Sandringham Park Upgrade

Thank you for your feedback on the play equipment for the park. Here is the final design. The Cube and Basket has been added for older children. We have been told that earthworks will be starting in September. All equipment has been ordered and will be installed as it arrives.

We would like to invite you to our Sandringham Park pop-up event on Thursday, 29 February, 4.00pm - 6.00pm, to view the park upgrade design. The design has taken longer than expected and we thank you for your patience. The reason for the delay is that in the initial community consultation many people asked for a basketball half court. City officers knocked on doors and chatted to people living closest to the park (within 100m radius of the proposed location) to establish if a court would be complimentary to the area. Noise complaints can be high in areas with basketball courts, and we had to ensure residents did not lose their peaceful lifestyle. As there was concern on the noise level with the bounce of the balls, we have withdrawn the basketball half court from the design and replaced it with equipment for ages 12 years and up.

Please join us at the pop-up event for a free sausage sizzle, ice-cream and big bubbles activity. Officers will be on hand to discuss the design upgrade and updated timeline for completion of the work.

Again, we thank you for your valuable input into the design and for your patience. We look forward to seeing you at the park, if you cannot make it and would like further information, you are welcome to contact Jenny (details in the right-hand column).

Earlier in the year you spent some time providing us with your online and onsite feedback about Sandringham Park.

Your feedback will improve how we deliver this project to make sure it is in line with community expectation.

The things that you told us that were important to you were:

• Play Equipment - install equipment for the 3 age groups (U 5's, 6 -12, 13 - 18 years). Include nature & sand play, monkey bars or climbing frames, rockers, big slide
• Basketball Half Court - like the one at Ascot Park
• Skating Elements - like the one at Ascot Park
• Bike/Scooter Elements - Rainbow tunnel (to ride through), Stop and Give Way signs, Race Track, Pit Stop, Bike Toolkit Station
• Swings - Toddler and Mother & Baby Swing
• Fitness Equipment - on the path from the Kwinana Train Station to the park
• Picnic Area - Shelter over a picnic table, long picnic table (not metal)
• Open Space - leave an area to kick the footy, soccer ball (where the rockers are at the moment)
• Toilets
• 3 Phase Power for events
• Signs - New naming sign for the park, interpretive art on the footpath, distance markers, ETA's, map of park and links to nearby parks
• Drink Fountain - existing one needs some love and add a dog water bowl
• Broken lights - these will be replaced with proper lights as part of the upgrade

Other things that came up:

• Flame Trees - why are they dying and how will we save the Flame Trees that are left. In response to this question our City Tree Officer, in our Parks Operations Team, has checked the trees and a new schedule made for them. The trees have been given nutrients, had the surrounding soil PH adjusted and will have the dead wood cut out of them once they are out of their dormant stage. They will be closely monitored to ensure they are recovering. If you have any further concerns, please let Jenny know and she will pass this on to our Parks Team
• Pavers - need levelling. City operations will put this in their maintenance schedule
• Bollards - repair the bollards and fence at the top steps (Dunrobin end)
• Limestone Piers - repoint
• Retic Box - This has been disconnected as this in a space for natives and they are now established. The City's Parks Team are checking on the Retic Box and updating me on its use as it had been vandalised in the past.
• Seat - the stop/rest seat was taken out from the Dunrobin entrance of the park years ago. Could we have it replaced

What Now:

We are drawing up the concept plan for the park and hope to have this to you by early December. As we said during the engagement, we do have budget constraints, so the request for the toilets is not possible. The amount for a toilet block far exceeds the actual budget that we have for the project.

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We have 3 engagement sessions onsite at Sandringham Park during June with fun activities for the kids and the coffee van for a free delicious hot cuppa. We would love you to come along, say hi and have a chat about your local park.

Engagement Sessions:

1. Thursday 8 June, 9.30am – 11.30am BIG Games, Big Bubbles and Coffee Van
2. Saturday 17 June, 2.30pm – 4.30pm BIG Games, Big Bubbles, Face Painting and Coffee Van
3. Tuesday 20 June, 3.00pm - 5.00pm Scavenger Hut, Big Bubbles, Face Painting and Coffee Van