Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board held in the Committee Room, Level 15, 1 Greys Avenue, Auckland on Wednesday, 24 September 2014 at 3.00pm.

 

present

 

 

Chairperson

Dr Lucy Baragwanath

University of Auckland

Deputy Chairperson

Earl Gray

Partner, Simpson Grierson, Committee for Auckland

Members

Dick Ayres

Member, CBD Residents Advisory Group

 

Shale Chambers

Chair Waitemata Local Board

 

Tim Coffey

Member, CBD Residents Advisory Group

 

John Coop

Warren and Mahoney, NZ Institute of Architects

 

Jillian de Beer (from 3.50pm, part item 6)

de Beer Marketing & Communications

 

Kate Healy

Ngati Whatua o Orakei Corporate Limited

 

Barbara Holloway

Karangahape Road Business Association

 

Nigel Murphy

University of Technology

 

Alex Swney

Heart of the City

 

Andrea Hutchins (alternate) (until 5.15pm, part item C1)

Property Council of NZ

 

Rory Palmer on behalf of the Mayor

Mayoral Office

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

Mayor, Auckland Council

 

Jillian de Beer, for lateness

de Beer Marketing & Communications

 

Councillor Mike Lee

Auckland Council

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Paddy Stafford-Bush

Director, Heart of the City

 


Auckland City Centre Advisory Board

24 September 2014

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/58

MOVED by Member Andrea Hutchins, seconded by Member John Coop:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor Brown for absence, Councillor Mike Lee for absence on council business and Jillian de Beer for lateness.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/59

MOVED by Member Barbara Holloway, seconded by Member Tim Coffey:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 27 August 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

5

Auckland City Centre Advisory Board Members update

 

 

 

There were no reports.

 

 

Item 7 was taken at this point.

 

 

7

Update on improving the City Centre care and maintenance process

 

Staff were present in support of the item.

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/60

MOVED by Member Barbara Holloway, seconded by Member Nigel Murphy:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         receive the update report on improving the City Centre care and maintenance process

b)         note that a further report including costs and financial information will be provided to the Board’s 22 October meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

6

CCI Progress Update for Auckland City Centre Advisory Board
- for period 1 August to 31 August 2014

 

Member Shale Chambers left the meeting at 3.25 pm.

Member Jillian de Beer entered the meeting at 3.59 pm.

Member Shale Chambers returned to the meeting at 4.00 pm.

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/61

MOVED by Member Alex Swney, seconded by Member Tim Coffey:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         receive the City Centre Integration progress update for the period of 1 August 2014 to 30 August 2014

b)         note the initial scoping document for the Aotea precinct will be provided to the Board’s 22 October meeting

c)         note that it expects to be involved in the generative stages in all projects in the city centre.

CARRIED

 

 

8

Downtown Framework presentation

 

The draft Downtown Framework was tabled for the Board’s discussion.

A copy of the draft document  is attached to the official copy of these minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/62

MOVED by Member Alex Swney, seconded by Member Tim Coffey:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)         agree that draft downtown framework be included in the October meeting agenda

b)         agree that board members provide questions and feedback a week before the meeting on the draft downtown framework.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     24 September 2014, Auckland City Centre Advisory Board, Item 8 - Downtown Framework presentation, draft Downtown Precinct Framework

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

 

10        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number CEN/2014/63

MOVED by Member Barbara Holloway, seconded by Member Alex Swney:  

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting

b)      agree that Paddy Stafford-Bush be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1: Update on the LTP and City Centre Targeted Rate after the public has been excluded, as an observer.

 

 

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       Update on the LTP and City Centre Targeted Rate

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 which is commercially sensitive and could affect negotiations between the City Centre Advisory Board and the Mayor of Auckland Council if the information is made publicly available.

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

 

4.28pm            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.

 

5.20pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Update on the LTP and City Centre Targeted Rate

 

Resolution number CEN/2014/64

That the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board agree that the resolutions and presentation remain confidential.

 

 

 

 

 

5.21 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 Auckland City Centre Advisory Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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