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Council's decision on the shortlist

Resolution

On 11 March 2008 the Council resolved:

  1. That the Council receives the report on the results of the tender evaluation of the Springwood Town Centre Project Expressions of Interest and records that it is encouraged by the scope and potential of the Expressions of Interest received.
  2. That a report be presented to the Council which provides a program plan for proceeding with the Springwood Town Centre Project. This report is to contain options and recommendations for the engagement of required consultants and community consultation. This will include consultation with interested local residents and businesses, and relevant government and non- government and community organisations, in the development of detailed requirements for the Town Centre and the community and civic facilities and services.
  3. That Coles Group, Woolworths Limited and Jamieson Property Group Pty Ltd proceed to stage two, and be invited to submit detailed proposals for further evaluation at a time yet to be determined.
  4. That the proposals of A. Calkos Pty Ltd and Silverton Group Pty Ltd and Broad Holdings Group Pty Ltd do not proceed further to stage two on the basis of the stage one evaluation.
  5. That this report and associated documents remain confidential as per the relevant provisions of section 10A of the Local Government Act 1993 and the original Call for Expressions of Interest, noting that, subject to the consent of the short listed proponents, aspects of the proposals will be made public as part of the proposed community consultation process.
  6. That the Council seek advice from the Department of Local Government whether the project or any aspects of the project fall within the scope of the NSW Government Public Private Partnership Legislation and Guidelines.
  7. All major Councillor Briefings on Springwood Town Centre be held in Springwood.

Background

In March 2007 Council resolved to consider the use of Council owned and/or managed land within the Springwood Town Centre as a catalyst to assist the further development of the Town Centre.

During 2007 Council has undertaken various investigations and community consultation, including the exhibition of an Options Report that outlined the context of the project and different options for the presentation of the sites to the market.

The Options Report may be downloaded at right. [See: Options report]

The Options Report was placed on public exhibition from 13 August to 24 September 2007. 145 submissions were received on the exhibition, and may be downloaded at right.
[See: Documents]

An Extraordinary Council Meeting was held at the Springwood Civic Centre on 12 October 2007 to consider these submissions. The Call for Expressions of Interest was then developed to take into account issues and comments made in these submissions.

On 30 October 2007 the Council resolved to proceed to invite Expressions of Interest (EOI) on the potential redevelopment of three strategic sites owned and/or managed by the Council in Springwood Town Centre. The Sites are known as the Civic Centre Site, the Northern Car Park and the Southern Car Park.

The Call for Expressions of Interest closed on 14 December 2007. Expressions of Interest were received from the following proponents:

A tender process was followed for the Call for Expressions of Interest and this tender process was conducted in accordance with the Council's Tendering Policy and relevant government legislation. The evaluation of the tenders was reported to the Council in a confidential business paper on 11 March 2008. The resolutions from that meeting are provided at the top of this page.

A summary of all proposals may be downloaded at right.
See: Coles, Jamieson, and Woolworths
[The other two weren't in the download.]

Subject to approval of the proponents it is proposed to make further information available on the proposals submitted by the Coles Group, Woolworths Limited and Jamieson Property Group Pty Ltd.

For further information on the Springwood Town Centre Project please contact City Planning Branch on (02) 4780 5000 or (02) 4723 5000.