BEAL

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BEAL TREBECK COURTSWINCHELSEA

• POSSIBLE ROAD
• CONSTRUCTION
• Information Evening
• 22 April 2008
• Senior Citizens Rooms
• 36 Harding Street

WELCOME
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AGENDA

• Purpose
• Consultative process and issues to be addressed
• Opportunity for Property Owners to indentify
  their objectives / issues
• Background
• Initial 2007 Survey
• Council Road Management Policy Plan
• Where to from here?

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Objectives for Consultation

• Understand access issues /concerns of residents.
• Provide opportunity for property owners to gain
  understanding of process and to have constructive
  input into decisions.
• Identify the level of support for road
  construction and a Special Charge Scheme in the
  area.

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Access Issues

• How does Council ensure community consultation?
• 31 Properties
• How to communicate with all?
• Different views
• Taking all opinions into account / understanding
  others position
• Reaching compromise / consensus
• Other resident concerns.

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Response to 2007 Questionnaire

• 31 properties abut Beal and Trebeck Courts
• 13 Owners have indicated interest in
  investigating road improvement
• 3 wish to retain status quo

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Issues / Concerns

• Standard of maintenance
• Dust
• Muddy surface
• Amenity
• Pedestrian safety
• Walking on roadway
• Children / elderly

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Council Infrastructure Management

• Road Management Plan
• Service Agreement
• Special Charge Scheme Policy

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Special Charge Schemes

• Council does not have the financial resources to
  meet the demands for infrastructure growth from
  general revenue.
• Equality with other property owners
• The Local Government Act provides for Council to
  recoup some/all of the costs of providing
  specific infrastructure to those property owners
  who benefit from such works.

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Council Policy forSpecial Rate Schemes

• Applied where special benefits are derived by a
  group of property owners from Capital
  Improvements.
• Key Objectives
• Transparency / Fairness
• Consultation / Technical Design
• Cost Effective / Affordable Outcomes
• Prioritisation of Works

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Existing RoadLengths and Widths
Typical Objectives

• Sealed road
• Drainage improvement
• Road safety

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Extent Standard of Works

• Road sealing
• Pavement width
• Table drains
• Driveway culverts mountable headwalls?
• Local examples
• 6m wide seal - Beal Court at Inverleigh Road,
  Collins Street
• 4 m wide seal McConachy Street

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Preliminary Cost Estimates

• Option 1
• 6m seal full length 243,000
• Option 2
• 6m seal narrowing to 4m 204,000
• Option 3
• Retain some gravel surfaces ???

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Options forApportionment of Costs

• Abutting owners share costs
• Issues to be considered
• Equity
• Fairness
• Benefits
• Transparency
• Special Benefit
• Assessment by Access and Amenity?

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Approximate Unit Costs

• Option 1
• 154 per lineal metre
• Average 8,000 per property
• Option 2
• 129 per lineal metre
• Average 7,000 per property

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Possible Options.What do residents want?

• Option 1 Six metre wide seal, full length
• Option 2
• Six metre wide seal on Beal, to Trebeck Court
• Four metre wide seal on Trebeck Court
• Option 3 Gravel on west sections of both Courts
• Option 4 Alternative approaches?
• Option 5 Do nothing

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Where to from here?

• Council will consider concerns raised and address
  where possible.
• Survey residents to identify level of support and
  preferred option
• Formal scheme will be considered and notice of
  intention to declare scheme issued
• Includes final cost estimate for each property
• Opportunity to formally object to scheme and
  costs
• Final Council decision subject to appeal to VCAT

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