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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining me live in the studio right now is the
City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning to you, morning Katie.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Now Simone, we have spoken on a few occasions last
week about this project on Nuckie Straight with the tiles
being laid. We'd spoken to one of the retailers last
week who'd raised some concerns. He was worried about the
duration that it might take to happen. Then we had
Counselor Mick Palmer on the show. He had brought in
a tile for us to see what it looked like
(00:28):
and said it will only take a couple of days
that the tiles are going to be laid over the
existing concrete. Simone as the CEO, and no doubt overseeing
this project's roll out, how long is it going to
take and what exactly is it going to say?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So what the councilors are looking to do and this
came out of our streetscape projects and better suburbs so
very much say the Lion's Hoards counselor, but also supported
by it by all of counsel is that the exposed
ag that we have around the city is really difficul
to clean once it gets dirty, it looks, it looks terrible.
So the project that elected members are looking to do
(01:06):
is a trial tiling in a really high traffic area
in the city to see whether this will absolutely improve
the way that it looks and to just see how
it wears in the city. So, as you said, we're
not actually digging up the pavement for this project, so
different for other works that we sometimes do in the city.
And the tiles will be laid over the top. So
(01:29):
this is a project that is sort of like maybe
a three to four day time frame, and what the
tiler can do is that there'll always be access to
stores so that they can have it, you know, make
sure there's a traffic area people can move around while
they do the tiling. The final area where the tiling
gets done, like I said, it needs to be a
high traffic area, and I believe that councilor Palma is
(01:52):
currently looking at either the corner where Delaney is is
in doing Delaney or also there's obviously three other corners
at that intersection, so potentially it might beger over the
other side of the road where the trial's done. So
all that's happening at the moment is the Tiler is
doing some scoping and taking the measurements on both areas.
They'll come back to Council with exactly what needs to
(02:13):
be done and then the final decision can be made retiming.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Okay, So it's not definite that it's going to happen
outside Delaney's there. It could be even across the road
or a little further down.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Yeah, it could be. We're just getting the final final
specs and scoping. And the difference with this project, it's
not grant funded, so we're not beholden to any other
timeframes maybe coming from the federal government or the Northern
Territory government, so Council can be flexible with how they
delivered in the exact timing of it to work with
the business owners in the area.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Because I know that obviously a concern that had been
raised is the length of time that it's taken Smith
straight the upgrades there or the changes there to be complete.
So it's not going to be a situation like that.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, it's a completely different project. Like I said, it
is just laying the tiles over the top and it
can be cordoned off and you know, they'll lay layer
a stretch and then move to another stretch to make
sure that there's pedestrian access to not only the corner
but to the businesses. And yeah, not like a large
scale project like Smith's greet. We we're actually digging up
pavements and footpaths.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Okay, So to those retailers listening this morning, it will
it will take a few days.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
It's not one that's going to take weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
No, definitely not. And like I said, there is flex
with the timing. So some traders are open on Sundays,
some traders are not open on Sundays and Mondays, so
we can work around that as well. And like I said,
it's just laying the tiles and they go over the
top and it really will make quite a difference. The
other thing with this tile is it's laboratory tested, so
really tough tile, easy to clean, but also from a
(03:45):
slip resistance perspective, it is less slippery than the exposed
ag from a scale that they do in relationships.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
So people have also raised some concerns about I believe
it was corn who'd said to us that they'd been
ordered from Indonesia.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I can't say exactly where they come from. I don't
believe it's Indonesia, but I'm not sure it's currently it's
come via Singapore to us. I can't have to talk
to the tyler. We can come back with where they're
coming out of. Yeah, I know that.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I guess the point is that it's not been sourced locally.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
No it's not, but it's a local business that sources
tiles internationally and they've actually got a very high quality
regime to make sure we're getting the right quality Coe
coming in.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
All right, I've got a couple of listener questions. I've
got one here from Juce, and Juce says, good morning, Katie.
He will lead us whether we could ask con but
obviously I've got you this morning. Some mine saying, all
the bins along the esplanade, we're discussing an over full
on the weekend with glenty, they should be emptied several
times a day with busy events, and he said, you
know the council were busy enough driving or sorry giving
(04:47):
people parking fines on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Two aspects there.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I suppose to that those bins, I mean, are they
empty regularly?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
What's the go Yes, So the normal schedule would be
in place and they would have had an additional pickups
over the Glenty, and unfortunately, by the sounds of things,
we just didn't when able to cope with the volume
of rubbish. I mean, Glenty was really well attended. I
was down there on the weekend, and I think it's
probably something for our planning team and event team for
next year to work with the Glenty to get even
(05:16):
additional pickups of bins over that period. As far as parking,
the only parking that would have been in place would
have been Zone A, so right in the CBD Center.
So any of that parking on Saturday along the Esplanade
and Zone B and C would have all been free
of charge. So there was lots of parking. I actually
parked down at deck Chair Cinema and walked up and
(05:37):
there was lots lots of parking available in the city.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Simone, can I ask I understand the council has got
an expression of interest out at the moment at the
Casarina Aquatic Center of what exactly are you trying to?
Are you trying to get here at the Accordic Center.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, so there's an expressions of interest out at the moment,
and it closes on the twenty seventh of June, but
we're looking for additional tenancy opportunities out there. There's a
space that lends itself really nicely to a beautiful cafe
to be out there, and then also another space which
we'd love to see. Ideally Allied Health maybe in there
as part of the whole set up, but it could
(06:14):
be any any business that moves into that area. The
other piece with Casurina, it's some clocks are finally in
so the swimming time clocks are now in place, and
then the other clocks. But I think with the opening
of Club Lime out there, the new gym, which is
a great facility, the whole precincts really coming together.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Now Mark has called through. Now you're aware of this
issue at the in perrap there, he says, the council
and body corporates still haven't done anything about the fence
that he says is falling down and unsafe from the
council's perspective. Where are things at with this yep.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
So just for your listeners, Katie, the fence is compliant
and it is safe. It's not falling down. Our team's
been out there, they've done an inspection and at me
meets the requirements. Where it's sitting at the moment is
our team has been speaking with the Body corp and
we're waiting for the Body Corporate to come back with
final details and specifications and costing. And as we've said before,
(07:13):
once that comes back, City of Darwin will agree to
pay fifty percent of that.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
All right, So you reckon it is safe?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah, the fence, the fence is safe. The team's done
the inspection on that and the challenge with that fence
is that it's not level the ground underneath, so you've
got slight high changes across the line of that fence.
But it is does meet all the requirements at all
the points.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
All right. Just quickly before I let you go.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
This morning, there is another native plant giveaway as I understand.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
There is indeed, so this Saturday morning down at the
Mindle Beach car Park area, City of dul And be
giving away two thousand plants to Darwin residents. So we
encourage people to come down there early. It kicks off
at eight am, bring your license and you can get
up to six plants to plant wherever you'd like to
in the municipality.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Hey, just another quick one snap and send. Now I
know that some people have been in contact with me
and sort of said, kat, if I see something that's broken,
where do I send it to? What's the process through
the City of Darwin.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Yep. So the app that we really encourage people to
use is snap Send Solve. You can download it and
then you can take a picture. It will also give
us a pin location which is really helpful. That goes
straight into our corrective action requests and the operations team
or it's triaged appropriate within City of Darwin, and it's
really helpful because then if we've got a repeat issue
(08:35):
in a particular area, if it's broken irrigation that continues
to fail, then the team can kind of look at
alternative remedies and fixes. So snaps and Solve, yeah it
really it's an app yep, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
So people just have to download that then they'll be
able to send it through. Yeah, yeah it can.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
But if you don't have access to that, you can
always still email dahen it Dawn, or you can call
in and the teams can take the details and they'll
all so processor process or requests.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Well. Simone Saunders, CEO of the City of Darwin, good
to speak with you this morning.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Thank you so much. For your time, Thanks for having
us
Joining me live in the studio right now is the
City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Good morning to you, morning Katie.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Now Simone, we have spoken on a few occasions last
week about this project on Nuckie Straight with the tiles
being laid. We'd spoken to one of the retailers last
week who'd raised some concerns. He was worried about the
duration that it might take to happen. Then we had
Counselor Mick Palmer on the show. He had brought in
a tile for us to see what it looked like
(00:28):
and said it will only take a couple of days
that the tiles are going to be laid over the
existing concrete. Simone as the CEO, and no doubt overseeing
this project's roll out, how long is it going to
take and what exactly is it going to say?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So what the councilors are looking to do and this
came out of our streetscape projects and better suburbs so
very much say the Lion's Hoards counselor, but also supported
by it by all of counsel is that the exposed
ag that we have around the city is really difficul
to clean once it gets dirty, it looks, it looks terrible.
So the project that elected members are looking to do
(01:06):
is a trial tiling in a really high traffic area
in the city to see whether this will absolutely improve
the way that it looks and to just see how
it wears in the city. So, as you said, we're
not actually digging up the pavement for this project, so
different for other works that we sometimes do in the city.
And the tiles will be laid over the top. So
(01:29):
this is a project that is sort of like maybe
a three to four day time frame, and what the
tiler can do is that there'll always be access to
stores so that they can have it, you know, make
sure there's a traffic area people can move around while
they do the tiling. The final area where the tiling
gets done, like I said, it needs to be a
high traffic area, and I believe that councilor Palma is
(01:52):
currently looking at either the corner where Delaney is is
in doing Delaney or also there's obviously three other corners
at that intersection, so potentially it might beger over the
other side of the road where the trial's done. So
all that's happening at the moment is the Tiler is
doing some scoping and taking the measurements on both areas.
They'll come back to Council with exactly what needs to
(02:13):
be done and then the final decision can be made retiming.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Okay, So it's not definite that it's going to happen
outside Delaney's there. It could be even across the road
or a little further down.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Yeah, it could be. We're just getting the final final
specs and scoping. And the difference with this project, it's
not grant funded, so we're not beholden to any other
timeframes maybe coming from the federal government or the Northern
Territory government, so Council can be flexible with how they
delivered in the exact timing of it to work with
the business owners in the area.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Because I know that obviously a concern that had been
raised is the length of time that it's taken Smith
straight the upgrades there or the changes there to be complete.
So it's not going to be a situation like that.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
No, it's a completely different project. Like I said, it
is just laying the tiles over the top and it
can be cordoned off and you know, they'll lay layer
a stretch and then move to another stretch to make
sure that there's pedestrian access to not only the corner
but to the businesses. And yeah, not like a large
scale project like Smith's greet. We we're actually digging up
pavements and footpaths.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Okay, So to those retailers listening this morning, it will
it will take a few days.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
It's not one that's going to take weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
No, definitely not. And like I said, there is flex
with the timing. So some traders are open on Sundays,
some traders are not open on Sundays and Mondays, so
we can work around that as well. And like I said,
it's just laying the tiles and they go over the
top and it really will make quite a difference. The
other thing with this tile is it's laboratory tested, so
really tough tile, easy to clean, but also from a
(03:45):
slip resistance perspective, it is less slippery than the exposed
ag from a scale that they do in relationships.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
So people have also raised some concerns about I believe
it was corn who'd said to us that they'd been
ordered from Indonesia.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I can't say exactly where they come from. I don't
believe it's Indonesia, but I'm not sure it's currently it's
come via Singapore to us. I can't have to talk
to the tyler. We can come back with where they're
coming out of. Yeah, I know that.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I guess the point is that it's not been sourced locally.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
No it's not, but it's a local business that sources
tiles internationally and they've actually got a very high quality
regime to make sure we're getting the right quality Coe
coming in.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
All right, I've got a couple of listener questions. I've
got one here from Juce, and Juce says, good morning, Katie.
He will lead us whether we could ask con but
obviously I've got you this morning. Some mine saying, all
the bins along the esplanade, we're discussing an over full
on the weekend with glenty, they should be emptied several
times a day with busy events, and he said, you
know the council were busy enough driving or sorry giving
(04:47):
people parking fines on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Two aspects there.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
I suppose to that those bins, I mean, are they
empty regularly?
Speaker 3 (04:55):
What's the go Yes, So the normal schedule would be
in place and they would have had an additional pickups
over the Glenty, and unfortunately, by the sounds of things,
we just didn't when able to cope with the volume
of rubbish. I mean, Glenty was really well attended. I
was down there on the weekend, and I think it's
probably something for our planning team and event team for
next year to work with the Glenty to get even
(05:16):
additional pickups of bins over that period. As far as parking,
the only parking that would have been in place would
have been Zone A, so right in the CBD Center.
So any of that parking on Saturday along the Esplanade
and Zone B and C would have all been free
of charge. So there was lots of parking. I actually
parked down at deck Chair Cinema and walked up and
(05:37):
there was lots lots of parking available in the city.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Simone, can I ask I understand the council has got
an expression of interest out at the moment at the
Casarina Aquatic Center of what exactly are you trying to?
Are you trying to get here at the Accordic Center.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, so there's an expressions of interest out at the moment,
and it closes on the twenty seventh of June, but
we're looking for additional tenancy opportunities out there. There's a
space that lends itself really nicely to a beautiful cafe
to be out there, and then also another space which
we'd love to see. Ideally Allied Health maybe in there
as part of the whole set up, but it could
(06:14):
be any any business that moves into that area. The
other piece with Casurina, it's some clocks are finally in
so the swimming time clocks are now in place, and
then the other clocks. But I think with the opening
of Club Lime out there, the new gym, which is
a great facility, the whole precincts really coming together.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Now Mark has called through. Now you're aware of this
issue at the in perrap there, he says, the council
and body corporates still haven't done anything about the fence
that he says is falling down and unsafe from the
council's perspective. Where are things at with this yep.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
So just for your listeners, Katie, the fence is compliant
and it is safe. It's not falling down. Our team's
been out there, they've done an inspection and at me
meets the requirements. Where it's sitting at the moment is
our team has been speaking with the Body corp and
we're waiting for the Body Corporate to come back with
final details and specifications and costing. And as we've said before,
(07:13):
once that comes back, City of Darwin will agree to
pay fifty percent of that.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
All right, So you reckon it is safe?
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Yeah, the fence, the fence is safe. The team's done
the inspection on that and the challenge with that fence
is that it's not level the ground underneath, so you've
got slight high changes across the line of that fence.
But it is does meet all the requirements at all
the points.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
All right. Just quickly before I let you go.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
This morning, there is another native plant giveaway as I understand.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
There is indeed, so this Saturday morning down at the
Mindle Beach car Park area, City of dul And be
giving away two thousand plants to Darwin residents. So we
encourage people to come down there early. It kicks off
at eight am, bring your license and you can get
up to six plants to plant wherever you'd like to
in the municipality.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
Hey, just another quick one snap and send. Now I
know that some people have been in contact with me
and sort of said, kat, if I see something that's broken,
where do I send it to? What's the process through
the City of Darwin.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Yep. So the app that we really encourage people to
use is snap Send Solve. You can download it and
then you can take a picture. It will also give
us a pin location which is really helpful. That goes
straight into our corrective action requests and the operations team
or it's triaged appropriate within City of Darwin, and it's
really helpful because then if we've got a repeat issue
(08:35):
in a particular area, if it's broken irrigation that continues
to fail, then the team can kind of look at
alternative remedies and fixes. So snaps and Solve, yeah it
really it's an app yep, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
So people just have to download that then they'll be
able to send it through. Yeah, yeah it can.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
But if you don't have access to that, you can
always still email dahen it Dawn, or you can call
in and the teams can take the details and they'll
all so processor process or requests.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Well. Simone Saunders, CEO of the City of Darwin, good
to speak with you this morning.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Thank you so much. For your time, Thanks for having
us
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