MEETING OF COUNCIL - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012
These two projects will be included in the Draft 2013/2014 Budget. There is a matching grant
requirement whereby the grant covers two thirds of the stated cost of each project and the
Council provides the balance of funding.
The value of the grant has increased significantly because the unit rates that these grants are
based on was reviewed by the Metropolitan Regional Road Group in April 2012 to reflect the
cost of asphalt surfacing, profiling and traffic management in 2013-14. The value of the grant is
based on fixed rates per square metre of road and it is no longer influenced by an "efficiency
factor".
The project on Lake Monger Drive has no complications with adjacent projects.
The project on Cambridge Street overlaps the Cambridge High Street project between
Blencowe Street and Holyrood Street and effectively subsidises the cost of resurfacing within
the project. The resurfacing of the remaining section of Cambridge Street, between Kimberley
Street and Holyrood Street, is also part funded by a 2011/12 MRRG Road Rehabilitation project
for Cambridge Street, between Southport Street and Kimberley Street. The section between
Southport Street and Holyrood Street has been resurfaced so that the grant may be claimed
before 31 December 2012.
It is also acknowledged that one of the 2013-14 road rehabilitation grants awarded to City of
Nedlands is for Underwood Avenue (Brockway Road to Meagher Drive). This is a Council
boundary road. The estimated cost is $179,334 and the recommended grant is $119,556.
Underwood Avenue is a boundary road between the City of Nedlands and the Town and
therefore, the Town will be expected to contribute 50% of the local government contribution.
Therefore, the Town's contribution in the draft 2013-14 Budget is expected to be $30,000.
POLICY/STATUTORY IMPLICATIONS:
There are no Policy or Statutory Implications related to this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The grants will be included as revenue in the Draft 2013/14 Budget for consideration by Council
in June 2013. The grant for Cambridge Street (McCourt Street - Kimberley Street) will assist
with the completion of the Cambridge High Street project that is funded in the 2012/13 Budget.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION:
This report recommendation embraces the following strategies of the Town's Strategic Plan
2009-2020:-
• Ensure the Town has good asset management strategies;
• Develop, renew, rationalise and consolidate capital and environmental assets to ensure
their sustainability for future generations;
• Maintain quality transport infrastructure, roads, footpaths, car parks etc; and
• Use risk management strategies based on ISO 31000.
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