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Resolution number AE/2014/108
MOVED
by Member MJ Watson, seconded by Member RAJ Langton:
That the Albert-Eden
Local Board:
a) approves the following
feedback on the Interim Open Space Provision Guidelines:
I) recommends
that open space provision respond to local need rather than be controlled by
standard provisions across suburbs or local board areas.
II) recommends
that the guidelines incorporate a benchmark for open space provision in
brownfield areas.
III) supports
maximum walking distances to neighbourhood parks of:
i) 400
metres in high density areas
ii) 600
metres in other residential areas while noting that in areas of intensive
housing the recommended size for neighbourhood parks may be too
small for the number of residents.
IV) recommends
that mixed housing urban zones be treated as high density areas given the
likelihood that proposed height guidelines in the proposed Unitary Plan will
be exceeded.
V) recommends
that the guidelines explicitly address the importance of, and requirements
for, the integration of open space in intensive housing developments similar
to those carried out by Housing New Zealand.
VI) notes that
if amenity areas in new developments or in redevelopments are required by
council, then council has a responsibility to ensure it has the ability to
ensure owners undertake the ongoing maintenance of such areas.
VII) expresses
concern that the guidelines ignore the importance to the general community of
the visual amenity value of “pocket parks”.
VIII) recommends
that the guidelines allow for the provision of amenity space in industrial
areas by adding such space to green connection, stormwater or conservation
land, as it is important to provide amenity areas for industrial workers.
IX) recommends
that the guidelines include provision for amenity areas in commercial
developments, for example providing for car parking in “big box”
developments to double as attractive, well planted areas.
X) recommends
that the priority for improved open space provision needs to be driven by
local needs rather than a standardised hierarchy of options.
XI) notes that
while the local board supports continuing efforts to provide community access
to privately-owned open space such as school grounds, this is often very
difficult to achieve and should not be relied on to increase open space
provision.
XII) requests
that the guidelines include a clear policy direction ensuring council makes
every effort to acquire the full esplanade strip when they become available.
XIII) requests an
early conversation with staff on the timing and methodology for the
development of a local open space network plan as the Albert-Eden Local Board
has one of the lowest ratio of open space to population.
XIV) requests that
the introduction to the guidelines make it clear that they are guidelines
rather than rules limiting decisions and actions.
XV) requests that
the governing body ensures there is adequate funding in the LTP for the
acquisition of open space in brownfield developments.
b)
requests a report by December 2015 on the effect of the Interim
Open Space Provision Guidelines on the Albert-Eden Local Board area.
CARRIED
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