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Resolution
number UHCF/2021/29
MOVED by Chairperson L Whyte, seconded by Member U Casuri
Balouch:
That
the Upper Harbour Local Board
Community Forum:
a) approve
local consultation document content (Attachment A of the agenda report) and
local supporting information content (Attachment B of the agenda report) for
inclusion in the Annual Budget 2022/2023 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 Upper Harbour Local Board for the Annual Budget 2022/2023.
c) approve
the following Have Your Say event in the local board area during the Annual
Budget 2022/2023 consultation period:
i) drop-in style ‘Have Your Say’
event, Thursday 3 March 2022, 5.30pm-7.30pm, Upper Harbour Local Board
Office, Kell Park, Albany
d) delegate
authority to the local board Chairperson to approve any changes required to
the Have Your Say event on Thursday
3 March 2022, 5.30pm-7.30pm.
e) 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 Annual Budget 2022/2023:
i) local
board members and Chair
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
f) provide feedback on potential regional
consultation topics and local board advocacy for the Annual Budget 2022/2023.
General comments
i)
the local board is of the view that
the regional consultation topics should have transparent information on the
available options including clear cumulative financial implications of the
different existing targeted rates, proposed targeted rates, new waste charges
and general rates increases, to provide a better household impact view.
Financial Policy
ii)
support proposal for a 3-year cycle
to review fees and charges, including the proposal for fees to be reviewed
for inflation annually (based on consumer price index increases) as this
reduces the impact of major changes as a result of a 3-yearly review.
iii)
restate resolution number UH/2021/147
through which the local board provided the following feedback on the draft
Contributions Policy 2021:
A)
support the overall intent
of the policy update
B)
note the definition of
Northwest includes Whenuapai
C)
support inclusion of
projects beyond 10-years: the inclusion of strategic projects over a longer
period of time (over 10 years) ensures all developers contribute equitably to
the infrastructure and amenity required as a result of growth
D)
support requiring
developers to pay their contributions earlier: with the ability to negotiate
staging the payment timing of contributions for small scale developments.
iv)
Māori freehold land
rates: support remission and postponement policy proposed for marae and papakāinga, but do not support remission and postponement for
commercial land.
Waste
v)
Food Scraps Targeted Rate (kerbside
food scraps collections): proposal for consultation should include an element
of choice.
vi)
Opt out policy for Multi-Unit
Developments (MUDs): policy should encourage opt-out and promote waste
minimization by requiring developments with more than 10 units look after
their own waste.
vii)
Business and farm properties
– consultation on standardised Charging Per Service or Per
SUIP (separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit): the local
board question whether there will be capacity to move into this space.
viii)
Residential properties (multi
SUIP 2-9 units) – consultation on Standardised Charging
per Service or per SUIP (separately used or inhabited part of
a rating unit): local board support per service proposal,
ix)
the local board support the
opportunity for choice to encourage waste minimization objectives, including
opt-out options.
Climate
x)
Climate Action Targeted Rate: support
proposal to fund climate action package via a targeted rate and consulting
the community on the targeted rate options.
xi)
Climate Action Targeted Rate: support
investment package proposal to prioritise improvement of bus services with
the following public transport investment priorities in Upper Harbour:
A)
delivering improved optimisation and
integration of feeder bus services
B)
provision of public transport
services in areas where none currently exists, such as Paremoremo, Albany
Heights and Scott Point.
xii)
Climate Action Targeted Rate: support
investment package proposal to bring forward investment on the cycling
improvements programme, with the addition of Rosedale Road and Oteha Valley
Road cycleway projects to the list of priorities in the cycleways programme.
Budget Package and Key
available levers
xiii)
suggest addition of another lever to
reduce expenditure: enabling greater community investment via
council/non-council partnerships where council sets standards and enables
work to happen but does not gatekeep.
Advocacy
xiv)
a long-term solution for library
services, including continuous provision, within the Upper Harbour Local
Board area.
xv)
prioritisation of investment for open
space development and acquisitions in areas where there is a known need and
gap in the network, such as:
A)
Scott Point Sustainable Sports Park
B)
a sub-regional indoor court facility
in the Upper Harbour Local Board area
C)
acquisition of Bomb Point,
Hobsonville
D)
acquisition of open space land in the
Whenuapai structure plan area.
xvi)
adequate levels of renewals funding
to ensure assets are well maintained.
xvii)
adequate level of funding for
enforcement and compliance.
xviii)
reserve the right to provide
additional feedback on regional topics and local board advocacy for the
Annual Budget 2022/2023 following public consultation.
g) note
that information in this report is confidential until 9 December 2021
following the Finance and Performance Committee meeting on 8 December 2021 when the final Mayoral Proposal and the
material relating to the Annual Budget will be made publicly available.
Restatement
h) agree to restate the decisions in the open
section of the minutes but the report and attachments will remain
confidential until the 9 December 2021 when the final Mayoral Proposal and the
material relating to the annual
budget will be made publicly available.
CARRIED
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