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Community consultation feedback

27 March 2025

Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback and ideas for Warner Reserve.

Community consultation was held from 11 November to 8 December 2024.

We asked the community and stakeholders to give us their feedback on the draft concept plan and the proposed recreational activities and park infrastructure.

  • online participation activities (survey and ideas wall)
  • flyers posted to surrounding properties
  • posters placed in the reserve
  • two community drop-in sessions at the reserve
  • article in the November 2024 edition of the Greater Dandenong Council News magazine
  • social media posts, including targeted posts via Youth social media channels
  • in-class workshops with primary school students
  • engagement with stakeholders and community groups.

What we heard

We received contributions from a range of our community members:

  • Online contributions – 27%
  • School student workshops – 56%
  • Drop-in's and other face to face contributions – 17%

  • The main themes and comments were:

    We also heard ideas and suggestions that are not able to be considered within the scope of this project.

    Next steps

    A revised concept plan will be developed based on the feedback we received. It will be shared with the community and stakeholders for feedback in July - August 2025.

    We will develop a staging plan and seek support and funding for these capital works projects through Council’s annual budget process.