Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Thursday 4 April 2019, commencing at 1.00p.m.

 

Present:               Councillor B McGurk (Presiding Co-Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Co-Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, S Walker and Ms G Paine

In Attendance:     Councillor Matheson, Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Acting Group Manager Environmental Management (M Heale), Governance Adviser (E Stephenson) and Youth Councillors C Hagan and R Heslop

 

Apologies :           Nil

 

 

1.       Apologies

 

          There were no 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.

Attendance: Councillor Fulton entered the meeting at 1.02p.m.

4.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.


 

 

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1       21 February 2019

Document number M4050, agenda pages 7 - 13 refer.

Resolved PR/2019/012

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 21 February 2019, as a true and correct record.

Barker/Dahlberg                                                                               Carried

  

6.       Chairperson's Report  

          There was no Chairperson’s Report.

Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor entered the meeting at 1.03p.m.

7.       State of the Environment Report 2018

Document number R9813, agenda pages 14 - 132 refer.

Water Quality Scientist, Dr Paul Fisher, and Manager Environment, Matt Heale, answered questions on the report.

It was noted that the MCI score for the ‘fair’ grade for measuring ecological health using the macroinvertebrates community index on page 73 of the State of the Environment Report 2018, should read 80 – 100, not 80 – 90.

Councillors acknowledged the hard work of staff from across Council and reinforced the comprehensive, thorough, and readable nature of the report.

Resolved PR/2019/013

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.       Receives the report State of the Environment Report 2018 (R9813) and its attachment (A2111722); and

2.       Approves the State of the Environment Report 2018 for distribution as a Council document.

 

Dahlberg/Walker                                                                              Carried

 

8.       Amendment to Parking Policy - Parking Permits

Document number R9946, agenda pages 133 - 142 refer.

Manager Environmental Inspections Limited, Brent Edwards, answered questions regarding the provision of parking for jurors.

It was noted that section 3.3.1 of the Parking Policy did not include the Mayor of Nelson and a clause was added to the recommendation to change the words ‘Nelson City Council Councillors’ to ‘Nelson City Elected and Appointed Members’.

Resolved PR/2019/014

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.       Receives the report Amendment to Parking Policy - Parking Permits (R9946) and its attachment (A2147652).

 

McGurk/Fulton                                                                                  Carried

Recommendation to Council PR/2019/015

 

That the Council

1.       Approves Part 3.3 of the Parking Policy be amended to include Jurors attending trials at the Nelson Courthouse as detailed in Attachment 1 (A2147652) to Report R9946; and

2.       Approves amendments to the Parking Policy that update references to Council officer positions where required as included in Attachment 1 (A2147652) to Report R9946; and

3.       Approves an amendment to the first bullet point in section 3.3.1 of the Parking Policy from ‘Nelson City Councillors’ to ‘Nelson City Council Elected and Appointed Members’; and

4.       Delegates the Chief Executive the authority to amend the criteria in Part 3.3 of the Parking Policy when required to minimise any negative impacts of the parking permits on the users of the parking resource.

 

McGurk/Fulton                                                                                  Carried

 

9.       Navigation Safety Bylaw review

Document number R10026, agenda pages 143 - 218 refer.

Team Leader Resource Consents, Adrian Ramage introduced Harbourmaster Dave Duncan, and Deputy Harbourmaster Amanda Kerr, and tabled a draft map of Nelson Harbour Priority Activity Areas. Mr Ramage answered questions regarding proposed changes to the bylaw.

Following discussion on definitions, clarification, enforcement, exemptions, TDC/NCC boundary ambiguities and the need for full legal review and an assessment of costs of implementation to users of major changes proposed prior to release for consultation, it was agreed that the matter be deferred until the 28 May 2019 Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting.

Defer item to another meeting PR/2019/016

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.       Defers the item Navigation Safety Bylaw Review to be considered at the Planning and Regulatory Committee meeting to be held on 28 May 2019.

McGurk/Her Worship the Mayor

Attachments

1    A  Draft Nelson Harbour Priority Activity Areas

10.     Proposed Dog Control fees and charges

Document number R10031, agenda pages 219 - 223 refer.

Manager Environmental Inspections Limited, Brent Edwards, answered questions regarding impounding fees and processes.

Recommendation PR/2019/017

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.       Receives the report Proposed Dog Control fees and charges (R10031) and its attachment (A2145361).

 

Her Worship the Mayor/Barker                                                          Carried

Recommendation to Council PR/2019/018

 

That the Council

1.           Approves the Dog Control fees and charges as detailed in Attachment 1 (A2145361) to report R10031 to take effect from 1 July 2019.

Her Worship the Mayor/Barker                                                          Carried

11.     Building Team and International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ)

Manager Building, Martin Brown, provided a verbal briefing on the IANZ accreditation, planned for June.

The Chairperson acknowledged Mr Brown’s work and expertise, and wished him well in his future role.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.47p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

                                                         Chairperson                                    Date