Albert-Eden Local Board
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Albert-Eden Local Board held in the Albert Eden Local Board Office, 135 Dominion Road, Mt Eden on Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 4:05pm.
Chairperson |
Peter Haynes |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Glenda Fryer |
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Members |
Lee Corrick |
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Graeme Easte |
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Rachel Langton |
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Ben Lee |
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Jessica Rose |
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Margi Watson |
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ABSENT
Governing Body Member |
Cathy Casey |
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ALSO PRESENT
Governing Body Member |
Christine Fletcher |
Exited the meeting at 4.38pm. |
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Albert-Eden Local Board 24 October 2018 |
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Resolution number AE/2018/296 MOVED by Member B Lee, seconded by Chairperson P Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) note the apology from Governing Body Member Cathy Casey for absence.
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There were no declarations of interest.
Resolution number AE/2018/297 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Fryer, seconded by Member L Corrick: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) confirm the minutes of its ordinary meeting, held on Wednesday, 26 September 2018, as a true and correct record. |
There were no leaves of absence.
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Resolution number AE/2018/298 MOVED by Member M Watson, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) acknowledge Bruce Morris, editor of local news portal ‘Mt Albert Inc’, for his valued contribution to journalism, in particular, hyper-local news pertaining to the Mt Albert area. |
There were no petitions.
There were no deputations.
There was no public forum.
There was no extraordinary business.
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Albert-Eden Local Grants, Round One 2018/2019 grant applications |
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Moumita Dutta – Community Grants Advisor, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/299 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Fryer, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) approve for funding the following applications received during round one of the 2018/2019 Albert-Eden Local Board Local Grants:
b) decline for funding the following applications received during round one of the 2018/2019 Albert-Eden Local Board Local Grants:
c) approve for funding the following applications received during round one of the 2018/2019 Multi-board Local Grants:
d) declined for funding the following applications received during round one of the 2018/2019 Multiboard Local Grants:
e) allocate $10,000 from the 2018/2019 Community Response Fund towards the Infrastructure and Environmental Services Bike Hub project, to be used for Tumeke Cycles Space Incorporated to establish a bike hub at Gribblehirst Park, Sandringham. f) defer the application from Fab City Aotearoa Charitable Trust and the decision-making to the local board 2018/2019 Quick Response Grants Round Two meeting scheduled on Wednesday, 28 November 2018. g) thank Moumita Dutta – Community Grants Advisor, for her attendance.
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Note: Member Rose declared an interest relating to the application from Bike Auckland and took no part in the voting for this item. |
Note: Item 20 was heard at this point.
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Auckland Transport – Albert-Eden Local Board Transport Capital Fund Project Report |
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Lorna Stewart – Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Manager, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/300 MOVED by Chairperson P Haynes, seconded by Member J Rose: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) allocate $58,000 from its local board transport capital fund to investigate, design and build mobility parking and associated traffic calming on Windmill Road, adjacent to Windmill Reserve. b) allocate $47,000 from its local board transport capital fund for the removal of four carparks and the creation of a footpath and reinstatement of the berm in McGehan Close, Mt Albert/Owairaka. c) thank Lorna Stewart – Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Manager, for her attendance. |
Note: Chairperson Haynes adjourned the meeting at 4.45pm and reconvened the meeting at 4.50pm.
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Lorna Stewart – Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Manager, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/301 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Fryer, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receive the Auckland Transport October 2018 update report. b) request Auckland Transport to provide the following Rough Order of Costs (ROC) for: i. a bi-directional on-road cycleway on the south side of Sutherland Road, Pt Chevalier. ii. a section of new footpath to connect Bloomfield Place, at the head of the cul de sac to Greenlane West Road. iii. a section of new footpath on New North Road to connect to the footpath leading to Selkirk Road. iv. an extension of the planned Pt Chevalier Road Cycleway in two sections; Meola Road to Te Ra Road and Te Ra Road to Coyle Park. v. cost for traffic calming in the Mt Albert area divided in to the following two sections: South; New North Road, Mt Albert Road, St Lukes Road, North Western Railway line; North: Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert Road, St Lukes Road and New North Road. c) request Auckland Transport to report to the board’s 28 November 2018 business meeting regarding the allocation of funds for the Waterview shared path to Alford Street tie-in project. d) thank Lorna Stewart – Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Manager, for her attendance. |
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Expression of Interest process for a service provider at the Epsom Community Centre |
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Kate Holst – Manager Community Led Places, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/302 MOVED by Member L Corrick, seconded by Chairperson P Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) approve the local board priorities for the Epsom Community Centre for the 2019/2020 financial year (outlined in Attachment A to the agenda report): Priorities for Epsom Community Centre – “Epsom Community Centre is an open, accessible centre that delivers services and activities for its community”. Any provider must: · have a good understanding of the local community in Epsom and is an active part of it · reach out into the community to connect with network groups to create an Epsom community hub · run activities which reflect the community, including activities for children, older people and migrants, and fills any gaps it identifies · be part of the network of community centres in the Albert-Eden Local Board area. The successful applicant will demonstrate specifically how they will: · ensure participation reflects the local neighbourhood with a focus on fair access for all groups · provide an opportunity to receive community feedback and act on it · maintain a strong local connection – ideally the successful organisation will have existing network connections in the Epsom area and encourage a drop in and socialise service. b) approve a contract for a service term of three years, from 1 July 2019, for the successful Expression of Interest (EOI) applicant to manage the Epsom Community Centre. c) request staff to notify the Epsom Community Centre and other stakeholders across the community as part of an effective open advertising strategy for the Expression of Interest (EOI) process, scheduled for the third quarter of 2018/2019, for the purpose of selecting the centre provider for 2019/2020. d) thank Kate Holst - Manager Community Led Places, for her attendance. |
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Richard Mann – Principal Policy Analyst, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/303 MOVED by Member G Easte, seconded by Chairperson P Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) adopt the Albert-Eden Open Space Network Plan (Attachment A). b) delegate approval of any minor amendments to the document to Chairperson Haynes and Member Watson of the Albert-Eden Local Board. c) thank Richard Mann – Principal Policy Analyst, for his attendance. |
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Thomas Dixon – Parks and Places Specialist, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/304 MOVED by Chairperson P Haynes, seconded by Member M Watson: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) adopt the Te Tohu o Te Auaunga Design Guide as presented in Attachment A to the report. b) approve the implementation process for the Te Auaunga Tohu as outlined in the process map on Attachment B to the report. c) thank Thomas Dixon – Parks and Places Specialist, for his attendance. |
Note: Items 18 and 17 were heard in this order.
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Emma Reed – Local Board Advisor, was in attendance to speak to this report. |
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A document was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/305 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Fryer, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) endorse the adoption of the Draft Facility Partnerships Policy, and provide the tabled document detailing the board’s additional feedback on the proposed approach for the Environment and Community Committee’s consideration. b) thank Emma Reed – Local Board Advisor, for her attendance. |
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a 20181024 Albert-Eden Local Board - Item 17 - Draft Facility Partnership Policy - Local Board Feedback |
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Resolution number AE/2018/306 MOVED by Member G Easte, seconded by Chairperson P Haynes: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) provide the following feedback on the draft Auckland Council Code of Conduct: i. support the move to a more principled approach to the Code. ii. note that the Code is a set of principles that provides elected members with guidelines for making ethical choices in the conduct of their work and is not a legally binding contract and on that basis does not support members being required to sign the code at the time of inauguration. iii. seek the bullet point under the Respect principle to be amended to require elected members to maintain confidentiality of confidential information rather than the confidentiality of all information. iv. support the new complaints process and the clarity of the roles of the Investigator, Conduct Commissioner and Mediators, however consider that the Investigator should be independent and/or external as is proposed for the Conduct Commissioner. v. support Auckland Council appointing a pool of independent Conduct Commissioners, of the calibre of a retired high court judge, however consider that local board members should be part of the decision on who is appointed to the pool. A joint committee of governing body and local board members should be created to make decisions on appointees to the pool. In the Auckland Council shared governance model, there is no logical reason why a decision that potentially affects any elected member should be made by any subset of those members. vi. support the independent nature of investigating proposed complaints but consider that the Code should include support for elected members through the complaints process, so members understand the process and can seek advice on how to best engage in the process. vii. support public disclosure of material complaints but request that the Code be updated to provide clarity on what proactive release of the outcomes of complaints means in practice, i.e. does this mean publishing the complaint and findings on the council website? viii. support an amendment to the material breaches section to include section 4 of the conflicts of interest policy as a material breach of the Code. ix. request that the wording should be clear about minimum and maximum length of suspension for material breaches, how it is to be enforced and how such a sanction can be challenged by an elected member. Sanctions should, in the event that they are part of the Code, be determined by the body (governing body or local board) of which the sanctioned elected member is a part. Conflict of Interest x. note that the Code proposes that alleged breaches relating to a conflict of interest will follow the process of seeking advice from legal services or internal audit and if the elected member does not act the matter will be referred to the Conduct Commissioner for investigation as a material breach of the Code. xi. does not agree that a lack of action by the elected member on internal audits advice should be automatically or usually deemed to be a material breach. The advice may later be determined by the Conduct Commissioner to be wrong. xii. recommend that section 4.11 should be reworded to read - ‘referred to the Conduct Commissioner for investigation as a potential material breach’. xiii. note that the conflict of interest policy has been updated to reflect the current legal position relating to conflicts of interest and pre-determination. xiv. consider that the pre-determination section is too wide ranging and restrictive, for instance it should not include any requirement to read all submissions or officers’ reports on a subject or issue. xv. seek the policy to confirm that campaigning on a topic before being elected is not considered as pre-determination unless it is a central raison d’etre of their campaign. xvi. consider that the council has a role in enabling elected members to meet their duty of registering members’ interests annually and providing a suitable platform. xvii. consider it is important that declarations are publicly available and that if any new interests arise throughout the year these should be added in the next annual update (as adding at the time they arise could be an unreasonable imposition) and uploaded to a publicly accessible registrar. xviii. seek for the Code to be amended to reflect the requirement for members’ interests to be uploaded immediately following an election in addition to the requirement of completing the annual declaration by 31 July. xix. recommend that the language in the Code is reviewed to clearly differentiate between the process of declaring an interest and avoiding a conflict versus having a conflict of interest. xx. recommend that sections 2.16 and 2.17 be re-worded to reflect that having a non-financial interest need not in itself oblige the member to act in a particular manner when the agenda item is dealt with. xxi. agree that interests in an agenda item be declared at the start of the meeting but that it remains up to the member to determine whether and to what extent they participate in the item, in the case of a non-financial interest if it is merely an interest in common with the public they can participate fully, otherwise in the case of a non-financial interest they have an option to remain part of the meeting quorum and to have it recorded that they neither spoke nor voted on the item. Access to information protocol xxii. welcome the proposed new process for providing elected members with useful information more quickly, particularly where it can be provided to a member in a timely manner before a meeting where the information is relevant to a decision that is to be made there. xxiii. consider that it is not appropriate for the Chief Executive to be required to determine what is reasonably necessary as this is both an inappropriately high test and also too subjective. xxiv. recommend that the access to information protocol utilises the ‘relevance test’ only as elected members have different levels of information requirements to support their decision-making. Sections 3.2 to 3.6 should be amended to retain the “good reason” principle and the “relevant to” test but delete the “reasonably necessary” test throughout. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/307 MOVED by Member L Corrick, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) note the Albert-Eden Local Board Governance Forward Work Calendar. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/308 MOVED by Member R Langton, seconded by Member L Corrick: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receive Governing Body Member Christine Fletcher’s verbal updates. |
Note: Governing Body Member Christine Fletcher exited the meeting at 4.38pm following Item 20.
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Resolution number AE/2018/309 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Fryer, seconded by Member L Corrick: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receive the Chairperson Haynes’ verbal report. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/310 MOVED by Chairperson P Haynes, seconded by Member L Corrick: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receive Members Corrick, Watson, Easte, Rose, Langton and Lee and Deputy Chairperson Fryer’s verbal board reports for October 2018. |
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Resolution number AE/2018/311 MOVED by Member L Corrick, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) receive the Albert-Eden Local Board Workshop Notes for the workshops held on the 19 September and 3 October 2018. |
24 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
Resolution number AE/2018/312 MOVED by Chairperson P Haynes, seconded by Member B Lee: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting. 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 Sites and Places of Significance to Mana Whenua – Tranche 1: Plan Changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) and Auckland Council District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section 2018
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. |
6.24pm 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.
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It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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Sites and Places of Significance to Mana Whenua – Tranche 1: Plan Changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) and Auckland Council District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section 2018 |
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Resolution number AE/2018/312 MOVED by Member B Lee, seconded by Member L Corrick: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: c) note that the report, resolutions and the feedback will remain confidential until the plan change is publicly notified. |
Motion – To move the Albert-Eden Local Board 24 October 2018 meeting back in to open session |
Resolution number AE/2018/313 MOVED by Member M Watson, seconded by Member R Langton: That the Albert-Eden Local Board: a) agree to move the meeting held on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, back in to open session. CARRIED |
6.28pm The public was re-admitted.
6.29 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 Albert-Eden Local Board HELD ON
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