I hereby give notice that an ordinary
meeting of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board will be held on:
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Date:
Time:
Meeting Room:
Venue:
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Wednesday, 29
July 2020
3.00pm
Room 1, Level
26
135 Albert Street
Auckland
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Ngā Hui a te Poari Kaitohutohu
mō te Pokapū o Te Tāone Nui o Tāmaki Makaurau /
Auckland City Centre Advisory Board
OPEN AGENDA
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MEMBERSHIP
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Chairperson
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Ms Viv Beck
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Business Improvement District
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Deputy Chairperson
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Mr Andrew Gaukrodger
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Corporate sector
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Members
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Ms Noelene Buckland
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City Centre Residents Group
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Mr Greg Cohen
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Tourism/Travel
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Cr Pippa Coom
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Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor, Auckland Council
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Mr George Crawford
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Property Council of NZ
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Cr Chris Darby
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Auckland Council (Mayor’s alternate)
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Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP
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Auckland Council
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Mr Matt Harray
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Retail sector
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Mr Mark Kingsford
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Corporate sector
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Ms Amy Malcolm
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Tertiary sector (University of
Auckland)
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Mr James Mooney
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Urban design/institute of
architects
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Mr Nigel Murphy
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Tertiary sector (Auckland
University of Technology)
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Mr Richard Northey
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Waitematā Local Board,
Auckland Council
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Mr Adam Parkinson
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City Centre Residents Group
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Ms Anahera Rawiri
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Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei
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Mr Patrick Reynolds
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Transport representative
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Mr Michael Richardson
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Business Improvement District
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(Quorum 10 members)
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Mike Giddey
Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
24 July 2020
Contact Telephone: +64 9 890 8143
Email: mike.giddey@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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(Excerpt –full terms of reference available as
a separate document)
1. These terms of reference set
out the roles, responsibilities and working arrangements for the Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board.
2. The
board is a key advisory body, with no decision-making or autonomous budgetary
authority.
3. The board will assist the
Auckland Council, specifically the Governing Body and the Waitematā Local
Board and Auckland Council Controlled Organisations to oversee and be a key
advisor to the Auckland Council on achieving the vision and strategic outcomes
of the Auckland Plan, the City Centre Masterplan, the expenditure of the city
centre targeted rate and city centre issues.
Membership:
Includes one councillor and one local board member.
The board should include members who can
provide expert advice on many areas including transport, landscape, environment
and youth sectors. The membership includes a position for Mana Whenua.
Representatives from CCOs may be board members without voting rights. The number of the board members should be between 16 and
21 at any time.
The new panel’s term should end one
month prior to the next local government elections in 2019. The membership of
the panel may be rolled over for more than one electoral term of three years.
Purpose of City Centre
Targeted Rate
(Excerpt –full information available in a
separate document)
Background
The City Centre targeted rate is to help
fund the development and revitalisation of the city centre. The rate applies to
business and residential land in the City Centre area.
Activities to be funded
The City Centre redevelopment programme
aims to enhance the city centre as a place to work, live, visit and do
business. It achieves this by providing a high-quality urban environment,
promoting the competitive advantages of the city centre as a business location,
and promoting the city centre as a place for high-quality education, research
and development. The programme intends to reinforce and promote the city centre
as a centre for arts and culture, with a unique identity as the heart and soul
of Auckland. The rate will fund expenditure within the following activities:
Regional planning; Roads and footpaths; Local parks, sports and recreation.
The targeted rate will continue until
2024/2025 to cover capital and operating expenditure generated by the projects
in the City Centre redevelopment programme. From 2016/2017, unspent funds from
the targeted rate have been used to transition the depreciation and
consequential operating costs of capital works to the general rate so that from
2019/2020 these costs will be entirely funded from general rates.
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Apologies 5
2 Declaration of
Interest 5
3 Confirmation
of Minutes 5
4 Extraordinary
Business 5
5 Emergency
Budget 2020/2021 update 7
6 Destination
marketing funding to business associations 9
7 Responding to
the impacts of COVID-19 in the city centre 25
8 Downtown
Programme update 33
9 Queen Street
Valley Access for Everyone pilot 61
10 Future meeting and workshop
days 65
11 Information report: Update
on Homelessness Initiative Needs Assessment and Forward work programme/Progress
on items 67
12 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
Apologies from
Deputy Chairperson A Gaukrodger and Mayor P Goff have been received.
2 Declaration
of Interest
Members are
reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a
conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external
interest they might have.
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
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That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:
a)
confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting,
held on Wednesday, 27 May 2020, as a true and correct
record.
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4 Extraordinary
Business
Section 46A(7)
of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states:
“An item
that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
(a) The local authority by
resolution so decides; and
(b) The presiding member
explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-
(i) The
reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
(ii) The reason why the
discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”
Section 46A(7A)
of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended)
states:
“Where an
item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a) That item may be discussed
at that meeting if-
(i) That item is a minor
matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member
explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the
public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution, decision or
recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to
a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Emergency
Budget 2020/2021 update
File No.: CP2020/10076
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
update the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board on the Emergency Budget
2020/2021.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Auckland
Council’s Governing Body endorsed the Mayor’s Emergency Budget
proposal at its meeting held on 16 July 2020 (resolution GB/2020/73).
3. The
Governing Body will formally adopt the Emergency Budget 2020/2021 budget at its
30 July 2020 meeting.
4. The
Lead Officer will give an overview of the Emergency Budget 2020/2021 to the
Auckland City Centre Advisory Board at its 29 July 2020 meeting.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) receive
the update on the Emergency Budget 2020/2021.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Tam White - Senior Governance and Relationship Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Destination marketing funding to
business associations
File No.: CP2020/10077
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
receive the accountability reports for 2019/2020 destination marketing funding
from Heart of the City and Karangahape Road Business Association.
2. To
seek support for financial contributions for destination marketing in 2020/2021
from the city centre targeted rate portfolio budget for:
· Heart
of the City: $400,000
· Karangahape
Road Business Association: $40,000.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
3. The
city centre targeted rate has supported destination marketing initiatives since
2008. In 2019/2020, Heart of the City and the Karangahape Road Business
Association received destination marketing contributions of $400,000 and
$40,000 respectively.
4. Each
business association is required to complete annual accountability reporting
for the funds received. Their reports for 2019/2020 funding are attached for
the advisory board’s reference (Attachments A and B). They have met the
requirements to be considered for further funding.
5. Both
business associations are requesting continued support in the 2020/2021 year.
Their proposals are included in their reports attached, and representatives
will present in person at the advisory board meeting.
6. Contributions
for destination marketing to these two business associations were endorsed in
the city centre targeted rate portfolio budget 2019/2020, at the same level as
last year’s funding levels (resolution CEN/2019/35). An allocation of
$440,000 per year for destination marketing support is forecast in the city
centre targeted rate portfolio until 30 June 2025.
7. Contributions
to destination marketing align to the city centre targeted rate outcome of
“promoting the competitive advantages of the city centre”.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) receive
the accountability reports for 2019/2020 destination marketing funding from
Heart of the City and Karangahape Road Business Association
b) support
financial contributions to destination marketing in 2020/2021 from the city
centre targeted rate portfolio budget:
i) Heart
of the City: $400,000
ii) Karangahape
Road Business Association: $40,000.
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Horopaki
Context
8. In
2008, a destination marketing campaign for the city centre was approved by the
Central Business District Board, and $400,000 per year was committed from the
city centre targeted rate for an annual marketing and events programme known as
“Big Little City”.
9. In
2014, the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board recommended that $400,000 per
annum be allocated from the city centre targeted rate for Heart of the City
destination marketing for a period of five years commencing 1 July 2014
(resolution CEN/2014/8). Annual support for destination marketing by the
Karangahape Road Business Association (KBA) was added in 2016 (resolution
CEN/2015/107).
10. The
purpose of the city centre targeted rate is to help fund the development and
revitalisation of the city centre and aims to enhance the city centre as a
place to work, live, visit and do business. It achieves this by providing a
high-quality urban environment, promoting the competitive advantages of the
city centre as a business location, and promoting the city centre as a place
for high-quality education, research and development.
11. Destination
marketing contributes to the city centre targeted rate outcomes of
“promoting the competitive advantages of the city centre”,
“enhancing the central city environs” and “a centre for arts
and culture”.
12. The
city centre targeted rate portfolio budget for 2019/2020 endorsed by the
Auckland City Centre Advisory Board at its 24 July 2019 meeting (resolution
CEN/2019/35) allocated destination marketing support to:
· Heart
of the City: $400,000
· Karangahape Road Business Association: $40,000.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
Accountability reports for 2019/2020 funding
13. Each business
association has submitted an accountability report for their 2019/2020 funding
(Attachments A and B).
14. Heart of the
City primarily used their funding to support the 2020 winter campaign which
highlighted the ‘Unique 24/7 Experience’ of the city, including
features such as specialist retailers, dining, nightlife and arts and culture.
The campaign achieved a 5.2% increase in spend compared to the same period in
2018, which was considered a strong result given the significant construction
impacts and concerns about access to the city centre.
15. Karangahape
Road Business Association used their funding to enable the development of a
range of marketing and associated collateral to attract visitors and highlight
the unique Karangahape Road identity. They also supported popular Te Reo
language courses and a range of events to attract visitors to the area such as
the annual First Thursdays series and the Auckland Art Fair. This year’s
First Thursdays series was the most visited to date, and the associated social
media campaign reached 33,600 people. The Art Fair moved online due to COVID-19
but attracted almost 9,500 participants and the website received almost 500,000
page views.
16. Staff confirm
that accountability reports meet the requirements stipulated in the respective
agreements and that Heart of the City and Karangahape Road Business Association
are eligible to be considered for further funding in 2020/2021.
Proposals for ongoing support in
2020/2021
17. The two
business associations have included proposals for destination marketing funding
in 2020/2021 (Attachments A and B). The proposed initiatives will contribute to
the city centre targeted rate outcomes of “promoting the competitive
advantages of the city centre”, “enhancing the central city
environs” and “a centre for arts and culture”.
18. Karangahape
Road Business Association propose to use 2020/2021 funding to support
destination marketing initiatives relating to America’s Cup, a range of
collateral and campaigns and an app to promote the unique offerings of
Karangahape Road, and an event to celebrate the completion of the Streetscape
Enhancements (cycleway) project.
19. Key
initiatives in the Heart of the City destination marketing programme for
2020/2021 are Restaurant Month in July and August, and a post COVID-19 recovery
campaign in spring 2020. The aim of the recovery campaign is to encourage
Aucklanders to return to the city centre, overcoming perceptions around access
and congestion and showing them why the city centre is appealing and worth
visiting.
Requests for additional
funding
20. Karangahape
Road Business Association have also indicated to staff that they would welcome
the opportunity to propose an increase to the amount allocated annually, to
enable the growth of their destination marketing programme.
21. Both business
associations have expressed a particular need for increased destination
marketing support in 2020/2021 as the city centre responds to the impacts of
COVID-19. A one-off increase to destination marketing funding in 2020/2021 is
discussed in a separate agenda item.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
22. There are no
implications for climate change arising from the allocation of the destination
marketing budget.
23. In March
2020, the Governing Body adopted the City Centre Masterplan 2020 which includes
the goal of a Zero-Emissions Area in the city centre by 2030, and envisages the
Waihorotiu Queen Street Valley as a pedestrian-friendly area with more options
for walking, cycling and public transport. Both business associations include
advice about sustainable transport options in their destination marketing
approaches.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
24. The
two business associations are also Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and
therefore receive BID targeted rate grants administered by Auckland Council. In
2020/2021, they will receive the following in BID targeted rates:
· Heart
of the City: $4,782,614
· Karangahape
Road Business Association: $435,428
25. Both business
associations continue to meet the compliance requirements for their BID
targeted rate programmes.
26. In addition
to the business associations, various parts of the council group, including
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, Regional Facilities Auckland
and the city centre targeted rate-funded City Centre Activation Programme, work
independently and in partnership with the business associations to drive
activity and visitation.
27. Panuku
Development Auckland makes a financial contribution to Heart of the City for
the promotion of businesses in the waterfront area.
28. The city
centre targeted rate contribution to destination marketing is complementary to
other destination marketing initiatives and all parties work strategically to
maximise the leverage of their combined resources.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
29. Business
associations are eligible to apply to local boards for support for specific
initiatives. In 2019/2020, Karangahape Road Business Association received a
$2,000 grant from the Waitematā Local Board to support the development of
plaques to celebrate the cultural history of Karangahape Road, which in turn
will be developed into a local walking tour which can be promoted as
destination feature.
30. The Business
Improvement Districts represented by the two business associations do not cover
the full city centre targeted rate area, as shown in the map below (Figure 1).
In future years, the advisory board may wish to consider inviting applications
from other organisations to support destination marketing initiatives in other
neighbourhoods, such as Britomart/Quay Park, the Victoria Quarter, and/or the
Learning Quarter.
Figure 1: Map of the city centre
targeted rate area.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
31. In 2019/2020,
Karangahape Road Business Association funded Te Reo Māori language courses
as a way to foster support for Te Ao Māori. These courses were extremely
popular and necessitated relocation to a larger venue to accommodate demand.
32. In 2020/2021,
Karangahape Road Business Association propose to apply a portion of their
destination marketing funding to showcase Māori heritage and presence as
part of the multicultural offering of Karangahape Road.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
33. On 16 July
2020, Auckland Council Governing Body made its final decisions on the
Emergency Budget for the 2020/2021 financial year, to be formally adopted on 30
July 2020. While the Emergency Budget will impact on the delivery programme of
some city centre targeted rate funded projects, there is no change proposed to
the budget allocated for destination marketing support.
34. The city
centre targeted rate portfolio budget 2019/2020 endorsed by the board in July
2019 (resolution CEN/2019/35) includes annual allocations for destination
marketing up to 30 June 2025:
· Item
5 – OPEX: Destination Marketing (K Road) $40,000
· Item
8 - OPEX: Heart of the City Destination Marketing $400,000.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
35. The city
centre is experiencing significant impacts following COVID-19, with downturns
in visitation and associated economic performance. Continued support for
destination marketing is a key enabler for the business associations to respond
to these impacts. Destination marketing is particularly reliant on city centre
targeted rate contributions at this time as the availability of sponsorship and
other partner income is reduced post COVID-19, so a decision not to fund
destination marketing would mean initiatives are unfunded or significantly
reduced.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
36. Subject to
support from the advisory board, staff will action service agreements with the
respective business associations. Accountability reporting for 2020/2021
funding will be due in July 2021.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Heart of the City Destination Marketing accountability
report
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15
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b⇩
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Karangahape Road Business Association Destination
Marketing accountability report
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21
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Natalie Hansby – Manager Development Response
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Authoriser
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John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in
the city centre
File No.: CP2020/10082
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
endorse the proposed package to support the city centre to respond to the
impacts of COVID-19.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
city centre has been significantly impacted by COVID-19, with a marked decrease
in people travelling to the city centre and in spend. At its meeting on 27 May
2020, Auckland City Centre Advisory Board requested support from city centre
targeted rate funds to help the city centre to respond to these impacts.
3. Staff
identified $400,000 available for reallocation within the city centre targeted
rate portfolio budget for 2020/2021. Advisory board members were invited to
propose desired outcomes from the fund.
4. Key
themes of board members’ responses were presented to the board’s
workshop on 24 June 2020, at which staff were asked to work with Heart of the
City and the Karangahape Road Business Association to draft a collaborative
plan to support the city centre.
5. The
proposed package is attached for the advisory board’s endorsement
(Attachment A). It considers three key focus areas:
a) fostering
a vibrant city centre
b) growing
resilience of local businesses
c) driving
visitation to the city centre.
6. The
initiatives identified contribute to the City Centre Masterplan outcomes and
city centre targeted rate outcomes, particularly relating to public life and a
prosperous city centre.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) endorse
the proposed package to support the city centre to respond to the impacts of COVID-19
(Attachment A) to a total value of up to $400,000, from the city centre
targeted rate operational expenditure budget in 2020/2021.
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Horopaki
Context
7. The
city centre has been significantly impacted by in the loss of international
visitors, reduced number of workers and students as a result of Covid-19.
8. At
the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board meeting on 27 May 2020, staff
identified $400,000 available for potential reallocation to respond to the
impacts of COVID-19, from city centre targeted rate portfolio budget
operational expenditure line items in 2020/2021 (resolution number
CEN/2020/15).
9. The
first, “Additional Programme Fund”, had been earmarked as a
flexible fund to support the advisory board to respond as opportunities such as
this arose. The second, “Communications city centre” was allocated
for initiatives to grow support for development in the city centre and
highlight positive change. The intentions of this COVID-19 recovery package are
consistent with these earlier allocations.
10. Staff were
asked to provide a process for the allocation of this $400,000 for initiatives
in the city centre relating to the impact of COVID-19.
11. Following the
May meeting, advisory board members were invited to propose desired outcomes
from the funding, representing the key priorities of city centre communities in
the post COVID-19 environment. At the advisory board’s workshop on 24
June 2020 staff presented a summary of that feedback, which highlighted four
possible key outcomes:
· a
prosperous city centre
· resilient
business in the city centre
· vibrant
spaces
· support for Access
for Everyone outcomes in the City Centre Master Plan.
12. Members’
discussion in the workshop identified the first three outcomes as priorities,
with consideration to how initiatives could also align with Access for Everyone
principles. Staff were asked to facilitate a process to identify potential
initiatives which make up a package to support post COVID-19 recovery of the
city centre, addressing those focus areas.
13. Council staff
led a collaborative process with Heart of the City and the Karangahape Road
Business Association (KBA), with input from other key stakeholders and advice
from council subject matter experts such as Auckland Emergency Management and
Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED). Staff have also
worked to identify and leverage other strands of work and funding to maximise impact
and avoid duplication.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
14. The proposed
support package (Attachment A) is divided into three sections to respond to the
key aims of:
a) fostering
a vibrant city centre
b) growing
resilience of local businesses
c) driving
visitation to the city centre.
15. For
each aim, the working group identified key problems or opportunities, and then
selected key initiatives to address those problems or opportunities. A high
level budget is indicated for each focus area, which will be refined in
discussion with the working group as initiatives are developed in detail and
implemented.
Fostering a vibrant city centre
- $100,000
16. Supplementing
the $850,000 contribution from the city centre targeted rate for the annual
City Centre Activation Programme, this focus area will include initiatives to
ensure safe and welcoming spaces, especially in response to increases in issues
with a growing street community on Karangahape Road. It will also support local
businesses to use arts and culture offerings as a mechanism to deliver and
promote additional activity in the city centre. While not funded directly
through this package, a complementary programme of curated arts installations
in vacant storefronts will also contribute to the sense of vibrancy.
Growing resilience of local
businesses - $0
17. A thriving and vibrant city centre requires a healthy level of
business activity, which in turn contributes to a positive experience for
residents, workers and visitors. Fewer businesses and more vacant premises will
reduce the quality of the experience in the city centre and also reduce the
level of activity and thereby a sense of safety and welcoming spaces.
18. The working group identified several initiatives that sit under this
aim, with a particular focus on strengthening small to medium-sized businesses,
building the capacity of businesses to adapt to the challenging economic
circumstances and change in customer mix in the city centre.
19. However,
business support initiatives do not fall within the groups of activities that
are identified in the funding impact statement, for which the city centred
targeted rate has been established in line with the Local Government (Rating)
Act 2002, and therefore funds cannot be allocated for this purpose.
20. Instead, staff will work alongside the two business associations
and, working in partnership with ATEED, leverage the wide variety of other
resources already available to New Zealand businesses. The group will also
explore initiatives such as a dedicated city centre business support broker to
enable more intensive and personalised support, using funding from other
sources.
21. Consideration is also being given to how business support
initiatives can leverage the business support packages already committed
through Development Response programmes such as for the Karangahape Road
Streetscapes project and City Rail Link sites.
Driving
visitation to the city centre - $300,000
22. As
presented to the advisory board at its June 2020 workshop, ATEED are working on
a range of tourism and destination marketing initiatives to attract domestic
visitors to Auckland, including the city centre. However, there remains an
opportunity to encourage more locals, such as workers, shoppers, diners and
students, back into the city centre.
23. Heart
of the City and the Karangahape Road Business Association each receive an
annual contribution to destination marketing from the city centre targeted
rate. The additional contribution from this package will offset the decrease in
partner funding for marketing investment and support the business
associations to grow the impact of their promotional activity.
24. The working
group also identified two key enablers for the success of the future of the
city centre, which are outside the scope of influence of this package:
a) transport
initiatives such as Sustainable Travel (travel demand management and behaviour
change which promote public transport uptake and the use of active transport
modes), communications and wayfinding initiatives to address the impacts of
construction and other disruption, and strategic promotions to drive visitation
into the city centre such as parking or public transport incentives
b) access
to economic advice and other business intelligence from sources such as
Auckland Council’s Chief Economist, central government agencies and other
subject matter experts to inform strategic decision making and business
planning in the city centre.
Strategic alignment
25. A key
consideration in the development of the package was alignment to the purpose of
the city centre targeted rate:
· a
high quality urban environment
· to
enhance the central city environs
· to
promote the competitive advantages of the city centre
· a
place for high-quality education, research and development
· to reinforce and
promote the city centre as a centre for arts and culture, with a unique
identity as the heart and soul of Auckland.
26. Each of
the aims and initiatives in the package contribute to the city centre targeted
rate outcomes, as well as the City Centre Masterplan and Waitematā Local
Board Plan 2017 outcomes, as described in Table One:
Table
One: Alignment to strategic outcomes
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Aim:
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Alignment
to city centre targeted rate outcomes
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Alignment
to City Centre Masterplan outcomes
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Alignment
to Local Board Plan outcomes
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Fostering
a vibrant city centre
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Strong
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Strong
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Strong
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Growing
resilience of local businesses
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None
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Strong
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Strong
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Driving
visitation to the city centre
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Strong
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Strong
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Some
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Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
27. There are no implications
for climate change arising from the allocation of the destination marketing
budget.
28. In March
2020, the Planning Committee adopted the City Centre Masterplan 2020 which
includes the goal of a Zero-Emissions Area in the city centre by 2030, and
envisages the Waihorotiu Queen Street Valley as a pedestrian-friendly area with
more options for walking, cycling and public transport. Both business
associations include advice about sustainable transport options in their
destination marketing approaches.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
29. To maximise
impact and mitigate any duplication of effort or resourcing, this package was
prepared with input from Auckland Emergency Management’s business resilience
advisor, and ATEED’s local economic development and destination marketing
teams.
30. Care has also
been taken to identify opportunities to leverage, and not to duplicate, related
interventions as part of other work programmes, such as:
· the
city centre targeted rate-funded City Centre Activation Programme
· business
associations’ events and activation programmes
· development
response programmes for the City Rail Link and other major projects
· council’s
homelessness responses and support for housing and outreach providers
· the
Waihorotiu Queen Street Valley Access for Everyone pilot
· Auckland
Emergency Management, ATEED and other business resilience resources
· Auckland
Council’s ‘Together We Can Love Local’ marketing campaign
· destination
marketing by business associations and ATEED
· Auckland Transport
sustainable travel and wayfinding initiatives.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
31. The proposed
package will support the outcomes of the City Centre Masterplan, particularly:
· Outcome
5: Public life, by fostering a vibrant city centre, with safe and welcoming
spaces
· Outcome
10: Prosperous city centre, by growing resilience of local businesses
32. The
initiatives will also support Waitematā Local Board Plan outcomes
including:
· Outcome
1: inclusive communities that are vibrant, healthy and connected, by supporting
events, arts and culture and improving safety in the community
· Outcome
6: An innovative, productive and resilient economy, by strengthening small to
medium sized businesses
33. As the
package was prepared as quickly as possible to provide timely assistance to the
city centre, due to time constraints the proposed package has not been reviewed
by the Waitematā Local Board, but staff will keep the local board informed
through regular updates.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
34. Due to
limitations in scope, there was no engagement with mana whenua in the
development of this package. However, mana whenua and other Māori
providers will be key collaborators in the development and delivery of the
aligned City Centre Activation Programme for 2020/2021.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
35. When
recommending that this fund be made available for this purpose, the Advisory
Board identified two city centre targeted rate portfolio budget line programme
items for reallocation:
· Item
27 - OPEX: Additional Programme Fund $200,000
· Item
29 – OPEX: Communications city centre $200,000.
36. On 16 July
2020, Auckland Council Governing Body made its final decisions on the Emergency
Budget for the 2020/2021 financial year, to be formally adopted on 30 July
2020. While the Emergency Budget will impact on the delivery programme of some
city centre targeted rate funded projects, there is no change proposed to the
above budget lines.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
37. While this
package was developed in collaboration with Heart of the City and the
Karangahape Road Business Association, the intention is that the initiatives
proposed in this package will be available to businesses and neighbourhoods
from across the whole city centre targeted rate area.
38. There is
significant investment and activity by local and central government agencies to
support businesses post COVID-19 and care has been taken when developing this
package to avoid duplication or over-resourcing of business support
initiatives, instead responding to the specific needs of the Auckland City
Centre and perceived gaps in the suite of available assistance.
39. In making
these funds available to support the response to COVID-19 impacts, the advisory
board has reallocated funds away from city centre communications.
Communications and engagement initiatives aim to grow awareness of the city
centre development programme and foster support for the high levels of change
and disruption. These messages will still be addressed through the regional Auckland’s
Future in Progress communications programme but the city centre-specific focus
may be reduced in accordance with the reduced investment.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
40. Subject to
endorsement by the advisory board, staff will progress to implementation of the
support package as quickly as possible, in conjunction with the working group.
41. Staff will
provide progress updates to the board at future workshops and provide an impact
evaluation at the conclusion of the programme.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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Responding to the impacts of COVID-19- proposed
package
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31
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Natalie Hansby – Manager Development Response
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Authoriser
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John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Downtown Programme update
File No.: CP2020/10090
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To update the Auckland City Centre Advisory
Board on the status of the Downtown Infrastructure Development Programme,
include issues and opportunities following COVID-19 lockdown.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
Downtown Infrastructure Development Programme will create a generous and
welcoming destination along the water’s edge that is recognisably
Tāmaki Makaurau. The programme integrates both public transport and urban
realm outcomes as part of the regeneration of the Downtown Waterfront precinct
and is delivering on the vision and outcomes set out in the City Centre
Masterplan, Waterfront Plan and wider public transport strategies.
3. The
programme comprises the following projects:
· Quay
Street strengthening project
· Ferry
Basin redevelopment project
· Lower
Albert Street Bus Interchange project
· Quay
Street East enabling works
· Quay
Street Enhancement project
· Te
Wānanga (formally Downtown Public Space)
· Galway
Street Enhancement.
4. The
programme is jointly funded and delivered by Auckland Council and Auckland
Transport.
5. The
city centre targeted rate contributions towards the programme consists of $22.9
million for the Quay Street Enhancement, and Galway Street Enhancement as part
of the $20 million Britomart Precinct streetscape budget endorsed by the
Auckland City Centre Advisory Board at its 24 July 2019 meeting (resolution
CEN/2019/35).
6. The
Downtown Infrastructure Development Programme is currently under construction
and is approximately 60 per cent complete.
7. Due
to COVID-19 Alert Level 4, which commenced on 26 March 2020, construction sites
experienced a four-week lockdown period and lost further productive time due to
the close-down and then recommissioning of sites.
8. The
interruption to our construction means that the completion date for the
programme has been impacted. Opportunities are being investigated to accelerate
the construction programme and mitigate delays.
9. The
programme will continue to support businesses throughout the construction
periods through the delivery of development response initiatives.
10. Staff will be
present at the 29 July 2020 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board meeting. A
presentation on the Downtown Programme is also attached as Attachment A.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) note
the update on the status of the programme delivery, issues and opportunities
following COVID-19 lockdown.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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Downtown Programme Update presentation
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35
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Tam White - Senior Governance and Relationship Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Queen Street Valley Access for Everyone
pilot
File No.: CP2020/10096
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To update Auckland City Centre Advisory Board on the Queen Street
Valley Access for Everyone.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. At the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board meeting on 27 May 2020,
regular updates were requested on the Queen Street Access for Everyone pilot.
This report provides the latest update.
3. The COVID-19 emergency works in Queen Street are currently being
modified and data collection for co-design is now underway. This will inform
the first co-design workshop to take place on 13 August 2020.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) receive
the update on the Queen Street Valley Access for Everyone Pilot.
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Horopaki
Context
4. The Queen Street Access for Everyone (A4E) pilot was planned to be
underway by March 2021. The emergency COVID-19 infrastructure installed on
Queen Street to enable physical distancing provided an opportunity to bring the
pilot forward. Temporary interventions included traffic cones (later updated to
flexible posts) and bus stop borders. These were quick and urgent measures
introduced in an emergency environment with very little engagement.
5. Funding
was provided by the Waka Kotahi NZTA Innovating Streets programme specifically
for the COVID-19 emergency response.
6. From
7 July 2020, improvements to the temporary measures have been made to enhance
the overall appearance of Queen Street, with concrete separators, coloured
surfacing and planter boxes. These works are also funded from NZTA’s
approved COVID-19 allocation.
7. Staff
are now using findings from the COVID-19 installations as part of the user
surveys and data-gathering exercise, to maximise value from these installations
and informing the pilot project. Further changes within the footprint of these
works may be made if the co-design process shows that the emergency measures
are not contributing to the pilot objectives.
8. In contrast to the COVID-19 emergency programme, the pilot is a
long-anticipated part of the City Centre Masterplan; fully and unanimously
endorsed by the Planning Committee and the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board.
Like the City Centre Masterplan, the pilot will be shaped by extensive
engagement with city centre representatives.
Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu
Analysis and advice
9. The
pilot will use a co-design approach to work out how to improve the quality of
Queen Street within agreed parameters. Queen Street will be affected by the
effects of nearby City Rail Link construction. Buses are the most important public transport mode in the
city centre. It is anticipated that when Victoria Street closes in 2021 to
support the build of the Aotea City
Rail Link station, Queen Street
will need to accommodate over 50 buses per hour (one way) diverted away from
the construction.
10. Other
parameters include existing statutory plans, precinct plans and visions,
climate change commitments, construction (ongoing and consented), programmed
events including America’s Cup and the Santa Parade,) and city centre access
requirements. The experience of the
COVID-19 emergency works has re-emphasised the importance of clear engagement
and communication with city centre representatives.
11. Auckland
Transport has additional data and operational requirements to contribute to the
co-design process. Discussions on Queen Street vehicle requirements will be
part of the co-design process, where Auckland Transport representatives will
share relevant information on options and issues. Stakeholders will be invited
to discuss how broadly access restriction options could apply, for instance
these could apply to general traffic but exempt other vehicles such as taxis,
ride-hail services, couriers, tradespeople, rubbish trucks and electric
vehicles.
12. The findings from the pilot will inform
subsequent stages of Queen Street improvements. They will also feed into the
Access for Everyone Business Case which is to be submitted for Regional Land
Transport Plan funding later this month. The overall aim is to reinforce Queen
Street’s status as Auckland’s most valuable street.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement .
13. The pilot,
being based on Access for Everyone principles, is intended to help work towards
a Zero Emissions Area in the Queen Street valley and support a move towards
increased take-up of electric vehicles and active transport options. This will
result in better air quality and support healthier streets.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
14. To reflect the position of Queen Street and Access for Everyone
within the City Centre Masterplan, the Queen Street pilot is led by the
Auckland Design Office, Auckland Council. Auckland Transport is
supporting and managing the implementation of the pilot. Other council
departments will be involved as required.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
15. The Waitematā Local Board will be updated and kept informed of the
pilot as it progresses, and feedback will be sought from the local board in
terms of design improvements and communications support
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
16. Development
of the City Centre Masterplan included a series of hui with the Mana Whenua
Kaitiaki Forum, led by the Culture and Identity Pou. This engagement shaped one
of the ten city centre-wide outcomes (Tāmaki Makaurau – our place in
the world) and a new transformational move (Māori Outcomes).
17. As a component of the City Centre Masterplan vision, staff will
continue to develop a partnership with the forum and implement the vision. The
project team will engage with iwi as part of the co-design process to develop
the Waihorotiu (Queen Street) valley.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
18. The
Auckland City Centre Advisory Board endorsed up to $600,000 from the City
Centre Targeted Rate at its meeting on 27 May 2020 (CEN/2020/16).
19. Up to $1 million of funding for the pilot is being provided by the Waka Kotahi NZTA Innovating Streets fund (separate to and in
addition to the COVID-19 emergency funding). This fund is specifically set up
to test quick ways to improve streets for people that can be quickly adjusted,
adapted, improved or removed through a co-design process.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
20. The Queen Street Valley Access for Everyone
pilot has a very high public profile. Risks to the success of the project will
be mitigated by well-resourced communications, dedicated engagement staff and a
commitment at all levels to the use of co-design.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
21. The
first co-design workshop is scheduled on the evening of 13 August 2020 at the
Ellen Melville Centre. A formal invitation for the workshop will be sent
shortly to interested groups.
22. Ahead
of the first co-design workshop, Auckland City Centre Advisory Board
representatives have been invited to a meeting on 27 July 2020 to talk through
the objectives of the pilot and the principles for co-design. This will also
provide an opportunity for questions to be raised on behalf of the board.
23. An easy-to-access website for Aucklanders to give their feedback on
the Queen Street pilot will be set up and staff will promote the pilot through
social media channels and newsletters.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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George Weeks – Principal Urban Designer
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Authorisers
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John Duguid – General Manager Plans and Places
John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Future meeting and workshop days
File No.: CP2020/09668
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
recommend a change to future meeting and workshop days for the Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Auckland
Council is experiencing increasing demand for workshop time and as Wednesdays
have been set aside for workshops for the Governing Body and Committees of the
Whole this has an effect on the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board which has
traditionally met on the last Wednesday of the month.
3. The Board was established to provide advice to the Governing Body
and its relevant committees as well as the Waitemata Local Board. It is
therefore important that the elected members are able to attend meetings and
workshops so that they can represent the views of the Board within the
council's decision-making processes.
4. This
issue was addressed at a workshop on 24 June 2020 and as there was no agreement
for a change of day the Governance Advisor was requested to seek preferences
from members for an alternative day for meetings and workshops.
5. Eight
members expressed a preference for Mondays with another three members
indicating Mondays as their second preference over Tuesdays. One member was not
available on Mondays and four members were happy to fit in with the majority.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) agree
to change future meeting and workshop days to the last Monday of the month
from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm with effect from August 2020.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for
this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Mike Giddey - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere / Governance
Advisor
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Authorisers
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Rose Leonard – General Manager Democracy
Services (Acting)
John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Information report: Update on
Homelessness Initiative Needs Assessment and Forward work programme/Progress on
items
File No.: CP2020/10112
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To update the Auckland City Centre Advisory
Board of the following matters:
1) Update on the Inner City Auckland Homelessness Initiative (ICAHI)
Needs Assessment.
2) Forward
work programme/Progress on items.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The information report is to inform the Auckland
City Centre Advisory Board of matters that are in progress and planned across
the council group.
Update on
Homelessness Initiative Needs Assessment
3. To update the Auckland City Centre Advisory
Board on progress Homelessness Initiative Needs
Assessment (Attachment A).
Forward work programme /
Progress on items
4. To
update on progress on issues considered by the board
and its forward work programme. (Attachment B).
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Auckland City Centre
Advisory Board:
a) note
the information report.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Update: Homelessness Initiative Needs Assessment
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69
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b⇩
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Forward work programme and Progress on items
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113
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Tam White - Senior Governance and Relationship Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Dunshea – Lead Officer Support
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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Auckland City
Centre Advisory Board
29 July 2020
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