Minutes of Regional Council Meeting

1. Welcome/Prayer/Apologies/Notices

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and Pieri Munro offered a karakia.

The passing of a member of Mike Mohi’s whanau was recognised, and sympathies offered.

The Chair and Councillor Alan Dick recognised the passing of Ross Bramwell, previous Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chair noting his significant contributions to the Hawke’s Bay community.

Resolution

RC92/19 That the apology for early departure from Councillor Alan Dick be accepted.

Bailey/Wilson

CARRIED

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

3. Confirmation of Minutes of the Regional Council Meeting Held on 31 July 2019

RC93/19

Resolution

Minutes of the Regional Council meeting held on Wednesday, 31 July 2019, a copy having been circulated prior to the meeting, were taken as read and confirmed as a true and correct record.

Wilson/Bailey

CARRIED

Follow-up Items From Previous Regional Council Meetings

The item was taken as read, with a note that LGOIMA requests for information directly relating to councillors should be shared with them prior to release.

RC94/19

Resolution

That the Council receives and notes the “Follow-up Items from Previous Meetings” staff report.

Barker/Wilson

CARRIED

Call For Minor Items of Business Not on the Agenda

Recommendations

That Council accepts the following “Minor Items of Business Not on the Agenda” for discussion as Item 11.

Topic	Raised by
Kahutia	Cr Wilson
Wharf 6	Cr Barker
Wairoa proposals	Cr Graham

Significant Council Staff Activities through September 2019

The item was taken as read, with queries and discussions covering:

· Mesocosm explained as being a subset of the environment or habitat being used to trial or test interventions, for example seagrass regeneration

· Sediment run-off from activities of land surrounding Lake Whakaki confirmed as the cause of the current state of the lake’s ecology as a means of testing whether current interventions are appropriate

· Lake Tutira bridge structures are for access for the forest harvest and a gauging station will also be installed

· National Sustainable Seas funding is not related to hotspot funding, and will be used to develop conceptual models and systems maps for HB marine area

· Telemetry bores in Ongaonga are returning real-time logs to track groundwater levels and provide data to provide insight into the effects of drawdowns and climatic conditions to feed into addressing issues with domestic bores raised by the community

· Difficulty recruiting into Wairoa and competing demands on the small team are affecting the ability to get on-ground engagement with landowners

· Council’s Chillean Needle Grass control measures are currently considered adequate

· Encroachment of residential development onto high quality soils and the potential for the NPS for Urban Development Capacity to establish better controls to preserve productive land

· Te Mata Park in relation to Te Mata Trust application to ECCT for funding for park development

· Porangahau hui on 20 August really important to bring all service providers together to discussion a variety of issues including estuary water quality, wastewater and coastal inundation, and insightful for those who attended

· Issues in relation to stormwater and wastewater discharges including compliance monitoring

· Residential wastewater discharge resource consent requirements, and issues with old septic tanks that do not meet current standards

RC95/19

Resolution

That the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council receives and notes the Significant HBRC Activities through September 2019 report.

Beaven/Bailey

CARRIED

Report and Recommendations from the Environment and Services Committee

Councillor Tom Belford, as Chair of the Committee, introduced the item and provided a brief comment in relation to formalisation of the Future Farming Charitable Trust funding deed and activities around Climate Change.

RC96/19

Resolutions

The Environment and Services Committee recommends that Hawke’s Bay Regional Council:

1 Receives and notes the “Report and Recommendations from the Environment and Services Committee”

2 Agrees that the decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria contained in Council’s adopted Significance and Engagement Policy, and that Council can exercise its discretion and make decisions on these matters without conferring directly with the community and persons likely to be affected by or to have an interest in the decisions.

Reports Received

4 Notes that the following reports were provided to the Environment and Services Committee.

4.1 2014-2018 State of the Environment Summary Report

4.2 Mahaanui Kurataiao Presentation

4.3 Climate Change – A Regional Response

4.4 2019 Market Research Results

4.5 Youth Environment Council Presentation

4.6 Airborne Electromagnetic (SkyTEM) Surveys of Hawke's Bay Aquifer Systems

4.7 August 2019 Hotspots Update.

Belford/Beaven

CARRIED

Future Farming Charitable Trust Funding Deed

3 Approves the Future Farming Charitable Trust Funding Deed as proposed.

Belford/Beaven

For: Dick, Barker, Bailey, Beaven, Wilson, Belford, Kirton, Graham

Against: Hewitt

CARRIED

Affixing of Common Seal

Seal No.

Date

1.1

Leasehold Land Sales

1.1.1 Lot 19

DP 9788

CT HBE2-360

- Agreement for Sale and Purchase

4348

13/8/19

1.2

Staff Warrants

1.2.1 Resource Management Plan Change 5 Land and Freshwater Management.

(Delegations under Resource Management Act 1991; Civil Defence Act 1983 (s.60-64); Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 (s.86-91) and Local Government Act 2002 (s.174)

1.2.5 W. Leef

(Delegations under the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 1994 (Section 33G(a))

4347

4346

7/8/19

1/8/19

RC97/19

Resolutions

That Council:

1. Agrees that the decisions to be made are not significant under the criteria contained in Council’s adopted Significance and Engagement Policy that Council can exercise its discretion and make decisions on this issue without conferring directly with the community and persons likely to be affected by or to have an interest in the decision.

2. Confirms the action to affix the Common Seal.

Beaven/Barker

CARRIED

Report from the 6 August 2019 Māori Committee Meeting

Mr Mike Mohi introduced the item, reporting on the last meeting of the triennium and highlighting:

· Presentation from Mahaanui Kurataiao, as a potential operating model for Hawke’s Bay, to assist with engagement with tāngata whenua, iwi and hapū and improve the recognition and protection of tāngata whenua values in resource consent processes

· Future of the Māori Committee

· With Mr Mohi’s retirement, the Chair acknowledged all of Mike’s work and thanked him for his significant contributions to the Council

RC98/19

Resolution

That the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council receives and notes the “Report from the 6 August 2019 Māori Committee Meeting”.

Bailey/Barker

CARRIED

10.

Staff Report from the Regional Planning Committee

Tom Skerman introduced the item, advising the outcomes of the pre-meeting workshop being a request to provide additional advice and discussions with the group in the afternoon, which staff intend to report back to the September RPC meeting for decisions on notification of the TANK plan change. In relation to the meeting not being established, it was suggested that the quorum requirement of 75% needs adjustment and as an interim measure staff will be emailing and ringing members to confirm a quorum in advance of the meeting date. There was further discussion around the TANK Stakeholder Group process and mandate, tangata whenua involvement in that process and the sub-group of the RPC established to resolve specific points ahead of presenting a Plan Change for adoption for notification.

RC99/19

Resolution

That Hawke’s Bay Regional Council receives and notes the “Staff Report from the Regional Planning Committee”.

Wilson/Beaven

CARRIED

11.

Discussion of Minor Items Not on the Agenda

Topic	Raised by
Kahutia Ltd has not yet uplifted Council’s loan of carbon credits	Cr Wilson
Wharf 6 – as a result of the float of Port shares it has been suggested that there should be a formal ceremony to mark the start of the Wharf 6 development	Cr Barker
The concepts around a Wairoa regional park, from the lighthouse to the sea on both sides of the river, are under development with tangata whenua, Wairoa District and HBRC staff	Cr Graham

Pieri Munro offered a karakia to close the meeting.

Closure:

There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 10.30am on Wednesday, 28 August 2019.

Signed as a true and correct record.

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