Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:	Thursday, 28 November 2024 9:30 am Lopdell House, Seminar Room, 418 Titirangi Road, Titirangi
Waitākere Ranges Local Board Open Workshop AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Greg Presland
Deputy Chairperson	Michelle Clayton
Members	Mark Allen
	Sandra Coney, QSO
	Liz Manley
	Linda Potauaine

Salif Sidibe

Democracy Advisor

20 November 2024

Contact Telephone: 0276670186

Email: salif.sidibe@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Karakia

Kia hora te Marino

May the peace be widespread

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana

May the sea be like greenstone

Hei huarahi mā tatou I te rangi nei

A pathway for us all this day

Aroha atu aroha mai

Let us show respect for each other

Tātou ia tatou katoa

For one another

Hui e taikie!

Bind us all together!

Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop 28 November 2024

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2024/18418

Note 1:       This workshop has been called by the chairperson in consultation with the staff.

Note 2:       No working party/workshop may reach any decision or adopt any resolution unless specifically delegated to do so.

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To present the Waitākere Ranges Local Board workshop agenda for 28 November 2024.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.     Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person.

3.       Some sessions may not be open to the public. The staff / chairperson and deputy chairperson decide which sessions are open to the public, depending on the sensitivity of the information being discussed. If a session is not open, a reason will be provided below.

4.       Local Board workshops provide an opportunity for local boards to carry out their governance role in the following areas:

a)   Accountability to the public

b)   Engagement

c)   Input to regional decision-making

d)   Keeping informed

e)   Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

f)    Oversight and monitoring

g)   Setting direction / priorities / budget.

5.       Workshops do not have decision-making authority.

6.       Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.

7.       Members are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

8.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

Item 1 – Lopdell Trust

9.30am-10.00am

Presenter/s:                  Terry Bates, Chairperson; Tim Livingstone, Deputy Chair; Emmy Seccombe, Trust's Executive Officer; Craig Bodmin; Trust Member; Jeff Wells; Trust Member.

Purpose:                       For Lopdell Trust to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Item 2 – McCahon House Trust

10.00am-10.30am

Presenter/s:                  Jude Chambers, Director, McCahon House Museum and Artists' Residency; Simran Saseve-Dale, Engagement Manager.

Purpose:                       For the McCahon House Trust to their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Item 3 – Te Uru Contemporary Gallery

10.30am-11.30am

Presenter/s:                  AD Schierning, Director; Alison Booth, Chairperson; Emmy Seccombe, Business Services Manager.

Purpose:                       For Te Uru Contemproary Gallery to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and looking ahead to the new financial year. 

Break 11.30am-11.45am

Item 4 – Titirangi Community Arts Council (The Upstairs Gallery)

11.45am-12.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Carlos Toalii, Manager and Curator; Tatiana Harper, Manager and Curator; John Scott, Chair.

Purpose:                       For the Titirangi Community Arts Council (The Upstairs Gallery) to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Lunch 12.15pm-1.00pm

Item 5 – Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre

1.00pm-1.30pm

Presenter/s:                  Alan Burrows, Chair; Cherilyn-Rose Doherty, Theatre Manager.

Purpose:                       For the Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Item 6 – Open Studios

1.30pm-2.00pm

Presenter/s:                  Renee Tanner, Event Manager

Purpose:                       For Open Studios to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Break 2.00pm-2.10pm

Item 7 – Going West Trust

2.10pm-2.40pm

Presenter/s:                  Naomi McCleary, Project Manager, Strategy; Tracey Sharp, Project Manager, Shadbolt House Development

Purpose:                       For the Going West Trust to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.

Item 8 – West Coast Gallery (West Coast Community Arts Trust)

2.40pm-3.10pm

Presenter/s:                  Glenys Scott, Board Chair; Dani Donald, Coordinator

Purpose:                       For the West Coast Galley to discuss their highlights and challenges of the past 18 months, alongside snapshots of their current position, and to look ahead to the new financial year.