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2012–2022

Tauranga CiTY CounCil’S

Draft Ten Year PlanSummarY

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Tauranga City Council elected membersLeft to right: Bill Faulkner, Deputy Mayor David Stewart, Terry Molloy, Tony Christiansen, Wayne Moultrie,

Murray Guy, Mayor Stuart Crosby, Larry Baldock, Bill Grainger, Rick Curach and Catherine Stewart

2 l Tauranga CiTy CounCil’s Draft Ten Year Plan Summary 2012 – 2022

to the Tauranga City Council’s fourth Draft Ten Year Plan 2012 - 2022

Welcome

DID YOU KNOW?

We provide you with foot and boat access to 129km of world class coastline.

DID YOU KNOW?

850,000 cars a day go through our signalised intersections.

Online ForumIn addition to formal feedback an Online Forum has been set up so you

can ask elected members or Council staff questions in relation to the draft

Ten Year Plan prior to submissions closing. On this forum you can ask

elected members a question and/or seek clarification on matters you want

more information on. Staff may respond to your enquiry but the Online

Forum is mainly intended to be an opportunity for discussion between you

and your elected representatives.

There are five topic streams which are:

• financial strategy e.g. general income, expenditure, rates, debt, water

• service levels e.g. libraries, cemetery fees, chip seal, street lights,

sports fields

• economic activity e.g. TCVL cash injection, property review

• city projects e.g. tertiary inner-city campus, Waterfront Project, Pilot

Bay, stormwater

• general comments on the Draft Ten Year Plan 2012 – 2022.

Feel free to register at: www.tauranga.govt.nz and join in the discussion at

any time.

What is the draft Ten Year Plan?The draft Ten Year Plan is a comprehensive statement of the Council’s intentions for the next ten years. It is very similar to a contract between the Council and you – the people of Tauranga. It provides detail on the projects, activities and services the Council plans to undertake for you and provides an estimate of how much it will cost to do this work on your behalf.

What is your part in this? The draft Ten Year Plan is relevant for ratepayers and residents alike. Even if you are not a ratepayer the draft Ten Year Plan still affects you because you still use Council services and pay through rents, user fees and other contributions.

All advertisements in this Summary are for Council owned/funded activities.


This Summary contains... Rates 4

Financial Strategy 6

Summary of Financial Information

6

Issues for feedback 7-10

Durham Street Site Tertiary Campus

7

Tauranga Waterfront Project 8Water Charges 9Cash Injection into TCVL 10

City Initiatives 10

Hotel in the CBD 10Conference Centre 10Consent for museum 10

Property Review 11-12

Levels of Service 13-17

Chip seal on all roads 13Cemetery fees 13Pilot Bay grassed area 14Mount Maunganui industrial stormwater

14

Charging for events in open spaces

15

Greerton Library 16Library level of service review 16Mobile library 16Sports fields 16Street lighting renewals 17

Issues for your information 18-19

Other Strategies, Plans and Policies

20

What has been taken out of this draft Ten Year Plan?

21

Let us know what you think 21

Online Forum 21

Elected members’ contact details

21

Submission Form 23-24

What is the Ten Year Plan process? The Ten Year Plan is reviewed, rewritten and refreshed every three years. An Annual Plan is produced in each of the two years between. The draft Plan gets developed from:

• those things that are essential and necessary for the future success of the City’s growth and development (this is most of the costs)

• those things that you have told us would make the City a better place.

How this list of things is determined involves looking ahead as well as asking you about what you are prepared and/or able to fund. Once projects and activities are identified, strategies and plans are put in place providing sensible and agreed ways to do things either across the entire City or sometimes in specific neighbourhoods.

This information is pulled together and a draft Ten Year Plan is prepared for the Council to adopt before it is distributed to the Tauranga community for consultation (this Summary). Once elected members have read submissions and received all feedback from the community they make their final decision and then adopt the Ten Year Plan.

Below are the key dates to finalise the Tauranga City Council’s Ten Year Plan 2012 - 2022:

DATE DESCRIPTION

13 March 2012Council adoption of draft Ten Year Plan for public consultation

19 March 2012 Submission period opens

20 April 2012 Submission period closes

7 - 11 May 2012 Hearings Meetings

28 May - 1 June 2012 Deliberations Meetings

26 June 2012 Council adoption of Ten Year Plan

What can you do?• Call the Council on 07 5777 000 and get a disc of the full draft Plan sent to you

• Go to our website and review the full draft Plan and make a submission online

• Make a submission using the Submission Form at the back of this document

• Call our Customer Service Centre and make a submission over the phone on 07 5777 000

Once you have made a submission you can speak about your submission in front of the elected members at the special Ten Year Plan Hearings scheduled between 7 - 11 May 2012.

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Our Bayswim ‘Learn to Swim’ programme is for all ages and all stages and with 300 lessons a week there’s bound to be a day and time that works for you. We also offer payment plans so cost does not need to be a barrier to learning this essential life skill.

For more information, visit www.tcal.co.nz. Every day we see first-hand that “swimmers are grinners”, so come and join us and get amongst it.


Cap on ratesThe elected members agreed to put a limit on future rates increases from 2013 -14 to no more than the projected CPI plus 2%.*

Although the projected increase in the draft Plan for 2013 -14 currently exceeds the CPI plus 2%*, it is the Council’s intention to seek to reduce that projected increase prior to the adoption of the 2013 -14 Annual Plan. The table below shows the projected rates increases for the ‘average’ house in the next ten years. The ‘average’ house is valued at $422,000.

*Plus an allowance for growth in the rating base i.e. if Tauranga City grows 1% in a year the Council will receive more rates revenue, which will result in lower rates for everyone.

ExpenditureThe Council has two major areas of expenditure:

• capital projects (‘building things’/assets) – this usually means paying off the loans and interest associated with them

• operational costs (the cost of ‘doing things’ to a required level of service).

IncomeThe Council has three main ways it gets income.

• Rates (shared across all Tauranga properties based on their valuation).

• User fees and charges (based on what people are willing to pay for a service).

• Development Contributions (what developers pay towards the capital costs of the new infrastructure required as a result of the additional people/activities their developments create i.e. ‘growth pays for growth’).

The Council also gets some income from government subsidies and grants but this is not a significant funding source.

Rates

DID YOU KNOW?

Our beachfront holiday park has a four star rating and helps fund the upkeep of Mauao.

The average rates increases over the next ten years are:

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

Annual rates increase after growth

4.6% 5.0% 4.1% 3.4% 3.6% 1.9% 2.6% 3.8% 3.0% 4.0%

The impact of the increases in the table above for the ‘average’ house valued at $422,000 is:

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

Annual rates $1,910 $2,005 $2,087 $2,158 $2,235 $2,278 $2,338 $2,426 $2,499 $2,599

Water by meter $356 $369 $382 $398 $415 $431 $447 $466 $486 $507

Total $2,266 $2,374 $2,469 $2,556 $2,650 $2,709 $2,785 $2,892 $2,985 $3,106

Rates increases for the next 10 years(including assumptions about inflation)

DID YOU KNOW?

The 480 Tauranga City Council supported households practising worm composting collectively divert approximately 1.5 tonnes of kitchen waste from landfill every week.

DID YOU KNOW?The time it takes to clean up graffiti vandalism in Tauranga is the equivalent of a full-time job for one person.


water supply

civil defence

SERvICESis the delivery of activities to

the community of Tauranga

and internally to the

organisation. These include:

the call centre

building services

revenue and

f inance

information management

communicationreserve developments

PROJECTSexamples include:

the Waterfront

roads, bridges and cycleways

boardwalks

pool and library

upgrades

land and building purchases the Southern

Pipeline

ACTIvITIES

transportation

libraries

are included in the draft Plan but some may not have active projects underway that are directly related to them within the next ten years. There are 35 activities in total which include:

business services

parks and leisu re

solid waste

animal services

Tauranga City Council delivers...


Financial StrategyOverall the Council’s approach to financial matters over the next ten years is to reduce debt (relative to income)* and to adopt a conservative approach to construction and maintenance of essential facilities and services.

This will see the Council taking the following actions:

• selling some property assets (see: Property Review)

• maintaining ‘growth pays for growth’ philosophy (still collecting development contributions)

• getting the most out of existing infrastructure before building new infrastructure (delaying some construction)

• only increasing user fees by inflation (except for water, cemeteries and open spaces)

• maintaining ‘business as usual’ across services wherever possible (except street lights and road sealing)

• taking an active role in stimulating and supporting economic growth.

The Council makes a number of educated assumptions when it agrees to the adoption of its financial strategy. These include things like the projected growth rates, the costs of borrowing,

the costs of inflation, the costs of essentials (e.g. asphalt, concrete, pipes, wood and steel), the ability of infrastructure to deliver to a certain quality and planning for how assets might cope under unexpected pressure e.g. flooding. If some of the assumptions change then the Council may have to change and/or adapt its approach. For example, if growth slows further than has been assumed then Development Contribution revenue will reduce, and debt will increase, relative to the projections. That is unless the Council is able to further defer growth-related capital expenditure. The elected members receive regular monitoring reports from staff that keep them across the possibility for change in all their assumptions.

Sudden changes to the financial strategy and approach will not be made by elected members without advising and consulting all residents of Tauranga first.

* While overall the Council’s debt will increase by $40 million over the life of this Ten Year Plan, the reduction of debt relative to income will be achieved by using surpluses and selling assets. At the same time the Council will continue to invest in the community’s assets over the next ten years increasing our asset base from $3.6 billion to over $4 billion.

Note to table below: a debt ratio under 250% is considered ‘prudent’ for Tauranga City Council.

2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022

248% 241% 225% 215% 209% 195% 184% 185% 182% 172% 174%

Debt/revenue ratios over next ten years

Summary of Financial Information 2012 – 2022

Total External Operating Expenditure ($M)

This includes the costs of the Council’s activities, less internal eliminations.

Total External Revenue ($M)

This comprises Fees and Charges, General Rates, Uniform Annual Charges, Water by Meter revenue, Vested Assets and Development Contributions but excludes internal eliminations and gain on asset sales and revaluations.

Capital Expenditure ($M)

This also includes Vested Assets.

250

200

150

100

50

0

Operating Expenditure Inflation

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

2021

/22

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

Capital Expenditure Inflation

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

2021

/22

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

External Revenue Inflation

2011

/12

2012

/13

2013

/14

2014

/15

2015

/16

2016

/17

2017

/18

2018

/19

2019

/20

2020

/21

2021

/22


This section summarises the main things the elected members would like specific feedback on.

Issues for feedbackDurham Street Site Tertiary CampusThe establishment of a tertiary campus is seen by the Council as a way to continue the economic growth of the City and to provide for all forms of continuing education for young and old. The Council has agreed to make land available to the Tertiary Education Partnership (a Trust set up to establish a full university campus in Tauranga City). The Tertiary Education Partnership is made up of Waikato University, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi.

The facility will be used for teaching, research, business incubation, schools’ technology and science engagement, management and executive education and international hosting. The inner-city campus will house 1500 equivalent full-time students. It is anticipated that Stage 1 will be operational by 2015 for 500 full-time students.

The land is currently used as a large parking space in Durham Street. It will still remain in the Council’s ownership and will only be used if sufficient funding is secured by the Tertiary Partnership from other stakeholders for development of the campus.

One of the conditions attached to the agreement is that the Tertiary Partnership replaces carparks in the new development. Also, current income from the carparks must be secured by the Council on an inflation adjusted basis.

If the development proceeds the Tertiary Partnership will have use of the land at no cost for 33 years at which time it would move to a fully commercial arrangement. The Council did not agree to waive the fees normally associated with a development of this kind such as Development Contributions. An updated business case and detailed project plan will be presented to the Council once funding is secured before final approval is given.

The Council welcomes your views on this proposal.

DID YOU KNOW?

Our award winning airport is the fourth busiest general aviation airport in New Zealand.

the Council

welcomes your views

on this proposal

DID YOU KNOW?

Tauranga City Council receives and sends about 155,000 email messages a month.


Year Project BudgetTotal

Budget

2012 – 2013 Playground North of Wharf Street (associated with private sector development of a café in the area)

$300,000

Upgrade of Spring Street crossing $100,000 $400,000

2013 – 2014 Completion of Spring Street crossing upgrade

$50,000

Upgrade of Masonic Park to Waterfront crossing

$150,000

Underpass at Harbourside through to Strand extension

$300,000 $500,00

2014 – 2015 Completion of underpass at Harbourside through to Strand extension

$450,000

Strand roadside landscaping rationalistion

$50,000 $500,000

2015 – 2016 Northern reclamation land work $500,000 $500,000

2016 – 2017 Northern reclamation land work $500,000 $500,000

2017 – 2018 Dive Crescent redevelopment project

$500,000 $500,000

2018 – 2019 Dive Crescent redevelopment project

$500,000 $500,000

2019 – 2020 Wharewaka Pier $500,000 $500,000

2020 – 2021 Wharewaka Pier $300,000

Access to water $200,000 $500,000

2021 – 2022 Access to water $500,000 $500,000

TOTAL $4,900,000

Tauranga Waterfront ProjectTauranga City Centre has one of the most stunning waterfront settings in the country. The Waterfront Project will turn it into an area that everyone can enjoy. The Waterfront Project area extends from the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in the north to the Matapihi Rail Bridge in the south. The project is a long term plan to revitalise the Tauranga City Centre waterfront area. The project, which is divided into several proposed stages, has been considerably scaled back from the planned activity in the 2009 – 2019 Ten Year Plan in response to the Council’s revised financial direction. The Waterfront Project budget has been reduced from $18,388,316 (2009 – 2019) to a proposed $4,900,000 in the next ten year period.

The following table sets out the approach the Council proposes to undertake in the next ten years, 2012 – 2022, and it is this proposed activity that the Council would like your feedback on.

The elected members are keen to hear your views on the proposed works on the Waterfront and if you support them proceeding as outlined.

$900,000

$800,000

$700,000

$600,000

$500,000

$400,000

$300,000

$200,000

$100,000

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$8$8880000,000000

$7$70000,,00,0,00000

$6$60000,0,0000000

$5$5000 ,0000000

$4$4000000,0,00000

$3$$30000,0,00000

$2000 ,0000

$100,000

Paw-O-Meter& F

riends sculpture project

Hairy Maclary

If you want to be part of getting Hairy

Maclary and his gang on the waterfront, contact Creative Tauranga

07 928 0284 or [email protected].

Great sponsorship

opportunities available. Watch the Paw-O-Meter

go up in the window of the Creative Tauranga Community Gallery as

we raise funds for this great community project.


Water Charges The Council believes that the water supply activity should pay for itself - i.e. no general rates should be used to subsidise the water business.

The water business has two sources of income to cover its costs: fixed charges and user fees.

The fixed charge for households was reduced from $80 down to $25 in 2004 to allow for an increase in the volumetric charge in order to promote water conservation. The fixed charge is what every household pays to be connected to the water network based on the principle that everyone receives some equal measure of benefit for connectivity. The fixed charge provides some revenue stability for the water business year to year - generally only increasing in total as the number of households increases. Currently the fixed charge covers 8% of the income for the water business. A fixed charge is common to most utility providers such as telephone and electricity.

The volumetric charge is variable over time and entirely dependent on the amount of water used. On its own it is not a reliable charge to support ongoing costs of the business because external factors cannot be predicted with any accuracy. Projected income in the 2009 – 19 Ten Year Plan was based on the expectation that the city’s water use would increase whereas in fact water use has not gone up as expected. This is partly due to a slow down in growth (although the infrastructure still has to be paid for), partly due to excellent conservation by customers (which is a good thing), and partly due to recent wet summers.

The Council’s water business currently has costs that have increased significantly (e.g. depreciation alone has increased from $4 million in 2009 to around $6 million for 2013) and yet its income has not increased accordingly. And while the water business has increased its volumetric charging to cover some of the cost increases this has not been sufficient to offset the deficit.

So to keep true to the belief that water charges should cover the costs of the water business the elected members have to consider options for increasing income and/or reducing costs.

Note: a good outcome of the reduction in water use is that the Council has managed to defer the need to spend $64 million on a new water treatment scheme at Waiari from 2013 to 2019.

Options

Options to increase income for the water business are:• increase the fixed charge• increase the volumetric charge.

In addition to these options on proposed annual income the Council also needs to consider whether it wants to address a current projected deficit of $3 million quickly or over a longer period of time. If the debt is to be addressed quickly then they will recover the costs in the next two to three years. Alternatively they can collect income over a longer period (to make it easier for current water users) although this increases the Council’s overall debt profile.

Proposal for consultation

This draft Ten Year Plan includes a $26 increase in the fixed charge plus a 10c increase in the volumetric charge. This option, presented by staff, would see the deficit reduced to zero over a two to three year period. Before Council makes its final decision they will receive a paper that sets out all the options available to them and clearly illustrates the affect of varying the charges fixed and/or variable including the option of changing the time frame for reducing the deficit. Combining this information with the outcomes of the community consultation will ensure the council is well placed to make a robust final decision.

Other proposals that they may consider could include the following:• leave the fixed charge at $26 and increase the variable charge

from $1.58 to $1.80• increase the fixed charge to $78 and leave the variable charge

at $1.58• increase both the fixed charge and increase the variable charge

over ten years (gradual increase).

The following table, by way of example, outlines how these options would look over the next ten years.

The elected members would appreciate your thorough consideration of the water charging issue and to provide feedback on the proposal above and any other variations that may be suitable.

Changes to average household water charges under various options

WATER 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

UAC per domestic connection $26 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52 $52

Volumetric charge per cubic metre $1.58 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69 $1.69

Option 1 no change to UAC increase volumetric to $1.80 m3

UAC per domestic connectio $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26


Option 2 no change to volumetric increase UAC to $78



Option 3 increase volumetric 3c pa and UAC 5% per annum



Note that all of the numbers presented below do not include inflation. Each year rates are reviewed and every attempt is made to absorb inflationary cost increases. Where costs are unable to be absorbed there may be the need to increase future year charges by inflation in addition to the numbers presented below. UAC = Uniform Annual Charge.


Hotel in the CBDThe Council intends entering into a conditional agreement with a company interested in building a four star hotel in Durham Street (opposite Baycourt). This will have no direct rates impact.

Conference CentrePriority One, with the Council’s support, are progressing various options for a conference and convention centre in the City Centre. This will have no direct rates impact.

Consent for museumA Council contribution of $100,000 towards costs for resource consent for a museum will enable the Tauranga Moana Museum Trust to proceed to the next stage of planning. The Trust has identified Cliff Road as the site for a museum and the Council proposes to include a budget of $100,000 in year four of the Ten Year Plan 2012 – 2022. This financial contribution will be released once the Trust has presented a strong business case. Funding of $100,000 for resource consent costs provides certainty to the Trust and enables them to proceed with finding other funding opportunities for the proposal.

Cash Injection into TCvLTauranga City Venues Limited (TCVL) owns and operates (as one integrated venue) the existing and future assets on the Baypark site. TCVL is 100% owned by the Council. In 2011 the TECT Arena project was completed and this has provided a significant additional community asset to this site. TCVL needs a cash injection of $5 million over the next three years because the company was largely under-capitalised when it was established and carried too much debt.

Without the additional equity injection the company won’t succeed over the long term. The Council proposes to fund the $5 million over the next three years from rate funded loans in allotments of:

• $2 million in 2012 – 2013

• $2 million in 2013 – 2014

• $1 million in 2014 – 2015.

This means the impact on rates in year one will be $210,000 in the first year increasing up to $509,400 in year three and future years, reducing as the Council’s debt reduces, which is used to fund this equity investment. This covers the interest payable on the loan, together with an amount to repay the loan over approximately 25 years.

The current level of debt is just over $9 million. By approving this injection TCVL can expect to be profitable in five years with the overall debt paid off by 2033. This assumes the following.

• That the rate funding currently allocated by the Council to fund the TECT Arena at Baypark is maintained at the level in the Ten Year Plan (currently approximately $3 million per annum which covers operations, debt servicing and depreciation on the Arena).

• That the assumptions included in TCVL’s business case are realised. TCVL has recently acquired the speedway operations and catering contracts previously operated by other parties. This now allows TCVL to take further control over the operations and enables TCVL to present a business case that provides for a sustainable financial model going into the future based around achievable future business growth.

The other options the Council considered follow.

1. That it gives TCVL the entire $5 million up front which would have resulted in $525,000 on rates (declining until the loan is paid off in 2033.

2. To ‘do nothing’ which would significantly extend the time when the loan would be paid back, if at all, due to the amount of interest that would continue to accumulate on the debt which could not be funded from operations.

Your feedback and consideration will add greatly to the Council’s deliberations on this very important decision.

Regency Hairstyling DisplayCome and find out how the ladies managed their luscious locks in the Regency Era, and see À La Mode, an exhibition of early 19th century fashion plates from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection (6 April – 20 May).

Tauranga Art Gallery, Sunday 22 April, 2:00pm, $5 entry.

Visit www.artgallery.org.nz for more information.

City Initiatives


Property ReviewThe Strategic Property Review was undertaken because the Council owns properties that may no longer be required or which are under utilised.

The Council has agreed to consider the sale of a number of properties over the next five years. The properties fall into five groups – as follows.

Council reserves and parks• Botanical Road Reserve - located behind 50 and 66

Botanical Road and adjoining the rear of Fraser Cove shopping centre.

• Aspen Tree Reserve - located at 12 McLean Street, Tauranga.

• Tatua Reserve - located at 61 Newton Street, Mount Maunganui.

• Soper Reserve - located at 95 Newton Street, Mount Maunganui.

• Rawhiti Street Reserve - located at 20 Rawhiti Street; steep land overlooking the industrial area of Maleme Street.

• Unused Recreational Reserve - located at 227 Ruahihi Road, Kaimai, Western Bay.

• Solomon Street Reserve - located at 28 Solomon Street, Judea.

• Cheyne Park Recreation Reserve - located at 4 Montana Drive, Pyes Pa.

• 9 Mayfair Street - currently leased and run as the Tauranga Tourist Park; partially held as a recreation reserve.

• Rural land adjoining Route K and State Highway 29; partially used as part of the Kopurererua Valley Park; incorporates a couple of residential houses (approx. 38 hectares).

• Kanuka Reserve - located at 174 Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa.

• Redundant stormwater reserve - adjoins 14-23 Hayley Grove and 295 – 298 Range Road, Papamoa.

• Potential house site - located in the stormwater swale adjoining 51 Longview Drive, Papamoa.

• Vacant site adjoining Gordon Carmichael Stormwater Reserve - located at 37 Graham Place, Tauranga.

• Vacant land holdings adjoining the eastern side of Takitimu Drive running from Fourth Avenue to Sixth Avenue, Tauranga.

• Vacant land adjoining eastern side of Takitimu Drive located at 105 Eighth Avenue, Tauranga.

vacant land with reserve status not being used by CouncilFor example, unformed access ways, redundant corridors, unformed road reserves. The majority of these pieces of land can only be sold to adjoining land owners.

• Unused access way - located between 31-32 Tawhiri View, Pyes Pa.

• Unused access way - located between 16-21 Karamu Terrace, Pyes Pa.

• Unused drainage site - located between 278-282 Gravatt Road, Papamoa.

• Drainage corridor - located between 7-9 Concord Ave, Mount Maunganui.

• Redundant drainage corridors (subject to services being protected) - located at the rear of residential housing running from Gravatt Road to the main drainage swale located in the Royal Palm Beach Estate, Papamoa.

• Unformed road reserve - located at 55 Merivale Road, Tauranga.

• Unformed road reserve - adjoins 80-82 Coopers Road, Tauranga.

• Unformed road reserve - located at the end of Manley Grove, Tauranga.

• Unformed road reserve - located at the rear of 1229-235 Cameron Road, Greerton, Tauranga.

DID YOU KNOW?

This year we will lay about 12,000 tonnes of new asphalt on our roads to keep you safe.

DID YOU KNOW?

City Partners funded more than $8 million for the TECT Arena at Baypark. That’s the equivalent of approximately 4,188 average rates bills.


Council owned commercial land• Industrial land lease - located at 31 Alach Street, Greerton.

• Industrial land leases (leased in perpetuity) - located at 26-34 Fifteenth Avenue, Tauranga.

• Industrial wastewater pump station (to be decommissioned) - located at 31 Maleme Street, Greerton.

• Small vacant commercial site - adjoins 11-25 Nikau Crescent, Mount Maunganui.

Other Council owned land• Unformed road - located between the end of Hilltop Road

and Alverstoke Road, Greerton. Any future land sale would be subject to a formal advertised road stopping process.

• Mathers Road landfill site - located at Waihi Beach, Western Bay; now not considered necessary for waste management activity.

• 113 Mansels Road, Greerton - vacant site adjoining residential housing.

• 72 Links Avenue, Mount Maunganui - residential house considered surplus now that stormwater catchment improvements in the area have been completed.

• A redundant water treatment plant - located at 537 Joyce Road, Pyes Pa (being investigated for sale subject to retention of easements for services associated with the main water treatment facility).

• Vacant rural land adjoining Takitimu Drive - located at 14 Richards Way off Cambridge Road, Tauranga. Land partially designated for Northern Arterial Highway and will be required by the New Zealand Transport Agency.

• Rural land holding located off R469 Cambridge Road, Tauranga that adjoins the western side of Takitimu Drive at the toll plaza.

• Rural land holding located off 6234L State Highway 29, Tauranga that adjoins the western corner intersection of Takitimu Drive and State Highway at the toll plaza.

• Unformed road located at the western end of 234 Fourteenth Avenue, Tauranga and adjoins Takitimu Drive. Any future land sale would be subject to a formal advertised road stopping process.

• Small area (208m2) of redundant water pump station land - located on Pyes Pa Road, Tauranga. Surrounded by rural grazing land.

• Large passive rural block of land covered in regenerated native bush - located off the end of Seales Road, Oropi, Western Bay.

Other Council owned land being considered for partial sale/joint venture development• Phoenix Car Park located at 123 Maunganui Road and 20-

24 May Street, Mount Maunganui. Sale would be subject to a joint venture allowing for commercial development but retaining public car parking.

• Commercial shops located at the corner of 171 Chadwick Road and Chadwick Road, Greerton (Subway building). The Council wants to consider a mixed use development that would potentially fund the redevelopment of the Greerton Library.

It is proposed that any proceeds raised from the sale of these properties would be used to reduce debt or would be invested in other reserves. An indicative estimate is that the sale of the proposed properties could raise a net sum of up to $18 million over the next five years.

The properties being considered for sale that have reserve status will be subject to two consultation processes; the Ten Year Plan process and the Reserves Act 1977 process. Both processes must be undertaken before any of the properties can be sold. Under the Ten Year Plan process the community can have its say on whether these properties should be put forward for further consultation under the Reserves Act.

Properties with no reserve status (fee simple properties) are general Council owned properties that the Council wishes to consider selling. In some cases these properties can only be sold to adjoining land owners, or are subject to an offer back process. This means that the Council is legally required to give the owner it originally purchased the land from, the first right of refusal. If, after the Ten Year Plan consultation process, the Council approves any of these pieces of land for sale, all property owners with a right to purchase would be contacted prior to any sale on the open market.

The elected members are keen to hear your views on the Property Review. You are invited to comment either on individual or groups of properties being sold and/or provide feedback on the general concept of selling the listed land assets.

May St ReserveThe Council considered again the status of the May St Reserve and issues associated with it and decided to retain May St as a Council reserve. The May St Reserve will be used as a neighbourhood reserve with no further developments planned.


Levels of service

Your feedback on the

following proposals is

appreciated.

Chip seal on all roadsMany Tauranga suburbs are reasonably new and the City has had high growth levels in the past 20 years resulting in many subdivisions. Because of this there are many road surfaces that will be due for re-sealing at roughly the same time. In addition there is a backlog of roads that require resealing.

Currently the Council has in place a ‘like-for-like’ level of service for resealing roads throughout the City and its suburbs. Some roads, particularly those in the newer areas, are sealed with hot mix (asphaltic concrete in varying grades) while others are sealed in chip seal (varying chip sizes).

Hot mix is $17.50 per square metre on average and chip seal averages $4.50 per square metre. Even with a need to redo chip seal more frequently than hot mix (i.e. chip seal needs replacing every 12 years while hot mix every 16 years) the cost difference is still two and half times more to the ratepayer. See table below.

There are a number of streets currently being resealed in hot mix where using chip seal would reduce the cost. Many of these are residential streets. Changing from hot mix to chip seal will mean many of these residential streets will no longer have the ‘smooth’ hot mix and instead have the ‘rougher’ chip seal applied to them.

Changing from hot mix to chip seal will not initially create savings until after 2015. This is due to a backlog of scheduled works that require completion. (However it is estimated that the impact of this reduced level of service will lead to capital savings of $100,000 to $300,000 per year over 30 years depending on changes made in any one year.)

The option the Council prefers is in bold.

Option 1

That the level of service for providing road reseals be changed so that it is no longer ‘like for like’ on local roads. This means that chip seal would be provided on local roads apart from those areas where engineering reasons suggest hot mix is better than chip seal.

Or Option 2

No change to the current level of service.

Elected members would like your feedback on the option they have agreed as their preferred approach.

Cemetery fees Pyes Pa Cemetery is administered and maintained by the Council. To ensure it remains self-funding, the Council proposes to increase cemetery and crematorium fees and charges. If this increase does not go ahead the cemetery is on track to make a loss of $77,000 - $79,000 in the next two years and this shortfall would need to be rates funded.

The Council proposes to increase fees as follows.• Burial fees for an adult aged 13 years plus will increase from

$545 to $800.

• RSA burials fees will increase from $540 to $700.

• The cost of a plot for an adult will increase from $1,460 to $2,000.

• The cost of a plot for a child aged 5 -12 years will increase from $440 to $600.

• The cost of cremation for an adult will increase from $430 to $440.

• The cost of cremation for a child will increase from $205 to $210.

Changes to these fees will ensure the cemetery remains self-funded.

Costs for hot mix versus chip seal over 1 km of road

Surface Type

Average Expected

Life (Years)

Install date

(year)

First Re-seal

and Cost

Second Re-seal

and Cost

Third Re-seal

and Cost

Total over approx 36

years

After 43% subsidy *

Hot mix 16 years 20002016

$140,0002032

$140,000$280,000 $159,600*

Chip seal 12 years 20002012

$36,000

2024

$36,000

2036

$36,000$108,000 $61,560 *


Pilot Bay grassed areaElected members would like your feedback on options to better protect and preserve the grassed area at Pilot Bay. This area is a high profile strip of coastline and plays host to thousands of cruise ship visitors and significant events, such as the Port of Tauranga Half Iron Man. In addition it is one of the most popular beaches in the sub-region and also one of the most photographed. The grassed area is becoming heavily worn and needs to be protected into the future. The option the Council prefers is in bold.

OPTION 1• Turf enhancement through installing a ‘grow-through’

product.

• This option would cost $90,000 and have an anticipated life of 15 years

OPTION 2• Lay a gravel path to define the path

• This would cost $145,000 and $15,000 each year to maintain and have an anticipated life of 8 years

OPTION 3• Construct a boardwalk• This would cost $420,000 and $2,000 each year to

maintain and have an anticipated life of 20 years

OPTION 4• Lay a concrete path

• This option would cost $175,000 and $1,000 each year to maintain with an anticipated life of 50 years

OPTION 5 • Keep the status quo which would require higher levels of

maintenance

• Current maintenance costs $12,000 each year

None of the options require a consent and all of them can be staged. The Council currently proposes to construct the boardwalk in years 2012 – 13 and 2013 – 14. Your consideration and feedback will add greatly to the Council’s deliberations on this very important and significant area.

Mount Maunganui industrial stormwater The Council proposes to prioritise stormwater work at the Mount Maunganui industrial area over other areas that had stormwater proposals planned. This will result in stormwater projects at Mount Maunganui being completed by 2017 - three years earlier than previously planned. Projects in Greerton, Matua, The Avenues and Bureta will need to be delayed until 2017 in order for stormwater projects at the Mount Maunganui industrial area to be completed.

As this is a reprioritisation of the remedial stormwater programme the overall costs of the projects remain the same as they did in previous ten year plans. The Council proposes to invest $5 million each year for the next five years into stormwater projects at the Mount Maunganui industrial area.

Elected members would like to hear your feedback on this proposed prioritisation of stormwater projects.

DID YOU KNOW?

There is one park bench for every 165 people in the city!

The Council

welcomes your views

on these proposals!


DID YOU KNOW?

More than 220,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in the Kopurererua Valley Reserve through the City Partnership programme in the past six years. That’s approximately two plants for every man, woman and child in Tauranga City.

DID YOU KNOW?

Tauranga CBD has around 2,200 monitored car parks. Our parking wardens monitor parks so that the almost 40,000 cars coming into the CBD each day can find somewhere to park.

Charging for events in open spaces The Council welcomes your views on whether to charge commercial organisers of events when using Tauranga’s open spaces. It is proposed that all commercial organisers of events such as circuses, music festivals, craft traders, concert/productions,

franchise sports events and food fairs will be charged at a rate of $190 per day with two free days for set-up and pack-down allowed.

The following table outlines the options and the options the Council prefer are in bold.

Number 1. Who to charge?

Option A Charging all event organisers – commercial, not-for-profit and charitable

Option B Charging commercial organisers only

Option C Charging commercial and not-for-profit organisers

Number 2. How much to charge?

Option A Commercial Organisers Scheduled Rate (Status Quo):

• Scheduled rate $190 + GST per day when ticket entry cost is less than $50 each

• Scheduled rate $2,500 + GST one-off fee for any period when ticket entry cost is more than $50 each

Option B Commercial Organisers - Scheduled Rate plus 5% (or other) of revenue:

• Scheduled Rate $190 + GST per day when ticket entry cost is less than $50 each

• Scheduled rate $2,500 + GST one off fee for any period when ticket entry cost is more than $50 each

Option C Non-Profit : a percentage of Scheduled Rate

Option D Charitable : a percentage of Scheduled Rate

Number 3. Period to charge

Option A Every day of occupation

Option B Allow two ‘free’ days for set up/pack down, all other days are charged

Option C Charge for trading days only


DID YOU KNOW?

Our 35 CBD crime prevention and detection cameras helped Police arrest 928 offenders last year.

Greerton LibraryThe Council is proposing to go ahead with a redevelopment of the Greerton Library to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of people in that part of the City. The $600,000 investment will provide 200m2 of additional space.

The elected members are also investigating ways that developments and services can be cost shared with the private sector and this applies to the Greerton Library expansion.

Your feedback on this proposal is appreciated.

Library level of service reviewThere are no further library developments planned however the Council has committed to undertake a complete ‘level of service’ review of the libraries to identify:

• whether new buildings are needed (and whether, with an increase in e-books, the sorts of buildings we have now are still needed)

• whether the library service should be more targeted or continue to service everyone equally

• whether the measures currently used to determine satisfaction are the right ones.

The libraries level of service review will be a comprehensive city-wide exercise later in this calendar year and will involve extensive public engagement.

Mobile libraryThe mobile library will be discontinued from July 2012 unless an alternative is found to funding this service. The annual costs to run the mobile library are $250,000 (including a share of library overheads) and the service is currently fully rates funded. Alternatives to funding it from rates are being looked at currently. These include user fees and/or a public/private partnership.

Your feedback on this proposal is appreciated.

Sports fieldsThe Council proposes to increase the capacity of sports fields through maximising the use of existing ones instead of just investing in constructing new ones.

This is a significant change to the proposals that were in previous ten year plans which only focused on developing new sports fields directly in response to population growth.

Instead the Council is providing a level of service based on a mixture of improving the quality of the amenities it has and developing new sports fields.

Instead of just focusing on developing planned new sports fields the Council will also invest more heavily in existing sports fields. This investment will include training lights and irrigation which will increase the utilisation of existing sports fields.

The only new sports fields the Council will continue to work towards completing is Parau Farms in Bethlehem. Planning for this will commence in 2013 - 2014. These decisions respond directly to sports code demand and the Council’s new level of service approach. They also reflect the Council’s priorities and financial position. This approach necessitates a change in the way Development Contributions are paid. More detail on this is described in the separate Development Contributions document.

These changes are driven by the draft Active Reserve (Sports Fields) Level of Service policy.

The Council wants your feedback on its proposal to maximise use of existing sports fields and to continue work towards completing the new sports field in Parau Farms, Bethlehem.


DID YOU KNOW?

Tauranga City Council gets over 2,000 phone calls a day. That’s one call for every fifty people in Tauranga.

Street lighting renewalsThere are approximately 11,000 street lights in total of which approximately 3,000 are decorative street lights. Currently the Council has in place a ‘like for like’ level of service for replacing street lights throughout the City. To replace street lights ‘like for like’ can often be expensive as the type of decorative lamp required may no longer be in production and one-off or small batches may need to be produced if a supplier can’t be found. Replacing a decorative street light costs significantly more than a standard Oclyte street light e.g. a standard Oclyte street light costs between $1,500 and $3,000 while a decorative street light costs between $2,500 and $8,000.

The table below shows the costs associated with renewing the anticipated 300 street lights in the next ten year financial period with a mid range decorative lamp and a standard Oclyte street light.

Type of Light Total

300 decorative street lights at $5,000 $1,500,000

300 Oclyte street lights at $2,500 $750,000

The option the Council prefers in regard to this level of service is in bold.

Option 1

That decorative street lights are not renewed on a ‘like for like’ basis and standard Oclyte poles and lamps are installed and powder coated (to colour match the existing poles) where they are replacing deteriorated lights.

OR Option 2

That decorative street lights are renewed on a ‘like for like’ basis.

Your feedback on the elected members proposed option is welcome.

Tauranga is New Zealand’s lead city for Earth Hour 2012

SATURDAY, 31 MARCH 5.00PM – 9.30PM(Earth Hour itself is 8.30pm - 9.30pm)

You’re therefore invited to join our special free community event featuring:

A Night Market With Little Big Markets and environmental organisations

A candlelit acoustic concert Starring local musicians:

Luke Thompson, Matt Bodman, Nine Mile Stone, Marcel Currin, Leah Carroll and Ukes-A-Plenty.

Venue: Old BMX track, Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point

Join our celebrations under the stars as Tauranga leads the world into this global event.

This is an alcohol free event.

For more information or wet weather plans visit www.tauranga.govt.nz

Ten minutes drive out of the city you will find Tauranga’s hidden jewel. One hundred and ninety hectares of parkland set alongside Lake McLaren offers a different experience for every season. It is particularly spectacular in autumn as it is home to one of the best botanical collections of trees in the North Island. Many thousands of trees including over 500 species and varieties, exotic and indigenous are established in the park.

Another highlight in the park is the Waterfall Track where you can see glow worms after dusk. While you’re there drop in to the new Visitor Information Centre to learn more about the park’s history. McLaren Falls Park, State Highway 29. More info: www.tauranga.govt.nz.

Visit

McLarenFalls Park

in autumn


The Southern PipelineThe Southern Pipeline was previously scheduled for completion in 2013 – 2014. With growth in the City down (enabling projected population figures to be moved out slightly) the timeframe for completion is now expected to be 2016.

As a result the Council is proposing to make adjustments in the Ten Year Plan to defer some packages of work to later years so that the project can be scheduled for completion in 2016 to better suit current growth patterns.

Matapihi rail bridge pathway The Matapihi Rail Bridge constructed in the 1920s, provides a critical link on Kiwirail’s East Coast Main Trunk railway line that runs between Hamilton and Kawerau/Taneatua via Tauranga. Within the City, the railway line provides a connection between the Sulphur Point and Mount Maunganui operations of the Port of Tauranga.

In the late 1950s a ‘clip-on’ pathway was added funded by the Tauranga City and county councils with support from the Crown. Today this pathway forms an important part of Tauranga’s cycle and walking network. Approximately 120 cyclists and 375 pedestrians cross the structure daily.

Some areas of the pathway need to be renewed immediately. Any further delay could result in the structure either being closed permanently or causing unplanned closures for emergency repair. The Council must now confirm its plans for the renewal of the timber elements of the structure (for which the Council is responsible) and align these with Kiwirail’s plans for the next 10, 20 or 50 years.

Funding to complete this project initially was proposed at $800,000 in the Ten Year Plan 2012 - 22, spread over three years, starting in 2013. However the Council has allocated $50,000 split over the next two years on the understanding that further technical investigations need to be completed.

Welcome Bay Baptist ChurchWelcome Bay Baptist Church, located on Waitaha Reserve, has been leasing the land it occupies from the Council. The lease for this land expires on 30 June 2012.

The Council’s Our Community Places Strategy (2008) included an action to develop an integrated plan for the future of buildings located on Waitaha Reserve in Welcome Bay. This was in response to a number of issues in the area including:

• significant population growth in this area

• the community identifying the need for more multi-use spaces (rooms of different sizes that cater to a wide range of activities)

• the need to determine the future location of the Welcome Bay Community Centre

• significant expansion plans of leaseholders located on Waitaha Reserve.

In April 2010 the Council received options for the future of buildings located on Waitaha Reserve which included the option to use the Welcome Bay Baptist Church building as the basis for a community centre development.

The Council is therefore purchasing the Welcome Bay Baptist Church building in 2012 - 2013 so that the Welcome Bay Community Centre and other community activities can be accommodated in the building.

Route K Negotiations are still underway with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to take over the debt on Route K. However this draft Ten Year Plan has been developed with the assumption that the $59.2 million debt remains with the Council.

A business case is being proposed to NZTA that the debt, and the corresponding income from tolls, should shift to the Agency sometime in the future.

Issues for your information


Tsunami sirensIn May 2011 the Council agreed to install a network of tsunami warning sirens throughout ‘at-risk’ residential areas of the City. This project commenced mid-2011. The Council along with Western Bay of Plenty District Council intend making a joint application to TECT for funding to go towards the cost of this project.

In February 2012, tenders closed for the installation of a tsunami siren network. Sirens will be progressively installed at siren locations prioritised relative to risk and coverage. The pace at which sirens will be installed is dependent on the type and cost of siren selected and the proposed funding available as outlined in the timetable below.

The Council proposes the following timetable to complete installation of the tsunami siren network:

Year Amount of Funding

2012 – 2013 $422,500

2013 – 2014 $375,000

Total $797,500

In addition, pedestrian bridges are being built in the 2011 – 2012 and 2012 – 2013 years to complement existing infrastructure along the Papamoa coastline which will form part of the coastal tsunami evacuation plan. The total cost of these is $220,000.

The mass coastal evacuation plan is a multi-agency project that began development in 2011. This plan will be completed in the 2012 calendar year. The development of this plan will involve a wide cross-section of Tauranga citizens working together over several months. The elected members have allowed $70,000 annually for the development and ongoing training required to keep the plan relevant and up-to-date for all ‘at risk’ citizens.

You can register your interest in contributing to the development of the coastal evacuation plan by going to www.tauranga.govt.nz/tsunamisurvive.

Risk ReserveThe Council decided in June 2011 to support the Government’s Weathertightness Scheme. This is a no-blame scheme where the Government, the building owner and the Council agree to split the costs of repair – 50% for the owner and 25% each for local and central government.

Without knowing the number of buildings that may qualify the Council agreed to put aside $500,000 of surplus from the 2010 - 2011 year into the Risk Reserve. It is unknown how many ‘leaky buildings’ there are in Tauranga because not all owners have come forward.

TravelSafe and Road Safety ProgrammesThe New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has cut funding to the TravelSafe and Road Safety programmes from a 75% subsidy to a 54% subsidy. Both programmes operate across Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty district and are jointly funded by the two respective councils and NZTA.

Tauranga City Council is proposing to respond to these cuts by maintaining its contribution but changing the way these programmes are delivered. This will see the two programmes merged. The focus will stay on key ‘higher risk’ audience groups that have been identified by the NZTA and the Joint Road Safety Committee.

The alternatives to doing this were:

1. to reduce the amount of Council funding for local road safety campaigns, or

2. to increase Council funding to make up for the NZTA shortfall.

Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs) ReviewA review of Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs) is underway. CCOs supported by Tauranga City Council manage the Council facilities and/or deliver significant services on behalf of the Council. The review is expected to be completed by 30 June 2012. The outcomes of this review may affect the relevant activity areas.

Tauranga City Council Controlled Organisations are:

• Tauranga City Venues Ltd (or TCVL)

• Tauranga City Aquatics Ltd (or TCAL)

• Tauranga City Investments Ltd (or TCIL)

• The Tauranga City Art Gallery

• Bay of Plenty Local Authority Shared Services

• Tourism Bay of Plenty

• Local Government Funding Agency Ltd.


Other Strategies, Plans and PoliciesThe following strategies, plans and polices are either under review or the elected members have made some decisions relating to them that they would like your feedback on. More information on these can be found in the Draft Ten Year Plan 2012 - 2022 and in the case of SmartGrowth and Development Contributions, entire separate documents are available on request.

• SmartGrowth

• Sport and Active Living Strategy

• Extreme Sports Strategy 2002

• Aquatics Strategy

• City Centre Strategy

• Integrated Transport Strategy

New StrategiesThe Council has committed to lead a multi-agency process to progress an Age-Friendly City Strategy. This includes a budget of $5000 in the 2012 - 2013 year. Another new strategy, yet to be named, will progress accessibility and disability issues for the City. This strategy process will begin in the 2012 - 2013 year.

Water and Sanitary AssessmentsThe Local Government Act 2002 requires councils to provide an update to the community on the status and ‘health’ of water and wastewater services. This update is available in full in the Draft Ten Year Plan 2012 - 2022.

Neighbourhood PlansThe Council’s role in the development of future Neighbourhood Plans will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in response to community requests. Below is an update on the following plans.

• Council’s Merivale Neighbourhood Plan has now been replaced by the Merivale Community Centre’s Positive and Proud document. The Council will continue to have a close working relationship with the Merivale Community Centre to implement it.

• The Greerton Neighbourhood Plan remains in place and will be monitored on a three-yearly basis.

• The Mount North Neighbourhood Plan has been completed.

PoliciesThe following policies have been created or amended:

• Draft Active Reserves (Sports Fields) Level of Service Policy (new)

• TCC and WBOPDC Subregional Parks Policy 2000 (amended)

• Revenue and Financing Policy (amended)

• Debt Retirement Policy (amended)

• Rates Remission Policy (amended).

Development Contributions Policy The Development Contributions Policy has an entire document dedicated to it. If you are particularly interested in the changes proposed for 2012 - 2022 then please email [email protected] or call the Council 07 5777 000 and you will be sent a copy of the proposed policy.


What has been taken out of this draft Ten Year Plan?• Request for funding of $600,000 from Tourism Bay of Plenty

• The Mount Hot Pools redevelopments

• Wairakei Reserve (uplifting the designation and rezoning the land)

• The development of Masonic Park

• Funding for referenda

• Six playground projects - Eversham Road, Scout Reserve, Hall mark Rise Reserve, Famtail Drive Reserve, Lavender Place Reserve, Doncaster Drive Reserve

• Lakes Community Centre, Wairakei Community Centre and the community centre element of the Greerton Library

• Improvements to Daisy Hardwick Walkway

• Improvements to Te Ranga Battle Site

• Public walkway around the Airport (5km)

• Pavilion 4 at Baypark

Let us know what you thinkElected members of the Council appreciate your feedback on the important issues and decisions that are up for review as part of the current ten year plan process. If you are interested in getting more information then please:

• Contact our call centre on 577 7000 and they can send you a fuller version of relevant sections you require

• Go to the Council’s website and review the document on line at: www.tauranga.govt.nz

• Go to a library or service centre and read parts of the document that are of interest to you

• Contact an elected member.

Online ForumAn Online Forum has been set up as a new way in which you can ask elected members questions in relation to the draft Ten Year Plan. You can also ask Council staff questions or alternatively you can post a comment on one of the five topic streams which are:

• financial strategy e.g. general income, expenditure, rates, debt, water

• service levels e.g. libraries, cemetery fees, chip seal, street lights, sports fields

• economic activity e.g. TCVL cash injection, property review

• city projects e.g. tertiary inner-city campus, Waterfront Project, Pilot Bay, stormwater

• general comments on the Draft Ten Year Plan 2012 – 2022.

Make a SubmissionTo make a formal submission you can use a submission form. One of these is attached to this Summary. Or you can download one from our website. Alternatively you can phone 07 5777 000 to make a submission via our call centre. You can also write a submission on a separate piece of paper including your name and address and send it in.

Elected Members’ contact details

Mayor - Stuart [email protected]

07 577 7016

Deputy Mayor - David [email protected]

07 575 0751

Larry [email protected]

07 543 0600

Tony [email protected]

07 544 1018

Rick Curach [email protected]

07 575 8048

Bill [email protected]

07 576 6114

Bill [email protected]

07 544 1417

Murray [email protected]

07 543 2778

Terry [email protected]

07 541 3097

Wayne [email protected]

07 572 1103

Catherine [email protected]

07 576 5411

Submissions close 5.00 pm

Friday 20 April 2012

DID YOU KNOW?

Every time our lawns need mowing we have to mow the equivalent of 129 rugby fields.


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K Valley

Planting Day

Don’t miss the annual Rotary Centennial Trust Planting Day at Kopurererua Valley. Each year, on a day (to be advised) that is close to Arbor Day and World Environment Day, the Rotary Trust invites people to a free community event where thousands of native trees and shrubs are planted in K Valley.

The event is part of Rotary’s long term commitment to the restoration of the valley, an ecological asset and recreation space, through the City Partnership Programme.

The planting day also includes fun activities, competitions and prizes. Arbor Day 2012 is on Tuesday 5 June so check the Tauranga City Council’s ‘Events’ website to find out when the planting day will take place.

Saturday 31 March 2012

Modified Invitation and Fireworks

Extravaganza

5.00pm: Gates open, pits open to the public and time to grab some dinner.

6.45pm: Racing starts

10pmish: Fireworks extravaganza!

For further information visit: www.baypark.co.nz

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