Draft Parks and Playgrounds Asset Management Plan

7. Plan Improvement and Monitoring
7.1    Status of Asset Management Practices
Currently all Asset Management activities are managed within the Noosa Council Asset
Management Governance Framework and enabled through Technology One (T1) asset information
management system. The establishment of a parks and playgrounds working group will enable the
improvement program to set priorities and targets that are aligned to Council.


7.2    Improvement Program
The following initiatives are recommended:

1.    Asset Inventory – Ensure that there is one single asset register/hierarchy that captures all
      pathway and boardwalk assets; at a level of the lowest or appropriate repairable unit. All other
      duplicated asset lists/registers should be eliminated. T1 is the Enterprise Asset Management
      repository. Prior to the revaluation, it is recommended a detailed asset register and data
      reconciliation project establishes a single point of truth for asset data within T1.
2.    Asset Responsibility – Infrastructure Services Director is responsible for the parks and
      playgrounds. However, the asset managers are various across parks and playgrounds assets
      due to the different locations and the structures and materials of the parks and playgrounds
      assets. A detailed asset responsibility matrix is required and will be developed over coming
      months by the parks and playgrounds working group and is expected to be completed by
      December 2023.
3.    Condition Assessments – Condition assessments have commenced and whilst there is good
      knowledge of the defects of these assets there is no condition ratings on these assets. A
      consistent inspection regime combined with consistent condition scoring will enable the
      development of renewal plans and programs.
4.    Renewal Plans - The establishment of renewal plans for all assets considered in this AMP is
      considered essential to achieving good asset management outcomes. Renewal plans are
      based on understanding the condition of Council’s assets and modelling to ensure that the
      intervention for renewal achieves the assets useful life. The establishment and review of these
      renewal plans will be a focus for the parks and playgrounds Working Group to develop and
      implement into Council’s processes and procedures.
5.    Capital Planning – The development of upgrade programs will support maintaining the levels
      of service and expectations of the community. Further renewal and upgrade programs across
      all parks and playgrounds are required. The commencement of condition assessments will
      enable the development of capital programs across all parks and playgrounds. These
      programs combined with a new Parks and Open Spaces Strategy will improve prioritisation
      and strategy around the delivery of capital works.
6.    Asset Systems – There is the initial implementation of operational work orders for planned,
      reactive work and inspections to date. There are a number of functions of the T1 system that
      would improve the operational and maintenance activities and further improve the asset
      management objectives of the organisation. These include:
         • Planned maintenance work orders;
         • Costings via work orders;
         • Inspections and defects logged within T1;
         • Asset performance reporting from T1;
         • Crew management;
         • Data capture – asset validation and updating.




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