Minutes of Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee

Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee

13 February 2020

The Chairperson opened the meeting with a karakia.

Resolution number PAC/2020/1

MOVED by Chairperson A Filipaina, seconded by Cr G Sayers:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) accept the apologies from Cr P Coom, Cr D Newman and Cr P Young for lateness, Cr C Fletcher, Mayor P Goff and Cr S Henderson for absence, Cr G Sayers, IMSB Member T Kake for early departure.

CARRIED

Note: An apology was subsequently received from Cr J Watson for lateness.

Cr C Darby entered the meeting at 10.02 am

Cr P Young entered the meeting at 10.04 am.

2 Declaration of Interest

Cr E Collins subsequently declared an interest in Item 9 Regional Community Development grants 2019/2020

3 Confirmation of Minutes

There was no minutes to be confirmed.

4 Petitions

There were no petitions.

Cr J Bartley entered the meeting at 10.04 am.

5 Public Input

5.1	Public Input - Boopsie Maran - community voice and community events
	A document was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Cr E Collins entered the meeting at 10.14 am. Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 10.18 am.
	Resolution number PAC/2020/2 MOVED by Cr D Simpson, seconded by Cr J Bartley: That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee: a) receive the presentation from Boopsie Maran regarding community voice and community events across Tāmaki Makaurau CARRIED
	Attachments a 13 February 2020, Parks, Arts, Community and Events - Item 5.1 Public Input - Boopsie Maran - community voice and community events

6 Local Board Input

There was no local board input.

7 Extraordinary Business - Minor

Pursuant to Standing Order 2.4.6, the meeting agreed to receive verbal updates relating to the general business of the committee (Mahurangi East Regional Park) at Item 15 – Consideration of Extraordinary Items.

Regional Event Fund Grants Allocation 2019/2020 - Round Two, Strategic Priorities

Cr D Newman entered the meeting at 10.29 am.

Resolution number PAC/2020/3

MOVED by Cr C Casey, seconded by Cr C Darby:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) approve the following funding allocations for the 2019/2020 Regional Event Fund round two:

Applicant	Event	Recommended funding allocation
North Harbour Hockey Association Incorporated	Rankin Cup & India Shield Tournament (Hockey)	4,000
Badminton New Zealand Incorporated	Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open	10,000
New Zealand Eid Day Trust	NZ Eid Day - Eid Al Fitr 2020	10,000
YMCA North	Raise Up Youth Fest	15,000
Total Sport	XTERRA Auckland Trail Run / Walk Series	7,500
Aktive - Sport and Recreation Auckland	Mauri Toa Mau Rakau Wānanga	4,000
Devonport Business Association	AC36 Race Place	46,500
Interacting	InterACT2020!	14,000
Waiheke Jazz, Art & Music Festival	Waiheke Jazz, Art & Music Festival 2020	7,500
German-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Inc.	German New Zealand Festival	10,000
Pacific Music Awards Trust	2020 Pacific Music Awards	20,000
Aktive - Sport and Recreation Auckland	M2M	10,000
Aktive - He Oranga Poutama	Te Whare Tapere o Matariki	5,000
Auckland Regional Outrigger Canoe Association	Auckland Regional Waka Ama Sprint Championship	9,000
Aktive - He Oranga Poutama ki Tāmaki Makaurau	Iwi of Origin	15,000
New Zealand Nepal Society Incorporated	Nepal Festival April 4 2020	10,000
Total		$197,500

CARRIED

Regional Community Development grants 2019/2020

Cr W Walker left the meeting at 11.12 am.

Cr G Sayers left the meeting at 11.10 am.

Note: Cr E Collins declared an interest in this item as he is on the Leadership Advisory Group, of ‘the Cause Collective’ – did not vote or speak to the item.

Resolution number PAC/2020/4

MOVED by Chairperson A Filipaina, seconded by Cr T Mulholland:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) approve the allocation of $295,000 for regional community development grants for the amounts and projects outlined below:

Organisation	Project	Recommended Grant
Project grants
Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition Inc.	Building connections for resettled people, increasing and supporting public awareness through: · educating and building cultural awareness and competency among the wider community and government · building collective leadership across the ARCC membership of 23 organisations.	$30,000
Auckland North Community and Development Inc.	Further development of the Auckland Community Accounting project, building financial management capability within Māori and Pacific community organisations across Auckland	$30,000
Auckland Refugee Council Incorporated	Asylum Seekers Support Trust (ASST) Social Engagement Program. Development of the current social engagement programme of community meals and shared activities with a focus on building connections with local iwi, Marae and other community organisations	$10,000
Catalyse Network	Placemaking Kit Update 2020. Developing a further iteration of the placemaking kit, through a co-design process, particularly with Māori, ethnic communities, people with diverse abilities, tamariki and rangatahi.	$20,000
CNSST Foundation (formerly known as Chinese New Settlers Services Trust)	"A Brighter Future for Us" Multi-culture Community Hub Developing an intergenerational, cross-cultural, interactive community hub that meets the needs of people from different ethnicities of all ages with a migrant focus. The hub is proposed for Panmure, with an outreach to other CNSST sites across Auckland.	$20,000
Mangere East Family Service Centre Inc	Auckland Timebank Pilot. A timebank lets people exchange services on a time-for-credit basis and records these exchanges on a database. This pilot project involves research, education, and setting up a pilot timebank.	$37,000
OUTLine NZ Inc.	Web Chat Support - stage two of service upgrade. The first stage of the web chat service development was supported by a grant in 2018/2019 and involved upgrading the phone hardware and data systems. This stage is to provide a web chat service that will optimise the service upgrade.	$16,000
Recreate NZ	Youth volunteer recruitment and training Recreate NZ offers a range of programmes and support for young people with disabilities, mainly provided by youth volunteers.	$15,000
Refugees as Survivors New Zealand Trust	Connected Communities Youth Internship Programme This collaborative project between Refugees and Survivors NZ, Belong Aotearoa and NZ Red Cross engages young adults including refugee and migrant background and tangata whenua, to explore and unpack racism. Fifteen interns will be supported by the three organisations to plan and deliver three community events aimed at challenging racism and promoting inclusive, connected communities in Auckland	$25,000
Ruapotaka Marae Society Incorporated	Te Awhi Rito o Ngā Tangata Hou - Supporting our New Communities. The heart of this project is for Ruapotaka Marae to support (tautoko) refugee and migrant communities through ‘awhi (embrace), maanakitanga (generosity), and kotahitanga (working together).’ The marae will host 20 workshops for refugee and migrant communities. These activities will embrace our migrant communities to give them a Marae to connect to.	$20,000
The Cause Collective	Do Good, Feel Good - Young Social Changemakers Mobilising young people, particularly Māori and Pacific in South Auckland, for social change. The recommended grant is to recruit and train more social changemakers in codesign processes (empathy storytelling, leadership development)	$22,000
YMCA North Incorporated	Youth-led Safeguarding workshops The YMCA has implemented Safeguarding throughout its own centres and programmes. This project extends the programme to YMCA’s wider community. The Raise Up Youth development and YMCA youth leaders will develop and deliver workshops on safety-related issues for parents, carers, whanau and the wider community.	$20,000
Strategic relationship grant
Auckland Regional Migrant Services Charitable Trust Operating as Belong Aotearoa	Belong Auckland: to implement the Belong Aotearoa Strategic Intent 2018-2023 In 2018, Belong Aotearoa set a new strategic focus of driving change to improve newcomer settlement and integration, with strategies to address: · Access to employment and enterprise · Women’s social Isolation · Barriers to collaboration · Discrimination and barriers to civic participation. The proposed 3-year grant is to support the organisation to implement this strategy, with specific milestones to be developed in the grant’s first year.	$30,000 p.a. for three years
TOTAL		$295,000

CARRIED

Precedence of Business

Resolution number PAC/2020/5

MOVED by Chairperson A Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Casey:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) agree that Item 15.1 – Mahurangi East Regional Park be accorded precedence at this time.

CARRIED

15 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

15.1	Mahurangi East Regional Park
	Pursuant to Standing Order 2.4.6, the committee agreed to receive a verbal update and presentation on Mahurangi East Regional Park
	A powerpoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. Cr G Sayers returned to the meeting at 11.14 am. Cr W Walker returned to the meeting at 11.16 am.
	Note: The Chairperson and Mayor will send a letter of thanks to John Turnbull Trust and Margaret Turnbull Trust.
	Attachments a 13 February 2020, Parks, Arts, Culture and Events Committee - Item 15.1 Mahurangi presentation

Marae Infrastructure Programme - Funding Allocation Guideline

Cr P Coom entered the meeting at 11.43 am.

Resolution number PAC/2020/6

MOVED by Cr A Dalton, seconded by IMSB Member T Kake:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) support the Marae Infrastructure Programme – Interim Funding Guidelines.

CARRIED

Meeting adjourned at 11.58am reconvened at 12.08pm.

Councillors Sayers, Stewart, Watson and IMSB Member T Kake were not present.

Auckland Council's response to the Burial and Cremation Act Review

Cr S Stewart returned to the meeting at 12.10 pm.
Cr G Sayers returned to the meeting at 12.11 pm.
Cr J Watson returned to the meeting at 12.15 pm.

Resolution number PAC/2020/7

MOVED by Chairperson A Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Casey:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) request staff to hold a workshop of the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee on 18 March 2020 to discuss council’s submission on the Ministry of Health’s Death, Funerals, Burial and Cremation: a Review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 and Related Legislation consultation document.

b) delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee, and an Independent Māori Statutory Board member, to approve council’s submission on the Ministry of Health’s Death, Funerals, Burial and Cremation: a Review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 and Related Legislation consultation document.

CARRIED

Formation of a political advisory group for the Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Framework

Cr C Darby left the meeting at 12.18 pm.
Cr J Watson left the meeting at 12.19 pm.
Cr G Sayers left the meeting at 12.21 pm.

Resolution number PAC/2020/8

MOVED by Cr E Collins, seconded by Cr L Cooper:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) approve the formation of a Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Framework political advisory group.

b) approve Councillor A Filipaina, Cr T Mulholland, Cr D Newman, Cr W Walker and one IMSB member to be representatives on the political advisory group.

CARRIED

Reserve revocation recommendation for 17W Hawke Crescent and 39R Pohutukawa Road, Beachlands

Note: Angela Fulljames, Deputy Chair Franklin Local Board was present and spoke to the item.

Cr P Coom left the meeting at 12.40 pm.

Resolution number PAC/2020/9

MOVED by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore, seconded by Cr A Dalton:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) approve, subject to the satisfactory conclusion of any required statutory processes, the revocation of the reserve status of 17W Hawke Crescent, Beachlands comprising approximately 1,558m² more or less being Lot 11 DP 19523 contained in NA5C/152;

b) approve, subject to the satisfactory conclusion of any required statutory processes, the revocation of the reserve status of 39R Pohutukawa Road, Beachlands comprising approximately 1,333m² more or less being Lot 89 DP 19657 contained in NA5C/156;

c) note that the revocation of the reserve status of 17W Hawke Crescent and 39R Pohutukawa Road, Beachlands is being recommended to enable the Franklin Local Board to utilise these sites using the Service Property Optimisation policy by reinvesting the proceeds of sale into an eligible project in the Franklin Local Board area.

CARRIED

Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee Forward Work Programme

Cr J Watson returned to the meeting at 12.46 pm.

Resolution number PAC/2020/10

MOVED by Cr A Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Casey:

That the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee:

a) approve the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee forward work programme

b) note that a workshop on progress and issues associated with enhancing community engagement and participation including events be scheduled for July 2020

c) request a report focused on outcomes of the Regional Event and Regional Community Grant programmes be scheduled for June 2020.

CARRIED

Note: Item 15 - Consideration of Extraordinary Items was considered prior to Item 10 - Marae Infrastructure Programme – Funding Allocation Guideline

12.49 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 Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee HELD ON

DATE:.........................................................................

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................

Chairperson	Cr Alf Filipaina
Deputy Chairperson	Cr Dr Cathy Casey
Members	Cr Josephine Bartley	From 10.04am
	Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore
	Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins	From 10.14am, Item 15.1
	Cr Pippa Coom	From 11.43am, Item 10 Until 12.40pm, Item 13
	Cr Linda Cooper, JP
	Cr Angela Dalton
	Cr Chris Darby	From 10.02am, Until 12.18pm, Item 12
	Cr Richard Hills
	IMSB Member Tony Kake	Until 12.09pm
	Cr Tracy Mulholland
	Cr Daniel Newman	From 10.29am, Item 8
	Cr Greg Sayers	Until 12.21pm, Item 12
	Cr Desley Simpson, JP
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM
	Cr Wayne Walker
	Cr John Watson	From 10.18am, Item 5.1
	Cr Paul Young	From 10.04am

	Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO
	Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP
	Cr Shane Henderson
	IMSB Member Mr Terrence Hohneck