The following community event is organised by Tasman District Council:
Tasman is a special place to live. Across our urban, rural, and coastal areas we have a great lifestyle and many of our communities are growing. It’s important to plan for the future with quality development in appropriate places and by protecting and restoring our land, air, and water. You have a chance to contribute to how we do this.
Tasman District Council staff and councillors will be in the Moutere Hills on Wednesday November 25 to hear your views about our environmental and development issues and opportunities, and what you think makes our district special.
You can drop-in anytime
Wednesday November 25
between 3.30pm – 7pm
at the Moutere Hills Community Centre
1539 Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere
to have your say on how we look after our district.
Tasman District Council is currently gathering data on its town and village centres around the district.
The following 5-minute survey has been created to allow for visitors to provide their ratings and views on various aspects of the Upper Moutere Town Centre.
While the survey appears to be primarily designed around larger town centres, answering this short survey might be a great opportunity to pass feedback back to TDC for residents and visitors alike.
You can use the survey to let Council know what you like or dislike when going into the village centre - and if you have any guests staying with you, this would be a perfect opportunity to let them provide their feedback from a visitor's perspective as well.
Last year, in response to a guide document released by Tasman District Council, the Moutere Hills Residents Association ran an online survey to establish local opinion on whether 'Tiny Houses' can be useful in addressing housing problems in New Zealand. You can see the survey results here.
In the survey, our community responded strongly in favour of investigating new legislation to facilitate construction and use of 'Tiny Houses'. We are therefore now forwarding a link to a current Parliamentary Petition on the subject which was initiated in December and which is in support of "Tiny/mobile dwellings as a permanent, healthy, affordable & dignified residence."
If you are interested and in favour of the issue, follow this link to the online petition.
TDC is commencing a consultation on the future of Kingsland Forest in Richmond.
This Council-owned forestry is due for a harvesting cycle and TDC is collecting public feedback on whether the area should be re-planted for future revenue generation or gradually be changed over to other permanent planting and creation of tracks for recreational use. See the Council news item here.
Take our online survey to let us know your view on the future of Council-owned forests in Tasman District: replant for revenue or change over for conservation and recreational use? One question only - it takes only seconds of your time, so have your say!
In a newly beginning consultation process, TDC is seeking feedback on the management of the 155 public parks and reserves in the Moutere-Waimea ward.
Reserves in the ward range from Aranui Park, Hoddy Estuary Park and Lord Rutherford Park to esplanade reserves alongside rivers and the Waimea Inlet, along with recreation reserves at Dovedale, Upper Moutere, Kina Beach. Lists and maps of all reserves in the ward can be viewed here. See Map 5 in the maps document for Upper Moutere area.
At this early stage TDC would like to know what you love about the reserves, whether they could be improved in any way and what your long-term vision is. How would you like them to be 10 to 20 years from now?
Take TDC's online survey to provide your feedback.