Rebuild Park on Crossley Drive Wellington Point
Principal Petitioner: Nadia Vella
Closing Date: 4:30pm, Tuesday 9 October 2024
At 10 signatures, this petition will be considered properly made.
Petition Request:
We are two 11 year old girls that live close to the Crossley Drive park that has been recently been DESTROYED AND REPLACED WITH A SEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We go to school close to the park and we walk home and play at the park after school. Now we are at home bored playing on devices because we have no park to play in. When we saw the fences around the park we thought that the council was adding some things to the park. But no. Then when they took down the park we thought they were rebuilding it. But no. We released that you were replacing it with a seat. My community is devastated about the park been taken down. It was used a lot and we know because we grew up playing at the park making new friends at the playground. We request a petition for our park to be rebuilt. We look forward to hearing your response thanks for reading. REBUILD OUR PARK!!!!!!!
Petition Outcome:
The petition was presented by Cr Wendy Boglary at the General Meeting held on Wednesday 16 October 2024. The matter was defined as operational in nature and referred to the Chief Executive Officer for consideration.
Council investigated the petition request and provided a response to the Principal Petitioner on 12 December 2024 as follows:
Council continually reviews all its open space areas across Redlands Coast to help inform future plans as every park plays a different role in the neighbourhoods and are not planned to have the same levels of embellishment. This planning helps ensure that the level of service is maintained, and a diversity of experiences and infrastructure are provided to meet the needs of our changing community.
Crossley Drive Park is classified as a neighbourhood park with the intended use to serve local residents and encourages park users to get out and about and to get active in our naturally wonderful open spaces.
During the planning phase of the project, Council considered a range of contributing factors to determine the primary activity for Crossley Drive Park. The outcome resulted in the park's primary activity to be "Walking/Cycling and nature play" supported by minimal embellishment due to the smaller land size and reduced capacity to accommodate additional recreation activities.
Main considerations included:
- The playground being close to 30-years old and identified as being at the end of its asset life requiring removal.
- The location of the play space being within the flood prone area and close to the drainage easement onsite which was identified as a risk.
- Unable to meet the required setback for play and be safety located a minimum of 25m from the street, without being located too close to the water way area onsite.
Due to the reasons above, the reinstallation of the play space at Crossley Drive Park, Wellington Point is not supported.
Park users can still enjoy this space through activities such as quiet contemplation, walking and cycling along connected pathways, kick about open space and imaginative play through the interaction with natural elements.
Additionally, Wellington Point has welcomed many recent park renewals and upgrades in your area that offer a play space experience. These include:
- Goodall Street Park, located approx. 350m away
- Liner Street Park, located approx. 500m away
- Plantation Place Park, located approx. 500m away