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, 20 March 2018 at 1:00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Izzy Fordham

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Luke Coles

 

 

 

Members

Susan Daly

 

 

 

 

Shirley Johnson

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Jeff Cleave

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

Kathy Cumming

Barrier Bulletin

 

 


Great Barrier Local Board

20 March 2018

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson IM Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/14

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         accept the apology from Member J Cleave for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/15

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 February 2018, as a true and correct record.

 

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

 

10.1

Claris cemetery development - stage two design and consent

 

A decision must be made prior to the board’s 17 April business meeting to avoid the risk and any impact upon the ability for the stage two approved works to be completed by June 2018.

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/16

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         consider the Claris cemetery development – stage two design and consent report as extraordinary business at item 18. A decision must be made prior to the board’s 17 April business meeting to avoid the risk and any impact upon the ability for the stage two approved works to be completed by June 2018.

 

CARRIED

 

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

12

Funding request to establish a community-led zero waste programme on Aotea/Great Barrier Island

 

Joanne O’Reilly, waste coordinator was in attendance to speak to the Great Barrier Local Board about the proposal from the Zero Waste Network Aotearoa.

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/17

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      allocate $7000 plus GST from its Community Response Fund to establish a community-led zero waste programme.

b)      note that regional funding is available to match any local funding allocated to the community zero waste programme.

c)      thank Joanne O’Reilly for her attendance and presentation.

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

2018 Local Government New Zealand Conference and Annual General Meeting

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/18

MOVED by Member S Daly, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      nominate the chairperson – Izzy Fordham to attend the Local Government New Zealand 2018 Conference and Annual General Meeting from Sunday 15 July 2018 to Tuesday 17 July 2018.

b)      confirm that conference attendance including travel and accommodation will be paid for in accordance with the current Auckland Council Elected Member Expense Policy.

c)      note that any members who wish to attend the AGM must provide their names to the Kura Kāwana project team by Friday 13 April 2018 to ensure that they are registered with Local Government New Zealand.

d)      investigate the possibility of nominating Aotea Great Barrier Dark Sky Sanctuary for the 2018 LGNZ Excellence Awards.

 

CARRIED

 

 

14

Correspondence

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/19

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson L Coles:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the correspondence received and sent for the month of February 2018:

i.     Letter from Hon Nikki Kaye, MP for Auckland Central

ii.    Letter of 19 February 2018 to Auckland Transport re Vector Pathways on Aotea Great Barrier Island

iii.   Letter of 21 February 2018 to Ngāti Rehua – Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust

iv.   Letter of 7 March 2018 to Andrew Baucke, Department of Conservation re Rakitu Island.

 

CARRIED

 

 

15

Environmental agency and community group reports

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/20

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy Chairperson L Coles:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      receive the following reports:

i.     Biodiversity/biosecurity report January – February 2018

ii.    Biosecurity report January – February 2018

 

CARRIED

 

 

16

Governance Forward Work Calendar

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/21

MOVED by Member S Daly, seconded by Member S Johnson:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the governance forward work calendar as at March 2018.

 

CARRIED

 


 

 

17

Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Proceedings

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/22

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)        note the record of proceedings for the workshop held on 7, 13, 14 and 27 February 2018.

 

CARRIED

 

 

18

Claris cemetery development – stage two design and consent

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/23

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      approve up to $30,000 of FY2017/2018 Local Improvement Projects capital funding to progress the proposed Claris Cemetery development through to completion of the detailed design and obtain resource consent. This estimate is inclusive of contingency and allowance for council staff administration support.

 

CARRIED

Secretarial Note: This item was incorrectly numbered in the Open Addendum Agenda, it should read as item 18, not 19. Also, please note that the contingency figure in attachment A of the Open Addendum Agenda report should read $3090.

 

 

 

 

 

1.37 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 Great Barrier Local Board HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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