Page 846 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 2018
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(e) the Waramanga community has conducted extensive consultation and campaigning on the importance of a playground at the local shops, including a local Block Party;
(f) the Waramanga community brought a petition of 377 residents to the Assembly on 8 June 2017, sponsored by Mr Steel MLA who noted that the ‘Government will continue to engage with [the Waramanga community] on the project as [they] continue to build community support’;
(g) in their 2018-19 budget submission, Weston Creek Community Council noted as one of their priorities for the next budget the need for a new playground in Waramanga as a result of the community’s ‘changing demographic’ and noting that the local playground at Arawang School is ‘behind the new fences at the school’ and inaccessible to the local community; and
(h) the Waramanga community has collaborated with an award-winning playground designer to propose a number of high quality possible designs for the playground, with built-in multi-phase implementation plans for each design;
(5) further notes:
(a) on average, the ACT Government has built five new playgrounds each year for the past six years;
(b) the ACT Government contributes a sizable portion of the City Services budget to playgrounds each budget including:
(i) $1 812 000 in 2017-18;
(ii) $3 217 000 in 2016-17;
(iii) $1 354 000 in 2015-16; and
(iv) $1 459 000 in 2014-15;
(c) this budget excludes the substantial other investments made in playgrounds across Canberra by the Suburban Land Agency and the City Renewal Authority in new suburbs and city precinct;
(d) a number of other local communities have likewise campaigned for improvements to their local playgrounds over the last two years, including:
(i) the Greenway community bringing a petition of 185 residents to the Assembly on 20 February 2018;
(ii) the Torrens community bringing a petition of 713 residents to the Assembly on 30 November 2017;
(iii) the Higgins community bringing a petition of 203 residents to the Assembly on 17 August 2017;
(iv) the Farrer community bringing a petition of 540 residents to the Assembly on 1 August 2017; and
(v) the Giralang community bringing a petition of 107 residents to the Assembly on 11 May 2017; and
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