GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL Mahere-ā-Tau 2019/20 Annual Plan 2019/20 Table of contents Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................................................6 He Whakarāpopototanga – Overview .....................................................................................................................9 Message from Greater Wellington Chair ..............................................................................................................................................11 Welcome from Ara Tahi Chair ..............................................................................................................................................................12 Our role .................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Partnering with mana whenua ............................................................................................................................................................18 He aha ki tua mō tātou? – What is in store for us? .................................................................................................21 Issues and opportunities ....................................................................................................................................................................22 Metlink public transport ......................................................................................................................................................................23 Affordability ..........................................................................................................................................................................................24 Responding to climate change ...........................................................................................................................................................25 Ensuring community wellbeing ...........................................................................................................................................................26 Key work programme summary: .........................................................................................................................27 Te oranga o te wai māori me te rerenga rauropi – Fresh water quality and biodiversity .................................................................30 Te tū pakari a te rohe – Regional resilience .........................................................................................................................................34 Ngā Puna wai – Water supply ..............................................................................................................................................................38 Ngā waka tūmatanui – Public transport .............................................................................................................................................42 Our other work .....................................................................................................................................................................................44 Ngā Mahi a TePane Matua Taiao – Activities of Greater Wellington .......................................................................47 Te Taiao – Environment ......................................................................................................................................................................49 Ngā papa whenua – Regional parks and forests ................................................................................................................................52 Te tiaki me te arahi waipuke – Flood protection and control works .................................................................................................55 Ngā kaihautū o te rohe – Regional leadership ...................................................................................................................................58 Ngā puna wai – Water supply ..............................................................................................................................................................61 Ngā waka tūmatanui – Metlink public transport ..............................................................................................................................64 Tā te Kaunihera Rōpū me ngā Mahi Haumi – Council Controlled Organisations and investments .........................67 He pūrongo pūtea – Financial information ..........................................................................................................69 Significant forecasting assumptions and risks .................................................................................................................................70 Financial assumptions ............................................................................................................................................................................................70 Total Council Financial Statements .....................................................................................................................................................71 Financial reserves ................................................................................................................................................................................77 Annual Plan disclosure statement for year ending 30 June 2020 ......................................................................................................79 Rating Base Information ......................................................................................................................................................................79 Summary of rates and levies ...............................................................................................................................................................80 Impact on each city and district ...........................................................................................................................................................................82 Residential region-wide rates ..............................................................................................................................................................................83 Average rates for each area and category ...........................................................................................................................................................85 Rates calculator 2019/20 ........................................................................................................................................................................................86 Funding Impact Statement ..................................................................................................................................................................87 Rating mechanism ..................................................................................................................................................................................................87 Differential on the general rate................................. ............................................................................................................................................89 Estimate of projected valuation ...........................................................................................................................................................................89 Uniform annual general charge ...........................................................................................................................................................................89 Lump sum contributions .......................................................................................................................................................................................89 Rates categories ..................................................................................................................................................................................90 Rates funding impact statements ........................................................................................................................................................96 Wellington City Downtown Levy Area Map .......................................................................................................................................105 Introduction The Annual Plan 2019/20 reflects Year 2 of our Long Term Plan 2018-28. Greater Wellington’s Long Term Plan 2018-28 sets the work programme and budget for the next 10 years and includes our Financial Strategy and Infrastructure Strategy. The Local Government Act 2002 (s95) states that the purpose of an Annual Plan is to outline any changes to the Long Term Plan 2018-28. We’re now in the second year of the Long Term Plan 2018-28, and the work we have planned for 2019/20 is not materially or significantly different to what was originally set out in the Long Term Plan 2018-28 – we’re staying on track to do the things we said we’d do. This Annual Plan is limited to changes to our financial statements, an outline of the challenges and issues for 2019/20 and a summary