Rodney Local Board Workshop

Open Notes

Notes of a workshop of the Rodney Local Board held in the Kumeū Meeting Room, 296 Main Road, Kumeū on Wednesday, 6 November 2024 at 10am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Brent Bailey
Deputy Chairperson	Louise Johnston
Members	Michelle Carmichael
	Mark Dennis
	Tim Holdgate
	Colin Smith
	Geoff Upson
	Ivan Wagstaff
	Guy Wishart

Rodney Local Board Workshop 06 November 2024

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

2          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.

There were no declarations of interest.

3	Local board workshop

NON-PUBLIC Item 1 – 10am

Future of residential assets

This workshop item is non-public as it contains sensitive information

Item 2 – 10.15am

Parks and Community Facilities update

Presenters:                              Geoff Pitman – Area Operations Manager

                                                Genevieve McGirr – Work Programme Lead

                                                Sophie Heusel – Parks Project Specialist

Governance role:                    Oversight and Monitoring      

Summary of discussions

Staff were in attendance to provide an update on Parks and Community Facilities projects in Rodney and an update on planned accessibility assessments for four parks in the local board area

Item 3 – 10.45am

Creative Rodney East

Presenters:                              Xanthe Jujnovich – Place and Partner Specialist

                                                Reneé Tanner – Community Arts Coordinator

Governance role:                    Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Ms Jujnovich and Ms Tanner were in attendance to provide an overview of the arts coordinator role and projects to be funded

Item 4 – 11.15am

Watercare update

Presenters:                              Ben Halliwell – Elected Member Relationship Manager

Governance role:                    Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Mr Halliwell was in attendance to provide a mid-term update and overview of the Watercare engagement plan for Rodney

Item 5– 11.45am

Enhancing shorebird protection

Presenters:                              Kiri Le Heron – Team Leader Service and Asset Planning

                                                Anthony Lewis – Specialist Technical Statutory Technical Advisor

                                                Megan Young – Senior Conservation Advisor

                                                Andrew Nelson – Team Manager

                                                Geoff Pitman – Area Operations Manager

Governance role:                    Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Staff were in attendance to provide an update on enhancing shorebird protection at Omaha Beach Reserve

Item 6 – 1.15pm

Rodney Emergency Readiness and Response Plan

Presenters:                              Glenn Browne – Senior Community Readiness Advisor

                                                John Cranfield – Head of Operations

Governance role:                    Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Mr Browne and Mr Cranfield were in attendance to provide an update on the Rodney Emergency Readiness and Response Plan

NON-PUBLIC Item 7 – 2pm

Local Board Annual Planning

This workshop is non-public as to allow free and frank discussion

The workshop finished at 3.05pm