Minutes of a meeting of the Forestry Subcommittee
Held in the Rūma Waimārama, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 1 December 2020, commencing at 3.06p.m.
Present: Mr J Murray (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors K Fulton, T Skinner, Mr P Gorman (Independent Forestry Expert), Mr A Louverdis (Group Manager Infrastructure) and Mr P Harrington (Officer)
In Attendance: PF Olsen representatives (S Nuske and K Richards), LandVision Ltd representative (L Grant) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apologies : Councillor T Skinner (lateness)
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 1. Receives and accepts an apology for lateness from Councillor T Skinner.
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2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
5.1 29 September 2020
Document number M15167, agenda pages 6 - 9 refer.
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Forestry Subcommittee, held on 29 September 2020, as a true and correct record. |
7 Draft 2021-31 Forestry Activity Management Plan
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Document number R20298, agenda pages 10 - 60 refer. Group Manager Infrastructure, Alec Louverdis, presented the report. He answered questions about the Emissions Trading Scheme, financial projections, iwi engagement, biodiversity, and the process to retire forestry blocks. The Subcommittee requested that additional detail be included in the introductory section of the Forestry Activity Management Plan about Council’s decision to retire part of its commercial forestry, following the commissioning of and recommendations from the Catalyst Group report (July 2016), entitled ‘Nelson City Council’s production forests – Assessment of non-monetary values’. Attendance: Councillor Skinner joined the meeting at 3.40p.m. Discussion took place regarding the purpose of the Forestry Activity Management Plan, as stated in the executive summary page (agenda page 22). It was agreed to change the wording to the following: The Goal of the Forestry Activity in relation to its production forests are to manage its forest estate on a sustainable basis and to maximise net present value, and to implement best practice forest industry standards while protecting environmental and recreational values. The motion was taken in parts. |
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 1. Receives the report Draft 2021-31 Forestry Activity Management Plan (R20298) and its Attachment (A2072414); and |
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 2. Approves the amended Draft Forestry Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (A2072414) as the version to be forwarded to Council as the version to inform the Long Term Plan 2021-31. |
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Resolved FS/2020/032 |
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1. Approves the amended Draft Forestry Activity Management Plan 2021-31 (A2072414) as the version to inform the Long Term Plan 2021-31; and 2. Notes that the amended Draft Forestry Activity Management Plan 2021-31 will be updated and, the final Activity Management Plan approved, after the adoption of the Long Term Plan 2021-2031. |
8. Forestry Stewardship Council Management Plan - Deliberations
Document number R20333, agenda pages 61 - 205 refer.
Team Leader Parks and Facilities Activity Management, Paul Harrington, presented the report. He noted the need for a further amendment to the Forestry Stewardship Council Management Plan, to reflect the decision made by the Forestry Advisory Group on 5 May 2020 to replant Marsden Block 42.06 in radiata pine.
Forestry representation on the Biodiversity Forum was discussed.
PF Olsen Representative, Kit Richards, answered questions about the proposed amendments to the Forestry Stewardship Council Management Plan.
The motion was taken in parts.
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 1. Receives the report Forestry Stewardship Council Management Plan - Deliberations (R20333) and its attachments (A2476873 and A2514843); and |
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 2. Determines having considered the written and oral submissions that the proposed amendments to the Forestry Stewardship Council Management Plan as set out in Attachment 2 (A2514843) of Report R20333, and as further amended on 1 December 2020 by the Forestry Subcommittee, be accepted; and |
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Resolved FS/2020/035 |
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 3. Agrees to seek Forestry Stewardship Council accreditation for Nelson City Council’s forestry estate. |
9. Forestry Update - Number 14
Document number R20334, agenda pages 206 - 217 refer. Team Leader Parks and Facilities Activity Management, Paul Harrington, presented the report.
The subcommittee requested officers to review the way Forestry is being financially accounted for and reported on.
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That the Forestry Subcommittee 1. Receives the report Forestry Update - Number 14 (R20334) and its Attachments (A2518534, A2518573 and A2518533). |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 4.39p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
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