6. We’ll provide $40,000 a year over the next three
years to support the New Zealand Film and
Television School, which is the only training
provider of its type in Wellington. Its graduates
provide the film industry with skilled staff who
support the growing film sector in Wellington
to attract and retain film businesses.
7. We are supporting Shed 11 Ltd, a joint initiative
of the New Zealand Centre for Photography and
the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, which will
provide Wellington with a high quality fine arts
gallery that will give greater exposure to portrait
and photography work from across New Zealand.
Shed 11 Ltd will provide exhibits for six months
of the year over the next two years (in our draft
annual plan, it had proposed to provide year-
round exhibits). We are providing funding of
$75,000 per year over the next two years.
8. We’re upgrading facilities at the Basin Reserve.
In the near future, the Basin Reserve will host
the Bangladesh and the England cricket teams,
Wellington Phoenix Football, FIFA under 17
Women’s World Cup soccer, as well as club
cricket, rugby league, and rugby union. In
2007/08, we’re providing $370,000 to the Basin
Reserve Trust to replace the current irrigation
system and upgrade media facilities.
9. We’re providing a $70,000 grant to St Andrews on
The Terrace so the church can get on with essential
work on the historic Terrace property. The church
is planning to sell Crossways Community House
in Mt Victoria to fund the work and the grant,
which is subject to a number of conditions, will
allow it to delay the sale by a year. This will
give the Save Crossways Group and Mt Victoria
community the opportunity to see if they can
raise the money necessary to buy the building.
10. We will provide $190,000 of funding in the
2008/09 year for the Boys and Girls Institute
to establish a youth café in Wellington.
11. We are providing an additional $200,000 per
year to enhance and extend our network of
Town Belt and Outer Green Belt tracks. The
tracks make these areas accessible for walkers,
mountain bikers, 4WD enthusiasts and others.
The plan is to upgrade existing tracks and build a
network of new tracks over the next decade. This
will ensure that tracks provide for a wide range
of user interests and levels of fitness and ability.
12. We’re increasing Wellington Museums Trust
funding by $480,000 to allow it to maintain
current levels of service. In 2006/07, it budgeted
for a deficit and also had to make cuts for
budget reasons.
13. A new fund of $100,000 per year has been
established to support sports clubs and active
recreational groups seeking professional advice
and support for programme development,
club growth and expansion, asset management
(but not maintenance), club diversification,
and feasibility studies. Priority will be given to
programmes that will increase youth participation
in sport and recreation. Clubs will be able to
apply for grants from the fund.
14. We’re planning in 2007/08 to begin to redevelop
the ‘city gateway’ area from Waterloo Quay to the
inter-island ferry terminal, to cater for potential
growth in traffic flow, freight movements and
foot traffic in the area. The first steps will be to
complete detailed plans for the area between
the Hutt Road and Bunny Street, and start street
improvements along Waterloo Quay between
Bunny and Hinemoa Streets.
15. We’re providing $250,000 for each of the next
two years to support the establishment of a wet
hostel in the city, to provide accommodation and
professional support for homeless people with
a history of alcoholism. A wet hostel is distinct
from other accommodation for homeless people
in that residents can drink on the premises.
The proposal is a partnership between the
Council and the Capital and Coast District Health
Board. It is an opportunity to house and help
some of the city’s most visible and vulnerable
homeless people – those who, through their
alcohol dependence, are unable to meet their
own basic needs of food, clothing and shelter.
16. We’re providing funding to employ a
co-ordinator and advisory group to run the
new Newlands Community Centre, establish
a database of our community facilities, and
develop a partnership framework to allow
non-Council facilities to be accessed more widely.
The budget for this is $206,000 in 2007/08, rising
to $296,000 in future years. We will also develop
options for the refurbishment of the Khandallah
Hall. The budget for this work is $60,000.
17. We’re increasing our grants pool by $117,000 per
year to assist with increasing day-to-day costs,
for groups and initiatives with social, cultural,
economic or environmental benefits.
18. We’re increasing our budget to deal with legal
costs from leaky homes claims by $500,000 per
year. We have obligations to defend those claims
when we think we have acted correctly, which
means we have no choice but to incur legal costs.
19. We want everyone in Wellington to have
affordable access to broadband networks
capable of meeting their needs, and in the
coming year we’ll be considering ways we
can help make that happen.
20. The Greater Wellington Regional Council
has established a new regional economic
development agency, which will be funded
from a Greater Wellington targeted rate.
As a consequence, we are no longer funding
Positively Wellington Business.
21. We’ve made changes to our development
contributions and revenue and financing
policies. These were done as amendments to
our long-term plan. Copies of these changes are
available on our website www.Wellington.govt.nz,
or at local libraries or by calling 499 4444.