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Note:
changes to the original motion, adding new clause i) was made under
delegation.
Resolution
number RD/2020/175
MOVED by Chairperson P Pirrie, seconded by Member D
Hancock:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) approve
the local consultation document content (Attachment A to the agenda report)
and local supporting information content (Attachment B to the agenda report)
for inclusion in the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 consultation material
b) delegate
authority to the local board chairperson to approve any changes required to
finalise the local consultation document and supporting information content
for the Rodney Local Board for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031
c) note
the change to the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 consultation period from 15
February and 15 March to 22 February and 22 March due to Audit New Zealand
review timelines
d) confirm
two Have Your Say events in the local board area during the 10-year Budget
2021-2031 consultation period between 22 February and 22 March 2021;
i) Wellsford
Community Centre
ii) jointly
with Hibiscus & Bays and Upper Harbour local boards targeting Asian
communities
e) hold
two local community events; one at the Point Wells community day and the
other at either the Kumeū New World or Helensville Countdown supermarket 22
February and 22 March 2021
f) delegate
authority to the local board chairperson to approve any changes required to
the Have Your Say events
g) 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
h) delegate to Chairperson Phelan Pirrie and
Deputy Chairperson Beth Houlbrooke to prepare and provide feedback on the
Mayoral proposal (Attachment C) and potential regional consultation topics
for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031
i) the
following feedback is provided under delegation on the Mayoral proposal
(Attachment C) and potential regional consultation topics for the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031:
i)
consider adding an
additional option for consultation of a rates increase of eight per cent in
the first year of the Long-term Plan 2021-2031, and then five per cent for
the subsequent two years, to determine how the public feels about a larger
increase to address the $1 billion shortfall in the budget
ii)
provide different
scenarios for levels of service and corresponding rates increases to the
public as part of the Long-term Plan 2021-2031 consultation, so that the
public can make an informed decision as to what they will receive for varying
levels of rates
iii)
acknowledge that
addressing climate change is important and that a higher priority must be
given to the imminent crisis of failing assets, to avoid Auckland going
backwards
iv)
to avoid
incurring greater future costs and higher future rates request an increase in
funding in the following two areas:
A)
road maintenance
and renewals, both sealed and unsealed – ensuring sufficient funding is
allocated to maintain at least 12 per cent of Auckland’s road network
each year
B)
community
facilities maintenance and renewals - to provide enough funding to keep
assets at a good standard to save costs in the long-run
v)
consider that one
of the most effective ways to tackle climate change, and should be the
highest priority, is via accessible and affordable public transport that
parts of Auckland still do not have, or have very little access to
vi)
in response to
point 33 in the Mayoral Proposal, “The Infrastructure Funding and
Financing Act 2020 may be used to allow some development to be brought
forward through development levies placed on properties to pay for
infrastructure. A pilot of this concept in Milldale has proved
successful,” while we support this funding mechanism, the success of
the Milldale development has been undermined by residents not having access
to public transport, and if council is going to tackle climate change,
large-scale greenfield developments such as Milldale need to ensure that
plans include public transport and should be designed so that residents do
not have to get in their car to commute
vii)
express concern
that an increased target for asset recycling for each of the next three years
from $20 million to $70 million per annum is unachievable as the local board
has very few assets to consider divesting
viii)
propose that
reserve contributions under the Local Government Act 2002 are increased to
the maximum seven per cent to enable much needed investment in reserve
acquisition and development and this could provide funding for the local
board’s One Local Initiative, which the community is already part
funding by selling a privately owned facility that they have outgrown
ix)
express concerns on
the proposal for $90 million of the $120 million in cost savings for Auckland
Council in the Emergency Budget being maintained on an ongoing basis, and
request to see evidence of how this could be achieved as we are concerned
that the required staffing cuts to achieve ongoing cost savings will be so
deep that they will impact on our ability to deliver on our work programme.
CARRIED
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