The Rotorua Lakes Council has budgeted $25,000 for community consultation on what it's calling the "Rotorua Way".
Councillors will meet from 9.30am todayin the council chamber for a meeting of the council's Operations and Monitoring Committee to discuss the findings of its "Rotorua Way" workshop outputs.
They will also receive reports from staff regarding the council's financial performance for the four months ended October 31, non-financial performance for the three months ended September 30, quarterly progress towards its Vision 2030 and an operational report for August to November.
According to an agenda report, councillors, members of Te Tatau o Te Arawa board and community board members met for a series of combined workshops recently.
"The challenge for the current term is to support on-going growth and sustainable investment in the community by council and partners," the report stated.
"We need to be clear what is special about Rotorua and what we need to preserve and enhance.
"At the same time we also want to strengthen our identity and to identify the key actions."
"The Rotorua Way has been defined as the blueprint to align the collective contributions of the community and council for the future of Rotorua.
"It looks at what is special about us, our strengths, and then looks at what are the opportunities that exist to enhance these areas further."
However, the council wants to test the Rotorua Way with the public and have put forward an initial budget of $25,000 to do this in the coming months, starting with an awareness campaign that it hopes will explain exactly what the Rotorua Way is.
As part of its Quarterly progress towards 2030 report, councillors will also find progress towards the council's goal of a "vibrant city heart" has slowed "because the winter pedestrian count was 23 per cent lower than the previous winter; 3031 [compared with] 3921".
"This downward movement has also been seen in the recent spring pedestrian count which decreased from 4061 last year to 2716 this year."
But, the report stated that one of the drawbacks with pedestrian counting was it's a snapshot on one particular day each quarter for one hour, "which means it can be biased by events being held, weather and construction which diverts pedestrian flow".
"The results we have seen from the winter and spring pedestrian count appear contrary to the data we have around retail card spending."
The meeting is open to the public.