Sub-activity Considerations Screen

In order that appropriate decision making deliberations can be verified, it should be demonstrated and documented that consideration has been applied to specific legislative requirements and to any other matters appropriate to the implementation of Capital Works Plans.

These might include:

• S101(3) of the Local Government Act
• Community outcomes
• Social, economic, environmental and cultural well-beings
• Funding considerations
• Level of Service Indicators

Consideration statements must be user defined within the References section of the Administration module before they will be displayed on this screen.

Consideration statements should be refined as an Sub-activity progresses through to Programme then to Project levels.

A Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service defined by a specific set of deliverables.

A project involves the selection of specific components for maintenence or renewal activities, with a budget allocated to cover the cost of the project.

A series of Projects, combine to form a Programme.

A Programme is an integrated system of Projects, intended to meet a specific service or need, to deliver an overall change for the business.

A Sub-activity is a specific maintenance or renewal category under which Programmes and Projects can be defined e.g stormwater.

A Sub-activity comprises a set of related Programmes which collectively deliver an overall change for the business.

For each Sub-activity where it has been determined that a Development Contribution will be a source of funding, the Sub-activity manager should ensure that consideration is given to other matters, including:

Development Contributions (DCs) are all about money. They are a source of income for council to fund capital works that are necessary to continue to supply the community with a level of service.

DCs are a means of fairly charging the additional costs of growth projects, to those who create the need for growth.

• Catchment definition for the DC charging regime.
  

  Catchment is a term to describe the area of specific DC charges within a Sub-activity service area. For each Sub-activity there will be an assignment of a number of Localities to each charging catchments. This assignment will relate growth changes in the community to each Sub-activity and to each catchment within the Sub-activity. The catchment will represent an area within a Sub-activity service area where specific benefits apply.

  

  The specific physical place where a Project (or part of a Project) will occur. The Locality does not necessarily identify who will receive the services, or who will ultimately fund the project. See Catchment for further discussion.

• Determination of units of demand.

  

  Field	Description
  consideration statement	A label that describes this specific consideration.
  level	The level the consideration statement relates to.
  degree	The relationship of this response to the specific consideration statement.
  	Selected from a list defined by the application Administrator within Application Settings.
  contribution	Describes the deliberation applied to this consideration item.
  reference	References to documentation that supplement and support the consideration statement. Full path required if it is a link to a documentation. Reference link is clickable at the lower level.
  ms word	Considerations information can be displayed and printed in Microsoft Word format.
  pdf	Considerations information can be displayed and printed in PDF format.