Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013
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Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 KAURNA ACKNOWLEDGMENT Adelaide City Council acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 Lord Mayor’s Message Welcome to the Adelaide City Council’s 2012-13 Business Plan and Budget. Change is underway on the streets of Adelaide. An historic decision to begin exciting upgrades of Victoria Square and Rundle Mall is an important, bold and visionary new direction. Key initiatives such as Splash Adelaide have brought people into the CBD and encouraged them to think about the City in a new light. A new relationship between the Council and the State Government embraces collaboration and is resulting in great outcomes for Adelaide. The 2012-13 budget will add to the momentum. It has been developed through Council’s biggest consultation to date, the ‘Picture Adelaide’ project. To everyone who made contributions, thank you. Your feedback was integral to the document’s development. Key goals in this year’s budget include making Adelaide more cycling and pedestrian friendly, activating public spaces, attracting more residents to the city, increasing the number of city festivals and events, and more. It’s a great time to be Lord Mayor. Together, we’re making Adelaide a world-class city. Stephen Yarwood LORD MAYOR 3 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 Your Council Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood Deputy Lord Mayor David Plumridge AM Area Councillors Anne Moran Mark Hamilton Michael Llewellyn-Smith Natasha Malani North Ward Susan Clearihan Sandy Wilkinson Central Ward Megan Hender Houssam Abiad South Ward Michael Henningsen Anthony Williamson Standing (L-R) Sandy Wilkinson, Houssam Abiad, Susan Clearihan, Michael Llewellyn-Smith, Anthony Williamson, Mark Hamilton, Megan Hender, Michael Henningsen. Sitting (L-R) David Plumridge, Natasha Malani, Stephen Yarwood (Lord Mayor), Anne Moran 4 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 Contents Picture Adelaide Themes 6 Our Response: Highlights for 2012-13 8 How This Plan Was Prepared 9 Key Projects Map 10 Strategic Plan Outcomes 12 Annual Objectives 14 Council Programs 23 Corporate Programs 35 Capital Works Program 46 Strategic Operating Projects Program 61 Significant Influences 76 Strategic Financial Parameters 77 Business Plan and Budget Framework 78 Infrastructure and Asset Management Framework 79 Analysis of Capital Expenditure 80 Analysis of Maintenance Expenditure 81 Fees and Charges Framework 82 Measuring Performance 84 Long Term Financial Plan 85 Funding the Business Plan 88 Key Funding Components 89 Net Lending / Borrowing Position 90 Financing the Budget 91 Treasury Policy 93 Rating Structure 94 Summary of 2012-13 Budget 98 Statutory Financial Statements 105 5 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 6 7 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 Our Response: Highlights for 2012-13 Over the past year, Council has received thousands of great ideas for our City from the people of Adelaide and these ideas have helped us develop this Business Plan and Budget. Highlights for the year ahead » Bringing vibrancy to the City by progressing a » Promoting thriving art, culture and creative range of major public realm projects such as the communities, and vibrant public and street art Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga upgrade through funding, support and a dedicated Public and the Rundle Mall Master Plan Art Program » Working collaboratively with the State » Protecting and improving our Park Lands, Government and other partners on a range of landscapes, streetscapes, gardens and major City projects, such as Adelaide Oval, the trees, and developing and activating more Riverbank precinct, West End place-making and community gardens the new hospital » Making the city safe and pleasant for » Encouraging more people to call Adelaide home pedestrians through the implementation of through such initiatives as the Sturt Street Integrated Movement Strategy initiatives Affordable Housing project » Facilitating and fostering new investment » A new $1 million program building on Splash and existing businesses through the provision Adelaide to bring public spaces and laneways of advice and support, and working with to life, and ensure an exciting and broader businesses to contribute to place-making and range of events and activities in a variety of activation projects venues across the City and throughout the year » Delivering Council’s environmental » Helping people to be active by investing in sustainability strategies through such initiatives recreation and sports facilities, and support as the $1.3 million Climate Change Action programs Initiatives Fund » Creating a bicycle friendly City by delivering $2 » Delivering quality services such as City million Bicycle Action Plan projects such as cleansing to ensure the City is presented to an new bike lanes, Park Lands cycling networks exemplary standard and bicycle end-of- trip facilities 8 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 How This Plan Was Prepared The Local Government Act 1999 requires Council to Council then engaged in a third stage of consultation develop and adopt strategic management plans which throughout April and May to seek community feedback identify Council's objectives for at least a four year on our draft Business Plan and Budget, Strategic Plan period, how Council intends to achieve its objectives, and Integrated Movement Strategy. The feedback how they fit with the objectives of other levels of received from this engagement has also been used in government, performance measures, and estimates of the development of the 2012-13 Business Plan and revenue and expenses. Budget. Adelaide City Council has adopted or is developing the The Corporation Plan 2012-2016 focuses on strategies following documents which comprise these strategic that Council uses to shape its internal processes to management plans: ensure resources are efficiently and effectively deployed to deliver the outcomes of the Strategic Plan. » Adelaide: One City, Many Places, The City of Adelaide Strategic Plan 2012-2016 These plans establish the context for the 2012-13 » Strategic Resource Plan Business Plan and Budget, which is the key annual operational and financial planning document of the » Infrastructure and Asset Management Plans Adelaide City Council. It describes what services and » Corporation Plan 2012-2016 projects Council plans to provide in the forthcoming The draft Strategic Plan 2012-2016 financial year, and how it plans to allocate its budget. outlines the Adelaide City Council’s vision for the City of Adelaide and the projects and services it will deliver between 2012 and 2016. Development of the draft Strategic Plan has involved extensive community engagement. Community ideas identified through the first two stages of Picture Adelaide have also provided inspiration for the development of the 2012-13 Business Plan and Budget. 9 Adelaide City Council Business Plan and Budget 2012-2013 Strategic Plan Outcomes Adelaide: One City, Many Places, The City of Adelaide Strategic Plan 2012-2016 contains six outcomes reflecting the desired qualities sought for the future of the City. These Outcomes guide strategy development and the Business Plan and Budget. Each Council Outcome has annual objectives aligned to it. STRATEGIC PLAN OUTCOME 1 OUTCOME 2 OUTCOME 3 OUTCOME 4 CITY OF GREAT ACCESSIBLE CITY CREATIVE CITY LIVEABLE CITY PLACES » A City of » A City of well- » Art, culture and » People of all ages, outstanding connected places creative industries cultures and means buildings and that’s easy to get to thrive and public form strong places designed and around and street art communities and for people and the » Streets are for people abounds actively participate in environment with cyclists and » Festivals and the life of the City » Attractive parks, pedestrians taking events occur » A diverse residential streets and public priority throughout the population supports a spaces are actively » A readily available year and vibrant thriving City used public transport streets and public » Neighbourhoods, » Distinctive heritage system links City places are part of streets and public buildings are destinations and daily life spaces are safe and celebrated, beyond day and night » New and creative welcoming places that conserved and » Low emission and ideas are promote social adapted for other sustainable incubated and interaction housing, venues, travel options prevail developed » People’s ideas and businesses and reinforcing our their capacity to creative industries history of achieve is supported » The Park Lands innovation and debate » Sustainable and and River Torrens diverse housing are treasured » Quality and quirky choices are within landscapes and cafes, restaurants, walking distance of places for diverse bars, vendors, jobs, education, shops, outdoor activities venues and services, parks and and events. activities enrich entertainment the life of the City down streets, » Diverse recreational laneways, and on opportunities support the riverbank and the wellbeing of rooftops. residents and visitors COUNCIL PROGRAMS » City Design » Accessible City » Vibrant City » City Growth & » City Planning Development » Public Realm » City