Page 4367 - Week 13 - Thursday, 17 November 2005

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(2) The Government manages the facilities by way of a sub-lease between the ACT Government and the managing organisation of the facility.

(a) The Department of Disability Housing and Community Services (DHCS) has a common form of lease for 35 of the 38 centres for which it is responsible. The other three buildings are in Department of Education and Training buildings and pay rent. The remaining four buildings are the responsibility of Department of Urban Services (DUS), have a common form of lease and pay rent.

(b) Under the existing DHCS sub lease, the centre is responsible for the first $500.00 for repairs or maintenance to the centre and any amounts over the $500.00 are payed by the Department. The Department also has an annual recurrent Repairs & Maintenance budget, which includes programmed, unforeseen and mandatory works. For the DUS properties, the tenant is responsible for tenant related maintenance and DUS for major maintenance.

(c) DHCS has approximately $820,000 available through the 2005-06 capital upgrade program for Childcare centre related works.

(3) (a) One site, Section 200 Block 7 Gungahlin, was sold at auction specifically for the purpose of a childcare centre. A facility is yet to be built on this site.

(b) A 99 year lease was issued;

(c) Conditions of lease included that the premises be only for the purpose of a child care centre and the combined gross floor area of all buildings erected on the land shall not exceed 1,000 square metres; and

(d) Site sold at auction and therefore at market value. Sales price was $913,000.

(4) No.

Centre Name	Managing Organisation	Childcare places	Annual Rent paid
Alkira Community Childcare and Preschool	North Belconnen Community Association	62	Nil
Apple Tree Early Childhood Centre	Communities at Work	47	Nil
Blackmountain Community Preschool & Childcare Centre	Blackmountain Community Preschool & Childcare Centre Inc.	44	Nil
Bunyarra Children's Centre	Uniting Church in Australia Inc.	42	Nil
Campbell Cottage Childcare Centre	YWCA of Canberra	57	Nil
Chinese - Australian Early Childhood Centre	Association for Learning Mandarin in Australia Inc.	38	$25,282.44
Civic Early Childhood Centre	Northside Community Service	68	Nil
Conder Child Care Centre	YWCA of Canberra	47	Nil
Cooinda Cottage	North Belconnen Community Association	47	Nil
Forrest Early Childhood Centre	Southside Community Service	46	Nil
Fyshwick Early Childhood Centre	Southside Community Service	46	Nil
Ginninderra Child Care Centre	Belconnen Community Service Inc.	62	Nil
Gordon Childhood Centre	Anglican Church Property Trust of Canberra & Goulburn	42	Nil
Greenway Childhood Centre	Communities at Work	63	Nil
Gumnut Place Child Care Centre	Gumnut Place Child Care Centre Association Inc.	32	$10,806.60
Gungahlin Childcare Centre	Lorraine Menzies	89	Nil
Illoura Children's Centre	Communities at Work	42	Nil
Isabella Plains Early Childhood Centre	Communities at Work	42	Nil

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