Manukau Harbour Forum

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Manukau Harbour Forum held in the Māngere-Otāhuhu Local Board Office, Shop 17, 93 Bader Drive, Māngere Town Centre on Friday, 18 August 2017 at 12:28pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Saffron Toms

Waitakere Ranges Local Board

Deputy Chairperson

David Holm

Puketapapa Local Board

Members

Alan Cole

Franklin Local Board

 

Joseph Allan

Manurewa Local Board

 

Dawn Trenberth

Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board

Alternate Members

Nerissa Henry

Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board

 

David Whitley

Whau Local Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Tracy Mulholland

Whau Local Board

 

 

Josephine Bartley

Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board

 

 

 

 

 

 


Manukau Harbour Forum

18 August 2017

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number MHFJC/2017/9

MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member A Cole:  

That the Manukau Harbour Forum:

a)         accept apologies from members Tracy Mulholland and Josephine Bartley for absence.

CARRIED

Secretarial Note:        Apologies from alternate members Julie Fairey and Denise Yates were also noted.

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number MHFJC/2017/10

MOVED by Member J Allan, seconded by Deputy Chairperson D Holm:  

That the Manukau Harbour Forum:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Friday, 16 June 2017, as a true and correct record with the addition of attendance from alternate member Julie Fairey.

CARRIED

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

9          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Approval of Manukau Harbour Forum work programme

 

Resolution number MHFJC/2017/11

MOVED by Member A Cole, seconded by Member J Allan:  

That the Manukau Harbour Forum:

a)      approve the 2017/2018 Manukau Harbour Forum work programme as noted in the table below:

Objective

Action

2017/2018 Budget

Profile raising - culture, economic, ecological

Profile raising and marketing

$5,000

Communications and event support plan

$10,000

Watershed-Harbour Connectedness -Evaluation of current flagship sites programme

$10,000

Robust knowledge base

Manukau Harbour modelling -watching brief and advocacy

No budget allocated.

Other council activities - watching brief and advocacy for integrated approaches

No budget allocated.

Champion and advocate for the integrated management of the Manukau Harbour

Integrated Watershed Plans - watching brief and advocacy

No budget allocated.

Forum resourcing supports vision outcomes

 

Ongoing advocacy as needs arise. Governance review.

Advocacy

b)      note that funding for this work programme was approved by member boards through their annual environment work programmes.

c)      request a report on marine sustainability education programmes focused on secondary level students.

d)      strongly advocate for increasing regional resources to monitor activities that may affect health of the harbour and enforce compliance.

e)      note the importance of use of up to date data including land-use data for Hydrodynamic Modelling.

f)       request a scoping report on funding Sea Week or other harbour clean-up initiatives/activities by community groups.

Governance Framework Review Advocacy:

g)      welcome the Governance Framework Review acknowledging the strong regional significance of the establishment of the Manukau Harbour Forum and that this is an environmental response that more appropriately reflect the sphere of impact.

h)      request the Governance Framework Review to investigate  mechanisms that support the operations and governance roles of the Manukau Harbour Forum.

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Adoption of business meeting schedule

 

Resolution number MHFJC/2017/12

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson D Holm, seconded by Member A Cole:  

That the Manukau Harbour Forum:

a)      agree to the meeting schedule outlined below for the 2016/2019 electoral term.

Year

Date

Location

2017

20 October

Mangere-Otahuhu Local board office, Shop 17, 93 Bader Drive, Mangere Town Centre

15 December

2018

16 February

Mangere-Otahuhu Local board office, Shop 17, 93 Bader Drive, Mangere Town Centre

20 April

15 June

17 August

19 October

14 December

2019

15 February

Mangere-Otahuhu Local board office, Shop 17, 93 Bader Drive, Mangere Town Centre

19 April

21 June

16 August

b)      agree to commence business meetings at 12.00pm. Public forum and deputations will be scheduled in the early part of the business meeting, to enable the democratic process.

 

CARRIED

  

14        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

1:24pm                                               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 Manukau Harbour Forum HELD ON

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................