compliance, monitoring
and enforcement metrics for the regional sector |
Managing the
workload
13-15, 18 * Councils collectively receive 29143 complaints, of which
25,314 (87%) are responded to, (33% in person, the rest via
other means).
* Councils report relatively low rates of complaint verification
(as low as 17%) which may be driven by a range of
reasons
* Councils administered a total of more than 200,000 active
resource consents for the reporting year, of
abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the Company, this report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and
administrative performance during the period under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the
and extent of compliance by
the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating
as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
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Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the Company’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and
Proposal, the
consultation document for the 2017/2018 Annual Plan – Statement of Proposal, for public
consultation, and the 2017/2018 estimates.
6.2 The key points in the 2017/2018 Annual Plan – Statement of Proposal were highlighted to
the Council, being:
A 1% general rates increase against a proposed increase of 0.5% for 2017/2018 in the
2015/2025 Long-Term Plan
An extra investment in a trial programme to test large-scale predator suppression
and eradication techniques
for a further four years.
4.2 It was clarified that Council would require two additional staff in the 2020/2021
financial year. This is covered by the funding received and not rates funded.
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Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) receives this report on participation in STRESS-3 for a further
Rates
WW noted that those projects that are important (rated high priority) will get
enhanced FAR - between base FAR and 100% depending on each AO. Low
cost/low risk projects (under $1m) aren’t included.
VL noted advanced FAR – do it now (only available for this NLTP period).
SH noted that an end of life structure would more likely gain a high rating.
SB suggested safety or access related projects would be key strategies on GPS –
advanced FAR.
CW confirmed the Bell Block to
improvement in the Trust’s environmental and administrative performance is required. During the year
under review inadequate maintenance of the treatment systems on the discharges resulted in a breach of
the suspended solids limit on the consent. The unauthorised discharges caused a conspicuous change in the
visual clarity of the tributary below the site. An abatement notice was issued and re-inspection found that
the abatement notice had been complied with. Ratings are as defined in Section 1.1.4.
Agenda for Regional Transport Committee meeting November 2017.
additional feedback. The second submission is also included in
Appendix 2 and the officers report on their additional feedback follows
below.
5 Application for authority
Oppose Decline/no relief required
The submitter opposes the need to pay fees associated with applying for an
authority under the bylaws for the following reasons:
• The fees and charges associated with applying for multiple
authorities could potentially impose significant costs on the rate
paying community and
fencing and contractors
since the project began.
This programme has no equal in New Zealand and is transforming
the region’s landscape as well as protecting and enhancing
waterway quality. The rate of implementation of riparian work is
accelerating and to date, farmers have completed 3,558km of new
fencing and 1,766km of new riparian planting. In total, 80% of
stream banks are fenced and 65% of streambanks are vegetated.
The Taranaki Regional Council has a comprehensive