Tasman District Council approved its final Ten Year Plan for 2009-2019
30 June 2009
At its meeting on Tuesday 30 June, Tasman District Council approved its final Ten Year Plan for 2009-2019.
The Ten Year Plan was finalised following an exhaustive series of workshops by the Council, public consultation, and work by Council staff.
The Council received over 4634 submissions on its draft Plan.
"The Council’s final Ten Year Plan includes projects and activities designed to invest in our District’s future and to meet the needs of our growing community." says Tasman Mayor Richard Kempthorne. "The submissions have provided valuable input into Council’s decision making processes. We have listened to all of the community views and considered the vast amount of information provided to us, prior to making our decisions on what should be included in the Plan".
Changes from the draft Plan have resulted in a smaller general rate increase than initially proposed. The general rate has moved from a 4.96 percent increase proposed in the Draft Plan to a 3.97 percent increase in 2009/10. The projected average annual general rate increase for the ten year period has reduced from 4.32 percent in the draft Plan to 4.2 percent.
In addition, the increases to wastewater, river, stormwater and water rates have been reduced from the levels proposed in the draft Plan.
Many of the targeted rates have been reduced from the amounts proposed in the draft Plan. Total rates for each property are a combination of general rate and the targeted rates relevant to each property.
Mayor Richard Kempthorne explains “While the increase in general rates is very low, at all times during the consultation process the Council has emphasised the additional impact arising from targeted rates. It is not possible to generalise targeted rates as the impact is sporadic and varies from location to location.”
Some of the key decisions made by Council in the Final Ten Year Plan 2009-2019 included:
- Introducing a Tourism Targeted Rate of $137.21 (including GST) to be charged as a flat rate on tourism related businesses. The total funding provided by Council to Nelson Tasman Tourism will be equivalent to last year, plus inflation.
- Agreeing to the formation of a Holding Company to hold Council’s share of the assets in Port Nelson Ltd, Nelson Airport Ltd, and Tourism Nelson Tasman Ltd.
- Providing for a new storage facility for the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust to store Provincial Museum assets at a cost to Council of $60,000.
- Amending the Development Contributions Policy, which means that the contribution reduces from a maximum of $22,948 per unit to $20,394. The contribution for roading will be $5,034.
- Bringing forward the public passenger transport service funding into 2009/10 for transport between Richmond and Nelson, but reducing the amount of funding and the level of the service provided.
- Changing the roading programme of works to bring forward the cycleways in the vicinity of the Ruby Bay Bypass, and seal extensions in Eighty-Eight Valley Road and Gibbs Valley Road.
- Including the Motueka reticulated water supply project subject to a satisfactory Government subsidy being received.
- Including the Lower Motueka flood control proposal but subject to further public consultation on the design and timing of the project, prior to approval to proceed with re-construction of the stopbank. As part of the consultation process the Council will consider the affordability on the Motueka community of the combined impact of the Motueka water supply and stopbank projects.
- Agreeing to provide the Takaka central business district with a fire fighting water supply and to consult with the Takaka community on whether to extend the fire fighting water supply to a fully reticulated community supply subject to receiving a Government subsidy. This change was at the request of the Golden Bay Community Board and others from Golden Bay.
- Deleting the proposal for a multi-bin kerbside recycling and waste collection service. Agreeing to explore recycling and waste management options, including maintaining a mix of private and Council contracted services, through the review of Council’s Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.
- While noting the Council’s support for a rowing and watersport course proposed at Rabbit Island, funding has been removed from the Plan while a feasibility study is undertaken. Council has shown a willingness to re-consider funding the proposal subject to the results of the feasibility study.
- Adding in funding for some of the numerous community projects asked for by individuals and community groups.
If you wish to view the earlier draft Plan, please click here
Getting a copy of the Ten Year Plan 2009-2019
A Compact Disc of both Volumes can be collected from all Council Offices and Libraries.
You also can download the two Volumes from the Ten Year Plan 2009-2019 as PDF documents by clicking on the links below:
 Ten Year Plan 2009-2019 - Volume 1 (4.2 MB)
Ten Year Plan 2009-2019 - Volume 2 (8.8 MB)
Ten Year Plan 2009-2019 - Development Contributions Policy (2.7 MB)
Matters relating to the electronic presentation of the audited Long-Term Council Community Plan
This audit report relates to the Long-Term Council Community Plan (LTCCP) of Tasman District Council (the Council) for the ten years commencing 1 July 2009 included on the Council’s website. The Council is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the website. We have not been engaged to report on the integrity of the website. We accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the LTCCP since it was initially presented on the website.
The audit report refers only to the LTCCP named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information which may have been hyperlinked to or from the LTCCP. If readers of this report are concerned with the inherent risks arising from electronic data communication they should refer to the published hard copy of the audited LTCCP as well as the related audit report dated 30 June 2009 to confirm the information included in the audited LTCCP presented on this website.
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Draft Ten Year Plan
If you wish to view the earlier Draft Ten Year Plan 2009-2019, please go to this page: click here
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