Church of Scientology Australia

Hours of

Operations Plan

operation

The site will operate from 8:30am 9:30pm daily with the staff and
parishioners leaving before 10pm. The staff will be majority (over 90%)
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arriving and leaving by private bus from Millwood Ave. The parishioners
typically do their theological studies throughout the day some are full-time
coming from overseas, while others would be doing a study period of 2.5
hours in the day. On Sunday morning, there is an hour long service within
the standard hours of hours of operation in the 120 man chapel for those
parishioners already on site.
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Amount of staff and

A maximum of 460

parishioners

people (290 staff and

170 parishioners) will be

on

site at

anyone time. Note that this is the expected maximum number and the
capacity can/will fluctuate throughout the day.

Description of activities on site (explanation of admin, theological

chapel services)

studies and

60% of the

building will be configured and operated like typical offices.

With offices, conference rooms, staff cafeteria. Included in this will be
translation, recording and video editing of Scientology scriptures into
foreign languages with the re-use of acoustic rooms already existing on site.
30% of the

building

will be used for the

theological studies for parishioners.

These spaces typically set-up for quiet studies with the needed scriptures to
hand and a staff member there to assist if the parishioner has questions.
10% of the

existing chapel (120 person) and the student

are used by the same parishioners that are
using the theological study rooms below.

building

cafe. These

are on

is the

Level 1 and

Maintenance Staff

Due to the size of the property, there will be

minimum of 5 maintenance

staff, with minimally two staff assigned to maintain the grounds daily
including the existing and proposed landscaped areas. The Maintenance
Staff will be qualified Church Staff, but in addition to this there will be the
usual maintenance contracts for the Mechanical systems, lifts, pest control,
Fire Safety Systems, etc and who will attend the site as needed.

Security (any surveillance, swipe card entry etc)

Security will be on site 24 hours a day. This will include security. Minimally
there will be a security guard present inside the building 24 hours a day.
They also act as the Fire Warden.
security surveillance will be unobtrusive cameras on all key external
entrance points to the property and building.

The

building, this will be done through a swipe card access,

reception on Level 1. The doors will be open and a receptionist
present through the standard operation times of the site, after which the
For

access

into the

bar the main

door will be locked.

Access

points (driveways,gates, other access points)

There will be three

access will be open
otherwise.

1. The current

a.

Current

b. Current

points of vehicular access to the site. All points of

during hours of operation, and closed and locked

plan for the access from (existing)Greville

driveway for cars.

pathway for pedestrians.

2. The

Range St (existing) pedestrian gate.

3. The

proposed

new access

from Millwood Ave is:

pathway for pedestrians (mainly staff coming

the reception area within the building.
a.

New

b. For Church

path
.

St is:

off of the

parishioners who take public transport and who

walking down Greville St.

bus) to

find this

shorter than

Transport (number of buses, frequency, stops, route, car park)

MILLWOOD AVE /BUSES:

The buses will arrive 5-10 minutes apart in the morning, starting at 8.30am
and ending at 9.30am. Three buses will arrive between 8.30 and 8.50 am.
The

remaining

There will be

two buses will arrive between 9.15 and 9.25am.

doing trips every 2 hours from Millwood Ave, with

some of the staff leaving earlier throughout the day.

Then at

one

bus

night, there will be

staggered by 5-10 minutes.

3 buses

leaving between

9.30 pm and 9.55 pm,

ROUTE OF BUSES: Buses would travel from

attending

the site will reside

Dundas, where most of the staff

currently all reside there as some

(they do not

City near the Glebe Church). The bus will then travel to the site
Road, approximately a 30 minute trip. After depositing passengers
the bus will immediately make the return trip to the Dundas via Fullers
Road, Pacific Highway, and Mowbray Road. The layover time at the site is
expected to be no longer than (2-3 minutes?). There will be no intervals on
site or along the planned return loop.
are

in the

via Delhi

GREVILLE ST:
The Greville St entrance will be

primarily

for

10 staff that will travel

approximately
parishioners currently

are

travel

up accommodation close

by

use

by

the

parishioners. There

Over 50% of the

by
by public transport or (are expected to) take
car.

and walk.

When

entering Greville St by car, they will park in the existing two storey
car park. A parking management plan will be put in place to ensure those
departing after 9:30pm park their vehicles in the lower level of the car
park, furthest away from neighbouring residences, to reduce noise
disturbances between 9:30pm and 10pm.
5 accessible parking spaces are available in the front of the
accessed via Greville Street.

building

RANGE ST:

parishioners or staff will be permitted to park on Range St. There is

ample car parking to suit Church needs in the existing parking structure.
No

Any public facilities/public access

The

Chapel/multi purpose event room will be able to be booked for free or

by the community outside the Churchs use. There will be a
Community Director who will be able contacted for the bookings.
a

nominal fee

Similarly, if the local community wish to use the grounds for an event, such
as wedding or otherwise, this can be coordinated with the Community
Director.

Existing points of access to the site from private residential properties

grounds will be maintained for use by local residents during 9-5pm
the weekends as was honoured by the National Acoustic Laboratory.
the

There will be

property do
.

legal liability measures put into place so those entering

without putting liability on the Church.

so

Landscaping (maintenance)

to
on

the

The

Landscaping will be maintained regularly with two staff groundsmen

maintaining the land. The Landscape Plans by Taylor Brammer have
established principles of management, with specific attention to the
existing vegetation and riparian zone. These will be used to guide an
ongoing management plan

There will also be

the

landscaping

bush fire management

staff and is

plan
already underway.

which will be carried out

by

Evacuation Plan

keeping with best practice, the Church has committed to having a backup
plan in case the site cannot be evacuated in time prior to the arrival of a
fire front. Leaving once a fire has started may be an option in some
circumstances. The safety of such action will be affected by many factors,
including proximity of the fire, access to the safe evacuation routes and any
dangers of travelling during fire impact. It is vital that people are aware of
and understand the full range of options available to them, including:
In

triggers and leaving early prior to the onset of a bushfire

starting under extreme catastrophic forecast conditions;
Evacuation

Actions

once a

fire has started in the

vicinity of the Church

or

it has

been

predicted to impact the site by the RFS or if emergency

warnings have been received. Back up plans will provide the following
options:
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Egress from

site

by

bus from 25 Millwood

Egress from

site

by private vehicles;

Avenue;

Egress from site by walking (aged or disabled people will be moved

by staff private vehicles or bus). Options include:

walking

5 minutes/350m to Lowanna Park to be

the Church buses

walking

26 minutes/ 1.8km to Chatswood to be

the Church buses

picked

up

by

(see below);

or

utilising

train services

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impossible to predict all potential scenarios. As such, the Church will

provide an on-site refuge to accommodate all occupants on site. From an
integrated safety perspective, it is important to cater for all scenarios to
reduce consequence of fire impacting the site. The refuge is within the noncombustible concrete building and provides for critical life safety measures
during the passage of a bushfire.
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refuge zone is located on the leeward side of the fire front and
protected by internal fire control systems including: internal sprinkler
system, fire compartmentation and fire rated doors on the refuge zone.

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and passage of the fire front. Once the fire front has passed, occupants will
be moved offsite as per the emergency access and egress plan. Use of the
refuge zone will be articulated in the evacuation plan for the site. All
do not expose people to greater than 10kW radiant heat
range and alternative options are provided with direct access to Greville
Street, Range Street or Millwood Avenue.
evacuation

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evacuation routes from the building.

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