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Parks Committee
25 February 2025
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1 Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies
2 Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration
of Interest
The chair advised the meeting that he had a grazing license for
regional farmland, however this was deemed not to be a conflict.
3 Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes
Cr W Walker
joined the meeting at 2.05pm.
4 Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input
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4.1
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Public
Input: Walk, Tramp, Run (WTR) - Phytophthora and kauri dieback.
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Dr Emily
Anderson provided a PowerPoint presentation and supporting information in
support of the item. Copies are attached to the agenda and are
available on the Auckland Council website.
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Cr A
Filipaina joined the meeting at 2.05pm.
Cr A Dalton entered the meeting at 2.08pm.
Mayor W Brown entered the meeting at 2.18pm.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/4
MOVED by Cr C
Fletcher, seconded by Chairperson K Turner:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the public input address from Walk, Tramp, Run (WTR); and whakamihi
/ thank the presenters for attending the meeting.
CARRIED
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4.2
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Public
Input: Muriwai Environmental Trust - Environment focused projects in
the Muriwai and Waimauku area
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Richard
Wright, Chairman Muriwai Environmental Trust provided a PowerPoint presentation
in support of the item. A copy is attached to the agenda and is
available on the Auckland Council website.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/5
MOVED by Chairperson
K Turner, seconded by Cr C Fletcher:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the public input address from the Muriwai Environmental Trust
regarding key topics in the Muriwai and Waimauku areas; and whakamihi / thank
Chairman, Richard Wright for attending the meeting.
CARRIED
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5 Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input
There was no
local board input.
6 Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary
business.
Note: From
this point forward, agenda items were taken in the following order:
Item
11 Rainforest
Express - Waitākere Ranges Regional Park - investigation into approval
process required for a third party to restore the Rainforest Express
8 Te
Ara Hura 2027 Parks and Community Facilities maintenance contracts
7 Parks
and Community Facilities - Regional Operations Capital Work Programme 2024/2025
delivery update
9 Regional
Parks - Financial Year 2024/2025 quarter two operations performance update
10 Draft
Regional Capital Investment Programme for Regional Parks, Farming and Auckland
Botanic Gardens for financial years 2026-2028
12 Chair's
report - Reports of the Regional Parks Working Group
13 Summary
of Parks Committee information memoranda, workshops and briefings (including
the forward work programme) - 25 February 2025
14 Te
Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of
Extraordinary Items
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11
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Rainforest Express - Waitākere Ranges Regional
Park - investigation into approval process required for a third party to
restore the Rainforest Express.
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation, amending clauses a), b), c), c i)
and c iii), as Chair’s recommendations.
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Cr C Fletcher retired from
the meeting at 2.47pm.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/6
MOVED by Chairperson
K Turner, seconded by Mayor W Brown:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) receive
/ whiwhi the advice on the process that would need to be undertaken to
reactivate the Rainforest Express.
b) tono
/ request staff engage with Watercare Services Ltd to provide Waitakere Rainforest Tramline Trust access to the
Waitākere Ranges tramline assets and the land on which they are
installed so a staged reactivation of the Rainforest Express can progress.
c) tono
/ request staff offer advice from internal subject matter experts to
Waitakere Rainforest Tramline Trust to help the group understand the
necessary requirements that will be needed as part of the process required to
reactivate the Rainforest Express, noting:
i) that
Waitakere Rainforest Tramline Trust plan must include an updated risk
assessment and plans to mitigate any risks identified through this the
required NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi Rail Licence.
ii) that
for either tramline to be operated, both the operator and the access provider
would require a licence under the Railways Act 2005.
iii) that
the cost of meeting the above considerations would need to be funded by
Waitakere Rainforest Tramline Trust.
CARRIED
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Te Ara Hura 2027 Parks and Community Facilities
maintenance contracts
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation, adding new clause b), as a
Chair’s recommendation.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/7
MOVED by Mayor W
Brown, seconded by Deputy Chairperson M Lee:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the attached update on the progress of the Te Ara Hura (The Way
Forward) 2027 Parks and Community Facilities maintenance contracts project
and tuku / provide feedback to staff.
b) strongly
support the return of work currently performed in the full facilities
contracts in Regional Parks return to delivery by council-employed Regional
Parks staff.
CARRIED
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Parks
and Community Facilities - Regional Operations Capital Work Programme
2024/2025 delivery update.
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A
presentation was provided. 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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Mayor W
Brown retired from the meeting at 3.44pm.
Cr A Filipaina retired from the meeting at 3.57pm.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/8
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson M Lee, seconded by Houkura Member G Wilcox:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) whiwhi / receive the update on the current
performance of Regional Parks, Farming, Auckland Botanic Gardens and Pukekawa
Auckland Domain parts of the Parks and Community Regional Capital Investment
Work Programme 2024/2025.
b) tuhi tīpoka / note that opportunity will
follow to provide feedback on the Draft 2025/2026 Regional Parks, Farming and
Auckland Botanic Gardens and Pukekawa Auckland Domain parts of the Parks and
Community Regional Capital Investment Work Programme.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 25 February 2025, Parks Committee, Item 7 -
Parks and Community Facilities - Regional Operations Capital Work Programme
2024/2025 delivery update, Presentation
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Regional
Parks - Financial Year 2024/2025 quarter two operations performance update
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A presentation
was provided. A copy is attached to the agenda and is available on the
Auckland Council website.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/9
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson M Lee, seconded by Cr A Dalton:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the Regional Parks operations work programme performance update for
financial year 2024/2025 quarter two, 1 October – 31 December 2024
(Attachment A to this agenda report).
b) tuhi
/ note that the Regional Parks operations work programme update for financial
year 2024/2025 quarter three will be provided to the Parks Committee in April
2025.
CARRIED
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Draft
Regional Capital Investment Programme for Regional Parks, Farming and
Auckland Botanic Gardens for financial years 2026-2028
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A
presentation was provided. 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
were made to the original recommendation, adding new clause c), as a
Chair’s recommendation.
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/10
MOVED by Cr A Dalton,
seconded by Deputy Chairperson M Lee:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) ohia
/ endorse the direction and priorities within the regionally-funded capital
investment work programmes for Regional Parks, Farming and the Auckland
Botanic Gardens for financial years 2025/2026, 2026/2027 and 2027/2028
b) tuhi
tīpoka / note that feedback from the Parks Committee on the work
programmes should be provided by Tuesday, 11 March 2025, for consideration by
the Community Committee at a workshop on 19 March 2025.
c) tono
/ request staff to consider the feedback provided by Muriwai Trust in further
developing the draft Regional Work Programme for financial years 2026-2029.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 25 February 2025, Parks Committee, Item 10 -
Draft Regional Capital Investment Programme for Regional Parks, Farming and
Auckland Botanic Gardens for financial years 2026-2028, Presentation
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Chair's
report - Reports of the Regional Parks Working Group
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/11
MOVED by Houkura
Member G Wilcox, seconded by Chairperson K Turner:
That
the Parks Committee:
a) thank
Councillor Lee and the Working party for their report and the work they have
undertaken.
b) note
the recommendations of the Working Party adopted by the Mayoral Proposal for
the Long Term Plan (LTP) 2024-2034,
i) Review
regional parks operations to ensure best-value-for money from external
contracts and in-park ranger operations.
ii) Investigate
options to acquire land for a new regional park to support new growth in the
south of the Auckland region. This could look at making a regional park out
of existing land at Puhinui/Otuataua and/or acquiring one on the west coast
between Awhitu and Port Waikato.
iii) Build
cooperation between between the regional parks network and manawhenua-owned Tupuna
Maunga.
iv) Review
track upgrade engineering methodologies, especially in the Waitakere Ranges
to ensure resilience and functionality. Overly engineered tracks are not
financially sustainable nor are they appropriate to the unique wilderness
experience the park offers.
v) Safeguard
all regional parks’ legal protection by auditing the order-in-council
process to ensure more recently acquired parks are fully protected under the
Local Government Act.
c) agree
to give consideration to the recommendations in clause b) and to continue the
committee’s program of site visits, wherein these suggestions can be
investigated.
CARRIED
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Summary
of Parks Committee information memoranda, workshops and briefings (including
the forward work programme) - 25 February 2025
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Resolution
number PCCCC/2025/12
MOVED by Cr D Newman,
seconded by Cr S Stewart:
That
the 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 Parks Committee information memoranda and briefings
– 25 February 2025.
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.
4.45pm 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 Parks Committee HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................
