Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Level 2, Town Hall, Auckland on Tuesday, 22 July 2014 at 3.45pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

Deputy Chairperson

Calum Penrose

 

Members

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

From 4.15pm part item 5.2

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

From 4.15pm part item 5.2

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

From 4.15pm part item 5.2

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Member Karen Wilson

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

Councillors

Alf Filipaina

For absence

 

Chris Darby

For absence

 

Mayor Len Brown

For absence on business

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

For absence on business

 

Dick Quax

For absence

Member

Glenn Wilcox

For absence

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Julia Parfitt, Chair Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

 

 

Peter Haynes, Chair Albert-Eden Local Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

22 July 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/37

MOVED by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr ME Lee:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor Len Brown, Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse and Councillor Alf Filipaina for absence on council business, and Councillors Chris Darby, Dick Quax and Member Glenn Wilcox for absence.

CARRIED

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/38

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

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 10 June 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

Secretarial Note:         Items 5.1 and 6.1 were taken together.

 

5.1

Metro Park Working Group presentation

 

Ms Julia Parfitt, Chairperson Hibiscus and Bays Local Board gave an overview of the Metro Park Collective Working Group’s project.

 

 

Mr Jeff Olufson, Mr Greg Wood and Mr Craig Hewitt on behalf of Metro Park Collective presented a power point presentation in support of their project.

A copy of the presentation has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/39

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

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         thank Mr Jeff Olufson, Mr Greg Wood and Mr Craig Hewitt representatives of the Metro Park Working Group for their presentation.

b)      thank Ms Julia Parfitt, chair Hibiscus and Bays Local Board for her attendance and presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Metro Park presentation

 

6.1

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board _ Metro Park Working Group project

 

Ms Julia Parfitt spoke under item 5.1.

 

 

5.2

Garry Bryant: Commission a feasibility study for the Auckland Council to purchase the Winstone Aggregates Quarry land, Three Kings from The Fletcher Construction Company Ltd.

 

Cr Casey entered the meeting at 4.15pm

Cr S Stewart entered the meeting at 4.15pm

Cr J Walker entered the meeting at 4.15pm

 

 

Mr Garry Bryant addressed the committee in support of his letter relating to Three Kings Quarry.

 

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/40

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      thank Mr Garry Bryant for his presentation.

CARRIED

 

6          Local Board Input

 

6.2

Albert-Eden Local Board - Open space network plans

 

Mr Peter Haynes addressed the committee to commission an open space study for the Albert-Eden Local Board area for a budget of $70,000 to $80,000.

 

Cr WD Walker left the meeting at 4.29 pm.

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/41

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

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      thank Mr Peter Haynes for his presentation.

CARRIED

 

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/2014/42

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr ME Lee:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

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

CARRIED

 

10

Greenway Plans - Strategic Overview

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/43

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr ME Lee:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      note that any acquisition opportunities that support the delivery of greenway plans will be subject to the standard acquisition assessment and prioritisation processes set out in the adopted Parks and Open Space Acquisition Policy.

CARRIED

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number PAR/2014/44

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

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 open space in Massey

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.

 

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

 

CARRIED

 

 

4.35pm            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.

 

4.45pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Proposal to acquire open space in Massey

 

Resolution number PAR/2014/45

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

c)         confirm that there be no restatement of the confidential report for the acquisition of property in Massey, or resolutions a) and b) of the Parks Recreation and Sport Committee until settlement of the purchase and only then is the resolution to be restated.

  

 

 

4.45 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

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................