Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop

OPEN NOTES

Notes of a meeting of the Hibiscus and  Bays Local Board Workshop held at the Ground Floor – Hawiti Building, 6-8 Munroe Lane, Albany on Tuesday 3 December 2024 at 10.00am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Alexis Poppelbaum, JP
Deputy Chairperson	Gary Brown
Members	Jake Law
	Sam Mills, JP
	Julia Parfitt, JP
	Victoria Short
	Gregg Walden
	Leanne Willis

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop 03 December 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

Item 1 – 10.00am NON-PUBLIC

Proposed Land Acquisitions for Open Space

Item 2 – 10.30am

Parks and Community Facilities update – Stanmore Bay Park playground renewal

Presenters:                   Sandra May – Area Operations Manager

                                      Travis Committie – Programme Manager (FF Contracts)

                                      Prakash Thakur – Work Programme Lead

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Sandra May, Travis Committie and Prakash Thakur were in attendance to present the consultation results, review the concept design and discuss next steps for the playground renewal at Stanmore Bay Park.

Item 3 – 11.00am

Resilience and Infrastructure update - Trash Free Taiaotea

Presenter:                     Nicola Strawbridge – Senior Community Project Advisor, Waste Solutions

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Nicola Strawbridge was in attendance to update the local board on the Trash Free Taiaotea programme for Quarter One.

11.30am – Break

Item 4 – 12.00pm

Auckland Transport - Vaughans Road

Presenters:                   Antony Hing – Principal Transportation Engineer

                                      Pragati Vasisht – Team Leader, Traffic Engineering North/West

                                      Beth Houlbrooke – Elected Member Relationship Partner

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Auckland Transport staff were in attendance to discuss and seek feedback on the proposed plan to improve safety at Vaughans Road.

Item 5 – 12.30pm

Auckland Transport – Manly Crossing (956 Whangaparāoa Road, Manly)

Presenters:                   Vukasin Sibinovski – Project Manager

                                      Martha Arifin – Principal Project Manager

                                      Jason Wu – Transportation Engineer

                                      Beth Houlbrooke – Elected Member Relationship Partner

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Auckland Transport staff were in attendance to provide an update on the Manly crossing LBTCF project and seek feedback on the proposed options.

Item 6 – 1.00pm

Auckland Transport – Forward Works Programme / LBTCF priorities

Presenters:                   Sila Auvaa – Programme Manager

                                      Raman Singh – Senior Transportation Engineer

                                      Ben Stallworthy – Principal Advisor Stakeholder Relationships

                                      Beth Houlbrooke – Elected Member Relationship Partner

Governance role:          Keeping informed

Summary of discussions

Auckland Transport staff were in attendance to recap and provide an update on previously resolved projects and discuss potential new projects. 

The workshop finished at 2.03 pm.