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Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board
25 March 2025
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New
proposed project - 52719 Aotea Great Barrier short stay moorings
File No.: CP2025/04544
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
seek approval from the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board (the local board) to
create a new project: Aotea Great Barrier - short-stay moorings
(ID 52719)and to amend to 2024/2025 Customer and
Community Services – Parks and Facilities three-year work programme.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Biosecurity
New Zealand has issued a Controlled Area Notice (CAN), which prohibits
recreational anchorage within Tryphena Harbour and Whangaparapara Harbour, due
to the presence of exotic Caulerpa.
3. The
objective for this project is to install 'short stay' moorings at Aotea / Great
Barrier Island to reduce the impact of the CAN restrictions on the local
communities, as the predominant transport and access to the island is through
vessels.
4. Staff
propose a change to the 2024/2025 Customer and
Community Services – Parks and Community Facilities three-year work
programme, which was approved by the local board in June 2024 (resolution
number GBI/2024/67), to create a new
project to deliver the short stay moorings on Aotea / Great Barrier as
mitigation of the prohibition of recreational anchorage in the CAN:
a) Project
ID 52719, Aotea / Great Barrier - short-stay moorings.
5. Parks
and Community Facilities staff have recommended changes to budget allocations
to minimise the impacts on the three-year work programme. The following
reallocations of Locally Driven Initiative (LDI): Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)
to Project ID 52719 Aotea / Great Barrier – short-stay moorings is
proposed:
a) Project
ID 39962, Park and Amenities implement improvement and priority action
b) Project
ID 31781, Aotea / Great Barrier - LDI minor capex fund 2024/2025
c) Project
ID 32033, Aotea / Great Barrier - design and install pou.
6. The Risk-Adjusted Programme (RAP) aims to utilise the entire Asset
Based Services CAPEX budget allocated for the first year, even when faced with
unforeseen delays such as a shortage of contractors or adverse weather
conditions. Staff proposed the following projects to be approved as a RAP:
a) Project ID 52719, Aotea / Great Barrier - short-stay moorings.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board:
a) whakaae
/ approve a new project, ID 52719, Aotea / Great Barrier - short-stay moorings,
and allocate a budget of $103,579 in financial year 2024/2025 and $108,000 in
the financial year 2025/2026 (total allocation of $211,579).
b) whakaae
/ approve reallocation of LDI CAPEX budget to the new project, ID 52719 Aotea /
Great Barrier - short-stay moorings, from the following projects:
i) Project
ID 39962, Park and Amenities implement improvement and priority action –
reduction of $55,759.47 in the financial year 2024/2025 and $108,000 in the
financial year 2025/2026 (total reduction of $163,759).
ii) Project
ID 31781, Aotea / Great Barrier - LDI minor capex fund 2024/2025 - reduction of
$3,778 in the financial year 2024/2025 (total reduction of $3,778).
iii) Project ID
32033, Aotea / Great Barrier - design and install pou - reduction of $44,041.38
in the financial year 2024/2025. (total reduction of $44,041).
c) whakaae
/ approve the following project to be included as part of the Risk-Adjusted
Programme:
i) Project
ID 52719, Aotea / Great Barrier - short-stay moorings.
Horopaki
Context
7. Biosecurity
New Zealand has issued a Controlled Area Notice (CAN), which prohibits
recreational anchorage within Tryphena Harbour and Whangaparapara Harbour, due
to the presence of exotic Caulerpa.
8. The
objective for this proposed project is to provide recreational moorings for a
short duration within the specified locations while the CAN remains in effect.
The criteria would be to install a total of ten ‘short stay’
moorings accommodating 15 metre vessels, divided between Tryphena Harbour and
Whangaparapara Harbour:
a. Tryphena Harbour - six moorings
b. Whangaparapara
Harbour - four moorings
c. the
resource consent also allows for three moorings in Port FitzRoy should the CAN
expand to include this permitted anchoring zone.
9. The
requirements for the short stay moorings include:
a. are
to be bio-secure and exceed typical mooring bio conditions and minimise
seafloor disturbance to limit dispersion of exotic Caulerpa
b. will
be located outside of the Coastal – Mooring zone, including the
occupation and use of the water space by the vessel to be moored
c. short
stay moorings must be removed or rendered such that they will not be an
impediment to navigation or anchoring when the CAN has been lifted.
10. The
benefit of this proposed project is access for visitors to Aotea / Great
Barrier Island whilst minimising the biosecurity risk of spreading exotic
Caulerpa to other locations.
11. The
community requested the installation of short-stay moorings during the draft
Local Board Plan consultation in March 2023 to enhance marine access and
support local boating activities.
12. Parks
and Community Facilities staff, at the request of the local board in November
2024 (resolution number GBI/2024/138), are undertaking a
project to install short-stay moorings across Aotea / Great Barrier Island,
with the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) contributing a conditional grant
as part of the Aotea Caulerpa response.
13. To
further address the impact of invasive exotic Caulerpa on Aotea / Great Barrier
Island, a new project is proposed for inclusion in the 2024/2025 Customer and
Community Services – Parks and Community Facilities three-year work
programme. This initiative aims to install temporary moorings that support
local boating activities, and tourism, while protecting the marine environment.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
14. Staff
recommend the proposed variations to change the current 2024/2025 Parks and
Community Facilities work programme (outlined in Table 1 below). The local
board has sufficient LDI CAPEX budgets to cover the proposed change, and the
proposed variations will not impact total funding envelopes for each financial
year of the approved work programme.
Table 1: Proposed variation to the
2024/2025 Parks and Community Facilities work programme
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Project ID
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Activity Name
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Proposed variations
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Budget source
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Financial Year
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Approved with variations after year-end
balancing
(GBI/2024/67)
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Proposed Budget Allocation
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39962
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Park and Amenities
implement improvement and priority action
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A total reduction of $163,759 is
proposed to deliver the new short-stay moorings project in the financial
years 2024/2025.
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Locally Driven Initiative (LDI): CAPEX
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2024/2025
2025/2026
2026/2027
2027/2028
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$60,909
$108,000
$110,000
$3,903
Total $282,812
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$5,150
$0
$110,000
3,903
Total $119,053
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31781
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Aotea Great Barrier -
LDI minor capex fund 2024/2025
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A total reduction of $3,778 is proposed
to deliver the new short-stay moorings project in the financial years
2024/2025.
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Locally Driven Initiative (LDI): CAPEX
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2023/2024
2024/2025
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$340
$5,678
Total $6,018
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$340
$1,900
Total $2,240
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32033
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Aotea Great Barrier -
design and install pou
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A total reduction of $44,041 is
proposed to deliver the new short-stay moorings project in the financial
years 2024/2025.
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Locally Driven Initiative (LDI): CAPEX
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2022/2023
2023/2024
2024/2025
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$12,126
$3,553
$46,888
Total $62,567
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$12,126
$3,553
$2,847
Total $18,526
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52719
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Aotea Great Barrier -
short-stay moorings
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Proposed for Risk-Adjusted Programme.
Increase funding in Locally Driven
Initiative (LDI): CAPEX. This is to enable staff to deliver in 2024/2025 as
RAP.
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Locally Driven Initiative (LDI): CAPEX
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2024/2025
2025/2026
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$0
$0
Total
$0
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$103,579
$108,000
Total
$211,579
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Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
15. It
is anticipated that there will be an increase in carbon emission from
construction, including contractor emissions. Staff will seek to minimise
carbon and contractor emissions as far as possible when delivering the project.
16. Maximising
the upcycling and recycling of existing material, aligned with the waste
management hierarchy (e.g. prevention, reduction, recycling), will also be
prioritised to ensure minimum impact.
17. Staff
should consider asset whole-of-life impacts to optimise passive and renewable
design options (e.g. sunlight and heat sinks and water retention methods)
including solar and/or living roof/walls design options.
18. Mitigation
of greenhouse gas emissions will be achieved through the sourcing of low-carbon
material options (including sourcing materials locally) and the use of products
with environmental declarations for embodied carbon reductions.
19. Council’s
climate goals as set out in Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri:
Auckland’s Climate Plan are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reach
net zero emissions by 2050 and to prepare the region for the adverse impacts of
climate change.
20. The
budget variations proposed in the report have no direct effect on climate
change. Each project will be considered individually to assess the impacts of
climate change and the approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and
views
21. The
current 2024/2025 Parks and Community Facilities work programme was developed
through a collaborative approach by operational council departments, with each
department represented in an integrated team.
22. Where
appropriate, subject matter expert advice has been sought from other
departments of council relating to specific work programme items.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board
views
23. Parks
and Community Facilities and open spaces provide important community services
to the people of the local board area. They contribute to building strong,
healthy and vibrant communities by providing spaces where Aucklanders can
participate in a wide range of social, cultural, art and recreational
activities. These activities improve lifestyles and a sense of belonging and
pride amongst residents.
24. The
projects are aligned with the following the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board
Plan 2023 outcome and objective Table 2:
Table 2: Aotea / Great Barrier Local
Board Plan 2023 outcomes and objectives
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Outcome
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Objective / Initiative
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Our Environment
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Abundant and protected moana
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Our Places
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Fit for purpose island infrastructure
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Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
25. Council
is committed to meeting its responsibilities under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its
broader obligations to Māori. The short-stay moorings proposal to MPI
originated from the Tū Mai Taonga / Aotea Caulerpa Response Team and was
supported by mana whenua and the community.
26. The
2024/2025 Parks and Community Facilities Work Programme ensures that all
facilities and open space assets continue to be well-maintained assets that
benefit the local community, including Māori.
27. Where
aspects or the work programme are anticipated to have an impact on activities
of importance to Māori, then appropriate engagement will be undertaken.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
28. The
proposed variations are within the local board’s budget envelopes for
each year and will not substantially impact the approved projects or the
overall work programme.
29. Details
of proposed variations are outlined in Table 1.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
30. If
the proposed variations to the work programme are not approved, there is a risk
that the projects identified may not be delivered within the 2024/2025
financial year.
31. If
assets are not renewed in a timely way, they may deteriorate further and need
to be closed or removed. Staff will continue to monitor the condition of the
assets and consider action to be taken in the future.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
32. Subject
to the local board’s decision on the proposal outlined in this report,
the local board’s work programme will be amended to reflect the decision,
and works will commence on the project(s) as per the timing outlined in the
approved work programme.
Ngā tāpirihanga
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Authors
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Shane Hogg - Manager Area Operations
(Aotea/Great Barrier Isl, Waiheke & Whau)
Elvira Kolmychenko - Work Programme
Lead
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Authorisers
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Taryn Crewe - General Manager Parks
and Community Facilities
Tristan Coulson - Local Area Manager
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