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Local Board
Plan Hearings - Upper Harbour Local Board
02 September
2014
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Summary of
submissions to the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014
File No.: CP2014/19356
Purpose
1. This report
provides high-level analysis of key themes contained in submissions to the
Draft Upper Harbour 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 Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014. This includes ensuring any
person submitting on the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 is given
reasonable opportunity to be heard.
3. 150 submissions were received to the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board
Plan 2014. Of these, 28 were proforma based submissions relating to Smokefree
issues, 34 submissions were received to all draft local board plans.
4. 30 submitters requested the opportunity to speak in support of their
submission at a public hearing.
5. The Upper Harbour Local Board asked submitters for feedback on four
questions.
6. Question one asked submitters whether indoor sports facilities or
outdoor sports fields are more important to them at the moment. 57% of those
who responded to this question selected indoor sports facilities.
7. Question two asked submitters to identify the one thing that
is missing in the Upper Harbour area that is extremely important for the
future. There were 43 responses, with 11 being related to transport.
8. Question three
asked whether submitters had any other comments regarding the outcomes,
objectives and initiatives contained in the Draft Upper Harbour 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.
9. Question four
asked submitters whether they believed there was anything missing from the
plan. 15 comments were made relating to the board’s outcomes, and 65 comments
were made relating to issues unrelated to these outcomes. Of these 20 comments
were related to Smokefree initiatives.
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Recommendation/s
That the Local Board Plan
Hearings - Upper Harbour Local Board:
a) receive
submissions on the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014.
b) hear the
relevant submissions on the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014.
c) thank
submitters for their verbal presentations on the Draft Upper Harbour Local
Board Plan 2014.
d) consider any
potential amendments to the Draft Upper Harbour 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 Upper Harbour
Local Board Plan 2014. This includes ensuring any person submitting on the
Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 is given reasonable opportunity to be
heard.
11. This report
provides statistics on submissions received to the Draft Upper Harbour 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 workshop on 2
September 2014.
13. The consultation
period for the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 was held from 7 July
2014 to 5pm 6 August 2014.
Submissions
14. Council received
and processed 150 submissions to the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014
with 30 submitters requesting to be heard.
15. 28 pro forma based submissions
were received to the Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014.
These all advocated for a strengthened SmokeFree policy in the Upper Harbour Local Board area.
16. Copies of
submissions to the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 are provided in
attachment A of this report.
Overview of feedback
from submissions to the Draft Upper Harbour
Local Board Plan 2014
17. The Upper
Harbour Local Board asked submitters for feedback on four questions.
18. Question one
asked submitters whether indoor sports facilities or outdoor sports fields are
more important to them at the moment. Of the 69 submitters that responded to this question, 39 indicated that
indoor sports facilities were more important to them at the moment.
19. Question two
asked submitters to identify the one thing that is missing in the Upper
Harbour area that is extremely important for the future. 43 submitters
responded to this question. The responses covered a range of items with
transport being the most numerous with 11 responses.
20. Question three asked submitters
if they had any comments on the outcomes, objectives and initiatives detailed
in the Draft Upper Harbour 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.
21. Outcome – An
attractive built environment together with its objectives and initiatives,
received 18 comments.
22. Outcome – High
quality sports and recreation facilities received 71 comments, 11 responses
supported the objective Complete the construction of the Albany Stadium Pool
and promote its use.
23. Outcome – An
expansive business environment received 13 responses in support.
24. Outcome –
A protected natural environment received 76 comments, 74 of which were
in support of the outcome and its initiatives. Of these, the largest single
number related to Smokefree initiatives.
25. Outcome – A
well connected the accessible Upper Harbour received 74 responses in
support. Within this outcome the objective Well connected and easily
accessible public transport received 25 responses in support and 18
comments were received in support of the objective Improve the road network
and access to walkways and cycleways.
26. Outcome –
Accountable and transparent reporting received a total of nine comments.
27. Question
four asked submitters whether they believed there were any items missing from
the Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014. Table 1 indicates the number of
missing items for each outcome.
Table 1 – Numbers of missing items
by outcome
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Outcome
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Responses
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An attractive built environment
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3
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High quality sport and recreation
facilities
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1
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An expansive business environment
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1
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A protected natural environment
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5
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A well-connected and accessible Upper
Harbour
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5
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28. There were no
common themes identified within comments to these outcome areas.
29. 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. There were 20 comments in relation to Smoke Free issues and a
further 16 comments on Smoke Free issues were included in the submissions
directed to all boards.
30. Submitters
also made comments unrelated to the board’s outcomes, objectives and
initiatives. The most notable topic areas are listed below:
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submitters made general comments about the plan, although no common themes
emerged
31. 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
32. Decisions on the
final Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 will be made at the decision-making
meeting on 14 October 2014.
Consideration
Local
board views and implications
33. The Upper
Harbour Local Board will consider all submissions to the Draft Upper Harbour
Local Board Plan 2014 at the Local Board Plan 2014 hearing meeting on Tuesday 2nd
September at 12.30 pm at the Upper Harbour Local Board office, off of Kell
Drive, in the Albany Village.
Māori
impact statement
34. The Upper
Harbour Local Board has given consideration to Māori outcomes throughout
the development of the Upper Harbour Local Board Plan; consequently the
implementation of the plan has the potential to contribute to positive outcomes
for Māori.
35. 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 assisting in the creation
of a marae at Onekiritea – Bomb Point, the completion of the Albany Community
Hub and environmental initiatives where mana whenua have a role as kaitiaki.
Other areas of the draft Plan such as its initiatives focusing on youth
(employment, cultural and recreational), smoke-free parks or public transport
initiatives are also likely to benefit Māori in the community.
Implementation
36. Implementation
issues on the various matters raised in submissions will be considered when making decisions at decision-making meetings on the Draft Upper
Harbour Local Board Plan on 14 October 2014.
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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a
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Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 submissions
vol.1 (Under Separate Cover)
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b
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Draft Upper Harbour Local Board Plan 2014 submissions
vol.2 (Pro forma) (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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