Part A - Executive Summary Publicly owned open space and reserves improve our physical and psychological health, strengthen our communities and make our cities and neighbourhoods more attractive places to live and work. Manningham City Council prepares Management Plans for complex recreation areas that accommodate a range of facilities and services and/or open space areas with a range of uses and purposes, including informal recreation and landscape values. Such areas are important community assets and due to competing priorities for development, it is crucial to plan and prioritise the use, development and management of these areas. The Mullum Mullum Reserve is currently used formally by clubs, schools and residents for various recreational pursuits including hockey, bowls and tennis. The Reserve is also used casually by local residents for less formal recreational activities, such as jogging, walking and dog walking. The Reserve has a large 1.3 hectare leveled grass area to the south that has been reserved for future recreation development. In July 2013, Council endorsed the Highball Infrastructure Plan that proposes the development of a 5-7 court multi-use highball facility at Mullum Mullum Reserve. With the additional facilities on site, Mullum Mullum Reserve will become a central sporting hub in the municipality. The Management Plan includes three visionary goals for the Reserve under which a series of objectives and actions outline Council’s commitment to: providing high quality recreation facilities that respond to community demand, respect for the natural environment and maintained effectively in to the future. The goals and objectives are set out in Figure 1. Goal 1 - Increased Goal 2 – Protection of Goal 3 – Effective recreation the natural management opportunities to meet environment and systems that sustain community demand local amenity a quality recreation environment Objectives Objectives Objectives 1.1 To continue to support 2.1 To protect the 3.1 To develop and and improve the environmental maintain strong existing sporting qualities of the partnerships to facilities Mullum Mullum ensure quality Reserve and the management of the 1.2 To develop a high creek corridor Reserve and quality highball facility recreation facilities to cater for the shortfall 2.2 To enhance of highball courts within landscaping to 3.2 To continue Manningham complement the responsible and recreation responsive open 1.3 To continue to improve infrastructure and space management improve amenity informal recreation opportunities for the local community 2.3 To achieve sustainable outcomes through planning, construction and management of reserve upgrades 2.4 To minimise the impact of recreation facilities on the amenity of nearby residential areas Figure 1 - Goals and Objectives Mullum Mullum Reserve Management Plan 2014 Manningham Council Page 3 Contents Part A - Executive Summary _______________________________________________________ 2 Contents _______________________________________________________________________ 4 Figures ________________________________________________________________________ 5 1. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 6 1.1 Purpose ______________________________________________________________________ 6 1.2 Background ___________________________________________________________________ 7 1.3 Key stakeholders _______________________________________________________________ 8 1.4 Methodology __________________________________________________________________ 9 1.5 Community engagement & consultation ____________________________________________ 9 1.6 Monitoring and Review _________________________________________________________ 10 2. Planning/Policy Context _____________________________________________________ 11 2.1 Previous Mullum Mullum Reserve Management Plans ________________________________ 11 2.2 Partner Strategies _____________________________________________________________ 11 3. Site Analysis _______________________________________________________________ 16 3.1 Location _____________________________________________________________________ 16 3.2 Context ______________________________________________________________________ 17 4. Precinct Analysis ___________________________________________________________ 18 4.1 The Pines Precinct _____________________________________________________________ 18 4.2 Existing Conditions _____________________________________________________________ 19 4.3 Existing Facilities ______________________________________________________________ 21 4.4 Land Tenure and Management ___________________________________________________ 22 4.5 Planning Scheme Provisions _____________________________________________________ 22 4.6 Mullum Mullum Creek Corridor __________________________________________________ 24 4.7 Drainage _____________________________________________________________________ 24 4.8 Cultural Heritage ______________________________________________________________ 25 4.9 Demographic Analysis __________________________________________________________ 25 5. Improve existing Sporting Activities at the Reserve ________________________________ 26 5.1 Hockey & Bowls (Shared Pavilion) ________________________________________________ 26 5.2 Bowls _______________________________________________________________________ 26 5.3 Hockey ______________________________________________________________________ 27 5.4 Tennis _______________________________________________________________________ 27 6. Develop a High Quality Highball Facility_________________________________________ 28 6.1 Overview ____________________________________________________________________ 28 Mullum Mullum Reserve Management Plan 2014 Manningham Council Page 4 6.2 Site selection _________________________________________________________________ 28 6.3 Planning _____________________________________________________________________ 29 6.4 Highball Facility Design _________________________________________________________ 30 6.5 Highball Management __________________________________________________________ 35 7. Improve informal Recreation Opportunities ______________________________________ 37 7.1 Walking ______________________________________________________________________ 37 7.2 Paths / Connections ____________________________________________________________ 37 7.3 Dog Walking __________________________________________________________________ 37 7.4 Picnics and Play _______________________________________________________________ 37 7.5 Cycling ______________________________________________________________________ 38 7.6 General Reserve Infrastructure ___________________________________________________ 38 Goals, Objectives & Actions____________________________________________________________ 41 Mullum Mullum Reserve Master Plan ___________________________________________________ 49 Highball Facility Plans ________________________________________________________________ 50 Appendix 1. ________________________________________________________________________ 53 Figures Figure 1 - Goals and Objectives _____________________________________________________________________ 3 Figure 2 - Open Space Strategy Precincts ____________________________________________________________ 12 Figure 3 - Mullum Mullum Reserve Location Plan _____________________________________________________ 16 Figure 4 - Mullum Mullum Reserve Context Plan ______________________________________________________ 17 Figure 5 - The Pines Precinct Analysis _______________________________________________________________ 18 Figure 6 - Mullum Mullum Reserve Existing Conditions _________________________________________________ 20 Figure 7 Mullum Mullum Reserve Recreation Facilities _________________________________________________ 21 Figure 8 - Mullum Mullum Reserve, Planning Overlays _________________________________________________ 23 Figure 9 - Car Park Requirements Benchmarking ______________________________________________________ 34 Figure 10 - Mullum Mullum Reserve, Opportunities and Constraints Plan __________________________________ 40 Figure 11 - Mullum Mullum Reserve: Master Plan _____________________________________________________ 49 Figure 12 - Highball Facility Concept Plans ___________________________________________________________ 50 Figure 13 - Highball Facility Section Plans ___________________________________________________________ 51 Figure 14 - North Elevation _______________________________________________________________________ 52 Mullum Mullum Reserve Management Plan 2014 Manningham Council Page 5 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose Manningham City Council prepares Management Plans for regional and district reserves that accommodate a range of facilities and services and/or open space areas with a range of uses and purposes. Such areas are important community assets and due to competing priorities and limited funding for development, it is crucial to plan and prioritise their use, development and management. The purpose of the Management Plan is: • To document and protect the key values of Mullum Mullum Reserve by providing a framework for future planning • To establish short, medium and long term goals, objectives and actions for the future development of the reserve • To develop an overall plan (masterplan) that documents improvements over a 10 year period • To provide a guide for the management of the recreation facilities The endorsed Mullum Mullum Reserve Management Plan will be used by Council Officers