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Thursday 16
February 2017
2.00pm
Council
Chamber
Orewa Service Centre
50 Centreway Road
Orewa
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Rodney Local Board
OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
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ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
8.1 Harbour
Sport
A. Harbour Sport 3
8.2 Matakana
Community Group
A. Matakana
Community Group 25
8.3 Helensville
Community Recycling Centre
A. Helensville
Community Recycling Centre 45
B. Helensville
Community Recycling Centre, tabled information 67
8.4 Sustain
and Enable Helensville
A. North West
Sustainability Centre Project 69
8.5 Land
at Woodcocks Road
A. Land at Woodcock
Road presentation 81
25 Auckland
Council's Quarterly Performance Reports: Rodney Local Board
For Quarter Two, 1 August - 31 December 2016
A. Financial
Summary 87
28 Ward
Councillor Update
A. Councillor
Update December 2016 93
B. Councillor
Update February 2017 95
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Rodney Local Board
16 February
2017
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Rodney
Local Board Update – Councillor Greg Sayers
15 December 2016
General
Well my first two months as Councillor for Rodney have been
a whirlwind to say the least. I have been very busy attending meetings and
getting up to speed with all the regional issues I will be facing in the
upcoming term and I can already see I will be a busy man!
At this stage, I am on the Finance and Performance
Committee, Environment and Community Committee, Planning Committee, Deputy
Chair of Audit and Risk, Strategic Procurement Committee, Deputy Chair of Rural
Advisory Panel, Parakai Recreation Reserves Board, Kaipara Moana Working Party,
Kaipara Harbour Joint Political Committee, and of course Governing Body.
I have had private meetings with Mayor Goff to make him fully aware of the
concerns and aspirations of Rodney ratepayers and of the Rodney Local Board.
I have meet with all of the Executive Lead Team to discuss
Rodneys key issues and strategies moving forward. It is clear that together
with the Rodney Local Board we have good opportunities to achieve great things
for Rodney.
I look forward to continuing working closely with you all as
Local Board members to achieve some positive outcomes for our ward, ratepayers
and communities.
Finance and Performance Committee
On Tuesday we had a whopping 10 hours at the Finance and
Performance Committee where we discussed topics around the Annual Budget for
2017-2018 including the mayor’s proposal and the proposed rates
increase. The major items in this consultation are the introduction of a
visitor levy, growth infrastructure targeted rates, pausing the long-term
differential strategy for one year, and a rates increase of 2.5%. I have
some strong views on some of these items and I will be arguing further to keep
rates capped at 2%. Today we debated this further at Governing Body and was
successful in achieving a 2% rate increase option to be included into the
consultation documents for the Annual Plan next year.
Parakai Recreation Reserves Board
Last Friday I attended my first meeting of the Parakai
Reserves Board. We were welcomed formally by the local marae and we
received a general overview of the progress and the future work requirements
that will be managed by future conversations. There is huge potential for this
space in Parakai and therefore the NorWest of Rodney and there are positive
outcomes to be had for iwi, council and the community. Local Board members
Phelan Pirrie and Brenda Steele are also on this board and together we make up
the elected member representation for this board. Margaret Kawharu chairs this
board of six co-governance representative’s.
Auckland Transport
I have had meetings with Tony
McCartney and Andrew Scoggins from Auckland Transport and have discussed some
of the many issues we have here in Rodney including Hill St, SH16 congestion
issues, rail to Kumeu, road sealing, budgets and the Matakana Link Road.
Improving our infrastructure is a key focus for me and I have enjoyed building
relationships with these key AT staff. In the new year, Beth, Phelan and I will
continue building on this work and will be having regular information meetings
with these AT managers so that we are all on the same page and can work as a
team on Auckland Transport issues. I see these relationships with key Auckland
Transport managers, the Local Board and myself, as a good start to our
relationships and we should look forward to translating these into positive
outcomes for Rodney.
Te Arai
I know that the situation in Te
Arai has been ongoing for a while. I attended a site visit with the community a
few days after my election and have since had meetings with staff and also with
the developers to get a full understanding of the situation up there. It is
certainly a complex situation with a hurt community who want the best outcomes
for their backyard. I am happy to hear that Warren MacLennan is leading the
community liaison group and will be representing council in their regular
discussions. I will be kept in the loop going forward and will brief the Local
Board as this occurs.
I am open to be contacted by the
public or the Local Board members at any time and would like to take this
opportunity to formally thank the Chair Beth Houlbrooke for her dedicated
assistance in working closely with me to resolve customer queries as they have
arisen. Also I would like to mention Rebecca Purvis who has been invaluable
with her helpful and cheery advice and assistance.
Wishing all the staff, Local
Board members, members of the local Press and our wonderful community a very
Merry Christmas and
a safe New Year break.
Greg Sayers
Auckland Councillor
Rodney ward
