Minutes of a meeting of the

Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

Te Kōmiti Mahi Tahi

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Tuesday 9 July 2024, commencing at 9.32a.m. to adopt amended Saxton Field Reserve Management Plan

Present:               Tasman District Council: Deputy Mayor of Tasman S Bryant, Tasman District Councillors G Daikee, J Ellis, M Greening, C Hill, M Kininmonth, C Mackenzie, K Maling, B Maru and D Shallcrass

                            Nelson City Council: His Worship the Mayor of Nelson N Smith, R O'Neill-Stevens, Nelson City Councillors M Anderson, M Benge, T Brand, M Courtney, J Hodgson, K Paki Paki, P Rainey, C Rollo, R Sanson, T Skinner and A Stallard

In Attendance:     Chief Executive (N Philpott), Group Manager Environmental Management (M Bishop), Group Manager Community Services (A White), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Acting Group Manager Infrastructure (D Light), Acting Team Leader Governance (A Andrews) and Governance Adviser (A Bryce)

Apologies:            Apologies have been received from His Worship the Mayor of Tasman T King and Tasman District Council Councillors T Walker, C Butler and B Dowler

Karakia

1.       Apologies

Resolved JC/2024/008
	That the Joint Committee 1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillor B Dowler, His Worship the Mayor of Tasman T King and Councillor T Walker.
Bryant/Courtney Carried

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was no change 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.      Recommendation from the Saxton Field Hearings Panel

Document number R28630, agenda pages 3 - 4 refer.

Group Manager Community Services explained the purpose of the recommendation and answered questions on international cricket, a change in Saxton Field Reserve Management plan, the Saxton Field Reserve Management plan review, local supplier limitations, alcohol policies of Tasman District Council and Nelson City Council, the review process, phasing out alcohol advertising, loss of international games, contracts with New Zealand cricket, economic benefit, and alcohol related behaviour.

Attendance: Councillor Paki Paki joined the meeting at 10.25a.m.

Attendance: Deputy Mayor (Nelson) O’Neil-Stevens left the meeting at 11.12am.

An amendment was moved by Councillor Greening, seconded Councillor Stallard. The Chair did not accept the amendment stating its nature and timing as the reason. A motion was then put by Councillor Greening to overrule the chair’s ruling, seconded by Councillor Stallard.

Resolved JC/2024/009
	That the Joint Committee 1.     Approves the chairperson’s ruling be overruled.
Greening/Stallard                                                                                  Lost

Resolved JC/2024/010

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Adopts in accordance with Section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977, and Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2002, the amendments to the Saxton Field Reserve Management Plan as set out in Attachment 2 (196698121-57920) of Report R28537; and

2.     Notes the recommendation from Te Whatu Ora and Alcohol Healthwatch that the councils consider updating the Nelson Tasman Regional Alcohol Strategy 2006; and

3.     Notes the recommendation from Alcohol Healthwatch that the councils advocate for policy change that enables local government to better reduce alcohol marketing exposure in their environments; and

4.     Requests both Mayors from Tasman District and Nelson City Councils write a letter to New Zealand Cricket expressing the desire to retain international cricket within the region.

The amendment/motion/substantive motion was put and a division was called:
For Cr Bryant Cr Daikee Cr Ellis Cr Kininmonth Cr Mackenzie Cr Maling Cr Maru Cr Shallcrass Cr Smith Cr Benge Cr Brand Cr Courtney Cr Hodgson Cr Paki Paki Cr Rollo Cr Skinner	Against Cr Greening Cr Anderson Cr Rainey Cr Sanson Cr Stallard	Abstained/Interest
The motion was carried 16 - 5.

His Worship the Mayor/Bryant Carried

There being no further business the meeting ended at 11.31a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 19 November 2024.

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 9 July 2024, as a true and correct record.