Howick Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Howick Local Board held in the Howick Local Board Meeting Room, Pakuranga Library Complex, 7 Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga on Monday, 9 February 2015 at 6.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

David Collings

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Adele White

 

 

 

Members

Garry Boles

 

 

 

 

Katrina Bungard

 

 

 

 

Jim Donald

 

 

 

 

Lucy Schwaner

 

 

 

 

Steve Udy

 

 

 

 

Bob Wichman

 

 

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

John Spiller

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Cr S Stewart

 

 

 

Cr D Quax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Howick Local Board

09 February 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number HW/2015/1

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member JR Donald:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)         accepts the apology from Member JR Spiller for absence.

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number HW/2015/2

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member SA Udy:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)         confirms the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday, 8 December 2014, as a true and correct record with the following amendment:

Item 21 Leisure Entrance Pricing

Resolution No: HW/2014/204

Moved by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member G Boles:

a)               Approves the recommended casual entrance fees.

b)               Approves the implementation of these charges to occur on Monday 5th January 2015 Monday 2nd February 2015.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

6.1

Ross and Shirley Warren

 

 

 

Resolution number HW/2015/3

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member SA Udy:  

That the Howick Local Board acknowledges and congratulates Ross and Shirley Warren on each being awarded the Queens Service Medal in the New Year’s Honours and that the Board will also acknowledge this in writing to them.

 

CARRIED

 

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

8.1

Deputation from Chairman, Pakuranga College Board of Trustees

 

Documents tabled during the deputation will be filed with a hard copy of the minutes and will be available on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number HW/2015/4

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member L Schwaner:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Thanks Trevor Middleton, Chairman of Pakuranga College Board of Trustees for his presentation, Principal Michael Williams and student Nathan Wilson.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Pakuranga College Presentation

b     Pakuranga College Layout Map

 

 

            Public Forum

 

9.1

 

 

Documents tabled during public forum will be filed with a hard copy of the minutes and a copy will be available on the Auckland Council website

 

Resolution number HW/2015/5

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member KL Bungard:  

That the Howick Local Board thanks Dorothy Brockett and Francis Barkley for addressing the board during public forum.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Press clipping on Board funded events

b     Presentation from residents of Nimrod Place

 

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.


 

12

Chair's Report

 

Resolution number HW/2015/6

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member RD Wichman:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Receives the Chair’s verbal report.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Councillor's Update

 

Resolution number HW/2015/7

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member JR Donald:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Receives the verbal report from Councillors Stewart and Quax.

CARRIED

 

 

14

Uxbridge Arts and Cultural Centre Redevelopment: Update

 

Resolution number HW/2015/8

MOVED by Member JR Donald, seconded by Deputy Chairperson AJ White:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      approves funding in principle for an 18-month lease at 34 Moore Street, Howick to Uxbridge Community Projects Inc. subject to final approval by the local board chair of lease details, which are commercially sensitive

b)      approves funding of the lease from within existing 2014/2015 budget and an allocated budget for 2015/2016; the lease is to include rental costs and operational expenditure

c)      approves $20,000 towards fit-out and associated costs for temporary accommodation at 34 Moore Street, Howick from within existing 2014/2015 budget

d)      notes the status of the community lease for the existing Uxbridge site:

i)       the lease with Uxbridge Community Projects Inc. has lapsed and is being rolled over on a monthly basis

ii)      staff will prepare a new lease with Uxbridge Community Projects Inc. which will be brought to the local board for approval on completion of the redevelopment project

e)      notes that staff will provide a quarterly report to the local board with an update on the construction project and temporary accommodation.

CARRIED

 


 

15

New Half Moon Bay ferry facility

 

Resolution number HW/2015/9

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson AJ White, seconded by Member KL Bungard:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      receives the “New Half Moon Bay ferry facility” report for its information.

CARRIED

 

 

16

Auckland Transport Update – February 2015

 

Resolution number HW/2015/10

MOVED by Member SA Udy, seconded by Deputy Chairperson AJ White:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      receives the report entitled ‘Auckland Transport Update – February 2015’ and the attached issues register from Auckland Transport’s Elected Member Relationship Manager (South).

CARRIED

 

 

17

Performance Report for the Howick Local Board for four months to 31 October 2014

 

Resolution number HW/2015/11

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member RD Wichman:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Receives the Performance Report for the Howick Local Board for the period ended October 2014.

CARRIED

 

 

18

Local Board delegations for Have Your Say events

 

Resolution number HW/2015/12

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member JR Donald:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Delegates to the following staff the power and responsibility to hear from the public on the local board agreement through “spoken interaction/NZ sign language interaction” at the “Have Your Say” events:

i)       Tier 2 staff

ii)      Tier 3 staff

iii)     Local Board Relationship Manager, Local Board Senior Advisor, Local Board Advisor

iv)     any additional staff approved by the Chair.

CARRIED

 


 

19

Change to triennial meeting schedule - April and June 2015

 

Resolution number HW/2015/13

MOVED by Member G Boles, seconded by Member JR Donald:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Agrees to move their business meeting from 13th April 2015 to 20th April 2015 and from 8th June 2015 to 15th June 2015.

CARRIED

 

 

20

Reports Requested and Issues Raised 2013 -2016

 

Resolution number HW/2015/14

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson AJ White, seconded by Chairperson DA Collings:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Receives the Reports Requested and Issues Raised 2013 – 2016 schedule.

CARRIED

 

 

21

Workshop Notes

 

Resolution number HW/2015/15

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson AJ White, seconded by Chairperson DA Collings:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      Receives the workshop notes for workshops held on 27th November, 4th, and 11th December 2014.

CARRIED

  

22        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

23        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number HW/2015/16

MOVED by Chairperson DA Collings, seconded by Member SA Udy:  

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      excludes 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 public open space in Flat Bush

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)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains information on property values.

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

 

7.29 pm           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.

 

 

7.31 pm           The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Acquisition of land for public open space in Flat Bush

 

Resolution number HW/2015/17

MOVED by Member L Schwaner, seconded by Member RD Wichman:  

That the Howick Local Board confirms there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions for the acquisition of the property in Flat Bush or the resolutions of the Local Board until settlement of the acquisition and then only the resolution is to be restated.

CARRIED

  

  

7.31 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 Howick Local Board HELD ON

 

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

 

 

 

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