Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board held in the Rooms 1 & 2, Level 26, 135 Albert Street , Auckland on Wednesday, 16 December 2015 at 3.06pm.

 

present

 

 

 

City Centre Stakeholder

Chairperson

Kate Healy

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Deputy Chairperson

John Coop

Urban design/Institute of Architects

Members

Dick Ayres

CBD Residents Advisory Group

 

Viv Beck

Business Improvement District

 

Tim Coffey

CBD Residents Advisory Group

 

Terry Cornelius, JP, FCA

Retail sector

 

Prof Jenny Dixon

Tertiary Education (University of Auckland & Auckland University of Technology)

 

Andrew Gaukrodger

Corporate sector including financial and other professional services

 

Mark Kingsford

Corporate sector including financial and other professional services

 

Cr Mike Lee, Liaison Councillor

From 3.14 pm, item 5 until 4.38 pm, item 10.

 

Margaret Lewis

Business Improvement District

 

Nigel Murphy

Tertiary Education (University of Auckland & Auckland University of Technology)

 

Vernon Tava (alternate)

Waitemata Local Board Member

 

Alex Voutratzis

Property Council of NZ

 

Rory Palmer on behalf of the Mayoral office

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Mayor Len Brown

 

 

Jillian de Beer

 

 

Shale Chambers

 

 

Greg Cohen

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

From 3.13 pm, item 5

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

From 3.13 pm, item 5

 

 


Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

16 December 2015

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/109

MOVED by Member Dick Ayres, seconded by Member Margaret Lewis:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Member S Chambers, Member G Cohen and Member Jillian de Beer for absence and Cr ME Lee for lateness.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Deputy Chairperson John Coop declared an interest in item 11, Downtown Shopping Centre/Tower update.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/110

MOVED by Member Tim Coffey, seconded by Member Terry Cornelius:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 25 November 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

4.1

Spray drenchers in CBD

 

The chair gave an update regarding the drenchers in CBD

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/111

MOVED by Member Nigel Murphy, seconded by Member Alex Voutratzis :

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)     receive the Chair’s update on Spray drenchers in the Auckland CBD.

CARRIED

 

Note:   Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6 Member Tim Coffey requested his abstention be recorded.

 

 

Note:   Item 5, Issues of significance and item 6, CCI Progress Update for Auckland City Centre Advisory Board - to 9 December 2015 were taken together.

 

 


5

Issues of significance

 

Cr C Darby and Deputy Mayor PA Hulse entered the meeting at 3.13 pm.

Cr ME Lee entered the meeting at 3.14 pm.

 

There were no issues of significance.

 

 

6

CCI Progress Update for Auckland City Centre Advisory Board -
to 9 December 2015

 

Oliver Roberts, CCI Strategy & Comms Manager tabled concepts for a mobile “app” which includes an Auckland City Centre Guide of future infrastructure projects for the members information. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/113

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

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the City Centre Integration progress report, updated to 9th December 2015.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     16 December 2015, Auckland City Centre Advisory Board, Item 6, App

 

 

7

City Centre Integration Transition

 

Andrew Guthrie, Project Director updated the Board on the transition of the current city centre integration structure into Council’s new Development Programme Office (DPO), under John Dunshea. Mr Dunshea introduced new members of his team including Ralph Webster and Catherine Edmeades, and provided an introduction to the scope of the DPO. He emphasised that continuity of support for the ACCAB is a priority for the DPO going forward.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/114

MOVED by Member Nigel Murphy, seconded by Member Alex Voutratzis :  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the update from the Programme Director regarding the City Centre Integration transition.

CARRIED

 

 

8

2015-25 City Centre Programme of Work TR4 – Update

 

Todd Berry, Senior Programme Manager was present in support of this item.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/115

MOVED by Member Tim Coffey, seconded by Member Nigel Murphy:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the updated City Centre Programme of Work (TR4) including the current proposed targeted rate funded projects (for the FY15/16 – FY24/25 period).

CARRIED

 

 

9

Freyberg Square

 

Gyles Bendall, Manager City Centre Designs & Delivery gave an update regarding the Freyberg Square project and sought the Board’s support for the next stage to proceed.

 

Note:   Changes to the original motion were made with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/116

MOVED by Member Viv Beck, seconded by Member Terry Cornelius:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      endorse a staged approach for the implementation of the Freyberg Square project based on modifications to the publicly consulted design which;

i)    allows managed vehicle access through the square, moving from mostly open access to mostly closed access over a three to five year timeframe;

ii)   realises the full amenity and flexibility benefits for the hall and Square project over time through the managed closure of the vehicle access; and

iii)  provides additional flexibility when considering outcomes for a future High St upgrade.

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

For

Member Dick Ayres

Member Viv Beck

Deputy Chairperson John Coop

Member Terry Cornelius

Member Andrew Gaukrodger

Chairperson Kate Healy

Member Mark Kingsford

Member Margaret Lewis

Member Nigel Murphy

Member Alex Voutratzis

Against

Member Vernon Tava

Cr Mike Lee

Abstained

Member Tim Coffey

 

The motion was declared carried by 10 votes to 2.

CARRIED

 

Note:   Item 11, Downtown Shopping Centre/Tower update was taken prior to item 10, City Centre Cleaning and Maintenance Update.

 

 

11

Downtown Shopping Centre/Tower update

 

Deputy Chairperson John Coop declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting.

 

Scott Pritchard, Chief Executive of Precinct Properties Limited and George Crawford, Chief Financial Officer of Precinct Properties Limited provided a PowerPoint presentation in support of this item. A copy has been made available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/117

MOVED by Member Viv Beck, seconded by Member Nigel Murphy:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the presentation and thank the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer, Precinct Properties Limited for their attendance and presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     16 December 2015, Auckland City Centre Advisory Board, Item 11, Downtown Shopping Centre/Tower update.

 

 

10

City Centre Cleaning and Maintenance Update

 

Catherine Edmeades, Development Programmes Lead was present in support of this item.

 

Cr ME Lee left the meeting at 4.38 pm.

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/118

MOVED by Member Viv Beck, seconded by Member Tim Coffey:

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the City Centre Cleaning and Maintenance Update report.

CARRIED

 

 

12

2016 schedule of meetings

 

Resolution number CEN/2015/119

MOVED by Member Nigel Murphy, seconded by Member Alex Voutratzis :

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      approve the 2016 schedule of meetings.

CARRIED

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

4.42 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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