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Resolution
number WTK/2025/18
MOVED by
Member S Coney, seconded by Member L Manley:
That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:
a)
whakaae / approve
its tabled submission on the Draft Storm Affected Land Use Policy and
implementation.
b)
seek the following
changes to the Draft Storm Affected Land Use Policy and implementation
approach:
i)
tono / request that
Council have particular regard to the objectives of the Waitākere Ranges
Heritage Area Act 2008 in finalising the Policy and implementing the Draft
Storm Affected Land Use Policy and Implementation Approach as required by the
Act.
ii)
tono / request that
where affected properties contain Significant Ecological Areas (SEAs) then
unless they are sold to the adjoining owner they are retained by Council and
are managed and restored by Council for their ecological and biodiversity
benefits.
iii)
tono / request that
where affected properties provide walking linkages and trails that benefit
the community they are retained by Council.
iv)
tono / request the
principles of the Policy should include to take into account environmental
outcomes and potential biodiversity gains, especially where properties
contain SEAs, are contiguous with existing forests and eco-systems and/or are
in the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area.
v)
tono / request that
control of pest plants and pest animals on properties that have been acquired
in the buffer zones listed in the Auckland Regional Pest Management Plan is
treated as a priority because of the potential for harm to nearby high value
eco-systems.
vi)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the Policy needs to include how Council will manage
and restore land containing landslides which is unlikely to be divested.
vii) tautoko / support local boards having the
ability to nominate land for new purposes.
viii) tono / request that where the property is
retained, sufficient budget should be provided to maintain it, rather than
the proposed “funding from existing budgets”. When land is
transferred to a local board for a purpose such as parkland, sufficient operating
expenditure should accompany it.
ix)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note our concerns about the potential liability to
Council for (storm affected) land that is sold and re-developed.
x)
establish a clear
escalation process when local board views on land use differ from staff
recommendations, ensuring such matters are referred for a political decision
rather than being resolved through staff delegation.
xi)
alternatively, the
policy could enable local boards to present their case to the Storm Recovery
Political Advisory Group, in the event that a request is not supported by the
staff assessment, before a final decision is made.
CARRIED
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