1. Whakatāne District Recovery Project Update June 2017
Kia manawanui

2. Recovery
Key goal - restore and create opportunities to enhance our community wellbeing.
Whakatāne District Recovery
project plan
Four key workstreams - projects
Objectives, KPI’s and measures
Inform LTP and annual plan - new normal
Reconnect Tūhononga
Iwi engagement
This is the overarching goal for recovery.
It is about putting people and the community at the heart of our planning.
It is about getting people back into their homes, it is about making people feel safe, and it is about, supporting businesses and farmers, being future focused and making the most of opportunities that could make things better.

3. Current situation – housing
Area
Red sticker (severe damage)
Yellow sticker (moderate damage)
White (light / no damage)
Edgecumbe urban
14 (14)
258 (249)
221 (225)
Plains incl. Poroporo
41 (30)
8 (3)
Tāneatua / Rūātoki
11 (8)
2 (3)
Note: this table indicates the current status of the properties inspected. The number in brackets indicates the information from last SitRep.

4. Current Situation Housing continued

5. Waste and services status

6. Roading
Kopuriki Road

7. Natural and Rural environment
Silt tests
MPI rural recovery funding – re-sowing, fencing and silt debris removal
Tāne Mahuta Forestry doing tree removal
56 farmers identified needing assistance – rural support trust
Rivers assessments completed – 500 sites

8. Radio infomercials based on current information
Communication
The twice-weekly Recovery newsletter distributed to over 650  s, printed in the local newspaper and circulated in hard copy.
Recovery website
Radio infomercials based on current information
and updates across all four local stations 
​Community Recovery Expo 10 June
Rural communities engagement plan underway
e.g. workshops
Recovery Newsletter images on next slide

9. Any questions? 3.99% general rates increase
\elected members adopted a range of measures to bring costs down. These included:
Utilising $50,000 from Edgecumbe’s stormwater operating reserves to reduce rates cost for all urban properties in the township;
Utilising part of the Harbour Fund’s 2017/18 operating surplus to part-fund the cost of activities on harbour-owned land (including the Library and Exhibition Centre; Visitor Information Centre and parks, reserves and gardens), allowing the overall rating requirement to be reduced;
Increasing the portion of total rates funded through the Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC) from 28% to 30% (the maximum allowed), to partially offset the disproportionate impact of property value increases on rates for high value rural properties
4.48% increase in Edgecumbe