Minutes of Howick Local Board - Monday, 16 May 2022

Howick Local Board

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Howick Local Board held online via MS teams on 16 May 2022 at 6.00pm.

present

Chairperson	Adele White
Deputy Chairperson	John Spiller
Members	Katrina Bungard
	Bo Burns
	David Collings
	Bruce Kendall
	Mike Turinsky
	Bob Wichman
	Peter Young, JP

ABSENT

Councillor

Sharon Stewart QSM

Apology received for absence.

ALSO PRESENT

Councillor	Paul Young

IN ATTENDANCE

Howick Local Board

16 May 2022

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

2 Apologies

There were no apologies.

3 Declaration of Interest

Member M Turinsky declared an interest in item 15: Howick Local Grants Round Three and Multi-board Grants Round Two 2021/2022 grant allocations: LG2207-314 Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated, LG2207-330 Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated and LG2207-339 Young Life New Zealand Trust.

Member P Young declared an interest in item 15: Howick Local Grants Round Three and Multi-board Grants Round Two 2021/2022 grant allocations: LG2207-314 Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated, LG2207-330 Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated and LG2207-326 Auckland Ice Hockey Association Incorporated.

4 Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number HW/2022/57

MOVED by Member B Wichman, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 21 April 2022, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

5 Leave of Absence

There were no leaves of absence.

6 Acknowledgements

There were no acknowledgements.

7 Petitions

There were no petitions.

8 Deputations

8.1

Peter Doone

Resolution number HW/2022/58

MOVED by Member M Turinsky, seconded by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) thank Peter Doone for his deputation and attendance.

Attachments

a 16 May 2022 Howick Local Board - Gracechurch Drive Submission

8.2

Danon Driscoll and Dr Damien Puddle

Resolution number HW/2022/59

MOVED by Member B Wichman, seconded by Member B Kendall:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) thank Danon Driscoll and Dr Damien Puddle for their deputation and attendance.

Attachments

a 16 May 2022 Howick Local Board - Parkour Presentation

9 Public Forum

9.1

Marin Burgess of Howick and Districts Historical Society Inc.

Resolution number HW/2022/60

MOVED by Chairperson A White, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) thank Marin Burgess for their attendance.

9.2

Dean Murphy and Thiem Nguyen of Golf New Zealand

Resolution number HW/2022/61

MOVED by Member B Burns, seconded by Member B Kendall:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) Thank Dean Murphy and Thiem Nguyen of Golf New Zealand for their attendance.

Attachments

a 16 May 2022 - Howick Local Board - Golf New Zealand Request for Auckland Council

10 Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

11

Governing Body Member update

Resolution number HW/2022/62

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) receive the verbal report from Cr Paul Young.

12

Chairperson's Report

Resolution number HW/2022/63

MOVED by Member B Burns, seconded by Member B Kendall:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) note the chairperson’s written report.

Endorsing Business Improvement District (BID) targeted rate grants for 2022/2023

Resolution number HW/2022/64

MOVED by Member B Burns, seconded by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) recommends to the Governing Body the setting of the targeted rates for inclusion in the Annual Budget 2022/2023 for the following Business Improvement District (BID) programmes:

i. $179,390 for Howick Village Association.

ii. $545,000 for Greater East Tāmaki Business Association.

14

Howick Local Board Grants Programme 2022/2023

Resolution number HW/2022/65

MOVED by Chairperson A White, seconded by Member M Turinsky:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) adopt the Howick Grants Programme 2022/2023 included as Attachment A to the agenda report.

15

Howick Local Grants Round Three and Multi-board Grants Round Two 2021/2022 grant allocations

Resolution number HW/2022/66

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Howick Local Grants round three 2021/2022 listed in the following table:

Table One: Howick Local Grants round three 2021/2022 grant applications

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Decision
LG2207-326	Auckland Ice Hockey Association Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the costs of ice time charges from June 2022 to August 2022	$7,000.00	$1,500.00
LG2207-348	The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated The Institution Of Professional Engineers New Zealand Incorporated	Environment	Towards the costs of the Auckland King Tides Initiative Community CoastSnap Beach Monitoring	$10,000.00	$2,000.00
LG2207-310	Botany Chinese Association Incorporated	Community	Towards venue hire, gratuity, accounting software, tai chi associated costs, Dragon Boat festival and the Mid-autumn Festival	$15,103.20	Declined
LG2207-312	Botany Downs Secondary College	Sport and recreation	Towards the Botany Downs Secondary College cricket facilities development	$26,209.28	$13,104.64 Condition of grant that community access is provided.
LG2207-351	Chinese Alliance Christian Church	Community	Towards the cost of venue hire and board games	$7,360.00	$1,000.00
LG2207-338	Cockle Bay School	Community	Towards the costs of new seats, drinking fountains, a bird bath and the cost of plumbing	$8,278.00	Declined
LG2207-340	Dance Therapy NZ	Community	Towards the delivery of “STARS Pakuranga” workshops between May and September 2022, including venue hire, facilitation, coordination, supervision, client support and liaison, and equipment	$6,000.00	$6,000.00
LG2207-350	NEX Group Limited	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of gym equipment	$26,499.00	Declined
LG2207-329	East Skate Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the costs of skateboarding lessons, including coordination and coaching fees, salary costs and a trailer	$24,400.00	$10,000.00 Towards trailer and equipment. Suggestion that the Howick LB logo on side of trailer
LG2207-345	Harlequin Music Theatre Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards front of house curtains and stage curtains	$14,288.00	$7,144.00
LG2207-332	The Howick & Districts Historical Society Incorporated	Historic Heritage	Towards the cost of replacing gutters and upgrading Bell House and Barn	$28,502.70	$6,490.70
LG2207-307	Howick 175th Anniversary Charitable Trust	Historic Heritage	Towards the cost of the 175th anniversary of Howick celebrations	$50,000.00	$50,000.00
LG2207-344	Howick Bowling Club Incorporated		Towards the cost of four air conditioning units for the Howick Bowling Club	$11,200.00	$10,600.00 For two air conditioning units.
LG2207-335	Howick Primary School	Environment	Towards a timber plinth for the Howick Primary School water tank	$5,000.00	$2,500.00
LG2207-325	Howick Squash Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards continued renovation of the Howick Squash Club restrooms	$11,000.00	$5,000.00
LG2207-321	Howick Tourism Inc known as East Auckland Tourism	Community	Towards six months remuneration of the Howick Tourism coordinator	$5,000.00	Declined
LG2207-324	Howick Tourism Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the lighting activation of the East Auckland Art Trail	$5,000.00	$5,000.00
LG2207-323	Howick Tourism Incorporated	Community	Towards marking costs of the East Auckland Tourism social media	$3,420.00	Declined
LG2207-322	Howick Tourism Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the ongoing costs of website maintenance	$2,400.00	Declined
LG2207-306	Howick Village Association Incorporated	Community	Towards the costs of CCTV maintenance and upgrade of cameras	$22,408.00	$11,204.00
LG2207-317	Independent Living Charitable Trust	Community	Towards venue hire, gratuity, food, administration and stationary	$3,950.00	$1,500.00
LG2207-313	Libretto Trust	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of sound and lighting hire for The Sound of Music Childrens Theater performances	$1,499.62	$400.00
LG2207-319	New Zealand Love Dance Association Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the costs of studio hire, training/choreography fees, administration and promotion	$10,260.00	Declined
LG2207-343	Pakuranga Athletic Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards a defibrillator, pediatric pads and first aid kits	$3,750.00	$3,750.00
LG2207-308	Radiant Communities Care Trust NZ	Community	Towards costs of personally and emotionally fulfilled women and communities project	$10,000.00	Declined
LG2207-342	Rainbow Celebrating Life Trust	Community	Towards the cost of venue hire, choreographer and insurance for the Dancing Wonders	$3,000.00	$1,543.00
LG2207-320	South East Auckland Senior Citizens' Association Incorporated	Community	Towards the costs of Diwali celebrations	$7,000.00	Declined
LG2207-309	Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust	Community	Towards the cost of materials, installation and artist fees for the Pātaka Kai project	$3,581.50	Declined
LG2207-305	The Toy Library Howick and Pakuranga Incorporated	Community	Towards one year’s rent at the Howick Presbyterian Church, 11 Vincent street	$6,000.00	$4,500.00
LG2207-304	The Uxbridge Community Projects Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the costs of 40 artists, advertising and decal for the "#HowickProject40".	$17,408.00	Declined
LG2207-331	Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust	Community	Towards a contribution towards the 2022 Howick Youthline budget	$7,500.00	$3,750.00
Total				$363,017.30	$146,986.34

Resolution number HW/2022/67

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

b) agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Howick Local Grants round three 2021/2022 listed in the following table:

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Decision
LG2207-314	Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated	Community	Towards venue hire and trainer fee costs for Taichi	$3,680.00	$1,500.00
LG2207-330	Botany & Flat Bush Ethnic Association Incorporated	Community	Towards venue hire, sound and video costs, transportation, flags and name cards	$6,498.00	$3,249.00
Total				$10,178.00	$4,749.00

Member P Young and M Turinsky declared an interest in these items and did not vote

Resolution number HW/2022/68

MOVED by Chairperson A White, seconded by Member D Collings:

That the Howick Local Board:

c) agree to defer the decision on Application ID LG2207- 339 Young Life New Zealand Trust Community towards costs of the Young Life New Zealand Trust 9 Week Programme $36,949.50 to the 20 June 2022 meeting.

Application ID

Organisation

Main focus

Requesting funding for

Amount requested

Decision

LG2207-339

Young Life New Zealand Trust

Community

Towards costs of the Young Life New Zealand Trust 9 Week Programme

$36,949.50

Deferred

Request further expenditure evidence and an outline of costs of 9-week programme.

Total

$36,949.50

$0.00

Member M Turinsky declared an interest in this item and did not vote.

Resolution number HW/2022/69

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller, seconded by Member B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

d) agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Multi-board Grants round two 2021/2022 listed in the following table:

Table Two: Multi-board Grants round two 2021/2022 grant applications

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Eligibility
MB2022-240	Age Concern Auckland Incorporated	Community	Towards delivering specialized Asian services to Chinese, Korean and Japanese people aged 65 and older across Auckland.	$30,000.00	$4,000.00
MB2022-216	Assistance Dogs NZ Trust	Community	Towards wages of puppy development advisor and client instructor in Auckland (June 2022 - December 2022)	$24,000.00	Declined
MB2022-220	Bellyful New Zealand Trust	Community	Towards meal production, volunteer support, and delivery costs in Auckland (June 2022 - December 2023)	$46,500.00	$2,000.00
MB2022-236	Big Buddy Mentoring Trust	Community	Towards operational costs (such as wages, rent, transport, equipment) to recruit volunteer mentors for young boys with no father in their lives in Auckland (September 2022 - September 2023)	$160,000.00	$3,000.00
MB2022-234	Fiji Girmit Foundation	Community	Towards the Girmit musical festival and Girmit seniors recognition event in Mangere.	$36,000.00	Declined
MB2022-255	Habitat for Humanity Northern Region Limited	Community	Towards healthy homes interventions and winter warmer essentials from June 2022 to August 2022.	$22,500.00	Declined
MB2022-203	Howick Pakuranga Youth Academy	Sport and recreation	Towards gym equipment and purchase of van in Pakuranga Heights.	$52,000.00	Declined
MB2022-248	KidsCan Charitable Trust	Community	Towards items to deliver the KidsCan programme in schools and early childhood centres in Auckland (June 2022 - December 2022)	$64,500.00	$1,000.00
MB2022-210	LifeKidz Trust	Community	Towards sensory/play equipment and support worker wages.	$25,000.00	$1,000.00
MB2022-237	Pet Refuge New Zealand Charitable Trust	Community	Towards administration costs for the Pet Refuge shelter in Rosedale Auckland (June 2022 - December 2022)	$29,000.00	Declined
MB2022-204	The Auckland Association Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards ongoing operating expenses for facilitating softball leagues and tournaments in the Auckland Region from July 2022 to December 2022.	$45,000.00	Declined
MB2022-239	The Operating Theatre Trust t/a Tim Bray Theatre Company	Arts and culture	Towards Gift a Seat funding for 2,700 children to attend The Whale Rider in their local area for free (September 2022 - December 2022)	$74,943.00	Declined
MB2022-215	The Reading Revolution	Community	Towards wages of the manager delivering the "Readers Leaders programme"	$44,000.00	Declined
MB2022-229	The StarJam Charitable Trust	Community	Towards the workshops costs of tutor fees, venue hire, tutor and volunteer training, regional programme coordinator`s salary and equipment between 1st June 2022 to 31st December 2022.	$54,000.00	$1,000.00
MB2022-219	Young Workers Resource Centre	Community	Towards education coordinator wages and mileage from June 2022 - March 2023	$14,000.00	Declined
Total				$721,443.00	$12,000.00

At 7.34pm Member Turinsky disconnected due to internet issues.

Draft Auckland golf investment plan

Resolution number HW/2022/70

MOVED by Member D Collings, seconded by Chairperson A White:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) does not support the draft Auckland golf investment plan and requests that the status quo remains.

b) requests that Auckland council restarts the process to prepare a draft Auckland golf investment plan with sufficient collaboration with Golf New Zealand.

17

Auckland Council’s Quarterly Performance Report: Howick Local Board for quarter three 2021/2022

Resolution number HW/2022/71

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson J Spiller, seconded by Member B Kendall:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) receive the performance report for quarter three ending 31 March 2022.

b) approve funding granted to the Pakuranga Rotary Club of $30,000 (ID 329 Event partnership fund Howick) remain with the group so that the event can be undertaken in 2023.

c) approve the reallocation of $40,400 underspent budget towards the following activities:

i. ID 244 Community Grants Howick (Customer and Community Services Work Programme) - $39,650.00

ii. ID 664 Pest Free Howick (Infrastructure and Environmental Services Work Programme) - $750.00 for the Cascades Stream clean-up project

18

Local board feedback on Auckland Transport's proposed speed limit changes

Resolution number HW/2022/72

MOVED by Member B Burns, seconded by Member P Young:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) delegate feedback on speed limit changes proposed as part of Phase Three of Auckland Transport’s Safe Speeds Programme to Chair White and Member Spiller.

19

Workshop records

Resolution number HW/2022/73

MOVED by Chairperson A White, seconded by Member P Young:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) note the workshop records for workshops held on 14, 21 April and 5 May.

20

Governance forward work calendar

Resolution number HW/2022/74

MOVED by Member K Bungard, seconded by Member D Collings:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) note the governance forward work calendar included as Attachment A of the agenda report.

21 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

7.59 pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Howick Local Board HELD ON

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