I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Howick Local Board will be held on:

 

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Thursday, 17 October 2024

12.00pm

Howick Local Board Meeting Room
Pakuranga Library Complex
7 Aylesbury Street
Pakuranga

 

Howick Local Board

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Damian Light

 

Deputy Chairperson

Bo Burns

 

Members

Katrina Bungard

 

 

David Collings

 

 

Bruce Kendall

 

 

John Spiller

 

 

Mike Turinsky

 

 

Adele White, JP

 

 

Peter Young, JP

 

 

(Quorum 5 members)

 

 

 

Claire Bews

Democracy Advisor

 

11 October 2024

 

Contact Telephone: 021 540216

Email: claire.bews@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 


 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS            PAGE

1          Nau mai | Welcome                                                                  5

2          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies                                                   5

3          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest                                                               5

4          Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes              5

5          He Tamōtanga Motuhake | Leave of Absence                      5

6          Te Mihi | Acknowledgements                              5

7          Ngā Petihana | Petitions                                       5

8          Ngā Tono Whakaaturanga | Deputations           5

8.1     Deputation - The Beautification Trust       5

9          Te Matapaki Tūmatanui | Public Forum                                6

10        Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business     6

11        Governing Body Members' Update                    9

12        Chairperson's Report                                         11

13        Howick Local Grant Round One 2024/2025 grant allocations                                                 13

14        Howick Local Board Public Toilet Provision Assessment                                                         21

15        Time of Use Charging - Local Board Feedback                                                                              29

16        Local board views on draft changes to dog policy and bylaw                                                 35

17        Proposed amendments to the Biosecurity Act                                                                              41

18        Howick Local Board Workshop Records         43

19        Hōtaka Kaupapa | Governance Forward Work Calendar                                                               45

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

 

 


1          Nau mai | Welcome

 

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present

 

2          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

 

 

3          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

 

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

 

 

4          Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes

 

That the Howick Local Board:

a)          whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 19 September 2024, as a true and correct record.

 

 

 

5          He Tamōtanga Motuhake | Leave of Absence

 

At the close of the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.

 

 

6          Te Mihi | Acknowledgements

 

At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been received.

 

 

7          Ngā Petihana | Petitions

 

At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been received.

 

 

8          Ngā Tono Whakaaturanga | Deputations

 

Standing Order 7.7 provides for deputations. Those applying for deputations are required to give seven working days notice of subject matter and applications are approved by the Chairperson of the Howick Local Board. This means that details relating to deputations can be included in the published agenda. Total speaking time per deputation is ten minutes or as resolved by the meeting.

 

8.1       Deputation - The Beautification Trust

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.    Daniel Barthow CEO and Sterling Ruwhiu Community Programmes Manager of the Beautification Trust will present to the Board a deputation on the work achieved over the past financial year (30 June 2023 - 1 July 2024), including the impact that the Beautification Trust has had in South Auckland communities.

2.    The Beautification Trust would like to take the time to thank the Howick Local Board for their continued support.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whakamihi / thank Daniel Barthow and Sterling Ruwhiu for their deputation and attendance.

 

 

 

 

9          Te Matapaki Tūmatanui | Public Forum

 

A period of time (approximately 30 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of three minutes per speaker is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

 

At the close of the agenda no requests for public forum had been received.

 

 

10        Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

 

Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

 

“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-

 

(a)        The local authority by resolution so decides; and

 

(b)        The presiding member explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-

 

(i)         The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and

 

(ii)        The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”

 

Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

 

“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-

 

(a)        That item may be discussed at that meeting if-

 

(i)         That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and

 

(ii)        the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but

 

(b)        no resolution, decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Governing Body Members' Update

File No.: CP2024/12258

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       A period of time (10 minutes) has been set aside for the Howick Ward Councillors to have an opportunity to update the Howick Local Board on board-specific matters.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       Providing the Howick Ward Councillors with an opportunity to update the Howick Local Board on matters they have been involved with since the last meeting that are of particular relevance to the board.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whiwhi / receive the written and verbal reports from Cr Sharon Stewart QSM and Cr Maurice Williamson.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.      

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Claire Bews - Democracy Advisor

Authoriser

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Chairperson's Report

File No.: CP2024/12261

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       This item gives the local board chairperson an opportunity to update the local board on any announcements and note the chairperson’s written report.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The local board chairperson will update the local board on the projects and issues they have been involved with since the last meeting.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

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

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board: Chairperson's Report - Chair Light's Written Report

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Claire Bews - Democracy Advisor

Authoriser

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Howick Local Grant Round One 2024/2025 grant allocations

File No.: CP2024/13922

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To provide the Howick Local Board with information on applications in Howick Local Grant round one 2024/2025; to enable a decision to fund, part fund or decline each application.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The Howick Local Board adopted the Howick Local Board Community Grants Programme 2024/2025 on 13 June 2024 (Attachment A). The document sets application guidelines for contestable grants.

3.       This report presents applications received in Howick Local Grant round one 2024/2025 (Attachment B).

4.       The local board has set a total community grants budget of $439.716.00 for the 2024/2025 financial year.

5.       For the 2024/2025 financial year, there are a total of two Local Grant rounds and two Quick Response rounds.

6.       Forty-one applications have been received for the Howick Local Grant round one, requesting a total of $345,058.36.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      agree to fund, part-fund, or decline each application in Howick Local Grants round one 2024/2025 listed in the following table:

Table One: Howick Local Grant round one 2024/2025 grant applications

Application ID

Organisation

Main focus

Requesting funding for

Amount requested

Eligibility

LG2507-136

Akal Foundation

Events

Towards the Hindu New Year, also called Diwali Festival Celebration

$10,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-113

Asthma New Zealand Incorporated

Community

Towards printing costs, 1000 spacers and fridge magnets

$3,806.00

Eligible

LG2507-143

Auckland East Chinese Society Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of venue hire, sound and microphone hire

$8,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-115

Auckland Seniors Support And Caring Group Incorporated

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of venue hire at Nixon Park Community Hall and tutor costs

$3,500.00

Ineligible

LG2507-120

The Auckland Table Tennis Association Incorporated

Sport and recreation

Towards the cost of hall hire, coach wages and affiliation fees

$4,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-150

Bellyful New Zealand Trust

Community

Towards the operational costs for Bellyful

$4,000.00

Ineligible

LG2507-128

Botany Chinese Association Incorporated

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of venue hire at Pakuranga Baptist Church, Glen House Society and Te Tuhi

$3,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-102

East Skate Club Incorporated

Sport and recreation

Towards the cost of skate ramps

$11,732.75

Eligible

LG2507-144

East Volleyball Club Incorporated

Sport and recreation

Towards venue hire at the Howick Leisure Centre and volleyball equipment including volleyballs, volleyball bag, ball cart, antenna rods with velcro

$10,900.00

Eligible

LG2507-117

Guardians of Our Children

Community

Towards the cost of operational costs including wages, mobile phones, car insurances, sundries

$15,000.00

Ineligible

LG2507-152

Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre

Sport and recreation

Towards the cost of duffett doors and garage carpet at the Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre

$14,010.45

Eligible

LG2507-104

Howick Playcentre Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of play consumables including flour, corn flour, oil

$3,493.03

Eligible

LG2507-107

Howick Squash Club Incorporated

Community

Towards replacing the clubs gas hot water system including draining and plumbing

$8,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-118

Howick Village Association Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of stage and technical assistance for the Howick Village Christmas Fair on Friday 15 November 2024

$4,877.00

Eligible

LG2507-119

Howick Village Association Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of a traffic management plan for the Cultural Food Festival 2025

$6,910.00

Eligible

LG2507-138

Ideaweb Technologies Limited

Community

Towards the costs of media production and airtime fees

$9,410.00

Eligible

LG2507-110

Kaleidoscope Fashion Events Limited

Community

Towards the cost of marketing, MC fees, wages, DJ and photography, catering and venue hire

$9,347.00

Eligible

LG2507-121

KiwiOra Community Trust

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of a salad tossing and lantern workshop, marketing costs and aprons

$3,312.75

Eligible

LG2507-133

Life Education Trust Counties Manukau

Community

Towards the cost of programme delivery at Macleans Primary and work books

$10,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-114

Lifekidz Trust

Community

Towards the cost of wages and salaries

$10,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-132

New Zealand Overseas Chinese Culture & Arts Centre Incorporated

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of venue hire and design and print cost for a Chinese exhibition

$3,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-139

Pakuranga Athletic Club Incorporated

Sport and recreation

Towards the costs of the Dick Quax Memorial meet 2024

$8,790.00

Eligible

LG2507-141

Pakuranga Inter-Church Charitable Trust

Community

Towards the cost of 100 subsidised counselling sessions for young people

$9,975.00

Eligible

LG2507-145

Pearl of the Islands Foundation Incorporated

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of an Art Masterclass for 80 people

$9,520.00

Ineligible

LG2507-149

Pregnancy Help Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of coordinator wages for three months

$6,960.00

Eligible

LG2507-148

Rape Prevention Education Whakatu Mauri Trust

Community

Towards facilitation wages and travel costs

$9,856.00

Eligible

LG2507-140

Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of 178 music therapy sessions

$9,480.00

Eligible

LG2507-131

Riverhills School Board of Trustees

Community

Towards the cost of outdoor staging and sound equipment hire

$4,698.20

Eligible

LG2507-147

Road Safety Education Limited

Community

Towards the cost of venue hire at the Pakuranga Rugby Club and facilitator fees

$4,150.00

Eligible

LG2507-106

South East Auckland Senior Citizens' Association Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of venue hire at Texas Smokehouse, cleaning costs and sound and DJ hire

$5,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-126

Sweet Art Limited

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of an artist for a Howick Community Mural

$3,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-124

Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of management fees, performances, sound system, workshop fees and marketing costs

$26,559.18

Eligible

LG2507-142

Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust

Community

Towards the cost of editing fees, design costs and printing costs

$15,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-153

Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust

Community

Towards the cost of rent at Te Whare Ora

$5,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-155

The Helping Paws Charitable Trust

Environment

Towards the cost of vet fees for de-sexing cats

$5,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-156

The Howick & Districts Historical Society Incorporated

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of Te Tiriti o Waitangi training for staff members and 10 Board members

$7,440.00

Eligible

LG2507-151

The Operating Theatre Trust

Arts and culture

Towards the cost of tickets for disadvantaged, neurodivergent or disabled children attend for free a theatre production of  'The Santa Claus Show ’24'

$6,522.00

Eligible

LG2507-154

Sustainable Coastlines

Community

Towards the cost of litter disposal

$4,900.00

Eligible

LG2507-105

Totara Park Riding for the Disabled Incorporated

Community

Towards the cost of wages for the Horse manager and second coach

$10,000.00

Eligible

LG2507-146

Warriors Community Foundation

Community

Towards the cost of wages for the community programme coordinator role

$5,832.00

Eligible

LG2507-130

Young Life New Zealand Trust

Community

Towards the cost of wages of youth workers facilitating and delivery of Young Life New Zealand Trust 9 week programme

$31,077.00

Eligible

Total

 

 

 

$345,058.36

 

 

 

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

·   local board priorities

·   higher priorities for funding

·   lower priorities for funding

·   exclusions

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

·   any additional accountability requirements.

9.       The Howick Local Board adopted the Howick Local Board Community Grants Programme 2024/2025 on 13 June 2024 (Attachment A). The document sets application guidelines for contestable grants.

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

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

11.     The aim of the local board grant programme is to deliver projects and activities which align with the outcomes identified in the Howick 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

12.     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.

13.     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 Howick 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 the Howick Local Grants round one is provided (refer Attachment B).

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.     Twenty-four applicants applying to the Howick Local Grant round one have indicated that their project targets Māori or contribute to Māori outcomes.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

21.     The allocation of grants to community groups is within the adopted Long-term Plan 2021-2031 and local board agreements.

22.     The local board has set a total community grants budget of $387,220.00 for the 2024/2025 financial year.

23.     Forty-one applications have been received for the Howick Local Grant round one, requesting a total of $345,058.36.

24.      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

25.     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.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

26.     Following the Howick Local Board allocation of funding for the Local Grant round one 2024/2025, Commercial and Finance staff will notify the applicants of the local board’s decision.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Howick Community Grant Programme 2024/2025

 

b

Howick Local Grant round one - application summary

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Arna Casey - Grants Advisor

Authorisers

Pierre Fourie - Grants & Incentives Manager

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Howick Local Board Public Toilet Provision Assessment

File No.: CP2024/11042

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To seek approval from Howick Local Board to adopt the Howick Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024 (Attachment A).

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       Auckland Council plays a key role in the provision of public toilets within public open spaces. Toilets enable people to spend longer time in open spaces and are particularly important for families with young children, seniors, and those with specific access needs. 

3.       The Howick Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024 was undertaken to review the current provision of public toilets in the local board area, develop toilet provision principles, and identify opportunities to improve the toilet network. This project was approved by the local board as part of its 2023/2024 Customer and Community Services Work Programme (resolution number HW/2023/126)

4.       Lifting levels of service by applying the assessment recommendations is predominantly sought through design improvements and alterations to existing toilet facilities. Optimisation opportunities, where toilet provision can be consolidated to deliver financial savings, have also been investigated as part of the assessment.

5.       A total of 31 public toilet facilities were assessed as part of the site audit of the existing public toilet network.

6.       The assessment identifies several opportunities across the network including:

·        two prioritised locations for new public toilets

·        seven existing facilities for minor alteration

·        eleven existing facilities for major alteration

·        three existing facilities for optimisation

·        one proposed location for a dump station. 

7.       Location and design considerations including inclusive community, accessible network, active and public transport, promoting awareness, and inclusion of murals were also identified as network opportunities. 

8.       The assessment will support the local board to prioritise investment into toilet provision across its local board area. Opportunities have been prioritised to assist in targeted investment. Identified opportunities are high-level and will require further site-specific feasibility.

9.       While the assessment does identify possible sites for new toilets the installation and ongoing maintenance costs of new facilities are significant, and the Howick Local Board will need to factor this into any future investment decisions.   

10.       Following the adoption of the Howick Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024, the assessment will be used to inform the Parks and Community Facilities future work programme development, to progress and investigate the opportunities as funding and programming allow.

 

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whai / adopt the Howick Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024 (Attachment A).

 

Horopaki

Context

11.       As part of the local board’s 2023/2024 Customer and Community Services Work Programme, a project to undertake an assessment of public toilet provision in the local board area was approved by the local board (resolution number HW/2023/126).

12.       The purpose of the assessment was to assess current toilet facilities, identify gaps and identify priorities for the provision of public toilets in the public open space network (including parks, civic spaces, and publicly accessible toilets at sporting facilities) in the Howick Local Board area.

13.       The local board plays a key role in providing public toilets within open spaces that are safe, aesthetically pleasing, accessible, clean, and environmentally and financially sustainable.

14.       To ensure that the community is provided with a quality network of public toilets, the local board commissioned an assessment of the existing public toilet provision across their local board area.

15.       The assessment reviewed the existing provision, developed provision principles, and identified opportunities to improve the level of service of public toilets.

16.       The provision of public toilets across the public open space network requires strategic planning to ensure their location enhances and supports the desired use of the open space. As such, a set of criteria was developed to guide the current and future provision of public toilets across the local board area.

17.       Focusing mainly on public open space, the assessment also considers supporting facilities such as those found in community buildings and shopping precincts.

18.       The development of the assessment was informed by relevant regional and local board strategies, plans, network assessments, condition reports, site audits, and consultation with the council staff (figure 1).

Figure 1: Inputs and outputs of the assessment


 

 

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Provision and design criteria

19.       A set of criteria was developed and agreed upon at a local board workshop on 7 December 2023 to guide the current and future provision of public toilets across the local board area.

·    Criteria 1: Suburb or destination typology open space which has features and or amenities that encourage users to spend a significant amount of time.

·    Criteria 2: The sports park holds at least one full-field equivalent.

·    Criteria 3: The park provides a destination or suburb-sized playground or play space.

·    Criteria 4: It is situated on a strategic cycleway or significant recreational walkway route as indicated in the Greenways Plan and Auckland Transport Cycle Micro Mobility Network.

·    Criteria 5: Neighbourhood centre/civic space which enables community activity.

·    Criteria 6: A public toilet has been included in a previously endorsed park plan.

Current public toilet provision

20.       A total of 31 public toilet facilities were assessed as part of the audit (Attachment A, page 10).

21.       Four common types of public toilets across Howick’s open space network were identified (table 1)

Table 1: Types of public toilet facilities across the Howick Local Board area

Type

Example

Description

Free-standing toilet cubicles (unisex)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single or multiple unisex cubicles joined together that open directly to the outside.

Toilet blocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Usually, brick structures with separate male and female entrances and with accessible toilets often located inside.

Combined facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Similar to above but also includes changeroom facilities.

11.         


 

Co-located facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are within or attached to another facility/building.

22.       Common issues became evident during the audit, particularly around the location of individual facilities within parks and the perception of safety. As such, the assessment also incorporates Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles to guide locations and future redevelopment and/or development of the local board’s public toilet facilities (Attachment A, Section 3, page 12.

23.       Current challenges identified during the audit are grouped into the following four themes (Attachment A, page 15):

a)   distribution and promotion

b)   ageing infrastructure

c)   access and accessibility

d)   perception of safety.

Network opportunities

24.       Network opportunities are grouped into three categories:

a)   location and design considerations

b)   new facilities

c)   existing facilities.

25.       Location and design considerations include inclusive community, accessible network, active and public transport, promoting awareness, and inclusion of murals are listed in Attachment A, pages 16-18. These design considerations will assist project managers in the development of high-quality toilet facilities for both new assets and renewal works. 

26.       Using the provision criteria, two sites have been identified for the potential investment in new public toilet facilities. The Assessment also identifies four other locations which have been provided as a reference to guide future need in response to growth rather than to raise current provision levels.

27.       The locations of these investment opportunities are outlined in Map 1 below. Further advice on these opportunities and their priority is detailed in Attachment A, Appendix A, pages 30-35.

28.       Depending on the level of investment and work required, opportunities for existing facilities are categorised into five groups (Attachment A, pages 21-29) (table 2, map 1):

Table 2: Summary of network opportunities for existing facilities

Category

Description

Number of actions

major alteration

redesign to meet current standards

11

minor alteration

improve accessibility and/or CPTED concerns

7

promotion

improve awareness of the public toilet facility

9

optimise

closing or handing to the club for exclusive use

3

business as usual

 

8

 

Map 1: Visual summary of the network opportunities for existing facilities and suggested new facilities Legend
 	major alteration
 	minor alteration
 	promotion
 	optimise
 	business as usual
 	new facility

29.       Outside of the original scope of the assessment, the local board at its workshop on 20 June 2024 requested staff to investigate possible locations for a dump station, following the closure of the private dump station at Half Moon Bay Marina.

30.       Ara Tai Esplanade Reserve in Half Moon Bay has been identified in the assessment as the preferred location for a new dump station, next to Bucklands Beach Yacht Club public toilet facility, and close to the previous site. 

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

31.       The decision sought through this report has no direct impact on climate change. All projects will need to be considered individually to assess the impacts of climate change including the approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

32.       The Auckland Design Manual guides the development of sustainable toilet facilities and is referenced in the design considerations section of the toilet provision assessment. Sustainability initiatives include the use of energy efficient design principles, site generated power, sustainable water use and the potential to collect rainwater or incorporate green roofs.

33.       The construction of new toilet facilities could increase emissions, but strategic advice on the provision principles and opportunities will guide future investment into toilet provision. The assessment ensures that new toilets are strategically located, and assets are only located as and where needed, to minimise potential emissions. 

34.       Carbon emissions can be reduced by incorporating sustainability into the design or renewal of toilet facilities. Sustainable designs can reduce the amount of power and water used, improve maintenance requirements, and use locally sourced materials which will reduce the carbon footprint over its asset life.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

35.       Staff from Parks and Community Facilities and Community Wellbeing were involved in the development of the toilet provision principles.

36.       The Parks and Community Facilities Area Operations team will lead the more detailed investigation phase into opportunities for both new toilets and renewal of existing ones as part of the local board’s future work programme development.

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

Local impacts and local board views

37.       A quality network of public toilets is integral to supporting many of the 2023 Howick Local Board Plan’s overarching objectives, including:

·    Our Community

Objective: Community facilities, spaces and activities enable people to participate, learn and grow.

Objective: Parks and open spaces support a wide variety of recreational activities.

Objective: Sports and recreational opportunities respond to the needs of our community.

Objective: Understand opportunities to optimise our assessment portfolio.

38.       In 2021, the local board endorsed the Howick Playground Mapping Document. As part of the study, 15 per cent of survey respondents felt that public toilets contributed to the overall experience of a playground. Opportunities identified in the assessment will add to the user’s park experience.

39.       In 2019, the local board commissioned a Diversity in Parks study. Many of the network opportunities within the assessment address the issues highlighted in the study and aim to create a more inclusive and accessible public toilet network.

40.       Outside of the original scope of the assessment, the local board at its workshop on 20 June 2024 requested staff to investigate possible locations for a dump station, following the closure of the private dump station at Half Moon Bay Marina.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

41.       The adoption of the assessment does not have a direct impact on Māori. Mana whenua and iwi will be engaged to provide input into the planning and design stages of all future development opportunities at individual project level.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

42.       There are no direct financial implications for adopting the assessment. To initiate the new opportunities identified within the assessment, renewal funding can be utilised and with Locally Driven Initiatives (LDI CAPEX) budget being added where an increased level of service is sought. Individual projects will require investigation and design to determine more accurate feasibility and costings. 

43.       Opportunities for major renewal work, or investigation of further optimisation, can be aligned with the Parks and Community Facilities toilet renewal programme. This programme including funding requirements for each project will be discussed with the local board, as part of future work programme development.

44.       There is a potential partnership opportunity identified in the assessment, with New Zealand Motor Caravan Association Incorporated (NZMCA) around the location and future funding of a new dump station within the local board area. Further investigation into this opportunity is required.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

45.       The assessment may raise community expectations of delivery which can be managed through appropriate communications.

46.       There is also a risk that the investigation and design phase of project delivery may identify issues that require the feasibility of each opportunity to be reassessed.

 

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

47.       Following the adoption of the Howick Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024, the assessment will be used to inform the Parks and Community Facilities future work programme development, to progress and investigate the opportunities as funding and programming allows.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Howick Local Board Public Toilet Provision Assessment 2024

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Emily Wagon - Parks & Places Specialist

Authorisers

Martin van Jaarsveld - Head of Specialist Operations

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Time of Use Charging - Local Board Feedback

File No.: CP2024/15398

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To inform and seek feedback on aspects of the Time of Use Charging programme from local boards.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The Time of Use Charging programme is developing policy settings and options analysis to inform the Auckland Council group what a successful scheme in Auckland could look like and what enabling legislation would be required for this. This will inform a council group submission to the Select Committee process once legislation has been drafted and contribute to a detailed design process.

3.       Feedback received from local boards will inform policy and scheme designs, along with the submission to Select Committee.

4.       This report invites feedback from local boards for the first round of engagement for the project.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whakarite / provide feedback and insights on issues related to Time of Use Charging policy development, based on discussions held at local board workshops during August 2024.

 

Horopaki

Context

5.       In 2020, the Auckland Transport Alignment Project partners investigated the potential for congestion charging in Auckland and The Congestion Question (TCQ) report. The report studied different types of congestion charging and approaches to implementation. The full report is available here: www.transport.govt.nz/area-of-interest/auckland/the-congestion-question

6.       In August 2021, Parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee recommended that government legislate to allow New Zealand cities to use congestion pricing as a tool in transport planning.

7.       In November 2023, Auckland Council’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee (TIC) asked Auckland Transport (AT) and Auckland Council (AC) to establish a time of use charging programme (“the programme”) to further develop policies and investigate scheme designs for a potential scheme in Auckland.

8.       AT and AC have developed a programme of work to investigate what a scheme could look like in Auckland with the aim to have it implemented following legislation enactment.

9.       In June 2024, TIC endorsed the programme’s primary objective, “to manage travel demand to achieve an improvement in road network performance by reducing congestion, increasing the throughput of people and goods, and improving the reliability of the road network”.  In addition, TIC noted that the programme will undertake detailed analysis of the recommended options from TCQ, which included a city centre cordon, and strategic corridors on the inner isthmus; as well as highly congested locations across the motorway and arterial network.

10.     In August 2024, the Minister of Transport announced that enabling legislation for Time of Use Charging was being developed, with an aim to introduce it to parliament in late 2024, with Select Committee and enactment in 2025.

11.     The programme intends to take advice to the Auckland Council Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee (TRIC) in late 2024 or early 2025. This advice would also form the basis of an Auckland Council Group submission to Select Committee.

12.     Feedback from early engagement with partners and key stakeholders, including mana whenua, local boards, key stakeholders and community panels, will be considered in the advice given to TRIC.

13.     Future stages of scheme development are subject to legislative development. Extensive engagement is planned to be undertaken throughout the process, including public consultation and with local boards.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

Policy and Option Development

14.     Time of Use Charging is a method used to help ease congestion by charging road users to travel at specific times and/or locations to encourage some users to change the time, route or way in which they travel.

15.     The TCQ report is the primary reference for the discussion of congestion pricing. Analysis showed that Auckland’s congestion is getting worse, noting in 2020 that an average weekday motorway trip took almost 10 percent more time than it did in 2016, and that motorists needed to allow an additional 40 to 55 percent longer for their trips to be assured of arriving on time.

16.     Additionally, congestion was increasingly a problem throughout the day and at weekends, not just at peak times. The TCQ report found that without congestion pricing, congestion was expected to become more widespread, even after significant investment in roading, public transport and active transport modes. It is a situation that compromises Aucklanders’ access to jobs, education and other opportunities and makes it more difficult to travel around the region, thereby negatively impacting both the productivity and liveability of the city. It found:

i)       International evidence from several cities shows congestion pricing is being used successfully to influence travel demand and ease congestion.

ii)       Auckland’s widespread congestion, heavy car dependency and dispersed commuting patterns present unique challenges for a congestion pricing solution.

iii)      Technology exists to enable a wide range of solutions.

iv)      It was better to investigate smaller scale options that could be used as ‘stepping stones’ for developing a wider system. An evolving system would allow for close monitoring and the effective management of issues that arise.

v)      Building public understanding and acceptance will be critical to successfully implementing any congestion pricing solution.

17.     To understand what a successful time of use charging scheme could look like in Auckland, the programme is considering policy settings and an assessment of different scheme design options against the following assessment criteria: network (including public transport alternatives), social impact, economic impact, practical, cost benefit analysis and environmental impact.

18.     While seeking to reduce congestion, it is recognised that those gains need to be considered against wider impacts on the transport network, people and businesses. Informed by the TCQ report and feedback from TIC, the programme recommends the following core policy principles for any proposed scheme to be successful:

i)          Effective: Improve network performance.

ii)         Fair: Minimise and mitigate adverse social impacts and ensure benefits and costs are fairly distributed across users.

iii)        Simple: Be easy to understand and avoid complexity.

iv)        Feasible: Able to be implemented.

19.     The introduction of a time of use charge will result in secondary outcomes. These will be measured but are not factors that will drive how a scheme is designed:

i)          Revenue generation.

ii)         Public transport mode shift.

iii)        Public health through emissions reduction.

20.     Additionally, the current work programme aims to minimise the impact of the following undesirable consequences, while ensuring viable public transport options are available to support the implementation of a scheme:

i)          Diversion impacts i.e., managing traffic created by people avoiding routes that incur charges.

ii)         Community severance i.e., the potential impact on social relationships and cohesiveness created by charging for travel on some roads.

iii)        Major differences in user net costs and benefits, ensuring that road users are getting value for money.

iv)        Exacerbated transport deprivation; to ensure the fair distribution of costs and benefits across all communities. Specifically considering that charges do not further reduce transport options in areas without adequate public transport alternatives.

21.     The programme has identified three broad options and will assess them against these objectives to develop more detailed options that can be discussed further during engagement.

22.     The programme is not seeking to finalise a single option at this stage. Instead, work is focused on understanding the situation and the complexities associated with different scheme designs.

Engagement Activities

23.     An essential part of this process is understanding the expectations of Auckland communities. The programme is currently engaging early with local boards, mana whenua and key stakeholders. The aim is to understand the views of a broad range of stakeholders and communities so that this information can inform the policy design work, the council’s submission to Select Committee and further engagement phases prior to public consultation.

24.     Local boards are encouraged to provide feedback, and a feedback submission form has been included with this report (Attachment A).

25.     Future engagement and consultation activities are to be confirmed through the legislative development process, with the expectation that extensive engagement will be undertaken in the future, including public consultation.

 

 

 

 

 

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

26.     Auckland Transport and Auckland Council both support the outcomes sought by the Auckland Plan 2050, Te-Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Plan and other council climate priorities. 

27.     Impacts to water, air and emissions are expected as secondary outcomes of a time of use charging scheme. These factors will be measured and expanded upon in the development of scheme design options. 

28.     Time of use charging is an ‘enabler’ for climate goals promoting more efficient use of the existing network and encouraging use of less polluting modes of travel.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

29.     This programme is being delivered jointly by AT and AC.

30.     TIC has endorsed in principle a congestion pricing scheme in Auckland and understand the benefits and disbenefits of a scheme, along with the need to have public transport services and projects in place across Auckland on an equitable basis to allow road users to switch to alternative modes where appropriate.

31.     Auckland Council’s Governing Body was involved in developing the Auckland Transport Alignment Plan which studied congestion charging and led to the commissioning of the TCQ report. The Governing Body was also engaged during the development of the TCQ report.

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

Local impacts and local board views

32.     A workshop was held with the Howick Local Board on 8 August 2024 providing an introduction to the work underway. A copy of the presentation and memo is included as Attachment B and Attachment C to this report.

33.     Local board workshops provided an opportunity for the programme to understand local boards’ initial views which included the importance of good public transport options, concerns about impacts on lower socio-economic communities and a desire to see any revenue raised reinvested into transport in Auckland.

34.     This report provides the local board with an opportunity to provide feedback either using the attached feedback form or via a resolution.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

35.     AT and AC are committed to meeting their responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi as well as broader legal obligations to be responsive to Māori.

36.     AT’s Māori Responsiveness Plan outlines its commitment to 19 mana whenua iwi in delivering effective and well-designed transport policy and solutions for Auckland. We also recognise mataawaka and their representative bodies and our desire to foster a relationship with them. This plan is available on the AT website: https://at.govt.nz/about-us/transport-plans-strategies/maori-responsiveness-plan/#about

37.     Using this framework for discussion, AT began engagement with mana whenua via hui in June 2024. This initial engagement will be followed by engagement at ongoing hui at governance and operational levels. Further opportunities for engagement are currently being identified in alignment with programme deliverables.

38.     As the programme progresses, the impact of a time of use charge on Māori will be analysed in increasing detail, providing a full understanding of what these charges will mean for Māori communities in Tāmaki Makaurau.

39.     Māori will be informed and provided with opportunities to engage with the programme so their views can inform the policy and scheme designs.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

40.     Funding for Time of Use Charging has been included in the Regional Land Transport Plan.

41.     Government co-funding is subject to legislation and the National Land Transport Fund.

42.     Further information on financial implications will be provided during future stages of the programme.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

43.     Providing feedback on time use charging currently does not carry any legal or financial risk to the local board.

44.     This process is to seek initial views only. If local boards have concerns about resolving feedback before understanding the views of their community, they may choose to delay providing feedback until formal engagement takes place in 2025.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

45.     The programme will review all feedback from local boards. Feedback will help inform the programme of work prior to reporting to TRIC in December 2024, followed by the Select Committee in 2025.

46.     Further engagement with local boards will be sought as policy settings and scheme design progresses in conjunction with legislation development.

47.     Once legislation is passed in 2025, AT and AC expect to work closely with NZTA to develop a scheme for Auckland. Part of this process will include broad engagement and consultation with local boards, stakeholders and the public.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Time of Use Charging Feedback Form

 

b

Time of Use Charging Workshop Presentation

 

c

Time of Use Charging Workshop Memo

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Ben Stallworthy - Principal Advisor Strategic Relationships, Auckland Transport

Authorisers

Lou-Ann Ballantyne - General Manager Governance and Engagement

John Gillespie - Head Stakeholder/Elected Member Management, Auckland Transport

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Local board views on draft changes to dog policy and bylaw

File No.: CP2024/15720

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To receive the local board views on draft proposed changes to Auckland Council’s policy and bylaw on dogs.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       To enable the local board to provide its views on draft proposed changes to the Auckland Council Kaupapa mo ngā Kurī | Policy on Dogs 2019 (Policy) and Ture a Rohe Tiakina Kurī | Dog Management Bylaw 2019 (Bylaw), staff have prepared a summary in Attachment A.

3.       The changes are in response to a statutory review by the Regulatory and Community Safety Committee and preferred options of an Elected Member Working Group.

4.       Key draft proposed changes are to:

·    set a limit on the number of dogs one person may walk both on-leash and off-leash

·    amend or clarify the dog access rules in 14 regional parks

·    clarify some existing rules in the Policy and Bylaw

·    reorganise and reformat existing Policy content.

5.       Staff recommend the local board provide its views on the draft proposed changes. Taking this approach will help develop a proposal to improve the Policy and Bylaw.

6.       There is a reputational risk that the proposed changes or the local board’s views do not reflect the views of people in their local board area. This risk would be partly mitigated by the opportunity for the local board to provide views on public feedback prior to deliberations.

7.       The Regulatory and Safety Committee will consider the local board views in December and recommend a proposal to the Governing Body. Public consultation on the proposal is scheduled for early 2025, deliberations in June and final Governing Body decision in July.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whakarite / provide feedback on draft proposed changes to the Auckland Council Kaupapa mo ngā Kurī | Policy on Dogs 2019 and Ture a Rohe Tiakina Kurī | Dog Management Bylaw 2019 summarised in Attachment A of the agenda report.

 

Horopaki

Context

Council is required to have and review a policy on dogs and bylaw to implement the policy

8.       The Dog Control Act 1996 requires Auckland Council to have a policy on dogs and a bylaw to give effect to it by specifying rules that dog owners must comply with.

9.       The Auckland Council’s Kaupapa no ngā Kurī / Policy on Dogs 2019 (Policy) and Ture ā Rohe Tiakina Kurī / Dog Management Bylaw 2019 (Bylaw) were originally made in 2012 (GB/2012/157). The Policy was amended, and the Bylaw replaced in 2019 (GB/2019/71).

The Policy and Bylaw aim to keep dogs as a positive part of Aucklanders’ lives

10.     The Policy and Bylaw seek to keep dogs as a positive part of the life of Aucklanders by:

·        focusing on registration, classification, education and information, a balanced approach to dog access in shared spaces and problem response and reduction

·        Animal Management staff using a modern regulator approach to compliance (information, education, enforcement)

·        being part of a wider regulatory framework.[1]

A recent Policy and Bylaw review identified improvements

11.     In June 2024, the Regulatory and Community Safety Committee completed a review of the Policy and Bylaw and requested the development of options for improvements and a proposal on the preferred option (RSCCC/2024/47).

12.     A Joint Working Group[2] provided guidance on the preferred options to enable the development of a proposal for consultation.

13.     A summary of the draft proposed changes is contained in Attachment A of this report.

The local board has an opportunity to provide its views on the draft proposed changes

14.     The local board has an opportunity to provide its views on the draft proposed changes in Attachment A by resolution to the Regulatory and Safety Committee before a final proposal is adopted for public consultation.

15.     For example, the board could support the draft proposed changes for public consultation, recommend changes or defer comment until it has considered public feedback on the proposal.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

The draft proposed changes seek to improve the current Policy and Bylaw

16.     The draft proposed changes seek to improve the current Policy and Bylaw across five topics.

17.     The Table below summarises the key draft proposed changes. Attachment A contains more details, including other options considered by the Working Group.

Proposed key change

Reasons for proposal

·  Set a limit on the number of dogs a person may walk at one time (maximum of six dogs of which no more than three dogs are allowed under control off-leash at any one time)

·   Proportionately addresses evidence of nuisance and distress and provides for the needs of dogs and their owner.

·   Provides consistent guidance to the public which is easy to understand and comply with.

 

Changes to dog access rules at:

·  Auckland Botanic Gardens off-leash area, busy community areas and waterways

·  Te Ārai Regional Park to prohibit dogs from Te Ari Beach South (including Forestry Beach)

·  Hunua Ranges Regional Park to prohibit dogs from connecting roads and tracks, and single-use mountain bike tracks

·  Mahurangi Regional Park to prohibit dogs from Cudlip Point Loop Track and simplify rules to align with operational practices

·  Pākiri Regional Park to prohibit dogs on the associated beach

·  Scott Point (Mahurangi Regional Park) to prohibit dogs from the homestead grounds and change Scott Point and associated beaches time and season rule

·  Shakespear Regional Park to clarify the Army and Okoramai Bays prohibition rules and change the grassland area rule

·  Tāpapakanga Regional Park to clarify lambing season rule

·  Waitawa Regional Park to change off-leash rule to on-leash, the current on-leash on the Eastern end of Mataitai Beach, and the off-leash rule on the eastern end of Mataitai Beach. Prohibit dogs from single use mountain bike tracks, clarify lambing rule

·  Whakanewha Regional Park to allow on-leash dog access on western most tracks

·   Minimises conflicts over space between dogs and people.

·   Prevents environmental damage.

·   Minimises health and safety risks on people or other animals in busy areas (such as popular beaches and mountain bike tracks).

·   Protects ecological areas or endangered wildlife.

·   Makes the rules clearer, consistent, and easier for the public to understand and follow.

·   Updates the rule to reflect change in land-use (such as land no longer used for farming).

·   Provides more practical access to dog access areas.

Clarify dog access rules at six regional parks:

·   Te Ārai Regional Park for access to the quarry off-leash area

·   Long Bay Regional Park for access to the beach

·  Wenderholm Regional Park no change to current dog access

·  Ambury Regional Park, no change to current dog access

·  Muriwai Regional Park, no change to current dog access

·  Tāwharanui Regional Park, no change to current dog access

·   Protects ecological areas or endangered wildlife.

·   Makes the rules clearer, consistent, and easier for the public to understand and follow.

·   Provides more practical access to dog access areas.

Clarify the requirements to neuter menacing dogs, who can provide a menacing dog behavioural assessment and term ‘urban residential’ and align Policy objective statement and methods.

·   Improves certainty by making rules clearer, easy to understand and comply with.

Clarify the shared use of public space access principle and better define ‘public place’, include reference to ‘private ways’, better recognise wildlife in access principles, update and remove outdated information in Schedule 2 for example removing references to Maunga and outdated landmarks, include a statement about compliance, better define the Policy objective and focus areas, clarify the link between Policy methods and Policy schedules.

·   Improves certainty by making rules clearer, easy to understand and comply with.

·   Removes duplicate and out of date information. 

Clarify the application of region-wide dog access rules such as rules for council carparks and camping grounds and rules and exemptions for working dogs and dogs in vehicles, clarify how the Bylaw implements default on-leash rules in the Policy.

·   Improves certainty by making rules clearer, easy to understand and comply with.

Reorganise, reformat, and remove duplicated information in the current Policy.

·   Removes duplicate and out of date information.

·   Easier to read and understand.

 

 

 

Staff recommend the local board consider providing its views on the draft proposal

18.     Staff recommend that the local board consider the draft proposed changes and whether it wishes to provide its views by resolution to the Regulatory and Safety Committee. Taking this approach will help develop a proposal to improve the Policy and Bylaw.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

19.     There are no implications for climate change arising from this decision.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

20.     The draft proposed changes impact the Animal Management, Biodiversity, Regional Operations (Regional Parks) and Natural Environment departments of council. 

21.     Relevant staff input was sought to inform the draft proposed changes, and staff are aware of the impacts of the changes and their implementation role.

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

Local impacts and local board views

22.     The Policy and Bylaw impact local governance and are of high interest (8,028 public submissions received in response to proposed changes in 2019).

23.     Local Board representatives on an Elected Member Working Group in August 2024, helped identify preferred options to inform development of the draft proposed changes.

24.     All local boards held workshops on the draft proposed changes to inform any views in response to this report.

25.     Local boards will have a further opportunity to provide views on any local public feedback to any proposed changes prior to deliberations in June 2025. 

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

26.     The Policy and Bylaw support manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and kaitiakitanga in Houkura | the Independent Māori Statutory Board’s Māori Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau and the Schedule of Issues of Significance by providing regulations that help protect people and the environment from harm caused by dogs.

27.     Feedback by Māori generally aligns with the other feedback received as part of the review. Mana whenua and mataawaka feedback will be sought on any proposed changes as part of the public consultative process.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

28.     There are no financial implications to the local board for any decisions on the draft proposed changes.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

29.     The following risks have been identified:

If…

Then…

Mitigation

… the views of the local board on the draft proposed changes may differ from the views of people in the community.

… there may be negative attention to council regarding the Policy and Bylaw.

(medium reputational risk)

The local board will have an opportunity to consider any public feedback and provide its formal views to a Panel prior to the final decision being made.

 

 

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

30.     Staff will present the local board views and a Statement of Proposal of proposed changes to the Policy and Bylaw to the Regulatory and Safety Committee on 3 December 2024.

31.     Public consultation on the Proposal is scheduled for early 2025, deliberations for June and final Governing Body decision in July 2025.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Summary of the draft proposed changes to the Auckland Council Policy and Bylaw on Dogs

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Kylie Hill - Senior Policy Advisor

Authorisers

Lou-Ann Ballantyne - General Manager – Governance & Engagement

Louise Mason - General Manager Policy

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Proposed amendments to the Biosecurity Act

File No.: CP2024/15771

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To seek feedback from local boards on council’s upcoming submission to central government’s public consultation of Proposed amendments to the Biosecurity Act as facilitated by the Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua (MPI).

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The MPI’s consultation on proposed amendments to the Biosecurity Act (the Act) is open for public submission from 19 September 2024, with a closing date of 29 November 2024.

3.       The main purpose of these proposed amendments is to update and modernise the Act. The consultation package contains more than 70 proposals that span across a range of areas in the biosecurity system. The proposals look to amend the framework and legislative tools within the Act that allow for the biosecurity system to operate effectively and are generally technical in detail.

4.       Local board feedback is due to by 25 October for inclusion in the drafting of the council submission. To strengthen the submission and aid in its clarity, staff will consider and incorporate local board feedback into the draft submission where possible to create a strong and clear voice for the Auckland region. The council’s draft submission will be considered by the Policy and Planning Committee at its 14 November 2024 meeting.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      provide feedback, if desired, to be considered for incorporation into Auckland Council’s submission to the Ministry for Primary Industries on amendments to the Biosecurity Act.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Memo to local board members on proposed amendments to the Biosecurity Act

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Simon Fraser - Senior Analyst NES

Authorisers

Lou-Ann Ballantyne - General Manager – Local Board Services

Louise Mason - General Manager Policy

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Howick Local Board Workshop Records

File No.: CP2024/12265

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       This item attaches the workshop records taken for the period stated below.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       Under Standing Order 12.1 workshop records shall record the names of members attending and a statement summarising the nature of the information received, and nature of matters discussed.  No resolutions are passed, or decisions reached but are solely for the provision of information and discussion.

3.       This report attaches the workshop records for the period stated below.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the workshop records for the workshops held on 12 and 26 September, 3 and 10 October.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board - Howick Local Board Workshop Records - 12 September 2024 Record of Workshop

 

b

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board - Howick Local Board Workshop Records - 26 September Record of Workshop

 

c

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board - Howick Local Board Workshop Records - 3 October 2024 Record of Workshop

 

d

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board - Howick Local Board Workshop Records - 10 October 2024 Record of Workshop

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Claire Bews - Democracy Advisor

Authoriser

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 

 


Howick Local Board

17 October 2024

 

 

Hōtaka Kaupapa | Governance Forward Work Calendar

File No.: CP2024/12268

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To present the Howick Local Board with its updated Hōtaka Kaupapa.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The Hōtaka Kaupapa for the Howick Local Board is in Attachment A. The calendar is updated monthly, reported to meetings and distributed to council staff.

3.       The Hōtaka Kaupapa / governance forward work calendars was introduced in 2016 as part of Auckland Council’s quality advice programme and aim to support local boards’ governance role by:

·   ensuring advice on meeting agendas is driven by local board priorities

·   clarifying what advice is expected and when

·   clarifying the rationale for reports.

 

Ngā tūtohunga                                                                        

Recommendation/s

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the Hōtaka Kaupapa included as Attachment A of the agenda report.

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

17 October 2024, Howick Local Board - Hōtaka Kaupapa | Governance Forward Work Calendar - Copy of the Hōtaka Kaupapa

 

     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Claire Bews - Democracy Advisor

Authoriser

Victoria Villaraza - Local Area Manager

 



[1] For example, the Dog Control Act 1996, Conversation Act 1987, Animal Welfare Act 1999, Animal Welfare (Care and Procedure) Regulations 2018 and Code of Welfare for Dogs.

[2] The group consists of two councillors and local board members, and a Houkura / Independent Māori Statutory Board Member.