Agenda of Ordinary Council - Thursday, 21 July 2022

Ordinary Council Meeting 21 July 2022

Traffic Modelling Possible Closure of Canberra Avenue

Subject: Traffic Modelling Possible Closure of Canberra Avenue

Record No: SU1326 - 34385/22

Division: Open Space and Urban Services Division

Author(s): Sashika Perera

Executive Summary

Council at its February 2022 meeting considered a Notice of Motion to defer the commencement of process to close Canberra Avenue. The resolution called for a number of actions, including detailed traffic modelling of the impact of the proposal, prior to any further consideration of the closure.

A detailed report addressing items 1 to 3A of the resolution (Construction Traffic) was submitted to the April 2022 Council meeting, which established that construction traffic within the St Leonards South Precinct would not utliise Duntroon Avenue. This report addresses items 3B and 4 of the February 2022 resolution and assesses the cumulative traffic movements and impacts of all vehicles, once all developments in the precinct are completed and occupied under the following scenarios:

A. Closure of Canberra Avenue; and

B. No closure of Canberra Avenue.

The assessment has been undertaken with regard to Level of Service at an intersection level and travel time at a route level at key intersections along Pacific Highway and River Road as well as a network level and determines that the closure of Canberra Avenue will have no noticeable impact on the road network. It is recommended Council receive a further report once construction of projects in Canberra Avenue have commenced, outlining the process to consider a road closure, including the associated consultation processes and proposed design/configuration of the Duntroon Ave/Canberra Avenue intersection.

Background

Council at its February 2022 meeting considered a Notice of Motion to defer the commencement of process to close Canberra Avenue and resolved that:-

1. “No action will be taken by Council at this time to commence the process to close Canberra Avenue, between River Road and its intersection with Duntroon Avenue;

2. Council develop for presentation to the meeting of 19 April 2022 a strategy to minimise cumulative impacts of construction traffic arising from DA 99/2021, DA 162/2021 and DA 187/2021;

3. Council to receive at the meeting of 19 April 2022 a report detailing the cumulative traffic movements and impacts of:-

A. All vehicles (construction and otherwise) during the development of the 23 amalgamated sites in the St Leonards South Master Plan until Certificates of Occupancy have issued for all developments; and

B. All vehicles after Certificates of Occupancy have issued for all developments.

4. The report outlined in 3 to include a comparison of impacts on the road network within the St Leonards South Master Plan area (including access roads to River Road and Pacific Highway) for:-

A. Closure of Canberra Avenue as detailed in the report to Council of 11 May 2020; and

B. No closure of Canberra Avenue.

5. Council will review its proposed road closure after consideration of this report;

6. No action will be taken in respect of any future closure of Canberra Avenue without a further resolution of Council to commence the road closure process; and

7. Council will consult in respect of this road closure with the community within the area bounded by Pacific Highway, North Shore Railway Line, River Road (including Wollstonecraft residents fronting River Rd, opposite Newlands Park and in Boronia St) and Greenwich Road or broader if determined to do so.”

Council engaged Bitzios Consulting to utilise an AIMSUN model to prepare a report (AT-1) to assess the impact on the road network under two scenarios:

· Canberra Avenue closed

· Canberra Avenue opened

The Bitzios model also includes the updated traffic generation from 82-90 Christie Street, 84A Christie Street, 71-79 Lithgow Street and 546-564 Pacific Highway (DA 6-2018) which is not in St Leonards South Precinct.

Discussion

The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) used to evaluating traffic performance from the AIMSUN model for each scenario (Canberra Avenue Close and Canberra Avenue opened) were at three levels:-

· Intersection level – intersection approach delays and Levels of Service

· Route level – Travel times and delays along key routes though the study area

· Network level – overall statistics for all vehicles within the study area over the model period, indicating total travel and total distance travelled.

Intersection Level: Levels of Service and Delays

A comparison of the intersection volumes and delays between the Canberra Avenue ‘Open’ and ‘Closed’ scenarios is presented in Figures 1 and 2 for the AM and PM peak hours respectively.

Figure 1: Intersection Level of Service Comparison – AM Peak

Figure 2: Intersection Level of Service Comparison – PM Peak

Discussion of Results at Intersection Level

The closure of Canberra Avenue would not result in any noticeable changes to the intersection

traffic performance. The assessment suggests that the displaced traffic from Canberra Avenue

to Duntroon Avenue would not impact the traffic performance of the River Road / Duntroon Avenue

intersection.

Route Level: Travel time within the overall network

The following travel time routes were used for the comparison of scenarios:

Route A: Pacific Highway between Alexander Street and Greenwich Road

Route B: Shirley Street and River Road between Pacific Highway and Greenwich Road.

The routes are depicted in Figure 3.

The performance measures evaluated at the route level were travel time and speed, presented as a function of cumulative distance travelled. The routes and sub-sections are detailed in Figures 4 to 11.

Figure 3: Intersection Level of Service Comparison – PM Peak

Figure 7: Travel Time Plot – 1 Hour AM Peak – Route B Westbound

Figure 6: Travel Time Plot – 1 Hour AM Peak – Route B Eastbound

Figure 8: Travel Time Plot – 1 Hour PM Peak – Route A Eastbound

Figure 11: Travel Time Plot – 1 Hour PM Peak – Route B Westbound

Figure 10: Travel Time Plot – 1 Hour PM Peak – Route B Eastbound

Discussion of Results at Route Level

As seen in Figures 4 to 11, the travel times along Pacific Highway and River Road in both directions would remain similar across both scenarios in the AM and PM peak hours.

Network Level

The network statistics are compared in Figure 12 below.

Figure 12: Network Performance Comparison

Discussion of Results at Network Level

Network performance statistics would remain similar across both scenarios in the AM and PM Peak hours.

The Bitzios Report provided in AT-1, details the outcomes of the modelling assessment.

Finally, items 5, 6 and 7 will be actioned following consideration of this report at the July 2022 Council meeting.

Process for Canberra Avenue Road Closure

· Preparation of a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) and associated Traffic Control Plan (TCP) outlining the impact of the proposed closure on traffic, public transport services, cyclists and pedestrians

· Undertake public consultation for a period of six weeks

· Submission of TMP to TfNSW for approval

· Referral to the Traffic Committee for approval

· Referral to a Council meeting for endorsement

Conclusion

Council commissioned Bitzios Consulting to model for St Leonards to reflect the approved St Leonards South Plan under two scenarios, Canberra Avenue Closed and Canberra Avenue opened.

The modelling assessment has been undertaken at three levels: intersection level, route level and network level and determines that the closure of Canberra Avenue will have no noticeable impact on the road network.

If Council ultimately determine to partially close Canberra Ave, provision has been made in the ‘Top Springs’ approval, for the road works to be undertaken to Council’s requirements to facilitate the changed traffic conditions. Such changes could include a roundabout at the current intersection of Canberra Avenue and Duntroon Avenue, to allow for the current practice of Cars heading along River Road towards North Sydney that use Canberra Ave into Duntroon Avenue to turn around to head west on River Road. This would be subject to detailed design. Based on this, it is recommended Council receive a further report once construction of projects in Canberra Avenue have commenced, outlining the process to consider a road closure, including the associated consultation processes and proposed design/configuration of the Duntroon Ave/Canberra Avenue intersection.

RECOMMENDATION

That:-

1. The report be received and noted; and

2. Council receive a further report once construction of projects in Canberra Avenue have commenced, outlining the process to consider a road closure, including the associated consultation processes and proposed design/configuration of the Duntroon Ave/Canberra Avenue intersection.

Martin Terescenko

Executive Manager - Open Space and Urban Services

Open Space and Urban Services Division

ATTACHMENTS:

AT‑1 View

St Leonards AIMSUN Modelling Report

25 Pages

Available Electronically

Ordinary Council Meeting 21 July 2022

Sports Ground Usage

Subject: Sports Ground Usage

Record No: SU1326 - 35468/22

Division: Open Space and Urban Services Division

Author(s): Bryan Dempsey

Executive Summary

At the January 2022 Extraordinary Meeting, Council considered a Notice of Motion – Revision of Bob Campbell Oval Masterplan and Action Consequent Upon this Revision. This report to the resolution in relation to the notice of Motion by providing the sports field usage patterns throughout the Local Government Area (LGA) through summer to winter as well as various sports played. The report shows a clear usage pattern comparing synthetic to grass fields and the comparison between fields with lights and those without.

Recommended industry standard sports field usage is compared to the actual bookings to provide a clear indication where Council are or are not fully utilising sports fields.

It is recommended the report be received and noted.

Background

At the January 2022 Extraordinary Council meeting, Council resolved to receive a report by the July 2022 Council meeting on the following matters: -

1. Actual bookings in 2018,2019,2020 & 2021 for organised sport on all seven fields within the LGA: -

2. A comparison of actual hours booked to the deemed available hours for bookings for organised sport: - and

3. A percentage breakdown of which types of sports are booking sports fields.

This resolution formed part of the Motion of Notice recommending a revision of the adopted November 2020 Bob Campbell Oval Masterplan.

Discussion

The tables below have been derived from the past 4 years (2018,2019,2020 & 2021) of booking statistics on all seven fields across the LGA. Whilst it is acknowledged COVID has interrupted bookings over this period the statistics are still a reliable indication of the true booking hours.

The NSROC Regional Sportsground Strategy Review from December 2017 included an analysis of Sports ground use for the region. The strategy consulted several turf consultants and suggests that any use of turf fields of more than 25 hours per week would lead to a deterioration of the playing surface. The report also noted that most metropolitan fields exceed this amount of usage per week due to demand. Due to the local demand for Council’s sports grounds, based on Council’s own experience a maximum desirable usage for turf fields has been set at 32 hours per week.

For Council’s two synthetic sports fields the maximum hours of usage has been derived from the average peak user demand times per week, which are 4:00pm to 10:00pm Monday to Friday and 7:00am to 10:00pm Saturday and Sunday. This totals 60 hours per week.

Seasons are shown below as summer season from October to March and winter from April to August. September is allocated for changeover between codes.

The usage statistics show an increase in the hours the fields are booked in winter compared to the summer months. January is generally a lower month of bookings because most sports are having a Christmas break that merges into January.

Blackman Park, Tantallon, Pottery and Bob Campbell Ovals all have lights for training and games. Kingsford Smith Oval and Burns Bay Reserve do not have lights. The ovals with lights have a far higher usage volume than the ovals without lights.

While Bob Campbell Oval is booked for an average of 32 hours per week in the winter season. The main hirer, Northern Sydney Football Association (NSFA) does not actually use the field for their entire booked hours. The NSFA have provided the following comments in regard to their use of Bob Campbell Oval:

“The NSFA book Bob Campbell Oval during the Winter season each year however due to its regular poor condition and state we are forced to preserve the field by moving fixtures off at regular intervals of the season. We do this whilst still incurring the cost of the field hire as we enter into a seasonal hire agreement with the Council, however believe regular use of the field would be detrimental to the field, not only in the short term for the season, but also the long term over years. Alongside this we receive regular requests for teams to not play at BCO due to its unsafe conditions and poor grass coverage.

Where possible we relocate fixtures to other fields and more so in recent years we are having to push these fixtures onto grounds in other Council regions and Greenwich SC end up not playing at the ‘home ground’ for large parts of the season.”

This equates to between 30% to 50% of winter weekends bookings for Bob Campbell Oval not being used.

The synthetic fields (B1 and B2) at Blackman Park is currently booked for more than double the hours of any of Council’s grass fields and are meeting our usage targets.

Council sports fields are being used to capacity where sports clubs can book lights.

Table 1 – Sports field use over 4 years

Blackman B1	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	60
January	20.25	20.88	18.75	25.13	21.25	-38.75
February	31.63	42.38	50.25	49.06	43.33	-16.67
March	55.75	62.75	66.13	67.50	63.03	3.03
April	65.13	61.00	60.63	59.81	61.64	1.64
May	65.50	60.88	69.50	65.00	65.22	5.22
June	62.63	60.38	62.63	61.13	61.69	1.69
July	61.13	66.00	61.50	63.94	63.14	3.14
August	49.00	51.88	67.50	53.13	55.38	-4.63
September	21.25	27.00	56.25	12.81	29.33	-30.67
October	41.63	40.25	55.56	19.94	39.34	-20.66
November	52.75	49.56	53.13	49.00	51.11	-8.89
December	34.63	28.63	41.44	38.06	35.69	-24.31

Blackman B2	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	60
January	20.25	25.13	18.75	39.13	25.81	-34.19
February	35.00	57.13	58.75	67.50	54.59	-5.41
March	63.75	73.25	77.63	91.94	76.64	16.64
April	56.63	54.75	60.38	60.31	58.02	-1.98
May	63.63	60.50	70.50	67.25	65.47	5.47
June	57.75	61.13	64.38	62.38	61.41	1.41
July	57.00	59.88	64.63	65.56	61.77	1.77
August	46.88	50.75	65.75	54.63	54.50	-5.50
September	16.38	30.75	49.63	11.31	27.02	-32.98
October	47.88	44.75	59.44	27.63	44.92	-15.08
November	67.75	61.69	74.38	57.44	65.31	5.31
December	38.88	31.50	56.56	41.75	42.17	-17.83

Blackman B3	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	1.50	3.75	7.63	16.38	7.31	-24.69
February	10.75	12.13	34.75	33.25	22.72	-9.28
March	21.50	24.13	46.13	47.56	34.83	2.83
April	25.38	32.38	32.13	35.38	31.31	-0.69
May	34.63	38.38	43.75	50.00	41.69	9.69
June	29.38	35.75	38.63	40.00	35.94	3.94
July	24.13	33.75	36.75	37.63	33.06	1.06
August	24.50	27.75	40.00	34.25	31.63	-0.38
September	3.00	2.25	30.50	9.50	11.31	-20.69
October	5.00	20.13	33.50	7.88	16.63	-15.38
November	5.00	30.31	83.13	28.75	36.80	4.80
December	5.00	17.13	50.50	25.56	24.55	-7.45

Blackman B4	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	15.50	0.00	7.63	31.75	13.72	-18.28
February	23.50	16.88	35.75	59.25	33.84	1.84
March	37.75	30.25	43.75	69.81	45.39	13.39
April	34.38	30.75	30.25	34.00	32.34	0.34
May	41.38	38.00	41.75	49.25	42.59	10.59
June	38.88	37.00	36.63	38.88	37.84	5.84
July	28.88	34.88	40.38	37.75	35.47	3.47
August	25.75	27.00	38.63	36.25	31.91	-0.09
September	4.25	2.25	29.25	9.25	11.25	-20.75
October	0.00	20.13	35.75	8.88	16.19	-15.81
November	0.00	30.06	83.13	27.25	35.11	3.11
December	0.00	15.38	49.88	20.06	21.33	-10.67

Bob Campbell Oval	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	5.00	3.75	4.75	7.75	5.31	-26.69
February	6.00	19.00	22.13	16.50	15.91	-16.09
March	22.38	24.38	33.63	23.88	26.06	-5.94
April	34.00	24.63	32.75	20.63	28.00*	-4.00*
May	39.38	27.63	39.75	31.75	34.63*	2.63*
June	37.75	30.25	38.75	29.63	34.09*	2.09*
July	37.13	29.63	37.88	29.13	33.44*	1.44*
August	24.75	21.63	41.63	30.00	29.50*	-2.50*
September	2.25	9.75	32.75	0.00	11.19	-20.81
October	10.50	17.63	26.63	7.25	15.50	-16.50
November	14.00	24.88	30.13	14.25	20.81	-11.19
December	13.38	14.75	24.00	9.75	15.47	-16.53
* Refer above to NSFA commentary about bookings vs usage
Burns Bay Reserve	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	0.00	0.00	0.63	3.13	0.94	-31.06
February	1.25	10.00	15.00	14.75	10.25	-21.75
March	5.50	13.88	12.38	16.50	12.06	-19.94
April	8.00	7.50	13.38	5.25	8.53	-23.47
May	10.00	10.00	13.75	13.50	11.81	-20.19
June	11.25	12.50	11.75	10.00	11.38	-20.63
July	9.00	7.50	9.00	9.25	8.69	-23.31
August	9.50	9.75	11.25	12.50	10.75	-21.25
September	2.50	2.50	9.00	0.75	3.69	-28.31
October	8.25	7.75	7.88	2.50	6.59	-25.41
November	12.50	16.13	12.75	11.00	13.09	-18.91
December	7.75	6.25	9.13	11.25	8.59	-23.41

Kingsford Smith Oval	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	12.88	9.00	6.13	9.00	9.25	-22.75
February	13.88	12.25	15.88	11.81	13.45	-18.55
March	7.50	7.50	6.63	17.81	9.86	-22.14
April	12.50	9.75	9.63	9.50	10.34	-21.66
May	15.88	14.13	17.75	18.25	16.50	-15.50
June	19.25	17.75	14.50	14.50	16.50	-15.50
July	14.75	12.13	13.75	15.50	14.03	-17.97
August	12.50	15.63	19.25	14.00	15.34	-16.66
September	3.88	6.75	14.50	0.00	6.28	-25.72
October	11.88	12.75	5.25	0.00	7.47	-24.53
November	16.00	22.88	20.25	13.88	18.25	-13.75
December	10.38	13.88	14.25	10.25	12.19	-19.81

Pottery Green	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	3.75	2.50	8.25	11.63	6.53	-25.47
February	5.88	23.50	30.50	32.25	23.03	-8.97
March	15.38	25.50	25.88	39.19	26.48	-5.52
April	26.38	31.25	31.50	28.44	29.39	-2.61
May	33.25	35.25	33.75	43.81	36.52	4.52
June	31.75	35.38	33.50	38.13	34.69	2.69
July	30.38	31.13	31.50	42.00	33.75	1.75
August	28.88	32.63	36.13	35.50	33.28	1.28
September	1.75	10.00	27.13	4.00	10.72	-21.28
October	18.00	26.13	23.50	8.25	18.97	-13.03
November	30.00	33.00	35.00	26.13	31.03	-0.97
December	17.75	17.38	21.13	20.75	19.25	-12.75

Tantalon Oval	Average Per Week					Over/Under Max
Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average	32
January	15.63	9.25	8.13	13.63	11.66	-20.34
February	16.88	15.38	20.31	18.00	17.64	-14.36
March	24.75	25.50	28.31	28.00	26.64	-5.36
April	23.88	21.88	19.50	29.00	23.56	-8.44
May	30.63	27.75	18.75	34.75	27.97	-4.03
June	28.38	28.25	19.06	28.13	25.95	-6.05
July	29.00	24.00	29.13	39.06	30.30	-1.70
August	24.75	28.00	29.50	31.19	28.36	-3.64
September	2.13	6.25	18.63	9.88	9.22	-22.78
October	14.88	11.88	3.63	1.50	7.97	-24.03
November	17.13	15.38	16.13	12.38	15.25	-16.75
December	13.75	10.38	10.13	11.25	11.38	-20.63

The following tables compare which sports are booking the sports fields. The tables also show the various sports played on each oval in summer and winter. The four main sports (soccer, cricket, AFL and rugby) take the majority of bookings. ‘Miscellaneous’ bookings are often school bookings.

In summer, cricket is the most played sport followed by soccer and rugby. Blackman Park fields have a larger percentage of soccer played in the summer months compared to other sports fields. This is due to the all-weather access synthetic field.

Table 2 - Sport codes usage percentage over Summer/Winter

Summer
Blackman B1
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	6%	5%	3%	3%	4%
Cricket	28%	28%	22%	31%	27%
Maintenance	1%	1%	7%	8%	4%
Miscellaneous	1%	4%	9%	2%	4%
Rugby	16%	14%	12%	10%	13%
Soccer	48%	49%	47%	46%	47%
Blackman B2
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	6%	6%	4%	4%	5%
Cricket	46%	46%	36%	47%	44%
Maintenance	1%	1%	5%	6%	3%
Miscellaneous	1%	0%	9%	1%	3%
Rugby	8%	4%	6%	6%	6%
Soccer	38%	42%	40%	35%	39%
Blackman B3
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	5%	3%	2%	1%	3%
Cricket	31%	62%	71%	63%	57%
Miscellaneous	6%	0%	4%	8%	4%
Rugby	8%	9%	10%	11%	10%
Soccer	49%	26%	13%	17%	26%
Blackman B4
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	5%	3%	2%	1%	3%
Cricket	56%	67%	74%	75%	68%
Miscellaneous	0%	0%	4%	4%	2%
Rugby	5%	4%	8%	8%	6%
Soccer	34%	27%	12%	12%	21%
Bob Campbell Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	3%	0%	0%	0%	1%
Cricket	72%	67%	46%	90%	69%
Miscellaneous	3%	24%	45%	0%	18%
Rugby	0%	3%	0%	1%	1%
Soccer	23%	6%	9%	9%	12%
Burns Bay Reserve
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Cricket	80%	85%	85%	86%	84%
Miscellaneous	5%	4%	3%	0%	3%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	2%	1%
Soccer	14%	11%	12%	12%	12%
Kingsford Smith Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	99%	99%	96%	98%	98%
Miscellaneous	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%
Pottery Green
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	74%	82%	63%	78%	74%
Miscellaneous	4%	6%	12%	6%	7%
Rugby	0%	2%	0%	0%	1%
Soccer	23%	11%	26%	16%	19%
Tantallon Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	75%	78%	74%	72%	75%
Miscellaneous	1%	5%	1%	0%	2%
Rugby	23%	17%	23%	28%	23%
Soccer	1%	0%	2%	0%	1%

In the winter season soccer is the dominant sport on most fields. The only exception is at Tantallon Oval where rugby is the dominant sport played. Blackman Park fields B3 & B4 show soccer at an average of 60% of the bookings with AFL at 40%.

Winter
Blackman B1
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	8%	6%	5%	5%	6%
Cricket	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Maintenance	1%	0%	5%	6%	3%
Miscellaneous	3%	1%	0%	1%	1%
Rugby	11%	11%	9%	8%	10%
Soccer	76%	80%	81%	80%	79%
Blackman B2
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	10%	8%	6%	7%	8%
Cricket	2%	3%	0%	0%	1%
Maintenance	3%	0%	5%	6%	3%
Miscellaneous	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
Rugby	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	84%	88%	89%	86%	87%

Blackman B3
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	22%	42%	41%	45%	37%
Cricket	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Miscellaneous	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Rugby	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%
Soccer	78%	57%	56%	54%	61%
Blackman B4
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	34%	42%	39%	44%	40%
Cricket	11%	0%	2%	0%	3%
Miscellaneous	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%
Rugby	0%	1%	3%	0%	1%
Soccer	53%	57%	56%	54%	55%
Bob Campbell Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	0%	3%	0%	0%	1%
Cricket	1%	22%	18%	0%	10%
Miscellaneous	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	99%	75%	82%	100%	89%
Burns Bay Reserve
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
AFL	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Cricket	5%	5%	0%	0%	3%
Miscellaneous	0%	0%	11%	1%	3%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	95%	95%	89%	99%	94%
Kingsford Smith Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	2%	6%	2%	0%	2%
Miscellaneous	3%	9%	0%	0%	3%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	95%	86%	98%	100%	95%
Pottery Green
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	0%	4%	0%	0%	1%
Miscellaneous	4%	6%	3%	1%	3%
Rugby	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Soccer	96%	90%	97%	99%	96%



Tantallon Oval
Sport	2018	2019	2020	2021	Average
Cricket	1%	3%	0%	0%	1%
Miscellaneous	3%	8%	2%	0%	3%
Rugby	81%	83%	97%	97%	90%
Soccer	15%	6%	0%	3%	6%

The increase in Council sports field bookings can be attributed to an increase in:-

· school bookings This appears due to increasing student numbers and lack of open space available on school grounds;

· the growth in women playing sport, in particular AFL, cricket and soccer, has translated into more teams and more bookings; and

· population growth in the LGA and surrounding LGA’s.

Matters not captured in the booking statistics include:-

· the passive use of sports fields, i.e. informal play and use as dog off-leash areas; and

· the bookings that are turned away due to the shortage of fields.

Conclusion

This report provides the sports field usage patterns across all seven sports fields. It identifies winter bookings are higher than summer season bookings, in particular December – January. The summer season is predominately utilised by cricket and the winter season is dominated by soccer. The synthetic fields are being utilised to the full capacity. Natural grass fields with lighting for training are being used to capacity, while sports fields without lights have potential future capacity if they are upgraded.

Current Council sports fields are being fully utilised at their current setup / layout / lighting provisions.

RECOMMENDATION

That Council received and note the report.

Martin Terescenko

Executive Manager - Open Space and Urban Services

Open Space and Urban Services Division

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