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COPYRIGHT © You are free to copy, distribute and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the work to Porirua City Council. Published March 2021. Porirua City Council 16 Cobham Court PO Box 50218 Porirua 5240 This document is available on our website poriruacity.govt.nz Porirua – our place, our future, our challenge Let’s kōrero Consultation Document for the proposed Long-term Plan 2021-51 Message from Ngāti Toa Rangatira E te iwi e noho nei i te riu o Porirua, tēnā koutou katoa The development of the city's Long-term Plan 2021-2051 will bring changes to our city that we will be proud of. Between now and 2051 we will see Porirua transform into a vibrant and exciting place to be for residents and people who choose to work here. We are blessed with hills, waterways, Te Mana o Kupe bushwalks and two magnificent harbours, Porirua and Pāuatahanui, as well as rich histories all anchored by Te Matahourua, the anchor left here by Kupe. As a challenge to all of us – we must look after our environment and look after each other, especially our tamariki and rangatahi. Nou te rourou, naku te rourou ka ora ai te Iwi With your contribution, and my contribution the people will thrive Taku Parai Chairman, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Toa Rangatira 2 Consultation Document for the proposed LTP 2021-51 Contents Mai i tō Koutou Koromatua 4 From your Mayor Executive summary 8 Rates 10 The challenges for our city 11 Your views 16 Investment in the 3 waters – drinking water, wastewater 17 & stormwater 1. Investing in infrastructure 17 Protecting our harbour 19 2. Harbour and catchment restoration 19 Preparing for growth 20 3. Multi-use community facilities 20 4. Cultural Arts Centre 22 5. City centre parking 24 Affordability 25 6. Moana Court housing 25 7. Village Planning Programme 28 8. Te Rauparaha Arena hours 30 9. Living wage to contractors 32 10. How to go about balancing the budget 33 Our climate change response 34 Responding to Covid-19 34 Wellington Regional Growth Framework 35 Policies and strategies 36 Development Contributions Policy 36 Fees and charges 36 Financial Strategy 37 Infrastructure Strategy 42 Independent Auditor’s Report 48 3 Mai i tō Koutou Koromatua From your Mayor $800m on What’s wastewater, stormwater in the and drinking water pipeline? $323m on roading It’s never been more important that we understand under pressure infrastructure to public transport and the choices and challenges that confront us as a city. parking in the CBD. What’s your view on the range of This Long-term Plan (LTP) consultation document proposed solutions set out here? spells them out clearly. Now, we need your help. In order to meet our obligation to balance budgets, Simply put, the LTP looks out thirty years and asks: we offer an alternative approach to funding Council “how do we best make sure infrastructure and activities and critical investments. Do you agree services keep pace with a growing city?” with the idea of ‘smoothing’, which will spread rates increases over the first three years of the LTP? For public safety, quality of life and harbour health, there is no greater priority than investing in our We’re also seeking your views as to what we do critical three-waters infrastructure – drinking water, with the Moana Court social housing. Do you agree wastewater and stormwater. That’s why we are with the plan to sell the 26 social housing units – planning to spend $800 million over the next 30 years valued at more than $3 million – to the Crown or to improve the pipe network, ensure water quality for a community housing provider, as long as tenants our drinking water, protect our environment (streams, are protected? harbour and coast) address flooding hotspots, ensure There are also proposals in the LTP for new the integrity of our wastewater system and meet the community assets, including a Cultural Arts Centre in challenge of climate change. the city, and multi-use community facilities in Eastern In roading, we are proposing to invest $323 million Porirua (2024-2028), in the North (2031-34), to improve resilience and safety across the network, Tītahi Bay (2035/36) and Whitby (2038/39). with a focus on high-risk corridors, pedestrian Porirua City is going strong – but keeping pace crossings and school zones. with growth creates budget pressures that directly We have significantly increased our overall impact your household rates. It’s a balancing investment in infrastructure from the previous LTP act, and recent events are a reminder that to improve our 3 waters and transport networks. underinvestment carries its own costs. Your input is critical to getting this right. So please For Porirua to thrive, we need more than just a plan. take the time to go through the document, discuss it To be successful, the plan must enjoy broad support with family and neighbours, and let us know how you in the community. That’s why we’re urging you to think the Council can best address these challenges. have your say now. Your input is critical to getting this right so please take the time to go through the Given projected population growth, Porirua City document and let us know how you think the Council will need more than 10,000 new dwellings over the can best address the challenges we face. next 30 years. This creates additional demand on everything from precious water resources and our Ngā mihi, Anita Baker 4 Consultation Document for the proposed LTP 2021-51 A snapshot of our major projects over the next 30 years 3 waters Wastewater pipe and pump station renewals: $359m Wastewater storage tanks: $120m Wastewater treatment plant: $45m Installing water meters: $14m Stormwater improvements at flooding hotspots: $10m Transport Road resurfacing Access Kenepuru Road, and rehabilitation: footpath, and cycleway $190m improvements: $8.6m Parks Aotea Lagoon renewals: $3m Property New community facilities across the city: $24m Resource recovery & waste Additional capacity at Spicer Landfill: $26m 5 Our focus It’s time to invest in our ageing infrastructure, to improve the health of our harbour, beaches and the city as a whole. We’ve heard from you that this is a priority, and that’s what has shaped this Long-term Plan. What we’re What we’re What this could What it costs faced with doing about it look like for you » Ageing pipes Infrastructure investment of To fund this and other Average weekly $800 million vital work requires: rates increases: » Growth over 30 years For example, if your house Weekly is valued at: increase: » Climate change 8.05% for the average next $755K +$6.16 rates 3 years increase $644K +$5.35 But, if all consultation $427K items are accepted +$3.77 this could drop to 7.81% 6 Consultation Document for the proposed LTP 2021-51 7 Executive summary Our vision for Porirua City is that it is an even greater manages what comes out of the pipes, our stream- place to live, work, and raise a family. This means side restoration programme will help the health of we must look after the wellbeing of our people, our our harbour through improvement of the catchment harbour and our home. that drains into it. We want to provide the right services and facilities We have become increasingly aware of the need for everyone now and in the future by: to address the impacts of climate change in everything we do. In 2019 our rangatahi approached • Investing in 3 waters infrastructure and Council and asked for change. In response Council catchment restoration developed a Climate Change Strategy, “Rautaki o te • Proactively responding to the climate crisis ao Hurihuri”. Adopted in 2020, this strategy outlines • Advocating for and providing a safe, healthy what we will do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thriving community and what changes are needed to make our services • Putting children and young people at the and infrastructure more resilient. heart of the city. The investment in our city isn’t just about meeting This LTP maps out the needs of the city for the next the current needs of residents, it also prepares us 30 years. It builds on the guiding principles and for future residents. Our city is projected to grow policies in the Growth Strategy, Climate Change by nearly 30,000 residents (more than 10,000 Strategy, and Proposed District Plan. This LTP isn’t households) over the next 30 years. We need more business as usual, it takes into account our changing homes, but we also need to meet the social and city. It is confronting, but we believe realistic if we are cultural needs of our expanding population. This to address the challenges we now understand are could be done, for example, by building a cultural coming our way. arts centre and new multi-use community facilities in high growth areas. This LTP is focused on: The Council is committed to supporting the • The 3 waters – drinking water, wastewater community and maintaining our services during the and stormwater Covid-19 pandemic. In September 2020 the Council • Our harbour adopted the city’s Covid-19 Recovery Plan to help us • Climate change respond to the ongoing and emerging impacts • Preparing for growth of Covid-19. • Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic In order to fund our infrastructure investment we • Affordability. need to take on more debt. While this borrowing is unavoidable, we have been careful to keep debt As a city, we need to significantly invest in our levels affordable now and in the future. We have infrastructure.