Kia ora Scootabrad

 

Thank you for your request  

 

We have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 21.10.2025

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Elaine
Tunai-Po via reply email to [1][Auckland Council request email]
quoting reference 8140017390

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

From: ScootaBrad <[FOI #32358 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2025 2:15 am
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Skatepark Procurement

 

Dear Auckland Council,

Please provide a list of all skatepark renewal, refurbishment, or upgrade
projects funded or delivered by Auckland Council (including by Local
Boards) from 1 January 2015 to today.

For each project, please include:
Project name and location (park/reserve + suburb)
Type of work (e.g., resurfacing, equipment replacement, concrete re-pour,
extension, lighting, etc.)
Start and completion dates
Total cost (broken down by design, build, contingency, professional
services if available)
Funding source (renewals budget, LDI capex, Fix & Finish, other)
Which team or Local Board managed the work
Contractor(s) used (including specialist skatepark builders if any)

Which procurement pathway was used for each (open tender, panel, direct
award/waiver, design–build, etc.)?

Evaluation criteria or weighting (if available) that guided contractor
selection.

If a project was not competitively tendered, please provide the
procurement waiver or decision memo.

Any post-completion evaluation or audit reports (including safety audits
or “lessons learned” memos).

Any records showing:

community engagement or consultation (e.g., “Have Your Say” pages, concept
plans),

number of defects, warranty claims, or resurfacing due to poor quality.

Yours faithfully,

ScootaBrad

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Kia ora

 

Thank you for your request which has been referred to the Parks and
Community Facilities department.

 

We’ve carried out an initial review of your request and would like to know
if you’re open to a video call with our staff to discuss your needs and
determine the best way to assess them, as the request appears quite
extensive at this stage.

 

Once confirmed we will set up a time and date to suit.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Faye Tincler: Senior Advisor

Parks & Community Facilities

Level 12, Te Wharau o Tāmaki, 135 Albert St, Auckland

Visit our website: [1]www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

From: ScootaBrad <[2][FOI #32358 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2025 2:15 am
To: Official Information <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Skatepark Procurement

 

Dear Auckland Council,

Please provide a list of all skatepark renewal, refurbishment, or upgrade
projects funded or delivered by Auckland Council (including by Local
Boards) from 1 January 2015 to today.

For each project, please include:
Project name and location (park/reserve + suburb)
Type of work (e.g., resurfacing, equipment replacement, concrete re-pour,
extension, lighting, etc.)
Start and completion dates
Total cost (broken down by design, build, contingency, professional
services if available)
Funding source (renewals budget, LDI capex, Fix & Finish, other)
Which team or Local Board managed the work
Contractor(s) used (including specialist skatepark builders if any)

Which procurement pathway was used for each (open tender, panel, direct
award/waiver, design–build, etc.)?

Evaluation criteria or weighting (if available) that guided contractor
selection.

If a project was not competitively tendered, please provide the
procurement waiver or decision memo.

Any post-completion evaluation or audit reports (including safety audits
or “lessons learned” memos).

Any records showing:

community engagement or consultation (e.g., “Have Your Say” pages, concept
plans),

number of defects, warranty claims, or resurfacing due to poor quality.

Yours faithfully,

ScootaBrad

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Is [5][Auckland Council request email] the wrong address for
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Kia ora ScootaBrad,

 

Thank you for your email. After careful review, it appears that the
revised request is still too broad for us to process and might result in a
refusal under section 17(f) of the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987, as the information requested would require
substantial collation or research.

 

We have identified approximately 50 projects involving skate or wheeled
play-related work. The Parks and Community Facilities department can
provide information on sports renewal, refurbishment, or upgrade projects
from 2021, which would include details such as:

 

- Project name and location (park/reserve + suburb)

- Start and completion dates

- Total cost (broken down by design, build, contingency, professional
services if available)

- Funding source (renewals budget, LDI capex)

- Who the Project Manager was

 

However, certain information is not recorded in Sentient, the software we
use for tracking project financial information. This would necessitate
each individual Project Manager of the projects within scope to research
and provide details like:

 

- Type of work (e.g., resurfacing, equipment replacement, concrete
re-pour, extension, lighting, etc.)

- Number of defects, warranty claims, or resurfacing due to poor quality

 

Additionally, our PCF Senior Community Engagement Advisor would need to
research and provide records of any community engagement or consultation
(e.g., “Have Your Say” pages, concept plans). Also, Procurement would need
to research and provide:

 

- The procurement pathway used for each project (open tender, panel,
direct award/waiver, design–build, etc.)

- Evaluation criteria or weighting (if available) that guided contractor
selection

- If a project was not competitively tendered, the procurement waiver or
decision memo

- Contractors used (including specialist skatepark builders if any)

 

Before we consider refusal or apply a charge, we would like to offer you
the opportunity to refine your request. Refinement could include options
such as a narrower timeframe, information on projects for a specific local
board, or the removal of certain questions, focusing only on specific
aspects like Procurement or Community Engagement. Is there any particular
focus you have in mind?

 

Please let us know by 07 October whether you would like to refine your
request.

 

Please note that any clarification or amendment of a request is considered
to be a new request for the purpose of calculating the maximum statutory
timeframe for response – see section 13(7) of the LGOIMA.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

Amanda

The Privacy & LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

From: ScootaBrad <[1][FOI #32358 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2025 11:32 pm
To: PCF LGOIMA and Complaints <[2][email address]>
Subject: Re: FW: Official Information: 8140017390, Auckland Skatepark
Renewal

 

Kia ora Faye,

Thanks for the offer. I’ll decline a video call at this stage.

Given the scope is already outlined in my request, I’d appreciate a
written response from Parks & Community Facilities setting out your
assessment, any information gaps, and next steps.
Could you please confirm an expected timeframe for a written response?
If there are standard templates or forms you’d like me to complete, feel
free to send those through.

See below altered response to narrow it down , I am sorry if it is broad,
however this data will guide the report my client has hired me to write on
the non consistent processes with specialist tender awards

Please provide a list of all skatepark and wheeled sports renewal,
refurbishment, or upgrade
projects funded or delivered by Auckland Council from 2021 to today
For each project, please include:
Project name and location (park/reserve + suburb)
Type of work (e.g., resurfacing, equipment replacement, concrete re-pour,
extension, lighting, etc.)
Start and completion dates:
Total cost (broken down by design, build, contingency, professional
services if available)
Funding source (renewals budget, LDI capex,
Who was the Project Manager?
Contractors used (including specialist skatepark builders if any)

 

 

Which procurement pathway was used for each (open tender, panel, direct
award/waiver, design–build, etc.)?
Evaluation criteria or weighting (if available) that guided contractor
selection.

 

If a project was not competitively tendered, please provide the
procurement waiver or decision memo.

Any post-completion evaluation or audit reports (including safety audits
or “lessons learned” memos).

 

This would require us going into the procurement plans for each project.

 

Any records showing:
community engagement or consultation (e.g., “Have Your Say” pages, concept
plans),

 

Maddy

number of defects, warranty claims, or resurfacing due to poor quality.

 

This would require us to go to all of the PMs/Ams for this and be
significant.

Yours sincerely,

SB

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