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Local Board
Plan Hearings - Kaipatiki Local Board
02 September
2014
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Summary of
submissions to the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014
File No.: CP2014/19340
Purpose
1. This report
provides high-level analysis of key themes contained in submissions to the
Draft Kaipātiki 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 Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014. This includes ensuring any
person submitting on the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 is given
reasonable opportunity to be heard.
3. 238 submissions were received to the Draft Kaipātiki Local
Board Plan 2014. Of these, 44 were proforma based submissions relating to
Smokefree issues, 35 submissions were received to all draft local board plans.
4. 35 submitters requested the opportunity to speak in support of their
submission at a public hearing.
5. The Kaipātiki Local Board asked submitters for feedback on four
questions.
6. Question one asked submitters to rank five outcomes in order of importance
with 1 being most important and 5 being least important. Of the outcomes, the
one with the highest number of number 1 rankings was “Green open spaces and
environments”.
7. Question two asked submitters whether they felt it was more
important to improve existing assets, or build new assets. Of those who
responded, 123 (88%) were in favour of improving existing assets.
8. Question three asked whether submitters had any other comments
regarding the outcomes, objectives and initiatives contained in the Draft
Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014.
9. Question four
asked submitters whether they believed there was anything missing from the
plan. 18 comments were made relating to the board’s outcomes, and 142 comments
were made relating to issues unrelated to these outcomes. The topic attracting
the largest number of comments was Smokefree initiatives.
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Recommendation/s
That the Local Board Plan
Hearings - Kaipatiki Local Board:
a) receive
submissions on the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014.
b) hear the relevant
submissions on the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014.
c) thank
submitters for their verbal presentations on the Draft Kaipātiki Local
Board Plan 2014.
d) consider any
potential amendments to the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014.
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Comments
Context
10. The Local
Government Act 2002 and Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 require
Council to use the special consultative procedure in adopting the
Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014. This includes ensuring any person
submitting on the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 is given
reasonable opportunity to be heard.
11. This report
provides statistics on submissions received to the Draft Kaipātiki Local
Board Plan 2014 and a brief high-level analysis of key themes and topics.
12. More detailed
analysis of submissions will be provided to the local board meeting on 10
September 2014.
13. The consultation
period for the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 was held from 7 July
2014 to 5pm 6 August 2014.
Submissions
14. Council received
and processed 238 submissions to the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014
with 35 submitters requesting to be heard.
15. 44 pro forma based submissions
were received to the Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014.
These all advocated for a SmokeFree policy in the Kaipātiki
Local Board area.
16. Copies of
submissions to the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 are provided in
attachment A of this report.
Overview of feedback
from submissions to the Draft Kaipātiki
Local Board Plan 2014
17. The
Kaipātiki Local Board asked submitters for feedback on four questions.
18. Question one
asked submitters to rank 5 outcomes in order of importance with 1 being most
important and 5 being least important.
19. Table 1 below shows how
submitters ranked each of the outcomes. Overall ranking was determined by
allocating 5 points to first preference, 4 points to second preference, 3
points to third preference and 2 points to fourth preference and one point to
fifth preference giving a weighted total for overall preference).
Table 1 - Kaipātiki Outcomes
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Outcome
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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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5
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A connected Kaipātiki
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38
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27
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21
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27
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20
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435
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2
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Green open spaces and environments
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56
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18
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34
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21
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11
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507
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1
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High quality facilities, assets and
services
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22
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38
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29
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27
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17
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420
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3
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Vibrant town and village centres
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26
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32
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25
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28
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21
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410
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4
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Proud, positive communities
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19
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12
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16
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21
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64
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297
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5
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20. The results in
the table above indicate that the overall preference was for the outcome Green
open spaces and environments that enable active and healthy lifestyles and
protect our natural heritage.
21. Question two
asked submitters whether they felt it was more important to improve
existing assets, or build new assets. Of those who responded, 123 (88% of those
who responded to the question) were in favour of improving existing assets.
22. Question three asked submitters
if they had any comments on the outcomes, objectives and initiatives detailed
in the Draft Kaipātiki 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.
23. Outcome – Proud,
positive communities which embrace the diversity of Kaipātiki and its
initiatives received 31 comments in support.
24. Outcome – Green open spaces and environments that
enable active and healthy lifestyles and protect our natural heritage together with its objectives and initiatives, received 88 in support
comments.
25. Outcome – A
connected Kaipātiki through a range of transport links, both within and
beyond our area received 82 responses in support. Of these, 18 related to
the initiative Public transport network is affordable, accessible, reliable
and efficient
26. Outcome –
Vibrant town and village centres and a thriving local economy received
42 supporting comments.
27. Outcome – Community
facilities, assets and services that are high quality, well managed and meet
our communities' needs received 40 responses in support. 11 of these related to the initiative Our pools and leisure
facilities are well designed and maintained to a high standard whilst being
accessible and affordable to our entire community.
28. Question
four asked submitters whether they believed there were any items missing from
the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014. Table 1 indicates the number of
missing 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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Proud, positive communities which
embrace the diversity of Kaipātiki
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1
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Green open spaces and environments
that enable active and healthy lifestyles and protect our natural heritage
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8
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A connected Kaipātiki through a
range of transport links, both within and beyond our area
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4
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Vibrant town and village centres and
a thriving local economy
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4
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Community facilities, assets and
services that are high quality, well managed and meet our communities' needs
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1
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29. There were no
common themes identified within comments to these outcome areas
30. Other items identified as missing
from the plan that did not fit within the outcomes, objectives and initiatives,
included seven related to local transport and seven related to local
governance.
31. There were 94 comments received
in relation to Smoke Free initiatives.
32. Submitters
also made comments unrelated to the board’s outcomes, objectives and
initiatives. The most notable topic areas are listed below:
· 20
submitters made general comments about the plan, although no common themes
emerged
33. At a high level most submitters
who commented were supportive of the draft plan, notwithstanding the fact that
many submitters made suggestions for changes.
Next steps
34. Decisions on the
final Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 will be made at the decision-making
meeting on 8 October 2014.
Consideration
Local
board views and implications
35. The
Kaipātiki Local Board will consider all submissions to the Draft
Kaipātiki Local Board Plan 2014 at the Local Board Plan 2014 hearing
meeting on Tuesday 2nd September at 9am.
Māori
impact statement
36. The
Kaipātiki local board has given consideration to Māori outcomes
throughout the development of the Kaipātiki Local Board Plan; consequently
the implementation of the plan has the potential to contribute to positive
outcomes for Māori.
37. The
Kaipātiki Local Board invited mana whenua and mataawaka to meet with them
during the early stages of the development of the local board plan. Views
expressed by mana whenua and mataawaka during these hui have been considered
and helped inform the development of the plan.
38. The outcomes,
objectives and initiatives included in the plan will support the delivery of
the Auckland Plan. All of the plan will benefit Māori as part of the
board’s community. As part of the draft plan the board intends to work closely
with mana whenua on a number of initiatives such as those focusing directly on
issues of importance to Māori such as improving and maintaining the
natural environment e.g. improving stream water quality or town centre
projects. The board also intends to improve the ability of mataawaka to input
into board decision making through the creation of a local Māori network.
Other areas of the draft plan such as its initiatives focusing on youth
(employment, cultural and recreational) or public transport initiatives will
particularly benefit Māori due to the Māori community’s demographic
and socio-economic characteristics.
Implementation
39. Implementation issues on the various matters raised in submissions
will be considered when making decisions at
decision-making meetings on the Draft Kaipātiki Local Board Plan on 8
October 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 Kaipatiki Local Board Plan 2014 submissions
vol.1 (Under Separate Cover)
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b
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Draft Kaipatiki Local Board Plan 2014 submissions
vol.2 (Proformas) (Under Separate Cover)
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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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Eric Perry - Relationship Manager
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