Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee

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

On Thursday 22 August 2019, commencing at 9.00a.m.

 

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

In Attendance:   Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Governance Adviser (J Brandt) and Youth Councillors Ollie Ransom and Grier Rollinson

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.

4.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      28 May 2019

Document number M4253, agenda pages 6 - 15 refer.


 

 

Resolved PR/2019/034

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 28 May 2019, as a true and correct record.

Paine/Acland                                                                                Carried

              

6        Chairperson's Report

 

The Presiding Chairperson, Councillor McGurk, gave a verbal update on recent activities, highlighting attendance of the Draft New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy workshop and the Biosecurity Forum. He further noted recent committee achievements such as the CEMARS scheme, the Land Development Manual, the monitoring framework and air quality standards and thanked officers for their support with these pieces of work. Councillor McGurk invited Her Worship the Mayor to speak as Co-Chairperson of the committee.

 

Her Worship the Mayor noted the Kotahitanga mō Te Taiao Strategy as a collaborative effort across the Top of the South.

 

Her Worship the Mayor expressed her thanks to the Nelson Plan team, the City Development team, the Science and Environment team, the Building Consent team, the Resource Consent team, and other Regulatory teams for their work throughout the triennium.

Attendance: Councillor Fulton joined the meeting at 9.06a.m. and Councillor Acland left the meeting from 9.11a.m. to 9.20a.m.

Resolved PR/2019/035

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.        Receives the verbal Chairperson’s Report.

 

McGurk/Walker                                                                            Carried

 

7.       Planning and Regulatory Committee - Quarterly Report - 1 April-30 June 2019

Document number R10198, agenda pages 16 - 52 refer.

Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton, presented the report and introduced Patrick Schofield, the newly appointed Manager Building.

Ms Barton noted factors that had contributed to the breach of statutory timeframes in the building unit and advised of mitigation action under way.

Attendance: Councillor Fulton left the meeting from 9.22 a.m. to 9.24a.m.

Officers answered questions regarding dog control costs, IANZ accreditation and working with the regional sector to address issues posed by nationwide staffing shortages.

Resolved PR/2019/036

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.    Receives the report Planning and Regulatory Committee - Quarterly Report - 1 April-30 June 2019 (R10198) and its attachments (A2208049, A2044411, and A2178045).

 

Walker/Barker                                                                              Carried

 

8.       Building Act 2004 - Earthquake Prone Buildings - Priority Buildings and Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Buildings Policy

Document number R9240, agenda pages 53 - 92 refer.

Bruce Mutton, Structural Engineer, presented the report and gave a Powerpoint presentation (A2249570).

Mr Mutton answered questions regarding earthquake-prone building notifications, upgrade work undertaken, legislative timeframes to undertake strengthening work, and priority buildings. Discussion took place regarding strategic routes for lifelines.

Patrick Schofield, Manager Building, tabled information regarding earthquake-prone buildings and answered questions.

(http://www.nelson.govt.nz/building-and-property/commercial-building-information/earthquake-prone-building-information/).


 

 

Resolved PR/2019/037

 

The Planning and Regulatory Committee:

1.     Receives the report Building Act 2004 - Earthquake Prone Buildings - Priority Buildings and Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Buildings Policy  (R9240) and its attachments (A2097637, A2077485, A2053947, A2060286); and

2.     Agrees to consult using the special consultative procedure on:

(a)     the proposed areas with sufficient traffic (pedestrian and vehicular), for prioritisation of unreinforced masonry hazards and routes of strategic importance (in terms of recovery and emergency response); and

(b)       the proposed amended Policy for Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Buildings.

Dahlberg/Walker                                                                          Carried

Recommendation to Council PR/2019/038

 

That the Council

1.      Approves the Statement of Proposal (A2097637) and its attachment (A2077485) detailing proposed areas with sufficient traffic and the proposed routes of strategic importance; and

2.      Approves the Statement of Proposal (A2053947) and its attachment (A2060286) detailing the proposed Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Buildings Policy; and

3.      Approves that a summary of the Statement of Proposal is not required for the proposed Dangerous, Insanitary and Affected Buildings Policy; and

4.      Approves the consultation approach (set out in section 6 of this report R9240) and agrees:

(a) the approach includes sufficient steps to ensure the Statement of Proposal will be reasonably accessible to the public and will be publicised in a manner appropriate to its purpose and significance; and

(b)   the approach will result in the Statement of Proposal being as widely publicised as is reasonably practicable as a basis for consultation.

 

Dahlberg/Walker                                                                          Carried

Attachments

1    A2249570 - Powerpoint presentation - unreinforced masonry buildings

 

9.       Overview of 'Environment Aotearoa 2019'

Document number R10267, agenda pages 93 - 132 refer.

Richard Frizzell, Environmental Programmes Advisor, presented the report.

Officers answered questions regarding fertilisers, dairy-farming, land use, landfill emissions and the community carbon footprint.

Attendance: Councillor Acland left the meeting at 10.16a.m.

Resolved PR/2019/039

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.    Receives the report Overview of 'Environment Aotearoa 2019' (R10267) and its attachment (A2199011).

McGurk/Fulton                                                                             Carried

 

10.     Resource Management Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Performance

Document number R10365, agenda pages 133 - 260 refer.

Mandy Bishop, Manager Consents and Compliance, answered questions regarding the findings of the report prepared by The Catalyst Group.

Discussion took place regarding the current model of delivery for compliance monitoring and enforcement in Nelson. The Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton, noted that the model would be reviewed and progressed in the new triennium. 

Resolved PR/2019/040

 

That the Planning and Regulatory Committee

1.    Receives the report Resource Management Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Performance (R10365) and its attachments (A2228004, A2227983 and A2228044).

McGurk/Her Worship the Mayor                                                    Carried

       

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.30a.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNDER STANDING ORDER 26.4:

 

                                                       Chairperson                                     Date

 

                                                       Chief Executive                               Date