2014-06-18 Special Meeting Budget

Noosa Shire Council


APPENDIX 3 - OVERALL PLAN
Noosa Waters Canal Maintenance Levy

1. Special Rate for the Maintenance of the Noosa Waters Revetment Walls
Following remedial work undertaken by Noosa Council in the Noosa Waters estate canal area to
address structural problems with the revetment walls, Council has decided to implement an
inspection, maintenance and future works program upon advice from appropriately qualified
consulting engineers. Council has developed long term projections of costs associated with the
inspection, maintenance and future works in the Noosa Waters estate canal area to provide
support at a level considered appropriate to ensure the long term viability of the canal revetment
wall system, and has developed a financial plan to fund this program.
2. The Rateable Land to Which the Special Rate Applies
Council has formed the opinion that waterfront allotments in the Noosa Waters estate, as
delineated in the map below, will gain a special benefit from this program and has resolved to levy
a special rate to recover the costs of the inspection, maintenance and future works in the Noosa
Waters estate canal area. As approximately 8.5% of the properties bordering the canals are
Council owned or controlled, Noosa Council will contribute 8.5% of the ongoing costs for this
program, and the remainder of the costs will be met from revenue raised by the special levy.




3. The Service to be Provided
Noosa Shire Council will undertake an inspection, maintenance and future works program in the
Noosa Waters estate canal area to support the revetment wall system during the 2014/15 financial
year, as part of an ongoing program to maintain the structural integrity of the system within the
estate. The program will support the following works:
   An annual inspection program to allow for inspections of the area by Council staff and a
    appropriately qualified consulting engineer. The inspection program will include the lease costs
    of survey equipment and the undertaking of the physical survey work including survey of scour
    protection profiles;
   Periodic maintenance and future works required to maintain scour protection profiles including
    the costs of any contractor to establish a work site and undertake maintenance in the Noosa
    Waters estate canal area to maintain the structural integrity of the revetment wall system.
    Maintenance works include the provision of rock to canal areas adjoining revetment walls to
    assist with the wall structure integrity; and
   Future works that may be required within the Noosa Waters estate canal area to address
    structural problems with the revetment walls in the Noosa Waters Estate. For the sake of
    clarity, future works do not include any works that are or have been undertaken that are known
    as Stage 2.



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