Waitākere Ranges Local Board Open Workshop

 

NOTES

 

 

Notes of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Open Workshop held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 13 February 2025 at 10:45 am.

 

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

Deputy Chairperson

Michelle Clayton

 

Members

Mark Allen

 

 

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

Liz Manley

 

 

Linda Potauaine

 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop

13 February 2025

 

 

 

1

Local Board Workshop

 

 

Item 1 – Out and About Activations in Waitakere Ranges FY25/26

10.45am-11.30am

Presenter/s:                  Sunny Karan, Activation Team Member; Farina Hopwood, Activation Advisor - Targeted Communities; Maraea Howe, Activation Advisor - Maori Outcomes; Ruth Montgomerie, Activation Advisor.

 

Summary of Discussions

 

Staff presented the proposed Out and About Activation Programme for 2025 / 2026. This included an overview of the programme and the types of activations that can be delivered.

Break 11.30am-11.45am

Item 2 – Annual Business Improvement District (BID) update to local board

11.45am-12.30pm

Presenter/s:                  Gill Plume, Senior BID Advisor; Claire Siddens, Principal BID Advisor; Alexander Croft, Senior Advisor; Gary Holmes, Glen Eden BID Manager.

 

Summary of Discussions

Business Improvement District staff provided an overview of the Glen Eden Business Association 2024 Annual Plan discussing the BID expansion, Glenmall Place improvements, artwork/murals around the Village Centre, environmental issues, village voice, local promotions, Glen Eden day, networking opportunities, CCTV, security patrols, and market view electronic spending.

Item 3 – Parks and Community Facilities Monthly Update

12.30pm-1.30pm

Presenter/s:                  Greer Clark, Manager Area Operations; Helen Biffin, Work Programme Lead; Brad Congdon, Parks & Places Specialist.

Summary of Discussions

Parks and Community Facilities Staff provided the board with a monthly update for December 2024 and January 2025. Additionally Staff presented the Sandy’s Parade Park Consultation Feedback to the board.

Lunch 1.30pm-2.15pm

CONFIDENTIAL Item 4 – Project Twins Streams Update

2.15pm-3.00pm

This workshop was being held with the public excluded (confidential), in particular the workshop material contains disclosure of commercially sensitive information. This relates to s7(2)(b)(ii), the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

 Item 5 – Draft Parks & Community Facility FY25/26 to FY27/28 work programme

3.00pm-4.00pm

Presenter/s:                Greer Clark, Manager Area Operations; Helen Biffin, Work Programme Lead.

 

Summary of Discussions

Parks and Community Facilities staff received feedback on the Draft Parks & Community Facility 2025/2026 to 2027/208 work programme as well as direction on Park development priorities.

Attachments

a     Activation Programme 2025/2026 Presentation

b     Out and About Activations in Waitakere Ranges 2025/2026 financial year Memorandum

c     Manurewa Local Board 2024/2025 financial year activation schedule

d     Glen Eden Business Association Report to Waitākere Ranges Local Board

e     Sandys Parade park development consultation feedback

f     Community Facilites Monthly Report Waitākere Ranges December 2024 January 2025

g    WRLB - Draft P&CF Capex work programmes FY26-FY28 Presentation

h     Draft Waitakere Ranges LB P&CF Capex work programme

 

 

 

The workshop concluded at 4.10 pm.