Waitākere Ranges Local Board

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Tuesday, 26 June 2018 at 2:00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

Deputy Chairperson

Saffron Toms

 

 

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

 

 

Steve Tollestrup

 

 

 

 

Ken Turner

 

 

 

 

ABSENT

 

Member

Neil Henderson

 

 

 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

26 June 2018

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

Chairperson Greg Presland opened the meeting and welcomed those present.

 

2          Apologies

  

Resolution number WTK/2018/69

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member S Coney:  

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)         accept the apology from Member N Henderson for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

Chair Greg Presland declared an interest in confidential Item C1: Acquisition of land for open space - Glen Eden.

 

4          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

5          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

6          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

7          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

8          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

9          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

10        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.   

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Note:      Chairperson Greg Presland declared an interest in Item C1: Acquisition of land for open space – Glen Eden and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.  The chairperson vacated the chair in favour of the Deputy Chairperson, Saffron Toms, at 2.03pm.

              The chairperson, Greg Presland vacated the chair and retired from the meeting at 2.03pm.

              Deputy Chairperson, Saffron Toms assumed the chair.

Resolution number WTK/2018/70

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

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

b)      agree that officers Andrew Wood and Ezra Barwell be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1 Acquisition of land for open space – Glen Eden after the public has been excluded, because of their specific knowledge of the project, which will help the Waitākere Ranges Local Board in its decision-making.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

C1       Acquisition of land for open space - Glen Eden

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report identifies land that council seeks to acquire for open space purposes.

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report identifies land that council seeks to acquire for open space purposes.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

2.05pm            The public was excluded.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

 

 

2.35pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Acquisition of land for open space - Glen Eden

 

g)         confirm that there be no restatement of this confidential report, attachments or resolutions for the acquisition of land for public open space at Glen Eden until settlement of the purchase. Only then is the resolution to be restated.

  

 

 

2.36 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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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