Celia Wade-Brown is a Wellington City Councillor and Environment Portfolio Leader.

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Celia stands for:

Leadership on climate change

• Leadership – Wellington City Council, residents and busineses take climate change actions that put us back in the forefront of activity
• Long term strategic thinking – Wellington’s emergency preparedness, vulnerability to climate change, population changes and oil dependency are addressed WITH the community

Sustainable transport

• Compact, walkable city and town centres
• Modern light rail, not increasing traffic volumes – Light rail from the railway station to Courtenay Place, Newtown, Kilbirnie and the airport
• Better walking and cycling – Upgraded, dedicated walking and cycle paths, including the Great Harbour Way from South Coast to Eastbourne and links through Johnsonville and Tawa

Community

• Support for community volunteers – Restoration projects, arts projects, skills transfer, community gardens, neighbourhood networks, beach clean-ups
• Knowledge sharing - Support for Enviroschools, sharing knowledge with our future citizens, listening to the city’s children and making Wellington child-friendly

Tourism and recreation

• Environmental facilities working together for ecolocical and visitor outcomes – Otari-Wilton, Karori Sanctuary, the Botanic Gardens and the Zoo working together, not in competition
• Coastal protection, marine education and integrated thinking about coastal planting and stormwater infrastructure
• Tourism initiatives that increase the length of time people stay in Wellington, rather than the total number of visitors
• Ensuring a wide range of healthy recreation options
  

Business

• Fair Trade City – Council must support the direction the City residents and small businesses are already taking
• Local business development using resource recovery – insulation materials, furniture restoration, recovery of metals

Arts

• Continuing public art and adding more emphasis on local communities e.g. school murals, local sense of place

Housing

• Social housing – ongoing support for the most disadvantaged and homeless

Technology

• Upgrading Wellington’s broadband for new creative digital industries, and ensuring residents have skills and access so they’re not left behind

Diversity

• Involving the excitingly diverse range of ethnic groups in showcasing their cultures and contributing to our city
• Give effect to the Treaty by strengthening relationships with Tangata Whenua/Mana Whenua

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Contact Celia

celia.wadebrown@greens.org.nz

phone: 04-938 6691 cellphone: 027 483 6691

The Wellington City Council draft Dog Policy is available for consultation.  The Council is keen to hear from the public whether this Policy achieves an appropriate balance between the needs of people who own dogs and those who don’t. Submissions close 7th August 2009 at 5:00pm

Detail about the policy and how to make a submission

The associated Animals Bylaw supports changes made in the Policy. Submissions on this document are also due on the 7th August.

Changes in the policy

Key changes in the Policy are:

• Introduction of new objectives that recognise the benefits of dog ownership
• Creation of 5 new dog exercise areas, a dog destination park and the extension of existing dog exercise areas
• Increased access to the central city for dogs and their owners to allow better access to the waterfront
• Increased access to Island Bay, Seatoun and Worser Bay beaches
• Restricted access to Kaiwharawhara and Arthur Carmen Parks and no off lead access to Karori Cemetery (access still allowed on lead)
• Dogs to be banned from the grass area in Waitangi Park

Feedback is particularly welcome on whether dogs and their owners should have greater or less access to the city and beaches, the adequacy of the city’s dog exercise areas and whether the Policy adequately protects the welfare of the city’s animals.

Making submissions

There are several ways to make submissions.:

• submit online (using the links above),
• e-mail the submission to policy.submission@wcc.govt.nz,
• fill out the feedback form at the back of the consultation document or post it to Wellington City Council at Freepost PO Box 2199, Wellington.

It is also possible to make an oral submission to Council.  Hearings will be in September.  Council is encouraging people to make their voices heard on this issue.

For more information

Contact Councillor Iona Pannett, Council spokesperson on Dogs:
phone 04 384-3382 or 021-227-8509
email: iona.pannett@wcc.govt.nz.