Rodney Local Board I Te Poari ā-Rohe o Rodney

Dont allow Panuku to sell off any more publicly owned land. Public land has potential future community use such as park & rides, parks etc

Public land that has potential future community use such as park & rides, parks, future community facilities etc should not be sold. Ratepayers end up footing the bill at a later date when land is purchased at over inflated prices. Its false economy. Too much public land has been sold already. Can the Local Board please try and prevent any more sales of this nature. It does not benefit Rodney.

Helensville Leisure Centre for All Ages Year round facilities, programmes for 5000+ rural Families.

Non-local users should help pay for use of toilet, camping facilities and park access: by parking fees, or visitor or camping licence fees.

Charge visitors/tourists for use of camping facilities and access to parks (Local ratepayers exempt).

Greenways / Footpaths.

We need more footpaths in Rodney than any one agency or entity can deliver. Much confusion exists about "greenways"..many seem to confuse the concept of greenways in semi-rural areas with the inner-city "cycleways/walkways" etc. Greenways in local context are merely footpaths /cycleways not adjacent to A.T. or Council roads. ..and in many parts of Rodney are the ONLY realistic or feasible solution to pedestrian/cycle connectivity. There is an indicative Greenways plan in RLB's LTP... but private land-owners collaborating, where possible, to help connect their properties, subdivisions, or even comm. projects, to other critical areas of social use (such as parks, schools, shops, community facilities, etc ) need support at Council level before the opportunities disappear through the inevitable ongoing development of the area. There are several local initiatives in varying stages of advancement in this area...but funding to "join the dots" through Council or other C.C.O. owned land as a priority to see them completed has yet to be sought..private land-owners can only do so much. A dedicated, identifiable policy at Council / Local Board level to help align priorities , -in particular how to address specific funding possibilities where private entities cannot stretch the gap, - would produce fantastic results through the network of private individuals & land-owners already involved in various local projects.

Deliver the $121 million promised for Rodney rural road sealing from the Regional Fuel Tax.

The Mayor, and Rodney First announced a deal to have $121 million for road sealing over ten years. $85 million from the regional fuel tax plus $36 million from General Rates. The bulk of this promise has been deferred and last year only $4.7 million was delivered. This deferment will continue for the next 5 years. We PAY NOW, we need ROADS SEALED NOW. We want a continuous funding of $12.1 million per annum … it is OUR money. We need the RLB to strongly advocate for funding otherwise it is going to take 700 years to seal Rodney Rural Roads.