Auckland City Facilities Partnership Scheme
Targets
The scheme is positioned to be responsive to community demand, rather than to generate the demand itself. There are no spending targets, or requirement to process a specific number of applications or projects per year.
Auckland City will not fund or develop partnerships where the proposals do not meet the specified requirements and funding criteria.
The council also seeks out potential partnerships to develop facilities in areas identified as high need. Some of these arrangements may be with the private sector and fall slightly outside the bounds of this policy; however, the council will explore these arrangements through other means.
Managing and reporting Outcomes
Measurement of the project outcomes occurs within the context of the formal contract between Auckland City and the partner.
Within each grant there is a formal contract containing obligations across three project phases.
1. Pre-construction founding phase - contains information about how the partners will participate
2. Construction period
3. Post-construction operational phase
The initial phase of the contract includes preconditions for the release of funds. Specifically, funds will not be released and construction does not begin until the organisation has demonstrated that the total project funding can be guaranteed and the council is satisfied that the final design will still deliver the anticipated community outcomes and access.
Financial sustainability is a key outcome which the council requires in its partnerships/projects. This is achieved through the criteria for funding which require applicants to demonstrate how the facility will be financially sustainable even after construction is complete.
The second phase deals with construction related matters such as drawdown of funding, how to handle variations to the contract and ensuring that transparent processes are followed to account for the use of public funds.
The third phase is the most relevant to reporting outcomes. The operational phase includes annual reporting, providing specific information around usage of facilities and financial data. This information is used by the council to assess whether the funding arrangement has achieved what was originally envisaged and planned.
Updated | 21 Feb 2008.
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