Sports and Recreation Committee Minutes - 3 April 2018
Minutes of a meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House , 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 3 April 2018, commencing at 9.03am
Present: Councillor T Skinner (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, I Barker, M Courtney, K Fulton, B McGurk and S Walker
In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Acting Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Manager Organisational Assurance and Emergency Management (R Ball) and Governance Adviser (E Stephenson)
Apologies: Councillor Rutledge
1. Apologies
Resolved SPO/2018/009 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor Rutledge. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
Councillor Barker advised that he had provided an update to the Interests Register and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
5.1 20 February 2018
Document number M3271, agenda pages 7 - 11 refer.
It was noted that Councillor Fulton was recorded in the previous minutes attendance record as an apology, which was incorrect as the apology was not accepted. The minutes were confirmed with the Councillor’s name removed against apologies.
Resolved SPO/2018/010 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee, held on 20 February 2018, as amended, as a true and correct record. |
The Chairperson provided a verbal report. Points he covered included:
· The Saxton Shooting Range Open Day had been held. There were 111 attendees, this had been a positive event
· The Waahi Taakaro Golf Course – there had been positive feedback and a focus on the recruitment of younger people and females
· Campsites over the summer - he had been impressed by how well the self-contained and non-self-contained campers together had worked, with 50 – 100 people paying their way
· Trafalgar Park – the grass was growing green and had been laser levelled, there has been good feedback from staff, the rain had tested it on 22 March and the rain had gone straight through the grass. It was nice to see codes sharing the space for training and to see communication between staff
· Mountain biking – the re-opening of the P51 Mountain Bike Trail
· Brook Recreation Hub – should be ready to open by 30 June.
Group Manager Community Services, Chris Ward, responded to a question regarding plans to revisit sites designated for self-contained vehicles, noting that staff had met in the previous week to debrief after the season. He said that staff believed the bylaw had worked well and that a future report to the committee may suggest minor amendments to areas.
Resolved SPO/2018/011 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Receives the Chairperson’s verbal report. |
7. Status Report - Sports & Recreation Committee - 03 April 2018
Document number R9158, agenda pages 12 - 14 refer.
Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, answered questions regarding the Modeller’s Pond resource consent.
Resolved SPO/2018/012 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Receives the report Status Report - Sports & Recreation Committee - 03 April 2018 (R9158) and its attachment (A1935487). |
8. Review of Natureland Funding and Business Plan 2018
Document number R9091, agenda pages 15 - 95 refer.
Consultant David Hammond spoke to his report and answered questions regarding Natureland’s future aspirations, international standards, building relationships, Council specific outcomes, biodiversity in Nelson, conservation objectives, the level of scrutiny over projects and capital and operational funding. Group Manager Community Services, Chris Ward answered questions relating to conditional funding agreements and the LTP.
Resolved SPO/2018/013 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Receives the report Review of Natureland Funding and Business Plan 2018 (R9091) and its attachments (A1916657, A1849829/A1862894, and A1925249). |
Recommendation to Council SPO/2018/014 That the Council Considers Natureland funding as part of the Long Term Plan 2018-28 deliberations. |
Resolved SPO/2018/015 That the Sports and Recreation 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: |
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Sports and Recreation Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 20 February 2018 |
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. |
· Section 7(2)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities
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2 |
Interim options - Tahuna Beach Holiday Park
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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)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person · Section 7(2)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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Status Report - Sports and Recreation Committee - Public Excluded - 03 April 2018
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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)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 10.30a.m. and resumed in public session at 11.48p.m.
10. Re-admittance of the Public
Resolved SPO/2018/020 That the Sports and Recreation Committee Re-admits the public to the meeting.
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There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.48.a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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