Albert-Eden Local Board
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Albert-Eden Local Board held in the Albert Eden Local Board Office, 135 Dominion Road, Mt Eden on Wednesday, 15 October 2014 at 1.14pm.
Chairperson |
Peter Haynes |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Glenda Fryer |
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Members |
Helga Arlington |
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Lee Corrick |
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Graeme Easte |
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Rachel Langton |
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Margi Watson |
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Tim Woolfield |
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Albert-Eden Local Board 15 October 2014 |
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1 Welcome
2 Apologies
3 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
4 Confirmation of Minutes
Resolution number AE/2014/69 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Member GD Easte: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) confirms the minutes of its ordinary meeting, held on Wednesday, 1 October 2014, as a true and correct record. |
5 Leave of Absence
There were no leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no acknowledgements.
7 Petitions
There were no petitions.
8 Deputations
There were no deputations.
9 Public Forum
There was no public forum.
10 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
11 Notices of Motion
There were no notices of motion.
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Toni Ferdinands, Principal Policy Analyst, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2014/70 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Member RAJ Langton: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) resolves to review local dog access rules in the Albert-Eden Local Board area as follows: I) review time and season dog access beach rules; II) clarify rules by identifying i) which dog exercise areas meet the new criteria or are more appropriately referred to as under control off-leash areas; ii) ‘picnic areas’, ‘fitness apparatus areas’, safe swimming areas or lanes, significant ecological areas. b) notes that the review of local dog access rules in Albert-Eden will be a whole-of-board process. c) authorises expenditure of up to $4,000 from its Community Engagement budget for community engagement and communication material. d) thanks Toni Ferdinands, Principal Policy Analyst, for her attendance. |
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Robyn Allpress, Senior Local Board Advisor and Nicola Flynn, Project Manager, were in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2014/71 MOVED by Chairperson PD Haynes, seconded by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) adopts the Albert-Eden Local Board Plan 2014, subject to the following changes; i) adding the following to the beginning of the third sentence, paragraph four, page 21 of the Albert-Eden Local Board Plan 2014 - ‘The state of the current facility and’. b) delegates authority to the Chair to approve any minor wording changes that may be necessary. c) thanks Robyn Allpress, Senior Local Board Advisor and Nicola Flynn, Project Manager, for their attendance and work on the Albert-Eden Local Board Plan 2014. d) thanks the local community and all the submitters who were involved in the development of the Albert-Eden Local Board Plan 2014. |
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Resolution number AE/2014/72 MOVED by Member MJ Watson, seconded by Member H Arlington: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receives the Long Term Plan 2015-2025 feedback on mayoral proposal report. b) approves the following priority advocacy areas for discussion with the Governing Body regarding the Long Term Plan 2015-2025:
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Resolution number AE/2014/73 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Chairperson PD Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: RATING POLICY OPTIONS a) considers that the residential rates increases for our area over the last three years have been too onerous, with many ratepayers having increases of 10 per cent per annum. b) notes that the Board’s ability to comment on the proposed financial policies for the Long-Term Plan is impacted by the lack of information available regarding the effects of the new capital valuations from 2015/2016 onwards. c) requests further information regarding the impact of various Uniform Annual General Charge levels combined with the analysis of the new capital valuations data for the Albert-Eden Local Board area. d) recommends a review of the reduction in the business rates differential – including options such as spreading the reduction over a longer period, and pausing the reduction in the short term - to lessen the impact of rates increases for residential ratepayers. e) supports the use of a 10 per cent cap to keep rate increases tenable, while the transition to the new rating system continues. f) supports the use of the general rate to fund local initiatives as local initiatives are core council activities, essential to cohesive communities and Auckland being the world’s most liveable city. g) supports in principle a decrease in the Uniform Annual General Charge to better balance fairness and affordability issues. h) supports rates postponement for superannuitants, based on levels of income and ability to pay, in addition to the Department of Internal Affairs’ rebate. i) supports a review of community, sporting and heritage remission and postponement policies in an effort to promote transparency and fairness across Auckland. j) notes that if legacy community, sporting and heritage remission and postponement policies are replaced by grants, the funding associated with the legacy policies should be allocated to local boards so that the local boards’ discretionary budgets are not impacted. k) requests that the Governing Body advocate to Central Government to ensure that the rates exemption for government owned land (such as schools and hospitals) is lifted. l) requests an investigation into alternative funding mechanisms, including the feasibility of a ‘bed tax’ in Auckland. m) requests that clear, well-developed scenarios are consulted on as part of the draft Long-term Plan, including an option for a higher rate increase, noting that it is important that Aucklanders understand what services they can expect with different levels of rates. STANDARDISATION OF FEES AND CHARGES n) supports in principle a standardisation and simplification of fees and charges in Auckland over time in an effort to promote transparency and fairness across Auckland. o) favours social housing rents to be aligned to Housing New Zealand rent policy – i.e. 25 per cent of net income. p) supports a move to charging for street trading and supports a fair and equitable charge for street trading licences in town centres, reflecting the vitality benefits to town centres. DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS q) supports an increase to the level of development contributions as a proportion of the median new house cost in order to increase the level of provision of open space and other community infrastructure to residents. r) supports a variation of development contributions according to size and type of housing in order to encourage more efficient use of residential land. s) requests that the local board projects in parks and reserves and community facilities be exempted from development contributions charges as the projects are providing essential community infrastructure to cater for a growing city. t) requests that the Governing Body advocates for a change to the existing development contribution laws to enable development contributions to be spent in established suburbs. |
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Secretarial Note: Pursuant to Standing Order 3.15.5, Member Langton requested that her dissenting vote against d), g) and m) be recorded and Member Woolfield and Member Corrick requested that their dissenting vote against d) and g) be recorded. |
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Resolution number AE/2014/74 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Chairperson PD Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) agrees to re-establish the Central Facility Partnerships Committee for 2014/2015 with the Albert-Eden, Great Barrier, Maungakiekie-Tamaki, Orakei, Puketapapa, Waiheke, and Waitemata Local Boards, collectively to administer the legacy Facility Partnerships fund. b) endorses the Terms of Reference 2014/2015 and Guidelines 2014/2015 for the Central Facility Partnerships Committee, which will be adopted by the Committee at its first meeting: i) The Central Facility Partnerships Committee has a member from each of the following Local Boards: Albert-Eden, Great Barrier, Maungakiekie-Tamaki, Orakei, Puketapapa, Waiheke, and Waitemata. ii) The Central Facility Partnerships Committee has the authority to make funding decisions in 2014/2015 in relation to the central facility partnerships guidelines. iii) The Central Facility Partnerships Committee will appoint and may remove its own chairperson and deputy chairperson. iv) The Central Facility Partnerships Committee will meet as required. It is envisaged there will be two procedural meetings and no less than one funding decision meeting in each financial year. v) The Central Facility Partnerships Committee has the authority to amend the Terms of Reference on the basis of a formal resolution from each participating Local Board that endorses the proposed change. c) appoints Member Haynes, and Member Fryer as alternate, to the Central Facility Partnerships Committee with appropriate delegated authority to bind the board on decisions relating to the Central Facility Partnerships Fund made by the Committee. d) notes that the next meetings of the Central Facility Partnerships Committee for 2014/2015 will be held on 3 November 2014 (workshop), 8 December 2014 (business meeting) and Stage Two: 9 March 2015 (workshop) and 13 April 2015 (business meeting). e) notes that a draft region-wide community grants policy is being developed which will help inform a review of the legacy facility partnership funding schemes. |
17 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
2.24 pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Albert-Eden Local Board HELD ON
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