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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 Tuesday, 27 February 2007 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.

   The following requests have been received to address the meeting:

   4.1. ORAKEI CREEK DREDGING - ORAKEI BASIN PROTECTION GROUP

   A representative of the Orakei Basin Protection Group will speak to the Committee regarding the proposed Orakei Creek dredging project.

5. REPORTS REQUESTED/PENDING LIST

   Denise McKenzie
   Democracy Advisor	27 March 2007

   Attaching a list of reports requested/pending list for the information of the committee.

   Recommending that this report be received.

   [ATTACHMENT 5]

   Pages 1-2

6. REGIONAL THREE WATERS STRATEGIC PLANNING

   Greg Paterson
   Manager water planning	26 February 2007

   Reporting on progress on a decision made in 2005 by members of all organisations that make up the Auckland water industry to prepare a regional three waters plan (water supply, wastewater and stormwater).

   A presentation will be made to the committee which is based on a discussion document circulated to participant organisations for comment. Wider public release of the final discussion document is scheduled for June 2007.

   Recommending that the committee support continued refinements to three waters strategic planning leading up to public release of documentation in June 2007.

   [ATTACHMENT 6]

   Pages 3-7

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

   Denise McKenzie
   Democracy Advisor	27 Mar 2007
   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.	Waste Management Contract Renewal Strategy	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 enable the Council to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.	[Section 7(2)(h)]
   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)]