What's happening?

In July 2024, Councillors gave in principle support for Springvale Districts Football and Netball Club (SDFNC) having exclusive use of the Springvale Reserve Community Function Room during the winter season.

This would mean only the SDFNC would be able to access the room between 1 April and 30 September each year.

As the room is currently available for community bookings, Council's support was subject to conditions, including commencing a community consultation to assess the impact of this exclusive use on other potential users.

We're now conducting a survey to measure the impacts of the proposed change of purpose for Springvale Reserve Community Function Room and to collect feedback from the community.

To have your say please complete the survey below before 5pm Sunday 15 December.

Next Steps

We will prepare a report for Council including the results of the community consultation and the financial implications of the exclusive use arrangement.

We expect to present this report to Council Meeting in February 2025, for consideration.

Background

The community facility at Springvale Reserve is one of six community facilities with a capacity catering to 150+ people with the municipality. The Springvale Reserve community facility is one of two like facilities located in Springvale, with the other being the Springvale City Town Hall (600+ people).

Council’s Civic and Community Facilities team currently manage the function room bookings. In 2023, the function room accommodated 72 community events and activities. At time of this report, the function room has 62 bookings for FY 2024, encompassing a range of community events and activities.

The SDFNC booked the community facility/function room at Springvale Reserve eleven (11) times in the 2023-24 financial year for home games and other club functions.

You can read more details in the background information document on the right of this page.