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26 The Hills Shire Council Quarter Three Review as at March 2022
Delivering & Maintaining
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Quarter Three:
Dog off-leash area Hills residents and their furry friends will soon have another place to play after Council endorsed a six month trial of a timed dog off-leash area at Parraweena Avenue Reserve, Baulkham Hills, during their February 8 Ordinary Meeting of Council.
The trial commenced on 7 March giving dog owners access to open space at the Reserve between 4pm and 6pm each day.
Parraweena Avenue Reserve is the first timed off-leash dog park in The Hills. After the six month trial is up, a report will be prepared for Council to determine the suitability of the site as a permanent shared use dog off-leash area.
Quarter Three:
Upgraded Tennis Courts at Les Shore Reserve, Glenorie - The recently completed works included refurbishing two existing tennis courts and repurposing an additional two courts into multipurpose areas for basketball and netball.
This project was made possible through $215,000 funding from the Australian Government through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. This program supports local councils to deliver priority local road and community infrastructure projects across Australia, supporting jobs and the resilience of local economies to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quarter Two:
Kellyville Memorial Park Upgrade The final step to reconfigure and construct new playing fields at Kellyville Memorial Park is now complete - with play on these facilities set to commence in February 2022.
This project was part of Council’s adopted masterplan for the site, which also included the addition of a 250 space carpark and a new access road from Stone Mason Drive, in Kellyville.
Fields were also expanded to accommodate four international standard rugby league fields, including lighting and irrigation. The final stage of the project was delivered by Western Earthmoving (WEM).
In addition to these works, Council also entered into a licence agreement with the Parramatta National Rugby League (PNRL) for the joint redevelopment and use of Kellyville Memorial Park as a Premier Rugby League Facility.
The region is home to more than 1500 amateur footballers, and these recent upgrades, as well as the licence agreement with the PNRL, will provide
these players with quality rugby league training and playing facilities in the Shire. It will also give them a pathway to play at some of the highest levels in rugby league.
Playground Upgrades Quarter Two:
Glenhaven Reserve Playground The crocodile themed play area, which was selected by residents, was officially opened on Thursday 9 December. The Federal Government
supported Council through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) program with
$105,000 funding to create this playground for the community. In June, Council ran a public consultation for residents to select their new playground at the local Reserve. Over the course of the consultation period, more than 500 submissions were received.
Quarter One:
Worthing Avenue Reserve playground, in Castle Hill, has received a brand new look.
Council was able to complete a playground upgrade, with climbing nets, play unit, swing set, slides, activity panels and a new seat, thanks to the Australian Government committing $40,000 to the project. The funds were successfully secured under Phase Two of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program, which aims to support local councils to deliver essential infrastructure, while creating vital jobs and boosting the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also opened a new multipurpose half basketball court in South Maroota.
Waves Pool Project Quarter Three:
The structural steelwork for Waves is substantially complete and the shape of the building is clearly visible. Current works on site include:
Achievements to Date
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To achieve our strategy of delivering and maintaining infrastructure - we focused on the following actions:
How we progressed our four year actions
Action Progress Performance
To conduct a strategic review of total field maintenance costs and cost recovery principles for grass sports fields including turf wickets and report back to Council.
The research phase has commenced to collect field revenue and expenditure.
Complete On Track
• Installing the gymnasium floor
• Warm water pool tiling, which is mostly complete
• Preparing the indoor lagoon pool for tiling
• Change room floor and wall tiling
• The installation of timber ceiling panels in the main lobby
• The construction of the clubhouses Quarter Two:
Work continues on the upgrade of Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre in a COVID safe manner.
• Work on the splash pad structure in the water play area has begun. The first of the concrete pours has been completed
• Roofing over the lagoon and warm water area is almost finished
• Tiling for the 25m and 50m pools is nearing completion. Tiling of the main amenities area has begun
• Flooring and painting in the gym and multipurpose areas has commenced
• Fit out of the sauna has begun
• Internal and external walls of the café and lobby area are being completed. Expressions of Interest have been called to run the café
• Clubhouse walls are being installed
• Landscaping has started in the cabana area
Quarter One:
The state-of-the-art aquatic centre with gym, is scheduled to re-open in 2022, and is set to boast a huge cardio area including bikes (also spin bikes), treadmills, cross trainers and climbmills.
Part of the gym layout will be dedicated training zones with pin and plate loaded strength equipment, a free weights area, a functional training zone with a modular frame rig and new guided program fitness training stations.
The aquatic centre is moving closer to completion with the form of the outside pools now complete.
Work has also begun to create two indoor pools.
One of these will be a 25 metre heated pool for aqua exercise classes, lap swimming and learn to swim classes, while the other will be a free form lagoon style family leisure pool.
The next stage of this project is to build the water play area with its soakers, sprayers and sprinklers. Once complete the new Waves will feature a FINA Standard Olympic sized 50 metre swimming pool with 10 lanes, a combined indoor 25 metre learn to swim pool and family leisure pool, swimming clubhouse, a large fitness centre and three multipurpose rooms for centre programs which will also be available to hire.
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19-20 20-21 QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATOR HILLS SHIRE PLAN
OUTCOME STRATEGY
94.8 93.8 • 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.
98.7 99.1 • Road assets rated in satisfactory condition.
99.5 99.4 • Footpaths rated in satisfactory condition.
90.6 90.0 • Community satisfaction with footpaths/cycleways.
86.8 84.8 • 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 89.2 • Community satisfaction with quality of parks and gardens.
86.8 85.0
• Community satisfaction with playgrounds and play equipment.
87.8 87.0 • Community satisfaction with ovals and sporting facilities.
79.8 79.2 • Community satisfaction with community centres and halls.
79.0 71.0 • % 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 89.4 • Community satisfaction - lighting of public areas.
98.7 90.0 • Buildings rated in satisfactory condition.
287.7 293.9 • 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.
Measuring our Quality of Life
Quality of Life indicators are reported annually. The column below shows a two year comparison with current year’s results reported in green. Other results below are as per the community survey conducted in April 2021.
Delivering & Maintaining Infrastructure
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KPI Method Target Actual
Performance STATUS Civil Works
Average time taken to clean pits/pipes. < is better 21.00 30.00 Average time taken to repair potholes and patching. < is better 6.00 3.00
% Customer requests completed on time
(Civil Maintenance). > is better 85.00 65.90
Major Plant
% Plant utilised (based on planned hours). > is better 90.00 90.00 Vegetation Works
% Customer requests completed on time
(Parks and Bushland Maintenance). > is better 85.00 82.35 Project Delivery
Capital works completed on time (number of jobs). > is better 65.00 39.24 Capital works program projects completed (dollar
terms). > is better 67.50 47.04
On Track Action Required
Operational Performance Measures
% Customer requests completed on time (Civil Maintenance). Following the February/
March storm event, Council’s customer requests have increased significantly and our teams have been unable to meet the set service standard.
Average time taken to clean pits/pipes Following the February/March storm event, Council received many additional drainage requests which extended our response times.
Capital works completed on time (number of jobs).
Capital works program projects completed (dollar terms).
Both KPI’s are lagging noting that record rainfall has heavily impacted construction progress during Q3. Many projects have not been able to commence site work, particularly road projects as many contractors are engaged on emergency road repair projects across Sydney.
Whilst it is forecast that the KPI’s will approach target in Q4, many projects are likely to carry over into next FY.
% Customer requests completed on time (Parks and Bushland Maintenance).Vegetation maintenance did not make target due to the an unprecedented growing season, managing the two recent flood events and challenges with filling vacancies due to COVID 19 pandemic and inability to attract suitable candidates to vacant positions.
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