Detail plan for urban centre of residence and business of K

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• Detail plan for urban centre of residence and
  business of Kärdla TownNEW BRIDGES Project
  Workshop, Kaunas 8.-9. June 2010
• Reet Kokovkin, Hiiumaa County Government

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Priority challenges identified

• - Mobility Weak transportation links
• - Servises Seasonality of jobs
• - Residential preferences Decreasing population

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About Hiiumaa
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• Hiiumaa is the County with 5 municipalities 1
  town and 4 rural communes.
• Mostly rural community values of natural
  conditions, clean environment, good on-island
  communication (both road and internet quality),
  support of neigbours, active citisens, very low
  criminality, realtively good primary and
  secondary education, and health service.
• Negative side of living in Hiiumaa are poor
  connection to mainland, narrow choice of jobs,
  low level of cultural services, low level of
  salaries compared to Capital, higher risks in
  entrepreneurship (small market, expensive
  transport to mainland, difficulties in finding
  specialists) .

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Kärdla town hall
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Main issues for the pilot

• Marine oriented Town centre keeping the Town
  centre functioning all year round, despite
  seasonal changes in number of customers.
• Supporting local entrepreneurs holding the
  stable product range and delivery chain.
• Strenghtening Public and Private cooperation
  Financing the construction of the centre in
  cooperation with private partners

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Decision process

• Preparatory project meeting took place on 08. may
  2009 participants 7 Municipality and County
  officers
• 1st Local Stakeholder meeting took place on 05.
  June 2009 participants 10 Municpilaity and
  County officers, politiciants, entrepreneurs,
  NGO, experts
• 2nd Local Stakeholder meeting took place on
  14-15. October 2009, participants 25
  Municpilaity and County officers, politiciants,
  entrepreneurs, NGO, expert.
• Also, results from the meetings of Kärdla
  development strategy workgroups are giving the
  input to the process.
• International Stakeholder meeting took place on
  27. May 2010, participants 39 Politiciants,
  Municpilaity and County officers from Baltic Sea
  islands, entrepreneurs, NGOs, experts. Reporting
  project progress to the international island
  stakeholders.
• Local stakeholder meeting on 27. May,
  participants 4 Kärdla Town and county

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Detail plan for urban centre of residence and
business

• Kärdla harbour was destroyed during the WWII and
  has not reconstructed yet. Over the past decade
  Kärdla municipality has prepared the planning,
  environmental assessment and building plans for
  the marina of the harbour. Now is the time to
  plan the urban area next to the marina.

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Kärdla small quay 2010
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Main aim(s)

• Detail plan includes functionally connected areas
  in the surrounding of Kärdla guest harbour. Urban
  centre will be the area /chain of marketing
  facilities where local handicraft and food
  producers can provide better access to their
  production for inhabitants and visitors of the
  island.
• This would be the first example of urban and
  rural cooperation in planning aiming at
  connecting marina area with functioning service
  area. In connection to detail plan the potential
  number of customers both locally and among
  visitors will be identified. Transportation
  routes for the products regular delivery will be
  analysed.

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Orjaku harbour
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Sõru harbour
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Geographical scope

• Town of Kärdla
• Municipality of Kõrgesaare
• Municipalities of Käina, Emmaste, Pühalepa (i.e
  all municipalities of the island of Hiiumaa)

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Historical location of Kärdla harbour
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Target group(s)

• Entrepreneurs
• Citisens
• Visitors
• Young people seeking jobs and living

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Historical storage building Monopol planned to
be yach club
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Historical Wool storage to be art gallery
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View towards old storages
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Detail plan for urban centre of residence and
business

• The pilot action is in accordance with the
  Hiiumaa county development plan and the Kärdla
  Town development plan
• Partners Hiiumaa County Government, NGO Hiiumaa
  cooperation Network, Kärdla Town Municipality,
  Kõrgessare municipality, other municipalities of
  the island

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Timeframe

• August - 1st stakeholders meeting - key points
  of the detail plan, customer and transportation
  route analysis
• Sept, Oct, Nov - Compilation of the 1st draft of
  detail plan
• November - 2nd stakeholders meeting discussion
  of the draft
• Dec, Jan, Feb - Compilation of the detail plan
  and analysis
• March - 3rd stakeholders meeting
• March, April, May - Compilation of the detail
  plan final version and analysis

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Potential obstacles and risks

• Political risks - If the Town Government would
  be changed during next elections, new political
  leaders would not be interested in the
  development of the harbour area
• Legal risks no, the harbour is the municipality
  owned
• Institutional risks - lack on money flow for
  implementation of the pilot
• Technical risks - Entrepreneurs not interested
  in delivering their goods.

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For discussion

• Seeking partners with experience of successful
  mangement of visitor harbour in their territory
• Kärdla harbour has been strategigally approved 20
  years ago, not yet implemented

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Thank you for your attention!Feedback and
comments are very welcome!

• Reet Kokovkin, reet.kokovkin_at_hiiumaa.ee
• Island of Hiiumaa