Auckland Development Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Auckland Development Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 11 February 2016 at 9.30am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Chris Darby

 

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

Until 11.55 am, item 13

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

From 11.06 am, item 11

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

From 10.48 am, item 11

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Hon. Christine Fletcher, QSO

From 9.40 am, item 3

 

Cr Denise Krum

From 10.10 am, item 5.2

 

Cr Mike Lee

From 9.54 am, item 5

 

Member Liane Ngamane

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Member David Taipari

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Cr George Wood, CNZM

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

 

 


Auckland Development Committee

11 February 2016

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/1

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr C Brewer:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr LA Cooper for absence, Cr B Cashmore and      Cr MP Webster for absence on council business, Mayor LCM Brown, Cr D Krum and Cr R Clow for lateness.

CARRIED

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Cr CE Fletcher entered the meeting at 9.40am.

Resolution number AUC/2016/2

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 8 December 2015, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

AECOM - Sentiment Survey - Trevor Hipkins

 

Cr WD Walker left the meeting at 9.47 am.

Cr ME Lee entered the meeting at 9.54 am.

 

Trevor Hipkins presented a PowerPoint presentation and tabled a document in support of AECOM’s sentiment survey. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/3

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      receive and thank Mr Hipkins for his presentation on AECOM – Sentiment Survey.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     11 February 2016, Auckland Development, Item 5.1, AECOM- Sentiment Survey

b     11 February 2016, Auckland Development, Item 5.1, AECOM-Sentiment Card

 

 

 

5.2

Penny Bright - advisory of petition to the House of Representatives

 

Member DE Taipari left the meeting at 10.08 am.

Cr Krum entered the meeting at 10.10 am.

 

Penny Bright advised the Committee of her petition to the House of Representatives and tabled supporting documents. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/4

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         receive Penny Bright’s presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     11 February 2016, Auckland Development, Item 5.2, tabled documents  

 

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

Reports Pending Status Update

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/6

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Chairperson PA Hulse:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      receive the reports pending status update.

CARRIED

 

10

Proposed Variation 13 to Plan Change 14 - Auckland Council District Plan (Franklin Section) to be made operative.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/7

MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr AM Filipaina:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve in accordance with the consent orders issued by the Environment Court, Variation 13 to Plan Change 14 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Franklin Section) to be made operative in accordance with Clause 17 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.

b)      authorise the Manager Planning South to complete the statutory processes required under Clause 20 to the First Schedule to the Resource Management Act 1991, to make Variation 13 to Plan Change 14 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Franklin Section) operative, including the determination of the operative and notification date.

CARRIED

 

 


11

City Centre Masterplan Targets Review

 

Oliver Roberts – City Centre Strategic and Communications Manager and Ludo Campbell-Reid, General Manager Auckland Design Office were present for this item.

 

Cr AJ Anae left the meeting at 10.21 am.

Cr WD Walker returned to the meeting at 10.23am.

Member DE Taipari returned to the meeting at 10.25 am.

Cr AJ Anae returned to the meeting at 10.26 am.

Cr AM Filipaina left the meeting at 10.26 am.

Cr R Clow entered the meeting at 10.48am.

Cr AM Filipaina returned to the meeting at 10.59 am.

Mayor LCM Brown entered the meeting at 11.06 am.

 

Note:   Additional recommendations c) to e) were added with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/8

MOVED by Member DE Taipari, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Darby:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve the revised targets for the City Centre Masterplan.

b)      note the progress already achieved against the outcomes.

c)      forward the report to the Community Development and Safety Committee to consider crime and safety issues delegated to that Committee.

d)      amend the word ‘reflect’ to “have due regard to” in relation to the Te Aranga Principles as described in Measure 4.1 of the report and the City Centre Masterplan document.

e)      note the following:

·  increase of schedule heritage buildings in the CBD

·  add the words ‘city centre’ to the air quality measure.

CARRIED

 

 

 

12

New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16 Proposed Submission

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr GS Wood:

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve the draft Auckland Council submission (Attachment A of the agenda report), including amendments requested by the committee, in response to the Ministry for the Environment’s NZ Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16.

b)      delegate to the Chair of the Auckland Development Committee and the Chair of the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee the approval of any minor revisions to the submission resulting from changes discussed at the meeting.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/9

MOVED by Member L Ngamane, seconded by Member DE Taipari:  

Moved an amendment to the original recommendations as follows:

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)         agree to add a paragraph 22(a) to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16 Proposed Submission to read as follows:

i)       “Undertake further investigation into the impacts of the emissions trading scheme on Maori, including interests in primary industries.”

CARRIED

 

Note:   Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6, Cr C Brewer, Cr D Quax and Cr SL Stewart requested that their dissenting votes be recorded.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/10

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr GS Wood:   

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      approve the draft Auckland Council submission (Attachment A of the agenda report), including amendments requested by the committee, in response to the Ministry for the Environment’s NZ Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16.

b)      delegate to the Chair of the Auckland Development Committee and the Chair of the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee the approval of any minor revisions to the submission resulting from changes discussed at the meeting.

c)      agree to add a paragraph 22(a) to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16 Proposed Submission to read as follows:

i)      “Undertake further investigation into the impacts of the emissions trading scheme on Maori, including interests in primary industries.”

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     11 February 2016, Auckland Development, Item 12 - New Zealand Emmissions Trading Scheme Review 2015/16 Proposed Submission presentation

 

 

13

Aotea Quarter Framework – adoption

 

Cr AJ Anae left the meeting at 11.55 am.

 

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/11

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Chairperson PA Hulse:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      adopt the 20-year strategic vision document, the ‘Aotea Quarter Framework’.

b)      authorise the delegation of any final editorial changes to the Aotea Quarter Framework to the chair and deputy chair of the Auckland Development Committee.

CARRIED

 

Note:   The Auckland Development Committee acknowledged staff working on this project in particular, the team working with Gavin Flynn and Tim Watts.

 

 

 

Attachments

a     11 February 2016, Auckland Development, Item 13 - Aotea Quarter Framework - presentation  

 

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 


 

15        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number AUC/2016/12

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr AM Filipaina:  

That the Auckland Development 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       Confidential Reports Pending Status Update

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 commercially sensitive information regarding development proposals.

s7(2)(c)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information or information from the same source and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information regarding development proposals.

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 was made available to the public who were present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

12.15pm          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.

 

12.16pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Confidential Reports Pending Status Update

 

Resolution number AUC/2016/12

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Member DE Taipari:  

That the Auckland Development Committee:

a)      receive the reports pending status update.

b)      agree that the report and attachments regarding Confidential Reports Pending Status Update remain confidential and that the resolution be restated in the open minutes.

 

 

12.16 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 Auckland Development Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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