City of Casey SKATE STRATEGY
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Final Report City of Casey SKATE STRATEGY Volume 1Strategies SKATE STRATEGY – FINAL REPORT 14/7/06 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This Skate and BMX Strategy is presented in two parts: Part 1 – Strategy Part 2 – Consultation findings This document is Part 1 – Strategy. It contains an outline of key issues and directions concerning the provision of skate and BMX facilities in the City. Part 2 – Consultation Findings contains details of the stakeholder consultation and school survey. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sport and Recreation Victoria sponsored this project. @leisure wishes to acknowledge the support and assistance provided by: Richard Amon, Project Manager, City of Casey staff of the City of Casey community groups, participating schools, stores and individuals who made input into this project Also, Tony Hallam of Tony Hallam Skateboarding provided assistance in assessing existing facilities in the City of Casey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of City of Casey and JEAVONS & JEAVONS Pty Ltd. Please refer to page 3 for the document control statement. Rear 534 Mt Alexander Road Ascot Vale Vic 3032 Ph: (03) 9326 1662 Fax: (03) 9326 0991 www.atleisure.com.au CITY OF CASEY 1 SKATE STRATEGY – FINAL REPORT 14/7/06 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................4 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................7 1.1 Background...............................................................................................................................................................7 1.2 Context......................................................................................................................................................................7 1.3 Policy ........................................................................................................................................................................8 2. SKATE FACILITIES IN CASEY .................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Existing facilities ......................................................................................................................................................14 2.2 BMX tracks..............................................................................................................................................................25 2.3 Facilities in progress................................................................................................................................................28 3. DEMAND FOR NEW SKATE FACILITIES ........................................................................................ 29 3.1 Trends in demand for Skate and BMX activities........................................................................................................30 3.2 Estimating the number of Skate/BMX park users in Casey........................................................................................33 3.4 Other demand issues...............................................................................................................................................37 4. MEETING THE DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITIES....................................................................... 40 4.1 The basis for determining new facility provision.......................................................................................................41 4.2 Catering for the needs and amenity of users............................................................................................................47 4.3 Siting and design.....................................................................................................................................................48 5. OTHER ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES FOR CHANGE ............................................................................. 52 5.1 Providing for BMX....................................................................................................................................................52 5.2 The future of The Shed............................................................................................................................................53 5.3 Skate and BMX sports development and programming............................................................................................55 5.4 Ongoing liaison with the industry and participants ...................................................................................................56 5.5 A greater focus on management of existing facilities................................................................................................57 6 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED FACILITIES.......................................................................................... 60 6.1 Number and type of facilities ...................................................................................................................................60 6.2 Location and distribution of facilities........................................................................................................................60 7. IMPLEMENTATION................................................................................................................. 65 7.1 Action plan ..............................................................................................................................................................65 7.2 Cost plan .................................................................................................................................................................67 7.3 Potential sources of funds .......................................................................................................................................70 APPENDIX 1: OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT PROCESS ...................................................... 72 APPENDIX 2. TRANSPORTABLE SKATE FACILITIES.............................................................................. 73 A2-1. Possible locations of transportable skate facilities ....................................................................................................73 A2-2. Transportable skate facility suppliers.......................................................................................................................76 A2-3. What can be supplied ..............................................................................................................................................77 A2.4.Transportable skate facilities used by other Councils..................................................................................................82 APPENDIX 3. EXCERPTS FROM SAFER DESIGN GUIDELINES.................................................................... 84 APPENDIX 4. CHECKLIST: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WHEN PLANNING AND DESIGNING SKATE/ BMX FACILITIES 88 APPENDIX 5. PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ................................................................................................. 89 CITY OF CASEY 2 SKATE STRATEGY – FINAL REPORT 14/7/06 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Summary of proposed skate developments ..........................................................................................................5 Table 2: Likely number of skaters and BMX riders, 2006 and 2011 ............................................................................ 29 Table 3: Skate participation rates; 1999 and 2005........................................................................................................ 30 Table 4: Skate participation data (other sources)............................................................................................................ 34 Table 5: Estimated skate participation, aged 5 to 19 years, by township ..................................................................... 35 Table 6: Localities with more or less than 200 projected skaters .................................................................................. 42 Table 7: Existing skate facilities by hierarchy.................................................................................................................... 43 Table 8: The number of new skate facilities proposed, by hierarchy.............................................................................. 43 Table 9: Proposed facilities by likely skaters and projected population served ........................................................... 45 Table 10: Proposed skate facilities in Casey..................................................................................................................... 62 Table 11: Estimated probable costs associated with existing facilities........................................................................... 67 Table 12: Estimated probable costs associated with main facilities proposed..............................................................68 Table 13: Estimated probable costs associated with transportable skate facilities ...................................................... 69 Table 14: Summary of estimated probable costs for provision of skate facilities.......................................................... 69 Table 15. Proposed locations of transportable skate facilities ......................................................................................