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, 28 September 2017 at 6.02pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 

Steve Tollestrup

 

 

 

 

Denise Yates, JP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

Councillor

Penny Hulse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

28 September 2017

 

 

1          Welcome

 

The Chairperson opened the meeting and welcome those present

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

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

·       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/2017/128

MOVED by Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member S Tollestrup:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 14 September 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          Update from Ward Councillors

 

Councillor Penny Hulse provided the members with matters being addressed by Governing Body:

·                Project Safe Swim launch in November

·                Issues raised from bags to bins and recycling bins in Piha

·                Kauri Dieback update

·                Pest Management Strategy update

·                CABs

 

Apology from Councillor Linda Cooper for absence was noted.

 

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

Auckland Transport update – September 2017

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/129

MOVED by Member D Yates, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Toms:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      receive the Auckland Transport update September 2017 report.

CARRIED

 

13

Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Six Monthly Report

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/130

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      note that this report and its attachments will be provided as an information memo to the Environment and Community Committee and the Whau Local Board.

CARRIED

 

14

Swanson Design Guidelines

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/131

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)    endorse the Swanson Design Guidelines (2017).

CARRIED

 

15

Relationship Agreement with Mana Whenua

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/132

MOVED by Member D Yates, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Toms:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      approve the relationship agreement template attached to the agenda report at Attachment A as the basis for discussions with mana whenua

b)      approve a process of reaching these agreements whereby the agreement may proceed to signing without further approval so long as any inclusions are either descriptive or in the nature of minor drafting changes.  For the avoidance of doubt, any changes of substance will be re-presented to the  Waitākere Ranges Local Board, other local boards and the governing body, as relevant, for final approval

c)      authorise the Chairperson to sign the agreement on behalf of the local board at signing ceremonies arranged between the parties to each agreement.

CARRIED

 

16

New Road Name Approval for the residential subdivision by The Neil Group at 6-10 Christian Road and 19-25 O’Neills Road, Swanson.

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/133

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      approves the proposed road names for an access lot and a new road constructed within the subdivision being undertaken by The Neil Group at 6-10 Christian Road and 19-25 O’Neills Road, Swanson.

·      Otway Hendrick Lane

·      Richard Petterd Way

CARRIED

 

17

Implementing the Glen Eden Town Centre Plan

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/134

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      endorse the advocacy approach for delivery of projects from the Glen Eden Town Centre Implementation Plan.

b)      agree, in principle, to allocate $2.5 million of its current reserves and future allocation of the local board’s discretionary capital funds (Locally Driven Initiatives and Transport Capital Fund), and town centre improvement budget, toward the purchase of property in West Coast Road, Glen Eden, and the future development of a laneway.

c)      note that b) is subject to its advocacy proposal being supported by the Governing Body for inclusion in the Long Term Plan 2018-2028.

d)      note that each of the elements within the advocacy proposal are subject to future decisions on how to proceed, as further advice is provided, with public consultation and concept planning.

CARRIED

 

18

Adoption of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan 2017

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/135

MOVED by Member D Yates, seconded by Deputy Chairperson S Toms:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      approve and adopt the final Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plan 2017

b)      delegate authority to the Chair to approve any minor edits that may be necessary.CARRIED

 

19

Remuneration Authority consultation document

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/136

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)     delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair to provide the local board comments

CARRIED

20

Public alerting framework for Auckland

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/137

MOVED by Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member S Tollestrup:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      note the approach to public alerting as outlined in the Public Alerting Framework for Auckland.

b)      provide in-principle support for the development of an enhanced and expanded regional tsunami siren network, noting that further information on design, placement and other considerations for the network will be reported in due course.

CARRIED

 

 

21

Confirmation of Workshop Records

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/138

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

That the Waitakere Ranges Local Board:

a)      receive the workshop records held on 24 August, 07 and 14 September 2017.

CARRIED

 

 

22

Governance Forward Work Calendar

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/139

MOVED by Member N Henderson, seconded by Chairperson G Presland:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      notes the updated Governance Forward Work Calendar for September 2017.

CARRIED

 

 

23

Chairperson's report - September 2017

 

Resolution number WTK/2017/140

MOVED by Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member N Henderson:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      receive the Chairperson’s report.

 

CARRIED

  

24        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

8.12 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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