Auckland Domain Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland Domain Committee held in the Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 10 February 2016 at 12.01pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

Deputy Chairperson

Shale Chambers, Chairperson, Waitemata Local Board

 

Members

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

Vernon Tava, Waitemata Local Board

 

 

Karen Wilson, IMSB Member

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Rob Thomas, Waitemata Local Board

 

 

Glenn Wilcox, IMSB Member

 

 

 


Auckland Domain Committee

10 February 2016

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number ADC/2016/1

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

That the Auckland Domain Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Vernon Tava for lateness, Glenn Wilcox and Rob Thomas for non-attendance.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number ADC/2016/2

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Chambers:  

That the Auckland Domain Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Wintergarden Cafe - Andrew van der Peet

 

Mr van der Peet addressed the committee at the confidential part of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

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

Temporary alcohol ban for the Auckland Lantern Festival

 

Paul Wilson, Team Leader Social Policy and Bylaws and Daniel Pouwels, Policy Analyst were in attendance in support of this item.

 

 

 

Member VI Tava entered the meeting at 12.04 pm.

Cr S Stewart entered the meeting at 12.06 pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number ADC/2016/3

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Chambers:  

That the Auckland Domain Committee:

a)         make a temporary alcohol ban in the part of the Auckland Domain for which it has decision-making power (marked with a solid red line in Attachment A of the  agenda), pursuant to the Auckland Council Alcohol Control Bylaw 2014, to operate from 9am Thursday 18 February until 9am Monday 22 February 2016.

b)        request staff to investigate the delegations and structure process for alcohol ban in the Auckland Domain.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Memorial on the centenary of World War One

 

Cr S Stewart left the meeting 12.24 pm.

 

Jane Aickin, Manager Regional Parks and Sports was in attendance in support of this item.

The following documents were tabled:

-       World War One Centenary Memorial feedback report

-       letter from Brigadier David McGregor, chairman Fields of Remembrance Trust.

Copies have been placed on the official minutes and is available as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number ADC/2016/4

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Chambers:   

Recommendation/s

That the Auckland Domain Committee:

a)            receive the tabled World War 1 Centenary Memorial feedback report and the letter from Brigadier David McGregor, Chairman Fields of Remembrance Trust.

b)            receive the Memorial report on the centenary of World War One.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     10 February 2016, Auckland Domain Committee, Item 10, WW1 Centenary Memorial final feedback report

b     10 February 2016, Auckland Domain Committee, letter from Brigadier David McGregor

  

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

 


 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number ADC/2016/5

MOVED by Chairperson CE Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Chambers:  

That the Auckland Domain Committee:

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

b)      agree that Mr Andrew van der Peet be permitted to remain and speak at the Confidential Item C1: Wintergarden Café – extension of licence term and approval for minor works after the public has been excluded.

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       Wintergarden Café -  extension of licence term and approval for minor works

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)(b)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

In particular, the report contains information on commercial rents.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information on commercial rents.

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

 

Cr ME Lee left the meeting at 12.56 pm.

 

 

12.50 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.

 

1.12pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Wintergarden Café -  extension of licence term and approval for minor works

 

Resolution number ADC/2016/6

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Chambers, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

a)         agree to a variation of the Kiosk Licence to allow for an extension of the term to Domain Events Limited over the site at 20 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland Domain, subject to the following terms and conditions:

i.    An extension of the Licence term of three years from 1 December 2019.

ii.    Final expiry date 30 November 2022.

iii.   the Licence Fee to be subject to review on the renewal date.

b)         grant landowner approval in principal for minor refurbishment works within the Domain Kiosk/Wintergarden Café premises including upgrading bathrooms, painting and floor treatments; subject to the applicant supplying detailed plans for approval to the Panuku Development Auckland and obtaining appropriate regulatory consents

c)         agree that resolutions a) and b) be restated in the open minutes, but that the report remain confidential.

  

 

1.13pm                                               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 Auckland Domain Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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