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Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop
03 April 2025
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ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Local Board
Workshop 3
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!
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Waitākere Ranges Local Board Workshop
03 April 2025
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Local Board Workshop
File No.: CP2025/05658
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
present the Waitākere Ranges Local Board workshop agenda for 3 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:
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CONFIDENTIAL Item 1 – Fosters Bay seawall renewal
project
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10.15am-11.15am
This workshop is being held
with the public excluded (confidential), in particular the workshop materials will contain
information about ongoing negotiations which will be discussed at the
meeting. Disclosing information about the negotiations at this stage will be
disadvantageous to the council’s interests.
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Break 11.00am-11.15am
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Item 2
– Auckland Transport Monthly Update - Level Crossing Update
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11.15am-11.45pm
Presenter/s: Owena
Schuster, Auckland Transport Relationship Advisor; Daryl McIntosh, Head of
Major Projects; Andrew Bell, Group Manager Rail Infrastructure.
Purpose: To
provide the local board with an update on the Auckland Level Crossing
Programme in relation to the Western Line.
Proposed Outcome/s: The
local board is updated.
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Item 3
– Glen Eden Town Centre Evaluation.
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11.45am-12.15pm
Presenter/s: Patrick
Chan, Principal Transportation Engineer Auckland Transport; Irene Tse,Team
Leader Road Safety Engineering Auckland Transport; Owena Schuster, Auckland
Transport Relationship Advisor.
Purpose: To
inform the local board of the Glen Eden Town centre evaluation.
Proposed
Outcome/s: The local board is informed.
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Lunch 12.15pm-1.00pm
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1.15pm-2.15pm
Presenter/s: Robbie
Sutherland, Low Carbon Specialist; Carla Gee, Ecomatters Chief Executive.
Purpose: To
update board members about the sustainability initiatives that EcoMatters has
delivered with funding received via the board's environmental work programme.
Proposed Outcome/s: Board
members are informed about the intiatives and environmental outcomes
acheieved through the board's funding partnership with EcoMatters Environment
Trust.
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2.00pm-3.00pm
Presenter/s: Simon
Vincent, Community Waitākere; Robbie Sutherland, Low Carbon Specialist.
Purpose: To
update board members about the Climate Action Activator programme funded
through the board's environmental work programme.
Proposed Outcome/s: Board
members are informed about progress to date with the Climate Action Activator
programme and input from the board is received about areas of focus for
future programme delivery.
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Item 6
– Te Ara Hura 2027 Parks & Community Facilities maintenance
contracts
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3.00pm-4.00pm
Presenter/s: Sarah
Jones, Manager Te Ara Hura; Jennifer Rose, Head of Business Performance,
P&CF; Greer Clark, Manager Area Operations.
Purpose: To
receive feedback to be considered for inclusion in the 2027 maintenance
contracts.
Proposed Outcome/s: To
receive feedback from the board about:
• What improvements to the
current contract levels of service the board might want
• What tasks might they pay extra
opex for additional service
• What level of local provision might be ideal for
their area
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