I hereby give notice that an ordinary
meeting of the Disability Advisory Panel will be held on:
|
Date:
Time:
Meeting Room:
Venue:
|
Monday, 3
March 2025
12.00pm
Room 1, Level
26
Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House
135 Albert Street
Auckland
|
|
Ngā Hui a te Rōpū
Kaitohutohu Take Hunga Hauā / Disability Advisory Panel
OPEN AGENDA
|
MEMBERSHIP
|
Co-Chairperson
|
Martine Abel-Williamson
|
|
|
Co-Chairperson
|
Barry de Geest
|
|
|
Members
|
Ryan dos Santos Meechan
|
|
|
|
Amy Hogan
|
|
|
|
Aine Kelly-Costello
|
|
|
|
Lavinia Lovo
|
|
|
|
Gerard Martin
|
|
|
|
Lorraine McQuigg
|
|
|
|
Chris Orr
|
|
(Quorum 5 members)
|
|
|
Lexy Turner
Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
24 February 2025
Contact Telephone: +64 27 246 4789
Email: lexy.turner@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
|
TERMS OF REFERENCE
(Excerpt – full terms of
reference available as a separate document)
The terms of reference set out the purpose, role and protocols of
all Auckland Council demographic advisory panels. Panel members abide by the
Code of Conduct for members of Auckland Council advisory panels.
Purpose
As one of council’s engagement
mechanisms with diverse communities, the demographic advisory panels provide
advice to the governing body and council staff within the remit of the Auckland
Plan on the following areas:
·
Auckland
Council’s regional policies, plans and strategies
· regional and strategic matters including
those that Council-Controlled Organisations deal with
· any matter of particular interest or
concern to diverse communities.
Outcomes
The panel’s advice will contribute to improving the outcomes
of diverse communities and social cohesion as set out in the Auckland Plan. The
panels will advise through their agreed strategic agenda and detailed work
programme.
Strategic agenda and work programme
The panel must develop a work programme and
set a strategic agenda for the term. The agendas should be focused and
integrated across the panels for collaborative input into shared agendas,
particularly in relation to the Auckland Plan, the Long-term Plan and regional
policies. The panels should advise on council’s operational and
organisational strategies relevant to diverse communities.
The panels may also consider whether they
wish to choose, shape and support a project they feel passionate about as part
of their work programme.
The governing body and council staff should work with the panels for
the development of their strategic agendas and work programme. The Planning,
Environment and Parks Committee will approve the panel’s work programme
and any subsequent major changes to it.
Submissions
The panel cannot make formal submissions to
Auckland Council on council strategies, policies and plans, for example, the
annual plan. However, the panel may be asked for informal feedback during a
consultative process.
In its advisory role to the council, the
panels may have input to submissions made by the council to external
organisations but do not make independent submissions, except as agreed with
the council.
This does not prevent individual members being party to submissions
outside their role as panel members.
Review
The form and functioning of the panels may
be reviewed prior to or after, the end of the panel’s term in September
2025.
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies 5
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest 5
3 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes 5
4 Other Business 5
5 Whanaungatanga,
Co-Chairs Updates, and Panel Activities 7
6 Disability
Advisory Panel representative 9
7 Liaison
Councillor Update 11
8 Report Back,
Elections Working Group 13
9 Annual Plan 15
10 Eke Panuku Development
Auckland Update 17
11 Room to Move i te
Pokapū Tāone, developing our City Centre Parking Management Plan 19
12 Rental Micromobility in
Tāmaki Makaurau 23
13 Report - Disability
Community Hui on Planning for Emergencies 25
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | 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.
3 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation
of Minutes
|
That the
Disability Advisory Panel:
a)
whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of
its meeting, held on Monday, 30 September 2024, including the confidential
section, as a true and correct record.
|
4 Other
Business
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Whanaungatanga,
Co-Chairs Updates, and Panel Activities
File No.: CP2025/01775
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide the panel with an opportunity to continue information sharing and
relationship building.
2. To support the Disability Advisory Panel in discussing activities
its members have been engaged in since the previous meeting which do not appear
as standalone agenda items.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
3. Panel
members are encouraged to speak to activities its members have
been engaged in since the previous meeting which do not appear as standalone
agenda items, and other individual activities to the panel.
4. Meetings
of the Elections Working Group, as well as the Disability Community Hui on
Emergency Preparedness, are standalone items in the agenda for discussion.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) whiwhi / receive
advisory panel co-chair and member updates.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authoriser
|
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Disability
Advisory Panel representative
File No.: CP2025/02490
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To appoint a Disability Advisory Panel representative to liaise with
Council's policy team on an upcoming climate adaptation project.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Council's policy team has requested the assistance of the Disability
Advisory Panel as they work towards a climate adaptation pilot relevant to the
disability community.
3. It is recommended the panel appoint its climate portfolio lead to
represent the panel for this mahi, expected to be approximately 10 hours for
the remainder of the term.
4. The panel will receive updates in the same way it receives report
back from the Elections working group and be able to ask questions and provide
feedback.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) kopou /
appoint a representative as liaison with Council's policy
team.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for this
report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authoriser
|
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Liaison
Councillor Update
File No.: CP2025/01776
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide an opportunity for the Disability Advisory Panel Liaison Councillor,
Councillor Sharon Stewart, to update the panel on any recent Council and
Governing Body business that may be of interest.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. To
update the panel on recent Governing Body decisions or Council activity that
may be of interest.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the Liaison Councillor’s update.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authoriser
|
Jonathan Benge – Disability Advisory Panel Co-Lead
Officer
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Report Back,
Elections Working Group
File No.: CP2025/01780
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. For
representatives of the Disability Advisory Panel on the cross-panel Elections
Working Group to report back to the panel on activity of interest and receive
any feedback.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
Auckland Council Elections team hold monthly meetings with the demographic
advisory cross-panel Elections Working Group with the aim of ensuring the team
has access to regular, timely advice from the panels on the Elections programme
through the lens of Auckland’s diverse communities.
3. Each
demographic advisory panel has representatives on the working group who
contribute to these meetings. Disability Advisory Panel member Gerard Martin is
Chair of the Working Group, and Co-Chair Martine Abel-Williamson is the other
panel representative.
4. This
item provides an opportunity for members of the panel to report back on
activity covered in the Elections Working Group meetings, and to seek feedback
and input from the panel.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the update from the panel representatives on the
cross-panel Elections working group and provide any additional thoughts and
feedback to the panel reps.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authoriser
|
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Annual Plan
File No.: CP2025/02402
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To give the Disability Advisory Panel an opportunity to discuss the
draft Annual Plan for 2025-2026 and to ask questions of the finance team
members responsible for the Plan. This is ahead of an opportunity to give
feedback to the Governing Body in April 2025.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Council
publishes a new long-term plan every three years. In all other years, we
publish an annual plan.
3. The Annual Plan sets out what the council seeks to achieve in
a financial year, the services we will provide, how much money will be spent
and where that money will come from.
4. Auckland Council’s Annual Plan 2025/2026 public consultation
will get underway in February 2025 with the plan to take effect on 1 July 2025.
5. The annual plan also includes a local board agreement for each of
our 21 local boards.
6. The
proposed Annual Plan 2025/2026 focuses on delivering year two of our Long-term
Plan (LTP) 2024-2034.
7. It
progresses delivery of the financial and physical resilience committed to in
the LTP, with a view to building “a more efficient council focussed on
value for money for Aucklanders”.
8. While
there aren’t any big issues or challenges raised in this plan, elected
members are interested in the panel’s views on the proposal as Council
delivers on the vision of our long-term plan.
9. The
proposed annual plan:
i) Delivers
key programmes across seven areas of Investment: Transport, Water, Built
environment, Natural environment, Community, Economic and cultural development
and Well-managed local government.
ii) Delivers
$4.0 billion of capital expenditure for the 2025/2026 financial year; investing
in assets such as roads, pipes and transport infrastructure to provide further
services to Aucklanders and build a more resilient region.
iii) Implements
fairer funding for local boards with a view to enabling local boards to better
respond to the needs of their communities.
iv) Sets
an overall rates increase of 5.80 per cent for the average value residential
property for 2025/2026, or around $223 a year ($4.29 a week).
10. The panel may
also wish to comment on a bed night visitor levy that would be paid by visitors
who stay in short-stay commercial accommodation – like hotels, motels and
bnbs – to fund major events and destination management and marketing
activity.
11. Members of
the finance team will take the panel through the attached presentation with an
opportunity for the panel to ask questions and consider any aspects of the plan
it may wish to comment on specifically the overall plan, rates increases,
destination marketing, local board priorities, and the bed night visitor levy.
12. There is an
opportunity on 30 April to appear before the Budget Committee, a Committee of
the Whole (Mayor and Councillors), to provide feedback on the draft Annual Plan
and any other insights the Disability Advisory Panel may wish to provide.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) tono / request
that the panel discuss the draft Annual Plan, ask questions of the Finance
team, and consider any aspects it might wish to comment on in April 2025.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
|
No.
|
Title
|
Page
|
|
a⇨
|
Annual Plan 2025-2026 Disability Advisory Panel
presentation
|
|
|
b⇨
|
Annual Plan - Consultation Document
|
|
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Authoriser
|
Jonathan Benge – Disability Advisory Panel
Co-Lead Officer
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Eke Panuku
Development Auckland Update
File No.: CP2025/02352
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide the Disability Advisory Panel with an update on work about
accessibility of the Karanga Plaza Harbour Pool.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Gyles
Bendall, GM, Design and Place, Eke Panuku will attend and provide an update on
work to progress accessibility options since the opening of the Karanga Plaza
Harbour Pool.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) whiwhi /
receive the verbal update from Eke Panuku staff.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authoriser
|
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Room to Move
i te Pokapū Tāone, developing our City Centre Parking Management Plan
File No.: CP2025/02315
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
seek feedback and support from the Disability Advisory Panel (DAP) on public
consultation of the Draft Room to Move i te Pokapū Tāone - the Draft
City Centre Parking Management Plan, noting that Auckland Transport (AT) will
provide a report after consultation to outline changes and outcomes.
2. We are requesting that information (about the public consultation)
is shared with relevant networks, so that they can participate by providing
feedback.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
3. Following adoption of Room
to Move: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Parking Strategy, Auckland
Transport, working with Council partners and key stakeholders, have
developed a draft action plan to deliver the strategy in the City Centre. We
now want to engage the public on this draft Room to Move in the City Centre action
plan.
4. The
City Centre is a key pou (pillar) of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and it has
a critical role in the region’s transport networks. It is vital that
roads and streets, being valuable and limited public resources, are run
effectively and efficiently to support access, connection and opportunities.
The City Centre is always changing, and the roads and streets need to change
along with it.
5. Kerbside
space is a key sub-section of the broader transport system. It needs to be
managed well to support the function and goals of the transport system. Room
to Move: Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Parking Strategy
outlines the guiding policies and principles on how kerbside space and public
parking should be used across the region.
6. The
draft Room to Move in the City Centre is a ten-year plan that develops
these policies into confirmed actions. It is a comprehensive
review to ensure these kerbside spaces meet Aucklanders needs today, while
considering how to accommodate our communities’ and access needs and
support delivery of the City Centre Masterplan into the future.
7. Room to Move in the City Centre is
focused on ensuring that kerbside space and off-street parking areas are
allocated to the most beneficial activities, and are utilised in safe and
efficient ways, that:
· Support
Auckland’s strategic direction for transport and the City Centre.
· Support
local businesses and residents.
· Benefit
the wider community.
8. A
primary focus of the joint Auckland Transport and Eke Panuku broader programme,
is to ensure that Room to Move in the City Centre is seamlessly
integrated with wider regeneration efforts, promoting both enhanced mobility
and improved urban liveability. This initiative plays a vital role in
supporting current access and operations in the City Centre, as well as the
long-term vision for a dynamic, accessible, and sustainable City Centre.
9. To
date, this plan has been developed through:
· data
collection and analysis (seeing how kerbside space is used, by time of day),
· significant
insight from partners and stakeholders, to hear valuable views, issues and
opportunities, and
· proposed
responses to the issues and opportunities, by way of change proposals to
kerbsides and broader recommendations around continued operational
improvements.
10. The key
components of the draft Room to Move in the City Centre plan are:
· A
series of change proposals for kerbsides. These are split into short-term or
‘quick-win’ actions (e.g. traffic control, line-marking and signage
changes), which we aim to implement before the City Rail Link opens; with more
complex changes (e.g. small-scale engineering improvements) following soon
after. Longer-term (post 2028) proposals are generally larger-scale initiatives
that may not yet have confirmed funding and will need further investigation and
design work.
· Broader
recommendations around parking system operational improvements, communications,
technology and planning for offstreet parking and initiatives for further
investigation and development.
11. We have engaged early with a wide range of partners and stakeholders
(over 30 interest groups), to gain valuable ‘on the ground’ insight
and incorporate their perspectives into the plan. Key themes beyond allocation
of space included the importance of parking compliance, the need to progress
towards the vision for the City Centre, the need for more dynamic use of
kerbside space, and the need for more loading space (for goods and people).
12. Parking
and kerbsides are limited spaces, and there are many people (with different
ideas and views), meaning it will be a challenge to gain an agreed view on how
the space should be used. Our public engagement material will set out the
challenges facing the transport system, the plans, strategies and objectives
which are guiding our work, and explain the ‘why’ for this project
– together with the rationale for the proposed changes.
13. We
anticipate more focused interest in short-term. Public consultation is being
sought by:
· Seeking
views from the community on how kerbside and parking resources should
facilitate access and contribute to the community,
· sharing
and asking for feedback on the draft proposals/plans, and
· engaging
more specifically with adjacent landowners, businesses and stakeholders on
change proposals in the immediate vicinity.
14. Specifically,
AT expect that the Disability Advisory Panel may have particular interest in
the topic of ‘Taxi, Uber, pick-up/drop-off and mobility parking’,
and pose the questions:
· Have
we acknowledged all the key issues for City Centre parking management?
· Have
we have missed anything in our proposed responses; any opportunities to make
improvements?
· Are
there are any further locations of specific concern?
· Any
other suggestions.
15. Public
consultation starts from the 26th February, allowing for all
Aucklanders to contribute to the plan, and will help ensure what we deliver is
right for the city. We invite you to promote the public consultation through
your network and channels.
16. Once we have
incorporated public consultation feedback into the plan, we will provide a
report to DAP to set out the feedback received, and how AT have responded to
it.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendations
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) arotake
/ review Room to Move i te Pokapū Tāone - City Centre Parking
Management Plan.
b) tuku /
provide feedback where appropriate into Room to Move i te Pokapū
Tāone - City Centre Parking Management Plan.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
|
No.
|
Title
|
Page
|
|
a⇨
|
Room to Move: City Centre Parking Management Plan -
presentation.
|
|
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Claire Covacich – Principal Transport Planner,
Auckland Transport
|
|
Authorisers
|
Jonathan Benge - Disability Advisory Panel Co-Lead
Officer
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Rental
Micromobility in Tāmaki Makaurau
File No.: CP2025/01466
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide the Disability Advisory Panel an update on rental micromobility in
Tāmaki Makaurau.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Rental
micromobility has been operating in Tāmaki Makaurau since 2018.
3. Rental micromobility is licensed under the Auckland Council Public
Trading, Events and Filming Bylaw 2022 and Auckland Transport’s
Activities in the Road Corridor Bylaw 2022 (the bylaws). The
licensee’s must also comply with the Rental Micromobility Code of
Practice, which is a condition of their licence.
4. Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transit Agency (NZTA) are the responsible
authority for regulating matters such as where the devices can be ridden, speed
limits, and helmet use.
5. The E-scooters (Declaration Not to be Motor Vehicles) Notice 2023
provides the definition of what can be classed as a non-motor vehicle
electric scooter, i.e. does not require registration etc., and its maximum
power output of 300 Watts.
6. We understand that Waka Kotahi NZTA are currently reviewing the
existing regulations.
7. Within this
framework, Auckland Council has worked to continuously improve its rental
micromobility Code of Practice and the management of e-scooters. Some of these
measures include geofencing which includes lower speed zones and no-go zones by
agreement with the operators.
8. Privately owned
e-scooters are not subject to the bylaws or Code of Practice.
9. In
November 2024, two e-scooter operators were issued licences for a two-year
period: Flamingo and Lime.
10. The Auckland Council staff who oversee
the licensing and monitoring of rental micromobility and representatives from
Flamingo and Lime will attend the meeting to hear from the panel, provide an
update on the most recent licensing process, including a short overview of our
work in this space.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendations
That the Disability Advisory
Panel:
a) tuhi
tīpoka / note the discussion.
b) tono
/ request that the panel identify opportunities to work with council and the
rental micromobility operators to improve rental micromobility in Auckland.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
|
No.
|
Title
|
Page
|
|
a⇨
|
Rental Micromobility Code of Practice v4 - Auckland Council
|
|
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Veronica Lee-Thompson – Principal Specialist,
Licensing and Environmental Health
|
|
Authorisers
|
Mervyn Chetty - Manager Licensing and Environmental
Health
Jonathan Benge -Disability Advisory Panel Co-Lead
Officer
|
|
Disability Advisory Panel
03 March 2025
|
|
Report -
Disability Community Hui on Planning for Emergencies
File No.: CP2025/01785
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide an opportunity for the Disability Advisory Panel to discuss and endorse
the Draft Disability Community Hui on Emergency Preparedness Report.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. On
13 November 2024 the Disability Advisory Panel hosted a community engagement
event Disability Community Hui on Planning for Emergencies at
Freeman’s Bay Community Centre.
3. The
event which included presentations, panel discussions and group activities was
attended by approximately 80 participants, including staff and panel members.
4. This
item provides an opportunity for panel members to discuss and endorse the Draft
Disability Community Hui on Emergency Preparedness Report.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendations
That the Disability Advisory Panel:
a) whiwhi /
receive the report.
b) ohia /
endorse the report.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
|
No.
|
Title
|
Page
|
|
a⇨
|
DAP - Community Engagement Emergency Planning Hui
Report
|
|
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Milly Athy-Timmins - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere /
Governance Advisor
|
|
Authorisers
|
Jonathan Benge - Disability Advisory Panel Co-Lead
Officer
Victoria Wicks-Brown - Principal Advisor Panels
|