Regional Strategy and Policy Committee
OPEN MINUTES
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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.
Chairperson |
Cr George Wood, CNZM |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Cr Anae Arthur Anae |
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Members |
Cr Cameron Brewer |
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Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Cr Ross Clow |
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Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
From 12.15 pm, Item C1 |
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Cr Chris Darby |
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Cr Alf Filipaina |
Until 12.52 pm, Item C1 |
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Cr Calum Penrose |
Until 10.18 am, Item 16 |
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Cr Dick Quax |
From 9.35 am, Item 3 Until 10.18 am, Item 16 |
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Mr David Taipari (alt.) |
From 9.48 am, Item 11 |
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Cr Wayne Walker |
From 9.38 am, Item 9 Until 12.51 pm, Item C1 |
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Cr John Watson |
From 9.38 am, Item 9 Until 12.47 pm, Item C1 |
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Cr Penny Webster |
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Mr Glenn Wilcox |
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ABSENT
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Mayor Len Brown, JP |
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Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse |
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Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO |
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Cr Denise Krum |
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Cr Mike Lee |
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Mr Kris MacDonald |
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Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM |
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Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE |
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Regional Strategy and Policy Committee 02 June 2016 |
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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. |
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. |
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.
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Business Improvement District (BID) Policy (2016) - approval to adopt |
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Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at 9.38 am. Cr J Watson entered the meeting at 9.38 am. |
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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. |
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Auckland Council Submission on Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill No 2 |
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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. |
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Member D Taipari entered the meeting at 9.48 am. |
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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. |
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World Health Organisation (WHO) Age-friendly City - Recommendation from Community Development and Safety Committee |
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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.
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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:
The amendment was declared carried by 8 votes to 7. |
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The substantive motion was put. |
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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:
The motion was declared carried by 9 votes to 6. |
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Deputy Chairperson AJ Anae left the meeting at 10.13 am. |
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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. |
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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. |
15 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
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
C2 Land acquisition for stormwater management Francis Street, Grey Lynn
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. |
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:
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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. |
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Land acquisition for stormwater management Francis Street, Grey Lynn |
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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
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CHAIRPERSON:........................................................