Great Barrier Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Great Barrier Local Board held in the Claris Conference Centre, 19 Whangaparapara Road, Claris, Great Barrier Island on Tuesday, 18 July 2017 at 1.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Izzy Fordham

 

 

 

Members

Susan Daly

 

 

 

 

Shirley Johnson

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Deputy Chairperson

Luke Coles

 

 

Member

Jeff Cleave

 

 

 

 

 


Great Barrier Local Board

18 July 2017

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson IM Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

 

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/83

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         accept the apology from Deputy Chairperson Luke Coles and Member J Cleave for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/84

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 20 June 2017 as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

6.1

Obituary - Charlie Ngawaka

 

The Great Barrier Local Board acknowledged the passing of Charlie Ngawaka with a minute’s silence.

 

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/85

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         express its condolences to the whanau on the passing of Charlie Ngawaka on 6 July 2017.

 

CARRIED

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

9.1

Windy Hill Sanctuary: Goodnature A24 trap project - Judy Gilbert

 

Judy Gilbert representing Windy Hill-Rosalie Bay Catchment Trust and AoteaOra Community Trust was in attendance to provide the Great Barrier Local Board an update on Windy Hill Sanctuary: Goodnature A24 trap project and to inform the board of the end of her term as chairperson of AoteaOra Trust.

 

A document was tabled in respect this item. A copy of the tabled document has been

attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/86

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the Public Forum presentation.

b)            thank Judy Gilbert for her Public Forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Tabled document - Windy Hill Sanctuary Goodnature A24 Trap Project report, July 2017

 

 

9.2

Tip Shop Update - Angela Wright

 

Angela Wright from AoteaOra Community Trust was in attendance to provide the Great Barrier Local Board an update on the Tip Shop.

 

A document was tabled in respect this item. A copy of the tabled document has been

attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/87

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the Public Forum presentation.

b)            thank Angela Wright for her Public Forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Tabled document - Aotea Community Upcycle Centre - Tip Shop

 


 

 

9.3

Off the Grid report - Orla Cumisky

 

Orla Cumisky from AoteaOra Community Trust was in attendance to provide the Great Barrier Local Board an update on the Off the Grid events.

 

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/88

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the Public Forum presentation.

b)            thank Orla Cumisky for her Public Forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

9.4

Update on Aotea Conservation Park Advisory Committee's work - Paul Downie

 

Paul Downie from Aotea Conservation Park Advisory Committee was in attendance to provide the Great Barrier Local Board an update on the committee’s work on Great Barrier Island.

 

A document was tabled in respect this item. A copy of the tabled document has been

attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/89

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the Public Forum presentation.

b)            thank Paul Downie for his Public Forum presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachment

a     Tabled document - Aotea Conservation Park Advisory Committee

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

12

Environmental agency and community group reports

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/90

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      receive the following reports:

i.     Biosecurity report May-June 2017

ii.    Biodiversity report June 2017

iii.   Wastewise Aotea summary report

iv.   Windy Hill Sanctuary newsletter

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Approval of the Great Barrier Local Board 2017/2018 Civil Defence Emergency Management Work Programme

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/91

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      approve the 2017/2018 Civil Defence and Emergency Management programme (Attachment A of the report) for an investigation into an emergency water supply for the island ($15,000).

 

CARRIED

 

 

14

Approval of the Great Barrier Local Board 2017/2018 Local Economic Development Work Programme

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/92

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:   

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      approve the 2017/2018 local economic development programme (Attachment A of the report) as follows.

i)       Visitor Strategy ($17,000)

ii)      Dark Sky Sanctuary ($20,000)

b)        agree to increase the budget for the Visitor Strategy from $10,000 to $17,000 with the difference funded from the LDI Community Response Fund.

 

CARRIED

 

 

15

Auckland Plan refresh 2018: early feedback to inform draft plan

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/93

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      delegate the chairperson in discussion with board members to provide feedback, including any specific feedback on the challenges, opportunities, strategic themes and focus areas.

b)      note that the resolutions of this meeting will be reported back to the Planning Committee when it meets to decide on direction to inform the draft Auckland Plan on 1 August 2017

c)      note that there will be further opportunities to provide feedback on the draft plan as council continues through the refresh process during 2017.

 

CARRIED

 

 

16

Auckland Transport Update – July 2017

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/94

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the content of the report Auckland Transport Update – July 2017.

b)      request that Auckland Transport prepare a rough order of cost for the following projects:

                  i.        continuing the Hector Sanderson walkway to the Cross Roads and from the Police Station to Claris shops and

                 ii.        a walkway from the Cross Roads along Whangaparapara Rd to the hot springs.

 

CARRIED

 

 

17

Correspondence

 

A document was tabled in respect to this item. A copy of the tabled document has been attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website.

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/95

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Daly:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)           note the correspondence for the month of June 2017.

b)           thank Bill Carlin and June Brookes for their correspondence and asks that the Department of Conservation (DoC) and Auckland Council officers provide an urgent update to the board on the proposal for a joint DoC/Auckland Council project to eradicate the plague skink from Great Barrier Island.

 

CARRIED

 

Attachment

a     Tabled document - Letter from Bill Carlin and June Brookes

 

 

18

Governance Forward Work Calendar

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/96

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the Great Barrier Local Board Governance Forward Work Calendar – July 2017.

 

CARRIED

 

 

19

Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Proceedings

 

Resolution number GBI/2017/97

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)    note the record of proceedings for the workshops held on 6 June, 13 June, 20 June and 27 June 2017.

 

CARRIED

 

 

20        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

 

2.25 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 Great Barrier Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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