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Resolution
number WTK/2023/24
MOVED by Chairperson G Presland, seconded by Member M
Allen:
That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a)
whai / adopt the park service
outcomes plan for Waitipu at 99 Te Henga Road, Waitākere Valley, with
the addition of a stronger focus on filming to inform future development of
the park.
b)
tautoko / support progression
of actions which will enable the safe opening of the site.
c)
tono / request that Parks and
Community Facilities staff investigate and report back on partnership
opportunities, particularly with the film industry, to progress actions from
the plan, in the context of council’s current financial position.
d)
tuhi ā-taipitopito / note
that Waitākere City Council’s Ten-Year Plan published in 2009
contains the following passage:
“The Waitakere Quarry Aftercare Fund
(WQAF) has been established to finance the reinstatement of the quarry back
to native forest and regenerating bush:
· The WQAF goal is currently set at $2 million at the
conclusion of quarry operations in 2017
· A sum of $115,000.00 is allocated to this fund annually
to achieve this target amount
· The opening balance of the fund at the beginning of 2008
was $905,000
· This rate of annual contribution will result in a fund
value of $2,055,000 in the 2016/2017 financial year.”
e)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that Council has previously declined to accept that
the sum accumulated in the fund should be applied to the restoration of the
site.
f)
takarure / reiterate
its request that the funds collected be made available for remediation of the
site on the basis that:
i)
the funds were
collected for the specific purpose of the remediation of the site
ii)
the local community
was promised that the fund was available for the remediation of the site.
g)
tono/ request that
these resolutions be circulated to the Mayor and members of the Governing
Body.
h)
tono/ request that
these resolutions be circulated to Iwi, stakeholders and all participants.
CARRIED
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