Queenstown Lakes district councillors will discuss topics ranging from dog registrations and car parking to community associations at their meeting tomorrow.
"Urgent action" must be taken to change parking rules outside the Wakatipu High School gates on Gorge Rd, the school has advised the QLDC, in a letter.
The school is asking the council to remove four parallel parking spaces in front of the school, which obstruct line of sight of drivers leaving the school.
The risk was "exemplified by the recent accident involving a school student attempting to drive from the school exit on to Gorge Rd", the letter said.
" ... the ongoing risk is greatly amplified by vehicles permanently parking on the roadside, making it impossible to see vehicles approaching", the letter said.
The council transport manager, Denis Mander, also recommended the removal of the four spaces, as other options did not adequately address the safety issue, he said.
• The council will be asked to approve the sale of a 57sq m parcel of reserve land on the northern side of Glenda Dr, adjoining State Highway 6.
The land is required by the New Zealand Transport Agency as part of the road realignment and Glenda Dr roundabout and the Department of Conservation has granted consent.
• The "growing number" of community associations has prompted the QLDC to review its management and funding allocations to such organisations.
A budget of $50,000 has already been approved for the associations and council arts and events facilitator Jan Maxwell has submitted a report, to be considered at tomorrow's general council meeting, recommending how the money is to be distributed.
It is recommended $15,000 be given to accredited associations for administration costs, according to their specific needs, and the remaining $35,000 be used as a contestable fund to which all accredited associations can apply for projects.
At present there are 15 community associations in the district, 10 of which received $5000 from the annual plan "to facilitate pre-approved, locally managed projects".
Ms Maxwell said the criteria for the allocation of this funding was "unclear" and had subsequently caused confusion among associations and also made the funding "difficult to administer".
"It is clear the council needs to have some criteria to understand what it considers constitutes a community association and some further discussion needs to take place on this matter."
It is proposed community associations sign a memorandum of understanding with the council stating criteria, including confirming the association is an incorporated society and fairly representative of the community; that projects to be funded are on council-owned land; and that the association provides receipts and invoices.
• Dog registrations have risen 13% on the previous year, which the council's regulatory and enforcement team leader described as "a significant increase", and the number of barking complaints has halved.
Any owner of a dog over the age of 3 is required to register it annually and the council has received 3713 registrations, compared with 3277 in the previous year.
The increase of 436 dogs compared with an increase of 52 dogs in the 2010-11 year.
In a report to be presented at the general council meeting tomorrow, regulatory and enforcement team leader Anthony Hall said in the 2010-11 year the main issue was barking dogs.
"Consequently, over the last year there has been a focus to reduce the number of complaints regarding barking dogs, through education and Lakes Environmental's response to complaints.""This year 2011-12 there was almost a 50% reduction in the number of barking dog complaints, from 100 to 52."
He attributed the reduction to advice given to dog owners by Lakes Environmental and the "escalated enforcement approach" where advice had failed.
The most common issues over the past year were lost dogs , reports rising from 87 to 184, and "roaming dogs", reports rising from 42 to 158. Reports of menacing dogs increased from 13 to 15 and reports of dangerous dogs remained at 2.
A 16% decrease in infringements was also recorded.
