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Resolution number MT/2015/50
MOVED
by Chairperson SD Randall, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CL Makoare:
That the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
Local Board:
a) receives
the feedback on the long-term plan 2015-2025 proposals
b) notes
that the board will make decisions on its local budget in view of submissions
received at its additional meeting on 16 June 2015
c) confirms
the following advocacy points for the discussions with the Budget Committee
on 24, 28 and 29 April:
i) More
investment in the greenways network – a walking, cycling and ecological
pathway connecting people to local destinations.
ii) Improvements
to the cluster of community buildings in Glen Innes (Library, CAB, Plunket,
Marae and community hall) to enable these buildings to serve the community
better.
iii) Hydrodynamic
modelling of the Manukau Harbour to enhance understanding of the harbour and
recognise its importance.
iv) Explore
the reopening to the public and possible future redevelopment of the Onehunga
Wharf.
v) Allocation
of discretionary capital budgets to local boards to enable them to deliver
the projects their communities want to see happen locally and respond more
effectively to local needs.
d) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal for overall average general rates increase
of 3.5% that 52% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki who provided
feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation did not support this
proposal, with 78% indicating support for a rates rise lower than 3.5%
e) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal asking people to indicate their preference
for the proposed Basic Transport Network or the Auckland Plan Transport
Network that:
i)
50% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
who provided feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation indicated a
preference for the Auckland Plan Transport Network compared with 33% who
indicated a preference for the Basic Transport Network.
ii)
In its 2015 Regional Land Transport
Programme submission the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board indicated that
it supports a higher level of investment in transport than can be provided
for through the Basic Transport Network but believes that the Auckland Plan
Transport Network requires further refinement and potential removal of currently
included projects. The board indicated a preference for a middle-ground
approach with a greater emphasis on investment in public transport, walking
and cycling.
f) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal asking people to indicate their preference
for a motorway user charge or a fuel tax plus 1% rates rise to fund the extra
investment required to deliver the Auckland Plan Transport network that:
i) 38% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki who provided
feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation indicated a preference
for the motorway user charge compared with 33% who indicated a preference for
the fuel tax plus 1% rates rise.
ii) In its
2015 Regional Land Transport Programme submission the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
Local Board did not adopt a particular view on this proposal but indicated
that it was generally supportive of shifting the funding burden to sources of
revenue other than rates, particularly those methods that support positive
changes to behavior, and that it generally supports ongoing investigation and
consideration of all possible funding mechanisms to enable a greater level of
transport investment than that outlined in the Basic Transport Programme.
g) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal asking people whether they support Auckland
Council replacing two existing Council Controlled Organisations (Auckland
Waterfront Development Agency Limited and Auckland Council Property Limited)
with a new development agency that:
i) 52% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki who provided
feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation supported this proposal
while 32% opposed it.
ii) At its business meeting of 21 October 2014 the
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board resolved to support the proposal to
create a new Council Controlled Organisation to drive the delivery of the
development and urban improvement goals of the Auckland Plan, but also
recommended that the governing body consider the following in respect of this
proposal:
1.
the role and decision-making
responsibilities of local boards in place making and place shaping
2.
the need to ensure good community
outcomes and that investment in community facilities and open space and other
social priorities are accorded as much importance as hard infrastructure
planning and delivery
3.
the need to ensure that the need to
progress development at pace does not override the need to protect Auckland’s
built heritage and natural environment.
h) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal asking people what level of Uniform Annual
General Charge (UAGC) they support that:
i) 55% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki who provided
feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation favoured keeping the UAGC
at $385, 21% favoured reducing it and 17% favoured increasing it.
ii) At its business meeting of 21 October 2014 the
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board noted that the UAGC can be used as a
tool to moderate the impact of the revaluation and requests that sufficient
modelling be available to support the public consultation process.
i) notes with regard to the
regional Long-term Plan proposal asking whether people support the proposal
to reduce business rates from 32.8% of all rates to 25.8% over 10 years that:
i) 65% of people from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki who provided
feedback as part of the Long-term Plan consultation opposed this proposal.
ii) At its business meeting of 21 October 2014 the
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board resolved to support a reduction in the
level of the business differential, but recommended that the transition
toward the eventual differential of 1.7 be managed over a longer period to
take into account the impact of the affordability of rates on households due
to the 2014 revaluation as well as the level of average rate increases proposed
on an annual basis.
j) delegates authority to the
chairperson of the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board to represent the
board’s views on any new or emerging issues that may arise in the remaining
stages of the Long-term Plan 2015-2025 process.
CARRIED
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