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Howick Local Board Workshop
06 March 2025
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Date:
Time:
Meeting Room:
Venue:
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Thursday, 6
March 2025
10:00 am
Howick Local
Board Meeting Room
Library Complex
7 Aylesbury Street
Pakuranga
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Howick Local Board Workshop
OPEN AGENDA
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MEMBERSHIP
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Chairperson
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Damian Light
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Deputy Chairperson
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Bo Burns
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Members
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Katrina Bungard
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David Collings
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Bruce Kendall
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John Spiller
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Mike Turinsky
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Adele White, JP
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Peter Young, JP
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Claire Bews
Democracy Advisor
28 February 2025
Contact Telephone: 021 540 216
Email: claire.bews@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Email Howicklocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
for a link to join the workshop online
ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies 2
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest 2
3 Local Board
Workshop 3
Agenda Items
1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies
At the close of
the agenda no apologies had been received.
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.
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Howick Local Board Workshop
06 March 2025
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Local Board
Workshop
File No.: CP2025/00301
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 Howick Local Board workshop agenda for 6 March 2025.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Most
workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person or online.
3. Some
sessions may not be open to the public. The staff / 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. Email Howicklocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
for a link to join the workshop online.
5. 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.
6. Workshops
do not have decision-making authority.
7. Workshops
are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions
and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.
8. Members
are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to
conflicts of interest and confidentiality.
9. The
following will be covered in the workshop:
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Session
1 – 10.00am – 11.00am
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Note: At this point in proceedings, the workshop will close to the
public for the following
reasons:
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CONFIDENTIAL
WORKSHOP ITEM: Howick
Local Board Grants Review
This part of the workshop is being held with
the public excluded (confidential) as the workshop material contains some
sensitive information
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Note: At this point in proceedings the workshop
will reopen
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Session
2 – 11.00am – 12.00pm
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Eastern Busway Update
Presenter/s: Siân Pritchard, Alliance Customer & Community Team Manager
Andy
Gibbard, EBA Construction Manager
Fiona
Tang, Eastern Busway Alliance
Alex
Taefu, Eastern Busway
Alliance
Purpose: To
provide an update on the Eastern Busway project for February 2024
Governance role: Keeping
informed
Proposed Outcome/s: Local
board members are aware of the Eastern Busway project updates
Attachment/s: Presentation
will be published separately
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Break
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Session
3 – 12.30pm – 1.00pm
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Making Space For Water update
Presenter/s: Kartik
Bhat, Relationship Advisor, Resilience
& Infrastructure
Elizabeth
Johnson, Principal Healthy Waters
Purpose: To
provide updates on Making Space For Water
Governance role: Setting
direction, priorities and budgets
Proposed Outcome/s: Board
members are informed about the developments into the project in Howick
Attachment A: Making
Space For Water update
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Session
4 – 1.00pm – 2.00pm
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Local board budget update and cost pressures
Presenter/s: Audrey
Gan, Lead Financial Advisor
Purpose: Present
the 2025/2026 budget position and cost pressures on the budget
Governance role: Setting
direction, priorities and budgets
Proposed Outcome/s: The
Board are updated and informed on budget pressures
that will affect the 2025/2026 budgets, prior to a report coming to the March
Business meeting
Attachment B: Howick Local Board budgets and cost pressures
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Session
5 – 2.00pm – 2.30pm
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Direction Setting
Presenter/s: Tracey Freeman, Senior Local Board
Advisor
Matt
Fletcher, Local Board Advisor
Caron
Pascoe, PA/Office Manager
Purpose: Staff
provide updates on reports and events in the next week
Governance role: Keeping
informed
Proposed Outcome/s: That the local board members are kept informed of upcoming reports
to future business meetings
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Making Space For Water update
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7
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b⇩
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Howick Local Board budgets and cost pressures
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