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.