Zeally Bay Road Pathway

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• Zeally Bay Road Pathway
• Special Charge Scheme
• Public Meeting, Wednesday 1st November 2006
• WELCOME

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Welcome

• Surf Coast Shire Councillors
• Cr Ron Humphrey
• Cr Rose Hodge
• Cr Jim Tutt
• Cr Keith Grossman
• Surf Cost Shire Infrastructure Staff
• Richard Bain

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Consultative process and Issues to be addressed
• Opportunity for Property Owners to identify their
  objectives/Issues
• Background
• Why Special Charge Scheme is required
• Council Policy
• Results of Questionnaire
• Scheme Options
• Where to from here?

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Objectives for Consultation

• Identify the level of support for a Special
  Charge Scheme in the area. Understand
  concerns/issues.
• Provide opportunity for property owners to gain
  understanding of process and to have constructive
  input into decisions
• Allow the views of all to be taken into account
• Provide input into the Council decision making
  process.

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Issues

• How does Council ensure community consultation?
• Approx 80 properties included
• 35 return on questionnaire to date
• How to engage with others, silent majority?
• Divergence of views
• Taking all opinions into account/understanding
  others position
• Reaching compromise/consensus

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Council Community Pathways Strategy

• The improvement and creation of walking and
  cycling paths was ranked a a priority by the
  community in 2004 in the Surf Coast Shires
  Community Plan
• A Community Pathways Strategy has been developed
  with progressive works over the next 10 years
• Paths in Darian Road, Fischer Street Zeally Bay
  Rd identified for early construction

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Special Charge Schemes

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

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Shire Policy For Special Rate Schemes

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

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Questionnaire Results
37 overall responded
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Issues/Concerns

• Pedestrian Safety - children/ skate
  boarders - scooters
• Amenity visual impact of concrete path -
  retain existing
• Costs Contribution by abutting owners vs.
  Council ?
• Cost apportionment both sides share?

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What is being proposed?

• 1.8m wide path linking from Surf Coast Highway to
  Fischer St
• South side proposed
• Part cost for standard width path only being
  apportioned to residents. Costs for additional
  width met by wider community

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Cost Estimates

• Total Cost 90,000
• Extra Over for 1.8m wide 13,000
• Cost included in scheme 77,000
• Benefits ratio 33
• Cost to be apportioned toProperty
  owners 25,000
• Council (Community Contribution) 65,000

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Other Recent Schemes

• The Esplanade
• Benefit ratio 32
• Darian Rd
• Benefit ratio 39

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Options for apportionment of costs

• Abutting only owners share costs
• Properties on both sides of road share the costs
• Issues to be considered
• Equity
• Fairness
• Benefits
• Transparency

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Cost Distribution Options Approx Costs

• Every property without an existing footpath
  contributes equally. (25,000/78 320)
• Benefit divided equally into access frontage.
  (12,500/78 160 12,500/810 16/metre of
  frontage)
• Av 17m frontage would pay 430.
• Allowance made for corner properties, multi unit
  developments, existing driveways footpath

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Where to from here?

• Council will consider concerns raised and address
  where possible
• Formation of a Reference Panel?
• 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
• Thankyou for attending
• Further enquiries? Contact Richard Bain Ph
  52610620 / jrb_at_surfcoast.vic.gov.au