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Why are councils preparing Ten Year Plans (Long-term Council Community Plans)?
The Local Government Act (2002) requires local authorities to produce an LTCCP. Specifically, each council in New Zealand is required to produce an LTCCP (every three years starting in 2006) for its community.
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What is a Ten Year Plan?
The Ten Year Plan describes the activities of the Council and provides a long-term focus for its decision-making. The Ten Year Plan will discuss the first three years in detail and outline the following seven years.
The Ten year Plan:
describes the type of district out communities have told us they’d like - a vision for the future (community outcomes) outlines the role the Council will play in working towards achieving that vision provides an overview of each activity the Council will carry out for the next ten years identifies some of the key challenges facing the Council over the next 10 years.
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What are community outcomes?
Community outcomes are the aspirations the community has identified as important to them for the future. These could be anything from clean water to more parks. The Council and other organisations in the community can use these outcome statements to prioritise and inform their planning and activities.
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What opportunities are there for people to become involved with the Ten Year Plan?
The process provides an opportunity for the public to participate in local decision-making and to influence the current direction and decisions of their council and ultimately, the future of their community.
Every resident, young and old, has the opportunity to contribute to their Ten Year Plan .
Under the Local Government Act 2002, councils are required by law to invite submissions from their communities and other interested parties on proposed activities in their region and take their feedback into account.
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What is different about this plan from other plans councils have prepared?
The requirement for councils to produce an Ten Year Plan is intended to focus councils on promoting the wellbeing of their communities, including social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing.
The Ten Year Plan will provide flexibility for councils to work cooperatively and collaboratively with other public and private organisations to advance community goals and meet the needs of their communities. Councils are required to consult widely and listen to community views.
Ten Year Plan's are different from the way councils used to present information. Councils now look at all proposals and plans over a ten year period. This way you can clearly see:
- what the issues facing your local council are
- how the council plans to resolve those issues
- how much the council plans to spend over the next ten years and in which areas.
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When will my council have a Ten Year Plan?
Ten Year Plan must be adopted by 1 July 2009.
The Thames-Coromandel District Council’s Draft 2009 - 2019 Ten Year Plan is available for comment until 4pm, 18 February 2009 when the submission period ends.
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How will progress be monitored?
Council are required to monitor and report on progress made towards achieving Community Outcomes at least once every three years.
Councils must also include in their Annual Report, comparisons of Council's performance with targets, both financial and non-financial as published in the Ten Year Plan.
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When will the Ten Year Plan be reviewed?
The LTCCP will be adopted in 2009, and then reviewed once every 3 years.
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What's the difference between Community Outcomes, Ten Year Plans, and Local Community Plans?
Community Outcomes
Community Outcomes can be likened to the District community's vision for the future. The Council is required by law, to facilitate the identification of a set of District Community Outcomes. The Community Outcomes are not owned by the Council, but rather the District community. Likewise, the Council is not required to work towards achieving the Community Outcomes, but is expected to align its work programme where appropriate. it is also required to work with other agencies to monitor progress towards achieving the outcomes.
Ten Year Plan
The Council is required by law to adopt a Ten Year Plan (Long-term Council Community Plan) for the whole District. It sets out the Council's work programme for the next ten years, the cost of delivering this work programme, and how it contributed to the District Community Outcomes.
The Ten Year Plan is audited by the Office of the Auditor General to ensure it meets the statutory requirements contained in the Local Government Act 2002.
Local Community Plans
Local Community Plans are developed by local communities within the District, not the Council, although they do provide useful tools to assist in Council decision-making. As local community plans are non-statutory - that is, not required by law and have no legal weighting - it is up to the community developing the plan to decide the process for developing it and the information and directions contained within it. Local community plans are about future visions rather than Council work programmes.
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