Unitary Plan Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Unitary Plan Committee held in the Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 8 September 2015 at 1.30pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

Members

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

From 1.46pm, Item 10

 

Member Liane Ngamane

 

 

Member Josie Smith

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

Cr Cathy Casey

 

 

Mayor Len Brown

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher

From 1.35pm, Item 9, Until 3.31pm, Item C1

 

Cr John Watson

From 1.53pm, Item 10

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

From 1.45pm, Item 10, Until 3.22pm C1.

 

Cr Calum Penrose

Until 3.30pm, Item C1

 

Shale Chambers

Chair, Waitemata Local Board

 

Julia Parfitt

Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

 

Mark Thomas

Orakei Local Board

 

Simon Randall

Chari Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board

 

Lisa Whyte

Upper Harbour Local Board/Hibiscus and Bays Local Board

 


Unitary Plan Committee

08 September 2015

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number UNI/2015/159

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

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr A Anae, Cr CM Casey, Mayor LCM Brown and Deputy Chairperson PA Hulse for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number UNI/2015/160

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Member Ngamane:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 11 August 2015, including the confidential section, 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

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 


 

9

Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearing Panel - Update on Progress

 

 

 

Cr C Fletcher entered the meeting at 1.35 pm.

Shale Chambers entered the meeting at 1.35 pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number UNI/2015/161

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr C Darby:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)      receive the report and note the progress of the programme for the hearing of submissions by the Independent Hearings Panel on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan

b)      request the report and resolutions be forwarded to local boards, the Independent Maori Statutory Board and advisory panels for their information.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Work programme for rezoning and precincts

 

 

 

Cr B Cashmore entered the meeting at 1.45 pm.

Cr D Krum entered the meeting at 1.46 pm.

Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 1.53 pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number UNI/2015/162

MOVED by Chairperson AM Filipaina, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

a)      endorse the work programme set out in Attachment A to the agenda report.

b)      delegate to the General Manager - Plans and Places, Unitary Plan Manager and the three Area Planning Unit Managers, the authority to agree to changes to precincts in the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan where those changes are consistent with the current objectives and policies in the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

c)      request that the Unitary Plan Manager reports the key changes agreed to under recommendation b) to the Unitary Plan Committee in March/April 2016.

CARRIED

 

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.


 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

 

Simon Randall left the meeting at 2.17 pm.

 

Resolution number UNI/2015/163

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

That the Unitary Plan Committee:

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

b)      agree that Shona Myers, Consultant Ecologist and Martin Neal, Consultant be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1: Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - Council position for mediation and hearings - Rural Urban Boundary - Okura/LongBay after the public has been excluded, because of their knowledge of the submission on the Rural Urban Boundary, Okura/Long Bay area, which will help the Unitary Plan Committee 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       Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - Council position for mediation and hearings - Rural Urban Boundary - Okura/LongBay

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)(g) - The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege.

In particular, the report contains legal advice.

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

 

2.17 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.

 

3.32pm            The public was re-admitted.


 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions - Council position for mediation and hearings - Rural Urban Boundary - Okura/Long Bay

 

 

 

Restatement

f)       note that the report and attachments regarding ‘Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan submissions – Council position for mediation and hearings – Rural Urban Boundary (RUB) – Okura/Long Bay’, will remain confidential until the conclusion of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan hearings.

g)      note that committee decisions will be made publicly available concurrently with the submission of the council’s evidence to the IHP in respect of the RUB.

 

 

 

 

3.33 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 Unitary Plan Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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