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Wollert/Quarry Hills Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment of dollars to construct. Often the infrastructure providers do not have the financial capacity to deliver these facilities until later in the life of the development area. A strategy for dealing with this problem is to stage the development of community buildings or provide temporary facilities. For example, a community centre could be built in stages with a preschool room and an activities area developed in the first stage. Alternatively, a portable building could be provided that has these elements. Some Councils and local communities are reluctant to stage the development of or provide temporary facilities. Their concerns are that the staging of a facility can be more costly than building a facility in one phase and temporary buildings are unattractive and often remain for longer than originally intended. These are legitimate concerns. However, they can be addressed. Careful masterplanning of facilities can help to reduce the cost difference associated with developing a facility in stages. The appearance of temporary buildings can be enhanced through good maintenance and attractive landscaping. Infrastructure providers could commit to a non-negotiable timeframe for replacing the temporary facilities with permanent structures. 5.2.8 Precinct based teams In recent years, Whittlesea City Council has moved towards a precinct based approach to community services provision – i.e. teams of staff working together from a location in a growth area. It is important that this location be provided early in the life of the growth. A space should be allocated in one of the temporary or staged facilities that are planned for provision in Wollert/Quarry Hills. 5.3 Facility Models Facility models for Council supplied community infrastructure are presented in the table in Appendix C. The table provides the following information for each infrastructure item – provision ratio, setting and hierarchy, land area, component elements, catchment area and population triggers. The models have been informed by: The provision ratio, standards and hierarchies outlined in GAA and Council policy and strategy documents. The models used in Mernda/Doreen and Epping North and the learnings from these models. The models used in other Victorian growth areas. The trends and considerations listed in Section 5.2 of this report. Facility guidelines developed by peak associations. Discussions with facility planners and providers. 22
Wollert/Quarry Hills Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment SECTION SIX – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS 6.1 Introduction This section provides: A quantitative assessment of the community infrastructure demand generated by Quarry Hills, Wollert, Epping North-Wollert, Whittlesea Growth-Region, Whittlesea municipality and the Northern Melbourne Growth Region. A qualitative assessment of the social and community infrastructure needs in Wollert and Quarry Hills in the context of infrastructure needs and provision in Epping North -Wollert and where relevant across the Whittlesea Growth, Whittlesea Municipality and the Northern Melbourne Growth Region. 6.2 Quantitative assessment The assessment was derived from the application of infrastructure provision ratios to the projected dwelling yields and population sizes of the growth areas listed above or, where relevant, the target populations for certain services and facilities, e.g. early years services, residential aged care. The dwelling yields and population sizes were sourced from information provided by the GAA and Whittlesea Council. The target populations were calculated by applying the single year age breakdown (year 2031) from Whittlesea Council’s population forecasts for the established suburb of Epping to the total populations of the growth areas listed above - See Appendix D). The provision ratios were derived from the following sources: Standards used by Federal and State Government Departments and Agencies – Federal Department of Ageing, Country Fire Authority, DEECD, Ambulance Victoria, SES Victoria, Victoria Police and Catholic Education Office. GAA Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines. Draft GAA Health and Aged Care Benchmarks. Planning for Community Infrastructure In Growth Area Communities: Standards Project (April 2008). Actual provision levels or attendance levels in Whittlesea, Growth Area Councils and/or Melbourne Metropolitan Areas. AIHW, 2010. Australian hospital statistics 2008–09. AIHW cat. No. HSE 84. Standards proposed by ASR Research in the absence of a Whittlesea Standard. 23
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