Your Councillors His Worship the Mayor Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Rick Cooper, JP Deputy Mayor Councillor Christine McElwee, BA. Ph: 07 77 0670 Dip. Tchg Bus Ph: 07 78 7547 Mob Ph: 07 494 6 Ph: 07 78 8790 Email: [email protected] Mob Ph: 07 47 6 Fax: 07 78 8790 Email: [email protected] Turangi-Tongariro Ward Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Chair of Regulatory and Chair of Taupo-Kaingaroa Hearings Committee Mangakino-Pouakani Committee Chair of Turangi Tongariro Councillor Kathryn Uvhagen, BSoc Sci Community Board Councillor Don Ormsby, JP Ph: 78 855 QSM Mob Ph: 07 494 497 Ph: 07 86 857 Fax: 77 456 Mob Ph: 074 76 89 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Councillor Doreen Blyth, JP Councillor Bernhard Chrustowski Ph: 07 78 8774 Ph: 07 78 7559 Mob Ph: 0 790 056 Email: [email protected] Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Mangakino-Pouakani Ward Councillor Mich’ael Downard Councillor Ailsa Gathergood, JP, BA, RGON Cert. Adult Tchg Ph: 07 77 47 Bus Ph: 07 78 588 Ph: 07 88 8 Mob Ph: 0 78 59 Mob Ph: 07 44 807 Email: [email protected] Fax: 07 88 8 Email: [email protected] Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Turangi-Tongariro Ward Councillor Barry Hickling Councillor Gary Keepa Ph: 07 78 688 Ph: 07 86 80 Email: [email protected] Mob Ph: 07 479 00 Fax: 07 86 80 Email: [email protected] Taupo-Kaingaroa Ward Councillor Andrew Welch, JP, Dip Agric., Dip. VFM, M.N.Z.I.A.S., A.N.Z.I.V. Regd. Valuer Ph: 07 806 Mob Ph: 07 97 89 Fax: 07 806 Email: [email protected] T O W A R D S 0 9 | OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUR FUTURE Turangi-Tongariro Community Board Members Don Campbell Mary Smallman Ph/Fax: 07 86 7409 Ph: 07 86 5079 Mob Ph: 074 905 54 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Jan Lockyer Sue McCarthy Ph/Fax: 07 86 77 Ph: 07 86 768 Maggie Stewart Terry O’Brien Ph: 07 86 559 Ph: 07 86 589 Mob Ph: 07 4 85 Email: [email protected] 4 Taupo District Council Governance Structure Taupo District Council Standing Special Joint Turangi / Tongariro Committees Committees Committees Community Board T O W A R D S District Regulatory & Taupo Airport Authority Lake Taupo Protection Hearing Committee Committee Trust Joint Committee 0 9 | OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUR FUTURE Taupo / Kaingaroa Emergency Management Waikato Civil Defence Mangakino / Pouakani Committee Emergency Committee Management Group Sub Committees Code of Conduct Sub Committees Committee Mangakino/Pouakani Sub Committee Owen Delany Park Victoria Development Waikato Civil Defence Kirsty Trueman Sub Committee Sub Committee Emergency Management Whitu Karauna Peter Kidd Sub Committee 5 Taupo District The current Taupo District Council area was established on December 989. Located in the Central North Island of New Zealand, the district includes the large catchment area of Lake Taupo, the hydro- electric dams on the Tongariro and the upper Waikato rivers and substantial geothermal resources. The district contains expansive areas of exotic pine forests and farmlands - the predominant land uses - and includes native forests and parts of the Tongariro National Park, the Kaimanawa Range, the Pureora Forest Park and the Central Plateau mountains. Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino are the three main urban areas in the district. There are many lakeside settlements around the shores of Lake Taupo and the Waikato River. Did you know… … that Taupo District’s total land … that Taupo District’s resident area is 6,54km of population is ,500 and which about ,70ha that at June 008 there were is residential, ,60 rateable properties? 87,86ha is farming and 89,000ha is planted forests? … that we have an average of 6 wet days, ,965 sunshine hours and 69 days with ground frost in a year? … that Lake Taupo has an area of 60,000ha or 600km? 6 Contents Page Volume 1 Mayor’s message Taupo District 6 Contents 7-8 Expo artwork 9 What is the ten year plan? 0 Ten year plan A – Z Reader’s guide -5 Statement of compliance 6 Report from Council’s auditor 7 CEO’s message What’s happening at your place? -6 Financial summary 7-4 Community Outcomes and monitoring 47 Strategic Directions – responding to the Community Outcomes 59 Groups of Activities Working Together - Leadership, Governance and Advocacy 69 - Community Engagement 75 - Planning for the Future 8 Growth and Economic Development - Economic Development 87 - Liveable Places 9 - Taupo District Investments 98 - Destination Marketing and Management 0 - Events 0 Strong, Safe and Healthy Communities - Community Facilities 7 - Venues 5 - Heritage, Culture and Public Art - Parks and Reserves 6 - Emergency Management 4 - Regulatory Services 49 - Transportation 56 - Water Supply 65 Sustainable Environment - Lakes and Rivers 77 - Solid Waste 8 - Stormwater 89 - Wastewater 95 7 T O W A R D S 0 9 | OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUR FUTURE Contents Page Volume 1 Finances - Prospective Schedule of Rates 05 - Prospective Statement of Comprehensive Income 06 - Prospective Statement of Changes in Equity 07 - Prospective Statement of Financial Position 08 - Prospective Statement of Cashflows 0 - Prospective Schedule of Borrowings - Prospective Schedule of Capital Expenditure - Accounting Policies 9 Fees and Charges Appendices - Forecasting Assumptions 67 - District Statistical Information 78 - State of the District Indicators 8 Volume 2 Volume Readers guide Treasury Management Policy Revenue and Finance Policy Funding Impact Statement 89 Rates Remission and Postponement Policies 07 Policy to Determine Significance 5 Policy on Partnerships with the Private Sector Council Controlled Organisations 9 Development Contributions Policy 4 8 Winning Artwork from Our Neighbourhood, Our Future Expo Local artist, Fay Vaughan, created an original and contemporary silk-screen artwork to win the art competition at the Council and Community Expo in August. The theme for the Expo was ‘Our neighbourhood, our future’. 9 T O W A R D S 0 9 | OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUR FUTURE What is the ten year plan? The ten year plan is prepared every three years, looking ahead ten years. The ten year plan is our main planning document that establishes what will be done, how much it will cost and then identifies how we will pay for everything. It is also the Annual Plan for the 2009/10 financial year. All local authorities are required by the Local Government Act 00 (LGA) to produce a ten year plan (a Long Term Council Com- munity Plan). This plan replaces the 006-06 Long Term Council Community Plan. The ten year plan also illustrates the different roles we play in the promoting social, economic, environ- mental and cultural well-being of our communities, and how we are responding to the outcomes identi- fied by the community. Taking a sustainable development approach means that we take a long term view of our activities and their impact on the district and on present and future communities. How do the Community Outcomes relate to what we do? Taupo District Council’s Strategy, Planning and Policy Framework The Ten Year Plan Mandate Community Outcomes Strategic Directions Vision (see page 59) What we want to Strategies happen Regulatory and How it is done Management Policies Infrastructural What we do Planning How we pay for it Funding Policies Operational Plans Costs and Policies 0 Ten year plan A – Z Looking for Page Looking for Page AC Baths 5 Landfill 8 Affordable housing 89 Libraries 7 Air quality 78 Liquor licensing 49 Airport Vol Mangakino 0 Animal Control 49 Museum Annual Plans 8 Noise control 49 Arts and culture 9, Outdoor recreation facilities 5, 6 Building consents 49 Owen Delany Park 6 CBD development 9, , 58 Parks and Reserves 6 Cemeteries 9 Parking 49 Civic Centre 9 Policy development 8 Civil Defence (Emergency Management) 4 Public Art Climate change 99, 8 Public toilets 9 Community development 77 Public transport 56 Community halls 8 Rates 8, 05 Destination Lake Taupo 0 Refuse and recycling 8 Development Contributions Vol Resource Consents 49 District Plan 9 Riverside Park 0, 6 Dog control 49 Roading 56 East Taupo Arterial 59 Rural fire 4 Economic development 87 Safer communities 78 Elections 7 Sports grounds 5 Erosion control 77 Stormwater 89 Environmental health 49 Strategic planning 8 Environmental planning 9 Structure plans 9 Environmental policy 9 Swimming pools 5 Events Centre 5 Taupo 7 Fees and charges Transfer stations 8 Footpaths 56 Turangi 9 Gardens 6 Urban design 9 Grants 77 Urban Land Development 98 Great Lake Centre 5 Venues 5 Health licensing 49 Visitor centres 0 Housing for the elderly 8 Wastewater 95 Investments 98 Water conservation 65 Land information memorandum (LIM) 49 Water quality 65, 77 Lakeside villages Water supply 65 Litter 8 Whakamaru 0 Visit www.taupo.govt.nz or call 376 0899 for more information. T O W A R D S 0 9 | OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, OUR FUTURE Reader’s guide The purpose of this guide is to provide an understanding of what is in the ten year plan and where to find it. The A–Z on page 11 provides a quick reference to things you may be interested in. Check out ‘What’s happening at your place’ on page 21-36 for - the key projects - a summary of what they cost and - the major issues over the next ten years. To find out what outcomes the community has said they want, go to page 47. You will also be able to see how we plan to monitor and report on progress toward these outcomes. To see what is used to help prepare the ten year plan, see the diagram on page 0.