Community facilities strategy

Contents | Aims of strategy | Strategic goal | Scope | Principles | Council roles | City-wide level of provision | Assessment tools | 10-year action plan | Appendices

8.0 10-year action plan

8.1 High level analysis

A first cut analysis of city-wide (isthmus and Gulf Islands) community centre and hall provision suggests that the current level of supply is satisfactory. This analysis takes into account both existing and planned, council owned community facilities.

Appendices 1 – 4 provide the information on which this very high level analysis of the isthmus is based:

Appendix 1 (553kb PDF) shows the city-wide (isthmus) coverage of halls. The catchment area consists of a three-kilometre radius around each hall. Based on this high level analysis the only areas currently not serviced by halls are Orakei and the Western part of the city which borders Waitakere city.

Appendix 2 (547 kb PDF) shows the city-wide (isthmus) coverage of community centres. Again the catchment area consists of a three-kilometre radius around each centre. Based on this high level analysis there is quite comprehensive provision of community centres.

Appendix 3 lists council and non-council owned community facilities in the Gulf islands.

Appendix 4 lists planned and funded facility developments and disposals.

Appendix 5 (575kb PDF) shows the proximity of community centres and halls to SGMAs.

Some information suggests a possible under supply of facilities in the future:

Appendices 6 and 7 show current (1998) and projected (2006) community facility supply and demand based on the Community Resources Model. This shows a potential under supply in the west, down the central corridor and in some Eastern parts of the city. This is reasonably consistent with the deprivation index map and therefore has synergies with facility user profiles.

In addition, the following information may indicate the need for more detailed analyses to determine facility needs, supply and demand:

• There is considerable pressure for community office space across the city.
• A number of recommendations have been made following an initial exploration of ways to reduce the net cost of community halls and ways to facilitate greater use of school halls for community use (Special Finance and Corporate Business Committee resolutions, 19 December 2001). These recommendations need to be explored further.
• Council’s Building Strong Communities policy paper specifies a review of the number of community centres and review Council’s community facilities capital investment programme.
• Needs assessments have been carried out in Maungakiekie, Mt Albert/Balmoral, Avondale/Roskill, Wesley, Eden Activity Centre, catchment and Tamaki community. Other areas did not require needs assessments because facility developments were underway or planned (Gulf Islands, Western Bays). However, no assessment has been carried out in Hobson or Eastern Bays.

Appendix 8 is for information only. It highlights planned recreation precincts. There may be opportunities at some stage to develop facilities in these areas. The Wesley and Oranga Community Centre development are contributing to Recreation precincts. 

Appendix 9 is for information. It maps the city’s deprivation based on 1996 census data. 

8.2 Programme of action and priorities

A prioritised programme of non-asset and asset related work is attached as Appendix 10.

These lists have been developed using the above criteria. Some of the priorities may change following the city-wide level of provision review.

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Published April 2002