Upper Harbour Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Upper Harbour Local Board held in the Upper Harbour Local Board Office, 30 Kell Drive, Albany on Tuesday, 23 June 2015 at 7.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Lisa Whyte

 

Deputy Chairperson

Brian Neeson, JP

 

Members

Callum Blair

 

 

ABSENT

 

Members

John McLean

For non-attendance

 

 

Margaret Miles, JP

For non-attendance

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Member Christine Rankin-MacIntyre

 

Secretarial note:          Member Christine Rankin-Macintyre was in attendance via teleconference. Her attendance in this manner is not considered as being present for purposes of a quorum under Standing Order 2.4.1.’

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Mr Glenn Wilcox

Independent Maori Statutory Board

 

 

 

 

 


Upper Harbour Local Board

23 June 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chair welcomed all those present.

 

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number UH/2015/77

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         accept the apologies from members’ John McLean and Margaret Miles for

non-attendance.

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number UH/2015/78

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record subject to amending resolution b) item 16, Resolution number (UH2015/73) – Upper Harbour Local Board Discretionary Community Funding – Round Two 2014/2015 to read as follows :

b)           request the Lead Financial Advisor to transfer the remaining balance of $25,357.57 to the Upper Harbour Local Board discretionary fund for future allocation.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 


9          Public Forum

 

9.1

The Landing residents - Llanore Kale

 

 

 

Llanore Kale and residents presented to the Board regarding street gardens in The Landing, Albany subdivision.

 

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

 

The Parks department agreed to work with the residents of The Landing - Albany on the infill of street gardens working, within budget constraints.

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/79

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)      thank Llanore Kale and the residents from The Landing for their attendance.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     20150623, Upper Harbour Local Board, Item 9.1, Residents of The Landing, Albany

 

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Meeting Minutes Upper Harbour Local Board, Tuesday 9 June 2015

 

That the Upper Harbour Local Board open unconfirmed minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 9 June 2015 are attached at Item 12 of the agenda for the information of the board only, and will be confirmed under item 4 of the agenda.

 


 

13

Community Development Arts and Culture (CDAC) Work Programme 2015/2016

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/80

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         approve the 2015/2016 Community Development, Arts and Culture work programme (Attachment A of the agenda), noting that the Community Development and Safety component is dependent upon the outcome of the Empowered Communities Approach.

 

b)        approve the community lease work plan for 2015/2016 (refer Attachment B of the agenda).

c)         approve the 2015/2016 term grant for Meadowood Community House of $52,240 towards the operation and activation of the community facility in the asset based services budget.

 

d)         approve the renewal of the funding agreement with the Albany CoCo Trust to the value of $50,000 for 2015/2016 from the locally driven initiatives budget.

e)         approve funding for a new agreement with the Hobsonville Trust to the value of $18,000 for 2015/2016 from the locally driven initiatives budget.

f)         approve funding for a new agreement with the Greenhithe Trust to the value of $18,000 for 2015/2016 from the locally driven initiatives budget.

 

g)        approve funding of a $20,000 term grant to the Albany Coco Trust, for the management of the Albany House facility, from the locally driven initiatives budget, on the understanding that this will be reviewed as the Albany Community Hub is developed.

CARRIED

 

 

14

Community Facilities Network Plan

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/81

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)            support the draft Community Facilities Network Plan and associated draft Action Plan to guide council’s investment in the provision of community facilities.

 

b)        note that local board views will be reported to the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee in August 2015.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     20150623, Upper Harbour Local Board, Updated facilities list, draft Community Facilities Network Plan  

 

15

Status of the Upper Harbour Local Board Discretionary Funds for the 2014/2015 financial year

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/82

MOVED by Member C Blair, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the Status of the Upper Harbour Local Board Discretionary Funds for the 2014/2015 financial year report.

CARRIED

 

 

16

Allocation of remaining discretionary opex funding for the financial year 2014/2015

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/83

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson, seconded by Chairperson LM Whyte:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         agree to pay a grant of $27,091.41 to the North Harbour Softball Association, for the express purpose of constructing softball backstops and a soccer goal ball net within Rosedale Park.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     20150623, Upper Harbour Local Board, Item 16, North Harbour Softball Association.

 

 

17

Record of the Upper Harbour Local Board Portfolio Briefings held in May 2015

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/84

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the record of Upper Harbour Local Board Portfolio Briefings held in May 2015.

CARRIED

 

 

18

Record of the Upper Harbour Local Board Workshop held on
2 and 16 June 2015.

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/85

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the record of the Upper Harbour Local Board workshop held on

2 and 16 June 2015.

CARRIED

 

 

19

Summary of Actions and Reports Requested - Upper Harbour Local Board - June 2015

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/86

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the Summary of Actions and Reports Requested – Upper Harbour Local Board – June 2015 report.

CARRIED

 

 

20

Board Members' Reports

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/87

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the verbal board members’ reports.

CARRIED

 

 

21

Governing Body Members' Update

 

 

 

Resolution number UH/2015/88

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         receive the verbal update from Councillor John Watson.

CARRIED

  

22        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 


 

23        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number UH/2015/89

MOVED by Member C Blair, seconded by Chairperson LM Whyte:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

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

b)      agree that Councillor John Watson and Mr Glenn Wilcox of the Independent Maori Statutory Board be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1: Development of open space land - Whenuapai after the public has been excluded because of their knowledge of the Whenuapai area, which will help the Upper Harbour Local Board 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       Development 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)(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 land valuation information and identifies land that the council may acquire for open space purposes.
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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

 

 

8.15pm            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.

 

8.20pm            The public was re-admitted.


 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Development of open space land - Whenuapai

 

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

e)      confirm that there be no restatement of this confidential report and attachments for the development of open space within the Whenuapai 1 Special Housing Area, or the resolutions of the board, until negotiations of the development plan is completed, only then are the resolutions to be restated.

   

 

8.21 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 Upper Harbour Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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