Campbelltown Online
Community Panel
newsletter
in this issue
 Invitation to official
opening of Four Paw Park
 Your views on our
2012/2013 Annual
Business Plan sand
Budget
 What you said about our
Open Space Strategy
 Thorndon Park Master
Plan – consultation on
concept plan options
 Where to find the full
reports on what the Panel
tells Council
All reports at your
fingertips
Council surveys Panel members
only 4 or 5 times a year on projects
considered to be important to the
whole community. Reports on the
feedback from Council’s
consultations are placed on
Council’s website immediately
after the outcomes are considered
by Elected Members at a Council
meeting.
Your feedback helped
define a bigger project
For those who were members of
the Panel last year, you may recall
a survey that asked you to mark
on maps the parks and reserves
you use and how you used them.
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August
2012
Your influence on this cannot be
directly measured but certainly the
Panel feedback on the survey last
year contributed significantly.
Thank you to everyone.
This was an exciting survey as we
were trialling the use of online
mapping to draw out patterns in
park use.
The excellent feedback we
received fed into the
development of our draft Open
Space Strategy.
However, it has also directly
contributed to the development
of a more sophisticated interactive
online survey to assess the
community’s use of open space
and priorities for improvements.
Council has teamed up with the
University of South Australia to
develop the program and shortly
there will be letterbox drop to
everyone in the Campbelltown
Council area inviting them to
participate. This is very exciting as
it may set a proto-type for use in
other Council’s all around
Australia. Look out for the flyer in
your letterbox.
Panel members are encouraged
to regularly visit Council’s website
to see what other consultations
are happening and to download
reports on all consultations
recently conducted.
Check out:
www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au/haveyoursay
What’s Coming Up
Our next big consultation will be
on the concept plan options for
the Thorndon Park Master Plan.
We have already involved the
community in helping us to define
a vision for the Park (Stage 1), and
also identifying priorities and
direction for the concept plans
(Stage 2).
Now we are about to commence
Stage 3 where we are going to ask
for feedback on our draft concept
plans. Panel members will all
receive the concept plans and a
survey direct (in September).
Once we know which of the
concept plans (or components)
the community prefers, we will put
together a final Plan and consult
again with the community (Stage
4) on this Plan before it is adopted.
We anticipate Stage 4 to take
place early next year.
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Panel Membership
Panel prompts an in-depth
discussion on this year’s
Business Plan and Budget
During the consultations on the
2012/2013 Annual Business Plan
and Budget, some of those most
directly affected by the proposal
for the Campbelltown Shopping
Centre toilets expressed strong
opposition to the proposal.
Council acknowledged their
concerns but had to look at what
other people said as well.
Feedback from the Panel showed
a very high level of support for the
proposal and many provided a
rationale for why they supported it.
This gave Council greater insight
into how the community
perceived the proposal. The result
was a lengthy discussion by
Elected Members in their search to
make the right decision for the
local community.
Ultimately Council resolved to
install the toilets, with costs
recovered from a Separate Rate
payable only by the owners of the
You convinced Council on the Open Space Strategy
The Panel recently provided
feedback on Council’s draft Open
Space Strategy. All areas of the
Strategy were considered
important by respondents and this
gave Elected Members
confidence to approve the
Strategy.
However, Panel feedback also
identified the need to look at the
impact of Carbon Pricing and the
potential to tap into Government
initiatives such as the Clean Energy
Future Program. Accordingly,
there is now a reference in the
shopping centre, however the
term for repayment was extended
(reducing the annual fee).
The varied views of the Panel on
the proposed rate increase also
led to much discussion. It was
finally decided to proceed with
the 5.75% increase as the
alternative was a significant cut in
services and works.
Thank you everyone for sharing
your views on this matter.
Strategy to explore carbon
sequestration opportunities.
There were a range of other
suggestions, and where possible,
suggestions that are consistent
with the Strategy will be
considered during the
development of future action
plans.
So thank you to everyone for your
valuable feedback. You helped
make a great Open Space
Strategy even more relevant to our
local area.
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Panel feedback influenced decision,
so
YOU ARE INVITED…
Your feedback influenced Council’s decision to
construct a dog park at Denis Morrissey Park. Panel
feedback also guided some design changes to
ensure it provides the best possible park for our
pooches (and their owners) to enjoy.
Join us in celebrating this new facility, Four Paws
Park at Denis Morrissey, by coming to the official
opening on Sunday 26 August 2012, 10.30am to
12.30pm.
There is limited car parking on site, however there is
plenty of car parking within walking distance behind
Council’s Office on Montacute road.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our dog
park survey last October.
Note: Four Paws Park will be ready for the public to
start using from Wednesday 22 August