Council staff have been taking the draft strategy document on the road, to ensure a broad range of people have their say on what is important to them in terms of their social wellbeing.
Events and community development manager Rebecca Williams said her team had met various community groups, from the education sector, to the social welfare sector, to young people.
They spent one morning in a Pak'n Save supermarket and another in the Restore second-hand shop. They were scheduled to meet a women's group this week.
So far there had been a wide variety of feedback on what the council could do to increase people's wellbeing, from keeping rates down, to building a cricket pitch with a retractable roof, said Mrs Williams.
People generally agreed that the council had a role to play with regard to social wellbeing and endorsed the idea that that could be achieved through kindness or hospitality, stronger communities and better homes, she said. About a dozen written submissions had been received so far, but she expected many more before the deadline.
Dunedin City Council worker Jan Hudson, who visited the Dunedin skate park to get input to the strategy on Saturday, said getting out and about in the city was a "good way to engage" residents about what was an important document.
Scooter rider Rhys McKay (13) said the council could make the city better by building an indoor skate park with a foam pit.
