Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop

OPEN NOTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Hibiscus and  Bays Local Board Workshop  held in the Ground Floor, Hawiti Building, 6 - 8 Munroe Lane, Albany on Tuesday, 16 September 2025 at 10.03 am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Alexis Poppelbaum, JP
Deputy Chairperson	Gary Brown	via MS Teams
Members	Jake Law
	Sam Mills, JP
	Julia Parfitt, JP
	Victoria Short	from 10.05am
	Gregg Walden
	Leanne Willis

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Workshop 16 September 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: 10.03am – 10.37am

Auckland Transport update: Adaptation and Resilience

Presenters:                   Cathy Bebelman - Chief Scientist (Auckland Transport)

                                      Beth Houlbrooke - Elected Member Relationship Partner (Auckland Transport)

Summary of discussion

Auckland Transport staff were in attendance to provide an update on climate adaptation work they are carrying out in the local board area.

Session 2: 10.37am – 11.40am

Community Wellbeing update

Presenters:                   Marilyn Kelly - Community Broker, Hibiscus & Bays

                                      Megan Grimshaw-Jones - Connected Communities Lead & Coach

                                      Eileen Sione - Manager, Community Place - Library

                                      Hao Zhang - Manager, Community Place - Library

                                      Jamie Adkins - Place & Partner Specialist

                                      Xanthe Jujnovich - Place & Partner Specialist (Via MS Teams)

Summary of discussion

Staff were in attendance to provide the Community Delivery Work Programme update for quarter one of 2025/2026.

BREAK: 11.40am – 12.04pm

Session 3: 12.04pm – 12.17pm

Browns Bay Beach - Accessible Play Equipment Options

Presenters:                   Travis Committie - Programme Manager

                                      Sandra May - Manager, Area Operations

Summary of discussion

Staff were in attendance to present and discuss concept designs of new accessible play equipment for the Browns Bay Beach playground.

Session 4: 12.31pm – 12.55pm      

Music in Parks - Funded Event

Presenter:                     Gavin Downie - Event Organiser

Summary of discussion

Staff were in attendance to discuss planning for the upcoming Hibiscus and Bays Music in Parks event.

The workshop finished at 12.55pm.