YOUR VOICE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY Puhoi Jetty Local Board Plan 2011 Puhoi General Store OUR VISION odney-respecting environment, celebrating essence of what makes Rodney an attractive place R people, advancing economy. to live, work and play. Rodney is made up of distinct communities Underpinning the Rodney Local Board’s aspirations that not only differ from each other, but differ is the need to protect and enhance our natural significantly from most Auckland suburbs. In order environments. These areas are important in a to succeed in achieving our vision, we need to historic sense, important for future generations ensure that the character of our towns and villages and important for both visitors and residents. They is retained and celebrated. There is a need to provide a sense of place and need to be prioritised connect our communities through technological in the coming years. and transport links while retaining clearly defined greenbelts in our rural and coastal areas. The Rodney Local Board acknowledge the goodwill of their treaty partners and will work alongside New and innovative businesses are welcomed in them to achieve their aspirations. Rodney, many of which have a rural flavour. The Rodney Local Board seeks to further strengthen the local economy without compromising the messAGE FROM the CHAIRMAN s chairman of the Rodney Local Board I am projects. The Plan builds upon historical work and A proud to release the first Rodney Local Board sets our focus for the next three years. Plan. We have listened to our communities’ views, aspirations and preferences and have reflected We look forward to working with the governing these in the Plan. body and with the people of Rodney to deliver on the projects in our Rodney Local Board Plan. This Plan is our mandate from the Rodney community to lead, facilitate, advocate and fund BOB HOWARD CHAIRMAN 2 Rodney Local Board Initiatives RODney LOCAL BOARD INITIATIVES TO MAKE OUR VISION AND priorities A REAlity, WE WILL FOCUS ON A number OF Key projects AND initiAtives over the NEXT three yeARS. Here IS A SNApshot OF SOME OF the thinGS WE PROPOSE to DO IN your locAL community. TE HANA, Kumeu, Johnstone HILL ENHANCE OUR GAteWAYS WARKWorth WARKWorth SHOWGROUNDS Development PUHOI to WellsforD SH1 EXtension to WellsforD (With Access to PUHOI AND SURROUNDING AREAS) RODNEY RODNEY PREPARE business SEAL AND improvement strAteGies UPGRADE IN Key toWNS AND RURAL ROADS FAcilitAte PROGRAmmes to THROUGHOUT support economic GROWth RODNEY 3 Local Board Plan 2011 YOUR LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS BOB HOWARD Steven GArner CHAIRMAN Deputy CHAIRMAN m. 021 283 3666 m. 021 286 8555 e. bob.howard@ e. steven.garner@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz aucklandcouncil.govt.nz WARREN FLAunty THOMAS GRACE m. 021 287 1555 m. 021 286 8822 e. warren.flaunty@ e. thomas.grace@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz aucklandcouncil.govt.nz TRAcey MArtin JOHN MCLEAN m. 021 287 1166 m. 021 286 6660 e. tracey.martin@ e. john.mclean@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz aucklandcouncil.govt.nz JAmes ROLFE BRENDA Steele m. 021 286 3111 m. 021 283 5835 e. james.rolfe@ e. brenda.steele@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz aucklandcouncil.govt.nz JUNE Turner m. 021 365 156 e. june.turner@ aucklandcouncil.govt.nz THE locAL boARD CAN BE contActeD AT the ADDress beloW: 50 Centreway Road Orewa, Auckland 0931 Phone 09 301 0101 4 Contents CONTENTS PAGE The purpose of your local board plan.................. 7 The role of your local board.................................... 7 Your voice....................................................................... 8 Priorities........................................................................... 10 Strengthen our economy.......................................... 12 Actively manage growth and retain coastal and rural character...................................................... 14 Provide effective and reliable infrastructure................................................................. 16 Provide safe, efficient, reliable and multi-modal transportation networks.................. 18 Provide for the recreational needs of our community..................................................................... 22 Engage with our diverse communities and provide for their social and cultural needs......... 26 Protect and enhance our environment................ 30 Indicative budget......................................................... 34 Our local board member portfoilios................... 40 5 Local Board Plan 2011 WE VALUE OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, NATURE & LIFE ON THE COAST 6 Muriwai Beach Rodney Local Board THE PURPOSE OF YOUR LOCAL BOARD PLAN his plan is about Rodney. It expresses what • How we work with other local boards where Twe, your local board members, have heard we share similar interests and learnt from you. It contains the aspirations How we work with and support our and priorities you have for your community. • community groups. This plan sets the framework that will guide our This plan provides us with the framework to decision-making and actions for the next three represent you. It also provides the flexibility years. We will use this plan to guide: to cope with change that will happen during the next three years. During this time we will Our decisions on local activities • continue to work closely with all sectors of our • Our input into the regional activities and community to understand your ongoing needs, decisions of the Auckland Council, including issues, and priorities. development of regional strategies like the Auckland Plan • How we work with other agencies that play a key role in our area (such as central government agencies and council-controlled organisations) THE Role OF your LOCAL BOARD ocal boards were set up to enable decisions Lead: We have the decision-making L to be made democratically for and on behalf responsibility for a wide range of local activities. of their communities. They have also been established with the purpose of promoting Advocate: Acting as advocates on your behalf social, economic, environmental and cultural with other Auckland Council entities, such as well-being for current and future communities. Auckland Transport, as well as external agencies, like central government agencies. Local boards have a wide-ranging role. This ranges from making decisions on local matters, Fund: Providing funding to other organisations providing local leadership and working to build through community grants and other strong local communities. For the purposes funding arrangements. of this plan, the role of local boards has been Facilitate: Engaging and working with broken down into four areas: organisations in the local board area to represent and promote their interests. 7 Local Board Plan 2011 your voice GAteWAYS to ConsultinG With OUR communities WAS AN support importAnt PArt OF economic GROWth DevelopinG this PLAN o assist us with developing our draft plan, we Tlistened to your views at meetings and gathered information informally through other means. sportsfielDS AND We then went through formal consultation, where you made written submissions. We held hearings, considered all submissions fully and then made recreAtionAL changes to our plan based on your feedback. During this process, we heard some powerful messages from you that helped shape this local FAcilities to KEEP board plan. Here are just a few. US Active AND ENGAGED IN our communities improve the QUAlity OF DRINKING WAter 8 Rodney Local Board Your voice Greenbelts youth NEED to BE JOBS city MAintAineD AND trAINING nsport the A D tr N A support the UPGRADE es AG PUBLIC community VILL OUR toWNS ble A to CARE NS MAinstreets W RELI to FOR the R A EEN environment UL W G PUHOI RE bet AND EACH to WellsforD other motorWAY AND Access AT SWIMMING POOL IN puhoi RODney 9 Local Board Plan 2011 PRIORITIES We WILL FOCUS ON A number OF priority AREAS over the NEXT three yeARS to Deliver TANGible improvements FOR OUR communities. These ARE outlineD beloW AND DISCUSSED IN MORE DetAIL IN the folloWING PAGes OF this PLAN. THE priorities ARE not IN Any priority ORDer. PRIORITY strenGthen OUR economy P12 Actively MANAGE GROWth AND retAIN PRIORITY COAstAL AND RURAL CHARActer P14 ProviDE effective AND RELIAble PRIORITY INFRAstructure p16 ProviDE SAFE, efficient, PRIORITY RELIAble AND multi-MODAL trAnsportAtion netWORKS P18 ProviDE FOR the recreAtionAL PRIORITY NEEDS OF OUR community P22 ENGAGE With OUR Diverse communities PRIORITY AND proviDE FOR their SOCIAL AND culturAL NEEDS P26 protect AND ENHANCE PRIORITY OUR environment P30 10 Rodney Local Board Priorities Kumeu Village Butchery 11 Local Board Plan 2011 RODney WILL continue to BUILD ON A stronG resilient economy Priority: strenGthen OUR economy RODney WILL continue to BUILD A stronG AND resilient economy BASED ON A WIDE VAriety OF businesses thAT fit RODney’S UNIQUE RURAL CHARActer. odney has around 8,813 businesses employing aquaculture, viticulture, horticulture, agriculture R12,729 people. During the period 2000 to and the equine industry. To do this we must 2009, employment in the area grew by 25 per ensure that rural land is retained and promoted cent adding a further 2,544 employees. While for rural production purposes with farming Rodney’s economy is strongly oriented towards promoted as a priority activity. This requires rates primary industries, such as agriculture and to be kept at an affordable level for our industries forestry, much of this increase has been driven and businesses located on rural and coastal land. by growth in the construction, health care, social assistance, accommodation and food services