Annual Report - City of Bayswater
Annual Report - City of Bayswater Annual Report - City of Bayswater
Halliday ParkGeographic ServicesSpatial systems / mappingIn the 2009-10 financial year, theinternal corporate mapping system,CitySpatial, was integrated to theCity’s new records managementsystem. This integration allowsstaff to seamlessly search propertyrelated documents via bothsystems, giving instant accessto both documentation andmapping datasets.The City also integrated coremapping datasets from Landgate’s(Western Australian LandInformation Authority) shared landinformation platform into CitySpatialand the online mapping system,(Interactive City Maps). This nowprovides direct access to state heldland information.Heritage listed sites within the Citywere also mapped and integratedinto CitySpatial and the onlineInteractive City Maps applications.Users can now locate and view theassociated heritage documentation.Infrastructure assetmanagementGlobal Positioning System field captureof the City’s storm water drainagenetwork was finalised in 2009-10.Over 222 kilometres of interconnectedpipes and 9,500 junction points wererecorded to an accuracy of plus orminus 50 millimetres. This informationwill be mapped and placed into thestormwater asset management systemand will facilitate the development ofmaintenance and capital replacementprograms for drainage.The City’s 350 kilometre road networkunderwent a field condition ratingsurvey during the year. The currentreplacement cost following the survey,is estimated at $117 million.Base mapping of the City’s footpathnetwork was also finalised withover 290 kilometres captured.This information will be placed intothe footpath asset managementsystem and linked to CitySpatial forfuture analysis.16 city of bayswater annual report 2009-10
Sustainable environmentGobba LakeDuring 2009-10 the City of Bayswaterwas actively involved in a range ofenvironmental management activitiesand continued to undertake a rangeof “on ground” projects. Some keyprojects included:Greenhouse gas emissionsand climate change;The City continued to work withthe Eastern Metropolitan RegionalCouncil (EMRC) to reduce carbonemissions and develop actions to beable to adapt to Climate Change.The City partnered with the otherfive member Councils and theEMRC to identify how climatechange is likely to directly affect thePerth’s Eastern Region.Bushland, foreshore andwetland management;The City continued to undertakeenvironmental restoration work suchas weed control, revegetation andpest management in partnershipwith “Friends of” groups and thecommunity at:Gobba Lake $20,000Lightning SwampBushland $41,900Baigup Wetland $50,000Eric Singleton BirdSanctuary $11,000Riverside Gardens $14,000Hinds Reserve $10,000Bayswater BrookStream and Wetlands $14,000One of the major projects for theyear included restoring anothersection of riverbank along the TranbyForeshore. The City stabilised thebank by installing rock rip rap (a rockstabilisation technique) to secure thebase of the bank and also replantedthe slopes of the bank usingnative vegetation.The City also received a grantof $120,000 to plan, design andconstruct the river walling at BathStreet during 2010/11.Catchment management;The City of Bayswater works withthe Swan River Trust, Perth RegionNRM, Department of Water, the WaterCorporation and CSIRO to reducethe amount of nutrients entering theSwan River through a Local WaterQuality Improvement Plan. The planaims to achieve a 30% reductionin nutrients entering the Swan andCanning Rivers. Some of the projectsimplemented during the year included:• Bayswater Brook Catchmentactivity day:The second Bayswater BrookCatchment Activity Day inpartnership with the Swan RiverTrust’s Ribbons of Blue washeld in May 2010, with over240 students from years four toseven attending over two daysto participate in fun activities tolearn about the river and watercatchment issues.• Community planting day:The community planted 750plants at Lightning Park, 1,100plants at Tranby Foreshore, 2,000plants at Gobba Lake, 750 plantsat Riverside Gardens and 1,500plants at Crimea Wetland.• Bayswater Brook Catchmentwater quality monitoringThe City of Bayswater and SwanRiver Trust undertook a waterquality monitoring program to lookfor the sources of nutrients andpollution within the catchment.This will guide future managementto improve the quality of the waterentering the Swan River.Great Gardens WorkshopsThe City has hosted Great GardensWorkshop in partnership with theSwan River Trust, Water Corporationand the Great Gardens team since2003. In this time the City has heldover 40 workshops. During 2009-10, the City hosted a further fiveworkshops. The workshops showgardeners how they can have abeautiful landscape and house thatcosts less and uses a fraction of thewater, energy and nutrients.city of bayswater annual report 2009-1017
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Halliday ParkGeographic ServicesSpatial systems / mappingIn the 2009-10 financial year, theinternal corporate mapping system,<strong>City</strong>Spatial, was integrated to the<strong>City</strong>’s new records managementsystem. This integration allowsstaff to seamlessly search propertyrelated documents via bothsystems, giving instant accessto both documentation andmapping datasets.The <strong>City</strong> also integrated coremapping datasets from Landgate’s(Western Australian LandInformation Authority) shared landinformation platform into <strong>City</strong>Spatialand the online mapping system,(Interactive <strong>City</strong> Maps). This nowprovides direct access to state heldland information.Heritage listed sites within the <strong>City</strong>were also mapped and integratedinto <strong>City</strong>Spatial and the onlineInteractive <strong>City</strong> Maps applications.Users can now locate and view theassociated heritage documentation.Infrastructure assetmanagementGlobal Positioning System field capture<strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>’s storm water drainagenetwork was finalised in 2009-10.Over 222 kilometres <strong>of</strong> interconnectedpipes and 9,500 junction points wererecorded to an accuracy <strong>of</strong> plus orminus 50 millimetres. This informationwill be mapped and placed into thestormwater asset management systemand will facilitate the development <strong>of</strong>maintenance and capital replacementprograms for drainage.The <strong>City</strong>’s 350 kilometre road networkunderwent a field condition ratingsurvey during the year. The currentreplacement cost following the survey,is estimated at $117 million.Base mapping <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>’s footpathnetwork was also finalised withover 290 kilometres captured.This information will be placed intothe footpath asset managementsystem and linked to <strong>City</strong>Spatial forfuture analysis.16 city <strong>of</strong> bayswater annual report 2009-10
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