Council meeting agenda - 4 June 2012 - Clarence City Council

CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL – GOVERNANCE- 4 JUNE 2012 227
SOUTH ARM PENINSULA RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY CENTRE -
FUTURE MANAGEMENT /contd…
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ASSOCIATED REPORT
1. BACKGROUND
1.1. The South Arm Peninsula Residents’ Association (SAPRA) leases from
Council the South Arm Community Centre. Council approved the sub-leasing
of the Centre exclusively to a commercial operator to use the facility as a child
Care Centre in 2005.
1.2. The most recent lease between SAPRA and Council expired on 31 December
2011. Council, at its Meeting of 17 October 2011 approved the renewal of the
lease for a further term of 10 years with SAPRA to continue repaying its
existing loan agreement with Council using the rental it receives from the
commercial child care operator.
1.3. SAPRA has advised Council that the most recent commercial child care
operator has vacated the Centre and it has requested Council to consider the
future management arrangement of the Centre.
2. REPORT IN DETAIL
2.1. The South Arm Community Centre was proposed in 1993 by SAPRA, a group
of local community members which had undertaken extensive local
fundraising and had obtained financial assistance from Federal, State and
Local Government to build the Centre. The Centre was completed and opened
in 1997.
2.2. Funding for the Centre was provided from the following sources:
Council land purchase $61,000
Council loan $60,000
State Government Grant $145,000