Minute Item Attachments of Manurewa Local Board

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Thursday 10 April 2014

6.30pm

Manurewa Local Board Office
7 Hill Road
Manurewa

Manurewa Local Board

OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS

ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE

7.1 Petition - Parking on roads bounding Clayton Park Primary School - Murray McElwain, Acacia Cove Village

A. Updated petition - 136 signatures - tabled by Murray McElwain with covering letter 3

13 Manurewa Youth Council Update

A. Manurewa Youth Council six monthly report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2013 11

B. Manurewa Youth Council financial statements as at 31 August 2013 13

14 Portfolio Update

A. Deputy Chair's update - Community Development portfolio lead and the board's Manurewa Business Improvement District representative 19

26 Local board decisions for 2014/2015 Annual Plan

A. Updated schedule of the draft fees and charges for the 2014/2015 financial year 21

B. Manurewa Local Board updated 2014 advocacy action plan 27

27 Reports Requested - Pending - Issues

A. A letter from the Minister of Education, Hon Hekia Parata’s office, regarding the scarcity of land in Manurewa for early childhood education centres 29

31.1 Extraordinary Business - Notice of Motion - Psychoactive Substances - Proposed Local Approved Products Policy - Angela Dalton

A. Extraordinary Business - Notice of Motion - Psychoactive Substances - Proposed Local Approved Products Policy - Angela Dalton 31

Manurewa Local Board

10 April 2014

Manurewa Youth Council achievements 1^st July 2013- 31^st December 2013

1. Civic and community participation for youth

a. Manurewa town clean up

b. Manurewa Christmas in the Park

2. Formal and informal submissions to local regional and national policy

a. Released position paper on Auckland Local Alcohol Policy (LAP)

b. Carried out a LAP survey of 40 young people at Local board election forum

c. Provided feedback Alcohol Ban areas, poster and signage

3. Events which gather youth and demonstrate positive contributions made by young people from Manurewa

a. Run a Local body election forum event

b. Encouraged young people to enrol to vote in local body election

c. Provided assistance to Otara/Otahuhu youth forum

4. Strengthen, promotion of MYC and personal development of MYC members

a. Continue to hold fortnightly MYC business meetings

b. Continue to provide monthly updates to the Manurewa Local board

c. Introduced a new recruitment and selection process offering 3 positions to Alifriston College, James Cook High and Manurewa High

d. MYC accounts audited

e. Run an MYC Annual General meeting

f. Continue to grow profile with community and regionally

Manurewa Youth Council Activities 1^st January 2014- 30^th June 2014

1. Civic and community participation

a. Riverton Reserve Skate Park community open day

b. Waitangi Day celebration

c. ANZAC day parade

d. Resident's groups and youth groups

2. Formal and informal submissions to local regional and national policy

a. Local Alcohol Policy (LAP)

b. Arts and Culture

c. Community consultations on unitary and local board plan

3. Events which gather youth and demonstrate positive contributions made by young people from Manurewa

a. Youth Summit host by Youth Advisory Panel (YAP)

b. Representation on the Sub regional youth jam planning committee

4. Strengthening, promotion of MYC and personal development MYC members

a. Photo and article in Manukau Courier introducing new MYC

b. Auckland Council Communication photo shoot of MYC members

c. collaboration with Te Matariki management and 454

PROPOSED BUDGET 2014 1 January 2014 - 30 June 2014
Meeting	500
Travel	300
Communication	200
Administration	360
Recruitment	800
Training and Development	1000
Events	13500
Contingency	1151.8
	17811.8

Manurewa Local Board

10 April 2014

Dear Members,

I would like to use this opportunity to update the Board on a number of key projects arising from my portfolios.

Community Development

Over the past month there has been a range of discussions around the Local Board’s role in supporting youth employment. I have attended a number of meetings regarding Youth Connections, including the Mayor’s Youth Employment Traction Plan launch on Wednesday morning this week. I do not believe the Board’s role should be to create another service in Manurewa, but it is to support the organisations which are already working in this area within our community and I look forward to receiving support and advice from officers and ATEED staff on how this may happen.

Mangroves

A meeting was held on the 7^th of April at the Manurewa Marae to discuss the next steps in the programme to remove mangroves from along the foreshore in the Puhinui estuary near Manurewa Marae. The first date for removal has been set for the 24^th of May. This is a significant event, and is a key milestone in the Board’s advocacy to begin the process of restoring our beaches to our communities. I look forward to seeing many people from across our community at this event and other mangrove removal events to play their part in this process. The Board allocated $93,000 to this project in June last year, and I am working with officers to ensure that all of this money flows directly into mangrove removal.

Town Centre

The Manurewa Town Centre Manager Wendy Dunn has been doing exceptional work in the Town Centre. An operations group has been set up to bring Council departments together to resolve a number of issues relating to the safety and cleanliness of our Town Centre. I have been attending these meetings from time to time, and the group is working productively and delivering results. Manurewa is very fortunate to have Wendy working for the Manurewa Business Association, and she is achieving great results for our community.

Legal Highs

The Governing Body has done too little too late on this issue. I am pleased we will be taking more action on this issue tonight to speed up the process of a Local Approved Products Policy in Manurewa. I attended a community meeting in Waitakere on the 21^st of March about this issue. People are being hurt by these drugs, and we have a responsibility to have a LAPP put in place as soon as possible to protect our community and young people from these substances. I also spoke at CAYAD’s regional hui on the 26^th of March, where my message was that ‘approved products’ under the Psychoactive Substances Act must be less harmful than marijuana which is an illegal substance.

Royal Tour

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are currently touring New Zealand with 8 month old Prince George and will be touring Auckland tomorrow. This tour is of significance to our country and for our future.

It is amazing to think that for the past week, New Zealand has been centre stage as the whole world eagerly watches William and Kate sample what our beautiful and bountiful country has to offer in our innovative culture and industries.

Last year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee - 60 years of service to New Zealand and our international Commonwealth community made of some 53 countries.

Tonight I would like to present to the Manurewa Local Board a portrait of Her Majesty, the Queen of New Zealand, which I recommend should be sitting on the wall of our Board room in a tradition followed by many Council chambers up and down our great nation.

Let’s celebrate our national heritage, the Treaty partnership, and the bright future for our country.

Yours Sincerely
Simeon Brown
Manurewa Local Board Deputy Chair