Puketāpapa Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Puketāpapa Local Board held in the Puketapapa Local Board office, 560 Mt Albert Road, Three Kings on Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 10.04am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Harry Doig

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Julie Fairey

 

 

 

Members

Anne-Marie Coury

 

 

 

 

David Holm

 

 

 

 

Shail Kaushal

 

 

 

 

Ella Kumar, JP

 

 

 

 

 


Puketāpapa Local Board

10 May 2018

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson Harry Doig delivered the welcome message.

 

2          Apologies

  

There were no apologies.

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number PKTPP/2018/59

MOVED by Chairperson H Doig, seconded by Deputy Chairperson J Fairey:  

That the Puketāpapa Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 19 April 2018, as a true and correct.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

Acknowledge that Board is in new offices.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

 

 

 

12

Local board decisions and input into the 10-year Budget 2018-2028, draft Auckland Plan 2050 and draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018

 

Mary Hay, Senior Local Board Advisor - Puketapapa, and David Rose, Lead Financial Advisor, spoke to this item.

 

Resolution number PKTPP/2018/60

MOVED by Member A-M Coury, seconded by Member S Kaushal:   

That the Puketapapa Local Board:

a)         receive the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 and draft Auckland Plan 2050 consultation feedback report

b)        receive the submissions as tabled at the meeting

c)         approve the following key advocacy initiative for inclusion (as an appendix) to its 2018/2019 Local Board Agreement:

i)          the board is seeking that, once Auckland Council owns the Liston retirement village in its entirety, it retains seniors’ housing on the site and also allows for the entrance to Monte Cecilia Park to be expanded

d)        recommend $104,000 of 2017/2018 Locally Driven Initiative (LDI) operating expenditure to be deferred to 2018/2019 to the Governing Body.

e)         receive consultation feedback on regional proposals in the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 and draft Auckland Plan 2050 from people or organisations based in the Puketāpapa local board area.

f)          provide feedback on the 10-year Budget 2018-2028, as follows:

i)          supports the proposed Regional Fuel Tax, noting majority support from submitters from the Puketāpapa Local Board area, and people who attended the local Have Your Say, who cited the need to improve public transport

ii)         supports the proposed Water Quality Targeted Rate, noting very strong support from submitters from the Puketāpapa Local Board area

iii)       supports a proposed Natural Environment Targeted Rate, noting that submitters from the Puketāpapa Local Board area were split between option A or B (and that there was also some support for a third option of $67p.a.)

iv)       supports a proposed rates increase but notes that, while supporting the proposal, submitters from the Puketāpapa Local Board area had concern about affordability

v)         supports the proposed Accommodation Provider Targeted Rate for online accommodation providers, noting strong support from submitters from the Puketapapa Local Board area

vi)       supports the overall intent and scope of the Council Controlled Organisations Accountability Policy (contained in section 5.2 of the Supporting Information document of the 10-year Budget 2018-2028), subject to the following considerations:

·         endorse the requirement that all parts of council act in the interest of Auckland and supports the expectation that the Council Controlled Organisations and Council including local boards, should have trust and confidence in each other and avoid actions that are perceived to undermine either party in public

·         support a clear statement of the obligation on Council Controlled Organisations to consult with local boards in the Accountability Policy and ensure that in any decision making or inputs by local boards is clearly defined and sufficient time is given for genuine engagement with local boards and their communities.

·         support Council Controlled Organisations developing examples and clear methodologies that exhibit and deliver “best practice” in working with local boards and provides clear accountability in practice

·         seek clear statements in the Policy in section 1.1.3 to require that Council Controlled Organisations must give effect and be congnisant of Local Board plans and where relevant Area Plans to ensure that key local board priorities ad projects are supported and integrated

·         acknowledge and support the expectation in section 1.1.4 to Improve Outcomes for Maori ensuring that both ManaWhenua and Mataawaka are part of the overall approach and essential to our relationship with Maori across the whole Council

·         endorse section 1.1.7 Understanding and Giving Effect to Auckland’s Shared Governance and the recognition and acknowledgement of local boards as an integral part of the shared governance of Auckland Council.

g)        provide feedback on the draft Auckland Plan 2050, as per Attachment A

h)        provide feedback on the draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018, as per Attachment B

i)          note that the following redacted submissions will be made available through the Auckland Council website in May, until then the submissions are available on request by emailing akhaveyoursay@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

i.     submissions on the Puketāpapa Local Board priorities

ii.    submissions on regional proposals in the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 and draft Auckland Plan 2050 from people or organisations based in the Puketāpapa Local Board area.  

j)          delegate to the Chair H Doig to respond to any future feedback sought from the Governing Body in the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 process.

k)         thank officers, Mary Hay and David Rose for their sterling work and attendance.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Items c) i) and f) i) were taken separately together

 

Resolution number PKTPP/2018/61

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Fairey, seconded by Member D Holm:  

c)         approve the following key advocacy initiative for inclusion (as an appendix) to its 2018/2019 Local Board Agreement:

i)          the board is seeking that, once Auckland Council owns the Liston retirement village in its entirety, it retains seniors’ housing on the site and also allows for the entrance to Monte Cecilia Park to be expanded

f)          provide feedback on the 10-year Budget 2018-2028, as follows:

i)          supports the proposed Regional Fuel Tax, noting majority support from submitters from the Puketāpapa Local Board area, and people who attended the local Have Your Say, who cited the need to improve public transport.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Note: Member E Kumar requested that her dissenting vote be recorded against Items c) i) and f) i).

 

Attachments

a     20180510 Puketāpapa Local Board Item 12: Local board decisions and input into the 10-year Budget 2018-2028, draft Auckland Plan 2050 and draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 - Feedback on Draft Auckland Plan Refresh 2050

b     20180510 Puketāpapa Local Board Item 12: Local board decisions and input into the 10-year Budget 2018-2028, draft Auckland Plan 2050 and draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 - Feedback on Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018

 

 

13

Feedback on Rates Remission and Postponement Policy

 

Victoria Villaraza, Relationship Manager, spoke to this item.

 

Resolution number PKTPP/2018/62

MOVED by Member S Kaushal, seconded by Member A-M Coury:  

That the Puketāpapa Local Board endorse the:

a)      proposal to:

i.     transfer current budget for legacy remissions schemes for natural heritage and community and sports organisations to the operating group with relevant expertise

ii.    transfer current budget for postponements for Great Barrier Island businesses to Great Barrier Island Local Board

iii.   grant the current recipient the same support guaranteed for three years

iv.   develop an integrated approach to supporting outcomes for natural heritage, and community and sporting activities across the region.

b)      Rates Remission and Postponement Policy in Attachment B to this report, which includes the following amendments to the existing policy:

i.     introduction of a remission scheme for the Accommodation Provider Targeted rate.

ii.    amendments to the remission for residents of residents of licence to occupy retirement villages and Papakāinga housing to remove references to retirement villages and the Interim Transport Levy

iii.   amendments to simplify the remission for rates penalties

iv.   removal of the legacy remissions schemes for natural heritage and community and sports organisations and postponement for Great Barrier Island

v.    amendments to the postponement for Manukau Sport Clubs to restrict the scheme to current applicants and to close off the scheme after three years.

b)        thank officer Victoria Villaraza for her attendance.

CARRIED

 

 

14

Draft 2018-2028 Regional Land Transport Plan, draft Regional Fuel Tax proposal and draft Contributions Policy

 

Mary Hay, Senior Local Board Advisor - Puketapapa, and Ben Moimoi, Local Board Advisor - Puketapapa, spoke to this item.

 

Resolution number PKTPP/2018/63

MOVED by Member D Holm, seconded by Member A-M Coury:  

That the Puketāpapa Local Board give formal written feedback on:

a)      the draft 2018-2028 Regional Land Transport Plan

b)      the draft Regional Fuel Tax Proposal

c)      the draft Contributions Policy.

d)      thank officer Mary Hay and Ben Moimoi for their attendance.

CARRIED

 

Note: Member E Kumar requested that her dissenting vote be recorded against Item 14 b).

 

Attachments

a     20180510 Puketāpapa Local Board Item 14: Draft 2018-2028 Regional Land Transport Plan, draft Regional Fuel Tax proposal and draft Contributions Policy - Feedback

  

 

15        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

10.45am                                             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 Puketāpapa Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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