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Resolution
number MT/2023/41
MOVED by Chairperson M Meredith, seconded by
Deputy Chairperson D Burrows:
That the
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board:
a)
receive
consultation feedback on the proposed Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board
priorities and activities for 2023/2024 including proposed local activities
to discontinue, reduce spending on, or increase fees, to meet the reduction
in local board funding proposed by the Governing Body.
b)
receive consultation feedback on regional topics in the
Annual Budget 2023/2024 and related policies from people and organisations
based in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki local board area.
c)
provide the input on regional topics in the proposed
Annual Budget 2023/2024 and related policies to the Governing Body as
attached (Attachment A).
d)
recommend retaining local board funding at current
levels this year, with the intention of making more strategic changes to
budgets with the upcoming development of the 10-year Budget, taking into
consideration local boards' increased decision-making powers and the timeline
for those changes to come into effect.
e)
Recommend that allowances are made in the regional budget
to incentivise local boards to "deliver differently" into the
future, for example
1.
access to funding for demolishing degrading buildings,
2.
ensuring funds from the optimisation of assets are readily
accessible for local boards to redeploy for other uses in the local
community.
3.
ensuring staff capacity is retained for the provision of quality
advice to local boards on alternative models of delivery, including greater resource towards leasing advice to ensure
that our leasing portfolios are up-to-date and able to best benefit our
communities.
4.
prioritising roles with brokering functions to support
leveraging external funding, including brokering public-private partnerships
5.
Ensuring that mechanisms for optimising revenue opportunities
are made available for local decision making, for example, ensuring that
community leasing fee revenue can be reviewed promptly through the upcoming
10-year Budget.
f)
Request
that Governing Body champion the health and status of the Manukau Harbour,
equitable to the level of resource and investment received by the Hauraki
Gulf The responsibility for the Manukau Harbour cannot be shouldered by the
eight local boards of the Manukau Harbour Forum alone. Our local
consultation feedback showed that our community highly prioritises
environmental protection and water quality initiatives, but only so much can
be done from a local level with local investment.
g)
Recommend continued advocacy to central government to
shoulder the costs of activities that fall within their responsibility.
Creative methods could be explored, for example, any GST recovered
from rates payments could be returned to council.
h)
Recommend seriously considering the long-term
implications of reducing investment into economic and urban development
through Tātaki Auckland Unlimited and Eke Panuku Development Auckland
respectively.
CARRIED
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