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Resolution
number MR/2020/180
MOVED by Chairperson J Allan, seconded by Member G
Murphy:
That
the Manurewa Local Board:
a) approve
local consultation document content (Attachment A) and local supporting
information content (Attachment B) for inclusion in the 10-year Budget
2021-2031 consultation material.
b) delegate
authority to the local board chair to approve any changes required to
finalise the local consultation document and supporting information content
for the Manurewa Local Board for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031.
c) approve,
for consultation, the Manurewa Business Association’s proposed business
improvement district (BID) programme boundary expansion, noting that if the
council approves the BID programme boundary expansion the targeted rate will
increase from $157,000 to $315,000 as of 1 July 2021.
d) approve
the following Have Your Say event in the local board area during the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031 consultation period:
i) hearing style Have
Your Say event on Thursday 11 March 2021 from 5.30 – 8pm at the
Manurewa Local Board Office.
e) delegate
authority to the local board chair to approve any changes required to the
Have Your Say event.
f) delegate
to the following elected members and staff the power and responsibility to
hear from the public through “spoken (or New Zealand sign language)
interaction” in relation to the local board agreement at the council’s
public engagement events during the consultation period for the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031:
i) local
board members and chairperson
ii) General
Manager Local Board Services, Local Area Manager, Local Board Senior Advisor,
Local Board Advisor, Local Board Engagement Advisor
iii) any additional staff approved by the General Manager
Local Board Services or the Group Chief Financial Officer
g) provide feedback on the Mayoral proposal
(Attachment C) and potential regional consultation topics for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031:
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Topic
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Feedback
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Climate
action investment
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The
board supports accelerated action on climate change. Our community is
vulnerable to the effects of climate change because we live close to the
coast, have a low level of tree canopy cover and many of our residents work
outdoors.
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The
board supports the decision not to consult on a targeted rate to fund
climate action. We agree that it is preferable to fund this programme
through the overall budget. We encourage the consideration of additional
funding streams for climate change, such as issuing further green bonds or
seeking funding from central Government agencies.
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The
board supports partnering with Māori to deliver Māori-led climate
action including engaging marae and kura in climate programmes and enabling
Rangatahi Māori lead delivery of climate projects.
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The
board supports expanding the Zero Waste Auckland programme to establish
nine additional community recycling centres, two resource recovery parks and a deconstruction hub to divert over 140,000 tonnes of
waste a year from landfill by 2030.
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The
board requests that priority be given to locating one or more of the
additional community recycling centres in either Manurewa or Takanini at
the earliest opportunity, and that one of the resource recovery parks be
located in Wiri, one of the largest industrial areas in Aotearoa.
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The
board supports proposals to increase investment in our urban and rural
forests. The planting of 11,000 more street trees will be of great benefit
to areas like Manurewa which have low canopy cover.
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The
board supports partnering with the community to establish a nursery and
produce 200,000 more native seedlings a year to support community and marae
planting.
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The
board supports measures to provide our communities with advice and tools to
enable them to reduce household emissions and build resilience to climate
impacts.
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Transport
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The
board supports the proposal to invest up to $550 million more into
transport projects over the next three years to enable construction of new
roading infrastructure, urban cycleways, roading renewals, safety
initiatives and local board transport capital projects to be undertaken.
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The
board agrees that this investment is needed to address traffic congestion,
reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads, and that it will also help
stimulate Auckland’s economic recovery and job growth.
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Infrastructure
for growth
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The
board supports taking a targeted approach to providing new infrastructure
for housing development. Council should use the planning tools available to
it to prioritise growth in identified spatial priority areas.
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The
board supports undertaking discussions with the government and the private
sector to focus on the scale and pace of the development and find ways of
funding infrastructure to meet demand for new housing.
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The
board supports using new funding tools from the Infrastructure Funding and
Financing Act 2020 to allow development to be brought forward when it is
appropriate to do so.
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Community
services and facilities
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The board’s view is that there will be a continuing need
to fund the creation of new assets as our population continues to grow and
intensification increases. Projects such as the board’s One Local
Initiative (OLI), the redevelopment of War Memorial Park Manurewa, are
needed now to address identified deficits in service provision. Delaying
delivery will only increase the equity gap in asset provision between local
board areas.
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The board agrees that work on any alternative approach to
provision of community services must involve local boards and should take
place alongside the service level and funding workstream of the Governance
Framework Review.
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The board supports the proposed increase in funding for
community services and facilities by $65 million over the next three years.
Maintenance and renewal of our ageing assets must continue to be funded
while any alternative approach to service provision is being considered.
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The board believes that any decision to decommission assets
should involve the relevant local board, and must take into account issues
of equity in the distribution of assets between local board areas.
Low-income communities do not have the capacity to travel across local
board boundaries to access shared assets.
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Environmental
protection
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The
board supports the proposed extension of the Water Quality Targeted Rate
until 2031 to allow for new projects to address poor water quality in the
Manukau Harbour including Puhinui Stream and Eastern Isthmus catchments.
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The
board believes that state of water quality in the Manukau Harbour requires
urgent attention and we request that consideration be given to commencing
projects to address this earlier than the proposed date of 2028.
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The
board supports Health Waters’ asset management plan recommended
option as it provides a balance of affordability and investment.
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Funding
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The
board supports consulting with the public regarding rates increases needed
to enable continued delivery of essential council services and keep the
city moving forward.
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The
board supports the proposed extension of the Water Quality and Natural
Environment targeted rates to 2031.
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The
board agrees that decisions regarding the Accommodation Provider Targeted
Rate, including whether to extend the current suspension of this rate,
should not be made until more information is available regarding the future
of the tourism and accommodation sectors.
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The
board supports continuing to work with lenders and rating agencies to find
prudent ways to increase council debt in the short term while revenue is
still adversely affected due to COVID-19.
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The
board supports continuing and expanding the sale of non-strategic and
non-services assets to fund council investments and services, noting that any
decision to dispose of assets should involve the relevant local board, and
must take into account issues of equity in the distribution of assets
between local board areas.
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The
board supports continuing discussion with central Government regarding
funding opportunities for major projects.
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The
board supports continuing to investigate services that council could exit
due to adequate private market provision.
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Panuku funding
model
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The
board supports the proposed approach of maintaining the current scope and
funding model for Panuku for the next three years, with a view to
developing recommendations for a new funding model, clearer role and
programme for Panuku for consideration as part of the 2024-2034 10-Year
Budget.
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g)
h)
Provide the
following feedback for
consideration in the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031:
i)
The board requests that
funding for the Manurewa Local Board One Local Initiative (OLI), the
redevelopment of War Memorial Park Manurewa, is retained in the 10-year Budget 2021-2031. We
request that consideration be given to taking a staged approach to delivering
this project, starting with the upgrade of the sports fields to address the
current deficit of 49 weekday floodlit training hours for football in
Manurewa
ii)
The board requests that the
Local Board Capital Transport Fund be reinstated to its pre-COVID level in
order that we can continue to partner with Auckland Transport on projects to
address the high number of deaths and serious injuries due to motor vehicles
in Manurewa.
CARRIED
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