Waitākere Ranges Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 6.03pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 

Steve Tollestrup

 

 

 

 

Denise Yates, JP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Deputy Chairperson

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Glenn Wilcox

IMSB

 

 

Councillor

Penny Hulse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

08 June 2017

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson opened the meeting and welcomed those present

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/62

MOVED by Member D Yates, seconded by Member N Henderson:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)         accept the apology from Deputy Chair Saffron Toms for absence.

CARRIED

 

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.

 Board Member

Organisation / Position

Sandra Coney

·       Waitemata District Health Board – Elected Member

·       Women’s Health Action Trust – Patron

·       New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Member

·       New Zealand Military Defence Society – Member

·       Cartwright Collective – Member

·       Titirangi RSA – Member

·       Portage Trust – Member

·       West Auckland Trust Services - Director

Neil Henderson

·       Portage Trust – Elected Member

·       West Auckland Trust Services (WATS) Board – Trustee/Director

·       Whau River Catchment Trust - Employee

Greg Presland

·       Lopdell House Development Trust – Trustee

·       Titirangi Residents & Ratepayers Group – Committee Member 

·       Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust – Trustee

·       Combined Youth Services Trust – Trustee

·       Glen Eden Bid - Member

Steve Tollestrup

·       Waitakere Licensing Trust – Elected Member

·       Waitakere Task force on Family Violence – Appointee

Saffron Toms

       NIL

Denise Yates

·       Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Committee member

·       EcoMatters Environment Trust – Trustee

Member appointments

Board members are appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board members represent Auckland Council.

                                              

Board Member

Organisation / Position

Sandra Coney

·           Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee

Neil Henderson

·           Friends of Arataki Incorporated – Trustee

·           Rural Advisory Panel - Member

Steve Tollestrup

·           Glen Eden Business Improvement District

Greg Presland

·           Glen Eden Business Improvement District (alternate)

Saffron Toms

·           Ark in the Park

 

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/63

MOVED by Member S Tollestrup, seconded by Member S Coney:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 25 May 2017, as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Ward Councillors update was discussed after Item 9

 

Apology from Councillor Linda Cooper for absence and Councillor Penny Hulse for lateness were noted.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public ForumDraft Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan 2017 - Have your say event 

 

            Submissions were heard after Item 13

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Adoption of Local Board Agreement 2017/2018

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/64

MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member N Henderson:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      adopts local content for the Annual Budget 2017/2018, including:

i.          a Local Board Agreement 2017/2018

ii.         a message from the Chair

iii.        local board advocacy

iv.        local activity budgets

v.         local performance targets

b)      adopts local fees and charges schedules for 2017/2018

c)      notes:

i.        that the local activity budgets have been updated to reflect final budget decisions made by the governing body on 1 June 2017;

ii.       that if there are outstanding (not yet agreed) matters in the local board agreement, the local board should include an explanation of these matters in the Chair’s message at the front of the local board agreement;

iii.      that the resolutions of this meeting will be reported back to the governing body when it meets to adopt the Annual Budget 2017/2018 on 29 June 2017.

d)      agrees that the Chair be delegated authority to make any final minor changes to the local content for the Local Board Agreement 2017/2018

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Draft Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan 2017 - Have your say event

 

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/65

MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member D Yates:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)     Note any verbal contributors to the draft Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan 2017

b)     requests the Auckland Council Kauri dieback report on a Waitakere Ranges Local Board agenda within the next month.

 

CARRIED

 

Councillor Penny Hulse arrived at 6.55pm


9          Public Forum – Local Board Plan ‘Have your say’ event submissions

 

9.1

John Stowell was in attendance and spoke about:

·         Inclusion of an experiment in participatory budgeting in the boards plan

9.2

Debbie Hager was in attendance and spoke about:

·         acknowledged the board for their continued support in the environment

 

9.3

Glenn Wilcox was in attendance and spoke about

·         thoughts on weed management and Kauri dieback in need a long term view

 

 

 

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/66

MOVED by Member S Tollestrup, seconded by Member D Yates:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

 

a)         receive the submissions from John Stowell, Debbie Hager and Glenn Wilcox and thank them for attending the Waitakere Ranges Local Board meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

 

 

7          Ward Councillors update

 

Councillors Penny Hulse provided the members with matters being addressed by Governing Boyd including:

 

·           Long Term Plan

·           Pestival event  held on 24th June 2017

·           Living wage update

 

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

7.37 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

 

 

 

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