Minutes of a meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee

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

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, commencing at 9.00a.m.

 

Present:             Councillor T Skinner (Chairperson), I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg (Deputy Chairperson), K Fulton, B McGurk and S Walker

In Attendance:    Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Community Services (R Ball) Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Youth Councillors Hayley Potts and Nathan Dunn

Apologies :         Her Worship the Mayor R Reese

 

1         Apologies

Resolved SPO/2019/020

 

That the Sports and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives and accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for attendance.

Skinner/McGurk                                                                        Carried

 

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.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      23 May 2019

Document number M4242, agenda pages 7 - 12 refer.

Resolved SPO/2019/021

 

That the Sports and Recreation Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Sports and Recreation Committee, held on 23 May 2019, as a true and correct record.

Courtney/Walker                                                                       Carried

  

6.       Chairperson's Report   

 

Councillor Skinner updated the Committee that the Tahuna Park Reserve skate ramp had been completed and it had been built to a high standard. 

7.       Council submission on the Proposal to Revoke Certain Delegations under the Reserves Act 1977 (Agenda Item 8)

Document number R10254, agenda pages 21 - 38 refer.

Manager Strategy, Mark Tregurtha, presented the report and noted Council’s submission was in support of the submissions from Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) and the Local Authority Property Association (LAPA) and had been submitted in May 2019. He answered questions on the impact the proposal would have and confirmed that it would slow down processes and there was a risk Council may miss out on opportunities such as Bay Dreams. Applications for use of reserves would need to go through Department of Conservation then Council.  He noted that DOC would also need to address additional resource required to process applications. 

Resolved SPO/2019/022

 

That the Sports and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives the report Council submission on the Proposal to Revoke Certain Delegations under the Reserves Act 1977 (R10254) and its attachments (A2187890, A2203010 and A2203015); and

2.    Approves retrospectively the attached Nelson City Council submission on the proposal to revoke certain delegations to councils for decisions relating to the Reserves Act 1977 (A2187890).

Courtney/McGurk                                                                      Carried

   

8.       Cawthron Reserve (Cawthron Crescent) - Wastewater Easement (Agenda Item 7)

Document number R10144, agenda pages 13 - 20 refer.

Team Leader Property, Peter Hunter, presented the report and answered questions on future discussions with property owners, noting the easement would improve the right of way by upgrading the surface to make it more manageable.

Resolved SPO/2019/023

 

That the Sports and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives the report Cawthron Reserve (Cawthron Crescent) - Wastewater Easement (R10144) and its attachments (A2194740).

 

Dahlberg/Courtney                                                                    Carried

Recommendation to Council SPO/2019/024

 

That the Council

1.    Grants the easement in gross, meaning granting the easement to Nelson City Council rather than to property, in favour of Nelson City Council over the area shown in red on the plan (A2194740) of Cawthron Reserve (NL2C/108) for wastewater purposes. 

 

Dahlberg/Courtney                                                                    Carried

 

9.       Exclusion of the Public

Rod Baxendine, of Telfer Young, Valuers, was in attendance for Item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda, Land Purchase - Grampians Extension, Brook Valley to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was required to be passed:

Resolved SPO/2019/025

 

That the Council

1.       Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that (Rod Baxendine from Telfer Young, Valuers), remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda (Land Purchase - Grampians Extension, Brook Valley), as he has knowledge relating to the valuation that will assist the meeting.

Dahlberg/Walker                                                                       Carried

Resolved SPO/2019/026

 

That the Sports and Recreation Committee

1.       Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

2.       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:

Dahlberg/Walker                                                                       Carried

 

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

1

Land Purchase - Grampians Extension, Brook Valley

 

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

·    Section 7(2)(i)

     To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.34a.m. and resumed in public session at 10.03a.m.  

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.03a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

                                                   Chairperson              Date