Geelong Council Finalises Princess Street Drysdale special charge scheme for footpaths

In Tuesday's agenda for the City of Greater Geelong council meeting there is an agenda item for the finalisation of the Princess Street, Drysdale special charge for footpath and kerb and channel in Princess Street, Drysdale between Eversley Street and Newcombe Street.

Below is an extract from the Agenda:

Princess Street, Drysdale - SRC 325 - Finalisation of Scheme

Portfolio: Infrastructure - Cr Richards
Source: City Services - Engineering Services
General Manager: Gary Van Driel

Index Reference: Special Rates and Charges; Princess Street, Drysdale

Summary

• This report relates to the finalisation of a Special Charge Scheme for construction of footpath and kerb and channel in Princess Street, Drysdale between Eversley Street and Newcombe Street.

• Council declared the charge for this scheme on 10 August 2010.

• The scheme involves 8 property owners and the works were a combination of both footpath and kerb and channel. Council undertook pavement works and drainage.

• The cost to be distributed to owners which matches the estimated cost was $38,461 and owners costs vary between $2,977 and $10,464. Council constructed additional pavement and drainage works as part of the project at a cost of $90,808. • The scheme has been prepared in accordance with the Special Rates and Charges provisions of the Local Government Act along with Council's Special Rates and Charges Policy.

• The report seeks a resolution by Council to confirm the special charge for the works to finalise the Princess Street, Drysdale Special Charge Scheme. The process is shown in Attachment 7-1 – Process Chart.

Recommendation

That Council having declared a special charge on 10 August 2010 for the purposes of defraying the expenses in relation to the construction of footpath, kerb and channel and road widening in Princess Street Drysdale, west side between Eversley Street and Newcombe Street, Drysdale (Appendix 7-2 – Plan) in accordance with Section 163 of the Local Government Act 1989 (the Act) resolves that:

1) the special charge as declared be confirmed in accordance with actual costs incurred on the project as required by Section 166 of the Act as shown in Schedule A – Appendix 7-1;

2) the General Manager of Corporate Services is authorised to levy and recover the special charges by sending notices to the persons who are liable to pay in accordance with Section 166 of the Act and the Regulations; and;

3) in accordance with Section 172, the rate of interest which is payable on the special charges which have not been paid by the specified date is set at Council's overdraft rate, reviewed every three months (provided that it shall not exceed the rate fixed by the Governor in Council by Order for the purposes of Section 172 2A in which case the rate of interest shall be the maximum fate fixed by the Governor in Council by Order for the purposes of the Section). The interest is to be calculated from the date the special charge is due, with a six months interest free period, providing those persons who choose to pay by instalments adhere to their repayment plan.

The complete report is available from the Geelong Council Agenda - 10 July 2012 - in pdf format (1374kb). (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader).