VC: GR
25 March 2011
Dear Councillor/Sir/Madam
You are invited
to attend an PRATTEN PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE of Ashfield Council,
to be held at the Haberfield Library, 78 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield on THURSDAY
31 MARCH 2011 at 4:30 PM.
Yours faithfully
VANESSA CHAN
General Manager
SEE ATTACHED AGENDA
Pratten Park Advisory
Committee - 31 March 2011
AGENDA
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1.
Opening
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2.
Acknowledgement
of Local Indigenous Community
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3.
Apologies/Request
for Leave of Absence
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4.
Condolence and Sympathy
Motions
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5.
Moment of Private
Contemplation
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6.
Disclosures Of
Interest
Disclosures to be made
by any Councillors who have a pecuniary / non-pecuniary interest in respect
of matters that are before Council at this meeting.
(31/03/2011)
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7.
Confirmation of
Minutes of Council/Committees
Pratten Park
Advisory Committee - 08/12/2010
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8.
Staff Reports
8.1 EXTENDING
THE HARVESTED WATERING SYSTEM FOR THE TENNIS CLUB
8.2 PRATTEN
PARK STAGE 2 - PROJECTS
8.3 ASHFIELD
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM APRIL 2011 TO MARCH 2012
8.4 OPTIONS
FOR FURTHER INCREASING THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY AND USER GROUP INVOLVEMENT IN
PARK MANAGEMENT
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9.
General Business
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10.
Close
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Ashfield Council
Pratten Park Advisory
Committee - 31 March 2011
8 Summary
of Staff Reports
8.1 Extending
the Harvested Watering System for the Tennis Club. Tony Giunta - Senior
Engineer - Infrastructure Management. Report submitted.
(08/03/11) Stormwater>Projects
H:\REPORTS.BP\COMMITTEES\REPORTS\PP310311SR_1.doc
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8.1 Attached
RECOMMENDATION
That this information be
received and noted
8.2 Pratten Park Stage 2 - Projects. Barry McDaid - Facility Services
Assistant. Report submitted with attachment 1.
(08/03/11) Properties
& Buildings>Projects>Design
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8.2 Attached
RECOMMENDATION
That this information be
received and noted
8.3 Ashfield
Artist in Residence Program April 2011 to March 2012. Anthia Hart -
Community Development Worker - Arts, Culture & Recreation. Report
submitted.
(21/03/11) Pratten
park Advisory Committee
H:\REPORTS.BP\COMMITTEES\REPORTS\PP310311SR_3.doc
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8.3 Attached
RECOMMENDATION
That the information in this
report be received and noted
8.4 OPTIONS
FOR FURTHER INCREASING THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY AND USER GROUP INVOLVEMENT IN
PARK MANAGEMENT. Nellette Kettle - Director Corporate & Community
Services. Report submitted with attachment 1.
(24/03/11) Pratten Park Advisory Committee
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8.4 Attached
RECOMMENDATION
1/2 That the report be
received and noted.
2/2 That Council
officers provide a further report to the next meeting.
9. CLOSED (PUBLIC
EXCLUDED) COMMITTEE
That the Committee resolve into Closed (public
excluded) meeting to consider the following items and the Press and Public be
excluded during the committee’s consideration in accordance with Section 10A
Subclause (2)(a) of the Local Government Act, 1993.
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Ashfield Council – Report to Pratten Park
Advisory Committee held on Thursday 31 March 2011
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Subject EXTENDING
THE HARVESTED WATERING SYSTEM FOR THE TENNIS CLUB
File Ref Stormwater>Projects
Prepared
by Tony Giunta - Senior Engineer - Infrastructure
Management
Reasons To provide the Committee with
the background and an update on the progress on this project
Objective To implement these works
Overview
of Report
Western
Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association have received a grant for $40,000 to install
water storage tanks to collect water from an existing stormwater harvesting
system and associated equipment to provide irrigation to the tennis playing
surfaces. Council is currently preparing a plan to identify the scope of works
in order to implement the project.
Background
In July 2010 the Western Suburbs
Lawn Tennis Association submitted an application under the Community Building
Partnership Program for a grant to obtain funds to implement this project. The
project includes the installing of harvested water storage tanks to collect
water from an existing stormwater harvesting system and associated equipment to
provide irrigation to the tennis playing surfaces. Their application was
successful and the Tennis club have already received the funding for an amount
of $40,000. A condition of the grant is that the project must be completed by
December 2011.
Progress
Since receiving advice that the
grant application was successful a number of meetings have been held to
progress the planning of these works. The meetings which have been held to date
and the corresponding participants are as follows:
· 14/2/11 – Lee Adolfson Lawn
Tennis
Stephen Joannidis Ashfield Council
Tony Giunta Ashfield Council
· 22/2/11 – Lee Adolfson Lawn
Tennis
Barry McDaid Ashfield Council
Tony Giunta Ashfield Council
· 24/2/11 – Lee Adolfson Lawn
Tennis
Graham Jones Lawn Tennis
Lee Cooper Ausflow Irrigation
Barry McDaid Ashfield Council
Tony Giunta Ashfield Council
At the meeting
of 24/2/11 the layout of the project was discussed including the locations of
the components for the system and these were agreed to so that Council could
prepare a plan which will be used for quoting purposes.
Council is
currently preparing this plan and once complete a copy will be sent to Lee
Adolfson. Also a copy will be sent to Ausflow Irrigation so that they can
provide a quote to Lawn Tennis directly.
Council’s role
in this project is to assist Lawn Tennis to implement the works through concept
design, and supervision to ensure a satisfactory output is achieved. It will be
Lawn Tennis who will be engaging the contractor to do the works.
Financial Implications
N.A.
Other Staff Comments
N.A.
Public Consultation
N.A.
Conclusion
The planning of this project is
progressing satisfactorily and once the concept design is complete Ausflow
Irrigation will be able to provide the Tennis Club with a quote for their
consideration in order to undertake the works required.
ATTACHMENTS
There are no supporting documents for this report.
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RECOMMENDATION
That this information be received and noted
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Stephen Joannidis
Director Works and Infrastructure
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Ashfield
Council – Report to Pratten Park Advisory Committee held on Thursday 31 March
2011
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Subject PRATTEN
PARK STAGE 2 - PROJECTS
File Ref Properties &
Buildings>Projects>Design
Prepared
by Barry McDaid - Facility Services Assistant, Peter
Kapocius - Coordinator Parks and Trees
Reasons To provide the Committee with
the background and an update on the progress of works at Pratten Park
Objective To implement these works
Overview
of Report
To provide the Pratten Park Steering Committee with further details
and an update with progress to date on the new practise wickets &
proposed installation of a new scoreboard at Pratten Park.
Background
Practice Wicket
The construction of a new practice wicket located south
east section of Pratten Park is part of the second stage of the revitalisation
program.
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Practice
Wicket Construction Costs
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Projected Cost
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Grant Estimate
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Difference Shortfall
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Expenses to date
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Practice Wickets
(6 turf & 2 synthetic)
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$225,600
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NSW Cricket
Grant Submission
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$225,600
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Certified
Engineers Services (Steve Whelan)
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$3,520
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Clarke Fencing
(Completion of structure/ gates etc.)
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$63,163
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Planned
Landscapes (cut/fill etc.)
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$22,000
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Evergreen Turf
(Supply & install synthetic turf)
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$8,600
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Totals
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$225,600
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$225,600
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NIL
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$97,283
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Construction of the practice wickets commenced in late
January. Council engaged a certified engineer, Steve Whelan, who designed the
complex netting enclosure and was asked to ensure all specifications were to
the Australian Standards during the construction of these nets. The
structure/netting/painting/gates were completed by Clarke Fencing on the 4th
March 2011.
Phase Two requires levelling of the run up areas for the
bowlers. Work commenced once construction of the practice netting was completed,
the work required cutting/filling and turfing, one additional sprinkler was
installed and one sprinkler needed to be relocated. Completion of these works
by Planned Landscapes is anticipated by 25th March 2011. The turf will require
a six week establishment period.
Phase Three requires covering the two synthetic turf
wickets. Council has engaged Evergreen Turf to supply and install the
synthetic turf and this is planned for the end of the month of March 2011.
Cost for these works is now estimated to be $8,600.00 (prices have slightly
increased since first quoted, extra $600.00).
Once all major works have been completed, soft netting
within the turf practice area will have been sourced and installed within
budget.
Score Board
Council purchased a new scoreboard through a company named
Computronics in March 2009, with the final cost for implementation of the
scoreboard expected to be $162,363, and the original estimated provided for the
purposes of the NSW Cricket Grant Submission was $75,000.
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Score Board
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Acquisition Cost
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Grant Estimate
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Difference Shortfall
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Expenses to date
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Purchased from
Computronics
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$103,858
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NSW Cricket
Grant Submission
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$75,000
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New framework
required for Score Board
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$13,229
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Other
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$58,505
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$13,382
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Totals
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$162,363
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$75,000
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$87,363
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$26,611
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It was brought to Councils attention in May 2010 soon after
the new framework had been constructed that Computronics had gone into
administration.
Council then had to provide documentation to the
administrators Ernst & Young, to prove that the scoreboard had been paid
for, and thus negotiate its release by the administrators.
Another sign company called LED Signs took over all
Computronics materials that were deemed to be of value.
Once the scoreboard was released by the administrators
Council then began to negotiate its installation with LED. Council then also
attempted to identify other companies that may have been interested in quoting
for the required installation. At this stage with one company having already
gone into administration, Council decided it was best to physically take
possession of the scoreboard, and negotiated with LED for its transportation to
Councils depot where it is currently being stored.
LED has provided a quote to install and commission the
scoreboard, however, Council require additional quotes for comparison and to
complete the due diligence process. This process is proving quite difficult as
companies are not interested in installing another company’s equipment.
Numerous companies have been contacted and only one agreed to come and have a
look with a view to providing a quote.
Once this company investigated the situation they decided
they were no longer interested in submitting a quote. However, some weeks
later, this company got back in touch to advise that if they could get a copy
of the software and a section of the scoreboard, they could investigate
further, if they could in fact commission the scoreboard prior to them
submitting a quote for any works.
Progress
LED have recently been given an order from Council to go
through their archives and locate software that will be suitable to use on the
new scoreboard. LED have advised that some adjustments to existing LED
software may be required to effect a match with the Computronics equipment.
Council are awaiting arrival of this software from the
designer, once it arrives arrangements will be made for the section of
scoreboard and a copy of the software to be collected, in order to obtain
another quote for installation and commissioning of the scoreboard.
Council
will then analyse quotes received and determine the best way forward.
Given the issues associated with installation of this
scoreboard and the cost, Council are trying to determine whether there may be
any interest from other sporting bodies to purchase this scoreboard. Council
would then sell off the existing scoreboard and investigate purchase of a down
graded version.
Council have been in touch with ten different sporting
authorities and stadia, throughout NSW, to see if it would be possible to sell
the scoreboard. Only one stadium showed any interest and Council will negotiate
further to see if an agreement can be made. If this is the case and Council
sell the board arrangements will be put in place for a down graded version of
the scoreboard to be acquired and installed.
At this point in the process there is a shortfall of $87,363.00.
Financial Implications
N.A.
Other Staff Comments
N.A.
Public Consultation
N.A.
Conclusion
Council will proceed with its
current course of action with respect to the scoreboard until a suitable
outcome has been achieved.
The practice cricket area will be
a first class practice area. This will be ready for the start of the new
cricket season in early September
ATTACHMENTS
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Attachment 1View
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Pratten Park Scoreboard Estimated Timeline
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2 Pages
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RECOMMENDATION
That this information be received and noted
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Stephen Joannidis
Director Works and Infrastructure
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Attachment 1
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Pratten Park Scoreboard Estimated
Timeline
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Ashfield
Council – Report to Pratten Park Advisory Committee held on Thursday 31 March
2011
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Subject ASHFIELD
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM APRIL 2011 TO MARCH 2012
File Ref Pratten park
Advisory Committee
Prepared
by Anthia Hart - Community Development Worker - Arts,
Culture & Recreation
Reasons Councillor Request
Objective To advise the Pratten Park
Advisory Committee of the Artist in Residence program for April 2011 to March
2012
Overview
of Report
The
purpose of this report is to update the Committee on matters relating to the
Artist in Residence (AIR) program and the Sculpture Garden at Thirning Villa
Background
The Ashfield Artist in Residence program is open to
performing, visual and literary artists from regional and remote areas in Australia. Since the beginning of 2008, overseas artists have also been invited to apply.
There have been 24 artists (including the current artist, Marianthe Loucataris)
from all over Australia and from overseas who have participated in the program
since December 2003.
Current residency & proposed future residencies:
1. Marianthe Loucataris
Current AIR, from Keiraville near Wollongong has been
working one day a week at the Ashfield Public School since the middle of 2010.
This work is through the national arts organisation, ‘Song Room’ that
administers music/theatre/dance projects in schools that would not otherwise
have access to specialist arts practitioners. The Principal of the Ashfield
Public School, Robyn Hutchinson has stated that the school looks ‘ … forward to
building further relationships with Ashfield Council’s cultural programs and
the Ashfield Primary School community through Marianthe’s residency …’.
Residency: 9 November 2010 to 26 March 2011
Art
practice: Multi-instrumentalist composer,
performer, recording artist, dancer, media artist, teacher and Community
Cultural Development worker.
Program included:
· World drumming, rhythm and drum making
workshops designed for children with their parents, children with special needs
and their parents/family, young people and adults.
· Half a day a week, from 3
February to 17 March 2011, at the Ashfield Public School to engage children and
their parents in preparation for the Carnival of Cultures performance.
· An ongoing blog http://artistinresidencashfield.blogspot.com/
to document the various works during the residency
· Outreach to local disability
services FRANs and ELLA
· Ongoing forums presented
online that engage national and international collaborators with the theme ‘Towards
a Total Art – Why do we make art and collaborate?’
· Installation and performance
on Thursday 24 March 2010 at Thirning Villa.
At least 95 people have attended
the workshops held by Marianthe at Thirning Villa with over 60 of these
registering with Council to receive information about future residencies and
Council community arts initiatives and projects.
2. Van Badham
has returned to Australia from London to complete the third book in the series of novels that she is writing for Pan
Macmillan Australia. Van hails from a multi-arts background, and is an
award-winning writer of more than 40 internationally-produced plays for stage,
musical theatre and radio. She is currently the co-presenter of the ABC
Canberra’s ‘Classic Book Show’.
Residency: 1 April 2011 to 25 June 2011
Art practice: Writer, theatre-maker,
dramaturge, emcee, performer and film-maker.
Program to include:
· Two parallel creative writing courses
(one targeted to adults, another to young people) that cover basic skills in
creative writing
· Assist participants to select, edit and
publish extracts of their writing projects in a short-form publication
· Artist talks and master classes
· Bringing together a group of
professional actors to participate in a series of script developments known as beehives.
This ensemble of actors will be used for various master classes and script
workshops with writers in the community. Youth Theatre will be closely
involved in this, working toward a production based on stories of local
migrants.
· Run a series of creative writing
community workshops.
· Go in to one of the local high schools
to assist with HSC texts around creative writing and/or creative careers.
· Meanwhile she will be working on her
book White Rain.
Van is currently in Sydney and was included in the National
Play Festival at Parramatta Riverside Theatre where her play Swamplands were
performed earlier in the month.
3. Christine Wheeler
Christine is from Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, and Vice
President of the NSW Folk Federation has had to withdraw her intention to visit
from July to September 2011.
Councillor Jeanette Wang is currently liaising with a Chinese
artist who is completing an application for this period.
4. Halcyon Macleod
Halcyon is the 2010 winner of
the prestigious $20,000 George Fairfax Memorial Award.
Since
graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2006, Ms Macleod has
concentrated her practice with My Darling Patricia - a hybrid arts company
(founded in 2003) where performance, puppetry, film, sculpture and installation
converge.
As a
founding member of the company, Halcyon is responsible for the original
concepts behind each of My Darling Patricia’s five productions. She wrote the
original texts for Politely Savage (2005, 2006, 2007) and Night Garden (2009), and was writer/director for Africa (2009). All of these productions have
received national critical acclaim.
Mc Macleod
intends to use the George Fairfax Scholarship to help orchestrate the
presentation of My Darling Patricia’s works to an international audience.
Residency: 1 October 2011 to 21 December 2011
Art practice: Performing artist. Writer,
director, theatre-maker, puppeteer.
Program to include:
· Engage the local community to
participate in the ‘Posts in the Paddock’ project
· ‘Posts in the Paddock’ is a
collaborative work between indigenous and non-indigenous artists. It is a
creative work that can be seen as a reconciliation project around the common
history of non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australian memories and oral
tradition. This emerges as a potential partnership between the artist and the
Ashfield Aboriginal Consultative Committee.
· A visual art and sound style
installation
5. Rochelle Summerfield
Rochelle is from Ocean Shores northern New South Wales, is
a part time TAFE teacher and was instrumental in the formation of an artist run
initiative, Contemporary Art Space and Education (CASE) that has supported
community shows for indigenous youth, mental health, the migrant community and
has been successful in receiving NSW Ministry of Arts grants for art projects
in the area.
Ms Summerfield specialises in works on paper such as
collage, drawings, printmaking and photography. She is interested in ideas on
subjectivity as a process, and the grotesque and fable. Transformation,
wonder, humour and imagination are explored in her work.
Residency: 1 Jan 2012 to 25 March 2012
Art practice: Visual artist and teacher
Program to include:
· Weekly open studio
· Creative skills workshops at Thirning
Villa
· Outreach creative skills workshops to
schools and maybe nursing home and a disability service
· Drawing and experimental print workshops
· Collagraph sessions that would introduce
people to print making
What next? …….
The call for Expressions of Interest for the Artist in
Residence program for the period April 2012 to March 2013 will open in the
first week of July 2011.
Brazilian artist, Luiz Carlos de Farias Franca, was the
Council endorsed artist for October 2010 to March 2011. Unfortunately he was
unable to secure a visa in time to be in Ashfield for his residency and an
offer was accepted by Marianthe Loucataris. Ms Loucataris an applicant in the
April 2011 to March 2012 round.
In many ways her proposal was similar to the proposal that
Bab Franca had submitted. As part of her residency program, Marianthe has held
drum making and drumming workshops that were to culminate in a community
performance at the Carnival of Cultures.
As a result of the visa situation faced by the Brazilian
artist, Council Officers are currently investigating the possibility of future
overseas artists entering the residency program with a Special Program
(Subclass 416) visa that
‘ … aims to enhance international relations and cultural
exchange by allowing people to share cultural and social experiences and
knowledge in the Australian community through participation in approved
activity specific programs’. Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Sculpture garden
Councillor Officers are working toward installing a plaque that will
explain each of the sculptures in this area.
The suggested description is as follows:
This sculpture garden has been
created to showcase sculptures
that have been donated or gifted
to the Ashfield community.
‘Land of Mine’
The ‘Land of Mine’ work was gifted
under the Cultural Gifts Program by
Ken Hutchinson who was an artist in residence in 2009. ‘Land of Mine’ is a
tribute to landmine victims especially women.
The artist describes the work as “…designed to show the
strong, proud and strident spirit of those who endure hardship.”
The stone is White Carrara marble.
‘Ashfield’s Rosetta Stone’
Artist Ian Marr donated the magnificent ‘Rosetta Stone’ to Pratten Park at the end of his residency at Thirning Villa in 2005. Placed at the entrance
to the park, the inscribed phrase welcomes all visitors to the area.
"No stranger shall go empty
from our door for we ourselves have eaten the bread of strangers in other lands"
(from the Iliad of Homer),
This phrase (or parts of it) has
been translated and hand carved into the stone in Polish, Greek, Turkish,
French, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Thai, Italian and English. The stone is
Mintaro slate from South Australia.
‘Celebrating Nature’
This sculpture has been created by the Men’s Shed.
The work consists of three timber posts with windows
displaying seeds, sticks and stones collected in the Ashfield Council area.
This sculpture garden has been created to showcase sculptures
that have been donated or gifted to the Ashfield community.
Two park benches have been installed in the area, and
landscaping and edging around each of the sculptures is complete.
The space is developing in to a pleasant area for people to
rest and relax and maybe watch a game of lawn tennis or lawn bowls.
Financial Implications
No financial implications beyond
existing budget allocations
Other Staff Comments
N/a
Public Consultation
N/a
Conclusion
This is a very positive program
for the period noted. Expressions of interest for the 2012 to 2013 period will
open in July. Council can look forward to a dynamic arts program continuing at
Thirning Villa.
The overall Pratten Park precinct continues to be a successful shared space between active sports and the arts.
ATTACHMENTS
There are no supporting documents for this report.
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RECOMMENDATION
That the information in this report be received and
noted
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Nellette Kettle
Director Corporate & Community Services
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Ashfield
Council – Report to Pratten Park Advisory Committee held on Thursday 31 March
2011
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PP8.4
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Subject OPTIONS
FOR FURTHER INCREASING THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY AND USER GROUP INVOLVEMENT IN
PARK MANAGEMENT
File Ref Pratten Park Advisory Committee
Prepared
by Nellette Kettle - Director Corporate & Community
Services
Objective To inform the PPAC on work
being undertaken by officers to investigate models for further increasing the
level of community and user group involvement in park management.
Overview
of Report
This report provides an overview of preliminary work by Council officers to
investigate models for further increasing the level of community and user group
involvement in park management.
Background
Council established the PPAC in late 2006 to engage in
collaborative discussion on the future development of Pratten Park. The Committee meets on a quarterly basis and comprises representatives from the
following key stakeholder groups:
· Councillors
· Council staff
· Western Suburbs Cricket Club
· Western Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association
· Pratten Park Bowling Club
· Canterbury District Soccer Football Association
No formal terms of reference have been established for the
Pratten Park Advisory Committee. To date, the Committee has contributed to:
· plans and specifications for the
grandstand restoration
· the Master Plan and Plan of Management
· housekeeping issues such as security and
car-parking
· water management and associated grant
applications
· future operational needs of each of the
stakeholders
Much has changed since the Pratten Park Advisory Committee
was established. There has been a new Plan of Management developed (2008);
significant upgrading of the facilities; and changing stakeholder needs. The
PPAC has been successful in improving communication between the various
stakeholders and in achieving successful outcomes for Pratten Park. It is timely for Council to seek to build on the success to date and to review
opportunities for further increasing the level of community and user group
involvement in park management.
Report
The concept of community governance is gaining popularity
within the public and community sectors. Community governance refers to
community participation, engagement and decision-making in public (community)
matters and represents community level management and decision making that is
undertaken by, with, or on behalf of a community, by a group of community
stakeholders.[1]
In Western countries such as Australia, America, Canada and
the UK there is a trend away from decisions being made ‘for’ the community to
decisions being made ‘with’ the community, as represented by the community
governance continuum below.[2]
BY WITH FOR
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Decisions made by the community
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Decisions made with the community
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Decisions made for the community
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In reviewing the governance model for Pratten Park, there are a number of models that could be applied.
In determining the most appropriate model for the future, it
may be necessary to distinguish between a ‘park’ management model or a ‘place’
management model. The difference being a park management model is concerned
with what would be the more traditional park activities/uses such as leisure,
sport and recreation (both active and passive, professional and social),
whereas a place management model would take into account wider considerations
and would look at Pratten Park as a place for leisure, sport, recreation, arts,
culture etc.
Models that could be applied to the future management of Pratten Park, across the IAP2 spectrum for public participation[3] include:
· ad hoc consultation meetings; (consult and involve)
· regular stakeholder forum; (consult and involve)
· formal Advisory Committee (collaborate);
· Special Committee established under s 355 of the Local
Government Act 1993; (empower)
· Other legal structures, such as a trust, association
or incorporation (empower)
Ad hoc consultation meetings
- issues based ad hoc meetings of relevant stakeholders
convened by Council. This model
represents the consult and involve phases of the IAP2 spectrum).
Regular stakeholder forum
– e.g. Sports Forum, Recreation Forum, convened annually by Council to discuss
particular issues around sporting use and sporting group issues. This model
would represent the consult and involve phases on the IAP2 spectrum.
Advisory Committee – a
formal committee of Council (comprising Councillor and other representatives)
that has an advisory only role to the Council and operates under set Terms of
Reference. The existing Pratten Park Advisory Committee would fall within this
category and reflects collaboration on the IAP2 spectrum.
Special Committee established
under s355 of the Local Government Act – these are formal Committees with
delegated authority under the Act to exercise specified functions under the
Act. Many councils have these committees in place to manage park issues and
involvement. Such a committee would represent the empower model on the IAP2
spectrum.
Other formal legal structures
– these could include things such as trusts, associations and incorporations.
Further work is needed to determine what structures would be applicable and
permissible for Pratten Park, given its uses, stakeholders and ownership (parts
of Pratten Park are Council owned land and subject to Local Government Act
requirements, while other parts are Crown Land, subject to the Crown Lands
Act). Any of these models would represent the empower model on the IAP2
spectrum.
Financial Implications
Nil.
Public Consultation
Not undertaken at this early
stage.
Conclusion
It is some time since the Pratten
Park Advisory Committee was established and it is timely for Council to review
opportunities for further increasing the level of community and user group
involvement in the parks management. Council officers have commenced research
into possible models as outlined in the report.
ATTACHMENTS
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IAP2 Schedule
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RECOMMENDATION
1/2 That
the report be received and noted.
2/2 That
Council officers provide a further report to the next meeting.
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Nellette Kettle
Director Corporate & Community Services
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Attachment 1
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IAP2 Schedule
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