I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board will be held on:

 

Date:                      

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

5:00pm

Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Office
Shop 17B
93 Bader Drive
Māngere

 

Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Lemauga Lydia Sosene

 

Deputy Chairperson

Togiatolu Walter Togiamua

 

Members

Tauanu’u Nick Bakulich

 

 

Carrol Elliott, JP

 

 

Makalita Kolo

 

 

Tafafuna’i Tasi Lauese, JP

 

 

Christine O'Brien

 

 

(Quorum 4 members)

 

 

 

Janette McKain

Local Board Democracy Advisor

 

28 April 2017

 

Contact Telephone: (09) 262 5283

Email: janette.mckain@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 

 


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ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                        PAGE

1          Welcome                                                                                                                         5

2          Apologies                                                                                                                        5

3          Declaration of Interest                                                                                                   5

4          Annual Budget 2017/2018                                                                                             7  

 

 


1          Welcome

 

 

2          Apologies

 

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

 

 


Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board

03 May 2017

 

 

Annual Budget 2017/2018

 

File No.: CP2017/07391

 

  

 

Purpose

1.       This report seeks decisions and input from local boards on a range of annual budget related matters, including locally driven initiatives (LDI), advocacy, regional financial policy issues and other rate proposals.

Executive summary                                                                                           

2.       This report seeks decisions and input from local boards on a range of annual budget related matters, including:

a)    making decisions on:

i.              final LDI budgets by project, within funding envelopes.

ii.              advocacy.

b)    providing any feedback on regional issues, including:

i.               rates increases.

ii.              rating stability (regarding proposals that both businesses and residential ratepayers receive the same rates increase).

iii.              paying for tourism promotion.

iv.             paying for housing infrastructure (proposed changes to the Revenue and Financing policy to allow for the use of targeted rates, alongside existing growth charges, to fund infrastructure for new houses).

v.              paying council staff a living wage.

vi.             other changes for 2017/2018 (regarding waste management and charges, the mass transit network, SkyPath implementation, collaborations on reducing homelessness and the rural fire service).

c)    making recommendations to the governing body on other financial matters such as:

i.    any new/amended Business Improvement District (BID) targeted rates.

ii.    any new/amended local targeted rate proposals.

iii.proposed LDI capital projects outside local boards’ decision-making responsibility.

iv.  proposed LDI opex to capex conversions.

v.   release of local board specific reserve funds.

vi.  LDI opex projects for deferral to 2017/2018.

3.       Local board views on these matters will be considered in discussions between the local boards and the Finance and Performance Committee on 9 May; and by the governing body prior to adopting the Annual Budget 2017/2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommendation/s

That the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board:

a)      approve the final 2017/2018 Locally Driven Initiative budgets by project, within funding envelopes (Attachment B).

b)      agree the advocacy initiatives for inclusion in the 2017/2018 Local Board Agreement (Attachment D).

c)      confirm the local board’s key advocacy priority for the organisation to work on as follows: develop the Mangere East precinct as a priority to enhance this centre as a thriving and liveable community (first initiative Attachment D).

d)      confirm the board’s views on these regional financial policy issues:

i)        paying for tourist promotion: tourist operators should be contributing to the infrastructure costs to council that arise from tourism, and the money raised should be fairly allocated to infrastructure within the local board’s area;

ii)       paying for housing infrastructure: the money raised should be fairly allocated to infrastructure within the local board’s area;

iii)      paying council staff a living wage:  the board supports this proposal in principle.

e)      recommend that the governing body adopts for inclusion in the Annual Plan 2017/2018 a targeted rate set as a uniform charge per separately used or inhabited part of a property, on residential properties in the Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board area, for the purpose of fully subsidising entry to swimming pools for persons 17 years and over. Further, that the local board notes the rate is estimated to be $31.06 including GST, based on current cost estimates and the number of separately used or inhabited parts of a residential property in the Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board area.

f)       recommends $147,000 of 2016/2017 LDI opex be deferred to 2017/2018 (Attachment C).

g)      note the public feedback on the draft annual plan, and refer all feedback to relevant council departments for their consideration and reporting as appropriate (Attachment A).

 

 

Comments

4.       Consultation on the Annual Budget 2017/2018 took place from 27 February – 27 March 2017.  The results from the consultation have been analysed and summarised, and provided to local boards to assist with decision-making (see Attachment A).

Locally Driven Initiatives (LDI)

5.       Local boards are requested to agree the level of funding by project for each group of activity. The expected delivery outcomes are further detailed in work programmes which will be reported against throughout 2017/2018.

6.       Local boards can defer those projects that are funded by the LDI where there was an agreed scope and cost but have not been delivered.  The Local Board may wish to resolve 2016/2017 projects that meet the criteria for deferral to 2017/2018. At the board’s workshops on 12 and 19 April 2017, members discussed the need to defer $147,000, being the unspent budget allocated to the projects in Attachment C.

 

 

 

Advocacy

7.       This triennium a three year approach is proposed for considering initiatives that local boards wish to progress that are unable to be funded by LDI. Such an approach seeks to better utilise the annual budget, Long Term Plan (LTP) and local board plan processes to progress and advise on a narrower range of local board initiatives, in a more comprehensive way.

8.       The proposed new approach involves:

·    As part of the Annual Budget 2017/2018 process, local boards begin narrowing their priorities to predominately one key advocacy initiative, and one initiative held in common with other local boards, for further research and consideration.

·    Council departments provide local boards with information to help inform their position on these initiatives (in essence, developing a business case for them).

·    Based on this information, local boards develop the case for their advocacy further by testing ideas with the community in the local board plan process and other engagement.

·    Local boards discuss priority initiatives with the Finance and Performance Committee through the annual budget and LTP processes, supported by organisational advice on the key initiative.

9.       Local boards resolved on their key advocacy initiatives in December 2016 (Attachment D), for potential inclusion in their Local Board Agreements.  Local boards were requested to further consider and refine these at workshops post-consultation, and look to identify:

·    One key initiative, and potentially one initiative held in common with other local boards, for business case development and to progress through the annual budget, local board plan and LTP processes.

·    Other advocacy initiatives to be included in the Local Board Agreements, as key matters of importance to the local board.

10.     The Mangere East Precinct item (below) was identified at the 19 April 2017workshop as the board’s key advocacy initiative for presentation to the Finance and Performance Committee on 9 May 2017,  for business case development and to progress through the annual budget, local board plan and LTP processes:

Māngere East Precinct: A priority focus and initiatives to enhance this centre as a thriving,  liveable community

The Māngere East area requires coordinated investment for planning and implementation. The local community facilities are rundown, old or not fit for use. A community facility needs assessment was completed in 2015 and next steps need to be progressed. For this, coordinated planning and investment is vital to shape a high-quality built area for a liveable community. The local board requests the governing body commit to capital funding through the next review of the Long-term Plan (LTP) for delivery of the Community Facilities Network Plan.

Further, to coordinate work through Panuku Development Auckland and Auckland Transport to focus on Māngere East area to develop this centre as a liveable community.

Governing Body

Panuku Development

Auckland

Auckland Transport

 

 

 

Regional issues

11.     Regional issues consulted on as part of the 2017/2018 annual budget process include rates increases, rating stability, paying for tourism promotion, paying for housing infrastructure, paying council staff a living wage and other changes for 2017/2018 (regarding waste management and charges, the mass transit network, SkyPath implementation, collaborations on reducing homelessness and the rural fire service).

12.     At the 19 April 2017 workshop, the board members developed feedback on three issues for consideration by the Finance and Performance Committee:

i.        paying for tourist promotion: tourist operators should be contributing to the infrastructure costs to council that arise from tourism, and the money raised should be fairly allocated to infrastructure within the local board’s area;

ii.        paying for housing infrastructure: the money raised should be fairly allocated to infrastructure within the local board’s area;

iii.         paying council staff a living wage:  the board supports this proposal in principle.

Local targeted rate and BID targeted rate proposals

13.     Local boards are required to agree any new BID and local targeted rate proposals (noting that any new local targeted rates and/or BIDs must have been consulted on before they can be implemented).

14.     The Mangere-Otahuhu did not have any new BID or local targeted rate proposals in this Annual Budget cycle.

Swimming pool funding - targeted rate

15.     The local board’s consultation documents highlighted the proposal to continue with the policy to enable adults to use the Mangere and Otahuhu swimming pools without charge. The rationale is that the board considers that the use of swimming pools delivers important social and public health benefits. As in the previous four financial years, the board proposed to fund this policy through a targeted rate.

16.     It is recommended that the board ask the governing body to proceed with the rate in 2017/18, now estimated at $31.06 per household.

Consideration

Local board views and implications

17.     Local board decisions and feedback are being sought in this report. 

18.     Local boards play an important role in the development of the annual budget, and provide views and information at key stages as council continues through the annual budget process.

Māori Impact Statement

19.     Many local board decisions are of importance to and impact on Māori. Local board agreements and the annual budget are important tools that enable and can demonstrate council’s responsiveness to Māori. Local board plans, which were developed in 2014 through engagement with the community including Māori, form the basis of local priorities. There is a need to continue to build relationships between local boards and iwi, and where relevant the wider Māori community. Ongoing conversations will assist local boards and Māori to understand each other’s priorities and issues. This in turn can influence and encourage Māori participation in council’s decision-making processes.

Implementation

20.     Feedback from the local boards will be provided to the Finance and Performance Committee and governing body for consideration and adopting the Annual Budget 2017/2018.

     

 

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Annual Budget Consultation Feedback

13

b

Local Driven Initiative (LDI) Opex

23

c

Locally Driven Initiative (LDI) Budgets Carried Forward

25

d

Advocacy List

27

      

Signatories

Authors

Audrey Gan - Lead Financial Advisor Local Boards

Daniel Poe - Local Board Advisor

Authorisers

Christine Watson - Manager Financial Advisory Services - Local Boards

Carol McKenzie-Rex - Relationship Manager

 


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Attachment D – Advocacy

·                     The following is the most recently approved list of advocacy for the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board, adopted in December 2016 as part of the annual plan process.

·                      

Initiative

Description

Advocating to

Māngere East Precinct: A priority focus and initiatives to enhance this centre as a thriving,  liveable community

The Māngere East area requires coordinated investment for planning and implementation. The local community facilities are rundown, old or not fit for use. A community facility needs assessment was completed in 2015 and next steps need to be progressed. For this, coordinated planning and investment is vital to shape a high-quality built area for a liveable community. The local board  requests the governing body commit to capital funding through the next review of the Long-term Plan (LTP) for delivery of the Community Facilities Network Plan.

Further to coordinate work through Panuku Development Auckland and Auckland Transport to focus on Māngere East area to develop this centre as a liveable community.

Governing Body

Panuku Development

Auckland

Auckland Transport

Waste management and our environment

The city’s waste-minimisation plan implementation requires that communities are prepared, equipped and supported to reach waste reduction targets.

There is a need to get communities ready for change and finding opportunities in the way waste will be managed.

Proactive support at this stage of the roll-out of changes in how council manages waste is important. This needs to be for multiple actions - communication, engagement, encouraging social enterprise and community –led initiatives.

Ongoing work to develop local community recycling centres and waste reduction is a priority in the southern area. The board requests continued action for the regional scoping exercise to investigate the siting of various regional resource recovery centres and support for local community recycling centres.

Governing Body

Boarding houses and high quality

neighbourhoods

The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board area has seen gradual proliferation of boarding houses and council’s investigation has confirmed very poor standards and breaches of the building code on these sites.

The board recognises the pressure on land, need for affordable housing and a range of provision for all. However the concern is that this is at the cost of deteriorating neighbourhoods and poor living standards in the area.

There is a need for balanced, planned growth that is monitoring for the environmental impacts - traffic, noise- as there is also an “intensification by stealth” taking place. Currently, council has limited means to assess or address the impacts of the proliferation of boarding houses. The board continues to advocate for better monitoring of boarding houses. It must ensure that building code standards and a decent standard of living are maintained.

Currently, council has limited means to assess or address the impacts of the proliferation of boarding houses. Data from regular monitoring can better

Governing Body

Alcohol harm

minimisation initiatives:

Supporting community

voice and empowerment

Reducing harm from alcohol in the local communities is of high priority for Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board.

The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (the Act) came into effect in late 2013. The Local Alcohol Policy, a key instrument for addressing the negative impacts of alcohol on our communities, is yet to be finalised. The board will continue to supporting local communities to have their say through the hearings processes afforded them by the recent legislation.

There are challenges for the community in responding to issues surrounding reducing harm from alcohol. Inaccessible language used by the District License Committee (DLC), inconsistency in decisions across the region and limited integration to address signage inconsistencies between by-laws, district plans and those resulting through DLC decisions are key examples. The board will continue to voice their concerns to ensure that these issues are identified and addressed as it is critical to assess the overall success of the act in achieving its intent.

The board seeks a framework to monitor the success of the Act in practice and consideration of legislative change.

Governing Body

Development of an

Auckland gateway

programme

Leverage key opportunities with major stakeholders like Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) and to utilise the unique natural and cultural characteristics of Māngere-Ōtāhuhu to achieve economic outcomes. The airport is New Zealand’s gateway to the world.

Their longer term plans to be a major hub connecting Asia and South America over the next 30 years, second runway offer opportunities for partnerships and attracting tourism. Council’s investment in the Otāhuhu-Middlemore Spatial Priority Area, Greenways and Local Paths can be leveraged for economic and community outcomes by aligning efforts with stakeholders. The board sees potential to achieve local as well as citywide aspirations of more jobs via new industry growth, support for Māori tourism and heritage tourism initiatives – such as “Ōtāhuhu Portage Crossing” project – narrowest part of the North Island.

The board request Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) to prioritise a gateway programme in the local board area to establish and grow Auckland's cultural and heritage tourism industry.

Governing Body

 

Auckland Tourism,

Events and Economic

Development (ATEED)

To advocate for heavy rail as the preferred option, and include light rail for central city

(CBD) to airport under the Rapid Rail model.

 

The airport to CBD rapid transit project has long-term strategic importance for Auckland’s future commuter and freight .

The current selection for light rail between central Auckland and Māngere fails to consider major growth implications for areas in the south, north and west. Auckland's strategic long-term transport security for both commuter and industrial heavy freight will not be served by the current plans for industry.

The board would like that the Rapid Rail to support heavy and light rail link to the airport option is reconsidered and requests Governing body and Auckland Transport investigate into the heavy rail option.

Governing Body, Auckland Transport, New Zealand Transport Authority