Te Poari Kaitohutohu mō te Pokapū o te Tāone

Nui o Tāmaki Makaurau /

Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 at 3.05pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Ms Viv Beck

Business Improvement District

Deputy Chairperson

Mr Andrew Gaukrodger

Corporate sector

Members

Ms Noelene Buckland

City Centre Residents Group

 

Mr Shale Chambers (until 4.38pm)

Waitemata Local Board, Auckland Council

 

Mr Greg Cohen (until 5.18pm)

Tourism/Travel

 

Mr Terry Cornelius, JP (until 5.18pm)

Retail sector

 

Mr George Crawford (until 5.18pm)

Property Council of NZ

 

Cr Chris Darby (until 5.21pm)

Auckland Council (Mayor’s alternate)

 

Cr Mike Lee (until 5.06pm)

Liaison councillor, Auckland Council

 

Ms Amy Malcolm

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

 

Mr James Mooney

Urban design/institute of architects

 

Mr Nigel Murphy

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

 

Mr Adam Parkinson

City Centre Residents Group

 

Mr Patrick Reynolds

Transport representative

 

Mr Michael Richardson

Business Improvement District

 

ABSENT

 

 

Mr Ngarimu Blair

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

 

Mr Ben Corban

Arts and Cultural Sector

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

Auckland Council

 

Mr Mark Kingsford

Corporate sector

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Mr R Northey

Waitemata Local Board member

 


Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

27 February 2019

 

 

1          Apologies

  

Resolution number CEN/2019/1

MOVED by Ms N Buckland, seconded by Mr G Cohen:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         accept the apologies from Member N Blair, Member B Corban and Mayor P Goff for absence.

CARRIED

Note:   An apology was subsequently received from M Kingsford for absence.

 

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number CEN/2019/2

MOVED by Ms A Malcolm, seconded by Mr N Murphy:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)        confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 21 November 2018, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

 

5

Air quality in the city centre

 

Dr Nick Talbot, Air Quality Scientist was in attendance to speak to a PowerPoint presentation.  A letter to Auckland Transport was also tabled.

Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.

 

Resolution number CEN/2019/3

MOVED by Mr  Reynolds, seconded by Mr N Murphy:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)          note with serious concern the content of the air quality presentation and thank Dr Talbot for his attendance and engaging delivery.

b)          note and support Councillor Chris Darby’s joint letter to Auckland Transport which expresses concerns and poses potential solutions. This also includes the concerns of the Waitematā Local Board and the support of Councillor Mike Lee.

c)          support reviewing the earlier work done concerning black carbon levels in Queen Street.

d)          delegate the chair of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board to write to the chief executive of Auckland Transport to express Auckland City Centre Advisory Board’s concerns and seek action regarding the reduction of air pollution in the city centre.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     27 February 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: Item 5 - Monitoring Air quality impacts in Auckland's proposed zero emission area, presentation

b     27 February 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: Item 5 - Air quality in the city centre, letter

 

 

 


6

City Centre Masterplan

 

George Weeks was in attendance to speak to present the item.  A PowerPoint presentation was provided and a copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number CEN/2019/4

MOVED by Ms N Buckland, seconded by Chairperson V Beck:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      receive the information regarding the proposed approach for the City Centre Masterplan 2040 refresh.

b)      agree to hold two workshops, one with staff (a framework to be provided by the CCMP team) and one with Auckland City Centre Advisory Board members only, to inform its feedback on the CCMP refresh by the end of April.

CARRIED

 

 

Attachments

a     27 February 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: Item 6 - City Centre Masterplan 2040, presentation

 

 

 


7

Albert Street bus update

 

Cr S Chambers retired from the meeting at 4.38pm
Cr M Lee retired from the meeting at 5.06pm
Member G Cohen retired from the meeting at 5.18pm
Member G Crawford retired from the meeting at 5.18pm
Member T Cornelius retired from the meeting at 5.18pm

 

Daniel Newcombe and Peter Moth form Auckland Transport were in attendance to present this item with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

 

Auckland City Centre Advisory Board member Patrick Reynolds presented an alternative option PowerPoint presentation on behalf of the board’s sub group.

 

Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.

 

 

Resolution number CEN/2019/5

MOVED by Ms N Buckland, seconded by Mr N Murphy:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)          receive the Albert Street bus update report and associated presentation.

b)          delegate to the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board chair and Councillor Chris Darby, the re-escalation of this issue to the chief executive of council, the chief executive of Auckland Transport and copied to Mayor Phil Goff.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     27 February 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: Item 7 - Albert Street bus bays update, presentation

b     27 February 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board: Item 7 - Albert Street, presentation: alternative option

 

 

 


8

2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board forward work programme

 

Cr C Darby retired from the meeting at 5.21pm

 

Resolution number CEN/2019/6

MOVED by Mr N Murphy, seconded by Mr M Richardson:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      note the new structured approach to reporting on city centre programmes and initiatives

b)      note that the 2019 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board forward work programme will be updated following the board’s February 2019 meeting to reflect the new structure and schedule.

CARRIED

 

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

5.27pm                                               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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