Great Barrier Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Great Barrier Local Board held in the Claris Conference Centre, 19 Whangaparapara Road, Claris, Great Barrier Island on Wednesday, 12 February 2014 at 10.00am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Izzy Fordham

 

Deputy Chairperson

Susan Daly

 

Members

Jeff Cleave

Departed from the meeting at 12.30pm

 

Judy Gilbert

 

 

Christina Spence

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Councillor

Mike Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

Jacqui Wilkinson

Adventure Capital

 

Hannah Divehall

John Galilee

Rebecca Gibson

Peter Tuinder

Department of Conservation

 

 

 

 

 


Great Barrier Local Board

12 February 2014

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

Member Spence declared an interest in the New Year’s Picnic Day urgent decision report at Item 15.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/1

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 18 December 2013, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

9.1

Jacqui Wilkinson, Adventure Capital

 

Jacqui Wilkinson from Adventure Capital was in attendance to present to the Great Barrier Local Board regarding a mountain bike festival proposal.

 

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/2

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         Receive the public forum presentation.

b)         Thank Jacqui Wilson for her public forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

9.2

John Galilee, Department of Conservation

 

John Galilee from the Department of Conservation was in attendance to present to the Great Barrier Local Board regarding the conservation park proposal.

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/3

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         Receive the public forum presentation.

b)         Thank John Galilee for his public forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

Secretarial Note: Councillor Lee was invited to address the Board at this point in the meeting.

 

 

12

Quarterly Performance Report for the period ending 31 December 2013

 

Jane Koch, Lead Financial Advisor and Gary Wilton, Parks Advisor Hauraki Gulf Islands, were in attendance to speak to this report.

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/4

MOVED by Member JC Cleave, seconded by Chairperson IM Fordham:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)        receive the Quarterly Performance Report

b)        request the inclusion of council controlled organisation financial reports, in particular Auckland Transport and Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development financial reports, generally limited to locally relevant financial information, in the quarterly financial report.

c)        thank Jane Koch, Lead Financial Advisor and Gary Wilton, Parks Advisor Hauraki Gulf Islands, for their attendance and that Jane Koch be thanked for her efforts to prepare the report noting its expectation that the report would continue to improve over time.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Auckland Transport Report - February 2014

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/5

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)        receive the report of Priscilla Steel, Relationship Manager, Auckland Transport.

CARRIED

 

 

14

Lapsing of Auckland City Council Hazardous Substances Bylaw

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/6

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      recommend to the Regulatory and Bylaw Committee that the Auckland City Council Hazardous Substances Bylaw 2008 not be confirmed, amended or revoked so that on 31 October 2015 the bylaw is revoked by section 63 of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010.

CARRIED

 

 

Secretarial Note: Board Member Cleave departed the meeting at 12.30pm.

 

 

15

Great Barrier Local Board Urgent decision - 2013/2014 Local Event Discretionary Fund - New Year's Picnic Day

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/7

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)        note the urgent decision for the New Years Picnic Day.

b)        request a full copy of both the original application for events funding and the accountability statement for the event.

c)        request that in future it receives accountability statements for all approved discretionary funding applications when available.

CARRIED

 

Member Spence declared an interest in this item and took no part in discussion or voting on the matter

 

 

16

Chairperson's report

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/8

MOVED by Member JJ Gilbert, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

a)         That the chairperson’s report be received.

CARRIED

 

 

17

Board Members' Reports

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/9

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

a)      That the report of Board Member Susan Daly be received.

b)      That the report of Board Member Jeff Cleave be received.

c)      That the report of Board Member Judy Gilbert be received.

d)      That the report of Board Member Christina Spence be received.

CARRIED

 

18

Reports Requested/Pending

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/10

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         receive the list of reports requested/pending as at January 2014 and requests that a report on the Windy Canyon carpark be included in future reports.

CARRIED

 

19

Correspondence

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/11

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly, seconded by Chairperson IM Fordham:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         receive the correspondence for the month of December 2013.

CARRIED

 

20

Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Proceedings

 

Resolution number GBI/2014/12

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         receive the workshop proceedings for the workshop held on 29 January 2014.

CARRIED

  

 

21        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

1.50 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 Great Barrier Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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