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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 />

6 C i t y o f P l a y f o r d C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e i s t h e r e f o r y o u P h : 8 2 5 6 0 3 3 3

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