Draft Parks and Playgrounds Asset Management Plan

A consistent condition ranking scale has been chosen by Council as the framework for measuring
parks and playgrounds assets, based on the 1 to 5 ranking according to the International
Infrastructure Management Manual (IIMM). Any asset scoring 4 (fair) to 5 (poor) will be considered
and prioritised under an asset specific renewal program.

Condition assessments will be undertaken by internal staff and are planned to commence throughout
the 2020/21 financial year. The data collected will be utilised to create a renewal program. Condition
assessments are cyclic and are proposed to be staged across a 3-5year period based on the
hierarchy of the assets, to cover all of Council’s Parks and playgrounds to ensure the continued
development and priorities of the renewal programs.

In addition to the above condition assessments, Council staff undertake visual condition
assessments for requests that have been reported for assets in poor condition. These assessments
are undertaken on a “reactive” approach to determine if the request warrants the need for future
renewals.

The majority of asset classes within the parks and playgrounds have not had a physical condition
assessment undertaken on them. For the purpose of this AMP, the assets that have not had physical
condition assessments, the condition has been assigned as an age-based condition which is
determined on the remaining useful life of the asset and is referred to as the “modelled condition”.

Ongoing development and prioritisation will ensure that all parks and playgrounds assets are
reconciled within the asset system and condition assessments are undertaken. When undertaking
condition assessments, the asset attributes are updated prior to the next asset evaluation. The
condition assessments will enable the development of renewal programs for the specific assets.

In the development of the asset system and the inspection program, there is a number of park and
playground assets that have been discovered and are yet to be commissioned on Council’s financial
asset register. These assets are currently being commissioned through the Asset Data Management
project and are being prioritised against other asset data management activities within the project.

In asset reporting an approach to componentisation of the assets to the specific asset class has
been undertaken. This breakdown and componentisation of assets to this level is in accordance with
the financial asset standards and enables more detailed condition information at the component
level. These components are detailed below and reported consistently throughout the AMP:

o   Park Furniture
o   Park Infrastructure
o   Playground Equipment
o   Structures

Figure 1 details the total number of assets by both physical condition and modelled conditions that
have been commissioned on our financial asset register. Any parks and playgrounds assets that
have reached condition 5 will be included in the relevant renewal programs of the 10-year Capital
Works Program. Parks and playgrounds assets have a modelled condition based on their remaining
life and does not reflect the physical condition of those assets. Undertaking physical condition
assessments of the assets is programmed to commence throughout the 2023/24 financial year.
Physical condition knowledge will assist in developing a more realistic approach to developing
renewal plans that are prioritised and planned. This information is utilised in prioritising the physical
condition assessments.




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