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Rodney Local
Board Parks and Recreation Committee
20 April 2017
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1 Welcome
The chairperson
opened the meeting and welcomed all those in attendance. The chairperson
adjourned the meeting at 3.38pm. The meeting reconvened at 3.55pm.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
4 Confirmation
of Minutes
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This being the first meeting of the Rodney Local Board Parks and
Recreation Committee there were no previous minutes to confirm.
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5 Leave of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no
acknowledgements.
7 Petitions
There were no
petitions.
8 Deputations
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8.1
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Highfield Donkeys
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Peter
Caccia-Birch and John Montgomery of Highfield Garden Reserve outlined the
activities of the reserve and the donkeys associated with it. Mr Caccia-Birch
and Mr Montgomery tabled written documentation which has been placed on the
file copy of the minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.
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Resolution number RODPC/2017/2
MOVED
by Member B Houlbrooke, seconded by Member P Pirrie:
That the Rodney
Local Board Parks and Recreation Committee:
a) thank
the representatives from Highfield Donkeys Incorporated for their
presentation on the activities associated with the donkeys on the park at
Highfield Garden Reserve, Algies Bay.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Highfield Garden
Reserve
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8.2
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Whangateau Residents and Ratepayers Association - proposal for
fitness trail
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Audrey Sharp,
Rosemary Kreig and Hugh McKergow were in attendance to outline the proposal
for a fitness trail at Whangateau Reserve. The presenters said that the
proposal was a community initiative and sought support from the local board
for landowner permission to erect various fitness equipment on the reserve.
The presenters tabled information which has been placed on the file copy of
the minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.
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Resolution number RODPC/2017/3
MOVED
by Member B Houlbrooke, seconded by Member P Pirrie:
That the Rodney
Local Board Parks and Recreation Committee:
a) thank
the representatives from Whangateau Residents and Ratepayers Association for
their presentation on a proposed fitness trail at Whangateau Reserve.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Whangateau
Fitness Trail Proposal
b Whangateau
brochure
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9 Public Forum
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9.1
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Freedom Camping - Lynley Joyce
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Lynley Joyce
was in attendance to outline concerns in regard to freedom camping in the
Rodney Local Board area. Ms Joyce tabled written information which has been
placed on the file copy of the minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland
Council website.
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Resolution number RODPC/2017/4
MOVED by Member B Houlbrooke, seconded by Deputy Chairperson L
Johnston:
That the
Rodney Local Board:
a) thank
Lynley Joyce for her presentation on freedom camping.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Lynley Joyce information
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9.2
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Maurice Purdy
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Maurice Purdy
of Kaipara Flats Road was in attendance to address the local board on a
number of issues including future water supply, the impacts of the proposed
motorway from Warkworth to Wellsford particularly on lifestyle blocks in the
vicinity of the indicative route, and the possibility of future subdivision
of lifestyle blocks in the Kaipara Flats area.
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Resolution number RODPC/2017/5
MOVED by Member B Houlbrooke, seconded by Chairperson B Bailey:
That the
Rodney Local Board:
a) thank
Maurice Purdy for his presentation to the local board on a number
of issues including water supply, the impacts of the proposed Warkworth
to Wellsford motorway and subdivision.
CARRIED
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10 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary
business.
11 Notices of Motion
There were no
notices of motion.
12 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
Secretarial Note: The
chairperson adjourned the meeting at 4.37pm and reconvened the meeting at
5.06pm
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13 Procedural
motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number RODPC/2017/6
MOVED by Member P Pirrie, seconded by Member T
Berger:
That the
Rodney Local Board Parks and Recreation Committee:
a) exclude
the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.
b) agree
that Anita Coy-Macken (Sport and Recreation Lead Team Leader) and Neil
Coventry (Sport and Recreation Lead) be permitted to remain for Confidential
Item C1: ‘Warkworth Swimming Pool – Expressions of
Interest’ after the public has been excluded, because of their
knowledge of the subject matter which will help the Rodney Local Board Parks
and Recreation Committee in its decision-making.
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 Warkworth
Swimming Pool - Expressions of Interest
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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)(b)(ii) - The
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where
the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to
prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information.
In particular, the
report contains financial information relating to third party organisations.
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 financial information relating to third party organisations.
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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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5.06pm 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.
5.25pm Member
Berger retired from the meeting.
5.35pm The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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C1
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Warkworth Swimming Pool - Expressions of Interest
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a) confirm
the key requirements in seeking a development partner for Warkworth Swimming
Pool are to minimise the capital and operational investment required from
council and provide for learn to swim and structured programmes as the
priority.
c) support
staff seeking the deferral of $40,000 of the Locally Driven Initiative budget
to 2017/2018 to progress planning for a swimming pool in Warkworth on the
basis the project will not be completed by 30 June 2017.
d) confirm
that there be no restatement of the confidential report, attachments or
resolution b) for the ‘Warkworth Swimming Pool – Expressions of
Interest’ item until negotiations have been completed, and only then is
the resolution to be restated.
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5.35 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 Rodney Local Board Parks and
Recreation Committee HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
