ASSET MANAGEMENT CITY OF MONASH PARKS
CITY OF MONASH PARKS • Strategic asset management plans • Other asset plans and programs • Challenges
ASSET MANAGEMENT PARK PLANS • Paths • Playgrounds • Sportsfield playing surfaces • Public lighting • Off-street car parks • Drainage & retarding basins
PLANS-PATHS • Sealed paths • Unsealed paths • Locations • Proactive maintenance • Reactive maintenance • Budgets
PATHS-PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE Priority- H inspect yearly – M every 3 years – L every 5 years
PATHS-PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE • Total area unsealed paths -56,000² • Gravel/toppings 45,300² • Scalping 6,700² • Mulch 4,000² • Budget $73,000 • Unsealed sealed
PATHS-REACTIVE MAINTENANCE • Response times • Budget $37,000
PLAYGROUNDSPROACTIVE Inspection Regime Aligned with AS/NZS 4486.1 • Weekly or fortnightly • Dependant on usage • Predominately a visual inspection & minor maintenance • i.e. Graffiti, rubbish, rake softfall, small repairs • HP iPaq to capture details • Budget $58,000 • Annual • Structural, entrapments
PLAYGROUNDSPROACTIVE • Softfall • Aim to maintain minimum 200mm depth • Weekly/fortnightly check with visual audit • Biannual depth audit • Supply and spread contract • Budget $136,000
PLAYGROUNDSPROACTIVE
PLAYGROUNDSREACTIVE • Responsiveness • Normally and inspection on the day • Make safe • 1 to 20 days to repair
PLAYGROUNDS • 131 Playgrounds in parks • Area 28,400² • Budget • Inspections $58,000 • Routine works $138,000 • Reactive works $58,000 excluding insurance claims • Capital Works $439,000 (2013/14)
SPORTSFIELD PLAYING SURFACES • Audits • Maintenance programs • Capital improvements • Irrigation systems • Cricket wickets • Goal posts
SPORTSFIELDSAUDITS • Change of sporting seasons • Audits include • Turf density and vigour • Percentage of preferred grass • Drainage • Unevenness • Weed cover • Number of bare areas • Irrigation • Goal posts
SPORTSFIELDSMAINTENANCE • Programs • Mowing • Aerating • Rolling • Pest control • Fertilisers • Goal posts • Cricket wicket, turf/synthetic
SPORTSFIELDSMAINTENANCE • Task frequencies influences • Grass species • Soil profile • Drainage characteristics • Usage • Seasonal factors • Damage / wear
SPORTSFIELDSMAINTENANCE
SPORTSFIELDS MAINTENANCE • 66 sportsfields • Budget $825,000
SPORTSFIELDSMAINTENANCE • Irrigation systems • Audits • Maintenance and repair contract • Reactive maintenance • Budget Operational $100,000
SPORTSFIELDSCAPITAL WORKS • Approach • Whole of site where feasible • Linked to sportsfield audits • User concerns • Budget - $130,000 (2013/14)
PUBLIC LIGHTING • 467 light towers • Audits on a 5 year cycle • Commenced with timber / known trouble spots • Audit includes • Visual inspection • Record of pole attributes • Structural of footings and columns • General observations • Identify the most cost effective means of repairing any defects • 65 light towers audited during stage 1 • Remedial cost $24,000
OTHER PLANS & PROGRAMS • Parks maintenance • Tree maintenance • Bushland reserves • Water features • Golf Courses • Shade sails • Basketball/netball rings
PARK MAINTENANCE • Routine Service
TREES
TREES • Tree inventory • Management plan • Reactive works • Programmed works
TREES WORKS • Cyclic -100,000 trees, over $1.38 million p.a.
TREE WORKS • Reactive - $760,000 • Reserve audits • Frequency 12-18 months • Scope • Planting and establishment • Over 70,000 plants annually - $490,000 • Establishment - $115,000
BUSHLAND • Maintenance programs • Fire management • Management plan • MFB inspections • Vegetation clearance • Fire patrols • Total Budget - $750,000
BUSHLAND • Protecting our natural Heritage assets • Weed control and sympathetic mowing • Access control • Seed collection and propagating • Pest control • Habitat management
WETLANDS • Assessments • Sediment / excessive vegetation removal • Improved function • Capital budget 2013/14 - $170,000
GOLF COURSES • Greens replacement program • Irrigation improvements • Storm water harvesting • Warm season grass conversion
SHADE SAILS • 18 sites in reserves • Engineers audits over a 2/ 3 year period • Includes detailed report, photos, recommendations and approx. costs • Works priority (critical / non critical) • Reports gave time frame requirements (critical, short, medium, long term) • 9 reserves audited in stage 1 • Three for replacement (approx. $50,000) • $30,000 in maintenance requirements.
BASKETBALL &NETBALL RINGS • 92 Basketball / netball rings • Cost for audit $10,000 • Audits to occur every three years • Audits include load testing, full report with photos, recommendations and costs • $6,000 for initial maintenance costs (this included replacing 5 backboards)
CHALLENGES • Resources • Availability of equipment • Renewal gap • Clear responsibilities / training • Audit outcomes and repair costs • Operational pressures i.e. Frequent repairs • Reduce responsive works • New assets/maintenance costs • External pressures
