• Promotion/economic development
Destination Queenstown (DQ), Lakes Leisure and the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce request council funds of $40,000 for a new events management organisation. DQ also seeks continued support for its business plan for promoting Queenstown.
Dunedin's Upstart Business Incubator says it supports economic development and believes it can assist council in achieving its community outcomes. It requests $30,000 to extend services into Queenstown.
The Queenstown Chamber of Commerce seeks $40,000 to form an Economic Futures Agency to help with economic development.
Arrowtown to Gibbston Cycleway: Only one submission opposes the council's plan to allocate $100,000 to this section of the National Cycleway Project.
• Community facilities
Queenstown Returned Services Association president David Geddes and resident Steve Wilde want the council to investigate upgrading Memorial Hall.
Otago Forward requests $23,969 for administration and other costs.
Jacks Point Residents and Owners Assoc requests a playground within the reserve and opposes development contributions.
• Community development
Queenstown Mountain Bike Club requests $1020 to hold a national title mountain bike race in 2011.
Sport Otago requests $35,000 for the Sport Central Programme and Queenstown Life Trust requests $5000 for X-it Youth centre.
Wakatipu District Youth Trust requests $8900 for rent, and Queenstown Lakes Family Centre requests $26,400 for rent.
• Library proposal
Twenty-one submitters oppose the relocation of the Queenstown Lakes District library to the former Pulse Fitness building on Memorial St.
The existing library would be turned into office space for council staff, who are spread over five leased locations in Queenstown at a cost of $350,000.
Fitout of the new library would cost $50,000. Only eight submitters supported the proposal.
Public Health South supports the library proposals but wants a mobile library to visit Frankton monthly.
• Transport
Wakatipu Senior Citizens wants the council to increase the number of disabled car parks in Memorial St. Twelve submitters say the bus shelter on Arthurs Point Rd is too small. It needs to cater for 30 plus children and also a path and barriers are needed to keep children safe.
Eighteen submitters say a footpath and reduced speed limit are needed on Old Racecourse Rd.
• Heritage
Four submitters, including the Queenstown and District Historical Society, support funding for the council's heritage strategy. They want the council to budget for a heritage inventory of threatened heritage features, management and conservation plans and education awareness programmes.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust wants more recognition of historic heritage in the annual plan.
• Rates
Nineteen submissions oppose rates increases, including Malcolm Craven, of Kingston.
"Considering we have no sewerage or municipal water there is no justification for the huge rates rises which have continued these recent years. We are not happy. This is not just or acceptable," he says.
• CCTV
Ten submissions, including the Chamber of Commerce, want CCTV cameras to be set up in town to keep children, businesses and tourists safe. The chamber seeks funding of $50,000 to implement the cameras.
• Public Health
Public Health South raises the issue of freedom campers. "Fouling around existing toilets where there is a squat in the bush opportunity indicates that wider public and visitor education is required."
PHS believes this issue has the potential to become a nuisance to public health if it is not already. It wants the council to develop an accurate picture of human waste contamination and develop a strategy to address the issue.
PHS is also concerned with the reduction in community grants and says communities need help identifying alternative sources of funding. The council is proposing to cut community grant funding from $50,000 to $10,000 a year.
• Glenorchy
The Glenorchy Community Association wants three roads and the footpath system upgraded. It also wants a yearly figure put aside for planning and a policy for the community plan.
It wants help with its "village green concept". It also wants the council to upgrade the tennis courts. The association also seeks an annual grant of $5000 to help with small projects in the village.
"Reducing this means we will no longer be able to continue."
• Kingston
The Kingston Community Association's submission says the draft does not take the special nature and requirements of small communities in to account. It opposes the reduction in community grants.
It says Kingston needs funding for maintenance of its community hall, extension of the school bus shelter, promotional brochures, walking tracks and creek cleaning. It also opposes rate rises for Kingston residents.
• Arrowtown
The Arrowtown Village Association wants a parking area on Flint St, beautification of Butler Park, more seating in Marshall Park and landscaping along the Arrow River.
It also wants underground power cables for the historic and business areas to be staged over the next 10 years.
It seeks more tree planting, new lighting at the skateboard park, litter bins, public toilets and signs.
TIMELINE
- April 17: The Draft Annual Plan opened for submissions.
- May 17: Submissions closed.
- June 3: 26 submitters will speak at a public hearing in Queenstown.
- June 4: 19 submitters will speak at a public hearing in Wanaka.
- June 29: Full council meeting will approve final annual plan.
