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Resolution
number RD/2018/128
MOVED by Member B Bailey, seconded by Deputy Chairperson
P Pirrie:
That the Rodney
Local Board:
a)
support the adoption of the Draft Facility Partnerships Policy
b)
provide the following any additional
feedback on the proposed approach for the Environment and Community
Committee’s consideration:
i)
strongly supports the policy’s
approach to enable communities and council to work together to deliver shared
outcomes
ii)
considers that partnerships are a key
tool to deliver community facilities, particularly in rural areas which often
have very strong and motivated communities, but are not the primary focus for
council to provide new facilities
iii)
supports the approach allowing
requirements for partnerships to be tailored to the scale, complexity and
risk of each proposal, and anticipates that this will allow council to better
work with communities on small scale projects which can get held up by
council’s current ad hoc approach and lack of support for these
proposals
iv)
recommends that council ensure that
“proactive” partnerships can include ‘grass roots’
community groups by ensuring that the tendering process is not overly
restrictive or weighted against community involvement.
v)
notes the policy’s investment
principles favour investing in “existing spaces in preference to
building new facilities” and request that these principles adequately
consider rural communities where, often, there are no existing facilities to
invest in, which may lead to rural areas being unfairly penalised if the
focus is on existing spaces
vi)
supports the approach to valuing
“in kind” investment, and notes that it is important that
communities be empowered to provide labour to construct facilities and that
this labour receive a nominal value to adequately reflect the contribution of
the community to the project
vii)
requests that the Committee now shift
focus into activating the policy as soon as possible, by
1)
developing practices and guidelines,
2)
adequately resourcing the work of
community partnerships, and,
3)
ensuring there is sufficient funding
set aside to adequately cover the depreciation and consequential operational
expenses needed to maintain and renew these facilities
so that council can start to enter into
partnerships with the community and deliver as many community outcomes as
soon as a possible.
viii)
requests that council staff provide an
update as soon as practicable on the appointment of the proposed lead
relationship brokers and how communities can initiate the conversations with
them to partner with council.
CARRIED
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