I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Great Barrier Environment Committee will be held on:
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Date:
Time:
Meeting Room:
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Wednesday, 24
February 2016
10.00am
Claris
Conference Centre
19 Whangaparapara Road
Claris
Great Barrier Island
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Great Barrier Environment Committee
OPEN AGENDA
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MEMBERSHIP
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Chairperson
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Susan Daly
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Deputy Chairperson
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Jeff Cleave
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Members
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Izzy Fordham
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Judy Gilbert
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Christina Spence
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(Quorum 3 members)
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Jacqueline Fyers
Democracy/Engagement Advisor
15 February 2016
Contact Telephone: (09) 301 0101
Email: jacqueline.fyers@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Great Barrier
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24 February
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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Welcome 5
2 Apologies 5
3 Declaration of Interest 5
4 Confirmation of Minutes 5
5 Leave of Absence 5
6 Acknowledgements 5
7 Petitions 5
8 Deputations 5
9 Public Forum 5
10 Extraordinary Business 5
11 Notices of Motion 6
12 Infrastructure and Environmental Services Update Report 7
13 Great Barrier Local Board submission to the Marine Protected
Areas Act consultation document 113
14 Kaitoke Beach Dune Stabilisation Project 165
15 Aotea Great Barrier Ecology Conversations Phase 2 update 167
16 Off the Grid website development - progress update 175
17 Community group and agency reports 183
18 Correspondence 269
19 Consideration of Extraordinary
Items
Chairperson SP Daly will welcome everyone in attendance. Deputy
chairperson JC Cleave will lead a karakia.
2 Apologies
At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.
3 Declaration of Interest
Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from
decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any
private or other external interest they might have.
4 Confirmation of Minutes
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That the Great Barrier Environment Committee:
a)
confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting,
held on Wednesday, 28 October 2015, as a true and
correct record.
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5 Leave of Absence
At the close of
the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.
6 Acknowledgements
At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been
received.
7 Petitions
At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been
received.
8 Deputations
Standing
Order 3.20 provides for deputations. Those applying for deputations are
required to give seven working days notice of subject matter and applications
are approved by the Chairperson of the Great Barrier Environment Committee.
This means that details relating to deputations can be included in the
published agenda. Total speaking time per deputation is ten minutes or as
resolved by the meeting.
At the close
of the agenda no requests for deputations had been received.
9 Public Forum
A period of
time (approximately 30 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to
address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 3
minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.
At the close of the agenda no requests for public forum had been
received.
10 Extraordinary Business
Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with
at that meeting if-
(a) The local authority by resolution so
decides; and
(b) The presiding member explains at the
meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-
(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item
cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”
Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting
if-
(i) That item is a minor matter relating to
the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member explains at the
beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item
will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation
may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent
meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”
11 Notices of Motion
At the close of the agenda no requests for notices of motion had
been received.
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Great Barrier
Environment Committee
24 February
2016
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Infrastructure
and Environmental Services Update Report
File No.:
CP2015/27632
Purpose
1. To inform the Great Barrier
Environment Committee (the Committee) about the activities of the
Infrastructure and Environmental Services (I&ES) department from October to
the end of December 2015.
Executive
Summary
2. This report is a regular update
to inform and update the Committee on the Great Barrier environment work
programme. As the work programme has only recently been agreed, this quarterly
report is limited in its discussion of the work programme.
3. The report also informs the
Committee on regional programmes that impact on the local board area.
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Recommendations
That the Great Barrier Environment Committee:
a) Note the
information in the Infrastructure and Environmental Services update report.
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Discussion
4. The Committee agreed its
environment work programme at its June and August 2015 meetings. The work
programme is supported by budgets for pest coordinator, biosecurity
initiatives, environmental enhancement, pest management, and water quality
monitoring.
5. The work programme is made up
of the following projects;
· Management
of leptinella population at Awana;
· Water
quality monitoring at Tryphena;
· Community
Pest Coordinator;
· Online
Sustainability Hub;
· Support
for fish passage enhancement;
· Weed
survey;
· Weed
management and rodent monitoring at Kaitoke;
· Rabbit
control; and
· Plague
Skink and Argentine Ant monitoring.
6. An update on the local
environment work programme is appended as Attachment A, with highlights noted
in Table 1 below.
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Project
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Update
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Good Nature Trap Project
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· The procurement process for the
development of the traps is currently underway.
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Tryphena Water Quality Monitoring
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· No
monitoring was undertaken in October 2015 due to delays in finalising
procurement documentation for the local person contracted to undertake this
work.
· An
acknowledgement of the month of missed data will be made in the final report
following 12 months of monitoring.
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Fish Passage
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· A
project plan for validation monitoring of remediated culverts is appended as
Attachment B.
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Table 1: Highlights
– Local Environment Work Programme
7. The October and November
biosecurity updates are appended as Attachments D and E.
8. Local environmental initiatives
are also supported through regional funding. An update on regionally funded
projects is noted in table 2 below.
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The Environment Is At Its Best
Here
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Thriving Ecosystems
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· The Great Barrier Island Environmental Trust received
funding of $10,000 from the Regional Environment and Natural Heritage Fund
(RENH) to support a rodent pest control project at Hirakimata.
· Other Hauraki Gulf-based organisations to receive
funding from the RENH are noted in the table below
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Organisation
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Purpose
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Amount
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Motutapu Restoration Trust
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To renew or refurbish a fence line supporting the
protection of restored forest areas, forest remnants and wetlands.
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$30,000
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Motuihe Trust
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To propagate native plants for restoring Motuihe
Island from seeds collected on the island
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$15,000
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Healthy Waterways
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· A report responding to the board’s request for
monitoring of the Kaitoke Stream for heavy metals, and suggesting the
importance of getting better information on groundwater flows, was presented
to the board’s December 2015 business meeting. The board resolved to further
consider the issues of groundwater flows, and heavy metal testing of the
stream, as part of its 2016/2017 local environment work programme.
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Zero Waste
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· The board agreed at its December
2015 meeting to support a one year resource recovery trial on Great Barrier.
It is anticipated that an expressions of interest process to determine a
supplier will commence in February 2016.
· A workshop was held with the board
and key staff from Waste Solutions in November 2015 to discuss the
development of the Hauraki Gulf Waste Plan. Further engagement, including
with the community, will be undertaken during 2016.
· The AoteaOra Trust received funding
from the 2015 Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund to support a trial of
composting waste paper and cardboard.
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Table 2: Regional
Environment Work Programme
Consideration
Local
Board Views
9. This report and attachments
specifically detail the activities delivered by the three units of I&ES
(Stormwater, Solid Waste and Environmental Services) within the local board
area which support and contribute to the Great Barrier Local Board outcome –
The environment is at its best here.
10. The Committee has full delegation
to consider matters relating to biodiversity and biosecurity, water quality,
and waste management. Therefore, it is the appropriate forum for reporting of
activities delivered by the I&ES department.
Maori
Impact Statement
11. While this report is for
information only and does not require any decision making, it is recognised
that environmental management, water quality and land management has integral
links with the mauri of the environments and concepts of kaitiakitanga.
General
Implementation
Issues
12. There are no implementation
issues arising from this report. Although the water quality monitoring
programme funded by the board is not being delivered by the I&ES
department, it has been included in this report to provide a comprehensive
update on the board’s entire environment work programme.
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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aView
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Local Environment Work Programme
Update
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11
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bView
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Fish Passage Validation Monitoring
Project Plan
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13
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cView
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Coastal Weed Surveillance: West Coast
Bays - Report from Envirokiwi on 2015 work
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dView
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Leptinella tenella Management: Awana,
Great Barrier Island - Report from Bioresearches
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25
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eView
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December 2015 Biosecurity Update
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105
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fView
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November 2015 Biosecurity Update
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109
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gView
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January 2016 Biosecurity Update
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111
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Signatories
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Authors
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Emma Joyce – Relationship Advisor
Jeremy Warden – Biosecurity Advisor (Great Barrier)
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Authorisers
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Gael Ogilvie – Environmental Services Manager
Barry Potter – Director: Infrastructure and
Environmental Services
John Nash – Relationship Manager
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Great Barrier Local Board submission to the Marine
Protected Areas Act consultation document
File No.: CP2016/01512
Purpose
1. To approve the
Great Barrier Local Board’s submission on the Government’s Marine Protected
Areas Act consultation document.
Executive
Summary
Background
2. On 12 January the Government released a
consultation document on the proposed new Marine Protected Areas Act, seeking
submissions on it by 11 March 2016. Auckland Council will provide a submission
and the Great Barrier Local Board will prepare its own submission for
attachment to the main council submission.
3. The new Marine Protected Areas (MPA) framework
aims to address a range of issues that have emerged in the 45 years since the
ground-breaking Marine Reserves Act 1971 was enacted. The current Act enables
establishment of ‘marine reserves’ for purposes of scientific study. In
comparison, the proposed revision would broaden the scope to enable
preservation and protection of marine biodiversity and aims to balance marine
protection and maximising commercial, recreational and cultural opportunities.
It would only apply across the Territorial Sea (Land out to 12 nautical miles
offshore).
4. The new approach proposes four MPA categories:
‘marine reserves’, ‘species-specific sanctuaries’, ‘seabed reserves’, and
‘recreational fishing parks’. The main purpose of the first three types of MPA
is to protect and preserve biodiversity, species and seabed habitats, while
recreational fishing parks aim to enhance the enjoyment and value of
recreational fishing.
5. Future MPAs would be established through a
collaborative, and/or board of inquiry, process with final Ministerial
approval. However, the proposed new act also includes the establishment of two
recreational fishing parks, one in the near-shore waters of the Hauraki Gulf.
Areas
of interest
6. To assist local boards in preparing submissions,
Auckland Council officers have highlighted the following areas of the
consultation document that may be of particular interest to local boards:
a)
Considering the need for a new approach (section 2, pages10 - 14)
b) The
proposed extended scope (section 3, page 15), including six identified
objectives (3.1, pages 15 - 16) and limiting application to the territorial sea
(3.2, page 16)
c) The four
proposed marine protection categories, and their inclusion of recreational
fishing parks (section 3.2, pages 16 - 18)
d)
The mechanisms proposed to establish new MPAs (section 4 and pages 22 – 23)
e)
The proposed Hauraki Gulf recreational fishing park (section 5, pages 27-29)
f) Implementing and managing MPAs (section 6, pages 35 -
38), including community involvement (page 37).
Auckland
Council Submission
7. Auckland Council will provide a submission on the
consultation document and all local boards have been invited to provide
submissions for attachment to the main Auckland Council submission.
8. Auckland Council is already on record through the
Auckland Plan as supporting the development of future marine protected areas.
All twenty-one local board plans include an environmental protection and
conservation outcome and a majority consider waterway and harbour enhancement
as a top priority.
Local Board Views
9. Staff
are seeking local board input into the development of an agenda report and a
draft council submission on the new MPA legislation which will be reported to
the Regional Strategy and Policy (RSP) Committee at its 3 March 2016.
10. The Great Barrier Local
Board provided initial feedback supporting the proposal per se but raising a
range of issues and questions about its applicability and value. This feedback
is included at Attachment B.
11. The
board will also be providing a submission which will outline it views based on
the above initial feedback and also reference this and its predecessor board’s
work on marine protection, which is considerable. The submission will be tabled
at its 24 February Environment Committee for approval. Due to the short time
frame for submissions and the even tighter deadline to feed into the Auckland
Council committee process, it has not been possible to complete the board’s
submission by agenda close.
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier
Environment Committee:
a) approve its
submission on the Government’s Marine Protected Areas Act consultation
document for attachment to the Auckland Council submission
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Attachments
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No.
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Title
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A New Marine Protected Areas Act Consultation Document
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bView
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Great Barrier Local Board initial feedback on Marine
Protected Areas Act Consultation Document
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Signatories
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash - Senior Local Board Advisor
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Kaitoke Beach Dune Stabilisation Project
File No.: CP2016/01858
Purpose
1. To decide whether it wishes to
allocate funding towards the purchase, delivery and planting of 850 Great
Barrier sourced Pingao & Golden Sand Tussock plants for the Kaitoke Beach
Dune Stabilisation project.
Executive
Summary
2. The Kaitoke Beach Dune
Stabilisation and Monitoring Project Final report July 2015 was received by the
Great Barrier Environment Committee on 28 October 2015. The Committee felt it
was important that the ability to reactivate or continue with planting was
retained in the event future dune stabilisation was compromised.
3. A further report was received by
the Great Barrier Local Board on 11 November 2015 where the board allocated
$1000 from its 2015/16 LDI opex budget to fund seed collection in December
2015. This seed collection has taken place and planting will take place next
year.
4. The board also agreed in
principle to continue some or all aspects of the Kaitoke Beach Dune
Stabilisation and Monitoring Project subject to further advice on details being
provided and to set aside funding for this as part of the 2016/17 annual plan
process.
5. Patrick Thorp has been
progressing this project and has 850 Great Barrier Island sourced plants from
Native Plant Nursery in Whakatane available for planting in June 2016 at
Kaitoke Beach. There are roughly 800 Pingao plants and 50 Golden Sand Tussock
plants which were remaining from the last seed collection.
6. The cost for delivery &
planting would be $3,859+GST
7. 850 plants is around 50% of the
usual amount planted on Kaitoke Dune Planting day. The committee may wish to
consider making a few changes to the itinerary for this year’s schools planting
day by reducing the number of adults attending (ie, not including DOC), or
adding rubbish collecting.
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier
Environment Committee:
a) Allocate $3,859 from its
2015/16 LDI community response opex budget to fund the purchase, delivery and
planting of 850 Great Barrier sourced Pingao & Golden Sand Tussock plants
for the Kaitoke Beach Dune Stabilisation project in June 2016.
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Attachments
There are no attachments for this report.
Signatories
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash - Senior Local Board Advisor
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24 February
2016
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Aotea Great Barrier Ecology Conversations Phase 2
update
File No.: CP2016/02083
Purpose
1. To present Aotea Great Barrier
Ecology Conversation Phase 2 project updates to the Great Barrier Environment
Committee.
Executive
Summary
2. At its
28 October 2015 meeting the Great Barrier Environment Committee received the
Aotea Great Barrier Ecology Conversation Phase 2 plan and work programme
(attachments A and B).
3. Marie McEntee & Shirley
Johnson held a workshop with the board on 10 December 2015 to further discuss
the work programme details.
4. The work programme is costed at
$55,000 which exceeds the $47,000 project budget which was confirmed at the 26
August 2015 committee meeting. It is recommended that this shortfall be funded
from unallocated budget in the Community Response Fund.
5. It is proposed that in future an
Ecology Conversations project update report will be included on the Great
Barrier Environment Committee meeting agenda, separate to the Infrastructure
and Environment Services update reports as the project is run independently.
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier
Environment Committee:
a) Note the Aotea Great Barrier
Ecology Conversation Phase 2 project update.
b) Agree to move $8,000 from the
Community Response Fund budget line to the Ecology Conversations budget line.
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Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Aotea Great Barrier Ecology Conversations Project
Phase 2 Plan
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Aotea Great Barrier Ecology Conversations Project
Phase 2 Work Programme
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Signatories
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash - Senior Local Board Advisor
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Off the Grid website development - progress update
File No.: CP2016/01509
Purpose
1. To update the Great Barrier
Environment Committee on the AoteaOra Off the Grid event and website
development.
Executive
Summary
2. Off the Grid is
a board funded event that is managed by AoteaOra Trust. It is a weekend-long
festival showcasing how Great Barrier homes and businesses function and thrive
off-grid. The festival provides an opportunity to learn about emerging
alternative energy trends and to promote the island.
3. The inaugural
event was held on 8-10 May 2015. Due to its success, the Committee has again
funded AoteaOra Trust to run a follow-up 2016 event planned for 11 May (event
in Auckland) and 12-14 May (on island event).The committee allocated $18,150 to
the event at its 26 August 2015 meeting.
4. The contract for the 2016 event states that AoteaOra Trust will
develop an Off the Grid website and write a series of Off the Grid articles for
the local newspaper. The website is broader than just
the festival and will be used to promote clean energy on Great Barrier all year
round. This fits well with recommendations made in the Board’s Sustainability
Stocktake Report, to develop and provide “quality information to promote and
support off-grid solutions”.
5. Attachments A and B are reports
on the website development.
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier
Environment Committee:
a) note the AoteaOra Off the Grid
event website development report
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Attachments
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No.
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Title
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aView
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AoteaOra Off the Grid Website Milestone report
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177
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bView
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Website designers progress report
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179
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Signatories
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash - Senior Local Board Advisor
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Community group and agency reports
File No.:
CP2016/01498
Purpose
1. To provide a
place where Great Barrier community groups and agencies with an interest or
role in the environment, or the work of the Great Barrier Environment
Committee, can have items considered as part of the committee’s agenda.
Executive
Summary
2. At its 27
February 2014 meeting, the Great Barrier Environment Committee “agreed to
create a community reports item on its meeting agenda to enable community
groups and agencies with an interest in the environment on Great Barrier to
have material formally considered by the committee noting that this approach
may be discontinued at any time if the committee finds it necessary”.
3. Although the
preference is that reports be submitted in time for inclusion on the agenda,
the option of material being pre-circulated to the committee and other interest
groups is available at the chair’s discretion.
4. The
recommendation against reports included on the agenda will be that the report
be noted. It is up to the committee whether it wishes to pass any additional
resolutions to action these requests if appropriate once it has considered the
material provided.
5. The items
received and approved for inclusion on this agenda are attached to this report
as outlined below.
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Recommendation/s
That the Great Barrier Environment Committee:
a) note population parameters of the black
petrels (Procellaria parkinsoni) on Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island),
2014/15 report (attachment A).
b) note the Zero Invasive Predators report to 30
June 2015 (attachment B).
b) note the Department of Conservation February
2016 report (attachment C).
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No.
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Population parameters of the black
petrels on Great Barrier Island, 2014/15
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ZIP Report to 30 June 2015
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cView
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Department of Conservation February
2016 report
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Signatories
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash - Senior Local Board Advisor
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Correspondence
File No.:
CP2016/00498
Executive Summary
Correspondence sent and received for the Great Barrier Environment
Committee’s information.
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Recommendation/s
That the
Great Barrier Environment Committee:
a) note
the correspondence for the months of November 2015, December 2015, January
2016 and February 2016.
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Attachments
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No.
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2 November 2015 - Letter from Izzy
Fordham to Hon Maggie Barry - regarding support for the pest eradication
programme on Rakitu Island
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12 January 2016 - Media release from
Hon Nikki Kaye - regarding changes to marine protection good for Hauraki Gulf
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14 January 2016 - Letter from Lou
Sanson to Cr Mike Lee - regarding support for the pest eradication programme
on Rakitu Island
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3 February 2016 - Letter from Hon
Maggie Barry to Izzy Fordham - regarding support for the pest eradication
programme on Rakitu Island
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Author
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Jacqueline Fyers - Democracy/Engagement Advisor
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Authoriser
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John Nash – Senior Local Board
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