A detailed Mayoral plan

John Palino has released a detailed 97 page book outlining what he sees as wrong with the Council, and what he wants to do to fix it.

It's superb to see a Mayoral candidate offer so many specific policies. I hope all the other Mayoral candidates will do the same. Too many campaigns are about style not substance.

A summary of what John Palino is proposing includes:

  • Reduce rates by 10% over the first term
  • An Auckland Ratepayers Bill of Rights that will hold Council responsible for meeting and managing within budgets limiting future rates increases to no more than inflation and population growth
  • Any project with spending of over $1 billion to go to a
  • Make Council spending transparent to Ratepayers so they can judge whether or not their money is being spent sensibly with all spending to be placed monthly on the Internet
  • To provide a long term city plan that reduces traffic congestion by creating an that encourages and allows businesses to develop in locations and provide employment opportunities near where people want to live
  • Remove the Metropolitan Urban Limit
  • To abandon the current council ideology that increasing housing density in existing suburbs will solve traffic congestion problems and provide affordable housing
  • Change zoning to allow intensification of housing, commercial and industrial greenfield sites near existing major transport routes in order to support and develop satellite CBDs. .
  • To provide an Iwi consultation process for resource consents that is limited to genuine cultural issues, that is speedy and cost certain
  • To hold council officers to account for poor or tardy decisions by establishing a Citizens Decision Panel, including relevant external experts, that ratepayers can appeal to
  • Will make the 10% rates reduction a KPI indicator for the CEO
  • Have all decisions made within half the statutory deadline
  • Support tolling for new roads

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