Unitary Plan Committee

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Unitary Plan Committee held in the Room 1 & 2, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 at 1.40pm.

present

Deputy Chairperson	Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse
Members	Cr Anae Arthur Anae	Until 3.05pm, Item C1.
	Cr Dr Cathy Casey
	Cr Chris Darby	From 1.49pm, Item C1.
	Cr Denise Krum	From 1.41pm, Item 1.
	Member Liane Ngamane	From 1.43pm, Item 10
	Cr Wayne Walker

APOLOGIES

Chairperson	Cr Alf Filipaina	Absence
Ex-officio	Mayor Len Brown, JP	Absence
	Member Josie Smith	Absence
	Cr Penny Webster	Absence on council business

ALSO PRESENT

Cr Bill Cashmore

Cr Calum Penrose

IN ATTENDANCE

Mike Cohen, QSM, JP

From 2.50pm, Item C1.

Unitary Plan Committee 10 December 2014

1          Apologies

Cr DA Krum entered the meeting at 1.41pm

Resolution number UNI/2014/53

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr AJ Anae:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a) accept the apologies from Chairperson AM Filipaina, Mayor LCM Brown and Member J Smith for absence and from Cr MP Webster for absence on council business.

CARRIED

2          Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

3          Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number UNI/2014/54

MOVED by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr DA Krum:

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 11 November 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/2014/55

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

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

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

b)      agree that Michael Parsonson, Southern Skies Ltd, Mark Vinall, Tattico, Jeremy Wyatt and Louise Gobby, lead planners, be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1:Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - council position for mediation and hearings - Airport, Earthworks and Air Quality, after the public has been excluded, because of their knowledge of the airport and planning, which will help the Unitary Plan Committee in its decision-making.

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 submissions - council position for mediation and hearings -  Airport, Earthworks and Air Quality

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

Member  Ngamane entered the meeting at 1.43pm

1.43pm            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.

3.43pm            The public was re-admitted.

restatementS

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

C1	Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - council position for mediation and hearings -  Airport, Earthworks and Air Quality
	cc)       confirm that the confidential report, attachments and resolutions of the committee remain confidential until the conclusion of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan hearings.

3.44 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:........................................................