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Olds Park Master Plan – dated 3 March 2020 1 | P a g e Community Consultation feedback and responses CONTENTS OF THIS RESPONSE TO RECEIVED COMMUNITY CONSULTATION FEEDBACK: 1. Summary of all comments 2. Table summary of responses received via email and through the Councils Have Your Say webpage; 3. Summary of comments made during community kiosk consultations and documented by Gondwana Consulting o Summary table of comments 1. Summary of all comments The park is great – don’t change much – enhance facilities; Don’t relocate the library from Olds Park; Essential to upgrade the poor condition of the circuit path / walking track / is a much-valued facility; Ensure Forest Rd boundary is fenced to keep safe for children and to contain balls; Mixed concerns over the proposed redevelopment of the netball hard courts and the skate park; Generally poor lighting over the park / support upgrading lighting to paths and sports facilities; Mixed response to possible loss of Sports Club and replacement with community centre; The Saint George AFL club would like substantial improvements to their building including a second story and the reconfiguration of Olds #2; The Penshurst Panthers AFL Club would like an enlarged amenities building that provides change rooms with showers / toilets, clubroom and canteen along with public amenities plus the reconfiguration of Olds #2. Netball players would like improved hard courts and well-maintained grass courts. 2. TABLE - SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED FOR OLDS PARK DRAFT MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY CONSULTATION Item CM9 Submitter Date Date Content Comments: #: received Acknowledged 1 D20/5655 Peter and Susan 06/01/2020 09/01/2020 The Parks Walking Track seems to be omitted. Not even Minor Repairs The walking track is annotated as the circuit path – repair and Thomas to it WHY. upgrade to shared path standard. Parks Walking Track should be Number 1 Priority. Plus repairs to the No change to Masterplan – Netball Courts are used when in good Baseball fence. condition and also booked and used by the local schools; Netball grassed Courts. Have no use any more. Neither the public or the external stakeholders requested an Walking Track Widen it and Coffee Shop in the Centre of it. Or make upgrade of the baseball net at Olds park. the Bowling Club have a coffee outdoor area. Noted and no change to Masterplan - restaurants and cafes are Fix Baseball net so Baseball be played there again. permitted in the RE1 Zoning of the park. Serious Widen even in small areas the walking track it needs this The liberty swing is nominated on plan to be removed and replaced by a number 1 priority. Coffee shop ? even seriously consider the removal of new all accessible toilet block; the disabled swing in the library side play area. More exercise Additional exercise hubs and stations are proposed on plan: equipment. And smaller area paved to exercise on where it seems o East side of the multipurpose oval; grass won’t grow. o East side of Oval #1; Solar lighting around walking track. o West side of sports pavilion; o Along the circuit path; Amend plan to add an additional note to the circuit path text to Olds Park Master Plan – dated 3 March 2020 2 | P a g e Community Consultation feedback and responses Item CM9 Submitter Date Date Content Comments: #: received Acknowledged provide adequate lighting (solar) 2 D20/11550 Matthew and Krista 15/01/2020 31/01/2020 Suggests something similar to Oatley’s new adventure park for kids. The draft Masterplan has been amended to allow for the provision Graham Outdoor fitness equipment – similar to Cronulla. of an accessible adventure playground for younger and older A small fully fenced dog run with fun obstacle equipment. aged groups, shade and softfall / accessible access from the car park / upgrade picnic area with shaded facilities / protect existing mature trees in planted zones / renovate grassed areas. Council will refresh the outdoor fitness equipment No change to Masterplan - Limited space in the park to provide an adequate fenced dog park. 3 D20/11693 Mark 15/01/2020 20/01/2020 Wants Council to use all the other community centres that are in the The draft Masterplan has been amended in respect of the club. area and are hardly used and not destroy a great local club that so The Draft Masterplan now allows for the the opportunity to co- many people enjoy. locate a multi purpose community centre, library pop-up space / events facility / public toilets / café dining plus expansion of parking with the existing bowling club 4 D20/11662 Maria Williams 15/01/2020 20/01/2020 Stated the notification was a little late, considering the submissions The Masterplan was placed on exhibition on 22 January 2020 finish on the 19th. giving 28 days exhibition period closing on the 19th February 2020; Work has been ongoing on this "draft" since November. My balcony is Council received a grant from the NSW State Government to upgrade the continually covered with dirt blowing in from the multipurpose field and playing surface and install irrigation on Olds Park field No. 2. Grant funded netball courts. works need to be expended within specified timeframes and given that a Requested Council to further explain the following ?: Manage zone as field restoration does not represent the introduction of a new development Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest with low under-plantings to allow on the site work was able to proceed. The restoration of field number 2 at casual surveillance. Also, is there to be play equipment for younger Olds Park is essentially maintenance work and Council does not undertake children near the picnic area, or do parents/grandparents have to take public consultation for maintenance work. younger ones to the other end of the park? Manage zone as Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest with low under-plantings to allow casual surveillance – means no mid story plantings are proposed so that planting does not provide an opportunity to conceal people from view (refer Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design); Amend plan and include a unit for smaller children in the NW playground. 5 D20/12226 Tom Cleary 16/01/2020 20/01/2020 With the stepped retaining walls around the oval, consider the retaining Different products and designs will be considered as part of the process. walls in the grand stand at Waverly Park. Have a synthetic grass cover Parking is only an issue when the Library and the fields are both and are fantastic for spectators. being used for events. Council will look at existing parking to see if Car park needs an upgrade as there is rarely any parking on a Saturday more parking can be provided – reconfiguration. or busy times midweek. 6 D20/12228 Declan Donohue 16/01/2020 20/01/2020 Overall thinks it’s very positive and would support all the proposals. Noted 7 D20/15665 Sandra Potts 22/01/2020 & 23/01/2020 Forest Rd Boundary Removal: Disagrees from a safety perspective. Forest Rd boundary – planting, bollards and placement of boulders is & 21/01/2020 Maximise Parking: Disagrees as more parking should be adopted due proposed between the path and the road reserve to provide a buffer zone D20/15837 to Olds Park upgrade. but to allow multiple pedestrian entry points Using WSUD Guidelines – holding tanks: Wants council to guarantee Parking is only an issue when the Library and the fields are both being used that NO flooding will occur to the adjacent homes. for events. Council will look at existing parking to see if more parking can be Spectator seating: Concerned as it allows the public to see in to provided – reconfiguration. neighbouring properties. Possible trees to be planted for privacy. Council is not increasing the quantity of flows within the catchment and as Water tank outside 55A Queensbury Rd Penshurst: Believes it needs to long as the swale is defined correctly flooding will not occur. Olds Park Master Plan – dated 3 March 2020 3 | P a g e Community Consultation feedback and responses Item CM9 Submitter Date Date Content Comments: #: received Acknowledged be wired off as it could be used as a playground for skate boarders. No elevated spectator seating is proposed. More tree planting is Exposed electrical box could be tampered with. Stated that a also proposed along the park boundaries; considerable amount of fireworks are let off which pose a fire hazard. Amend Masterplan to add a comment regarding artwork for a bird bath that Wants Council to encourage protected wildlife, suggested a wetlands to wildlife can visit to the draft Masterplan. be adopted if possible or an artwork for a bird bath that wildlife can visit. To encourage wildlife it is proposed plantings are indigenous / Suggested that rather than the Netball courts we should use this as local / native to encourage local biodiversity. It is proposed to more parking for the public using the park. Electric cars and wheelchair retrofit the existing swale as planted raingardens which would also access spots. provide additional habitat Netball courts are remaining due to demand. Will look at carparking for electric cars and wheelchair access spots. Any built structure over 1 metre fall typically requires a fence. Council officers are investigating the issue of the water tank outside 55A Queensbury Rd Penshurst. 8 D20/17257 Peter Matheos 22/01/2020 29/01/2020 Suggestion for more care and money to be spent towards upgrading the Comments noted soccer field, a fence to protect the surface and more benches for Parking is only an issue when the Library and the fields are both being used coaches, players and spectators to sit. for events. Council will look at existing parking to see if more parking can be More parking in the car park, suggestion to build a large car park near provided – reconfiguration.

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