Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022 - Hurunui District Council

Hurunui Community Long Term Plan 2012 - 2022ServiceRelevantCommunityOutcomesRelevant Issues &ConstraintsWho benefits, and overwhat periodFuture Funding & SustainabilityEnvironment andSafety – ResourceManagementThe Council’s funding ofResource Managementservices contributesto the Hurunui districtbeing:A desirable and safeplace to live:- We have attractivewell designedtownships- Communities haveaccess to adequatehealth and emergencyservices and systemsand resources areavailable to meet civildefence emergencies- Risks to publichealth are identifiedand appropriatelymanagedA place thatdemonstratesenvironmentalresponsibility:- We protect ourenvironment whilepreserving people’sproperty rights- We minimisesolid waste to thefullest extent, andmanage the rest in asustainable wayThis is a significant andreasonably discrete areaof expenditure; hencethere are benefits interms of transparency andaccountability from funding itdistinctly from other services.There are no significant costsinvolved in this distinction.Statutory constraintsapply. Recovery of“reasonable costs” relatingto administration is allowedunder the terms of section 36of the Resource ManagementAct.Resource Management Act– resource consents, 100%user charges. The Councilmay waive consent fees asprovided for in the RMA.In general applicants forresource consents should payall processing costs.100% benefit from policyservices to the District as awhole through promotion ofthe sustainable managementof the District’s natural andphysical resources for futuregenerations.The predominant benefit fromconsents is to the individualswho require them, butthere is some benefit to theDistrict as a whole in that allratepayers can be assured thatthe environment they work,eat, drink and live in is safeand managed in accordancewith the principles of sustainablemanagement under theprovisions of the ResourceManagement Act.Capital costs are minimal inthis function and the benefitsfrom operational expenditureare spread over the yearit is incurred. Any costs ofmediation to make the DistrictPlan operative to be spreadover the life of the plan (10years).Resource Consents:• 100% user charges. Council may waiveconsent fees as provided for in the ResourceManagement Act.Private District Plan Changes:• All costs met by the applicant.Council Initiated Plan Changesded by the l Rate.• Extraordinary Planning Issues will beassessed on a case-by-case basis todetermine the appropriate method forfunding.• Some of the benefits from RMA relatedservices will be linked to the value of landowned; others will be independent of this.The balance of the costs will be met by aDistrict Rate (known as the planning rate).Sustainability:• The slight ongoing negative effects on theeconomic wellbeing of ratepayers from thecost of the service will be offset by futuregains in environmental and social wellbeing.241