lagoon reserve reference committee meeting no. 2...uneven surface. enhance the open space. increase...

Lagoon Reserve Reference Committee

Meeting No. 2

13/02/2013

WELCOME

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consultation summary

• Consultation results grouped around three key questions:

– What attracts you to Lagoon Reserve?

– What are your ideas for the park?

– What type of place would you like this park to be in the future?

• Themes are identified under each question

• Full consultation report available April, 2013

CONSULTATION SUMMARY

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Key themes:

– Community use/multi use park

– Natural feel

– Dogs

– Kids activities, school

– Facilities

– Sports/recreation

– Walking track

– Trees and vegetation

– Other

WHAT ATTRACTS YOU TO LAGOON RESERVE?

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Key themes:– Facilities

– Pavilion/toilets

– Lighting

– Fencing

– Dogs

– Sports grounds/facilities

WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS FOR THE PARK?

– Activities in the park/new uses

– Maintenance

– Trees and vegetation

– Paths

– Other

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Key themes:– Balance needs of all users

– Shared use/community space

– Neighbourhood planting

– Safe place to spend time

– Preserve look and feel

– Sports and recreational facilities that reflect the use of the reserve

WHAT TYPE OF PLACE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS PARK TO BE IN THE

FUTURE?

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DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. Encourage and support a diversity of community based recreation activities.

2. Maintain and enhance the open, ‘natural’ feel of the park.

3. Maintain the reserve as an off-leash dog park.

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1. ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT A DIVERSITY OF COMMUNITY BASED RECREATION ACTIVITIES.

1.1 Create a local community space where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities can socialise, relax, have contact with nature, play, exercise, walk their dogs and play sport.

1.2 Develop zones within the park through strategic landscaping and placement of facilities to support diversity of use.

1.3 Maintain the community sports facilities to meet FFV Class D facility guidelines.

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2. MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THE OPEN, ‘NATURAL’ FEEL OF THE PARK.

2.1 Continue to work with the local community to plant and maintain indigenous themed gardens throughout the reserve.

2.2 Plant trees to provide habitat, shade and shelter and as features at strategic locations throughout the reserve.

2.3 Minimise the addition of hard surfaces and infrastructure within the reserve.

2.4 Reduce the visual impact of park facilities through good design e.g.(CPTED) and strategic planting of vegetation.


3. MAINTAIN THE RESERVE AS AN OFF-LEASH DOG PARK.

3.1 Maintain the off leash status of the park.

3.2 Retain open space for dog exercise and play.

3.3 Provide an appropriate number of drinking fountains with dog bowls.

3.4 Ensure litter bins are available for disposal of dog waste.

3.5 Support, promote and enforce responsible dog ownership.


site analysisENTRY, CONNECTIONS, NODES 14

site analysisENTRY, CONNECTIONS, NODES

Graham street entry

Liardet St entry

Esplanade west entry

Esplanade west, no external path

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site analysisINFRASTRUCTURE & AMENITITES 16

site analysisINFRASTRUCTURE & AMENITITES

pavilion BBQ area

Picnic table Cricket nets

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site analysisCLIMATE 18

site analysisSAFETY 19

site analysisTOPOGRAPHY 20

site analysisTOPOGRAPHY 21

site analysisVEGETATION 22

site analysisVEGETATION 23

site analysisSPORTSGROUNDS 24

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

•Big open green space.•Can accommodate sports use.•Dog off leash park.•Has vegetation around perimeter.•Strong character and atmosphere exists.•Pathway allows connectivity through the park- users can walk through.•Good views through the park.•Good views for adjoining flats over the park. •Good connection to other open spaces- Edwards Park and Gasworks Park. •Pathway allows DDA use, also mums with prams, kids on bikes.•Accessible from many points. •Closest open space for many people. •Multi-use space, not restricted, welcomes a wide range of user groups.•Meeting area, brings the community together. •Informal. •Little nooks in planting islands create smaller, intimate spaces. •Amenities present. •Passive exercise. •Enclosed/safe/isolated from traffic and noise from urban area.

SWOT analysis

•Undulating topography for sport- poor condition of sporting surface.•Condition of amenities- furniture, BBQ area, sporting infrastructure. •Conflict of use. •Condition of pavilion. •No shelter for passive users. •Safety around borders for dogs•Lighting at entry points. •Sports lighting affecting residents. •Dog waste on playing surface. •Disability access- only on one side. •Degraded tracks as a result of pedestrian shortcuts. •Inadequate amenities for park. •No functional dog drinking bowl. •Safety at some entry points because of restricted sight lines. •Irrigation- in poor condition. •Soil contamination. •No formal entries or gateways. •Windy/no shelter. •Dated, poor condition of post and rail fence.

•Increasing perimeter planting. •Improving the playing surface. •Upgrading the amenities. •Creating passive areas/pockets around the perimeter. E.g. in bush areas with more shade. •Natural buffers to road/dog protection instead of increased fencing. •Planting near apartments. •Lighting plan. •Irrigation plan. •Defined pathways and pathway circuit in park. •Maintenance vehicle access. •Remove post and rail fence. •Tree planting and management plan. •Environmentally sensitive additions Eg solar, water tanks, wind harvesting etc.

•Conflict of use•Dog waste not being picked up on sports field, health issues.•Undulating ground- threat to sport groups. •Safety, sight lines, lighting.

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SWOT analysis

Disturbing residents with increased lighting.

Enclosing the site leading to reduced amenity and reduced visibility.

Increase lighting strategically.

Increase boundary planting to provide a buffer.

Boundary fence.

Not enough lighting-perceived danger.

Boundary fence - dogs can run through.

Site safety

Excessive hard surfaces in park.

Not accessible for everyone.

Too much infrastructure.

Pathway circuit.

Construct proper entry and path for maintenance vehicles.

Not all the way around.

Maintenance vehicles wearing the path.

DDA Accessible. Pathways

Safety.Increase planting.

Strategic well planned planting.

Some species not doing well.

Affects view lines into the park and safety aspects.

Natural feel.

Addressing climate change issues.

Increases amenity.

Reduces UHI.

Trees and vegetation

Safety.Enhance planting.

Strategic lighting, limit

time.

Some residents upset about lighting at night

Visual amenity.Views fromapartment block and residences

Dog waste a hazard and inconvenience to other uses.

Injury to sports players and reduced playability from uneven surface.

Enhance the open space.

Increase responsible dog ownership awareness.

Even out the topography.

Conflict of use.

Dog waste left on ground.

Undulating terrain.

Multi-use: sports, passive recreation, dog use.

Open Space

ThreatsOpportunities WeaknessStrengthItem

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SWOT analysis


Dog waste a hazard and inconvenience to other uses.

Boundary planting might affect view lines and safety.

Decreased visual amenity and site becomes more enclosed.

Fencing leads to increased infrastructure.

Encourage and support responsible dog ownership.

Increase boundary planting.

Increased fencing.

Enhance amenity for dog owners and walkers.

Dog waste left on ground.

Owners perception of dog safety.

Anti-social behaviour.

Dog off leash park.

Social/community atmosphere created.

Individuals health and wellbeing enhanced.

Dogs

Create shelters.

Create vegetation buffers.

Harvest wind energy- e.g. turbines on pavilion.

Uncomfortable.Can introduce new environmentally friendly technologies.

Wind tunnel

Disturbance to residents. Increase lighting strategically.

More lighting for sport.

Not enough.

Users don’t feel safe especially walking dogs at

night.

Not enough sports lighting for training and night games.

Wearing grass where light is on pavilion as it is the only place they can train at night.

Lighting


SWOT analysis


Increase unstructured/nature play elements.

Vegetated areas attractive to children for unstructured and nature play.

Open space for active play.

Paths for riding, running.

Play

Additional infrastructure compromising natural setting.

Upgrade pavilion.

Provide shelter for passive users and sports spectators.

Poor condition.

Nothing for passive users e.g. dog walkers.

Pavilion.Shelter

Sight lines.

Additional infrastructure compromising natural setting.

Provide shade through more planting or through infrastructure e.g. Shade sail.

Not enough.

Seats, BBQ, and other passive recreation areas not in shade.

Shade available in vegetated areas.

Shade

Undertake repair or upgrade works to grounds.

Provide spectator infrastructure.

Undulating playing surface.

No spectator infrastructure.

Community sports facilities.

Sporting grounds

Safety of users.

Affects aesthetics of park.

Upgrade all.

Include an exercise station.

Poor condition.Amenities across the park.Amenities

Budget constraints.Increased cost and time requirements of site works.

Site capped and made safe.

Soil management plan in place.

Soil Contamination


CURERENT ZONES OF USE

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zonesCURRENT ZONES OF USE 31

PROPOSED ZONES OF USE

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zonesPROPOSED ZONES OF USE 36

SPORTS ideas

OPPORTUNITIESUpgrade and update infrastructure.

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PASSIVE RECREATION ideas

OPPORTUNITIESEnhance passive recreation spaces.

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PATHWAYS ideas

OPPORTUNITIESPathway circuitEnhance entry points

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PATHWAYS ideas

OPPORTUNITIESPathway circuitPlanted area along path to divide passive recreation area to sports

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VEGETATION ideas

OPPORTUNITIESIncrease planting.Continue indigenous theme.Create official planting and management plan.

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soil information

SITE SOIL CONDITIONS

• Environmental Site Assessment undertaken in 2012 by Coffey Environments – Environmental Consultant.

• Site has been filled.

• Some soils are impacted with heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – consistent with gasworks waste.

• Site is safe provided grass cover and hard surfaces remain.

• Environmental Management Plan in place for the site to maintain the separation layer and provide guidance for works that disturb the soil.

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GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION

• Geotechnical investigation undertaken in 2012 by AS James –Geotechnical Engineers

• Fill across the site up to 2.8 m

• Fill on top of natural sand, clay and silt

• Silt – Coode Island Silt

- Coastal swamp deposit, shell beds, organic matter highly compressible, high settlement

- Building footing requirements – 20-30m depth

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OPTIONS FOR UPGRADING THE PLAYING SURFACE

Two options

1. Upgrade playing surface

2. Repair playing surface as required

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OPTION ONE – UPGRADE PLAYING SURFACE

• Strip surface, replace, compact and cap with new soil.

• Cost estimate for earthworks – approximately >$300K.

• Cost estimate does not include cost of new playing surface.

• Issues– Onsite soil management.– Staged approach.– Alternative venue during site works.

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OPTION TWO – REPAIR PLAYING SURFACE AS REQUIRED

• Fill depressions with new soil to level surface.

• Cost estimate for works - $??

• Issues:– Will require ongoing works.– Site may still have uneven surface in places.– Access to the grounds will be restricted whenever repair works

are being undertaken.

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DISCUSSION

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REFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE

next steps

Final draft plan prior to adoptionWednesday 6 November, 20136

Community feedback on draft Park Plan Response to community feedback

Wednesday 28 August, 20135

Draft concept plan Draft Park Plan report

Wednesday 19 June, 20134

Revised draft Guiding Principles Sketch plan Report outline and structure

Wednesday 24 April, 20133

Consultation summary Draft Guiding Principles Soil contamination information session Site analysis, zones of use, and sketch plan ideas

Meeting 2 – Wednesday 13 February, 20132

Introduction Timeline and key deliverables Issues and Opportunities workshop

Wednesday 21 November, 20121

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