Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee  held in the Level 26 , 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 3 December 2014 at 8.30am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Wayne Walker

 

Members

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

From 8.56am, item 9

 

Cr Chris Darby

From 8.46am, item 9

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse (Ex-officio)

From 8.46am, item 9

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Member Karen Wilson

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

For absence

 

Member Liane Ngamane

For absence

 

 

 

 

 


Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee

03 December 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number ENV/2014/53

MOVED by Chairperson WD Walker, seconded by Cr CM Casey:  

That the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from member Ngamane and Cr Cooper for absence, and  Cr Darby and Deputy Mayor Hulse for lateness.

CARRIED

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Cr Fletcher declared a conflict of interest for item 9 as she is the Chair of Motutapu trust.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number ENV/2014/54

MOVED by Chairperson WD Walker, seconded by Cr J Watson:  

That the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 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.


Cr C Darby entered  the meeting at 8.46 am.

Deputy Mayor PA Hulse entered the meeting at 8.46 am.

Cr RI Clow entered  the meeting at 8.56 am.

 

9

2014 Environmental Initiatives Fund allocation

 

Resolution number ENV/2014/55

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

That the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee:

a)      approve Environmental Initiatives Fund grant allocations listed in Attachment A: 2014 EIF Funding Recommendations (as per in the agenda).

b)      request acknowledgement of Auckland Council funding, including display of Auckland Council logo, appears prominently on all communications distributed by grantees.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial Note:         Pursuant to Standing Order 3.15.5, Cr Fletcher requested her abstention be recorded.

 

Attachments

a     3 December 2014 - Environment Climate Change and Natural heritage Committee - item 9 - 2014 Environmental Initiatives Fund allocation

  

 

10        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

11        Procedural motion to exclude the public

MOVED by Chairperson WD Walker, seconded by Deputy Mayor PA Hulse:  

That the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage 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       2014 Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund - Allocation of Funding

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)(b)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would disclose a trade secret.

In particular, the report contains sensitive information about applications for grant funding that should be kept confidential from competitors..

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 sensitive information about applications for grant funding that should be kept confidential from competitors..

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.

 

9.20am            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.

 

9.25am            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

2014 Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund - Allocation of Funding

 

That the Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee:

a)      approve funding decisions and grant allocations for the medium and large applications to the Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund as listed in Attachment A of the report in the agenda.

b)      agrees that only these resolutions, the names of successful applicants, a brief description of their projects and the value of their grant be restated in the open minutes.

c)      request acknowledgement of Auckland Council funding, including display of Auckland Council logo, appears prominently on all communications distributed by grantees.

   

9.25am                                               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 Environment, Climate Change and Natural Heritage Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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