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1. APOLOGIES

   There were no apologies.

2. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

   That the minutes of the Works and Services Committee meeting held on Thursday, 3 February 2005 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

   CARRIED

3. EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS

   There was no extraordinary business.

4. PUBLIC FORUM

   There were no requests to speak in public forum.

5. REPORTS REQUESTED/PENDING

   That the reports requested/pending listing dated 22 February 2005 be amended as follows:

   Date	Report Title	Reason for Changing Target Date
   May 2004 Defer to May 2005	Resource Recovery Park	Defer to May 2005 to allow the collation of further information.
   September 2004 Defer to April 2005	Waste Education Outline of Proposed Programme	Defer to April 2005 to allow the collation of further information.

   CARRIED

6. CONSULTATION STRATEGY FOR 2001 DRAINAGE NETWORK CONSENTS

   That public consultation in respect of strategic outcomes for the drainage network consents be undertaken as part of the Council's 2006/2007 Long Term Council Community Plan to establish the context for environmental outcomes sought through the 2001 network consents.

   CARRIED

7. ZERO WASTE TRIPS AND CONFERENCE

   Councillor Bill Christian moved

   1. That the Chairman of the Works and Services Committee, Councillor Neil Abel and Councillor Leila Boyle be authorised to attend:

      (i) The South Island section of the New Zealand Zero Waste bus trips from 11 to 14 April 2005.

      (ii) The 2005 Zero Waste Conference in Kaikoura from 6 to 8 April 2005.

   2. That there be no Works and Services Committee Councillor attendance at the 2005 Resourceful Australia Tour, but that this matter be reconsidered should the Tour be again offered in 2006.

   CARRIED

8. 98 GRAMPIAN ROAD: HEARING OF OBJECTION TO NOTICE TO INSTALL STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER DRAINS

   1. That the Works and Services Committee resolutions on the policies associated with accessing private land for drainage works be forwarded to Mr & Mrs Parkinson of 98 Grampian Road.
   2. That Mr & Mrs Parkinson be invited to add to their earlier objection submission aspects they consider relevant given the new Committee resolutions referred to in A above.
   3. That if Mr & Mrs Parkinson wish to have their additional submissions heard then the hearing be re-convened as part of the Works and Services Committee meeting on 7 April 2005.
   4. That in the event of any further submissions from the Parkinsons, final deliberations on the Parkinsons' objection be postponed until those additional submissions have been heard.

   CARRIED

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

   1. 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.	Policy For Accessing Private Land For Drainage	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 maintain legal professional privilege.	[Section 7(2)(g)]

   2. That Ms Heather Ash and Mr Graham Palmer of Simpson Grierson be permitted to stay as they have information that will be of assistance to the Works and Services Committee on the issue of Policy For Accessing Private Land for Drainage.

   CARRIED

10. POLICY FOR ACCESSING PRIVATE LAND FOR DRAINAGE

    1. That the Auckland City Council continue the current policy of requiring the developer, in the first instance, to attempt to reach agreement with the affected land owners for the provision of either stormwater or wastewater connections to the public network, and then to seek for the council to broker an agreement if that is not successful.
    2. That if actions taken under recommendation (A) above are not successful then, as a means of last resort, the formal statutory process using either Section 460 (private drain) or Section 181 (public drain) of the Local Government Act be invoked by the Manager Utility Planning as provided for in the Delegations Register.
    3. That the report of the Consultant R Mills dated 22 February 2005 (excluding the appendices) and the above resolutions be transferred to the Open Section of the Agenda and be confirmed.

    CARRIED

    There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 2.49pm.