Civic Improvement Plan - Wollongong City Council - NSW Government

6. Public private partnerships6.0 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSAn alternative means of funding and deliveringthe special city centre projects is through PublicPrivate Partnerships (PPPs) where it is feasiblefor the private sector to fund and deliver thesecivic facilities as part of a private development.There are opportunities for a PPP in situationswhere the land is owned by the governmentand has developable floor space to offer as anincentive to the private sector for the deliveryof the special city centre project. There arethese opportunities for the funding and deliveryof the following projects through a PPP:• Railway station upgrade;• Heritage port redevelopment; and• Civic precinct revitalisation.PPP processes will be carried out inaccordance with relevant NSW governmentlegislation, policies and guidelines for publicprivate partnerships and procurement. Thiswould involve a tender process for design andconstruction that includes planning outcomesand design specifications, evaluation criteria,economic costs and financial feasibility, socialand environmental impacts, performancemeasurement, negotiation guidelines,community consultation, lifecycle andmaintenance considerations, probity audits,risk management and project management.The tender process would satisfy therequirements in the Wollongong CityCentre Local Environmental Plan 2007for a design competition.Any PPP will be implemented as a planningagreement under Section 93 of theEnvironmental Planning and AssessmentAct 1979.Development contribution funds collectedunder this plan for a specific special city projectwhich is subsequently the subject of a PPP willbe used for the delivery of the project and formpart of a planning agreement for the PPP.Following the activation of a planningagreement for a special city project, this planwill be amended to remove the project fromthe development contributions scheduleof works.Other funding mechanisms that can be usedto contribute to the cost of providing the specialcity centre projects include a special rates levyand general revenue.42 WOLLONGONG CITY CENTRE CIP 2007