Auckland Development Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland Development Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 9.39am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Penny Hulse

 

Deputy Chairperson

Chris Darby

 

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

From 9.46 am, item 2

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

From 2.02pm, part item C1

 

Cr Denise Krum

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

From 12.25pm, part item C1

 

Member Liane Ngamane

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Member Josie Smith

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

From 12.21pm, part item C1

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 9.43am, item 2

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

Cr George Wood, CNZM

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper

For leave of absence

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

Non-attendance

 

Cr Christine Fletcher

For lateness on council business

 

Cr Mike Lee

For lateness on council business

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Diane Hale

Local Board Devonport-Takapuna Local Board

For Item C1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Auckland Development Committee

14 August 2014

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/84

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Member  Ngamane:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr Cooper for leave of absence, Mayor Brown, Cr Fletcher and Cr Lee for lateness on council business and Cr Sharon Stewart for non-attendance.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial Note:         Deputy Mayor Hulse welcomed Jan Fitz-Gerald, Director International Programmes from AUT and Brazil students as part of the Brasilia without Borders programme.

 

Councillor Alf Filipaina welcomed Jan and students with a Mihi.

 

Cr Wayne Walker entered the meeting 9.43 am

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Cr Cameron Brewer declared a non-pecuniary conflict of interest in relation to item C1- Special Housing Areas: Tranche Four Recommendations.

 

Mayor LCM Brown entered the meeting at 9.46 am

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/85

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr CM Casey:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 10 July 2014, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Pete Sinton : SHA Proposed Tranche 4, Kumeu- Huapai Residents and Ratepayers

 

Mr Pete Sinton and representatives of the Kumeu - Huapai Residents and Ratepayers addressed the committee regarding the proposed SHA in Kumeu-Huapai as Future Urban Areas.

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/86

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Chairperson PA Hulse:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         thank Mr Pete Sinton and representatives of Kumeu – Huapai Residents and Ratepayers for their presentation.

CARRIED

 

 

5.2

Generation Zero: SHA Proposed Tranche 4

 

Mr Luke Christensen and Dr Sudhvir Singh on behalf of Generation Zero presented a presentation regarding the proposed SHAs Tranche 4.

A copy of the presentation is attached to the official copy of the minutes as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/87

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         receive and thank Mr Luke Christensen and Dr Sudhvir Singh on behalf of Generation Zero for their presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Generation Zero presentation  

 

 

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.

 

Cr J Watson left the meeting at 10.36 am.

 

9

City Centre Integration update

 

The General Manager, City Centre Integration provided a verbal update on the following issues:

·         Sea wall repairs and activities are progressing well

·         10 responses received for the Quay Street expression of interest

·         Place making projects are progressing well for O’Connell Street, Federal Street, Khartoum place and Bledisloe Lane

·         Downtown Precinct Framework and QE2 workshops to be held prior to the September meeting.

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/88

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      receive the verbal update report from the General Manager City Centre Integration.

CARRIED

 

Cr J Watson returned to the meeting at 10.39 am.

Cr CE Brewer left the meeting at 10.42 am.

 

PLAN CHANGES

 

Secretarial note:          The Acting Chief Planning Officer gave an overview summary on the Plan Changes reports.

 

10

Approval of Private Plan Change 166 (Te Arai) to the Auckland Council District Plan (Rodney Section) 2011

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/89

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Member Ngamane:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve Private Plan Change 166 (Te Arai) to the Auckland Council District Plan (Rodney Section) 2011, as set out in Attachment A to this report, pursuant to Clause 17 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.

b)      authorise the Manager Planning North/West to complete the statutory processes under Clause 20 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 to make Private Plan Change 166 operative in the District Plan.

CARRIED

 

 

11

Approval of Private Plan Changes 12 and 38 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Papakura and Franklin Sections), Plan Change 19 to the Auckland Council Regional Policy Statement and Plan Change 3 to the Auckland Council Regional Plan: Air Land and Water

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/90

MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr AM Filipaina:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve Plan Changes 12 and 38 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Papakura and Franklin sections), Plan Change 19 to the Auckland Council Regional Policy Statement and Plan Change 3 to the Auckland Council Regional Plan: Air Land and Water in accordance with Clause 17 of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991.

b)      authorise the Manager Planning South to complete the statutory processes under Clause 20 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 to make Plan Changes 12 and 38 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Papakura and Franklin sections), Plan Change 19 to the Auckland Council Regional Policy Statement and Plan Change 3 to the Auckland Council Regional Plan: Air Land and Water Plan operative.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Approval of Plan Change 38 - Amendments to schedule of historic heritage places - Auckland Council District Plan, North Shore section

 

Resolution number AUC/2014/91

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr GS Wood:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve Plan Change 38 (Amendments to schedule of historic heritage places, Appendix 11A) to the North Shore section of the Auckland Council District Plan as set out in Attachment A to this report, in accordance with Clause 17 of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991.

b)      authorise the Manager North West Planning to complete the statutory processes under Clause 20 of the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991 to make operative approved Plan Change 38 (Amendments to Schedule of historic heritage places, Appendix 11A – Auckland District Plan, North Shore section).

CARRIED

 

Cr CE Brewer returned to the meeting at 10.43 am.

 

Precedence of Business

Resolution number AUC/2014/92

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         agree that item 16: Procedural motion to exclude the public be accorded precedence at this time.

CARRIED

 

 

16        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number AUC/2014/93

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Auckland Development 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       Confidential - Special Housing Areas: Tranche Four Recommendations

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)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information and information that could potentially give certain parties a commercial advantage if released.

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       Draft Memorandum of Understanding with Housing New Zealand Corp (HNZC)

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 a draft MoU that is to be authorised by two parties; the other party, Housing New Zealand Corporation board, will not view the MoU until 25 August 2014. It's important to ensure that HNZC's consideration of the MoU is not prejudiced or predetermined through public discussion prior to its consideration of the matter.

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       Land acquisition New Lynn

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)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information that may affect council's ability to undertake negotiations or deal with land owners going forward..

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 that may affect council's ability to undertake negotiations or deal with land owners going forward..

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.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Industrial Business Land - Recommendations from the 1 July 2014 Economic Development Committee meeting

 

This item was deferred to the 11 September 2014 meeting.

 

 

14

Housing Strategic Action Plan - Stage 1 - Update and Next Stage

 

This item was deferred to the 11 September 2014 meeting.

 

15        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

10.48 am         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.

 

2.38 pm           The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Confidential - Special Housing Areas: Tranche Four Recommendations

 

h)         agree that the resolutions, report, attachments and tabled documents remain confidential.

 

C2

Draft Memorandum of Understanding with Housing New Zealand Corp (HNZC)

 

e)         agree that the resolutions, report and attachments remain confidential.

 

C3

Land acquisition New Lynn

 

This item was deferred to the 11 September 2014 meeting.

  

 

 

2.40 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 Auckland Development Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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