Minutes of a meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 28 March 2017, commencing at 9.33am
Present: His Worship the Mayor of Tasman R Kempthorne (Chairperson), Tasman District Councillors S Brown, S Bryant, P Canton, B Greening, P Hawkes, D McNamara, K Maling, D Ogilvie, P Sangster, T Tuffnell, and A Turley, Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson R Reese, Nelson City Councillors P Matheson, L Acland, I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, M Lawrey, B McGurk, G Noonan, M Rutledge, T Skinner, and S Walker
In Attendance: Nelson City Council Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Nelson City Council Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Tasman District Council Corporate Services Manager (M Drummond), Nelson City Council Administration Adviser (L Canton)
Apologies: Tasman District Councillors T King and D Wensley
Resolved JC/2017/001 That the Committee Receives and accepts apologies from Tasman District Councillors King and Wensley. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
5.1 29 November 2016
Document number M2230, agenda pages 6 - 10 refer.
Resolved JC/2017/002 That the Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 29 November 2016, as a true and correct record. |
6. Tasman Bays Heritage Trust six-monthly presentation
Tasman Bays Heritage Trust (TBHT) Deputy Chair, Emma Thompson, and TBHT Director, Lucinda Blackley-Jimson, gave a presentation (A1736415).
Ms Blackley-Jimson outlined TBHT’s achievements over the previous six months. She answered questions relating to the structure of the cash/in kind fund, the identity of donors to the glass plate digitisation project, and the strategy for making the resulting images publicly available.
Ms Blackley-Jimson answered further questions about the suitability or otherwise of Isel House and the Wakatu Estate facility for storage of photographic and heritage items.
1 Attachment: Tasman Bays Heritage Trust six-monthly presentation (A1736415) |
7. Nelson Regional Development Agency six-monthly presentation
Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) Chairman, John Palmer, and Chief Executive, Mark Rawson, gave a presentation (A1736421).
Mr Rawson answered questions relating to the value of freedom camping to the region’s economy and how it was measured, the NRDA’s decision not to fund a follow-up to the Kiwi Flyer film, and the contribution of retired residents to the region’s lower than national Gross Domestic Product per capita.
Mr Rawson also answered questions relating to the possibility of including Nelson as a main centre on television weather programming, the timing of promotion for the new Nelson-West Coast route, and the location and outcomes of NRDA focus groups.
1 Attachment: Nelson Regional Development Agency six-monthly presentation (A1736421) |
It was noted that a resolution was required to allow Paul Steere, Rob Evans and Simon Orr, of Nelson Airport Ltd, and Phil Lough and Martin Byrne, of Port Nelson Ltd, to attend for Items 6 and 7 respectively of the Public Excluded agenda to answer questions.
Resolved JC/2017/004 Confirms, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that the following people will remain after the public have been excluded as they have knowledge that will assist the Committee: · Paul Steere, Rob Evans and Simon Orr, of Nelson Airport Ltd, for item 6 of the Public Excluded agenda (Nelson Airport Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation); and · Phil Lough and Martin Byrne, of Port Nelson Ltd, for item 7 of the Public Excluded agenda (Port Nelson Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation); and Notes, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that the knowledge they possess relates to: · For Paul Steere, Rob Evans and Simon Orr, of Nelson Airport Ltd, knowledge relating to Nelson Airport Ltd; and · Phil Lough and Martin Byrne, of Port Nelson Ltd, knowledge relating to Port Nelson Ltd. |
Resolved JC/2017/005 That the Committee Excludes the public from the following parts 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 |
General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
1 |
Joint Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 29 November 2016 |
Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7. |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(b)(ii) 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)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations). |
2 |
Nelson Airport Limited six-monthly presentation
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Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7 |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(b)(ii) 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 |
3 |
Port Nelson Limited six-monthly presentation
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Section 48(1)(a) The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7 |
The withholding of the information is necessary: · Section 7(2)(b)(ii) 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 |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 10.23am and resumed in public session at 10.56am.
9. Re-admittance of the Public
Resolved JC/2017/006 That the Committee Re-admits the public to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.56am.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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