Unitary Plan Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Unitary Plan Committee held in the Council Chamber, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 11 November 2014 at 1.30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

 

 

Member Liane Ngamane

From 1.40pm Item, C1

 

Member Josie Smith

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 1.35pm, Item C1

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

From 1.44pm, Item C1

 

Cr Calum Penrose

From 1.44pm, Item C1

 

Cr George Wood

From 1.59pm, Item C1, until 2.30pm, Item C1

 

Cr Mike Lee

From 2.27pm, Item C1

 

 


Unitary Plan Committee

11 November 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number UNI/2014/43

MOVED by Cr AM Filipaina, seconded by Member Smith:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse and Cr MP Webster for absence on council business.

CARRIED

 

2Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number UNI/2014/44

MOVED by Cr AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Darby:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 14 October 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

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.   

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 


 

10        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number UNI/2014/45

MOVED by Cr AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr AJ Anae:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

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

b)         agree that Mr John Burns, legal counsel Kirkland Morrison O’Callahan, Mr Mathew Gribben, legal counsel Buddle Findlay, Stacey Fair, planner of Coast and Catchments and Robert Scott, planner Scott Wilkinson be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1, Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan - council position for mediation and hearings:  coastal - discharges, biofouling and mineral extraction, after the public has been excluded.

 

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       Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan - council position for mediation and hearings:  coastal - discharges, biofouling and mineral extraction

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)(g) - The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege.

In particular, the report contains legal advice..

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 is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at 1:35pm.

 

1.35pm            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.

 

3.16pm            The public was re-admitted.

 


 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan - council position for mediation and hearings:  coastal - discharges, biofouling and mineral extraction

 

b)        recommends that the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee investigate additional facilities for boat sewage, collection and disposal

g)      confirm that the confidential report, attachments and resolutions of the committee remain confidential until the conclusion of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan hearings with the exception of clause (b) which will be restated.

 

3.16 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 Unitary Plan Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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