 City strategies
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Council has developed a strategic framework for Hamilton which builds on the components outlined in its March 2005 vision for the city - Vibrant Hamilton. The framework :
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provides a focus for Council's planned direction for the city's development
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provides a mechanism to integrate Council's plans and policies
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communicates Council's direction to other key stakeholders and enable them to align their strategic planning with Council's Vision.
Falling out of the framework are eight city wide Strategies that together work towards achieving the broader central vision of a vibrant Hamilton. Each strategy reflects the strategic priorities of the various organisations involved and their outcomes charter the way forward for the city. |
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CityScope
Shaping Hamilton intelligently, sustainably and creatively
CityScope is a watershed milestone and a positive fundamental shift in strategic planning for how the city will grow and develop in the decades ahead.
It is Council's vision that Hamilton's evolving urban form and built environment will deliver positive social, economic and environmental outcomes that have sometimes been missing from ad hoc development in the past. Future development in Hamilton should embrace international practice in planning, urban design and sustainability and play the central role in delivering on a Distinctively Hamilton positioning.
CityScope is an integral component of a range of initiatives designed to ensure that Hamilton is well-placed to positively address the challenges and opportunities that we will be faced with over the coming years and reflect the dreams and aspirations of Hamilton's community. |
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Creativity and Identity Strategy
Hamilton is at the cusp of an exciting opportunity, an opportunity that will not be grasped by a 'business as usual' approach. Making a great city requires boldness and imagination. The Creativity and Identity Strategy responds to this and is an example of seeing the world afresh. What makes our city vibrant? What are our stories? How do we share them? How do we foster creativity and innovation? The potential of Hamilton is huge and, now more than ever, we have the means and desire to fulfill it. We invite you to engage in the discussion and to actively contribute to making Hamilton a great city. |
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Social Well-Being Strategy
The Social Well-being Strategy is about positively changing the city that we live in and making a real difference for real people. It sets out our key priorities and how we will respond to the needs, challenges, and opportunities of the city.
The flagship projects represent agreed aligned actions between agency programmes. They are just a start - our first response to some of the pressing issues facing our city. They complement and connect a wide range of projects, programmes and actions happening throughout the city and have clear linkages to work occurring in the other key city strategies. |
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Economic Development Strategy
Cities around the world are recognising the benefits of partnerships between private, public and voluntary sector agencies, between local and central government and between individuals and organisations.
Over eight months in 2007 and 2008, twelve Hamilton agencies with an interest in economic development came together to exchange ideas, build networks and explore potential opportunities. The result was an agreed set of priorities for action. As signatories each agency has committed to work in partnership over the next three years to deliver on these priorities for Hamilton.
The Hamilton Economic Development Strategy kick started a range of exciting flagship projects aimed at helping the city meet its priorities for action, including the development of a Digital Hamilton study. Further information on the flagship projects is contained in the strategy document. |
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Hamilton Urban Growth Strategy
Council has been considering the significant issue of growth. Why? There are around 140,000 of us living in Hamilton right now. But by 2044, that number is expected to increase to over 225,000. We will be sharing our city with around 85,000 more people. To accommodate them, the city will need around 36,000 more homes. We need to be thinking and planning for both how and where we will accommodate these people.
This thinking and planning has culminated over the past 8 months in the development of a proposed Hamilton Urban Growth Strategy (HUGs).
HUGs was developed using the Enquiry by Design consultative public workshop process back in February 2008 and has been further informed by various technical reports on topics like retail and market desirability. In the past, growth planning has been primarily driven by cost only. Council, through the development of collaborative city strategies, has sought input from key city leaders and partners on their aspirations for the city. This has helped broadened the debate when considering growth options from simple cost to value delivered to the wider city. This is a significant shift in thinking and a more holistic way of prioritising growth options. |
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Environmental Sustainability Strategy
Clean water, healthy air, fish in the streams and birds in the bush. Enough energy, efficient roads, convenient public transport - a sustainable city has all these features and more. A sustainable city means a better life for all of us.
The Environmental Sustainability Strategy aims to spell out the changes we need to make to create a sustainable Hamilton. However, success will depend on the cumulative effect of these changes - from each of us as individuals right up to the big institutions and investors who will shape the city's future.
Our city is constantly changing. This Environmental Sustainability Strategy sets out key principles to help us shape that change in a positive way. We have a shared responsibility for making it work.
The groups and organisations that have signed this strategy recognise this. They have committed themselves to jointly pursuing a quality environment that will benefit us all. |
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Access Hamilton - Currently Under Review
Hamilton's transport strategy was approved in 2005. Since that time, there have been a number of changes to the national and regional strategic direction. These include the Regional Land Transport Strategy (2006), an update to the New Zealand Transport Strategy in 2008, and the launching of a Government Policy Statement on Transport in 2009.
Hamilton City Council is currently reviewing Access Hamilton to take account of these changes and a new fully integrated transport strategy will be launched before the end of 2009.
To assist with this review, Council has approved a draft vision document that provides a high level overview of the process being followed, and showing how the new document will be set out. |
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Active Communities Strategy
It is now widely accepted that people who are active are healthier and have enhanced physical, mental and social well-being. The aim of the Active Communities Strategy is to support Hamiltonians in being physically active as well as provide an environment where people can enjoy participating in recreational activities. In doing so, there are also linkages with other strategies such as the Access Hamilton Strategy which helps to foster an environment for active living, i.e., provision of walking and cycle tracks.
Hamilton is home to several of New Zealand's major sports teams such as the Magic Netball team, Waikato and Chiefs Rugby teams and produces national representatives in sports such as rowing and cycling. In the future, Hamilton will also be host to some major sporting events such as the 2010 World Rowing Cup and 2011 Rugby World Cup. The Active Communities Strategy will encourage building upon this success as well as to increase the participation of Hamiltonians in all forms of active living.
Although Council plays a major role in sport and physical activity in owning and supporting a number of recreational facilities and public spaces, it understands that the provision of sport, recreation and leisure is also provided for across a wide variety of organisations and communities. Therefore, Council acknowledges the need to work with key partners to achieve the objectives of this strategy. |
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Strategy and Research
Level 2, Council Offices
Garden Place
Hamilton City Council
Private Bag 3010
Hamilton 3240
Phone: 838 6537
Fax: 838 6464
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Our city's vision is expressed through the following strategic framework, comprising of three statements of strategic intents: '
Investing in Our People
Hamilton is a diverse city of many cultures, ages, and backgrounds. Our vision is to build a city that celebrates our diversity, building strong communities which excites us to achieve great things. As a city we invest in our people through:
- Developing processes that enable the wider community to participate in the life of the city and to contribute to decisions about the city's future.
- Focusing on finding local solutions through the use of innovative processes of consultation and collaboration.
- Supporting services and processes that enhance the sense of connectedness, belonging and safety for all residents.
- Encouraging values and behaviour that reflect a truly multi-cultural society.
- Helping to create a dynamic lifestyle environment through recreation and leisure opportunities.
- Placing a high value on our people, communities and organisations.
- Gathering and distributing information that will assist social development.
Creating Identity and Prosperity
Hamilton is a city that is making its mark on the political, social, cultural, and economic maps of New Zealand. Our vision is for a place of entertainment, celebration, and culture, enabled by a sharp, and wealthy economy built on the city's strategic advantages, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. As a city we create identity and prosperity through:
- Promoting strategies for the development of the regional economy based on our competitive advantage and the effective management of key strategic assets.
- Creating a flexible and responsive business environment that encourages positive and innovative investment decisions.
- Encouraging links between education providers and industry to ensure that there are appropriately skilled people to meet the needs of our economy and future growth strategy.
- Developing strong partnerships with key stakeholders to support the city's leadership and advocacy on behalf of the city and region.
- Ensuring that the city continues to provide the core skills, services, and industry that support the city as a centre of excellence, and prosperity for the region.
- Generating a spirit of innovation, co-operation, and problem solving that makes Hamilton a leader in local and national affairs.
- Ensuring through good planning and urban design, that our built environment, and the city's gateways and CBD in particular, reflect our spirit of energy, innovation and identity.
- Maintaining and strengthening a sense of connection with our history and place, through the protection of heritage, environment and the celebration of arts, culture and events.
Protecting Our Future
Hamilton is a city experiencing rapid and sustained growth. Our vision for the city is to see development achieved sustainably, efficiently and creatively. Good planning today will benefit the city of tomorrow. As a city we are protecting our future by:
- Focusing on sustainable growth.
- Developing and maintaining a robust framework of policies and strategies that balance the short-term and long-term interests of the city.
- Taking a visionary yet disciplined approach to long-term planning and decision-making.
- Ensuring the provision of sustainable, well planned city infrastructure.
- Sustainably managing and enhancing our natural environment.
- Maintaining prudent financial management.
- Ensuring that social infrastructure keeps pace with community growth and needs.
- Setting high standards of governance, planning and development within the city and throughout the region.
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