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Resolution
number OR/2024/104
MOVED by Chairperson
S Milne, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Powrie:
That
the Ōrākei Local Board:
a) receive the summary of feedback on the
representation review initial proposal via memo prior to the business
meeting.
b) note
that the Joint Governance Working Party (JGWP) will hear submissions on the
proposal including local board feedback, for a decision by the Governing Body
on 26 September 2024.
c) provide
the following formal submission on the proposal:
i)
Notes that among
the general public there is a lack of understanding of local government and
the nature, responsibilities and decision-making powers of the Governing
Body, local boards, council-controlled organisations and other government
agencies, so, any work that can be done to clarify and simplify
representation arrangements and governance is to be welcomed.
ii)
Strongly supports
additional efforts to help educate and communicate with the public to enable
a greater understanding of local government, particularly the role of local
boards.
iii)
Supports the
alignment of the boundaries of wards and local boards as a general principle,
and in the case of the Ōrākei Local Board area, our local board
views Parnell as an aligned community of interest with our local board area
and seeks that this suburb is included in our board area when the next review
of local board boundaries takes place.
iv)
Supports the
proposal to move Ellerslie from the Maungakiekie -Tāmaki Ward to the
Ōrākei Ward to align ward and local board areas given that they are
communities with common interest.
v)
Supports the
proposal to move St Johns from the Maungakiekie -Tāmaki Ward to the
Ōrākei Ward to align ward and local board areas given that they are
communities with common interest.
vi)
Do not support the
proposal to move Parnell, Newmarket and Grafton from the Ōrākei
Ward to the Waitematā and Gulf Ward as we believe there is a greater
community of interest relationship with these suburbs and the
Ōrākei Ward than any other neighbouring ward.
vii)
When the next
Reorganisation Proposal process is undertaken, the Ōrākei Local
Board would submit that board boundaries should be reviewed to allow
alignment as expressed in points iv), v), vi) above.
d) request
to speak to its submission in front of the JGWP at the hearing.
CARRIED
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