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District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands section

District plan review

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Transport focus group workshop

Outcomes from session 1

Attendees:
Jan Scott
Allen Davies
Raymond Batchelor
Bernhard Rhodes
Herb Romaniuk
Pita Rikys
Jeanine Clarkin
Claude Lewenz
Bruce Young (Auckland City Council)
Karyn Sinclair (Facilitator)
Lucy McKenzie (Auckland City Council)
Richard Osborne (Auckland City Council consultant)

Apologies:
Vern Whitehead

Date:
Friday 30 September 2005

Time:
9am to 2pm

Venue:
Surfdale Hall

Brief developed for City Planning

District plan matters

  1. Investigate the possibility of more prescriptive provisions within the district plan
  2. Undertake a review of the roading standards (AUSTROADS, HGI Development Code) with a view of a better standard and consider how this is referenced in the district plan.
  3. Ensure that bus stop facilities within the road reserve are controlled by the Local Government Act and not the District Plan.
  4. Investigate the possibility of an alternative route (bypass-suggested Moa Ave) around Oneroa and infrastructure to support the Wharves. i.e. designations
  5. Ensure a sensible roading network and rules in the district plan.
  6. Review the linkage between subdivision and traffic impact on the road network and the use of financial contributions to alleviate traffic effects.
  7. Review the impact of development/landuse on transportation infrastructure (traffic generation).
  8. Consider the impact of helicopters in conjunction with land uses.

Matters outside of the District Plan. These matters are mainly operational and will be referred to relevant Council departments and organisations for feedback.

  1. Investigate the operational needs of Kennedy Point Wharf and the current imbalance of function. Look at facilities for pedestrians and road users from the wharf and schools along Donald Bruce Road.
  2. Investigate the operational concerns with Matiatia.
  3. Provide better pedestrian facilities (footpaths) on principal and distributor roads.
  4. Review the staging of buses particularly at Little Oneroa and Moa Ave.
  5. Investigate the linkages between LGAA02, LGAAA04 and RMA process. In particular the LGAAA 04 Section 8(2)(b)(i) and the relationship between transport planning and community outcomes.
  6. Needs to be further consideration of community input into design issues e.g Wharves.
  7. Investigate a greater local control in tender and enforcement issues.
  8. A need to investigate greater empowerment of decision making within the local community.

Information for other focus groups

  1. The provision of affordable housing for low income earners, by covenanting new subdivisions so that it is only made available to low income earners.
  2. The provision of nursing homes on the island for a greater variety of socio-economic mix and the choice of remaining on Waiheke rather shifting to Auckland City.
  3. The need to develop village clusters with every service available within 500m.
  4. Oneroa should be made a pedestrian mall.
  5. There is a need for comprehensive modelling (3D), for new developments.
  6. A population limit of 10,000 people living on the island is sufficient.