Planning and Regulatory Committee Minutes - 29 May 2018
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 29 May 2018, commencing at 1.01pm
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Presiding Co-Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, S Walker, Ms G Paine, and Councillor B McGurk (Co-Chairperson)
In Attendance: Councillors P Matheson, T Skinner, M Rutledge, Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Youth Councillors N Frizzell and J VandenBerg-Kaire and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apologies : Nil
1. Apologies
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 5 April 2018
Document number M3394, agenda pages 8 - 13 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/028 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 5 April 2018, as a true and correct record. |
The Chairperson updated the committee on relevant regulatory matters such as the engagement with the Ministry of the Environment and the upcoming Water Symposium in Wellington.
7. Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee - 29 May 2018
Document number R9293, agenda pages 14 - 17 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/029 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee - 29 May 2018 (R9293) and its attachment (A1736802). |
8. Environmental Management Report for 1 January - 31 March 2018
Document number R9137, agenda pages 18 - 40 refer.
Manager Consents and Compliance Mandy Bishop made a correction to page 21, item 6.3 noting that compliance with statutory timeframes had slipped to 84% for the quarter, not 91%.
Manager Consents and Compliance Mandy Bishop, Manager Building Martin Brown and Manager Environment Matt Heale presented the report.
Environmental Programmes Adviser Leigh Marshall answered questions about the Battle for the Banded Rail as well as the discovery of another Back Beach Beetle population.
Officers further answered questions regarding legal proceedings, progress on Special Housing Accords, freedom campers and requests received under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.
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Resolved PR/2018/030 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the Environmental Management Report for 1 January - 31 March 2018 (R9137) and its attachments (A1929343 and A1946662). |
9. Nelson Biodiversity Strategy Revision 2017/18
Document number R9161, agenda pages 41 - 74 refer.
Environmental Programmes Adviser Leigh Marshall presented the report and answered questions regarding the Biodiversity Forum and actions contained in the Strategy.
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Resolved PR/2018/031 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Nelson Biodiversity Strategy Revision 2017/18 (R9161) and its attachments (A1957147 and A1964413). |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/032 That the Council Adopts the revised Nelson Biodiversity Strategy 2017/18 (A1957147). |
10. Section 36 State of the Environment monitoring and research charges
Document number R9236, agenda pages 75 - 82 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/033 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Section 36 State of the Environment monitoring and research charges (R9236) and its attachment (A1947433); and Approves the commencement of the preparation of a Statement of Proposal for annual State of the Environment monitoring and research charges; and Notes that a Statement of Proposal will be prepared and brought back to the Committee for recommendation to Council. |
Document number R8994, agenda pages 83 - 130 refer.
Manager Environment Matt Heale presented his report and answered questions regarding matters pertaining to the Nelson Plan timeline and statutory requirements.
It was noted that the City Vision was developed by the current Council, that the statements at the beginning of the draft Nelson Plan pre-dated the current Council, and that therefore further work was required to ensure the City Vision was reflected in the Nelson Plan in a Resource Management Act context. The recommendation wording was amended to address this matter.
It was noted that agenda pages 106 and 107 needed further work.
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Resolved PR/2018/034 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Nelson Plan Update (R8994) and its attachments (A1955071 and A1923677); and Approves the release of the Draft Nelson Plan in accordance with the Draft Nelson Plan Overview (A1955071) for statutory stakeholder and iwi partner feedback; and Delegates authority to approve the incorporation of the Council’s vision and any minor changes to the Draft Nelson Plan; based on feedback from this meeting, to the Group Manager Environmental Management, Her Worship the Mayor, and Cr McGurk; and Approves amending the indicative timeline for public notification of the Nelson Plan from May 2019 to July 2019. |
12. Submission on Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill (No.2)
Document number R9329, agenda pages 131 - 135 refer.
Acting Senior Strategic Adviser Mark Tregurtha presented his report.
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Resolved PR/2018/035 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Submission on Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill (No.2) (R9329) and its attachments (A1970982 and A1955285); and Confirms the content of the submission (A1955285) as submitted to the Central Government Governance and Administration Committee. |
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Resolved PR/2018/036 That the Planning and Regulatory 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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Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee - Public Excluded - 29 May 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)(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)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities · Section 7(2)(j) To prevent the disclosure or use of official information for improper gain or improper advantage |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 2.04pm and resumed in public session at 2.05pm.
Please note that as the only business transacted in public excluded was to receive the status report, this business has been recorded in the public minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information Meetings Act 1987, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists.
14. Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee - Public Excluded - 29 May 2018
Document number R9294, agenda pages 3 - 4 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/037 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Status Report - Planning and Regulatory Committee - Public Excluded - 29 May 2018 (R9294) and its attachment (A1863070). |
15. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved PR/2018/038 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Re-admits the public to the meeting.
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There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.05pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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