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Jan 06, 2009 at 05:19 AM

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5 Year Plan

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Craig Pretorius is the head of Urban Terrain, a company working closely with residents and ratepayers associations. He is consultant to the:

Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents' Association - Currently preparing their plan.
CraigPark Residents' Association (Craighall and Craighall Park) - currently preparing their plan.
Abbotsford Residents' Association - plan completed.
Melville, Westdene, Auckland Park & Richmond - plan completed on behalf of council.

His estimate for the Observatory 5-year plan is R50 000 plus

About Craig Pretorius:

Urban Terrain is a town planning consultancy founded in 1996 and headed by Craig Pretorius.

The company strives to provide a service which:

Focuses on detail and quality of service to ensure an accurate product which clients can rely on
Builds strong working relationships with clients based on mutual understanding and trust

Their experience include over 300 development control applications; detailed land use studies; regional planning; and precinct planning.

Their clients include Vodacom, Shell, various construction companies, legal firms, financial institutions, residents associations and The City Of Johannesburg.

Craig Pretorius's cost estimate for Observatory's 5-year plan:

Observatory Ratepayers’ Association (ORA) - Community Submission / Precinct Plan
Phase	Process	Estimated Hours	Rate per Hour (R)	Estimated Cost (R)
1	Status Quo Analysis
	Current zoning information	3	150	450
	Land use applications in process – rezonings, consents etc.	8	150	1200
	Land use study	8	150	1200
	Gathering and analysis of previous policies	3	500	1500
	Gathering of rates information	0.5	150	75
	First meeting with ORA committee or Group Leaders to establish issues at hand	2	500	1000
	First meeting with Council Development Facilitation Department	1	500	500
	First meeting with Council Land Use Management Department	1	500	500
	Preparation of Zoning Plan	8	150	1200
	Preparation of Land Use Plan	5	150	750
	Sub-Total 1			8375
2	Analysis and draft plans
	Preparation of land use proposals – broader planning principles required in terms of the Regional Spatial Development Framework.	8	500	4000
	Formulation of alternatives for group discussion and workshopping	8	500	4000
	Group leader meeting / education	2	500	1000
	Group leaders to community
	Group leader meeting / education	2	500	1000
	Group leader to community
	Group leader meeting / feedback to planner	2	500	1000
	Sub-Total 2			11000
3	Analysis and circulation
	Analysis of community input	8	500	4000
	Preparation of document and plans for comment	8	500	4000
	Second meeting with Council Development Facilitation Department	1	500	500
	Second meeting with Council Land Use Management Department	1	500	500
	Circulation of plan to all Council departments for comment	2	150	300
	Possible meetings with Council engineering services departments	3	500	1500
	Sub-Total 3			10 800
4	Formal community participation
	Group leader meeting / feedback from phase 3	2	500	1000
	Group leader to community
	Group leader meeting / feedback to planner	2	500	1000
	Formulation of draft plan for community meeting	4	500	2000
	Preparation for community meeting	4	500	2000
	Presentation of draft plan at full community meeting	2	500	1000
	2 week period for comment after full community meeting
	Sub-Total 4			7000
5	Final plan formulation
	Formulation of final Community Submission	4	500	2000
	Final group meeting or circulation of plan to group leaders for final comment.	2	500	1000
	Third meeting with Council Development Facilitation Department and formal submission of Community Submission	1	500	1000
	Third meeting with Council Land Use Management Department and presentation of Community Submission for reference purposes	1	500	1000
	Submission of plan to council and track progress and status of plan for acceptance by council as a Precinct Plan.	1	500	500
	Sub Total 5			5500
6	Possible disbursements
	Council zoning information			500
	Digital Plan and Aerial Photo			1000
	Rates information			800
	Travel – 300km@R4-00/km			1200
	Copies, printing, cd’s – digitally where possible – PDF documents			1000
	Facility for public meeting			?
	Advertising costs – Beeld, Citizen, Local Paper			3000
	Other consultants – depending on the requirements of council and the budget of the ORA we may require other consultants to prove or motivate certain issues such as, heritage, engineering services, traffic impact etc.			To be determined upon briefing from
	Total Estimated Disbursements			7500
	Total Estimated Cost			50 175
Fees are payable on completion of each phase Disbursements are added to phase cost An accurate account will be kept of the above expenses and you will be informed thereof on an ongoing basis in order to keep to the estimated figure where possible. Meetings have been kept short to minimise cost.