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Resolution number WH/2025/20
MOVED by Chairperson K Thomas, seconded by Member VG
Gascoigne:
That
the Whau Local Board:
a)
provides the
following requests and feedback on the Draft Storm-affected Land Use Policy
to the Governing Body, for consideration by the Policy and Planning Committee
at its upcoming meeting:
i)
note the draft Storm
Affected Land Use Policy has not been developed as per Auckland
Council’s own policy framework which gives effect to the local
board’s right to provide input into the development of policies that
impacts its areas, as required under the section 48(J) of the Local
Government Act 2002, section 15 of the Local Government (Auckland Council)
Act 2009.
ii)
note the process outlines
community benefit as one of the matters to be considered however without
local boards being part of the process for policy development and decisions,
local views and preferences could be limited and not reflect wider community
needs.
iii)
note the Transport,
Resilience and Infrastructure Committee endorsed in principle (Resolution
number TICCC/2025/12) the draft
policy on the 13 February 2025 without giving consideration to local board
views as required by legislation.
iv)
generally support
the development of the policy to make sure that storm affected properties
purchased by Auckland Council are managed responsibly, efficiently, and
effectively.
v)
support
strengthening the policy principles for the best use of storm-affected land
to include explicit reference to Local Board Plans or community priorities,
thereby broadening and maximising the community value derived from the
programme.
vi)
support enabling
local boards to acquire Category (a) properties for any local activities or
community priorities provided they have a viable funding plan e.g. a service
optimisation business case or local rates proposal.
vii) support the proposed land use option for the
Making Space for Water Programme to strengthen Auckland’s resilience to
flooding, and increased funding to accelerate delivery of Margate Road and
Dundale Avenue as known high-risk areas in the Whau local board area.
viii) request that the land-use option definition of
Category (b) extends beyond “service needs” and includes an
explicit reference to Local Board Plans or community priorities so that other
locally determined priorities that go beyond core service needs may be
considered.
ix)
note the
opportunity to maximise community value such as increasing canopy cover in
urban areas or ability to increase the open space network to address
increasing intensification.
x)
acknowledge that
all land within local board areas are vital components of local open space
networks and ecological corridors, and request further discussion on the
management of residual land and land retained for hazard management purposes.
xi)
support
establishing a clear escalation process when local board views on land use
differ from staff recommendations.
xii) do not support the requirement for local
boards to commit operational funding (opex) as a precondition for the
internal transfer of properties already assessed as meeting a service need by
the Auckland Council Group.
xiii) request that if land is retained to meet a
service need and it requires remediation, that the Governing Body, which
holds statutory responsibility for the network of facilities and service
capacity, should fund or contribute to the remediation rather than leaving
these costs to local boards.
xiv) support ensuring that operating costs required
for maintenance/consequential opex continues to be funded regionally until
decisions have been made to transfer the asset to the local board portfolio.
xv) support ensuring that service needs
assessments consider not only Local Board Plans but any other relevant
service needs assessments undertaken by local boards, noting that 2023 plans
were developed within the context of severe financial constraints.
CARRIED
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