Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee held in the Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 at 2.30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

Until 4.00pm, item 13

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Calum Penrose

 

Members

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

Until 5.04pm, item C3

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

Until 4.45pm, item 13

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

Member Karen Wilson

Until 5.05pm, item C3

 

ABSENT

 

 

Mayor Len Brown

 

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Shale Chambers, chair 

Waitemata Local Board

 

Desley Simpson, chair

Orakei Local Board

 

Peter Haynes, chair

Albert-Eden Local Board

 

Julia Parfitt, chair

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

 


Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee

12 May 2015

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/18

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse for absence on council business and Cr D Quax for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/19

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 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

 

6.1

Local Boards charging sport-field fees within former Auckland City Council boundary - Orakei and Waitemata Local Board Chairs

 

Desley Simpson, Chair, Orakei Local Board, Shale Chambers, Chair, Waitemata Local Board and Peter Haynes, Chair, Albert-Eden Local Board addressed the committee regarding the following issues:

·         concern that the only local boards charging sport-field ground fees are those within the former Auckland City Council area boundary (Waitemata, Albert Eden, Orākei, Puketapapa, Maungakiekie-Tamaki, Waiheke local boards) and that this is due to a legacy transition agreement which has not been resolved since 2010

·         request for those clubs that have owed sport-field ground fees to be waived at this stage

·         concern that some sports clubs have been sent invoices and charged twice a year.

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/20

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      receive the presentation and thank Desley Simpson, Shale Chambers and Peter Haynes for their attendance

b)      request staff to provide some options to the Finance and Performance Committee in relation to sport-field fees in the former Auckland City Council area.

CARRIED

 

6.2

Acquisition of land for reserve purposes - Red Beach - Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

 

Julia Parfitt spoke during the confidential section of the agenda.

 

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

9

Parks, Sports & Recreation - General Manager's Report

 

Member G Wilcox left the meeting at 3.22 pm.

Member G Wilcox returned to the meeting at 3.26 pm.

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/21

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      receive the update report from the General Manager – Parks, Sports and Recreation

b)      note that the report on Greenways Strategy will be reported back to this Committee in August

c)      acknowledge and thank Parks, Sports and Recreation staff for the work undertaken in preparation for commemorations of 100 years since WWI.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Auckland Domain Committee - Appointment of Committee and Committee Members

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/22

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      agree to the amended terms of reference

b)      appoint the Committee and appoint Cr Christine Fletcher, Cr Calum Penrose and Cr Mike Lee to the newly established Auckland Domain Committee

c)      appoint Cr Christine Fletcher as Chair of the Auckland Domain Committee

d)      note that the Independent Maori Statutory Board would appoint two members to the Auckland Domain Committee.

CARRIED

 

11

Sustainability of Sport and Recreation Project progress report

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/23

MOVED by Cr RI Clow, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      accept the Sustainability of Sport and Recreation Project – Community Speak Sport report, March 2015

b)      approve the Community Speak Sport report for distribution to local boards, the Independent Maori Statutory Board, OneVoice Sport and Recreation Auckland and advisory panels

c)      request that staff note feedback from the Sustainability of Sport and Recreation workshop May 12th 2015

d)      request staff report back the final work programme to the July 2015 Parks Recreation and Sport Committee, inclusive of workshop feedback and post discussions with other agencies (such as Sport New Zealand) to ensure resources required to deliver the work programme are identified and committed.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Waikumete Cemetery Reserve Management Plan

 

Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose left the meeting at 3.46 pm.

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/24

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr C Darby:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      note the contents and findings of the Hearing Panel’s Report

b)      note that the content of the Draft Waikumete Cemetery Reserve Management Plan has been reviewed and edited to provide updated information, and to incorporate matters raised and dealt with during the submission process

c)      approve the amendments to the Draft Waikumete Cemetery Reserve Management Plan recommended in this report

d)      refer the approved changes to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee for adoption as the final Waikumete Cemetery Reserve Management Plan

e)      endorse the proposal that the Auckland Council gives appropriate consideration to the Other Matters raised in the section on pages 30/31 of the Waikumete Hearing report (Attachment A of the agenda)

f)       note that the Waikumete Cemetery Reserve Management Plan is a long term aspirational document, which despite setting implementation timeframes, is subject to financial resourcing being available through the council budget process.

CARRIED

 

 

13

Regional Parks Use and Investment

 

Staff presented a power-point presentation in support of the item.

A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland website as a minutes attachment.

 

Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose returned to the meeting at 3.52 pm.

Cr Filipaina left the meeting at 3.45pm

Cr Filipaina returned to the meeting at 4.00pm

Chairperson CE Fletcher left the meeting at 4.00 pm.

 

Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose resumed the chair at 4pm

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/25

MOVED by Cr WB Cashmore, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      take into consideration the implications of the analysis contained in this report in future budgeting for the provision and development of regional parks.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     12 May 2015 - Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee - Item 13 - Regional Parks Use and Investment - presentation  

 

 

14

Proposed classification of Birdwood Winery Estate Reserve.

 

Member K Wilson left the meeting at 4.15pm

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/26

MOVED by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      partially rescind the Waitakere City Council resolution dated 7 September 2006 (1771/2006) to classify the whole of Lot 2 DP 50606 Birdwood Winery Estate (Attachment A of the agenda) as a local purpose (historic site) reserve

b)      approve those parts of Lot 2 marked Section 1 on the attached copy plan SO477190 (Attachment C of the agenda) to be classified as local purpose (community buildings) reserve under section 16(2A) of the Reserves Act

c)      approve the balance area marked Section 2 on plan copy SO477190 (Attachment C of the agenda) to be classified as recreation reserve under ( under s17 of the Act) pursuant to s16 (2A) of the Reserves.

CARRIED

 

 

15

Proposed classification of Brains Park, 35 Vanguard Road, Kelston

 

Member Wilson returned to the meeting at 4.20pm

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/27

MOVED by Cr RI Clow, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      resolve, pursuant to Section 16 (1) of the Reserves Act 1977, to classify part of Brains Park being Lot 1 on Deposited Plan 45106 contained in NA849/95 (Cancelled) being 5.2634 hectares as a recreation reserve, subject to statutory requirements being met.

CARRIED

 


 

 

16

Disposal of land - Auckland Botanic Gardens

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/28

MOVED by Cr WB Cashmore, seconded by Cr RI Clow:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

a)      recommend to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee the divestment of approximately 2400 m2 of land on the north-west corner of the Auckland Botanic Gardens to the New Zealand Transport Agency for the purpose of constructing a stormwater treatment facility

b)      recommend to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee the uplifting of the Auckland Botanic Gardens designation on that portion of the land sold to the New Zealand Transport Agency in terms of section 182 of the Resource Management Act, 1991

c)      recommend to the Finance and Performance Committee the retention of the funds from the sale of the land for compensating improvements to the Auckland Botanic Gardens, to compensate for the loss of amenity.

CARRIED

  

 

17        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

 

18        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number PAR/2015/29

MOVED by Cr WD Walker, seconded by Cr AM Filipaina:  

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport 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 open space land - Whenuapai

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)(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 identifies land council seeks to acquire for open space purposes..

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 identifies land council seeks to acquire for open space purposes..

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.

 

C2       Acquisition of Land for Open Space Purposes, Orewa West

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 identifies land council seeks to acquire for open space purposes.

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.

 

C3       Proposed Acquisition of Land for Reserve Purposes, Red Beach

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 land to be acquired for open space purposes.

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 was made available to the public who were present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

4.40pm            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.

 

5.34pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Acquisition of open space land - Whenuapai

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/31

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

d)         confirm that there be no restatement of this confidential report for the acquisition of land for open space within the Whenuapai 1 Special Housing Area, or the resolutions of the committee, until settlement of the purchases and only then is the resolution to be restated.

 

C2

Acquisition of Land for Open Space Purposes, Orewa West

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/32

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

e)         confirm that there be no restatement of this confidential report, attachments or resolutions of the Committee for the acquisition of land for open space in Orewa West until settlement of the purchase, and only then is the resolution to be restated.

 

C3

Proposed Acquisition of Land for Reserve Purposes, Red Beach

 

Resolution number PAR/2015/33

That the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee:

f)          confirm that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or resolutions for the acquisition of land for open space in Red Beach until settlement of the purchase and only then is the resolution to be restated.

  

 

 

5.53 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 Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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