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Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
Local Board
03 May 2017
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1 Welcome
Member Lauese
led the meeting in prayer.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
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Annual Budget 2017/2018
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Replacement
of Attachment C tabled at the meeting and amended Attachment D are attached
to the back of the minutes.
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Resolution number MO/2017/70
MOVED by Chairperson L Sosene, seconded by Deputy Chairperson W
Togiamua:
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).
i) Include
progressing the Portage spatial priority area project within our advocacy
items in 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) Acknowledge
that the majority of the local submitters support a 2.5% rates increase which
the board supports accordingly;
ii) Paying
for tourist promotion: tourist operators should be contributing to the
infrastructure costs to council that arise from tourism subject to any
necessary amendments to give consideration to differing levels of targeted
rate based on geographic location and type of accommodation to ensure
practicality and fairness. The money raised should be fairly allocated to
infrastructure within the local board’s area;
iii) Paying
for housing infrastructure: the money raised should be fairly allocated to
infrastructure within the local board’s area;
iv) The
board strongly support paying council staff a living wage and urge council officers
to explore the business case in advocating to contractors in paying their employees
a living wage.
v) Housing
First approach on reducing homelessness: The board strongly supports collaborations
and Council’s investment in developing and implementing this comprehensive
approach to reduce homelessness together with appropriate access to lockers,
showers and toilets, to assist homeless people to move on to appropriate
accommodation.
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
$175,000 of 2016/2017 LDI opex be deferred to 2017/2018 and approves Attachment
C tabled at the meeting.
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).
CARRIED
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Member Lauese left the meeting at
5.48pm during Item 4.
Member
Bakulich closed the meeting in prayer.
5.50pm The
Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and
declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF
THE Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local
Board HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
Item 4 Attachment C Replacement
Attachment C
Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board
2016/17 LDI Operational
projects that meet the criteria for deferral
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Mangere Town Centre
Collective Promotion - $20,000
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Mangere-Otahuhu LED
Action Plan Implementation $10,000
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Assess options for
multi-use facility in Mangere East $50,000
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Teaching Gardens
Otahuhu $12,000
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Community safety
$20,000
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CCTV and town centre
safety initiatives $20,000
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Mangere Arts Centre
Business Plan Initiative $35,000
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Activation of Parks
$8,000
Item 4 Attachment D Replacement
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.
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Initiative
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Description
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Advocating to
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Māngere East Precinct:
A priority focus and initiatives to enhance this centre as a thriving,
liveable community
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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.
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Governing Body
Panuku Development
Auckland
Auckland Transport
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Waste management and our
environment
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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.
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Governing Body
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Fund the Portage Spatial
Priority Area project
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The Portage project is a
priority for the local area and the site is of national significance. This is
also a work stream of the Otāhuhu-Middlemore Spatial Priority Area,
however no funding has been prioritised for this project. The board
advocates that this project is funded in the next LTP budget, including
exploring funds from council departments that are involved in this spatial
priority area’s work streams.
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Boarding houses and high quality
neighbourhoods
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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 improve boarding
house conditions for the tenants.
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Governing Body
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Alcohol harm
minimisation initiatives:
Supporting community
voice
and empowerment
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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.
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Governing Body
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Development
of an
Auckland
gateway
programme
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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.
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Governing
Body
Auckland
Tourism,
Events
and Economic
Development (ATEED)
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To
advocate for heavy rail as the preferred option, and include light rail for
central city
(CBD)
to airport under the Rapid Rail model.
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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.
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Governing Body, Auckland
Transport, New Zealand Transport Authority
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