Hearings Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Hearings Committee held in the Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 at 2.00pm.
Chairperson |
Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Cr Penny Webster |
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Members |
Cr Anae Arthur Anae |
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Cr Chris Darby |
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Cr Calum Penrose |
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Mr David Taipari |
From 2.06pm, Item 7. |
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Cr Wayne Walker |
From 2.07pm, Item 7. |
ABSENT
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Mayor Len Brown |
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Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse |
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Mr Glenn Wilcox |
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ALSO PRESENT
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Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Hearings Committee 20 October 2015 |
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Resolution number HEA/2015/124 MOVED by Chairperson LA Cooper, seconded by Cr AJ Anae: That the Hearings Committee: a) accept the apologies from Mayor LCM Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse and Member G Wilcox for absence, and Cr C Darby for early departure on council business. |
2 Declaration of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
Resolution number HEA/2015/125 MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Deputy Chairperson MP Webster: That the Hearings Committee: a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 15 September 2015, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record. |
4 Local Board Input
There was no local board input.
5 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
6 Notices of Motion
There were no notices of motion.
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Appointment of independent commissioners: Application for resource consent to upgrade lighting columns and sports fields at Fowlds Park, Morningside |
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Member DE Taipari entered the meeting at 2.06 pm. Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at 2.07 pm. |
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Resolution number HEA/2015/126 MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr CM Penrose: That the Hearings Committee: a) appoint Cherie Lane (Chair), Melean Absolum and Bill Kapea to hear submissions and determine the application for resource consent by Auckland Council Parks, to upgrade the lighting columns and sports fields at Fowlds Park, 50 Western Springs Road Morningside, under section 104 of the Resource Management Act 1991. b) delegate authority to the Chairperson of the Hearings Committee to make replacement appointments should any of the independent commissioners in (a) above be unavailable. |
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Appointment of Hearing Commissioners: Resource consent, 70-72 Waitakere Road, Waitakere. |
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Resolution number HEA/2015/127 MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr AJ Anae: That the Hearings Committee: a) appoint Les Simmons (Chair), Kim Hardy, Kevin Mohan and local board member Vanessa Neeson to hear and determine the application for resource consent by Industrial Processors Limited to discharge contaminants into air in association with the operation of an existing aggregate processing facility located at 70-72 Waitakere Road, pursuant to section 104 of the Resource Management Act 1991. b) delegate to the chairperson of the Hearings Committee the authority to make replacement appointments in the event that any hearing commissioners appointed in a) above are unavailable. |
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Noting the decisions to appoint local elected members to Accord Territorial Authority hearings panels - 23 September 2015 |
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Resolution number HEA/2015/128 MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr AJ Anae: That the Hearings Committee: a) note the decision to appoint local elected member Bill McEntee to the Accord Territorial Authority Panel to consider the Hingaia Special Housing Area plan variations. b) note the decision to appoint local elected member Stephen Udy to the Accord Territorial Authority Panel to consider the Flatbush Strategic Special Housing Area plan variation. |
10 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
Resolution number HEA/2015/129 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson MP Webster, seconded by Cr CM Penrose: That the Hearings Committee: a) exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting. 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 Resource Consent Appeal: Proposed removal of a scheduled Norfolk Island Pine tree, 50 Station Road, Otahuhu
C2 New Resource Consent Appeal: Strand 25 Limited - proposed eight level commercial building for office, retail and cafe activities at 25-33 The Strand, Parnell
C3 Resource Consent Appeals: Status Report 20 October 2015
C4 Noting the urgent decision of 30 September 2015: Oddfellows Holdings Limited v Auckland Council
The text of these resolutions was made available to the public who were present at the meeting and formed part of the minutes of the meeting. |
2.14 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.
2.23 pm The public was re-admitted.
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It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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Resolution number HEA/2015/132 MOVED by Member DE Taipari, seconded by Cr CM Penrose: That the Hearings Committee: b) agree that the report and attachments remain confidential, but agree that the list and description of current appeals as of 9 October 2015, apart from council’s status position on the appeals, be re-stated in the open section of the minutes. |
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a 20 October 2015, Hearings Committee, Item C3 - Status Report 20 October 2015 |
2.23 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 Hearings Committee HELD ON
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