Official Information Request - Infrastructure Acceleration Fund

Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 8:46 am
Subject: LGOIMA request - Expression of Interest to Infrastructure Acceleration Fund

I refer to your letter of 27 September 2021 under LGOIMA for:

• The EoI submitted to central government for Western Area Development
• The Council’s plans and any other relevant documentation that the Council relied upon in the EoI

Please find attached:

• Report to Strategy Policy & Finance Committee on 9 September 2021

The following documents (unless otherwise noted) are also attached:

• Infrastructure Acceleration Fund – EOI Response Form (Western)_Redacted
• Appendix B Plan Our Way Forward Programme outline and delivery milestones(included as Attachment 1 of the attached report to SP&F Committee)
• Appendix B Plan Our Way Forward Programme outline and delivery milestones
• Appendix C Rotorua Urban Stormwater Catchments and Housing Outcomes (included as Attachment 2 of the attached report to SP&F Committee)
• Appendix D Detail of Stormwater Plan (included as Attachment 3 of the attached report to SP&F Committee)
• Appendix E3 Stormwater Solutions – Western Catchment
• Appendix F Map of Employments Areas in Rotorua
• Appendix G Map of Medium to High Residential Intensification and Development Opportunity
• Appendix H Map of Schools in Rotorua
• Appendix I Map of Health Facilities
• Appendix J Map of Distribution of Reserve Land and Marae
• Appendix K Map of Amenity Access and Reserves
• Appendix L Transport Map
• Appendix M Rotorua Long Term Plan 2021-2031 (this can be found on the Council website at the following link - https://www.rotorualakescouncil.nz/our-council/council-publications/10yearplans)
• 30 year Infrastructure Strategy – as referred to in the EOI (contained within the Long Term Plan from page 216 – refer link above)
• RLC Stormwater Master Plan 2021 – as referred to in the EOI

Note:

1. The study was commissioned to understand at a concept level what upgrade works maybe required to enable development within the study area. The indicative cost estimates informed the development of the LTP budgets.
2. The solutions are only at concept level and will change as the work progresses to feasibility study and preliminary design stage.
3. This is not a Final report recognising the points raised in 1 and 2 above.
4. The disclaimer in red at the end of the Executive Summary should be noted when reading the report.

Redactions have been made to the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund application under the following sections of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act:

• Section 7(2)(c)(i)
• Section 7(2)(c)(ii)
• Section 7(2)(h)
• Section 7(2)(i)

Minutes of Council and Committee meetings have now been uploaded to the Council website.

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