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Resolution number GBESP/2015/32
MOVED
by Member SP Daly, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:
That the Great
Barrier Environment Committee:
a) Approves
the 2015/2016 local environment work programme as outlined below;
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Budget
Line
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Project
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Objective
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Cost
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(Line item)
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Ecology Conversations
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· To
engage the Great Barrier community in developing a plan for the island’s
environmental future
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$47,000
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(Line item)
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Pest Control Coordinator
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· To
support Great Barrier residents to undertake pest control on private land
at Mulberry Grove
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$11,000
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(Line item)
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Water Quality Technician
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· To
continue monitoring of eight sites in Tryphena
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$20,000
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Biodiversity Initiatives
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Threatened plant conservation
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· To
continue to support the management of the threatened leptinella population
at Awana
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$5,000
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Biosecurity Initiatives
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Communications Material
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· To
design and print biosecurity and biodiversity information specific to Great
Barrier
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$10,000
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Rabbit and Cat Control
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· To
undertake rabbit control at four sites
· To
undertake cat control at Awana
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$20,000
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Argentine ant and plague skink[1] surveillance
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· To
survey for presence and absence in several locations where there are gaps
in current information
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$15,000
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West Coast Bays Weed survey
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· To
continue the survey of the west coast bays for pest plants (eg. rhamnus)
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$10,000
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Kaitoke Weed and Pest Control
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· To
support ongoing weed control and wildlife (rats) monitoring at Kaitoke
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$8,000
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Support for Treasure Islands
Programme
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· To
support a person employed to manage pest pathways to Great Barrier
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$10,000
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(Line item)
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Sustainability Initiatives
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· To
research options for expanding Retrofit your Home to support Great Barrier
residents
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Not applicable
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· To
support the development of a locally-focused website on alternative,
renewable technologies.
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$10,000
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(Line item)
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Marine protection
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To
support initiatives to advance the boards marine protection advocacy.
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$7,000
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(Line item)
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Stream fish passage enhancement
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To
investigate options to improve fish passage in the island’s streams and at
culverts
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$5,000
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b) Notes
that approval to continue the Mulberry Grove pest coordinator role was
received at the June 2015 meeting.
c) Notes
that phase 2 of the Ecology Conversations project will be formally agreed at
an upcoming Environment Committee or Great Barrier Local Board meeting.
d) Approves
the allocation of up to $3,000 from its ecology conversation budget to meet
the travel and catering costs of speakers at the Aotea Ridge to Reef
symposium to be held on 1 November as part of Conservation Week 2015.
e)
Allocates $2,700 from its marine protection
budget to fund half page advertisements in the December 2015 editions
of Boating NZ and NZ Fishing News to remind boaties to not discharge
sewage in Great Barrier harbours or close to shore and supports a donation to
Aotea Marine Radio to help support the programme.
f) Requests
regional funding to support the $10,000 it has allocated for a Treasure
Islands mainland inspection and education role on the basis that the role has
benefits for the wider regional pest management programme and requesting that
monitoring at Auckland airport be investigated due to increases in freight
being taken on planes.
g) Notes
that investigations into alternative energy systems for the Claris council
complex will initially focus on the local board office and that wider
investigation will be aligned to funding the board holds to investigate a
shared community facility at Claris.
h) Notes the
proposed Memorandum of Understanding between Auckland Council and the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Agency may enable a future scoping study for a renewable system for the Council complex to be
undertaken and thanks officers for this initiative.
i) Asks Infrastructure
and Environmental Services to advise the costs and a proposal programme for
leachate testing in the Kaitoke Stream.
j) Asks
that officers develop a concept paper for an expanded Retrofit Your Home
Programme for Great Barrier residents focusing on support for energy
efficiency, waste water and rainwater collection system.
k) Requests
that Infrastructure and Environmental Services identify a local group to lead
on the sustainability initiatives website.
CARRIED
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