• Coping with increased stormwater run-off from urban development. • Provide strategic framework for all key stakeholders. Following a series of development workshops a comprehensive strategy was developed and adopted by Council in May 2012. The strategy defines eight over-arching goals. Integrated Management Goal 1 – To provide an integrated approach to the management of stormwater in Blenheim. Goal 2 – To suppot the impementation of te strategy with a comprehesive montoring and enforcement programme. Asset Management and Flooding Goal 3 - To ensure the stormwater network provides an appropriate response during flooding events so ta people and property are protected to accepted standards. Goal 4 – To provide guidance on effective and efficient management of MDC’s stormwater assets. Receiving Environment Goal 5 – To maintain or enhance the environmental performance of the stormwater system and the quality of receiving environments. Stakeholder Engagement & Education Goal 6 – To engage with key stakeholders and educate wider community on the importance of integrated stormwater management. Planning and Regulation Goal 7 - To ensure the planning and regulatory framework remains responsive to integrated stormwater management. Goal 8 – To gain a comprehensive discharge consent for Blenheim stormwater network for a 35 year term. Whilst the strategy was developed specifically for Blenheim the process of its development and many of its outcomes will be readily transferable to the other reticulated settlements. 1.3 Asset Management Plans The Asset Management Plan is a structured approach to the medium-term planning of stormwater service delivery. The plan explains the current standard of service; the future expectation of stakeholders and the assumptions about the changing environment in which the service operates. Subsequent asset expenditure decisions are explained within the context of the sustainable funding constraints of all Council activities. The Council acknowledges asset management planning as a tool to deliver effective, efficient and sustained service to their community. The 2014 Stormwater Asset Management Plan updates the asset management plan of 2008 which was preceded by plans in 2005, 2003, 2000 and 1997. Page 5