Innovation as Leadership in Local Government Thursday October 9, 2014

1. Innovation as Leadership in Local Government Thursday October 9, 2014

2. Alpine Shire: • Approx. 350 km from Melbourne • 4800 sq km • 92% public land • 13,500 population • Based in Bright

3. A history of trying new ideas: • MECC Central (Crisisworks) - 2007 • Paper elimination via iPads - 2010 • Asset inspection apps - 2011 • Fire notice app - 2012

4. 2012 Joe Ratepayer

5. Fire and Alpine Shire

6. I want to build a house. Great! Here’s what you need to do… Council

7. Pre-application tasks

8. The problem • Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) covers 94% of the shire • New developments within BMO must provide Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment to Council as part of a planning application • Methods for undertaking a BAL assessment are generally ad-hoc and subjective • Expensive

9. The BMO

10. This is what they want to do We need more information This is what I want to do We need more information

11. This is what they want to do This is what they want to do This is what they want to do This is what they want to do We need more information We need more information We need more information We need more information This is what I want to do This is what I want to do This is what I want to do We need more information This is what I want to do We need more information

12. This is what they want to do This is what they want to do OK This is what they want to do This is what they want to do We need more information We need more information We need more information We need more information This is what I want to do This is what I want to do This is what I want to do We need more information This is what I want to do We need more information

14. The Idea: • Automate the BAL assessment process replacing guess work with spatial data and processes • Allow a Council Officer to test a number of development locations at a single site to find the best place to build • Provide the applicant with standardised plans for inclusion in planning application

15. 2014 Jo Ratepayer

16. Fire and Alpine Shire • 2014

17. I want to build a house. Great! Here’s a new service we offer… Council

18. Pre-application tasks

19. BAL Assessment • Undertaken by a Council Officer with applicant • Opportunity for engagement/education • FREE

22. OK This is what they want to do This is what I want to do

24. What have we learnt?

25. Learning 1: Unleash your geeks - Pia Waugh

26. Learning 2: Develop vendor relationships

27. Learning 3: Think

28. Learning 4: Engage end user

29. Learning 5: KISS

30. Learning 5: Every application has one purpose. If you can’t name that purpose, don’t build the app - Paul Ramsey, Boundless

31. Learning 6: Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new - Albert Einstein

33. Thank you