Orākei Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Orākei Local Board held in the St Chads Church and Community Centre, 38 St Johns Road, Meadowbank on Thursday, 11 December 2014 at 5.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Colin Davis, JP

 

 

 

Members

Ken Baguley

 

 

 

 

Troy Churton

 

 

 

 

Kate Cooke

 

 

 

 

Kit Parkinson

 

 

 

 

Mark Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Orākei Local Board

11 December 2014

 

 

1          Welcome

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

5          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

6          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

7          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

8          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

9          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

10        Notices of Motion

 

10.1

Berm Planting Guidelines Development with Auckland Transport for Community Groups and Gardening Collectives

 

Resolution number OR/2014/61

MOVED by Chairperson DEC Simpson, seconded by Member Parkinson:  

That the Orākei Local Board:

a)      strongly supports encouraging and enabling community use of berms as much as practicable.

b)      strongly supports the development of berm-planting guidelines, which would include:

i.    Safe depths to dig to

ii.   Ideal plants in a number of categories – natives, food, trees

iii.  Maintenance expectations, including in regard to safety eg height

iv.  Working with neighbours.

c)      requests a report from Auckland Transport addressing these issues and reporting on progress on these resolutions, to the Board’s March 2015 agenda.

CARRIED

 

11

Long-term Plan 2015-2025: Orākei Local Board Consultation Material

 

The Long-term Plan 2015-2025 insert document was tabled in support of this item.

 

A copy of the tabled document has been placed on the official minutes and can be viewed at the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number OR/2014/62

MOVED by Chairperson DEC Simpson, seconded by Member M Thomas:  

That the Orākei Local Board:

a)      adopts the local long-term plan consultation material including:

i)       a one page (two-sided) local board insert as tabled and as attached to the minutes of this meeting subject to agreement between the Chair and Governance Director.

 ii)     supporting information, including local funding priorities for 2015/2016, key advocacy areas, indicative local performance targets for 2015/2016 and indicative local budgets for the next 10 years.

b)      notes that:

i)       the allocation of projects within Locally Driven Initiative (LDI) budgets are required to balance in every year.

ii)      proposed operational savings for asset based services within the parks, community and lifestyle theme are not reflected in draft local budgets, but are instead captured at a regional level.  Savings will be applied locally to final LTP budgets following consultation. 

iii)     high level budgets for programmes of work such as renewals, non-growth projects, parks developments, sportsfield developments and land acquisition will be developed prior to adoption of the final LTP.

c)      agrees that the Chair be delegated to make any changes to local consultation material for the Long-term Plan 2015 - 2025 prior to publication.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Long-term Plan 2015-2025 Insert

 

 

12

Orakei Local Board Achievements Register

 

Resolution number OR/2014/63

MOVED by Chairperson DEC Simpson, seconded by Member TG Churton:  

That the Orākei Local Board:

a)      receives the Orakei Local Board December 2014 achievements register.

CARRIED

  

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.15 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 Orākei Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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