2011 June 22 ADOPTION- FOR DRAFT LOCAL BOARD INFORMATION AND AGREEMENTS VOLUME 2 HOW THIS PLAN IS ARRANGED Auckland Council’s annual plan 2011/2012 comes in three volumes. Volume 1 of the plan contains the council’s plan for the region. Volume 3 contains changes to licensing and consents fees and charges. This Volume 2 contains the following for each of the 21 local boards: Overview of local board responsibilities and budgets Information about the local board The local board agreement covering the specific area, including aspects for negotiation that were carried out with the governing body The local board’s contact details Volume 1 sets out an overview of key information across the region, including summary information on changes to the long term plan, information on activities and council-controlled organisations, and the Auckland Council’s prospective financial statements. Note that Volume 1 also includes information on the activities each local board is responsible for, and summary information on funding provided to all local boards. You should read this volume in conjunction with Volume 1. Volume 3 includes a list of the changes to existing licensing and consent charges such as building control, resource consents and other licensing and compliance fees and charges. Amendments to the long-term plan In addition to the annual plan, there is also a separate document called Amendments to Auckland Council’s Long-term Plan 2010-2019. This contains full details of the new policies and amendments to existing policies that represent significant changes to those set out in the Long-term Plan 2010-2019. The council consulted the public on them in March 2011. A summary of the amendments is included in Part 1 of this volume. Auckland Council Annual Plan 2011/2012 1 Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION Page Background 5 Local board activities 6 Developing local board plans 6 Developing local board agreements 7 Local board budgets 7 Consultation report 8 Notes to the local board agreements 10 PART II: LOCAL BOARD AGREEMENTS Albert-Eden Local Board 13 Devonport-Takapuna Local Board 27 Franklin Local Board 41 Great Barrier Local Board 55 Henderson-Massey Local Board 69 Hibiscus and Bays Local Board 83 Howick Local Board 99 Kaipatiki Local Board 115 Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board 131 Manurewa Local Board 147 Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board 161 Orakei Local Board 177 Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board 191 Papakura Local Board 205 Puketapapa Local Board 217 Rodney Local Board 231 Upper Harbour Local Board 245 Waiheke Local Board 259 Waitakere Ranges Local Board 275 Waitemata Local Board 289 Whau Local Board 303 APPENDIX I: Key issues from submitters on local board issues 315 Auckland Council Annual Plan 2011/2012 3 Volume 2: Local board information and agreements Introduction INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Auckland Council has two complementary and non-hierarchical decision-making parts: the governing body, consisting of a mayor elected by all Aucklanders and 20 councillors elected on a ward basis 21 local boards, with members elected by local board area. The governing body and the local boards share the decision-making responsibilities of Auckland Council: the governing body focuses on the big picture and on region-wide strategic decisions local boards represent their local communities and make decisions on local issues, activities and facilities. Local boards also provide important local input into region-wide strategies and plans including those of the council- controlled organisations (CCOs). The areas for local boards were set by the Local Government Commission in March 2010 and can be seen in the map in Volume 1, Part 1, of the Annual Plan 2011/2012. There are three ways that local boards may acquire decision-making responsibility for activities: responsibility may be directly conferred by legislation – this applies to activities such as community engagement, preparing local board plans, negotiating, agreeing and monitoring local board agreements and proposing local bylaws. Local boards are also responsible for identifying the views of local people on regional strategies, policies, plans and bylaws and communicating these views to the governing body for non-regulatory activities only, responsibility may be allocated to the local boards by the governing body in line with principles in the legislation –local boards will make decisions on, and have oversight of, a broad range of local projects, programmes and activities and assets such as local parks, libraries, events, recreational facilities and cultural activities, except where decision making on a region-wide basis will better promote the well being of communities across Auckland for regulatory or non-regulatory activities, responsibility may be delegated to the local boards by the governing body – Under legislation, the governing body is responsible for decision-making and oversight of regulatory activities such as bylaws, consent processes, licensing, compliance, inspection and enforcement, and animal management. The governing body may delegate decision-making responsibility for regulatory activities to local boards, with some exceptions such as the making of bylaws. The governing body retains legal responsibility for any regulatory activities delegated to local boards. The governing body may also delegate responsibility for non-regulatory activities to local boards, in which case it retains legal responsibility for those activities Auckland Council Annual Plan 2011/2012 5 Volume 2: Local board information and agreements Introduction LOCAL BOARD ACTIVITIES The local board responsibilities provided for directly in legislation or allocated to boards have been summarised into the activities and sub-activities set out in the table below. A full list of responsibilities is in Volume 1, Part III, of the annual plan 2011/2012. Activity Sub-activity Community Local community development programmes Local community facilities Local community grants, information and advice Local community safety programmes Arts services Local arts programmes Local public art Local arts facilities Local arts grants and advice Events Local events Libraries Local library facilities and services Parks Local parks Recreation services Local recreation programmes Local recreation and leisure facilities, including pools Local recreation grants and advice Governance Local governance and advocacy Planning and policy Local board plans and agreements Local bylaw development Economic development Local business area planning and infrastructure Street environment and town centres Local street environment and town centres Environmental management Local environmental programmes DEVELOPING LOCAL BOARD PLANS During 2011, each local board will work with their communities to better understand the preferences of the people in their area and develop a plan by 31 October 2011 for the next three years. These local board plans must follow a special consultative procedure prior to adoption, as outlined in the Local Government Act 2002. The local board plan will outline the community’s aspirations and priorities, desired projects and potential funding. It will provide a foundation for each local board to develop a local board agreement with the governing body for each of the next three years, and will inform the council’s long-term plan. 6 Auckland Council Annual Plan 2011/2012 Volume 2: Local board information and agreements Introduction DEVELOPING LOCAL BOARD AGREEMENTS Each local board (LB) negotiates an agreement with the governing body (GB) annually for the delivery and funding of services in the local area. These agreements form part of the council’s annual plan. The local board agreement must include: the intended levels of service for each local activity and the way in which performance will be measured the estimated expenses of achieving and maintaining those intended levels of service how any expenses in excess of the funding allocated to the local board is to be met (including from local revenue sources). Local board agreements are based on the priorities and preferences contained in the relevant local board’s plan. As the first local board plans won’t be adopted until 30 October 2011, the first local board agreements are based on the information in Auckland Council’s Long-Term Plan 2010-2019, which contained the local board budgets for 2011/2012. This document includes the local board agreement covering the period from 1 July 2011 through to 30 June 2012. LOCAL BOARD BUDGETS Local boards have responsibility for overseeing local services including the sub-activities mentioned in the previous table, and have budgets to meet the cost of providing these services. Auckland Council’s Long-term Plan 2012-2022 will include a full review of the budgets, reflecting input from the first local board plans. Part III of Volume 1: Our region has an overview of the local board’s expenditure and income for 2011/2012. Auckland Council Annual Plan 2011/2012 7 Volume 2: Local board information and agreements Introduction CONSULTATION REPORT INTRODUCTION Auckland Council made the decisions in this annual plan after an extensive consultation process with the public. We released the Auckland Council draft annual plan 2011/2012 on 28 February 2011 and gave people five weeks in which to provide feedback. GETTING FEEDBACK ABOUT THE DRAFT ANNUAL PLAN During the consultation period, we encouraged you to have your say in a variety of ways. A summary of the draft annual plan was sent to every household in the region. This pamphlet included a freepost feedback form. The full draft annual plan was available to be read in libraries and council service centres as well as on our website. We ran an advertising campaign in local papers and on radio stations to encourage people to tell us what they thought about the proposals in the draft annual plan. We received 1,800 submissions1 on our proposals. Between 14 April and 2 May, hearings were held in local board areas across the region. More information on the hearings is provided below. LOCAL FEEDBACK Appendix A contains a list of the key issues from submitters on local board issues as determined by the number of submissions received.