THE GARDENS APARTMENTS

Walker’s call followed a similar position last year when he and several other councillors voted against council developing a submission on the reform to avoid supporting it in any way.

“This dismembers the council in respect of taking a great deal of our responsibility around water away from us and I would suggest there is huge community opposition.”

Walker pointed to Christchurch City Council which, he believed, had “taken a stronger position” than Auckland.

Walker wanted to know “whether this council will embark on a more aggressive campaign which might involve promoting our stance more aggressively to the media and encouraging the public and various organisations to get behind us.”

Mayor Wayne Brown turned down Walker’s request.

“I think strategically at the moment we are playing quite a good game in the middle,” he said. “We have formally stated quite strongly at the front of this that we oppose, and we have got a lot of reasons for it. You have to have faith in the approach.”

He said his main question around the Three Waters Reform was about how Northland and Auckland would be better served operating out of a single hub. Brown also said ‘the government is the government’ and with a majority “they can pass what they like”.

Silverdale subdivision on fast track route

The next two stages of East Coast Heights subdivision in Silverdale, behind the park ‘n’ ride, are being put forward for resource consent via the Covid-19 fast-track consenting process. Applications for two sections of the subdivision – one containing 303 residential housing units, and another of 62 residential units at Goldwater Drive – are not yet lodged, but are on the fast track list of projects. The process circumvents Auckland Council’s resource consent route and involves expert panels making decisions on resource consent applications and other matters before the projects can go ahead. The Environmental Protection Authority provides advice and administrative support for the panel convener and expert panels, which are appointed by the convener. The developer is Build Rich. When complete, the 26ha development will contain around 500 homes and a commercial centre. w Backstories www.localmatters.co.nz February 19, 2020 and February 17, 2021

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