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Resolution number DT/2016/33
MOVED
by Chairperson J Bergin, seconded by Member AP Roe:
That the Devonport-Takapuna
Local Board:
a)
support the BID Policy 2016 with the following provisos:
Local board roles and responsibilities
i)
supports the greater clarity provided about the role of local
board representatives on business improvement district (BID) programme
boards, but notes that most of the relevant content is not included in the
policy but in the operating standards, and therefore suggests that the
principles of the role of local board representatives be included in the
policy;
ii)
asks that reference to a requirement for key performance
indicators (KPI) be included in the draft BID Policy 2016 as it was in the
BID Policy (2011), rather than in the operating standards, as a requirement
for KPIs is an important policy principle;
iii)
asks that the policy relating to KPIs requires them to be
meaningful, measureable, and aligned to achieving the outcomes in the
business association’s strategic plan;
iv)
requests clarity as to the role of the local board with respect
to the 3-5 strategic planning process on page 22 of the draft BID Policy
document.
Accountability
v)
as a general principle, asks that business improvement district
(BID) programme compliance requirements are kept to the minimum necessary for
the partners to ensure the BID programme is operating successfully, and that
the word “must” be changed to “recommend” in relation to compliance
requirements, except where absolutely necessary;
vi)
asks for flexibility in how business association presentations
to the local board are handled so that briefings or portfolio meetings are
able to be used where appropriate, rather than it being a mandatory
requirement to report formally to the local board;
vii)
notes that the BID Policy (2011) acknowledges that local boards
are accountable to their constituents for the business improvement district (BID)
programme targeted rate money being spent as was intended and asks that this
principle is carried into the BID Policy (2016);
Other matters
viii)
asks the following benefits be added as part of a business
improvement district (BID) programme membership:
(i) governance training for
business association board members running business improvement district (BID)
programmes to provide business associations with the best possible skills to
run a successful BID programme; and
(ii) ongoing purchase of
Marketview data, as business associations need this support from council in
order to meet the common goals of local economic development, noting that
Auckland Council is much better placed to provide this information cost
effectively than individual business associations.
CARRIED
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