Heritage Advisory Panel

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Heritage Advisory Panel held in the Board Room, Ground Floor, Town Hall on Tuesday, 17 February 2015 at 5.30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Mike Lee

 

Members

Elizabeth  Aitken-Rose

 

 

Graeme Burgess

 

 

Leyton Chan

 

 

Sally Hughes

 

 

John La Roche

 

 

Allan Matson

 

 

Jane Matthews

 

 

Dr Ann McEwan

 

 

Graeme Murdoch

 

 

Bill Rayner

 

 

Sherry Reynolds

 

 

David Veart

 

 

Lorraine Wilson

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

Member

Rob Enright

Absence

 

Sherry Reynolds

Absence

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Jim Mathers

 

 

Dave Beamish

 


Heritage Advisory Panel

17 February 2015

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number HER/2015/1

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member G Burgess:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)         accept the apology from Member R Enright and Member S Reynolds for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Member Ann McEwan declared an interest in Item 5, Auckland Civic Building and Item 9, Heritage Manager’s verbal update on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan progress.

 

Member G Burgess declared an interest in Item 11, General Business, Building Five Greenlane Hosiptal.

 

Cr Mike Lee declared an interest in Item 11, General Business, Chamberlain Park Trees.

 

Member S Reynolds declared an interest in Item 11, General Business, NZ Maritime Board.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number HER/2015/2

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member L Wilson:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 18 November 2014, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.


 

5

Auckland Civic Building

 

Member Ann McEwan declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.

 

Dr. Robin Skinner and Dr. Julia Gately were in attendance to present to the Heritage Advisory Panel on the Auckland Civic Building.

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minute attachment.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/3

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member G Burgess:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)         thank Dr. Robin Skinner and Dr. Julia Gately for their presentation to the Heritage Advisory Panel on the Auckland Civic Building and request that the presentation be made to appropriate committee/s of the Auckland Council

b)        endorse the views and advice provided by Dr. Robin Skinner and Dr. Julia Gately in regards to the Archifact and Salmond Reid reports which identified the Heritage values of the Civic Building

c)         endorse the views and advice provided by Dr. Robin Skinner and Dr. Julia Gately to retain, repair and refurbish the Civic Building for ongoing public use

d)        request Auckland Council Property Limited (ACPL) to discuss the Civic Building at an upcoming Heritage Advisory Panel meeting.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     17 February 2015, Heritage Advisory Panel, Item 5, Auckland Civic Building.

b     17 February 2015, Heritage Advisory Panel, Auckland Civic Building, Text of Presentations.  

 

 

6

2015 Work Program and Approach

 

Noel Reardon, Heritage Manager was in attendance to present to the Heritage Advisory Panel on the 2015 Work Program and Approach.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/4

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member A McEwan:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)      agree on three areas of work that they wish to investigate and this be communicated by email, compiled and refined by staff and discussed and confirmed at the next meeting of the Heritage Advisory Panel.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Heritage Incentives

 

Noel Reardon, Heritage Manager and David Bade, Specialist Built Heritage were in attendance to present to the Heritage Advisory Panel the Heritage Incentives approach.

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minute attachment.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/5

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member S Hughes:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)      agree to provide advice on the content and scope of the Heritage Incentives Approach included as Attachment A and compile responses as soon as possible to be discussed at the next meeting of the Panel

b)      agree that a subcommittee of the Heritage Advisory Panel be formed to draft a submission on the Long-term Plan that supports funding for Heritage.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial note:          Member G Burgess and Member A Matson agreed to be on the subcommittee compiling the submission in recommendation (b).

 

Attachments

a     17 February 2015, Heritage Advisory Panel, Heritage Incentives Approach Update.

 

 

8

Correspondence regarding the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI) Presentation

 

Cr Mike Lee noted the attached correspondence regarding the AMETI Presentation. The correspondence was taken as read.

 

 

9

Heritage Manager’s verbal update on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan
progress

 

Member Ann McEwan declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.

 

Noel Reardon, Heritage Manager gave a verbal updated on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) progress.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/6

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member D Veart:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)      receive the Heritage Manager Noel Reardon’s verbal update on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan progress.

CARRIED

 

10        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

General Business

 

Chamberlain Park Trees

 

Member Graeme Burgess was in attendance and requested the Heritage Advisory Panel to discuss whether they would like to add that the Chamberlain Park Trees be discussed at an upcoming meeting as no decision around the trees has been made by Council.

 

Cr Mike Lee declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.

 

Secretarial note:          Cr Mike Lee vacated the chair and left the meeting, Noel Reardon assumed the chair at 7.40pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number HER/2015/7

MOVED by Member G Burgess, seconded by Member E Aitken-Rose:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)            acknowledge there is a real concern about the proposed removal of the Pohutukawa trees adjacent to the former boundary of Chamberlain Park

b)           acknowledge that the above trees in resolution (a) have genuine heritage value

c)           agree that this concern be conveyed to the Auckland Transport Board and it be requested to reconsider alternative options that result in the retention of the trees.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Secretarial note:          Noel Reardon vacated the Chair. Cr Mike Lee returned to the meeting and resumed the Chair at 7.45pm.

 

 

 

 

 

Heritage NZ

 

Member Ann McEwan was in attendance and requested to speak to the Heritage Advisory Panel on HeritageNZ’s five draft strategy policies submission process due 15 April 2015.

 

 

 

Resolution number HER/2015/8

MOVED by Chairperson ME Lee, seconded by Member L Chan:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)            agree to set up a working party to provide draft advice to council on HeritageNZ’s five draft strategy policies.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial note:          Member A McEwan, Member A Matson, Member E Aitken-Rose and Member D Veart to form the working party in recommendation (a).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Five, Greenlane Hospital

 

Member G Burgess declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.

 

Member A Matson was in attendance and spoke about Building Five, Greenlane about the state of the building and wished to pass on correspondence on the building.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/9

MOVED by Member A Matson, seconded by Member L Wilson:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)            agree to correspond with the Health Board on the current status, including its condition and future use of Building Five, Greenlane Hospital.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Marsden Wharf

 

Member A Matson was in attendance and spoke about Marsden Wharf and the development of that area with the demolition of Marsden Wharf occurring today.

 

Resolution number HER/2015/10

MOVED by Member A Matson, seconded by Member E Aitken-Rose:  

That the Heritage Advisory Panel:

a)            agree to express its concern towards the demolition process and non-notified activity of the Marsden Wharf to the Auckland Council.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Letter to Herald

 

Cr Mike Lee requested the Panel’s advice on the letter to the herald referencing the Adams Family building which was put forward to the Auckland Council on part of its demolition.

 

 

 

NZ Maritime Board

 

Member S Reynolds informed the Panel of her conflict of interest and did not speak on the item.

 

Cr Mike Lee discussed the NZ Maritime Board. No further actions occurred.

 

 

 

Invitations

 

The Heritage Advisory Panel agreed for several invitations to be forwarded to the Panel from Member S Reynolds and Member A Matson.

 

 

8.13 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 Heritage Advisory Panel HELD ON

 

 

 

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