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Waitākere
Ranges Local Board
09 March 2017
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1 Welcome
The Chairperson
opened the meeting and welcomed those present.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
Members
were 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.
Specifically
members are asked to identify any new interests they have not previously
disclosed, an interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with
a matter on the agenda.
The following are declared interests of the Waitakere Ranges Local
Board.
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Board Member
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Organisation / Position
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Sandra Coney
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Waitemata District Health Board
– Elected Member
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Women’s Health Action
Trust – Patron
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New Zealand Society of
Genealogists – Member
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New Zealand Military Defence
Society – Member
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Cartwright Collective – Member
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Titirangi RSA – Member
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Portage Trust – Member
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West Auckland Trust Services -
Director
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Neil Henderson
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Portage Trust – Elected
Member
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West Auckland Trust Services
(WATS) Board – Trustee/Director
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Greg Presland
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Lopdell House Development Trust
– Trustee
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Titirangi Residents &
Ratepayers Group – Committee Member
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Whau Coastal Walkway
Environmental Trust – Trustee
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Combined Youth Services Trust
– Trustee
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Glen Eden Bid - Member
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Steve Tollestrup
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Waitakere Licensing Trust
– Elected Member
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Waitakere Task force on Family
Violence – Appointee
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Saffron Toms
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NIL
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Denise Yates
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Friends of Arataki Incorporated
– Committee member
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EcoMatters Environment Trust
– Trustee
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Member appointments
Board
members are appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board
members represent Auckland Council.
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Board Member
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Organisation / Position
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Sandra Coney
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Friends of Arataki Incorporated
– Trustee
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Neil Henderson
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Friends of Arataki Incorporated
– Trustee
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Steve Tollestrup
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Glen Eden Business Improvement
District
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Greg Presland
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Glen Eden Business Improvement
District (alternate)
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Saffron Toms
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Ark in the Park
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4 Confirmation
of Minutes
5 Leave of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no
acknowledgements.
7 Ward Councillors update
Councillors
Penny Hulse and Linda Cooper were in attendance.
8 Deputations
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8.1
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Deputation - Healthy Families Waitakere
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Jewelz Petley from Sport
Waitakere spoke about opportunities for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board to
influence the food and drink environments particularly at community and
Council events and also a quick update on the Small Parks activation.
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A powerpoint presentation was
provided (please refer to the Waitakere Ranges Local Board agenda on 09/03
where a copy was attached)
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A copy of the Whanau Day Out
and Park 2 Park Activations, Glen Eden were provided. A copy has been
placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council
website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number WTK/2017/20
MOVED by Member D Yates, seconded by Member S
Coney:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a) receive
the deputation presentation from Healthy Families Waitakere and thank them
for attending the Waitakere Ranges Local Board.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Whanau Day
Out
b Park 2 Park
Activations - Glen Eden
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9 Public Forum
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9.1
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Paul
Goldsmith and Michael Mason from Save Oratia Organisation to:
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Introduced the Save Oratia Organisation society
to the board and inform about the primary concerned associated with the
Parker Road option re Water Treatment Plant
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9.2
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Peter M
King was in attendance and spoke about:
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Homeless in the Waitakere Ranges and people sleeping in their
cars. Seeking funding for support groups to help with housing and
homeless in Waitakere Ranges, West Auckland.
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Resolution
number WTK/2017/21
MOVED by Member S Tollestrup, seconded by
Member N Henderson:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a) receive
the public forum submissions from Paul Goldsmith,
Michael Mason and Peter M King and thank them for attending the Waitakere
Ranges Local Board meeting.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Paul
Goldsmith submission
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10 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary
business.
11 Notices of Motion
There were no
notices of motion.
13 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
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14 Procedural
motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number WTK/2017/23
MOVED by Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member
D Yates:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
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 Acquisition
of land for open space - Swanson
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interest(s) protected (where
applicable)
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Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the
passing of this resolution
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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.
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s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the
information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out,
without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.
In particular, the report identifies
land the council seeks to acquire for open space purposes.
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 identifies
land the council seeks to acquire for open space purposes.
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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.
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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
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7.16pm 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.
7.23pm The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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C1
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Acquisition of land for open space - Swanson
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Resolution number WTK/2017/18
MOVED
by Member S Coney, seconded by Member N Henderson:
That the
Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
b) confirm
that there be no restatement of this confidential report, attachments or
resolutions for the acquisition of land for public open space in Swanson
until such time that the reason for confidentiality no longer exists.
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7.23 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 Waitākere Ranges Local Board
HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
