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Topic
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Proposal
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Support
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Do not support
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Local Board Input
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Operating spending reductions
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Maintaining the currently reduced
number of public transport services (as of December 2022) for 2023/2024 to
save $21 million
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Do not support in part
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· The
Papakura Local Board does not support in part the continuation of reduced
pubic transport services (as at December 2022) as this encourages more
private vehicles on the road and increases congestion and emissions.
· The
local board would like to see services reinstated particularly during peak
times to pre-Covid levels to encourage public transport usage.
· Request
analysis of under- utilised bus routes to investigate the possibility of
more AT Local on demand ride share services.
· The
board supports more public transport on the Frequent Transport Network
routes.
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Reducing funding to Tātaki
Auckland Unlimited to save a further $27.5 million,
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· The
board believes that Tātaki Auckland Unlimited has an important role to
play in bringing the bigger festivals to Auckland and the economic benefit
that brings to the whole region.
· If
council continues to fund economic development at the local level, the
board would like to see more meaningful local economic development
support.
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Reducing regional services such as
community and education programmes, arts and culture programmes, regional
events, economic development, and other social services activities such as
homelessness funding, community empowerment and funding for youth centres
to save $20 million
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Do not support in part
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· The
board does not support the reduction to any community
programmes, arts and culture programmes, regional events, economic
development, community empowerment and funding for youth as these build a
thriving community and social cohesion.
· The
board believes that homelessness initiatives should be funded by central
government.
· The
board does not support the proposed budget cuts to the CAB. It is a
vital service to vulnerable communities.
· Support
the reduction in funding to COMET.
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Reducing local board funded activities
across all boards to save $16 million
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Do not support
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· The
board does not support the proposed reduction in local board funding as
local boards deliver at a local level and any reduction in funding will
impact the community significantly.
· The
board has a general position of keeping rates to the lowest level possible,
however if faced with a reduction in local board funding or a one percent
rates increase, the board would be comfortable with a rates increase for
this purpose.
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Reducing regional contestable grants
to save $3 million
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Do not support
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· The
board does not support reducing the regional contestable grants and
requests that these grants be continued including the operational grant to
Pulman Park.
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No longer directly providing early
childhood education services to save $1 million
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Support
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· The
board supports council no longer directly providing early childhood
education services.
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Amending Auckland International
Airport Limited Shareholding Policy
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To sell Auckland Council’s
shares in AIAL
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· The
board could not come to a consensus on the question of the sale of all the
airport shares.
· The
board agrees that not all airport shares should be sold. Some members are
open to a partial sale of the shares.
· The
board is open to the sale of other assets such as 135 Albert Street.
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Managing rates and debt
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To increase rates by 4.66 percent.
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Support
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· The
board is comfortable with rates being increased up to the level of the rate
of inflation.
· The
board has a general position of keeping rates to the lowest level possible,
however, if faced with a reduction in local board funding or an additional
one percent rates increase, the board would be comfortable with the
additional one percent rates increase above the rate of inflation for this
purpose.
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To increase debt by $75 million
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Support
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· The
board supports increasing the debt by $75 million.
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To
reduce Natural Environment and Water Quality Targeted Rates.
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Support
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· Support
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Storm response
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To
increase rates by an additional 1 per cent to fund a storm response fund
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Support
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· Support
up to one percent
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Other rates, fees and charges
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To introduce a one-off fee for
residents wishing to change bin sizes
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Support
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To
extend the food scraps targeted rate to new areas
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Support
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To
change which bus service are funded by the Climate Action Targeted Rate
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Support
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· Support
and look forward to receiving benefit in the Papakura area at some point
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To
increase fee for swimming pool/spa pool fencing compliance targeted rate
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Support
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To
amend the
Community Occupancy Guidelines
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Support
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To review fees for bookable spaces in
council managed pool and leisure facilities.
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Support
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Other rates and charges fees:
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Animal
management
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Support
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Some
building and resource consenting fees
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Do not support
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Do not support as the fees are already
too high and potentially will impact on people wanting to develop
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Other
regulatory fees such as food licensing registration and micro-mobility
operator fees
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Support
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Cemetery
fees
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Do not support
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Establishment
of a Business Improvement District (BID) and BID targeted rate for
Silverdale
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The board believes this is outside the
Papakura Local Board area and defers to the relevant local board’s
viewpoint.
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Changes
to the boundary for the Rodney Drainage District Targeted Rate
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The board believes this is outside the
Papakura Local Board area and defers to the relevant local board’s
viewpoint.
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Other issues
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Any
other issues, including:
Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2023/2024
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Papakura Local Board feedback on
related policies
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Revenue and Financing Policy
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Pause the Long-Term Differential
Strategy (LTDS) for one year.
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Support
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Māori Land Rates Remission and
Postponement Policy
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Amend
the Māori Land Rates Remission and Postponement Policy to provide a
partial remission of rates to general title papakāinga, where that
land is:
· protected from being sold out of Māori ownership
for the sole use of hapū/iwi
(tribe).
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Support
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