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Resolution
number PKTPP/2019/159
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Fairey, seconded by Member
A-M Coury:
That the Puketāpapa
Local Board:
a)
note the purpose of the report, as
determined by Governing Body in response to the Local Board’s One Local
Initiative proposal, “to assess and
report back on whether the whole of Liston Village is still required for open
space purposes”, and the limitations of scope that this required, in
particular that the report does not consider the value that social housing on
the site might add in contrast to open space purposes.
b)
note that despite the limited scope of
the report, to focus on open space value and exclude social housing value, it
does not categorically recommend Option 1 (the total open space option).
c)
reconfirm its commitment to the
long-term provision of seniors social housing on the current Liston Village
site, with at least 25 units, as the goal of our One Local Initiative in the
2018-2028 Long Term Plan process.
d)
reiterates it is flexible regarding how
that goal is achieved, and to that end supports Option 2 and Option 3 as
proposed in the report.
e)
confirm it is open to further
discussion of options that provide at least 25 units of seniors social
housing in the long term, and enhance the Hillsborough Rd entrance to the
park.
f)
note that we have not yet received
relevant documentation regarding the original decision to acquire the Liston
Village site under Auckland City Council, and request that this be provided
to the local board as soon as practicable.
g)
note the following further feedback in
relation to the report presented to us, which we hope will be addressed in
the report presented to the Mayor and Councillors for their decision-making
on next steps:
i) the report should mention Auckland Council’s commitment to
being an Age-Friendly City, and the importance of seniors housing measures in
that UN-endorsed programme.
ii) the Puketapapa Open Space Network Plan, adopted by the Local Board
in February 2019, did not identify a shortfall of open space in the
Hillsborough East area, where Monte Cecilia Park is located, and identified
that the open space priority in relation to Monte Cecilia Park was “development
of a significant playground”, not additional open space.
iii) the 2015 Liston Village Housing for the Elderly report identified
Hillsborough as “highest demand area for social housing in
Auckland.”
iv) the reputational risk of Auckland Council demolishing seniors
social housing to provide open space during a housing crisis and in an area
identified as having a social housing shortfall but not an open space
shortfall is not reflected in the report, nor is the significant community
support for retaining Liston Village.
v) over the last nine years Monte Cecilia Park has had 36,600m2 of
open space added to it already through purchases of Monte Cecilia School, the
Moore property on Mt Albert Rd, residential housing areas on Hillsborough Rd
and Korma Rd, and a map should be included with the report that shows this
clearly.
vi) in regard to costs, those listed in the report are based on the
2018 LTP process and are likely to change significantly through the business
case process. We hope it would also be point the opportunity to
redevelop the site using the Haumaru approach currently being used for a 40
unit development underway in Henderson.
vii) the
lack of Council provided seniors social housing on the Auckland isthmus, in
contrast with the 62 villages (with one further development) offered
throughout the rest of the Auckland region.
viii) past
concerns regarding sightlines to Pah Homestead from Hillsborough Rd are
addressed by both Option 2 and Option 3.
ix) option 4 is not well-developed in particular lacking any
explanation of the temporary nature of any housing at the Korma Rd site, or
the reputational risk to Council from re-building housing on a site that it
demolished housing on in 2016.
x) the need to ascertain a more up to date view from the Catholic
Diocese as to how they might view a repurposing of some or all of the Liston
Village land, in regard to assessment of the legal risk
xi) the current Monte Cecilia Park Concept Plan, adopted in 2015 and
explicitly superseding all previous plans for the park, is deliberately
silent on the future of the Liston Village site and does not include it
within the boundaries of the park. It allows for the development of the
park within the current footprint and does not anticipate the need to add
further open space to achieve the outcomes identified in the concept plan.
xii) the
report should include the current Unitary Plan zoning and controls for the
Liston Village site, in regard to the potential for future development opportunities
if it were not to be used for open space.
h)
thank William Brydon for his
attendance.
CARRIED
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