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Transcript of Mossel Bay Local Municipality Informal Settlement Upgrading Strategy.
Mossel Bay Local Municipality
Informal Settlement Upgrading Strategy
PROJECT PURPOSE
PROJECT PURPOSE
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
SETTLEMENT NAME Current number of households
Asla Park A 435
Asla Park B 115
Asla Park C 60
Asla Park D 105
Asla Park E 15
Emfuleni 185
Gentswana A 30
Gentswana B 50
Gentswana C 60
PA Camp 25
Sewendelaan 90
Sinethemba 250
Thembani Street 90
Transit Camp 25
Toseplaas 15
Wolwedans A 10
Wolwedans B 30
Brandwacht 15
METHODOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
STEP 1: PROJECT INITIATION Inception meeting Study goal and objectives Desktop study of relevant secondary data Implementation plan
STEP 3: RAPID ASSESSMENT AND CATEGORISATION
Consultation with community structures per informal settlement Consultation with relevant municipal & provincial departments Profile assessments of each informal settlement Categorisation & prioritisation: High, short-term, medium, etc.
STEP 2: REFERENCE G
ROU
P CON
SULTA
TION
Constant review and feedback from
NU
SP and Mossel Bay project steering com
mitt
ee
Base maps & locality
maps
Settlement assessments & categorisation
Preliminary prioritisation
STEP 4: UPGRADING STRATEGY & PROGRAMME Contextualise municipality Informal settlement features 3-year informal settlement response plan Institutional arrangements & mechanisms Risks, assumptions, and mitigation actions Medium term expenditure framework Monitoring and evaluation framework
STEP 5: CLOSE OUT REPORT Outputs of listed activities Key decisions and relevant aspects/issues Lessons learnt NUSP recommendations
Identification of informal settlements
DATA COLLECTION
PROCESS
• Settlement pattern, conditions and topography• Top structures and settlement density• Infrastructure services
– Water– Sewerage– Power– Roads
• Community facilities/social services– Education and health care– Government– Recreational and social
• Commercial facilities and public transport network• Physical vulnerabilities and threats
SETTLEMENT SURVEYING
• Focus group meetings successfully completed during week of 7-11 April
• Discussion topics– Settlement history– Settlement growth and migration patterns– Economy and livelihoods– Community initiatives and projects– Vulnerabilities– Access to services– Community capacitation– Needs and prioritisation– Opportunities– Overall understanding of socio-economic status
COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS
RAPID ASSESSMENT SHEETS
SETTLEMENT CATEGORISATION AND PRIORITISATION
• Following information captured during the data collection process was utilised to categorise the informal settlements– Location– Number of households– Land ownership– Density– Housing typology– Tenure status– Availability of basic services– Status of roads– Physical/infrastructural and environmental vulnerabilities
• Flow chart followed for determining appropriate informal settlement developmental responses (need for urgent relocation, implementation readiness, availability of alternative sites, etc.
CATEGORISATION PROCESS
CATEGORIES
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
A
For current/pending full upgrade (i.e. full services, top-structures, and tenure). Site viable and appropriate for long-term upgrading and project is implementation-ready (land secured or imminent, town planning approvals /township establishment secured or imminent, all project funding secured)
B1
For interim services (interim basic services as a precursor to an eventual full upgrade). Site viable and appropriate for long-term upgrading, BUT project NOT implementation ready (i.e. cannot be expedited in the next year or two e.g. due to lack of available funding, land not yet secured, bulk services not yet in place)
B2For emergency services (basic emergency services with limited or no prospects for full upgrade). Site NOT viable and appropriate for long-term upgrading, but NO urgent need for relocation
C
For relocations (in the case where public health and safety is threatened). Site NOT viable and appropriate for long-term upgrading, AND urgent need for relocation (e.g. material and immediate threat to safety through flooding, slope instability, toxic waste exposure etc.)
SETTLEMENT CATEGORIES
SETTLEMENT NAME CATEGORY
Asla Park Extension A B1
Asla Park Extension B B1
Asla Park Extension C B1
Asla Park Extension D C and B1
Asla Park Extension E B1
Emfuleni B1 and C
Gentswana A B1 and C
Gentswana B B1 and C
Gentswana C B1
PA Camp B1
Sewendeland B1
Sinethemba B1
Thembani Street B1 and C
Transit Camp B1
Brandwacht B1
Toseplaas B1
Wolwedans A B1
Wolwedans B B1
PROPOSED UPGRADING PLAN EXAMPLE
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• WAWIEL EXT 1 & 2 • Proposed interventions
• CATEGORY B2/CIMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS:• Water – Provide additional temporary storage• tanks to be filled daily (4 tanks in total)• − Sewer – Private pit latrines in place (LLOS),• provide communal pit latrines / portable toilets• − Refuse – provide skips / provide regular service
INTERMEDIATE• Water – provide communal stand pipes• (±3 points)• − Sewer – Provide communal ablution facilities• − Roads – Provide access roads for emergency• vehicles• − Electricity – Provide highmast lighting
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CLEAR AREA OF
DEVELOPMENT DUE TO
FLOODLINE
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PROPOSED UPGRADING PLAN
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HOUSING EXAMPLES
• Row houses
• UNIT SIZE: +/- 20 – 30 m²• ERF SIZE: +/- 40 – 45 m²
• Tenements
• UNIT SIZE: Varies• ERF SIZE: +/- 200 – 400 m²
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STRATEGY OVERVIEW
• Part 1 : Introduction– Background and orientation
– Purpose and objectives of NUSP
• Part 2: National and provincial policy context– Legislation, policies and strategies
– Grants, programmes and subsidies
• Part 3: Mossel Bay municipal context– Provincial situation and municipal context
– Local and district municipal objectives and priorities
– Municipal informal settlement dynamics and features
• Part 4: Informal settlement response plan– Main responses for services, tenure and housing
– Detailed settlement response plan
– Description of main responses to promote integration and sustainability
CONTENTS OF STRATEGY
PART 4: INFORMAL SETTLEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
• Core section in final strategy– Programme of detailed activities for the upgrading process
– Set of interventions in response to the identified needs
– Not only addresses basic infrastructure and tenure interventions, but also
discusses steps required to increase community participation during the
development/formalisation/upgrading process
– Activities, projects and programmes aim to increase the level of integrated
planning and multi-sector delivery for communities
– Link proposed activities, projects and programmes to existing municipal
projects and initiatives
• Main responses for services, tenure and housing– Application of Phase 1-3 of the UISP (also case-by-case basis)
– Rental options and state-subsidised rental/social housing
– Micro-credit and community savings
– Finance institutions and community savings groups
• Detailed settlement response plan– Overview of settlement categories and the prioritisation process
– Interventions per informal settlement (based on categorisation)
– Land requirements• Developable area per settlement based on site visits, water areas and basic slope analysis
• Area of each informal settlement and the number of households that can be in-situ upgraded
• Size of land identified for relocations and the number of households that can be accommodated
on the land
• Suggestions with regards to relocations based on consultation with the municipality
PART 4: INFORMAL SETTLEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
• Main responses to promote integration and sustainability– Informal settlement upgrading to be approached in holistic and integrated manner
• Ensure that the outcomes are sustainable
– ISUS for Mossel Bay Local Municipality aimed at development of sustainable
communities on well-located land and in areas with long-term sustainability potential
– Not only requires appropriate responses to physical issues (services and housing), but
also requires appropriate responses to other less tangible factors:• Community participation;
• Local economic development and livelihoods;
• Skills development and economic sector alignment;
• Local spatial plans;
• Key social facilities, support programmes and special needs;
• Accessibility, public transport and non-motorised transport;
• Government sector alignment;
• Promoting densification and urban efficiency; and
• Achieving secure tenure
PART 4: INFORMAL SETTLEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
• Main responses to promote integration and sustainability– Each factor discussed in terms of:
• Goal based on theoretical background of key elements;• Status based on focus group discussions;• Existing projects or actions; and• Potential projects or actions that should be implemented to supplement and support the
relevant factor and ultimately enhance sustainability
– Proposed projects and actions should be, where possible, combined with
existing projects– Before these projects and actions can be implemented, more research should
be done on optimal ways of implementing these projects• Best suitable role-players • Potential funding sources
– Funding for the suggested projects and actions can be obtained from a variety
of public and private sources depending on the nature of the projects
PART 4: INFORMAL SETTLEMENT RESPONSE PLAN
• Part 5: Institutional arrangements– Multi-sector committee (task team)
• Part 6: Medium-term expenditure framework– Existing provincial and local budget allocations
– Upgrading MTEF
• Part 7: Risks, assumptions and mitigation actions
• Part 8: Monitoring and evaluation framework– Overall goals and objectives of the ISUP
– Monitoring and evaluation tools
– Indicators
CONTENTS OF STRATEGY
• Structure that will effectively manage the upgrading and formalisation of
informal settlements
• To be based on what already exists in terms of inter-departmental partnerships
• Consist of key departments and role-payers
• Be augmented by relevant District and Provincial stakeholders and external
advisors (NUSP and NDoHS)
• Important to have collaborative approach to planning and upgrading
• Integration of communities into system by means of representative forums
PART 5: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
PART 6: MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
• Based on housing subsidy quantum
• Category B1 settlementsSETTLEMENT NAME ESTIMATED COST RELOCATION COST HOUSEHOLDS TO BE RELOCATED
Asla Park A* R 17 996 140 R 166 634 122 of 435
Asla Park B R 4 713 548 R 0 0 of 115
Asla Park C* R 2 527 535 R 68 293 50 of 60
Asla Park E* R 617 542 R 2 732 2 of 15
Brandwacht R 614 811 R 0 0 of 15
Gentswana C R 2 459 242 R 0 0 of 60
PA Camp (Zone 7)* R 1 058 831 R 34 146 25 of 25
Sewendelaan R 3 688 863 R 0 0 of 90
Sinethemba* R 10 588 305 R 341 463 250 of 250
Toseplaas R 614 811 R 0 0 of 15
Transit (Transand) Camp* R 1 058 831 R 34 146 25 of 25
Wolwedans A* R 423 532 R 13 659 10 of 10
Wolwedans B* R 1 270 597 R 40 976 30 of 30
TOTAL R 47 632 586 R 702 047 514 of 1 145
PART 6: MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
• Category C settlements
– Need for relocation calculated based on number of households that can be
accommodated on site after site constraints have been factored in (slope, water
areas, etc.)• Asla Park D – 40% of site is developable, and remainder too small to accommodate all households
• Gentswana A, Gentswana B and Thembani Street – 60% of site is developable, and remainder large
enough to accommodate all households
• Emfuleni - 90% of site is developable, and remainder large enough to accommodate all households
SETTLEMENT NAME ESTIMATED COST RELOCATION COST HOUSEHOLDS TO BE RELOCATED
Asla Park D R 4 392 454 R 88 780 65 of 105
Emfuleni R 7 582 663 R 0 0 of 185
Gentswana A R 1 229 621 R 0 0 of 30
Gentswana B R 2 049 369 R 0 0 of 50
Thembani Street R 3 688 863 R 0 0 of 90
TOTAL R18 942 970 R88 780 65 of 460