Notice of Meeting:
I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the
Community Services Committee will be held on:
Date: Monday
6 March 2023
Time: 10:00am
Venue: Council
Chambers, Level 2, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon, Dunedin
Sandy Graham
Community Services Committee
PUBLIC AGENDA
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Chairperson
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Cr Marie Laufiso
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Deputy Chairperson
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Cr Mandy Mayhem
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Members
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Cr Bill Acklin
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Cr Sophie Barker
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Cr David Benson-Pope
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Cr Christine Garey
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Cr Kevin Gilbert
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Cr Carmen Houlahan
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Cr Cherry Lucas
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Cr Jim O'Malley
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Cr Lee Vandervis
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Cr Steve Walker
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Cr Brent Weatherall
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Cr Andrew Whiley
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Senior Officer Simon
Pickford, General Manager Community Services
Governance Support Officer Lauren
Riddle
Lauren Riddle
Governance Support Officer
Telephone: 03 477 4000
Governance.support@dcc.govt.nz
www.dunedin.govt.nz
Note: Reports
and recommendations contained in this agenda are not to be considered as
Council policy until adopted.
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Community Services
Committee
6 March 2023
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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Opening
Karakia Timatanga 4
2 Public
Forum 4
3 Apologies 4
4 Declaration
of Interest 5
Part
A Reports (Committee has power to decide these matters)
5 Community
Services Committee Forward Work Programme - March 2023 14
6 Ōtepoti
Dunedin Housing Plan Update 17
7 Closing
Karakia Whakamutunga
The meeting will close with a Karakia Whakamutunga.
Community Services Committee Forward Work
Programme - March 2023
Department: Civic
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 The
purpose of this report is to provide a regular update of the Community Services
Committee forward work programme to show areas of activity, progress and
expected timeframes for decision making across a range of areas of work.
(Attachment A).
2 As
this is an administrative report only, there are no options or Summary of
Considerations.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Committee:
a) Notes the Community Services Committee forward work
programme as shown in Attachment A.
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DISCUSSION
3 The
forward work programme will be a regular agenda item which shows areas of
activity, progress and expected timeframes for decision making across a range
of areas of work.
4 As
an update report, purple highlights show changes to timeframes. New Items
added to the schedule will be highlighted in yellow. Items that have been
completed or updated are shown as bold.
Signatories
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Author:
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Lauren Riddle - Governance Support Officer
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Authoriser:
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Simon Pickford - General Manager Community Services
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Attachments
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Title
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Page
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Community Services
Forward Work Programme - February 2023
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Community Services Committee
6 March 2023
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Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan Update
Department: Property
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 This
report provides an update on the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022
(‘the Plan’) which Council adopted on 30 August 2022 (Attachment
B), and to present the Implementation Plan 2023-2024 which identifies the
priority actions for the first 18 months.
2 The
Implementation plan 2023-2024 is shown in Attachment A, and progress to date is
discussed below.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Committee:
a) Notes the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022 Update
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BACKGROUND
3 Council
adopted the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022 at its meeting 30 August
2022. The Plan forms the overarching vision and goals for housing in
Dunedin.
4 The
Plan recognises that Council needs to work in partnership with the community,
and focuses on the right to decent housing, enriching the well-being of our
people, connecting our communities, reflecting our diversity, having homes that
are adaptive to our climate and exploring innovative solutions.
5 Ongoing
engagement with the community, and regular reporting to Committee and the
community is a key component of the plan. This will be done holding
regular hui and regular newsletters to the organisations and individuals that
wish to be part of helping to achieve the Plans goals, as well as regular
updates to this Committee.
DISCUSSION
Implementation
Plan 2023-2024
6 The
Implementation Plan 2023-2024 has 5 priority work areas. These have been
developed in consultation with stakeholders. Each of the priorities has
actions aligned to them.
7 The
layout of the Implementation Plan 2023-2024 (Attachment A) follows the same
format and approach as the Play Spaces Plan 2021 and will published on the DCC
website with regular updates on progress against the actions.
8 Some
of the actions will be time limited discreet pieces of work, while others will
be ongoing and may evolve over time in response to changes in Central
Government policies, stakeholder feedback on priorities, and changes to housing
issues within the city.
9 The
priorities for 2023-2024 are -
· Bring
people together to strengthen and create connections
· Investigate
ways to increase the quality of our housing
· Find
better ways to use land for housing
· Make
it easier to work with Council
· Look
after our most vulnerable
10 The
Implementation Plan 2023-2024 actions are -
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Priority
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Actions
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Progress to date
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Bring people together to strengthen and create connections
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Facilitate cross-agency stakeholder hui on housing topics (e.g.
homelessness, collaborative funding)
Create a nation-wide council group for sharing information and
approaches
Develop a regular newsletter to Dunedin stakeholders to keep everyone
updated on all things housing
Build a contact database of Dunedin stakeholders to enable better
sharing of information
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January 2023 - Homelessness hui held (see below priority Look
After our most vulnerable for future work)
December 2022 - Cross-council (NZ) group including Hamilton,
Christchurch, Palmerston North, Thames, and Waitaki created.
October 2022 - Cross-Council (NZ) stakeholder contact list, with
regular information sharing via email created.
In development
August 2022 - Contact database created and ongoing introductions by
the Housing Advisor
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Investigate ways to increase the quality of our housing
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Build a series of on-line resources that are easy to understand and
accessible
Develop an options analysis for possible incentives to encourage
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· Building and retrofitting homes with design for
everyone (Universal Design/designing for disabilities)
· Making homes warmer
· Reducing construction waste
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2GP Variation 2 search facility draft developed to enable landowners
to easily identify building options on their land.
Initial options for Incentive scheme identified which includes
financial/non-financial implications.
Options to be presented to Council in time for 10 Year Plan
2024-2034.
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Find better ways to utilise land for housing
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Build a council wide approach to DCC owned land and look for housing
development options
Work with landowners and stakeholders to identify opportunities for
housing development and partnerships
Council advocating for additional funding from Central Government to
support housing development
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Initial discussions with Parks, Property, and 3 Waters staff.
Ongoing
Initial work to identify opportunities for working with government
agencies and stakeholders
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Make it easy to work with Council
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Create an online DCC housing portal that is easy to
find and search.
Create easy to read resources and opportunities for education on the
2GP, designing for everyone, and saving energy
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Initial discussions with DCC Web and BIS team held.
See above (Investigate ways to increase the quality of our housing).
Working with Community Group (SCAN), DCC Eco-Designer, 3 Waters and
Carbon Zero team to investigate options e.g. LED replacement, low flow
shower head installation.
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Look after our most vulnerable
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Create a joined-up approach to address homelessness in our city
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December 2023 – commenced research on potential models for a
strategic city-wide approach to homelessness.
January 2023 – Initial hui with MSD, Corrections, Night
Shelter, PACT, Kāinga Ora, NZ Police, Te Whatu Ora, and DCC Property,
Parks and Libraries
March 2023 – Next hui planned
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Other
work undertaken in the last period
11 The
Housing Advisor continues to contribute to and coordinate a range of housing
associated work and workstreams across Council. These workstreams include
the South Dunedin Futures Scenario Planning, involvement in the Corporate
Policy Strategic Refresh and co-leading the Community and Social Housing
Workstream of the Future Development Strategy.
12 The
Housing Advisor also remains the conduit within the DCC for information
requests from Kainga Ora.
13 The
Housing Advisor is continuing to build stakeholder engagement by making contact
with and presenting the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022 to agencies,
groups and individuals.
OPTIONS
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are no options as this report is for noting.
NEXT STEPS
15 The
Housing Advisor will continue to work on the identified priorities and actions
for 2023-2024
Signatories
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Author:
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Gill Brown - Housing Action Plan Advisor
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Authoriser:
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Robert West - General Manager Corporate and Quality
Sandy Graham - Chief Executive Officer
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Attachments
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Title
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Housing Plan 2022
Implementation plan 2023-2024
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⇩b
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Otepoti Dunedin Housing
Plan 2022
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SUMMARY OF CONSIDERATIONS
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Fit with purpose
of Local Government
This decision enables democratic local
decision making and action by, and on behalf of communities and promotes the
social well-being of communities in the present and for the future.
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Fit with strategic
framework
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Contributes
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Detracts
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Not applicable
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Social Wellbeing Strategy
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Economic Development Strategy
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Environment Strategy
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Arts and Culture Strategy
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3 Waters Strategy
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Spatial Plan
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Integrated Transport Strategy
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Parks and Recreation Strategy
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Other strategic projects/policies/plans
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The Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022 and
Implementation Plan 2023-2024 contributes to an effective housing eco-system
for the city and contributes to the DCC’s strategic framework.
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Māori Impact
Statement
For Māori, housing is about more
than economic outcomes and material security. Housing cuts across many
aspects of Māori wellbeing, such as whānau health, acquisition and use of te reo Māori, care of
whenua and the environment, the ability to provide sustenance and hospitality
for themselves and others, and many aspects of wellbeing that are unique to
Māori culture. There are a number of large multidisciplinary and
multi-agency research projects working alongside Māori communities to
empower Māori in the housing sector and developing the knowledge needed
to address severe housing deprivation, homelessness, social housing,
affordable rental options, ownership and papakainga development. The
Corporate Policy team is in touch with a number of these large research
projects, to develop relationships and exchange information to inform the
development of the Council’s Strategic Refresh project, the Māori
Strategic Framework and enhance our understanding of Māori aspirations
for wellbeing.
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Sustainability
Sustainability has been identified as a key issue through
ongoing consultation with the community and stakeholders.
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LTP/Annual Plan /
Financial Strategy /Infrastructure Strategy
This work is in line with the Annual Plan
2023-24.
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Financial
considerations
Funding for the Principal Housing Advisor is included in
the Annual Plan 2023-24 budget.
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Significance
This report is considered of low
significance in terms of the Councils Significance and Engagement Policy.
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Engagement –
external
External engagement with stakeholders across the city has
been extensive and is ongoing
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Engagement -
internal
There has been internal engagement across many DCC
departments
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Risks: Legal /
Health and Safety etc.
There are no identified risks
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Conflict of
Interest
There are no known conflicts of interest.
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Community Boards
All six Community Boards were engaged in the development
of the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan 2022, and actions in the Plan will
include Community Board areas.
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