Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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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.
Hon Chris Fletcher, QSO |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Calum Penrose |
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Members |
Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Cr Ross Clow |
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Cr Mike Lee |
Until Item 10 , 10.44 am. |
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Cr Dick Quax |
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Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM |
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Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE |
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Cr Wayne Walker |
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Cr John Watson |
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Member Glenn Wilcox |
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Member Karen Wilson |
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APOLOGIES
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Deputy Mayor, Penny Hulse |
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Cr Chris Darby |
For late arrival on council business |
ALSO PRESENT
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Cr Linda Cooper |
Until 11.25 am, item 13 |
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Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee 11 December 2013 |
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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. |
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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Cr ME Lee left the meeting at 10.44 am. |
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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. |
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a Presentation |
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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. |
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Proposed building removal at Harold Long Reserve, Mt Roskill |
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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. |
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Cr Linda Cooper exited the meeting at 11.25 am |
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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. |
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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. |
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a Presentation |
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The meeting adjourned for lunch at 11.56am and reconvened at 12 pm. |
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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. |
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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. |
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15 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There were no consideration of extraordinary items.
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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
C2 Acquisition of land for recreation reserve, Flat Bush
C3 Proposed Acquisition of Land at 55 & 57 Seaview Avenue, Northcote
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.
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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:
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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