Future Napier Committee - 22 June 2023 - Open Minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Future Napier Committee

Open Minutes

 

Meeting Date:

Thursday 22 June 2023

Time:

10.18am – 11.35am

Venue

Council Chambers
Hawke's Bay Regional Council
159 Dalton Street
Napier

 

Livestreamed via Council’s Facebook site

 

 

Present

Chair:          Deputy Mayor Brosnan

Members:   Councillors Boag, Browne, Chrystal (Deputy Chair), Greig, Mawson, McGrath, Price, Simpson, Tareha and Taylor

Ngā Mānukanuka o te Iwi representative – Coralee Thompson

In Attendance

Chief Executive (Louise Miller) [via Teams Link]

Deputy Chief Executive / Executive Director Corporate Services (Jessica Ellerm) [via Teams Link]

Executive Director City Strategy (Rachael Bailey)

Manager Communications and Marketing (Julia Atkinson) [via Teams Link]

Pou Whakarae (Mōrehu Te Tomo)

Strategic Programme Manager (Darran Gillies) – Item 1

Manager City Development (Paulina Wilhelm) – Item 1

Policy Analyst (Jeriel Sajan) – Item 1

Senior Policy Analyst – Climate Resilience (Heather Bosselman) – Item 1

Economic Development Manager (Bill Roberts) - Item 2

Economic Development Consultant (Bevan Trotman) - Item 2

Senior Resource Consents Planner (Christina Bunny) - Item 3

Manager Governance (Andrew Springett)

Also in attendance

Michael Bassett-Foss (Project Director, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council) – Item 2

Administration

Governance Advisors (Carolyn Hunt and Anna Eady)

 

 

Karakia

Apologies

Councillors Tareha / Boag

That the apologies from Mayor Wise and Councillor Crown be accepted and that it was noted that Councillor Taylor would leave the meeting before 11.00am.

 

Conflicts of interest

Nil

Public forum

Mission Hills Development Update - Cam Drury, Stradegy Planning – This item was deferred to the next Future Napier Committee on 10 August 2023.

Announcements by the Acting Mayor

Nil

Announcements by the Chairperson

The Chair welcomed Coralee Thompson as the appointed Ngā Mānukanuka o te Iwi representative to the Future Napier Committee as resolved at the Council meeting on 8 June 2023.

Announcements by the management

Nil

Confirmation of minutes

Councillors Price / Boag

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 18 May 2023 were taken as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

Future Napier Committee - 22 June 2023 - Open Minutes

Agenda Items

 

1.    City Strategy - Key Projects Update

Type of Report:

Information

Legal Reference:

N/A

Document ID:

1663641

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Rachael Bailey, Executive Director City Strategy

Jo Munialo, Team Leader Regulatory Administration

 

1.1   Purpose of Report

To provide Council updates on key projects managed within the City Strategy Directorate.

 

At the meeting

The Executive Director City Strategy, Mrs Bailey advised that the report was to provide updates on key projects managed through the City Strategy Directorate.  Officers provided verbal updates on the projects below and responded to questions:

·         Civic Precinct Project

-       A workshop for elected members will be held on 17 August 2023 to present and propose the concept design for the new Library and Civic Area. 

-       The outcome of the workshop will be presented to the Committee in September and a final decision will be made to go to the next stage of preliminary design on 12 October 2023 and then on to detailed design.

-       Four tenders were received for the Civic Precinct Project and Council was working with the preferred suppliers on contractual details, as some of the programme had changed from the original procurement and is now on track

 

·         Ahuriri Regional Park

-       It was noted that Te Komiti o Te Whanga had been established with Tania Eden as chair,  however no formal meeting had yet been held. The mandate of Te Komiti is to create a catchment wide management policy which will find its place in the legislative framework.  This project is focussed purely on the 280 hectares of council owned land that in partnership will work to achieve outcomes.

 

·         Draft Proposed District Plan

-       It is proposed that the District Plan will be notified in September 2023.  Once it is  notified, the proposed plan goes through a process that takes approximately two years to get to final decisions and that includes submission, further submissions and hearings.

 

·         Future Development Strategy

-       It was anticipated that to have a Final Development Strategy will be in place by October 2024.

Councillor Taylor withdrew from the meeting at 10.43am

 

·         Bylaw and Policy Review Programme

-       A workshop is to be held on 13 July 2023 to discuss the review and engagement process  for the Easter Trading Policy.

 

·         Climate Action

-       The new schedule on the funding model consultation will go ahead immediately  after the Long Term Plan comes into effect in August/September 2024.  The intention is that the strategy and transfer will  happen one year later.

-       Climate is being embedded in BAU and policy work and being incorporated into the main stream.

 

Committee resolution

 

Councillors Chrystal / Tareha

The Future Napier Committee:

a.     Receive the report titled “City Strategy Key Projects Update”.

 

 

With the agreement of the meeting Item 3 was taken out of order and addressed.

 

3.    Resource Consent Activity Report

Type of Report:

Information

Legal Reference:

N/A

Document ID:

1664088

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Christina Bunny, Senior Resource Consents Planner

 

3.1   Purpose of Report

        This report provides an update on recent resource consenting activity. The report is provided for information purposes only, so that there is visibility of major projects and an opportunity for Elected Members to understand the process.

 

Applications are assessed by delegation through the Resource Management Act (RMA); it is not intended to have application outcome discussions as part of this paper.

 

This report only contains information which is lodged with Council and is publicly available

 

At the meeting

The Senior Resource Consents Planner, Ms Bunny spoke to the report, noting that resource consent applications were lower by approximately 13% in comparison to the same period last year. 

Committee resolution

 

Councillors Tareha / Mawson

The Future Napier Committee:

a.     Note the resource consent activity update for period 20 April 2023 to 31 May 2023.

 

 

 

2.    Update on Regional Economic Agency

Type of Report:

Information

Legal Reference:

N/A

Document ID:

1658766

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Bill Roberts, Economic Development Manager

 

2.1   Purpose of Report

This paper provides councillors with an update on the establishment of the Regional Economic Development Agency (REDA), coming up to 1-year into funding for the establishment and operation of the organisation.

 

At the meeting

Mr Bassett-Foss, Project Director, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council displayed a powerpoint presentation (Doc Id 1670597) providing a brief overview on the following:

·         Background and status

·         Regional recovery framework

·         REDA purpose and areas of focus

·         Operating frame work with councils

·         REDA financials

·         Year 2 key performance indicators

·         Next Steps

In response to questions and feedback, the following was noted:

 

·         The REDA is still in its formation stage and so has not as yet agreed action points across a range of subjects. However, the following points were made:

-       The regional priorities are those set by the Matariki Governance Group

-       There is an identified need for regional data collection and analysis

-       The new Business Hub Location is at 101 Queen Street East, Hastings

-       Restoring rail links and other recommendations arising from the Port-led network report are a priority

-       That Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) would be set across all councils, rather than individually agreed

 

Committee resolution

 

Councillors Tareha / Simpson

The Future Napier Committee:

a.     Note the Regional Economic Development Agency (REDA), 1-year update to council.

b.     Note there will be a commitment for 6 monthly updates in the draft funding agreement.

 

Attachments

1     Powerpoint presentation - MIchael Bassett-Foss  (Doc Id 1670597)

 

 

 

 The meeting closed with a karakia at 11.35am

 

Approved and adopted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

 

 

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