๐) ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ Flood protection, and recovery. Further re-invest in our flood protection and stormwater infrastructure improvements. Reprioritize this, by repealing the outrageous $46m library project budgeted expenditure.
2) ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ/๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ Champion two extra council subcommittees or working groups. One a Community wellbeing committee focused on the mental and physical wellbeing of our community. Engaging with the various groups and organisations that provide such community wellbeing support and needs to feedback direct to council. The other a Community Advisory working group of community leaders and representatives to feed back to council directly to rebuild practical wisdom and trust between community and council. And to aid the recovery and revitalisation of our local business and development sector.
3) ๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค, ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ No, I strongly do not support the 3 waters reform. The government has been disingenuous in its promotion and talks with public and dealings with council over it. The proposal disenfranchises local governance, control and ownership of the most important asset that our community has built over generations. The proposed reform will greatly increase the cost to the taxpayer. The council and our ratepayers already very effectively maintain & strategically fund, and budget both through residential, commercial rating and development charges of these services both in our 10 year and 30 year long term strategic planning. Nelson has the very least of any city in NZ to gain from such a bureaucratic mega takeover.