A draft landscape plan for a well-used neighbourhood park has been released for residents to revise.
The plan has a range of improvements and additions for Glenfields Neighbourhood Park at Mountain Creek, including a better playground and an off-leash dog exercise area.
Sunshine Coast councillor Christian Dickson said that the district level park played a pivotal role within the Glenfields Estate.
“Here on the Sunshine Coast, we love getting out in the fresh air and sunshine and this park is a great spot providing space for our local community to gather and enjoy outdoor activities together,” he said.
“In April and May, we asked you what you love about the park and what could be improved. We used the feedback collected from the online survey to develop a draft landscape plan for the park.
“We also asked our community about an off-leash dog exercise area. The area identified in the landscape plan was the community’s preferred choice and you also told us you wanted the dog exercise area to be fenced.”
“We are now checking in to make sure we’ve got it right and that the draft landscape plan reflects the current and future needs of our local community.”
The community shared their top five priorities for the park, which included upgrading the play space, improving security, improving drainage, providing parking and better paths, and providing an off-leash dog exercise area.
“Clearly, our community wants a better playground with spaces for different age groups, additional barbecue shelters and park furniture, as well as better lighting to improve security,” Cr Dickson said.
“We also received 144 survey responses to a separate survey on an off-leash dog exercise area. With 83 per cent of respondents supporting the development of a dog exercise area in the estate, we have a strong indication of community support for this.
“The southern area of park was the preferred location, with 53 per cent of respondents indicating this is where they would like to see the facility.
“While some people shared concerns about putting an off-leash dog exercise area in the park, the majority of those who provided feedback supported the provision of this facility.”
Council is now seeking feedback on the draft plan via council’s Have Your Say website until Monday, February 14.
The final landscape plan will be released mid-year. But the project is unfunded and not scheduled for construction. Council will seek funding opportunities after the concept design stage.
