Submission
9 year plan feedback
Should we remove 231 Stuart Street (formerly the Fortune Theatre) from the list of strategic assets in the DCC Significance and Engagement policy?
Yes, remove 231 Stuart Street from the list of strategic assets (this is our preferred option)
Do you have any comments about 231 Stuart Street?
Happy for it to be removed from the list of strategic assets and sold. Beautiful building but council currently doesn't seem to have the funds for its upkeep so better that it's sold and the heritage value of it preserved. Condition of sale should be to do some development on it however to ensure it doesn't just sit there until it has to be demolished and effectively someone ends up buying it for the land potential more than the building potential.
Should we charge an entry fee of $20 (incl. GST) for international visitors aged 16 and over, at Toitū and Dunedin Public Art Gallery?
Yes, introduce an entry fee of $20 (incl. GST) (this is our preferred option)
Do you have any comments about the entry fee for international visitors?
I think this makes sense but numbers should be monitored to ensure that it doesn't negatively effect visitor numbers to the venue. Also how are residents to prove they are residents?
Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
More commitment to Carbon Zero, cycleways and community housing. I understand the budget is constrained but waste can be decreased by hyper focus on what matters. Make clear what the priorities are for council, top 3 things per department, top 3 things per team that are to be delivered against the 9 year plan so that everyone knows what direction they're meant to be going in and don't chase down other avenues leading to waste. Have everyone pull in the same direction! Clearer understanding at a council level of how to ask for reports or ask questions to ensure that the answers brought back are truly useful for decision making instead of receiving something that was never wanted.
Local Water Done Well feedback
Which water services delivery model do you support?
The Council’s preferred option: an in-house delivery model
Why did you choose this option?
I don't see how setting up a whole new entity complete with new HR team, finance team etc could possibly be financially on par with pooling together with existing resources and feels like a complete false economy. I understand borrowing to be the only true advantage of the CCO and don't believe it's enough to outweigh the alternative. An observation would also be that Council-Controlled Organisations don't seem to get the level of oversight required to make them truly accountable and therefore successful.
Do you have any other feedback related to the proposed water services delivery models?
Invest in water, what we drink also feeds what we eat and is what we are. Get it right and we'll all be the healthier for it!
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