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 18 February 2025 at 10:00 am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Alexis Poppelbaum, JP
Deputy Chairperson	Gary Brown (via electronic link)
Members	Jake Law
	Sam Mills, JP
	Julia Parfitt, JP
	Victoria Short
	Gregg Walden (until 11.27 am then rejoined via electronic link at 12.58 pm)
	Leanne Willis

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop 18 February 2025

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

Session 1 – 10.00 am

Community Wellbeing work programme update – Quarter Two 2024/2025

Presenters:                   Marilyn Kelly – Community Broker

                                      Natasha Hallam – Library Manager, East Coast Bays Library

                                      Eileen Sione – Library Manager, Whangaparāoa Library

                                      Jamie Adkins – Place and Partner Specialist

                                      Xanthe Jujnovich – Place and Partner Specialist

Summary of discussions

Community Delivery staff were in attendance to provide an update on the work programme for Quarter Two.

Session 2 – 10.30 am

Economic and Business Grant Round Two

Presenter:                     Alexis Poppelbaum – chairperson

Summary of discussions

Chairperson A Poppelbaum was in attendance to explain the Economic and Business Grant criteria.

Session 3 – 11.00 am

Note: an additional presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official notes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a notes attachment.

Annual BID update

Presenters:                   Hellen Wilkins – Destination Ōrewa Beach

                                      Tasha Gummer – Silverdale Business

                                      Kim Murdoch – Browns Bay Business Association

                                      Sally Cargill – Mairangi Bay Business Association

                                      Steve Piner – Torbay Business Association

                                      Dr Marewa Glover – Torbay Business Association

Summary of discussions

The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Business Improvement Districts were in attendance to provide their annual compliance reporting.

Attachments

a     18 February 2025, Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop - Session 3: Annual BID update, Torbay Business Association, presentation

The workshop finished at 2.25 pm.