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Waitākere
Ranges Local Board
14 August 2014
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1 Welcome
The Chairperson
opened the meeting and welcomed those present.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration of Interest
Members
were reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making
when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other
external interest they might have.
Specifically
members are asked to identify any new interests they have not previously
disclosed, an interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with
a matter on the agenda.
At its meeting on 28 November 2013, the
Waitakere Ranges Local Board resolved (resolution number WTK/2010/5) to record
any possible conflicts of interest in a register.
Register
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Board Member
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Organisation / Position
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Sandra Coney
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·
Waitemata
District Health Board – Elected Member
· Women’s Health Action Trust – Patron
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Neil Henderson
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· Portage Trust – Elected Member
· West Auckland Trust Services (WATS)
Board – Trustee/Director
· Weedfree Trust – Employee
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Greg Presland
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· Portage Trust – Elected Member
· Lopdell House Development Trust – Trustee
· Titirangi Residents & Ratepayers
Group – Committee Member
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Steve Tollestrup
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·
Waitakere
Licensing Trust – Elected Member
· Community Waitakere – Trustee
· West Auckland Trust Services (WATS)
Board – Trustee/Director
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Saffron Toms
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No current conflict of
interest.
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Denise Yates
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· Ecomatters Environment Trust – Deputy
Chair
· Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust – Board Member
· Huia-Cornwallis Ratepayers &
Residents Association – Co-chairperson
· Charlotte Museum Trust – Trustee
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Secretarial
Note: Member Steve Tollestrup updated his entry in the
register, and advised he is no longer a Committee Member of the Henderson
Valley Residents Association.
Member
appointments
Board members are
appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board members
represent Auckland Council.
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Board Member
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Organisation / Position
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Sandra Coney
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· Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee
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Neil Henderson
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· Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee
· Living Cell Technologies Animal
Ethics Committee – Member
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Saffron Toms
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· Ark in the Park – Governance
Group Member
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4 Confirmation of Minutes
5 Leave of Absence
There were no requests
for leave of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no acknowledgements.
7 Update from Ward
Councillors
Secretarial note: apologies from the Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse and
Councillor Linda Cooper were noted.
8 Deputations
Secretarial note: 19th Annual Going West 2014 – Festival
Programme August – September 2014 brochure was also circulated.
9 Public Forum
There was no requests to speak
under the public forum item.
10 Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
11 Notices of Motion
There were no
notices of motion.
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Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Programme - Report on 2013/14
Programme
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Resolution number WTK/2014/107
MOVED
by Chairperson S Coney, seconded by Member S Toms:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a)
Notes the outcomes and outputs from the 2013/14 Waitākere
Ranges Heritage Area Implementation Programme
b)
Requests a report to the local
board on the Heritage Site Survey within the next 3 months
c)
Requests a report to the local
board on the Auckland Transport design guide for the Waitakere Ranges Heritage
area
CARRIED
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Secretarial Note: Member Henderson
declared a conflict of interest in the Weed Free Buffer Project, Sustainable
Neighbourhoods (identified in Attachment A) and took no part in the discussion
or voting on the matter.
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Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Six Month Report
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Resolution
number WTK/2014/108
MOVED by Chairperson S Coney, seconded by Member
S Toms:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a) Receives
the report and expresses its satisfaction with the progress that has been
made on the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area programme.
b) Supports the current level of funding for
monitoring in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area as it is critical to inform
the implementation of operational activity throughout the area
c) Directs officers to report back to the local
board on the future of the West Coast Plan and the West Coast Plan Liaison
Group
CARRIED
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Secretarial
Note: Member Henderson declared a conflict of interest in the Weed Free Buffer
Project, Sustainable Neighbourhoods as identified in Attachment B, and took no
part in the discussion or voting on the matter.
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Waitakere Ranges Foothills Design Guide
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Resolution number WTK/2014/109
MOVED
by Member NR Henderson, seconded by Chairperson S Coney:
That the Waitākere
Ranges Local Board:
a) Approves
the Waitakere Ranges Foothills Design Guide
(Version 2 – June 2014) in Attachment A.
b) Approves
the amended wording of the existing property condition included in all Land Information Memorandum issued
for sites in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage
Area to read as follows (additions underlined and deletions struck-out):
This property is located within the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area
as defined in the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008. The Act can be
found at www.legislation.govt.nz Council’s web site www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, while a supporting non-statutory design guide for development
in the eastern foothills of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area (entitled
‘Waitakere Ranges Foothills Design Guide’) is on Council’s web site www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.
CARRIED
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Smoke-free Policy Implementation- Waitakere Ranges Local Board
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Resolution
number WTK/2014/110
MOVED by Chairperson S Coney, seconded by Member NR
Henderson:
That
the Waitākere Ranges Local
Board:
a) Approves the allocation from within existing
operational budgets for the cost of printing and installation of additional
smoke-free signs in 11 high priority sites which include:
i) Bethells
beach car park area
ii) Ceramco
Park and Function Centre
iii) Glen
Eden Library
iv) Harold
Moody Recreation Ground and Duck Park
v) Lopdell
House
vi) Parrs
Park
vii) Titirangi
Library
viii) Waitakere
Ranges Piha Domain
ix) Waitakere
Ranges North Piha Strand
x) Les
Waygood Park
xi) Waitakere
Ranges North Piha Esplanade
b)
Delegates authority to the Chair
and Deputy Chair to approve the location of signs in sensitive areas
c) Promotes the smoke-free status of smoke-free
public places in Waitakere Ranges as the Board deems appropriate
CARRIED
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Review of local government electoral arrangements for 2016 - Local
board views
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Resolution number WTK/2014/111
MOVED
by Chairperson S Coney, seconded by Member S Toms:
That the Waitākere
Ranges Local Board:
a)
Supports retaining the First Past the Post (FPP) voting system
in preference to a change to the alternative, Single Transferable Vote (STV)
system which is overly complex.
b)
Supports staying with the status quo for representation
arrangements in 2016 for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board area and Waitakere
ward. The representation arrangements for Auckland Council are still
relatively new and residents are still getting to grips with Auckland
Council’s governance arrangements so voter awareness needs to be given time
to grow.
c)
Supports, in principle, the introduction of Maori wards.
CARRIED
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Waitakere Ranges Local Board submissions on the draft Parking
Discussion Document and Proposed changes to the speed limits along Piha Road
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Resolution number WTK/2014/112
MOVED
by Member S Toms, seconded by Member SR Tollestrup:
That the
Waitakere Ranges Local Board
a) Approves
its submission to the Auckland Transport parking discussion document
(attachment A)
b) Approves
its submission to the Auckland Transport regarding speed limits along Piha
Road (attachment B)
CARRIED
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Secretarial Note: This report was received subject to the
following amendment to paragraph 7, to read as follows: 2.5% rates increase
being proposed by the Mayor.
21 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
8.21 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 Waitākere Ranges Local Board
HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
