Nominations for the working group have now closed.

We are looking for parents who would like to be part of a working group to help develop the design and chose equipment for a new playground in Chifley Reserve.

Randwick City Council wants the new playground to cater for children of all abilities.We aim to design and build a playground for children with and without disabilities, where they have opportunities to play together, one that encourages all children to explore, imagine, create, learn and just have fun playing with friends.

For the working group we are specially looking for:

• parents living in Matraville or La Perouse and surrounding suburbs
• and parents living in Randwick City who have a child with special needs.

The working group will have local parents, parents of children with special needs, disability support specialists and Council staff who are playground designers. It is anticipated that the working group will meet three to four times between October and December 2014.

You can nominate to be part of the working group here.

Randwick City Council is building a new $700,000 skate park in Chifley Reserve, off Bunnerong Road.

To help design the new skate park, Council set up an advisory group of local experienced skaters, skate park design specialists and Council landscape designers.

This group developed the design for this exciting new facility.The skate park will include a pump hump, euro gap, hubbas, grind rails, a boomerang bowl, taco, transitions, and a wedge bank with hubas. The designs have been presented at the local precinct committees meetings at La Perouse and Matraville.

The design includes shelter and weather screening, seating and landscaping with native plants.

The simple robust modular shade structure and laser cut steel screening walls will now use skate silhouette images.

See the artist perspectives and have a look at rhe indicative drawings and plans for further information.

The inclusion of a skate park in Chifley Reserve was an outcome of the community consultations undertaken in development of the Chifley Reserve Plan of Management.

You are invited to  Ask questions of Council about the plans up to 15 September 2014.

Thank you to everyone who asked a question. We will be responding to the final questions over the next fortnight.

Council adopted the 2014-15 Operational Plan, Budget and Schedule of Fees and Charges at the Council meeting of 24 June 2014.

The adopted Operational Plan, Budget and Fees and Charges Schedule are on this page in the Budget papers section. You can see the Council report at: Council Business Papers(External link)

The following is the information we posted as part of the consultations.

We want to know your ideas on what we have planned for the coming year.

Randwick City Council’s draft $158 million 2014-15 Budget and Operational Plan will maintain our record $32 million direct investment in capital works, which includes road resurfacing, new footpaths, parks and building upgrades across Randwick City.

Some of the highlights of the budget include $4.3 million to build new public toilets, showers and changerooms at Coogee Beach on the lower promenade where the Lifeguard office is located, $3 million to upgrade Coogee Bay Road and bury powerlines, $800,000 to extend the Coastal Walkway, a new Council website, an upgrade to the Mahon Pool toilets and changerooms in Maroubra, $100,000 to refurbish the La Perouse Museum and $280,000 to install a stormwater harvesting system at Maroubra Beach. Check out our special budget newsletter(External link) for a snapshot.

Downloads:

• Draft 2014-15 Budget
• Draft 2014-15 Operational Plan
• Draft 2014-15 Fees & Charges

Check out what is planned for your suburb:

• Coogee & South Coogee
• Kensington
• Kingsford
• Malabar
• Maroubra
• Matraville and Chifley
• Phillip Bay, Little Bay and La Perouse
• Randwick and Clovelly

You can let us know your thoughts by sending a submission through this site or by joining in the community conversation on our discussion forum.

The deadline for comments and submisions is 3 June 2014.

You can also see hard copies of the Budget documents at Council’s Customer Services Centre, 30 Frances Street

Randwick Council considered a report on the future of the former Kensington Bowling Club at its meeting on Tuesday 22 July 2014.

To see the report go to: Council reports(External link)

This community consultation has closed. 

Following the closure of the Kensington Bowling Club, we want your ideas on the plans to upgrade this site, how the centre can meet the needs of residents and provide best value for money for our community.

Randwick City Council has decided to upgrade the former Bowling Club site in Kensington Park and convert the building into a community centre with the grounds used for a half basketball court, fields for 5-a-side soccer, seniors’ outdoor gym and car parking.

See the Library on this site for the plans for the community centre and grounds. Copies of the plans are also at Council’s Administration Building, 30 Frances Street, Randwick and at the Bowen Library in Maroubra Junction.

You can send us your comments, by completing our on-line survey.

Drop into the Bowling Club building between 10.30am and 2:30pm on Saturday 1 March 2014 to meet and discuss the project with Council staff and the project architect.

The deadline for comments: Midday, Wednesday 19 March 2014.

More information: Contact Council 1300 722 542 or council@randwick.nsw.gov.au(External link)

The Committee is one component of Council’s overall community consultation framework regarding the State Government’s project to build light rail in Randwick City.

The Committee’s purpose is to give Council objective and constructive feedback on how Council can assist locals during the implementation of light rail.

This website is a public forum for members of the Committee to discuss matters, ask questions and download reference documents.

Coogee Bowling Club and the F45 Fitness Group want to install a group fitness centre, using part of the club building and the green at the eastern end.

They have approached Randwick City Council about this and Council is asking for community feedback on the proposal.

The Bowling Club building and site is Crown Land administered by Council. Any change of use will require consent by Crown Lands as well as a development application to Council.

The Fitness Group will be having a drop-in session where you can discuss their ideas and plans on Monday 22 September at 6pm at Coogee Bowling Club.

You can let Council know what you think of this proposal by:

• completing the comments form on this site
• writing to the General Manager, Randwick City Council, 30 Frances Street Randwick 2031.

The deadline for comments is Monday 29 September 2014.

This month’s chat topic: The Coastal Walkway.

Randwick City Council’s chat forum is a place for you to discuss local issues in Randwick City.We will be changing the topics regularly.

To take part, you need to register. By registering, you’ll receive notifications and updates about consultations.

This month we are asking people to tell us about the Coastal Walkway. Which parts do you love, and what can be improved? Pin your comments on a map and see what others have said.

Food scraps survey-Thank you!Thank you for completing the food scraps survey. We’ve had an overwhelming response with over 8300 completed surveys returned. This is the largest response to a Randwick City Council community survey ever. The survey showed overwhelming support from our community for kitchen waste recycling. You can download a full copy of the report from this site.

Food scraps collection service

Since November 2013, Randwick City Council has been trialling food scraps collection. Some 4,900 units participated and we have collected 60 tonnes of food waste so far.

About 40% garbage bin content is food waste and by recycling food waste, we can reduce landfill costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Food waste can be recycled as compost and used to generate electricity.

The NSW Government has a target to increase the recycling rate for solid waste to 70% by 2021-22. Food waste recycling can help meet this target, reduce costs and give an environmental benefit.

Information for food scraps trial participants

Compostable Bin liners

You can pick these up during working hours from:

• Administrative Centre, 30 Frances Street, Randwick
• Randwick Community Centre, 30 Munda Street, Randwick
• Randwick Recycling Centre, 72 Perry Street, Matraville
• Bowen Library and Community Centre, 669-673 Anzac Parade, Maroubra
• Margaret Martin Library, Level 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick
• Malabar Library, 1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville.

Kitchen benchtop bins/caddies

If you have moved into a unit block that has food scraps collection service and need a kitchen caddy, contact Council on 1300 722 542.

A caddy makes it easy to source separate and store your food scraps for recycling and works well with the compostable bags.