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26 The Hills Shire Council Quarter Two Review as at December 2020 WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Council is preparing new strategic planning documents including a Local Strategic Planning Statement. This document updates Council’s Local Strategy and will set out the 20 year vision for land use in The Hills Shire and establish the planning priorities for the area and how they will be met. It will include a new Housing Strategy that sets a vision for housing delivery and determines Council’s 6-10 year and 20 year housing targets. Together the strategic work will inform any changes required to Local Environmental Plan 2012.
Delivering & Maintaining
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Achievements to date
PLAYGROUND UPGRADES
Quarter Two: A number of playgrounds across The Hills Shire were recently upgraded, and now include new and improved equipment.
Playground upgrades include:
• Manor Place Reserve, in Baulkham Hills, received a new playground unit; pathway;
swing set; refreshed seating; and bubbler with a dog bowl.
• Beaumont Drive Reserve, in Beaumont Hills, received a new swing set with toddler seat and rope basket seat; new play unit with slides;
climbing net; spinner; balance logs; see-saw;
new bubbler; and replacement seating.
• Telfer Way Reserve in Castle Hill has been upgraded to include a new children’s play unit with slide and climbing apparatus, basket swing, new bench seating, rock edging, a wave rider and so much more.
• Knox Place Reserve in Rouse Hill has welcomed new play equipment, including a new carousel and play unit with slide.
• Linton Street Reserve in Baulkham Hills has received new soft fall, a path around the playground and new bench seating.
Quarter One: Sophie Doyle Reserve - The
Baulkham Hills playground, located on the corner of Glanmire and Jasper Roads, has tripled in size and features new play equipment.
New and improved Connie Lowe Reserve in Rouse Hill was fitted out with shade sails; an additional swing set; a large nest swing; nature timber play stepping logs; synthetic grass; an accessible bubbler; improved pathways and a handball court.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
The final section of the Samantha Riley Drive upgrade was opened on Tuesday 14 July, 2020.
Brand new traffic lights at the intersection of Arthur Street and Seven Hills Road at Baulkham Hills are now up and running.
The first section of the Hezlett Road upgrade is set to begin in the coming months after a construction tender was awarded in August.
Turon Avenue BMX track.
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Measuring our Quality of Life
18-19 19-20 QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATOR
HILLS SHIRE PLAN
OUTCOME STRATEGY
94.8 94.8
• Community satisfaction - people satisfied with condition of residential roads surfaces.
7. Our community infrastructure is attractive, safe and well maintained.
NSW State Plan Priorities
• Building Infrastructure
7.1 Provide and maintain sustainable infrastructure and assets that enhance the public domain, improve the amenity and achieve better outcomes for the community.
90.5 98.7 • Road assets rated in satisfactory condition.
99.2 99.5 • Footpaths rated in satisfactory condition.
90.6 90.6 • Community satisfaction with footpaths/cycleways.
86.8 86.8 • Community satisfaction with public toilets.
7.2 Manage and maintain a diverse range of safe, accessible and sustainable open spaces and provide recreation, sporting and leisure activities and facilities.
88.4 88.4 • Community satisfaction with quality of parks and gardens.
86.8 86.8 • Community satisfaction with playgrounds and play equipment.
87.8 87.8 • Community satisfaction with ovals and sporting facilities.
79.8 79.8 • Community satisfaction with community centres and halls.
79.0 79.0
• % of people who agree or strongly agree they have easy access to sporting facilities.
98.0 98.0 • % people who feel safe in public places during the day.
89.6 89.6 • Community satisfaction - lighting of public areas.
70.0 98.7 • Buildings rated in satisfactory condition.
290.5 354.8
• Number of crimes reported per 100,000 people - malicious damage to property.
8. Infrastructure meets the needs of our growing Shire.
8.1 Provide new and refurbished infrastructure in a timely manner that meets the needs of our growing Shire.
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Operational Performance Measures
DELIVERING & MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE
KPI Method Target Actual
Performance STATUS Civil Works
Average time taken to clean pits/pipes. < is better 21 8.78
Average time taken to repair potholes and patching. < is better 6 5.59
% Customer requests completed on time (Civil Maintenance).
> is better 85 87.90
Major Plant
% plant utilised (based on planned hours). > is better 90 100
Vegetation Works - Wages
% Customer requests completed on time (Parks and Bushland Maintenance).
> is better 85 87.67
Project Delivery
Capital works completed on time (number of jobs). > is better 35 41.24
Capital works program projects completed (dollar terms). > is better 45 31.94
On Track
Action Required
CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAM PROJECTS COMPLETED (DOLLAR TERMS) When including current commitments in addition to actual expenditure, this figure is 47.83%. The measure is tracking behind target, however this is forecast to improve as projects progress to their expenditure cycle in the second half of the financial year.
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Customer satisfaction with waste service was 94%.
The Community Environment Centre at Annangrove continues to be an invaluable community resource, providing one on one advice, environmental workshops, a waterwise garden and no-dig garden demonstrations, environmental library and volunteer opportunities.