REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 and OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 INTRODUCTION 4 4 from the Mayor 5 from the CEO 6 Overview 8 Funding at a Glance
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LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN DRAFT REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 AND OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 INTRODUCTION 4 4 From the Mayor 5 From the CEO 6 Overview 8 Funding at a glance OUR CITY 10 11 About our City 13 Our Vision and Values 14 Our Councillors and wards DEVELOPING OUR PLAN 16 17 About this Plan 18 How we plan and report 20 Involving our community 22 Community survey OUR PLAN 24 24 How to read this Plan 27 Unique landscape 31 Lifestyle and wellbeing 39 Mobility and accessibility 47 Diverse economy 53 Connected communities 59 Creativity 63 Shared decision-making SUPPORTING OUR PLAN 66 67 Business activities 68 Organisational support 70 Financial management 71 Rates 72 Fees and charges 74 Proposed borrowings 75 Projected financial statements and ratios 80 WORKS PROGRAM 2019-2020 2 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 AND OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 3 Message from the Mayor Message from the CEO Our Operational Plan for These are the focal points of and improved access to our Lake Macquarie is a growing This increases transparency, I believe this new Plan strikes 2019-2020 sets out many exciting our vision for the City and reflect beaches, along with better City of vibrant experiences and and means we can report, a good balance between making projects Council plans to the values of our community. playgrounds and a vibrant program opportunity, and we want this year-by-year on the construction great things happen for our City deliver in this third year of our This new Plan contains more of community events and festivals. energy to be expressed and maintenance of community while managing our financial Delivery Program 2017-2021. than 250 actions, including I look forward to working through all we do. assets – such as our roads and resources for the long term. swim centres, and enables better We have achieved a great deal in $93 million worth of city works, together as we continue to It is fitting then that this new Morven Cameron the past two years. The magnificent which together build on this vision. shape a diverse, liveable and plan of action for our City is one tracking through the phases of Chief Executive Officer feasibility, design, implementation Pasterfield Sports Complex and One of our most exciting dynamic Lake Macquarie. of the first of Council’s plans to and completion of key projects. the innovative Lake Macquarie projects for the year is the bear Lake Macquarie City’s fresh Councillor Kay Fraser Organics Resource Recovery $2.3 million transformation of Mayor new branding. I am delighted to present the Facility are two landmark projects Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Along with a new look, we have Operational Plan 2019-2020, which we have delivered for our City to include a dedicated space made some significant changes outlines all of the actions we are that demonstrate how strongly for contemporary Aboriginal art to the way we structure our Plan committed to delivering for our we believe in shaping our own and a covered outdoor area for this year. All of the actions in our City and our community in the future – not waiting for it. arts engagement programs. capital works program are now year ahead. The 250-plus actions detailed in this Plan are aligned As we look to the year ahead, we We will also complete our incorporated into the lists of actions to the objectives and goals of our are guided by our priorities - our expansion of the Awaba Waste under the seven key focus areas Community Strategic Plan and unique landscape, our lifestyle Management Facility while delivering that form the main body of the Plan. reflect our integrated approach to and wellbeing, diverse economy, new jetties, shared pathways Making this change consolidates connected communities, creativity, the actions and demonstrates how planning and reporting. mobility and accessibility, and they align to overarching strategies shared decision-making. and objectives. 4 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 AND OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 5 Overview LET’S BRING IT TO LIFE The Operational Plan 2019-2020 is our way CARE FOR OUR COAST ENGAGE ENLIVEN of shaping success for the Lake Macquarie We will complete dune restoration works at various sites We will develop a Community Participation Plan for We will install five urban and public art projects for community. including Caves Beach and Nine Mile Beach. how we engage the community in land use planning. the City. With more than 250 proposed actions and $93 million worth of design and construction works spanning the entire City over the next Connected communities 12 months, we will make significant progress 36 ACTIONS $22M BUDGET towards achieving our City Vision. Investment in roadworks, cycleways, footpaths and pedestrian refuges will make it easier for everyone to get around, while upgrades to community buildings, cultural and sporting Unique landscape Shared decision-making facilities, swim centres, parks and playgrounds 22 ACTIONS $73M BUDGET 13 ACTIONS $2M BUDGET will ensure we can live life to the fullest. SMOOTH THE WAY PLAY AFTER DARK EXPERIENCE MORE We will construct a new shared pathway between We will pilot evening and night-time activities and events A $2.3 million expansion of Lake Macquarie Art Gallery ENJOY THE LAKE Argenton and Speers Point to create better in Warners Bay, Charlestown, Belmont and Toronto as is underway. The project is proudly funded by NSW We will replace the jetty at Speers Point to improve connectivity for cyclists and pedestrians. When part of our Night-Time Economy Action Plan. Government through the Regional Growth Fund, in access to the Lake. complete, it will link Glendale to the Wallsend rail trail. association with Council. Diverse economy Creativity Mobility and accessibility 29 ACTIONS $39M BUDGET 5 ACTIONS $7M BUDGET 58 ACTIONS $58M BUDGET Lifestyle and wellbeing 91 ACTIONS $133M BUDGET Works projects $2.5 million $3.5 million $4 million $4 million $4.5 million $18 million $19 million $37.5 million We forecast to spend $93 million Upgrading our parks and Upgrading library and Constructing new footpaths Implementing recreation Improving stormwater Upgrading City assets Upgrading community Resurfacing and on works projects across the City playgrounds cultural facilities and cycleways master plans and drainage and enhancing and preparing for future facilities upgrading roads, constructing local ecosystems growth improving traffic and in the next 12 months, including: sporting facilities transport infrastructure 6 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 AND OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 7 Funding at a glance Mobility and accessibility Council generates income to Budget by expenditure Budget by source of funds 16% Diverse fund services and assets for the economy Total expenditure $356M Total expenditure $356M City through rates on property, 11% government grants, developer Includes operating expenses, borrowing costs, Includes operating and capital revenue, sale new capital expenditure, replacement capital contributions, interest on of assets, loan borrowings and utilisation expenditure, loan repayments and transfers of external and internal reserves. Excludes investments, user charges and to restricted cash. Excludes depreciation and depreciation and dedications. Council’s own business activities. dedications. Connected communities These funds are used to maintain 6% and improve the City while Expenditure by focus area delivering a range of quality Total expenditure $356M Creativity 2% Lifestyle and services to the community. Includes operating expenses, borrowing costs, wellbeing Shared new capital expenditure, replacement The following diagrams show 37% decision-making how Council has budgeted to use capital expenditure, loan repayments Corporate 1% and transfers to restricted cash. Excludes 6% funds during 2019-2020, by key depreciation and dedications. focus area, by the source of funds and by budget expenditure area. Employee costs 102,882 Rates 136,393 Materials and contracts 48,162 Utilisation of reserves 42,750 Borrowing costs 7,700 Sale of assets 4,675 Unique Other operating expenses 28,371 Loans utilised 27,382 landscape Loan repayments 5,507 Other revenue 13,671 21% Capital - new 39,644 Annual charges 37,565 Capital - replacement 54,199 User charges and fees 19,436 Transfers to restricted cash 69,851 Interest on investments 8,087 356,316 Grants and contributions - operating 26,513 Grants and contributions - capital 39,845 356,316 8 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL REVISED DELIVERY PROGRAM 2017-2021 AND OPERATIONAL PLAN 2019-2020 9 OUR CITY About our City Lake Macquarie City’s line to Sydney. The most rapid population is more than development occurred in the 205,000, making it the largest years after the two World Wars, city in the Lower Hunter. especially from the 1960s. People who live in the 95 Lake Macquarie is uniquely communities that dot our positioned, 60 minutes to landscape are blessed with an Sydney on the M1, 10 minutes to enviable lifestyle – a superb Newcastle, 35 minutes to Hunter natural environment, world-class Valley Wine Country and 40 infrastructure and facilities, minutes to Newcastle Airport, engaged and connected and is just two hours by car from communities, the potential for Sydney’s international airport. significant economic growth and With an eye on the past a positive outlook for our future. and present, we are keenly The City’s centrepiece is a vast focused on the future of the blue water expanse, twice the City and the challenges and size of Sydney Harbour. opportunities that lie ahead. Lake Macquarie was first inhabited by the Awabakal tribe, Awabakal Our people and life meaning ‘people of the calm Population growth and change surface’, more than 8000 years are challenges and opportunities ago. European settlement dates for the City. Like many coastal from 1826, when land was used areas, we have an ageing mainly for timber production and population, although we also farming.