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Resolution number UH/2014/184
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member MA Miles:
That the Upper
Harbour Local Board:
a)
does not support any deferral of capex
funding from the Albany Stadium Pool project in the 2014/2015 financial year
or any subsequent year of the Long term plan. The Albany Stadium Pool is the
Board’s priority project and it does not approve deferral for the following
reasons:
i.
$1.3 million has been spent on the
Albany Stadium Pool design, the consenting process, peer reviewing and obtaining
the approval for the pool design from the New Zealand Recreation Association
(NZRA) and the Governing Body for New Zealand Sport;
ii.
the resource consent has been granted
and that the Tenders and Procurement Committee has approved the project to
progress to tender;
iii.
development contributions have been
collected for the Albany Stadium Pool over a number of years, totally
approximately $8 million, which have been confirmed as still available to be
applied to this project, only if the project is not deferred, regardless of
the change in the development contributions legislation;
iv.
there are significant consequential
project costs that will result from a delay to the proposed October-November
2014 earthworks commencement;
v.
there is
a strong proven needs analysis to support the completion of the pool;
vi.
the pool
fills a gap in the regional network;
vii.
Albany is
the fastest growing area in Auckland according to the 2013 census;
viii.
the
project has been ongoing for 21 years.
b) formally
consider and respond to the deferral of capex projects outlined in Attachment
A of the report as follows:
i.
foundation infrastructure – Agree to
deferral of $592,544
The Board agrees to defer additional
funds so that the Harrowglen playground project can be completed in this
financial year.
ii.
carpark (Rame Road) – Agree to deferral
of $3,881
iii.
coastal walkways (Sanders Reserve) –
Agree to deferral of $5,862
iv.
restoring and improving Christmas Beach
– agree to deferral of $72,019
v.
sportsfield floodlights – Agree to
deferral of $17,287
vi.
community house (Hobsonville Point) –
Agree to deferral of $1,147,474
c) seek urgent clarification
and written confirmation, as to whether the Albany Stadium Pool project can
be put out to tender, in accordance with the approval from the Tenders and
Procurement Committee meeting of 8 July 2014.
d) request
that any projects where timing has been deferred, but project planning is
underway, should be given high priority in the 2015/2016 capital programme.
e) request that
the above resolutions be forwarded to the Finance and Performance Committee
for their consideration as part of the capex deferral process.
CARRIED
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