Community and District Development Committee meeting
Housing Accord progress
Tomorrow is the first opportunity for the Community and District Development Committee to receive an update on the dashboard showing motel use, numbers and demographics and how their progress is being tracked to achieve the Housing Accord outcomes.
The update is on the agenda for the Committee's meeting tomorrow [Wednesday 12 April].
The Rotorua Housing Accord, signed 9 December 2022, commits The Crown, Rotorua Lakes Council and Te Arawa Iwi to a shared effort towards resolving housing issues in Rotorua.
Two Working Groups were established to support the Accord's Governance and Steering Group in pursuing two high level objectives: care, wellbeing and managing emergency housing; and housing delivery.
The purpose of the Accord is to bring together the collective insights, capability, and experience of Te Arawa, the Crown and Council, combined with the resources of the Crown and Council to:
- Reduce the use of emergency housing in Rotorua to near zero as soon as possible.
- Ensure appropriate emergency housing options are available for those with urgent housing need from Rotorua.
- Ensure quality delivery of care and well-being services to individuals and whānau residing in emergency housing accommodation.
- Mitigate the unintended adverse social, cultural, economic, and environmental impacts emergency housing has had on the Rotorua community.
- Ensure the safe transition of individuals and whanau exiting emergency housing accommodation with appropriate support provisions to maintain independent living;
- Address the chronic housing shortage in Rotorua by increasing the housing supply.
The steering group and working groups have now met several times and have agreed communications protocols and established key dashboards/measures to track progress against overall outcomes.
Go to p14 of the meeting agenda to read the full report on this matter
Mitigations put in place to prevent future issues at Sir Howard Morrison Centre
A report to Council’s Community and District Development Committee details technical issues that led to cancellation of the opening gala show at the Sir Howard Morrison Centre on 17 February.
Remedial measures undertaken following the cancellation were designed to prevent any reoccurrence of the same issues, a report for the Committee’s meeting tomorrow notes.
The purpose of the opening show was to showcase the facility’s capabilities and local artists across a range of genres. The Gala was scheduled over three days. A VIP opening night which included ticketed patrons took place on 16 February, followed by a public ticketed show on 17 February, and an open day for the community on Saturday 18 February.
A thorough investigation subsequently undertaken by both IT and SHMC teams has identified a number of initiatives to mitigate future issues, the report to the Committee notes.
Go to p10 of the meeting agenda to read the full report on this matter
Statements of Intent for Council-controlled organisations
The Committee will consider the draft Statements of Intent (SOI) for RotoruaNZ and Rotorua Regional Airport Limited for the financial year starting 1 July 2023, with the opportunity to provide feedback to each company before they provide their finalised SOIs prior to 30 June 2023.
The statements of intent outline the activities and intentions of a council-controlled organisation (CCO) for the year and the objectives to which those activities will contribute and provides the basis for performance accountability.
Go to p22 of the meeting agenda to read the full report on this matter