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Resolution
number RD/2019/6
MOVED by Member B Bailey, seconded by Deputy Chairperson
P Pirrie:
That the Rodney
Local Board:
a)
endorse the draft Increasing
Aucklanders’ participation in sport: Investment Plan 2019-2039 and
provide the following additional feedback for consideration of the
Environment and Community Committee:
i)
there is an increasing need for more
sports facilities in the Rodney Local Board area due to significant current
and projected growth
ii)
current and future needs cannot be
addressed with current facilities, due to a significant historic
under-investment in sports facilities in Rodney
iii) the emphasis on multisport facilities to cater for future sporting
needs is strongly supported, noting that:
A) there are currently no multisport facilities in the Rodney Local
Board area
B) the local board’s One Local Initiative is for a multisport
facility in Huapai
C) the local board strongly supports community-led planning for a
multisport facility at the Warkworth Showgrounds
iv) support efforts to reduce the burden on the ratepayer to pay for
facilities, including investigating the use of sport facilities (or parts of
them) for commercial enterprises to contribute to the cost of operating the
facilities
v)
support the principle of equity when
weighing investment decisions, but notes that geographic isolation and lack
of current facilities is a barrier to all Aucklanders enjoying the same
outcomes, and should be weighted as equally as gender, age, and ethnicity.
vi) support the collaborative approach to working with the sport
sector and council’s differing roles as an investor (principle
investor, partner, supporting role) and adds that:
A) partnering is a significantly valuable yet underutilised tool for
facility investment by council
B) the process for partnering with council needs to be made easier
for communities so that council can make the most of a community’s
skills and willingness to invest in a facility
C) the Facilities Partnerships Policy should be reviewed to ensure it
better aligns with the principles in the Sports Facility Investment Plan and
ensures an easier negotiation process for communities to partner with
council.
vii) the general approach to partnering and the principles of equity
set out in this plan should be replicated in other council plans,
particularly the Community Facilities Network Plan, so that:
A)
a greater emphasis on partnering and
equitable outcomes can be achieved with regards to investing in other
facilities, like swimming pools
B)
council can loosen the strict adherence
to population size and catchment areas that currently restrict investment in
facilities, and recognise for example that catchments are not large enough
for rural areas like Rodney where people would be willing to travel further
than they are in other parts of the region, as they do every day for things
such as grocery shopping and schools
C)
Rodney can attract some level of
council investment in facilities like pools which is currently restricted
given the Community Facilities Network Plan’s requirements, which now
appear to be out of step with the Sports Facilities Investment Plan
CARRIED
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