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Resolution number AE/2015/38
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Chairperson PD Haynes:
That the Albert-Eden Local
Board:
a) receives the Albert-Eden Local
Board advocacy and feedback on the Long-term Plan 2015 – 2025 proposals
report and the attached feedback from Albert-Eden submitters on the draft
Long-term Plan 2015 – 2025.
b) delegates to the Chair the
power to provide the board’s feedback on the draft Long-term Plan 2015-2025
on behalf of the Albert-Eden Local Board during the board’s upcoming
discussions with the Auckland Council Budget Committee to inform its
decisions on 7-8 May 2015.
c) confirms an updated list of
Advocacy points for the discussions with the Budget Committee on 24, 28 and
29 April as set out in the following tables below:
Local Priorities:
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Advocacy request
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Activity area
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Why is it a priority?
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Funding implications or
options
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Renew Mt Albert Town Centre -
ensure the completion of the Mt Albert Town Centre renewal (public open
space next to the rail station and streetscape improvements) by retaining
funding of $1.971m for 2015/2016 in the proposed LTP, along with funding in
the 2012-22 LTP for FYs 17 & 18.
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Local Planning and
Development
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Public Transport - Move
to outstanding public transport within one network.
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living.
(76 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Mt Albert Town Centre renewal provides a fantastic opportunity to
leverage the recent train station investment and increased public transport
patronage.
Auckland Council has acquired the ground lease to the land next to the
station and is soon to procure professional design services to develop a
public open space on and to improve streetscapes in the town centre.
The local board is investing $1.5 million for design, consultation and
consenting work this financial year.
After extensive consultation spanning over more than a decade, public
expectations are running high. In recent months the town centre has lost
its two largest employers and other longstanding businesses, so the need
for progress is urgent.
Public investment in the plaza and wider streetscape improvements through
the town centre are expected to provide a catalyst for private investment
and generate economic development and urban regeneration, making Mt Albert
a destination.
Mt Albert town centre has been highlighted as a spatial priority, as part
of the Inner West Triangle, in close proximity to the 'Mt Albert 1 SHA',
and to the soon-to-be redeveloped UNITEC site.
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$1.971 million deferred from the 2014/2015 local board budget to
2015/2016, but no funding for future years.
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Renew village centres as
part of the Albert-Eden Transformation Programme - by bringing forward funding from the Albert-Eden
Transformation Programme (currently funded in FYs 18, 19, 20 and 21 to
improve Pt Chevalier, Greenwoods Corner and Sandringham village centres.
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Local Planning and
Development
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living.
(71 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Board has prioritised three of our village centres as having high needs
for renewal.
All three are nodes for growth, and require renewal to retain and capture
new economic and employment benefits, and foster community led development.
The projects are as follows:
(a) Community-led planning and development of Sandringham village: to be
used as a pilot project for neighbourhood planning in Auckland (a mayoral
priority in the LTP).
(b) Pt. Chevalier centre (located in the Inner West Triangle). This centre
has suffered as a result of the St Lukes Mall development. An upgrade is
needed to counter the planned expansion of the mall. Pt. Chevalier has been
highlighted as a spatial priority as part of the Inner West Triangle.
(c) Greenwoods Corner: the community is very involved in defining the scope
of the renewal and has developed a detailed architectural plan for the
redevelopment of the area.
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Funding has been included
in the LTP as follows: FY 18 - $1.5m, FY19 - $3m, FY20 $1.8m and FY21
$2.6m.
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Retain sportsfields capacity development funding - where work is already underway, such as:
a) Fowlds Park, Nixon Park and Phyllis Reserve (see below);
b) Phyllis Reserve - retain funding in the LTP to ensure that the NZTA SH20
mitigation funds are invested in their totality (as Phyllis Reserve will
require funding from the governing body).
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Children and Young
People - Dramatically accelerate the prospects of Auckland's children and
young people.
(85 per cent support for improving parks: LTP feedback)
The Albert Eden Local Board has a serious shortfall in sport field
capacity. Albert-Eden has Auckland’s lowest levels of open space provision,
with only 2.8 hectares per 1000 residents. The three areas with the largest
identified shortfall in the region are all located in Albert-Eden.
With no sportsfields upgrades delivered in Albert-Eden under the SFC
Programme to date, and a fast growing population, the current shortfall in
sportsfields hours is worsening and needs addressing with urgency.
Significant council and community investment has already gone into planning
for these three parks.
The planned and approved upgrade of Phyllis Reserve mitigates the loss of
Waterview Reserve. As a jointly funded project, we would like to ensure
that funding currently included in the Mayor's proposal is retained in the
final version of the LTP.
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Not funded in draft LTP.
However, the board have since received advice signalling that these
projects will in fact be funded as part of the sportsfield capacity
programme.
Phyllis Reserve - TBC
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Ensure adequate funding to
develop the initial stages of Chamberlain Park - to retain golfing facilities while providing new
sporting, recreational and cultural facilities, and cycling and walking
paths.
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Environment - Strongly
commit to environmental action and green growth
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
Albert Eden has a serious shortfall in terms of sportsfield capacity. To
address this shortfall, the Board is investigating alternative uses for the
Chamberlin Park Golf Course.
A master plan being prepared in 2014/15-2015/16 will outline options for
the future development of the Park, including improved facilities and a
range of recreational activities, such as sportsfields and reconfigured
golf.
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Establish a comprehensive
Resource Recovery Centre (or hub) for central Auckland- drawing on the scoping research and a business
plan developed in collaboration with Waitemata and Puketapapa Local Boards.
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Environmental Management
and Regulation
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Environment - Strongly
commit to environmental action and green growth
(81 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Regional Strategy and Policy
Committee has recently approved the strategic direction, budgets (subject
to the 2015-2025 LTP) and site selection criteria for community recycling
centres to enable the full delivery of the Resource Recovery Network.
We would like to ensure that the full delivery of a resource recovery
centre in the central isthmus is prioritised within the first three years
of the LTP, as it leaves a large gap in the network.
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TBC
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Appropriately fund the
Maunga Authority - provide on-going
funding for the Maunga Authority to ensure acceptable levels of
maintenance, renewals and improvements are made.
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Maori Wellbeing -
Significantly lift Maori social and economic well-being
Environment - Strongly commit to environmental action and green growth
The Maunga Authority must be funded at a level that prevents further
deterioration in the maunga. Maunga are invaluable in cultural, geological
and archaeological terms, and are critical parts of Auckland's identity and
heritage.
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TBC - Note: this is a
regionally tagged budget
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Progress the Greenways
project - by creating a regional
capital fund to fund the implementation of local walking, cycling,
ecological and bridle connections for local Greenways Plans across
Auckland.
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Environment - Strongly commit to environmental action and green
growth
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
(82 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The local board wants to provide a safe and comprehensive network of
cycling and walking connections in its area requiring further investment
over the next ten years.
A review by the Albert Eden Youth Board and the Waitemata Youth Collective
showed that youth - the future of Auckland - want more money spent on
walking and cycling.
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TBC
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Ensure quality
intensification for Albert Eden -
managing growth in accordance with excellent design principles and heritage
consideration.
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
It is critical to the Council's credibility that intensification be high
quality in terms of urban design, given the undertakings made during the
Unitary Plan process.
However, to ensure high quality urban design, Auckland Council must
adequately resource the functions that support this.
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TBC
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Ensure adequate funding is
set aside in the latter years of the LTP to retain a functioning Aquatics
Centre in Albert Eden.
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Environmental Management
and Regulation
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
Children and Young People - Dramatically accelerate the prospects of
Auckland's children and young people
The Facilities Network Plan identifies a gap for aquatic and leisure
facilities in the western corridor running from Mt Eden to Glen Eden.
Remedial works on the pool will start shortly.
However, this 'remedial work' only provides a short-term solution. The
Board is advocating that sufficient funds be put aside in the latter years
of the LTP to ensure that the Albert-Eden community continues to have
access to well-functioning aquatic facilities.
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There needs to be funding
for the development of a new pool in the LTP in the outer years.
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Ensure adequate
Development Contributions - to cover
growth in Urban Areas.
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Auckland Development
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
The local board would like the governing body to consider funding for
assets in existing urban areas in the light of the legislative constraints
related to the use of development contribution
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NA
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Retain the Central Joint
Funding Committee and its legacy
funding for accommodation support and community group assistance for the
central isthmus.
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Urban Living - Radically
improve the quality of urban living
The Board notes that if the funding isn’t retained for the central isthmus
community groups face a $1.5 million shortfall in funding opportunities
from 2015/2016.
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$1.5m
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Request that the Governing
Body authorise a change to the Albert-Eden Asset-Based-Services (ABS)
Public Art budget - to move the
budget to the Town Centre Transformation budget.
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Only the governing body can make decisions on ABS budgets. The Board
wish to make this change in response to significant feedback from the
community regarding public art. The Board wish to reassure the community
that the term 'public art', not only refers to traditional public art, but
also creative urban design interventions that are usable/functional etc.
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There is $163,000 in the
proposed Asset-based services budget in the proposed LTP for 2015/2016.
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Regional Advocacy – top four LTP
consultation topic
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Investing in Auckland
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board is prepared to accept a rates increase of up to 3.5% with the proviso
that council continues to identify savings (that don’t impact on levels of
service) to reduce the rates increase.
The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a more equitable balance of spending between regional and
local priorities, and a greater focus on achieving better value for its
investment and services.
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Undertake a review of
Auckland Council Governance and Support expenditure (and CCOs) in response
to significant public feedback and concern regarding costs (including a
review of the expenditure on Ports of Auckland).
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Fixing Transport
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a middle-way between the two proposed transport plans: one
that shifts the balance towards public transport more generally, but also
retains adequate investment in existing roading infrastructure, where the
aim is to enhance safety, optimise the network, or improve roads for all
users (buses, cyclists, and other vehicles).
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In so far as this requires
additional funding over and above the Basic Transport Plan, the Albert-Eden
Local Board supports funding this (smaller) gap entirely from a regional
fuel tax, as opposed to a fuel tax plus rates as proposed in the draft LTP.
Fuel prices are currently low which makes it a good time to levy the tax
which would be a fraction of the natural variation in petrol prices faced
by consumers.
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports light rail. Roads such as Dominion Road, leading into
Symonds Street, are already close to capacity at peak times. Light rail
potentially offers an efficient, attractive and cost effective solution to
current capacity issues and will provide for future growth.
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Your rates
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Support keeping the UAGC
at $385.
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Support a pause on
business rate decreases for one LTP cycle and requests that a review is
undertaken in the interim to determine the benefits and costs of lower
rates for businesses.
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Support advocacy to
central government that the rates rebate be automatically applied for
people whose income falls under the threshold (which means there is no need
to apply).
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a cap of 10% on rates increases for the 2015-2016 financial
year.
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Housing and Development
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Support the creation of
Development Auckland.
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Council Control Organisation (CCO)
priorities
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Advocacy request
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CCO
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Why is it a priority?
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Dominion Road Upgrade
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AT - Roads
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Public Transport - Move
to outstanding public transport within one network.
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living.
The Dominion Road Corridor upgrade presents an opportunity to improve the
amenity value of, and add interest to, the local board area. The Board
supports the retention of funding and continuation of this project, and
wishes to see high quality and substantial improvements to the paving,
street furniture and lighting, and the impacts of construction on
businesses and residents minimised.
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Investigate Light Rail
feasibility
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AT - Public transport
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Public Transport - Move
to outstanding public transport within one network
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
The local board notes that in the RLTP document, Light Rail is suggested
for: Dominion Road, Sandringham Road, Manukau Road, Mt Eden Road, Symonds
St and Queen St. This has a major impact on the Albert-Eden area.
The local board recognises that there could be exceptionally positive
outcomes if light rail is designed and implemented on these corridors, but
is conscious that parking along these roads will come under increased pressure
to be removed. There is a need to ensure an adequate budget is in place to
provide reasonable short and long term mitigation of removed parking along
arterials. This should commence with the implementation of consistent
parking regimes on the side roads of arterial routes and local centres. The
change in behaviour of commuters travelling through or to the local centres
impacted by light rail is difficult to assess. The local board welcomes
discussions on possible solutions should the Light Rail option be endorsed
by the Auckland Transport Board.
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Retain NZTA SH20
mitigation funds in the LTP - to
ensure that the funds are invested in their totality (as the SH20 shared
path project may require a top-up from Auckland Transport).
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AT - Roads
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Urban Living - Radically
improve the quality of urban living
The delivery of the SH20 Waterview shared path between Alan Wood Reserve,
Mt Albert and Great North Road, Waterview is a condition of the decision of
the Waterview motorway connection.
Funding by NZTA is capped at $8m. Auckland Transport agreed to top funding
to realise the shared path project. This funding needs to be retained.
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Other regional proposals – with local
impact
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Proposal
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Feedback
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Leverage efficiency and
cost benefits from the leisure network.
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Support in principle - but
more information required
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Remove some street gardens
which have high maintenance and safety costs compared to the benefit they
offer and replant some street gardens with low maintenance perennials.
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Support in principle -
subject to local board specific information; to be agreed by local boards
on a case-by-case basis
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Replace some shrubberies in local parks with grass and maintain
through mowing.
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Support in principle -
subject to local board specific information; to be agreed by local boards
on a case-by-case basis
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Greater use of sprays in
all parks, instead of mechanical means, for maintaining grass edges.
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Support in principle -
provided the spray is organic and non-toxic to humans and animals.
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Decommission some poorer
performance park assets and community facilities.
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Support in principle - but
based on local board input and priorities
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Increase revenue by
harmonising fees for cemetery and cremation services, introducing charges
for private access over local and sports parks and reviewing bach and
camping fees.
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With respect to the second
part of the proposal (e.g. private access over local and sports parks and
reviewing bach and camping fees) - support
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Introduce an event permit
fee for events held in open public spaces.
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Support - but for
commercial events only.
The Board also notes that this appears to conflict with the Empowered
Communities approach which is trying to encourage greater community
development. Events are an excellent catalyst for community development,
but permit fees and costs could put some organisers off.
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Growing levels of
community participation across the region.
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Insufficient information
for which to respond
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Communities contributing
towards the achievement of outcomes that meet their priorities.
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Insufficient information
for which to respond. However, the board request that this statement be
amended to say "Communities contributing towards the achievement of
outcomes that meet their priorities, consistent with the Local Board
Plan"
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Local prioritisation and
delivery.
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Insufficient information
for which to respond. However, the board request that this statement be
amended to say, "consistent with the Local Board Plan"
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Diverse community needs
being recognised and responded to effectively.
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Support in principle
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Council achieving better
outcomes, tailored to local community priorities.
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Support in principle
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A reduction in the cost to
deliver community development activity, over time.
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Support in principle - but
more information required
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A more targeted approach
to programmes and events in libraries.
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Do not support - what does
this mean? More information required
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Harmonise social housing
rentals across the regional based on a threshold of charging 30% of a
tenants pre-tax income.
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The Board support 25%
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Standardise community
library opening hours, including reducing central city library opening
hours to match those of our local community libraries.
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Support in principle to a
slight reduction in opening hours in the area's three libraries but needs
demand information to make a decision that reflects customers' preferences
Do not support the central library's hours being aligned with local
libraries.
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Reduce corporate library
information services and the opening hours for local history research
centres.
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The local board supports
efficiency gains in running the corporate library services. The local board
would like to see this service better marketed internally and to elected
members
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Increase the time taken to
deliver new library collection items onto the library shelves and introduce
a new fee when users do not pick up a request book from the library.
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Support
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Local board urban design
champion support – focus for urban design resources will be on supporting
the council’s priority areas, including spatial priorities.
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The local board is
strongly opposed to cuts in urban design advisory support outside spatial
priorities. During
consultation for the Unitary Plan, our residents have clearly expressed
their concerns with intensification as exemplified by low quality developments
in the CBD and CBD fringe. The council has a social obligation to ensure
that the communities' aspirations for a better built environment are met -
not just in the spatial priority areas but across the entire region.
In the draft LTP service level changes in December there was a proposal to
cut support for local boards for open space and area planning outside the
spatial priority areas. As this doesn't appear on the new list the Board
assumes that this proposal has been dropped, however it considers that this
support is a high priority and would not support any moves to reduce this
at any time.
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Community and cultural
policy development – focus to support council’s priority areas.
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Insufficient information
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Future marine spatial
plans – priority is to complete the Hauraki gulf Marine Spatial Plan but
work on marine spatial plans for the Manukau, Kaipara and Whangateau will
be deferred.
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Insufficient information
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Continue working closely
with community groups and iwi to improve water quality and biodiversity
(eg. Waicare programme).
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Support
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Implementation of
sustainable catchments programme.
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Support
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Tailoring of regional
programmes to educate and incentivise sustainable living (including
Retrofit Your Home).
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Support
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Ongoing delivery of local
board funded ecological restoration initiatives.
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Support
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Ongoing pest week and
animal control in local hot spots.
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Support
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d) supports regional grants funds
being established as part of the 2015-2025 Long-term Plan, conditional on
there being sufficient funds for all local grant schemes.
CARRIED
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Resolution number AE/2015/39
MOVED
by Deputy Chairperson GJ Fryer, seconded by Chairperson PD Haynes:
That the Albert-Eden Local
Board:
a)
receives the Albert-Eden Local Board advocacy and feedback on
the Long-term Plan 2015 – 2025 proposals report and the attached feedback
from Albert-Eden submitters on the draft Long-term Plan 2015 – 2025.
b)
delegates to the Chair the power to provide the board’s
feedback on the draft Long-term Plan 2015-2025 on behalf of the Albert-Eden
Local Board during the board’s upcoming discussions with the Auckland Council
Budget Committee to inform its decisions on 7-8 May 2015.
c)
confirms an updated list of Advocacy points for the discussions
with the Budget Committee on 24, 28 and 29 April as set out in the following
tables below:
Local Priorities:
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Advocacy request
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Activity area
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Why is it a priority?
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Funding implications or
options
|
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Renew Mt Albert Town Centre - ensure the completion of the Mt Albert Town Centre renewal
(public open space next to the rail station and streetscape improvements)
by retaining funding of $1.971m for 2015/2016 in the proposed LTP, along
with funding in the 2012-22 LTP for FYs 17 & 18.
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Local Planning and
Development
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Public Transport -
Move to outstanding public transport within one network.
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living.
(76 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Mt Albert Town Centre renewal provides a fantastic opportunity to leverage
the recent train station investment and increased public transport
patronage.
Auckland Council has acquired the ground lease to the land next to the
station and is soon to procure professional design services to develop a
public open space on and to improve streetscapes in the town centre.
The local board is investing $1.5 million for design, consultation and
consenting work this financial year.
After extensive consultation spanning over more than a decade, public
expectations are running high. In recent months the town centre has lost
its two largest employers and other longstanding businesses, so the need
for progress is urgent.
Public investment in the plaza and wider streetscape improvements through
the town centre are expected to provide a catalyst for private investment
and generate economic development and urban regeneration, making Mt Albert
a destination.
Mt Albert town centre has been highlighted as a spatial priority, as part
of the Inner West Triangle, in close proximity to the 'Mt Albert 1 SHA',
and to the soon-to-be redeveloped UNITEC site.
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$1.971 million deferred from the 2014/2015 local board budget to
2015/2016, but no funding for future years.
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Renew village centres
as part of the Albert-Eden Transformation Programme - by bringing forward funding from the Albert-Eden
Transformation Programme (currently funded in FYs 18, 19, 20 and 21 to
improve Pt Chevalier, Greenwoods Corner and Sandringham village centres.
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Local Planning and
Development
|
Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living.
(71 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Board has prioritised three of our village centres as having high needs
for renewal.
All three are nodes for growth, and require renewal to retain and capture
new economic and employment benefits, and foster community led development.
The projects are as follows:
(a) Community-led planning and development of Sandringham village: to be
used as a pilot project for neighbourhood planning in Auckland (a mayoral
priority in the LTP).
(b) Pt. Chevalier centre (located in the Inner West Triangle). This centre
has suffered as a result of the St Lukes Mall development. An upgrade is
needed to counter the planned expansion of the mall. Pt. Chevalier has been
highlighted as a spatial priority as part of the Inner West Triangle.
(c) Greenwoods Corner: the community is very involved in defining the scope
of the renewal and has developed a detailed architectural plan for the
redevelopment of the area.
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Funding has been
included in the LTP as follows: FY 18 - $1.5m, FY19 - $3m, FY20 $1.8m and
FY21 $2.6m.
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Retain sportsfields capacity development funding - where work is already underway, such as:
a) Fowlds Park, Nixon Park and Phyllis Reserve (see below);
b) Phyllis Reserve - retain funding in the LTP to ensure that the NZTA SH20
mitigation funds are invested in their totality (as Phyllis Reserve will
require funding from the governing body).
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Children and Young
People - Dramatically accelerate the prospects of Auckland's children and
young people.
(85 per cent support for improving parks: LTP feedback)
The Albert Eden Local Board has a serious shortfall in sport field
capacity. Albert-Eden has Auckland’s lowest levels of open space provision,
with only 2.8 hectares per 1000 residents. The three areas with the largest
identified shortfall in the region are all located in Albert-Eden.
With no sportsfields upgrades delivered in Albert-Eden under the SFC
Programme to date, and a fast growing population, the current shortfall in
sportsfields hours is worsening and needs addressing with urgency.
Significant council and community investment has already gone into planning
for these three parks.
The planned and approved upgrade of Phyllis Reserve mitigates the loss of
Waterview Reserve. As a jointly funded project, we would like to ensure
that funding currently included in the Mayor's proposal is retained in the
final version of the LTP.
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Not funded in draft
LTP. However, the board have since received advice signalling that these
projects will in fact be funded as part of the sportsfield capacity
programme.
Phyllis Reserve - TBC
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Ensure adequate funding
to develop the initial stages of Chamberlain Park - to retain golfing facilities while providing new
sporting, recreational and cultural facilities, and cycling and walking
paths.
|
Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Environment -
Strongly commit to environmental action and green growth
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
Albert Eden has a serious shortfall in terms of sportsfield capacity. To
address this shortfall, the Board is investigating alternative uses for the
Chamberlin Park Golf Course.
A master plan being prepared in 2014/15-2015/16 will outline options for
the future development of the Park, including improved facilities and a
range of recreational activities, such as sportsfields and reconfigured
golf.
|
|
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Establish a
comprehensive Resource Recovery Centre (or hub) for central Auckland- drawing on the scoping research and a business plan
developed in collaboration with Waitemata and Puketapapa Local Boards.
|
Environmental
Management and Regulation
|
Environment -
Strongly commit to environmental action and green growth
(81 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The Regional Strategy and
Policy Committee has recently approved the strategic direction, budgets
(subject to the 2015-2025 LTP) and site selection criteria for community
recycling centres to enable the full delivery of the Resource Recovery
Network.
We would like to ensure that the full delivery of a resource recovery
centre in the central isthmus is prioritised within the first three years
of the LTP, as it leaves a large gap in the network.
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TBC
|
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Appropriately fund the
Maunga Authority - provide
on-going funding for the Maunga Authority to ensure acceptable levels of
maintenance, renewals and improvements are made.
|
Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Maori Wellbeing -
Significantly lift Maori social and economic well-being
Environment - Strongly commit to environmental action and green growth
The Maunga Authority must be funded at a level that prevents further
deterioration in the maunga. Maunga are invaluable in cultural, geological
and archaeological terms, and are critical parts of Auckland's identity and
heritage.
|
TBC - Note: this is a
regionally tagged budget
|
|
Progress the Greenways
project - by creating a
regional capital fund to fund the implementation of local walking, cycling,
ecological and bridle connections for local Greenways Plans across
Auckland.
|
Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Environment - Strongly commit to environmental
action and green growth
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
(82 per cent support: LTP feedback)
The local board wants to provide a safe and comprehensive network of cycling
and walking connections in its area requiring further investment over the
next ten years.
A review by the Albert Eden Youth Board and the Waitemata Youth Collective
showed that youth - the future of Auckland - want more money spent on
walking and cycling.
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TBC
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Ensure quality
intensification for Albert Eden
- managing growth in accordance with excellent design principles and
heritage consideration.
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
It is critical to the Council's credibility that intensification be high
quality in terms of urban design, given the undertakings made during the
Unitary Plan process.
However, to ensure high quality urban design, Auckland Council must
adequately resource the functions that support this.
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TBC
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Ensure adequate funding
is set aside in the latter years of the LTP to retain a functioning
Aquatics Centre in Albert Eden.
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Environmental
Management and Regulation
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
Children and Young People - Dramatically accelerate the prospects of
Auckland's children and young people
The Facilities Network Plan identifies a gap for aquatic and leisure
facilities in the western corridor running from Mt Eden to Glen Eden.
Remedial works on the pool will start shortly.
However, this 'remedial work' only provides a short-term solution. The
Board is advocating that sufficient funds be put aside in the latter years
of the LTP to ensure that the Albert-Eden community continues to have
access to well-functioning aquatic facilities.
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There needs to be
funding for the development of a new pool in the LTP in the outer years.
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Ensure adequate
Development Contributions - to
cover growth in Urban Areas.
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Auckland Development
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
The local board would like the governing body to consider funding for
assets in existing urban areas in the light of the legislative constraints
related to the use of development contribution
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NA
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Retain the Central
Joint Funding Committee and its
legacy funding for accommodation support and community group assistance for
the central isthmus.
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Parks, Community and
Lifestyle
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
The Board notes that if the funding isn’t retained for the central isthmus
community groups face a $1.5 million shortfall in funding opportunities
from 2015/2016.
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$1.5m
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Request that the
Governing Body authorise a change to the Albert-Eden Asset-Based-Services
(ABS) Public Art budget - to
move the budget to the Town Centre Transformation budget.
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Only the governing body can make decisions on ABS budgets. The Board
wish to make this change in response to significant feedback from the
community regarding public art. The Board wish to reassure the community
that the term 'public art', not only refers to traditional public art, but
also creative urban design interventions that are usable/functional etc.
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There is $163,000 in
the proposed Asset-based services budget in the proposed LTP for 2015/2016.
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Regional Advocacy – top
four LTP consultation topic
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Investing in
Auckland
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board is prepared to accept a rates increase of up to 3.5% with the proviso
that council continues to identify savings (that don’t impact on levels of
service) to reduce the rates increase.
The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a more equitable balance of spending between regional and
local priorities, and a greater focus on achieving better value for its
investment and services.
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Undertake a review of
Auckland Council Governance and Support expenditure (and CCOs) in response
to significant public feedback and concern regarding costs (including a
review of the expenditure on Ports of Auckland).
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Fixing Transport
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a middle-way between the two proposed transport plans: one
that shifts the balance towards public transport more generally, but also
retains adequate investment in existing roading infrastructure, where the
aim is to enhance safety, optimise the network, or improve roads for all users
(buses, cyclists, and other vehicles).
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In so far as this
requires additional funding over and above the Basic Transport Plan, the
Albert-Eden Local Board supports funding this (smaller) gap entirely from a
regional fuel tax, as opposed to a fuel tax plus rates as proposed in the
draft LTP. Fuel prices are currently low which makes it a good time to levy
the tax which would be a fraction of the natural variation in petrol prices
faced by consumers.
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports light rail. Roads such as Dominion Road, leading into
Symonds Street, are already close to capacity at peak times. Light rail
potentially offers an efficient, attractive and cost effective solution to
current capacity issues and will provide for future growth.
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Your rates
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Support keeping the
UAGC at $385.
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Support a pause on
business rate decreases for one LTP cycle and requests that a review is
undertaken in the interim to determine the benefits and costs of lower
rates for businesses.
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Support advocacy to
central government that the rates rebate be automatically applied for
people whose income falls under the threshold (which means there is no need
to apply).
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The Albert-Eden Local
Board supports a cap of 10% on rates increases for the 2015-2016 financial
year.
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Housing and
Development
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Support the creation of
Development Auckland.
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Council Control
Organisation (CCO) priorities
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Advocacy request
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CCO
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Why is it a priority?
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Dominion Road Upgrade
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AT - Roads
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Public Transport -
Move to outstanding public transport within one network.
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living.
The Dominion Road Corridor upgrade presents an opportunity to improve the
amenity value of, and add interest to, the local board area. The Board
supports the retention of funding and continuation of this project, and
wishes to see high quality and substantial improvements to the paving,
street furniture and lighting, and the impacts of construction on
businesses and residents minimised.
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Investigate Light Rail
feasibility
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AT - Public transport
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Public Transport -
Move to outstanding public transport within one network
Urban Living - Radically improve the quality of urban living
The local board notes that in the RLTP document, Light Rail is suggested
for: Dominion Road, Sandringham Road, Manukau Road, Mt Eden Road, Symonds
St and Queen St. This has a major impact on the Albert-Eden area.
The local board recognises that there could be exceptionally positive
outcomes if light rail is designed and implemented on these corridors, but
is conscious that parking along these roads will come under increased
pressure to be removed. There is a need to ensure an adequate budget is in
place to provide reasonable short and long term mitigation of removed
parking along arterials. This should commence with the implementation of
consistent parking regimes on the side roads of arterial routes and local
centres. The change in behaviour of commuters travelling through or to the
local centres impacted by light rail is difficult to assess. The local
board welcomes discussions on possible solutions should the Light Rail
option be endorsed by the Auckland Transport Board.
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Retain NZTA SH20
mitigation funds in the LTP -
to ensure that the funds are invested in their totality (as the SH20 shared
path project may require a top-up from Auckland Transport).
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AT - Roads
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Urban Living -
Radically improve the quality of urban living
The delivery of the SH20 Waterview shared path between Alan Wood Reserve,
Mt Albert and Great North Road, Waterview is a condition of the decision of
the Waterview motorway connection.
Funding by NZTA is capped at $8m. Auckland Transport agreed to top funding
to realise the shared path project. This funding needs to be retained.
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Other regional proposals –
with local impact
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Proposal
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Feedback
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Leverage efficiency and
cost benefits from the leisure network.
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Support in principle -
but more information required
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Remove some street
gardens which have high maintenance and safety costs compared to the
benefit they offer and replant some street gardens with low maintenance
perennials.
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Support in principle -
subject to local board specific information; to be agreed by local boards
on a case-by-case basis
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Replace some shrubberies in local parks with grass and maintain
through mowing.
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Support in principle -
subject to local board specific information; to be agreed by local boards
on a case-by-case basis
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Greater use of sprays
in all parks, instead of mechanical means, for maintaining grass edges.
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Support in principle -
provided the spray is organic and non-toxic to humans and animals.
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Decommission some
poorer performance park assets and community facilities.
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Support in principle -
but based on local board input and priorities
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Increase revenue by
harmonising fees for cemetery and cremation services, introducing charges
for private access over local and sports parks and reviewing bach and
camping fees.
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With respect to the
second part of the proposal (e.g. private access over local and sports
parks and reviewing bach and camping fees) - support
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Introduce an event
permit fee for events held in open public spaces.
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Support - but for
commercial events only.
The Board also notes that this appears to conflict with the Empowered
Communities approach which is trying to encourage greater community
development. Events are an excellent catalyst for community development,
but permit fees and costs could put some organisers off.
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Growing levels of
community participation across the region.
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Insufficient
information for which to respond
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Communities
contributing towards the achievement of outcomes that meet their
priorities.
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Insufficient
information for which to respond. However, the board request that this
statement be amended to say "Communities contributing towards the
achievement of outcomes that meet their priorities, consistent with the
Local Board Plan"
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Local prioritisation
and delivery.
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Insufficient
information for which to respond. However, the board request that this
statement be amended to say, "consistent with the Local Board
Plan"
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Diverse community needs
being recognised and responded to effectively.
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Support in principle
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Council achieving
better outcomes, tailored to local community priorities.
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Support in principle
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A reduction in the cost
to deliver community development activity, over time.
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Support in principle -
but more information required
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A more targeted
approach to programmes and events in libraries.
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Do not support - what
does this mean? More information required
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Harmonise social
housing rentals across the regional based on a threshold of charging 30%
of a tenants pre-tax income.
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The Board support 25%
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Standardise community
library opening hours, including reducing central city library opening
hours to match those of our local community libraries.
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Support in principle to
a slight reduction in opening hours in the area's three libraries but needs
demand information to make a decision that reflects customers' preferences
Do not support the central library's hours being aligned with local
libraries.
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Reduce corporate
library information services and the opening hours for local history
research centres.
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The local board
supports efficiency gains in running the corporate library services. The
local board would like to see this service better marketed internally and
to elected members
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Increase the time taken
to deliver new library collection items onto the library shelves and
introduce a new fee when users do not pick up a request book from the
library.
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Support
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Local board urban
design champion support – focus for urban design resources will be on
supporting the council’s priority areas, including spatial priorities.
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The local board is
strongly opposed to cuts in urban design advisory support outside spatial
priorities. During
consultation for the Unitary Plan, our residents have clearly expressed
their concerns with intensification as exemplified by low quality
developments in the CBD and CBD fringe. The council has a social obligation
to ensure that the communities' aspirations for a better built environment
are met - not just in the spatial priority areas but across the entire
region.
In the draft LTP service level changes in December there was a proposal to
cut support for local boards for open space and area planning outside the
spatial priority areas. As this doesn't appear on the new list the Board
assumes that this proposal has been dropped, however it considers that this
support is a high priority and would not support any moves to reduce this
at any time.
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Community and cultural
policy development – focus to support council’s priority areas.
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Insufficient
information
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Future marine spatial
plans – priority is to complete the Hauraki gulf Marine Spatial Plan but
work on marine spatial plans for the Manukau, Kaipara and Whangateau will
be deferred.
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Insufficient
information
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Continue working
closely with community groups and iwi to improve water quality and
biodiversity (eg. Waicare programme).
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Support
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Implementation of
sustainable catchments programme.
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Support
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Tailoring of regional
programmes to educate and incentivise sustainable living (including
Retrofit Your Home).
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Support
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Ongoing delivery of
local board funded ecological restoration initiatives.
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Support
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Ongoing pest week and
animal control in local hot spots.
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Support
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d)
supports regional grants funds being established as part of the
2015-2025 Long-term Plan, conditional on there being sufficient funds for all
local grant schemes.
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