Upper Harbour Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Upper Harbour Local Board held in the Upper Harbour Local Board Office, 30 Kell Drive, Albany on Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 9.30am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Lisa Whyte

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Brian Neeson, JP

 

 

 

Members

Callum Blair

 

 

 

 

John McLean

 

 

 

 

Margaret Miles, JP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Christine Rankin-MacIntyre

Apology for non-attendance

 

 


Upper Harbour Local Board

13 October 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The chairperson welcomed all those present.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number UH/2015/154

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         accept the apology from Member Christine Rankin-MacIntyre for non-attendance.

CARRIED

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number UH/2015/155

MOVED by Member MA Miles, seconded by Chairperson LM Whyte:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no requests for leave of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 


 

8          Deputations

 

8.1

Tennis Northern Presentation

 

A representative of Tennis Northern was in attendance and a PowerPoint presentation was tabled, a copy of which has been placed on the file copy of the minutes and can be viewed at the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number UH/2015/156

MOVED by Member JG McLean, seconded by Member C Blair:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)      receive the presentation from David Frank, CEO of Tennis Northern, and thank him for his attendance at the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

Attachments

a     Tennis Northern Presentation

 

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

Meeting Minutes Upper Harbour Local Board, Tuesday 22 September 2015

 

That the Upper Harbour Local Board note that the open unconfirmed minutes of the Upper Harbour Local Board meeting held on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 are attached at Item 12 of the agenda for the information of the board only, and will be confirmed under item 4 of the agenda.

 

13

Auckland Transport Report - October 2015 - Upper Harbour Local Board

 

Resolution number UH/2015/157

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member MA Miles:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)      receives the Auckland Transport Local Board Transit Capital Fund Report – October 2015.

b)      approves allocation of up to $250,000 towards the Gills Road Pedestrian Bridge construction, subject to confirmation that budget has been allocated by Auckland Transport to construct a footpath from the bridge to Living Stream Drive, and request that any unspent funds be allocated to the footpath construction budget.

c)      approves allocation of up to $25,000 towards the Huntington Park Drive Footpath to provide improved pedestrian access to the Upper Harbour Primary school.

CARRIED

 

14

Governance and Management Options for Albany Community Hub

 

Resolution number UH/2015/158

MOVED by Chairperson LM Whyte, seconded by Member MA Miles:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)      requests the development of an expression of interest process in the current year (2015/16) with establishment criteria to select a community trust (or incorporated society) for long-term governance and management of the Hub.

b)      agree that the preferred governance and management model for the Albany Community Hub will be a community trust (or incorporated society) model from day one, subject to suitable expressions of interest being received, and in the event that a suitable contract partner has not been agreed, then the board will pursue a council run interim solution.

c)      note that a community trust (or incorporated society) managed and governed delivery model for the Albany Community Hub requires approximately $60,000 per annum, noting that;

i)       there is $50,000 available annually in consequential operational cost from the board’s asset based services budget from 2017/18, and

ii)      the board will need to fund the remaining $10,000 per annum from its Locally Driven Initiatives budget (LDI) from 2017/18 onwards.

d)      that the board allocate $5,000 from the Community Response Fund 2015/16 towards the cost of the Expressions of Interest process.

CARRIED

 

15

Board Members' Reports

 

Resolution number UH/2015/159

MOVED by Member C Blair, seconded by Deputy Chairperson BK Neeson:  

That the Upper Harbour Local Board:

a)      receive the verbal board members’ reports.

CARRIED

 

16        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

11.30am                                             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 Upper Harbour Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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