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COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 Planting more trees in parks will also help increase the Town's tree canopy and, together with the Town's existing Street Trees Policy, will help enhance the Town's urban forest. This proposed policy, included in this report as attachment No1, provides guidance for the management of park trees to achieve these outcomes. It will also provide guidance and strategic direction in the development of Park Improvement Concept Plans. Park Improvement Concept Plans Our parks should be places where people can go to walk, run, play, picnic, barbecue, or sit peacefully in the shade or sun. They should be attractive and attract people to them. With this in mind, a preliminary design brief has been prepared with the aim of providing direction to a landscape design organisation on the type and extent of improvements required. This brief is included in this report as Attachment No 2. In summary, the brief includes:- Project Aim To identify suitable park improvements that reflect the Town's aspirations for the creation of beautiful, shady and safe usable parks. This design brief also aims to develop a standard style guide of park furniture, playgrounds and facilities across the Town's parks that will create an identity for the Town and improve maintenance requirements. Objectives • each plan will showcase superior landscaping using an appropriate combination of ornamental trees, native and non-native trees, and smaller plants that give the best outcome for the use and attractiveness of each park. • each concept plan will identify additional recreational amenities and infrastructure such as seating, shade, bbqs, tables, paths and lighting to make the park a peoplefriendly and safe place to visit. • the elements of each concept plan will set the character of the park and efforts should be made to give each park a different look and feel. • the concept plans are to be largely pictorial with an indication of the cost of the proposed capital works. Deliverables The successful organisation will:- • Inspect those parks listed with the Administration prior to commencement of preparing the plans; • Undertake an analysis of existing amenity in each park; • Prepare proposed designs with the assistance of a green-space planning organisation; • Produce a Park Improvement Concept plan for each park. Each plan should be largely pictorial and include suitable details describing the proposed improvements to enable members of the public to understand what is proposed without having to H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\C CR.DOCX 107
COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 read a separate report. Plans produced are to be in an electronic and hard copy format in a minimum A3 size; • Prepare a breakdown of estimated costs of each component on the plan for budgeting purposes; • Produce a short report to accompany each Park Improvement Concept Plan which describes the methodology and reason for the proposed improvements; • Attend a future Council, Committee and/or Executive meeting to explain the proposed improvements; • Undertake community consultation following Council endorsement of the draft Park Improvement Concept Plans and produce a report analysing comments received; • Finalise plans based on comments received for submission to Council and endorsement. Parks Identified for Improvement In order to identify which parks to select for improvement, a prioritised list has been prepared, inclusive of location plans and is included in this report as attachment No 3. The priority list has been prepared using the following criteria:- • 23 local community parks of a size considered suitable for implementing improvements (greater than 1 hectare in size) are included; • The priority order relates to the popularity of the park and its level of use. In addition parks of over 1 Hectare in size have been given a higher priority as they are considered more suitable in size for the provision of improved amenities; • Parks with existing management and/or improvement plans or proposed plans for improvement are not included - these are Lake Monger Reserve, Perry Lakes Reserve, City Beach Park, Beaches and Dunes, Holyrood Park, Cowden Park, Rose Gardens and the Wembley Sports Park; • Bushland parks and road reserves are not included. In accordance with Council's decision in October 2012, the following four parks have been selected in priority order for improvement because they best fit the above criteria: • Rutter Park - 1.3 hectares, Jersey Street, Wembley; • Winmarley Park - 1.4 hectares, Winmarley Street, Floreat; • Crosby Park - 1.2 hectares, Selby Street, Floreat; and • Tilton Park - 1.6 hectares, Tilton Terrace, City Beach. Jubilee Park was also considered for improvement, however, it has not been included in the above list due to the proposed BioLINK project currently being considered. Public consultation is currently being undertaken for this project by Cambridge Coastcare, with the assistance of the Town's Administration. If this project is finally approved and funded, a significant section of Jubilee Park is proposed to be landscaped with local native shrubs. In light of this, any future improvement to this park should be reconsidered when a decision is made regarding the BioLINK project. It is estimated approximately $40,000 will be required to produce four Park Improvement Concept Plans (ie. $10,000 each). Comment: To progress the development of Park Improvement Concept Plans, the following process is proposed:- • the Management of Park Trees Policy be endorsed; H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\C CR.DOCX 108
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