Waitākere Ranges Local Board
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board held in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 4.00pm and reconvened on Thursday, 1 July 2021 at 2.38pm.
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Chairperson |
Saffron Toms |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Greg Presland |
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Members |
Mark Allen |
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Michelle Clayton |
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Sandra Coney, QSO |
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Ken Turner |
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IN ATTENDANCE
Ward Councillor |
Linda Cooper |
Until 5.06pm Item 14 |
Waitākere Ranges Local Board 24 June 2021 |
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Chair Saffron Toms opened the meeting and welcomed those present.
Specifically, members are asked to identify any new interests they have not previously disclosed, an interest that might be considered as a conflict of interest with a matter on the agenda.
The following are declared interests of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
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Mark Allen |
- Community Waitākere – Executive Officer - Bethells Valley Fire – Senior Fire Fighter - Waitākere Licensing Trust – Trustee |
Michelle Clayton |
- Glen Eden Community House – Treasurer - Glen Eden Residents’ Association – Treasurer - Waitākere Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) – Committee Member - The Personal Advocacy and Safeguarding Adults Trust – Trustee - Glen Eden Returned Services Association (RSA) – Member - Glen Eden Railway Trust – Member |
Sandra Coney |
- Waitematā District Health Board – Elected Member & Chair of Hospital Advisory Committee - Women’s Health Action Trust – Patron - New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Member - New Zealand Military Defence Society – Member - Cartwright Collective – Member - Piha Wetland Trust – Partner Peter Hosking is a Trustee for the Piha Wetland Trust |
- Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust – Trustee - Combined Youth Services Trust – Trustee - Glen Eden Bid – Member - Titirangi Ratepayers and Residents Association – Member - Waitākere Ranges Protection Society - Member - Titirangi RSA - Member |
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Saffron Toms |
- Titirangi Community House – Secretary - Huia-Cornwallis Residents and Ratepayers Association – Committee Member |
Ken Turner |
- Huia-Cornwallis Residents and Ratepayers Association – Committee Member |
Member appointments
Board members are appointed to the following bodies. In these appointments the board members represent Auckland Council:
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Alternate |
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Aircraft Noise Community Consultative Group |
Mark Allen |
Saffron Toms |
Ark in the Park |
Mark Allen |
Sandra Coney |
Friends of Arataki and Waitākere Regional Parkland Incorporated |
Michelle Clayton |
Sandra Coney |
Glen Eden Business Improvement District (Glen Eden Business Association) |
Michelle Clayton |
Greg Presland |
Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre Trust |
Ken Turner |
Mark Allen |
Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery |
Mark Allen |
Saffron Toms and Sandra Coney |
The Rural Advisory Panel |
Ken Turner |
Saffron Toms |
Resolution number WTK/2021/72 MOVED by Member M Allen, seconded by Member S Coney: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) confirm the minutes of its ordinary meeting held on Thursday, 17 June 2021, as true and correct. |
There were no leaves of absence.
There were no acknowledgements.
There were no petitions.
There were no deputations.
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John Anderson attended to address the meeting about the Captain Scott Road Cycleway. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/73 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) receive the presentation and thank Mr Anderson for his attendance. |
There was no extraordinary business.
11 Notices of Motion
Under Standing Order 2.5 a Notice of Motion was received from Member Michelle Clayton and Member Ken Turner for consideration under Item 12.
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Notice of Motion - Member Michelle Clayton - Auckland Transport |
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Owena Schuster, Auckland Transport Elected Member Relationship Partner, was in attendance to speak to this item. The motion was put in parts. |
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MOVED by Member M Clayton, seconded by Member K Turner: a) request that Auckland Transport submit future design plans of local board initiated transport projects for formal feedback and approval by the local board prior to the commencement of the works. A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:
The motion was declared LOST by 4 votes to 2. LOST |
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MOVED by Member M Clayton, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: b) request that Auckland Transport provide a written report on community consultation feedback for local board initiated transport projects. A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:
The motion was declared carried by 4 votes to 2. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/75 MOVED by Member M Clayton, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: c) request that all future local board initiated transport projects have clear agreed goals and measurable outcomes prior to commencement of any project. A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:
The motion was declared carried by 4 votes to 2. |
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MOVED by Member M Clayton, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: d) request that any pop-up project includes in its budget the associated potential removal cost. A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:
The motion was declared carried by 6 votes to 0. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/77 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) thank Waitākere Ward Councillor Linda Cooper for her verbal update. |
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Thomas Dixon, Parks and Places Specialist, was in attendance to speak to this item. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/78 MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) endorse the Waitākere Ranges Play Provision Assessment to assist the Board in making decisions to improve their network of play experiences. |
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Te Kete Rukuruku Programme - Adoption of te reo Māori names, receipt of associated narratives and installation of bilingual signs at Ceramco Park and Kaurilands Domain |
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Anahera Higgins, Māori Outcomes Delivery Manager, and Dawn Bardsley, Naming Lead, were in attendance to speak to this item. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/79 MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) adopt 11 dual te reo Māori names for parks as follows:
b) adopt 8 sole te reo Māori names for parks as follows:
c) receive the narratives which tell the story behind each of the names as outlined in Attachment A of the agenda report. d) acknowledge that Auckland Council has agreed to enter into a mātauranga agreement that commits to upholding the correct use of the name and to use it only for purposes that have a community outreach or educational purpose (non-commercial use). e) authorise the gazettal of park names for parks classified under the Reserves Act 1977, in accordance with section 16 (10) of the Reserves Act. f) approve Ceramco Park and Kaurilands Domain as the preferred location for the installation of bilingual signage. g) request the Department of Conservation consider adopting a Māori name and support the name identified by Te Kawerau ā Maki for Henderson Valley Scenic Reserve. h) request that staff progress and deliver a whakarewatanga / celebration event for O-kauri-rahi / Ceramco Park and to celebrate the adoption of Tranche One of the Te Kete Rukuruku project. i) acknowledge and thank Robin Taua-Gordon from Te Kawerau ā Maki, Dawn Bardsley, Naming Lead and Anahera Higgins, Māori Outcomes Delivery Manager, for their work on this project. |
Note: Item 19 - Approval of the 2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Board Customer and Community Services Work Programme was accorded precedece.
Approval of the 2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Board Customer and Community Services Work Programme |
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MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the 2021/2022 Customer and Community Services work programme and associated budget and approve, in principle, the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 work programmes (Attachment A to the agenda report). b) approve the Risk Adjusted Programme projects identified in the 2021/2022 Customer and Community Services work programme (Attachment A to the agenda report). c) approve for the External Partnerships – Business Associations work programme, a one off grant of $1,750 to the Glen Eden Business Improvement District to be spent on retail spend reporting. d) note that line item 848: Te Kete Rukuruku tranche two will be funded in 2021/2022 by anticipated carry forwards from 2020/2021 of that programme, and that should these underspends not be approved that some elements of the Customer and Community Services work programme may need to be revised. e) note that funding for the Coastal Renewals, Landslide Prevention, Local Parks and Sports Field Development and the Natural Environment Targeted Rate budgets are subject to approval by the relevant Governing Body committee. f) support the regionally funded projects in the Community Facilities work programme: i) ID 30329 Foster Bay, Huia – seawall and groyne renewal ii) ID 24439 Penihana Park – develop new neighbourhood park iii) ID 20731 Singer Park – upgrade sports lighting and sports field. g) note that line item 1456: Build capacity: Civic engagement, is incorrect, and is set at $0 for 2021/2022. |
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MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member M Clayton, an amendment by way of addition: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the 2021/2022 Customer and Community Services work programme and associated budget and approve, in principle, the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 work programmes (Attachment A to the agenda report) subject to the following change: i) That the $20,000 in line item 1681 Parks and Greenways Activation Programme be transferred to line item 534 Community Response Fund. The voting on the amendment was declared EQUAL.
The Chair exercised her casting vote against so the motion was LOST. |
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The substantive motion was put. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/80 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the 2021/2022 Customer and Community Services work programme and associated budget and approve, in principle, the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 work programmes (Attachment A to the agenda report). b) approve the Risk Adjusted Programme projects identified in the 2021/2022 Customer and Community Services work programme (Attachment A to the agenda report). c) approve for the External Partnerships – Business Associations work programme, a one off grant of $1,750 to the Glen Eden Business Improvement District to be spent on retail spend reporting. d) note that line item 848: Te Kete Rukuruku tranche two will be funded in FY 2021/2022 by anticipated carry forwards from FY 2020/2021 of that programme, and that should these underspends not be approved that some elements of the Customer and Community Services work programme may need to be revised. e) note that funding for the Coastal Renewals, Landslide Prevention, Local Parks and Sports Field Development and the Natural Environment Targeted Rate budgets are subject to approval by the relevant Governing Body committee. f) support the regionally funded projects in the Community Facilities work programme: i) ID 30329 Foster Bay, Huia – seawall and groyne renewal ii) ID 24439 Penihana Park – develop new neighbourhood park iii) ID 20731 Singer Park – upgrade sports lighting and sports field. g) note that line item 1456: Build capacity: Civic engagement, is incorrect, and is set at $0 for FY 2021/2022. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 1.3.8 Member Mark Allen took no part in discussion or voting on work programme line items 511, 516 or 530. |
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Waitākere Ranges Grants Quick Response, Round Two 2020/2021 grant allocations |
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Raewyn Curran, Senior Advisor, Claire Liousse, Strategic Broker, and Nick FitzHerbert, Relationship Advisor, were in attendance to speak to this item. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/81 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member S Coney: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the following Waitākere Ranges Quick Response, Round Two 2020/2021 grant applications for the amount listed below:
b) request all successful funding applicants to acknowledge Waitākere Ranges Local Board support for their organisation and the event or project by including the Waitākere Ranges Local Board logo on marketing material, product and/or promotional media/statements. c) request that if funding relates to an event, an invitation needs to be extended to all Waitākere Ranges Local Board members to attend. d) decline the following Waitākere Ranges Quick Response, Round Two 2020/2021 grant applications:
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Note: Meeting items were taken in the following order
from this point: Items 18, 20, 21, 23, 24,
25 – 29.
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Approval of the 2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Board Auckland Emergency Management Work Programme |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/82 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson G Presland: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the Auckland Emergency Management work programme 2021/2022 (Attachment A to the agenda report), noting the budget for this sits in the Customer and Community Services Work Programme. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 1.9.7 Member Ken Turner requested his vote against this item be recorded. |
Approval of the 2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Board Infrastructure and Environmental Services Work Programme |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/83 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson G Presland: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the 2021/2022 Infrastructure and Environmental Services work programme and associated budgets, as summarised in the table below (Attachment A to the agenda report):
b) approve in principle the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 Infrastructure and Environmental Services work programmes (Attachment A to the agenda report). c) note that with the funding of $106,800, EcoMatters Environment Trust will deliver the following programmes in the 2021/2022 financial year: i) Community Nurseries - $10,850 ii) EcoFest West Festival - $10,900 iii) EcoMatters Environment Centre and Sustainability Hub (EcoHub) - $38,150 iv) Healthy homes on a budget - $5,450 v) Love your neighbourhood - $10,900 vi) Love your place awards - $5,450 vii) War on weeds - $25,100. d) note that the indicative programmes and budgets for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 are subject to change and will be confirmed on an annual basis through the approval of the respective work programmes. |
Approval of the 2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Board Plans and Places Work Programme |
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Raewyn Curran, Senior Advisor and Eryn Shields, Team Leader – Planning, were in attendance to speak to this item. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/84 MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Chairperson S Toms: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) approve the Waitākere Ranges Programme 2021/2022 (Attachment A to the agenda report). b) approve $6,889 of Locally Driven Initiatives Operating Expenditure to be spent on projects which promote dark sky viewing as a low impact recreational, cultural and economic activity, and / or progress an application for parts of the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area to become a Dark Sky Reserve. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 1.3.8 Member Mark Allen took no part in discussion or voting on work programme line item 1524. Pursuant to Standing Order 1.9.7 Member Ken Turner requested his vote against this item be recorded. |
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Eke Panuku Development Auckland - Waitākere Ranges Local Board Six-Monthly Report to 31 March 2021 |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/85 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member K Turner: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) receive the Eke Panuku Development Auckland - Waitākere Ranges Local Board Six-Monthly Report to 31 March 2021. b) note the local board reaffirms its displeasure at the decision to sell 315a Glengarry Road, especially as a major residential development is in all likelihood to happen on the neighbouring property. c) request that the mature trees on 315a Glengarry Road are retained as part of the urban ngāhere strategy. |
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Delegation of feedback to be provided to the Establishment Unit Board of the City Centre to Māngere light rail project |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/86 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) delegate Deputy Chair Greg Presland to provide feedback on behalf of the local board to the Establishment Unit Board of the City Centre to Māngere light rail project. |
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Pursuant to Standing Order 1.9.7 Member Michelle Clayton requested her vote against this item be recorded. |
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Delegated local board feedback on the Fire Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Te Hiku 2021-2024 |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/87 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M Clayton: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) note the local board’s feedback on the Fire Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Te Hiku 2021–2024. b) thank Member Coney and Member Allen for their work on this feedback. c) thank staff member Greg Morgan, Head of Response and Recovery, for his work on Auckland Council’s feedback on the Fire Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Te Hiku 2021-2024. |
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Delegated local board feedback on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee inquiry into Congestion Pricing in Auckland |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/88 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) note the local board’s feedback on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee inquiry into Congestion Pricing in Auckland. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/89 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson G Presland: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) receive Chair Saffron Tom’s tabled report for June 2021. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/90 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson G Presland: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) receive the attached workshop records and supporting materials for 20 and 27 May and 3 and 10 June 2021. |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/91 MOVED by Chairperson S Toms, seconded by Deputy Chairperson G Presland: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) receive the governance forward work programme for June 2021. |
30 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
Note: The meeting adjourned at 6.49pm on Thursday, 24 June 2021, to be reconvened on Thursday, 1 July 2021 at 2.30pm.
Minutes of a meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board reconvened in the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office, 39 Glenmall Place, Glen Eden on Thursday, 1 July 2021 at 2.38pm.
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Chairperson |
Saffron Toms |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Greg Presland |
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Members |
Mark Allen |
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Michelle Clayton |
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Sandra Coney, QSO |
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APOLOGIES
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Ken Turner |
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Approval for new road names at 8 Yelash Road, Massey |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/92 MOVED by Member S Coney, seconded by Member M Clayton: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) defer the application for new road names for 8 Yelash Road, Massey and request the developer engage with the local iwi and the whānau of Te Rangi Hiroa to seek feedback, as the name relates to a particular person of significance. |
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Feedback on Equity of Service Levels and Funding Proposals - Draft Report |
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Resolution number WTK/2021/93 MOVED by Deputy Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M Allen: That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board: a) adopt the tabled schedule setting out the Waitākere Ranges Local Board’s feedback to the Joint Governance Working Party on the funding and decision-making proposals set out in the Equity of Service Levels and Funding Proposals – Draft Report. |
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a Waitākere Ranges Local Board Feedback on Equity of Service Levels and Funding Proposals |
3.45 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 Waitākere Ranges Local Board HELD ON
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