HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL
MINUTES
OF A MEETING OF THE Community
Development Committee
HELD
IN THE Council
Chamber, Ground Floor, Civic Administration Building, Lyndon Road East,
Hastings ON
Tuesday, 18 September 2018 AT 1.00pm
Present: Chair: Councillor Dixon
Mayor Hazlehurst
Councillors
Barber, Harvey (Deputy Chair), Heaps, Lyons, Kerr, Nixon, Schollum, Travers and
Watkins
IN
ATTENDANCE: Acting Chief Executive (Mr N Taylor)
Group Manager:
Community Facilities & Programmes (Mrs A Banks)
Acting Group
Manager: Economic Growth and Organisational Improvement (Mr R Oosterkamp)
Project Manager
– Strategic (Mr S Faulknor)
Project Manager
– (Mrs J Bainbridge)
Economic
Development Manager (Mr L Neville)
Environmental
Policy Manager – (Mr R Wallis)
Marketing &
Communications Manager – (Mrs J Mackay)
Committee
Secretary (Mrs C Hunt)
AS REQUIRED: Mr Ben Evans and members of the Special Needs Taekwon-Do Foundation
(Item 4)
Ms Annie Dundas, Hawke’s Bay Tourism (Item 5)
Mr
Stephan Kelly (The Lean Hub) and Mr Mark Currie (Drainways) (Item 8)
1. Apologies
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Councillor
Travers/Councillor Heaps
That
apologies for absence from Councillor Poulain and Councillor Redstone and an
apology for lateness from Councillor Lyons be accepted.
CARRIED
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Leave of Absence
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Councillor
Travers/Councillor Heaps
That leave of absence (Council
Business) be granted to Councillor Barber and Councillor Travers for 20
September 2018.
CARRIED
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Note: Leave
of Absence was granted to Councillor Schollum at the 6 September 2018 Council
meeting for 24-26 September 2018. Leave is now only required on 24
September 2018.
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Leave of Absence
had previously been granted to Councillor Lawson and Councillor O'Keefe.
2. Conflicts
of Interest
There were no
declarations of conflicts of interest.
3. Confirmation
of Minutes
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Councillor Watkins/Councillor Schollum
That the
minutes of the Community Development Committee Meeting held Thursday
19 July 2018 be confirmed as a true and correct record and be adopted.
CARRIED
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Councillor Lyons joined the
meeting at 1.05pm.
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4.
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Hawke's Bay Branch of the New Zealand International
Taekwon-Do Federation
(Document 18/809)
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Ben Evans and
members of the Special Needs Taekwon-Do team gave a demonstration of their
skills and displayed some of the medals they had won at the Special Needs
Taekwon-Do World Championships in Argentina.
Mayor Hazlehurst congratulated and said
how proud Hastings was of the Teams’ achievement at the Championships
in Argentina and their scoop of a total of 43 medals.
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Councillor Harvey/Councillor Nixon
A) That
the report of the Project Advisor titled “Hawke's Bay
Branch of the New Zealand International Taekwon-Do Federation”
dated 18/09/2018 be received.
CARRIED
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5.
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Hawke's Bay Tourism Presentation
(Document 18/667)
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Annie Dundas
from Hawke’s Bay Tourism displayed a presentation (CG-14-73-00028)
providing an update on Tourism in the district.
Mayor
Hazlehurst congratulated Hawke’s Bay Tourism on being awarded the
National Award for Tourism for 2018.
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Councillor
Heaps/Councillor Nixon
That the presentation to the Community Development Committee on 18
September 2018 from Hawke’s Bay Tourism be received.
CARRIED
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6.
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Residential Development Status Update
(Document 18/797)
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The Project Manager, Mr
Faulknor displayed a powerpoint presentation (STR-16-06-15-18-87) providing
an update on progress made to enable new residential land to be brought to the market
for development.
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Councillor
Lyons/Councillor Nixon
A) That the
report of the Project Manager - Strategic titled “Residential
Development Status Update” dated 18/09/2018 be
received.
With the reasons
for this decision being that enabling the supply of Greenfield residential
sections to meet current and future market demand contributes to meeting the
current and future needs of communities for good quality local infrastructure
and local public services by applying robust
project and program management processes.
CARRIED
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7.
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Industrial Development Status Update
(Document 18/848)
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The Project Manager, Mrs Bainbridge
continued with the powerpoint presentation (STR-16-06-15-18-87) updating the Committee on progress
made to assist open new land for industrial development.
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Councillor Travers/Councillor Watkins
A) That
the report of the Project Manager titled “Industrial Development Status
Update” dated 18/09/2018 be received.
With the reasons for this decision
being that enabling the supply of serviced industrial land to meet current
and future market demand contributes to meeting the current and future needs
of communities for good quality local infrastructure and local public
services by applying robust project and program management processes.
CARRIED
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8.
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Economic Development Activities for the quarter to
18 September 2018
(Document 18/802)
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The Economic Development Manager, Mr
Neville introduced Mr Stephan Kelly (The Lean Hub) and Mr Mark Currie
(Drainways) who displayed a powerpoint presentation and spoke to the meeting
on how the “Hastings District Productivity Programme” had
benefited their businesses and the district.
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Councillor Lyons/Councillor Travers
That the report of the Economic
Development Manager titled “Economic Development Activities for the
Quarter Ending 18th September 2018” dated 18/09/2018
be received.
CARRIED
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9. Additional Business Items
There were no additional business items.
10. Extraordinary
Business Items
There were no extraordinary business items.
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11.
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Recommendation to
Exclude the Public from Items 12 and 13
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SECTION 48,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND MEETINGS ACT 1987
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Councillor Watkins/Councillor Heaps
THAT the public now be
excluded from the following parts of the meeting, namely;
12. Strategic
Projects Team 2018/19 Work Programme Update
13. Provincial
Growth Fund Update
The general subject of the matter to be considered
while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this Resolution in
relation to the 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 is as follows:
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GENERAL SUBJECT OF EACH MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED
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REASON FOR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION IN
RELATION TO EACH MATTER, AND PARTICULAR INTERESTS PROTECTED
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GROUND(S) UNDER SECTION 48(1) FOR THE PASSING OF
EACH RESOLUTION
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12. Strategic Projects Team
2018/19 Work Programme Update
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Section
7 (2) (b) (ii)
The
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where
the making available of the information would be likely to unreasonably
prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the
subject of the information.
To protect
third party commercial interests.
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Section
48(1)(a)(i)
Where the
Local Authority is named or specified in the First Schedule to this Act
under Section 6 or 7 (except Section 7(2)(f)(i)) of this Act.
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13. Provincial Growth Fund
Update
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Section
7 (2) (b) (ii)
The
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where
the making available of the information would be likely to unreasonably prejudice
the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of
the information.
To protect
third party commercial interests .
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Section
48(1)(a)(i)
Where the
Local Authority is named or specified in the First Schedule to this Act
under Section 6 or 7 (except Section 7(2)(f)(i)) of this Act.
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CARRIED
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The meeting closed at 3.10pm
Confirmed:
Chairman:
Date:
Hastings District Council