2018-08-31 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                  31 AUGUST 2018




Options for Council

A number of options are available to Council regarding any decision or otherwise to purchase the
site. These options (including identified benefits and risks) are outlined in the table below (note
they are not exhaustive).

 Option               Benefits                                    Risks
 Do not purchase         Potential financial and other risks        Council is unable to directly control
                          relating to the purchase of the site        the likely future use of the site
                          are avoided                                Ministerial designation reactivated
                         Site is disposed by the state for           for a particular use which could
                          commercial development meeting              result in loss of endangered
                          Council’s planning, environmental           vegetation and other negative
                          and economic plan objectives                outcomes (trunk infrastructure cost,
                         Possible perception from within the         traffic challenges etc.)
                          community of cost shifting from state      Inconsistent      use     development
                          to local government avoided                 application may result in refusal and
                         Council internal resources directed         legal costs to ratepayers in
                          towards other identified strategic          defending an appeal
                          objectives                                 Site      completely     cleared    for
                                                                      development with at-risk vegetation
                                                                      lost     (should    an     inconsistent
                                                                      development eventuate)
 Advocate for            Successful advocacy could result in        Council is still unable to directly
 preferred use            future site use complying with              control the likely future use of the
                          Council’s planning scheme and               site
                          meeting broader economic plan              Advocacy          attempts          are
                          objectives                                  unsuccessful with the site disposed
                         Council planning and environmental          for redevelopment resulting in an
                          objectives could be achieved                inconsistent use application
                          without the need to purchase the           Ministerial designation reactivated
                          site                                        for a particular use which could
                         Financial and other risks of                result in endangered vegetation loss
                          purchase mitigated                          and other negative outcomes (trunk
                                                                      infrastructure cost, traffic challenges
                                                                      etc.)


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