Gladstone City Open Space and Recreation Plan
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GladstoneGladstone CCityity CCouncilouncil Open Space and Recreation Plan June 2006 GladstoneGladstone CCityity CCouncilouncil Open Space and Recreation Plan June 2006 This report has been prepared by: ROSS PLANNING PTY LTD ABN 41 892 553 822 74 Stratton Terrace Manly QLD 4179 PO Box 5660 Manly QLD 4179 Phone: 07 3901 0730 © 2006 ROSS Planning Pty Ltd Fax: 07 3893 0593 This document may only be used for the purposes for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the terms of [email protected] www.rossplanning.com.au engagement for the commission. Unauthorised use of this document in any form whatsoever is prohibited. Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .....................................................................................................1 2. Recommendations .......................................................................................................3 2.1 Maintenance and Improvement of Existing Facilities and Programs .............................4 2.2 New Facilities and Programs...............................................................................8 2.3 Open Space, Recreation and Sports Park Planning ................................................ 11 2.4 Viability of Volunteer Sport and Recreation Groups................................................ 13 2.5 Management Arrangements ............................................................................. 15 2.6 Information and Awareness ............................................................................. 17 3. Background.............................................................................................................. 19 3.1 Study Purpose .............................................................................................. 19 3.2 Study Approach ............................................................................................ 19 3.3 Review of Reports and Studies ......................................................................... 21 3.3.1 Gladstone City Council – Towards 2010 Draft Corporate Plan 2005–2010 ...................................21 3.3.2 Gladstone Recreation Plan 1994..........................................................................................21 3.3.3 The Gladstone Plan 2005 – Shaping the Future (Draft)............................................................22 3.3.4 Boyne Island/Tannum Sands Sport and Recreation Facility Needs Study ....................................23 4. Planning Context ....................................................................................................... 24 4.1 Community Profile ......................................................................................... 24 4.1.1 Population Growth............................................................................................................24 4.1.2 Demographic Characteristics ..............................................................................................24 4.1.3 Implications for Recreation Planning....................................................................................27 5. Demand Assessment .................................................................................................. 29 5.1 Community Engagement ................................................................................. 29 5.1.1 Community Consultation Forums.........................................................................................29 5.1.2 Community Questionnaire Results .......................................................................................30 5.1.3 Other Consultation – Industry employees .............................................................................31 5.1.4 Consultation with Young People ..........................................................................................31 5.1.5 Consultation with the Active Aged .......................................................................................34 5.1.6 School Survey Results.......................................................................................................36 5.2 Sport and Recreation Organisations ................................................................... 37 5.2.1 Membership Trends ..........................................................................................................37 5.2.2 Facility Usage and Satisfaction............................................................................................38 GLADSTONE CITY OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN 5.2.3 Future Activities...............................................................................................................44 5.2.4 Adequacy of Facilities........................................................................................................46 5.2.5 Essential Facility Needs .....................................................................................................46 5.2.6 Issues Affecting Activities ..................................................................................................51 5.2.7 Organisation Planning .......................................................................................................51 5.2.8 Training and Development Needs........................................................................................52 5.3 Sport and Recreation Organisation Forums.......................................................... 54 5.4 Aquatic Centre Survey.................................................................................... 56 5.5 Facility and Program Manager Interviews............................................................ 59 5.5.1 Police Citizens Youth Centre (PCYC)/ Pulse Centre (Memorial Park) ...........................................59 5.5.2 Gladstone Amateur Basketball Association (Memorial Park)......................................................60 5.5.3 Gladstone District Tennis Association (Rigby Park) .................................................................60 5.5.4 Gladstone and District Hockey Association (Rigby Park)...........................................................61 5.5.5 Football (Soccer) Gladstone (Palm Drive Sports Complex) .......................................................61 5.5.6 Gladstone Cricket Inc (Palm Drive Sports Complex, Clinton Park and other sites).........................61 5.5.7 Gladstone and District Four Wheel Drive Club........................................................................62 5.5.8 Gladstone Little Athletics (TAFE) .........................................................................................62 5.5.9 Community Clubs on Private Land.......................................................................................62 5.5.10 Council Role ....................................................................................................................64 6. Supply Assessment .................................................................................................... 65 6.1 Open Space Planning...................................................................................... 65 6.2 Sport, Recreation and Open Space Analysis......................................................... 65 6.2.1 Quantity of Land ..............................................................................................................65 6.2.2 Ash Pond 7......................................................................................................................66 6.2.3 Council Owned or Managed Sporting Parks ...........................................................................67 6.2.4 Private Sporting Parks.......................................................................................................70 6.2.5 Recreation Parks ..............................................................................................................71 6.3 Desired Standard of Service............................................................................. 71 6.3.1 Planning .........................................................................................................................71 6.3.2 Standards Approach .........................................................................................................75 Appendix One: Organisations that responded to the Sport and Recreation Organisations Survey.......... 78 Appendix Two: Membership Details of Sport and Recreation ........................................................ 79 Appendix Three: Education and Training Providers .................................................................... 81 Appendix Four: Allocated Function for Assessment of Open Space Supply....................................... 83 Appendix Five: Example Functions and Hierarchy of Parks........................................................... 95 Appendix Six: Ash Pond 7 Suitability Assessment ...................................................................... 98 GLADSTONE CITY OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN 1. Executive Summary Gladstone has not completed a Recreation Plan since 1994. One of the significant challenges for Gladstone City will be to accommodate an extra 17,000 people in the next 20 years. The rate of growth, whilst manageable, will require careful planning to ensure that the quality of life the City is striving to achieve and maintain, is realised. Gladstone is a modern industrial city with a young population. This particular mix of demographics and work environment has a strong influence on the way that sport and recreation