APOLOGIES
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
That the apologies from Councillor Graeme Mulholland and Deputy Mayor David Hay
for non-attendance be accepted.
CARRIED
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the minutes of the Avondale Community Board meeting held on Tuesday, 25
March 2008 be confirmed as a true and correct record.
EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS
There was no extraordinary business.
PUBLIC FORUM
4.1. CANAL ROAD FOOTPATH UPGRADE - DOUG WESTER
Doug
Wester spoke to the Board about the condition of the footpaths on Canal Road and
tabled a petition from local residents urging Auckland City Council to upgrade
the footpaths in 2008/2009.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Kathryn Davie
That Doug Wester be thanked for his presentation.
CARRIED
4.2. PACIFIC ISLANDS WARDEN - DAVID PINOMI
David Pinomi spoke to the Board about the work undertaken by the Pacific Islands
Warden, their need for a suitable location to train new wardens and in support
of his application for discretionary funding.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Catherine Farmer
That David Pinomi, Pacific Islands Warden, be thanked for his presentation and
that the Board consider the application at item 5.1
CARRIED
Item 4.4 was taken at this stage.
4.3. AVONDALE COMMUNITY BOARD - MARGI WATSON
Margi Watson spoke to the Board and tabled a submission about the Avondale
Community Board and issues of concern regarding the State Highway 20 Waterview
connection tunnel proposal.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Kathryn Davie
That Margi Watson be thanked for her presentation.
CARRIED
4.4. LIBERTY IMPACT COMMUNITY TRUST - FIONA MAISEY
Fiona Maisey, Liberty Impact Community Trust, spoke to the Board in support of
her application for discretionary funding.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Kathryn Davie
That Fiona Maisey, Liberty Impact Community Trust, be thanked for her
presentation and that the Board consider the application at item 5.2.
CARRIED
4.5. STATE HIGHWAY 20 (SH20) WATERVIEW CONNECTION - JUSTIN NEWCOMBE
Justin Newcombe spoke to the Board about issues of concern surrounding the State
Highway 20 Waterview connection tunnel proposal.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
That Justin Newcombe, on behalf of the Waterview Primary School Board of
Trustees, be thanked for his presentation regarding the State Highway 20
Waterview connection tunnel proposal.
CARRIED
4.6. STATE HIGHWAY 20 (SH20) WATERVIEW CONNECTION - BILL MCKAY
Bill
McKay, Chair, North Western Community Association, spoke to the Board and tabled
a submission regarding the State Highway 20 Waterview connection tunnel
proposal.
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That Bill McKay, Chair, North Western Community Association, be thanked for his
presentation regarding the State Highway 20 Waterview connection tunnel
proposal.
CARRIED
REQUESTS FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING
5.1. PACIFIC ISLANDS WARDEN
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Catherine Farmer
-
That the Discretionary Funding application
from Pacific Islands Warden seeking funding towards venue hire costs for
training road patrol wardens, be received.
CARRIED
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Paul Davie
-
That the matter be deferred to enable to
Chairperson to obtain further information on the application including, at
least, a memorandum of understanding with the police, written references from
the Pacific Island Advisory Board and quotes from venue hire facilities.
CARRIED
5.2. LIBERTY IMPACT COMMUNITY TRUST
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Kathryn Davie
-
That the Discretionary Funding application
from Liberty Impact Community Trust seeking funding towards the costs of
purchasing and erecting a roadside sign, be received.
CARRIED
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Paul Davie
-
That the Board grants $149 from its 2007/2008
Discretionary Funding budget to Liberty Impact Community Trust for funding
towards the costs of purchasing and erecting a roadside sign subject to the sign
complying with Council bylaws.
-
That Liberty Impact Community Trust be
requested to provide an accountability statement to the Board following
expenditure of the Discretionary Funding grant of $149.
CARRIED
COASTS AND BEACHES PLAN
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
-
That the report from the Open space planner,
dated 6 March 2008, be received.
-
That Andrew Cave, Open space planner, and John
Nash, Senior open space planner, be thanked for their attendance and the
information provided.
-
That Board members Kathryn Davie and Catherine
Farmer be appointed to work with officers on developing the coasts and beaches
plan.
CARRIED
HERON PARK REVITILISATION PLANS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
-
That the memorandum from the Parks advisor,
dated 7 April 2008, be received.
-
That the Board requests the Parks advisor to
prepare a SLIPs proposal form for drawing up of detailed landscape plans for the
revitalisation of Heron Park.
-
That the Heron Park Advisory Group be
acknowledged as a key stakeholder in the revitalisation plans for Heron Park.
-
That the Democracy advisor arrange for copies
of the final development plan to be made available to Board members.
CARRIED
The
above resolutions were voted for in parts. Board members Kathryn Davie and Paul
Davie wished their vote against C to be recorded.
AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL DRAFT CONSULTATION POLICY
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Lily Ho
That the report from the Acting manager, Research and consultation, dated 28
February 2008, be received.
CARRIED
PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL STREET CLEANING ORDERLIES
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
-
That the report from the Manager, Street
amenity services, dated 28 March 2008, and the resolutions of the Arts, Culture
and Recreation Committee meeting dated 9 April 2008,be noted.
CARRIED
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Paul Davie
-
That the Board requests officers to confirm
the status of street cleaning in all business centres in the Avondale Board's
area.
CARRIED
BYLAW REVIEW - PUBLIC DOMAIN AND ENVIRONMENTAL RELATED BYLAWS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Paul Davie
That Board member Paul Davie be appointed to a working party to prepare the
Board's submissions in respect of the public domain bylaws, in particular public
places and street trading.
CARRIED
NOTICES OF MOTION
11.1. DICKEY STREET RESERVE UPGRADE
Moved: Kathryn Davie / Duncan Macdonald
That the Avondale Community Board requests officers investigate upgrading Dickey
Street Reserve, and report back to the June Avondale Community Board meeting
with a proposal.
CARRIED
11.2. GREEN TURNING ARROW FROM ROSEBANK ROAD RIGHT INTO AVONDALE ROAD
Moved: Paul Davie / Kathryn Davie
That the Avondale Community Board requests officers to investigate installing a
right turn green priority light for traffic on Rosebank Road turning right into
Avondale Road, phased to coincide with the right turn phase from Rosebank Road
into Eastdale Road.
CARRIED
11.3. CANAL ROAD FOOTPATH UPGRADE
Moved: Paul Davie / Lily Ho
That the Avondale Community Board requests officers ensure the Canal Road
footpath upgrade is prioritised to ensure it is completed in the 2008/2009
financial period.
CARRIED
11.4. ADDING NON STOPPING YELLOW LINE AT BLOCKHOUSE BAY LIBRARY ENTRY/EXIT ON BLOCKHOUSE BAY ROAD
Moved: Lily Ho / Noelene Raffills
That the Avondale Community Board recommends to officers to consult and
investigate the possibility of deleting one or two parking spaces and change it
to non stopping yellow line at the Blockhouse Bay library entry/exit on
Blockhouse Bay Road.
CARRIED
11.5. REDUCING RUBBISH ON OUR STREETS
Moved: Noelene Raffills / Lily Ho
That the Avondale Community Board requests officers to provide "no junk mail" or
"no circulars" stickers for letterboxes to be available for all properties in
the Board's area.
CARRIED
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
-
A. That the verbal report of the Chairperson
regarding the following be received:
-
SH20
Waterview connection tunnel proposal
- Attendance at Community Board Association meetings and Auckland City Community
Board Chairs meeting to discuss regional governance
- Attendance at consultation process meeting
- Planning and trees workshop
- Update
on submission on bylaws regarding hostels and food stalls
-
That Board members Paul Davie, Catherine
Farmer, Lily Ho and Duncan Macdonald be appointed to a working party to prepare
its submission to Auckland City Council's draft annual plan.
CARRIED
COUNCILLORS' REPORTS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
That the verbal report of Councillor Noelene Raffills regarding the following be
received:
CARRIED
BOARD MEMBERS' REPORTS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Noelene Raffills
-
That the verbal report of Board member Kathryn
Davie regarding the following be received:
-
Meeting
regarding anti graffiti murial
- Update
on submission on bylaws relating to food premises
- Attendance at Youth Council meeting where there was a speaker from the 'Red
Frogs' group
-
That the verbal report of Board member Paul Davie regarding the
following be received:
- Update
on dog control policy submission
- Heron
park and possibility of opening it up in its entirety to dog exercise off-leash
-
That the verbal report of Board member
Catherine Farmer regarding the following be received:
- Rubbish
at the Three Guys site
-
D. That the verbal report of Board member Lily Ho
regarding the following be received:
- Attendance at Blockhouse Bay Mainstreet meeting
- Farmers
market in Blockhouse Bay this Saturday and a further two next month
CARRIED
GROUP ACTIVITY REPORTS
Moved: Duncan Macdonald / Kathryn Davie
That the group activity reports for March 2008 be received.
CARRIED
There being no further business the Chairperson declared
the meeting closed at 9:28 pm.
