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Dunedin City Council – Kaunihera-a-rohe o Otepoti

Signal Hill Management Plan review

We’re asking for your feedback on our Draft Signal Hill Reserve Management Plan and its suitability for managing Signal Hill Recreation Reserve. Your feedback is an important part of the plan’s review and will help shape the final document. We will consider your feedback before we finalise the changes.

Why are we reviewing this?

Under the Reserves Act 1977, we’re required to regularly review and update reserve management plans. Our Signal Hill plan is 20 years old.

Timeline

Stage 1 of review

5 Nov - 8 Dec 2020

Stage 1 feedback reviewed

1 Dec - 17 Dec 2021

Stage 2 submissions open

13 May 2024

Stage 2 submissions Close

5pm 15 July 2024

Hearings

20 November 2024

Deliberations and decision

Late 2024

Why do we need a plan for the Signal Hill Reserve?

It will ensure theproper use, development, maintenance, protection and preservation of the reserve. It will allow us to respond to our community’s changing needs and introduce best practice models and trends.

What changes are proposed?

The plan outlines the ways we are proposing to improve the reserve. These include ways to improve recreational opportunities for mountain bikers, walkers, trail runners, runners, orienteers, and the community. Ideas include protecting view shafts and the biodiversity of the reserve by better managing vegetation and tracks to benefit reserve users. We also want to honour the cultural and mana whenua values through interpretation and storytelling projects.

What you told us during Stage 2 of the review

What happens next?

  • The submission period is from is from Monday, 13 May 2024 to Monday, 15 July 2024.
  • Hearings will be held in September 2024 (if required) and submissions considered
  • Parks and Recreation staff will review feedback and prepare the final plan
  • The plan will be presented to the Dunedin City Council for approval later in 2024
  • If approved, the plan will be implemented over several years when funding becomes available.

What you told us during Stage 1 of the review

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