MEDIA RELEASE
6 JULY 2015
6 JULY 2015
STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE DEPUTY MAYOR, ALDERMAN IAN NEILSON
Over the past few weeks, the City of Cape Town has met extensively with interested and affected parties pertaining to its proposals for the revitalisation of City-owned properties in the Clifton area. These targeted engagements have been with a view to holding a larger public meeting about the City’s vision for this area, which will take place in due course.
The City has presented, to specific interested and affected parties, its proposed design vision for the City-owned land between the Clifton bungalows and Camps Bay which currently includes the Glen Country Club, Maiden’s Cove, a sports oval and the existing City-owned parking facility. This property is regarded by the City as being under-utilised and it provides somewhat limited access to the oceanfront for residents and visitors.
The City wishes to see the transformation of this area to make the beach, ocean and recreational facilities more accessible to all Capetonians, while protecting the natural vegetation; to enhance our local and international tourism potential; and to unlock investment opportunity to potentially drive job creation.
The in-depth engagement with these parties has been done to help the City to adjust the design vision for this area and to ensure that sufficient checks and balances are included in the eventual tender processes.
The proposed vision entails the development of sections of the land so that these could ultimately be managed as sustainable assets for the future generations of Cape Town by the City and the private sector.
This includes the potential development of residential opportunities, an underground parking garage, retail facilities, and uses ancillary to these facilities as well as the redevelopment and relocation of sports facilities.
The City has received positive feedback in general, but the prevailing input has been that strong development parameters must be put in place for any potential redevelopment of this site. The City agrees.
The City has also been urged to ensure that conservation and heritage matters are attended to as priority considerations. The City agrees.
In addressing some of these concerns the City undertook a botanical assessment of this site which was conducted by an independent botanical specialist. Consequently, the City will take on board the recommendations of the report, which include redesigning aspects of the development vision to explicitly protect patches of regionally significant vegetation, such as the Cape Flats Dune Strandveld (CFDS) vegetation which is found on two distinct patches on site.
When the public engagement processes have been completed, all comments will be considered. A transport impact study will also be undertaken shortly, the results of which will feed into the iterative design exercise.
All of these inputs will be used to determine the final urban design framework and the eventual tender processes for this proposed development, which we believe could make a vital contribution to the future sustainability of this city.
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Issued by: Integrated Strategic Communication, Branding and Marketing Department, City of Cape Town
Media enquiries: Alderman Ian Neilson, Executive Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021 400 1306 or Cell: 083 306 6730, E-mail:ian.neilson@capetown.gov.za (please always copy media.account@capetown.gov.za)
The City has presented, to specific interested and affected parties, its proposed design vision for the City-owned land between the Clifton bungalows and Camps Bay which currently includes the Glen Country Club, Maiden’s Cove, a sports oval and the existing City-owned parking facility. This property is regarded by the City as being under-utilised and it provides somewhat limited access to the oceanfront for residents and visitors.
The City wishes to see the transformation of this area to make the beach, ocean and recreational facilities more accessible to all Capetonians, while protecting the natural vegetation; to enhance our local and international tourism potential; and to unlock investment opportunity to potentially drive job creation.
The in-depth engagement with these parties has been done to help the City to adjust the design vision for this area and to ensure that sufficient checks and balances are included in the eventual tender processes.
The proposed vision entails the development of sections of the land so that these could ultimately be managed as sustainable assets for the future generations of Cape Town by the City and the private sector.
This includes the potential development of residential opportunities, an underground parking garage, retail facilities, and uses ancillary to these facilities as well as the redevelopment and relocation of sports facilities.
The City has received positive feedback in general, but the prevailing input has been that strong development parameters must be put in place for any potential redevelopment of this site. The City agrees.
The City has also been urged to ensure that conservation and heritage matters are attended to as priority considerations. The City agrees.
In addressing some of these concerns the City undertook a botanical assessment of this site which was conducted by an independent botanical specialist. Consequently, the City will take on board the recommendations of the report, which include redesigning aspects of the development vision to explicitly protect patches of regionally significant vegetation, such as the Cape Flats Dune Strandveld (CFDS) vegetation which is found on two distinct patches on site.
When the public engagement processes have been completed, all comments will be considered. A transport impact study will also be undertaken shortly, the results of which will feed into the iterative design exercise.
All of these inputs will be used to determine the final urban design framework and the eventual tender processes for this proposed development, which we believe could make a vital contribution to the future sustainability of this city.
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Issued by: Integrated Strategic Communication, Branding and Marketing Department, City of Cape Town
Media enquiries: Alderman Ian Neilson, Executive Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, City of Cape Town, Tel: 021 400 1306 or Cell: 083 306 6730, E-mail:ian.neilson@capetown.gov.za (please always copy media.account@capetown.gov.za)
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