Submissions on the Christchurch City Council Draft Long Term Plan 2015-25 Heard Submissions Volume 8A Supplementary Friday 22 May 2015 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL DRAFT LONG TERM PLAN 2015-25 SUBMITTERS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD FRIDAY 22 MAY 2015 Submission Time Submitter Page No No 9.30 am 12487 Michael Sweeney 3 9.35 am 13378 Gillian Lord-Falconer 5 9.35 am 12528 Kate Burtt 3 Supplementary 9.40 am 13621 Margaret Hean 6 13638 Grant MacKinnon 9.45 am 7 14174 DGM Group - Grant MacKinnon 9.50 am 13271 Tim Burrows 18 9.55 am 13672 Linwood Woolston Schools - Lee Walker 20 12519 Sport Canterbury - Julyan Falloon 10.05 am 24 14775 Sport New Zealand - Emma Weenink, Darron Charity 10.20 am 13128 Christopher Baker 40 10.25 am 13244 Gavin Bodger 51 10.30 am 14762 Central Riccarton Residents' Association Inc - G Wilson 4 Supplementary 10.35 am 14685 Murray Jamieson 53 10.40 am 14018 Brian and Dawn Stead 58 10.45 am 14662 Paul Pink 60 10.50 am 11942 D & P Foster Family Trust - Donald Foster 62 10.55 am 14752 Bruce White 64 11.00 am Morning Tea 11.15 am 14789 The Enviroschools Foundation - Kristen Price 65 11.25 am 13068 Helen Tait 67 11.30 am 13029 Greening The Red Zone - Ashley Campbell 70 11.40 am 14748 Akaroa Civic Trust - Rosie Davidson 76 11.50 am 14666 Bruce Campbell 9 Supplementary 12 11.55 am Supplementary 13028 Tenants Protection Association (Chch) Inc - Helen Gatonyi (from volume 7, page 125) 12.05pm 12604 Self and four companies - Antony Gough 17 Supplementary 12.15 pm Break 12.30 pm LUNCH 1.00 pm 13741 Sustainable Otautahi Christchurch - Marney Ainsworth 81 1.10 pm 13369 Jacqueline Thomas 88 1.15 pm 13722 Quentin McKenzie 90 1.20 pm 13739 John Ryan 186 (volume 8) 1.25 pm 13738 SCAPE Public Art - Deborah McCormick 91 1.35 pm 12522 CCC Public Art Advisory Group - Dame Adrienne Stewart 97 - 1 - CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL DRAFT LONG TERM PLAN 2015-25 SUBMITTERS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD FRIDAY 22 MAY 2015 (Continued) Submission Time Submitter Page No No 1.45 pm 12987 Charles Drace 99 12300 Dominic Brownin and 1.50 pm 20 & 21 12304 Lynda Pilling Supplementary 2.00 pm Break Verbal 2.05 pm Sue McLaughlin N/A Submission Federated Farmers of New Zealand 2.10 pm 14751 101 - Nick Clark and Frank Brenmuhl 2.20 pm 13025 Selene Teevale 106 2.25 pm 14453 Lynette Wills 107 2.30 pm 12670 Brian Pegler 23 Supplementary 2.35 pm 14773 Gavin and Faye Barclay 24 Supplementary 2.40 pm 13658 Avon-Otakaro Network - Evan Smith 109 2.50 pm 14835 Eastern Vision - Evan Smith 115 3.00 pm Afternoon Tea 3.20 pm 14852 Paulus Telfer 119 3.25 pm 14799 Bernard Calder 123 3.30 pm 14776 Barry Hopping 128 3.35 pm 14787 Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust - Maree Burnett 130 3.45 pm 13221 The Canterbury Community Trust - Louise Edwards 166 3.55 pm 14792 Peter Tuffley 168 East Christchurch Water Sports Community Trust 4.00 pm 13815 25 - David Goodman Supplementary 4.05 pm 13619 Ministry of Education - Simon Cruickshank 169 4.15 pm 14736 Colleen Philip 170 4.20 pm 14623 Celeste Donovan 172 4.25 pm 13195 Geoffrey Knight 174 4.30 pm 13260 Connect Canterbury - Tane Apanui 175 4.40 pm 13084 Katie Nimmo 178 Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology 4.45 pm 13019 27 - Teresa O'Neil Supplementary 4.50 pm 13739 Joseph Ryan (moved to 1.20pm) 186 4.55 pm 14573 Howard Livingston 187 4.55 pm 13766 Christian Jordan 30 Supplementary - 2 - Submission No. 12528 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL Draft Long Term Plan 2015-25 - Received via Have Your Say - Submissions close 12 noon on 28 April 2015 Full Name*: Kate Burtt Postal Address (Street)*: 32 Panorama Rd Postal Address (Suburb): Sumner Postal Address Christchurch (City and Postcode)*: 8081 Email Address: [email protected] I am Completing this Submission: For myself If you are Representing a Group or Organisation, How many People do you represent?: Organisation Name: Your role in the Organisation: Date Sent: 24/04/2015 12:32:00 PM Are you submitting a Supporting Petition Form? Do you wish to present your Yes submission at a hearing?: Daytime Phone Number: Cell: 027 232 7637 Email 2: [email protected] Submission: Arts Funding for Christchurch The sustainability of the arts in all its forms in Christchurch is fundamental to a healthy community. The arts be they music, visual or performing give our city its soul. The CCC must commit to this as part of a vibrant and cohesive urban society. Arts organisations are extraordinarily innovative and resourceful in achieving their funding. The support of the CCC however gives other funders confidence that the city is committed to the arts. - 3 - Submission No. 14762 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL Draft Long Term Plan 2015-25 - Received via Email - Name: G Wilson Email: [email protected] cc: Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2015 9:09 AM Subject: Submission Your Submission: Attached is the submission of the Central Riccarton Residents' Association Inc Representatives of our Association wish to make an oral submission. Please acknowledge by email receipt of this submission. Yours sincerely G Wilson Secretary, Central Riccarton Residents' Association Inc - 4 - SUBMISSION OF THE CENTRAL RICCARTON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION INC ON THE LONG TERM PLAN AND RATING POLICY 1. “Strategic” Assets “Shortly after the February 2011 quake when Cantabrians were invited to partake in something called Share an Idea, they got on board big time, the results revealing that a convention centre and a super-size sports stadium weren't uppermost on the wish list…. When you ask citizens to buy into a feel-good share idea scheme, and employ people to read each and every one of them, to disregard the suggestions is to patronise them.” - Jane Bowron “The Press” April 27, 2015 1.1 Convention Centre: Our concern is not only with the cost of construction, even though that may be paid for by a third party, but the long term maintenance and the cost to the ratepayers for that maintenance. We believe it would be better to delay the construction until a proper financial long term maintenance plan is presented. This unknown cost is not acceptable to ratepayers especially as the need for a convention centre has not been established, especially when there are major convention centres in Auckland and Queenstown. 1.2 Stadium: The stadium should not just be deferred but the proposal should be dropped altogether as there is no need for a stadium of the proposed scale on that site. The present Addington stadium works well, is popular with spectators and could be extended at the northern end of the ground and upgraded. The example of other cities who have built stadiums beyond the financial capability of the community to support them – such as Dunedin City Council – should act as a warning to decision-makers. If Canterbury Rugby want a much bigger stadium, they can afford to build one themselves or do so with a partner such as Ngai Tahu and then they can hire out their own stadium to whomever they choose. 2. Ratepayer-owned Assets 2.1 Surplus land in council ownership that will not be required in the future for sports facilities, reserves or roading projects should be sold off before asset sales are considered. Assets should only be retained if they making an acceptable return and if they are not they, should be examined as to what changes could be made to increase the return. Note: The management of Lyttelton Port Company needs to be urgently reviewed so that safety of workers is guaranteed. The whole structure of asset management salaries has to be re-assessed to be on a more reasonable and less inflated basis. The bonus system has been abused in rewarding those who are doing no more than the job expected of them for which they are paid already high salaries. 3. Riccarton Community Centre This Community Centre has been closed since September 2010. Councillors were not told the truth about the state of the building. Indeed, Councillors were misled because of private agendas among some senior staff. It took two years to have some rooms which were always greater than 100% NBS to be re-opened for public use, and then only begrudgingly. Extravagant claims were made at a Community Board meeting in January 2014 that a new Community Centre would be open in 18 months’ time and that there was no need for any community participation in the organisation of the project. As our Association expected, basically nothing has been achieved since and residents and ratepayers living in the area have been shut out from contributing ideas. Central Riccarton is the most densely populated area in Christchurch; it is very multi-ethnic and has a very high proportion of rental properties. A large percentage of the population is under 25. Increasing numbers of people have been moving from other parts of Christchurch into the area since 2011 and there are no signs of this trend diminishing – indeed quite the opposite. The Christchurch City Council should endorse and support Councillor Chen’s drive to have a temporary or new Community Centre fully open in 2015. - 5 - Control and management of community facilities such as this should be devolved to the community which will ensure that they are regularly and properly maintained and upgraded and not allowed to deteriorate. 4. Adopt these policies to increase revenue or cut expenditure and, therefore, lower the proposed rate impost: 4.1 Council Staffing 4.1.1 Council is top heavy with managerial staff and a sinking lid policy should be instituted.