Smythesdale Community Plan 2013
Smythesdale
Community Plan 2013
Golden Plains Community Planning Prepared by the Smythesdale community coordinators Smythesdale Community Plan 2013
Smythesdale Community Plan 2013
Community coordinators: Pauline Riches Bill Riches Dennis Ross Alwyn Parker Lin Hocking-Turnbull
Contents
Introduction
How we prepared the Plan
The 2013 Plan Our ideas for actions; People and Place
Priorities for Action Survey results
Implementation Administration and processes Alterations or disputes Further information and contacts
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Introduction • Diet Club at Hub – Healthy Lifestyle • Sunday Market Community planning is about enabling communities to identify, • Awareness of Woady Yaloak River find solutions and implement projects that address social, • Improved Lighting at Recreation Centre environmental, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, cultural and • Free Trees to residents economic goals, issues and opportunities. • Clean up of Woady Yaloak Creek, ongoing • Community Notice Board Through the program, Council aims to assist and strengthen the communities in Golden Plains, help them become more environmentally and socially sustainable, foster a sense of community spirit and pride and increase residents involvement in community life.
The Smythesdale Community Plans have achieved a range of the actions and improvements for the town and residents including; • ANZAC DAY Ceremony • 'Lighting up Smythesdale' • Pedestrian Crossing • Sewerage • 150th Event for Smythesdale in 2011 • Farmers Market/Craft Market/Market • Historic Bus Trips • Large community event • Equestrian event • Australia Day Celebrations • Health activities including Gentle exercise, • Pilates, strength training, walking groups
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How we prepared the Plan
The development of a new Community Plan commenced with a community meeting on September 13 th 2012 and a mail out survey to local residents.
The meeting was attended by local residents, included presentations from co-ordinators and Golden Plains Community Planning Team Leader Damian Waight and was facilitated by AOS Christine Wallis and Stephen Axford. The presentations led to discussion of the achievements from the 2010-2012 Community Plan, what has changed in the town since it was produced, the ideas within the previous plan to be carried forward that have not yet been achieved, and new ideas.
In the workshop an initial organisation for the new Plan compiled the ideas into sections that connect them and into short and long term time frames; • Social activities, events, arts, youth, heritage • Groups and organisation; sports and recreation • Economic; business and services development, tourism • Facilities and infrastructure • Roads and traffic • Landscape and environment • Heritage and Tourism
The co-ordinators conducted interviews with over 70 local residents to survey the priorities for working on the actions in the new Plan. The survey was conducted in a variety of locations to cover a diversity of views; the monthly market, main shops, Recreation Centre, the Well user groups. The results of the survey are summarised in the table ‘Priorities for Action’.
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The 2013 Plan
To develop and work on the Plan the ideas have been divided into People and Place, organised into sections and divided into short or Long Term long term. Develop more sports activities for young people Approach sports training institutes and universities to offer trainees People: experience in fitness training and sports co-ordination. Social: activities, events, arts and heritage, youth Short term 2013-2014 Economic: business and services development, tourism, The aim is to increase community involvement – encourage Encourage more businesses and retail outlets community members to be involved in more activities more often Develop tourism information, an information board and map at the Plan community activities and events to be held at the Botanic Gardens, a kiosk/ information in town, a map with points of Gardens interest. Organise Family Fun Days; Increase the police presence in town (note ratio in similar size Prepare a Heritage Plan towns) Organise a 2014 community event/Festival Encourage a Community Bank in the town Long Term Review the Anzac memorial and cutouts idea Establish an annual calendar of community events. ie Family fun days, Botanical Gardens event Produce brochures about mine sites particularly ones that still exist
Management: groups and organisations, sports and recreation, Short term Expand the program of activities to offer a wider range of sports in the Recreation Centre Investigate the co-ordination of community facilities, the cross promotion of the Well and Recreation Centre
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Place Facilities and infrastructure Short term Roads, traffic Rotunda Short term Improve footpaths, new and existing, around town including; Seal Heal’s Street between Ireland and Pascoe Sts. Brown’s Road Review town Traffic Plan particularly; Footpath to roadhouse -Traffic plan for supermarket area trails around town -Off street parking behind shops Pedestrian crossing near shopping precinct -Caravan friendly parking Rail trail – arrange for regular maintenance Improve town lighting Provide a Bench outside Post Office Overhead lights at Glenelg Highway/Ross Creek road Rubbish bins in main street Long term Review signage within town and in relation to northern trails Improve safety of intersections – note trees on Avenue of Honour project. Renew the remnant Avenue of Honour– perhaps on the railway line Prepare an overall plan including key features, directional and or another type of memorial interpretive signage for tourism Town by-pass Promote BBQ trailer for community use; develop posters Extend verandah at WYRF Landscape and environment Long term Short term Secondary school Brewery Dam – arrange for regular maintenance Library Branch – also an historical library Long term Trails linking township to historical sites Prepare a development plan for the Botanical Gardens Natural gas Develop the concept for public art for the police precinct, eg a hand Small units for singles and retirees carved seat similar to Castlemaine Green Swimming Pool Develop recreation activities such as Mini golf, fitness stations, Facilities could be located at the Botanic Gardens Prepare a long term plan for the Recreation Reserve and facilities
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Heritage and Tourism Short term Develop the ‘Toll gate’ The original gate could be used to make replicas Replace the Cemetery gates Engage an arborist to assess the trees in the Avenue of Honour RV dump point Develop the Bluestone Culverts as a feature (often not visible) Long term Prepare a long term plan for the Avenue of Honour – look for grants with RSL Develop a feature glass framed building to display the CFA pumper
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Priorities for actions The co-ordinators interviewed over 70 residents to survey the priorities short and long term..
Short term Survey Results 2013 People Place Community Council Vic Roads Social activities:- events, arts, youth and heritage Facilities and infrastructure Management:- groups and organizations, sports Roads,traffic and recreation Landscape and environment Economic:- business, services &, tourism Heritage and tourism BBQ Trailer for Community Use Promote; Done More rubbish bins in Main Street Rotunda/BBQ in Historic Precinct R.V dump point in the gardens Footpaths along Browns Rd and to Roadhouse Pedestrian crossing near shopping precinct Upgrade/relocation Avenue of Honour – Oak Trees Extend verandah at Woady Yaloak Recreation Facility Bank in Smythesdale Fire Brigade Museum More street and public art works in town Community event/Festival 2014
Long term Survey Results 2013 High School this end of Shire More businesses and retail outlets in Smythesdale Small units for singles and retirees Improved town lighting Upgraded police presence/24 hour manned station Natural Gas Overhead lights at Glenelg Highway/Ross Creek road Swimming Pool
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Implementation For further information contact
Facilitators Administration and processes The community planning group retains the right to establish procedures Stephen Axford 03 9662 1999 [email protected] that will manage community affairs when implementing the community Christine Wallis 03 9662 1999 [email protected] plan. These procedures will be developed to ensure transparency and democratic processes. Alterations to the Community Plan Since the Community plan has been established through a public process, any alterations to the Community plan also need to be undertaken through a public process. The community planning group therefore reserves the right to establish the procedures associated with any Community Development Co-ordinator proposed change in order to retain the Community plan as a vibrant, Damian Waight 03 5220 7159 [email protected] flexible and dynamic document. 0427 935 190 goldenplains.vic.gov.au Review of the Community Plan The Community plan will be reviewed approximately every two years through a public process to be determined by the community planning group. Dispute Resolution In the event of any dispute, all parties concerned should meet, discuss and resolve the matter as soon as possible. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute, they must hold a meeting in the presence of a person nominated through the Golden Plains Shire Council.
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