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FINAL Cooks Beach, Ferry Landing & Flaxmill Bay Community Plan .Pub Art by: ChristinaArt by: Hardie Vision: A place for us to care for and protect Whatu ngarongaro he tangata, toitu he whenua Man disappears but the land remains 1 September 2006 Contents Why do a Community Plan?............................................... 3 How will the plan work? .................................................... 3 Who will have access to the plan? ...................................... 3 How will progress and success be measured?..................... 3 How can new ideas be incorporated?.................................. 3 History – from Kupe to Cook ............................................. 4 Dacre’s Grant...................................................... 5 A description of our community......................................... 7 Our process so far............................................................. 11 Key areas of focus ............................................................ 12 Plan details ....................................................................... 13 Alison Henry Alison Henry 2 A place for us to care and protect Why do a Community Plan? As a short to medium term initiative for the communities of that suit the area Cooks Beach, Ferry Landing and Flaxmill Bay, the community ♦ Help avoid haphazard development vision plan will: ♦ Help influence Thames Coromandel District Council’s ♦ Focus community debate and get people involved in programme of works during its annual and long-term making decisions and taking responsibility for our planning processes communities ♦ Show opportunities for individuals and groups to develop ♦ Set direction and common goals, promote consensus and new projects and provide goods and services avoid division Reporting on this Plan each year will enable the community to ♦ Safeguard the community and the environment from record achievements and to check that the identified priorities exploitation are still correct. It will also be a chance to include new ♦ Capture all good ideas and identify initiatives suitable for information and new ideas. external funding ♦ Assist Community Board decision-making and allow more effective use of ratepayer funds ♦ Ensure the small settlements are able to develop facilities How will the plan work? This Community Plan is a collection of aspirations and The plan will be used to secure support from within and priorities for future directions. It is a community-owned outside the community for funding for specific projects and document and provides a framework to be used to guide will be reported on regularly to the Community Board and the decision making for local planning purposes. For example, public. Annual reporting will enable success to be measured individuals and groups who may be wishing to undertake a and information to be checked and updated. community project could use the Community Plan to determine There is opportunity for involvement at every stage of the priorities for action or to support their requests for external process. The Community Board will take an active role in funding. promoting the Plan to the community and where appropriate, As part of the Council’s planning process, the Mercury Bay facilitating project development. Community Board will use this Plan to determine local Others who have an interest in the future of the area will find priorities and to recommend future work programmes to the Community Plan an essential planning guide. These council. The Thames Coromandel District Council will take include: into account the principles and priorities as outlined in the ♦ Government Agencies Community Plan when deciding its annual and longer-term ♦ Other Councils work programmes. The Council will use the Community Plan as a basis for developing policies for desired growth within the ♦ Developers/Investors District. ♦ Visitors and Tourists Who will have access to the plan? This Community Plan is available from the local Council Office at 46 Albert Street, Whitianga. How will progress and success be measured? A central record of activity will be kept at the District Council Council’s annual plan budgeting process. office, 46 Albert Street, Whitianga and through the Mercury A major review of this Community Plan will be undertaken Bay Community Board. Progress will be reported to the every three years to coincide with the review of Council’s community annually. Maintaining the integrity of the Plan and LTCCP process. This will involve public consultation and monitoring its use is a necessary part of the implementation. A input. review of the Plan’s highest priorities will be carried out by the Community Board at a time to coincide with the preparation of How can new ideas be incorporated? The Community Plan has been arranged like a workbook so Plan should be made to the Thames Coromandel District that an individual or group may use it to keep a record of their Council’s Mercury Bay Area Manager, 46 Albert Street, activity and ideas. The central record of activity, maintained by Whitianga. Council, will form the basis of the annual report to the community and the Community Board. All comments on or contributions to this Community Vision 2 A place for us to care and protect Why do a Community Plan? As a short to medium term initiative for the communities of that suit the area Cooks Beach, Ferry Landing and Flaxmill Bay, the community ♦ Help avoid haphazard development vision plan will: ♦ Help influence Thames Coromandel District Council’s ♦ Focus community debate and get people involved in programme of works during its annual and long-term making decisions and taking responsibility for our planning processes communities ♦ Show opportunities for individuals and groups to develop ♦ Set direction and common goals, promote consensus and new projects and provide goods and services avoid division Reporting on this Plan each year will enable the community to ♦ Safeguard the community and the environment from record achievements and to check that the identified priorities exploitation are still correct. It will also be a chance to include new ♦ Capture all good ideas and identify initiatives suitable for information and new ideas. external funding ♦ Assist Community Board decision-making and allow more effective use of ratepayer funds ♦ Ensure the small settlements are able to develop facilities How will the plan work? This Community Plan is a collection of aspirations and The plan will be used to secure support from within and priorities for future directions. It is a community-owned outside the community for funding for specific projects and document and provides a framework to be used to guide will be reported on regularly to the Community Board and the decision making for local planning purposes. For example, public. Annual reporting will enable success to be measured individuals and groups who may be wishing to undertake a and information to be checked and updated. community project could use the Community Plan to determine There is opportunity for involvement at every stage of the priorities for action or to support their requests for external process. The Community Board will take an active role in funding. promoting the Plan to the community and where appropriate, As part of the Council’s planning process, the Mercury Bay facilitating project development. Community Board will use this Plan to determine local Others who have an interest in the future of the area will find priorities and to recommend future work programmes to the Community Plan an essential planning guide. These council. The Thames Coromandel District Council will take include: into account the principles and priorities as outlined in the ♦ Government Agencies Community Plan when deciding its annual and longer-term ♦ Other Councils work programmes. The Council will use the Community Plan as a basis for developing policies for desired growth within the ♦ Developers/Investors District. ♦ Visitors and Tourists Who will have access to the plan? This Community Plan is available from the local Council Office at 46 Albert Street, Whitianga. How will progress and success be measured? A central record of activity will be kept at the District Council Council’s annual plan budgeting process. office, 46 Albert Street, Whitianga and through the Mercury A major review of this Community Plan will be undertaken Bay Community Board. Progress will be reported to the every three years to coincide with the review of Council’s community annually. Maintaining the integrity of the Plan and LTCCP process. This will involve public consultation and monitoring its use is a necessary part of the implementation. A input. review of the Plan’s highest priorities will be carried out by the Community Board at a time to coincide with the preparation of How can new ideas be incorporated? The Community Plan has been arranged like a workbook so Plan should be made to the Thames Coromandel District that an individual or group may use it to keep a record of their Council’s Mercury Bay Area Manager, 46 Albert Street, activity and ideas. The central record of activity, maintained by Whitianga. Council, will form the basis of the annual report to the community and the Community Board. All comments on or contributions to this Community Vision 3 History From Kupe to Cook –Drifts of settlement in the Mercury Bay Area Settlements on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula to historic records and paintings, is probably the place where reach back to the 14th Century when Kupe and his companions Ngati Hei first greeted their European visitors. made their epic journey to Aotearoa
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