North is Up Autumn 2012 - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au
North is Up Autumn 2012 - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au
North is Up Autumn 2012 - City of Playford - SA.Gov.au
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WHAT DO I<br />
GET FOR MY<br />
RATES?<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Playford</strong> provides over 200 services to the <strong>Playford</strong><br />
community. Given th<strong>is</strong> huge number, there are many services<br />
provided that do not come to mind for residents. Here, in our<br />
regular series, we focus on the Asset Management Plan (AMP)<br />
for Council-owned buildings. Key service areas will be pr<strong>of</strong>iled in<br />
future editions to highlight how rates income <strong>is</strong> allocated across<br />
the services provided by Council.<br />
Service in<br />
focus: Asset<br />
Management<br />
Plans – keeping<br />
things shipshape<br />
costs big dollars<br />
Keeping all <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Playford</strong>’s assets looking<br />
shipshape and in good working<br />
order requires a huge amount <strong>of</strong><br />
maintenance each year.<br />
These assets include everything<br />
from the city’s public buildings<br />
and sporting club houses to park<br />
furniture and irrigation equipment<br />
– about 50,000 items altogether,<br />
with expected life spans ranging<br />
from five to 120 years and an<br />
annual maintenance and renewal<br />
cost to Council <strong>of</strong> around<br />
$25 million.<br />
Council spends significant money<br />
on the development, upgrade<br />
and refurb<strong>is</strong>hment <strong>of</strong> community<br />
facilities such as the Angle Vale<br />
Sports Facility and John McVeity<br />
Centre, but significant funds and<br />
time are spent on the maintenance<br />
<strong>of</strong> a total <strong>of</strong> 193 Council-owned<br />
buildings through its Asset<br />
Management Plan (AMP) for<br />
buildings.<br />
The plan outlines what money <strong>is</strong><br />
required to operate, maintain and<br />
ultimately replace each asset and<br />
in what year that money will be<br />
required.<br />
Each type <strong>of</strong> building asset <strong>is</strong><br />
broken down into categories, for<br />
example, categor<strong>is</strong>ed according<br />
to structure, fit-out, electrical,<br />
plumbing, air conditioning, ro<strong>of</strong> and<br />
so on, with each category having<br />
a different expected life span.<br />
Maintenance strategies focus<br />
on preventative maintenance to<br />
achieve the longest possible life <strong>of</strong><br />
the asset and keep it in the best<br />
possible condition.<br />
In the past two years capital<br />
works expenditure just for<br />
Council’s community facilities<br />
totalled more than $2.6 million, <strong>of</strong><br />
The newly renovated <strong>Playford</strong> Patriots club rooms, Ramsay Park.<br />
which around $560,000 came from<br />
Commonwealth funding.<br />
“Through our customer surveys<br />
we have recogn<strong>is</strong>ed gaps between<br />
what we’ve been able to provide<br />
and what our ratepayers expect,”<br />
says Group Manager Asset<br />
Strategy Peter Oye. “Through the<br />
AMP process we are able to bridge<br />
much <strong>of</strong> that gap.<br />
“There <strong>is</strong> still more work to<br />
be done in clearly defining an<br />
agreed and sustainable service<br />
level prov<strong>is</strong>ion for our community<br />
assets, but by combining Council<br />
with Federal funding opportunities<br />
we have been able to bring<br />
forward several years worth <strong>of</strong><br />
AMP refurb<strong>is</strong>hment work during<br />
the last few years.”<br />
New facilities<br />
will boost<br />
community<br />
sport and<br />
social<br />
activities<br />
The long awaited $7 million<br />
redevelopment <strong>of</strong> the John<br />
McVeity Centre will start later<br />
th<strong>is</strong> year, enabling it to expand its<br />
role in providing state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art<br />
recreation, fitness and community<br />
programs that will provide a boost<br />
to the area’s health and wellbeing.<br />
Located on the corner <strong>of</strong> Peachey<br />
and Davoren Roads in Smithfield<br />
Plains, directly opposite the new<br />
B-7 John Hartley School, the<br />
current centre has a single sports<br />
court and a number <strong>of</strong> outdated<br />
meeting rooms.<br />
The redeveloped centre will<br />
include a 200sqm gymnasium and<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> new community<br />
meeting spaces, plus either a new<br />
500sqm activity hall or a full size<br />
sports court depending on whether<br />
an extra $1.6 million funding <strong>is</strong><br />
granted from the federal Regional<br />
Development Australia Fund. So<br />
far Council <strong>is</strong> contributing<br />
$5.65 million to the cost with a<br />
further $1.25 million coming from<br />
the <strong>Playford</strong> Alive Initiatives Fund.<br />
A new café with outdoor area,<br />
crèche, extra storage space and<br />
landscaping will provide residents<br />
with a modern facility capable <strong>of</strong><br />
meeting the sport, recreation and<br />
social needs <strong>of</strong> a rapidly growing<br />
community.<br />
Meanwhile, an interim<br />
management agreement for the<br />
newly constructed Angle Vale<br />
Community Sports Facility on<br />
Fradd Road will see the Angle Vale<br />
Angle Vale Community Sports Facility.<br />
Sports and Community Association<br />
take over day to day responsibility<br />
for all <strong>of</strong> its operations for the next<br />
30 months. At the start there will<br />
be a six month handover period<br />
during which Council will manage<br />
hire and use <strong>of</strong> the facilities while<br />
the association sorts out policies<br />
for its longer term management.<br />
The two irrigated playing fields,<br />
cricket pitch, multi-function club<br />
rooms and car park will provide an<br />
enormous boost to sporting and<br />
community facilities available in<br />
the Angle Vale community. While<br />
principally a facility for the local<br />
football, soccer and cricket clubs,<br />
it <strong>is</strong> intended as a multi-use facility<br />
and available for hire and use by<br />
other local community groups.<br />
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