Nelson City Council
Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
Held via Zoom on Thursday 28 July 2022, commencing at 1.04p.m.
In Attendance: Acting Chief Executive (N McDonald) Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Senior Governance Adviser (M Macfarlane)
Apology: An apology has been received from Councillor G Noonan for attendance and Councillors J Edgar, Y Bowater and T Skinner for lateness.
Karakia and Mihi Timatanga
1. Apologies
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1. Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor G Noonan for attendance and Councillors J Edgar, Y Bowater, and T Skinner for lateness. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
Her Worship the Mayor Reese advised that the order of business would be adjusted to accommodate presentations from external organisations.
3. Exclusion of the Public
Julia Campbell (Regional Director), Russell Allen (Senior Development Manager) and Paul Commons (Deputy Chief Executive) of Kāinga Ora remain for Item 2 of the Confidential agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution is required to be passed:
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Exclusion of the Public |
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1. Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Julia Campbell (Regional Director, Kāinga Ora), Russell Allen (Senior Development Manager, Kāinga Ora) and Paul Commons (Deputy Chief Executive, Kāinga Ora) remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 2 of the Confidential agenda (Kāinga Ora Housing Development Update), as they have knowledge relating to that item that will assist the meeting. |
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Exclusion of the Public |
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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: |
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Kāinga Ora Housing Development Update |
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)(g) To maintain legal professional privilege · Section 7(2)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities · 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 confidential session at 1.07p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.19p.m.
4. Interests (agenda item 3)
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
Councillor Bowater subsequently declared an interest in Agenda Item 2 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund Update and Next steps and took no part in the decision making.
5. Public Forum (Agenda item 4)
5.1. Nelson Tasman Housing Trust & Habitat for Humanity - Near-term Housing Solutions (Agenda items 4.1 & 4.2)
Document number R27071
6. Mayor's Report (agenda item 5)
7. Exclusion of the Public (agenda item 6)
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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: |
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Infrastructure Acceleration Fund Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
The meeting went into confidential session at 3.11p.m. and resumed in public session at 4.47p.m.
Karakia Whakamutanga
8. Restatements (agenda item 7)
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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Kāinga Ora Housing Development Update |
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4. Agrees that Report (R26867) and the decision be made publicly available following completion of commercial negotiations. |
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Infrastructure Acceleration Fund Update and Next steps |
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9. Agrees that the decision be made public following a decision by Council on the matters in this report (R26527). |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 4.47p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 25 August 2022
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1. Confirms the amended minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 28 July 2022, as a true and correct record. |