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Parks & Sporting Grounds Asset Management Plan 2022-2032

with regulations resulting in injury e.g. playgrounds, lighting and park structures.

Utilisation Parks do not suit community needs and inclusion targets.

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targeted and prioritised based on risk, levels of use and types of use.

Maintenance and defects rectification program implemented.

High Continue to monitor not only the condition of parks but how well they suit the needs of users.

Monitor and review the Recreation Needs Study and the Recreation Strategy to inform decisions on which facilities suit community needs.

Respond to user needs with well-considered measures and communicate needs that cannot be met within existing budgets.

6 Financial Summary

Low Ongoing staff time

The provision of adequate financial resources ensures that Council’s open space assets are appropriately managed and preserved. Financial provisions below requirements impact directly on community development and if prolonged, results in substantial needs for “catch up” expenditure imposed on the community in the future. Additionally, deferred renewal results in increased and escalating reactive maintenance as aged assets deteriorate at increasing rates.

6.1 Forecasted Funding Requirements

The objective of this Section has been to model the deterioration of Council’s open space assets portfolio, by developing a simulation model using the Brightly Software Predictor© modelling software.

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