Minutes of a meeting of the

Community and Recreation Committee

Te Kōmiti Hapori / Hākinakina

Via Zoom on Thursday 18 August 2022, commencing at 9.04a.m.

 

Present:              Cr T Skinner (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand (Deputy Chairperson), M Courtney, J Edgar, K Fulton, M Lawrey, B McGurk, G Noonan, R O'Neill-Stevens, P Rainey, R Sanson and Mr T Alesana

In Attendance:    Group Manager Community Services (A White), Governance Senior Adviser (M Macfarlane) and Governance Adviser (T Kruger)

Apologies :          Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for absence and Mr T Alesana for lateness

 

The Chairperson opened the meeting with a prayer

1.       Youth Council Update (Agenda item 7)

Youth Councillors Ruth Buckland and Evielyn Pearce gave verbal updates on Rockquest Awards, the Youthline event, development of pride decals and the youth zone at the Nelson Arts Festival and answered questions on the rainbow decal designs and delivery.  

2.       Apologies (Agenda item 1)

Resolved CAR/2022/034

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.        Receives and accepts the apologies from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese for absence and Mr T Alesana for lateness.

Edgar/Bowater                                                                              Carried

3.       Confirmation of Order of Business (Agenda item 2)  

Agenda item 4.1 Public Forum, Stoke Rugby Football Club rescheduled to 15 September 2022 meeting.

Agenda item 10. Nelson Festivals Trust's End of Year Report was moved to the next meeting, 15 September 2022.

4.       Interests (Agenda item 3)

There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

5.       Public Forum (Agenda item 4)  

There was no public forum.

6.       Chairperson's report (Agenda item 6)

There was no Chairs report.

7.       Approval of Draft Taonga Tuku Iho Strategy For Community Feedback

Document number R26916, agenda pages 18 - 54 refer.

Kaihautu, Pania Lee, acknowledged the community response to recent weather events and introduced the report she noted that significant feedback had already been received from key stakeholders so recommended a shortened consultation period proposed for the strategy.

Attendance: Cr Edgar left the meeting at 09.19a.m. and returned at 09.26a.m.

Ms Lee, Consultant, Johny O’Donnell and Team Leader Arts & Heritage, Sarah Newman-Watt answered questions on the proposed shortened consultation period and opportunity to provide feedback to the committee directly, options to improve the readability of the document, ability to target groups not involved in the pre-engagement and next steps in the process following feedback.

Attendance: Mr T Alesana joined the meeting at 9.45a.m.

Clause 4 was amended to read paragraphs reference 5.19 to 5.24, not 5.18 to 5.22.

Attendance: Councillor Edgar left the meeting at 09.48a.m.

 

 

 

Resolved CAR/2022/035

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives the report Approval of Draft Taonga Tuku Iho Strategy For Community Feedback (R26916) and its attachments (1736347531-4083 and 839498445-3232); and

2.    Approves the Draft Taonga Tuku Iho Strategy Public Feedback Document (839498445-3232) for community feedback; and

3.    Agrees that the public feedback document (839498445-3232) meets the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 including the principles of consultation in section 82; and

4.    Approves the consultation approach (set out in paragraphs 5.19 to 5.24 of this report (R26916) and agrees:

a.     the approach includes sufficient steps to ensure the Draft Taonga Tuku Iho Strategy 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 Draft Taonga  Tuku       Iho Strategy being as widely publicised as reasonably practicable as a basis for consultation; and

5.    Agrees that the Committee Chair and Chief Executive be delegated to approve any minor amendments required to the supporting information or public feedback materials prior to the start of the engagement process.

Brand/Courtney                                                                            Carried

 

The meeting adjourned from 9.54a.m. till 10.06a.m.

 

8.       Community Investment Funding Panel Minutes: 15 December 2021 and 7 June 2022

Document number R27065, agenda pages 55 - 62 refer.

Group Manager Community Services, Andrew White, took the report as read and answered questions on applications and grants provided and what grant information should be brought to the committee.

Clause 2 was amended as the minutes of 07 June 2022 were unconfirmed.

Resolved CAR/2022/036

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives the report Community Investment Funding Panel Minutes: 15 December 2021 and 7 June 2022 (R27065) and its attachments (1982984479-25 and 1982984479-32).

2.    Receives the confirmed minutes of the meeting of the Community Investment Funding Panel held on 15 December 2021; and

3.    Receives the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting of the Community Investment Funding Panel held on 07 June 2022.

Alesana/Brand                                                                              Carried

 

9.       Bishop Suter Trust - Adoption of Final Statement of Intent (Agenda item 11)

Document number R26855, agenda pages 112 - 159 refer.

Strategic Adviser, Dr Tanya Robertson, noted Julie Catchpole and Ruth Roebuck from the Bishop Suter Trust were unable to attend due to weather impacts and took the report as read.

Dr Robertson answered a question on succession planning.

Resolved CAR/2022/037

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.    Receives the report Bishop Suter Trust - Adoption of Final Statement of Intent (R26855) and its attachments (A2800638 and A2916654); and

2.    Notes the delivery of the Bishop Suter Trust’s final Statement of Intent 2022/27 as required under the Local Government Act 2002; and

3.    Approves the final Statement of Intent of the Bishop Suter Trust for 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027.

Brand/Rainey                                                                                Carried

       

10.     Exclusion of the Public (Agenda item 12)

Resolved CAR/2022/038

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

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:

  

Noonan/McGurk                                                                            Carried

 

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

1

Community and Recreation Committee Meeting - Confidential Minutes - 30 June 2022

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)(a)

     To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

2

Bishop Suter Trust - Trustee Rotation and Remuneration 2022/23

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)(a)

     To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

·    Section 7(2)(i)

     To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

 

3

City Club and Tasman Rugby Union - Proposed Leases and Public Engagement

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 10.23a.m. and resumed in public session at 10.57a.m.

11.     Confirmation of Minutes (Agenda item 5)

11.1    30 June 2022 (Agenda item 5.1)

Document number M19597, agenda pages 8 - 17 refer.

Resolved CAR/2022/039

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Community and Recreation Committee, held on 30 June 2022, as a true and correct record.

Courtney/Brand                                                                            Carried

12.     Restatements

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

1

Bishop Suter Trust - Trustee Rotation and Remuneration 2022/23

 

Agrees that the decisions only be made publicly available once the 2022 Bishop Suter Trust Annual General Meeting has taken place.

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.05a.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 15 September 2022

 

That the Community and Recreation Committee

1.    Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Community and Recreation Committee, held on 18 August 2022, as a true and correct record.