Regional Strategy and Policy Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 9.34am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr George Wood, CNZM

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

Members

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

From 12.15 pm, Item C1

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

Until 12.52 pm, Item C1

 

Cr Calum Penrose

Until 10.18 am, Item 16

 

Cr Dick Quax

From 9.35 am, Item 3

Until 10.18 am, Item 16

 

Mr David Taipari (alt.)

From 9.48 am, Item 11

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 9.38 am, Item 9

Until 12.51 pm, Item C1

 

Cr John Watson

From 9.38 am, Item 9

Until 12.47 pm, Item C1

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

Mr Glenn Wilcox

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Mayor Len Brown, JP

 

 

Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

Mr Kris MacDonald

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

 

 


Regional Strategy and Policy Committee

02 June 2016

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number REG/2016/29

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr R Clow:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Mayor Len Brown, Deputy Mayor PA Hulse, Cr CE Fletcher, Cr ME Lee, and Cr SL Stewart for absence on council business, from Cr LA Cooper, Cr DA Krum and Member K MacDonald for absence, from Member D Taipari for lateness and from Cr CM Penrose for early departure.

CARRIED

Note:   Cr LA Cooper subsequently entered the meeting at 12.15pm.

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

            Cr D Quax entered the meeting at 9.35 am.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number REG/2016/30

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 7 April 2016, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

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

Business Improvement District (BID) Policy (2016) - approval to adopt

 

Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at 9.38 am.

Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 9.38 am.

 

Resolution number REG/2016/31

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr R Clow:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      adopt the Business Improvement District (BID) Policy (2016).

b)      delegate authority to the Chair of the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee to approve any final amendments to the Business Improvement District (BID) Policy (2016) resulting from changes agreed at the meeting, and/or any minor editorial changes.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Auckland Council Submission on Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill No 2

 

Resolution number REG/2016/32

MOVED by Cr CM Penrose, seconded by Cr W Cashmore:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      approve Auckland Council’s submission to the Government Administration Select Committee on the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill No 2 (Attachment A to the agenda report).

b)      delegate authority to the Chair of the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee to approve any final amendments to the submission resulting from changes agreed at the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

11

Safer Communities Accreditation Update

 

Member D Taipari entered the meeting at 9.48 am.

 

Resolution number REG/2016/33

MOVED by Cr C Casey, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      approve that Auckland become an accredited Safe Community, and write to the Safer Communities Foundation New Zealand to initiate the accreditation process.

b)      forward the report and decision to all local boards for their information.

CARRIED


 

12

World Health Organisation (WHO) Age-friendly City - Recommendation from Community Development and Safety Committee

 

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      agree to investigate Auckland / Tāmaki- Makaurau becoming a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

b)      request staff provide an analysis on the potential implications, benefits and obligations regarding the accreditation of Auckland/Tāmaki- Makaurau as a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

 

 

MOVED by Cr C Casey, seconded by Cr J Watson, an amendment, by way of addition:  

Resolution number REG/2016/34

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      support in principle Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau becoming a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

For

Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae

Cr C Casey

Cr R Clow

Cr AM Filipaina

Member D Taipari

Cr WD Walker

Cr J Watson

Member G Wilcox

Against

Cr C Brewer

Cr W Cashmore

Cr C Darby

Cr CM Penrose

Cr D Quax

Cr MP Webster

Chairperson GS Wood

Abstained

 

The amendment was declared carried by 8 votes to 7.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

The substantive motion was put.

 

Resolution number REG/2016/35

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      support in principle Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau becoming a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

b)      agree to investigate Auckland / Tāmaki- Makaurau becoming a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

c)      request staff provide an analysis on the potential implications, benefits and obligations regarding the accreditation of Auckland/Tāmaki- Makaurau as a World Health Organisation Age Friendly City.

 

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

 

 

 

For

Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae

Cr C Casey

Cr R Clow

Cr C Darby

Cr AM Filipaina

Member D Taipari

Cr WD Walker

Cr J Watson

Member G Wilcox

Against

Cr C Brewer

Cr W Cashmore

Cr CM Penrose

Cr D Quax

Cr MP Webster

Chairperson GS Wood

Abstained

 

The motion was declared carried by 9 votes to 6.

CARRIED

 

 

 

13

Reports Pending Status Update

 

Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae left the meeting at 10.13 am.

 

Resolution number REG/2016/36

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr CM Penrose:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      receive the reports pending status update.

b)      note that an update report on the Smoke free policy review will be provided to the next Regional Strategy and Policy Committee meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

 

14

Information Items

 

Resolution number REG/2016/37

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Member K MacDonald:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

a)      receive the summary of information memos since 31 March 2016.

CARRIED

  

 

 

15        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 


 

 

16        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number REG/2016/38

MOVED by Chairperson GS Wood, seconded by Cr WD Walker:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy 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       Army Bay - Negotiation Outcomes

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)(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 information provided by the Crown to council in confidence on the understanding the information is negotiation sensitive between Hapū / Iwi and the Crown. If confidential information is made available, it will prejudice both those negotiations and the provision of similar information to council in the future.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C2       Land acquisition for stormwater management Francis Street, Grey Lynn

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

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information relating to property prices.

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

 

10.17am          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.

 

12.59pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Army Bay - Negotiation Outcomes

 

Resolution number REG/2016/39

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Cr LA Cooper:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

h)      agree that this decision and report not be made publicly available until advised by the Crown that the obligation of confidentiality is removed.

 

 

C2

Land acquisition for stormwater management Francis Street, Grey Lynn

 

Resolution number REG/2016/40

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae, seconded by Cr R Clow:  

That the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee:

c)      agree that the decisions, report and attachments remain confidential until the acquisition of the property listed above has been completed, and only then are the resolutions to be made publicly available.

  

 

 

 

 

 

12.59pm                                             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 Regional Strategy and Policy Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................