Planning and Regulatory Committee Minutes - 5 July 2018
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 5 July 2018, commencing at 9.07a.m.
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Co-Chairperson), Councillor B McGurk (Presiding Co-Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, S Walker and Ms G Paine
In Attendance: Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne), Governance Adviser (R Terry) and Youth Councillors Cassie Hagan and Alex Hunter
Apologies: Nil
1. Apologies
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There were no changes 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 May 2018
Document number M3522, agenda pages 6 - 12 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/039 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 29 May 2018, as a true and correct record. |
Her Worship the Mayor noted she was still busy with the new Government and had been meeting with Ministers around fresh water and the three waters review by the Department of Internal Affairs. There was likely to be a briefing of Council around those issues in the future, probably around October.
7. Warrant of Fitness for Rental Housing
Document number R8802, agenda pages 13 - 18 refer.
Manager Building, Martin Brown, presented the report and answered questions on rental housing warrant of fitness, including an App called Rental Housing WOF. He noted that there had been no further update from central government regarding warrant of finesses for rental housing and no further action would be taken until changes were made at central government. There was discussion around promoting the App and possibly putting a link to the App on the Council website.
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Resolved PR/2018/040 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Warrant of Fitness for Rental Housing (R8802) and its attachment (A1983465); and Agrees that Officers only report further where there is any alteration to Central Government position on a Warrant of Fitness for rental housing. |
8. Draft Waimea Inlet Action Plan
Document number R9296, agenda pages 19 - 46 refer.
Environmental Programmes Adviser, Leigh Marshall presented the report. She noted that since the report had been prepared, two further meetings of the coordination working group had taken place and there had been some minor changes to the Action Plan, including Environmental Wellbeing now being the first priority.
Ms Marshall said there would be a further report to come to the 22 November 2018 Planning and Regulatory meeting, detailing the timeframes and the resources required in order to achieve the outlined actions and targets.
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Resolved PR/2018/041 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Draft Waimea Inlet Action Plan (R9296) and its attachment (A1964502); and Requests officers to prepare a report recommending which draft Waimea Inlet Action Plan targets Nelson City Council should sign up to, either as lead or supporting agency. |
9. Environmental Monitoring Charges - Statement of Proposal
Document number R9311, agenda pages 47 - 66 refer.
Environmental Programmes Adviser, Richard Frizzell, presented the report noting that changes in central Government had resulted in increasing requirements for environmental monitoring work. Mr Frizzell answered questions on the type of activities that would be charged and the Special Consultative Procedure process. He noted that many other Councils were already charging and the introduction of these charges would bring the Council in line with best practice.
Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton answered questions relating to the proposed charges highlighting that those being charged would be consent holders that were benefitting from resources and monitoring, instead of the cost being covered by the general public.
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Resolved PR/2018/042 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Environmental Monitoring Charges - Statement of Proposal (R9311) and its attachments (A1979547, A1986399 and A2000121); and Endorses the Statement of Proposal Draft Fees and Charges for Environmental Monitoring and Science – Resource Consents Activity (A1979547) for final Council approval, and subsequent Special Consultative Procedure. |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/043 That the Council Approves the establishment of charges for its Environmental Monitoring and Science programme as provided for under Section 36 of the Resource Management Act 1991; and Approves the Statement of Proposal Draft Fees and Charges for Environmental Monitoring and Science – Resource Consents Activity (A1979547) and commences a Special Consultative Procedure under section 83 of the Local Government Act 2002, for feedback on the proposed charges; and Agrees that a summary of the Statement of Proposal is not required. |
The meeting was adjourned at 9.39a.m and reconvened at 9.43a.m.
10. Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual - Authority to Complete Review
Document number R9388, agenda pages 67 - 70 refer.
Team Leader City Development, Lisa Gibellini presented the report. There was discussion around the importance of the Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual and how it links to urban design outcomes for land use, environmental outcomes and public spaces.
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Resolved PR/2018/044 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual - Authority to Complete Review (R9388); and Refers to Council all powers of the Planning and Regulatory Committee relating to: · the Draft Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual and its release for public feedback, and · the Draft Nelson Resource Management Plan change for public feedback. |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/045 That the Council Considers all matters relating to · the Draft Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual and its release for public feedback; and · the Draft Nelson Resource Management Plan change for public feedback. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.49a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
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