annual report - City of Bayswater

Charity events
The Salvation Army and St. Vincent
de Paul Society received in excess
of $21,650 and food packages
from community donations and
auctions staged by the City. The
charity events were the Carols by
Candlelight and the Charity Golf
Tournament. The 2008 Charity Golf
Day was a roaring success with
several new initiatives introduced for
2008 that resulted in a 50 percent
increase in funds raised compared
to the previous year.
Community Sport and
Recreation Facility Fund
The City was successful in securing
$671,495 from the Department
of Sport and Recreation as part
funding toward the following projects
to be completed next financial year:
• $500,000 towards the sports
hall and change room facilities
within the new multi million dollar
Maylands multipurpose centre;
• $91,575 to assist with the
upgrade of sports field
floodlighting at Houghton
Reserve to benefit football
and softball;
• $79,920 to assist with the
upgrade of sports field
floodlighting at Noranda Sporting
Complex to benefit soccer.
The new $1.3 million pavilion at RA
Cook Reserve was completed and
handed over to Morley Sporting
Club in April 2009. The Department
of Sport and Recreation contributed
more than $200,000 from the
Community Sport and Recreation
Facility Fund.
Facility infrastructure
upgrades
Two sporting facilities – at Wotton
Reserve and Frank Drago Reserve
- received significant upgrades
during 2008-09. Wotton Reserve
can now host evening floodlit
soccer matches after an upgrade
to the sports field floodlighting.
Frank Drago Reserve now offers
an extended grass field training
area, as well as training ground
floodlighting to meet the Australian
Standard for large ball sports.
A number of playground facilities
were replaced in order to meet
Australian Standards in accordance
with the City’s 15 year Playground
Upgrade Plan. Notable sites
included: Joan Rycroft Reserve,
Lower Hillcrest Reserve, Feredy
Reserve and Birkett Street Reserve.
A new community playground was
installed at Lightning Park.
Soft fall safety surfacing was
installed at Upper Hillcrest Reserve
and additional shade sails at
Riverside Gardens.
Robert Thompson Reserve and
Halliday House received Federal
Infrastructure Funding to enhance
facilities. Halliday House now has
an outdoor entertainment and
function area for weddings and
community functions. Robert
Thompson Reserve has had
pathways extended across the park
to encourage walking, skating and
informal family recreation.
Sport and Recreation Club
Development Program
In partnership with the City
of Bayswater, City of Swan
and Department of Sport and
Recreation, the Club Development
Program continued to offer high
quality assistance to local sport
and recreation clubs. This financial
year saw the launch of Blue Ribbon
Clubs, an incentive based club
accreditation program providing
guidance and assistance to all local
sporting and recreational clubs in
developing high quality management
systems and procedures.
Administration
Citizenship ceremonies
Seven citizenship ceremonies were
conducted in 2008-09, with around
380 people becoming Australian
citizens. The largest ceremony was
held as part of the Australia Day
celebrations for the first time at the
Morley Sport and Recreation Centre
and incorporated an Australia Day
barbeque celebration.
Scholarships
The City awarded scholarships to
17 talented students so they could
further their interests in the fields
of education, sports, visual arts
and music.
Garden Awards
The annual Garden Awards are
open to residents and businesses to
encourage community support for our
Garden City concept and encourage
civic pride. In 2008, eight awards
were made in four categories.
Garden Awards 2008
Categories
Best landscaped 2
Best Waterwise 1
Best kept street 1
Best residential 4
Winners
Tranby foreshore, Maylands
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