jacana valley master plan visioning framework - Hume City Council

Consultation
Consultation Activity 02
Survey - Online
Consultation Activity 03
Survey - Hard copy mail out
Description + Participants
Survey based on Appreciative Inquiry approach and asked three main questions,
what they currently use the park for (or why they currently don’t), what they value
about the park currently and what aspirations they had for Jacana Valley in the
future. Posted on Hume City Council Website. The majority of respondents were
from Gladstone Park and Broadmeadows making up 26 of the 41 respondents.
Findings + Outcomes
• 93 % of respondents have visited the park in the past 12 months with just under
half usually spending 1-3 hours there at a time
• The main reasons for not using the park were identified as feelings of insecurity
and the fact that there is nothing to do there.
• The main activities already participated in were identified by respondents as
being: enjoying the outdoor/natural environment, exercising, general recreation for
health and well being and dog walking.
• The main activities respondents would like to see in Jacana Valley were identified
as: environmental restoration, passive activities such as walking through nature,
interpretation and public art.
• The key values that were identified by respondents as desirable for Jacana to
possess were identified as: accessibility, cleanliness and orderliness, community,
conservation, family, health and well being, peace and quiet, pleasure, protection,
safety, security and tranquillity.
Description + Participants
Survey questions as per as online survey.
Mailed out to residents within a 3 km radius - 5, 800 no. total surveys were posted
• Out of the 5, 800 surveys 180 were returned. The majority of respondents were
from the Broadmeadows and Gowanbrae area making up 72% of those that
replied.
Findings + Outcomes
• 63% of residents who responded had visited the park in the last 12 months, with
those who don’t use the park identifying reasons as being too busy, too far from
where they live, facilities not matching needs/nothing to do there and difficulty in
accessibility.
• Currently respondents mainly use the park to engage in organised sporting
activities or as part of their exercise routine. Other uses identified were dog
walking and enjoying the environment.
• The main programs and activities respondents identified as wanting to see in
Jacana Valley were a social/cultural calendar of events (33%), community gardens
(35%), more activities for family (28%), children (28%) and young adults (21%), BBQ
and picnic activities (29%) as well as passive activities (39%) and active activities
(26%).
• The key values respondents want Jacana Valley to posses were identified as: civic
pride (23%), cleanliness/orderliness (52%), conservation (35%), fun (36%), peace
+ quiet (47%), tranquillity (37%), productive (28%), environment (52%), simplicity
(10%), diversity (7%), neighbourliness (20%), safety (55%), security (41%), family
(41%), education (22%), respect for others (46%), health and well being (50%),
respect for law (41%), pleasure (32%), nature (52%), accessibility (34%).
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