COMMUNITY PLAN a Vision for Coromandel’S Communities 2006 - 2016
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COMMUNITY PLAN A Vision for Coromandel’s Communities 2006 - 2016 1 2 Contents The Steering Committee would like to say . 3 How will this Community Vision Plan work? . 4 Our Guiding Principles. 5 Partnership . 6 What our community currently looks like . 7 Ward Map . 9 Coromandel/Colville Ward in 2016 . 10 Key Issues . 14 Arts . 15 Beautifi cation . 16 Buildings (residential/commercial/industrial) . 18 Business (retail/commercial) . 19 Home-based Ventures . 20 Community Assets . 21 Community Well-being . 23 Development and Growth . 25 Education. 27 Employment. 29 Funding Opportunities . 30 Harbour and Sea . 31 Heritage & Culture . 33 Industry, Farming and Forestry . 35 Infrastructure - Communication . 37 1 Infrastructure - Power . 38 Infrastructure - Sewerage . 39 Infrastructure - Solid Waste . 40 Infrastructure - Roading and Transport . 41 Infrastructure – Water and storm water . 43 Natural Environment . 45 Parks, Reserves & Open Spaces . 48 Promotion/Tourism. 49 Public Safety . 51 Sport and Recreation. 53 Rural Communities . 54 Colville . 55 Port Jackson . 63 Port Charles. 68 Coromandel Area School Students . 72 2 The steering committee would like to say … It is a statutory requirement (Local Government Act 2002) that all Communities complete a Community Outcomes Plan and for it to be in place by 2004. In 2001 the community was invited to attend a series of community planning workshops that were held to focus on the future direction of sport and the development of the ward. This steering committee was established with volunteers who attended those workshops. This steering committee feels very strongly about developing a community plan that refl ects the beliefs and aspirations that residents and ratepayers have for the future of this ward - the area they live, work and play in, to 2014. The Community Plan will be a working document that will guide decisions being made by the Coromandel/Colville Community Board and the Thames Coromandel District Council, relevant Government departments and other agencies. It will allow us to be proactive rather than reactive. Waitete Bay 3 How will this Community Plan work? This Community Plan is a community owned document and is a collection of aspirations and priorities in future directions. It is a framework that can be used to guide decision making for local planning purposes. It defi nes the ‘mind set’ and the culture of the area. The Plan will be used to secure support from within and outside the community for funding for specifi c projects and will be reported on regularly to the Community Board and the public. Six monthly reviews will enable success to be measured and information to be checked and updated. There will be opportunities for your involvement at these review meetings. The Community Board will take an active role in promoting the Plan to the community and, where appropriate, facilitating project development. For example, individuals and groups may use the Plan to determine which community project to undertake and to support their requests for external funding. As part of the Council’s planning process, the Coromandel/Colville Community Board could use the Plan to determine local priorities and to recommend future work programmes to Council. In turn, for all of its future long term planning, the Thames Coromandel District Council will need to take into account the principles and priorities of this local Community Plan. However, it is expected that the priorities will not be viewed in isolation from the rest of the Vision Plan. The Council will use the Community Plan as a basis for developing new policies for desired growth within the District. Others who have an interest in the future of Coromandel and outlying communities will also fi nd the Community Plan an essential planning guide. Key themes for the Future The Steering Committee has used the following key outcomes, Environmental, Cultural, Social and Economic, (referred to as the four well beings) mandated in the LGA 2002, as a guide when considering the future. 4 Our Guiding Principles Te Whenua – The Land The vast Coromandel ranges and their continuance to the sea represent a signifi cant part of our heritage. They are both our natural and spiritual inheritance, sustaining complex ecosystems that require protection to ensure a sustainable future. Ngahere - Forest The privilege of having large, relatively pristine, areas of native bush cloaking the mountains and surrounding our communities must inspire us to protect what we have and ensure it continues to foster and nurture our future generations in a reciprocal and mutually benefi cial relationship. Its diversity of species is to be strongly protected. Te Moana & Nga Awa - Sea and Rivers We need clean water to sustain life. Naturally clean water is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem. We all need to ensure that each of us takes responsibility for the protection of our vital life sources that will enable the continued survival of our natural environment. Nga hau o Tawhirimatea - Air and Atmosphere Unpolluted air is fundamental to survival. Individual, collective, and corporate responsibility is required to ensure that the air and atmosphere are free from both domestic and industrial pollution. He Tangata - People Tikanga – Culture - We must consistently uphold those values which strengthen environmental integrity, and positive social and cultural interaction. We will measure any decisions we make against these values to know that the communities we build are ecologically sustainable and are the kind of communities we want to live in. Manuhiri - Visitors We welcome visitors who will share with us our passion for our natural assets, history, rich heritage, our values and their protection. 5 Partnership In 1987 the Hauraki District Maori council, an organisation vested with the statutory authority to progress the social and economic development of the Maori people of Hauraki, made a full and substantial submission to the Thames Coromandel District Council District Scheme review. The document is prefaced by a comprehensive overview of the Hauraki Maori history and culture as a means of informing the TCDC of the cultural values that underpin the responses HDMC made to the review; it was also hoped that the document would create open dialogue and improve cross cultural relationships with the government and local authorities as well as mainstream society. Moreover, the document is a strong clear statement about the value system - tikanga - that underpins Hauraki Maori philosophy and physical processes; it was also intended as a defi ning position, the collective view of Hauraki Maori people in regard to community decision making. Thus the TCDC already has an important resource reference when considering or reviewing development plans for the region. People and their values shape a community and prescribed customs determine the ways of the people. Other ethnic groups are absorbed and woven into the social fabric adding diversity to mainstream society. Immigrants have vested interests in living here and assimilate readily into the prevailing culture adding colour and difference to the profusion of institutions, norms and social activity. The ensuing lifestyle is, in turn shaped by the environment; where the environment has been hostile to human activity, resistance has been overcome by the ‘taming of nature’ often with destructive outcomes that have impacted adversely on the health and well-being of the environment and all the life forms it nurtures and sustains. There is a will among some members of the community to protect the environment, however, laws designed to further economic development at any cost frequently defeat translating that desire into a proactive reality. Tangata Whenua have often clashed with mainstream strategies and even in these, supposedly enlightened, times when Treaty of Waitangi awareness is at its peak, society at large gives little cognisance to the Maori view. Given the imperatives of the treaty, Maori still does not have equal, involvement or participation in determining the socio-political direction and development of our country; consultation is ad hoc and happens mostly at the behest of Maori. This condition needs to change; mainstream must give effect to the covenants of the Treaty of Waitangi. 6 What our community currently looks like … The Coromandel/Colville ward is bordered by Waikawau in the South, Port Jackson in the North and Tuateawa and Kennedy Bay in the East. Source of information 2001 National Census: Population • The ward’s usual resident population is 2877, (1437 Urban). • Down 1.7% since March 1996. • 27.2% Maori. • 21% under the age of 15 years. 16.3% are aged 65 and over. Households • 60% of households are one family only households. • 32% of households are ‘one person’ households. • Average family income is $29 044 (national household average $53 092) • Average person’s income is $15 036. • 4.7% of households have an income over $50 000. • 85% of households have an income less than $30 000. • 38% of households have income from wages/salary/self employment. Housing Summary • Majority of renters pay between $150-$174 per week. • Of 1188 households 126 do not have a motor vehicle (10.6%). • 70% of households have one or two household members. • 69% of dwellings are separate houses Employment • Of 2133 respondents, 41% are not in the labour force, 6% are unemployed. • Of 1116 respondents, 15% are employed as agriculture and fi shery workers. • 312 businesses in the ward. 7 Income Support • 21.5% of the ward are receiving some type of income.