Covering activities from 1 August – 31 August 2011 Portfolio reports for the month Transport Jesse Chalmers stepped down from the Transport Portfolio – West at the August Local Board meeting of the Board and was replaced by Member Moyle. The Transport portfolio meets monthly with representatives from Auckland Transport. The August meeting was attended [...]
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Monthly Board Report August 2011
Covering activities from 1 July – 31 July 2011 Portfolios Transport (West including Regional portfolio) with Jesse Chalmers Community (including Regional portfolio) with Tricia Reade Libraries with Shale Chambers Chair, Grants Committee Positions: Grey Lynn Business Association, Newmarket Business Association (alternate) Portfolio reports for the month Transport The Transport portfolio meets monthly with representatives from [...]
High score for draft Waitemata Local Board Plan
The draft Waitemata Local Board Plan has now been out for a week for consultation and so far the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Yesterday at a presentation on the priorities, initiatives and projects we are proposing for the next 3 years one attendee gave us a score of 92% (thank you Mr Houtman from [...]
Monthly Board Report July 2011
Covering activities from 1 June – 30 June 2011 Portfolio reports for the month Transport The Transport portfolio meets monthly with representatives from Auckland Transport. The June meeting was attended by myself and Jesse Chalmers (Transport Portfolio – West) and Christopher Dempsey (Transport Portfolio – East). We received updates on the prioritisation of the minor [...]
Monthly Board Report June 2011
Covering activities from 1 May – 31 May 2011 Portfolio reports for the month Transport The Transport portfolio meets monthly with representatives from Auckland Transport. The May meeting was attended by myself and Jesse Chalmers (Transport Portfolio – West). Updates to a number of issues were reported on by Auckland Transport at our May Board [...]
The First Fairtrade Local Board
11 May Auckland Council Media Release Local Board first to make Fairtrade Swap Auckland moved a step closer to becoming a Fairtrade City yesterday with the Waitemata Local Board voting to become a Fairtrade workplace. Deputy Chair, Pippa Coom, made the announcement as part of the board’s support for ‘Fairtrade Fortnight’, taking place from 7 [...]
Beating the Bounds of the Waitemata
Andy Smith from Walk Auckland originally suggested Beating the Bounds as a Transition Towns event involving Grey Lynn 2030 and Mt Eden Village People. He enthusiastically agreed to the Waitemata Local Board adopting the idea as a way of establishing a sense of place. Andy will be leading us on Saturday 9 April from Meola [...]
Monthly Board Report April 2011
Covering activities from 1 March – 31 March 2011 Portfolio reports for the month Transport The Register of Issues established with Auckland Transport has quickly grown to over 60 items logged by the Transport portfolio covering everything from strategic projects to minor safety improvements (for both the West and East of the local board area). [...]
Opening up public spaces
Public spaces were on the agenda of the March meeting of the Waitemata Local Board. Chair, Shale Chambers was unanimously supported on his motion to ensure developers who have gained bonus floor space in return for public space are required to provide adequate signage. Too often the public is unaware they have access to buildings [...]
Protecting our Waterfront heritage
At our first meeting of the year we supported the Art Deco Society to protect the character and heritage buildings of the Wynward Quarter. Fittingly, the next day we had our briefing from Waterfront Auckland (the newly branded Waterfront Development Agency) with the opportunity to walk around the current development happening in the Wynyard Quarter. [...]
