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Thursday 27
April 2017
5.15pm
Waiheke Local
Board Office
10 Belgium Street
Ostend
Waiheke
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Waiheke Local Board
OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
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ITEM TABLE
OF CONTENTS PAGE
9.1 Essentially
Waiheke / UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - Colin Beardon
A. 9.1 UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve - Colin Beardon 3
9.3 Moth
Plant on Ranighoua Hill – the Ticking Time Bomb - Julian Watts
A. 9.3 PowerPoint
Moth Plant on Rangihoua Hill - Julian Watts 5
9.4 The
Home Grown Waiheke Trust - Lynda Jeffs
A. 9.4 PowerPoint
The Waiheke Home Grown Trust - Lynda Jeffs 10
9.5 Stormwater
Forum - Denis Powell
A. 9.5 Stormwater
forum submission - Denis Powell 16
9.6 Waiheke
Community Pool - Ann Brown
A. 9.6 Waiheke
Community Pool Society Letter - Ann Brown 17
15 Approval
of the draft Waiheke Local Board Plan 2017
A. Waiheke Draft
Local Board Plan business meeting 27 April 2017 19
B. LBP Household
Summary Waiheke business meeting 27 April 2017 48
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Waiheke Local Board
27 April 2017
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Waiheke Local Board Public
Forum 27
April 2017
A feasibility study on Waiheke Island becoming a UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve
Background
Waiheke Forever (2009)
Legal Opinion: On the Case for designating Waiheke
Island as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2013)
Essentially Waiheke Refresh 2016
Activities
a) Identify and consult
key stakeholders on Waiheke
* Mana whenua
* Environmental
projects (Pest control programme; Waste Resources Trust; Forest & Bird)
* Local
sustainable tourism
b) Identify and consult key external support
Biosphere
Reserves (Noosa, Mornington Peninsula …)
BR
Expertise
Auckland
support
c) Identify the process to be followed and key
decisions to be taken
Geographical
area
Steering
Group / Management Group
Approvals
sought
Funding
implications
d) Summarise potential benefits and challenges in
a formal report
The Proposal
* A
small experienced Steering Group will oversee the project
* 80%
of the work done by volunteers, 20% funded by the Local Board
* Paid
independent consultants to facilitate key meetings and produce the final report
* Estimated
time scale : 6 months
* Request
formal support for the project from the Local Board and funding of
$25,000 - $50,000
