What's YOUR Vision for the Future of Lake Ohau, Omarama, Otematata and Kurow?

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What's YOUR Vision for the Future of Lake Ohau, Omarama, Otematata and Kurow?

s nitie mmu g co stron SHARE YOUR ning LAN IDEAS… plan ICT P DISTR Use our online interactive maps and EVIEW survey to share your ideas here: R www.waitaki.govt.nz These will be available to access between What’s YOUR vision for the 20 December 2018 – 20 January 2019 If you prefer to avoid technology, we also future of Lake Ohau, Omarama, have hard copies available. These can be found at the Omarama and Kurow Otematata and Kurow? Information Centres, the Otematata Library and Council HQ in Ōamaru during the same period. WE ARE GROWING… If you’d prefer to talk to a real person about your ideas please visit us at the: The Waitaki district is experiencing rapid growth - growth in the demand for housing, tourism and business. KUROW INFORMATION CENTRE: How do we accommodate this growth over the next 10am - 4pm on 7th & 14th Jan 2019 10 years? Where should it go? What should we be protecting? What do we need to be improving? OMARAMA TOWN HALL: 10am - 4pm on 9th & 16th Jan 2019 Council needs YOUR views about the mid to upper Waitaki townships to feed into its review of the Please contact the District Plan team on Waitaki District Plan – the rulebook for land use and 03 433 0300 or email districtplan@waitaki. development in the District. govt.nz if you have any questions. WE NEED YOUR HELP… We need your opinions, ideas and feedback to help us draft the new District Plan. Some of the questions we have are: ► Where should new housing, businesses, car parks, community and recreational facilities, visitor accommodation be located? ► Should we be increasing housing density in WHAT HAPPENS NEXT… certain areas? ► What works well in your township? Once all feedback has been assessed by ► Does your town need more recreational facilities Council, follow up workshops will be held. or green spaces or is there a surplus? This will lead to one or more of the following: ► What needs to be improved? ► the development of a formal Master Plan ► Are more public footpaths needed? and/or; ► How can we improve local streetscapes? ► new District Plan provisions. www.waitaki.govt.nz.

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