Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The background to the founding of Adelaide and South Australia in 1836
- 2 The development of the City and State from 1840 until 1950 and the City/State relationship during this period
- 3 Changing attitudes to planning the City and State from 1950 until 1972
- 4 The establishment of the City of Adelaide Development Committee and the introduction of Interim Development Control
- 5 Planning in Sydney and the work of George Clarke
- 6 The City of Adelaide Planning Study
- 7 Converting the City of Adelaide Planning Study into a City Plan
- 8 An innovative system of city planning from 1 March 1977
- 9 Changes in the ACC and the State, and the first Heritage Study of the City
- 10 The operation of the City's planning system from November 1982 until May 1987
- 11 The Condous Lord Mayoralty and the declining importance of the City of Adelaide Planning Commission
- 12 The State Planning Review, the last City Plan and the end of the City's separate system
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Key People of Influence identified as potential interviewees
- Appendix 2 Heritage Summary Assessment Sheet
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - The Condous Lord Mayoralty and the declining importance of the City of Adelaide Planning Commission
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The background to the founding of Adelaide and South Australia in 1836
- 2 The development of the City and State from 1840 until 1950 and the City/State relationship during this period
- 3 Changing attitudes to planning the City and State from 1950 until 1972
- 4 The establishment of the City of Adelaide Development Committee and the introduction of Interim Development Control
- 5 Planning in Sydney and the work of George Clarke
- 6 The City of Adelaide Planning Study
- 7 Converting the City of Adelaide Planning Study into a City Plan
- 8 An innovative system of city planning from 1 March 1977
- 9 Changes in the ACC and the State, and the first Heritage Study of the City
- 10 The operation of the City's planning system from November 1982 until May 1987
- 11 The Condous Lord Mayoralty and the declining importance of the City of Adelaide Planning Commission
- 12 The State Planning Review, the last City Plan and the end of the City's separate system
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Key People of Influence identified as potential interviewees
- Appendix 2 Heritage Summary Assessment Sheet
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CONDOUS LORD MAYORALTY
This chapter examines the period from May 1987, when Steve Condous was first elected as Lord Mayor. I also review the decline in the status and importance of the City of Adelaide Planning Commission (CAPC). Jim Jarvis maintained the informal ACC convention of not seeking a further term as Lord Mayor and Steve Condous, the senior Alderman, was elected unopposed to the office in May 1987. At this election Jim Jarvis, John Watson and Bill Manos all retired from the ACC. Thus, there was a considerable loss of knowledge and expertise about planning the City and the ACC's governance arrangements with the State. Condous was first elected as a Councillor for the south-west of the City in 1968 and had served on various ACC committees, but he had not been involved in any of the strategic discussions with the State about the governance of the City.
Condous was appointed as Chairman of the CAPC in July 1987. Ian McPhail, Derek Scrafton, Judith Brine and Rob Nichols remained as the State members. Table 6 shows key individuals who had influence during the period from May 1987.
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- Behind the ScenesThe politics of planning Adelaide, pp. 285 - 308Publisher: The University of Adelaide PressPrint publication year: 2012