Parks & Sporting Grounds Asset Management Plan 2022-2032

Demand for new services will be managed through a combination of managing existing assets, upgrading existing assets and providing new assets to meet demand and demand management. Demand management practices include non-asset solutions, insuring against risks and managing failures. Opportunities identified to date for demand management are shown in Table 17. Further opportunities will be developed in future revisions of this PSGAMP

Service Activity Demand Management Plan

Increased patronage and usage of open space assets will be expected, proportional to population growth.

• Plan to identify and develop strategically located open space assets to accommodate growing communities.

• Monitor population growth through census data and traffic counts and use the data as input into developing future works programs

• Investigate construction of multi-use assets where possible and encourage sharing of existing Open Space assets to maximise utilisation and allows planning for optimum use of all open space assets.

Increased population density will result in increased usage of open space assets.

• Undertake strategic planning to identify the change in service demand across all services, who will use the services, and identify the best location for future services.

• Service Planning is used to identify the best mix of provision and development to provide the best possible services at a sustainable level; which can include some shifts in service levels, both up and down across the municipality.

• Identify programs that support the aged and youth as alternatives to infrastructure related activities.

• Consider inclusion for all users in park design and development.

Community awareness

There are several ways Council can inform the community of passive and active open space availability within the municipality. These include:

• Improved signage to support walking and cycling through the network of open space sites;

• Construction of missing pathways that link parks and other public spaces so that people can more easily move through the municipality;

• Inclusion of information brochures with other correspondence provided to the community, such as rates notices, or the website.