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Resolution
number HM/2015/66
MOVED by Member BA Brady, seconded by Chairperson
VS Neeson:
That the Henderson-Massey
Local Board:
a)
Supports
the Empowered Communities approach in principle.
b)
Supports
the 3 part model (community brokers, community services hub and Auckland-wide
response) in principle.
c)
Considers
it should be clear the model is local board centric and have as its purpose
implementing the community services activities of the 21 local boards.
d)
Proposes local
board plans are the principal plans to be implemented through the Empowered
Communities approach, underpinned by the Thriving Communities Action Plan.
e)
Supports
funding the Auckland wide response unit from the Community Development and
Safety Department’s regional budget.
f)
Supports
a funding cap of one-quarter of an individual local board’s community
services support budget being available to fund the community services hub.
g)
Supports
the local boards’ community services support budgets being used predominately
to support activities that deliver the community services outcomes of local
board plans.
h)
Notes
that there are external organisations with skills to build community capacity
and capability in community organisations and Auckland Council should not
duplicate these services.
i)
Supports
the co-location of local community brokers in local board offices.
j)
Supports
the proposed flexibility in the approach to support individual local boards.
k)
Requires
a strategic broker FTE of at least two people located in the Henderson-Massey
local board office.
l)
Is
concerned about travelling time being a downtime for the community service hub
that has to be absorbed by local boards.
m) CARRIED
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