Mayor Chadwick expressed her appreciation to the Your Choice Working Party for their hard work in the community before making their recommendations.
"They have fed back to us the pulse of the community. It's a good example of a new way of partnerships with our community."
The working party comprised three councillors (Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, Tania Tapsell, Charles Sturt), and three community representatives (Aroha Bray, Brian Eagle, Jill Nicholas) and was chaired by Councillor Raukawa-Tait.
Rotorua Lakes Council's formal community consultation programme would take place between September 1 and October 2 this year. After considering public feedback the council would make its final decision in November.
That decision would be followed by a public appeal period, with the outcome of appeals being determined independently by the Local Government Commission by April next year.