Agenda of Environment Committee

Environment Committee - Delegations

Areas of Responsibility:

· Building control matters, including earthquake-prone buildings and the fencing of swimming pools

· Bylaws, within the areas of responsibility

· Council and/or Community projects or initiatives for enhanced environmental outcomes

· Environmental regulatory matters including (but not limited to) animals and dogs, amusement devices, alcohol licensing (except where delegated to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority), food premises, gambling and public health

· Regulatory enforcement and monitoring

· Maritime and Harbour Safety and Control

· Pollution control

· Hazardous substances and contaminated land

· Environmental science matters including (but not limited to) air quality, water quality, water quantity, land management, biodiversity, biosecurity (marine, freshwater and terrestrial), and coastal and marine science

· Environmental programmes including (but not limited to) warmer, healthier homes, energy efficiency, environmental education, and eco-building advice

· Science monitoring and reporting

· Climate change resilience overview (adaptation and mitigation)

· The Regional Policy Statement, District and Regional Plans, including the Nelson Plan

· Other planning documents or policies, including (but not limited to) the Land Development Manual

· Policies and strategies related to resource management matters

· Policies and strategies related to compliance, monitoring and enforcement

Delegations:

The committee has all of the responsibilities, powers, functions and duties of Council in relation to governance matters within its areas of responsibility, except where they have been retained by Council, or have been referred to other committees, subcommittees or subordinate decision-making bodies.

The exercise of Council’s responsibilities, powers, functions and duties in relation to governance matters includes (but is not limited to):

· Monitoring Council’s performance for the committee’s areas of responsibility, including legislative responsibilities and compliance requirements

· Developing, approving, monitoring and reviewing policies and plans, including activity management plans

· Reviewing and determining whether a bylaw or amendment, revocation or replacement of a bylaw is appropriate

· Undertaking community engagement, including all steps relating to Special Consultative Procedures or other formal consultation processes

· Approving submissions to external bodies or organisations, and on legislation and regulatory proposals

Powers to Recommend to Council:

In the following situations the committee may consider matters within the areas of responsibility but make recommendations to Council only (in accordance with sections 5.1.3 - 5.1.5 of the Delegations Register):

· Matters that, under the Local Government Act 2002, the operation of law or other legislation, Council is unable to delegate

· The purchase or disposal of land or property relating to the areas of responsibility, other than in accordance with the Long Term Plan or Annual Plan

· Unbudgeted expenditure relating to the areas of responsibility, not included in the Long Term Plan or Annual Plan

· Approval of notification of any statutory resource management plan, including the Nelson Plan or any Plan Changes

· Decisions regarding significant assets

Environment Committee

22 October 2020

Page No.

1. Apologies

Nil

2. Confirmation of Order of Business

3. Interests

3.1 Updates to the Interests Register

3.2 Identify any conflicts of interest in the agenda

4. Public Forum

5. Confirmation of Minutes

5.1 3 September 2020 5 - 8

Document number M14084

Recommendation

That the Environment Committee

1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Environment Committee, held on 3 September 2020, as a true and correct record.

6. Chairperson's Report 9 - 14

Document number R21387

Recommendation

That the Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Chairperson's Report (R21387) and its attachment (A2482749); and

2. Approves the submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment regarding Building for Climate Change.

7. Compliance Strategy 2020 15 - 37

Document number R19200

Recommendation

That the Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Compliance Strategy 2020 (R19200) and its attachment (A2275547); and

2. Adopts the Compliance Strategy 2020 (A2275547) effective from 1 November 2020.

8. Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 38 - 90

Document number R21388

Recommendation

That the Environment Committee:

1. Receives the report Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (R21388) and its attachment (A2480683); and

2. Approves the Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2480683) as the version to inform the Long Term Plan 2021-31; and

3. Notes that the Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2480683) will be updated and, the final Activity Management Plan approved, after the adoption of the Long Term Plan 2021-2031.

Environment Committee Minutes - 3 September 2020

Minutes of a meeting of the Environment Committee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Thursday 3 September 2020, commencing at 9.09a.m.

Present: Councillor K Fulton (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors B McGurk (Deputy Chairperson), Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar, M Lawrey, G Noonan, R O'Neill-Stevens, R Sanson, T Skinner and Ms G Paine

In Attendance: Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Governance Adviser (E Stephenson) and Governance Support (K McLean)

Apologies : Her Worship the Mayor Reese for lateness and Councillor Rainey for absence

Karakia Timatanga

There was an opening karakia.

The Chairperson acknowledged the passing of Council staff member Katherine Hunziker. Council’s Kaihautu, Pania Lee, gave a purification karakia, which was followed by a minute of silence.

1. Apologies

Resolved EC/2020/030

That the Environment Committee

1. Accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor Reese for lateness and from Councillor Rainey for absence.

Courtney/Bowater Carried

2. Confirmation of Order of Business

The Chairperson’s Report (Agenda Item 6) was considered as the last item 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 July 2020

Document number M12016, agenda pages 5 - 9 refer.

Resolved EC/2020/031

That the Environment Committee

1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Environment Committee, held on 23 July 2020, as a true and correct record.

McGurk/Paine Carried

6. Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan Programme Update (Agenda Item 7)

Document number R18190, agenda pages 10 - 21 refer.

Manager Environmental Planning, Maxine Day, presented the report. She noted an amendment to change the word ‘consultation’ to ‘public engagement’ in the second bullet point of clause 2 of the officer recommendation, to better reflect the terminology in the Resource Management Act 1995.

Ms Day advised the Committee of a correction to paragraph 3.3 of the agenda report in that only the parts of the Nelson Plan that had not been released in phase 1 would be released at phase 2 in March 2021.

Ms Day answered questions regarding Council’s communication and consultation/public engagement for the Nelson Plan. It was clarified that the public engagement phase was a pre consultation phase and agreed that it should be clearly communicated to the public that formal submissions to the Nelson Plan would begin when the Nelson Plan was notified in 2022, giving the public three opportunities to provide input to this significant document.

Further questions were answered regarding key stakeholder testing, the importance of public feedback, the significance of the Nelson Plan, the impact of the Randerson Report on new directions for resource management in New Zealand, the consultation process with local government on the Randerson Report, and issues relating to Nelson Plan software.

The Chairperson acknowledged officers’ work on the Nelson Plan and the clear communication with Council’s Nelson Plan Governance Steering Group.

Resolved EC/2020/032

That the Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan Programme Update (R18190) and its attachment (A2425419); and

2. Approves the updated programme for the Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan, as follows

· Undertaking two phases of public engagement, the first in October 2020, and the second in March 2021; and

· Anticipated notification of the Proposed Plan in February 2022.

McGurk/Lawrey Carried

7. Environmental Management Group - Quarterly Report (Agenda Item 8)

Document number R16951, agenda pages 22 - 1 refer.

Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton, Manager Consents and Compliance, Mandy Bishop and Manager Science and Environment, Jo Martin answered questions regarding air quality, biosecurity and pest control, Marina incursions, wetland mapping, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Environmental Grant Scheme.

Attendance: Her Worship the Mayor Reese entered the meeting at 10.31a.m.

Team Leader City Development, Lisa Gibellini answered questions regarding progress and budget for the Pop up Park and the Intensification Action Plan.

Further questions were answered regarding costs and efficiencies, staff resources and future funding sources.

Resolved EC/2020/033

The Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Environmental Management Group - Quarterly Report (R16951) and its attachments (A2367256, A2433854, A2415060 and A2282783).

McGurk/Fulton Carried

The meeting was adjourned from 10.48a.m. until 11.06a.m., during which time Councillors Noonan and Sanson left the meeting.

8. Chairperson's Report (Agenda Item 6)

The Chairperson’s report was tabled (A2455051). The Chair summarised points in her report, which included food resilience in climate change, the contribution of food waste to greenhouse gases, regenerative agriculture, utilisation of Council owned land and urban spaces for food resiliency, development of the Urban Greening Plan, the Adopt a Spot programme, liveable cities, the Waste Minimisation Trial, Biodiversity Restoration, and the Saxton Creek Restoration Project.
Resolved EC/2020/034
	*That the Environment Committee* *1. Receives the Chairperson’s Report (A2455051).*
Paine/Courtney Carried
Attachments 1 A2455051 - Chairperson's Report (R20282)

Karakia whakamutunga

There was a closing karakia.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.42a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

Chairperson Date

Item 6: Chairperson's Report

Environment Committee

22 October 2020

REPORT R21387

Chairperson's Report

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To update the Committee on matters relating to the Committee’ areas of responsibility; and

1.2 In accordance with 5.2.2 of Council’s Delegations Register, to report back to the Committee on matters within its areas of responsibility, that were considered directly by Council, at its 22 September 2020 meeting. This is for information only.

2. Recommendation

That the Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Chairperson's Report (R21387) and its attachment (A2482749); and

2. Approves the submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment regarding Building for Climate Change.

3. Matters considered by Council

3.1 The Environment Committee’s areas of responsibility include:

· The Regional Policy Statement, District and Regional Plans, including the Nelson Plan

· Other planning documents or policies, including (but not limited to) the Land Development Manual

3.2 However, clause 5.2.2 of the Delegations Register allows matters to be considered directly by Council as follows:

5.2.2 On the recommendation of the Chief Executive, and with the agreement of the Chair of the relevant committee, subcommittee or subordinate decision-making body and Mayor, matters within the area of responsibility of a particular committee, subcommittee or subordinate decision-making body may be considered directly by Council instead. If this occurs, the Chair of the relevant committee, subcommittee or subordinate decision-making body will report to the following meeting of the committee, subcommittee or subordinate decision-making body regarding the reason for doing so, and the outcome of the matter at the Council meeting.

3.3 The following matters falling within the Environment Committee’s areas of responsibility were considered by Council at its meeting on 22 September 2020:

3.3.1 Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual – Delegation Resolution Amendment; and

3.3.2 Release of Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for Public Engagement

Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual – Delegation Resolution Amendment

3.4 The reasons for this report being considered by Council on 22 September 2020, rather than by the Environment Committee, were:

3.4.1 Efficient and timely administration of the Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual; and

3.4.2 To align timeframes with Tasman District Council.

3.5 The Chair of the Environment Committee, the Mayor and the Chief Executive agreed that the matter be considered at the 22 September 2020 Council meeting, with outcomes from that meeting to be reported back to the Environment Committee on 22 October 2020.

3.6 Council passed the following resolution on 22 September 2020:

Resolved CL/2020/143

That the Council

1. Receives the report Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual - Delegation Resolution Amendment (R20307); and

2. Delegates the Chairperson of the Environment Committee and the Group Manager Environment authority to approve minor technical wording amendments, or correction of errors to the Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual 2019.

Release of Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for Public Engagement

3.7 The reasons for this report being considered by Council on 22 September 2020, rather than by the Environment Committee, were:

3.7.1 Stakeholder feedback closed on 31 July 2020;

3.7.2 Officers needed four weeks to consider feedback from stakeholders and, where appropriate, to incorporate that feedback in the Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan;

3.7.3 The meeting dates for the Environment Committee fell either too early (3 September 2020) or too late (22 October 2020) to approve the release of the Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for engagement for eight weeks from 6 October 2020.

3.8 The Chair of the Environment Committee, the Mayor and the Chief Executive agreed that the matter be considered at the 22 September 2020 Council meeting, with outcomes from that meeting to be reported back to the Environment Committee on 22 October 2020.

3.9 Council passed the following resolution on 22 September 2020:

Resolved CL/2020/144

That the Council

1. Receives the report Release of Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for Public Engagement (R19195); and

2. Approves the release of the Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for Public Engagement on 6 October 2020; and

3. Delegates the Mayor, the Environment Committee Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson authority to make amendments to the Draft Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan for the purpose of correcting or updating information during engagement phases.

4. Submission regarding Building for Climate Change

4.1 Attached is a submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment regarding Building for Climate Change. The consultation document can be found on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website: https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/building-for-climate-change-transforming-operational-efficiency-and-reducing-whole-of-life-embodied-carbon/.

4.2 I am seeking the Committee’s approval (retrospectively) of the submission (Attachment 1, A2482749).

Author: Kate Fulton, Chairperson

Attachments

Attachment 1: A2482749 - Submission on Building for Climate Change ⇩

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Item 7: Compliance Strategy 2020

Environment Committee

22 October 2020

REPORT R19200

Compliance Strategy 2020

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To adopt the draft Compliance Strategy 2020 (Attachment 1) as the overarching guide for staff and contractors in exercising enforcement obligations on behalf of the Council.

2. Recommendation

That the Environment Committee

1. Receives the report Compliance Strategy 2020 (R19200) and its attachment (A2275547); and

2. Adopts the Compliance Strategy 2020 (A2275547) effective from 1 November 2020.

3. Background

3.1 As a unitary authority there are a broad range of Acts, Bylaws, Resource Management provisions and Policies seeking to ensure the Nelson community is healthy and safe and the environment is protected. It is important that activities are monitored in a consistent and fiscally prudent manner.

3.2 The legislative framework requires Council to enforce the rules and regulations. A strategic approach to monitoring and enforcement is considered best practice to ensure Council resources are focussed to achieve the best possible outcome for the community.

3.3 Council adopted the Compliance Strategy 2017 (the Strategy, A1855717) on 14 December 2017. The Strategy was developed to be consistent with the Regional Sector Compliance and Enforcement Special Interest Group (CESIG) Strategic Compliance Framework 2016-2018. This framework was designed (with support from regional council chief executives) to give councils a comprehensive set of principles and guidelines to assist in their own development of monitoring and enforcement strategies.

3.4 Since the adoption of the Strategy, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has published “Best practice guidelines for compliance, monitoring and enforcement under the Resource Management Act” in July 2018 and CESIG have published the “Regional Sector Strategic Compliance Framework 2019-2024” and Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Metrics reports.

3.5 Officers have reviewed the Strategy against the documents identified in 3.4 above and recommend the Strategy be updated to be more consistent with these documents. A legal review of the revised Strategy was undertaken. Their recommended amendments have been incorporated into the Strategy in Attachment 1.

4. Discussion

4.1 The proposed changes to the Strategy are:

· Update the purpose of the Strategy to refer to the latest CESIG Compliance Framework and MfE’s best practice guidelines

· Change the main components of the Strategy from:

o monitoring, encouraging compliance and non-compliance

to:

o principles, monitoring, enforcement policy and reporting and review

· including more information on what a compliance monitoring programme seeks to achieve, the different monitoring methods and how resources are prioritised

· expanding the dealing with non-compliance section to identify investigation methods

· expanding the decision making factors section to be consistent with best practice and Court guidelines

· expanding the reporting and reviewing section to better identify information to be collected and how this is reported internally and externally

4.2 Current enforcement practices and processes are largely consistent with the proposed changes. It is important the Council encourages a high level of compliance with the legislative framework to ensure the outcomes expected by the various statutes and provisions are achieved.

4.3 Should activities be identified as non-compliant the responsible party and the community should have a clear understanding of what to expect from enforcement action. A compliance strategy guides Council’s monitoring and enforcement duties so these outcomes are achieved. The Strategy also guides decision making to ensure the use of discretion is reasonable and consistently applied.

4.4 The Compliance Strategy includes guidelines and principles that are applied to all types of enforcement – resource management, bylaw, dog control and parking etc. In the supporting information section there is an example of further detail that will be updated in compliance monitoring programmes and Promapp processes for each activity type once the Strategy has been adopted (see section 7.3 of Attachment 1).

4.5 The changes to the Compliance Strategy are not considered to be significant enough to warrant community engagement in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002 and Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy because:

· The changes to the Strategy only result in a low level of change to the compliance, monitoring and enforcement services

· There is a low level of financial impact – only staff time to review and adjust procedures is required

· The impact on the community is a positive one in that there will be clearer understanding of monitoring and enforcement actions

· The Strategy can be reviewed and amended in the future

· There is no history of the Strategy generating widespread public interest.

5. Options

5.1 The preferred option is that the Committee adopts the draft Compliance Strategy as it has been developed to be consistent with the documents identified in 3.4 above.

5.2 Alternatively the Committee could seek further information or changes to the draft Strategy.

6. Next Steps

6.1 Once the Compliance Strategy 2020 is adopted, staff will review compliance monitoring programmes, procedures and performance measures and update these where required to be consistent with the updated strategy.

Author: Mandy Bishop, Manager Consents and Compliance

Attachments

Attachment 1: A2275547 draft Compliance Strategy 2020 ⇩

Important considerations for decision making

1. Fit with Purpose of Local Government

Section 10 of LGA 2002 states the purpose of local government is to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of communities. A Compliance Strategy helps to achieve this purpose by focussing Council monitoring and enforcement resources to achieve these outcomes.

2. Consistency with Community Outcomes and Council Policy

The purpose of the Compliance Strategy is to encourage a high level of compliance with various regulations that protect our natural environment, sustainably manage our urban and rural environments, provide for safe and healthy communities and provide access to recreational activities. Identifying a clear approach to compliance, monitoring and enforcement activities provides leadership and confidence in the community that Council fairly ensures standards are being met.

3. Risk

The key risks are in the delivery of the enforcement responsibilities rather than deciding to adopt this Strategy. Enforcement delivery risks are reduced by having a Compliance Strategy that eliminates the perception of uneven or inconsistent practice in enforcement decision making. A clear strategy provides confidence for the community and users that processes and decisions are robust and transparent.

4. Financial impact

No additional resources have been requested. Officer time is required to update processes.

5. Degree of significance and level of engagement

This matter is of low significance because current practices are aligned with the Strategy and therefore no engagement has been undertaken. The Strategy once finalised will be publicly available through the Council website.

6. Climate Impact

There is no impact on current and future climate change as a result of changes to the Compliance Strategy.

7. Inclusion of Māori in the decision making process

No engagement with Māori has been undertaken in preparing this report.

8. Delegations

The Environment Committee has the following delegations to consider the Compliance Strategy 2020:

Areas of Responsibility:

· Regulatory enforcement and monitoring

· Policies and strategies related to compliance, monitoring and enforcement.

Powers to decide:

· The Environment Committee has all of the responsibilities, powers, functions and duties of Council in relation to governance matters within its areas of responsibility, except where they have been retained by Council, or have been referred to other committees, subcommittees or subordinate decision-making bodies.

Item 8: Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031

Environment Committee

22 October 2020

REPORT R21388

Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031

1. Purpose of Report

1.1 To recommend the approval of the Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (EMAMP) as the version to inform the Long Term Plan 2021-31 (LTP).

2. Recommendation

That the Environment Committee:

1. Receives the report Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (R21388) and its attachment (A2480683); and

2. Approves the Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031 (A2480683) as the version to inform the Long Term Plan 2021-31; and

3. Background

3.1 Draft Activity Management Plans are prepared for the approval of Council to inform the development of the Long Term Plan. The EMAMP will inform the development of the 2021-31 LTP.

3.2 Following consultation and adoption of the LTP, the Activity Management Plans will be updated to align with the adopted LTP. The final updated EMAMP will be brought back to Council early in 2021/22 for adoption.

4. Discussion

4.1 The Draft EMAMP sets out the background to Council’s Environmental Management activities and includes details of the following:

· Areas of focus for the activities during 2021-31;

· Levels of Service;

· The activity budgets for operations and capital expenditure.

4.2 A focused workshop on the Environmental Management activities was held on 1 September 2020. The workshop helped shape the priorities for 2021-31 contained in the Draft EMAMP.

4.3 The following are the key outcomes from the workshop:

Building Consents

4.3.1 Council’s continued commitment toward meeting statutory timeframes and IANZ accreditation for all building processes including consents, compliance, earthquake prone building requirements and swimming pools.

Resource Consents and Compliance

4.3.2 Providing timely, statutorily compliant and customer focused delivery of resource consent processes.

4.3.3 Providing timely, safe, environmentally and customer focused delivery of: monitoring of consent conditions and permitted activity standards; animal, noise and parking control; food safety; public health; alcohol licensing; navigation safety; pollution response; hazardous substances; and response to complaints.

4.3.4 Continued delivery of full time harbourmaster services.

City Development

4.3.5 Enabling urban development capacity including through delivery of an intensification action plan.

4.3.6 Achieving city centre activation including the delivery of the city centre spatial plan.

4.3.7 Review of the Development Contribution policy to support development and growth outcomes.

Science and Environment

4.3.8 Effective delivery of monitoring and reporting on state of the environment requirements.

4.3.9 Delivery of all statutory programmes covering land management; biodiversity; biosecurity; air quality; water quality and quantity. Working in a collaborative manner with all parties including iwi. Effective delivery of all programmes including when Government funding ceases.

4.3.10 Meet all existing and new monitoring and reporting requirements set by various National Policy Statements and Environmental Standards including: Freshwater; Air Quality and Indigenous Biodiversity.

4.3.11 Developing a coastal and marine state of the environment monitoring programme.

4.3.12 Develop and improve management, analysis and reporting of all data.

Environmental Planning

4.3.13 Delivery of a robust Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan supported by the iwi working group and addressing key issues including climate change adaptation.

4.3.14 Ensure environmental bylaws are reviewed as required e.g. the Urban Environment Bylaw.

4.3.15 Maintaining the Nelson Tasman Land Development Manual to guide and support infrastructure outcomes.

4.3.16 Process changes to the current Nelson Resource Management Plan.

4.4 Officers have undertaken a high level review of budgets across Council activities however, the AMP’s are at different stages of development and amendments may be required to the draft LTP once all AMP’s have been reviewed by their respective Committees and, the cumulative effect of the AMP’s has been considered at the workshops in December 2020 and January 2021.

5. Options

5.1 The Committee has two options – to either recommend to Council to adopt the EMAMP or to not adopt the EMAMP.

Option 1: Adopt the Draft EMAMP
Advantages	· Meets the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002. · Delivers on Councils statutory requirements under various pieces of legislation including the Resource Management Act 1991 and Building Act 2004.
Risks and Disadvantages	· Nil
Option 2: Not adopt the Draft EMAMP
Advantages	· Nil
Risks and Disadvantages	· Fails to meet the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002. · Fails to deliver on Councils statutory requirements under various pieces of legislation including the Resource Management Act 1991 and Building Act 2004.

6. Conclusion

6.1 As the Draft EMAMP is a relatively short document it has been attached in entirety. The Draft EMAMP has been prepared to inform the LTP and will support Council in meeting its obligations under section 93 and Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002.

Author: Clare Barton, Group Manager Environmental Management

Attachments

Attachment 1: A2480683 - Draft Environmental Management Activity Management Plan - October 2020 ⇩

Important considerations for decision making

1. Fit with Purpose of Local Government

The Environmental Management AMP supports the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of the Nelson community through:

a) Providing regulatory functions that manage the natural and built environment.

b) Enabling intensification and growth supporting social outcomes.

c) Planning for the needs of the community and its development.

d) Engaging with iwi and Māori to embed cultural outcomes in planning and science programmes.

e) Supporting City Centre and wider development opportunities.

f) Developing resilience for Nelson’s natural environment through the delivery of science and environmental programmes.

g) Ensuring monitoring, compliance and enforcement procedures protect the community.

2. Consistency with Community Outcomes and Council Policy

The Environmental Management Group Activities support the following community outcomes:

Our unique natural environment is healthy and protected.

Our urban and rural environments are people friendly, well planned and sustainably managed.

Our infrastructure is efficient, cost effective and meets current and future needs.

Our communities are healthy, safe, inclusive and resilient.

Our Council provides leadership and fosters partnerships, a regional perspective, and community engagement.

Our region is supported by an innovative and sustainable economy.

3. Risk

Not adopting the Draft EMAMP will leave Council without a document to support the goal of developing and adopting the LTP.

4. Financial impact

There are no direct funding implications from the recommendation. The EMAMP guides the funding in the proposed LTP and will be subject to a consultation process with the community.

5. Degree of significance and level of engagement

This matter is of high significance because the adoption of an LTP is a statutory requirement under the Local Government Act 2002. Consultation with the community will occur with the public advertising of the Draft LTP and Draft EMAMP.

6. Climate Impact

The Draft EMAMP considers the issues associated with, impacts and risks associated with climate change in Nelson. Examples of approaches to adaptation, mitigation and leadership are included in the Draft EMAMP.

7. Inclusion of Māori in the decision making process

Iwi feedback is being sought on the draft AMP and any matters that require additional consideration will be covered at the December LTP workshop.

8. Delegations

The Environment Committee has the power to consider and approve Activity Management Plans:

· Developing, approving, monitoring and reviewing policies and plans, including activity management plans.