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Chairman's Report - December 2016

20/12/2016

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Greetings from the LOCA committee and our best wishes to all for a great Christmas and New Year.

Community Survey This has now been completed and included in this newsletter is the executive summary and a link to the full report. The response from the residents and property owners has been excellent with 227 responses and a very wide range of comments and suggestions.

APR Consultants’ initial expectation of a response to a survey of this nature was approximately 150 replies so a very big thank you to all those who made the effort to respond. The committee has not had time to discuss the results in detail. It is pleasing to note that there is excellent support for the three partnership projects we have with DOC (Management of the DOC campground and new walking track from Boyes Beach to the outlet) and RLC (Management of the Boyes Beach overnight campground).

Lake Okareka 10 year plan This was requested at last year ’s AGM and resulted in the commissioning of the survey which will form the basis of any long term plans and will be a priority for the LOCA committee in the New Year. LOCA is fortunate in having the Boyes Beach camp revenue available for projects such as the survey and the committee felt it most important it be independent and professionally managed which came at a cost (approx $8000). In my view we now have much valuable information (the raw data covered more than 100 pages) and it is an investment in the future.

Mobile Phone Coverage 2016 has seen the introduction of Mobile phone coverage and improved broadband reception at Okareka. This has been a very real asset to locals, visitors and tradesmen etc working in the area.

Waste Strategy The recent appointment of a new Waste contractor has resulted in major changes and improvements in reducing litter and rubbish in Rotorua. Smart Environmental have a 15 year contract with RCL and the introduction of wheelie bins for rubbish and recycling together with crates for bottles should result in a substantial reduction in rubbish going to the landfill. As you will see in the photos in the Newsletter the replacement of the 44 gallon drums at the public reserves with smart containers is a great improvement. There has also been an upgrade of the Tarawera recycling facility with an undercover drive thru drop off option.

End of Year With another year nearly gone I would like to record our appreciation to the many volunteers in the community who contribute to ensuring Okareka is a special place to live and holiday. At the top of the list is Landcare Okareka, Okareka volunteer rural fire force, volunteer camp wardens, walking track volunteers, the LOCA committee, the LOCA Officers Sandra and Bryan, Maria our Newsletter editor and all the others I’ve missed out. THANK YOU. Take Care and look after each other.

Geoff Palmer

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Nominations For LOCA Committee

18/12/2016

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​Lake Okareka Community Association AGM
Sunday 12th February 2017 from 10 am 
Lake Okareka Community Hall
All property owners and people living at Lake Okareka are welcome to attend

We are encouraging nominations from the Lake Okareka community for the positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer or as one of the 10 Committee members. We would like these nominations to be in the hands of the LOCA Secretary by Friday 10th February 2017, as required by the LOCA Constitution.

Nominees and their nominator and seconder must all be financial members of LOCA at the date of the AGM. If you have a matter that you would like discussed at the LOCA AGM, please feel welcome to come along and raise it at the AGM. Alternatively, if you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact the Chairman Geoff Palmer 362 8379 or any of the Committee members – names and contact details are inside front cover of “The Newsletter” and pass on the matter(s) you would like raised.
Lake Okareka Community Association Inc.(LOCA)
Nomination Form for LOCA Committee 2016
Name of Person Nominated for LOCA Committee
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___________________________________________________
(this person must be a current financial member of LOCA)

Position nominated for: Chairperson/Secretary/Treasurer/Committee member

Contact details
Address:_________________________________________________________________
Phone:_________________ Email:____________________________________________

Nominated by:____________________________________________________
(this person must be a current financial member of LOCA)

​Seconded by:_____________________________________________________
(this person must be a current financial member of LOCA)

Please post or hand form to the Secretary by the 10th February 2017 to:
LOCA 
Secretary
2 Pryce Road
Lake Okareka RD5
Rotorua 3076
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NEW LAKE OKAREKA PHONE BOOK

18/12/2016

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LOCA is planning to print a new edition of the Lake Okareka Phone Book in early 2017. Carol Christian-Price manages this large project, assisted by other LOCA volunteers. Many people living at Lake Okareka did update their contact details with LOCA earlier this year. Thank you for that. However, if you do not think we have your most up-to-date phone numbers and other contact details, please let Carol know.

There will be space in this new phone book for:
  • your name & Lake Okareka property address (if you wish to publish this)
  • your land line phone number (if you have one and you are keeping it)
  • one mobile phone number (if you wish to publish this)
  • one email address (if you wish to publish this)

Example:
Name              Address              Phone No.              Mobile No.              Email 
Jo Bloggs         24 Benn Rd         3628 000               0274000000            jbloggs@xtra.co.nz

If you have disconnected your land line phone number since the current phone book was published, please let Carol know.

To make updates and changes for new edition of the Lake Okareka Phone Book please email Carol: carolcp@vodafone.co.nz or phone Carol (07) 362 8702.
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Lake Okareka Community Survey 2016

18/12/2016

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The short summary of the report prepared by APR Consultants is shown below. The report will be available on the Lake Okareka Community website at: www.lakeokareka.org/loca-apr-survey. If you would prefer a hard copy please contact Geoff Palmer 3628 379 or Sandra Goodwin 3628 865.

1.0 INTRODUCTION
In 2016, Lake Okareka Community Association contacted APR Consultants Ltd (APR) to enquire about undertaking a survey programme to gauge the opinions of Lake Okareka residents regarding current issues before the committee. 

At the January 2016 AGM of the Lake Okareka Community Association (LOCA), a resolution was passed that a ten-year plan should be developed by LOCA. In order to undertake this, it was decided that the views of Lake Okareka residents needed to be taken into consideration.

APR was commissioned to develop and administer this survey programme on an anonymous basis. The analysis and reporting of the survey results was also undertaken by APR.

This survey was issued to the Lake Okareka community in mid-October 2016 and sampling finished in early November 2016. The results of the survey were to be available at the 2017 AGM of LOCA.

2.0 METHODOLOGY
APR worked with LOCA to develop the survey protocols, the survey form and survey questions. It was decided that the survey would be open to all Lake Okareka residents, and that multiple surveys could be received from each household if required. It was decided that physical copies of the survey would be required along with an internet based web survey.

LOCA provided APR with a list of questions that they wanted covered in the research. APR used this to create a draft questionnaire. The questions were checked and refined by LOCA to ensure the survey met LOCA requirements. Once the paper version of the survey was agreed upon, an electronic version of the survey was produced.

LOCA provided APR with a database of householders that was used solely for the distribution of surveys. This consisted of a mixture of email addresses and postal addresses. 

All households with email addresses were sent an email inviting the residents and holiday home owners to undertake a survey with an electronic link to the survey. All households without email addresses were sent a printed copy via snail mail. All physical survey forms contained a Freepost Authority and could be folded and posted in any mail box for return to APR.

Any email bounce backs were checked, and subsequently, a printed copy was sent to them. Physical copies of the survey form were kept at the Lake Okareka Preschool. Posters were placed in the township advertising the survey and explaining how to get a copy.

A total of 277 surveys were distributed to the Lake Okareka community. Out of these, 227 surveys were received from at least 147 different Lake Okareka households. The results of these surveys are reported upon in this report.

3.0 SURVEY RESULTS
A total of 227 surveys were received from Lake Okareka residents. These were made up from 147 unique households along with 24 surveys who did not specify their residential address. A further 56 surveys were from other members of households (ie, were not unique).
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​Most respondents owned a house at Lake Okareka (84.6%) followed by having a family interest in a property at Lake Okareka that they regularly stayed at (10.6%).
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The survey received a relatively even mix of responses, with 51.7% of respondents identifying their gender as male and 48.3% as female. A total of 7.0% of respondents did not specify their gender.
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Responses were received from a range of age groups. From the 92.5% of the sample who specified their age, the largest grouping (68.1%) were aged between 35 and 64. A further 23.8% were aged 65 and over and 8.1% were aged under 35.
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​3.1 Survey Summary
Most questions asked used a five point Likert scale or yes/no responses to questions. These were used to create an index showing support vs non-support for the question being commented upon. In order to make recommendations, all questions were converted to an index. The benefit of an index is that it allows questions to be directly compared to each other and also allows for comparisons to be made with any future occurrences of this survey.

To create an index, percentages were calculated from respondents whom had supplied an answer (giving a total of 100%). The negative percentage rating(s) were subtracted from the positive ratings. The neutral percentage is not used in the calculation, but is still reflected in the index as it contributed to the 100% total. The result of this calculation is shown as the index. An index can have a maximum score of 100 (indicating maximum satisfaction) and a minimum score of -100 (indicating maximum dissatisfaction). A score of 0 is the middle point and indicates an even mix of positive and negative experiences (or a neutral rating).

The table below shows all the questions that could be converted to an index sorted by that index. Questions at the top of the table are the ones that are most supported by survey respondents. Those at the bottom are the ones that are opposed or not supported.

The top five supported questions are to do with lake quality improvement and environmental issues (index of 95.0), having a pest free environment (87.4) protection of lake shore habitat (76.1), undergrounding of power lines (72.8) and introduction of access bike and walking track up to Tarawera Road (61.3).

​The least liked element affecting respondents was freedom camping (index of -39.7), followed by the expansion of DoC camp ground (-20.3) and support for proposed water ski slalom course for the Silver Beach area (-14.0).
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