Agenda of Waiheke Local Board

Waiheke Local Board

02 August 2017

Draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017 Hearing

File No.: CP2017/15129

Purpose

1. To provide a high level overview of data gathered through public consultation held on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017, along with all submissions and feedback received.

Executive summary

2. The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 requires local boards to produce and adopt a local board plan by 31 October 2017. Under Section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002 local boards must use the special consultative procedure in adopting their local board plan.

3. The consultation period for the draft local board plans ran from 22 May to 30 June 2017. Submissions were made through the following channels and coded together:

· Online form available on the Shape Auckland website

· Hard copy forms included in the household summary documents

· Via email or post.

4. In total 263 submissions were received on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017. In addition, four people provided feedback at the Have your Say event and there were eleven pieces of feedback gathered through Facebook. All of this information is attached to this report.

5. The following questions were asked in the online form and hard copy form and responses given via those channels, email and post.

· Question 1: On a scale of one to five, are we on the right track with our proposed local board plan? 78% percent of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed, 15% neither agreed or disagreed, and 7% either disagreed or strongly disagreed.

· Question 2: Tell us what you like the most about our proposed local board plan? Responses received most strongly related to the following draft outcomes respectively: Waiheke’s environment is treasured (107 supports), thriving, strong and engaged communities (77 supports) and a sustainable economy and respectful visitor approach (58 supports).

· Question 3: We will be advocating to the council's governing body and Auckland Transport for a number of projects. Please tell us which projects you believe these should be. Responses to this question covered a range of outcomes, relating to transport and infrastructure (131 responses), inclusive planning and placemaking (87 responses) and vibrant places for people (51 responses).

· Question 4: Do you support our proposal to investigate a visitor levy to support increased services, infrastructure maintenance or improvement projects? 122 submissions supported the proposal to investigate a visitor levy with 40 submissions not in support.

· Question 5: Do you have any other comments about our proposed local board plan? Most responses to this question were in relation to the environment (66 responses), parks, sports and recreation (38 responses) and transport (33 responses).

6. Submitters to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017 were given the opportunity to speak at a hearing. Thirty three submitters requested to speak at the hearing.

7. All submissions and feedback received on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017 are attached to this report.

Recommendations

That the Waiheke Local Board:

a) note submissions and feedback on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017.

b) consider receiving late submissions on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017.

c) hear submitters wanting to speak in support of their submission to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017

d) thank submitters for their verbal presentation to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017

d) consider any potential amendments to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017.

Comments

8. The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 requires local boards to produce and adopt a local board plan by 31 October 2017.

9. Under Section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002 local boards are required to use the special consultative procedure in adopting their local board plan. This includes ensuring the opportunity for a ‘spoken interaction’.

Feedback received on the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017

Written responses and submissions

10. Results gathered from the five questions asked in the online and hardcopy form, and submissions made via email and post, are displayed below.

11. Question 1: On a scale of one to five, are we on the right track with our proposed local board plan? The purpose of the first question was to gauge respondent’s general support for the overall draft plan. The responses were varied as evident in the below table.

12. Question 2: Tell us what you like the most about our proposed local board plan? –Responses to this question were open ended, and then coded against the draft outcome they most closely align to.

	*Support*	*Do not support*	*Other comment*
Transport and Infrastructure	23	2	2
Vibrant places for people	27	0	1
Thriving, strong engaged communities	77	0	2
Waiheke’s environment is treasured	107	0	1
A sustainable economy and respectful visitor approach	58	0	2
Inclusive planning and place-making	30	2	6

13. Question 3: We will be advocating to the council's governing body and Auckland Transport for a number of projects. Please tell us which projects you believe these should be: Responses to this question were open ended and varied. One hundred and thirty-one submissions referred to transport and infrastructure, with a large number commenting on road maintenance and the transport network including cycleways and walkways. Eighty-seven submissions highlighted inclusive planning and placemaking as a priority, particularly stormwater and drainage, and Matiatia planning including carparking. Fifty-one submitters referred to the importance for vibrant places for people; predominantly a swimming pool for the island, and Rangihoua/Onetangi Sports Park improvements.]

14. Question 4: Do you support our proposal to investigate a visitor levy to support increased services, infrastructure maintenance or improvement projects? Responses to this question were a yes or no with the opportunity to expand on the response. One hundred and ten responses supported the visitor levy with thirty nine opposed. Concerns were around ensuring local residents and ratepayers did not pay the levy.

15. Responses to this question were open ended and varied. Sixty six submissions’ referred to a greater focus on the environment, particularly around the use of agri-chemicals. Thirty eight referred to parks, sports and recreation in particular the need for a swimming pool on Waiheke. Another thirty three referred to transport issues.

16. Question 5: Do you have any other comments about our proposed local board plan? Use of agri-chemical in our streets and parks (particularly Glyphosate) was mentioned (including 26 pro-forma submissions). Care and housing for our aged community was an area of concern. A number of development and planning issues were highlighted and there was support for Essentially Waiheke being used as a guiding document. Governance and the role of the Local board was another priority area, with particular focus on waste and recycling and weed and pest control. There were a number of submissions that mentioned stormwater, roading and public transport.

17.

Event feedback

18. Four people attended the Have Your Say event held on 14 June 2017 where feedback on the draft plan was recorded. Topics discussed included the Kennedy Point Marina, Infrastructure, Swimming Pool, Environmental Protection and Living Wage.

Facebook feedback

19. Eleven pieces of feedback were received via Facebook. Ten of these stated the need for a swimming pool on Waiheke in particular an indoor, heated pool.

Common themes

17. Common themes across all feedback received were:

· Protection and restoration of the environment – pest management, marine reserves, waste reduction.

· A Swimming Pool

· Transport and Infrastructure– stormwater/flooding, maintenance of roads, safe cycle ways and footpaths, Matiatia

· Visitor impact

· Housing and aged care

Submissions made by organisations to Waiheke Local Board

18. The following organisations made submissions to the draft Waiheke local board plan:

· Onetangi Beach Ratepayers Association

· Waiheke Island Disc Golf Club

· Waiheke Hockey Club

· Hauraki Gulf Enhancement Society Inc.

· Waiheke Golf Club

· BYO Bag Waiheke Island

· Waiheke Community Art Gallery and Headland Sculpture On The Gulf

· Waiheke Youth Voice

· Hauraki Islands Forest and Bird

· Joint submission on behalf of small businesses

Generic submissions made to all local boards

19. Some pro forma submissions were made to all local boards by an organisation called “Spray Free Streets” who created a campaign entitled “Draft Local Board Plan Feedback: Stop spraying chemical herbicides in our streets and parks”. A copy of this pro forma can be found under attachment E.

Information on submitters

20. The tables and graphs below indicate what demographic categories people identified with. This information only relates to those submitters who provided demographic information.

21. Of the 164 of people who provided demographic information, 100 were female, 63 were male and one person was gender diverse. 148 were between the ages of 35 to 74 with 32% in the 65-74 age group. 156 identified as European followed by Maori (8), and African/Middle East/ Latin (3).

AGE	MALE	FEMALE	DIVERSE	TOTAL	%
<15	0	0	0	0	%
15 – 24	0	2	0	2	1%
25 – 34	4	2	0	6	4%
35 – 44	7	18	0	25	16%
45 – 54	7	20	1	28	17%
55 – 64	18	23	0	41	25%
65 – 74	23	29	0	52	32%
75+	3	4	0	7	8%
Total				161	100%

GENDER	#	%
Male	63	38%
Female	100	61%
Gender diverse	1	1%
Total	164	100%

Consideration

Local board views and implications

22. The Waiheke Local Board will consider all submissions and feedback to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017 prior to adopting the final local board plan in September.

Māori impact statement

23. Maori outcomes have been considered in the development of the draft 2017 Waiheke Local Board Plan.

24. Board members attended a central hui on 17 March with mana whenua and with mataawaka at the Piritahi Marae on 3 April 2017 to discuss priorities.

Implementation

25. The Waiheke Local Board will consider all submissions and feedback to the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017 prior to adopting the final Local Board Plan in September.

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	LBP 2017-2020 Hearing Schedule	13
b ⇩	Submissions Analysis	15
c ⇩	Waiheke Have Your Say Event Feedback Mastersheet	139
d ⇩	Waiheke Social Media Feedback	141
e	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 1 (Under Separate Cover)
f	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 2 (Under Separate Cover)
g	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 3 (Under Separate Cover)
h ⇨	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 4 (Under Separate Cover)
i	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 5 (Under Separate Cover)
j ⇨	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 6 (Under Separate Cover)
k ⇨	Waiheke Written Feedback Vol 7 (Under Separate Cover)
l ⇨	Chemical Spraying Proforma (Under Separate Cover)