Western Ward – What It Is and What We’Re Doing
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WESTERN WARD – WHAT IT IS AND WHAT WE’RE DOING FIND OUT MORE ABOUT: • the new approach to planning • who represents you and how you are represented HAVE YOUR SAY Panel members • Tracy Coleman - Chair of the Panel and President of the How do I engage? Maungaraki Community Association • By sharing your input you can contribute to our city’s future. • Paul Caygill - President of the Normandale Residents You can participate in our online Have Your Say forum, Association consultations, surveys, workshops, open days, or talk directly with our Council officers or elected members, as well as • Greg Besa - Alicetown attend Council committee meetings. • Pam Hindmarsh - Kelson • Talking to your local Community Panel is a great way to help • Ellen Jackman - Youth our Council make the right decisions for your community. • Councillor Margaret Cousins What if I have a project I would like Council to consider funding? • Councillor Chris Milne • You can contact all your elected members by phone or email. Panel members endeavour to keep in touch with the other Or talk to your Community Panel any time during the year Western Ward communities not directly represented through to talk about outcomes you want for your community and panel membership. These include the communities of Tirohanga, projects that might help to achieve this. Harbourview, Belmont, Belmont Flats, Manor Park, and Haywards. • You can also contact the Mayor to suggest a project you Councillors focus on achieving the best outcome for the whole would like Council to consider funding, or to raise any issues city, while paying attention to local ward issues. Your Councillors or concerns. advocate on behalf of their ward to make sure all Councillors WESTERN WARD – HOW IS IT REPRESENTED? know how wider Council decisions impact at a local level. Councillors work across a range of committees that monitor, The Western Ward is represented through a Community consider, and help Hutt City Council’s regulatory, operational, Panel made up of five community representatives and two and strategic functions. Councillor Milne has key responsibility ward councillors. Panel members are appointed by Council for Council’s work in the science, technology, engineering, through an Expressions of Interest process with the Mayor and mathematics and manufacturing (STEMM) field1. relevant ward councillors making appointment decisions. Panel members are appointed with a goal to achieve, as far as possible, Councillor Cousins is chair of the Councillor Working Group for ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES representation from across the various communities in the ward. the Homelessness Strategy development. Over the years we have consulted with you on our strategies and In the years between producing an LTP, we have asked for your You can find out more about STEMM, the Homelessness significant projects. So far the feedback we have received through thoughts on the projects we have planned for the next twelve Strategy, and other strategic priorities at: www.huttcity.govt.nz our formal consultations, citizens panel, and quarterly resident months – this is our Annual Plan. This year we’re simplifying satisfaction surveys suggests we are on the right track. You’ve told the process. us we should keep doing what we are doing. Because we’ve recently consulted with you, and there aren’t any Every three years we talk to you about your ideas for Lower significant changes to the overall spend, we’re not going through a Hutt. We then produce a Long Term Plan (LTP) which covers our formal consultation process for our 2019/20 Annual Plan. Instead, shared vision for the city and the projects that will help us get we want to have a conversation with you about what’s in our plan there. When we did this last year, we received strong support for and how you can have a say in planning the future of our city. rejuvenating the city and continuing with the work we have begun. Key projects for the Western Ward are profiled in this booklet. We’re excited about continuing the journey to make Lower Hutt a You can share your input on the projects, or let us know about great place to live, work, and play. new ideas at: www.haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz 1 Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics , Manufacturing (STEMM) 2 WESTERN WARD – 2018-2028 WESTERN WARD – 2018-2028 3 DISTRICT PLAN Hutt City Council is proposing an amendment to the District Plan to enable higher-density development in nine areas of the city. This change provides for medium density residential development and suburban mixed use development. The purpose of the proposed plan change is to provide for greater housing capacity and a wider range of options for housing styles and sizes at medium densities within the existing urban area. This could include low-rise apartments and terraced houses in areas that have good access to public transport, shopping, parks and schools, but also minor additional dwellings on smaller sites that do not have the potential for traditional infill. Submissions on District Plan Change 43 closed in March 2018. A total of 273 submissions were made, and preparations are being made for a public hearing in mid to late 2019. Minoh Friendship House WESTERN COMMUNITY PANEL Local Community Projects Fund The Western Community Panel’s role is to represent and act as When it was first established, the Community Panel undertook an advocate for the interests and views of local people at a “flax a survey of Western Ward residents to find out their main roots” level. concerns. Residents identified the importance of having access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). The Panel has now Panel members do not receive a salary - members do receive reached an agreement with Wellington Free Ambulance to install a small honorarium to acknowledge the work they do for the seven AEDs across the Western Ward and they are working with community. The salary members would have been allocated Council officers and WFA to implement. This is the Panel’s first under the old representation model is allocated to the Local project funded through the Local Community Projects Fund. Community Projects Fund. Western Ward residents are able to approach the Panel with funding The Panel discusses, debates and provides feedback to Council requests for community based projects. The first point of contact on all important local issues, city wide matters of significance, should be Tracy Coleman, Chair of the Panel. You can contact Tracy Annual Plans and policy setting. They also allocate and manage by email at [email protected] the Local Community Projects Fund and the Community Engagement Fund to assist and support local community events and initiatives. 4 WESTERN WARD – 2018-2028 WESTERN WARD – 2018-2028 5 KEY PROJECTS Each area of Lower Hutt has funding set aside for key projects, as well as ongoing maintenance and replacement of existing infrastructure such as playgrounds, public toilets, footpaths, and roads. There are many other smaller projects focused on improving sports grounds, other facilities, and maintaining HARDCOURT DEVELOPMENT WESTERN HILLS existing structures. $50K | 2021 Supporting tennis in the Western Hills. MINOH FRIENDSHIP HOUSE – NORMANDALE $60K | 2020 Taking care of Minoh House. PERCY SCENIC RESERVE WHAT IS PLANNED FOR $200K | 2018-19 Taking care of the reserve which has THE WESTERN WARD links to the earliest settlement in our SUB-STANDARD ROAD UPGRADES area, with historic plant collections of scientific significance. It plays an active $750K | 2018-19 2018-2028? role in preserving New Zealand’s plants. The Long Term Plan (LTP) is Hutt City Council’s key strategy and Making the roads safer for our hill planning document. We consulted on Long Term Plan 2018-2028 last residents. year. The outcomes we’re seeking to influence or achieve for Lower RIVERLINK FOOTBRIDGE Hutt communities are set out in the LTP. $6.5M | 2023-26 Linking the Western Hills with the central city. RIVERLINK – MELLING BRIDGE RENEWAL $6.5M | 2025-26 Contribution to Melling Bridge Renewal (associated with flood JUBILEE PARK DRAINAGE improvements and realignment $370K | 2018-19 of the Melling Interchange). Improving walkways. MANOR PARK CYCLE TRAIL $370K | 2018-19 Making sure the Hutt River Trail is *This illustration is an artist impression. complete so that the trail is continuous Distances are not to scale and locations on both sides of the river. may not be geographically correct. WESTERN WARD – 2018-2028 7 RIVERLINK RiverLink will deliver better flood protection, better lifestyle, and WESTERN WARD – THE FUTURE improved transport links for the people of Lower Hutt. The Western Ward is made up of a range of communities all with unique aspects that give the wider district character and diversity. We know our city is changing and that people may have different views on the projects we have planned. We’re inviting you to share your views and ideas about what can make the Western Ward a better place to live, work, and play in. It is important for everyone in Lower Hutt that we plan for the long term. We need to make sure we’re prioritising the right projects, and our long-term plans reflect our communities and what they will need in the future. Subscribe to HUTT AT HEART – TE MANAWA, your monthly email newsletter where you can find out about fantastic things going on across our city and at Hutt City Council. HAVE YOUR SAY www.haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz CONTACTS WESTERN COMMUNITY PANEL COUNCILLORS MAYOR Tracy Coleman Margaret Cousins Mayor Ray Wallace Chair Western Community Panel T: (04) 586 2135 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] facebook.com/RayWallaceMayor/ Chris Milne T: (04) 586 3890 | M: 027 442 2708 E: [email protected].