Nelson City Council
Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Thursday 4 July 2024, commencing at 9.01a.m.
Present: His Worship the Mayor N Smith (Chairperson), Councillors M Anderson, M Benge, T Brand, M Courtney, J Hodgson, R O'Neill-Stevens (Deputy Mayor), P Rainey, C Rollo, R Sanson, T Skinner, K Paki Paki and A Stallard
In Attendance: Chief Executive (N Philpott), Group Manager Environmental Management (M Bishop), Group Manager Community Services (A White), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Acting Group Manager Corporate Services (J McLeod), Acting Group Manager Infrastructure (D Light), Acting Team Leader Governance (A Andrews) and Governance Adviser (A Bryce)
Apologies: Nil
Karakia and Mihi Timatanga
1. Apologies
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.
4.1. Bike Hub Nelson - Share their story and thank Nelson City Council for their support
Document number R28643
5.1 6 June 2024
Document number M20604, agenda pages 7 - 18 refer.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner joined the meeting at 9.20a.m.
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1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 6 June 2024, as a true and correct record. |
6. Mayor's Report
Document number R28642, agenda pages 19 - 30 refer.
His Worship the Mayor explained the purpose of the report and highlighted the importance of the extension on the airport works and the golf club reserve. The Mayor answered questions from Elected Members.
The motion was taken in parts.
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1. Receives the report Mayor's Report (R28642) and its attachments (1118544611-7802, 1118544611-7799 and 1118544611-7803). |
Agenda Item 6 was adjourned at 9.52a.m. to consider Item 7 (Nelson Festivals Trust – Strategic Presentation and Update) due to availability of external presenters.
7. Nelson Festivals Trust – Strategic Presentation and Update
Document number R28497, agenda pages 31 - 49 refer.
General Manager, Ruth Roebuck, Artistic Director, Lydia Zanetti and Chairperson, Ali Boswijk tabled a presentation and spoke to it. They provided a brief on the 2023 Festival and the benefits of the ‘pay what you can’ approach and its benefits on increasing accessibility. They spoke about the plans for the 2024 festival and events planned for the next festival.
The meeting was adjourned from 10.12a.m. until 10.24a.m.
They answered questions on funding streams, revenue, ticket sales, promotion to youth, relationship with schools, collaboration with youth council, diversity, venue challenges, local artists, sustainable funding, successes and accessibility.
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1. Receives the report Nelson Festivals Trust – Strategic Presentation and Update (R28497) and its attachment (2134162460-1175) |
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1 1982984479-7734 Council 04Jul2024 Tabled Document Nelson Festivals Trust PowerPoint |
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8. Mayor's Report (Agenda Item 6 reconvened)
Document number R28642, agenda pages 19 - 30 refer.
The Mayor answered questions from Elected Members.
The motion was taken in parts.
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2. Authorises the Chief Executive to have discussions with Nelson Golf Club and Nelson Airport Limited on the potential use of the airport peninsula held as Local Purpose Reserve (Aerodrome) for a reconfigured golf course; and 3. Notes any discussion with the parties is subject to not prejudging Council’s consideration of the report from the independent panel of commissions on Plan Change 30, and that any proposals for use of the reserve land be subject to a process of consultation with the public.
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The meeting was adjourned from 12.13p.m. until 12.24p.m. |
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Resolved CL/2024/147 |
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4. Authorises the His Worship the Mayor to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between Nelson City Council and Port Nelson Limited. |
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5. Approves the revised name, membership and Terms of Reference for the Civic House-Library Taskforce; and 6. Appoints Councillor Matthew Benge to the Waterfront Development Taskforce. |
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7. Notes the recent expenditure from the Mayoral Discretionary Fund. |
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1 1982984479-7750 Council 04Jul2024 Tabled Document Land Details - Nelson Golf Club Proposal - Airport Peninsula |
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9. Nelson Tasman Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 and Regional Public Transport Plan 2024-2034 (Agenda Item 8)
Document number R28633, agenda pages 50 - 184 refer.
Contractor Transport Activity Management, Rhys Palmer, Team Leader Transport Activity Management, Lyndon Hammond and Acting Group Manager Infrastructure, David Light, spoke to their report and highlighted the two plans in the report. They answered questions on significant projects vs on the horizons projects, Rocks Road project, funding from Waka Kotahi and Hope Bypass.
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1. Receives the report Nelson Tasman Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 and Regional Public Transport Plan 2024-2034 (R28633) and its attachments (1862260321-69994, 1862260321-70024 and 1862260321-69995); and 2. Receives the Referral from the Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Nelson Tasman Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-34 and Nelson Tasman Public Transport Plan 2024-34 Deliberations Report (Attachment 1) and; a) Approves the Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 that will be submitted to New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi no later than 1 August 2024; and b) Adopts the Nelson Tasman Regional Public Transport Plan 2024-2034 enabling it to take effect and be notified with the parties listed in section 121(1)(c)(i) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003. 3. Notes Tasman District Council considered and approved the RLTP and adopted the RPTP both without modification on 20 June 2024.
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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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Council Meeting - Confidential Minutes - 6 June 2024 |
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)(b)(ii) To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) · Section 7(2)(h) To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities · Section 7(2)(g) To maintain legal professional privilege |
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Nelson Regional Development Agency - Reappointment of Director |
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 |
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Appointment of Panel Members for the Community Funding Panel |
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 |
The meeting went into confidential session at 1.32p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.10p.m.
Karakia Whakamutanga
11. Restatements
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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CONFIDENTIAL: Nelson Regional Development Agency - Reappointment of Director |
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3. Agrees that the decision only be made publicly available on the Nelson Regional Development Agency’s website (www.nelsontasman.nz) once the appointment has been announced. |
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CONFIDENTIAL: Appointment of Panel Members for the Community Funding Panel |
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3. Agrees that the decision only be made publicly available once the appointments are confirmed. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.11p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 01 August 2024.
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That the Council 1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 4 July 2024, as a true and correct record. |