Agenda of Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 grant allocations

File No.: CP2020/07588

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To fund, part-fund or decline the applications received for Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 and one deferred application from Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round Two 2019/2020.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. This report presents applications received in Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 (Attachment B and Attachment C).

3. The Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board adopted the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Community Grants Programme 2020/2021 on 26 May 2020 (Attachment A). The document sets application guidelines for contestable capital and community grants.

4. The local board has set a total community grants budget of $170,240, with $55,240 of the community grants budget ringfenced for food resilience, marine protection and other resilience projects. A total capital grants budget of $252,000.00 has been allocated for the 2020/2021 financial year.

5. A total of 24 applications were received for Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021. Nine capital grant applications were received, requesting a total of $201,759.97 and 15 local grants were received requesting a total of $184, 912.04.

6. An application from Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust (LG2004-210) was deferred from Local and Capital Grants Round Two 2019/2020, requesting $2,288 (refer Attachment D). The overall requested amount for local grants in Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 is $187,200.04.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) fund, part-fund or decline applications received for Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021, listed in Table One, Table Two and Table Three:

Table One: Aotea / Great Barrier Local Grants Round One 2020/2021 applications:

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-104	Society for the Protection of Aotea Community and Ecology Incorporated	Community	Towards wages for an administration and project support worker, computer equipment (laptop, hard drive and printer) and administrative costs.	$18,060.00	Eligible
Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-106	Great Barrier Island Sports and Social Club Incorporated	Community	Towards the rates bill for the Great Barrier Island Sports and Social Club for 2020/2021	$3,578.00	Eligible
LG2104-108	Great Barrier Island Sports and Social Club Incorporated	Community	Towards fireworks and prizes for floats as part of the Santa Parade and fireworks display.	$2,200.00	Eligible
LG2104-110	Orama Christian Trust	Community	Towards the group's annual rate bill.	$15,000.00	Eligible
LG2104-114	North Barrier Residents and Ratepayers Association Incorporated	Community	Towards the development and the first year's maintenance costs for a fixed wing approach path for enable landing planes at the Okiwi Airfield.	$26,100.00	Eligible
LG2104-118	Aotea TV under the umbrella of Great Barrier Island Community Heritage and Arts Village Trust	Community	Towards technical equipment (laptop, camera, microphone, software, etc.) for Aotea TV.	$9,731.09	Eligible
LG2104-120	The Wingman Festival Group under the umbrella of Great Barrier Island Sports and Social Club Incorporated	Community	Towards festival coordinator costs for the “Wingman Festival” on New Year’s Eve.	$10,000.00	Eligible
LG2104-121	Motu Kaikoura Trust	Community	Towards the design and supply of signs for walking tracks.	$1,455.00	Eligible
LG2104-125	Kaitoke School	Community	Towards polytunnel, fencing, raised beds and irrigation system for a vegetable garden and learning space.	$8,409.30	Eligible
Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-127	Aotea Family Support Group	Community	Towards labour and travel costs associated with the Aotea Curtain Bank.	$2,600.00	Eligible
LG2104-128	Aotea Education Trust	Community	Towards resources for the Aotea Learning Hub.	$7,236.99	Eligible
LG2104-101	Oruawharo Medlands Ecovision group under the umbrella of Great Barrier Island Environmental Trust	Environment	Towards the cost of the pest trapping project including salaries for the coordinator and fieldworker, tablets, materials and administration costs of the umbrella group.	$27,858.00	Eligible
LG2104-102	Windy Hill Rosalie Bay Catchment Trust	Environment	Towards field team gear and equipment, monitoring equipment, trapping materials and freight.	$14,299.66	Eligible
LG2104-105	Protect Aotea	Environment	Towards the coordinator's wages for one year.	$36,400.00	Eligible
LG2104-115	Great Barrier Island Environmental Trust Trading as Aotea Great Barrier Environmental Trust	Environment	Towards the cost of printing publications (Bush Telegraph and Environmental News) for a year.	$1,984.00	Eligible
Total				$184, 912.04

Table Two: Aotea / Great Barrier Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 applications:

Application ID		Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-103		The Marion Barleyman Memorial Cottage Rural Women New Zealand Awana Branch Incorporated	Capital	Towards the costs of a new generator.	$3,600.00	Eligible
Application ID	Organisation		Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-107		Sea Education Aotea Charitable Trust	Capital	Towards the concreting of the Sea Education Aotea Charitable Trust shed floor and swimming instructor fees.	$4,783.00	Eligible
LG2104-109		Orama Christian Trust	Capital	Towards lead carbon battery replacement and freight costs.	$21,995.00	Eligible
LG2104-111		Orama Christian Trust	Capital	Towards the Orama Wharf upgrade project (including consultant, engineering, consent and repair costs).	$50,000.00	Eligible
LG2104-117		Great Barrier Island History Research Group Incorporated under the umbrella of Aotea Family Support Group	Capital	Towards the establishment of a permanent building to hold archival records.	$17,800.00	Eligible
LG2104-119		Kawa Part 3 Maori Reservation Trust (aka Ngatiwai O Aotea Kawa Marae Trust)	Capital	Towards costs associated with steps one and two for the construction of an outdoor multipurpose community facility (retaining and cementing hangi pit and covered shelter).	$48,268.00	Eligible
LG2104-122		Barrier Social Club Incorporated	Capital	Towards the purchase and installation of panels and controllers for the second stage of the club's power system upgrade.	$34,088.00	Eligible
LG2104-124		Great Barrier Island Community Heritage and Arts Village Trust	Capital	Towards the purchase and installation of solar panels, including a controller, for the museum.	$8,157.97	Eligible
Application ID	Organisation		Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2104-126		North Barrier Residents and Ratepayers Association Incorporated	Capital	Towards labour and material costs to upgrade the FitzRoy Boat Club kitchen chiller.	$13,068.00	Eligible
Total					$201,759.97

Table Three: Deferred application from Aotea / Great Barrier Capital Grants Round Two 2020/2021:

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
LG2004-210	Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust	Arts and Culture	Towards furniture for a research space at the Heritage and Arts Village.	$2,288.00	Eligible

Horopaki

Context

7. The local board allocates grants to groups and organisations delivering projects, activities and services that benefit Aucklanders and contribute to the vision of being a world class city.

8. The Auckland Council Community Grants Policy supports each local board to adopt a grants programme.

9. The local board grants programme sets out:

· local board priorities

· lower priorities for funding

· exclusions

· grant types, the number of grant rounds and when these will open and close

· any additional accountability requirements.

10. The Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board adopted the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Community Grants Programme 2020/2021 on 26 May 2020 (Attachment A). The document sets application guidelines for contestable grants.

11. The community grant programmes have been extensively advertised through the council grants webpage, local board webpages, local board e-newsletters, Facebook pages, council publications, and community networks.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

12. The aim of the local board grant programme is to deliver projects and activities which align with the outcomes identified in the local board plan. All applications have been assessed utilising the Community Grants Policy and the local board grant programme criteria. The eligibility of each application is identified in the report recommendations.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

13. The Local Board Grants Programme aims to respond to Auckland Council’s commitment to address climate change by providing grants to individuals and groups for projects that support and enable community climate action. Community climate action involves reducing or responding to climate change by local residents in a locally relevant way. Local board grants can contribute to expanding climate action by supporting projects that reduce carbon emissions and increase community resilience to climate impacts. Examples of projects include local food production and food waste reduction; increasing access to single-occupancy transport options; home energy efficiency and community renewable energy generation; local tree planting and streamside revegetation; and educating about sustainable lifestyle choices that reduce carbon footprints.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

14. Based on the main focus of an application, a subject matter expert from the relevant department will provide input and advice. The main focus of an application is identified as arts, community, events, sport and recreation, environment or heritage.

15. The grants programme has no identified impacts on council-controlled organisations and therefore their views are not required.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

16. Local boards are responsible for the decision-making and allocation of local board community grants. The Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board is required to fund, part-fund or decline these grant applications in accordance with its priorities identified in the local board grant programme.

17. The local board is requested to note that section 48 of the Community Grants Policy states “We will also provide feedback to unsuccessful grant applicants about why they have been declined, so they will know what they can do to increase their chances of success next time”.

18. A summary of each application received through Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 is provided (Attachment B and Attachment C).

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

19. The local board grants programme aims to respond to Auckland Council’s commitment to improving Māori wellbeing by providing grants to individuals and groups who deliver positive outcomes for Māori. Auckland Council’s Māori Responsiveness Unit has provided input and support towards the development of the community grant processes.

20. Eleven applicants applying to Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 have indicated that their project targets Māori or Māori outcomes.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

21. Provision for allocating grants to community groups is within the 2018-2028 Long-Term Plan and 2020/2021 local board agreement.

22. The local board has set a total community grants budget of $170,240, with $55,240 of the community grants budget ringfenced for food resilience, marine protection and other resilience projects. A total capital grants budget of $252,000.00 for the 2020/2021 financial year.

23. A total of 24 applications were received for Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021. Nine capital grant applications were received requesting a total of $201,759.97 and 15 local grants were received requesting a total of $184, 912.04.

24. An application from Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust (LG2004-210) was deferred in Local and Capital Grants Round Two 2019/2020 and had requested $2,288 (refer Attachment D). The overall requested amount for local grants in Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021 is $187,200.04.

25. Relevant staff from Auckland Council’s Finance Department have been fully involved in the development of all local board work programmes, including financial information in this report, and have not identified any financial implications.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

26. The allocation of grants occurs within the guidelines and criteria of the Community Grants Policy and the local board grants programme. The assessment process has identified a low risk associated with funding the applications in this round.

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Next steps

27. Following the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board allocation of funding for Local and Capital Grants Round One 2020/2021, Commercial and Finance staff will notify the applicants of the local board’s decision and facilitate payment of the grant.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Aotea / Great Barrier Local and Capital Grants Programme 2020/2021	15
b ⇩	Aotea / Great Barrier Local Grants 2020/2021 applications	19
c ⇩	Aotea / Great Barrier Capital Grants 2020/2021 applications	75
d ⇩	Aotea/Great Barrier Local Grants 2019/2020 deferred application	109

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Mary Kienholz - Senior Grants Advisor

Authorisers

Marion Davies - Grants and Incentives Manager

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Local board views on plan change to enable rainwater tank installation for the Auckland region

File No.: CP2020/15295

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To invite local board views on a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section by Auckland Council to enable rainwater tank installation across urban and rural Auckland.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. Decision-makers on a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and a plan modification to Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section must consider local boards’ views on the plan change, if the relevant local boards choose to provide their views.

3. Each local board has a responsibility to communicate the interests and preferences of people in its area on Auckland Council policy documents. A local board can present local views and preferences when expressed by the whole local board.^{^[1]}

4. Auckland Council’s plan change would change the Auckland Unitary Plan by adding a line entry in rural and urban zone activity tables, stating that a rainwater tank is a permitted activity. Additionally, a number of baseline standards designed to avoid objectionable outcomes would be developed for the installation of rainwater tanks along with assessment criteria where a resource consent was still required. Rainwater tanks would be excluded from the definition of “Building” in the Auckland Unitary Plan, and therefore would avoid many rules pertaining to buildings which have the potential to trigger the need for resource consent.

5. Auckland Councils plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section would amend the definition of “building” in Chapter 14 Definitions by adding rainwater tanks to a list of structures that are excluded from being considered a “building”. The exemption will be subject to a unique set of standards concerning height, placement and colouring which have been designed to avoid objectionable outcomes. The amendment to the definition of “building” to include raintanks in its list of exempted structures will avoid raintanks triggering the need for a resource consent in the majority of cases.

6. This report is the mechanism for the local board to resolve and provide its views on the council’s plan change. Staff do not provide recommendations on what view the local board should convey.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) provide local board views on council’s proposed change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and proposed modification to the Auckland Council District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands section to enable rainwater tank installation for the Auckland region

b) appoint a local board member to speak to the local board views at a hearing on council’s enabling rainwater tanks plan change for the Auckland region

c) delegate authority to the chairperson of the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board to make a replacement appointment in the event the local board member appointed in resolution b) is unable to attend the plan change hearing.

Horopaki

Context

7. Each local board is responsible for communicating the interests and preferences of people in its area regarding the content of Auckland Council’s strategies, policies, plans, and bylaws. Local boards provide their views on the content of these documents. Decision-makers must consider local boards’ views when deciding the content of these policy documents.^{^[2]}

8. If the local board chooses to provide its views, the planner includes those views in the hearing report. Local board views are included in the analysis of the plan change, along with submissions.

9. If appointed by resolution, local board members may present the local board’s views at the hearing to commissioners, who decide on the plan change request.

10. This report provides an overview of the plan change.

11. The report does not recommend what the local board should convey. The planner must include any local board views in the evaluation of the plan change. The planner cannot advise the local board as to what its views should be, and then evaluate those views.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Plan change overview

12. The plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan applies to the Auckland region. The definition of “Building” in the Auckland Unitary Plan will be amended so that a rainwater tank will not be considered a building. A new definition will be introduced for “rainwater tank”. The activity tables of the following zones will have a new line entry stating that rainwater tanks are a permitted activity. The zones directly concerned are as follows:

§ Single House Zone

§ Large Lot Zone

§ Rural and Coastal Settlement Zone

§ Mixed Housing Suburban Zone

§ Mixed Housing Urban Zone

§ Terrace Housing and Apartment Buildings Zone

§ Special Character Areas Overlay - Residential

§ Rural Production Zone

§ Mixed Rural Zone

§ Rural Coastal Zone

§ Rural Conservation Zone

§ Countryside Living Zone

§ Waitākere Foothills Zone

§ Waitākere Ranges Zone.

13. The plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Island section will amend the definition of “building” within part 14 – Definitions. Currently the definition of building refers to “any structure or part of a structure” unless listed in the definition as exempt. Currently, rainwater tanks are not included in the list of exemptions. The proposed amendment will add rainwater tanks to the list of structures which are exempt from the definition of building and will be subject to a set of specific standards concerning height, placement and colouring that must be met for the exemption to apply. The standards have been included in order that objectionable environmental outcomes are avoided.

14. The purpose of the plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section is to enable rainwater tank installation across the Auckland region without the need for resource consent. Some baseline standards will be developed to avoid objectionable outcomes.

15. The notified plan change and plan modification and section 32 document providing the rationale for the council plan change are available on the council’s website at:

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/Pages/details.aspx?UnitaryPlanId=83

16. Public submissions will be loaded onto the council’s website once the notification period has closed.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

17. The council’s climate goals as set out in Te Taruke-a-Tawhiri: Auckland’s Climate Plan include:

· to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and

· to prepare the region for the adverse impacts of climate change.

18. The need to initiate a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section to enable rainwater tank installation is a response to Auckland’s current drought and potential water shortage in 2020/2021.

19. This uncertainty in water supply is likely to continue as our climate changes. Climate projections released by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research indicated that the Auckland region is likely to experience an increase of unpredictable rainfall and drought events in the Auckland region.

20. Removing unnecessary restrictions around the installation of rainwater tanks will support Auckland’s water security and resilience to climate change.

21. The proposed plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section supports Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Plan. One of the goals of the climate plan is to prepare Aucklanders to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

22. Easing barriers to the installation of rainwater tanks supports water supply management and aligns with the ‘Built Environment’ priority area in the Auckland Climate Plan.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

23. Other parts of the council group directly involved with the plan change include Healthy Waters, which has assisted with scoping the plan change, consultation and providing information for inclusion in the section 32 document (which provides the rationale for the plan change). Consultation has also occurred with Watercare and the Independent Māori Statutory Board.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

24. This plan change affects all local boards.

25. Factors the local board may wish to consider in formulating its view:

· interests and preferences of people in the local board area

· well-being of communities within the local board area

· local board documents, such as the local board plan and the local board agreement

· responsibilities and operation of the local board.

26. This report is the mechanism for obtaining formal local board views. The decision-maker will consider local board views, if provided, when deciding on the plan change.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

27. If the local board chooses to provide its views on the plan change it includes the opportunity to comment on matters that may be of interest or importance to Māori, well-being of Māori communities or Te Ao Māori (Māori worldview).

28. The council has initiated consultation with all iwi authorities in the Auckland region including the Independent Māori Statutory Board. Healthy Waters have engaged with iwi in the past on the matter of rainwater tanks and to date iwi have been very supportive of harvesting rainwater for household use.

29. The hearing report will include analysis of Part 2 of the Resource Management Act which requires that all persons exercising RMA functions shall take into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

30. The plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan and plan modification to the Auckland Council District Plan – Hauraki Gulf Islands section do not pose any financial implications.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

31. There is a risk that the local board will be unable to provide its views and preferences on the plan change, if it doesn’t pass a resolution. This report provides:

· the mechanism for the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board to express its views and preferences

· the opportunity for a local board member to speak at a hearing.

32. If the local board chooses not to pass a resolution at this business meeting, these opportunities are forgone.

33. The power to provide local board views regarding the content of a plan change cannot be delegated to individual local board member(s).^{^[3]} This report enables the whole local board to decide whether to provide its views and, if so, to determine what matters those views should include.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

34. The planner will include, and report on, any resolution of the local board in the hearing report. The local board member appointed to speak to the local board’s views will be informed of the hearing date and invited to the hearing for that purpose.

35. The planner will advise the local board of the decision on the plan change request by memorandum.

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Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

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Signatories

Author

Alison Pye - Principal Planner

Authorisers

John Duguid - General Manager - Plans and Places

Louise Mason – General Manager, Local Board Services

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Resource Recovery Network Strategy update

File No.: CP2020/15352

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To provide an opportunity for local boards to give formal feedback on the Resource Recovery Network Strategy update provided as Attachment A.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. The Resource Recovery Network Strategy, which was approved in October 2014, is being refreshed. This will respond to the updated Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 and Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan. It will also reflect the current global context including changes to global recycling markets and the impacts of COVID-19.

3. Key features of the strategy refresh include:

· expanding the current strategy from 12 community recycling centres in total to 23 facilities by 2031, including nine additional community recycling centres and two resource recovery parks (capital expenditure to be funded through the central government waste levy)

· seeking additional funding for ongoing operational support for community recycling centres beyond their current five-year contracts to enable continued service provision (to be funded through the waste targeted rate).

4. The aim of the network is to maximise diversion of waste from landfill, contribute to creating a circular economy, achieve wider social and economic benefits and deliver local green jobs. The network helps to drive the aspiration of the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan to achieve a zero waste Auckland by 2040.

5. The Resource Recovery Network of nine community recycling centres has provided 80 local jobs. The network diverted 5,213 tonnes of materials from landfill in 2019/2020.

6. Central government funding has boosted the development of existing sites in the Resource Recovery Network. The revised Resource Recovery Network Strategy will build on this funding and enable greater accessibility for residents and businesses.

7. A number of local boards have provided support for the Resource Recovery Network through the funding of scoping and feasibility studies, assistance with identifying suitable sites and support for local initiatives such as education outreach.

8. Staff presented the key points of the strategy refresh to the Waste Political Advisory Group and local boards in September and October 2020. Formal feedback from local boards will be included in a report to Environment and Climate Change Committee seeking adoption of the updated Resource Recovery Network Strategy in November 2020.

9. Approximately $8.6 million spread over 10 years is proposed to fund new and existing sites. This funding will be sought through the Long-term Plan 2020-2031 process.

10. An additional $28 million for the new resource recovery facilities, spread over ten years, is proposed to be funded through the budget allocated to Auckland Council from the central government waste levy.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) provide feedback on the Resource Recovery Network Strategy update provided as Attachment A of the agenda report

b) note that local board feedback will be included in a report to Environment and Climate Change Committee in November 2020 seeking adoption of the updated Resource Recovery Network Strategy.

Horopaki

Context

11. The Resource Recovery Network is one of the nine priority actions in Te Mahere Whakahaere me te Whakaiti Tukunga Para i Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018.

12. The network was initially identified as a key initiative under the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2012 and has been developing across the region since that time.

13. The purpose of the Resource Recovery Network is ‘to maximise the diversion of reusable and recyclable materials from landfill and, in the process, generate multiple environmental, social, cultural and economic benefits for Auckland’. The network helps to drive the aspiration of the plan to achieve a zero waste Auckland by 2040, taking care of people and the environment and turning waste into resources.

14. A 10-year strategy for the Resource Recovery Network was adopted in 2014 (resolution REG/2014/121). This strategy enabled the establishment of 12 community recycling centres across the Auckland region by 2024, funded by a combination of waste levy funding and targeted rates.

15. Community recycling centres provide communities with a ‘one stop shop’ for people to drop off unwanted goods and recyclables. The focus is on reuse, repair, repurposing and upcycling resources, as well as providing low cost retail goods to the community.

Progress of the Resource Recovery Network

16. As of September 2020, nine community recycling centres have been established. These centres are located in Waiuku, Helensville, Henderson, Wellsford, Warkworth, Aotea / Great Barrier, Devonport, Waiheke and Whangaparaoa. Community recycling centres are also under development in Western Springs and Onehunga.

17. Across the nine existing sites, 80 local full-time and part-time jobs have been created. In the 2019/2020 financial year, 5,213 tonnes of materials were diverted from landfill for reuse or recovery.

18. The development of the Resource Recovery Network in Auckland has been further boosted by central government Waste Minimisation Fund and shovel-ready funding, including:

· $2.3 million from the Waste Minimisation Fund was provided to support development of a Community Recycling Centre in Onehunga

· $10.6 million in shovel-ready funding for infrastructure development for the existing Devonport, Waiheke, Helensville, Warkworth, Wellsford and Western Springs community recycling centres as well as the Waitākere Waste Transfer Station/ Resource Recovery Park.

19. The recent central government shovel-ready investment will fast track the improvement of existing community recycling centres through developing fit for purpose infrastructure. It will expand employment by increasing the volume of materials and the number of related activities they can undertake to work towards zero waste.

Strategic context

20. COVID-19 continues to put pressure on international recycling markets, as countries restrict import and export activity through their borders. In addition to this, China implemented its National Sword policy in January 2018, which sets tight contamination limits on imported recyclable materials, including paper and plastics. As a result, global commodity prices for these products have dropped significantly as there is an oversupply to other existing markets.

21. Several strategic changes have occurred since the initial Resource Recovery Network was approved in 2014. These include the adoption of the Long-term Plan 2018-2028, the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 and Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan 2020.

22. These strategic changes draw focus to the significance of the Resource Recovery Network, which is identified as a priority action in the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan and is also an action in Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan. The revised Resource Recovery Network Strategy will also feed into the Long-Term Plan 2021-2031 which is currently being developed for adoption in June 2021.

23. The opportunities for community recycling centres to divert waste from landfill, generate income and create local jobs are expected to increase significantly over the next few years as government policy changes come into effect. These include the increase in the waste levy, a container return scheme currently under consideration by the government, and the 2019 Climate Change response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act.

24. An overview of the revised strategy was presented to the Waste Political Advisory Group on 1 September 2020. The Waste Political Advisory Group indicated its support for the draft strategy refresh.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Key features of the refreshed Resource Recovery Network Strategy

25. The refreshed Resource Recovery Network Strategy provides a pathway for futureproofing and scaling up the network. In developing the strategy, the priorities, budgets and method of delivery from the original 2014 strategy have been reassessed.

26. The refreshed strategy focuses on five key areas:

· increasing the number of sites from 12 to 21 community recycling centres to provide more equitable access to all Aucklanders and establishing two commercially focused resource recovery parks, bringing the total number of sites to 23 by 2031

· supporting existing sites and operators to thrive

· strengthening and enabling the network

· developing a fit for purpose operating and governance model

· fostering financial sustainability.

27. \reach its full potential. These key changes are outlined below. Further detail is provided in the draft Resource Recovery Network Strategy update in Attachment A.

Increasing the number of resource recovery facilities

28. One of the key changes in the updated strategy is an increase in the number of sites planned. The original strategy proposed 12 community recycling centres. The updated strategy proposes an expanded network with an additional nine community recycling centres and two resource recovery parks. This will bring the total number of sites up to 23, including:

· 21 community recycling centres that are strategically located across Auckland. They will be connected with their local communities, providing trusted places to take unwanted goods as well as fostering local innovation and resilience.

· two resource recovery parks, which are larger-scale facilities that focus mainly on diverting commercial waste from landfill back into the circular economy, while also accepting and diverting domestic waste. One of these will be the upgrade of Waitākere Transfer Station to a resource recovery park and the second will be in south Auckland.

29. Staff anticipate that an appropriate site will be found in south Auckland for a resource recovery parks. A resource recovery park in the south could provide an opportunity for economic transformation led by Māori or Pacifika businesses, social enterprises and local businesses. Studies have found that recycling results in around 10 times more jobs compared to sending materials to landfill.

30. The location of facilities will be determined by the availability of suitable sites, opportunities for joint ventures or partnerships, local board feedback, location of existing facilities and accessibility for Auckland residents and businesses. Centres will be equitably spread across the region, depending on the availability of appropriate sites.

31. Increasing the number of sites will enable greater accessibility for residents and businesses to maximise diversion from landfill and deliver further local green jobs.

Ongoing operational funding

32. Another key change in the updated strategy is the provision of ongoing operational funding for existing community recycling centres.

33. When the strategy was originally created in 2014, it was expected that the centres would become self-funding by the end of their initial five-year contract period. Revenue would be generated from income from gate fees, the sale of reusable and recyclable materials, and other services that the centres provide.

34. This intention was reflected by a reducing management fee from the council over the course of the centres’ five-year contracts. However, although sites that have come to the end of their contracts have significantly reduced their management fee from the council, they are not in a position to be completely self-funding.

35. This has been caused by a combination of factors, including sites not being developed as quickly as anticipated and the impacts of COVID-19. China’s National Sword restrictions on global recycling have also presented a challenge due to reduced revenue from recycling commodities such as paper, cardboard and plastics.

36. To ensure the on-going viability and impact of the existing sites, an ongoing site management fee from council will be required beyond the initial five years. This will be negotiated on a site by site basis and will be reassessed as the increase in the waste levy and introduction of product stewardship schemes come into force.

37. No additional operational funding is planned for resource recovery parks, which should operate as commercial ventures and be self-funding.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

38. The expanded Resource Recovery Network is part of Action E6 in Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland's Climate Plan (manage our resources to deliver a zero waste, circular economy).

39. The Auckland Zero Waste Programme as part of Auckland’s Climate Plan estimates that this programme will reduce emissions by 39,650 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents per year by 2030.

40. Resource recovery facilities also provide zero waste learning opportunities which will have impacts on residents’ purchasing decisions, with resulting climate impacts.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

41. Waste Solutions staff have worked closely with Community Empowerment Unit and The Southern Initiative who have provided support the development of the community recycling centres. The Southern Initiative have also advocated for a resource recovery park in south Auckland as a contribution to the economic transformation for the south.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

42. Several local boards have provided support and funding to enable the Resource Recovery Network through their local board work programmes. This has included funding for a range of initiatives from feasibility studies, local capacity building and waste minimisation and learning.

43. Local boards have also provided feedback through the Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2018 development process. A number of boards supported the establishment of community recycling centres in their area, with Māngere-Ōtāhuhu, Manurewa, Ōtara-Papatoetoe and Papakura stating the establishment of a southern community recycling centre should be a priority.

44. Staff will engage with local boards on individual sites in their local areas as new facilities are investigated and developed.

45. Staff attended workshops with local boards between 15 September and 14 October 2020 to present on the key points of the strategy refresh.

46. This report presents the draft Resource Recovery Network Strategy and seeks formal feedback from the local board ahead of Environment and Climate Change Committee adoption of the strategy in November 2020.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

47. Mana whenua and matāwaka were engaged in the development of the 2018 Waste Management and Minimisation Plan and identified priority actions for Māori.

48. The draft Resource Recovery Network Strategy aligns to a number of the Māori priorities that were identified, in particular:

· protection of Papatūānuku by keeping waste from landfill

· developing respectful and innovative partnerships for waste minimisation in order to restore the ‘mauri’ of Papatūānuku

· nurturing relationships, looking after people, taonga and taiao

· fostering mutual respect.

49. The council also partners with Para Kore ki Tāmaki – a Māori-developed and implemented programme that integrates mātauranga Māori and zero waste principles and practices to support marae, Māori organisations, Kura Kaupapa Māori and Kōhanga Reo to divert significant quantities of recycling and organic waste from landfill.

50. The draft Resource Recovery Network Strategy was presented to the Infrastructure and Environmental Services Mana Whenua Forum on 11 September 2020, and then at a workshop on 14 September 2020. As a result of the workshop a number of mana whenua identified interest in potential opportunities for engaging with the development of the Resource Recovery Network.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

51. The 2020/2021 net operating cost of the community recycling centres that are currently in operation is approximately $2.6 million per year. An additional budget of approximately $8.6 million spread over 10 years is proposed to fund new and existing sites.

52. Ongoing operational funding will mainly be provided through the solid waste targeted rate. Changes to the strategy will not result in any increase to the waste targeted rate until 2025 in order to maintain budgets during the post COVID-19 recovery and response phase. Any minor increases in operational expenditure over this period will be covered by waste levy funding from central government.

53. No operational expenditure is planned for resource recovery parks, which should operate as commercial ventures and be self-funding.

54. An additional $28 million in capital expenditure is proposed for the new resource recovery facilities, spread over ten years. The new facilities are proposed to be funded through the budget allocated to Auckland Council from the central government waste levy. The waste levy will increase incrementally from its current rate of $10 per tonne to $60 per tonne by 2025.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

55. The key risks and mitigations associated with the revised Resource Recovery Network Strategy are outlined in Table 1.

Table 1: Resource Recovery Network Strategy key risks and mitigations

Risk	Mitigation
Community recycling centres will not be able to become financially viable.	The increase in the waste levy will provide a greater incentive to keep resources out of landfill and increase use (and revenue generation) of community recycling centres. It will also provide increased funding to the council to establish new facilities. The introduction of product stewardship schemes, such as a container return scheme will provide additional revenue for community recycling centres and attract new users of the facilities. Additional operational funding provided as proposed in the refreshed strategy will support the centres until sufficient revenue is generated.
Suitable sites will not be available for the proposed additional nine community recycling centres.	Staff are investigating a wide range of opportunities to secure sites, including new models of ownership and operation. This could include joint ventures or lease arrangements.
There will not be suitable operators to tender for the operation of the community recycling centres.	Staff are undertaking early engagement in areas where community recycling centres are planned to build capacity and link interested groups to existing operators and the national membership body for community recyclers, the Zero Waste Network.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

56. Local board feedback will be included in a report to Environment and Climate Change Committee on 12 November 2020 seeking adoption of the updated Resource Recovery Network Strategy.

57. Budgets to deliver the revised strategy will be sought through the Long-term Plan 2020-2031 process.

58. The Resource Recovery Network will continue to develop over the next 10 years, with the Western Springs and Onehunga Community Recycling Centres expected to be operational by the end of 2021.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Draft Resource Recovery Network Strategy	131

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Authors

Jenny Chilcott – Senior Waste Planning Specialist

Julie Dickinson – Principal Advisor Waste Planning

Authorisers

Barry Potter - Director Infrastructure and Environmental Services

Lesley Jenkins - Acting General Manager Local Board Services

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Submissions and feedback on the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020

File No.: CP2020/14805

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To provide an overview of feedback and submissions received from public consultation on the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 requires that each local board complete a local board plan for adoption by 31 October of the year following election and uses the special consultative procedure (SCP) to engage with its communities.

3. In June 2020, the local board approved a draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 for public consultation. The consultation period ran from 13 July to 13 August 2020.

4. A total of 80 pieces of feedback was received, including 48 submissions through the online survey tool, 29 hard copy submissions and three pieces of feedback through verbal interactions.

5. Staff have prepared a report (Attachment A) summarising the results of the consultation.

6. All feedback will be available on the Auckland Council website at https://akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/greatbarrierplan/widgets/298792/documents

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) receive submissions and feedback on the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020.

Horopaki

Context

7. The Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 requires that each local board must:

· adopt its local board plan by 31 October of the year following an election

· use the special consultative procedure (SCP) to engage with their communities.

8. On 15 June 2020, Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board approved the release of a draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 for public consultation.

9. The draft local board plan has one outcome being Ko te tino hia hia ki a manawaroa to tatou motu / Our island is resilient.

10. The key features of the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 were:

· Mana whenua and community initiatives to support mana whenua aspirations, build local capacity and social resilience within our community and local grants funding for our marae and community groups

· Climate change initiatives to deliver a low carbon ‘Aotea Ecological Footprint’ project, action plan for on-island food security, restoration of freshwater ecosystems and establishing a water security plan

· Environment and marine protection initiatives including engagement of an Ahu Moana approach, funding community-led biodiversity and biosecurity projects, and seeking a policy change for marine dumping

· Economy, waste and tourism initiatives to support local enterprises becoming sustainable and upskilled, support for our community recycling centre and implementing tourism destination management with Destination Great Barrier Island

· Advocacy areas such as roading, housing and infrastructure including tar sealing for roads, better telecommunications connectivity, and planning rule changes through the Area Plan.

11. In addition to understanding the needs and aspirations of the community, feedback was sought on how the local board can support the community and local businesses in recovering from the impact of COVID-19.

How we consulted

12. The consultation was held between 13 July and 13 August 2020. A range of engagement activities were undertaken to encourage the public to have their say, with a focus on digital and online platforms:

· Public submissions: These were hard copy and online collected via email, post, Claris service centre, People’s Panel and the online survey tool akhaveyoursay/lovelocal

· Have Your Say: one face-to-face engagement event (spoken interaction) was held on Saturday 1 August.

· Social media: no comments were received on the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Facebook page.

13. In response, the local board received the following feedback:

· 48 submissions through the online survey tool

· 29 hard copy and email submissions

· three verbal submissions via face-to-face interactions

· no pieces of feedback via social media.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Summary of consultation feedback

14. The results and analysis of the public consultation will form the basis for the development of the final local board plan.

15. Staff have prepared a report (Attachment A) summarising the results of the consultation. The key messages of the report are described below.

16. Overall, most submitters responded positively to the direction of the plan. The key themes were:

· Support for marine protection with 50 per cent in agreement of an Ahu Moana approach

· Climate change topics of resilience, sustainability, food security, low carbon, water security

· Removal of Lord Howe Island reference from the plan

· Resilience topics of stronger connectivity and freight services, and the potential of COVID-19 impacts on the economy, tourism and community wellbeing.

Impact of COVID-19

17. Overall, 35 per cent of submitters felt the plan would help the community recover from the impact of COVID-19, while 2 per cent did not. There were 23 per cent submitters who were unsure.

18. The remaining 40 per cent did not answer the question. Of these submitters 19 per cent provided feedback on resilience and sustainability/self-sufficiency topics.

Publishing the results of public consultation

19. To conclude this phase of the local board plan development, staff recommend that the local board receive the submissions and feedback for consideration.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

20. Receiving the submissions and feedback has a neutral climate impact. The submissions are available online to reduce the printing of hard copies.

21. The draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 reflected the impacts of predicted climate change. It considered such impacts as increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and changing rainfall patterns on the local board area.

22. The climate impact of any initiatives the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board chooses to progress will be assessed as part of the relevant reporting requirements and project management processes.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

23. Staff will work closely with the local board in the development of the final plan.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

24. The Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board will consider all submissions and feedback to the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 prior to adopting the final local board plan in November 2020.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

25. The draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 was developed with consideration given to existing feedback from mana whenua and mataawaka. This included seeking their views and values in March 2020.

26. The following events were held or scheduled with Aotea mana whenua:

· Kawa Marae hui – 15 February 2020

· Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust meeting – 24 March 2020 (cancelled due to alert four lockdown)

27. Four submissions (five per cent) were received between 13 July to 13 August from those identifying as Māori.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

28. There are no financial implications associated with receiving the submissions and feedback.

29. Budget to implement initiatives and projects is confirmed through the annual plan budgeting process.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

30. There is a risk relating to managing public expectations. The process of consultation is likely to have raised expectations as to the inclusion of the communities’ priorities and aspirations, while the full social and economic effects of COVID-19 are still being determined.

31. The local board will consider all submissions and feedback before making changes to the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

32. The submissions and feedback are available on the Auckland Council website.

33. The Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board will adopt the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020 on 3 November 2020.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Summary of feedback on the draft Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Plan 2020	147

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Jacqui Fyers - Senior Local Board Advisor

Authorisers

Louise Mason – General Manager, Local Board Services

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Ministry for the Environment’s consultation document: Reducing the impact of plastic on our environment	157

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Transforming Operational Efficiency	235
b ⇩	Whole-of-life embodied carbon emissions reduction framework	257
c ⇩	Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board feedback for MBIE ‘Building for Climate Change: Transforming operational efficiency and reducing whole-of-life embodied carbon’	281

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Auckland Transport October 2020 update to the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

File No.: CP2020/15053

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To provide an update to the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board on transport related matters in their area including the Local Board Transport Capital Fund (LBTCF) and the local board’s Community Safety Fund (CSF).

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

This report covers:

2. A general summary of operational projects and activities of interest to the board

3. An update on the board’s Transport Capital Fund and Community Safety Fund

4. Other Auckland Transport news of interest to the board

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) receive the Auckland Transport October 2020 update report.

Horopaki

Context

5. Auckland Transport (AT) is responsible for all of Auckland’s transport services, excluding state highways. We report on a monthly basis to local boards, as set out in our Local Board Engagement Plan. This monthly reporting commitment acknowledges the important engagement role local boards play in the governance of Auckland on behalf of their local communities.

6. This report updates the local board on AT projects and operations in the Local Board area, it summarises consultations and Traffic Control Committee decisions, and includes information on the status of the LBTCF and CSF.

7. The LBTCF is a capital budget provided to all local boards by the Governing Body and delivered by AT. Local boards can use this fund to deliver transport infrastructure projects that they believe are important but are not part of Auckland Transport’s work programme.

8. The CSF is a capital budget established by AT for use by local boards to fund local road safety initiatives. The purpose of this fund is to allow elected members to address long-standing local road safety issues that are not regional priorities and are therefore not being addressed by the AT programme.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Update on Auckland Transport operations:

Activity	Update
Airfields	Claris During September 2020, Claris airport recorded 814 aircraft movements. This is higher than the 633 recorded for the same period last year. For the past 12 months there have been 9,393 recorded flight movements which is a decrease of 11% from 10,430 for the same 12-month period in the previous year.
Parking Enforcement	Parking enforcement intend to have a presence on the island in November. However, they are mindful of the impacts of the COVID-19 restrictions and the ability for people to comply with registration and WOF requirement. They would be keen to hear any feedback on compliance post-COVID from the Board.
Wharves	All ladders in Tryphena Wharf have been fully repaired.
Road Maintenance	Road maintenance and renewals either underway or to be completed in September: Metaling and Grading for: · Puriri Bay Rd · Schooner Bay Rd · Thomas Rd · Rosalie Bay Rd · Cape Barrier Rd · Whangaparapara Rd There are no preseals planned for October. There will be water tabling at Whangaparapara Rd.

Update on Auckland Transport projects:

Activity	Issue reported	Expected completion	Summary of Previous updates	Update
Cowshed Bridge - river bank erosion around bridge	May 2018	Construction expected in the 2021/22 financial year.	A Bailey Bridge was installed in October 2019. The bridge will be retained to allow safe access underneath the original bridge. Drilling investigations were carried out on site in December 2019. A design report has been received by AT. This has been programmed for design/consenting in the 2020/2021 financial year.	Budget confirmed for this financial year to do design and planning tasks. Consultant’s fee offer expected week beginning 5/10/20
Slips on Puriri Bay Road	September 2018	TBC	Discussions regarding consents have been held with Auckland Council. Proposed options have been put forward for community and Iwi consultation. As part of the design process, a specialist arborist and ecologist have visited the projects. Hui took place on the 2 September 2020.	Resource Consent documentation currently being updated and reviewed before submission to AC later in October 2020.
Slips on Aotea Road	March 2019	TBC	Consenting requirements prepared and documentation commencing. Drilling investigations were carried out on site in December 2019. Designers report has been received. As part of the design process, a specialist arborist and ecologist have visited the projects. Hui took place on the 2 September 2020.	Resource Consent documentation currently being updated and reviewed before submission to AC later in October 2020.
Subsidence on Shoal Bay Road at Pah Beach - The area opposite the Stonewall café	March 2019	TBC	Holding remedial works priced by contractor. As part of the design process, a specialist arborist and ecologist have visited the projects this month. AT & Consultant met on 12 August 2020 to discuss project scope and other details.	No budget confirmed for this financial year. However, the Consultant’s fee offer expected week beginning 19/10/20 for design and planning tasks, subject to review and approval.
Subsidence on Shoal Bay Road at Pah Beach - The area near Shoal bay pottery, towards the wharf	March 2019	Construction expected in 2020/21 financial year.	Minor maintenance works required on the seawall. This was delayed due to COVID-19. AT will update when the works can be rescheduled.	Shoal Bay seawall works are complete.
Pot holes on Gray Road	September 2020	TBC		The hole will be filled in for now and they will be scheduled for permanent repairs as part of this year’s chip seal programme.

Update on Local Board advocacy projects:

Activity

Summary

Update

Fish passage remediation

Following site visits from Auckland Transport, Environmental Services and Healthy Waters, a prioritized short list of the top three priority sites for fish passage remediation has been developed.

The advice as a result of this visit is that it will be necessary to replace key locations with oversize box culverts.

Auckland Transport will ensure that future renewals accommodate this.

The Elected Member Relationship Manager (EMRM) has been investigating whether funding is available to support this project from AT’s Environmental Programme. Unfortunately, there is no funding available from this source at this point.

Auckland Transport is also investigating whether a Regional Programme is required to consider fish passage needs. If a Regional programme is developed this could be a future source of funding.

AT and Healthy Waters (HW) are working together on how we operate and maintain our stormwater networks/treatment etc. Recently we have agreed that if the culvert has structural issues and/or is impeding transport/traffic then AT will look at upgrading it and if the culvert is undersized for the volume of water due to upstream development or requires changes for water quality/biodiversity then HW will fund the works. AT will include fish passage improvements when structural improvements are proposed.

The Board should note that with the new national policy statement for freshwater management, improvements to fish passage barriers would be mandatory in culvert upgrades. This would mean when structural improvements are required this would be funded from AT funding.

Local Board Transport Capital Fund

9. Auckland Transport will update the local board on the effect of the Auckland Council Emergency Budget allocation to the Local Board Transport Capital Fund (LBTCF) and the budget now available in 2020/2021.

10. Once the revised amount is confirmed the next step will be for the Board review its projects for the 2020/2021 year and determine how they would like to proceed.

11. Please see below for a list of projects and the current status of these projects:

Project	Update
Resolution number GBI/2018/73 - requesting Auckland Transport to investigate a rough order of cost for traffic calmers at Claris settlement.	The scheme plan is currently undergoing a road safety audit. Upon completion of this audit the scheme plan and rough order cost will be presented to the Board.
The current Board has passed resolution GBI/2019/137 requesting that Auckland Transport create a rough order of cost for the replacement of the two culverts (identified by Environmental Services as numbers 66 & 68) under Aotea Road with oversized box culverts.	A consultant has been engaged to evaluate this project, the replacement of the existing triple 900mm culvert and develop a rough order cost. They visited the site in June and the Board will be advised of their findings.
The current Board has passed resolution GBI/2020/39 requesting that Auckland Transport prepare a rough order of cost for unsealed road improvements.	Progress on this project is on hold until Auckland Transport can meet with the Board to discuss the revised budgets for 2020/21.

Community Safety Fund

12. The CSF is funded from Auckland Transport’s safety budget and is dependent on the level of funding Auckland Transport receives from Council.

13. Now that Auckland Council’s emergency budget is confirmed, Auckland Transport is reviewing all CSF projects. It is possible that projects are delayed or even stopped. When more detailed information is available it will be provided to the board.

14. The below table has an update on the projects in the CSF:

Project

Approved funding

Update

Remaining section of the Hector Sanderson walkway

$288,000

An alternative design/route has been presented and a site visit has been done with the Board

The Board has given feedback and AT will:

Re: Parking and Footpath outside #143

· Remove the rubber bollards and replace them with gobi blocks. The Board should note that our contractor will need to order more blocks and there will be limited parking while this is being done.

· Investigate the costs for extending the current gobi blocks along the roadside to provide all weather parking.

· Note the Board’s support for filling in the existing swale and creating a path from there to the crossing point.

Re: Proposed Crossing Point

· Investigate moving the crossing 8meters south, starting opposite where the bank starts to rise on the other side of the road.

· Not be able to support cobble stoning the crossing

· Investigate signage to remind people to “slow down, shared space.”

Re: Walkway directional signage for opposite Claris shops

· Investigate for the existing walkway from the shops to the Art Gallery.

· Note the Board’s request to keep Roger Bright informed on the project.

Annual Report

15. Auckland Transport has just released its Annual Report.

16. A record $862.1m (or 95 per cent of AT’s $903m budgeted capital programme) was invested in new infrastructure and asset renewals.

17. Construction works are progressing well on the Downtown programme, Karangahape Road upgrade, The Eastern Busway, the Puhinui Station bus and train interchange; and multiple road and cycleway projects.

18. AT’s reported operating surplus for 2019/20 before tax was $760m, which is $28m favourable to the $733m budget.

19. Total revenue for the year was $2,082m against a budget of $2,034m; total expenditure was $1,322m against a budget of $1,302m.

20. AT’s net asset position is $21.1b.

21. View the Auckland Transport 2020 Annual Report and video online at: https://at.govt.nz/about-us/reports-publications/annual-reports/

22. The supporting video can be seen here: https://youtu.be/xqh7wa3JFsc

Future Connect

23. Future Connect will be Auckland Transport’s long-term plan for Auckland’s future integrated transport system. It maps Auckland’s Strategic Networks, the most critical links of our current and future transport system and will ultimately set a 30-year vision for all modes: public transport, general traffic, freight, cycle and walking.

24. Strategic Networks have been investigated to surface critical problems, opportunities and Focus Areas. This will help inform the development of the Regional Land Transport Plan (our 10-year investment programme) and will guide future planning and investment.

25. Future Connect was introduced to Local Board Chairs at the 14 September Chairs Forum. In October and November, the project team will be available to talk to interested Local Board Transport Representatives. This will be an opportunity to provide a more detailed project overview, answer questions, seek local knowledge and opportunities for alignment with Local Board Plans.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

26. Auckland Transport engages closely with Council on developing strategy, actions and measures to support the outcomes sought by the Auckland Plan 2050, the Auckland Climate Action Plan and Council’s priorities.

27. Auckland Transport’s core role is in providing attractive alternatives to private vehicle travel, reducing the carbon footprint of its own operations and, to the extent feasible, that of the contracted public transport network.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

28. The impact of the information in this report is confined to Auckland Transport and does not impact on other parts of the Council group. Any engagement with other parts of the Council group will be carried out on an individual project basis.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

29. The proposed decision of receiving the report has no local, sub-regional or regional impacts.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

30. The proposed decision of receiving the report has no impacts or opportunities for Māori. Any engagement with Māori, or consideration of impacts and opportunities, will be carried out on an individual project basis.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

31. There are no financial implications of receiving this report.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

32. Auckland Transport is reviewing our Programme in response to Auckland Council’s emergency budget.

33. Auckland Transport’s capital and operating budgets have been reduced so we can expect that some projects we had planned for 2020/2021 may not be able to be delivered and we expect this will be disappointing to communities that we had already engaged with.

34. Both the CSF and LBTCF are impacted by these budget reductions.

35. Auckland Transport will be mitigating this risk by clearly communicating with the Board on the outcomes and new funding levels so that the Board may make the best use of their available funds.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

36. Auckland Transport will provide another update report to the local board at their next business meeting.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Ben Halliwell, Elected Member Relationship Manager

Authorisers

Jonathan Anyon, Elected Member Relationship Team Manager

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development six-monthly update to local boards: 1 January to 30 June 2020

File No.: CP2020/15347

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To provide local boards with an update on Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development activities in each local board area as well as Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development’s regional activities for the period 1 January to 30 June 2020.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. To inform the local board about local/regional initiatives and how they are tracking.

3. The role of Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) is to support:

· the growth of Auckland’s key internationally competitive sectors

· the provision of quality jobs across Auckland.

4. ATEED has supported multiple local board/regional initiatives that have supported economic development through development of businesses and an increase in events and sustainable tourism growth (including for Māori) across Auckland.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) receive the update from Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development for the period 1 January to 30 June 2020.

Horopaki

Context

5. ATEED has two areas of delivery focus:

· Economic Development – including business support, business attraction and investment, local economic development, trade and industry development, skills employment and talent and innovation and entrepreneurship.

· Destination – supporting sustainable growth of the visitor economy with a focus on destination marketing and management, major events, business events (meetings and conventions) and international student attraction and retention.

6. ATEED works with local boards, the council and other council-controlled organisations (CCOs) to support decision-making on local economic growth and facilitates or coordinates the delivery of local economic development activity. It further ensures that the regional activities it leads and/or delivers fully support local economic growth and employment.

7. Additional information about ATEED’s role and activities can be found at: www.aucklandnz.com/ateed

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

8. From 1 January to 30 June 2020, 3726 businesses had been through an ATEED intervention, including 3174 businesses for Economic Development-related programmes and 549 for Destination-related programmes.^{^[4]}

9. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have seen a marked increase in demand for business support in both resource and monetary terms, cancellation and postponement of major events and significant fallout incurred by the tourism sector. Figure 1 shows the number of businesses in each local board area who have sought out an ATEED Economic Development and/or Destination intervention.

10. Waitematā Local Board had the highest number of business interventions, while Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board had the lowest. Because Waitematā Local Board includes the region’s CBD, it is unsurprising that it has had the highest number of interventions. The data shows that within a local board area, between 1 per cent and 4 per cent of businesses took part in an ATEED intervention.

11. Most local board areas had higher rates of participation in Economic Development-related programmes compared to Destination-related interventions over the six months. The following local board areas had Destination-related interventions of over 25 per cent:

· Waiheke

· Waitematā

· Rodney

· Māngere-Ōtāhuhu.

12. The businesses in these local board areas have high rates of Auckland Convention Bureau^{^[5]} membership and many benefit from ATEED’s tourism advocacy programme.

Māori businesses

13. Māori businesses are represented in ATEED interventions across all local board areas, with Waitematā Local Board having the highest intervention uptake. This is due to the high number of businesses in the Waitematā Local Board area relative to other local board areas.

Jobseekers in Auckland

14. During the April to June 2020 quarter, New Zealand experienced a rapid increase in the number of people who became recipients of a jobseeker benefit from the Ministry of Social Development. Jobseeker benefit data acts as a proxy for unemployment figures. The number of new recipients of the Jobseeker – Work Ready benefit from April to June 2020 can be compared for each local board area in Figure 3. Please note that the data from the Ministry of Social Development grouped together Waiheke and Aotea / Great Barrier local boards and cannot be separated for the purposes of this graph.

15. Maungakiekie-Tāmaki and Henderson-Massey Local Board areas have the highest numbers of recipients in the second quarter of the year. Aotea / Great Barrier, Waiheke, and Devonport-Takapuna Local Boards reflect the lowest number of recipients in Auckland. The number of recipients generally correlate with socio-economic status and population size.

Economic Development

Locally driven initiatives

Table 1: Locally driven initiatives
Local board	Initiative	Update	Budget
Albert-Eden	Sustainability Kick Start	Business participation: 10 Programme completed: March 2020	$24,000
Franklin	Hunua Trail Plan Implementation	Project reinstated after Covid-19 interruptions in Q4 with expected increase in project activity going into 2020/21.	$80,000
Hibiscus and Bays	Pop-Up Business School	Course delivered: 10-21 February 2020 Registrations: 57	$7500
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$3500
Manurewa	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$2000
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	Onehunga Sustainability Development Programme	First year of two-year project. First stage focuses on retail/services. Waste audits scheduled for April-June, however continued business participation in programme uncertain due to pandemic.	$20,000
Ōrākei	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$2000
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$3000
	Business Sustainability Follow-Up Programme	Programme launched mid-March, however continued business participation in programme uncertain due to pandemic.	$20,000
	Little India Promotion	The promotion part of Visitor Attraction Programme, launched in February. Programme put on hold in March due to the pandemic.	$20,000
Upper Harbour	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$2000
Waitematā	Sustainability Kick Start Programme	Business participation: 10 Programme completed: March 2020	$24,000
Waitematā	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$5000
Whau	Young Enterprise Scheme	Local board funds supported the Kick Start Days (February). Sponsorship Agreement signed. Expected draw-down of funds by 30 June 2020.	$1000

Supporting local business growth

16. A key programme in supporting the growth of Auckland’s internationally competitive sectors and the provision of quality jobs is central government’s Regional Business Partnership Network. This is delivered by ATEED’s Business and Innovation Advisors, whose role is to connect local businesses to resources, experts and services in innovation, Research and Development, business growth and management.

17. Three thousand and seven businesses participated in this programme from January 1 to June 30, represented below in Figure 4 which also breaks down business uptake per local board area.

18. Demand for business support increased significantly between March and June because of the fallout from the pandemic. To this end, programme coverage for the region ranged from 1 per cent to 2 per cent of all businesses in each local board area. Local boards with the highest coverage in percentage terms were Waitematā (2.1 per cent), Upper Harbour (2 per cent), Maungakiekie-Tāmaki (2 per cent), and Kaipātiki (1.8 per cent).

Other support for new businesses

19. Figure 5 shows the number of Auckland businesses that took part in ATEED’s business innovation clinics per local board area from January to June 2020. Local board areas with the highest number of participants were:

· Albert-Eden

· Kaipātiki

· Manurewa

· Ōrākei

· Waitematā.

20. As businesses refocus their efforts to cope with uncertainties arising from the pandemic, ATEED has reviewed one of its programmes with a decision for it to be discontinued - no workshops took place over the relevant six-month period. The ‘Starting Off Right’ programme gave free support and provided expert advice to new business owners and managers. ATEED is working on an alternative approach to support Auckland business start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Film activity

21. ATEED’s Screen Auckland team issues film permits for filming in public open spaces. This activity supports local businesses and employment, as well as providing a revenue stream to local boards for the use of local parks.

22. Between 1 January and 30 June 2020, a total of 246 film permits^{^[6]} were issued across Auckland. During lockdown, most filming activity ceased, however once the more restrictive alert levels were lifted in May, there was an increase in permits being issued.

23. Although Waitākere Ranges Local Board had the most permits issued (46), Franklin Local Board’s share of the permit revenue was the highest ($9921.74) from its 12 permits. Total revenue for all local boards was $45,342.49.^{^[7]} This information is shown in Figure 6 and Table 2 below.

Table 2: Film permits and revenue
Local Board	Film permits	Revenue
Albert-Eden	15	$2893.92
Aotea / Great Barrier	0	$0.00
Devonport-Takapuna	16	$3756.51
Franklin	12	$9921.74
Henderson-Massey	31	$3147.82
Hibiscus and Bays	18	$4066.08
Howick	3	$460.87
Kaipātiki	5	$1085.21
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	8	$2452.18
Manurewa	3	$252.18
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	6	$600.00
Ōrākei	8	$1017.39
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	14	$2782.60
Papakura	0	$0.00
Puketāpapa	4	$973.91
Rodney	26	$2817.39
Upper Harbour	0	$0.00
Waiheke	0	$0.00
Waitākere	46	$4860.87
Waitematā	30	$4210.34
Whau	1	$43.48
Total:	246	$45,342.49

Young Enterprise Scheme

24. The Auckland Chamber of Commerce has delivered the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) since January 2018. ATEED plays a strategic role and provides funding for this initiative. Through the programme, students develop creative ideas into businesses, complete with real products and services generating profit (and sometimes losses). During the period, there were 53 schools (1523 students) that completed the programme. This year, the programme took place mostly online.

Table 3: YES Schools
Local Board	Schools involved
Albert-Eden	Auckland Grammar School Diocesan School for Girls Epsom Girls Grammar School Mt Albert Grammar School St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)
Devonport-Takapuna	Rosmini College Takapuna Grammar School Westlake Boys' High School Westlake Girls' High School
Franklin	Onewhero Area School Pukekohe High School Wesley College
Henderson-Massey	Henderson High School Massey High School Waitakere College
Hibiscus and Bays	Kingsway School Whangaparāoa College
Howick	Macleans College Edgewater College Pakuranga College Saint Kentigern College (Pakuranga)
Kaipātiki	Birkenhead College Glenfield College Northcote College
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	Al-Madinah School De La Salle College King's College Māngere College Southern Cross Campus TKM o Nga Tapuwae
Manurewa	Alfriston College Manurewa High School
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	One Tree Hill College Onehunga High School
Ōrākei	Baradene College Glendowie College Sacred Heart College (Auckland) Selwyn College
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	Aorere College Ormiston Senior College Papatoetoe High School Sancta Maria College Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
Rodney	Mahurangi College
Upper Harbour	Albany Senior High School Hobsonville Point School (Secondary) Kristin School
Waitematā	Auckland Girls' Grammar School St Mary's College (Ponsonby) Western Springs College
Whau	Auckland International College Avondale College Kelston Girls' College

25. Figure 7 shows the number of schools participating in the Young Enterprise Scheme by local board area.

26. Higher participation in the scheme occurred in the following local board areas:

· Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

· Albert-Eden

· Ōtara-Papatoetoe.

27. This is mainly due to there being a higher number of schools in these areas.

Local jobs and skills hubs

28. The City Centre, Manukau and Northern hubs were all closed during lockdown and were open in June but with limited public-facing services. A reorganisation of the jobs and skills hubs services is underway in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market and the funding received in the central government budget in May this year.

The South and West Auckland Prosperity Project

29. ATEED, the Southern Initiative (TSI) and the Western Initiative (TWI) have been working together on a project that is focused on how we can ensure that the mega economic shock of Covid-19 does not create further disparity and inequity for South and West Auckland, in partnership with Stakeholder Strategies. The presentation of the South and West Prosperity Project has been compiled using Auckland, South and West, Māori and Pacific-specific data, and includes a number of next steps for ATEED, TSI and TWI, and direction for the eco-system to enable prosperity for South and West Auckland.

Destination

Visitor survey insights report

30. The Auckland Domestic Visitor Insights Report was created to inform the Auckland tourism industry about the changing domestic visitor market to assist with improved product development and destination marketing. This report was released in May 2020 for the year up to January 2020. It contains insights that can be used to market regions and local board areas to domestic visitors. Relevant insights are captured below.

31. Central Auckland (Albert-Eden, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki, Puketāpapa, Ōrākei, & Waitematā local boards):

· The majority of domestic visitors surveyed (78 per cent) came to Central Auckland, with an average satisfaction of experienced activities and attraction of 8.2/10. The top three attractions were Queen Street, Sky Tower and downtown waterfront/viaduct area.

· Of the surveyed domestic visitors that came to Auckland Central (year to December 2019), the most popular activities were frequenting a restaurant/café (59 per cent) followed by shopping (55 per cent). Other activities included visiting the casino or participating in gambling (21 per cent) and attending an event, concert or festival (20 per cent).

32. North Auckland (Devonport-Takapuna, Hibiscus and Bays, Kaipātiki, Rodney, and East Upper Harbour local boards):

· Just under half of surveyed domestic visitors (43 per cent) visited North Auckland. Their average satisfaction with experienced activities and attractions was 8.2/10. Of these domestic visitors, the top attraction was Albany (30 per cent), followed by Devonport (27 per cent) and Takapuna (27 per cent). This group also visited Wellsford (17 per cent) and Whangaparaoa Peninsula (13 per cent).

· The most common activity undertaken by surveyed international (39 per cent) and domestic (50 per cent) visitors was visiting a restaurant/café.

33. East Auckland (Franklin (East) and Howick local boards):

· A third of surveyed domestic visitors (32 per cent) visited East Auckland. Average satisfaction with East Auckland’s experienced activities/attractions was 8.2/10. Almost half (46 per cent) of domestic visitors went to Sylvia Park, a quarter (24 per cent) visited Howick and 18 per cent visited Half Moon Bay. In comparison to the international market, domestic visitors called in on the Howick Historical Village (13 per cent) and the Pakuranga Night Markets (11 per cent) in greater numbers.

· Further, surveyed domestic visitors visited art galleries, museums, historic sites (10 per cent) in the region more than surveyed international visitors.

34. South Auckland (Franklin (West), Māngere-Ōtāhuhu, Manurewa, Ōtara-Papatoetoe, and Papakura local boards):

· Over half of surveyed domestic visitors (52 per cent) to Auckland visited South Auckland, with the average satisfaction with South Auckland’s activities and attractions being 8.0 out of 10. Over half of surveyed domestic visitors that visited South Auckland visited the Auckland Airport (53 per cent); a third (33 per cent) visited Manukau; and a quarter (26 per cent) visited Rainbow’s End. In comparison to the international market, surveyed domestic visitors visited the Ōtara Market (13 per cent) and Ōtara (10 per cent) in greater numbers.

· Of the visitors that visited South Auckland, the top three activities for surveyed international and domestic visitors was visiting a restaurant or café, shopping and general exploration.

35. West Auckland (Henderson-Massey, West Upper Harbour, Waitākere Ranges, and Whau local boards):

· Over a third of surveyed domestic visitors (35 per cent) to Auckland visited West Auckland. The average satisfaction with West Auckland’s activities and attractions for the international market was 8.2 out of 10. A third of the surveyed domestic visitors who visited West Auckland went to Piha Beach (34 per cent); 20 per cent visited Titirangi; and 19 per cent visited the Avondale Sunday Markets. In comparison to the international market, domestic visitors visited the Kumeu Farmers’ Market (14 per cent) and Parakai Hot Pools (13 per cent) more often.

· Visiting a restaurant or café, shopping and going to the beach were the top three domestic visitor activities.

36. Hauraki Gulf Islands (Aotea / Great Barrier and Waiheke local boards):

· 20 per cent of surveyed domestic visitors to Auckland visited Hauraki Gulf Islands. Average satisfaction with the area’s experienced activities/attractions was 8.5/10 (highest satisfaction rating from the domestic market). The top domestic visitor attraction was Waiheke Island (44 per cent), followed by Rangitoto Island (18 per cent) and Onetangi Bay on Waiheke Island (18 per cent). In comparison to the international market, domestic visitors visited the Kaitoke Hot Springs on Great Barrier Island (12 per cent) and Whittaker’s Musical Museum on Waiheke Island (11 per cent) in greater numbers.

· The top three activities for surveyed domestic visitors was visiting a restaurant (33 per cent), general exploration (24 per cent) and sightseeing (22 per cent). Visiting wineries/breweries was a common activity cited by both international and domestic markets and was unique to the Hauraki Gulf Islands.

Local board destination management and marketing activities

37. During the six months to July 2020, there were a number of tourism-related ATEED interventions in each of the local board areas, including:

· Spring Campaign: Number of businesses promoted and supported through a multi-platform campaign to drive domestic visitation and spend in the spring off-season in Auckland.

· Tourism Advocacy: Number of businesses promoted for example in:

o offshore trade events

o trade shows

o marketing material

o broadcasts

o social media

o specific campaign content.

· Tourism Destination Development/Innovation: Tourism business capability building through coaching and facilitation. This includes one-on-one advice from ATEED Tourism team members for new and existing Auckland businesses.

· Tourism Famils (familiarisation trips for travel agents or media): Number of businesses who benefited from agent famils (ATEED links tourism operators to travel agents which results in bookings being made with the operators) and media famils (ATEED facilitated media files/hosting media to showcase tourism products).

38. Figure 8 below shows the number of Auckland businesses in local board areas (excluding Rodney and Waitematā local boards) involved in an ATEED tourism intervention (January-June 2020). Figure 9 depicts the number of Auckland businesses in the Albert-Eden, Rodney and Waitematā local board areas involved in an ATEED tourism intervention for the same period of time.

39. Waitematā and Rodney Local Boards are excluded from Figure 8 to allow for intervention participation scales of the other local boards to be appreciated without distraction. Instead, Waitematā and Rodney local boards are depicted in Figure 9 and compared to the Albert-Eden Local Board to highlight a much larger uptake of interventions by businesses in the two previously mentioned local board areas.

40. The reason for the difference in scale amongst the identified boards is because Waitematā includes the region’s central business district – it is therefore unsurprising that it maintains the highest number of business interventions.

41. Specific tourism interventions in the period included the Nau Mai multi-media content series in collaboration with New Zealand Media and Entertainment, which saw ambassadors promoting their favourite places in Auckland including where they love to eat, shop and go on ‘staycations’. These stories were aimed at encouraging Aucklanders to experience and explore their own region and targeted and encouraged other regions in the upper North Island to come and visit Auckland. Ambassadors mentioned attractions such as cafés, walks, beaches, parks, venues from the Matakana Farmers’ Market in Rodney Local Board to Castaways Resort on the west coast in Franklin Local Board, Ambury Farm in Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board and Waiheke Island’s Oyster Inn.

42. In March, the ‘Journeys North’ project in collaboration with Northland Inc saw the development of ‘Auckland Journeys’ offering visitors richer and easier journeys in the region to enjoy. Promoted locations included:

· Puhoi to Pakiri in Rodney

· Auckland Airport to Wellsford through Waitākere and Kumeu in the Waitākere Ranges

· Rodney.

43. ‘Famils’ are a means of promoting Auckland to influential international travel sellers, and prior to March hosted guests from the United States. Orewa and Waiheke Island were profiled in Air New Zealand’s in-flight magazine. Two episodes of Emmy award-winning US Travel show Samantha Brown’s Places to Love which focused on marketing Auckland to domestic and overseas viewers aired in January with an advertising spend rate of NZ$2.1 million per episode, and a reach of 700,000+ people per episode. Samantha enjoyed sailing in the Waitematā Harbour, eating and drinking in the city’s centre, hiking with a local Māori guide in the Parnell Domain, and taking a surf lesson at Piha beach.

Examples of separate local board area activities include:

44. Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board – Direct/indirect marketing activity increased in late June/July including:

· Surfer Today articulating the best surf spots in New Zealand featuring the Great Barrier Island.

· Stuff.co.nz published an article detailing the successes of Aotea / Great Barrier Island and other small towns, in terms of recovery from the pandemic.

· New Zealand Herald in an article about the ‘Life on Great Barrier Island: Local remedies led to thriving Māori health business’ and other articles (‘Off the Beaten Track’ and ‘The Best of Great Barrier’) promoting Aotea / Great Barrier Island as a great place for domestic tourists to visit.

· Radio New Zealand interviewed the owner of Great Barrier Island’s ‘The Curragh’ to talk about the upswing in domestic tourism after lockdown.

· ATEED will continue to play a supportive and facilitative role for tourism product development in the region to help raise the profile of Auckland as a destination.

45. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board – Devonport, Takapuna and Milford Business Improvement Districts were supported via the marketing activity of Explore North Shore – a digital site encouraging visitation and activity into the North Shore. Takapuna Beach Business Association received a grant from the local board for providing highly targeted and relevant tactics for businesses impacted by the Hurstmere Road infrastructure upgrade. The grant is endorsed and managed by ATEED.

46. Franklin Local Board – Ongoing support to the East Auckland Tourism Group and the Franklin Tourism Group through regular attendance at board meeting and important events, working with ATEED and leveraging this relationship for mutual benefit across marketing and product opportunities, and working with individual operators on product development for example the continuing development of the Hunua Trail and the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Additionally, there was a focus on ongoing work with the development of Clevedon as a destination.

47. Howick Local Board – Continued engagement and strategy sessions through the ATEED Tourism Innovation team and South Auckland tourism clusters as well as managing an increased Howick Local Board grant to East Auckland Tourism development.

48. Rodney Local Board – Initiated multi-linked support for Aotea Organics in Rodney, which is one of the oldest organic farms in New Zealand. Multi-linked means that ATEED has a very large suite of products and services it can offer businesses, in this case ATEED was able to establish links and actions for tourism; inclusion in the travel maps, identification of event hosting, and research and development activity.

49. Waiheke Local Board – Collaboration with the Waiheke Island Tourism Group and other key stakeholders on the sustainable future of tourism for the island.

Māori Tourism Development Activity

50. ATEED worked with 45 Māori businesses in the tourism and 23 Māori businesses on the Māori and Iwi Tourism Development programme. Table 4 details the number of Maori tourism businesses by local board area:

Table 4: Māori Tourism businesses
Local board	Māori businesses	Māori and Iwi tourism development businesses
Albert-Eden	4	3
Aotea / Great Barrier	1	1
Henderson-Massey	4	4
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	5	2
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	1	1
Orākei	2	1
Rodney	4	3
Waiheke	1	-
Waitākere Ranges	4	1
Waitematā	18	7
Whau	1	-

51. Waitematā Local Board had the most Māori businesses involved in an ATEED tourism intervention, once again, owing to its inclusion of the CBD and being a top tourist destination. Just under half of local boards are not included in this table because no businesses that were involved in an ATEED tourism intervention were identified as Māori.

52. The Māori Tourism Innovation Partnership Programme has been established to enable ATEED to work collaboratively with the tourism industry to support the sustainable growth of tourism within Tāmaki Makaurau. The programme aims to grow and strengthen the Auckland visitor economy by supporting iwi, hapū, marae, Māori Trusts, Urban Māori Authorities and Māori Tourism collectives within the region, and to aid the development of new Māori tourism experiences, build capability and business partnerships to meet the diverse needs of international and domestic markets.

Delivered, funded and facilitated events

53. The Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival occurred on 31 January 2020 celebrating Auckland’s Māori heritage. The event was attended by nearly 6000 people and received media coverage. Overall customer satisfaction with the festival was 90 per cent.

54. To date, event cancellations and postponements due to COVID-19 have resulted in the loss of an estimated 74,179 visitor nights and over $10 million in GDP for the local economy. Cancelled events include the 2020 Auckland Lantern Festival, the 2020 Pasifika Festival and the 2020 Corona Piha Pro Challenger Series event.

55. Diwali and the second year of Elemental are confirmed to join other exciting events for the region in the coming months. Elemental 2020, like its inaugural festival last year, will take place all over the Auckland region. It will feature over 30 free and ticketed events in October. Elemental 2019 was attended by over 147,000 people. Due to uncertainty in the domestic tourism market, it is unlikely that there will be the same attendance for the 2020 festival.

56. Diwali is an annual festival that celebrates traditional and contemporary Indian culture in Aotea Square in the city centre and is set to occur in the last weekend of October this year. Last year’s festival was attended by approximately 65,000 people, up 9 per cent from an estimated 59,990 in 2018. Due to COVID-19, festival attendance is uncertain, but likely to decrease.

57. Figure 10 shows businesses ATEED works with across its major events. Major events stallholders are businesses that were supported through ATEED delivered events. Major Events Investments are those that were supported through ATEED sponsored events. Local boards not included in the graph were not part of such interventions.

Go With Tourism

58. Go with Tourism (GWT) is a jobs-matching platform that targets young people (18-30 years) and encourages them to consider a career in tourism. Since 2019, GWT has been expanded from an ATEED initiative to a national programme.

59. The platform signed up over 550 businesses prior to COVID-19, 149 of those were in Auckland.

60. In response to the pandemic, GWT formed a new ‘Support the Tourism Workforce’ Strategy which aims to help redeploy displaced tourism workers and provide guidance to businesses as they navigate their way through the impacts of the pandemic and, in due course, begin a post-crisis rebuild. Go with Tourism has received over 2200 requests for assistance from employees and businesses, since adopting the new strategy.

61. The industries most represented in the Auckland GWT programme (classified by Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification codes) are:

· Accommodation and Food Services (60 per cent)

· Arts and Recreation Services (19 per cent)

· Administrative and Support Services (7 per cent)

· Transport, Postal and Warehousing (5 per cent).

62. Because the programme is sector-focused, there is a cluster of businesses in tourism-heavy Waitematā Local Board (central city), and surrounding areas (Albert-Eden, Devonport-Takapuna, and Ōrākei local boards). Local boards not included in the graph did not have any businesses take part in the interventions.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

63. ATEED is currently considering how we respond to climate impacts in our projects and programmes. In the interim, ATEED assesses and responds to any impact that our initiatives may have on the climate on a case-by-case basis.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

64. The proposed recommendation of receipt of this paper by the local board has no identified impacts on other parts of the council group. The views of council-controlled organisations were not required in the preparation of this report.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

65. Local board views were not sought for the purposes of this report. However, such views were sought in the development of some of the initiatives as described in this paper.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

66. The proposed decision to receive the six-monthly report has no impact on Māori. ATEED assesses and responds to any impact that our initiatives may have on Māori on a case-by-case basis.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

67. The recommendation to receive the report has no financial implications.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

68. The proposed decision to receive the six-monthly report has no risk. ATEED assesses and manages any risk associated with our initiatives on a case-by-case basis.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

69. ATEED will provide the next six-monthly report to the local board in February 2021 which will cover the period 1 July to 31 December 2020.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Stephanie Sole, Strategy & Planning Graduate, ATEED

Authorisers

Quanita Khan, Manager Strategy and Planning, ATEED

Lesley Jenkins - Acting General Manager, Local Board Services

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board

27 October 2020

Panuku Auckland Development Local Board Six-Monthly Report 1 March to 31 August 2020

File No.: CP2020/14380

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To update the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board on Panuku Development Auckland (Panuku) activities within the local board area for the six months from 1 March to 31 August 2020.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. This report is a record of events for the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board area during the stated time period. CCOs are legally required to prepare six-monthly and annual reports containing financial and other information about their performance. By reporting clearly the record of events, this report enables the council, and Panuku, to meet its legislative reporting obligations. No decisions are to be made from this report.

3. Panuku collaborates with other CCOs, government and non-governmental organisations as appropriate to obtain positive outcomes for Auckland.

4. Panuku is charged with balancing our obligation to deliver returns for council with ensuring our regeneration projects are good quality, strategic and better for the environment.

5. The activities of Panuku cover four broad areas:

· urban regeneration of particular neighbourhoods, as determined by Auckland Council

· review of, and where appropriate, redevelopment of council non-service property

· management of council property assets including commercial, residential, and marina infrastructure

· other property related services such as service property optimisation, strategic property advice, acquisitions and disposals.

6. Panuku Development Auckland currently manages one commercial interest in the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board area.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:

a) receive the Panuku Auckland Development- Aotea Great Barrier Local Board Six-Monthly Report 1 March to 31 August 2020.

Horopaki

Context

7. Panuku helps to rejuvenate parts of Auckland, from small projects that refresh a site or building, to major transformations of town centres or neighbourhoods.

8. Panuku leads urban redevelopment in Manukau, Onehunga, Wynyard Quarter, the Waterfront, Northcote, Avondale, Takapuna, Henderson, Old Papatoetoe, Ormiston, Panmure, Pukekohe, the City Centre and redevelopment of the Haumaru Portfolio.

9. Panuku manages around $3 billion of council’s non-service property portfolio, which is continuously reviewed to find smart ways to generate income for the region, grow the portfolio, or release land or property that can be better used by others. ‘Non-service properties’ are council-owned properties that are not used to deliver council, or CCO, services.

10. As at 31 August 2020, the Panuku-managed non-service property portfolio comprises 1,674 properties, containing 998 leases. This includes vacant land, industrial buildings, warehouses, retail shops, cafes, offices, medical centres and a large portfolio of residential rental homes.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

11. Panuku is contributing commercial input into approximately fifty region-wide council-driven renewal and housing supply initiatives.

12. Panuku works with partners and stakeholders over the course of a project. It also champions best practice project delivery, to achieve best value outcomes within defined cost, time and quality parameters.

13. Below is a high-level update on activities in the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board area:

Properties managed in the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board Area

14. Panuku currently manages one commercial interest within the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board area.

Business Interests

15. Panuku manage the commercial return for active sites with business interests on the council’s behalf. This currently includes the management of agreements over the following sites: one forestry, two landfills and two quarries.

16. There is currently one managed business interest in the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board area - Blackwell’s Quarry.

17. Blackwell’s quarry, located on Hector Sanderson Road, is privately owned land leased from the Blackwells to Auckland Council. Panuku manages the lease on the council’s behalf. Fulton Hogan has an operating agreement with Auckland Council that finally expires in December 2020.

18. A workshop between Panuku and the Aotea Great Barrier Local Board, to discuss the Blackwell’s Quarry, took place on 4 February 2020.

19. Panuku is currently working through options to ensure the quarry remains operational, beyond December 2020.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

20. The Panuku urban regeneration programmes support the regeneration of existing town centres while also addressing climate mitigation and adaptation.

21. Mitigation of climate change involves reducing the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change. Our neighbourhoods are transport-oriented communities that utilise existing infrastructure and transport links and we seek to make local walking and cycling safe and viable alternatives to the private vehicle. Panuku has also adopted a Homestar-6 minimum standard to ensure we can reduce energy, water and landfill waste. We are working to adopt similar standards for our public realm and commercial developments, whilst also taking guidance from precinct sustainability rating tools like Green Star Communities.

22. Adaptation to climate change involves planning for the changes to our climate and associated impacts that are already happening or are projected to happen, including sea-level rise, hotter temperatures, extreme weather events, flooding and droughts. Panuku seeks to future-proof our communities by:

· specifying that infrastructure and developments are designed to cope with warmer temperatures and extreme weather events

· the use of green infrastructure and water sensitive design to increase flood resilience and provide ecological and biodiversity benefits

· the provision of increased shade and shelter for storm events and hotter days

· initiatives to build community resilience

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

23. The views of the council group are incorporated on a project by project basis.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

24. Any local or sub-regional impacts related to local activities are considered on a project by project basis.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

25. Panuku works collaboratively with mana whenua on a range of projects including potential property disposals, development sites in the area and commercial opportunities. Engagement can be on specific individual properties and projects at an operational level with kaitiaki representatives, or with the Panuku Mana Whenua Governance Forum who have a broader mandate.

26. Panuku will continue to partner with Māori on opportunities which enhance Māori social and economic wellbeing.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

27. There are no financial implications associated with this report.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

28. There are no risks associated with receiving this report.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

29. The next six-month update is scheduled for March 2021.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

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Signatories

Author

Perin Gerrand - Engagement Coordinator

Authorisers

Sven Mol - Corporate Affairs Advisor, Panuku Development Auckland

Glenn Boyd - Local Area Manager

[1] Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, section 15(2)(c).

[2] Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, ss15-16.

[3] Local Government Act 2002, Schedule 7, clause 36D.

[4] Some businesses were involved in an ATEED intervention for both Destination- and Economic Development-related activities, hence the numbers adding to over 3726. Business names must remain confidential for privacy reasons.

[5] Auckland Convention Bureau is responsible for positioning Auckland as a premium business events destination and for sales and marketing activity to grow the value and volume of business events in Auckland.

[6] This does not reflect all filming that takes place in studio, private property or low impact activity that does not require a permit.

[7] This includes local board fees only, other permit fees are directed to Auckland Transport (Special Events) and Regional Parks. Figures exclude GST and are as per the month the permit was invoiced, not necessarily when the activity took place.

Chairperson	Izzy Fordham
Deputy Chairperson	Luke Coles
Members	Susan Daly
	Patrick O'Shea
	Valmaine Toki

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	20200915 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Record	339
b ⇩	20201006 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Record	341
c ⇩	20201008 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Record	343
d ⇩	20201013 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Record	345
e ⇩	20201015 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Record	347