Minutes of Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board held in the Rooms 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street , Auckland on Wednesday, 26 August 2015 at 3.00pm.

present

		City Centre Stakeholder
Presiding Chairperson	Barbara Holloway	Business Improvement District
Members	Dick Ayres	CBD Residents Advisory Group
	Viv Beck	Business Improvement District
	Shale Chambers	Waitemata Local Board, Auckland Council
	Tim Coffey	CBD Residents Advisory Group
	John Coop	Urban design/institute of architects
	Terry Cornelius, JP, FCA	Retail sector
	Prof Jenny Dixon Until 4.30pm, part item 10	Tertiary Education (University of Auckland & Auckland University of Technology)
	Jillian de Beer	Arts and Cultural Sector
	Andrew Gaukrodger	Corporate sector including financial and other professional services
	Andrea Hutchins	Property Council of NZ
	Mark Kingsford	Corporate sector including financial and other professional services
	Rory Palmer on behalf of the Mayoral Office, Until 4.00pm, item 9	Auckland Council

ABSENT

	Mayor Len Brown
	Member Greg Cohen
	Member Jillian de Beer
	Acting Chairperson Kate Healy
	Member Cr Mike Lee
	Member Nigel Murphy

IN ATTENDANCE

	Vernon Tava	Waitemata Local Board

Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

26 August 2015

Election of the preciding Chairperson

Resolution number CEN/2015/61

MOVED by Member John Coop, seconded by Member Dick Ayres:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) appoint Member Member Barbara Holloway as the presiding chair for the meeting.

CARRIED

1 Apologies

Resolution number CEN/2015/62

MOVED by Member B Holloway, seconded by Member T Coffey:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) accept the apologies from Member Greg Cohen, Acting Chairperson Kate Healy, Mayor Len Brown, Jillian de Beer, Cr Lee and Member Nigel Murphy for absence and Member Jenny Dixon for early departure.

CARRIED

2 Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

3 Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number CEN/2015/63

MOVED by Member John Coop, seconded by Member Shale Chambers:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 22 July 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

4 Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

Issues of significance

Members requested that details of membership of the Consensus Working Group and Stakeholder Group are provided for information.

Resolution number CEN/2015/64

MOVED by Member Barbara Holloway, seconded by Member Shale Chambers:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) receive the update information regarding the Port Future Study.

CARRIED

CCI Progress Update for Auckland City Centre Advisory Board
- to 19th August 2015

Andrew Guthrie, Programme Director gave a summary on the report. The following issues were noted:

· Beach Road cycleway – stage 2 – opening ceremony is planned for 18 September

· Karangahape Road – a request for tender for design is due to go out in September, with a scope design to be brought back to the board. It was also noted that the board endorsed the allocation of funding for investigation and design. Member Shale Chambers asked who has had input into the scope? Tim Watts advised that as part of the boundary to boundary on cycleways, the K’Rd Business Association has been involved and Auckland Transport have been working with the stakeholders.

Member Barbara Holloway advised that the Senior Project Leader, City Centre Design & Delivery will bring the plan to the Waitemata Local Board on his return.

· Hobson and Nelson Street upgrade will be reported back in September (reference designs)

· Lower Queen Street and Albert Street design proposals will be reported in September for feedback from the Board. This is a significant project which will be delivered through the CRL project.

· A workshop to be scheduled an hour before the September to consider Auckland Transport’s integrate public transport network in the city centre.

· Member John Coop requested a scoping discussion in relation to High Street project, in particular the extent of work, how the budget arrived at and what’s appropriate for the scope of work. It was noted that project updates for the Federal Street, Britomart and High Street projects have been scheduled separately over the next four months. John reiterated his interests in discussing the scope and methodology on these projects.

The Project Director advised that the budget was put forward as part of the LTP process, and noted that scopes will be developed with input from the Board.

· Member Tim Coffey asked regarding the following:

What happened to the O’Connell Street shared space sculpture artwork and where did the funding come from. Andrew noted that this is a Public Arts project - to follow up and advise current status.
Wayfinding signage in Wynyard Quarter to assist people with mobile phones

· Barbara Holloway responded that as part of the Digital Strategy Auckland, currently there is nothing in the budget for such augmented reality technology

· It was also noted that the city centre activation programme will be reported back in September.

Resolution number CEN/2015/65

MOVED by Member Tim Coffey, seconded by Member Andrew Gaukrodger:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) receive the City Centre Integration progress report, updated to 19 August 2015.

CARRIED

7	Proposed 2015-25 City Centre Programme of Work – Updated
	Todd Berry, Senior Programme Manager was present and answered questions for the item. Member Dick Ayres and Tim Coffey asked on the status of the Hobson and Nelson Street stages 1 and 2 project. Tim was also interested whether the projects would meet the city centre master plan goal of boulevarding of both sides of Hobson and Nelson Streets. Andrew noted that the reference designs for these projects will be presented to the Board in September for feedback.
	Member Viv Beck asked if the members get visibility of maintenance services provided for in the CBD. Andrew advised that this work is being considered through the City Centre Cleaning & Maintenance programme and that the board will be part of that discussion in the future. Andrew will arrange for Catherine Edmeade to provide a summary of progress to Viv. Member Shale Chambers noted that there’s lot of proposed projects that still need to be discussed by the board. Todd advised that further detail on the proposed projects will be reported back at an appropriate time to inform Board decision making.

	Resolution number CEN/2015/66 MOVED by Member Shale Chambers, seconded by Member Tim Coffey: That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: a) endorse the TR2 City Centre Programme of Works including the current proposed targeted rate funded projects (for the FY15/16 – FY24/25 period). b) endorse in principle the proposed projects and budgets. CARRIED

Review of City Centre Masterplan targets

Oliver Roberts, Strategy and Communication Manager was present and answered questions for the item. The Manager also requested the Board’s support for funding for the harbour water quality in the city centre to meet recreational standards.

Member Tim Coffey requested that staff consider information in the PNAP study report as part of the targets.

Resolution number CEN/2015/67

MOVED by Member Andrew Gaukrodger, seconded by Member Tim Coffey:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) support the proposed City Centre Master Plan set of targets.

b) support the allocation of $20,000 of city centre targeted rate funding annually to a residents survey with a review in 2018.

c) support a survey to measure perceptions of domestic and international visitors and report back on feasibility costs.

d) support the allocation of $3,500 per annum to measure harbour water quality in the city centre.

CARRIED

Urban People Places (UPP) Programme Progress Report

Tim Watts, Manager City Centre Design and Georgina Gilmour were present for the item and answered questions.

Resolution number CEN/2015/68

MOVED by Member Barbara Holloway, seconded by Member John Coop:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) receive the Urban People Places programme progress update report.

CARRIED

Myers Park Development Stage II Concept Designs

Mark Miller Acting Manager Local and Sports Parks Central was present for the item.

Resolution number CEN/2015/69

MOVED by Member Dick Ayres, seconded by Member Tim Cornelius:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a) endorse the final concept designs for the Myers Park Development Stage II.

CARRIED

Note: Nelson Street off ramp update

Ludo Campbell, General Manager Auckland Design Office, updated the board on the proposed public realm enhancements to the Nelson Street Off Ramp project. Ludo noted that the proposals are bold and striking in colour, and requested the ongoing support of board members to ensure this is delivered as envisaged.

10 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There were no extraordinary items.

4.40 pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Auckland City Centre Advisory Board HELD ON

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