Whau Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Whau Local Board held in the Whau Local Board Office, 31 Totara Avenue, New Lynn on Wednesday, 18 February 2015 at 6.30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Catherine Farmer

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Susan Zhu

 

 

 

Members

Derek Battersby, QSM, JP

(from 6:38pm, item 8.1)

 

 

 

Ami Chand, JP

 

 

 

 

Duncan Macdonald, JP

 

 

 

 

Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel

 

 

 

 

Simon Matafai

 

 

 

 


Whau Local Board

18 February 2015

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The chair opened the meeting and welcomed those present.

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number WH/2015/10

MOVED by Chairperson CM Farmer, seconded by Member A Chand:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)         Confirms the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Ward Councillor’s Update

 

An apology from Councillor Clow for absence was noted.

 

8          Deputations

 

8.1

Dayspring Trust

 

Member DQ Battersby joined to the meeting at 6.38 pm.

 

Jane Bruce, CEO of Dayspring Trust introduced Dayspring Trust to the board and made a presentation.

A copy of presentation has been placed on file copy of the minutes and can be viewed on Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number WH/2015/11

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Zhu, seconded by Member SPT Matafai:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Receives the presentation from Jane Bruce of Dayspring Trust and thank her for the presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Presentation - Dayspring Trust

 

 


 

8.2

Heather Tanguay - WISE Collective

 

Heather Tanguay of WISE Collective made a presentation to the board on benefits of the New Lynn Night Market to the community and future of night market.

A copy of presentation along with a copy of tabled information have been placed on file copy of the minutes and can be viewed on Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number WH/2015/12

MOVED by Member A Chand, seconded by Member R Manukia-Schaumkel:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Receives the presentation from Heather Tanguay of WISE Collective and thank her for the presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Presentation - WISE Collective

b     Tabled Information - WISE Collective

 

 

9          Public Forum

 

 

Tupe Esau Taisalika – Sport Pasefika

  • Requested funding support from the board for their 2015 sporting programmes, activities and tournaments along with funding for an old warehouse turned to sports centre for Whau.

Sisterhood NZ - Leva Latu Faafua

  • Requested funding support from the board towards Family Day 2015 event which is being organised for 28th March by the group.

Mike Brennan

  • Raised concerns regarding various topics including numbers of ratable properties in Whau, rates, name of the board as ‘Whau Local Board’ and 3rd reading of empowering act.

 

 

 

Resolution number WH/2015/13

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Zhu, seconded by Member A Chand:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)         Receives the public forum submissions.

CARRIED

 

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

 

 

12

Whau Local Board Chairperson, Catherine Farmer's report

 

Resolution number WH/2015/14

MOVED by Chairperson CM Farmer, seconded by Member SPT Matafai:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Receives the Whau Local Board Chairperson, Catherine Farmer’s report.

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Portfolio Update: Member Ami Chand

 

Resolution number WH/2015/15

MOVED by Member A Chand, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Zhu:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Receives the portfolio update from Member Ami Chand.

 

CARRIED

 

 

14

Local board member update reports

 

Resolution number WH/2015/16

MOVED by Chairperson CM Farmer, seconded by Member A Chand:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)         Receives local board member verbal reports.

 

CARRIED

 

 

15

Local Board delegations for Have Your Say events

 

Resolution number WH/2015/17

MOVED by Member SPT Matafai, seconded by Member A Chand:  

That the Whau 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.

b)      Notes that a “Have Your Say” event is scheduled to be held in the Whau local board area on Thursday 26 February, at Bay Olympic in New Lynn and that pre-registration is preferred.

 

CARRIED

 

16

Local board input on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025

 

Resolution number WH/2015/18

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Zhu, seconded by Member A Chand:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Agrees to provide feedback to Auckland Transport on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025 by:

i)       speaking at the Auckland Transport Transport Stakeholder event

ii)      providing written feedback to Auckland Transport by 16 March 2015.

b)      Delegates to the Chairperson, Catherine Farmer and the transport portfolio holder, Susan Zhu the power to speak on behalf of the board at the Auckland Transport’s Transport Stakeholder event.

c)      Delegates to Chairperson, Catherine Farmer and transport portfolio holder, Susan Zhu the coordination and finalisation of the board’s written feedback to Auckland Transport on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2015-2025.

 

CARRIED

 

 

17

Performance Report for the Whau Local Board for the six months ended 31 December 2014

 

Secretarial Note:        A memo “New Lynn Gateway Sign Project variation” was tabled in support of the item. A copy of memo has been placed on file copy of the minutes and can be viewed on Auckland Council website.         

 

Resolution number WH/2015/19

MOVED by Member A Chand, seconded by Member R Manukia-Schaumkel:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Receives the Performance Report for the Whau Local Board for the period ended December 2014.

b)      Notes the increase in costs due to additional engineering requirements and approves an additional $16,000 towards the New Lynn Gateway Project funded from the Local Board Discretionary Fund (Capex) budget line.

 

CARRIED

 

Secretarial Note:        Member Duncan Macdonald abstained from voting on the above resolution.

 

Attachments

a     Tabled Memo - New Lynn Gateway Sign Project variation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

Confirmation of Workshop Records: January 2015

 

Resolution number WH/2015/20

MOVED by Chairperson CM Farmer, seconded by Member SPT Matafai:  

That the Whau Local Board:

a)      Confirms the records of the workshops in Attachments A - B held on the following dates: 

21 January 2015

28 January 2015

 

CARRIED

  

 

19        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

7.54 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 Whau Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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