Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 at 9.36am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Chris Fletcher, QSO

 

Deputy Chairperson

Calum Penrose

 

Members

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

Until Item 10 , 10.44 am.

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

Member Karen Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Deputy Mayor, Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

For late arrival on council business 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper

Until 11.25 am, item 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

11 December 2013

 

 

 

Obituary

 

A minute of silence was observed for Mr John Herbert Mathias Hogan.

 

·         Member of Forest and Bird and NZ Humic Compost Society. 

·         Chairman, Technical Books Ltd

·         Executive Chairman and first Director of the Museum of Transport and Technology

·         Chair, The Tree Society of New Zealand

·         Set up Three Streams Conservation Trust 1975

·         1983 Friends of Urban Trees, Founded at Three Streams, eventually merged into the Tree Council

·         1985 The Tree Council

·         1987-1995 Organised an East Cape Restoration Programme

·         1990 Awarded 1990 Queens Commemorative medal for services to the Environment

·         1998 Long Bay Great Park Society Patron

·         1998 Founded New Zealand Trust for Conservation Volunteers Inc.

·         1999 Appointed to Board of Directors of International Conservation Alliance

·         2000 Received Stewardship Award from Auckland Regional Council for work at Three Streams

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/1

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr J Watson:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Member Deputy Mayor P Hulse for absence on council business and Member C Darby for late arrival on council business.

CARRIED

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

There were no minutes to confirm.

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

9

Parks, Sports & Recreation - Manager's Report

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/2

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      receive the Manager Parks, Sports & Recreation update report.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Albany Stadium Pool

 

Officers were present and gave a power point presentation in support of this item.

 

A copy of the power point presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

Cr ME Lee left the meeting at 10.44 am.

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/3

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Parks Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      recommend to the Finance and Strategy Committee that $2m of capital funding held within unspecified “City Wide Pool Development” within the Long Term Plan be brought forward from Years 2017 & 2018 to financial year 2015/16 and applied to the Albany Stadium Pool if required to complete the programmable pool space.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Presentation

 

 

11

Long Bay Regional Park - variation to management plan

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/4

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr J Watson:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      receive the report on Long Bay Regional Park – variation to management plan.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Proposed building removal at Harold Long Reserve, Mt Roskill

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/5

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr CM Casey:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)            approve the removal of the old men’s and women’s bowling club buildings, shed on bowling greens on Harold Long Reserve, Mt Roskill.

b)         approve the removal of the Roskill District Rugby Club building on 33 Akarana Ave , following final settlement of part of 33 Akarana Ave in December 2013.

c)         note that the budget for the building removals and bowling greens will be funded from the ‘Fearon Park-Harold Long Reserve – Linkage Improvements CAPEX budget in the 2013/14 financial year, in accordance with the Puketapapa Local Board resolution 14(d) dated 26 September 2013.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Parks, Sports & Recreation Work Programme

 

Cr Linda Cooper exited the meeting at 11.25 am

 

 

 

Officers were present and gave a power point presentation in support of this item.

 

A copy of the power point presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/6

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      thank Rob Cairns, Manager Community, Policy and Planning and Ian Maxwell, Manager, Parks, Sports and Recreation for their presentation.

b)      receive the Parks, Sports and Recreation work programme report.

c)      request officers to provide appropriate policy to support the delivery of the Parks, Sports and Recreation work programme.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Attachments

a     Presentation

 

 

 

The meeting adjourned for lunch at 11.56am and reconvened at 12 pm.

 

 

14

Sport and Recreation Strategic Action Plan

 

 

 

Officers were present and gave a power point presentation in support of this item.

 

A copy of the power point presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/7

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr D Quax:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      thank Anita Coy-Macken, Principal Policy Analyst for her presentation

b)      receive the report and presentation on the Sport and Recreation Strategic Action Plan.

c)      request officers to provide appropriate policy advice to support the implementation of the Sports and Recreation Strategic Action Plan programme.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Presentation

  

 

15        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

16        Procedural motion to exclude the public

 

Resolution number PAR/2013/8

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

C1       Proposal to acquire land in Beachlands for public open space

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

 

In particular, the report contains information on property values.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

C2       Acquisition of land for recreation reserve, Flat Bush

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains information on property values.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

C3       Proposed Acquisition of Land at 55 & 57 Seaview Avenue, Northcote

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains land valuation information that is privileged information for private acquisition negotiation purposes.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

The text of these resolutions was made available to the public who were present at the meeting and formed part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

12.25 pm         The public was excluded.

 

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

 

12.53 pm         The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Proposal to acquire land in Beachlands for public open space

 

c)         That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee agree that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions.

 

C2

Acquisition of land for recreation reserve, Flat Bush

 

b)      That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee agree that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions for the acquisition of the property in Flat Bush or the resolutions of the Regional Development and Operations Committee until settlement of the purchase and then only the resolution is to be restated.

 

C3

Proposed Acquisition of Land at 55 & 57 Seaview Avenue, Northcote

 

b)         That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee agree that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions for the acquisition of 648m2 of land, being part Lot 3 DP48191, situated at 55 Seaview Avenue, Northcote, and 216m2 of land, being part Lot 1 DP122255, situated at 57 Seaview Avenue, Northcote.

 

  

12.54 pm                                            The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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