4 December 2018
Memo to: Mayor
and Councillors
Memo
from: Administration
Advisers
Subject: Planning and Regulatory
Committee – 6 December 2018 – LATE ITEM
6. Late
Item: Confirmation of Minutes - Planning and Regulatory Committee 13 November
2018 to hear submissions to the Nelson City Council Gambling Policy 3 - 1
Document
R9918 Confirmation of Minutes - Planning and Regulatory Committee 13 November
2018 to hear submissions to the Nelson City Council Gambling Policy is attached
and to be considered as a major late item at this meeting.
Section
46A(1)-(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
and Standing Order 9.8 require that agendas are distributed with the associated
reports. As the minutes were not distributed with the agenda for this
meeting, they must be treated as a major late item to be considered at this
meeting.
Section
46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and
Standing Order 9.12 require a procedural resolution before a major item that is
not on the agenda for the meeting may be dealt with.
In accordance
with section 46A(7)(b)(i) the reason why the item was not on the agenda is
because the minutes were not to hand when the agenda was distributed.
In accordance
with section 46A(7)(b)(ii) the reason why discussion of this item cannot be
delayed until a subsequent meeting is because a resolution on the matter is required
before the Planning and Regulatory Committee deliberates on submissions to the
Nelson City Council Gambling Policy, to enable a timely decision on the Nelson
City Council Gambling Policy to be made.
Recommendation
That the Planning and Regulatory
Committee
Considers the item Confirmation of
Minutes – to hear submissions to the Nelson City Council Gambling Policy
- 13 November 2018 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.
Planning and Regulatory Committee
Minutes - 13 November 2018
Minutes of a meeting of
the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council
Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 13 November
2018, commencing at 1.00p.m. to hear submissions to the Nelson City Council
Gambling Policy
Present: Her
Worship the Mayor R Reese (Co-Chairperson), Councillor B McGurk (Presiding
Co-Chairperson), Councillors I Barker, B Dahlberg and K Fulton
In
Attendance: Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N
McDonald) and Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Support (K
McLean)
Leave of
Absence: Councillor L Acland
Apologies: Ms
G Paine, Councillor S Walker
1. Apologies
2. Confirmation of
Order of Business
There was no change to the order
of business.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4. Late
Submissions to the Gambling Policy Consultation
Document
number R9848, agenda pages 158 - 185 refer.
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Resolved PR/2018/067
That the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Receives the report Late Submissions to the Gambling
Policy Consultation (R9848) and its attachments (A2089402 and A2089411); and
Accepts late submissions to the Gambling Policy
Consultation – Proposed Amendments to the Gambling Policy.
Barker/Fulton Carried
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5. Hearing
of Submissions to Nelson City Council's Gambling Policy Consultation - Proposed
Amendments to the Gambling Policy
Document number R9831, agenda pages 5 - 157 refer.
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An updated
Hearings Schedule was tabled.
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Attachments
1 A2086984 Gambling
Policy review - Updated Hearing Schedule for 13 Nov 2018
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5.1 Mr
Vern Mardon (#19326) – Athletics Nelson, The Saxton Field Pavilion
Charitable Trust, National Academy of Distance Running Charitable Trust
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Mr Mardon presented in
his role of Secretary-Treasurer of Athletics Nelson, Chair of the Saxton
Field Pavilion Charitable Trust and Chair of the National Academy of Distance
Running Charitable Trust. He noted they strongly opposed any changes to the
Gambling Policy.
Mr Mardon tabled his speech notes (attached) and
reiterated that problem gambling of 0.3% of the population was one of
the lowest in world, removal of gaming machines would reduce funding
available to good community organisations and that existing regulation of
venues and operating policies was working well.
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Attachments
1 A2096295 Vern
Mardon Notes - Gambling Policy Hearing
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5.2 Mr Jarrod True (#19360) – Gaming Machine
Association of NZ
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Mr True gave a presentation on behalf of the Gaming Machine
Association of New Zealand (attached) and asked that Council retain the
current cap of 273 machines and remove the 100m ATM rule.
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Attachments
1 A2092258 Jarrod
True - Gaming Machine Association
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5.3 Mr Murray Reade (#19370) – The Lion Foundation
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Mr Reade gave a presentation on behalf of the Lion Foundation
(attached) and answered questions about the data provided.
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Attachments
1 A2092201 Murray
Reade - The Lion Foundation
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5.4 Miss
Tanya Piejus (#19374) – NZ Community Trust
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Miss Piejus gave a presentation on behalf of the NZ Community Trust
(attached) requesting that the current cap of 273 machines be maintained.
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Attachments
1 A2089362 Tanya
Piejus - NZ Community Trust
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5.5 Mr Scott Gibbons
(#19381) – Victory Boxing and Paul Hampton programme director.
Mr
Gibbons updated the Committee on the history of Victory Boxing and the funding
that was provided through Pub Charity. He noted that Victory Boxing had become
a wide ranging organisation that currently worked with 470 to 490 children,
teens and adults. It was very much reliant on external funders and
sponsors, gaming machines proceeds made up 50% of their current funding.
He noted that Victory Boxing was expecting a significant impact on funding
levels if there was a change in the policy.
5.6 Mrs Kelly Harris
(#19380) – Hospitality NZ Nelson Branch
Mrs
Harris spoke on behalf of Hospitality NZ, representing operators, noting that
they did not support reducing the number of machines and felt the contribution
that gaming machines made outweighed the harm and that further regulation would
only put additional barriers in the way of new business.
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5.7 Mr
Les Edwards (#19373) – Tasman Rugby Union Inc
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Mr
Edwards tabled his speech notes (attached) and reiterated that Tasman Rugby
Union managed the delivery and administration of grass roots rugby for 6100
players and 50 referees. They were heavily reliant on gaming funding. There
were not enough businesses committed to or interested in providing funds to
replace this. Volunteer numbers were also declining.
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Attachments
1 A2096296 NCC
Gambling Policy Review 2018 - Tasman Rugby Union submission
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5.8 Mr
Martin Cheer (#19384) – Pub Charity Limited
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Mr
Cheer gave a presentation from Pub Charity Ltd (attached) and answered
questions on staff training, local government policies and the impact of a
sinking lid. He advised Pub Charity also opposed the 100m rule on the basis
that they had an application declined due to the proximity of a church.
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Attachments
1 A2091587 Martin
Cheer - Pub Charity Ltd
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5.9 Mr Nigel Muir
(#19376) – Sport Tasman
Mr
Muir spoke on behalf of Sport Tasman and reiterated that should Council reduce
the number of pokie machines that this would have an enormous ripple effect on
the community. Nine out of 10 Nelsonians were actively involved in sport and
recreation and the support of the Lion Foundation and Pub Charities was
paramount to organisations surviving and delivering to the community.
Mr
Muir noted that Sport Tasman believed a better approach was to concentrate on
tackling large scale social issues of depression, anxiety, obesity,
drugs and alcohol, family violence.
The
meeting adjourned from 3.00 p.m. until 3.15p.m.
5.10 Mr Mikey Ranson (#19392)
This
speaker no longer wished to speak.
5.11 Mr Mathew McMillian (#19359)
– Nelson-Marlborough Problem Gambling Services
The
speaker no longer wished to speak.
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5.12 Ms
Jane Murray (#19364) – Nelson Marlborough Health
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Ms
Murray gave a presentation on behalf of Nelson Marlborough Health (attached)
and noted that only 8% of venues in Nelson met the harm minimisation
expectations in the latest Department of Internal Affairs mystery shopper
survey; 59% did not meet and 33% only partially met the harm minimisation
expectations. Ms Murray answered questions on Ministry of Health research
showing the ripple effect of 5-10 people for each problem gambler.
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Attachments
1 A2092161 Jane
Murray - Nelson Marlborough Health
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5.13 Ms Tina McIvor (#19372) –
PGF Group
Ms
McIvor spoke on behalf of PGF Group and noted that there were 19 councils with
a sinking lid on applications for gaming machines and requested that Nelson
City Council do the same. She spoke of the harm gambling caused in high
deprivation areas and noted that less than 15% of people with gambling problems
actually seek help.
Ms
McIvor noted that the spend in Nelson had increased despite the number of
machines reducing and based on these figures only 17% of gaming expenditure was
redistributed directly back to Nelson.
5.14 Nelson Youth Councillors
(#19365)
Nathanael
Rais, Cassie Hagan and Max Schneider spoke on behalf of Nelson Youth
Council.
The
Youth Council acknowledged the benefits gambling offered the community but
believed the positive outcomes were outweighed by the harm. They saw a sinking
lid as an important step to controlling gambling and minimising harm.
The
Youth Council recognised the inevitable shift to online gambling and were
concerned about direct exposure to online gambling. They believed Council
should recognise this issue and encouraged Council to use a communication
campaign to educate the public.
5.15 Mrs Bridget Dadds (#19304)
Ms
Dadds, the only individual speaker, noted she was passionate about reducing the
harm of problem gambling. She spoke about the harm pokie machines caused to the
individual and it links to domestic violence and child neglect. She understood
that sporting organisations required this funding to survive but there were
other ways to raise funds and asked that groups be more creative.
Attendance: Councillor Barker left the meeting at 4.19p.m.
There being no further business the meeting ended at
4.24p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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