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Resolution
number WH/2020/139
MOVED by Member J Rose, seconded by Member F Amosa:
That the Whau Local Board:
a) receive
the Notice of Motion submitted by Member J Rose and Member F Amosa.
b) note
that Tāmaki Makaurau is in a climate emergency.
c) note the
significant intensification of housing and associated high impact projected
on the need for green space and social infrastructure in the Whau area
and the Avondale suburb in particular.
d) request
action from Auckland Council’s Planning Committee or Panuku to develop
or support development of a site specific master, spatial or area plan, or
document to the similar effect, that maps all Crown owned and Council owned
land holdings, all current social amenity and green spaces, within the Whau
area, and the Avondale suburb in particular for the purpose of provisioning
for, by maintaining or increasing household access, to such green
spaces and amenities, to grow future urban resident wellbeing and climate
resilience, and to mitigate predicted population growth impact.
e) request
that a steering group consisting of members from all major land holders
in the area, for example the crown, iwi, regional and private, be urgently
formed to develop this plan.
f) note
the work already completed by the Avondale Our Future document developed
by local community members and the value this could contribute to such
a steering group.
g) request
that any plan developed be informed by the Auckland Council Director
Customer and Community Services to identify opportunities to accelerate
and fund delivery of the Urban Ngahere Strategy.
h) note that
alongside the need for urban development, amendments to the Resource
Management Act (RMA) came into effect in 2015, lifting blanket tree protection
in urban areas and, as a result, the vast majority of trees on private urban
properties are no longer protected.
i) note
the adoption of the Auckland Council recommendation that clause 223(1)(d)(i)
be removed from the Urban Development Bill as this precludes development
contributions being required for the provision of reserves on non-residential
development, further noting that Section 12 of the Local Government
(Community Well-being) Amendment Act 2019 removed this restriction
from the Local Government Act.
j) request
that additional funding mechanisms for the Urban Ngahere Strategy implementation,
such as development contributions, be identified to accelerate
the enablement of the strategy to be embedded in Auckland Council’s
response to climate change, via enhancing public green assets.
k) note the
report to the Environment and Climate Change Committee, submitted in
July 2020, seeking “to enable acceleration of the strategy’s
implementation” and
“support for the preparation of a business case and a recommendation to
the
Finance and Performance Committee”.
l) forward
these resolutions to the Governing Body members, affected departments,
and Panuku for action.
CARRIED
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