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Planning, Environment and Parks Committee
13 June 2024
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Cr J Bartley joined the meeting at
10.01am.
Cr M Williamson joined the meeting at 10.01am.
1 Ngā
Tamōtanga | Apologies
Cr S Stewart joined the meeting at
10.02am.
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai
Pānga | Declaration of Interest
Cr C Fletcher
subsequently declared an interest in Item 8 - Allocation of the 2023/2024
Regional Environment and Natural Heritage grants - Motutapu Restoration Trust.
3 Te Whakaū i
ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes
4 Ngā
Petihana | Petitions
There were no
petitions.
5 Ngā
Kōrero a te Marea
| Public Input
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5.1
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Public
Input: Boopsie Maran - Third Place - parks / civic squares planning and
partnership
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Cr J Watson entered
the meeting at 10.07am.
Cr A Baker entered the meeting at 10.12am.
Cr D Newman entered the meeting at
10.17am.
Mayor W
Brown entered the meeting at 10.23am.
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Boopsie Maran and Paula Wilkinson provided a PowerPoint presentation. 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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Note: changes
to the original motion were made, adding new clause b), with the agreement of
the meeting.
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/48
MOVED by Houkura
Member T Henare, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a)
whiwhi / receive the public
input from Boopsie Maran and Paula Wilkinson relating to the Third Place - parks / civic squares planning and
partnerships; and
whakamihi / thank them for their attendance.
b)
tono / refer the presentation to the Chief of Strategy to
report back to this Committee as soon as practicable.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 13 June 2024 - Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee - Item 5.1, Public Input: Boopsie Maran - Third Place - parks /
civic squares planning and partnership - presentation
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Cr J Watson left the meeting at 10.25am
and re-joined via electronic link.
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5.2
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Public
Input: Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust - plan for a National
Butterfly Centre / Te Matauranga o nga Purerehua o Aotearoa
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Jacqui Knight, Secretary and founding trustee and Maurice
Mehlhopt, Chair, Moths and
Butterflies of New Zealand Trust provided a
PowerPoint presentation. 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 PEPCC/2024/49
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson A Dalton, seconded by Cr W Walker:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) whiwhi / receive the public input from Moths and
Butterflies of New Zealand Trust relating to the their plan for a National Butterfly Centre / Te
Matauranga o nga Purerehua o Aotearoa; and
whakamihi / thank them for their attendance.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 13 June 2024 - Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee – Item 5.2 - Public Input: Moths and Butterflies of New
Zealand Trust - plan for a National Butterfly Centre / Te Matauranga o nga
Purerehua o Aotearoa - presentation
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6 Ngā Kōrero
a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local
Board Input
There was no
local board input.
7 Ngā Pakihi
Autaia | Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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8
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Allocation of the 2023/2024 Regional
Environment and Natural Heritage grant
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Cr K Turner entered the meeting at
10.46am.
Cr L Fuli entered the meeting in person at 10.51am.
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Note: Cr
C Fletcher declared an interest in the application for Motutapu Restoration
Trust (being Patron and
trustee), and took no part in discussion or
voting on this matter.
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/50
MOVED by Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Chairperson
R Hills:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) whakaae
/ approve the grant allocations for the 2023/2024 Regional Environment and
Natural Heritage Grant programme funding round as listed below and detailed
in Attachment B of the agenda report.
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Applicant
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Project title
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Amount recommended
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Waiheke
Resources Trust
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Love our Wetlands
(community pest animal and weed
control)
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$30,500
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The Forest Bridge Trust
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Tāwharanui Buffer
Zone – integrating a Celium network solution
(pest animal control)
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$12,000
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Pest Free Coatesville
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North west Wildlink and
core habitat protection
(pest animal control)
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$5,000
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Pest Free
Kaipātiki Restoration Society
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Pest Plant Activation
– Kaipātiki 2024-2025
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$32,500
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South
Titirangi Neighbourhood Network
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Neighbourhood
Restoration and Urban Sanctuary Project
(community pest animal and weed control)
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$19,550
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Royal Forest and Bird
Protection Society of New Zealand Inc
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Pest Free Hibiscus
Coast Project - New Initiatives for 2024/5
(community pest animal and weed control)
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$19,210
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Applicant
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Project title
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Amount recommended
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Pest Free Leigh
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Pest Free Leigh - Rural
Expansion project
(community pest animal and weed control)
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$6,110
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Shona Oliver on
behalf of Koina Te Ao – Love the Planet Ltd
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Seven Hundred
(Bittern protection)
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$39,937
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Ngā Kaitiaki
Hapori o Pourewa The Community Guardians of Pourewa
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Pourewa Valley
Integrated Plan Restoration Plan
(community pest animal and weed
control)
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$40,000
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Motu Kaikoura Trust
Board
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Tāiko/petrel
status and support on Motu Kaikoura
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$7,996.25
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Aotea Great Barrier
Environmental Trust
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Oruawharo Medlands Ecovision
(OME), Phase Two
(pest animal control)
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$37,500
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'Karekare Landcare' C/O
Karekare Ratepayers and Residents Trust
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Karekare Landcare
(pest animal and weed control)
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$14,000
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Hihi Conservation
Charitable Trust
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Tiritiri Matangi: the
Tāmaki Makaurau nest that supports hihi recovery
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$27,500
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Protect Piha Heritage
Society Incorporated
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Pest free Piha
(pest animal and weed control)
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$17,500
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Royal
Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc
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Kōkako census
(annual count of individuals and pairs)
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$24,100
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Motutapu Restoration
Trust
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Weed control - Te
Pēhi a Manawatere/Home Bay - Motutapu
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$31,000
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Pou Tāngata
Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Community Development Trust
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Ngāi Tai ki
Tāmaki Motu Kaitiakitanga
(weed control on Motukaraka)
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$40,000
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Upper Waitematā
Ecology Network Incorporated
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Upper Harbour
Monitoring Project
(bat monitoring)
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$6,309.40
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Aawhitu Peninsula
Landcare
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Māui dolphin
buffer
(unowned cat control)
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$27,110
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Greenhithe Community
Trust
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Possum Free Greenhithe
Phase 1 June 2024 to June 2025
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$7,900
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Ōtara Waterways
and Lake Trust
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Pest Free South
Auckland
(community pest animal and weed control)
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$10,200
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Kaipātiki Project
Incorporated
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Building enduring
relationships for the protection of taonga species
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$30,000
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Applicant
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Project title
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Amount recommended
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Tū Mai Taonga
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Tiramahi Taiao Ora
(pest animal control)
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$8,545
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Restore Hibiscus and
Bays Incorporated
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Restore Hibiscus and
Bays
(community pest animal and weed control)
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$30,000
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Ōtara
Waterways and Lake Trust
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Ōtara
Creek Tributary Restoration - Medvale and Raphoe Reserves
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$21,043
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Takatu
LandCare Inc
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Ecological
Restoration - Project A
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$8,812
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Friends of
Oakley Creek Te Auaunga Incorporated
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Oakley
Creek – Te Auaunga Restoration Project
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$20,000
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EcoQuest
Centre for Indigeneity, Ecology and Creativity
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Fish
community assessment following fish-passage enhancement in the Hūnua
Ranges
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$1,600
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Total
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$575,924
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CARRIED
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9
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Strategic
direction for achieving better environmental outcomes for the Manukau Harbour
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Deputy Mayor
D Simpson left the meeting at 11.08am.
Deputy
Mayor D Simpson returned to the meeting at 11.23am.
Cr J Watson left the meeting at 11.32am.
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation, amending clause h), as a
Chair’s recommendation.
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A PowerPoint presentation was
given. 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 PEPCC/2024/51
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson A Dalton, seconded by Cr J
Fairey:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note that the council group lacks a clear articulation
of overarching outcomes it wishes to achieve for any coastal marine area
within its jurisdiction, and that the initiative to ‘Achieve better
environmental outcomes for the Manukau Harbour’ seeks to make such
outcomes more transparent for one part of the region’s coastal marine
area
b) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the targeted engagement undertaken over 2023/2024
to inform the development of the proposed high-level strategic direction for
achieving better environmental outcomes for the Manukau Harbour
c) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that relevant themes from public input into other
recent council processes have informed the proposed high-level strategic
direction developed for the Manukau Harbour
d) whai
/ adopt the high-level strategic direction for achieving better environmental
outcomes for the Manukau Harbour consisting of:
i) te
Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) context
ii) Manukau
Harbour values
iii) a
long-term vision for the future of the health of the harbour
iv) environmental
outcome statements for: water, biodiversity, climate resilience,
kaitiakitanga, and people and the harbour.
e) ohia
/ endorse the forward work programme, consisting of:
i) Post
– Stage 1: council group and external communications following decisions
made based on this report and accompanying high level strategic direction
(Attachment A)
ii) Stage
2: identify current state, pressures and challenges to address outcomes; and
undertaking a current activity stocktake and associated gap analysis for
achieving outcomes
iii) Stage
3: develop objectives that contribute to one or multiple outcomes; attribute
Implementation Responsibility for objectives/actions and embed Key
Performance Indicators in existing or refined processes across the council
group.
f) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that minor changes to the wording of the strategic
direction for the Manukau Harbour, as contained in Attachment A, may be
required as the forward work programme is completed, and in the creation of
any external facing document outlining the strategic direction.
g) whakaae
/ agree in principle to the convening of a periodic meeting between key
representatives of the council group and mana whenua to aid oversight of
progress against the council group’s strategic direction for the
Manukau Harbour.
h) tautapa
/ delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning,
Environment and Parks Committee and a member of Houkura – Independent
Māori Statutory Board to finalise the Terms of Reference for a periodic meeting
between key council group representatives and mana whenua as agreed in clause
g) above.
CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY
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Attachments
a 13 June 2024 - Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee – Item 9 - Strategic direction for achieving better environmental
outcomes for the Manukau Harbour – presentation
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The meeting adjourned at 12.15pm and
reconvened at 12.26pm.
Houkura Member E Ashby, Mayor W Brown, Cr S
Henderson, Cr K Leoni and Deputy Mayor D Simpson were not present.
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10
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Council
submission on Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment
Bill
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Cr J Watson rejoined the meeting via
electronic link at 12.26pm.
Cr K Leoni returned to the meeting at
12.29pm.
Cr S Henderson returned to the meeting
at 12.31pm.
Houkura Member E Ashby returned to the
meeting at 12.35pm.
Cr J Bartley left the meeting at 1.03pm.
Cr M Lee entered the meeting at
1.09pm.
Cr C Fletcher retired the meeting at
1.10pm.
Mayor W Brown returned to the meeting
at 1.25pm.
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation, adding new clause b) and amending
clause c), as a Chair’s recommendation.
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A PowerPoint presentation was
given. 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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MOVED by Chairperson
R Hills, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Dalton:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the update on the proposed legislative changes to a range of
statutory provisions for freshwater and the National Policy Statement for
Indigenous Biodiversity 2023.
b)
ohia / endorse an approach to the
council’s submission on the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other
Matters) Amendment Bill that:
i)
opposes the exclusion of the
hierarchy of obligations within Te Mana o Te Wai from resource consent
process decision making
ii)
opposes the alignment of the
consenting pathway for coal mining with other extractive activities in
natural inland wetlands and significant natural areas
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is neither opposed nor supportive of
deferring requirements to identify new significant natural areas in the
Auckland Unitary Plan by three years
iv)
seeks that a sunset clause be added
to the proposal to remove stock exclusion requirements for low sloped land
v)
is neither opposed nor supportive of
repealing intensive winter grazing resource consent requirements
vi)
opposes the speeding up process to
prepare or amend national direction
c)
tautapa / delegate
approval of the Auckland Council submission on the Resource Management
(Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to the Chair and Deputy Chair
of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee and to a member of Houkura -
Independent Māori Statutory Board.
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The motion was put in parts.
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Resolution number PEPCC/2024/52
MOVED by Chairperson
R Hills, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Dalton:
That the Planning,
Environment and Parks Committee:
a)
whiwhi / receive the update on the
proposed legislative changes to a range of statutory provisions for
freshwater and the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity
2023.
CARRIED
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/53
MOVED by Chairperson
R Hills, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Dalton:
That the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee:
b)
ohia / endorse an approach to
the council’s submission on the Resource Management (Freshwater and
Other Matters) Amendment Bill that:
i)
opposes the exclusion of the
hierarchy of obligations within Te Mana o Te Wai from resource consent
process decision making
ii)
opposes the alignment of the
consenting pathway for coal mining with other extractive activities in
natural inland wetlands and significant natural areas
iii)
is neither opposed nor
supportive of deferring requirements to identify new significant natural
areas in the Auckland Unitary Plan by three years
iv)
seeks that a sunset clause be
added to the proposal to remove stock exclusion requirements for low sloped
land
v)
is neither opposed nor
supportive of repealing intensive winter grazing resource consent
requirements
vi)
opposes the speeding up
process to prepare or amend national direction
A division was called for, voting on which was as
follows:
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For
Houkura Member E Ashby
Deputy Chairperson A Dalton
Cr J Fairey
Cr L Fuli
Cr S Henderson
Chairperson R Hills
Cr K Leoni
Cr W Walker
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Against
Cr A Baker
Mayor W Brown
Houkura Member T Henare
Cr D Newman
Cr G Sayers
Cr S Stewart
Cr K Turner
Cr M Williamson
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Abstained
Cr M Lee
Cr J Watson
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The motion was
declared EQUAL.
The chair exercised
their casting vote for, so the motion was Carried.
CARRIED
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/54
MOVED by Chairperson
R Hills, seconded by Deputy Chairperson A Dalton:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee:
c)
tautapa / delegate
approval of the Auckland Council submission on the Resource Management
(Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to the Chair and Deputy Chair
of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee, to a member of Houkura -
Independent Māori Statutory Board and Cr A Baker (with at least three members in agreement
for the submission to be finalised).
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 13 June 2024 - Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee – Item 10 - Council submission on Resource Management
(Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – presentation
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Houkura Member T Henare retired from the
meeting at 1.45pm.
Cr J Watson left the meeting at 1.45pm.
The meeting adjourned at 1.45pm and
reconvened at 2.22pm.
Cr M Lee, Cr K Leoni, Deputy Mayor D
Simpson and Cr Watson were not present.
Deputy Mayor D Simpson rejoined the
meeting via electronic link at 2.23pm.
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11
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Auckland
Unitary Plan - Private Plan Change Request from Fletcher Development Limited
and Fulton Hogan Land Development to rezone land at Silverdale West from
Future Urban to Light Industry: Clause 25, Schedule 1 - Resource Management
Act 1991
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Cr K Leoni joined
to the meeting via electronic link at 2.33pm.
Cr M Lee returned to the meeting at
2.42pm.
Cr J Watson
returned to the meeting in person at 2.44pm.
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation, adding new clause d), as a
Chair’s recommendation.
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A PowerPoint presentation was
given. 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 PEPCC/2024/55
MOVED by Chairperson R Hills, seconded by Cr W Walker:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) whakaae / agree not to reject the private plan
change request under clause 25(4) of Schedule 1 of the RMA as there are no grounds
of rejection available, on the basis
that:
i) the
private plan change request is not frivolous. The Requestor has provided
sufficient supporting technical information and the private plan change
request has a resource management purpose as it seeks to rezone approximately
107ha of land from Future Urban Zone to Business - Light Industry Zone.
ii) the
private plan change request is not vexatious. The Requestor is not acting in
bad faith by lodging a private plan change request. The Requestor is not
requiring council to consider matters in this process that have already been
decided or that are the subject of extensive community engagement or
investment.
iii) the
substance of the private plan change request has not been considered within
the last two years.
iv) having
regard to relevant caselaw, a coarse level of assessment of the private plan
change request does not indicate that it is not in accordance with sound
resource management practice.
v) a
preliminary assessment indicates the private plan change request will not
make the Auckland Unitary Plan inconsistent with Part 5 of the RMA.
vi) the
provisions of the Auckland Unitary Plan subject to the private plan change
request have been operative for at least two years.
b) whakaae /
accept the private plan change request for the following reasons:
i) accepting
the private plan change request for notification will enable a range of
matters to be considered on their merits during a public participatory
process.
ii) it
is inappropriate to adopt the private plan change. The council has no
immediate intentions to rezone this area for development. A council plan
change is not currently on the work programme. Therefore, the associated
risks and costs of a plan change should be met by the developer rather than
the council.
iii)  it is not appropriate to deal with the private plan
change as if it was a resource consent application because the current Future
Urban Zone that applies to the land is not suitable for industrial
subdivision and development.
c)
tautapa / delegate
authority to the Manager Planning – Regional, North, West and Islands
to undertake the required notification and other statutory processes
associated with processing the private plan change request.
d)
tono / request
staff to prepare a council submission on this Private Plan Change,
particularly focusing on infrastructure requirements and funding, to be
approved by the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee and a member of Houkura - Independent Māori Statutory Board.
CARRIED
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Note: Under Standing
Order 1.8.6, Cr K Turner requested that his abstention be recorded.
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Attachments
a 13 June 2024 - Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee – Item 11 - Auckland Unitary Plan - Private Plan Change
Request from Fletcher Development Limited and Fulton Hogan Land Development
to rezone land at Silverdale West from Future Urban to Light Industry: Clause
25, Schedule 1 - Resource Management Act 1991
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Summary
of Planning, Environment and Parks Committee information memoranda, workshops
and briefings (including the Forward Work Programme) - 13 June 2024
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/57
MOVED by Cr W Walker,
seconded by Cr L Fuli:
That
the Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee:
a) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the progress on the forward work programme
appended as Attachment A of the agenda report
b) whiwhi
/ receive the Summary of the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee
information memoranda, workshops and briefings – 13 June 2024.
CARRIED
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14 Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e
Autaia ana | Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
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15 Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i
te Marea | Procedural
motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/58
MOVED by Chairperson R Hills, seconded by Cr W
Walker:
That the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee:
a) whakaae
/ agree to 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 Auckland Unitary
Plan - Plan Change 82 (Amendments to Historic Heritage Schedule) - Environment
Court appeal
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Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter
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Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)
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Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this
resolution
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The
public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the
disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists
under section 7.
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s7(2)(g)
- The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain legal
professional privilege.
In
particular, the report contains a confidential position to settle an appeal
on Plan Change 82 to the Unitary Plan.
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s48(1)(a)
The
public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the
disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under
section 7.
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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.
CARRIED
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3.05pm 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.
3.58pm The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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C1
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Auckland Unitary Plan - Plan Change 82
(Amendments to Historic Heritage Schedule) - Environment Court appeal
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Resolution
number PEPCC/2024/59
MOVED by Chairperson R Hills, seconded by Mayor W Brown:
b) whakaae
/ agree that the report will remain confidential until reasons for
confidentiality no longer exist
c) whakaae
/ agree that the resolutions above remain confidential but are to be released
following the appeal being resolved and the Environment Court confirming the
appeal file is closed for Plan Change 82.
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3.58pm 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 Planning, Environment and Parks
Committee HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................
