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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND REGULATORY COMMITTEE HELD ON THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2005 AT 9:30 AM

PRESENT:	Councillors:	Glenda	Fryer	[Chair]
		Neil	Abel
		Doug	Armstrong, QSO
		Dr. Cathy	Casey
		Christine	Caughey
		Bill	Christian, JP
		Toni	Millar
		Graeme	Mulholland, JP
		Faye	Storer

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1. APOLOGIES

   That the apology from Cr Raffills for absence and from Cr T Millar for lateness from be accepted.

   CARRIED

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   That the minutes of the Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting held on Thursday, 14 April 2005 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   The Chair moved:

   1. That Bill Leonard be thanked for his presentation on issues regarding noise complaints procedure.
   2. The committee recommends that a Council officer meet with Mr Leonard to discuss noise/nuisance issues, policy and procedures and report back to the committee on options on the methods by which noise complaints can be managed, including more direct Council officer involvement in the process.

   Cr Armstrong moved the following amendment:

   • That the Chief Executive Officer respond on the issues raised by Mr Leonard and his neighbours with any recommendation for improvement of noise control procedures.
   • The amendment was LOST
   • The Chair put the substantive motion:
   1. That Bill Leonard be thanked for his presentation on issues regarding noise complaints procedure.
   2. The committee recommends that a Council officer meet with Mr Leonard to discuss noise/nuisance issues, policy and procedures and report back to the committee on options on the methods by which noise complaints can be managed, including more direct Council officer involvement in the process.

   CARRIED

5. REPORTS REQUESTED/PENDING

   That the information be received with the target date for Sound Proofing controls to be July 2005.

   CARRIED

6. CITY PLANNING GROUP QUARTERLY REPORT

   1. That the Manager City Planning's report to the Committee on key achievements in planning and regulatory matters for the last quarter be received.
   2. That the Manager City Planning work with members of the Planning Fixtures Committee to prepare a 'best practice operational policy' for hearings commissioners.
   3. That this item be moved to the confidential agenda to allow discussion on plan change 92 as there is an appeal to the environment court pending.

   CARRIED

7. QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL REPORT JANUARY TO MARCH 2005 – AUCKLAND CITY ENVIRONMENTS

   1. That the report of the Group Manager, Auckland City Environments dated 28 April 2005 be received.
   2. That the Manager City Environments report to the Planning Fixtures Committee on the current delegations for subdivisions and how the integration is achieved between subdivision and land use consents. This report to include an analysis of the trends in subdivision consents in terms of type, location and zone.
   3. That the General Manager City Development report to the appropriate committees on a comprehensive approach to Urban Design Control across all planning and regulatory functions of the Council.

   CARRIED

   Cr Armstrong wished his vote against resolutions B and C recorded.

8. DOG CONTROL - INFRINGEMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT

   That the report of the Animal Control Contract Manager dated 27 April 2005 be received.

   CARRIED

9. AMENDMENT OF DOG POLICY AND DOG CONTROL BYLAW TO ALLOW ON-LEASH ACCESS TO TAHUNA TOREA

   That the Planning and Regulatory Committee recommend to Council that the special consultative process be commenced, to have Tahuna Torea Reserve changed from a prohibited area to an on-leash area in Council's Policy on Dogs and Dog Control Bylaw.

   That the statement of proposal, summary of information, amended policy and amended bylaw, attached to the report of the Senior Planner dated 2 May 2005, be adopted by council for the special consultative process.

   That the Council resolve to amend paragraph (c) of the Third Schedule of the Dog Control Bylaw by removing reference to Great Barrier Island (i.e. the words "or Great Barrier Island”).

   CARRIED

10. A NEW ORAKEI BASIN BYLAW

    That the Committee support in principal the division of the Orakei Basin into two halves, one-half for water skiing and the other half for sailing, canoe and waka paddling.

    That the Committee endorse the statement of proposal and Orakei Basin Bylaw (annexure A) and summary of information (annexure B), as attached to the report of the Senior Planner, Isthmus and Islands Resource Management dated 2 May 2005 and recommend that these be forwarded to Council for the purpose of commencing the special consultative process.

    CARRIED

11. MANAGEMENT OF ORAKEI BASIN

    That the resolutions of the Arts, Culture and Recreation committee meeting of 4 May 2005 be received.

    CARRIED

12. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC : LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987

    That the public be excluded from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

    The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under Section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as follows:

    Item No.	General subject of each matter to be considered	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
    C1.	Proposed Plan Change to the Transitional Operative Plan 1991, Proposed Variation to Part 14.10 Victoria Park Market Precinct of the Proposed Auckland City District Plan (Central Area Section 1997) and Proposed Plan Changes to the Operative Auckland City District Plan (Central Area Section 2004) Victoria Quarter, CBD Urban Design Control and CBD Residential Amenity Control	Good Reason to withhold exists under section 7	Section 48(1)(a)

    This resolution is made in reliance on Section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are as follows:

    Item No.	Reason to withhold information under section 7
    C1.	That a right of appeal lies to the Environment Court against the final decision of the Committee	Section 48.2(a)(i)

    CARRIED

    There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 12:10 pm.