Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 25 May 2017, commencing at 9.01am
Present: Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, S Walker and Ms G Paine
In Attendance: Councillor P Matheson, Group Manager Strategy and Environment (C Barton), Senior Strategic Adviser (N McDonald), Administration Adviser (S Burgess) and Nelson Youth Councillors (E Rais and C Hagan)
There were no apologies.
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
The Chairperson advised that item 12, Small-Scale Management Programme for Mediterranean fanworm, would be considered after the morning tea break.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4.1 Kerry Neal
Mr Neal provided a handout (A1764488) and spoke about consultation on natural hazards, changes to property titles, tsunami flooding solutions, financing flood protection and the risk of certain building constructions failing in an earthquake.
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1 A1764488 - Kerry Neal Handout |
5.1 13 April 2017
Document number M2503, agenda pages 8 - 11 refer.
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Resolved PR/2017/019 That the Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 13 April 2017, as a true and correct record. |
6. Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee 25 May 2017
Document number R7689, agenda pages 12 - 15 refer.
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Resolved PR/2017/021 That the Committee Receives the Status Report Planning and Regulatory Committee 25 May 2017 (R7689) and its attachment (A1736802). |
The Chairperson advised he would be attending the Local Government New Zealand Freshwater Symposium along with several officers and other elected members.
8. Timing of the Navigation Safety Bylaw review
Document number R7331, agenda pages 16 - 20 refer.
Manager Consents and Compliance, Mandy Bishop, presented the report and responded to questions.
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Resolved PR/2017/022 That the Committee Receives the report Timing of the Navigation Safety Bylaw review (R7331); and Decides to commence the review of Navigation Safety Bylaw 218, noting it will be completed by 1 December 2019. |
9. Speed Limit Bylaw Amendment - Main Road Stoke
Document number R7710, agenda pages 21 - 24 refer.
Asset Engineer Transport, Kayleen Goldthorpe, presented the report.
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Resolved PR/2017/023 That the Committee Receives the report Speed Limit Bylaw Amendment - Main Road Stoke (R7710); and its attachment (A1758273): and Approves amendments detailed in report R7710 to the following schedules of the Bylaw No 210, Speed Limits (2011): - Schedule I: 80km/h - Schedule G: 60km/h - Schedule A: Urban Traffic Areas Map 6. |
10. Strategy and Environment Report for 1 January - 31 March 2017
Document number R7433, agenda pages 25 - 40 refer.
Manager Consents and Compliance, Mandy Bishop, Manager Planning, Matt Heale, Manager Building, Chris Wood, Interim Environmental Programmes Manager, Jo Martin, and Environmental Programmes Adviser, Richard Frizzell, presented the report and responded to questions.
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Resolved PR/2017/024 That the Committee Receives the report Strategy and Environment Report for 1 January - 31 March 2017 (R7433) and its attachment (A1737726). |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2017/025 That the Council Approves that the following amounts in the Nelson Nature budget are being carried forward to the 2017/18 Financial Year: - $60,000 for Dun Mountain wilding conifer control - $20,000 for the Department of Conservation animal and plant pest advisor - $10,000 for the Taiwan Cherry feasibility study. |
Document number R7408, agenda pages 41 - 87 refer.
Peter Lawless, Facilitator for Top of the South Marine Biosecurity Partnership, and Environmental Programmes Adviser, Richard Frizzell, presented the report and responded to questions.
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Resolved PR/2017/026 That the Committee Receives and notes the report Marine Biosecurity (R7408) and its attachment (A1735275). |
12. Options for Extending Smokefree Policy
Document number R7725, agenda pages 121 - 131 refer.
Senior Strategic Adviser, Nicky McDonald, presented the report. She advised that officers proposed a change to the recommendation to refer to ‘Council-run’ events instead of ‘Council-funded’ events as this was more appropriate.
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Resolved PR/2017/027 That the Committee Receives the report Options for Extending Smokefree Policy (R7725) and its attachment (A1741198). |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2017/028 That the Council Approves extending its smokefree policy to include Council-run events, and working with partners to promote a smokefree message; and Approves an allocation of $3,500 unbudgeted operational funding in 2017/18 to the New Zealand Cancer Society Nelson Centre in support of a trial of smokefree outdoor dining in the city centre. |
Attendance: The meeting adjourned for morning tea from 10.27am to 10.41am, during which time Councillor Dahlberg, Glenice Paine and Her Worship the Mayor left the meeting.
13. Small-Scale Management Programme for Mediterranean fanworm
Document number R7409, agenda pages 88 - 120 refer.
Peter Lawless, Facilitator for Top of the South Marine Biosecurity Partnership, Environmental Programmes Adviser, Richard Frizzell, and Tasman District Council Coordinator – Biosecurity and Biodiversity, Paul Sheldon, presented the report and responded to questions.
Attendance: Councillor Dahlberg returned to the meeting at 10.42am, Glenice Paine returned to the meeting at 10.43am.
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Resolved PR/2017/029 That the Committee Receives the report Small-Scale Management Programme for Mediterranean fanworm (R7409) and its attachment (A1753714); and Approves the notification of a Small-Scale Management Programme for Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) within the entire coastal area of Nelson City and coming into force on 1 July 2017. |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2017/030 That the Council Approves $36,000 per year for a three year period, commencing 2017/18 to fund the operational implementation of a Small-Scale Management Programme for Sabella. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.00am.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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