Rosebank Business Centre Report

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Opportunities for Council

Based on the working relationship between the Rosebank Business Association and Auckland City, local government has an opportunity to use this approach in the future when building relationships with business centres across Auckland City. There exists a significant opportunity for Auckland City to:

To engage in dicussion regarding the report findings on Rosebank Road with relevant groups within Auckland City to effectively communicate the areas of concern requiring council attention. These include:

Recreation and Community Services:

1. Liaise with Parks and Streetscape Services led by Geoff Matthews the key contact who is responsible for street cleanliness, graffitti and litter and refuse and recycling

Council needs to clarify the existing options that are currently available for large employers and businesses with excessive rubbish and recycling needs.

An opportunity exists to discuss creating and testing a new system designed with these businesses in mind if the existing systems are not adequate. Any new system would need to manage the these issues more effectively whilst adhering to rubbish, recycling environmental standards.

Transport Planning Group: Service Delivery

1. Liaise with 'Project Services' led by Viren Sharma the key contact who is responsible for road widening, new roundabouts or traffic signals and intersection improvements
2. Liaise with 'Traffic Safety Services' led by Karen Hay the key contact who is responsible for traffic flow management and communities awareness of road safety

Transport Planning Group: Parking Services

3. Liaise with 'Delivery/Planning' led by Donna Holdaway the key contact who is responsible for interpreting the requirements of the community, key stakeholders such as the Police and LTSA and parking policies to determine the best options for delivery

Once initial discussions have taken place with the above groups the next stage will be to submit the details of the discussions as well as the final report to the respective committee's responsible for their consideration

The aim is to build new relationships with local business organisations across the city to facilitate further research on other business centre locations. This will require contacting existing business associations and business groups from emerging business centre locations.

An opportunity exists for Auckland City Council to use the information gained on the Rosebank business centre to conduct further research into how far people travel to employment centres such as Rosebank. This information would provide valuable information on peoples driving patterns, providing opportunities to support and improve the conditions of gaining localised employment – thus encouraging participation between local populations and business. The majority of Rosebank businesses listed the good local workforce as a location advantage.