Minutes of Howick Local Board - Thursday, 14 December 2023

Howick Local Board

14 December 2023

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

2 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

3 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

Chairperson D Light declared an interest in Item 13 - Howick Quick Response Round One 2023/2024 grant allocations - QR2407-106 East Skate Club Incorporated.

4 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number HW/2023/234

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Deputy Chairperson B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 16 November 2023, and the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 30 November 2023, including the confidential section, as true and correct records.

CARRIED

5 He Tamōtanga Motuhake | Leave of Absence

There were no leaves of absence.

Member J Spiller joined the meeting at 12.02pm

6 Te Mihi | Acknowledgements

6.1

Acknowledgements - Rt Hon Christopher Luxon and Hon Simeon Brown

Resolution number HW/2023/235

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Deputy Chairperson B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) whakamihi / acknowledge and congratulate Christopher Luxon, Member of Parliament for Botany, and Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga, on their appointment as Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Transport, Local Government and Auckland, as well as Deputy Leader of the House, respectively. The Howick Local Board have enjoyed a constructive working relationship with both MPs and look forward to continuing to work together on relevant issues and opportunities.

CARRIED

6.2

Acknowledgements - Howick Children’s Charitable Trust on the 70th Howick Santa Parade

Resolution number HW/2023/236

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

That the Howick Local Board:

a) whakamihi / acknowledge and congratulate the Howick Children’s Charitable Trust on the successful delivery of the 70th Howick Santa Parade this month. The Howick Local Board is proud to provide funding for this popular community event that has brought joy to local tamariki for generations. We acknowledge the other sponsors who provide financial support and the significant contribution from local volunteers who enable this event to take place.

CARRIED

7 Ngā Petihana | Petitions

There were no petitions.

8 Ngā Tono Whakaaturanga | Deputations

There were no deputations.

9 Te Matapaki Tūmatanui | Public Forum

There was no public forum.

10 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

11	Governing Body Members' Update
	There was no Governing Body Members’ update.
	Secretarial note: A written report was requested by Local Board Services staff. As detailed in the agenda report, it has been agreed that a report will only be provided when the Howick Ward Councillors have Board-specific updates to share. They had no such updates to share for this month.

Chairperson's Report

Resolution number HW/2023/237

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Member J Spiller:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) whiwhi / receive the Chairperson’s verbal update and written report.

CARRIED

Howick Quick Response Round One 2023/2024 grant allocations

Resolution number HW/2023/238

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

That the Howick Local Board:

a) agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Howick Quick Response round one 2023/2024 listed in the following table:

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Amount approved
QR2407-111	Auckland Seniors Support And Caring Group	Arts and culture	Towards venue hire	$3,000.00	$1,351.25
QR2407-131	Botany Chinese Association Incorporated	Community	Towards venue hire	$3,000.00	$580.00
QR2407-109	Bucklands Beach Associated Football Club	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of sports equipment	$2,170.80	$2,170.80
QR2407-133	Captain Musick Air Scouts Incorporated	Community	Towards the cost of rent	$2,968.00	Ineligible The organisation is not registered.
QR2407-151	East Auckland Sports and Wellbeing Group	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of venue hire, phone costs, and Chinese New Year celebrations	$1,645.00	Declined
QR2407-134	Harlequin Music Theatre Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of kitchen cabinetry and laminated benchtop	$2,193.72	Declined
QR2407-104	Highland Park Sewing Group	Community	Towards the cost of fabrics, cottons, elastics, needles, and machine servicing	$1,000.00	$1,000.00
QR2407-120	Howick East Combined Probus Club	Community	Towards the cost of bus hire	$1,000.00	$1,000.00
QR2407-146	Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of refurbishing the clubs grandstand	$3,000.00	$1,500.00
QR2407-123	Howick Playcentre Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of musical instruments and storage trolley	$2,600.95	$800.00
QR2407-141	Howick Sailing Club Incorporated	Community	Towards the cost of one pair of tractor tires	$3,000.00	$3,000.00
QR2407-113	Howick Village Association Incorporated	Community	Towards the cost of an AED portable defibrillator	$1,699.00	$1,699.00
QR2407-139	J T Isaako	Arts and culture	Towards venue hire, fabric paint, fabric rollers, facilitator costs, poplin material, transportation, police vetting and heavy duty corflute printing	$3,000.00	$1,147.25
QR2407-101	KiwiOra Community Trust	Environment	Towards the cost of a sustainable lifestyle consultant and furoshiki workshop	$1,085.00	$500.00
QR2407-137	KiwiOra Community Trust	Arts and culture	Towards materials and an instructor	$825.00	$500.00
QR2407-118	Korea-NZ Cultural Association	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of craft supplies for making "Korean Hanbok and Lucky Pouch with Colored Paper" at the Highland Park Library	$600.00	$500.00
QR2407-115	Life Education Trust Counties Manukau	Community	Towards the cost of take home packs and workbooks from Life Education	$1,997.50	$1,997.50
QR2407-140	LifeKidz Trust	Community	Towards the cost of sensory games, and operations manager wages	$3,000.00	$3,000.00
QR2407-150	Manurewa Chess	Sport and recreation	Towards various costs to create a new Chess Club in the Howick community	$2,994.44	$830.00
QR2407-142	Mellons Bay School Board of Trustees	Arts and culture	Towards replacement of Mellons Bay School, Rapaki	$1,483.50	Declined
QR2407-102	Mission Heights Junior College	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of new kapa haka uniforms for Mission Heights Junior College	$3,000.00	$3,000.00
QR2407-117	Howick Botany Neighborhood Support	Community	Towards the cost of countdown gift cards, cable ties, stickers, toner and paper, and street signs	$3,000.00	Declined
QR2407-122	New Zealand Multicultural Arts Association Incorporated	Community	Towards the cost of venue hire	$3,000.00	$3,000.00
QR2407-144	Pakuranga Athletic Club Incorporated	Community	Towards the cost of the Pakauranga Athletic Club Junior Athletics Open Day	$2,968.00	$410.00
QR2407-148	Pakuranga Tennis Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of tennis balls	$2,000.00	Declined
QR2407-116	Pipanz - Peoples Intersectional Project Of Aotearoa New Zealand Trust	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of venue hire	$2,970.00	Declined
QR2407-147	Pop Up Play Limited	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of sports gear	$2,062.63	Declined
QR2407-121	Pro Love	Community	Towards the cost of baby items	$3,000.00	Declined
QR2407-149	The Howick & Districts Historical Society Incorporated	Arts and culture	Towards the cost of two new baby changing tables	$2,273.48	$2,273.48
QR2407-143	The Howick Tennis Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the purchase of new tennis balls for the 2024 season	$2,447.81	Declined
QR2407-136	The UpsideDowns Education Trust	Community	Towards the cost of subsidising speech and language therapy for six children	$2,000.00	$2,000.00
QR2407-124	Warriors Community Foundation	Community	Towards "programme delivery" costs	$3,000.00	Declined
QR2407-108	Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust	Community	Towards telecommunication costs for text and calls	$2,500.00	Declined
Total				$76,484.83	$32,259.28

CARRIED

Note: Chairperson D Light vacated the Chair in favour of Deputy Chairperson B Burns at 12.12pm due to their interest in item 13 b).

Resolution number HW/2023/239

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

That the Howick Local Board:

b) agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Howick Quick Response round one 2023/2024 listed in the following table:

Application ID	Organisation	Main focus	Requesting funding for	Amount requested	Amount approved
QR2407-106	East Skate Club Incorporated	Sport and recreation	Towards the cost of skate coaches and skate equipment	$2,650.00	$2,650.00
Total				$2,650.00	$2,650.00

CARRIED

Chairperson D Light declared an interest in item b) and did participate in the discussion and did not vote.

Arna Casey – Grants Advisor was in attendance virtually to speak to this item.

Note: Chairperson D Light resumed the Chair at 12.13pm.

Summary of Confidential Decisions and related information released into Open

Resolution number HW/2023/240

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Member K Bungard:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the confidential decision and related information that is now publicly available:

i) Howick Local Board 21 April 2022 - Transit-Orientated Development

ii) Howick Local Board 30 November 2023 - 10-year Budget 2024-2034 – Local Board input on regional consultation content.

CARRIED

Howick Local Board Workshop Records

Resolution number HW/2023/241

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Member P Young:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) note the workshop records for the workshops held on 16, 23, 30 November and 7 December.

CARRIED

Hōtaka Kaupapa | Governance Forward Work Calendar

Resolution number HW/2023/242

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Deputy Chairperson B Burns:

That the Howick Local Board:

a) note the Hōtaka Kaupapa included as Attachment A of the agenda report.

CARRIED

17 Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

12.15 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

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

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

Chairperson	Damian Light
Deputy Chairperson	Bo Burns
Members	Katrina Bungard
	David Collings	Via electronic link
	Bruce Kendall
	John Spiller	From 12.02pm
	Mike Turinsky	Via electronic link
	Adele White
	Peter Young, JP