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2018/07/18 PROPOSED DURBANVILLE CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (DCID) Public Meeting 18 July 2018 Agenda Opening and welcome by chairman Introduction to the DCID initiative Presentation on the Proposed DCID SRA Questions

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PROPOSED DURBANVILLE CITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (DCID)

Public Meeting 18 July 2018

Agenda

  • Opening and welcome by chairman
  • Introduction to the DCID initiative
  • Presentation on the Proposed DCID SRA
  • Questions
  • Closing
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  • Feel safe at your business?
  • Appreciate clean pavements?
  • Where staff feels secure walking from transport nodes to their

place of work?

  • With customers that feels safe to enjoy your business offerings
  • Leave you car park in the street and find that your car had not

been broken into?

  • Where you can enjoy a high quality urban environment?
  • Support unemployed people?

Would you like to work in an area where you could:

  • A Urban Management Survey amongst 52 business and property
  • wners was conducted in June 2018
  • 66% tenants and owners, rest were representatives of the

businesses

  • The survey questions were grouped into 5 sections, each

focussing on five general urban issues namely:

  • Section 1 – Public Safety
  • Section 2 - Litter and cleanliness
  • Section 3 - Lighting & marking of streets and pavements
  • Section 4 - Public environment
  • Section 5 - Social environment

The Durbanville area could have this future…. but there are some challenges

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Overall Perception of how people view the Durbanville area

Business and property owners

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Perception on safety in the Durbanville area

Business and property owners

Perception on safety in the Durbanville area

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Perception on safety – public transport

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Perception on public cleaning

Perception on public cleaning

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Perception on public cleaning Perception on public streets

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Perception on public environment Perception on social issues

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  • An SRA (NPC) provides additional services (public safety, cleansing and

urban management) to those provided currently by the City of Cape Town

  • A statutory body established under the SRA by-law (Provincial Gazette

7015/2012) previously known as a City Improvement District (CID)

  • Funded by an additional rate collected from rate payers by the City and

paid over to the SRA management board

  • Funds raised are dedicated to provide additional services (public safety,

cleaning, urban upgrades) exclusively within the SRA as per the business plan

  • Cape Town has 41 SRAs in operation

What is a Special Ratings Area (SRA or CID)

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  • Well managed area
  • Pride in communal achievements
  • Social responsibility
  • Environmental awareness (recycling, greening, energy

efficiency, conservation)

  • Attract new investments
  • Market / promote area

Typical Benefits The Proposed DCID SRA Boundary

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Priorities

  • Improving public safety significantly by proactive visible patrolling and

cooperation with existing SAPS and City of Cape Town Law Enforcement efforts as well as other service providers in the area.

  • Creating a safe and clean public environment by addressing issues of

maintenance and cleaning of streets, pavements and public spaces.

  • Manage existing and new public infrastructure for the future benefit of

all the users of the area.

  • Protect property values.
  • Attract new investment to the area.
  • Support the promotion of the DCID Business area as a safe and clean

environment by promoting greening, energy efficiency, recycling and risk/disaster management.

  • Support and promote social responsibility in the area
  • The sustained and effective management of the DCID area

Goals

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DCID Management

  • NPC formed
  • Appoint staff and service providers
  • Board responsible for implementation of the Business Plan
  • Members Meeting will be called within 6 months of NPC

Registration in order to elect Board and approve next year’s budget & implementation plan

  • Directors elected annually from property owners (who

become members) at AGM

  • AGM annually to reflect on past year and confirm planning and

budget for next year’s operations and mandate the Board to implement plan and budget.

  • Board meets once a month

DCID services - Public Safety:

 4 x public safety patrol officers patrolling the area on foot, 5 days a week

during the day-time

 2 x patrol vehicles patrolling the area on a 24/7 basis manned by response

  • fficers

 Radio communications network

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DCID services - Public Safety: CCTV

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DCID services

Cleaning and Urban Management

  • Urban management workers undertaking

cleansing duties

  • Acting as a Reaction Team to deal with illegal

Dumping

  • Graffiti removal where possible
  • Removal of illegal posters and pamphlets

from non-public spaces and infrastructure

  • Correction of road signs
  • Greening, tree pruning and landscaping
  • Kerb, bollard and paving reinstatements
  • Stormwater drain cleaning where required

Social Intervention coordination

  • Integration with a job creation programme
  • Coordinate social interventions with various

NGOs in the area.

DCID services

  • 4 x full-time urban management workers Monday to Friday

1 x urban management supervisor (may be the CID manager)

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DCID services

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DCID services

  • Recycling Initiative

Social responsibility Marketing Property Owner Supported Projects

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DCID Budget

The main elements to the budget are: Total budget for 1st year: R 3 992 354

Management of the DCID and operational staff (10%) Operations (77%)

Public safety and law enforcement Cleansing and Urban Management Social programmes Projects

SRA company operational and administrative costs (10%) Bad debt provision (3%)

5-year budget escalation

7.8 % average for operational costs & administrative costs

DCID Contributions

PRELIMINARY MODELLING OF FINANCIAL IMPACT

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

0.002215 PROPOSED BUDGET 2019/20 PROPERTY VALUE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION (VAT INCL.) MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION (VAT INCL.) 3 992 354 1 000 000 2 215.00 2 525.10 184.58 212.27 3 992 354 1 500 000 3 322.50 3 787.65 276.88 318.41 3 992 354 2 500 000 5 537.50 6 312.75 461.46 530.68 3 992 354 4 000 000 8 860.00 10 100.40 738.33 849.08 3 992 354 5 000 000 11 075.00 12 625.50 922.92 1 061.35 2019/20

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The Legal Process

 Form steering committee  Perform Urban Management Survey and feasibility study  Draw up business plan  Host Public Meeting

  • Obtain 50% + 1 votes from property owners
  • Submit application for an SRA
  • Host 2nd Public Meeting
  • Objection period
  • Obtain approval from Council
  • Appoint service providers
  • Commence operations (1 July 2019)

Questions ?

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Contact Details:

Mr Matthew Dundas Chairperson of the Proposed DURBANVILLE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Steering Committee Tel: 021 975 2741 Website: WWW.DURBANVILLECID.CO.ZA