CLOSED - 2022/2023 Annual Plan Te Unua Museum

The importance of the museum was a common topic for feedback during last year's Long-term Plan, so now we are moving forward on understanding just what this will look like. As part of the process, the project has been gifted the name “Te Unua” by Waihōpai Rūnaka and Te Rūnanga o Awarua.

Our consultation document includes all of the details regarding the choices, and we have uploaded several supporting documents for you to review.

• Te Unua Architectural Report
• Te Unua Reimagining Phase Summary Report
• Te Unua Economic Assessment
• Te Unua Strategic Assessment
• Invercargill Museum Governance Group Terms of Reference

We're now asking for your views, thoughts and feedback on three options for our future cultural facility.

Proposal to amend the Rural Reserves Omnibus Management Plan 2012 to reclassify Tisbury Reserve to allow for Museum Storage Facility Development (Te Unua)

Creating somewhere safe to store the region’s taoka (artefacts) will be key to the success of the project. It is proposed to build a new storage facility (Te Unua) on Tisbury Reserve. This location meets the requirements for a seismically safe location that is within a good distance to Queens Park.

Submissions are invited on a proposal to amend the Rural Reserves Omnibus Management Plan 2012 to change the classification of Tisbury Reserve from Recreation Reserve to Local Purpose (Museum) Reserve to allow for the Te Unua Museum Redevelopment.

Details of Tisbury Reserve are:

Location: 800 and 820 Rockdale Road

Legal Description: Secs 68, 69,71 and part Section 70 Blk II Town of Seaward Bush, Sec 72 Blk II Town of Seaward Bush SO 1278

Reserve Status: Recreation Reserve – Proposed to change to Local Purpose (Museum) Reserve

Area: 9.0364 hectares

Our consultation document includes all of the details and we have uploaded supporting documents for you to review.

• Indicative Site Plan showing location of the new storage facility on the site
• Indicative Floor Plan showing proposed internal layout

We're now asking for your views, thoughts and feedback on the proposal.

One way Council covers the costs of providing services is through fees and charges. These cover specific services that individuals use such as dog registrations, building consents or crematorium fees. We are forecasting an increase in revenue of $119,000 from fees and charges to cover rising costs of providing services. We are proposing removing some fees and charges including library overdue fees in order to improve use of this service.

An overview of the changes to the Fees and Charges can be found here, with the full list here.

The Annual Plan financial documents, including the financial variance information, can be found here, with a list of the frequently asked questions here.

What happens to the budgets between consultation and adoption of the Annual Plan?

Now that the Annual Plan has entered the consultation phase the team will:

• Continue reviewing budgets and assumptions to identify necessary changes.
• Complete the forecast of 2021/22 financial performance to determine what impact this will have on 2022/23 capital programme and rates requirement.
• Changes resulting from submissions and the deliberations of Councillors will be costed and incorporated into budgets for Council adoption.
• Review our property valuation and rating data to ensure new properties have the correct valuation and rates types and existing properties also have the correct rates types.

What happens once Council adopts the Annual Plan?

Once the Annual Plan is adopted (during June) the team then move to:

• Delivering activities and services in line with the plan.
• Applying the rates to each of the 25,000 properties in the cities and getting your rates assessments out to you.
• Starting the Annual Plan and Long-term Plan planning processes for 2023/24 and 2024/25.