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AGENDA ATTACHMENTS

I hereby give notice that a meeting of the

WORKS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE

will be held as follows:

Members:

Ex Officio:

1. APOLOGIES

   At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   The minutes of the Works and Services Committee meeting held on Thursday, 6 April 2006 and of the extraordinary meeting held on Monday, 10 April 2006 to be confirmed as a true and correct record.

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   "An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
   (a)	The local authority by resolution so decides; and
   (b)	The presiding member explains at the meeting at a time when it is open to the public,-
   	(i)	The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
   	(ii)	The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting."
   Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
   "Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
   (a)	That item may be discussed at that meeting if-
   	(i)	That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
   	(ii)	The presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
   (b)	no resolution, decision, or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion."

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   A period of time (approximately 20 minutes) is set aside for members of the public to address the meeting on matters within its delegated authority. A maximum of 5 minutes per item is allowed, following which there may be questions from members.

   At the close of the agenda no requests to speak had been received.

5. REPORTS REQUESTED PENDING

   Lisa Stothers
   Acting Committee Manager	27 April 2006

   Reporting on reports requested/pending for the information of the Works and Services Committee.

   Recommending that the report be received.

   [ATTACHMENT 5]

   Pages 1 - 2

6. RAINWATER TANK REBATE PROGRAMME (STORMWATER)

   Murray Menzies
   Consultant	20 April 2006

   Reporting Auckland City intends to offer a rainwater tank rebate programme under which applicants paying a "Stormwater Development Contribution" will be entitled to a $1,000 rebate once a rainwater tank is installed for water supply for non-potable uses within the development.

   Recommending that subject to approval by Council of the recommended stormwater strategy 4b, that the rainwater tank rebate programme be endorsed and implemented and that the draft "Rainwater Tank Rebate Programme – Manual" be approved in principle for implementation from 1 July 2006 allowing for minor amendments from time to time.

   [ATTACHMENT 6]

   Pages 3 - 8

7. WASTE 2006 CONFERENCE REPORT

   Michael McQuillan
   Manager Utility Planning	20 April 2006

   Reporting on the Waste 2006 conference held in Coffs Harbour, Australia between 27 and 30 March 2006, which the Chairman of the Works and Services Committee, Neil Abel and Councillor Leila Boyle attended together with the Manager Utility Planning.

   Recommending that the report be received.

   [ATTACHMENT 7]

   Pages 9 - 16

8. SP2005/756: MOTIONS WATER TO BOSTON STORMWATER UPGRADE

   Abhishek Sharma
   Project Manager	27 April 2006

   Reporting on the tender received for SP2005/756: Motions Water to Boston Stormwater upgrade from Harker Underground Construction Ltd. The tender received was $3.21 million (including contingency sum but exclusive of GST).

   Recommending that it be a recommendation to Council that the tender by Harker Underground Construction Ltd for $3.21 million (including contingency sum but exclusive of GST) be accepted.

   [ATTACHMENT 8]

   Pages 17 - 22

9. URGENT DECISION: SP2005/576 THE PARADE STORMWATER UPGRADE

   M Walker
   Project Manager – Beca Carter Hollins and Ferner	11 April 2006

   Reporting on an urgent decision taken on 13 April 2006 regarding tenders received for SP2005/576 The Parade Stormwater Upgrade project and advising the lowest conforming tender was of $5.786 million (inclusive of contingency sum, exclusive of GST) from Fulton Hogan Ltd.

   Recommending the urgent decision be noted.

   [ATTACHMENT 9]

   Pages 23 - 30

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

    Lisa Stothers
    Acting Committee Manager	27 April 2006
    Section 48, Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987:

    The following motion is submitted for consideration:

    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.	Septic Tank Sludge Disposal Options For Waiheke Island	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.	To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.	[Section 7(2)(b)(ii)]