Ordinary Council Minutes - 28 January 2025
• Serena O’Meley
In 2018, the Office of Geographic Names rejected a proposed new name for Batman Park due to objections to the proposal. TheDarebin Council website retains a 7 year-old commitment to continuing the process to rename the park in Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung. What steps have been taken to ensure that this takes place?
Darebin Council had two remediation proposals for Clements Reserve which were put
to a vote around 2021. I understand that neither of these proposals has been deemed
suitable by the EPA, and that this is holding up the sale of the land to Darebin Council.
Can you please describe the EPA's expectations in relation to the remediation of the land?
Response from general Manager Infrastructure, Operations and Finance
Thanks for your question Serena.
Council remains committed to renaming the park. There is currently no specific timeframe for progressing this work. Council will continue to engage with the Wurrundjeri woi wurrung corporation and the Darebin community as it considers next steps and timing.
The EPA have advised they are open to a range of options for remediation so long as they appropriately address the risk. Work is ongoing towards Clements Reserve remediation with the Department of Transport and Planning taking the lead because they are the majority owners of the contaminated area. The investigation and options process is being taken one step at a time and it is hard to predict the timeframe precisely. Purchase of the site by Council would occur after remediation.
Ordinary Council Minutes - 16 December 2024
In response to a resident's questions about Clements Reserve, officers responded as follows:
The State Government’s Department of Transport and Planning own most of the closed off
area and we are working with them towards remediating it and reopening it. This will take
some more time. An investigation report is currently being peer reviewed by an environmental auditor to be submitted to the EPA for final review in early 2025. This will enable us to confirm next steps on site.
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