Streetscape Improvements – Community Engagement Report September 2017 2 Executive Summary
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The information in this report will be used to develop a Streetscape Themes Guide for Upper Lachlan that will guide future improvements to the streetscapes and entries of the towns and villages. This snapshot of community thought about how the physical environment is working in their towns and villages may also be valuable for other project and resource planning by Upper Lachlan Shire Council. The information presented in this report was obtained from: • existing reports and plans • visits to each town and village to observe and photograph the existing conditions • community meetings in all towns and villages except Jerrawa • an online survey (with paper copies also available) • Our Towns – an ideas competition conducted in local schools • discussions with Local Aboriginal Land Councils. While there were particular needs identified in each locality, the following themes were identified that are relevant to most towns and villages in the shire. • More maintenance by council staff is needed to supplement the significant work that is done by local volunteers. • Traffic calming is needed in the town and village centres to ensure that traffic keeps to the 50km/h speed limits and make the streets safer. • Most towns and villages have multiple signs with the town or village name in close succession on the entry roads. Generally there was agreement that these signs should be removed and replaced with one sign with more visual impact at each entry. • A footpath or shared path along the main road is needed in most of the small villages for safer pedestrian movement. • Street trees in the towns and villages are highly valued and deciduous shade trees were often suggested as a way of improving the streetscape where trees do not exist in village centres. • Parks associated with main streets provide amenities for travellers and work together with the main street to create the character of the town or village centre. The parks should be maintained and enhanced with attractive toilets, picnic tables, shelters and bins, along with parking for vehicles of various sizes. • A common request was to have a heritage walk around the town or village with interpretative plaques/signs. There is an opportunity to include Aboriginal stories and interpretative material. • Similarly, a frequent request was to have a town/village map highlighting the location of amenities and attractions. • Many groups requested that a community blackboard be placed in a prominent location so that notices about community events could be easily shared. A digital noticeboard was suggested for Crookwell. The body of the report contains a record of all meetings held with community groups and the content of all survey responses received. ULSC Streetscape Improvements – Community Engagement Report September 2017 3 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose This report presents the results of community engagement in 12 towns and villages in Upper Lachlan Shire with a focus on the main streets and town entries. The information in this report will be used to develop a Streetscape Themes Guide for Upper Lachlan which is intended to guide future improvements to the streetscapes and entries of the towns and villages. This snapshot of community thought about how the physical environment is working in their towns may also be valuable for other project and resource planning by Upper Lachlan Shire Council. 1.2 Background Upper Lachlan Shire Council (Council) resolved to investigate ways to improve the various streetscapes across Upper Lachlan Shire towns and villages. While each location has unique needs and a different starting point for what they have now, it is anticipated that an approach to streetscape enhancements can be developed that has a common theme across the shire while allowing the unique character of each location to be retained. Elements of the streetscape to be considered include: • trees for town/village main streets • town/village entries • other signage • seats • waste bin enclosures and bollards • street lighting • paving palette. Fresh Landscape Design was engaged by Council to undertake community engagement and develop a streetscape themes guide to meet these requirements with Jennie Curtis, a Registered Landscape Architect, as project lead. The towns and villages covered in this project are Bigga, Binda, Breadalbane, Collector, Crookwell, Dalton, Grabben Gullen, Gunning, Jerrawa, Laggan, Taralga and Tuena. The first stage of the project was to undertake community engagement throughout the shire to collect current community values and ideas about the twelve town and village entries and streetscapes as well as making a photo record of existing streetscape and entry elements. This report contains the compiled results of this work. ULSC Streetscape Improvements – Community Engagement Report September 2017 4 2 Methodology 2.1 Methodology overview The approach used to collect information and develop this community engagement report included the following steps. Review of Plans and reports reviewed included: existing • ULSC Draft Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) and Bike Plan for documentation Public Exhibition May 2017 • ULSC Community Heritage Study 2007-2008 • Taralga Tree Plan 2007 (also called Taralga Streetscape Plan in Council minutes) • design drawings for Goulburn Street, Crookwell 1997, 2007, 2009 • Gunning Main Street Study 1994 • Collector North Entrance and History Park Plan 2003 • Proposed Upgrades to Amenities, Collector Oval 2009 • Re-energising the Collector Community Precinct 2017-09-01 • Upper Lachlan Shire Social and Community Plan 2013-2018 • Upper Lachlan Strategy Plan – 2020 Vision (excerpts included in this report) Site visits Each town and village was visited and a photographic record was made of the town entries and main street or village centre. Survey A survey was used to collect comment and ideas about town entries and streetscapes from individuals across the shire. This provided an opportunity for all members of the community to provide input. Meetings with Meetings were held with community associations, progress associations and community other community groups associated with the towns and villages across the shire. groups Schools An ideas competition for the town and village streetscapes, was run for school competition students. 2.2 Survey A survey was used to collect comment and ideas about town entries and streetscapes from individuals across the shire. The online version of the survey was conducted using SurveyMonkey (surveymonkey.com). A paper version with the same questions was made available from the Council shopfronts and libraries. The survey provided an opportunity for all community members to provide input and was promoted through the Council website and Facebook page, the local media and through local community networks. The survey ran from 14 July 2017 until 21 August 2017. A total of 136 survey responses were collected; 101 online and 35 as paper surveys. The design is shown below. ULSC Streetscape Improvements – Community Engagement Report September 2017 5 The data collected for questions 2, 3 and 4 of the survey is included in this report in the section for each town and village. Word clouds generated by SurveyMonkey for the online surveys have also been included to indicate general themes. ULSC Streetscape Improvements – Community Engagement Report September 2017 6 <DA H$$1-+92!J-1)!(/440+-17!9%/0#2! H$$1-+92!J-1)!(/440+-17!9%/0#2!J$%$!(/+B0(1$B B0%-+9!L09021!<=>? -+!'**!/S!1)$!1/J+2!'+B!5-**'9$2! $@($#1!Q$%%'J'!J)$%$!5-**'9$!%$#%$2$+1'1-5$2!J$%$!+/1!-B$+1-S-$BD!R)$2$!4$$1-+92!J$%$!/%9'+-2$B!;7! 1)$!-+B-5-B0'*!9%/0#2!J)/!B$(-B$B!J)/!'+B!)/J!1/!-+5-1$!'11$+B$$2D!R)$!4$$1-+9!S/%4'1!5'%-$B!S%/4! J/%G2)/#!217*$!B-2(022-/+2!J-1)!*'%9$%!9%/0#2!1/!S/(02$B!B-2(022-/+2!J-1)!24'**!9%/0#2!'+B! -+B-5-B0'*2D!! 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