Long Term Community Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

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Service
Relevant Community
Outcomes
Relevant Issues &
Constraints
Who benefits, and over
what period
Future Funding & Sustainability
Community
Services and
Facilities - Reserves
The Council’s funding of
Services and Facilities -
Reserves contributes to the
Hurunui district being:
A desirable and safe place
to live:
• We have attractive well
designed townships
• Communities have access
to adequate health and
emergency services and
systems and resources
are available to meet civil
defence emergencies
• Risks to public health
are identified and
appropriately managed
A place where our
traditional rural values
and heritage make
Hurunui unique:
- People have a range
of opportunities to
participate in leisure and
culture activities
- Our historic and cultural
heritage is protected for
future generations
Council reserves are funded
differently depending upon
whether they are classified as
District or Amenity (i.e. local)
reserves. Council policy is
that camping grounds should
pay their own way. There
are small administrative
costs associated with the
separate funding of reserves
(e.g. costs for running
Reserves Committees in
each area), but these are
outweighed by the benefits
in increased transparency
and accountability in regard
to the allocation of funds for
reserves and the statutory
requirement that any revenue
from reserves be spent only
on reserves.
District Reserves - 100%
benefit to the District in
that people from all over the
District use the reserve, and
the reserve attracts visitors
to the District.
Amenity Reserves - 100%
benefit to residents in the
local rating area.
Hanmer Springs Thermal
Pools & Spa - 100% benefit
to users.
Camping Grounds - 100%
benefit to users.
The benefits from capital
expenditure accrue over the
life of the investment and the
benefits from operational
expenditure accrue at the
time of expenditure.
Operational; Costs:
• Amenity Reserves - 100% local amenity
rates on the ward or community rating
area in which the reserve is located.
• District Reserves - 100% District Rate.
• Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools - 100% user
charge.
• Camping Grounds - 100% user charge
with any shortfall met by a local amenity
rate in the ward or community rating
area.ita
Capital Costs:
• District Reserves - Capital expenditure for
District Reserves is funded 100% by the
District Rate and/or the Hanmer Springs
Thermal Reserve surpluses.
• Amenity Reserves - Capital expenditure
for Amenity Reserves is funded 100% by
the local amenity rate on the ward or
community rating area within which the
reserve in question is located.
• If any of the capital expenditure caters for
future growth, then that portion of the
expenditure that relates to growth may
be funded from future lots or units of
demand via development contributions.
If long term funding is required, it can be
catered for under the Council’s Internal
Financing Policy. The monies needed to
meet the loan costs under the Internal
Financing Policy should be treated as
operational expenditure.
• Contestable Funding - Council may also
provide an amount of funds from the
surpluses from the Hanmer Springs
Thermal Reserve to each Ward or
Rating area that may be used for meeting
development costs on amenity reserves.
Sustainability:
• There are slight negative effects on the
current and future economic wellbeing
of the communities affected, but this
will be offset by proportional gains in
current and future social, environmental
and cultural wellbeing. There will also be
some gain in economic wellbeing, to the
extent that tourists are attracted to the
District’s reserves.
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