Minutes of a meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 9 May 2017, commencing at 1.34pm
Present: Councillor T Skinner (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors I Barker, M Courtney, K Fulton, B McGurk, M Rutledge (Deputy Chairperson) and S Walker
In Attendance: Chief Executive (C Hadley), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Property Parks and Facilities Asset Manager (A Petheram), Team Leader Property (P Hunter) and Administration Adviser (S Burgess)
Apology: Councillor K Fulton for lateness
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Resolved SPO/2017/041 That the Committee Receives and accepts the apology from Councillor Fulton for lateness. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
The Chairperson advised of one late item for the meeting, and that the following resolution needed to be passed for the item to be considered:
2.1 Network Tasman Easement - Highview Reserve
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Resolved SPO/2017/042 That the Committee Considers the item regarding Network Tasman Easement - Highview Reserve at this meeting as a major item not on the agenda, pursuant to Section 46A(7)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, to enable a timely decision to be made. |
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1 Sports and Recreation Committee 09May2017 - Late Item R7664 |
3. Interests
There were no updates to the Interests Register.
Councillor Barker declared an interest in the report Network Tasman Easement – Highview Reserve report.
4. Confirmation of Minutes - 21 February 2017
Document number M2344, agenda pages 5 - 9 refer.
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Resolved SPO/2017/044 That the Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee to Hear Submissions to the Proposed Reserve Revocation – Emano East Reserve, held on 21 February 2017, as a true and correct record. |
Attendance: Councillor Barker declared an interest and sat back from the table at 1.39pm.
5. Network Tasman Easement - Highview Reserve
Document number R7664, late items agenda pages 2 - 7 refer.
Attendance: Councillor Fulton joined the meeting at 1.44pm.
Property Legal Executive, Alison Millard, presented the report and responded to questions.
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Resolved SPO/2017/045 That the Committee Receives the report Network Tasman Easement - Highview Reserve (R7664) and its attachments (A1755625 and A1755616). |
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Recommendation to Council SPO/2017/046 That the Council Grants the easement in gross, meaning granting the easement to Network Tasman Limited rather than to property, in favour of Network Tasman Limited over the area shown on the plan marked “V” (A1755616) of the Highview Reserve with all legal costs associated with the easements over Highview Reserve to be met by KB Quarries Limited; and Confirms the easements be agreed to under section 48(1) (d) of the Reserves Act 1977, acting pursuant to a delegation from the Minister of Conservation. |
Attendance: Councillor Barker returned to the table at 1.51pm.
6. Emano East Reserve Revocation - Deliberations Report
Document number R7657, agenda pages 10 - 34 refer.
Team Leader Property, Peter Hunter, presented the report and responded to questions.
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Resolved SPO/2017/047 That the Committee Receives the report Emano East Reserve Revocation - Deliberations Report (R7657) and its attachments (A1715601and A1750246), and Receives two further submissions (12229 and 12239) (A1745390) that were not made available at the Hearing on 21 February 2017. |
Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor left the meeting at 2.28pm.
Property Parks and Facilities Asset Manager, Andrew Petheram, and Group Manager Strategy and Environment, Clare Barton, responded to further questions.
Points were raised regarding the importance of green space, biodiversity, connections, community feedback, future development in the area, and the small number of properties that could be developed on the land.
Councillor Fulton, seconded by Councillor Courtney, moved a motion:
That the Council
Approves that, having considered the community feedback, the Recreation Reserve status of Emano East Reserve (Lot 1 DP4341) is retained; and
Agrees that the matter be forwarded to the appropriate committee to consider the role of Emano East Reserve (Lot 1 DP4341) in enhancing biodiversity and Council’s Out and About Strategy.
Attendance: Councillor Rutledge left the meeting from 2.53pm to 2.55pm.
Committee members considered the relatively low potential sale price of the land, the potential costs of sale, and the possible impact on limiting walking and cycling options. The majority of Committee members expressed views that the sale of Emano East Reserve land did not seem in the best interests of the Nelson community.
Following discussion as to whether the second clause of the motion was essential, the mover and seconder agreed to withdraw this clause.
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Recommendation to Council SPO/2017/048 That the Council Approves that, having considered the community feedback, the Recreation Reserve status of Emano East Reserve (Lot 1 DP4341) is retained. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 3.07pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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