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Resolution number WHK/2017/57
MOVED
by Member B Upchurch, seconded by Member S Brown:
That the Waiheke
Local Board:
a) approve
final 2017/2018 LDI operational budgets
by project, within funding envelopes as follows;
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Activity
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2017/2018
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Local community services
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308,000
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Local parks, sport and
recreation
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348,000
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Local environmental management
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64,000
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Local planning
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-
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TOTAL
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720,000
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b)
approve the advocacy initiatives for
inclusion in the 2017/2018 Local Board Agreement as outlined below, with any
minor changes delegated to the chair:
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Initiative
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Description
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Advocating
to
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Matiatia Strategic Plan
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The
board is progressing a Strategic Plan for council owned land at Matiatia
and requests that any future development is guided by this plan and
appropriate funding is allocated within the Long-term Plan 2018-2028 (LTP) for both transport and non-transport
infrastructure related priorities.
This
plan is being developed in collaboration with Auckland Transport, the
governing body, mana whenua, and the local community. It
recognises the importance of Matiatia as a gateway and transport hub,
addresses community aspirations and protects our environment and cultural
heritage now and into the future.
The
board requests that as part of this plan, the governing body review the
status of the Development Auckland Panuku managed land at Matiatia on the
basis that a significant financial return on investment (at purchase) is
clearly unrealistic and this status is delaying an outcome to the multitude
of issues that exist at Matiatia.
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Governing Body
Auckland Transport
Development Auckland
Panuku
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Quality roading and
infrastructure that supports Waiheke’s character and water management
needs
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The
board requests appropriate funding to deliver quality roading, footpaths
and a cycling network to a standard consistent with the rest of Auckland
(taking into account Waiheke character). This includes effective
water management using water sensitive design techniques.
Funding
for the development and implementation of Watershed / Catchment managements
plans is also essential. This includes flooding and stormwater
management, monitoring of the drainage network and appropriate maintenance
and infrastructure development.
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Governing Body
Auckland Transport
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Visitor Impact
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The
board seeks funding for
increased services, infrastructure maintenance and improvement projects which address the impact of tourism
while also providing local benefit.
This could
include implementing a visitor levy or advocating to Council’s
governing body for visitor growth funding.
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Governing Body
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Community Swimming
Pool
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The board requests
provision for funding of a Community Swimming Pool within the Long-term Plan 2018-2028 (LTP) as this is a local
priority and an identified gap within the Community Facilities Network
Plan.
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Governing Body
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Marine protected areas
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The
board supports the creation of a network of marine reserves and other
protected areas linking the islands in its area of jurisdiction.
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Governing Body
Department of
Conservation
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c)
note previous advocacy issues not yet
resolved as per Attachment E, are still considered active.
d) agrees that ‘Matiatia’ and ‘Quality roading and infrastructure that supports Waiheke’s
character and water management needs’
are the highest priority areas for the organisation to work on.
e) provide
any views it may have on regional financial policy issues;
i)
support the planned rates increase of
no more than 2.5 per cent for 2017/2018;
ii)
support the proposal that both
businesses and residential ratepayers receive the same rates increases in
2017/2018;
iii)
while the board notes the proposed
targeted rate on accommodation providers was supported in community feedback,
we believe that it is hard to apply a
genuinely fair ‘user pays’ policy to the tourism industry and
question the objective of further ‘rapid growth in tourism
numbers’. The Local Board therefore opposes the targeted rate on
accommodation providers;
iv)
support the proposal to change the
funding policy to allow infrastructure for new housing developments to be
funded by targeted rates on the development;
v)
support the proposal to pay council
staff a living wage;
f) note
Financial Planning has confirmed continuation of the Governing Body approval
to allocate LDI funding to enable up to $1m debt funded towards development
of a swimming pool in FY18.
g) recommend $20,000 of 2016/2017 LDI opex be deferred to 2017/2018.
h) request additional LDI funding of $12,671 to offset the additional
costs imposed under the empowered communities model overhead calculation on
the basis that the board’s LDI funding is fixed and adversely impacted
by this increase.
CARRIED
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