Manurewa Local Board Workshop

 

OPEN NOTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Manurewa Local Board Workshop  held in the Manurewa Local Board Office, 7 Hill Road, Manurewa and Microsoft Teams on Thursday, 14 November 2024 at 1:45 pm.

 

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

 

Chairperson

Matt Winiata

 

Deputy Chairperson

Glenn Murphy

 

Members

Joseph Allan

 

 

Heather Andrew

 

 

Angela Cunningham-Marino

 

 

Andrew Lesa

From 3.01pm, Via Microsoft Teams

 

Rangi McLean

 

 

 


Manurewa Local Board Workshop

14 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.

 

 

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Local Board Workshop

Item 1 – 1.45-2.11pm

Local Board Accommodation Update

Presenter/s:                  Paul Pua

(Business Operations Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Lou-Ann Ballantyne

(General Manager, Governance and Engagement)

Rod Aitken

(Head of Corporate Property, Corporate Support Services)

Alana McClintock

(Senior Business Operations Lead, Governance and Engagement)

Kristy Barry

(Worksmart Change Manager, Corporate Support Services)

 

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget

 

Summary of Discussions

The board and staff discussed the current state of the Local Board Accommodation programme and possible future changes to the local board space.

·       The Chair gave the feedback that future local board accommodation should still be local to the community so that is easily accessible. This was supported by other board members.

·       Staff need to come back with an options analysis including indicative costs, for accommodation options.

·       The Chair suggested that a shared community space where the local board is based would be ideal as this would provide the community with access to bookable spaces as well as strengthening the local board’s connectivity with the community.

·       Staff advised that the funding available is specifically for a local board office and doesn’t include catering for a community hub/community leased space.

 

Item 2 – 2.22-2.46pm

Auckland Transport Monthly Update

Presenter/s:                 Peter Naber

 (Elected Member Relationship Partner, Auckland Transport)

                                     

Governance role:        Oversight and monitoring  

Summary of Discussions

Auckland Transport staff provided their regular monthly update to the local board.

 

For full details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of the document.

Item 3 – 2.46-3.30pm

Dennis Ave Speed Calming Project

Presenter/s:                  Peter Naber

(Elected Member Relationship Partner, Auckland Transport)

Gurjant Singh

(Project Manager, Auckland Transport)

 

Governance role:          Oversight and Monitoring

 

Summary of Discussions

·       The Chair voiced that Great South Road has speed calming measures (speed cushions) despite being a main route for public transport.

·       Chair stated that consistency should be applied across AT projects.

·       A board member raised concern that the recommended option of the traffic island does not slow down traffic.

·       The board gave feedback that there was a need for a speed calming measure close to the bend.

·       AT is cautious not to redirect traffic to other streets if speed calming measures are extreme.

·       The board requires further options to be provided by AT as they are not currently satisfied with the proposed solution.

For full details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of the document.

Break

Item 4 – 3.42-5.03pm

Local Board Annual Planning Workshop 3 – Recap Annual Budget regional topics Annual Budget Input

Presenter/s:                  Claire Abbot

(Local Board Advisor, Governance and Engagement)

Hao Chen

(Manager Local Board Financial Advisory, Financial Advisory)

 

Governance role:          Setting direction / priorities / budget

 

Summary of Discussions

Staff provided a recap on Annual Budget regional topics and the local board provided input prior to providing formal input at their 21 November Business Meeting.

Key points of discussion were:

·       Funding major events, destination marketing and visitor attraction – including how major events are a part of Auckland’s identity

·       Council-Controlled Organisation Reform – the benefits and negatives of in-house versus out of house delivery and strategy

·       3% increase to the overall waste management targeted rate – including what the impact to households in Manurewa would be

·       Animal management fees: increase dog adoption fee from $350 to $450 – the potential risks of increasing the dog adoption fee.

The local board were particularly concerned with the proposed increase to the dog adoption fees, given the number and seriousness of incidents of roaming dogs in Manurewa. The board is concerned that raising the adoption fee will present a disincentive to adopting dogs.

Chair asked how waste management has such a large budget, whereas animal management and other departments are struggling for budget.

For full details of this discussion please refer to the link at the bottom of the document.

 

Thursday 14 November 2024 Recording of Manurewa Local Board workshop https://youtu.be/R-rW60a0-Tg

 

5.03 pm