Waverley Park and Pavilion Plan of Management 2012 - 2022 Waverley Park and Pavilion Plan of Management 2012 - 2022 Prepared by Waverley Council Waverley Park and Pavilion Plan of Management 2012 - 2022 Prepared by Waverley Council Contents CARING FOR COUNTRY LOOKING AND FEELING GOOD This Plan of Management Amenity was prepared by the OUR PARK AND PAVILION Recreation Community Community Engagement FAIR ACCESS TO FACILITIES Planning & Partnerships Plan Process Leases and Licences Division of Waverley Document Structure Commercial Activities Permitted Activities Council PLAN OF MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW VISION Vision MASTER PLAN Key Objectives BACKGROUND ACTION PLANS Enhancing the Environment Purpose of this Plan Celebrating the Past What is a Plan of Management? Playing and Relaxing Why is one needed? Participating Action Plan Where does the Plan fit? Looking and Feeling Good Crown Land Fair Access to Facilities Legislation and Planning Context Context APPENDICES Location 1. Reserve Profile Site Description 2. Cadastre Information Key Elements and Features 3. Waverley LEP 2011 Landscape Description and 4. Legislation & Planning Context Character 5. Pavilion Internal Layout 6. Condition of Land and Structures VALUES 7. Key Stakeholders Identifying values 8. Community Consultation State, Regional and Local Values 9. Circulation Map Crown Lands Act 10. Zoning Map Metropolitan Plan 11. List of Heritage Items Waverley Together 2 12. Map of Reservoirs Key Values for Waverley Park and 13. Biodiversity Study Pavilion 14. Biodiversity Corridors 15. Image and Map Accreditation ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT 16. References Ecology Habitat Sustainability CELEBRATING THE PAST Aboriginal Heritage Park Heritage Significant Heritage Items in the Park PLAYING AND RELAXING Casual Recreation Organised Recreation PARTICIPATING AND ENGAGING Community facilities Marcia Ella-Duncan, Chairperson of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council and Chris Ingrey, CEO of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council Caring for Country This plan of management acknowledges the traditional custodians, past and present, of the land we live and work in. We acknowledge their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to Aboriginal people today and we respect their ongoing spiritual connection with Country. WAVERLEY PARK AND PAVILION PLAN OF MANAGEMENT 2012-2022 7 Our Park and Pavilion Community Engagement Say Day’ encouraged community Document Structure members to view and make comment Waverley Park is a rich and dynamic on the concept and discuss the This document has three key place and is valued by the community project with Council staff. sections: in many ways. The development of the Plan of Management for The final stage of consultation Section one: The Values Waverley Park and Pavilion has involved the public exhibition of the This part of the Plan of involved a comprehensive process of Draft Plan of Management. The Plan Management outlines the consultation and communication with was adopted in July 2012. significant environmental, heritage, the community and stakeholders. cultural, recreation, amenity and There has been a large amount management values of the Park and Identification of the key values and of community participation in the Pavilion and provides the basis for suggestions for future improvements engagement process including the Action Plan. were gathered through a range precincts and residents. Over 80 of consultation activities. The people attended the community consultation process has involved information day, 50 people attended Section two: The Vision The vision provides an inspirational three stages that coincided with the the ‘Have a Say Day’ and 45 long-term view for how the Park design phase of a new Pavilion and submissions were received during the and Pavilion will look and operate amenity building, the development of Master Plan public exhibition. in the future. It is informed by the the Master Plan and the preparation significant values of the Park that of this document. This feedback has improved the value of this Plan of Management as were identified by the community. The Master Plan illustrates the vision In September 2007 Council resolved a strategic document to manage the and provides a framework to guide to prepare a revised Master Plan for future use and development of the the future use and development of Waverley Park following the decision Park and Pavilion. the Park. to progress the re-design of the Waverley Pavilion and amenities Plan Process building. The Pavilion had become Section three: The Actions structurally unsafe and it was resolved The Waverley Park Plan of This part of the Plan of Management to demolish the building and rebuild a Management has been developed outlines the key actions that are new multipurpose recreational facility. through a values approach. These needed to achieve the overall vision values identified through consultation and Master Plan for Waverley Park The first stage of the consultation have informed the creation of a and Pavilion by 2022. process involved a number of Vision and Action Plan to guide the meetings with key stakeholders early sustainable use and development of in the project and throughout the the Park and Pavilion, for current and design process, to determine how future generations. their needs could be incorporated into the design of the new Pavilion The development process of this and Amenity Building. A Community Plan of Management is shown in Information Day was also held to figure 1. The initial phase involved gather initial feedback from the the collection of site information and community and stakeholders, to consultation with the community be fed into the development of the and stakeholders to identify the concept for the buildings. A Park key values and the overall vision. Visitor Study including a survey and This simultaneously guided the park count gathered information development of the Pavilion and on the type of uses and activities Amenity Building Design and the Park in the Park, as well as rating the Master Plan. The creation of an Action performance of the facilities. Plan identified the key steps required to achieve the Vision for the Park and The second stage of the consultation Pavilion. process involved the public exhibition of the draft Master Plan. A ‘Have a 8 WAVERLEY PARK AND PAVILION PLAN OF MANAGEMENT 2012-2022 Consultation with Community & Key Stakeholders Development of Master Plan Research of significant site layers Identification of Values Development of Vision Development of Pavilion and Amenity Building Design Preparation of Action Plan Consultation with Community & Key Stakeholders Exhibition of the Draft Plan of Management Assessment of Submissions Adoption of Plan Monitoring & Review Figure 1 The process for developing the Plan of Management for Waverley Park and Pavilion. WAVERLEY PARK AND PAVILION PLAN OF MANAGEMENT 2012-2022 9 PLAN OF MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW Values Enhancing the Celebrating the Playing and Environment Past Relaxing Objectives To protect and enhance To celebrate and To provide a high our significant trees, protect the rich and standard of facilities native plants and diverse heritage of for casual and animals and to reduce Waverley Park organised users to greenhouse gas improve health and emissions, waste to quality of life landfill and use water more efficiently LION PUBLIC ART - CEILING DESIGN CONCEPT Key Outcomes • Enhanced character • Appreciation of site • Exercise opportunities zones history and cultural for all ages value for visitors • Increased wildlife • High quality facilities visiting the Park • Preserved and for users and range of habitat functional state and characteristics are local heritage items maintained “Waverley Park is a place for all of the community Vision to meet, play and relax. The environmental and heritage qualities of the Park contribute to a place that looks and feels good” Participating and Looking and Fair Access to Engaging Feeling Good Facilities To develop our To provide and To manage the sense of community, maintain amenity facilities of the Park care for the elements to a high and Pavilion to ensure environment and get standard so the Park fair access for all of to know people in looks and feels good the community the community • Increased community • Improved access to • Minimise exclusive use use of facilities Pavilion facilities of facilities • Improve community • Well maintained • Increased recreation health and wellbeing community facility that opportunities and the environment looks and feels good at the same time Master Plan A Master Plan provides a blueprint The Recreation Needs Study, for the future use and development endorsed by Council in July 2008, of Waverley Park and shows how surveyed over 500 people and the Park will look in ten years time. identified a demand for active Legend recreation facilities in the Waverley The Master Plan defines the: LGA and a need for upgrades to existing facilities. This was an Existing trees •type and location of land uses important source document in that will be permitted, including the development of the Master Proposed trees development type and density Plan. Council’s Community Safety (indicative only) Plan 2009-2012 also provided •transport links and connectivity information on safety issues in the Existing trees Park. to be removed •location, type, scale and staging Existing Palms of infrastructure required to service The Draft Waverley Park Master Waverley Park and Pavilion, Plan was publicly exhibited including stormwater, water