Interesting Facts Makino Aquatic Centre: • On average 130,000 people visit the complex yearly • Provide over 2,500 ‘learn to swim’ classes yearly • Keep 1,900,000 litres of water clean and warm daily • Work over 35,000 hours delivering great service yearly • Sell over 2,500 ice creams yearly. Library: • Feilding Public Library has over 68,936 collection items • Our oldest active library member is 100 years old • 39.5% of Manawatu District residents actively use our library service. Property: • Most of the District’s halls were built between 1890 and 1940 • The latest hall constructed and vested in Council was Sanson Hall in 1982 • The oldest halls vested in Council are Rangiwahia and Cheltenham (both 1895) • Colyton hall was built in 1890, but damaged by fire and rebuilt in 1995 • The Feilding Clock Tower was built in 1999. Parks and Sportsgrounds: • We have two public gardens at Kowhai Park and Mt Lees Reserve that are available for your enjoyment • We have three civic squares: two in Feilding - Manchester Square, Denbigh Square and 1 in Rongotea - Douglas Square Cemeteries: • Council manages the following cemeteries in Sanson, Rongotea, Feilding, Kimbolton, Pohangina, Halcombe, Waituna West and Rangiwahia • The District's private cemeteries, located in Apiti, Kiwitea and Stanway are administered by independent committees and boards • Urupas in the District are administrated by independent committees. Public Conveniences: • Council’s commitment to the One Plan will see several of the District's public conveniences upgraded. Economic Development: • Council has adopted the World Bank’s definition of Economic Development: “Economic Development is building up the economic capacity of a local area to improve its economic future and quality of life for all”. • Services currently provided by Destination Manawatu, Vision Manawatu and Sport Manawatu are provided in conjunction with Palmerston North City Council. 1 Community Development: • Council has financially assisted 46 athletes with travel costs to attend regional and international sporting events to date • Council has financially supported 22 community events and 10 large events to date • Community plans have been developed for Sanson, Halcombe, Apiti, Kimbolton, Pohangina, Rongotea, Rangiwahia and Himatangi Beach. Work on implementing these plans are underway Civil Defence: • You should have a plan that will help you and our family get through should a disaster occur • In a disaster you might be on your own for up to three days • Civil Defence is a statutory requirement of Council • Our local identified hazards are river flooding, hillside landslides, earthquake, electricity failure and human pandemic. Rural Fire: • In the last few years, dry conditions have led to restricted fire seasons • The Rural Fire Service is provided through an agreement with Manawatu-Wanganui Horizons Regional Council • Our rural firefighters are volunteers. Animal Control: • The number of livestock within the District is over 1 million • We offer a 24 hours seven days a week Animal Control Service • On average our Animal Control Officers respond to 1,400 requests for service about dogs and wandering stock • Currently, there are 6,652 registered dogs within the District. Building Control: • We currently monitor 496 Swimming and Spa pool fences • Our Building Inspectors are contracted to us from Palmerston North City Council • We process 640 building consents, issue 670 code compliance certificates and carry out 3500 inspections annually. Environmental Health and Monitoring: • We respond to an average of 1200 noise complaints annually • The following legislations defines the functions we administer: Health Act 1956, Food Act 2014, Resource Management Act 1991, Amusement Devices Regulations 1978, the Gambling Act 2003 and the Racing Act 2003 • Council issues 140 alcohol licenses on average each year • The District Licensing Committee makes decisions regarding licensing applications District and Policy Planning: • The Resource Management Act 1994 also referred to as the RMA defines the functions we are required to administer • Annually on average we process 180 resource consents • The Council’s District Plan is the statutory planning framework that guides how land is used, developed and subdivided. Governance and Strategy: • Community feedback assists Council to make informed decisions • Your elected members represent three wards: Feilding, Kiwitea/Pohangina (northern district) and Kairanga (southern district). 2 Roading: • The cost to replace the entire network managed by Council is $661 million • Roading is a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council • Day-to-day maintenance is carried out by contractors • Topography of the District is steep with deep valleys, many rivers and mixture of soft volcanic soils overlaying papa. This makes it difficult and costly to maintain the Roading Network • The Manawatu District Roading Network totals 1,364 km of sealed and unsealed roads: 980km sealed and 384km unsealed • Strategic Roads - 17km - Rangiotu Road, Saddle Road Arterial Roads - 55km - eg, Waughs Road, Awahuri-Feilding Road, Halcombe Road No.1 Line Longburn, Kawakawa Road, Rongotea Road, South Street West, Stewart Road, West Street • Collector roads - 173km - e.g., Apiti Road, Colyton Road, East Street, North Street, Kimbolton Road, Pohangina Road, Valley Road, Taonui Road • State Highways are owned and maintained by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) • Most of the District's roads under Council’s control act as feeders to State Highways: State Highways 1 and 3 linking north and south, State Highways 54, 56 and 57 west and east. Wastewater activities are delivered as part of a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council Solid Waste: • On average 45% of Council collected waste is diverted from landfill to recycling compared to only 14% in 2006 • Council refuse bags can be purchased from supermarkets, Mitre 10, dairies, Council Office and Feilding Library • Kerbside Council refuse bag collection service is available in Apiti, Awahuri, Cheltenham, Feilding, Halcombe, Himatangi Beach, Kimbolton, Pohangina, Sanson, Tangimoana, Rangiwahia and Rongotea • Refuse Transfer Stations (RTS) are located in Feilding (7 days a week), Haimatara Road (Rongotea) (Saturday 10am to 2pm) and Kimbolton (Sunday 10am to 2pm) • Currently Mobile Recycling Centres (MRC) are located in Himatangi Beach, Rongotea, Sanson, Tangimoana and in 2017/2018 Halcombe. • Solid Waste is a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council Stormwater: • 6,667 rating units are serviced by our stormwater systems (49% of all rating units in the District) • There 75km of stormwater pipes, 12 outlets (in Feilding alone) discharging into the streams and more than 1,000 sumps throughout the District. • Stormwater is a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council Water Supply: • We supply water to more than 15,000 people across the District (55% of the population, excluding those on the Kiwitea Rural and Oroua No. 1 Rural schemes) • On average, the Feilding water supply produces 520 litres of water a day for each person - this is high because of industrial demand • On average, the Feilding water supply produces enough for 1,128 glasses of water every hour. • Water Supply is a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council 3 Wastewater: • On average, the Feilding Wastewater Treatment Plant treats 7 million litres of wastewater per day • There are more than 200km of wastewater pipes and more than 1,900 manholes • A high proportion of water supplied to a property ends up being discharged by that property into the wastewater reticulation system • 6,685 properties within the District (48% of all properties) are connected to a reticulated wastewater system • Demand for wastewater services is closely linked to the demand for water. • Wastewater is a shared service model with Rangitikei District Council 4 .