Great Barrier Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Great Barrier Local Board held in the Okiwi Community Room, Corner of Aotea Road and Mabey Road, Okiwi, Great Barrier Island,  on Wednesday, 14 October 2015 at 11.04am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Izzy Fordham

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Susan Daly

 

 

 

Members

Jeff Cleave

 

 

 

 

Judy Gilbert

 

 

 

 

Christina Spence

 

 

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

Rendt Gorter

Aotea Family Support Group

 

Tony Christiansen

Destination Great Barrier Island

 

Gael Johnson, Leonie Howie and Robyn Grice

 

Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust Inc

 

 


Great Barrier Local Board

14 October 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson IM Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present. Member JC Cleave led the meeting in a karakia.

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/136

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)           Confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 9 September 2015, as a true and correct record.

 

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

 

There was no public forum.

 

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Great Barrier Funding Agreements - Tri-annual Reporting

 

Gael Johnson, Leonie Howie and Robyn Grice from Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust, Tony Christiansen from Destination Great Barrier Island and Rendt Gorter from Aotea Family Support Group were in attendance to present their respective tri-annual funding agreement reports to the Great Barrier Local Board in respect to this item.

 

Two documents were tabled in respect to the Great Barrier Funding Agreements – Tri-annual Reporting – Destination Great Barrier Island Annual Report to Local Board and a letter from the Great Barrier Building Company LTD. Copies of the tabled documents have been attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/137

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson SP Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Receive the tri-annual reports from the Aotea Family Support Group, Great Barrier Community Health Trust, Destination Great Barrier Island and Great Barrier Island Community Heritage & Arts Village Trust.

b)      Thanks Gael Johnson, Leonie Howie and Robyn Grice from Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust, Tony Christiansen from Destination Great Barrier Island and Rendt Gorter from Aotea Family Support Group for their attendance and presentations on the Great Barrier Funding Agreements - Tri-annual Reporting.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Destination Great Barrier Island Report

b     Letter from Great Barrier Building Company LTD  

 

 

13

Aotea Great Barrier Island Interpretation Plan

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/138

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Approve the Aotea Great Barrier Island interpretation plan as the guiding document for interpretation on Auckland Council owned land on the island subject to minor changes agreed by the local board.

b)      Delegates parks spokespersons to work with staff to develop and approve the signage programme for FY16 for final approval by the Board.

CARRIED

 

Secretarial Note – Member Gilbert abstained from voting on the above resolution


 

14

Auckland Transport Report - October 2015 - Great Barrier Island

 

Ivan Trethowen from Auckland Transport was in attendance to present to the Great Barrier Local Board in respect to the Auckland Transport Report – October 2015 – Great Barrier Island report.

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/139

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Receives the Auckland Transport Report – October 2015.

b)      Thanks Ivan Trethowen, Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Manager, for his attendance and presentation on the Auckland Transport Report – October 2015 – Great Barrier Island.

 

 

                                                                                                                                   .CARRIED

 

 

15

Allocation of LDI capex fund and remaining 2015/16 discretionary capex budgets to projects

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/140

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JC Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Confirms the provisional allocation of its entire three year  $300,000 LDI capex fund to the following projects for expenditure in 2015/16 subject to confirmation of this amount post public confirmation, expected in late October 2015:

Station Rock – lookout – Kowhai Valley

120,000

 

Harataonga track – bridges & signage

182,000

 

Total

302,000

 

b)      Confirms the allocation of its remaining discretionary capex budget to the following projects to enable project planning to commence and project completion within the 2015/16 financial year:

Cemetery development (Claris or Okiwi)

20,000

Local Board office alternative energy

20,000

Good Nature traps field trials

60,000

Kawa Road concreting

93,000

Mulberry Grove Reserve concept plan & implementation

10,000

Whangaparapara open space improvements

30,000

Artworks

15,000

Puriri Bay (sailing club) boat ramp upgrade

8,000

Total

256,000

 

c)      Delegates approval for changes to the work programme to relevant Great Barrier Local Board portfolio holders in discussion with other board members as appropriate.

 

d)      Confirms the allocation of $5,000 from its Community Response Fund to support engagement with Ngati Rehua Ngatiwai ki Aotea noting its preference that this is a local person and noting that this amount is to be matched with funds from the Auckland Council governing body.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

16

Regional Facilities Auckland Fourth Quarter Report 2014/2015

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/141

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Receive the Regional Facilities Auckland Fourth Quarter Report 2014/2015 and the stadium strategy memo to local boards.

 

CARRIED

 

17

Correspondence

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/142

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         Receives the correspondence for the month of September 2015.

 

CARRIED

 

18

Chairperson's report

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/143

MOVED by Member JC Cleave, seconded by Member CA Spence:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         Receives the Chairperson’s report.

 

CARRIED

 

19

Board Members' Reports

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/144

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JJ Gilbert:  

a)         That the report of Board Member Susan Daly be received.

b)         That the report of Board Member Jeff Cleave be received.

c)         That the report of Board Member Judy Gilbert be received.

d)         That the report of Board Member Christina Spence be received.

 

CARRIED

 

20

Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Proceedings

 

Resolution number GBI/2015/145

MOVED by Chairperson IM Fordham, seconded by Member JC Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      Receives the workshop proceedings for the workshops held on 2nd, 8th, 9th of September 2015 and the Environment Committee workshop on the 23rd of September 2015.

 

CARRIED

  

 

21        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

1.07 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 Great Barrier Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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