Planning and Regulatory Committee Minutes - 9 October 2018
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday, 9 October 2018, commencing at 1.02p.m.
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Presiding Co-Chairperson), Councillors B McGurk (Co-Chairperson), I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, S Walker and Ms G Paine
In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Acting Group Manager Environmental Management (M Bishop), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Youth Councillors (N Rais and J Mason) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apology: Councillor Acland (received at 1.07pm and subsequently not accepted)
1. Apologies
No apologies were received, accepted or declined. An apology from Councillor Acland was tendered subsequently.
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 23 August 2018
Document number M3701, agenda pages 7 - 13 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/052 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 23 August 2018, as a true and correct record. |
6. Chairperson's Report
Her Worship the Mayor R Reese gave a verbal report covering the following matters:
· the freshwater announcement made by the Minister for the Environment, Hon David Parker about the development of a new national policy to stop the degradation of New Zealand’s Freshwater
· the new publication by the Ministry of Environment entitled ‘Shared Interests in Freshwater: A new Approach to the Crown/Maori Relationship for Freshwater’
· climate change advice received regarding the urgency to act now and Nelson City Council’s ongoing commitment to undertaking community engagement to achieve environmental outcomes
· the opening of the new Nelson Airport terminal and its exemplary environmental design
· the opening of Cawthron Institute’s new finfish research centre located at the Cawthron Aquaculture Park, and anticipated benefits for the salmon aquaculture in this region.
Document number R9667, agenda pages 14 - 19 refer.
Group Manager Strategy and Communications, Nicky McDonald answered questions about the requirements for a consultation to take place in order to amend the Urban Environments Bylaw 225.
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Resolved PR/2018/053 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Kerr Street Walkway (R9667); and Approves completion of a user survey and informal consultation on the extent of alcohol-related issues occurring beside the Kerr Street Walkway. |
8. Appointment of Regional On-Scene Commanders
Document number R9748, agenda pages 20 - 24 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/054 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Appointment of Regional On-Scene Commanders (R9748) and its attachment (A2051679); and Move a vote of thanks to Mr Stephen Lawrence for his outstanding service to the Nelson region as on-scene commander. |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/055 That the Council Agrees to end the appointment of Stephen Lawrence as primary Regional On-Scene Commander under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 on 15 November 2018; and Approves Brent Edwards to be the primary Regional On-Scene Commander for the Nelson region under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 effective from 16 November 2018; and Approves Adrian Humphries to be an alternate Regional On-Scene Commander for the Nelson region under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 effective from 16 November 2018; and Approves Luke Grogan to be an alternate Regional On-Scene Commander for the Nelson region under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 effective from 16 November 2018. |
9. Nelson City Council submission on the Zero Carbon Bill
Document number R9732, agenda pages 25 - 63 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/056 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Nelson City Council submission on the Zero Carbon Bill (R9732) and its attachments (A2039395, A2012211 and A2039379); and Approves in retrospect the Nelson City Council submission on the Zero Carbon Bill (A2012211). |
Document number R9580, agenda pages 64 - 76 refer.
Team Leader Planning, Kirsten Gerrard noted a correction to page 70, option 2, which should read ‘August 2019’, not September. She answered questions regarding the proposed timeline, the envisaged tasks of the Working Group and the development of Terms of Reference for this Group.
Discussion took place regarding the relevance of the Making Good Decisions certification as a qualifying criteria for Working Group members. An objection to this requirement was raised by Councillor Dahlberg.
The meeting was adjourned from 2.01p.m. to 2.08p.m.
The Committee noted Ms Paine’s availability to provide a Māori perspective for the Draft Nelson Plan review.
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Resolved PR/2018/057 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Nelson Plan Update (R9580) and its attachment (A2048250); and Delegates authority to review Draft Nelson Plan content ahead of reporting to the Planning and Regulatory Committee to an Elected Member Working Group comprising Her Worship the Mayor, Councillor McGurk, and two members of the Committee with Making Good Decisions certification, namely Councillor Fulton and Councillor Barker; and Approves amending the indicative timeline for release of the Draft Nelson Plan to statutory stakeholders and iwi to August 2019 following further internal testing, legal review, and Working Group review. |
11. Adoption of the Environment Activity Management Plan 2018-2028
Document number R9499, agenda pages 77 - 124 refer.
Team Leader Science and Environment, Jo Martin noted a correction to page 111, removing the measure ‘annual decrease per capita in waste from Nelson to Landfill’, as this activity is covered by the Solid Waste Asset Management Plan.
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Resolved PR/2018/058 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Adoption of the Environment Activity Management Plan 2018-2028 (R9499) and its attachment (A2051681). |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/059 That the Council Adopts the Environment Activity Management Plan 2018-2028 (A2051681). |
12. Amendments to the Nelson Resource Management Plan to implement the National Environmental Standard - Plantation Forestry
Document number R9645, agenda pages 125 - 135 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/060 That the Planning and Regulatory Committee Receives the report Amendments to the Nelson Resource Management Plan to implement the National Environmental Standard - Plantation Forestry (R9645) and its attachment (A2001205). |
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Recommendation to Council PR/2018/061 That the Council Approves the additional proposed amendments to the Nelson Resource Management Plan to implement the National Environmental Standard – Plantation Forestry. |
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Resolved PR/2018/062 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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Appointment of external District Licensing Committee Commissioner and members
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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 |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 2.16p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.35p.m.
There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.35p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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