Governor Phillip Park Plan of Management - Pittwater Council ...

Draft Governor Phillip Park Plan of Management
2.0 Management
Warringah Shire Council was appointed trustee of R56217 and R61140 on 25 January 1952. Care,
control and management of R64483 devolved upon Warringah Shire Council according to Section
344 of the Local Government Act 1919.
On 1 November 1991, the Governor Phillip Park (R56217, R61140, R64483) Reserve Trust was
established, and Warringah Council was appointed manager of the Reserve Trust under the
provisions of Sections 92 and 95 of the Crown Lands Act 1989. Management of the park was
transferred to Pittwater Council following its secession from Warringah in 1992.
The Crown reserve lands that comprise Governor Phillip Park are managed by the Governor Phillip
(R56217, R61140, R64483) Reserve Trust, which is a separate corporate entity to Council. As
Council only manages this trust, all income from and expenditure on these reserves must be
separate from Council’s general revenues.
The now-defunct Palm Beach Open Space Shoreline Committee (PBSOSC) managed the park in
association with Pittwater Council at the time the previous Plan of Management was prepared in
1995. The park is now managed by Pittwater Council according to this Plan of Management, in
liaison with the Department of Land and Water Conservation, the Palm Beach Association,
stakeholders in the park, and representations to Council from the public.
The Crown Lands Act 1989 requires that the Trust funds are accountable, and Council as Trust
Manager is required to provide the Minister with triennial reports of the trust accounts.
Whilst Governor Phillip Park is currently managed by one trust, DLWC have suggested that other
Crown reserve trust that manages similar lands be amalgamated i.e. all beaches. This allows for
the transfer of funds between reserves without the need for the Minister’s consent.
Governor Phillip Park is primarily managed by Pittwater Council’s Reserves, Recreation and
Building Services Business Unit, and using the expertise of a number of other Pittwater Council’s
Business Units, to achieve the following:-
Reserves,
Recreation and
Building Services
Environmental
Compliance
Corporate
Development
Finance
Planning and
Assessment
Overall park planning, preparation and ongoing management of Plans
of Management for parks, landscape design, horticultural
maintenance, dune maintenance, beach and park cleansing,
construction and maintenance of all buildings and structures, reserves
bookings, filming bookings, installation of power and water supply,
erection and maintenance of signs, and lifeguard patrol (summer
only).
Pay and Display, dog control, visitor behaviour, by-laws and ordinance
control.
Leases, franchises and land tenure.
Financial accounting.
Development control, assessment of development applications for
major works, illegal operators.
The previous Plan of Management provided direction for park management that has resulted in
various improvements to the park since 1995. This Plan of Management provides further direction
for improvements to the park to be funded from Council’s capital works program and ongoing grant
applications.
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