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THE MOST SOUTH TARANAKI LIVEABLEDISTRICT Hōtaka Anga Whakamua Draft Long Term Plan www.southtaranaki.com/longtermplan Mihi Page Ko Taranaki kei runga. So stands Taranaki above Ko Aotea, ko kurahaupo e urunga mai ki uta. Aotea and Kurahaupo are anchored ashore, Ko Turi, ko Ruatea ngā tῡpuna, Turi and Ruatea are our ancestors. Tihei mauri tῡ ki runga! So, we share the breath of life! Mai I Okurukuru ki Rāwa o Turi, From Okurukuru to Rāwa o Turi, Rāwa o Turi ki Waingōngoro From Rāwa o Turi to Waingōngoro River, Insert Graphics Waingōngoro ki Whenuakura, From the Waingōngoro to the Whenuakura River, Whenuakura ki Waitōtara. From the Whenuakura to the Waitōtara River. Ko wai tērā, ko Taranaki ki te Tonga. Who are we, South Taranaki. E ngā tini wairua, kua whetῡrangihia, koutou e To those spirits, who have passed beyond, you who Korowaitia ana te tauheke rā, ko Pukehaupapa, ko cloak our mountain, Pukehaupapa, Pukeonake, rest Pukeonaki, e moe. Haere I raro I te kahu kōrako ki in peace. Go beyond the veil with the protection of Tua whakarere. Ki te kāinga o tāua te tangata. peace. To the ancestral home of us, the people. Hoki atu rā koutou ki Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Return to Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa and Hawaiki pāmamao. Hawaiki pāmamao. Ki a tātou ngā uri o Tiki, ki ngā kanohi kitea. Tātou To those of us who remain, the descendants of mā e kawea nei ngā kete matauranga o te ao Tiki, the living. We, the bearers of the baskets of tῡroa, o te ao hurihuri. knowledge from the past and present. Tihei mouri ora. So, the breath of life. Ko te kaupapa e anga atu nei, ko te Hōtaka o te So, the focus for this is the Long Term Plan, to wā, hei tirohanga ki mua mā tātou ki to Tonga. Kia Look forward for us the people of South Taranaki. whai nei I ngā wawata kia pākari ai te rohe. To achieve the hopes and dreams to enhance our region. Kāti rā, ki a koutou, ki a tātou, rire, rire Hau Pai In conclusion, to you and us all, Peace flow across marire! us! 2 | South Taranaki District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 | Draft Text Document (Contents page – cannot complete until the document is designed so page numbers match) 1 STRATEGIC DIRECTION 160 DECISION MAKING PROCESS 4 Mayor and Chief Executive Message 161 Significance and Engagement Policy 5 Vision 169 Building Māori Capacity to Contribute 6 About the LTP, Annual Plan and to Council Decision-Making Policy Annual Report cycle 173 Assumptions and Data Insert Graphics 8 Our Vision and Community Priorities 187 Audit Report 14 How submissions shaped the Plan 16 Financial Strategy 38 Infrastructure Strategy 189 OUR COSTS 190 Revenue and Financing Policy 207 Funding Impact Statements 79 OUR ACTIVITIES 247 Prospective Financial Statements 80 Guide to the layout and content of 255 All About Rates ‘Our Activities’ 259 Financial Prudence Benchmarks 83 Democracy and Leadership 263 Capital Projects Programme 86 Three Waters 278 Debt Ratios for Borrowing Limits 101 Solid Waste 279 Statement of Special Reserve Funds 105 Roading and Footpaths (includes Road 283 Statement of Accounting Policies Safety) 110 Community Facilities 125 Arts and Culture 130 District Economy 136 Community Development 139 Regulatory Services 148 Environmental Management 154 Coastal Structures 156 Corporate Activities 3 | South Taranaki District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 | Draft Text Document MAYOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S MESSAGE • Manage our environmental sustainability We live in one of the best places in the world and our requirements, including how we pay for the At the same time we know we need to keep rates at vision is to continue to build on our many strengths rising costs related to meeting new an affordable level, so we are proposing to fund our to make South Taranaki the most liveable District. key projects with a combination of loans, existing environmental legislation reserves, external funding sources and earnings from In 2019 we asked you what you wanted to see for • Manage our debt while ensuring we the Long Term Investment Fund, rather than through the future of South Taranaki. You told us you complete our planned capital works rates. wanted us to encourage growth and vibrancy in our programme towns, take good care of our natural environment, With an average rate increase of 3.99% over the develop our relationship with Māori and ensure our To meet these challenges and work towards our next ten years, we believe our proposed Long Term infrastructure continues to meet the community’s vision, our focus for the next ten years is to: Plan strikes the right balance between progress, needs. • Complete key projects from our last Long affordability and providing the services and facilities Over the past decade we’ve focussed on upgrading Term Plan our communities expect. But we want to know what the District’s water infrastructure, key community you think. • Continue to upgrade our water, wastewater facilities and implementing projects to make South Taranaki a desirable place to live and do business. and stormwater infrastructure with a focus We want to make the best decisions we can for the We now have a much-improved water network and, on wastewater future of South Taranaki and your feedback will help since our last Long Term Plan three years ago, we • Increase our spend on roading us do that. have progressed the Hāwera Town Centre • Carry out our environment and sustainability redevelopment, Te Ramanui o Ruapūtahanga and strategy Phil Nixon the Nukumaru Station Road extension projects. Koromatua o Taranaki ki te Tonga • Create the conditions that encourage South Taranaki Mayor The key challenges we face over the next ten years sustainable economic growth in the right are how we: places, with development of the South Waid Crockett • Support economic growth, especially after Taranaki Business Park, the Western Hāwera Tumu Whakahaere COVID-19 Structure Plan and town centre upgrades for South Taranaki District Council Chief Executive • Minimise the impacts of climate change Manaia, Eltham, Ōpunakē, Pātea and Waverley. 4 | South Taranaki District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 | Draft Text Document Tō Mātou Aronga me ngā Whakaarotau-ā-Hapori OUR VISION & COMMUNITY PRIORITIES Your Councillors O KOUTOU KAIKAUNIHERA Insert pictures of elected members 5 | South Taranaki District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 | Draft Text Document ABOUT THE LTP, ANNUAL PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT CYCLE Long Term Plan Section 93 clause 3 of the Local Government Act 2002 requires all councils to adopt their long term plan every three years, before the beginning of the The LTP sets out our strategic direction and work programme for ten years financial year, which for this plan is 30 June 2021. outlining services we will provide, projects we will undertake, cost, how it will be paid for and how we will measure our performance. An LTP is produced This Long Term Plan sets out the Council’s long term vision for the services every three years. it delivers. In developing this Plan we firstly considered the likely future economic situation for South Taranaki, as well as projected population levels, our current strategies and the community’s expectations towards services and our progress in achieving the community outcomes. Next we Annual Plan considered the service levels for each of the activities, matching them with appropriate customer-focused performance targets. We also reviewed the In each of the years between LTPs, we produce an Annual Plan to review the projects identified for each of the activities that were either needed to budgets and work programme planned for the year, according to the LTP. maintain agreed service levels or to enhance our current services. When a significant or material change from the LTP is proposed, the community will be consulted. The Consultation Document was audited by Audit NZ to ensure that the information and assumptions that underline the information in the Consultation Document are reasonable and that the Consultation Annual Report Document provides an effective basis for public participation in the Council’s decisions about the proposed content of the LTP. At the end of each financial year we produce an Annual Report setting out how we performed for the year compared to what we said. It lets you know what we delivered and analyses whether we met our budgets and performance targets. 6 | South Taranaki District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 | Draft Text Document ABOUT THE LTP, ANNUAL PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT CYCLE A – STRATEGIC DIRECTION / RAUTAKI B – OUR ACTIVITIES / Ā MĀTOU D – OUR COSTS / Ā MĀTOU UTUNGA ANGA WHAKAMUA AHEAWHE Revenue and Financing Policy – sets out for Introduction to the Plan from the Mayor Details of each of the Council’s activities, each activity the funding sources to be used and Chief Executive including performance measures for for operational and capital expenditure and Council’s Vision reporting against, how the Council is the basis for selection How the Long Term Plan was developed and planning for its significant assets Funding Impact Statement for each activity the key considerations of the Council in and the Funding Impact Statement Rating – compiling it how the different funding sources and rates A description of the community outcomes C – DECISION MAKING PROCESS / are calculated and the amount collected The ten key priorities identified by the from each funding tool community through the Community TUKANGA WHAKATAUNGA Prospective financial information Visioning Exercise WHAKAARO About your rates Upcoming projects, highlights and key Financial prudence benchmarks