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Western Bay of Plenty District Council

Ongare Point Wastewater Community Meetings 10 November 2015


Welcome

Western Bay Councillors; • Cr Mike Williams • Cr Margaret Murray-Benge • Cr Peter Mackay • Cr Garry Webber Presenters; Kelvin Hill (Utilities Manager) Coral-Lee Ertel (Projects and Design Engineer)


Agenda

• Welcome and introductions • Update from last meeting • Options assessment • Recommended option for community • Proposed funding model • Financial impact on property owners • Proposed programme of works


Update from last meeting

• Feedback received from 20 landowners • Positive responses but with a number of questions

to be answered • Total number of landowners in reticulation area 58


Reticulation Options Assessed

Option 1 – STEP/STEG System plus treatment pods Option 2 – Grinder Pump system to new treatment plant (BioFiltro) Option 3 - Transfer Pipe Line to Katikati wastewater treatment plant Option 4 – No reticulation option


Option 1 – STEP System

Total Costs per property $34,845


Option 2 – Grinder pump system to new treatment plant



Option 3 - Transfer Pipeline to Katikati WWTP



Option 4 – No reticulation option

• Property owners will be required to upgrade their existing septic tank systems (no solution found for some properties)

• Regional Council subsidy will not apply • Property owner costs will vary significantly

depending on their existing septic tank.


Recommended option for the community – STEP system

• Small treatment plant foot print required • Low cost • Additional treatment pods can easily be added • Potential to utilise existing septic tank system • Reduce the risk of stormwater entering the

network • Flush and forget, hassle free and future proof • Reliable treatment and good health and

environmental outcome


Area to be reticulated

58 Properties


Proposed funding policy – STEP/STEG Option (including GST)

Total Costs Per Property

Onsite Work $867,100 $14,950

Reticulation and Treatment Costs

$1,153,910 $19,895

Total $2,021,010 $34,845

BOP Regional Council subsidy of $618,000 (excluding GST) will be applied proportionally against the onsite costs and reticulation costs


BOP Regional Council Subsidy

• Subsidy to be applied based on percentage split of cost spread

• Subsidy cannot be applied to connection cost • Split will adjust accordingly as costs are refined • Only available for a total community scheme


Wastewater Scheme Funding (including GST)

BOPRC Subsidy $12,253 (35%) WBOPDC (District Rate Payers Contribution) $9,775 (28%)

Property Owner Contribution $12,817 (37%) _________________________________________ Total Cost $34,845


Proposed funding policy

• District rate payers contribution capped at $9,775/property

• Expected landowner costs range Low end; $12,000 High end; $16,000

• Costs to be further refined through tendering process


Onsite Costs Onsite costs include:

– STEP – Power to pump – Drain laying – Boundary connection kit – Decommissioning of existing septic tanks – General re-instatement

Does not include: – Individual property electrical upgrades (if required) – Extra ordinary re-instatement costs


Assistance for property owners

• Ability to pay property owner contribution over time (15 years)

• Interest rates will be applied based on WBOPDC’s current bank rates (current 6%)

• Opportunity to pay full costs at any time


Financial impact on property owners Upfront property owner costs of $12,000 - $16,000 (including GST) or;

Targeted rate for 15 years at $1,570/annum based on $15,000 property owner costs (to be confirmed once costs finalised)

Annual Rate - Uniform Annual Charge (UAC) of $851/annum


STEP ownership and maintenance

• Property owner funds STEP and transfers it to WBOPDC. Unit maintained as scheme costs – (covered by the UAC)

• Owner pays for the power (average cost $50 - $150/year) • One contractor to manage all tanks • Operation and maintenance of tanks undertaken by

Council including tank pump out (5 years)


Process for property owners to provide feedback

• Information will be distributed in the next couple of weeks

• Please provide feedback to WBOPDC by no later than 24 December 2015. We would like 58 responses back.

• Community update April 2016 with formal sign up to a scheme

• Council ratification June 2016 • Scheme will proceed if more than 50% landowners agree


Information for property owners


Proposed programme of works • Community meeting 10 November 2015 • Information brochure sent out End Nov 2015 • Formal feedback on preferred scheme End December 2015 • Policy meeting (to finalise funding policy) December/February • Community update April 2016 • Council Ratification June 2016 • Scheme design and resource consent application July 2015 – Jan 2016 • One on one meetings with Land owners February 2017 • Apply for Heritage NZ Authority February 2017 • Finalisation of scheme design May 2017 • Tender process/consents May 2017 • Contract Award June 2017 • Community News Letter June 2017 • Construction commences – Reticulation onsite July 2017 • Scheme Commissioning November 2017


• Our concerns are that after costing has been agreed and the reticulation system has been completed that additional charges will be created over following years and charged to each Ongare resident instead of being part of the UAC.

• Get a loan and spread it over 30 years. Put it on

our rates. The stormwater system is not maintained, how to [the] hell is the council going to look after a sewer system.

Community questions raised


Community Questions Raised

• Investigate interest free loans as opposed to up front cost being covered by land owner.

• If Reticulation system is not installed, will council offer subsidy to upgrade to OSET plan to individual land owners

• What happens to us from 1st December in terms of our existing scheme and compliance


Community Questions Raised • I recall engineer stating at one of first community

meetings that in using to help with costs we needed to be aware that if full scheme achieved subdivision of appropriate size sections would offset costs.

• Who supervises contractors? I seem to recall vast overrun of costs on Waihi Beach scheme when nobody checking quality of pipes and so had to be redone.

• Investigate/cost: solar panel powered/enabled pumps for scheme.


Questions?

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