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Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now.

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Speaker 2: The Lord Mayor of Darwin convat Scarlets, goodboarding Corn.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Kate, and it's sunshine out there.

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Speaker 1: It's lovely. It's been lovely.

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Speaker 3: Strange, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: It's and it's been interesting.

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Speaker 2: There's almost been a very slight, dry.

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Speaker 1: Air, but very very slight. And then by the afternoon.

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Speaker 3: Bomb said that we might have some books well rain.

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Speaker 4: So if you have plans for Ista, my suggestion is

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Speaker 4: get a couple of umbrellas with you just in case.

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Speaker 1: Good idea, good idea. Now Conn there's always plenty happening.

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Speaker 2: But last week when you're on the show, you spoke

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Speaker 2: to us about the community gardens and some of the changes.

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Speaker 1: Has there been a bit of an update.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I'm very pleased to say that all three community

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Speaker 4: gardens now have signed the agreement with the council, so

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Speaker 4: they will pay one dollar on your rent. But they

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Speaker 4: think was not about targeting the community gardens.

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Speaker 3: What we try to do. Everybody should be equal when

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Speaker 3: dealing with council.

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Speaker 4: So if you, for example, you've got a class of

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Speaker 4: aerobics and you want to come and hire an area

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Speaker 4: in the esplant, you have to do exactly that you

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Speaker 4: have to sign an agreement, you have to actually pay.

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Speaker 4: They have to have pubular liability insurance and as one

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Speaker 4: of the of the members of the committee who have

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Speaker 4: the gardens disclosed the other day at another station, if

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Speaker 4: you have a committee an organization, you have to public liability.

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Speaker 3: We're asking because we feel like it. Anyway, I'm very.

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Speaker 4: Happy what happens down south, it happens here and everybody

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Speaker 4: is equal. Job Block wants to hire something from the

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Speaker 4: council page the visions and charges. The community guardens exactly

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Speaker 4: the same, and no other community gardens are up and running.

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Speaker 4: And the good thing is now that they've got a facility,

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Speaker 4: they can always apply for grants from the council, which

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Speaker 4: happened in the past, will provided grants and it's back

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Speaker 4: to normal.

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Speaker 1: All right, So it's all go, it's all moving forwards.

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Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to it because they're doing a really

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Speaker 3: good job.

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Speaker 4: And I'm sometimes surprised why we actually have to go

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Speaker 4: through this argument with the media. We can sit down

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Speaker 4: together and talk about it. We can resolve it easily.

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Speaker 2: Now tell me con I know that there's been council

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Speaker 2: is seeking feedback from local businesses property owners and developers

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Speaker 2: to develop a commercial outdoor activities policy and guidelines.

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Speaker 1: What's this all about.

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Speaker 4: Look, look, we live in the best place in the world,

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Speaker 4: and we want to have our fresh and everything else.

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Speaker 3: We want to have activities. We want to hear why,

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Speaker 3: for example.

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Speaker 4: We don't have outdoor performances on the weekends, especially in

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Speaker 4: the dry season. How can we do it? What people

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Speaker 4: think about it? Especially the owners, the shop owners. For example,

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Speaker 4: they've got shops in the mall. I hear there's another

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Speaker 4: restaurant opening on the mall. Why we can't have on

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Speaker 4: Fridays or Saturdays a band playing there with chairs and

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Speaker 4: tables outside so people can enjoy themselves. Let's hear about it,

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Speaker 4: and let's not hear from the bureaucrats. I want to

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Speaker 4: hear from the people. Actually the thing, it's a good idea.

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Speaker 4: It's going to attract people, it's going to fur their businesses,

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Speaker 4: and we want to understand better what's required. Do we

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Speaker 4: have to do something from outside power? Do we have

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Speaker 4: to have a different approach on things we're doing. Let's

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Speaker 4: hear about it, and let's talk to us.

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Speaker 2: About sort of getting I suppose activating some of those spaces.

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Speaker 3: How about having outdoor fitness classes.

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Speaker 4: Okay, how about we've got music and entertainment performances in

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Speaker 4: the mall, in the esplanade, in the place where they

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Speaker 4: are at the moment. We go at the restaurants, everybody

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Speaker 4: sits inside. Come on, guys, get out, get out of

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Speaker 4: the season. And then we can have a band playing

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Speaker 4: on the weekends and so people can have some free

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Speaker 4: detained where they're enjoying a drink or they're enjoying a meal.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, I think it sounds a good idea, but

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Speaker 2: like you said, it is best to sort of ask

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Speaker 2: those people that you know that want to see these

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Speaker 2: different things happen in some of those businesses as well

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Speaker 2: that are operating.

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Speaker 4: We don't know everything, but we're happy to listen to

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Speaker 4: you and and take out what you have to say.

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Speaker 4: Y act And for the for example, I've been hearing

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Speaker 4: a lot of times people says, oh god, the Kavanagh

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Speaker 4: Street from Naki to Benet, it looks fantastic.

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Speaker 3: So guess what.

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Speaker 4: On the second of April, we're starting from Nake Street

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Speaker 4: to Cursey Street completely redo.

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Speaker 3: The medium street of the of the Tavanah Street. It's

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Speaker 3: going to be transformed.

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Speaker 2: Now it's not your responsibility. But people are still not

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Speaker 2: real happy with that shade structure. Not't mind, it's not

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Speaker 2: your responsibility.

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Speaker 3: Responsibility, uh, and it will not be my responsibility. Well,

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Speaker 3: if it was not.

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Speaker 2: Growing, like it's still not growing. It's still it is

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Speaker 2: a little bit up the stump. So that's about it.

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Speaker 4: I look the one down at the calm Bay. How

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Speaker 4: this one crows really well? And then yeah, the difference

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Speaker 4: is between if you look at this one, all the

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Speaker 4: other plants are planned in the middle.

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Speaker 3: There's nothing on the sides. Like yeah, with a few

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Speaker 3: planners on the side, I reckon that hell will come

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Speaker 3: and join. It would be really good.

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Speaker 1: Well, they need to do something. They've got to do something.

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Speaker 4: You it's not my responsibility. I can't tell Yeah, keep

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Speaker 4: the government. But the other thing is sometimes we talk

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Speaker 4: to the government. They listen and I'm very pleased, dieple

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Speaker 4: this time came to the party and we work together

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Speaker 4: and we're going to completely landscape.

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Speaker 3: They might mean car back area.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, Well that is good.

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Speaker 2: I think it looks lovely when you see all these

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Speaker 2: different areas landscaped. Con I do want to ask you,

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Speaker 2: you've got an east point all Expressions of interest are

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Speaker 2: open now to join City of Darwin's East Point Reserve

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Speaker 2: Advisory Committee.

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Speaker 1: What are you wanting to do?

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Speaker 2: Like, what's the advisory committee going to do?

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Speaker 4: Well, it's meeting three times a year. What they do

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Speaker 4: they actually look at the difference is of Leepoint. They

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Speaker 4: provide advice to the council how proceed works point yes, sorry,

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Speaker 4: different points X point and they provide advice what to do,

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Speaker 4: how to do things and everything else. For example, we

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Speaker 4: had an issue about septic tongues, all septic tanks in

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Speaker 4: the area. They came to us with an advice of

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Speaker 4: putting a rising main, which we did. So we can

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Speaker 4: actually have some the restaurants there. They don't have a

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Speaker 4: problem with the septic tanks leaking or smelling. We can

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Speaker 4: actually do other facilities towards the military museum. We've got

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Speaker 4: ideas of revitalizing the old turrets.

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Speaker 3: Place. You can have weddings there.

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Speaker 4: You can have some events there, not every day, but

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Speaker 4: occasionally think about it.

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Speaker 3: Can you have your around there?

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Speaker 4: Sun said, it's sitting there dead and you know when

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Speaker 4: something sits there doing nothing attracts and the social behavior

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Speaker 4: and all sorts of things activated and everything goes away.

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Speaker 3: We want to do something good.

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Speaker 2: Now I want to ask as well, like Alexander, it's

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Speaker 2: opened again now, is that? Yes?

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Speaker 3: It is?

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Speaker 4: Thank god the weather got better. We've flasted with putting

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Speaker 4: new water in. Keep my fingers crossed it will not

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Speaker 4: have another monsoon again. It's we'll live in the tropics.

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Speaker 4: Everything is worse in It's a small egg. It's not

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Speaker 4: the ocean. It gets affected, but we try our best

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Speaker 4: to make sure that's safe for our people.

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Speaker 2: Now, can I ask as well before I let you go?

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Speaker 2: What's the Is there any plans for a council for easter?

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Speaker 3: Do you need anything?

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Speaker 4: Because you know we're trying to organize something, but with

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Speaker 4: the monsoon coming in and watching the bomb all the time,

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Speaker 4: what am I going to do if I'm ruined out?

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Speaker 4: It be wasted money. Anything I want, I like it,

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Speaker 4: but I'd have it to be a bit later. The

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Speaker 4: Greek Eastern lives on the fifth of May, so it's

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Speaker 4: a year. It's very early much it is?

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Speaker 2: It is?

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Everybody who goes out tells me, are you going cabin?

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Speaker 4: I said, no, why don't bother? It's it's wet. There

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Speaker 4: are some marriage that are really good and some people

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Speaker 4: will do it. Well done, guys, you're pioneers and adventurous,

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Speaker 4: but it is still wet, wet. We look at the battle, yeah,

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Speaker 4: look at the exactly treat and everything that's just spoke

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Speaker 4: to the Mayor of bar Tony Jack. He told me

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Speaker 4: they were so pleased that actually they didn't have the

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Speaker 4: big flood but still has affected. People are still in

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Speaker 4: Dowing they want to go back and other community is

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Speaker 4: the same. So it's we're leaving the tropics. Remember that, guys.

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Speaker 2: Well combat Scarle is always good. To catch up with you,

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Speaker 2: Lord Mayor of Darwin, thank you, yeah.

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Speaker 4: You very much hated with my best Wishess to all

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Speaker 4: of you for a great ister in enjoy with your family.

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Speaker 4: Stay safe, don't do things you shouldn't be doing, like

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Speaker 4: drink driving and everything else. Your family loves you and

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Speaker 4: we love you. We want you alive and well yeah.

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Speaker 1: Look after yourselves good. Only can thank you