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Environment and SafetyOverviewEnvironment and Safety covers the following 4 activity areasdescribed below:Activity 1:Emergency Services (civil defence and rural fi re)Activity 2: Resource Management (administering the DistrictPlan, resource consents, township planning, policy and bylawdevelopment)Activity 3: Compliance and Regulatory Functions (buildingcontrols, public health and liquor licencing, and animal control)Activity 4: Waste Minimisation (refuse, recycling, transferstations, and litter bin collection)Our AimTo protect people, animals, and the environment from naturaldisaster, disease and hazards.Why is the Council Involved?The Council is involved with the activities within the Environmentand Safety group to provide for the wellbeing of its people. Allof the activities within this group are to do with ensuring ourcommunities, including our environment, are protected fromcertain harm to preserve what we have and leave it in goodcondition for future generations. We want to help make ourDistrict a desirable place through managing adverse effects ofactivities and conditions through our policies, bylaws and plans.These activities also contribute to the long term achievement ofour community outcomes.Community OutcomesThe Community Services and Facilities described in this section,primarily contribute to two of our community outcomes:1. A desirable and safe place to live:• We have attractive well designed townships• Communities have access to adequate health andemergency services and systems and resourcesare available to meet civil defence emergencies• Risks to public health are identifi ed andappropriately managedDraft Hurunui Community Long Term Plan 2012 - 20222. A place that demonstrates environmental responsibility:• We protect our environment while preservingpeople’s property rights• We minimise solid waste to the fullest extent,and manage the rest in a sustainable wayMajor Projects PlannedProjectNew generator for theAmberley Offi ce used asan emergency operationcentre in a civil defenceemergencyTsunami remote trigger toactivate warning systems inplace in beach settlementsTanker compliance survey $99,000Year Planned2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015+$50,000$25,980Purchase and install digital $30,000 $32,214 $33,321radios to replace defunctanalogue radio systemTanker replacements $15,000 $99,963Waiau fi re depot $93,528Waiau smoke chaser $40,000Engineer assessments onearthquake prone buildingsSignifi cant Negative Effects$23,000 $23,720 $24,442The main intention of this group of activities is to mitigatenegative effects on the District and its environment. In themain, our actual activities do not cause any signifi cant negativeeffects. The negative effects that this group of activities is aimedat negating or minimising includes:• Unclean and dangerous food handling can havesignifi cant detrimental effects on the public throughsickness, therefore it is important we follow upcomplaints involving food premises promptly to preventfurther spread of the disease. Similarly with water, asinfection and illness can spread quickly via drinkingwater in particular.• We have a key role to reduce negative effects causedthrough sickness and alcohol abuse through theregulation of alcohol outlets (such as restaurants andretailers) and limiting the number of hours alcohol isfor sale.• Unruly dogs and animals pose dangerous risks to peopleand stock. There have been several cases of extreme dogattacks in recent years within New Zealand which has113