Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review  Panel

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel hearing held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 3 September 2015 at 10.04am Dog Access Review.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Denise Yates, JP

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 

Greg Presland

 

 

 

 

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Steve Tollestrup

For absence

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Shireen Munday

Policy Analyst, Social Policy & Bylaws Community

 

 

Paul Wilson

Team Leader, Policies & Bylaws

Social Policy & Bylaws Community  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

03 September 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson Denise Yates opened the meeting.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/132

MOVED by Chairperson S Coney, seconded by Member S Toms:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel:

a)          Accepts the apology from Member Steve Tollestrup for absence.

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

Members were reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

Specifically members are asked to identify any new interests they have not previously disclosed, an interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with a matter on the agenda.

At its meeting on 28 November 2013, the Waitakere Ranges Local Board resolved (resolution number WTK/2010/5) to record any possible conflicts of interest in a register. 

            Register

Board Member

Organisation / Position

Sandra Coney

·      Waitemata District Health Board – Elected Member

·      Women’s Health Action Trust – Patron

Neil Henderson

·      Portage Trust – Elected Member

·      West Auckland Trust Services (WATS) Board – Trustee/Director

·      Weedfree Trust – Employee

Greg Presland

·      Portage Trust – Elected Member

·      Lopdell House Development Trust – Trustee

·      Titirangi Residents & Ratepayers Group – Committee Member 

·      Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust – Trustee

·      Combined Youth Services Trust - Trustee

Steve Tollestrup

·      Waitakere Licensing Trust – Elected Member

·      West Auckland Trust Services (WATS) Board – Trustee/Director

·      Waitakere Task force on Family Violence – Appointee

Saffron Toms

       NIL

Denise Yates

·      Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Committee member

·      Ecomatters Environment Trust – Trustee

·      Charlotte Museum Trust – Trustee

 

Member appointments

Board members are appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board members represent Auckland Council.

                                              

Board Member

Organisation / Position

Sandra Coney

·      Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee

Neil Henderson

·      Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee

·      Living Cell Technologies Animal Ethics Committee – Member

Saffron Toms

·     Ark in the Park – Governance Group Member

 

 

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Hearing and deliberations report - proposed changes to dog access rules in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board area

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/133

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson DA Yates, seconded by Chairperson S Coney:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel:

a)      In relation to proposed changes to local dog access rules contained in the document titled ‘Amendments to Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 – Waitākere Ranges Local Board May 2015’

i)       Receives this hearing and deliberation report

ii)      Receives the 163 submissions

iii)     Receives the 2 additional submissions which were not included in the agenda due to administration error.

Author note: The following resolutions are to be considered to conclude the deliberations.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/134

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson DA Yates:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review  Panel:

b)         Hears the submitters who wish to be heard in support of their submission

i)           Fiona Anderson (sub. 105)

ii)         Stuart Lusk (sub. 133)

iii)        Liz Stone (sub. 84)

iv)        Robert Woolf – Waitakere Forest and Bird (sub. 168)

v)         Marco Creemers c/- Bobbie Carroll (sub. 118)

vi)        Bobbie Carroll (sub. 116/117)

vii)      Camilla Abernathy-Arden (sub. 128)

viii)     Terry Gray

ix)        Stephanie Ryall (sub. 53) - withdrawn

x)         Victoria Park (sub. 146) - withdrawn

xi)        Kevin and Nicki Williams (sub. 167) - withdrawn

           

CARRIED

 

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/135

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Member GB Presland:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel:

c)      Thanks Fiona  Anderson,  Stuart  Lusk, Liz Stone, Robert Woolf, Marco Creemers give on behld of Bobbie Carroll, Bobbie Carroll, Camilla Abernathy-Arden and Terry Gray for their submissions and presentations.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

The hearing ended at 11.10am

 

 

 

Adjournment of Meeting

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/136

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Member NR Henderson:   

That the Waitakere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel

a)          Agrees to adjourn the meeting until Wednesday, 9 September at 10.00am, Waitakere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden.

 

CARRIED

 

 

            The meeting adjourned at 11.17am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review  Panel

 

OPEN RECONVENED MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Dog Access Review Panel hearing held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Wednesday, 9  September 2015 at 10.06am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Denise Yates, JP

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 

Greg Presland

 

 

 

 

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Steve Tollestrup

For absence

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Shireen Munday

Policy Analyst, Social Policy & Bylaws Community

 

 

Paul Wilson

Team Leader, Policies & Bylaws

Social Policy & Bylaws Community  

 

 

Tim Lovegrove           

Senior Regional Advisor (Fauna)Environmental Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

03 September 2015

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson Denise Yates opened the meeting.

 

2          Apologies

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/137

MOVED by Member GB Presland, seconded by Member S Toms:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      Accepts the apology from Member Steve Tollestrup for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

            There were no declarations of interest.

 

Meeting adjourned at 10.10 am

 

           

 

Adjournment of Meeting

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/138

MOVED by Member NR Henderson, seconded by Member S Toms:  

That the Waitakere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel

a)    Agrees to adjourn the meeting until 12.00 pm

 

CARRIED

 

The meeting reconvened and the deliberation commenced at 12.01pm

 

The meeting adjourned at 1.05pm

 

 

Adjournment of Meeting

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/139

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Chairperson S Coney:  

That the Waitakere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel:

 

a)    Agrees to adjourn the meeting until Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 8.00 pm straight after the Waitakere Ranges Local Board business meeting at 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review  Panel

 

OPEN RECONVENED MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Dog Access Review Panel hearing held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 10  September 2015 at 8.00 pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Denise Yates, JP

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 

Greg Presland

 

 

 

 

Steve Tollestrup

 

 

 

 

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Shireen Munday

Policy Analyst, Social Policy & Bylaws Community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

03 September 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson Denise Yates opened the meeting.

 

The meeting adjourned at 8.03 pm

 

 

Meeting Adjourned

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/140

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Member NR Henderson:   

That the Waitakere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review panel:

a)    Agrees to adjourn the meeting until 8.30pm or end of Waitakere Ranges Local Board business meeting.

 

The meeting reconvened at 8.43 pm

 

2          Apologies

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/141

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson DA Yates, seconded by Chairperson S Coney:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)          Accepts the apology from Member Steve Tollestrup for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

            There were no declarations of interest.

 

4

Hearings and Deliberation Report - Proposed changes to the Dog Access Rules for the Waitakere Ranges Local area

 

A copy of the Hearing panel decision report on local dog access rules in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board area 2015 and Attachments A, B and C were tabled at the meeting.  A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2015/142

MOVED by Member S Toms, seconded by Member NR Henderson:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Area Dog Access Review Panel:

a)        Adopts the decision report titled ‘Hearing panel decision report on local dog access rules in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board area 2015’.

b)        Adopts the amendments to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 as contained in this decision report pursuant to section 10 of the Dog Control Act 1996 with a commencement date of 24 October 2015.

c)          Requests the governing body to give effect to the amendments in (b) by making the necessary amendments to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 pursuant to section 10 of the Dog Control Act 1996 and Auckland Council Dog Management Bylaw 2012 in accordance with section 10(6) of the Dog Control Act 1996.

d)         Authorises the Manager Social Policy and Bylaws in consultation with the chair of the local board hearing panel to make any minor edits to (a) and (b) to correct any identified errors or typographical edits.

e)          Thanks the community and the submitters for their submissions

f)          Thanks the staff involved with the local dog access hearings.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Hearings panel decision report on local dog access rules in the Waitakere Ranges Local Board area 2015

b     Attachment A - Schedule of changes to Auckland Council Policy on Dogs

c     Attachment B - Decision Report - Te Henga/Bethells Beach and Piha/North Piha maps

d     Attachment C - Decision making framework

                                                                      

 

 

 

 

9.30 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 Waitākere Ranges Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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