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M I N U T E S

 

 

 

 

Strategy Planning and Partnerships Committee

 

 

 

Meeting Date:

Thursday, 15 November 2018

 


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Minutes of a Meeting of the Strategy Planning and Partnerships Committee held on 15 November 2018 at 1.00pm

 

Table of Contents

 

Item                                                                                    Page No.

 

1.         Apologies  1

2.         Conflicts of Interest 1

3.         Confirmation of Minutes  1

4.         Appointment of Independent Hearings Commissioners  1

5.         Environmental Policy - Workstream Priorities  2

6.         Request to Publicly Notify Variation 6 to the Proposed District Plan   3

7.         Additional Business Items  3

8.         Extraordinary Business Items  3

 

 


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HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL

 

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE Strategy Planning and Partnerships Committee HELD IN THE Council Chamber, Ground Floor, Civic Administration Building, Lyndon Road East, Hastings ON  Thursday, 15 November 2018 AT 1.00pm

 

 

Present:                          Councillor Lyons (Chair)

Mayor Hazlehurst

Councillors Dixon, Harvey, Heaps, Kerr, Lawson, Nixon, O’Keefe, Poulain, Redstone, Schollum, Travers and Watkins

 

ALSO Present:              Group Manager:  Planning and Regulatory Services (Mr J O’Shaughnessy)

Chief Financial Officer (Mr B Allan)

Environmental Consents Manager (Mr M Arnold)

Environmental Policy Manager (Mr R Wallis)

Democratic Support Manager (Mrs J Evans)

Committee Secretary (Mrs C Hunt)

 

 

1.         Apologies

 

Councillor Lyons/Councillor Redstone

That an apology for absence from Councillor Barber and an apology for lateness from Councillor O’Keefe be accepted.

CARRIED

   

2.         Conflicts of Interest

There were no declarations of conflicts of interest.

 

3.         Confirmation of Minutes

 

Councillor Watkins/Councillor Dixon

That the minutes of the Strategy Planning and Partnerships Committee Meeting held Thursday 9 August 2018 be confirmed as a true and correct record and be adopted.

CARRIED 

 

Councillor O’Keefe joined the meeting at 1.07pm

 

4.

Appointment of Independent Hearings Commissioners

(Document 18/1050)

 

 

Councillor Redstone/Mayor Hazlehurst

 

A)        That the report of the Environmental Consents Manager titled “Appointment of Independent Hearings Commissioners” dated 15/11/2018 be received.

 

B)        That independent hearings commissioner Paul Cooney be appointed to hear and decide on the Howard Street Notice of Requirement.

 

C)        That the appointment of Paul Cooney as independent commissioner to hear and decide on the Russell Roads Limited application for resource consent be noted.

 

With the reasons for this decision being that the objective of the decision will contribute to meeting the current and future needs of communities for performance of regulatory functions in a way that is most cost-effective for households and business.

CARRIED 

 

5.

Environmental Policy - Workstream Priorities

(Document 18/1059)

 

Councillor Kerr withdrew from the meeting at 1.10pm and rejoined the meeting at 1.25pm.

 

Councillor Schollum/Councillor Redstone

A)        That the report of the Environmental Policy Manager titled Environmental Policy - Workstream Priorities dated 15/11/2018 be received.

B)        That the Committee notes and endorses the priorities outlined in the table below:

 

Task

Suggested Priority

a.

Ensuring that ePlan is entirely up to date.

1

b.

Appeals on the Proposed District Plan and Howard Variation  

2

c.

Making the Proposed District Plan Operative

3

d.

Changes to the Central Business District (Inner city living)

4

e.

RSE Workers Accommodation Project

5

f.

Variation to tidy up matters in the Proposed Plan

6

g.

Forestry Slash (the hazard effects on waterways created by forestry prunings and thinnings)

7

h.

Introducing National Planning Standards

8

i.

Variation to amend the Light Industrial Zone provisions

9

j.

Wāhi Taonga Project       

10

k.

Implementing the Medium Density Strategy

11

 

With the reasons for this decision being that the objective of the decision will contribute to meeting the current and future needs of communities for performance of regulatory functions in a way that is most cost-effective for households and business by:

i)          Setting priorities for the policy work that is required for the Council to meet its regulatory functions and deliver outcomes to the community in a timely manner.  

CARRIED

 

6.

Request to Publicly Notify Variation 6 to the Proposed District Plan

(Document 18/1057)

 

Councillor Watkins/Councillor Dixon

A)        That the report of the Senior Environmental Planner (Policy) titled Request to Publicly Notify Variation 6 to the Proposed District Plan -  dated 15/11/2018 be received.

B)        That the Section 32 evaluation (ENV-9-19-8-18-6) under the Resource Management Act, the Variation to the Proposed Hastings District Plan (2015), and the accompanying heritage assessment report (ENV-9-19-8-18-3) be adopted for public notification pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

With the reasons for this decision being that the objective of the decision will contribute to the performance of regulatory functions by:

i)          Progressing Variation 6 to the Proposed Hastings District Plan to ensure that as Council’s primary regulatory tool for managing land use and subdivision, the District Plan is efficient and effective in managing the effects of activities on heritage resources and that newly identified heritage items are retained and protected.

CARRIED 

 

7.         Additional Business Items

            There were no additional business items.

 

8.         Extraordinary Business Items

            There were no extraordinary business items.

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The meeting closed at 1.35pm

 

Confirmed:

 

 

 

 

Chairman:

Date: