Sent: Thursday, 17 October 2024 4:36 pm
Subject: LGOIMA request - CEH motels
I refer to your letter of 9 October 2024,which included the following requests under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA):
2. We request under s 10 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) all information and documents held by Rotorua Lakes Council since 14 December 2022 relating to:
- All complaints received by Council in respect of the contracted emergency housing motels (CEH Motels) and Council’s responses and/or action taken for each complaint; and
- Any notices served on the CEH Motels under the Building Act 2004, any responses to those notices and any follow up action from Council; and
- The occupancy rates for the CEH Motels (to the extent that they are still being used as contracted emergency housing).
Please find comments below and attached documents in response to each request:
2.a) Attachment 1 – CEH – Complaints (summary table of complaints including name of motel, address, date reported, complaint, response/action) - (PDF, 121KB)
Attachment 2 – Alpin Motel complaints (full copy of complaints) - (PDF, 39KB)
Attachment 3 – Apollo Hotel complaints (full copy of complaints) - (PDF, 47KB)
Attachment 4 – Ascot on Fenton complaints (full copy of complaints) - (PDF, 48KB)
Attachment 5 – Lake Rotorua Motel complaints (full copy of complaints) - (PDF, 64KB)
Attachment 6 – Midway Motel complaints (full copy of complaints) - (PDF, 71KB)
Attachment 7 – New Castle Motor Lodge complaint (full copy of complaint) - (PDF, 27KB)
Attachment 8 – RotoVegas Motel complaint (full copy of complaint) - (PDF, 34KB)
2.b) Council has not served any notices on any CEH Motels under the Building Act 2004.
2.c) Attachment 9 – HUD occupancy rates (graphs as provided from HUD to RLC for the 13 CEH motels. For further data in relation to these graphs, please contact HUD) - (PDF, 1.3MB)
For commentary around occupancy rates as a result of RLC inspections, refer to Annexure A of Lorelle Barry’s Statement of Evidence on Council’s website - (PDF, 1.1MB), dated 08 October 2024.
