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Date:
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Tuesday 6
December 2022
4.00 pm
Council
Chamber
Civic Building L2
1 Smythe Road
Henderson
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Henderson-Massey Local Board
OPEN MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS
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ITEM TABLE OF
CONTENTS PAGE
8.1 Deputation:
Maggie Gray and Timothy van der Werff - Food Truck Collective
A. 6 December 2022,
Henderson-Massey Local Board Item 8.1 Deputation: Maggie Gray and Timothy van
der Werff -Food Truck Collective, presentation 3
8.3 Deputation:
Ian Wood - Dog control, Marae for Te Atatu Peninsula and Harbourview Orangihina
Park Plan
A. Henderson-Massey
Local Board, 6 December 2022, Item 8.3 - Deputation - Dog control, Marae for Te
AtatūPeninsula and Harbourview Orangihina Park Plan 13
8.4 Deputation:
David Tanenui - Te Atatu Marae
A. Henderson-Massey
Local Board, 6 December 2022, Item 8. 4 - Deputation - Te Atatū Marae,
presentation 17
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Henderson-Massey Local Board
06 December
2022
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Dog control for northern and eastern
coastline of Te Atatu Peninsula
I am concerned
over the continued interactions between dogs and local wild life on Te Atatu
Peninsula (the Peninsula), especially on beaches. My concern is mostly in the
area from Kelvin Strand along the north-eastern coast to the motorway and
beyond. This covers several parks, and is home to significant native flora and
fauna.
I believe the
current Council Policy on Dogs 2019 (the Policy) is sufficient as it is
written. The rules for each park as laid out in Schedules 1 and 2 of that
Policy could be clearer.
The rules for
dog owners in the reserves on the north and east of the peninsula, as shown on
the council website, do not reflect the rules in Schedule 2.
Council
Web Pages
The Council
website shows dogs are allowed off-leash at all times on the beach at Kelvin
Strand and Spinnaker Esplanade. The beach at Waimanu Bay Reserve is not
excluded, so I could argue that dogs can go into the water along the entire
coastal margin where wading birds feed in shallow water and then rest on the
sand bars.
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=1006#dogwalking
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=1441#dogwalking
The website
shows that dogs are prohibited from beach and foreshore areas on
Harbourview-Orangahina Park.
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=663#dogwalking
Screen shots of
the Auckland Council web site.
The
rules in Schedule 2
Playgrounds
under the control of the council
Dogs are
prohibited on any playground at all times and must be under control on a leash
in the vicinity of any playground when in use.
Default
dog access rules
Unless
otherwise stated in Schedule 2 the following default rules apply:
(a)Dogs must be
under control on a leash in all council-controlled public places where
there are no physical restrictions to access (such as fences or other indoor
facilities)
Henderson
Massey Local Board Dog Rules
1. Dogs
are allowed under control off a leash in the following areas:
59) Harbourview
Corner
60) Harbourview
Orangihina: the grass area to the West of the carpark, between carpark and Te
Atatu Road
79) Kelvin
Strand, including 72R Spinnaker Strand
152) Spinnaker
Strand (also known as Spinnaker Reserve)
182) Waimanu
Bay Reserve
2. Dogs
are prohibited in the following areas for the protection of wildlife:
All beach and
foreshore areas (except from 72R Spinnaker Strand to north-east beach of Kelvin
Strand), including Harbourview-Orangihina area.
Dogs are
allowed under control off a leash two hours either side of high tide, on the
beach and foreshore from 72 Spinnaker Strand to the north east beach of Kelvin
Strand. Dogs are allowed under control on leash at all other times.
· Council’s web page for Kelvin
Strand does not accord with the above rule on Beach access.
· The web pages for Waimanu Bay does not
include the prohibition of dogs from its beach area.
· Some of the physical signage at the
reserves are consistent with the Board’s rules.
What
is a beach?
The Policy
defines Beach as including:
(a) the
foreshore as defined by section 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991
(b) the
inter-tidal zone above the mean low water spring
(c) any
adjacent area that can reasonably be considered part of the beach environment
including areas of sand, pebbles, shingle, dunes or coastal vegetation and
includes the adjacent coastal marine.
A difficulty
arises when trying to walk a dog – especially when distinguishing the
foreshore from the landward part of the park. A simple solution may be to
interpret the term Beach as “the area between Mean Low Water Spring and
0.5 m above Mean High Water Spring, but not a formed and maintained path”.
Council already has that geo-data, and it doesn’t change the definition,
it merely allows us to know where it extends to.
The rules for
Kelvin and Spinnaker strands then become very clear:
Dogs are
allowed off a leash on the beach at high tide (two hours either side);
Dogs are
prohibited from the beach at all other times;
Dogs are
prohibited from the play ground when in use;
Dogs are
allowed on a leash near the play ground; and
Dogs are
allowed off a lease everywhere else including formed paths.
The rule for
Waimanu Bay Reserve and Harbourview-Orangahina Park remains as:
Dogs are
prohibited from the beach areas.
I
wish for the Board to:
1. Receive
my presentation
2. Direct
staff to report on:
a. Amend
the Council Web site to be consistent with the Board’s Regulations, or to
explain why that is not feasible;
b. The
feasibility of interpreting a beach under the Dog Management Policy Regulations
in line with the criteria listed above; to include maps showing the current
interpretation and an initial interpretation using that criteria;
c. The
current level of consistency in signage with the Regulations and each other
across the parks in this area; and
d. How
to emphasise that dogs are prohibited from all beach areas other than Kelvin
and Spinnaker Strands, such as on the web page for Waimanu Bay Reserve.
