RESIDENTS MEETING: PROPOSED BEACHWOOD RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENT MEETING HELD AT THE BEACHWOOD GOLF CLUB (VIRGINIA) ON 17 July 2018 AT 16H30

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1 RESIDENTS MEETING: PROPOSED BEACHWOOD RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENT MEETING HELD AT THE BEACHWOOD GOLF CLUB (VIRGINIA) ON 17 July 2018 AT 16H30 Present Professional Team Beachwood Professional Team: Developer: Gavin Strydom- GS (Beachwood Investments PTY (LTD)- CEO) Attorney: Norman Brauteseth- NB (Norman Brauteseth & Associate) Architects: Tony Whitefield- TW (MCA Architects) Architects: Wade Fountain- WF (MCA Architects) Architects: Kieran Eustice- KE (MCA Architects) Town Planner: Rob Kirby- RK (Rob Kirby Associates- Town and Regional Planners) Environmental Project Director: Kushela Naidoo- KN (Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions) Senior Environmental Assessment Practitioner: Chen Read- CR (Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions) Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP): Naadira Nadasen- NN (Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions) Traffic Engineer: Mohamed Kajee- MK (ARUP Engineers) Apologies: N/A ITEM 1 PURPOSE OF THE MEETING 1.1 The residents follow up meeting was requested by Beachwood Developments. The meeting was chaired by NB (Beachwood Investments Attorney). The follow-up meeting was to discuss specific residents concerns from the previous meeting held on 20 June OUTCOMES OF THE MEETING 2.1 To reach a consensus or support for the development that is based on sustainable development principles, namely considering the economic, social and environmental benefits and harms. PROGRAMME Nature and Status of the Development- GS Architectural and Layout Response- TW Traffic Access and Circulation- MK Q&A Session Conclusion and Way Forward- NB 3. PROFESSIONAL TEAM PRESENTATIONS: 1

2 3.1 GAVIN STRYDOM- CEO/ DEVELOPER Professional team is prematurely engaging with the residents- designs and plans are in process. Essential to bring the residents on board at an early stage as residents comments are valuable. No statutory submissions have been conducted as yet. Emphasised the vision and the iconic site/ development, i.e. high-value; high security and super luxury estate and hotel. Various permutations for this site: - Huge low-end developments, consisted of 1000 opportunities selling at approx. R1 million per unitpiece; - Medium density development- approx. R3million per unit; - Lastly, settled on a High-end site selling at range- approx. R10-30 million per unit. Beachwood development is to include a prestigious Radisson collection hotel- first of a kind not just in KZN or South Africa, but inafrica a sa whole- a 7 star hotel. Regarding the Milkwood trees, these will be considered and development will ensure their protection. Lines of Sight on the Southern-end have been incorporated and the development respects that. Traffic Assessment will be done in the next week or two, after the school holidays. Security to increase through the development. Fence the residents within the precinct. Approach the City to Fence Fairway and control access. Property Values will be done through professionals and will ensure that proper engagement with residents occur. Pedestrianize Beachway Place- remove the unwanted traffic. Professional team will approach the City to build a Pier, similar to Umhlanga(Cost approximately R70 million). This will have to be dealt with in a separate EIA process. Professional team will approach City to include a promenade/ boardwalk. City has an idea of creating a connectivity of the promenades that lead from Ushaka all the way to Umhlanga. This will be environmentally sensitive. 3.2 ARCHITECTURAL AND LAYOUT RESPONSE- TONY WHITEFIELD (MCA ARCHITECTS) Architectural team was tasked by developers to present a more informed and scientific solution to the concerns raised previously. Focus was on the Southern portion of the site- where the view protection was not offered in comparison to the northern portion. After consultation with developer, a land surveyor was sent out to survey the Southern portion again and address the sight-line issue. Flyers were distributed into the post boxes to residents in the Southern portion. Surveyor instructed to provide data at the patio of each of the residents in the Southern portion, where access was granted. The surveyor then was to establish an eye-level height of the 4th and 5th Fariways to ensure a Mangrove Tree Line was presented to the residents of the Southern Portion. This was to ensure that there would be an uninterrupted view with the existing Mangrove Tree and Forest Matrix. Surveyor picked up four critical lines: Section A (Italian Club), B, C, D: Section AA (Italian Club) - Double-storey development in keeping with the permissions. - A ground floor development which will encompasses an additional cluster scheme on the top. - Four units proposed. Section BB- 4th fairway - Potential to provide a double storey cluster development. - View is unobstructed- clear view over the development- there will be a flat roof top. Section CC - Double storey development. Unobstructed view. Section DD - There is a noticeable dip however there is an unobstructed view. 2

3 TW reiterated that all Sections have not been fully addressed in terms of engineering detail. They are still busy with the sub-terrain environment. All buffers were respected. The previous plan has been re-designed to respect the 40m buffer above the Mangrove site. The other issue of the Storm-water has been addressed. Civil/hydrological engineers are addressing. There is a concept of designing a culvert underneath the proposed road system- that will channel the flood of water coming down from the northern suburb, M4 and the highway. The storm-water is known to be polluted by grease, mud etc from the roads and will be attenuated to the dams/ponds. The professional team has further indicated that the residents on the Southern Section will be looking into the garages of the proposed units. This will be screened significantly from the residents sight. A green-screen is proposed- design/ landscaping development. Northern Section- maintained the views. Maintain the sight-lines to the top of the dunes. The issue on the Northern proposal- interference of the embankment- The Environmental team indicated a cautious approach to the intrusion of the embankment. An engineering solution will be implemented. Centre Portion- Hotel is based on the recommendations from the design team from Johannesburg Radisson team- the model will ensure that the storeys are minimised. There is a clash regarding the sight-line. This is still to be addressed. 3.3 TRAFFIC ACCESS AND CIRCULATION- MOHAMED KAJEE (ARUP ENGINEERS) TIA has not started as yet- The counts will commence next week. Rat running could be common in the area. Fairway Road currently has units. Development will consist of approximately 200 residential unit and hotel- still to be confirmed. Three Access Points (allow for the traffic to dissipate): - Virginia to the beachfront: Access to two-thirds of the residential units; - Hotel Area, off Beachway Road; and - Next to the Italian Club. Municipality has indicated that the M4 is going to be upgraded and the interchanges will also be upgraded. An extra lane to be added to Durban CBD. That would alleviate the peak hour traffic. In terms of the pedestrianisation of Beachway. This will result in the relocation of the parking area to the Northern side. Emergency access will be implemented 4. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 4.1 Surveying Issues and Line of Sight Resident (80 Fairways)- Bruce Scott & Rowena Scott indicated that the Line BB runs through their house and that the presentation was a false representation as his sight will be affected. Land Surveyor has not surveyed that area. Another resident indicated that that surveyor did not undertake a proper survey assessment. Resident (88 Fairway)- Tara Jeeva-Patel indicated that the surveyor did not contact back although she left messages and would like clarity on the sight of line for development beyond the Italian Club (Centre part). Resident also indicated that they have purchased the land from Beachwood and how boundary line will be displayed? Professional Team Response: GS indicated that there will be a one-on-one engagement with this resident to address his concerns. GS further indicated that the land surveyor was supposed go to every resident on the Southern side and take a reading from the veranda (1.7m-eye level). GS further stated that the surveyor indicated that some residents refused access or were not available. GS indicated that the surveyor will go out again to all residents on the whole site. 3

4 4.2 Widening of the Fairways Road Resident indicated that opposite 146 Fairway- there is no space to make the road bigger. In addition to the comment, Resident- Rob Gordon queried if houses were to be expropriated. Professional Team Response: GS indicated no expropriation will occur. Fairway residents have inherited a lot of land that belongs to the developer. GS indicated that there are two areas that are bottlenecking and there could be a discussion on exchange/ give and take. This is a challenge and is being addressed. 4.3 Flooding Issue Resident (80 Fairways)- Rowena Scott indicated that there is a river that s prevalentand there is flooding that is noticeable. How will this be addressed? The resident also indicated that the development on the Southern side should be moved to the lower end of the Mangrove, close to the Coastal Dune Forest. Resident indicated that there are three dams. If the river is to be channelized there is fish present. Furthermore when there is water-spraying from the golf course, the area floods, indicating that the area is not indicate that this area is not good to build as a little bit of water causes flooding. Resident recommendation would be to build on her alternative recommendation. Professional Team Response: GS indicated that the reason the area was chosen was due to an environmental analysis recommendation. Resident (80 Fairways)- Bruce Scott. Disagrees with comment. Professional Team Response: GS indicated that there will be a one-on-one engagement with this resident to address his concerns and go through the specialist report. 4.4 Pier Establishment Resident- Rob Gordon- indicated that the Pier is a no-go as a local specialist, Simon Bundy, had recommended in the past that piers will potentially wash the beach away. Professional Team Response: NB indicated that the Pier is subject to its own EIA and no assessment had been done as yet. 4.5 Land Expropriation Resident- Rob Gordon- indicated that the land expropriation would be an issue Professional Team Response: GS to engage with Rob on a one-on-one. Gavin indicated that some individuals haven t paid for land. 4.6 Bulk units Query Resident- Rob Gordon- indicated that he requested in the previous meeting the rough estimate of the bulk (units in total) Professional Team Response: TW Indicated that there are 208 units in total. This is still in progress and still tobe confirmed. 4.7 Honesty and Integrity and dissemination of information Resident (88 Fairway)- Tara Jeeva-Patel indicated that honestly and integrity is required. Resident further requested for information to be sent on - Cadastral and Elevation survey must be provided to residents. Furthermore, the whole professional team must be available when addressing residents. Professional Team Response: GS indicated that the whole project is based on honesty and integrity and the information will be properly disseminated. 4.8 Steering Committee Resident (114 Fairway)- Angela Baker indicated that there is a steering committee that the residents are involved in and this committee will be engaging with the developer/professional team. 4

5 4.9 Durban s Recreational Resource Resident (114 Fairway)- Angela Baker indicated that although residents have a direct interest, this development is on a resource that Durban holds dear. The proposal must be discussed further. The resident further indicated that there are 55 houses on Fairways. Protecting one s sight-line is not the issue. The issue is the bulk development that is proposed all over a recreational resource. There is a re-zoning application that is underway Layout and Design Resident (114 Fairway)- Angela Baker indicated that the development is a Unique, high-end, Radisson Collection etc. - the resident is battling to understand the layout design and would like clarity on them. The protected space must be protected. Another Resident indicated that initially there were only single development and now there are clusters implemented. Professional Team Response: GS indicated that in terms of the clusters- the team at one stage had single stands and there were issues of development and hence the reason to go back to cluster- low density development- there is a need for certain numbers for the development to be financially feasible Traffic Issue Resident (114 Fairway)- Angela Baker indicated that the Traffic counts must be done during the M4 closure as well. Furthermore, active mobility- non-motorised transport must also be assessed. Professional Team Response: GS acknowledges. If there is support to access control Fairwaythis will be put into conditions to open Fairways when there are accidents, closures, cycling events etc. With regards to the upgrades in Fairway- Fairway requires upgrading and resurfacing etc. 5. CLOSURE 5.1 Meeting Closed at 18H15. Chairman: NB thanked everyone for attendance and discussion. NB also noted that the steering committee will be communicated with further. 5