Palm Island Youth Space Story Board 1

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board The purpose of the Story Board is to provide a record of the process that creates the new youth orientated space/building on Palm Island. The Story Board begins with the initial idea of a youth space proposed to be a PCYC and will progress through the various stages of consultation, design and building. The main focus will be to document the decision making process:

• What community/youth needs should the new facility address? • What will be in the new building? • What is the budget of the facility? • Where will it be sited? • What will it look like? • How does it relate to the culture & identity of Palm Island? • What materials will the building be made of? • Who will build it? • What training programs will the building project include? • Why changes occur as the project progresses to the building

stage?

Key

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Planning Framework 2

GOVERNMENT STEERING GROUP (Meetings approx. monthly) • Organises funding sources, Capital & Recurrent • Supervise project

SPEAKOUT WORKSHOP AUGUST 30-31

TRAINING MANAGER Training person or organisation needs to be on the ground during construction to coordinate local training programs. Budget approx. $50-$100,000

Community Renewal Role: • Organise consultation with community & stakeholders • Create project Story Board • Create project brief • Prepare Sketch Design • Prepare grant applications • Prepare estimate of cost • Tender Architect/Project Manager role. • Ongoing supervisory & coordination role. Budget approximately $60,000

ARCHITECT/ CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (May be 2 roles) ATSI Housing\/Project Services/ Private Contractor • Prepare documentation • Supervise tender process • Contract Administration

• Coodinate training manager and building contractors

• Coordinate engineers & subconsultants Budget between $100,000-$250,000

FACILITY MANAGEMENT BOARD Comprising PCYC, PI Council & local residents (Youth Council) • Managing Facility • Managing ongoing facility

art projects • Equipment fitout Budget approx. $500,000 + Recurrent funding

GRAND OPENING Centre in operation Sometime toward the end of 2003

Including: Palm Island Council; CommunityRenewal; DATSIP; PCYC; Dept. of Sport & Recreation; Com. for Youth & Young People; Families, DET

BUILDING CONTRACTORS Combination of P.I. CDEP Q-Build, Local contractors, external contractors • Organise Construction

schedule • Organise Sub-contractors • Construct project Budget approx.$2,500,000

MANAGEMENT TRAINING • Provide management training to

local people so they have an active role in running facility.

14-17th OCTOBER CONSULTATIONS • Finalise Design Brief • Present initial Design Ideas

SKETCH DESIGN Sept- Oct

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Nov. – Dec.

DOCUMENTATION Jan.- April

COMMUNITY PROJECT STEERING GROUP • With CR Facilitator coordinates design consultation in community • Should be key link to building training program and eventual

management of facility.

PCYC • Recurrent Funding for 3 paid

positions • Maintenance & Cleaning of facility (?)

PROJECT ART PROJECTS • Set aside around

5-10% of budget for cultural identity community art projects.

CONSULTATION / BRIEF DEVELOPMENT June - Oct

PALM ISLAND COUNCIL

PREPARE GRANT SUBMISSIONS S&R, DET, Special Gambling Fund, Arts Q

JULY -AUGUST CONSULTATIONS Youth Council; CDEP; Q Build; PI Council & other local groups

CR Planning Meetings (In brisbane)

BUILD FACILITY • Coordinate with Army to

do civil works and possibly concreting.

• Pre-fabricated Systems on Island (CDEP) if possible

• Acquire and mill timber (?)

• Structural Steel • Blockwork • Services • Landscaping • Art Projects

PCYC Survey Conduct Family and

Initial School Contact • Speak-out projects, “what do you need?”

12-14th NOVEMBER CONSULTATIONS • Sketch Design • Budget Estimate

Competition For Name & Logo

Mid DECEMBER CONSULTATIONS • Developed Design • Refined Estimate

BUILDING April -

P.I. YOUTH COUNCIL • Local organisers of

Speakout workshop • Ongoing role

PROCUREMENT STRATEGY • Aim 50% to go into local

economy • Aim 80% local building

employment

MANAGEMENT OF FACILITY May 2003 -

Service Agency Workshop 12th Nov.(?)

TENDER

TENDER

• Project Principal • Primary community contact

• Recurrent funding for other services associated with new facility.

• Recurrent funding for maintenance

Enterprise & Training Development Strategy Possibly including: • Timber Milling • Steel Prefabrication • Timber Prefabrication • Native Nursery • Landscaping • Security • Paving, tiling • Carpentry, welding,

concreting • Plumbing, electrical

• Design/ Documentation

FORMAL DESIGN PRESENTATION 12th Dec.(?)

• Coordinate contact with various groups including elders

Assessment of existing building.

P.I. YOUTH COUNCIL • Possible Management

role (?)

Coolgaree • Look at accomodating

their facility within new centre (?)

Development Phases

A PCYC was suggested for Palm Island

1999 Vision Plan reinforces need for PCYC/ youth orientated community facility

April – May 2002 Government steering meetings commence to provide funding and organise proposed facility. Community Renewal to commit $1m to project, Dept. of Sport & Rec. will look at matching this funding. PCYC will provide recurrent funding.

Palm Island CR Facilitator & coordinator begin consulting young people on island May 2002

Additional CR Staff (architect) engaged to develop design consultation strategy and visits PI May 2002

Commission for Youth and Young people engaged in project to help with consultation with young people. May 2002

Organisations/Groups

CONSULTATION/ DESIGN PROCESS

Event

Building/ Training Strategy/Phase

Professional Roles

Community Renewal Staff and Police

Planning, grants, competitions

Management Related

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board PCYC Survey and Speak Out Forum Preparation 3

A Two PCYC surveys were conducted, a family and a youth survey to see what the key youth needs were.

12th July - NAIDOC celebration and CR office opening.

Mid July 2002 Date set for Speak Out forum at end of August. Com. Dept. of Families provide $15,000

Speak Out projects initiated at schools on Palm Island. • Photos • Visions

August 2002 CR analyse PCYC survey.

August 2002 CR in consultation with Q Police & Com. for youth & Young People plan 2-day workshop.

August 2002 - Zena the CR Facilitator, Maxinne the CR Coordinator and Youth Council made preparations on Palm Island, including liaison with schools, liaison with council, liaison with performers and speakers, liaison with Q Police

August 29 2002 – the marquee was put up at the Coolgaree end of main oval.

Findings from the PCYC Family and Youth Surveys In May 2002, a survey of Palm Islanders was conducted to gather information about possible uses and activities for a PCYC Community Centre. Two surveys were administered – one for families and households and one for children and young people. A copy of both survey instruments is available if needed. A total of 162 returns were collected from families/households and the youth survey collected views from a total of 261 young people (some survey forms collected views of multiple young people on the one form). About 30% more males than females were involved in the surveys. The surveys were analysed and entered into a database by Community Renewal.

Findings from the Family Survey Top five sports adults would like to play indoors: indoor cricket, basketball, netball, soccer (fQ3) Top five uses, other than sports, for a community facility: dances/discos, functions, movie nights, weddings, bingo (fQ5) Top five reasons to access the Youth Centre other than participating in sport: functions, weddings, disco/dances, community meetings, club meetings (fQ7) Top five activities you would attend as a family: movie nights, arts and crafts, dances/discos, family activities, football (fQ17) Top five activities that kids on Palm Island currently participate in: football, netball, touch football, nothing, basketball (fQ8) The places where kids currently do these activities: at home, school, oval/park, street (fQ9) Best times for taking part in sport at the Youth Centre: Saturday daytime, Sunday daytime, week nights, Saturday night. (fQ6) Most convenient times for parents to get children to the Youth Centre for activities: Saturday and Sunday, Monday to Friday after 3:30pm, Saturday and Sunday after 10am, Saturday and Sunday night after 6pm (fQ11).

Findings from the Youth Survey Top five sports kids play and watch: soccer, football, basketball, touch football, netball (yQ3) Top five other sport and recreation activities kids would like to do: swimming/waterslide/rockpool, cricket/indoor cricket, softball/baseball, soccer, boxing (yQ5) Top five activities other than sport and recreation kids would like to do: disco/dancing, play or learn music, arts and crafts, use and learn computers, playing games (yQ6) Top ten activities preferred for youth space: Movie nights, video games, pool tables, dance parties, arts room, internet café, bingo nights, band rehearsal space, sound recording room, multi-media room. (yQ7) Top five things youth currently do on Friday and Saturday nights: walk around, nothing, stay at home, watch TV/videos, socialise with friends (yQ10) Most conve nient time for kids to go to the Youth centre for activities: Monday to Friday after 3:30pm, Weekends after 10am, Monday to Friday after 6pm, Monday to Friday from 9am –11am, (broad range of times stated). (yQ17) What would we have to do to make sure you use the youth centre: make it safe and secure, provide transport or a bus service, provide interesting activities, provide entertainment, provide food (yQ13) Top four issues for young people on Palm Island: Alcohol/drinking, fighting, drugs (smoking and sniffing), nothing to do (yQ16)

Speak Out Workshop Planning During August there were a range of meetings in Brisbane to plan the content and format of the Bwgcolman Speak Out Workshop. Broadly the intention of the Speak Out workshop was to do the following: • Show that Community Renewal is committed to a transparent consultation

process that is respectful of all the stakeholders especially young people and youth.

• That the consultation process should be fun. Day 1 Activities • To get an impression of what young people on Palm Island value about

Palm Island • To get a clear impression from young people and youth of what they

perceive as the key issues, concerns and needs on Palm Island. • Find out what these same young people think should happen in the new

youth facility (PCYC). Day 2 Activities • Find out what these young people think the youth facility should be like.

What would it look like? How will it relate to the culture of Palm Island people? What will it feel like inside? (The architects wanted enough information to go away and attempt a first sketch design of the proposed facility.)

Key Logistics • Tony Martin from ATSI Housing accepted the role of MC for the

workshop. • Troy Brady from Inala and Popstar fame was approached to speak and

entertain. • Information at the Speak Out was to be recorded using butcher’s paper,

digital still and video cameras. • Zena and Maxine from Community Renewal organise food,

accommodation and transport for workshop participants.

Dancers at the NAIDOC celebration and children working on computers at the school. Both activities that the new youth facility should be able to cater for.

School Speak Out Preparations Prior to the actual workshop, the two Palm Island schools were engaged to do the following: • Children aged 7-14 years were

asked to draw their Vision of the New Youth Community Centre.

• Disposable cameras were supplied and children asked to take photographs of all their favourite things and places on Palm Island.

These images were to be used to prompt discussion with younger children at the Speak Out.

Early School Consultation Mainly adolescent female early high school students were asked what are the key features of the new facility they would like: • The absolute need for it to be a

safe secure environment. • That the centre has an area they

could go to do their homework after school, preferably with computers.

Mid July – Zena & Malcolm from CR go to schools to consult students & teachers about proposed new facility.

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Bwlcgoman Speakout Day 1 – 30 August 4

Young Palm Island dancers commence entertainment. Troy & Trevelyn put on a great show. Meanwhile New mobile cinema is showing films down at the “the Farm”.

Mike Reynolds MP opens proceedings, made comments about SES volunteer program.

Viaela Prior made a powerful speech making reference to the pride of Palm Island people and that the reason they ended up on Palm was because they “would not bough their heads”

Troy Brady from Inala and “Popstar” fame made a speech telling his story and giving inspiration that the young people can achieve anything they put their minds to.

At 11am there was funeral procession the workshop stopped in a sign of respect.

Selina & Bianca from Com. C&YP took a session with help from teachers, Troy & Trevelyn. What do you like about Palm Island?

1PM Zena & crew provided a deadly Kup Murri lunch.

Troy & Trevelyn took a session singing songs and telling stories.

Selina & Bianca play games get younger ones to start listing the 5 things they most want for Palm Island.

3PM – session with Youth council crew and other young adults, listing their key issues and needs for Palm Island.

ACTIVITY LIST Below is a list of prioritised activities by primary school aged children where there were a minimum of 3 responses. ACTIVITY No. Swimming Pool (1 no diving) 21 Football field 20 See Troy and Trevelyn back on PI 12 Fishing 10 Movie Screen/Room/Videos/Television 10 Netball 10 Pool Table 10 Bus to take people to and from the centre 9 Music Room with instruments and sound board

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Basketball court 8 Cricket pitch 8 Disco Room 7 Boxing 6 Relay/ Running track 6 Shops 6 Trampoline 6 Playground/Slippery Slide 5 Computer (1 internet access) 5 Board Games/Puzzles 4 Shakaya 4 Soccer field 4 Speed Boat 4 BMX/bike track 3 Books 3 Palm Island Band 3 Softball 3 Toilets 3 Volleyball Court 3 Xbox/ Sony playstation 3

Childrens Activities Activities: small group discussion where young people can discuss what they like about where they live, what they do and who lives here. Perspective: The young people appeared to be happy to work in small groups with an adult in each group facilitating discussion. When asked whether they would like to do this in larger groups or provide feedback, they responded with “no” and “shame”. Youth & Young Adults Activities They were broken into small groups to discuss and prioritise the main issues and needs of the Palm Island community from their perspective.

6PM – Malcolm from CR does a slide show. Palm Island Youth Centre “It doesn’t have to be a shed.”

General Concerns/Issues • Nothing to do • Drugs & Alcohol are a problem including

parents drinking • Crime • Parents need support • Community transport needs to be improved to

support possible infrastructure development. • Getting kids to school, kids dropping out of

school; Walking to school (kids don’t go to school if they miss bus);

There are No: - facilities; - variety of activity – Football only; - playgrounds; - safe areas (houses) designated for youths; - discipline in home life – bad role models There is a Lack of: - Interaction between elders & youth; - Policing & follow through & lack of authority; - Employment; - Good role models – safe place having

Someone to talk to; - Learning about cultural identity; - Adequate bus service; - Interest & motivation by community (all) - Planning & organisation by “community”

General Needs • Employment • Traineeships (ie Hospitality) • Apprenticeships (ie Chefs) • Business development in particular tourism based • Information for everyone about employment & training opportunities • Youth Housing – Not enough houses • Excursions

- Camping trips on the island over the weekend - Need for boat for young people - like to see other parts of Australia

• Role Model Programs – mentoring • Need exposure to more indigenous role models from mainland • Encourage older youths to help younger kids • More indigenous teachers • Link in with main land youth groups & facilities • Need more local access to professional indigenous youth counsellor. • Playground Equipment in all 3 areas + BBQ’s • More improved/increased variety of sports & recreation

- netball - football - activities associated with house riding - movie theatre - music – lessons – entertainment - mini golf course

• Boxing facilities need to be improved • Electrical White goods shop • Need to improve/provide community transport to support activities • QATIP – local policing

Needs/issues linked to new facility (PCYC) • Need for PCYC to reduce crime, boredom, fighting • New centre must be appropriate for families and include

health & family participation programs. • Centre for kids to come and keep out of trouble, including

- video entertainment - sporting activities - running and racing tracks - pool tracks - darts - disco - art room – cultural activities - learning about the environment - Venue - Music - Theatre - Audiovisual equipment

• Need a Youth shelter including beds and supervisor (Drop in centre) & promotion of its availability in schools (24 hour access)

• Internet Access – in addition to TAFE, a place of our own • After school homework program, tutoring program • Getting the children to participate in building the PCYC • Need for more activities to improve relationships

- elders – youth • need to actively promote & initiate community activities • Art work to put in the buildings that are done by children • Volunteering to help build from all community members • Vacation Care – supervised

Two examples of the drawings by primary school age children used to prioritise activities.

Mike Reynolds Member for Townsville and Minister for Emergency Service

Troy & Trevelyn Brady were a smash hit with the kids, highlighting the need to expose the kids to positive role models.

Start about11am Alf Lacey from PI Council opened day 2 “We know our history, we don’t need to be reminded of it constantly”

Peter Walsh from CR gave an outline of the PCYC survey results, (see Storyboard 3)

Bianca, Selina & Shaneen took children down to beach to make sand sculptures of their idea of what the youth space (PCYC) could be.

Police with assistance of Zena’s crew made a deadly lunch “sausage sizzle”.

Children using clay and crayons drew impressions of new centre.

Kel from PCYC did a presentation including a video of PCYC activities plus a PowerPoint presentation focusing on new Mount Isa PCYC (just opened)

2PM Long hot session with Youth Council Rosemary from Project Services presented master plan for feedback. Malcolm from CR went through slide show again slowly getting feedback from YC as they progressed.

Workshop finished about 4PM tent was packed up.

What would you like the youth centre to look like? Activities: • Think about and draw the five most important

things you would like in the youth centre • Build a model of what you might like the youth

centre to look like. Young people were creative in presenting their ideas. Comments: • “Keep it away from trouble/pressure, from

the pub and the council offices” • “Make it out of coral” • “Make places for the elders, for visitors,

for sitting and yarning” • “Make a place where kids can play games

on the oval at night and feel safe” • “Rather, what I am suggesting is that the

Youth Centre/Place be created out of the essence of ”youth” and “community”. We need to make a place on Palm island that offers something to everyone, and in particular, nurtures the ideas and lives of the next generation of Palm Islanders.” – Alf Lacey Palm Island Councillor

When asked where they would like new youth centre, both children and young adults said they would prefer it at east end of football field near Coolgaree

Site designated by Master Plan

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Bwlcgoman Speakout Day 2 – 31st August 5

The idea of a compound emerged on a number of occasions.

A Coral Cave

Other key suggestions & responses by Children & Youth Council Group

• Discussion on basketball courts: There are already two under used courts, people do not play basketball very

much on Palm Island

• Youth Council generally requested more consultation between Palm Is. Council, the elders and themselves

about sacred places and materials and what might be incorporated into the building and what might not be.

• Elder’s Room/Space: filtered light, with casual indoor/outdoor areas.

• Idea about using Black Ink publishing to record elder’s stories.

• Youth Councillors thought the centre should have places on and off the ground, high and low.

• Use one large umbrella roof independent of all the spaces and uses underneath it, using landscaping to

control, cut, and shape the place, with hedges and screens.

• Sitting spaces: need both outside and inside, places for people to meet at lunchtime, have a smoke etc…

• Animal ancestors listed as important for people at Palm Is.: Possum (in feasts and funerals), Barracuda

(football team), Sea turtles (hunting, funerals and parties), Crocodile (travelled down the coast of NQ making

this place), Stingray (we saw them at sunset bubbling the surface of the water, what else?), Carpet Snake

another ancestor who made places around, in, on Palm Is. Idea about writing stories of ancestors onto

plaques and incorporating them into trails around/across the island.

• Ensure that Torres Strait Islander identity is included, “not just Murries here”.

• Little Kids: need to provide for different age groups, 5-8yrs and 9-12yrs. Playground. Not for teenagers

because they are nearly grown up. Sprinkler area with water canons for little kids in lieu of pool.

• Discussion on Rockhampton PCYC: people liked the polished timber floor, the flexible rooms and the movable

doors.

Comments on Brambuk (Greg Burgess): “looks like a bird or stingray”, people like how it is settled in the landscape.

Comments on Tramby Centre (Cracknell Lonigan and Merrima): people liked the verandahs and the inside/outside relationships in the slides shown, particularly in the circular room (versatile space, sliding panels/doors). They also liked how the windows went all the way down to the floor, “see who is coming”.

Comments on Uluru Centre (Greg Burgess): Interested in using local materials like timber (mobile saw mill) and coral, but need to get permission from Palm Is. Council to access materials. People liked the trails linking the buildings at Uluru.

Comments on Kingfisher Bay Resort: “oohs and ahhs” for slide of interior space and light. People liked the roof shape with the light coming in at different places.

Frank suggested a split boomerang shape with a central circular meeting space. He suggested the shape as a way of harnessing the prevailing breezes.

Creating a physical link to the elders and old peoples housing across the creek was seen as important.

Deadly dinner with turtle, Cairns hip-hop group provided music

Zena & crew got to sleep after 3 days hard work.

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Steering Meeting & Preliminary Draft Brief Summary 6

Palm Island Steering Committee Friday 20 September 2002

Between the “Speak Out” Workshop and the Steering Committee Meeting a document “Palm Island Youth Space Preliminary Design Brief “ was prepared.

Between the “Speak Out” Workshop and the Steering Committee Meeting the first 5 sheet of the Storyboard were prepared.

Steering Committee 20th of September Topics Discussed: • Seeking up to $1million dollars from Sport and Recreation as well as from the Gambling Fund held by

Treasury. • Lawrence putting in a submission for funding application in relation to Malcolm’s involvement in the draft

design of the Youth Building. • Michelle ran through the importance complying with the Partnership Agreement to promote good

relationships between CR, PCYC, Police and PIAC. • The need to get and give feedback on issues relating to AACAP (ATSIC and Army Community Assistance

Program) to identify ‘Tasks of Opportunity’. Design • The introduction of Malcolm Price’s Palm Island Story Board

- The story board gives and indication of what the next steps are and what’s going to happen and how the project is going to progress.

- The storyboard will be used as the foundation for the project to understand exactly what the youth are saying about the possibility of the centre (PCYC).

• Lawrence mentioned a possible amount of $45-50,000 for design documentation from Community Renewal funding.

• To keep the Palm Island Community up to date and informed about the Youth Building. It was suggested that a newsletter be the best way to do this.

• There have been questions raised about the removal or upgrade of the Coolgaree Building. Alfred stated that this building is an Aboriginal controlled organisation and that Council would have big concerns with this request.

• Maybe Council could give any ideas/indication of the process that should be taken for the one/two buildings. Palm Island Youth Conference: • Youth Forum went well. • Received positive feedback about the day from the Palm Island Community. • Received positive feedback from the Youth Workers • Alfred Lacey praised on the Enthusiasm from the Palm Island Community for Future Forums. • The Forum found there were Expectations from other Department/Agencies in the Community. • Family and Youth Services are being identified in these Youth Forums and this point should be raised to the

services already available in the Community. • It was stated to inform the Youth and Community Services of the importance to consider expectations and

assumptions • Important to focus on the process from here • Selina stated that it is important to explain to the young people of what limitations there are ie political and

council implications etc……… • Alfred raised the concerns of the expectations with the swimming pool. • Alfred raised the importance of updating/reporting to the major players of the community of Palm Island.

What’s happening and what’s going to happen etc… • It is important to create a space for young people and elders. Maybe a possible mothers room.

Summary of “Palm Island Youth Space Preliminary Design Brief” 2. Process of Consultation (including storyboard);

• Outline of the consultation principles • Role of the Story Board • Principles, benefits and methodology of Youth participation

in the consultation process

3. Priority Activities Identified at the Youth Speak Out and in PCYC Surveys.

These included:

Swimming Pool; Field Sports; Court Sports (outdoor and indoor); Entertainment for Large Groups; Entertainment for Small Groups; Preparing, Buying, Eating Food; Shopping; Outdoor Play (for younger children); Learning and Communication Activities; Counselling and Guidance; Drop in Centre; Community Meetings; Offices; Storage; Storage for a boat; Toilets and Changing Rooms

4. The relationship between Activities and Spaces;

These relationships are indicative only, further consultation needs to be undertaken on how different activities should relate and how existing services, like Coolgaree, organise their spaces. • Noisy Activities; • Quiet Activities; • Activities that could Share Space (at different times); • Central activity Areas

5. The character of the Youth Space;

This section summarises feedback, which describes the qualities of space that the Youth Centre might have in terms of cultural representation, materials, light, internal/external relationships, and security issues. • Incorporating Palm Island Culture • Inside/outside relationships • Materials and Textures • Security and Safety

6. Master Planning Issues;

Master Planning covers issues outside the immediate scale of the

Youth Space including site selection and building location, getting people to and from the activities proposed in the Youth Space, recording existing paths and use patterns around the site/s, understanding the existing climate and topography, and considering the contribution of the Army within the project time frame. • Location • Transport • Climate and Topography • Existing Paths and Use Patterns On and Around the Oval • Army Building Program

7. Management and Maintenance Issues; • Raising Revenue for Building Maintenance

• Issues to be Considered/Clarified on Management

1. Issues that require immediate action 17/9/02. • Selection of the most appropriate site for the Youth Space,

considering the Community Renewal Master Plan (west end of oval) and the suggestion which emerged from the Youth Speak Out (east end of oval). If this is not easily achievable the Community Renewal team could prepare design options for both sites considering the positive and negative aspects of each site.

• Need to identify other strategic services that might be operated out of the centre, so that the direct design implications can be accommodated.

Hopeful Funding for Construction of New Facility as of September 20th • $1M from Community Renewal • $1M from Dept. of Sport and Recreation • $1M from Gambling Fund held by Treasury

Space/Functions F/E U/C NU/C Large Space Main space 300 300 Stage/share disco 50 Main Storage 40 Female change room/Toilet 40 Male change room /Toilet 40 Disco/Backstage Multi-purpose 150 Sound/radio 20 Café Seating area 70 Snack bar 10 Commercial Kitchen 40 Servery 10 F Toilets 10 M Toilets 10 2 Disabled toilets 8 Pulse Area 30 Shop 30 Multi-function Space Space 1/general 45 Space 2/computers 45 Space 3/ wet 45 Storage area 5 Office general 10 Small Meeting Room 15 PCYC Management Office Office 1 12 Office 2 12 Reception 10 Admin Resource Centre 15

Space/Functions F/E U/C NU/C Commercial Office Suites Office suite 1 30 Office suite 2 30 Small meeting room 15 Counselling Room 8 Gymnasium Physical Activity Class space 70 Weights area 30 Storage 20 Drop in Centre Office 10 Bedroom 1 12 Bedroom 2 12 Bathroom 8 Living space 20 Kitchenette 5 Elders Place Yarning Spaces 20 20 20 Kitchenette 5 Workshop Boat Storage 20 Workshop 50 30 Playground Small kids play area 20 Adventure Playground 50 100 Circulation and Informal Spaces 120 Total square metres 1009 640 420

Schedules of Spaces - Palm Island Youth Facility This is a preliminary schedule of the spaces that have been identified as being needed by the Palm Island Community, The budget is unlikely to be able to include all of these facilities, and these spaces will now have to be prioritised. The architects have made some assumptions in relation to whether spaces to be fully undercover or enclosed. (NOTE: Assume that the whole complex is likely to be in a secure compound.) Square metres per space F/E – Fully Enclosed, U/C – Undercover, NU/C – Not undercover

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Schedule of Spaces 7

Large Space The purpose of the large space is to: Host large meetings; • Theatre productions; • Large Events; • And a range of sporting activities. The size of the

space is 600sqm in total and would be large enough to play basketball or netball. This space need not be either fully enclosed or even fully undercover.

Disco/Backstage This would be a dedicated venue space, for music, dance and small theatre. If it was connected to the Large Space it could share the stage. It could double as a music studio space and activities such a radio could be linked to it. Café. This has several components including: • A commercial kitchen that potentially could be used

for both catering and training; • A snack bar that can operate separate to kitchen; • A Pulse Area which would include video games,

computers and a pool table; • A seated area which would have large overflow

capacity into other zones around it; • Toilets. Shop This would be an optional function however it has been asked for.

Multi-function Space This space is likely to be one space with a moveable wall. The space will be suitable for a range of activities including: • Art and craft activities; • Training; • Computer/internet access; • Homework club; • Community meetings.

PCYC/ Management Office These are the management offices and include an community administration resource centre including photocopiers; laminator; binder etc

Commercial Office Suites These are offices for other services or bodies like the Youth Council to operate out of; two have been designated here. These offices should be able to provide additional funds to support the management and maintenance of the centre. (More offices could be designed into the building.)

Gymnasium This has been designated as a dedicated space for physical activities, which may include: Fitness activities including weights; Smaller sports like table tennis; This space could be combined with another space such as the Disco/backstage if cost becomes an issue. Drop in Centre This would be a 24-hour access secure safe place for children and young people at risk. It was indicated as a high priority by many young people however it may be judged that this would be better build as a separate project or to be built as a separate building within the same complex.

Elders Place This space would be for the following; • A yarning place for older residents; • A safe place for young people and old people to talk,

and share culture; • A repository of cultural items.

Workshop The space would be optional and could be built separately at a later time is the budget was not sufficient. It would also be a good place to store a youth boat. If such a thing was purchased.

Playground There is the potential to have a number of safe/secure playgrounds around the facility for various ages. For example there could be a small Splash park (like the one on the Esplanade in Townsville) this may provide an alternative to a Swimming Pool in the short term.

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Site Analysis 8

Storyboard Sheets 6-10 put together by Malcolm Price & Shaneen Fantin between 9 th & 11th of October.

Coolgaree Youth Centre There are various options: • Leave it where it is, and build

new centre away from it • Incorporate it as an

independent facility within the new complex. (This would probably involve upgrading facility.)

• Relocate Coolgaree to another location (least likely)

Football Field • Can be easily repositioned on

same site to allow more flexibility and amenity around field

Old Peoples Home Youth people expressed an interest to create a connection with Elders, this might mean some form of bridge across the creek.

Direction of major wet season storms, need to protect building against horizontally driven rain.

Direction of most cool sea breezes

Existing unused water tanks can be move and reused in new facility

NORTH

Future Council Chamber and Hall Precinct Existing Hall is designated to be demolished it could possibly be renovated for between $300,000 & $800,000

Mall To be renovated, a walking trail from new facility could be linked to it. (See Master Plan)

Existing informal walking track could form part of a trail connecting to new facility

Repositioning of the football field would open this zone up for some other activity. For example a BMX Track, a garden or an adventure playground

Mango Lane is the major road access from the North of the island and there is a lot negative history related this particular stretch of road

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Bubble Diagrams of Schemes 1 & 2 9

Once there is preliminary a brief and some idea of the site, various design arrangements can then be played with. Below are two initial ideas, which begin to give some idea of what a building plan might be. These options are not intended to indicate a building and they are used to play with the type and sizes of spaces the proposed youth facility will have. Malcolm Price prepared these two sketches on October 11th.

Coolgaree

Football Field relocated

Large Space

Management Offices

Commercial Office Suites

Drop In Centre

Café/ Kitchen/ Snack bar/ Pulse Centre

Changing Room

Stage

Disco/Studio

Multi-purpose Space

Elders Place

Gymnasium

Playgrounds/ landscaped compound

Coolgaree

Football Field relocated

Large Space

Management Offices

Commercial Office Suites

Drop In Centre

Café/ Kitchen/ Snack bar/

Changing Room

Stage Disco/Studio

Multi-purpose Space

Elders Place

Gymnasium

Changing Room

Pulse Centre

Entry

Scheme 1 This scheme assumes using a boomerang shaped roof above most of the complex. The way on that wraps around the eastern and Southern sides of the facility would be an underwater coral shelf wall. Coolgaree Youth Centre is a separate building moved and reoriented to the North. The large space as in scheme 3 is largely outside with about 50% undercover. It creates a path through the building, which can connect to existing or new walking tracks.

Scheme 2 This scheme is more conventional, and all of the spaces are internal, probably within a large shed-like structure, this would probably be the simplest and cheapest type of building to construct. This scheme is similar to older PCYC designs.

Coolgaree and the Drop In Centre located separately so as to create a courtyard between them and the main building.

It would be easy to provide verandah spaces at the edge of a building like this.

Coral like Wall

Boomerang Shaped Roof

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Arrangements of Spaces Schemes 3 & 4 10

Slowly the design will evolve, a simple bubble diagram like those on page 9 will get more definition as trees, structure, walls, doors, windows and furniture are added. Then the building begins to take on 3 dimensional form. Shaneen Fantin prepared these 2 drawings on October 11th.

Scheme 3 This scheme is simular to the bubble diagram shown in Scheme 1. It works on the basis there is a boomerang shaped roof above most of the complex. Coolgaree Youth Centre is a separate building moved and reoriented to the North. The large space as in scheme 1 is largely outside with about 50% undercover. It creates a path through the building, which can connect to existing or new walking tracks.

Scheme 4 This like the bubble diagram of Scheme 2 is a more conventional. Coolgaree youth Centre is left as undisturbed as possible, all of the major spaces are fully undercover, one wing of the building is 2 storeys. This scheme like schemes 1 & 3 however does create a secure compound. This scheme looks inwards rather then outward.

A lot of this building is outside to suit a tropical environment, the outside spaces would have a combination wall/fence to provide security but still allow supervision from the facility out to the sporting field.

The Café/Pulse area and the Disco/Studio are in reverse to Scheme 1

The Drop in centre is at the end of the building to allow separate 24 hour access.

2 Storey wing, office suites and Gymnasium are located on the second storey.

The Drop In Centre is at the end of the building to allow separate 24 hour access, as well as separate operation.

Internal Courtyard for playground and spill out zone for café.

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Consultations October 14th & 15th 11

14th October - Meeting with Kel Clarke from Q Police, he made a range of suggestions in relation to large space and security.

Meeting with Palm Island Council Reps. Attendance: Delina Foster, Alf Lacey, Malcolm Price, Maxinne, Zina Prior, Shaneen Fantin Issues Discussed:

• Site clarification at top of oval, agreed in principal by Alf and Delina. Not on the oval. Alf suggested moving the tanks.

• Use of existing unused materials, objection by Alf. He said people don’t want old materials in a new building, it has to be new.

• Idea of using local materials in the building like tree poles and stones agreed in principal by Alf for artistic purposes. Too complex a process to set up a timber mill, Alf thought it would distract from getting the building built. Can collect pine trees from Bamboo Creek for art carvings, but not for main structure.

• Drop in centre, to be removed from the brief because they have allocated another site for the Safe House. Use Youth Centre for referral only; reduce expectations of sleeping at the centre.

• Special Places on the Island: Turtle Rock, a place past Doctor’s Point, Zina did not know the story / did not tell the story.

15th October - Meeting with Coolgaree Youth Service and Youth Council did an exercise to determine desirable relationships between parts/spaces in new facility.

14th October - Meeting with Rosemary Axonsmith from Project Service, discussed design and procurement issues.

Notes on Circle Game with Noel Bingaroo and Robert Saltner (FACS). Version 1:

• Distribute offices and agencies around space to maintain surveillance of centre

• Create a loose pathway around the centre in a circuit, this could represent the sun or the cycle of life (growing up). The circle is also a meeting place, sitting around a fire.

• Locate seating/amphitheatre against one end of the large space. He thought the large space should be open to the sky.

Make it look important, like one place.

Notes on Circle Game with Jenny, Kathy, Eunice and Sharon

• Boomerang shape with large covered space in front for breeze flow. The boomerang has the closed spaces in it like Coolgaree, the café, the elders and admin areas.

• They chose the turtle because it’s their favourite ‘Minja’ (food).

15th October - Meeting with Alf and Delena from Palm Island Council (see below)

• Delena suggested looking at other examples: Yarrabah Community Centre, Deception Bay Community Centre.

• Delena suggested that the Youth Centre should incorporate ideas drawn from the sea, because all the children associate closely with the sea.

• Zina Prior suggested a multi-purpose space with moveable walls that could be three small spaces or one large disco space.

• On the location of the StoryBoard: one laminated bound copy at the Council Office, at the Hospital, at the School.

• On the takeaway/food shop: kitchen should work in conjunction with NAIDOC celebrations, football games and other events. The shop should sell food, and perhaps locally made T-shirts, but not stereos or TV.

• On the Gymnasium: the clubhouse currently has equipment for men but not for women. Women need private spaces to workout in the gym, no gender sharing of gym spaces at the same time.

• Consider alternative energy systems, solar power; speak to Lillian acting CEO about arrangements with Ergon/Energex.

Meeting/Workshop at Coolgaree Youth Centre

In attendance: staff of Coolgaree Youth Centre with members of Coolgaree, The Palm Island Youth Council, Robert Saltner and several young people. The following activities occurred: • Malcolm fed back consultations

and decisions made to date. • Everyone broke into groups to

do an exercise of arranging circular disks of colour that represented the various spaces that would likely make up the new centre. (Two of the clearer examples are to either side of this text)

• Discussions with Coolgaree YC staff about the possibility of incorporating their building within the building complex. (This needs more consultation.)

Consultation with Young Men From Composite HS Class Discussion of activities they would like to engage in: Activities like automotive workshop and a place to deal with horses came up. There was a definite change in emphasis in the activities these boys were interested in to the younger children. Above are two examples of arrangements these young man produced in an exercise we conducted to see how they might arrange the activities of the new centre.

Meeting with CDEP 15/10/02 Attendees: Maxinne, Zina, Malcolm, Shaneen, Margaret (CDEP), Lyn (CDEP), Roy and Nat.

• CDEP 250 workers registered, work 2 days a week, need “to up” funds for a full weeks work.

• Lyn suggested “securing a waiver” so the local building team can do the project.

• There are seven apprentices in their final year of carpentry training.

• There is a qualified carpenter in the community and a recognised prior learning program underway. We have to consider whether people in the Palm Island building team are willing and able to be part of the program.

• Ralf Baria and Robert Cummings (landscaper) are the people to speak with in relation to the possibility of establishing a nursery.

• CDEP needs a formal invitation from the Army before they are involved there, not committed yet.

• TAFE – literary and numeracy programs Qbuild – OAST employer

• There is potential for CDEP to take legal responsibilities because they will be a certified builders.

• Need to set up a meeting with carpenter, landscaper, and other key supervisors when we have a firmer plan to talk about their responsibilities, capabilities and technologies available. Include TAFE lecturer, Qbuild, Carpenter, Project Services etc. Need expertise to lead each area of the project.

CDEP want us to provide “What we are looking for” list so they can respond by saying what they can provide and what skills they have.

Palm Island Youth Space Story Board Consultations October 15th, 16th & 17th 12

Visited St Michaels School and talked with a year 7 class as well as addressing the school assembly.

Discussions with Q Build as to their opinion of the best way to procure the building. (That is how to organise the people, contracts, management and time lines in order to build the proposed building.)

16th October - Discussions with Justice group to get their feedback on the design of new building.

15th October – Meeting with CDEP to discuss their possible role in the project.

Assessment of possible local materials that could be used. In particular looked at plantation forest with Owen Wilder on the uplands of island.

October 17th – visited Bwgcolman School and talked to Classes 6/7M & 6/7T, as well as a composite boy’s high school class.

Consultations with Year 6/7 Classes at both schools The discussions with Classes 6/7T & 6/7M and the St Michaels 6/7 classes covered two main topics: The activities that the new youth facility should provide for and what the building should be like. What activities should be provided for in centre? Disco Movies, movie nights Café Library Gymnastics Trampoline

Waterfall

Culture Room - learn languages (their languages)

A living room Room to think – quiet room

Ball sports - Netball - Basketball - Indoor Cricket - tennis

Games - X box, - video games

Rooms for: - Videos - Music - Practice music - Practice Theatre - Art - Cooking - Computers - Training - Study

Shop or shops to provide: - Bikes - Stationary - pizza, - drinks, - fruits, - lollies, - slush

- Toilets - Separate dressing rooms for

boys and girls

Something for little kids - little swimming pool - see-saw - spring see-saw - slippery slides - twirling sticks

Other activities that this facility may not be able to provide for : - Provide for Horses - Swimming pool (has come

up continually as a high priority)

- Boat – fishing – camping trips - Barbecue at beach

What the building should be like? The students were generally positive about the idea of the building being shaped like a boomerang. Other animals they suggested the building could draw inspiration from included: Turtle Crocodile Lizard

Other suggestions relating to design and providing for centre included: Security - High fences - Big fence around it.

Need for a bus service to the new centre.

Owen Wilder from Justice Group said that there were still people on the island including himself who had been part of the timber cutting from old days. We are investigating as to whether in conjunction with CDEP and PI Council, poles can be cut for use in the new facility.