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Resolution number OP/2016/153
MOVED
by Member MA Gush, seconded by Member LT Fuli:
That the Ōtara-Papatoetoe
Local Board:
a) formally adopt its position
on the following Gambling Venue Policies: Class 4 Gambling (Pokie) Venue,
Racing Board (TAB) Venue Policy, and a relocation gambling venue policy.
b) agree that the existing the
Class 4 Gambling (Pokie) Venue and Racing Board (TAB) Venue policies,
including the sinking-lid policy, are effective, relevant and appropriate,
and should “roll-over” to remain in effect until the next review in 2019.
c) do not support a relocation
policy at this time as it is unlikely that a relocation policy would make any
material difference in Ōtara-Papatoetoe.
d) advocate, in its delegated
role to address gambling harm, to the governing body:
i. To request more
information on the implication to the racing industry if a sinking-lid policy
was applied to TAB venues;
ii. To advocate concerns to
the governing body and council-controlled organisations, where pokie funds
co-fund activities receiving regional grants, major events and regional
facilities;
iii. To request council to
investigate where two gambling venues are operating in close proximity, as in
the case of the, Dragon Community Trust limited (Otara). This provider has
two separate gambling licences for two venues operating adjacent to one
another, and the board asks whether this scenario should be considered under
the class 4 gambling venue merging rules;
iv. To request council to
implement a regional campaign to inform communities on the harm of gambling,
and to provide gambling addiction support, and fund anti-gambling signage,
litter bins, and publicity when opportunities arise.
e) consider including in lease
agreements, that any facilities on council leased land must become free of
gaming (pokie) machines, or there be a graduated reduction in pokie machines
over time.
f) consider including in its next
annual Community Grants Programme giving higher priority to community grants
applications from organisations that are less reliant on gambling (pokie)
funding from grant applicants.
g) consider supporting local
community providers to monitor local class 4 gambling venues where required
to comply with statutory regulations.
h) continue to engage with at
risk communities via relevant mana whenua, Mataawaka and Pasifika community
groups to address problem gambling issues through:
i. making local board funding
of local community grants, events and leases subject to no gambling
requirements
ii. promoting gambling harm
interventions messages in on-going ways, such as by including by-lines in
local board communications.
i) note that the costs of
undertaking a full policy review would outweigh the benefits, and the
resources that would be applied to a review would be better applied by the
council to directly address social impacts of gambling.
CARRIED
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