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, 17 April 2018 at 1:00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Izzy Fordham

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Luke Coles

 

 

 

Members

Jeff Cleave

 

 

 

 

Susan Daly

 

 

 

 

Shirley Johnson

 

 

 

 

 


Great Barrier Local Board

17 April 2018

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson IM Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present. Member J Cleave led the meeting in a karakia.

 

2          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

Member S Johnson declared an interest in respect of Aotea Education Ltd as the umbrella community organisation overseeing the skills workshops at item 13 – Skills workshops and potable water-testing proposal report.

Deputy Chair L Coles declared an interest in respect of Aotea Education Ltd as the umbrella community organisation overseeing the skills workshops at item 13 – Skills workshops and potable water-testing proposal report.

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/24

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 20 March 2018, as true and correct.

 

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

 

9.1

Jan Willis, Murray Willis, Lindsay Wright and Clive Young - Whangaparapara Road and wharf shed

 

Whangaparapara residents and ratepayers - Jan Willis, Murray Willis, Lindsay Wright and Clive Young were in attendance to speak to the Great Barrier Local Board in respect to the Whangaparapara Road maintenance on unsealed road and wharf shed.

A document was tabled in respect to this item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/25

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         note the Public Forum presentation.

b)        note the appreciation of thanks to Member S Daly for her contribution and assistance on the upgrade of the Whangaparapara wharf shed.

c)         thank Whangaparapara residents and ratepayers - Jan Willis, Murray Willis, Lindsay Wright and Clive Young for their Public Forum presentation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     Tabled 9.1 - Whangaparapara Road

 

 

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/2018/26

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      receive the following reports:

i.     Biodiversity/biosecurity report February – March 2018

ii.    Biosecurity report February – March 2018

iii.   Motu Kaikoura Trust Supporters’ Newsletter Issue 25, March 2018.

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Skills workshops and potable water-testing proposal

 

Kathy Cumming – Strategic Broker was in attendance to speak to the Great Barrier

Local Board on the Skills workshop and potable water-testing proposal report.

 

Member S Johnson declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on item b).

Deputy Chair L Coles declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on item b).

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/27

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      rescind resolution number GBI/2017/1 of 17 October 2017 ($20,000 from its Skills Development budget line to the AoteaOra Community Trust for the building and administration of a skills website).

b)      approve $10,000 from the Skills Development budget line to Aotea Education Ltd to run a series of skills workshops. As part of this, the group will contract a workshop administrator to organise and manage the workshops.

c)      approve $10,000 from the Skills Development budget line to AoteaOra Community Trust to run a potable water-testing project for island residents.

 

CARRIED

 

 

14

Local Transport Capital Fund: options for distribution and size of the fund

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/28

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board endorse:

a)      endorse an increase to the local transport capital fund of $10 million per annum (inflation adjusted) from 1 July 2018.

b)      endorse the distribution of the entire local transport capital fund to be made according to Auckland Council’s fixed and variable costs distribution (option 3b) from 1 July 2018.

c)      endorse Auckland Transport receiving additional funding from the governing body to provide an increased level of support to local boards in developing and assessing projects for the local transport capital fund.

d)      request that any increase in funding comes from reprioritisation of the current Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) rather than an increase in overall borrowing.

 

CARRIED

 

 

15

Delegation for formal local board views on notified resource consents, plan changes and notices of requirement

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/29

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a.         delegate the authority to Member J Cleave, to obtain input from local board members, prepare and submit local board views and speak those local board views at any hearings on:

·         notified resource consents

·         notified plan changes

·         notices of requirement.

b.        agree to note and ratify any views submitted, or expressed on its behalf, by its duly authorised delegate at its next business meeting from the date of submission.

 

CARRIED

 

 

16

Great Barrier Local Board Community Grants Programme 2018/2019

 

Jacqui Fyers – Local Board Advisor was in attendance to speak to the Great Barrier Local Board about the Great Barrier Local Board Community Grants Programme 2018/2019 report.

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/30

MOVED by Member S Johnson, seconded by Member J Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      adopt the Great Barrier Local Board Community Grants Programme 2018/2019, with the inclusion of an additional priority of considering zero-waste across all application categories.

 

CARRIED

 

 

17

Additions to the 2016-2019 Great Barrier Local Board meeting schedule

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/31

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)         approve two meeting dates to be added to the 2016-2019 Great Barrier Local Board meeting schedule to accommodate the 10-year Budget 2018-28 timeframes as follows:

·  Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 1.00pm

·  Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 1.00pm

b)        note the venue for both meetings will be the Claris Conference Centre, 19 Whangaparapara Rd, Claris, Great Barrier Island.

 

CARRIED

 

 

18

Panuku Development Auckland Local Board six-monthly update 1 September 2017 - 28 February 2018

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/32

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      receive the Panuku Development Auckland Local Board update for 1 September 2017 to 28 February 2018.

 

CARRIED

 

 

19

Correspondence

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/33

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 March 2018:

i.    Letter from the Department of Conservation regarding Rakitu Island eradication project consultation

ii.   Correspondence from Spark, Chorus and Hon Nikki Kaye regarding telecommunication services on Great Barrier Island.

 

CARRIED

 

 

20

Governance Forward Work Calendar

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/34

MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member J Cleave:  

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

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

 

CARRIED

 

 

21

Great Barrier Local Board Workshop Proceedings

 

Resolution number GBI/2018/35

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

That the Great Barrier Local Board:

a)      note the record of proceedings for the workshop held on 6, 13, and 27 March 2018.

 

CARRIED

  

 

22        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

 

2.45 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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