HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL
MINUTES
OF A MEETING OF THE Hastings
District Rural Community Board HELD IN THE Landmarks Room, Ground Floor, Civic
Administration Building, Lyndon Road East, Hastings ON
Monday, 5 March 2018 AT 2.10pm
Present: Mr P Kay (Chair)
Mr N Dawson and Mrs S Maxwell
Councillors Kerr and Lyons
IN ATTENDANCE: Chief Executive (Mr R McLeod)
Group Manager: Asset Management (Mr C Thew)
Transportation Manager (Mr J Pannu)
Transportation Operations Manager (Mr A Jackson)
Transportation Engineer (Mr N Redkar)
Bridge Engineer (Ms A Ileperuma)
Community Safety Manager (Mr J Payne)
Democratic Support Manager (Mrs J Evans)
Committee Secretary (Mrs C Hunt)
AS REQUIRED: Cambell Leckie, Land Services Manager and Genevieve Bennett (Project
Manager, Biodiversity) – Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
1.
Apologies
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Mr Kay/Mr Dawson
That an apology
for absence from Mr Lester be accepted.
CARRIED
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2. Conflicts
of Interest
There were no
declarations of conflicts of interest.
3. Confirmation
of Minutes
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Councillor Lyons/Mrs Maxwell
That the
minutes of the Hastings District Rural Community Board held Monday
4 December 2017 be confirmed as a true and correct record and be adopted.
CARRIED
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4.
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Presentation: Meka Whaitiri, Under Secretary
Agricultural Minister
(Document 18/136)
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An apology was noted from Meka Whaitiri and this presentation
would be deferred to a future date.
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Presentation: Cambell Leckie, Hawke's Bay Regional
Council
(Document 18/137)
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The
Land Services Manager, Mr Leckie displayed a powerpoint presentation (CG-14-26-00054)
providing a brief overview on working together for better biodiversity.
Birds and many more species and habitats were in serious trouble. The
Department of Conservation recognised 2700 native species as being at
risk of extinction, yet actively managed just 10 per cent of them.
Changes
to the way pest management was being approached in Hawke’s Bay through
the Proposed Regional Pest Management Plan 2018-2038. The Proposed Regional
Pest Management Plan opened for public consultation from 2 February to 16
March 2018.
“Predator
Free 2050 Conference” was held in Napier in November 2017 with the aim to
rid New Zealand of three of its most damaging introduced predators; possums,
rats and stoats by 2050.
Cape
to City was a ground-breaking and collaborative ecological restoration
project in Te Matau a Māui/Hawke’s Bay, along the eastern coast of
New Zealand’s North Island, working to restore native species across
26,000 hectares of mainly primary productive farmland. The project
extended from Havelock North to Cape Kidnappers and encompassed Waimarama and
forest remnants at Kahuranaki.
The
vision was to bring back the coastal communities of land birds, sea birds,
reptiles and invertebrates that once existed on the peninsula. The project
began with the building of a 10.6km coast-to-coast predator-proof fence
across the neck of the peninsula. The fence, completed in 2007, prevents
predators reinvading the 2500 hectare headland.
The
Pest Management Plan was hugely important to the region, delivering both
economic benefit to farmers and advancing biodiversity goals.
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Councillor Lyons/Mr
Dawson
That the report of the Democratic Support Manager titled
“Presentation: Campbell Leckie, Hawke’s Bay Regional
Council”, dated 5 March 2018 be received.
CARRIED
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Presentation: Trevor Mitchell, Emergency Management
(Document 18/138)
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The
Team Leader Emergency Management, Mr Mitchell spoke to the Board and advised
that changes to the Fire and Emergency Act 2017 included the introduction of
a test pilot for Local Advisory Committees for learning purposes.
There were three pilots with the first in
Greater Auckland, then Mid-South Canterbury, and finally Hawkes Bay. The
pilot trial was for 3 months with 9 meetings.
The Pilot Local Advisory Committee in
Hawke’s Bay had seven members being; Mr Mick Lester (Chair), Councillor
Tania Kerr - HDC (Deputy Chair), Councillor Jeremy Harker (CHBDC), Leon
Stallard, Liz Lambert (Safer Communities), Lisa Pohatu and Monique Heke.
The
main purpose of the Local Advisory Committees was to allow the local
communities to be involved in regard to risks and needs and whether Fire and
Emergency were identifying those.
Following the Pilot, committees would be
appointed by the Fire and Emergency Board. It was important that the
community be asked what the risks were as they did not relate only to fire
and emergency any more. It was proposed that there be 12-16 committees
nationally.
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Councillor Lyons/Mrs
Maxwell
That the report of the Democratic Support Manager titled
“Presentation: Trevor Mitchell, Emergency Management”, dated 5
March 2018 be received.
CARRIED
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Representation Review 2018
(Document 18/165)
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The Democratic Support Manager, Mrs Evans
displayed a powerpoint presentation (CG-14-21-00053) providing an overview on
the progress for the forthcoming representation review.
Following a pre-consultation exercise
where the respondents had indicated satisfaction with current representation
arrangements, on 14 December 2017 Council indicated that the representation
review should broadly retain the existing ward footprint, and overall
Council numbers. Some changes to the ward boundaries was necessary to
ensure fair representation.
It was
proposed to retain the Rural Community Board in representing the extensive
rural areas of the District which had been very successful. At community consultation
evenings held in 2017 there was strong support for the Rural Community Board.
It was
proposed that the Rural Community Board be retained and the Poukawa boundary
be amended in line with the boundary changes proposed to Kahuranaki and
Hastings/Havelock North Ward. This proposal would bring Poukawa into
the fair representation rule of +/- 10%.
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Councillor Kerr/Mrs
Maxwell
A) That
the report of Democratic Support Manager titled “Representation
Review 2018” dated 5/03/2018 be received.
B) That it be noted that feedback by the
community at rural meetings held in 2017 was that they strongly supported the
retention of the Hastings District Rural Community Board.
C) That the
boundaries of the Rural Community Board be aligned with the proposed
meshblock boundary changes for Kahuranaki ward because the proposed boundary
changes are logical and reflect the rural communities of interest.
CARRIED
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Hastings District Rural Community Board Report -
Rural Transportation Programme Update
(Document 16/36)
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The Transportation Operations Manager, Mr
Jackson updated the Board on the rural transportation programmed project
status and activities and responded to questions from
the Rural Community Board.
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The Transportation Engineer, Mr Redkar
displayed a powerpoint presentation (TR-14-33-00054) providing a brief update
on the Corridor Management Plan (Middle Road) and identified key transport
problems.
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The Bridge Engineer, Ms Ileperuma provided
an update on traffic issues associated with bridge restrictions and detour
plans, particularly in regard to Red Bridge, Brookfields Bridge and the
Farndon Overhead Bridge.
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Councillor Lyons/Mr Dawson
A) That
the report of the Transportation Operations Manager titled “Hastings
District Rural Community Board Report - Rural Transportation Programme Update”
dated 5/03/2018 be received.
CARRIED
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Dog Control Fees
(Document 18/54)
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The Community
Safety Manager, Mr Payne spoke to the report on the proposed dog control fees
formula used to calculate the fees to apply from 1 July 2018.
Council currently used a fee structure based on dog control
requirements at 74% private and 26% public benefit.
Mr Payne advised
that a different fee calculation formula resulting in lower rural dog registration
fees would result in higher fees in other categories. This may cause
dissatisfaction and would also likely lead to more non-compliance.
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Councillor Lyons/Councillor Kerr
A) That
the report of the Community Safety Manager titled “Dog
Control Fees” dated 5/03/2018 be received.
B) That the Hastings District Rural Community Board support the
existing fee calculation model.
With the
reasons for this decision being that the objective of the decision will
contribute to the performance of regulatory functions in a way that is most
cost-effective for households and business by:
i) Ensuring that fees and charges reflect the costs of providing a
dog control programme that is resourced at a level that meets compliance and
enforcement obligations under the Dog Control Act 1996 and Councils Dog
Control Bylaw.
CARRIED
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10. Additional Business Items
There were no additional business items.
11. Extraordinary
Business Items
There were no extraordinary business items.
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The meeting closed at 4.35 pm
Confirmed:
Chairman:
Date:
Hastings District Council