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Page 1 of 2 MMRP - ALE/ALH Groups - Responses to questions from the Committee 4 October 2016 Johnstone, Emily to: melbournemetrorail.inquiry@delwp.vic.gov.au 04/10/2016 08:54 PM Cc: "Gerrard, Emily" Hide Details From: "Johnstone, Emily" To: "melbournemetrorail.inquiry@delwp.vic.gov.au" <melbournemetrorail.inquiry@delwp.vic.gov.au>, Cc: "Gerrard, Emily" 4 Attachments ALE-ALH Group - MMRP - IAC Presentation Notes (written submissions provided 29 Sep 2016).DOCX Dear Panel Coordinator We continue to act for the ALE/ALH Groups with respect to the Melbourne Metro Rail Inquiry/Advisory Committee. Further to our appearance before the Committee today to present submissions on behalf of our clients, we confirm that the GTA Consultants' report provided for the Committee's convenience in Attachment 2 of our submissions was authored by Chris Coath (Director at GTA Consultants), with the assistance of Simon Beardall (Associate) and Joshua Haig (Consultant). Further, we attach a copy of Emily Gerrard's notes from her presentation today for the Committee's reference. Please let us know if you have any queries. Kind regards Emily Emily Johnstone Associate Allens DL + M + 101 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia www.allens.com.au Follow Allens ************************************************************************ Congratulations to our next generation of partners. Watch this video to find out more about these future leaders: www.allens.com.au/nextgeneration ************************************************************************ file:///C:/Users/jt0t/AppData/Local/Temp/notes511471/~web9658.htm 5/10/2016

ALE/ALH Group – Melbourne Metro Rail Project IAC Presentation Notes (Written submissions provided 29 September 2016) Introduction 1 Madam Chair, Committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present on the submissions of ALE Property Group and the Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (together the AL Groups ) as the owners and operators of the iconic Young & Jackson Hotel. 2 The ALE Group owns a number of pub properties across Australia and is the registered proprietor of the Young & Jackson Hotel, which it leases to ALH Group (who operate the business). 3 The Young & Jackson Hotel is located on the corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets in Melbourne – within Precinct 6 or the CBD South station precinct (for the purposes of the proposed Melbourne Metro Rail Project (the Project )). The Young & Jackson Hotel is also listed in the Victorian Heritage Register (No. HO708), for its significance as one of Melbourne's oldest, most important and successful nineteenth century hotels. 4 I note that the AL Groups' original submission dated 6 July 2016 and the more detailed written submissions circulated last week to the Committee and other parties will be taken as read. Therefore, I propose to take the Committee to the high points of the detailed written submissions. Key issues for the Young & Jackson Hotel 5 As noted in the AL Groups' written submissions, while generally supportive of the Project and the State Government's plans to modernise transport in Victoria, the AL Groups are concerned about a number of significant issues and impacts arising from the EES for the proposed Project. 6 The key issues and impacts of concern to the AL Groups can be categorised as follows: (i) Access issues: The significant disruption to the AL Groups' business arising from reduced access to the Hotel during construction, including with respect to: (A) altered pedestrian flows; and (B) interference with food and beverage deliveries and waste removal. (ii) Structural integrity and amenity issues: (A) In terms of structural integrity, potential ground movement impacts and the need for adequate measures to protect the Young & Jackson building during construction; emgm A0137594911v4 205284244 5.10.2016 page 1 Allens is an independent partnership operating in alliance with Linklaters LLP.

(B) The need for pre- and post-construction surveys to identify construction-related damage and measures for repair and reinstatement of the building; and (C) With respect to reduced amenity, the impacts of dust, noise and vibration on patrons and the overall aesthetic of the Hotel (with the Hotel being next door to an excavation / construction area). (iii) Operational outcomes (A) Generally, uncertainty in relation to Cocker Alley and the Dangerfield Building and the limited level of detail and assessment of post-construction outcomes and impacts, including in relation to a Swanston Street street level entrance/exit to the CBD South station, and the potential impacts this may have on above and below ground pedestrian flow. 7 Most of these issues can be directly linked to the proximity of the Young & Jackson Hotel to the CBD South Station construction area. 8 Madam Chair, if I can take you and the Committee to Attachment 4 of the written submissions. The figures in Attachment 4 show the proximity of the Hotel to the construction and excavation areas very clearly. 9 The maps contained in Attachment 4 of the written submissions demonstrate the unique circumstances facing the Young & Jackson Hotel during construction. 10 The 'Concept Design – Construction' drawing (the third map within Attachment 4) shows yellow areas in which construction will occur. Overlaying the yellow areas to the north and to the west of emgm A0137594911v4 205284244 5.10.2016 page 2

the Young & Jackson Hotel is a cross-hatched area, showing the proposed location of not only construction, but also excavation works. 11 Once the acquisition and demolition of buildings for the CBD South station are complete (particularly to the immediate north of the Hotel) and construction is underway, the Young & Jackson Hotel will operate in the midst of a construction site for several years, generally isolated from other businesses (except potentially the Dangerfield Building located at 222-224 Flinders Street – to the immediate west of the Hotel – however the proposed use of, and access to, the Dangerfield Building and Cocker Alley is somewhat ambiguous) and with interference to passing pedestrians. 12 The EES acknowledges that the Young & Jackson Hotel will be 'nearly surrounded' by the construction work site for CBD South station and 'its trade would also be significantly impacted' during the construction phase of the Project (see Chapter 11 'Business', Section 11.15.1, page 34 of the EES). Access issues 13 The access issues that will impact on the Young & Jackson Hotel relate to both vehicles and pedestrians. 14 Vehicle access: The Young & Jackson Hotel is a large, busy establishment which operates seven days per week and relies heavily on its well established and efficient system for food and beverage deliveries (by both large and small suppliers), as well as waste removal by contractors. 15 Detail in relation to the number and nature of deliveries, as well as waste removal arrangements, are set out in the written submissions provided (as well as the report commissioned by our client from GTA Consultants to better understand the traffic impacts associated with the Project and provided for the Committee's convenience (the GTA Report ). 16 To highlight the vehicle access and potential traffic movement issues, the first image on page 1 of Attachment 4 shows the following areas important to current operations at the Hotel – which includes a restaurant: (a) The area where full kegs are delivered to the Flinders Street frontage via the keg chute on the Flinders Street side of the building. Empty kegs are returned via the same keg emgm A0137594911v4 205284244 5.10.2016 page 3