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Whau Local
Board
20 April 2016
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Third Quarter
Whau Local Board work programme review
File No.: CP2016/06932
Purpose
1. This report seeks the Whau Local
Board’s confirmation of additions and changes to the adopted work programmes.
Executive
Summary
2. The Whau Local Board adopted
departmental work programmes including budget allocations for the 2015/16 year.
Regular quarterly performance reports provide an opportunity for the Whau Local
Board to review progress and respond to changes in activity.
3. This report proposes additions
and changes to the adopted work programmes and allocations of budget to deliver
on the local board plan and its priorities.
4. The Nine Month Performance
Report has identified unallocated operational budget in the following areas:
· Community
Group Assistance $56,000
· Community
Response Operating Fund $9,000
· Greenways
plans $12,000
· New
Lynn Metro Development Projects $10,000
· Civic
Functions $5,000
5. In consultation with staff the
following is therefore proposed.
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Project
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Background
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Allocation
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Publication of an Avondale
Advance in June
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The Board has prioritised “outstanding
development in New Lynn and Avondale and along our main roads”.
Many developments are moving
forward in Avondale including new housing, a new basketball court and the
community facility and programmes study will have developed some options. The
Board is keen that residents of Avondale are kept aware of what is happening
in their area.
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$16,000 from Community Group
Assistance
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Additional Closed Circuit
Television Cameras in New Lynn
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“Our communities are tidy
and safe” is a key priority for the Local Board.
New Lynn Business Association
has requested grant assistance from the local board towards a programme of
increasing the coverage and quality od cameras in New Lynn.
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$10,000 from New Lynn Metro
Development Projects
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Crime and Injury Prevention
Through Environmental Design studies for New Lynn and Avondale
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“Our communities are tidy
and safe” is a key priority for the Local Board.
In response to recent safety
concerns in Avondale and New Lynn town centres and in line with Perceptions
of safety studies and recommendations that Board is seeking guidance on the
best ways to address safety concerns
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$20,000 from Community Group
Assistance
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6. Additional funding for current discretionary community
grants round
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Supporting “place
making and neighbourhood development projects” is a key initiative to
deliver the Great Local Communities priority in the Whau Local Board’s Plan.
The
applications for this grants round were significantly above what was
available and the Board was severely constrained in supporting groups
adequately. Providing additional funds will enable groups to be more fully
funded for their proposals.
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$10,000 from Community Group
Assistance
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7. Community
Arts Programmes
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The Whau Local Board has as
one of its priorities ‘Whau’s heritage, Arta and Cultures are cherished”
The Community Arts Programme
provides an opportunity to support local artists to create new expressions of
who we are and who we want to be.
Additional funds will enable
more activity.
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$1,000 from Community Response
Operating Fund, $5,000 from Civic Functions and $10,000 from Community Group
Assistance
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Weed removal and planting
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Supporting “more community
environment programmes including weed removal and pest eradication” is a
key initiative to deliver the “healthy and valued environment” priority.
Additional allocation will
allow high priority sites to have weeds removed and restoration planting started.
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$12,000 from Greenways Plans
and $8,000 from Community Response Operating Fund)
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Recommendations
That the Whau Local Board:
a) allocate $16,000 from Community
Group Assistance towards publication of an Avondale Advance in June
b) allocate $10,000 from New Lynn
Metro Development Projects to provide a grant to New Lynn Business
Association for additional Closed Circuit Television Cameras in New Lynn
c) allocate $20,000 from Community
Group Assistance to provide support for Crime and Injury Prevention Through
Environmental Design (CIPTED) studies for New Lynn and Avondale
d) allocate $10,000 from Community
Group Assistance for additional funding for contestable
community grants.
e) allocate $1,000 from Community
Response Operating Fund, $10,000 from Community Group Assistance and $5,000 from Civic Functions to Community Arts
Programmes
f) allocate $12,000 from
Greenways Plans and $8,000 from Community Response Operating Fund to Parks for weed removal and planting.
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Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Signatories
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Author
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Mark Allen - Senior Local Board Advisor
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Authorisers
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Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey,
Waitakere Ranges, Whau
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