Present: Councillor
K Fulton (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, B McGurk (Deputy
Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar, M Lawrey, G
Noonan, R O'Neill-Stevens, P Rainey, R Sanson, T Skinner and Ms G Paine
In
Attendance: Group Manager Environmental Management (C
Barton), Governance Adviser (E-J Ruthven), and Governance Support (K McLean and
P Boutle)
Apologies : Nil
Karakia
Timatanga
A karakia timatanga was given.
1. Apologies
There were no apologies.
2. Confirmation
of Order of Business
There were no changes 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 3
September 2020
Document number M14084, agenda
pages 5 - 8 refer.
6. Chairperson's
Report
Document number R21387, agenda
pages 9 - 14 refer.
Councillor Fulton spoke to the Chairperson’s Report.
Along with Group Manager Environmental Management, she
answered questions regarding:
·
Communications relating to the
Nelson Plan, what it covers, and how it is differentiated from the Long Term
Plan 2021-2031;
·
The list of actions Council is
undertaking regarding mitigation and adaptation for climate change;
·
Off-setting the costs of
building houses in a sustainable manner, by encouraging smaller builds;
·
Supporting the transition to
more efficient woodburners; and
·
The effect of covenants on
housing affordability.
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Resolved EC/2020/036
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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.
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Fulton/Edgar Carried
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7. Compliance
Strategy 2020
Document number R19200, agenda
pages 15 - 37 refer.
Manager Consents and Compliance, Mandy Bishop, presented
the report. She answered questions regarding:
·
levels of compliance for
different activities;
·
whether the Strategy increased
Council’s ability to manage compliance;
·
Costs involved in investigating and
prosecuting matters;
·
The divide between officer
delegations to undertake compliance actions, and elected member oversight of
the Strategy itself;
·
The balance between engagement
and education actions, and taking enforcement actions;
·
The ‘engage, educate,
enable’ model, and whether further actions were required to cover all
activities and participants
It was suggested that appropriate levels of service could
be included in the Environmental Management Activity Management Plan to
ensure a mechanism for reporting to the Committee as to efficacy of the
Strategy.
Attendance: Councillor Lawrey left the meeting at
12.14p.m.
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Resolved EC/2020/037
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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.
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Skinner/Paine Carried
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8. Draft
Environmental Management Activity Management Plan 2021-2031
Document number R21388, agenda pages
38 - 90 refer.
Attendance: Councillor
Noonan left the meeting at 12.16p.m, and Councillor Lawrey returned to
the meeting at 12.18p.m.
Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton,
presented the report, and explained that levels of service would be prepared
for a later meeting, noting that these needed to be measurable and effective.
Manager Science and Environment,
Jo Martin, tabled a document and explained the potential financial impact of
the National Policy Statement on Freshwater (A2503518).
Ms Barton and Ms Martin answered questions regarding the
potential for collaboration between Te Tau Ihu Councils and Iwi for achieving
the goals of the National Policy Statement on Freshwater, and the potential
financial impacts for Councils.
The meeting was adjourned from 12.34p.m. to 1.07p.m,
during which time Councillor Skinner left the meeting.
Ms Barton and Ms Martin answered further questions
regarding:
·
Costs and activities involved
with high-level ‘state of the environment’ monitoring;
·
The differences between
undertaking monitoring activities, to understand what is happening, and
understanding causation factors;
·
The potential for collaboration
between Councils in relation to capital spend, such as for monitoring
equipment.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner returned to the
meeting at 1.21p.m.
Ms Barton answered further questions regarding how
Council’s city development aspirations and climate change goals were
captured in the draft Activity Management Plan. It was agreed that the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 to “take urgent action
to combat climate change and its impacts” should be added to the Plan.
Attendance: Councillor Bowater left the meeting at
1.31p.m.
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Resolved EC/2020/038
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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.
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Edgar/Brand Carried
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Attachments
1 A2503518 - tabled
document
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Karakia Whakamutunga
A karakia whakamutunga was given.
There being no further business the meeting ended at 1.42p.m.
Chairperson
Date