Draft Parks and Playgrounds Asset Management Plan

7.    Levels of Service - The current levels of service for parks and playgrounds is to support the
      services that are operated from or within these assets to the Noosa community. Council’s
      parks and playgrounds assets are designed and constructed to suit the function of the service
      being provided which determines the levels of service. The measurement of these levels is
      ongoing, to monitor if the assets are either under or over serviced. The levels of service that
      have been developed in Section 2.9 of this document serve the purpose of how the parks and
      playground assets will be managed into the future. In addition, as result of adopting the service
      levels defined in Section 2.9, the annual service levels catalogues that are prepared for budget
      must be updated to reflect these activities and levels of service.
8.    Maintenance Plans – must be regularly reviewed and incorporated into the annual budget
      process and aligned to the levels of service activities defined in Section 2.9. Continued
      inspections and recording of asset condition and maintenance activities are key to achieving
      this initiative. This will be a key outcome for the parks and playgrounds Working Group to
      develop site specific maintenance plans and develop the parks and playgrounds maintenance
      plan for all the assets considered in this AMP.


7.3    Monitoring and Review Processes for the Asset Management Plan
This first edition of AMP for the parks and playgrounds refers to current levels of services that have
existed over recent years. This AMP is to be a ‘living’ document reflecting actual practices used in
managing the parks and playgrounds. In accordance with this, Council will balance cost, risk and
performance needs for the parks and playgrounds.

The AMP will have a high-level annual review for developing the annual budget from the
maintenance and renewal plans. A full document review will occur on a four-year cycle, in line with
the completion of detailed condition assessments and the financial asset revaluation of the parks
and playgrounds assets.


7.4    Asset Management Effectiveness
The effectiveness of this AMP will be measured in terms of:
1.   Adoption of the parks and playgrounds AMP by Council.
2.   The ongoing development of good asset knowledge through a commitment to recording
     information against assets and undertaking cyclic condition assessments at the facility.
3.   Maintenance and renewal plans that are robust and initiate the annual budget process.
4.   Historical asset activities that are recorded and located in Council’s asset management
     system.
5.   Limited reactive work and more planned maintenance activities.
6.   The parks and playgrounds AMP becomes the reference point for all information and enables
     good decision making for asset related activities and investments.
7.   Documented levels of service that complement the parks and playgrounds assets that support
     the services provided by Council.




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