The Drainage Manager advised that Council has considered the review of drainage and stormwater rates in its current funding review. Currently all of the Paeroa Rural Drainage District rates on a series of obsolete classifications based on land value over the three constituent drainage districts.

Council is also proposing the separation of the urban stormwater operations in the rural towns of Ngatea, Kerepehi and Turua from the rural land drainage operation.

At the same time, Council is recommending the identification and separation of Waihi town from the wider Waihi Ward for funding stormwater operations in a form consistent with Paeroa, and with the method that is being proposed for the Plains towns.

The Land Drainage Rate review has been approved by Council for inclusion in the Hauraki Community Plan, together with the re-definition of the urban stormwater areas. The Plan will be available for public consultation and submission in April and May.

It was requested that the Committee consider the following recommendation, which confirms actions taken by the three constituent committees prior to amalgamation into the Paeroa Rural Drainage District.

RESOLVED

THAT the PRDD Committee confirms its agreement to the introduction of a single land drainage rate in each of the constituent areas, levied on Land Value.

AND THAT the PRDD confirm its agreement to the proposed extension of the Opukeko area to include the non residential part of Paeroa town which drains to the ODD drainage system,

AND THAT the PRDD confirms its agreement to the proposed extension of the Tirohia Rotokohu area to include land between the Ohinemuri River and Rotokohu Road which discharges to the TRDD drainage system.

PRDD09/04 Peters/Morrison CARRIED

RESOLVED

THAT the financial report on the operations of Paeroa Rural District Drainage Committee for the 7 months to 31 January 2009 be received.