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Great Barrier
Local Board
20 February
2018
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1 Welcome
Chairperson IM
Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present. Member J Cleave led
the meeting in a karakia.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
4 Confirmation
of Minutes
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/1
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, 12 December 2017,
including the confidential status of attachment d to the Local board feedback on rates remission and
postponement policy review report at item 19, as a true and correct record.
CARRIED
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5 Leave
of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
There were no
acknowledgements.
7 Petitions
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7.1
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Petition - Aotea Poison Free - Stop the Drop
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Tony Storey,
Elise Bishop and Manuka Davenport representing ‘Aotea Poison Free’
were present to address the meeting and present the Stop the Drop –
Petition to stop the aerial brodifacoum drop on Rakitu Island petition.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/2
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S
Johnson:
That the Great
Barrier Local Board:
a) receive
the petition Stop the Drop – Petition to stop the
aerial brodifacoum drop on Rakitu Island and thank Aotea Poison Free for
their attendance.
CARRIED
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8 Deputations
There were no
deputations.
9 Public
Forum
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9.1
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Lyndon Eves - Spending/budgets for
Aotea/Great Barrier Island road works
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Lyndon Eves
from Aotea Contractors Ltd was in attendance to speak to the Great Barrier
Local Board in respect to the spending/budgets for the Great Barrier Island
road network.
A document
was tabled in respect to this item. A copy of the tabled documents has been
attached to the official minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council
website.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/3
MOVED by
Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J Cleave:
That the Great Barrier Local Board:
a)
note the Public Forum presentation.
b)
thank Lyndon Eves from Aotea Contrators Ltd for his Public Forum
presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a Tabled item 9.1 - Letter from Lyndon Eves
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9.2
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Paul McArthur and George Taylor - Department
of Conservation
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Paul McArthur
from the Department of Conservation was in attendance to introduce to the
Great Barrier Local Board the new Aotea Department of Conservation Operations
Manager, George Taylor.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/4
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 McArthur and George Taylor
from the Department of Conservation for their Public Forum presentation.
c)
acknowledge and thank Paul McArthur for
his time and hard work on Aotea Great Barrier Island.
CARRIED
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10 Extraordinary
Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
11 Notices of
Motion
There were no
notices of motion.
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12
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Environmental agency and community group
reports
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Jo O'Reilly
from Envirokiwi was in attendance to present the Envirokiwi report - Managing
our waste on Aotea.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/5
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S
Johnson:
That the Great
Barrier Local Board:
a) receive
the following reports:
i. Biodiversity/biosecurity
report November-December 2017
ii. Biodiversity/biosecurity
report December 2017-January 2018
iii. Windy Hill Sanctuary - Goodnature A24 Trap Project, Report #8
iv. Report
from Aotea/Great Barrier International Dark Sky Sanctuary Advisory Group
(DAG)
v. Envirokiwi
report - Managing our waste on Aotea
CARRIED
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13
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Six-monthly reporting of the Great Barrier
community funding agreements
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Rendt Gorter
from Aotea Family Support Group, Gael Johnson and Robyn Grice from Great
Barrier Island Community Health Trust and Jonathan Trapski from Destination
Great Barrier Island were in attendance to speak about their respective
accountability reports.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/6
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J
Cleave:
That the Great Barrier Local
Board:
a)
note the six-monthly reports from the Aotea Family Support
Group, Great Barrier Community Health Trust, Destination Great Barrier Island
and Great Barrier Island Community Heritage & Arts Village Trust.
b)
Thank Rendt Gorter, Gael Johnson, Robyn Grice
and Jonathan Trapski for their attendance and presentation.
CARRIED
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14
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Process for the Integration of the Auckland
District Council Hauraki Gulf Islands Plan into the Auckland Unitary Plan
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Warren
Maclennan – Manager Planning - North/West, Peter Vari – Team
Leader and Alison Pye – Principal Planner were in attendance via
teleconference to present the Process for the Integration of the Auckland
District Council Hauraki Gulf Islands Plan into the Auckland Unitary Plan
report.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/7
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson
L Coles:
That the Great
Barrier Local Board:
a)
recommend to the Planning Committee that Option 2 - Area plan
using all existing Aotea Great Barrier Island plans including feasibility
studies, strategies and board reports, followed by a plan change to the
Auckland Unitary Plan, be the process used for the incorporation of the
Hauraki Gulf Islands Section into the Auckland Unitary Plan.
b)
Thank Warren Maclennan, Peter Vari and Alison Pye for their
attendance via teleconference.
CARRIED
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15
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Auckland Council’s Quarterly
Performance Report: Great Barrier Local Board for quarter two, 1 October - 31
December 2017
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Jacqui Fyers
– Local Board Advisor Great Barrier was in attendance to present to the
Auckland Council’s Quarterly Performance Report: Great Barrier Local
Board for quarter two, 1 October - 31 December 2017report.
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Resolution
number GBI/2018/8
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J
Cleave:
That the Great
Barrier Local Board:
a)
note the performance report for the financial quarter ending 31
December 2017.
b)
request Infrastructure and Environmental
Services to report to the local board, after consultation with stakeholders
on the viability, scope, costs and risks associated with the establishment
and operation of a combined terrestrial and marine research facility on Aotea
Great Barrier Island using the Marine Protection budget line.
c)
CARRIED
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20 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration
of extraordinary items.
3.23 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
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
