Howick Local Board Minutes
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Howick Local Board OPEN MINUTES Minutes of a meeting of the Howick Local Board held in the Howick Local Board Meeting Room, Pakuranga Library Complex, Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga on Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 6.00pm. PRESENT Chairperson Michael Williams Deputy Chairperson Adele White Members David Collings Jim Donald 6.17pm Wayne Huang Lucy Schwaner John Spiller Steve Udy 6.09pm Shirley Warren ALSO PRESENT Cr Dick Quax Howick Local Board 21 June 2011 1 Welcome The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. 2 Apologies Resolution number HW/2011/58 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member White: That the apologies from Member Udy and Member Donald for lateness be accepted. CARRIED 3 Declaration of interest There were no declarations of interest. 4 Confirmation of minutes Resolution number HW/2011/59 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member White: That the minutes of the meeting of the Howick Local Board held on Monday, 9 May 2011, be confirmed as a true and correct record of the meeting. CARRIED 5 Leave of absence There were no leaves of absence. 6 Acknowledgements There were no acknowledgements. 7 Petitions There were no petitions. 8 Deputations There were no deputations. 9 Public Forum The following members of the public addressed the Board at public forum 9.1 Edwin Miller – Proposed Boardwalk, Dayspring Way (Attachment 9.1 was tabled and is available on the Auckland Council website) 9.2 Keith Ingram, Half Moon Bay Residents Association – Half Moon Bay Walkway naming 9.3 Bruce Adin, Ministry of Education and Grant Bennett, CYF – Thurston Place College 9.5 Richard Spong – Thurston Place College 9.4 Mr Yugen He and Mr George Zhao, Asian Parents Group – Thurston Place College (Attachment 9.4 was tabled and is available on the Auckland Council website) Minutes Page 3 Howick Local Board 21 June 2011 Motion Resolution number HW/2011/60 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded by Member White: That the time for public forum be extended to accommodate all speakers and to extend the time for the Ministry of Education and CYF’s representatives to address the Board on the Thurston Place College matter. CARRIED 10 Extraordinary business 10.1 Thurston Place College Resolution number HW/2011/61 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member Udy: That the Howick Local Board consider as an extraordinary item of business at Item 27.1 the issue of the Ministry of Education’s set up of Thurston Place College. The reason for urgency being that the Ministry are continuing with their plans and the Board wishes to seek a meeting with government ministers and the Prime Minister to see if there are alternatives to the situation. CARRIED Motion Resolution number HW/2011/62 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded by Member White: That Item 27.1 be accorded precedence at this time CARRIED 27 Consideration of Extraordinary Business Items 27.1 Thurston Place College Resolution number HW/2011/63 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member Udy: a) That the Howick Local Board sends a deputation to meet with the Prime Minister at the earliest opportunity to discuss alternatives to the Ministry of Education’s current plan for Thurston Place College inviting some of the leaders of the actions groups to attend. b) That the Howick Local Board seek urgent advice from Auckland Council legal staff regarding an injunction and a Judicial review and all other legal avenues. c) That the Howick Local Board supports in principal the protest actions of the Community. d) The Howick Local Board consults with local school principals regarding possible alternative solutions for these students CARRIED Minutes Page 4 Howick Local Board 21 June 2011 Adjournment of Meeting Resolution number HW/2011/64 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member White: That the meeting adjourn at 7.24pm for a five minute break to allow members of the public to leave the meeting. CARRIED Resumption of Meeting Resolution number HW/2011/65 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member White: That the meeting resumed at 7.29pm. CARRIED 11 Notices of Motion 12 Notice of Motion: Resolution number HW/2011/66 MOVED by Member Spiller, seconded Member Warren: a) That the report be received. b) That the Southern Sector Parks Department of the Auckland Council be requested to undertake a general tidy up of beaches, parks & reserves in the Howick Ward area as soon as practicable with a view to presenting them to visitors, players and residents alike in as pristine a condition as possible before the onset of the Rugby World Cup later this year. c) In particular the board requests that particular attention be paid to remedying recent foreshore erosion at both Eastern Beach and Howick Beach, sand redistribution and beach maintenance at Eastern and Little Buckland’s Beaches and the long overdue repainting of the hoop rail barriers at Howick Beach. CARRIED 13 Howick Ward Councillors Update Resolution number HW/2011/67 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member White: That the verbal report be received. CARRIED 14 Chair's Report Resolution number HW/2011/68 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member Udy: That the Chair’s verbal report be received. CARRIED Minutes Page 5 Howick Local Board 21 June 2011 15 Grant of Licence to Occupy to the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Inc. Resolution number HW/2011/69 MOVED by Member White, seconded Member Donald: a) That the report be received. b) That the Howick Local Board grant a licence to occupy to the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Inc. on the following terms and conditions: i) Term – 10 years commencing 1 November 2009 to align the licence to occupy with the club’s current reserve lease with the council (the licenced area that is to be used by the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club for the hardstand is from 1 April to 30 November on an annual basis) ii) Rights of renewal – Nil iii) Rent – Ten (10) cents if demanded iv) The Club will be responsible for any consent or compliance costs in relation to the licenced area The Club will adhere to any requirements imposed by any Coastal Management Plans for the area and will comply with all requirements in relation to safe waste materials disposal All other terms/conditions and provisions of the Reserves Act 1977 and Property Law Act 2007 and its amendments, if any. c) The Howick Local Board understands that the Yacht Club may choose to seek a right of renewal. CARRIED 16 Naming of Coastal Walkway Between Buckland's Beach and Half Moon Bay Member Shirley Warren declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter. Resolution number HW/2011/70 MOVED by Member Donald, seconded Member Huang: a) That the report be received. b) That the Howick Local Board considers the following options for the naming of the coastal walkway between Buckland’s Beach and Half Moon Bay: i) Te Wai o Taiki Boardwalk ii) Ross Warren Walkway iii) Half Moon Bay Walkway iv) Shark Bay Walkway c) That the Howick Local Board resolved to name the Walkway “Warren Boardwalk” and the observation deck to be named “Te Wai o Taiki” subject to Iwi approval. CARRIED Motion Resolution number HW/2011/71 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded by Member White: That Item 21 be accorded precedence at this time. CARRIED Minutes Page 6 Howick Local Board 21 June 2011 21 Adoption of Revised Local Board Agreements 2011/2012 Resolution number HW/2011/72 MOVED by Member Williams, seconded Member Udy: a) That the report be received. b) That the Howick Local Board notes: i) that the local board agreement attached to this report has been updated to reflect organisation wide savings, a more realistic capital programme, additional discretionary funding for local boards, and to fix mapping errors ii) that the service levels agreed by previous councils in their long-term plans for 2011/2012, including increased activity and investment have been retained with a rates increase of 3.94% required to fund it iii) that the local board will need to resolve whether to adopt the local board agreement in full, and if not, set out the areas where agreement could not be reached and the reasons for this iv) that if the local board agreement is not adopted, the attached agreement will be published in the final annual plan, along with a list of the reasons why this has not been adopted v) that the resolutions of the meeting will be reported back to the governing body when it adopts the annual plan on 28 June 2011. c) That the Howick Local Board adopts in part the updated Howick Local Board Agreement included as attachment A to the report entitled “Adoption of revised local board agreements 2011/2012” by the Team Leader, Business Planning and Evaluation. Agree / Reason for disagreement disagree / added / removed / amended i) The following key initiatives can be progressed in 2011/2012 from existing Auckland Council budgets: 1. Shower facilities on beaches (one per Agree annum) 2. Howick Pride of Place Plan including Agreed in Subject to review of events development of a Howick signature event part funding. connecting our different cultures. $230,000 has been allocated to the local board for local events. If insufficient, local board discretionary funding may be required. 3. Howick Local Board website Agree Resource to be unencumbered 4. Establishing and supporting an Agree Feasibility study only. environmental education centre at Mangemangeroa Reserve and school environmental programme. If insufficient existing budget available, local board discretionary funding maybe required. ii) That Auckland Council will seek to reprioritise budgets to enable the following priorities to proceed in 2011/2012: 1.