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Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee
04 December
2014
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration of Interest
Cr L Cooper made
a declaration of interest for items 12 and 13.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
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.
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Queens Wharf Public Arts Commission
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Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse entered the
meeting at 9.43am.
Cr Lee entered the meeting at 9.44am.
Cr AM Filipaina entered the meeting at
10.02 am.
Cr RI Clow
entered the meeting at 10.49 am.
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Secretarial Note:
Councillor George Wood left the meeting at 10.48am. Cr Anae assumed the chair.
Cr Wood resumed the chair at 10.50am
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Resolution number REG/2014/133
MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:
a) receive the
report.
CARRIED
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A division
was called for, voting on which was as follows:
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For
Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae
Mayor LCM Brown
Cr WB Cashmore
Cr RI Clow
Cr LA Cooper
Cr C Darby
Cr AM Filipaina
Deputy Mayor PA Hulse
Member K MacDonald
Cr CM Penrose
Cr JG Walker
Member G Wilcox
Chairperson GS Wood
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Against
Cr CE Brewer
Cr CM Casey
Cr CE Fletcher
Cr ME Lee
Cr D Quax
Cr SL Stewart
Cr WD Walker
Cr J Watson
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Abstained
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The motion was
declared carried by 13
votes to 8.
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The meeting adjourned at 11.19am.
Mayor LCM Brown retired from the meeting
at 11.19 am.
Cr JG Walker retired from the meeting at
11.19 am.
Deputy Mayor PA Hulse left the meeting at
11.19 am.
Cr M Lee left the meeting at 11.19 am.
Cr Fletcher left the meeting at 11.19 am.
The meeting reconvened at 11.28am.
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Final Community Grants Policy for adoption
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Deputy Mayor PA Hulse returned to the
meeting at 11.32 am.
Cr Lee returned
to the meeting at 11.33 am.
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Resolution number REG/2014/134
MOVED
by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Regional Strategy and
Policy Committee:
a)
adopt the Community Grants Policy for implementation from 1 July
2015.
b) direct staff to prepare
funding options and advice for consideration by the Budget Committee in May
2015 as part of final Long-term Plan decisions.
c) note that the Operations
Division will lead the implementation of the Community Grants Policy,
including working with local boards and relevant governing body committees on
confirming priorities, scheme structures and assessment criteria.
d) note that all in-scope
legacy grants schemes operated by Auckland Council will cease to operate from
1 July 2015, although any grants already allocated through these schemes will
not be affected.
CARRIED
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Recommended Strategy and Policy Forward Programme
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Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae retired
from the meeting at 11.37 am.
Cr
Fletcher returned to the meeting at 11.37am.
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Resolution number REG/2014/135
MOVED
by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee:
a)
adopt the revised recommended Strategy and Policy
Forward Programme (Attachment A to the agenda report)
b) agree to the removal of
the following adopted documents from the Strategy and Policy Forward
Programme noting that significant policy, strategic or public interest issues
related to those documents that may arise will be reported to relevant
reporting committees and/or committees of the whole for decisions and
oversight as appropriate:
· Events
Policy
· Gambling
Venues Policies
· Indigenous
Biodiversity Strategy
· Libraries
Future Direction
· Procurement
Strategy and Policy
· Public
Art Policy
· Smokefree
Policy.
c)
agree to the removal of the following in-progress documents
from the Strategy and Policy Forward Programme noting that in the majority of
cases the focus will be on progressing management work programmes and/or
partnership agreements and frameworks rather than on the development of
strategy or policy documents:
· CCTV
Strategic Action Plan
· Family
and Sexual Violence Strategic Action Plan
· Historic
Heritage Action Plan
· Water
Strategic Action Plan.
d)
agree to receive monitoring and update reports on the
development and implementation of items in the Strategy and Policy Forward
Programme in March, July and November of each year starting in March 2015.
e)
identify any policies or strategies that it wishes to receive
one-off or regular six monthly or annual update/progress reports on.
f)
note that the Water Strategic Action Plan work will be
incorporated into the more holistic approach provided for the Environment
Strategic Action Plan.
CARRIED
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Councillors Clow and Cooper declared an interest in items
12 and 13 and left the room.
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Deferral of District Licensing Committee review to 2015
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Deputy Mayor PA Hulse left the meeting
at 11.57 am.
Deputy
Mayor PA Hulse returned to the meeting at 12.10 pm.
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Resolution number REG/2014/136
MOVED
by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr CM Casey:
That the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee:
a) agree that the District
Licensing Committee review be deferred until June 2015 and be reported to the
Regional Strategy and Policy Committee after the Provisional Local Alcohol
Policy has been adopted.
CARRIED
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Options for regulation of the commercial sex industry
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Cr LA
Cooper returned to the meeting at 12.15 pm.
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Resolution number REG/2014/138
MOVED
by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr LA Cooper:
That the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee:
a)
agree that the location of commercial
sex industry premises in Auckland will be regulated through planning rules.
b)
agree that prior to the Proposed
Auckland Unitary Plan coming into force the location of commercial sex
industry premises in Auckland will be regulated through legacy district plan
rules.
c)
agree that operational aspects of the
commercial sex industry in Auckland such as health and safety and signage
will be regulated through bylaws specific to the topic and appropriate
legislation.
d)
agree that all legacy bylaws relating
to the location of brothels will lapse on
31 October 2015.
e) agree that a bylaw to regulate the location of brothels will not
be developed.
CARRIED
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Auckland Council Guide to the Commercial Sex Industry Regulations
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Resolution number REG/2014/139
MOVED
by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee:
a)
note that the ‘Guide to Commercial Sex Industry Regulations’ is
a compendium document that contains general local and central government
regulations relevant to managing the location, operation and visibility of
the commercial sex industry in Auckland.
b)
note that any editorial amendments is delegated for approval to
the Manager Social Policy and Bylaws.
c) note that
the ‘Guide to Commercial Sex Industry Regulations’ will be available on the
Auckland Council website from January 2015.
CARRIED
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16 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
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Extension of Regional Pest Management
Plan Expiry Date - Recommendation from the Environment, Climate Change and
Natural Heritage Committee of 26 November 2014
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Resolution number REG/2014/140
MOVED
by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr C Darby:
That the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee:
a) extend
the expiry date of the Auckland Regional Pest Management Plan by 12 months,
from 17 December 2014 to 17 December 2015.
CARRIED
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18 Procedural
motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number REG/2014/141
MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr WD
Walker:
That the
Regional Strategy and Policy 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 Acquisition
of Land for Stormwater Purposes
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Reason for passing
this resolution in relation to each matter
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Particular interest(s)
protected (where applicable)
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Ground(s) under
section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
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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.
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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 information that may affect property values.
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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.
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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
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12.17pm 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.
12.20pm The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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Acquisition of Land for Stormwater Purposes
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That the
Regional Strategy and Policy Committee agree that there be no restatement of
the confidential report or attachment for the acquisition of land for
stormwater purposes, or the resolutions of the committee.
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12.20pm 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 Regional Strategy and Policy
Committee HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
