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Rodney Local Board
19 February 2025
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1 Nau mai | Welcome
The chairperson
opened the meeting.
Member C Smith
left the meeting at 10am.
Member M
Carmichael led a karakia.
Member C Smith
returned to the meeting at 10.03am.
2 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies
3 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
4 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation
of Minutes
5 He Tamōtanga Motuhake | Leave of Absence
There were no
leaves of absence.
6 Te Mihi | Acknowledgements
There were no
acknowledgements.
7 Ngā Petihana | Petitions
There were no
petitions.
8 Ngā Tono Whakaaturanga | Deputations
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8.2
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Deputation:
Community Patrols of New Zealand
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Sergeant
David Gallagher and John Cowsill were in attendance for this item.
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Documents
were tabled in support of this item. Copies have been
placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council
website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/3
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member C Smith:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) whakamihi
/ thank Sergeant Gallagher and Mr Cowsill for their attendance at the meeting.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 February 2025 - Rodney Local Board, Item 8.2 -
Community Patrols of New Zealand - supporting information
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8.3
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Deputation:
Environmental programmes in the north west of Rodney
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Eric Van
Essen and Shona Oliver were in attendance for this item.
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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 RD/2025/4
MOVED by Member G
Upson, seconded by Member M Carmichael:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) whakamihi
/ thank Mr Van Essen and Miss Oliver for their attendance at the meeting.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 February 2025 - Rodney Local Board, item 8.3 - Environmental
programmes in the north west of Rodney - presentation
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8.4
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Deputation:
Pest Free Coatesville
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Gary
Langridge and Jonathen Clark were in attendance for this item.
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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 RD/2025/5
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member C Smith:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) whakamihi
/ thank Mr Langridge and Mr Clark for their attendance at the meeting.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 February 2025 - Rodney Local Board, Item 8.4 - Pest
Free Coatesville - presentation
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9 Te Matapaki Tūmatanui | Public Forum
10 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary
Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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11
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Grant
Wellsford Rugby Football Club Incorporated a lease for land at Wellsford
Centennial Park, 88 Centennial Park Road, Wellsford
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Karen Walby
– Community Lease Specialist was in attendance for this item.
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Changes were
made to the original recommendation clause a) ii) as a chairperson’s
recommendation.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/9
MOVED by Chairperson
B Bailey, seconded by Member C Smith:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) karaati
/ grant Wellsford
Rugby Football Club Incorporated
under section 54(1)(b) of the Reserves Act 1977, a lease for 740 square metres (more or less) of reserve land at Wellsford
Centennial Park, 88 Centennial Park Road, Wellsford, legally described as Section 4, Survey Office Plan 434733 (Attachment A to the agenda report –
site plan), subject to the following terms and conditions:
i) term
– 10 years, commencing 20 February 2025, with one 10 year right of
renewal
ii) rent
– $1.00 plus GST per annum
iii) a
community outcomes plan will be appended as a schedule to the lease agreement
b) whakaae
/ approve Wellsford Rugby Football Club Incorporated community outcomes plan
(Attachment B to the agenda report – Community Outcomes Plan)
c) tuhi tīpoka / note that all other terms
and conditions will be in
accordance with the Reserves
Act 1977 and the Auckland Council Community Occupancy Guidelines as updated 1
July 2023
CARRIED
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Local
board views on proposed plan change 106 for filming on Sites and Places of Significance
to Mana Whenua
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Eryn Shields -
Team Leader Planning was in attendance for this item
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Changes were
made to the original recommendation clause a), clause a)i), clause b)
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MOVED by Chairperson B Bailey, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) tuku
/ support proposed plan change 106 for filming on Sites and Places of
Significance to Mana Whenua provided that staff or the local board (through the nominated local board
member) may refer any application for temporary filming activities that may
adversely affect the cultural values of the Sites and Places of Significance
to Mana Whenua in
council-controlled public places to a local
board business meeting to provide its views
b) kopou
/ appoint Chairperson B Bailey to speak to the local board views at a hearing
on the proposed plan change 106 Sites and Places of Significance to Mana
Whenua
c) tāpae / delegate authority to the
chairperson of Rodney Local Board to make a replacement appointment in the
event the chairperson as appointed in resolution b) is unable to attend the
plan change hearing.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/10
MOVED by
Member M Carmichael, seconded by Member C Smith: an
amendment to the original motion by way of additions to clause a) with i),
ii), iii)
i) express concern that all mana whenua groups
may not have provided feedback due to the current process
ii)
request mana whenua views
are sought regarding whether film permit application engagement should
include trust entities and marae representatives.
iii) request the engagement process regarding film
permits includes in person or phone contact (not just email) with at minimum
the iwi and hapu with the strongest relationship to the filming location.
CARRIED
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The substantive motion was put with further changes made
to the original motion and the amendment - clause a) clause a) i), clause b)
with the agreement of the meeting
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Resolution
number RD/2025/11
MOVED by
Chairperson B Bailey, seconded by Deputy Chairperson L Johnston:
That the Rodney Local Board:
a)
tuku / support
proposed plan change 106 for filming on Sites and Places of Significance to
Mana Whenua subject to the following feedback:
i) tono
/ request that staff or the local board (through the nominated local board
member) may refer any application for temporary filming activities that may
adversely affect the cultural values of the Sites and Places of Significance
to Mana Whenua in council-controlled public places to a local board business
meeting to provide its views
ii) express
concern that all mana whenua groups may not have provided feedback due to the
current process
iii) tono
/ request mana whenua views are sought regarding whether film permit
application engagement should include trust entities and marae
representatives.
iv) tono
/ request the engagement process regarding film permits includes in person or
phone contact (not just email) with at minimum the iwi and hapu with the strongest
relationship to the filming location.
b) kopou
/ appoint local board Member M Carmichael to speak to the local board views
at a hearing on the proposed plan change 106 Sites and Places of Significance
to Mana Whenua
c) tāpae / delegate authority to the
chairperson of Rodney Local Board to make a replacement appointment in the
event the chairperson as appointed in resolution b) is unable to attend the
plan change hearing.
CARRIED
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Renaming
a private road and naming a new private road at 26 State Highway 1, Warkworth
(Warkworth Ridge Development Stages 3A, 3C, and 4A
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Resolution
number RD/2025/12
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member I Wagstaff:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) partially
rescind resolution RD/2024/30 in respect
RD/2024/30 a) vii) to rescind the name ‘Sentinel Crescent’
approved for commonly owned access lot B3-B
b) partially
rescind resolution RD/2024/30 in respect of RD/2024/30 a) viii) to rescind
the name ‘Blackwell Lane’ for commonly owned access lot B4-A
c) rename
commonly owned access lot B4-A, ‘Sentinel Crescent’ in accordance
with section 319(1)(j) of the Local Government Act 1974
d)
whakaae / approve the name ‘Blackwell
Lane’ for commonly owned
access lot 4A-F created by way of
subdivision undertaken by Templeton Warkworth Ridge Limited at 26 State
Highway 1, Warkworth, in accordance
with section 319(1)(j) of the Local Government Act 1974 (Road naming
reference RDN90121355, resource consent references BUN60381824 and
SUB60381825).
CARRIED
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Local
Board Transport Capital Fund Projects 2025-2026
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Beth Houlbrooke
– Elected Member Relationship Partner, Vince Evans-Walsh - Local
Board Transport Capital Fund Programme Manager and Raman
Singh - Senior Specialist Communications & Engagement were in attendance for this item.
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MOVED by
Deputy Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member I Wagstaff:
That the Rodney Local Board:
a) whakaae
/ approve the completion of the following three projects in the current
Rodney Local Board Transport Capital Fund programme with additional required
funding:
i) Mahurangi
East Road crossing upgrade - $130,000
ii) Matakana
Valley Road safety improvements - $130,000
iii) Coatesville-Riverhead
Highway crossing - $125,000.
b) toha
/ allocate the remaining $495,926 from the Rodney Local Board Transport
Capital Fund to the following projects:
i) Rimu
Street, Helensville pedestrian improvements - $150,000
ii) Mahurangi
College signalised crossing - $345,926.
c) whakaae
/ approve as its first priority any cost savings from its currently active
Rodney Local Board Transport Capital Fund projects and/or any new additional
funding that becomes available be applied to its active projects if they
require additional funding to complete within the current three-year local
board programme
d) whakaae
/ approve as its second priority, that any further cost savings from the
completion of currently active projects or any alternative funding that
becomes available be applied to these projects in this priority order:
i) Hudson
Road, Warkworth centre traffic island - $150,000
ii) Riverhead
bus stop upgrade - $60,000
iii) Puhoi
Road wheel stops - $56,000
iv) Matakana
Valley Road wheel stops - $89,000
v)
Mansel Drive – Falls Road, Warkworth speed calming measures $200,000.
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MOVED by Member G Upson, seconded by Member C Smith: an amendment to the original
motion by way of replacement.
That the
Rodney Local Board:
a) partially
rescind resolution RD/2024/194 by removing the words “detailed design
of a raised” and replace with “construction of appropriate”
for clarity the resolution would then read “Request Auckland Transport
move forward with the construction of appropriate pedestrian crossing on
Coatesville-Riverhead Highway.”
b) approve
the completion of the Matakana Valley Road safety improvements - $130,000 in
the current Rodney Local Board Transport Capital Fund programme with
additional required funding:
c) schedule
a workshop to discuss the safety concerns brought to the boards attention by
Ken Taylor before approving final design and additional funding to the
Mahurangi East Road crossing.
d) allocate
part of the remaining $750,926 from the Rodney Local Board Transport Capital
Fund to the following projects:
a. Mahurangi
College signalised at grade crossing - $345,926.
b. Rimu Street,
Helensville pedestrian improvements requested by the police and school
(broken yellow lines and side islands) - $150,000
e)
pause allocation of the remaining $255,000 until we have had a workshop to
discuss the safety concerns raised by a member of the public with the Snells
beach crossing, any financial impacts from changing the design of the
Coatesville crossing to a raised and then back to appropriate, the costs of
bus shelters and the priority of building shelters at different bus stops in
Rodney in particular the rural bus stops which don’t have any shelter
nearby such as Opoto place in Kaukapakapa.
A division
was called for, voting on which was as follows:
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For
Member C Smith
Member G Upson
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Against
Chairperson B Bailey
Member M Carmichael
Member M Dennis
Member T Holdgate
Deputy Chairperson L Johnston
Member I Wagstaff
Member G Wishart
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Abstained
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The motion was
declared lost by 2 votes
to 7.
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The original motion was put
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Resolution
number RD/2025/13
MOVED by
Deputy Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member I Wagstaff:
That the Rodney Local Board:
a)
whakaae / approve
the completion of the following three projects in the current Rodney
Local Board Transport Capital Fund programme with additional required
funding:
i) Mahurangi
East Road crossing upgrade - $130,000
ii) Matakana
Valley Road safety improvements - $130,000
iii) Coatesville-Riverhead
Highway crossing - $125,000
b) toha
/ allocate the remaining $495,926 from the Rodney Local Board Transport
Capital Fund to the following projects:
i) Rimu
Street, Helensville pedestrian improvements - $150,000
ii) Mahurangi
College signalised crossing - $345,926
c) whakaae
/ approve as its first priority any cost savings from its currently active
Rodney Local Board Transport Capital Fund projects and/or any new additional
funding that becomes available be applied to its active projects if they
require additional funding to complete within the current three-year local
board programme
d) whakaae
/ approve as its second priority, that any further cost savings from the
completion of currently active projects or any alternative funding that
becomes available be applied to these projects in this priority order:
i) Hudson
Road, Warkworth centre traffic island - $150,000
ii) Riverhead
bus stop upgrade - $60,000
iii) Puhoi
Road wheel stops - $56,000
iv) Matakana
Valley Road wheel stops - $89,000
v)
Mansel Drive – Falls Road, Warkworth speed calming measures $200,000.
CARRIED
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Pursuant to Standing Orders 1.9.7 Member G
Upson requested his dissenting vote be recorded.
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Public
feedback report on the traffic bylaw review
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Changes were
made to the original recommendations by way of chairperson recommendations.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/14
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member I Wagstaff:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a)
tuhi tīpoka / note the overall
support by Rodney submitters for the proposed amendments to the Auckland Transport
and Auckland Council traffic-related bylaws subject to the opportunity to
provide feedback on specific issues such as paid parking
b) whakaū / confirm
support for the proposed changes to the Auckland Transport and
Auckland Council traffic-related bylaws as per resolution RD/2024/130, 21 August
2024
c) tāpae
/ delegate Chairperson B Bailey to represent these views to the Joint Bylaw
Panel.
CARRIED
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Changes
to voting sign locations for the 2025 local elections
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Note:
Attachment C referred to in the agenda was not received therefore not tabled
at the meeting.
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Changes were
made to the original recommendation by way of chairperson recommendations.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/15
MOVED by Member M
Dennis, seconded by Deputy Chairperson L Johnston:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a)
tuku / provide the following
views to Auckland Transport Traffic
Control Committee to voting sign locations for the 2025 local elections
i)
recommend that no changes be made to
the existing voting sign locations for Rodney area and confirm that the sign
location at corner of Centennial Park and state highway 1 at Wellsford
remains available
ii)
tono / request that the
Auckland Transport Traffic Control Committee consider the following election
sign sites be included ahead of the 2025 local elections subject to final
assessments:
A)
Rautawhiri Park (behind the
park border opposite Mahi road)
B)
Waimauku intersection at
Factory Road subject to New Zealand Transport Agency approval
iii)
recommend 150 Parkhurst Road,
Parakai be proposed as a site and request Auckland Transport consult with Te
Poari o Kaipātiki ki Kaipara.
CARRIED
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Auckland
Council’s Quarterly Performance Report: Rodney Local Board for quarter
two 2024/2025 and allocation of local board film revenue
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Robyn Joynes
– Local Board Advisor was in attendance for this item.
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Resolution
number RD/2025/16
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member I Wagstaff:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the performance report for quarter two ending 31 December 2024
b) whakaae
/ approve the allocation of $12,183 from local board film revenue to the
Customer and Community Services 2024/2025 Work Programme line –
ID53073: Parks Service Provision Assessment for Point Wells
c) tuhi
tīpoka / note the financial performance report in Attachment B of the
agenda report will remain confidential until after the Auckland Council Group
half-year results for 2024/2025 are released to the New Zealand Stock Exchange, which are expected to be made public on or about 28
February 2025.
CARRIED
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20 Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e
Autaia ana | Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
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Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number RD/2025/19
MOVED by Chairperson B Bailey, seconded by
Member M Dennis:
That the Rodney Local Board:
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:
17 Auckland
Council’s Quarterly Performance Report: Rodney Local Board for quarter
two 2024/2025 and allocation of local board film revenue - Attachment b - Rodney quarterly performance
report Q2 Fin Appendix
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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)(j) -
The withholding of the information is necessary to prevent the disclosure
or use of official information for improper gain or improper advantage.
In
particular, the report contains detailed financial information that has an
impact on the financial results of the Auckland Council group half-year
result, that requires release to the New Zealand Stock Exchange..
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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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C1 Future
of residential assets
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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)(a) -
The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of
natural persons, including that of a deceased person.
s7(2)(f)(ii)
- The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain the effective
conduct of public affairs through the protection of such members, officers,
employees and persons from improper pressure or harassment.
s7(2)(h) -
The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local
authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial
activities.
In
particular, the report contains commercially sensitive and privacy
information.
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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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1.07pm 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.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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Future
of residential assets
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Resolution
number RD/2025/20
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by Member C Smith:
That the Rodney Local Board:
a)
whakaae / agree that the restatement of this
confidential report, attachments, or resolutions be deferred until affected
parties have been informed, and only then is the confidential report,
attachments and resolution to be restated.
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1.21 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 Rodney Local Board HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................
