Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

www.hurunui.govt.nzActivity 2: PropertyOverviewThe Property activity includes the Council’s:• Buildings (housing, medical centres, and halls)• Public toilets• Swimming pools• Township maintenance (street cleaning, grass mowing,and township maintenance)Current SituationBuildingsWe own and maintain a variety of buildings as shown below:• Some commercial premises that are leased to smallbusinesses• 34 housing units for the elderly – 12 in Amberley, 13 inCheviot, 4 in Hanmer Springs and 5 in Waikari• 3 residential houses – 1 in Leithfield Beach, 1 in Cheviotand 1 in Hanmer Springs.• 5 water and sewerage depots• 4 Council service centres / libraries• 5 closed landfills• 5 transfer stations• 4 medical centres - Cheviot, Hanmer Springs, Rotherhamand Waikari• 2 doctors houses - Cheviot and Rotherham• 14 halls throughout the DistrictPublic ToiletsThroughout the district, there are:• 14 toilet blocks located on reserves• 16 district public toilets sited either on reserves orCouncil freehold property• 2 privately owned toilets which we contribute to themaintenance ofAll of the district toilets have been built or renovated within thelast 10 years so are in a very good condition. The toilets arecleaned mainly via contracted services.Swimming PoolsOur most well-known pool complex is the Hanmer SpringsThermal Pools and Spa. This complex is not included in thissection and has a chapter of its own under the same name.This section refers to our other public swimming pools locatedin Amberley and Rotherham. Both pools only operate duringthe summer months. The Amberley swimming pool is staffedand operates as a public swimming pool. It is covered, butnot heated and is reliant on the sun to heat the water. TheRotherham swimming pool is not covered or heated either andis managed by the local swimming club and school, and theydetermine who uses the pool. Only the Amberley swimmingpool has paid life guards and staff.Township MaintenanceRatepayers in each of the wards pay an amenity rate to fundthe general maintenance of their townships. Managing thetownship maintenance this way seems to be popular by localsas this enables people to have a say on where their rates arespent. Ward and community type committees are very active inthe District with regard to planning and maintaining their areas.We employ some gardeners and maintenance staff, but contractout most township work to contractors for the likes of grassmowing and general maintenance work.Plans for the futureBuildingsA toilet expansion is planned for the Amberley Council Officein 2012/13. The toilet block inside the building, beside CouncilChambers is the original toilet block built over 30 years ago andis inadequate to meet the needs of public meetings nowadays.The cost estimated to extend and update these toilets is$45,000.For some years now, it has been planned to move the AmberleyTransfer Station from its current site due to the resourceconditions expiring. A new location is nearing confirmation andthe move will occur in the 2012/13 year. The cost of buildinga new station has been carried over and into the long termbudget from earlier years.The Cheviot medical centre is outdated and $1 million has beenfactored into the 2016/17 budget to either upgrade the existingfacility or to build a new medical centre. A full project scopewill be done before any building takes place to ensure that whatis built does meet the needs of the community into the future.The $1 million has been based on the recent medical centrebuilt in Rotherham. Inflation has been added to the million forthe 2016/17 year.A major upgrade of the Hanmer Springs sport stadium is plannedfor 2015/16 at a budgeted cost of $1 million. This is an estimate102