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Through Tasman’s 10-Year Plan 2021 – 2031 Consultation Document we sought public feedback to inform our decision-making process on four key choices.
Choice 1 – Homes for our community
The Council agreed to proceed with its preferred Option A to provide the necessary infrastructure to meet housing and business demand across the District.
Option A means spending $124 million over the next 10 years to meet the forecast demand for infrastructure development across Tasman District.
This will allow both greenfield development and infill housing / intensification of our towns and suburbs.
The cost to service new growth will be largely met by developers through development and financial contributions, so will have a limited impact on rates.
Choice 2 – Waimea Community Dam allocation cost overruns
The Council agreed to proceed with a revised version of its preferred Option A to meet the irrigators’ share of the $54.5 million needed for the project.
This means some Council and all irrigator debt associated with the overruns will be held in Waimea Water Ltd (WWL), a joint venture company of the Council and Waimea Irrigators Ltd (WIL).
Part of the interest on that debt will be paid via WWL water charges to the Council; the rest via WWL water charges to WIL and its water charges to its shareholders.
The cost to an average residential ratepayer for the irrigators share of the cost overruns under revised Option A is estimated to be $5 a year over a five-year period, noting that this $5 per year only relates to the Council’s part funding of interest on the irrigators’ share of the overruns. After five years, this financial responsibility will shift to WIL, and will be covered via water charges to its shareholders.
You can view the full range of rating scenarios associated with the Waimea Community Dam in the pdf below.
Choice 3 – A new company model for Nelson Airport and Port Nelson
The Council opted for Option C, to establish a new company as a funding vehicle only.
Joint owner Nelson City Council has agreed to the same option.
Choice 4 – The Council’s proposed response for adapting and responding to climate change
The Council opted for the preferred Option A to provide an affordable level of investment over the next 10 years.
In addition to business as usual expenditure we plan to invest in a number of new initiatives to implement our Climate Action Plan, including;
You can download and read the full (pdf 259 KB)Key Choices section of the plan here.
It also covers how Nelson and Tasman residents benefit from collaboration between ourselves and Nelson City Council.
Over the next 10 years we will respond to our growing population, renew assets as they wear out, adapt to climate change, enhance the quality of freshwater, improve our drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure and complete the construction of the Waimea Community Dam.
To help Tasman recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Council will continue to maintain services and invest in new projects.
Find out more about our activities, how we fund them, changes to rating areas and types, or take a look at our indicative rates on example properties.
From November 2020, we developed our consultation document and supporting information, which was available for your input from 24 March to 24 April 2021. The Consultation Document outlined the big choices we need to make as we plan for the future, and also provided an overview of significant projects. We also consulted concurrently on several policies and strategies.
We then held the hearings from 3-7 May 2021. 114 submitters chose to speak in front of the hearing panel. The hearing panel deliberated from 17-20 May of 2021.
Thanks to all those who shared your thoughts. For your reference, you can click here (pdf 9.2 MB) to download the Consultation Document.
We received 1,719 submissions during the formal consultation process this year. Read the deliberations report on here. (pdf 2.4 MB)
Community feedback was open from 13 March 2020. The Council extended the closing date (17 April to 12 June 2020) to give our community more time to send in any thoughts or ideas in light of the Covid-19 response and any recovery initiatives. Those who had already provided feedback were invited to make any additions if they wished.
This document sets out the proposed vision, purpose, community outcomes, and strategic priorities for the 2021 - 2031 period. We also asked for any other suggestions on how Council could improve, and project ideas.
Download the document here: Tasman District Council Long Term Plan Early Engagement.pdf (pdf 6.2 MB)
The results collected from the early engagement process were presented to Councillors in the 15 July 2020 workshop, and a report to the 20 August Strategy and Policy Committee.
Below are tables to download of the feedback we received on our database, the report to the Council, and a short summary of the results.
LTP Early Engagement summary results.pdf (pdf 1.2 MB)
Early Engagement feedback - comments ordered by ID number (pdf 2.2 MB)
Early Engagement feedback - comments ordered by question (pdf 2.1 MB)
We factor in community well-being with our eight community outcomes that underpin our vision, purpose, and strategic priorities.
Our vision - Thriving and resilient Tasman communities
Our purpose - Working together for a Tasman District that has a healthy environment, strong economy and a vibrant community
Our strategic priorities:
Read more about our Vision, Purpose and Community Outcomes here (pdf 160 KB).
Tasman District Council is one of six unitary councils in Aotearoa, meaning we do the work of both a regional council and a territorial authority. We have split our responsibilities as follows:
You can read more about the overall budget for each activity, the levels of service, the contributions to our community outcomes, and the cost and how we intend to fund the service in the Activity Management Plans section here.
Council holds reserve funds, which is money set aside for a specific purpose. These are often used to separate a funding purpose of an activity.
Read here for more about our Reserve Funds (pdf 141 KB), what their current balance is, and what they can be used for.
The financial information in our 10-Year Plan is a forecast based on assumptions that the Council can reasonably expect to occur, along with the actions it reasonably expects to take, as at the date the forecast was prepared.
These assumptions include an assessment of certain factors that might impact on the Council and the community, including population change, funding of Council services, and external factors such as the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and government legislation.
Read more about the forecasting assumptions here. (pdf 499 KB)
This section provides some definitions for terms found throughout our Long Term Plan. Read the glossary hear to get a better understanding. (pdf 77 KB)
The Funding Impact Statement is made up of three parts:
The Funding Impact Statement should be read in conjunction with our Revenue and Financing Policy (see section below).
Figures in this statement include GST unless otherwise stated.
This financial strategy explains how the Council will manage its finances over the next 10 years. It sets out the general approach and principles to be followed, and it provides a guide against which proposals for funding and expenditure can be assessed.
An infrastructure strategy outlines how the Council intends to manage its infrastructure assets (having regard to matters such as when assets need to be renewed or replaced), funding options, and other matters, such as the need to improve health or environmental outcomes and to manage risks from natural hazards.
The Revenue and Financing Policy explains “who pays and why”. It shows how Council activities are funded. It is not about what Council does, nor is it about what it costs. Revenue sources include rates, fees, charges, subsidies and investments.
The Significance and Engagement Policy identifies how and when communities can expect to be engaged in, or specifically consulted on, decisions about issues, proposals, assets, decisions and activities. It also enables us and our communities to understand the significance that we place on certain issues, proposals, assets, decisions, and activities.
Read the Significance and Engagement Policy Summary here. (pdf 191 KB)
This statement outlines the steps we intend to take to foster Māori capacity to contribute to our decision-making processes during the current Long Term Plan.
Statement of Fostering Māori Participation in Council Decision Making (pdf 251 KB)
The Water and Sanitary Services Assessment (WSSA) is an assessment of the water and sanitary services in the Tasman District. It covers both Council owned services and privately owned services relating to:
Brief comments have been included in our 10-Year Plan to note key variations to the proposals since adoption of the WSSA in 2005.
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