Strong response to plan
The City Council has received more than 800 public submissions about its draft 2006-16 long-term community plan.
Mayor Garry Moore says the response is excellent. "We put out the long-term community plan for people to look at, mull over and give us feedback on, and this response is absolutely wonderful," he says.
Since the draft went public at the end of March, Council staff have been working through submissions, providing information which will assist the City Councillors when they meet to consider the public input and any changes they wish to make to the draft plan as a result.
These meetings include opportunities for submitters (those who indicated they wanted to be heard) to present their opinions. These public hearings will take place in the Council Chambers on the ground floor of the Civic Offices on Tuam Street on 25, 26, 29, 30 and 31 May and 1 and 2 June.
Two days, 6 and 7 June, have been set aside specifically to hear submissions about the Council's development contributions proposals.
There will then be further discussions by city councillors and staff, on 8 and 9 June, firming up the final plan. It will be formally adopted and published at the end of June and comes into effect on 1 July 2006.
All local authorities must produce a long-term community plan every three years, a system that replaces the old annual plan process. They include firm budgets and service levels for the three years, and indicative costings and estimates for the following seven.
Christchurch City Council distributed 16,000 copies of its draft plan summary, sent out about 1000 copies of the full version and another 1000 computer disks of information. It also produced and distributed 50 disks for visually impaired people.
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