Gideon says large subdivision developers should help contribute to community infrastructure costs.
Channel: Gideon Cordover
Date: 2021-01-12

27 July 2020, Kingborough Council public meeting. Cr Gideon Cordover speaks about subdivision costs. 

14 NOTICES OF MOTION
C429/14-2020
(commences at ± 1 hour, 15 minutes of audio recording)
14.1 FUNDING FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT LARGE SUB-DIVISIONS
Moved: Cr Jo Westwood
Seconded: Cr Amanda Midgley
That a report be provided to Council regarding options to assist in funding the provision of public infrastructure to support large new subdivisions and rezones.
The report should include, but not be limited to:
• analysis of the infrastructure requirements created by recent large residential subdivisions;
• financial analysis, including estimated revenue versus costs and time taken to achieve a return on investment to Council from recent major residential subdivisions;
• potential policy solutions to address funding of public infrastructure necessitated by large subdivisions;
• options currently available within existing legislation to implement changes to the way Council funds and delivers infrastructure, including land value capture options, infrastructure impact fees and public private partnerships; and
• what legislative or other changes are required to enable Council to undertake value capture arrangements from large residential subdivisions by re-allocating at least part of the burden of funding for public infrastructure requirements.
In Favour: Crs Dean Winter, Jo Westwood, Sue Bastone, Gideon Cordover, Flora Fox, Amanda Midgley, Christian Street and Paula Wriedt
Against: Cr Steve Wass
CARRIED 8/1

The minutes for this meeting are here: https://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Minutes-No.-13-13-July-2020-Public-Copy.pdf

The agenda for this meeting is here: https://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Agenda-No.-13-13-July-2020-Public-Copy-reduced-size.pdf

The full video is here: https://www.facebook.com/100848306680062/videos/1269757343410243

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