Kia ora Andrew,

Thank you for contacting the Whakatane District Council.

I have forwarded your message to the relevant council staff member for their follow up.

If you have any further enquiries, please call us directly on 07 306 0500 or email [email address].

Nga mihi,

Cassandra Richards
CUSTOMER SERVICES OFFICER .
ĀPIHA RATONGA TĀNGATA

WHAKATĀNE DISTRICT COUNCIL
P 07 306 0500 Ext 7409 F 07 307 0718
E [email address] W whakatane.govt.nz
Commerce Street, Private Bag 1002, Whakatāne 3158, New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: A Broxholme <[FOI #14352 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2020 10:59 AM
To: WDC Customer Service <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Unsealed roads & seal extension policy

Dear Whakatane District Council,

Please provide a detailed list of unsealed roads under the control of the district council including the length of unsealed road, the number of dwellings on the unsealed road and the amount of roading rates received by council from residents and businesses on those unsealed roads for the years 2018, 2019 & 2020.

A priority list for seal extension, if reinstated has apparently been prepared in the past, please provide that list and supporting documentation.

The following two statements have appeared in various emails since I began communicating with council staff in regard Fermah Road;

"Prior to 2012 Council did have a programme in place to seal approximately 3km of unsealed roads per year, but due to increasing pressures to invest in urgent repairs and upgrades to other infrastructure, such as storm water, waste water and drinking water supplies, Council made a decision to stop funding seal extensions and to refocus these funds towards its higher priority areas. This decision was made as part of Council’s Long Term Plan process which involves extensive community wide consultation and input."

"Reinstating seal extensions as a roading activity was included as one of the ‘optional’ activities in the current 2018-28 Long Term Plan. However very few submissions were received to reinstate this activity compared to other optional activities and on this basis Council made the decision not to include it."

Please provide the original consultation document for the 2018-28 long term plan as it is not available on the WDC website, or if it is, I cannot locate it. I would also ask the specific question were the rate payers most affected by the decision to cease seal extensions specifically notified of the policy change in 2012, my conversations with many residents of unsealed roads in my capacity as a rural lifestyle real estate salesperson suggests that they were not, hence they did not know of the policy change and therefore had no incentive to communicate their opposition at the time or since.

I fully understand the pressure on council finances but having studied the consultation document for the last annual plan and made a submission I was less than impressed by what was seen to be the highest priorities and the response from the community as to plans to remove significant parking in the CBD recently suggest that council is not communicating as well with the community that it seeks to serve as it perhaps believes it is.

Yours Sincerely,

A Broxholme

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Kia ora Mr Broxholme

Thank you for your request for information. I have forwarded your email to the Chief Executive, Steph O’Sullivan, to be responded to under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. 

Under the aforementioned act, the decision on whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and if the information shall be given or posted to the person who made the request; shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable, and in no case later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received by that local authority.

Please see our public website for information about making an official information request and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 under which such information is given:

https://www.whakatane.govt.nz/contact-us...

If you have any further enquiries, please call us directly on 07 306 0500 or email [email address]

Ngā mihi,
Roslyn

Roslyn Barlow
Executive Support
KAITAUTOKO TOIHAUTŪ

WHAKATĀNE DISTRICT COUNCIL
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-----Original Message-----
From: A Broxholme <[FOI #14352 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2020 10:59 AM
To: WDC Customer Service <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Unsealed roads & seal extension policy

Dear Whakatane District Council,

Please provide a detailed list of unsealed roads under the control of the district council including the length of unsealed road, the number of dwellings on the unsealed road and the amount of roading rates received by council from residents and businesses on those unsealed roads for the years 2018, 2019 & 2020.

A priority list for seal extension, if reinstated has apparently been prepared in the past, please provide that list and supporting documentation.

The following two statements have appeared in various emails since I began communicating with council staff in regard Fermah Road;

"Prior to 2012 Council did have a programme in place to seal approximately 3km of unsealed roads per year, but due to increasing pressures to invest in urgent repairs and upgrades to other infrastructure, such as storm water, waste water and drinking water supplies, Council made a decision to stop funding seal extensions and to refocus these funds towards its higher priority areas. This decision was made as part of Council’s Long Term Plan process which involves extensive community wide consultation and input."

"Reinstating seal extensions as a roading activity was included as one of the ‘optional’ activities in the current 2018-28 Long Term Plan. However very few submissions were received to reinstate this activity compared to other optional activities and on this basis Council made the decision not to include it."

Please provide the original consultation document for the 2018-28 long term plan as it is not available on the WDC website, or if it is, I cannot locate it. I would also ask the specific question were the rate payers most affected by the decision to cease seal extensions specifically notified of the policy change in 2012, my conversations with many residents of unsealed roads in my capacity as a rural lifestyle real estate salesperson suggests that they were not, hence they did not know of the policy change and therefore had no incentive to communicate their opposition at the time or since.

I fully understand the pressure on council finances but having studied the consultation document for the last annual plan and made a submission I was less than impressed by what was seen to be the highest priorities and the response from the community as to plans to remove significant parking in the CBD recently suggest that council is not communicating as well with the community that it seeks to serve as it perhaps believes it is.

Yours Sincerely,

A Broxholme

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #14352 email]

Is [Whakatane District Council request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Whakatane District Council? If so, please contact us using this form:
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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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Kia ora Mr Broxholme

 

Please find attached a letter from the Chief Executive in response to your
LGOIMA request.

 

Ngā mihi

Roslyn

 

 

Roslyn Barlow
Executive Support .
KAITAUTOKO TOIHAUTŪ 

WHAKATĀNE DISTRICT COUNCIL
P 07 306 0500 Ext 7801   DDI 07 306 2021   F 07 306 2692
E [1][email address]   W [2]whakatane.govt.nz
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