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Local Board
Plan Hearings - Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
29 August 2014
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Summary of
submissions to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014
File No.: CP2014/18962
Purpose
1. This report
provides high-level analysis of key themes contained in submissions to the
Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014.
Executive
summary
2. The Local Government Act 2002 and Local Government (Auckland
Council) Act 2009 require Council to use the special consultative procedure in
adopting the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014. This includes
ensuring any person submitting on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Plan 2014 is given reasonable opportunity to be heard.
3. 129 submissions were received to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board Plan 2014. Of these, 46 were proforma submissions relating to
Smokefree issues, 34 submissions were received to all draft local board plans.
4. 22 submitters requested the opportunity to speak in support of their
submission at a public hearing.
5. The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board asked submitters for feedback
on three questions.
6. Question one asked submitters to prioritise and rank three
initiatives between 1 (most important) and 3 (least important). The initiative
that received the most number 1 rankings was local jobs for local people.
This also received the highest overall number of responses.
7. Question two asked whether submitters had any other comments about
the objectives and initiatives detail in the draft Local Board Plan.
8. Question three asked submitters whether they felt that anything was
missing from the draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014.
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Recommendation/s
That the Local Board Plan
Hearings - Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board:
a) receive
submissions on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014.
b) hear the
relevant submissions on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan
2014.
c) thank
submitters for their verbal presentations on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board Plan 2014.
d) consider any
potential amendments to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan
2014.
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Comments
Context
9. The Local
Government Act 2002 and Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 require
Council to use the special consultative procedure in adopting the
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014. This includes ensuring any person
submitting on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014 is given
reasonable opportunity to be heard.
10. This report
provides statistics on submissions received to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board Plan 2014 and a brief high-level analysis of key themes and topics.
11. More detailed
analysis of submissions will be provided to the local board workshop on 10
September 2014.
12. The consultation
period for the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014 was held from
7 July 2014 to 5pm 6 August 2014.
Submissions
13. Council received
and processed 129 submissions to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Plan 2014 with 22 submitters requesting to be heard.
14. 46 pro forma submissions were
received to the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014.
These all advocated for a SmokeFree policy in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board area.
15. Copies of
submissions to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014 are
provided in attachment A of this report.
Overview of feedback
from submissions to the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board Plan 2014
16. Question one asked submitters to prioritise and rank three
initiatives between 1 (most important) and 3 (least important).Owing to an
error in the online form submitters were able to rank items between 1 and 4.
17. Table 1 below shows how
submitters ranked each of the projects proposed to them. Overall ranking was
determined by allocating 4 points to first preference, 3 points to second
preference, 2 points to third preference and 1 point to fourth preference
giving a weighted total for overall preference).
Table 1 - Ōtara-Papatoetoe projects
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Proposed project
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Most Least
preferred preferred
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Total
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Rank
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Otara Lake and waterways clean up
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11
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7
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5
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8
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83
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4
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Local jobs for local people
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17
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10
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6
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2
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112
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1
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Cleaner town centres
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15
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7
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5
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7
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98
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3
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Upgrade and maintenance of parks and
facilities
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14
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6
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10
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7
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101
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2
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18. The results in
the table above indicate that the overall preference was for the initiative Local
jobs for local people.
19. Question two asked whether there was anything else important that
submitters thought needed to be included in the plan for the next three years.
20. Table 2 shows
the numbers of suggested items for each outcome.
Table 2 – Numbers of missing items
by outcome
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Outcome
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Responses
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A heart for Manukau
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6
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Town centre vitality
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4
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Parks and facilities that meet
people’s needs
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3
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Healthy harbours and waterways
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2
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Thriving communities
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9
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Age friendly communities
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3
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Good transport connections
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4
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21. There were no
common themes within the individual outcomes.
22. There were also 41 comments
relating to SmokeFree initiatives.
23. Question three
asked submitters whether they agreed with the outcomes and initiatives
contained in the draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014.
Owing to the large number of outcomes, objectives and initiatives, the data is
widely spread, with small numbers responding to individual items.
24. Table 3 shows the total number of
responses supporting each outcome and its associated objectives and initiatives
Table 3 – responses in support by outcome
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Outcome
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Responses
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A heart for Manukau
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18
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Town centre vitality
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29
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Parks and facilities that meet
people's needs
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21
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Healthy harbours and waterways
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8
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Thriving communities
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30
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Age friendly communities
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13
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Good transport connections
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18
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25. The responses are
spread amongst a large number of outcomes and initiatives. However the Town
Centre Vitality outcome contained six responses in support of the
initiative Safer town centres, more CCTV, policing, better design, better
lighting and footpaths. There were also six responses supporting the
initiative Smokefree, alcohol and legal high free town centres.
26. The outcome Thriving
communities received the highest number of responses in support, however,
these were spread between 14 different initiatives.
27. There were a total of seven
responses that specifically did not support specific initiatives and these were
spread across seven different initiatives.
Next steps
28. Decisions on the
final Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014 will be made at the
decision-making meeting on 13 October 2014.
Consideration
Local
board views and implications
29. The
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board will consider all submissions to the Draft
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014 at the Local Board Plan 2014
hearing meeting on Friday 29th August at 9.00am.
Māori
impact statement
30. The Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
has given consideration to Maori outcomes throughout the development of the
Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan, and consequently the implementation of the
Plan has the potential to contribute to positive outcomes for Maori.
31. In collaboration with other
southern local boards, local mana whenua were invited to a hui to seek their
views on the issues to be addressed in the local board plans, including the
Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board. Following the hui, contact was made (via letter) to
local mana whenua to promote continued engagement.
32. The
Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board also aimed to engage with mataawaka through
engagement activities that were accessible to the general public as well as
targeted stakeholder events in the early stages of the plans development and
throughout the consultation period.
33. The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local
Board has also sought insight from representatives of local mana whenua and
mataawaka organisations via a Maori focus group. This group will advise on how
to better engage Maori in local board decision-making in future. The Board
hopes to receive late feedback from the focus group at this meeting.
34. The draft
Local Board Plan describes some of the ways the Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
have and will continue to work together with mana whenua and mataawaka in the
area that will support kaitiakitanga and the guardianship of our environment
and special places in this local board area.
Implementation
35. Implementation issues on the various matters raised in submissions
will be considered when making decisions at
decision-making meetings on the Draft Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan
2014 on 10 September 2014.
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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aView
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Draft Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014
submissions vol.1
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11
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bView
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Draft Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board Plan 2014
submissions vol.2 (Pro forma)
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269
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Signatories
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Authors
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Paula Gallimore - Governance Analyst
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Authorisers
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Carol McKenzie-Rex - Relationship Manager
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