Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022 - A hoot at Hamilton - Walkerville Council
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A hoot at Hamilton Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
Contents
A hoot at Hamilton .............................................................................. 3
A greener gateway.............................................................................. 7
Keeping the Town clean and green ..................................................... 9
Watering our Town ........................................................................... 10
Reading champs ............................................................................... 11
Come and try..................................................................................... 12
“The Brayvest Battle” ....................................................................... 12
Open for consultation ....................................................................... 13
North East Road intersection upgrade ............................................. 14
Replace the Waste ............................................................................ 15
COVID-19 update ............................................................................... 17
Street sweeping helps keep the Township clean.............................. 18
Council meetings .............................................................................. 19
Weekly Round Up
25 February 2022
A hoot at Hamilton What a great afternoon to officially launch the (already) much- loved community nature park! On Saturday 19 February 2022, the community gathered at Hamilton Reserve for the official launch of the redeveloped park. The Vale Park reserve was opened by Premier Steven Marshall, Minister for Planning and Local Government Josh Teague MP and Walkerville Mayor Elizabeth Fricker. From a children’s bike track loop and nature play equipment, to undercover barbecue areas and a secret grass labyrinth code – the exciting features of the reserve were enjoyed by the community. Council acknowledges the Government of South Australia for its contribution of $319,825 towards the project as part of the 2020/21 Open Space and Places for People Grant Program. See the gallery below! Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
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Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
A greener gateway
The avenue plan for Alfred Street has been approved!
Concept image, specific design elements subject to change
The vision to turn Alfred Street into a one-way promenade connecting Walkerville
Terrace to the Walkerville Oval precinct is being progressed.
At the Council meeting on Monday 21 February 2022, Elected Members endorsed
updated plans for the road, based on community feedback.
A number of concerns were raised during the consultation period, including:
• Moving parking on the Walkerville Terrace end of Alfred Street to the Warwick
Street end.
• The lack of disability parking in the area.
• Difficulties with property access and bin collection, particularly with trees on
both sides.
• Consideration to underground existing power lines.
• Pedestrian safety and lack of footpaths.
Council has taken on board all feedback and as such, has resolved to make the
following changes:
• Introduce two parking spaces at the Walkerville Terrace entrance, bringing the
total number of car parks to 10. This will remove two trees from the entrance on
Walkerville Terrace.
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25 February 2022
• Make four of the eight parking bays at the Alfred Street Playground “Resident
Permit Only”.
• Introduce a disability compliant carpark into the design of the new parking bays
adjacent the playground.
• Make minor adjustments to the garden bed and tree layouts to ensure property
access is not compromised.
• Engage a Traffic Engineering Consultant to assess parking arrangements for
Walkerville Terrace between Alfred Street and Smith Street.
• Reduce the encroachment of parking bays into the playground space, where
possible.
Council believes that these changes will help address the concerns raised during
consultation, particularly around accessibility and parking.
In addition, Council resolved to transform Alfred Street to a one-way road and also to
write to the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) to request the speed
limit be reduced to 20km/hr.
Undergrounding of power lines
Unfortunately undergrounding of SA Power Network’s overhead services has not been
considered as part of the upgrade due to the high capital cost involved with
undergrounding power lines.
Pedestrian accessibility
An analysis of the traffic data collected as part of the design process shows that Alfred
Street is already acting as a pseudo Shared Zone, with more pedestrians accessing the
area than vehicles on average per day. The proposed upgrade aims to improve the pre-
existing pedestrian functionality by slowing down traffic via a reduced speed limit, as
well as landscaped garden beds for visual appearance and greening.
The agenda and minutes from the 21 February 2022 Council meeting can be found by
visiting: www.walkerville.sa.gov.au/council/council/agendas/council-agendas-and-
minutes
Nearby residents and businesses will be contacted by Council closer to the
commencement of works, which is expected in May 2022.
Council acknowledges the State Government for its contribution of $131,087.50
towards the project as part of the 2021/22 Greener Neighbourhoods Grants
Program.
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25 February 2022
Keeping the Town clean and green Each month, Council’s Assets & Infrastructure team provides a works report, including where maintenance is undertaken. A total of 62 data entries were captured during January 2022, with tree pruning and mowing making up a large portion of works. Walkerville and Vale Park were the two largest locations worked on and six customer requests in relation to these works were actioned. The following charts provide the key activities across the Township: Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
Watering our Town
Did you know that many of the Township’s parks and reserves
are kept green due to ERA Water?
Levi Park, Vale Park Willow Bend Reserve, Vale Park Mary P Harris, Walkerville
The Eastern Region Alliance Water (ERA Water) is a joint venture between the City of
Burnside, the City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters and the Town of Walkerville in
the provision of recycled stormwater for use to irrigate reserves and open spaces in
the eastern suburbs of Adelaide.
ERA Water owns in excess of $20 million of infrastructure including over 40km of water
distribution pipe used to capture, treat, store and deliver stormwater to irrigate Council
parks and reserves, as well as areas of privately controlled open space.
The scheme aims to drought-proof Adelaide’s eastern suburbs by providing an
alternative source of water supply to SA Water, which is particularly critical in times of
drought and water restrictions.
Town of Walkerville parks and reserves watered by the scheme are listed below:
• Crawford Reserve
• Hamilton Reserve
• Howie Reserve
• Mary P Harris Reserve
• Levi Park
• Walkerville Oval
• Webster Reserve
• Willow Bend Reserve
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25 February 2022Reading champs Congratulations to our Summer Reading Club winners! Swetha and her brother Manoj. James and his brother Henry. The annual Summer Reading Club was held throughout December 2021 and January 2022, encouraging young Town of Walkerville readers to discover new books and explore new mysteries. Participants were aged from 5-15 and read a grand total of 400 books! From the participants, two winners were randomly drawn at the end of January. The Town of Walkerville would like to offer a big congratulations to Swetha and James, who each won a $50 Dymocks voucher to spend on their next exciting read. Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
Come and try Walkerville Netball Club is calling all junior netballers! The club is seeking both girls and boys to join their youngest teams and the Walkerville Kittens Net Set program. PLAY games in sub-primary – born 2013/2014 or before 1 April 2015. LEARN to play: SET – born 2015 NET – born 2016 Children are also invited to join the free come and try day on Sunday 6 March 2022, Walkerville Sports Club, 3.30pm. Email wncjuniors@gmail.com to express an interest or for more information. ‘‘The Brayvest Battle’’ Cricket for local sports player. On Friday 18 February 2022, many residents from the Town of Walkerville community gathered at Walkerville Oval for a cause: The Brayvest Battle. One of Walkerville Cricket Club’s young players, Tyson Bray, is going through chemotherapy to treat multiple tumours. On Friday, his two clubs – Walkerville and Northern Districts – played against each other in a T20 game to help raise funds. The goal was to raise $10,000, however, the Go Fund Me page has reached more than $40,000. Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
Open for consultation
Draft Budget Management Policy
The Town of Walkerville has undertaken its biannual review of the Budget Management
Policy, prior to the budget process for the 2022/23 financial year.
The minor amendments proposed
to the policy are listed below:
• Clarity around budget
principles in line with the
Financial Guiding Principles
• Clarity around budget
owner responsibilities
• Additional end of year
guidelines, including
accrual policy
Council seeks your feedback on the revised Budget Management Policy.
Click here to view the policy.
Written feedback should be submitted as follows:
If posted, to:
The Chief Executive Officer
Draft Budget Management Policy
Town of Walkerville
66 Walkerville Terrace
GILBERTON SA 5081
Or if emailed, to:
walkerville@walkerville.sa.gov.au with the subject line “Draft Budget Management
Policy”
Consultation begins 9am on Friday 25 February 2022 and concludes 5pm on Friday
18 March 2022.
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25 February 2022North East Road intersection upgrade
The right-hand turn from Stephen Terrace will be banned during
peak hours as part of a State Government upgrade.
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport is consulting with local residents on
plans to upgrade the North East Road/Nottage Terrace intersection.
As part of the proposed changes, the left turn lane from Nottage Terrace to North
East Road will become two lanes. This will make the right turn from Stephen Terrace
to North East Road too dangerous and will worsen traffic delays.
As such, the Department is intending to ban the right turn from Stephen Terrace onto
North East Road during peak hours (Monday to Friday, 7am-10am and 3pm-7pm).
The proposed concept design is available for comment until 1 March 2022.
Click here to view more information.
All feedback will be provided to the project team for review and consideration and will
help inform the detailed design that will be developed over the coming months.
Feedback can be provided by:
• an online survey: https://dit.sa.gov.au/nottage_northeast/feedback
• calling 1300 794 880 to speak to the project team
• emailing dit.communityrelations@sa.gov.au
• booking an online meeting or phone call with the team
at dit.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/ engagement/bookameeting
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25 February 2022Replace the Waste
South Australia is entering stage 2 to “Replace the Waste”.
From 1 March 2022, a State-wide ban will be introduced on the following products:
• Expanded polystyrene cups, bowls, plates and
clamshell containers
• Oxo-degradable plastic products
Instead, we are encouraged to choose reusable or compostable alternatives.
Expanded polystyrene cups, bowls, plates and clamshell containers are not recyclable.
These products break down into tiny, lightweight pieces that often find their way into
oceans and waterways.
Oxo-degradable plastic products have additives, which enable the plastic to break
down into tiny fragments (‘microplastics’), which do not completely decompose.
For more information, visit www.replacethewaste.sa.gov.au or call 1800 844 946.
The ban follows the introduction of Stage 1 of “Replace the Waste” on 1 March 2021,
which saw a ban on single-use plastic straws, cutlery and stirrers.
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25 February 2022Events and programs Movie Matinee - Fisherman’s Friends A cynical music executive visits a remote Cornish village on a stag trip where he is pranked by his boss into signing a group of shanty singing fishermen. He becomes a “fish out of water” as he struggles to gain respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely band. Join us for this movie matinee, light refreshments will be provided. Thursday 24 March 2022, 10.30am – 12.30pm. Walkerville Town Hall. Gold coin donation on arrival. Book by visiting: https://events.humanitix.com/matinee-movie Community CPR workshop The St John CPR course gives you the skills to perform CPR on a person who is unconscious and not breathing normally. You will acquire the knowledge and confidence to perform CPR on an adult, child and infant, to describe alternative methods for delivering rescue breaths and how to manage a victim of drowning. On successful completion of this course, you will be issued a certificate in Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Saturday 5 March 2022, 10.00am – 1.00pm. Walkerville Town Hall, FREE. Book by visiting: https://events.humanitix.com/community-cpr Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
COVID-19 update
Council is open for essential services, however, there are
changes to library hours and events.
Our essential services and facilities are open
Our services and facilities are open and operating in line with the South Australian
Government restrictions and health advice.
The health and safety of our community – as well as our Elected Members, volunteers
and staff – is our first priority and we are taking measures to reduce the risk of the
spread of COVID-19 and limit community interaction where possible.
Thank you for following the COVID-Safe rules during your visit, including physically
distancing, wearing masks and staying at home if you are unwell.
Council changes:
• The Civic and Community Centre will be open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
• All indoor programs and events scheduled until 28 February 2022 have been
cancelled.
• Walkerville Library hours will be restricted to Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
• The library will be closed Saturday mornings and Monday evenings.
• Number of visitors to the library will be limited to 25 customers at a time.
• Browse and borrow time will be limited to 30 minutes.
• Public PC use will be limited to 30 minutes.
• Justice of the Peace will be operating at reduced hours:
o Mondays: 9.30am-12.30pm
o Wednesdays: 10am-1pm
o Thursdays: 10am-1pm
To keep informed on the current COVID-19 restrictions, visit www.covid-
19.sa.gov.au or call the SA COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787.
For COVID-19 mental health support, call 1800 632 753.
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25 February 2022Street sweeping helps keep the Township clean
Our street sweeping programs are seasonally adjusted to
effectively manage the level of risk in streets where issues are
present generally relating to street tree litter.
While we make every effort to keep our streets clean year-round, you can help out by
doing the following:
• Avoid sweeping leaves or clippings onto the road;
• Do not park caravans, trailers or boats on the road for extended periods.
Vale Park Main Roads Gilberton/Medindie Walkerville
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23/03/2022 27/04/2022 6/04/2022 14/04/2022
20/04/2022 25/05/2022 4/05/2022 12/05/2022
18/05/2022 22/06/2022 1/06/2022 9/06/2022
15/06/2022 20/07/2022 29/06/2022 7/07/2022
13/07/2022 17/08/2022 27/07/2022 4/08/2022
10/08/2022 14/09/2022 24/08/2022 1/09/2022
7/09/2022 12/10/2022 21/09/2022 29/09/2022
5/10/2022 9/11/2022 19/10/2022 27/10/2022
2/11/2022 7/12/2022 16/11/2022 24/11/2022
30/11/2022 14/12/2022 22/12/2022
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25 February 2022Council meetings The next Ordinary Meeting of Council will be held on Monday 21 March 2022. All Council and Committee meetings will be temporarily held online until further notice. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during this time, however, meetings will be live streamed via YouTube. Questions for public question time may be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer by 5pm on Monday 21 March 2022 via email (office@walkerville.sa.gov.au), post (Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 55 Walkerville SA 5081) or hand delivery (Community and Civic Centre, 66 Walkerville Terrace, Gilberton). Weekly Round Up 25 February 2022
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