That the apologies from Cr Mulholland and Cr Caughey for lateness be accepted.

That the minutes of the Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting held on Thursday, 23 November 2005 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

3.1  TEMPORARY LIQUOR BANS – WAIHEKE ISLAND 2005/06

4.1  UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF POHUTUKAWA TREE

That the apology of Mr G B Shaw for the unlawful removal of a Pohutukawa tree at 21 Mt Smart Road be noted.

That the reports requested/pending information from the Hearings Services Manager for the month of December 2005 be received.

1. That the report entitled "Minimum Standards for Residential Apartments in Central Auckland" by Clinton Bird, dated November 2005 provide the basis for Council officers' further discussions on the subject with the Department of Building and Housing and an Auckland Regional Council inter-council working group.
2. That the report entitled ""Minimum Standards for Residential Apartments in Central Auckland" by Clinton Bird, dated November 2005 and its recommendations be ' and reported to the committee once decisions on submissions to Plan Changes 1 and 2 have been made and the Auckland Regional Council inter-council group process is completed.
3. That officers consider whether a joint regional approach on apartment standards is appropriate, pending outcomes of the inter-council working group.

That Clare Connell, Animal Contracts Manager, be thanked for her verbal report on training provided for animal control services staff.

That the committee requests the Works and Services Committee consider  initiating a trial for an holistic rubbish collection system in suburban shopping centres.

1. That the District Plan Changes For Affordable Housing issue be referred to the Urban Strategy and Governance Committee for their consideration and a request that it be a recommendation to the Annual Plan Direction Setting meeting that funding provision be made for the investigation and implementation of a regulatory approach to providing affordable housing in new developments.

   Secretarial Note: That to provide for this approach,  the investigation would need to consider any changes in legislation that may be required and the funding sought is essentially for this investigation.

2. That previous investigative work on inclusionary zoning be tabled at the Urban Strategy and Governance Committee.

That the committee appoints a working party of Cr Fryer, Cr Storer, Cr Caughey, Cr Mulholland and Cr Sefuiva to work with staff to develop appropriate visual parameters and to assess the need for saving provisions, for the reviews of the Signs and Billboards bylaws.

Item 7 was taken at this time.

1. That a temporary liquor ban be put in place for the 2005 Christmas in the Park event on 10 December 2005 (including the nominated rain date of 11 December 2005) to cover from 1700 hours until 2400 hours.
2. That all liquor ban reports for October-January 2006/07 be provided to the committee by August 2006 for consideration.

That the Laneowner Consent For An Airspace Licence Over Road Reserve 312-330 Broadway, Newmarket application be  withdrawn from the agenda due to the proposal being redesigned.

That the committee recommend to the full council:

1. That plan change 164 (applying a business 8 zoning and associated concept plan to approximately 8.4ha of land at The Oasis, Mt Wellington, for Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd) be approved and incorporated into the Auckland City District Plan: Isthmus Section 1999.
2. That the Manager: Isthmus and Islands Resource Management be authorised to publicly notify the date on which plan change 164 will become operative.

14.1. PLAN MODIFICATION 10, ALEXANDRA PARK

That Independent Commissioner G Hill (Chairman), Cr Caughey, Cr Fryer, Board Member K Carter, (and alternates Cr Mulholland and Cr Storer) be appointed to hear submissions and make a recommendation to Council on Plan Modification 10, relating to Alexandra Park which seeks to introduce a new concept plan (E09-55) and business 8 zoning to a 2.36 ha portion of the site currently used for carparking fronting Green Lane West.

14.2. PLAN CHANGE 183

That Cr Caughey (Chairman), Cr Storer, Cr Mulholland and Board Member K Carter (and alternate Independent Commissioner R Wright) be appointed to hear submissions and make a recommendation to Council on Plan Change 183 which amends the Auckland District Plan: Isthmus Section to include four buildings as scheduled heritage items in the Plan being 2-8 Osborne Street, Newmarket (Kents Bakery), 481-487 Khyber Pass Road, Newmarket (Kents Building), 586-592 Remuera Rd, Remuera (McLaren Service Station) and 2 Stanley Street, Parnell (Swan Hotel).

14.3. PLAN CHANGE 184

That Cr Caughey (Chairman), Cr Fryer, Cr Mulholland, (and alternates Independent Commissioner R Wright and Board Member L Rea) be appointed to hear submissions and make a recommendation to council on Plan Change 184 which amends the Auckland District Plan: Isthmus Section to include one building as a scheduled heritage item in the Plan. The proposed plan change is for scheduling the building at 42 St Stephens Avenue, "Paykel House".

That Councillors and Community Board tree representatives who have not attended the Community Tree Care Course be given the opportunity to attend the course in 2006.

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:

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: