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Aotea / Great
Barrier Local Board
12 May 2020
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1 Welcome
Chairperson IM
Fordham opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.
Note: Chairperson IM Fordham conducted a roll-call of board members and staff to ascertain
attendance by electronic link. Member V Toki was
registered online but unable to respond due to connection issues.
2 Apologies
3 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
4 Confirmation of
Minutes
5 Leave
of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Acknowledgements
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6.1
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Acknowledgement - Chairperson IM Fordham and
Aotea Emergency Response Team
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Resolution number GBI/2020/20
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson L Coles, seconded
by Member S Daly:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:
a)
acknowledge Izzy Fordham,
chair of the local board, for the long hours and hard work she has put in
throughout the COVID 19 crisis, as part of the emergency response team.
Commend the outstanding leadership she has given as the front face to the
community and advocating for its members.
b)
acknowledge the
unique situation we have faced and how Auckland Council and staff have done
an outstanding job of adjusting to a turbulent and fluid situation with special
shout out to Jacqui Fyers, Janine Geddes, Guia Nonoy and Jamie Emmens.
c)
thank the Aotea Emergency
Response Team for all their hard work during this time.
CARRIED
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Note: Later
in the meeting, the Deputy Chair moved a motion to acknowledge the chair of
the local board. The meeting agreed to incorporate this at Item 6.1 -
Acknowledgement - Chairperson IM Fordham and Aotea Emergency Response Team.
Item 6.1 was subsequently recommitted, and all clauses successfully passed
under resolution number GBI/2020/20.
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7 Petitions
There were no
petitions.
8 Deputations
There were no
deputations.
9 Public
Forum
There was no
public forum.
10 Extraordinary
Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
Member V Toki joined the meeting.
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11
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Attendance at local board meetings during
the Epidemic Preparedness (COVID-19) Notice period
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/21
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson L Coles:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) note the temporary amendments pursuant to the COVID-19
Response (Urgent Management Measures) Act 2020 which allows members to attend
meetings by audio-visual link, as of right and despite anything to the
contrary in standing orders and to be counted for the purposes of quorum.
b) amend
its standing orders by including a new Standing Order 3.3.10 that reads as
follows:
Attendance of
non-members by electronic link
A person other
than a member of the local board may participate in a meeting of the local
board by means of audio link or audio-visual link if the person is otherwise
approved to participate in accordance with Standing Orders Sections 6 and 7.
c) amend
its Standing Order 7.8.5 to provide discretion to the chair of the meeting to
decline Public Forum requests via audio or audio-visual link.
CARRIED
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12
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Claris Cemetery project
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Note: the
following was moved as a chair’s recommendation.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/22
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by
Member P O'Shea:
That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:
a) agree that item 12:Claris
Cemetery project be deferred until the next meeting of the Aotea / Great
Barrier Local Board scheduled to be held Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 1pm.
CARRIED
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13
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Local board decisions and input into the
Annual Budget 2020/2021
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Note: changes
to original recommendation under clause c) and the addition of new clauses d)
and e) were incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/23
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member P
O'Shea:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) receive consultation feedback on the proposed
Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board priorities for 2020/2021.
b) receive
consultation feedback on regional proposals in the Annual Budget 2020/2021
from people or organisations based in the Aotea / Great Barrier local board
area.
c) have
no further feedback on the proposed Annual Budget 2020/2021 (Consultation
part 1) at this time.
d) delegate
the chairperson, in consultation with the board, to provide feedback to help
the Governing Body determine its draft Annual Budget 2020/2021 (Consultation
part 2), referred to as the “Emergency Budget”, by Monday 18 May
2020.
e) note
that there will be additional feedback on the annual budget proposals
following the second tranche of public consultation on the Emergency Budget
(Consultation part 2).
CARRIED
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Local board feedback for inclusion in
Auckland Council submissions
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Note: changes
to the original motion were incorporated under clause a) and clause b) with
the agreement of the meeting.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/24
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson L Coles:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) delegate authority
to the chair and deputy chair to approve and submit the local board’s
input into Auckland Council submissions on formal consultation from
government departments, parliament, select committees and other councils.
b) note
that the local board can continue to use its urgent decision process to
approve and submit the local board’s input into Auckland Council
submissions on formal consultation from government departments, parliament,
select committees and other councils, if the chair and deputy chair choose
not to exercise the delegation sought in recommendation (a).
c) note that this delegation will only be exercised where
the timeframes do not allow for local board input to be considered and
approved at a local board meeting.
d) note
all local input approved and submitted for inclusion in an Auckland Council
submission is to be included on the next local board meeting agenda for the
public record.
CARRIED
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16
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Urgent decision request of the Aotea / Great
Barrier Local Board regarding COVID-19 crisis funding assistance for Aotea
Family Support Group
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Note: changes
to the original recommendation adding new clause b) were made with the agreement
of the meeting.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/26
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member S
Daly:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) ratify
the approved urgent decision (Attachment A of the report) dated 22 April 2020 regarding COVID-19 crisis funding
assistance for Aotea Family Support Group.
b) acknowledge
the good work that the Aotea Family Support Group has undertaken during this
time of crisis.
CARRIED
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17
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Ratification of Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board feedback on the Independent Council-Controlled Organisations Review
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Note: changes
to the original recommendation adding new clause b) were made with the
agreement of the meeting
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/27
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson L Coles:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a)
ratify Attachment A of the
report as the board’s feedback provided on 17 April 2020 for inclusion
in the Independent Council-Controlled
Organisations review.
b)
thank Jacqui Fyers for collating the
board’s feedback on the Independent Council-Controlled Organisations
Review.
CARRIED
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18
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Ratification of Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board feedback on proposed amendments to Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri:
Auckland’s Climate Action Framework
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Note: changes
to the original recommendation adding new clause b) were made with the
agreement of the meeting.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/28
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by
Deputy Chairperson L Coles:
That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:
a) ratify
Attachment A of the report as the board’s feedback provided on the proposed amendments to Te
Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Action Framework
submitted on 8 April 2020.
b) thank Jacqui Fyers for collating the board’s
feedback on the Te
Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Action Framework.
CARRIED
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Formal feedback from Aotea / Great Barrier
Local Board
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Note: changes
to the original recommendation adding new clause e) were made with the
agreement of the meeting.
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/29
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Member P
O'Shea:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) adopt
the input submitted on the inter-regional marine pest pathway management
(Attachment A of the report).
b) adopt
the submitted feedback on Proposed National Policy Statement for Indigenous
Biodiversity (Attachment B of the report).
c) adopt
the feedback submitted on the Death, Funerals, Burial and Cremation: a Review
of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 and Related Legislation (Attachment C of the report).
d) adopt the submitted feedback on the Justice
Committee’s inquiry into the 2019 local elections and liquor licensing
trust and recent energy trust (Attachment D of the report).
e) thank
Jacqui Fyers, Senior Local Board Advisor for all her hard work in putting
together all the board’s feedback.
CARRIED
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Local Ward Area Councillor's Update
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Cr Coom was
in attendance to speak to her report.
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Note: changes
to the original recommendation adding new clauses b) and c) were made with
the agreement of the meeting
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Resolution
number GBI/2020/30
MOVED by Chairperson I Fordham, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson L Coles:
That
the Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) receive the written report update from the Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor, Pippa Coom.
b) thank Cr Pippa Coom for her attendance.
c) acknowledge
and thank Cr Coom for her support and guidance during the COVID-19 crisis.
CARRIED
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21 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
2.14 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 Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board
HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
