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Resolution number OR/2016/78
MOVED
by Chairperson DEC Simpson, seconded by Member T Churton:
That the Ōrākei
Local Board:
a)
agrees the following activity level Locally Driven Initiatives
(LDI) operational budgets for 2016/2017:
i. community services -
$443,000
ii. local environmental
management - $240,000
iii. local parks sport and
recreation - $468,000
iv. local planning and
development - $35,000.
b)
recommends that the following 2015/2016 Locally Driven
Initiatives (LDI) operating expenditure projects and their allocated budgets
be deferred to the 2016/2017 financial year:
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Resolution
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Project
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Amount to carry forward
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OR/2015/61
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Tahuna Torea Mangrove
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$60,000
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OR/2015/61
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OBAG
state of the basin/management plan revision
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$25,000
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OR/2015/75
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Meadowbank
Community Centre
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$15,000
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Total
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$100,000
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c)
agrees to convert $170,000 of its Locally Driven Initiatives
(LDI) operating expenditure budget to LDI capital expenditure to fund the
following 2016/2017 projects and commits to funding the associated
consequential operating costs of $170,000 per annum in perpetuity:
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Project
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2016/2017
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Develop new multi-use changing rooms and toilets
at Michaels Avenue Reserve
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$950,000
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Feeder links to the Ōrākei Spine
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$750,000
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Total
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$1,700,000
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d)
advocates to the Governing Body to release $500,000 from the
former Auckland City Council Parking Fund Reserve for the development of
Shore Road Reserve eastern car park.
e)
advocates to the Governing Body to release $250,000 from the
former Auckland City Council Parking Fund Reserve for the development of the Waiatarua
Reserve car park.
f)
agrees the following advocacy matters for discussion with the Governing
Body on 9 May 2016:
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Initiative/
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Description
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Advocating to
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Meadowbank
Community Centre
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In
the 2012-2022 Long-term Plan (LTP) the upgrade of the Meadowbank Community
Centre was scheduled for the 2016/2017 financial year. This was widely
consulted on and our community was very supportive of this upgrade.
However, through the development of the 2015-25 LTP the upgrade was pushed
out to 2020/2021 despite strong advocacy from the Board and community.
The
upgrade has continually been a Board priority for the five years of
Auckland Council. The facility was not fit for purpose since well before
the amalgamation and has deteriorated considerably over the last few years.
Demand has increased and the building is at capacity. Renovations and
renewals were deferred due to cost and uncertainty regarding the building’s
redevelopment.
During
the 2015-2025 LTP process, the Governing Body resolved that the Board could
use its Locally Driven Initiatives (LDI) operating expenditure funding to
bring forward the upgrade to 2016/2017. The Board has considered this
option and notes that taking this option would lock in a quarter of its LDI
operating expenditure budget for the next four years. This would adversely
affect the funding available for local community programmes and severely
constrain the funding available to the incoming Board.
The
Board has considered using its LDI capital expenditure budget to bring
forward the upgrade, but this would use the total LDI capital expenditure
budget for both the 2013-2016 and 2016-2019 electoral terms.
In
light of the above, the Board considers using either LDI options as poor
governance and therefore requests the Governing Body to bring forward the
upgrade to 2016/2017 as originally planned in the 2012-2022 LTP.
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Governing Body
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Progressing
the Tamaki Drive Masterplan
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The
development of the harbour side of Tamaki Drive, to increase the width of
the road corridor to separate pedestrians and cyclists from cars and buses improving
the overall safety for all users of the road corridor is a priority project
from the widely consulted on Tamaki Drive Masterplan.
The
community has expressed strong support for the project through past
consultation on the 2015/2025 LTP, the Ōrākei Local Board Plan
and the Tamaki Drive Masterplan. In addition, there was very strong support
for this initiative from the 2016/2017 Annual Plan feedback.
The
Board requests that the Governing Body:
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allocates funding in 2016/2017 to commence the planning
for the development of the harbour side of Tamaki Drive to increase the
width of the road corridor to separate pedestrians and cyclists from cars
and buses improving the overall safety for all users of the road corridor,
by reallocating funding for this from the lowest regional priorities.
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urgently requests that Auckland Transport undertake the
work in conjunction with the upgrade of the Tamaki/Ngapipi intersection
and/or the works to raise Tamaki Drive to address on-going flooding issues
between the Ngapipi intersection and Solent Street.
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Governing
Body/Auckland Transport
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Integration of Orakei Spine Connections and Pourewa Valley
Projects
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The change by Ministry of Education in 2015 to define the zoning
of Selwyn College to include the suburb of Meadowbank and the existing zone
of St Thomas’s School along with the confirmation of a funded plan to build
a shared path between Glen Innes and Tamaki Drive (Ōrākei Spine),
has given rise to an urgent requirement to coordinate various large numbers
of submissions and advocacy projects that the Ōrākei Local Board
have received over the past five years.
The Board list four interrelated projects that need to be
considered in a coordinated manner:
i.
Pedestrian and cycling connections
between the Gowing Drive area and the north side of the Pourewa Valley to
connect the residents of Gowing Drive with Selwyn College and St Thomas’s
School.
ii. Providing a critically essential link to an off road north to
south connection for the Ōrākei Local Board’s Greenways plan for
a Ellerslie to Kohimarama Greenway path.
iii. Providing a link to the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive shared path
for residents in the Gowing Drive area.
iv. Planning for a future Pourewa Valley train station that takes
into account the potential increase of passengers that would come from
Meadowbank residents having an easily accessible connection with the
station.
An opportunity currently exists to purchase a property in Gowing
Drive that contains only one residential building (all other properties in
Gowing Drive involve three or four homes) that could provide a realistic
option to provide a north/south link to service the above projects. The Ōrākei
Local Board maintains that a change to the plans for the proposed route of
the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive shared path that currently has the path on
the north side of the rail line at the Pourewa cemetery, could eliminate
the need for a bridge over the rail line at the western edge of the
cemetery and the construction of an elevated boardwalk on the northern side
of the rail line. The change would require an upgraded pathway through the
cemetery and the acquisition of properties in Gowing Drive and Tipene
Place plus the construction of an underpass under the rail line off Gowing
Drive. The cost of these changes could be cost neutral when land not
required for pathways is eventually sold and the cost of bridges and
elevated pathways are taken out of the Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive shared
path project.
The Ōrākei Local Board requests that the above
proposals be urgently considered by Auckland Council and Auckland Transport
and that a budget of $2 million be allocated in the 2016/2017 budgets for
property purchases and planning before the opportunity to satisfy the four
objectives is lost.
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Governing Body/Auckland Transport
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Retention of non-service property as
recreation open space - 400 St Johns Road
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Auckland Council considered its role
in the provision of equestrian facilities in December 2012 and resolved
that Council's primary role in the provision of equestrian facilities is to
make Council owned land available on a community lease to pony club and
Riding for New Zealand Disabled organisations at a local level, where
suitable.
An opportunity exists for Auckland
Council to retain land at 400 St Johns Road, St Johns, currently designated
for transport purposes, and reclassify it for recreation purposes to enable
the provision of local equestrian facilities.
The Board requests that the
Governing Body directs Pānuku Development Auckland and Parks, Sports
and Recreation to develop a business case for retaining 400 St Johns Road,
St Johns as recreation open space once Auckland Transport has indicated
that the site is surplus to its needs.
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Governing Body
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Central
Facilities Partnership Fund
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Since 2010, the Central
Facilities Partnership Committee (CFPC) allocated $10 million which was
leveraged to provide community projects with a total value of $45 million.
This community-led approach was consistent with the empowered communities’
philosophy and has been an effective approach to provide facility provision
across the central isthmus.
Prior to the 2015-25 Long-term
Plan (LTP) the Board had approximately $1.3 million of annual discretionary
capital (approximately $600,000 from the CFPC and $700,000 Small Local
Improvements capital funding). The Board now only has a capital budget of
$510,000 per annum to deliver in both of these areas, noting this is a
reduction of $790,000 per annum.
The Ōrākei Local Board
requests that the Governing Body allocates $4 million to the seven central
local boards, so that they can contribute towards an overall budget for the
Central Facilities Partnership Committee to provide facility partnerships
to community groups. This will go some way to addressing the drop in
funding for Local Boards as part of the 2015-25 LTP.
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Governing Body
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Rates
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Uniform Annual General Charge (UAGC)
Ōrākei Local Board remains the highest residential
rate paying local board area in the city. A clear message from our
community is that the rates burden is a significant issue for residents
throughout our area.
Of the responses received seeking a change to the UAGC, 24 per
cent indicated the UAGC should change to $650.
The Board would be prepared to support a minimum UAGC rate of
$450.
Interim Transport Levy (ITL)
The Ōrākei Local Board does not support the ITL unless
the benefits to its area can be demonstrated by way of the Board’s
transport advocacy projects being supported by the Governing Body.
If the ITL continues to be charged, the feedback received to the
Ōrākei Board indicated a preference for increasing the portion
paid by business ratepayers and that this should be based on property
value.
The Ōrākei Local Board considers that the regional
consultation topics for the Annual Plan 2016/2017 were lacking as they did
not ask Aucklanders whether they wished the ITL to remain.
Farm and Lifestyle Rates
The feedback received recommends that the differential paid by
rural properties over 50 hectares should remain as it is.
Māori Freehold Land Rates
The Ōrākei Local Board considers that the Annual Plan
2016/2017 was lacking in its consultation as the Annual Plan did not
consider the rating policy for other land with restrictions on its use.
The feedback received recommends that rates paid for Māori
freehold land should remain as they are and not be reduced.
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Governing Body
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CARRIED
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