Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:	Wednesday, 2 April 2025 10:30 am Whau Local Board Office 31 Totara Avenue New Lynn
Whau Local Board Workshop OPEN AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Kay Thomas
Deputy Chairperson	Fasitua Amosa
Members	Ross Clow
	Catherine Farmer
	Valeria Gascoigne
	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin
	Warren Piper

Liam Courtney

Democracy Advisor

31 March 2025

Contact Telephone: 027 260 4570

Email: liam.courtney@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Karakia

Kia hora te Marino

May the peace be widespread

Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana

May the sea be like greenstone

Hei huarahi mā tatou I te rangi nei

A pathway for us all this day

Aroha atu aroha mai

Let us show respect for each other

Tātou ia tatou katoa

For one another

Hui e taikie!

Bind us all together!

Whau Local Board Workshop 02 April 2025

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/05666

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 Whau Local Board workshop agenda for 2 April 2025.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.     Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person.

3.       Some sessions may not be open to the public. The staff / chairperson and deputy 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.       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.

5.       Workshops do not have decision-making authority.

6.       Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.

7.       Members are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

8.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

Item 1 - Auckland Transport monthly update

10.30am-11.15am

Presenter/s:                  Peter Naber, Elected Member Relationship Partner

Daryl McIntosh, Head of Major Projects

Andrew Bell, Group Manager Rail

Purpose / Outcome:     To provide the board with a monthly update, including an update on the Western Line level crossing programme.

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Item 2 – Parks & Community Facilities monthly update

11.15am-12.15pm

Presenter/s:                  Marcia Velloen, Senior Project Manager

Tracey Hodder, Parks & Places Specialist

Elvira Kolmychenko, Work Programme Lead

Purpose / Outcome:     To provide the Board with a monthly update, including informing the board on current cycle parking provision, propose provision criteria and seek feedback on recommendations

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Lunch

Item 3 - EcoMatters Work Programme Update

1.00pm – 1.45pm

Presenter/s:                  Robbie Sutherland, Low Carbon Specialist

Carla Gee, Ecomatters CE

Amirah Rab, Relationship Advisor

Purpose:                       To update board members about the sustainability initiatives that EcoMatters has delivered with funding received via the board's environmental work programme.

Outcome:                      Board members are informed about the intiatives and environmental outcomes achieved through the board's funding partnership with EcoMatters Environment Trust.

Governance role:          Keeping informed.

Item 4 - Eke Panuku Placemaking Programming for Avondale FY2025/2026

1.45pm – 2.05pm

Presenter/s:                  Robin Wachsberger, Eke Panuku Placemaker

Lisa Gooding, Senior Communications and Engagement Advisor

Purpose:                       To introduce the new Eke Panuku Placemaker, present the Draft FY2025/2026 Eke Panuku Avondale Placemaking Programme and seek input from the Whau Local Board on opportunities, local considerations, partnerships, and awareness to guide work plans in the coming year.

Outcome:                      For the Local Board to be aware of the draft programme and inputted into the refinement of the programme for the coming year.

Governance role:          Keeping informed.