During January – March 2011 Waikato District Council will hold public workshops throughout the Waikato district to obtain feedback on its revised community outcomes. The Raglan Workshop organised by WDC and the Raglan Community Board will be held on Tuesday 25th January, 7.30pm at the Blacksand Cafe. Open from 7.00pm for coffee, tea and juice.
Community outcomes (Accessible, Sustainable, Thriving, Healthy and Safe Waikato) form the basis of everything that Council does.
Waikato District Council, Chief Executive, Gavin Ion, said Council wants to find out from the community which outcomes are liked or not, and whether other aspects should be included.
“Back in 2004 and 2005, the community identified their vision for the Waikato district. Nine community outcomes were developed based on themes identified as the most important to the community.
“Council is now reviewing the outcomes. We’ve removed the ones that are outside Council’s role, and included some elements of Franklin District Council’s outcomes, to assist with integrating the new part of the district.
“We encourage you to participate in these public workshops as it’s important you have your say, as the new community outcomes once adopted will feed into the Long Term Plan (LTP) 2012-2022 process,” he said.
The workshops will be informal and approximately 30 minutes long. For a timetable of the public workshops please click here.
Waikato district residents will also receive a community outcomes questionnaire in the February issue of Council’s ‘Link’ newsletter.
Feedback on the community outcomes must be received by Friday 18 March 2011.