Official Information Request - 5 January 2020

Sent: Friday, 17 January 2020 3:41 pm

Subject: Official Information request - Proposed Plan Change 3

I refer to your online Official Information request of 5 January 2020 for the amount Council has spent on Proposed Plan Change 3 which seeks to designate further SNA's through the district, including but not limited to the cost of aerial photography, the Wildlands survey, preparation of the plan change documents and collation of submissions, attendance at meetings, plus all staff time associated with this.

The costs and hours for Proposed Plan Change 3 to December 2019 are:

• Total cost: $76,100 (external advice and reports, including site visits, site assessments, legal advice)
• Staff time: approximately 0.3 FTEs over 15 months for the lead planner, plus approximately 220 hours support from other staff members including communications, governance, team lead and senior managers
• Governance meetings: approximately 2.5 hours for RMA Policy Committee meetings, 1.5 hours for Council meetings and 1 hour for governance meeting for JMA
• Aerial photography: Nil cost as Council used existing aerial photography

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