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Item 13
S03358
14 April 2005
PURPOSE OF REPORT
To place the Draft Generic Plan <strong>of</strong> Management for Parks on exhibition in accordance with the
requirements <strong>of</strong> the Local Government Act 1993.
BACKGROUND
On 2 April 1996 Council adopted a Plan <strong>of</strong> Management for Small Parks and on 9 July 1996
adopted a Plan for District Parks.
The Plans had <strong>be</strong>en prepared and exhibited in accordance with the prevailing requirements <strong>of</strong> the
Local Government Act 1993 in respect <strong>to</strong> Community Land.
However, the Act was subsequently amended by the Local Government Amendment (Community
Land Management) Act 1998 which came in<strong>to</strong> force on1 January 1999.
A num<strong>be</strong>r <strong>of</strong> these amendments relate <strong>to</strong> the composition and preparation <strong>of</strong> Plans <strong>of</strong> Management
for Community Land.
A new Draft Plan <strong>of</strong> Management has <strong>be</strong>en prepared in line with the amended requirements <strong>of</strong> the
Local Government Act for the lands previously covered by the Small Parks and District Parks Plan
<strong>of</strong> Management.
COMMENTS
The Draft Plan has <strong>be</strong>en forwarded separately (Attachment 1) and is considered ready for exhibition
in accordance with the Act’s requirements. The draft plan includes a list <strong>of</strong> all sites addressed by
the plan.
It follows approximately the same format as for other Plans prepared for various areas <strong>of</strong>
community land in Ku-ring-gai with the exception that the strategy plan which appears in Section 4
in previous plans has now <strong>be</strong>en integrated in<strong>to</strong> Section 3.
The Draft Plan <strong>of</strong> Management comprises 3 main sections <strong>be</strong>ing:
• Introduction.
• Basis for Management
• Management Issues, Performance Targets and Action Plan
The Draft Plan is a practical document which provides measurable actions flowing from the
Performance Targets for each issue that will provide for long term focused management <strong>of</strong> Ku-ringgai’s
developed parks network. Of note is the pic<strong>to</strong>rial representation <strong>of</strong> all sites that will <strong>be</strong> used
during the consultation phase.
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