeting room to undertake meetings and training sessions. The Woodlands and Wetlands Trust and City Farm regularly make use of the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Office.
(a) All members using the Hub must adhere to a code of conduct. PCS: event and use of public place applications are submitted by the proponent, PCS ensures that the area requested is available and in a suitable condition to be utilised. PCS negotiates conditions and arranges access through the Public Land Use team for the London Bridge Woolshed area.
With the Mitchell depot meeting room, ACT Wildlife is required to notify the Ranger rostered on after hours of their attendance to allow for building access. The Woodlands and Wetlands Trust and City Farm have an agreement to use the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Office.
(b) A variety of Hub memberships are available ranging from $120 to $330 per month. Events spaces are available from $80 per hour. No charge to community groups.
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