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Resolution
number GB/2019/40
MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow:
That the Governing Body:
a)
agree that the 2019/20 Annual Budget be based on the draft
budget, adjusted for the updates set out in the staff reports, and
incorporate the following changes and specific decisions:
Transport
i) agree
an additional $12.2 million operational funding for Auckland Transport in
2019/2020 to address the cost pressures resulting from higher than forecast
growth in public transport patronage and additional costs driven by changes
to the Employment Relations Act.
ii) request
Auckland Transport and Auckland Council to jointly investigate options to
alleviate Auckland Transport’s future operational funding pressures and
recommend a course of action as part of the Annual Budget 2020/2021.
iii) agree
to the implementation of ferry fare integration from 1 February 2020 with
additional annualised operational funding of $502,000.
iv) agree to
the implementation of free weekend and public holiday travel via public
transport for children between 5 to 15 years old from 1 September 2019 with
additional annualised operational funding of $643,000.
Communities
v) agree
a one-off $5 million contribution in 2019/2020 to the Auckland City
Mission’s HomeGround project.
vi) agree an
additional $1.5 million of capital funding be added to the un-allocated
capital funding for One Local Initiatives in 2027/2028.
vii) agree an
additional $8.9 million of capital funding to undertake landowner’s
works at Colin Dale Park ($4.1m in 2019/2020 and $4.8m 2020/2021).
viii) agree an
additional $200,000 per annum operational funding to support Auckland
Citizens Advice Bureaux for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, funded from existing
budget.
ix) agree to
$420,000 of operational funding in 2019/20 to undertake investigation and
options analysis for the future of the central library, with this expenditure
funded from existing budgets.
x) agree
to $150,000 capital funding in 2019/2020 for signage within the Auckland
Domain.
xi) agree a
one-off operational grant to the Hibiscus Youth Centre of $100,000 in
2019/20, with this grant to be funded from existing budgets.
xii) request that
the review of the council’s provision of financial support for youth
centres, commissioned as part of 10-year Budget 2018-2028 decisions, report
back to Environment & Community Committee or its equivalent by 31 March
2020.
Environment
xiii) agree to continue
providing $200,000 per annum of operational funding to deal with illegal
dumping, with this expenditure funded from existing budgets.
xiv) agree to $250,000
per annum of operational funding be transferred from Auckland Council parent
to Auckland Transport to enhance graffiti eradication and prevention services
along the rail corridor, with this expenditure funded from existing budgets.
Regional Facilities Auckland
xv) agree an
additional $3.5 million of operational funding in 2019/2020 to meet the
revenue shortfall resulting from business interruptions.
xvi) agree an additional
$3 million capital funding and $800,000 operational funding in 2019/2020 for
protective security at facilities managed by Regional Facilities Auckland.
xvii) agree that a detailed
assessment be undertaken to determine the protective security requirements
across the Auckland Council group’s estate (including Regional
Facilities Auckland) as part of the Annual Budget 2020/2021.
xviii) agree an additional $14
million of capital funding for the Aotea Centre refurbishment ($10 million in
2019/20 and $4 million in 2020/21).
xix) request the Chief
Executive of Auckland Council to review the circumstances surrounding the
revised cost of the Aotea Centre refurbishment.
b) agree
to:
i) the
transfer of the waterfront assets currently owned by Panuku Development
Auckland Limited, as listed in Attachment A of Item 10 – Land Transfers
within the council group on the Finance and Performance Committee agenda of
22 May 2019, to Auckland Council by 30 June 2019, and
A) to
amend the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 to reflect the transfer
B) grant
shareholder approval for Panuku to undertake a major transaction in relation
to the Companies Act 1993.
ii) approve
a shareholder directive to Panuku Development Auckland to transfer the
waterfront assets as listed in Attachment A of Item 10 – Land Transfers
within the council group on the Finance and Performance Committee agenda of
22 May 2019, including all liabilities and obligations of Panuku, to Auckland
Council by 30 June 2019
iii) delegate
to the chief executive, the authority to authorise any
action necessary or desirable to give effect to the transfer of the
waterfront assets, liabilities and obligations of Panuku to Auckland Council
iv) endorse
Panuku to lead the implementation of the Waterfront Plan 2012 (updated in
2017) and any subsequent update or amendment to the Plan approved by Auckland
Council, including the redevelopment and management of the waterfront assets
transferred under this resolution (shown in Figure 1 within Item 10 –
Land Transfers within the council group on the Finance and Performance Committee
agenda of 22 May 2019 (Page 140))
v) agree
that the Auckland Council chief executive delegates to the chief executive of
Panuku Development Auckland authority, subject to Auckland Council’s
Significance and Engagement Policy and any statutory limitations, as set out
in the delegation instrument at Attachment B (subject to any required minor
or ancillary amendments), which includes:
A) authority
to manage the waterfront assets transferred and to generally do anything at
any time that Auckland Council could do in relation to them, including without limitation rights to occupy,
manage, control, allow others a right to use, exclude others, lease, collect
revenue and use any dominant interests that land being part of the waterfront
asset contains over other land”. For the avoidance of doubt this does
not include the ability to sell or otherwise dispose of waterfront assets.
B) authority
to manage existing development agreements and enter into leases on the properties
listed below (following the transfer) that are required to achieve the
objectives of the Waterfront Plan 2012 and to enable the running of the 36th
America’s Cup:
Wynyard Quarter
commercial development:
28 Madden Street
(Lot 3 DP 490387)
143 Beaumont
Street (Lot 102 DP 518633)
Wynyard Quarter residential
development:
117 Pakenham Street West (Lot 14 DP 490387)
124 Halsey Street (Lot 9 DP 490387)
America’s
Cup related sites:
44-56 Hamer Street (Lot 8 DP 133386,
Lot 9 DP 13338, Lot 4 DP 456818)
C) authority to manage the Westhaven Marina and Silo Marina and any
assets comprising the Viaduct Marina that are owned by Auckland Council, and
undertake development, maintenance and renewals to improve amenity and access
for both berth holders and Aucklanders in accordance with the Waterfront Plan
2012, Westhaven Plan 2015 and any updated plan or strategy for marinas
approved by Auckland Council.
vi) confirm
that all prior resolutions, delegations, approvals, agreements,
authorisations and requests by the Governing Body or any of its committees
relating to Panuku Development Auckland in relation to the waterfront still
apply to Panuku Development Auckland; including but not limited to:
A) prior
approvals given by the Finance and Performance Committee or the Planning
Committee to Panuku Development Auckland to acquire, lease or dispose of land
or property
B) prior
resolutions, approvals, agreements, authorisations and requests made by the
Planning Committee to Panuku Development Auckland in regard to the city
centre waterfront
vii) note
that the above delegations do not constitute shareholder approval in terms of
a future major transaction relating to a strategic asset.
c) agree
that as part of the final Annual Budget 2019/2020 to:
i) retain
the Waitākere rural sewerage (pump-out) service and the associated
targeted rate until June 2021
ii) adopt
the changes to fees as specified in Attachment B of Item 11 – Rates and
fee issues for Annual Budget 2019/2020 on the Finance and Performance
Committee agenda of 22 May 2019
iii) amend
the Rating mechanism in the Funding Impact Statement to:
A) increase
the base waste management targeted rate to $121.06 (incl. GST)
B) include
a food scraps targeted rate of $68.34 (incl. GST) in the Northcote, Milford
and Takapuna trial area
C) adjust
the urban rating area boundary to include the properties identified in
Attachment A of Item 11 – Rates and fee issues for Annual Budget
2019/2020 on the Finance and Performance Committee agenda of 22 May 2019
D) introduce
a zero-rated general rates differential that includes land used by religious
organisations for:
1) housing
for religious leaders which is onsite or adjacent to the place of religious
worship
2) halls
and gymnasiums used for community not-for-profit purposes
3) not-for-profit
childcare for the benefit of the community
4) libraries
5) offices
that are onsite and which exist for religious purposes
6) non-commercial
op-shops operating from the same title
7) car
parks serving multiple land uses but for which the primary purpose is for
religious purposes
d) agree
to amend the:
i) Revenue
and Financing Policy to amend the general rates differential categories to
include the zero-rated category as specified in Attachment C
of Item 11 – Rates and fee issues for Annual Budget
2019/2020 on the Finance and Performance Committee agenda of 22 May 2019
ii) Remission
and Postponement Policy to remit the Uniform Annual General Charge and fixed
charges for zero-rated land as specified in Attachment D of
Item 11 – Rates and fee issues for Annual Budget 2019/2020 on the
Finance and Performance Committee agenda of 22 May 2019
A division was called for,
voting on which was as follows:
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For
Cr J Bartley
Cr C Casey
Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore
Cr R Clow
Cr L Cooper
Cr C Darby
Cr A Filipaina
Mayor P Goff
Cr R Hills
Cr P Hulse
Cr D Newman
Cr D Simpson
Cr J Walker
Cr W Walker
Cr J Watson
Cr P Young
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Against
Cr C Fletcher
Cr M Lee
Cr G Sayers
Cr S Stewart
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Abstained
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The motion was declared carried by 16 votes to 4.
CARRIED
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