Plans & Reports

Ten Year Plan (LTCCP) 2009/10 to 2018/19

The Council's LTCCP (Long Term Council Community Plan) takes Napier forward three years and flags priorities for the city seven years beyond that. As in past years, the Council consulted widely with the Napier community in shaping this latest Ten Year Plan.

Funding the projected level of services, amenities and activities over the 2009/10 year has required a 2.85 percent rates increase. The Council is maintaining its conservative stewardship in setting a minimal rates increase while ensuring its level of debt is very low and its finances remain on a solid footing.

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Recycling

Despite current difficulties in selling some recyclables to overseas markets, Napier's residents have told the Council that they want fortnightly kerbside collections to continue. The 44-month contract is to cost ratepayers an additional $100,000 over that time - an increase in the Uniform Annual Charge from $16 to $23 per rateable property. Beyond that, the Council intends working with Hastings District Council in seeking shared services for ratepayers.

Redcliffe Transfer Station

The Council's operation at the Redcliffe Transfer Station has been fine-tuned to ensure everything possible is diverted from the waste stream. Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd takes green waste to burn as a source of energy for their plant, for example, and concrete and timber waste is also recycled.

User charges have increased from 85 percent to 100 percent of the full cost of operating the transfer station. All users are to be weighed in and out and charged for the weight of refuse dropped off.

Landfill Fees

Napier City will pay approximately $500,000 into the Government-imposed waste levy for commercial waste taken directly to landfill. To offset that, the Omarunui Landfill gate fee increased by $16 a tonne from 1 July 2009. The increase comprises $10/tonne (+ GST) waste levy, and an increase of $6/tonne (+GST) to recover landfill operating costs including the impact of declining tonnages.

The $10/tonne waste levy will add approximately $260,000 to Council's costs annually, with approximately $210,000 returned to Council to fund waste minimisation incentives.

Taradale Town Centre Upgrade

Consultation for this project spanned five years, and the feedback showed people preferred the maximum design option for upgrading Taradale's shopping centre - a $3.565 million redevelopment. This option is based on parking charges of $1 per hour for on-street parking and 50 cents per hour for off-street parking - charges that will fund loans required for this project and be ring fenced to fund further future upgrades.

Construction starts on the Lee Road car park next year, and that will be followed by the upgrade of the Taradale town centre. Every effort will be made to ensure that disruption to businesses and shoppers is minimised.

Parklands Residential Estate

The residential subdivision created in the southeastern area of Lagoon Farm has been even more successful than anticipated when it opened in 2006. In three years, the Council has sold more than 200 properties. Ultimately, the farm will realise 800 housing sites, making it a long-term funding investment for the people of Napier. Already, the subdivision is providing an income stream that has eased the need for rates funding for different projects in the city.

Tree Planting

One of these projects - the Greening of Napier - will see many more trees established throughout the city. Top priority for the $500,000 project will be streets, walkways and alleys lacking trees. Prebensen Drive, Westshore and Marine Parade have also been identified as areas that would benefit.

Marineland

A sum of $1 million is earmarked for Marine Parade and CBD developments. What these might be remains flexible because the Council has not yet determined what will happen with Marineland. The review has been the subject of consultation and that process of seeking input from the community continues.

Linking Ahuriri and the CBD

Council's interest in creating a better linkage between downtown Napier and Ahuriri found support in the consultation process. Ideas are being explored for a direct transport link that will benefit both tourists and locals who wish to move from one place to the other easily and quickly.

Lagoon Farm Business Park

The Council has set aside $1million for infrastructure needed to establish a business park on the northeastern section of the city-owned Lagoon Farm. This project will not cost ratepayers. As leases are signed up, they will provide an ongoing income stream for further development of a clean, green business park, landscaped with trees. The resource consent application is being prepared, although the park is a long-term Council project.

Sports Facilities

A sum of $1 million is tagged for regional sports facilities. The Council views the sports park being developed on the outskirts of Hastings as a facility that will address the sporting needs of that district. However, the Napier City Council would consider contributing towards the cost of a velodrome, as this is a sporting asset that would benefit the whole region.

A sum of $500,000 is allocated in the 2011/12 year to create a new artificial hockey turf at Park Island. In addition, the Council is allocating the Hawke's Bay Hockey Association $30,000 each year for the next 10 years. This amount will accrue from the 2010/11 year onwards and be used to fund maintenance of the existing pitches.

Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery Upgrade

While the Napier City Council is driving the $18-million upgrade of the Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery, the project is a regional undertaking - the collection is held for the people of Hawke's Bay, and both Napier and Hastings support the Museum and Art Gallery with ongoing funding. The financing model for the upgrade is based on the Napier City Council and the Government each providing $6 million. Anticipating the need for the work, the Council set aside $5 million in its 2004 LTCCP and built in an annual provision for the cost of inflation.

Fundraising is underway for the remaining $6 million, with input being sought from the community, the Hawke's Bay Regional Council and the Hastings District Council. A start on construction is expected later next year.

Other Projects

• The Council is seeking World Heritage Site status for Napier's unique Art Deco quarter.
• Provision for sports remains a high priority - the city has some of the best sports facilities nationwide and the Council intends keeping it that way. The city's parks and reserves are also important - both to the Council and to the people of Napier who, during consultation over the Ten Year Plan, talked about the access they enjoyed to green spaces and the Pathway network. As opportunities arise, the Council will designate suitable land to create more reserves for this and future generations.
• The Council continues to review safety initiatives in the city. With continuing Council funding, community patrols are increasingly effective in keeping Napier safe. More than 100 people volunteer their time and skills for these patrols. Other important tools in the safety toolbox include good street lighting, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, liaison with the hospitality industry, alcohol bans in at-risk areas, Neighbourhood Support groups and partnerships with Police to keep the streets safe.
• The Council has adopted a flexible approach in supporting youth projects and liaising with young people. By adapting to their changing needs, it aims to ensure young people's needs are met.
• Stormwater, the city's water supply and wastewater are ongoing infrastructural issues that are continually considered by the Council. Napier residents enjoy the purest water supply in New Zealand. Additive-free, the water is sourced directly from the Heretaunga Plains aquifer.

Because much of Napier is low-lying, 73 percent of the city's stormwater is pumped out to sea. The Council will identify any areas of concern and, having ordered priorities, will apply funding within the framework of the Ten Year Plan.

Ten Year Plan (LTCCP)

Napier City Council Ten Year Plan (2009/20 - 2018/19)

The Ten Year Plan (2009/10 - 2018/19), Napier's Long Term Council Community Plan Volume 1.

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Appendix A - Detailed Financial Information and Council Policies

The Ten Year Plan (2009/10 - 2018/19), Napier's Long Term Council Community Plan Appendix A - Detailed Financial Information and Council Policies.

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Appendix B - Council Activities

The Ten Year Plan (2009/10 - 2018/19), Napier's Long Term Council Community Plan Appendix B - Council Activities.

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